Prologue
The earth was charred and blackened, destroyed by fires still raging throughout the town.
The air was filled with the muted roar of the inferno, and was frequently punctured by the groaning of buildings that had reached the limit of the flames and toppled over, bricks breaking under the stress and whole buildings coming crashing to the ground.
Bones littered the sidewalk of the roads in and out of town, and the burned out remains of cars blocked the roads themselves.
Bones crunched as a pair of stark white plate armour boots stepped on them.
Eyes composed of chips of ice surveyed the ruins, and a satisfactory smirk appeared on the face that accompanied them.
The eyes continued to move forward, inspecting the destruction, and each time a building fell, the smile on the face only grew wider.
Behind the eyes, still as statues, were monsters of all shapes and size.
Wolves, Bears, Snakes, Elephants, Scorpions, Moles, Griffons, Dragons, and horses, and many more that barely resembled known creatures.
They all stood still, as if frozen in time. As if waiting for a command.
And a command they received.
The figure that accompanied the eyes drew a sword from its side, and raised it skyward, and accompanying it was a chilling battle-cry. A sound that promised destruction to the foes that heard it.
In response, the monsters drew back their heads, and howled, screeched, hissed, roared, and wailed at the sky.
The figure began to walk away from the town, and the monstrosities followed it.
Far behind them, past the town, smoke rose from the ruins of a city.
xXXx
She woke from her nightmare, her breath coming in quick, uncontrolled bursts, tear tracks staining her face, the horror of her dream lingering in her mind.
She'd gotten visions like this before. All psychics did, that was part of their job, but never like this. Never this detailed.
Never this specific.
Her hands were shaking as she pulled out the notebook she kept in the draw beside her bed and began to write every detail she could remember.
She knew, as undoubtedly every psychic did by now.
The end was coming.
A/N:
Hey guys, it's been a long while since I was last active.
I am really sorry about that, but I do have a few very valid excuses.
In order of them happening;
I went through pretty rough time that destroyed my Motivation to do a lot of things, writing most of all.
I recently started studying again, and that consumed most of my time
I recently got a job and have been really busy with that.
Needless to say, it was a Roller-coaster of things, with some pretty deep lows, but things are better now, so i'm trying my hand at a new story, to see if that helps me get back into the swing of things. As of right now though, I can't seem to drum up the motivation to continue SOF
If you've been following Shepherd of Fire, you would have seen this teased on the AN of the most recent chapter.
A few things are different, but the over gist is the same.
I'm hoping to get a new chapter for this out soon. Something way more substantial than this, since it was just a prolouge, but we'll see how things pan out. I've got work tomorrow, so that'll take most of the day.
That being said, I'll wrap things up here. Let me know if you like this initial thing. I'm hoping it feels diferent from how I usually write, but I can't really be sure right now. It was written a fair while ago.
I hope you all have a brilliant day or night, where ever you are in this wide world.
-3rdDegreeBurns