Sovereign: Here it is guys! This is my way to kick off year 2012. The first chapter of The Demon Prince. I have to admit, I'm a bit nervous because this is my first adventure story but I'll do my best with this one! I hope you guys enjoy!
Summary: 10 years ago, the Kingdom of Temza is destroyed by the Demon Prince, Darren Leong. Now, Darren has reawakened and he has a mission to do. Join Fairy Tail and rebuild Temza.
Pairings: OC X Judith (Tales of Vesperia), Natsu X Lucy, Gray X Juvia, Erza X Jellal
Main Characters: Darren Leong (OC), Judith (Tales of Vesperia), Carl Clover (BlazBlue), Estellise Sidos Heurassein (Tales of Vesperia), Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia), Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster, Erza Scarlet, Juvia Lockser, Mirajane, Wendy Marvell
The Demon Prince
Chapter 1: Resurrection
Many miles away from the Kingdom of Fiore, somewhere out in the ocean was a small island called Myorzo Island. Originally, it was an inhabited island. But now, it is the home of an ancient race known as the Krityans. The Krityans are humans with pointed ears like elves and they usually have blue hair and have two light blue headtails on the back of their heads. The Krityans used to live together with the humans in the mainland of Earthland, but ten years ago, a war broke out in their former homeland, the Kingdom of Temza. It was destroyed and annexed by its neighboring nation, the Kingdom of Alahorn. They were then driven out of their homeland and moved to this island to continue their civilization. They have become a minority race in Earthland and they are near extinction. The Krityans tried their best to keep their race and culture alive since the end of the war.
Somewhere on the island, was the village of Brades, the de facto capital of the island and the last remaining civilization of the Krityans. The village leader Judith, is sitting in her room, writing her journal while the other villagers were doing their daily stuff. The women are doing their chores while the children are playing outside. They are no men in the village as a year ago, all the adult male Krityans have left the island and went to the mainland to live together with the humans, hoping to make their race recognized as an official race in Earthland again.
These were the dark times of the Krityan race.
Judith is dressed in her usual clothing which consists of a short-sleeved neckshirt, a blue breastplate with golden outlines, a long blue and white skirt, white gloves and white boots. Her hair is tied to a bun. She closes her journal after she finished writing. She looks out the window and stares at the full moon shining up in the night sky.
Judith sighed and asked, "Spirit of the Moon, is there any hope for us? Have we Krityans been praying to you all these years for nothing? Will we ever thrive again like the old days?" She lowers her head and grimly recalls the events that happened during the war between Temza and Alahorn. She can still remember how the war began and how it end tragically.
Meanwhile, a villager named Vanessa walks out of her hut and called to all the children playing outside, "Alright kids! It's getting late. Go back to your homes and mothers!"
The children obey and stop playing. However, as they turn around and ready to go back to their homes, they heard walking. The children stop and turn around confused. The other villagers also heard it and step out of their houses.
"What?" Vanessa uttered in confusion. Who could be walking over to their village right now?
A Krityan enters Judith's room, causing her to turn her head.
"What is it?" Judith asked the Krityan.
"Jusith, there are people coming to our village." The Krityan said.
"Who are they?"
"They are a dark guild."
Judith widens her eyes.
The women embraced their children protectively as they watched the dark guild enter the village. That are six of them and one of them is holding a tattered flag with a logo on it which is a black sun with two swords crossed. Five of the guild's members all wear white samurai robes with their logo printed on their backs. Their leader is a man in his 50s with short gray hair and wears huge black samurai armor with golden spikes on his pauldrons and kneepads to distinguish himself from the others.
When the guild stop at the middle of the village, the leader spread out his arms and yelled, "People! We are the Black Suns and we have come to see your leader! If your leader refused to show himself, we shall burn down this village!"
The children whimper in fear while the women remained silent and glared at the guild fearlessly.
After a minute of silence, the leader narrows his eyes and lowers his arms. "So, he refuses to appear. Very well, then-"
"That is enough."
"Huh?" The leader and his guild widen their eyes in surprise as Judith walks over to them with her black spear. She stands in front of the leader and looks up at him.
"You are the leader of this village?" The leader asked Judith. Judith nods her head. This causes him to laugh. "Who would have thought the leader of this village is a woman." He looks around and noticed that there are no males in the village. "Where are the men?"
"They have all left a long time ago. But we women are equally as strong as them." Judith answered.
"So, have you come to fight me?" The leader asked her.
"What is your name first?"
The leader bowed his head. "My name is Kaname, leader of the Black Suns."
Judith nods her head and said, "Kaname, I do not wish to fight you and I want to know why have you and your guild come to our island."
"Ah yes." Kaname said, looking down at her. "I formed this guild a year ago but we are losing many members because some damn guild called Fairy Tail have kept destroying our buildings and bringing many of my defeated members to prison. But recently, I read about the legend of the Demon Prince at a local library."
"Did you say…the Demon Prince?" Judith asked.
"Why yes, according to legend, if I were to find the Krityan who is the most sacred to the Spirit of the Moon, she can help me reawaken the Demon Prince." Kaname smirked.
"Why do you want to reawaken the Demon Prince!" Judith demanded. "Haven't you heard? The Demon Prince was the person who destroyed our entire kingdom and drove us out of the mainland." As she said that, the villagers lower their heads in sadness. "Fortunately, the human Templars of our former kingdom were able to imprison him but he still managed to wipe out a majority of their forces before they did. If you release him, who knows what catastrophe he will bring to Earthland next."
"Of course I'm not going to make him destroy my own world; I'm going to make him my servant." Kaname smiled slyly.
"Servant?" Judith asked, arching an eyebrow. "How are you going to do that?"
"According to legend, he requires a sacrifice in order to have tolerance. If I sacrificed the Krityan who is the most sacred to the Spirit of the Moon to him, he shall obey me." Kaname said. "And once he becomes my servant, all the guilds including Fairy Tail shall fear us and we will become the most powerful dark guild in Earthland since Grimoire Heart!" He raises his fist into the air.
Judith snorted. "Your plan sounds both ridiculous and unbelievable. I'm sorry but as leader of the Krityan race, I cannot honor your request." She gestures them with her spear to the entrance of the village. "Please, you and your guild leave this island now and we will give you safe passage back to the mainland."
"Oh really? Then I guess you don't mind these two children at all." Kaname smiled evilly.
"Children?" Judith widens her eyes.
Then two of the guild's members, Hen Woo and Mori, brought out two children, a boy and a girl, who are both sobbing and wailing.
"Judith!" The girl cried.
"Please! Help us!" The boy added.
"My babies!" The mother of the two children, who is standing a few feet away from them, cried in horror.
"Please! Stop!" Judith begged Kaname. "Don't hurt them! They are just children!"
Kaname smirked, seeing weakness in Judith's eyes. "Unless you hand us the Krityan who is the most sacred to the Spirit of the Moon, Hen Woo here will kill them." Hen Woo nods his head as he and Mori tighten their grips around the children's arms.
"Please Judith, don't let them kill us!" The boy pleaded.
"It's me!" Judith yelled. "I'm the most sacred of the Spirit of the Moon. I am the last of the Krityan council who are chosen by the Moon herself. That's why I have the Moon's power." Tears now form in her eyes. "Now please, let them go."
Kaname nods his head. "Very well." He gestures Hen Woo and Mori to let the children go. They release their grips and the two children ran over to Judith and embraced her.
"Judith! We are so sorry!" The girl wailed.
"Penelope and I went out to the forest to collect mushrooms for the village but suddenly they appear and captured us!" The boy cried.
"It's okay Brandon, Penelope. At least you two are safe now." Judith said them softly as she embraced them. She then pulls away from the children and they run over to their mother and hug her as well.
Judith looks up at Kaname. He said, "Now then, are you ready to go with us?"
"Promise me that if I go with you. You will leave my people alone." Judith said.
Kaname smiled and bowed. "I am a man of my word." He said. "Now then, since you are the most sacred Krityan, then surely you know where the Demon Prince is buried right?"
"Only the Moon herself knows the location of his burial." Judith replied. "I have to ask her permission first."
"Is that so?"
Judith lowers her head for a moment, then looks up at the full moon. "Spirit of the Moon, will you ever forgive me?"
A few seconds later, Judith looks back at Kaname and his guild. "Let me guide you."
The Black Suns followed Judith through the forest. Her wrists are tied up in magical cuffs made by the guild's sorcerer Ogashi so that she won't escape. Eventually they arrived at a huge cave. The entrance of the cave has two huge Templar statues, both a reminder of the human army who help imprison the Demon Prince during the war.
"You know, I wonder. Why are the Krityans the ones who watch over the coffin of the Demon Prince even though it's the Templars who defeated him?" Hen Woo asked.
"A surviving Templar entrusted us to watch over the Demon Prince before we left the mainland because he knows we are a sacred race." Judith answered his question.
"Now that your question is answered, let's keep moving!" Kaname yelled before they all entered the cave.
As they walk down the cave, one of the guild's members named Piang looks extremely nervous.
"What's wrong Piang?" Mori asked him.
"Nothing. It's just that…what if the Krityan is right?" Piang said. This causes everyone to stop. Kaname turns to him looking annoyed. "If we unleash the Demon Prince then he-"
"Shall serve me. What's wrong with that?" Kaname asked angrily.
"But maybe the ritual will not work. He's the Demon Prince! There's no way some ritual will control him!" Piang cried. "I think we-"
Suddenly, before he could continue, Kaname raise up his gun and shot him through the forehead. Everyone, especially Judith widen their eyes in horror.
"Oh God…" Judith managed to utter as Piang slumps to the ground motionless.
"Whoever talks back at me shall be killed! How dare you let a great opportunity go to waste! Imagine all the power we can have if we have the Demon Prince by our side!" Kaname yelled at everyone at the top of his lungs. Everyone else remain silent. Kaname growled. "Keep moving!"
Judith closes her eyes and turns her head away before they all continue walking down the cave in complete silence.
Soon, they arrived at a huge wide open area. In front of them was a stairway and at the top of it was a golden coffin wrapped in metal chains. The coffin itself is placed on a huge magic circle which is still operating ever since it arrived onto this island a decade ago.
"You better be ready to face the consequences." Judith warned Kaname as she turns to him.
Kaname smirked. "I should be the one who is asking you that question. Ogashi." Ogashi rises up his hand and suddenly Judith looks up and gasped. Her eyes are turning black and her pupils disappeared. She closes her mouth and lowers down her head.
"You are now under my control and you shall be sacrificed." Ogashi said to her.
"Yes…" Judith said.
"Alright! Ogashi, Hen Woo, Mori, Ahn! Form the ritual circle!" Kaname ordered. Everyone nodded. They all summoned a huge magic circle on the floor while Judith walks over to the middle of the circle and stood still.
"Read out the ritual!" Kaname said to Ogashi. Ogashi nodded and looks at his scroll. Ogashi then reads out the summoning ritual while Judith kept a blank stare as she stood still at the middle of the circle. Kaname smiled widely as he listens to the ritual. 'So, I will be the most powerful Dark Guild master in all of Earthland!'
When Ogashi is now at the middle of the ritual, the chains around the coffin start to glow brightly. This causes Ogashi to pause and he, Hen Woo, Mori and Ahn look up and drop their jaws in awe.
"What are you guys doing? Continue reading!" Kaname yelled angrily.
Ogashi nods his head and continues reading the scroll. As he continues reading, light starts to shine from inside the coffin. Finally, when he finished reading the ritual, the chains break and a grand pillar of red light bursts out from the coffin. The lid of the coffin rolls down the stairway and lands in front of Judith. However, that didn't startled Judith at all as she kept her blank expression.
Kaname and his guild members cover their eyes with their arms as the light shines brightly. When the light starts to fade, a gigantic red-skinned demon with golden eyes and golden horns emerged from the coffin. Ogashi, Hen Woo, Mori and Ahn were astounded at the sight of the demon while Kaname laughed evilly.
"Yes! At last! We finally meet! The Demon Prince!" Kaname yelled to the demon.
"You! Why have you summoned me!" The Demon Prince roared at Kaname as he placed his hands on his coffin.
While the other guild members step back in fear, Kaname walked forward and spread out his arms. "Demon Prince! I have summoned me to become my servant! Join me and we can rule this world together!"
Judith then walks up the stairway and stops at the middle. "Here is your sacrifice! Consume her and pledge your allegiance to me!" Kaname yelled.
The Demon Prince looks down at Judith for a moment before he brought his legs out of the coffin and walks down the stairway. As he walks down, the figure starts to shrink and transform into a normal human being. The Demon Prince is now a human dressed in a silver metal helm, black cape, silver metal gloves, black robes with a white cross symbol on the middle, metal dressing underneath it, brown belt and silver metal greaves. It is the same dressing that the Templars wore during the war that broke oue between Temza and Alahorn. The Prince stops in front of Judith and removes his helm, revealing he has black eyes and messy black hair.
The two stared at each other.
END OF CHAPTER
Sovereign: What do you think guys? Read and review! And Happy 2012!