A Tale of Two Kings
By: AnythingStuff
Book 1
Chapter 1
I open my eyes, the world around me glistens white in the rising sun, and the moon turns the world red as it valiantly holds its ground in the sky against the sun. Everything around me is falling along with me. Beautiful shards of stained glass, sharp like razors, float around me, as time seems to come to a halt.
In front of me stands a chapel, one that I feel that I should remember, but its name eludes my thoughts. The chapel stands above the city of Rose, which as I look below me, is in flames. The once famously beautiful, crystal buildings were now reduced to rubble as the cannons pounded into the scorched earth. I saw soldiers armored in white marching through the streets, and the remains of a regiment of soldiers trampled under them as they march.
As I floated in my position, suspended in the air, I see a glimmer of light through my white hair. As the sun's glimmer fades from the object, and I realize what it is.
A sword, once a beautiful white and gold, now stained with blood, driven through my chest.
Sol's sword.
Surprisingly, I could feel nothing but the steady breeze against my face as I slowly began to regain my memory...
...I've messed up...
...I've messed up really bad…
...And now a lot of people are dead...
And now as I fall to my death, there's nothing I can do to fix it.
In this time I have now, I will tell my story.
My name is Artemis, ruler of the Kingdom of the Night…
…And this is the story of how I died.