The once peaceful town of Henesys is engulfed in flames. Screams can be heard as the villagers run about the town, either trying to escape or calling frantically for their friends and loved ones. A nearby house crumbles into dust, revealing the source of the mayhem. All over the town, an army of Stone Golem's are destroying everything in their path.
The town's defense, lead by Athena Pierce, have assembled and tried to kill these threats to their home, but for some reason, their arrows bounced harmlessly off the golem's rock armor. It seemed as if they were empowered by some unknown dark force. As soon as Athena realized this, she noticed that she was the last one standing; all her members and students had been struck down by the unstoppable force. She kept fighting, and carefully took great aim and power, directing her arrows to the small orb of energy connecting the golem pieces together. However, she slowly felt herself getting exhausted, and soon dropped to her knees.
As she started losing her vision, she made out two figures walking towards her, both clad in hooded robes. The larger one, which she assumed was male, slowly looked around to see the chaos caused, and laughed.
"So, this is the power he holds, huh? Hah, we didn't even have to lift a single finger."
"Don't get all cocky, this one's still alive", his female companion noted.
"Oh, really? Well, that can be changed in just a second."
The male figure raised his arm, revealing a pistol held in his hand. Athena desperately cast one last spell as the man took aim and fired. An eagle swooped down and grabbed the Bow Master by the shoulders, and immediately took off. The bullet missed her by mere inches, and she felt it cut across the wind next to her face. As she ascended, her vision became darker. She got one last view of her town, her home before losing consciousness. Destroyed and in flames, and she was unable to do anything about it.
The two cloaked personnel watched her fly away.
"Eh, you can't get 'em all the time", the man shrugged, to which the woman scoffed, and closed her eyes and spoke with her mind to someone.
"My master, the mission is complete. Soon, the whole of the Maple World will know of your return."
Good...It seems my power...has finally returned...
Many miles away, in the floating city of Orbis, a 17 year old teenager awakes with a start.
Author's Notes : Gosh, I don't know why everyone does these author's notes things. In any case, I'll be starting this fanfic, please go easy on me as it's my first ever written fanfiction. Please review anyway though, constructive criticism is what i need, and you, my readers, are what I need to keep this story going. I promise, later chapters will be longer, this is more of an introduction than anything.
DISCLAIMER : MapleStory does not belong to me, and is under full copyright of Nexon, Wizet, and Asiasoft. And any other company that owns it. I hold no right to the use of the related names and in-game characters. I do, however, hold full rights to the personality and construction of the story, and the OC's that may and will appear throughout the story.