The following bold text is me blabbing about thanks and other non-sense (info on this chapter) you can read It, but if you want to get straight to the story and skip this.
Hello to everyone readying this story of mine. First of all I would like to thank you all for having clicks on this story of mine *bows*. Secondly reviews and criticisms are greatly appreciated. They will hopefully make this story including the other ones coming after this better :). No need to review its, though if you have a question, request or anything else feel free to do so.
I wrote a story or two on this site once upon a time….. but somehow I got caught up in something else.
-The romance in this story will be not be instantok? Don't expect them to be all lovey-dovey on chapter 2. It's hard I know but bear with it they will be coming.
-This first chapter is a PROLOGUE so it's not going to have that much dialogue (some). I am using this chapter as and intro to the world and setting of this story so you understand it and won't be like "Whaaaaaaat?" later on.
-There maybe some OCC with certin character in the beginning but I will try to stick with the original personalities
This rating right now (whatever it is) may change though we will see about that in later chapters.
Ok enough of me talking (or writing or whatever) let's get finally to the story.
I DO NOT OWN JUNJOU ROMANTICA NOR ANY OTHER MANGA/ANIME… but I totally would want to….
Kingdom of Metus* 5 years before the beginning of the Anima* war
A couple of horses tread carefully in a mysterious forest on their back rode heavily equipped soldiers. The soldiers were equipped with heavy silvery armor with a sheathed sword strapped by a leather belt. On the handle a small crest lay with pictured a dragon holding a golden crown. The crest of the growing Kingdom of Metus. These soldiers where currently scouting new land on the west of the kingdoms boundaries.
In the west lay luscious but mysterious forested backed up by tall mountains of which the tops could not be seen even on the sunniest of days. Further up north of the forest a giant lake could be found. The lake was also part of the unexplored land but had be found earlier by scouts. The giant lake was wide, so wide in fact that the other side of it was barely visible. The water was not very clear so viewers were only able to see incoherent silhouettes and shadows dancing in the depth of the lake.
Currently the soldiers were assigned by the king to scout the forest as walk up to the mountains. This journey was estimated to take 2-3 days as the forest was not easy terrain to tread on. It is the second day of the trek, soldiers mumble nervously in-between themselves while looking around.
Suddenly a horse in front of the group neighs nervously and is rapidly followed by the other horses some start to lurch uncontrollably causing the soldier to gasp with surprise and jump down to calm their horse.
Murmurs and rushes are heard in the leaves leaving the soldiers nervous enough to unseat their iron swords. The commander shouts out orders and organizes is men ready for whatever it coming.
After minuets of anticipation the cause of the commotion appear, to the surprise of the soldiers they see a group of about 10 human people. 'Human' Is what they would have been called if not for the ears and tails that where worn by the people. The soldiers stare in surprise some even saying such things as witches, sorcery and devils.
The commander trying to put on an unfazed look walked up to the strange group and said "As you are now in Metus territory I ask for you to drop any weapons and surrender to the kingdom if you have not already!"
The strange group that seemed only constituted of men stared blackly at the commander as if understanding but not necessarily agreeing. The commander opened his mouth to repeat his order, but in a split second spear and sword points were at his neck. The faces of the weird hybrids where contorted in anger and something similar to a dogs growl could be heard.
Before even another word was spoken a fight broke out between the two groups. The hybrids where equipped with simply clothing and wooden weapons but seems unnaturally flexible and quick in their actions. Still, the soldiers that where well prepared in every aspect fought back the hybrids with ease out numbering the small group.
After the fight only 1 man out of the 20 on the soldier's side had fallen. On the hybrids side 2 had been killed while the other 8 where strapped and bound to be brought back as prisoners.
Events over the years
After the events of that day the prisoners where brought back to the king. The king took interest in this species and demanded them to be examined. After a while these species where called Anima and classified as intelligent animals. The king gave more thought in exploring the western front to find more Anima. When found anima where sold off as rare high priced slaves or objects. They were used to be shown off by lords and the king himself.
One year as hidden village was found by a troop of soldiers the king had sent in. The village was burned down, pillaged and all the villagers had been brought back to be sold. This was the last year of peace for at the end of that very year a total of 99 men disappeared in the forest. The king had sent 100 men to explore the forest and of all those men only one had survived.
The man came in staggering into the throne room blood seeping out of his amour. He stumbled forward towards the king handing the dirty letter to him before falling to the ground, taking his last short breath and laying there: dead. There where murmured as gasps from around the throne room. The king slowly opened the letter and read the inscriptions. Four crimson word lay on a yellowish-white page: Death to your kingdom.
After that any men sent forward into the forest never returned and war was officially declared. The kingdom quickly took arms against the mysterious 'Anima' that lived there.
So how was this first chapter?
Not that good, but it the intro so next chapter will be more interesting. Next chapter you will actually get to read about the characters! (or some of them at least!) Review what you think of it so far and give tips if you think you can help this starting series get better!
Thank you for reading through
I hoped you enjoyed it and shall enjoy the upcoming chapter (which might actually be interesting. yay!)
*Metus: Fear in Latin
*Anima: Reference to a short manga called Anime + which contained hybrid like people. I didn't get the idea of this story from it but when thinking up my story it reminded me of this manga. It's recommended for it's pretty easy to read through and it interesting.