Thought I'd try something new, this has been kind of stewing in my head for a while and I finally figure out how to begin it.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything seen here, except for maybe the plot.
With a mighty crash the armored form of a man flew into the abandoned ramshackle home, he screamed as he tried to put out the small fires that had ignited the leather and fur portions of his metal armor. A great bestial roar echoed over the screams of the man and the orders being yelled. The armored man stood to his feet, his armor still smoldering, and climbed his way out of what remained of the doorway. Outside he reached down and grasped his great sword, lifting it out of the snow to guard himself as he took in the battlefield.
In the middle of a blackened crater stood a great skeletal demon, twenty feet tall, ebony bones that absorbed the light around it, and covered in bright orange and red Hellfire. It was surrounded by twenty armored men carrying varying weapons and in their opposite hands they held wands, fifteen of which being used to anchor the demon in place using white beams of light, as four of them stood in a circle before the demon facing inward as they awaited for the armored man to enter the center of the circle. The man removed his helmet revealing a scarred face, blue eyes and long black hair, before yelling to the armored wizards holding the demon in place.
"Hold him down! Zarathos will not escape us again this night! Our vengeance shall be swift, this Demon will fall my brothers!" The anchor wizards yelled out in agreement. The man lowered his voice. "Is the seal prepared my brother?" he turned his eyes to one of the men in the circle. The man lowered his hood revealing similar but unscarred features and bright amber eyes.
"Yes Orion, all we need is a vessel of some sort to contain the demon, I am assuming of course your armor shall be the vessel?" The man raised an eyebrow.
"Of course Leo, What better vengeance then to use the demon to fight his own brethren?" Leo raised his hood with a nod and began chanting, within seconds the other three followed, beneath them the ground started to glow forming a four sided seal array covered in runes. In the center of the seal array Orion raised his sword, blade down, and joined the chanting. Zarathos started to struggle even more throwing fire and ebony spear ended chains, he killed three men, and wounded two more, freeing his right arm. He reached toward Orion and the four.
"Prepare for damnation Zarathos!" At the crescendo of the chanting Orion brought his sword down and stabbed it into the array. A great wind swept up as the seal flowed up the sword, up the armor, to the chest plate. Suddenly Zarathos started to break apart into a stream of black particles and started to flow toward the seal with the hellfire. Zarathos roared in defiance.
"Orion Black! You, and those birthed from your loins shall forever be tainted by the darkness, your hearts will fall to my influence, and your family we bring about my return! I. Shall. Return!" With that last damning prophecy Zarathos disappeared into the seal, and the release of the energy sent everyone flying through the air. For a few moments everything was still, Leo removed his hood and stood to his feet before checking his brothers. When he was finished he moved quickly over to where Orion had landed.
What he came upon nearly caused him to have a heart attack, encased in black armor was the skeletal flame covered remains of Orion. He fell to his knees and raised his hands to his face and sobbed, a deep growl caused him to freeze and remove his hands. The remains started to move into a seated position causing Leo to scramble back in fear. The hellfire eyes focused on Leo and the gauntleted hands reached toward Leo, the wizard raised his hands and started to chant. The remains opened its hands in supplication, and spoke in a deep gravelly voice.
"Leo! Wait it's still me Orion." The flames disappeared revealing the scarred visage of Orion Black. Leo lowered his hands in amazement.
"What happened to you brother?" Leo asked, amazed and horrified. Orion looked down at his arms and smiled in joy.
"I can feel the power of Zarathos, brother, this is incredible." Without word or gesture Orion was engulfed in flames and when they dispersed they revealed a the black twisted armor and hellfire covered skeleton of Orion Black. He stood to his feet and walked to his sword, when he grasped the weapon by the hilt it was engulfed in hellfire twisting it into a hellish monstrosity built to rend flesh. He turned to Leo and gestured to himself.
"Leo with this power we can do anything, we can slay demons with even greater success." As he marveled at himself, Leo looked around at the devastation wrought by Zarathos. All of their dead Brothers, slain at the feet of the demon. He looked Orion in the eyes.
"Brother, this power was used to kill our brothers, your armor should be thrown into the deepest pit, and then sealed away forever." Orion started to growl in anger.
"Seal it away? You know not your place brother, I am in command, so I will decide how we shall use this power." He turned away and walked to edge of the crater, and stabbed his sword into the ground so he may lean on it. "Now gather our brothers so that we may return home to celebrate our success." Leo lowered and shook his head in disappointment. He walked off vowing to speak to their father in private, Leo Potter vowed to solve this situation. Orion breathed in the cold as he surveyed and frozen landscape, the sun rising over the mountains. Deep within the hellfire pits of his eyes gleamed an ancient malevolence.
How do you like it, comments? Constructive Criticism? Be truthful.