Legend of Lucia- The Novel
(Based on an idea by: "the_recruiting")
Chapter 1: Training Day
"Seth…Hey Seth, get up!" The loud knocking on the door from his mom, Lori, slowly woke up the sleepy man from his dreams.
"Just five more minutes Mom I was in the middle of a good dream!" Seth shouted wildly at his mom eagerly wanting to have extra time sleeping in his comfy bed.
"Don't make me go in there and pour in cold water on you" Lori said, waiting impatiently for him to wake up.
Seth, ignoring her mom's words, starts going back to sleep.
"Ok then, you asked for it." Lori grabbed a bucked and starts filling it with cold water. She then enters his room and dumps the cold water on him and his bed. Seth, who didn't expect his mom to actually dump cold water on him, jumped and is now awake.
"MOM!!! WHY'D YOU DUMP COLD WATER ON ME!!!" shouted Seth, trying to find out what made her do that.
"You didn't wake up, so somebody's gotta do something right?"
"Gaww now my clothes are wet thanks to you! And how am I supposed to sleep tonight with a wet bed?"
"Calm down I'll grab new bed-sheets for you, so relax. Anyway head downstairs, breakfast is waiting for you."
"Alright, alright"
As Lori starts replacing the wet bed-sheets with new dry ones, Seth changes into drier cloths and starts heading downstairs. Once there he notices breakfast already made.
"Bacon and eggs huh? I guess I can have those" said Seth as he grabbed a plate and starts eating.
As soon as he starts eating, his window bursts open, almost scaring Seth. On the other side of the window is his best friend Luke.
"Hey Seth, how's it going!" said Luke, smiling as if he didn't know he almost scared Seth.
"Luke, how many times I told you to not burst open the windows? You're not gonna have my breakfast if that's what you came here for" asked Seth.
"I'm not here for that. I hope you didn't forget what we're doing today right?"
"What were we doing?"
"Sigh. Oh come on Seth don't tell me you forgot."
"What?"
"TRAINING DAY YOU IDIOT! We were supposed to head to the beach with our swords to train remember."
"Oh yeah, yeah I remember. Don't worry I didn't forget I was just testing you" laughed Seth as he was trying to find an excuse on why he forgot.
"Suuure you were testing me…anyway finish eating, we're heading out soon" said Luke.
"But, I just started eating. I ain't gonna head on out with an empty stomach."
"Well hurry up then. I'm going on ahead, just don't make me wait too long ok?"
"Alright."
"Great see ya there" Luke head on out to the beach not far from here.
As Seth finished eating his breakfast, he grabs his sword from his room and changes his clothes to fit his fighting style. Once Seth was done changing, he starts heading out to meet Luke at the beach.
"Seth where are you going?" asked Lori.
"I'm supposed to meet Luke at the beach. We're training there" told Seth.
"Well don't be late for supper, I'm making your favorite"
"Don't worry I won't be see ya" Seth leaves the house and heads on down to the beach.
As he was heading to the beach he see a lot of people active and waking around in the streets. Markets bustling with people buying foods and items, people laughing and drinking away in taverns; almost a typical day in Elmwood, a small but active tree-village. Seth overhears two people talking about the recent news that's going on people's minds lately and figures he wants to get in the conversation
"Hey did you read the news lately about the recent attack in Hori?" said the man.
"Yeah, I heard a lot of people died in that area. Man, my brother lives in that area too. Hope he's alright?" said the bearded man.
"Hey what's this all about?" Asked Seth trying to see what's going on.
"You didn't know about it young man?"
Seth shakes his head, "I never heard about it til you guys talked about it"
"Well, there have been recent attacks around the border between our country Paikia, and the country Arson." The man shows him the paper explaining the recent attack.
"It seems that they didn't attack for kicks. Something tells me that these attacks might spark a war between us. Although I'm not sure if it's true." Tells the bearded man.
"I see, well thanks for the information I'll best better be going now" Tells Seth as he is leaving.
"Well where are you going young man? It seems that you're ready to defend this town in case we're attacked."
"Actually I'm heading to the beach with my friend. We're supposed to be training today."
"Blue Harvest Beach?"
"Yeah"
"Ooh you might wana be careful when heading there son. I see people head there and most of them never come back"
"Well I'll be careful you can count on it." Said Seth, as he continues to head toward Blue Harvest Beach.
It took him a few minutes to get there but he was able to reach Blue Harvest before noon. He notices Luke practicing as he swings away in the sand.
"Training much Luke?" asks Seth.
"Heh, yeah. Just making sure I don't make a mistake. I mean after all we are using real swords, not those wooden swords we used when we were young" Tells Luke.
"Yeah, but still…how would you get stronger when you can't shed a bit of blood?" asks Seth.
Luke laughs. "Looks like you're ready to begin training now" Luke points his sword at Seth ready for combat. "Well then, shall we get started?"
Seth draws out his sword and points it at Luke, "En garde!" shouts Seth.
Seth and Luke start fighting each other trying to improve each other's skills. They fight for hours and hours nonstop, determined to get stronger and stronger with each passing minute. By now it was almost dusk, the sun almost setting, and the two boys are lying on the ground tired more than ever.
"Man, I never thought you would be this strong Seth," says Luke.
"Same…to you…man, but I gotta say that was a good fight," says Seth.
"Yeah"
Luke notices a lot of smoke coming out from a distance, curious to know what's going on.
"Hey Seth, do you see that smoke?"
"Yeah. I see it. Think they're having a festival?"
"There wasn't any festivals scheduled tonight"
"Really…well it could be…" Seth pauses for a moment and recalls what the two men told him about the attack in Hori.
"Oh…no…"
"What's wrong?"
"Come on we gotta head back. I think something wrong back in Elmwood."
"What's going on?" asks Luke.
"Elmwood might be under attack!!!" Tells Luke.
Hey guys, this is my very first novel I'm writing. I'm usually best at script writing, but since this site doesn't allow that, I decided to try this out instead. Post reviews or comment on this story and if you have any suggestions on how I can improve, let me know. And I'll try to get chapter two as soon as I can.