Episode 1 Part 1 **Prologue: Lullaby. ** Written by NoHopeLeft

Stonegate village, a village occupied by twenty people who lived in houses running the length of the small town. The village itself was placed on a palencia, on the tip was a small cliff. A large wooden gate resided at the beginning of the palencia, sheltering it from the harsh world outside. The only exit blocked off and the entrance consisted of a large wooden gate, tall stone pillars on either side. A river surrounded it on all sides, besides the front.

A annoyed and tired groan sounded from inside one of the houses. "The record player?" A man with a bristly mustache looked at a little boy with a sheepish look on their face. The man climbed out of bed with a long sigh and walked close to a drawer. Pulling it open he retrieved a record and showed it to the boy. "It's easy, you should know this already." He smiled and walked to the other end of the house where a record player sat.

"Here, you can do it this time." The man said, presenting the record to the boy.

The boy took it in hand and gently set it on the record player. The man guided the boy as he placed it onto the record player and set the needle on the record as it spon. It made a soft and pleasant toon as it began spinning with the toon. The boy's face lit up in a smile and the man gave him a pat on the back. "C'mon son, back to bed, we don't want to wake mother." His father smiled as he and his son walked back to the beds, soon tucking his son into bed. "Long day tomorrow, you'll be seeing Lance and learn the ropes of blacksmithing." His father shook his head as he climbed back into his own bed, "it's time to get some rest, son."

He laid his head on his pillow and closed his eyes. The soft lullaby played in the background as he tried to fall asleep. A sudden yell sounded from outside and his father jumped out of bed to run to the window. He looked through and his expression turned worried as he rushed to the door. "Dad?" The boy questioned as his father grabbed a iron sword. "It's fine, just wait here Steve."

His father rushed out the door and shut it behind him as he run out of the house. "dad?!" Steve, the little boy called out again as he jumped out of bed and run towards the window. He looked through and watched as several other town's folk run by it and towards the gate. He turned to the door just as his mother awoke and realized what was happening. "Steve don't go outside!" But he ignored his mother's words and dashed towards the front door of his house and out of it, into the night. His lungs were greeted by the cold air and he turned back and forth looking around briefly as he found where his father had gone.

he sprinted forwards and towards the front gate as he saw his father just leave through it.

Arriving he found it wide open and dashed outside looking for his father. Instead he was greeted by the sound of monsters. Just outside the gate monsters gathered and were now fighting with a few of the town's folk's warriors. Looking at the small battle he scanned the area for his father, to which he spotted him standing in a battle stance with a monster approaching.

He darted towards him, but froze in his tracks at the sight of a large and slender, green colored monster. He stood completely still as the scary looking monster crept closer to him. "Lance grab him!" Steve turned to the sound of his father's voice and watched as a large man ran to him and quickly picked him up. Making a mad dash back to the village. "Richard hurry!" The man carrying Steve shout as his father soon caught up with him after having taken care of the zombie like monster.

Upon arriving within the safety of the gate, Lance set Steve on the ground and turn right back around to the battle. Richard grabbed Steve by the shoulders, "stay with your mother!" He said worryingly as he too turned to run back out of the gate. His mother grabbed his shoulder and brought him back into his house. He looked back behind him as he steadily walked away from the gate. His father slammed the blade of the sword a monster's face as he fought off the attack. "Steve c'mon, settle down and it'll all be okay." His mother smiled, giving him a kind hug as he set on his bed. The lullaby continued playing on the record player as he waited for it to end.