Trevoor: Once upon a time about a year ago, I wrote a story called 'The Rune Chronicles'.
Isaac: It was poorly written with large plotholes.
Aelita: Not to mention short lived.
Trevoor: But it had became my favorite story so I felt the need for it to be relived.
Rayquaza: Then he began to work on the spin-off 'Playing with Fire'.
Isaac: Which had a quality that was much higher.
Trevoor: And slowly my skills grew and a realization hit me as I wrote each letter. I had to not only continue the story, but revamp it for the better.
Yoshi: $ $%&#%^$^^*^%&&&#$ ^$%(#!
Trevoor: Alright, why are we rhyming? Anyways, for you fans-
(Cricket chirps)
Trevoor: …and those new to the series, I'll have you know that this story shall be revamped and continued to your hopeful delight.
(More Cricket chirps)
Trevoor: Damn bugs…
Rayquaza: Trev doesn't own Runescape, just this fanfiction. If he owned Runescape he wouldn't need to write fanfiction. That seems like something that would be obvious…
The Rune Chronicles
Ch1
I felt my head pound as a stumbled around in the darkness. Where was I? Who was I? Oh right, I'm Aaron, Aaron Blown. But back to the first question, where was I?
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Young Aaron Blown slowly began to regain his vision in a cozy, dimly lit room. It was nearly featureless. A man with a thick and unruly grey beard and a sleeveless red platebody was sitting in a chair nearby, reading a small red book with look of contempt upon his face. He looked up at Aaron with a smile.
"Hello my boy!" He cried happily, "Who might you be?"
Aaron was taken aback slightly, he was in this man's home without invitation and he didn't seem to care at all.
"I'm Aaron," He said unsurely.
"Well, great to meet you Aaron," The man replied, "I'm the Guide and I'll help you get started in your new home!"
"New home?" Aaron asked, "What happened to my old home?"
He said when he saw the confused look on the boy's face, "I'm sorry, I had forgotten you've lost your memory."
"WHAT?" Aaron cried in shock.
"Yes, when you come to our world your memory is lost during your travel," The Guide said happily.
Realizing that this conversation wouldn't help Aaron understand anymore, or even cause more questions, he thanked the Guide and went out the door and started along that path towards a large lake down the road. He neared that lake side and peered over to see large schools of shrimp swimming in the water. He was about to turn around when he felt a hand on his back push him forcibly into the water below.
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"He's entered sir," A man in ragged black robes said calmly.
"Is that so?" Asked the large suit of black, horned armor sitting on the throne nearby, "I've been waiting for too long."
"What should we do sir?" The man in robes asked.
A long sigh could be heard from within the armor on the throne before two red eyes lit up from within. "Crush him Servientis; crush him while he's weak."
The man in the ragged robes, known as Servientis, nodded quickly before exiting the room and walking down the hall. He made his way quickly to the last door in the dimly lit castle wall and pushed it open to reveal a large man with brown flat-top cut hair and a full suit of black armor sitting at a grindstone, sharpening a battle axe of a deep red color.
"Hello Hypnos," Servientis began, "The boss has a bit of a pest problem he wants you to deal with."
Hypnos looked up from his work with a tired eyes and a hint of a smile on his face. He gave the ragged man a quick nod before walking out the door with his battle axe swinging side to side.
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Aaron scrambled out of the lake as quick as he could, slipping and falling several times in the process. When he returned to the shore he fell to his knees and began to pant repeatedly. He sat there for several moments before he heard a soft giggle above him and looked up to see a girl, about his age, standing above him. Her eyes were a bright green with her laughter and her hair was a dirty blond ponytail that was wildly blowing in the wind.
"Sorry," She laughed, "But you seemed interested in the fish."
Aaron let out a soft growl while getting to his feet, "Well thanks for the better look." He dusted himself off and began to walk further down the trail. Noticing him leaving, the girl began to chase after him.
"I'm sorry," She repeated genuinely, "I was just having fun."
Aaron stopped mid step and sighed, he was having a tough time being mad at this girl. "Alright," He began, "I forgive you."
At these words the girl began to jump up and down happily and hugged the boy, "Thank you!" She stepped back and put her hand out with a large smile on her face, "I almost forgot, I'm Jade!"
Aaron looked at her with a raised eyebrow before shaking her outstretched hand, a bit unsure. "I'm Aaron," He replied, still eyeing her curiously.
"Can I come with you? Just until we get off this island?" She asked looking hopeful. Aaron sighed and shrugged, causing her to sequel and hug him again. "Thank you, Aaron!"
The duo continued walking down the path to the other side of the lake where they met the survival instructor, a grumpy, no nonsense woman named Brynna who taught them to make fires, catch shrimp, and to cook their catches. After saying goodbye the two kept down the path towards a large cottage with a windmill. However, before they could reach the cottage they were stopped by a young man who stood in the middle of the path, his face adorn with freckles and his hair wild and greasy with an orange-red color.
"Hello there," He called with a smirk, "I'm going to ask you kindly to give me anything you have of value."
"And if we don't?" Aaron asked without hesitation. He didn't see this boy as any particular threat, they were about the same build and it was two-on-one.
"I was hoping you wouldn't ask," The boy sang before drawing a bronze dagger from his pouch, causing Aaron's eyes to grow wide and Jade to duck behind him. "Now, give me what you got in the pouch."
Aaron wasn't sure what to do; he could run back to Brynna, though it seemed unlikely they'd both make it to her before this guy caught up. He could fight the boy, but that dagger was far more potent than anything he could do right now. Without any rational plan and the boy slowly becoming impatient, Aaron began to panic.
Luckily, the would-be thief was too focused on them to notice the rolling pin before it bounce off his skull, knocking him unconscious Aaron and Jade looked up from the incapacitated boy to see a chef standing above him with a thick grey beard.
"I hope this man didn't cause you much harm," The chef said with a small smile, "He's been nothing but trouble since he got here."
Aaron just stared at the man with wide eyes, but Jade wasted no time getting acquainted. "Thanks for saving us mister, I'm Jade and this is my friend Aaron."
"Great to meet you lass; I'm Lev, the cooking instructor. Come with me to the cottage and I'll teach you to cook a feast fit for a king!" Lev cheered while marching down the path, being quickly followed by the duo he had saved. Once everyone was inside Lev began his teachings.
"First we'll be making some dough with flour and water, can you handle that?" He asked with a smile. Before either Aaron or Jade could answer a loud rumbling shook the cottage, causing Lev to groan. "Now what?"
He marched quickly outside in a huff with Aaron and Jade running to the window, only to be greeted by a large, dark green dragon crashing down onto the field nearby with a rider cloaked in black armor. The rider dismounted and walked up to the frightened chef with slow steps that rattle his armor every time he touched the ground.
"Hello Lev," The dark man said in a deep monotone voice.
"Hypnos," Lev choked out.
"I'm aware that an 'Aaron' has recently come to the island, could you please inform me to wear he might be?" The dark man, Hypnos, asked slowly, his eyes seeming to being staring a hole though Lev's head.
"I can't say I've seen him yet," The chef lied.
"Is that so?" Hypnos asked while lifting his blood red battle axe, "It saddens me that you aren't cooperative." Lev remained silent and Hypnos slowly raised his axe high in the air. "Still can't think of where he might be?" He asked one last time. Receiving on a quick shake of the head, Hypnos swung his axe full force causing both Aaron and Jade to flinch. However, instead of hearing a crack or a splatter like everyone was expecting, a loud 'clang' rang out in the air. Everyone looked up to that a large man in light blue armor had stepped in a blocked the swing with a thick shield with four large spikes adorning it.
"Hey Hip," the man in the light blue armor greeted happily, "It's been far too long, hasn't it?"
"Valient!" Hypnos said in shock, almost breaking monotone. The knight, now known as Valient, grinned before shoving Hypnos with his large shield, causing the sinister man to stumble backwards. Before he could recover, Valient came charging with a large scimitar the same color as his armor and hit the man forcibly in the chest with the curved weapon and causing him to topple to the ground. Reacting quickly, Hypnos was able to roll out of the way as Valient swung his sword downwards towards him and jump to his feet.
"That was an impressive sneak attack, but you won't get that lucky again," Hypnos called, never breaking his monotone.
"I don't need to," Valient replied with a smug grin, putting an obscene amount of emphasis on the 'I'.
Hypnos raised an eyebrow in confusion while staring at the man in light blue armor. Unknown to him, a black figure began to rise from his shadow, slowly taking the shape of a man. As the darkness faded it revealed a young man, slightly older than Aaron, dawning black robes and holding a wooden staff with a red glass ball on the end. He raised the staff and placed the glass end to Hypnos' back, causing the man to stiffen.
"Cause' I'm the one turning up the heat," The wizard said before his staff started glowing a red color and shooting a fireball into Hypnos' back, causing him to fly off headfirst into Valient's outstretched, gauntlet covered fist with a sickening crack. After swaying several times, the man in black armor collapsed to the ground with a loud groan. The wizard boy took this opportunity to walk up to Valient with a laugh.
"Did you see the look on his face when I shot him?" The wizard asked while continuing to laugh.
"Yes Trev, I saw it," Valient sighed with slight grin, "Did you hear how stupid your fire pun sounded?"
The wizard's face quickly darkened as his glared daggers at the knight. "Go ficken yourself," He barked while pouting, causing Valient to laugh.
"Elvarg," a gurgling voice called, "do 'omthin!"
Valient and Trev looked down at the collapsed man then to the dark green dragon who had begun to charge when its master called. The wizard grabbed his friends shoulder and both disappeared in a puff of smoke as the dragon charged by. The large beast reared up when its targets disappeared and began to scan the area cautiously, not realizing that the two had reappeared beneath its large body. Valient raised his scimitar and Trev raised a golden war hammer, where it came from was a mystery, and on a silent count both brought their weapons down on the creature's front feet, causing it to scream in pain and stampede about.
When the dragon calmed down slightly it turned around to find Aaron standing just outside of the door to the cottage and growled. Without a second though the dragon blew a mighty breath of fire in the young man's direction causing him to flinch and wait for the fiery blast to consume him. After several moments of feeling nothing he began to chant:
"I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, oh so very dead."
"Open your eyes and see the afterlife then," The voice of the knight, Valient, called sarcastically.
Aaron opened one eye to see the warrior standing in front of him holding up his spiked shield that seemed to stop the flames entirely. After several moments, the dragon decided to give up its attack and scooped up the unconscious Hypnos before flying off into the distance.
"Well then," Valient began while Trev approached the rest of the group, "This trip couldn't have been much more exciting."
"I don't know about you, but I had fun," Trev said happily. He walked over to Lev and handed him a letter with a smile, "Duke Horatio wanted to get this to you, glad he sent us on mail duty today, huh?"
Lev chuckled and took the note, "I believe I should give the Duke my regards sometime soon." Without another word the chef began to inspect for any damage done to his cottage.
As the chef walked away Aaron got a much better look at his and Jade's saviors. Valient was a very large man with an even larger suit of light blue armor that seemed impenetrable, not to mention the large scimitar and spiked shield of the same color. He had short and wavy brown hair and a full goatee upon his face that seemed to match his brown eyes entirely. Aaron took a quick note of the gold and ruby necklace he was wearing.
Trev, on the other hand, was taller than Valient but much lankier than his comrade. He wore black robes with boots and gloves that were a medium blue color. He had a head of medium length hair that was an odd blue color and wore a black wizard's hat over it. Around his neck was a necklace in the shape of a yin-yang sign with a large sapphire in it. In his right hand he clutched his staff with the red bulb on it, with the golden hammer he had been wielding nowhere in sight.
"So, you're Aaron?" Valient asked looking down at the boy.
"Yeah, I am." He answered quietly.
"You were either pretty brave or stupid to just stand there and take a dragonfire without even trying to run," Valient almost complimented, "I was curious if you would like to train under my guidance?"
He looked up with surprise, this warrior who just saved his life wanted him to come with him? Aaron wanted to scream yes but something tugged inside of him, causing him to look over at Jade who was now talking to Trev.
"I don't think I caught your name sweetheart," Trev said with a grin looking down at Jade, who in turn gave him a large smile.
"I'm Jade, Jade Flare," She said happily.
'She never told me her last name,' Aaron thought somewhat angrily before mentally slapping himself.
"Well, I'm Trev J. Slayer," Trev replied happily, "Would you like to come with us as well?"
"Us? As in all four of us?" Aaron asked curiously.
"Yep, we could give you a place to stay and teach you everything you need to know," Trev continued while Valient nodded his head.
"I'd love to!" Jade cheered.
"Then I'm in too," Aaron agreed.
"Great, let's go home then," Valient said with a smile.
"Where is home?" Jade asked curiously.
"A nice little town called Lumbridge," Trev answered while throwing a purple ball of magic at Valient, causing him to disappear into thin air. Before anyone could exclaim in shock Trev had grabbed both Aaron and Jade's hands and caused them all to disappear.
A moment later Lev exited the cottage. "Well, the damage isn't too bad but I could use some help wi-" seeing everyone had disappeared he growled in annoyance, "No one ever wants to hang out with Lev."
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Isaac: And that concludes chapter one.
Rayquaza: It's great to see the first revamp is done.
Trevoor: I swear to God, if you two keep it up you'll be sitting in the basement for the rest of the week.
Aelita: Anyways, stay tuned for the revamp of chapter two.
Trevoor: Well, seems I've got more work to do.
(Silence)
Trevoor: Great, now I'm doing it too…
(More silence)
Trevoor: *Sigh* Goodnight everybody, we're out.