Khani 3; Written in Stone
Author Note:This story was originally going to be made into an animated maplestory-series. Produced by Michelle Hwang (subscribe to her! LINK), it was going to be the 3rd season of the series. Unfortunately Khaini; Written in Stone was cancelled, and so I've decided to write up a short novella based on the series!
p.s. I recommend you visit if you don't know what the hell I mean when I say "Maplestory"
p.p.s. I recommend you watch Khaini 1 and 2 before reading… but you know… it's cool if you don't ;)
p.p.p.s. I know in the original word doc. (provided by xPwahaha) the school they all go to is called "Maple Academy" but I've taken the freedom to change it to "Minas Tirith Academicals"
p.p.p.p.s. 4 p's. oh yeah. so rebel bruv.
Original basic plotline by xPwahahaha
Please do not copy/feature without my permission.
Dedicated to those LOTR–Dorks out there :D
PROLOGUE PART 1One day 6 people walked past me. I'm sorry, they didn't walk past me. They glided past me. They flew, they hovered, they drifted, they floated…they were magical. In all their power, a pure white light prevailing. These 6 people stopped and stared at the barren plateau in front of them.
"Like a blank canvas" They said as one.
There was shaking; mountains rose to giant peaks, clouds shaped and rained on the land. Green spread, trees sprouted, flowers flourished, ferns grew and vines crept. Lying before the 6 beings, was no longer a plateau, but a rich, thriving, green forest; a new leaf in the tree of creation.
A man looked at his watch, 4 seconds…
"This, my friends," he said "is a new record."
I walked into the classroom in full stride, I was happy and bouncy, and the only thing on my mind right now was who I could duel first.
"Heyooo! I'm Alyssa, the greatest fire magician –to be. I can't wait to meet you all, and even better, to fight you all!" I said.
I waited… there was silence.
I looked around and saw a grey and dreary classroom I saw the near-empty desks; God.. weren't there more people than this? These guys are probably the boring-est bunch I've seen…, I searched my fellow students for a smiling face and found one. The smiling face belonged to a tall boy, he was skinny and tanned and he had dark hair and dark, sunken eyes, everything about him seemed dark.
"I'd call him dark-boy" I thought.
He smiled at me.
"H-hi Alyssa, nice to meet you, I'm C-Cory…. I'm not much of a magician…but I'm training to be a master of ice… not that I'd be any good." Said a small voice from behind me.
I spun around to whoever had finally spoken; he was a small scrawny chap, with wet eyes that seemed to twinkle with tears.
"Hi Cory!" I said "Hahaha, of course you won't be good as me, because I am obviously beast!"
"Errr…." Said Cory
I looked at him, I sighed; "I'm just kidding with you Cory, you'll be awesome."
"Oh.. umm… okay…" he said "Errr…Travis"
"What?" I said
"That's Travis…he's a thief, training for the Assassins' Guild…" Cory was vaguely pointing to boy who was outside, he was heavily-built and he was trying to mug a wooden dummy. He had crudely taped a watch to the wood and was trying to 'steal' it off the dummy. I laughed to myself, atleast he seemed fun.
I realized that Cory was talking to me again. "H-have you heard of his father? His name is Sho; he is…very good."
"Sho is the chief of the Assassin's Guild, Travis is training to try and beat his father, but in my opinion I think its stupid; son and father rivalry? A son can't beat a father." Said a girl with dark eyes.
"Hahaha…dark-girl" I immediately thought to myself.
"Shuttup Kari! I can beat him, and you know it!" said Travis, I had to admit, although Travis seemed idiotic, he had very good hearing.
The girl ignored Travis and continued "My name's Kari, I'm a bandit, 2nd job already. I guess you're still a mage?"
Kari looked at me, I looked back at her
"A staring game." She said matter-of-factly.
I was taken-aback but her straight-forwardness and her sudden change of subject, and then I realized she was actually having a staring contest with me. I looked at her eyes, they were dark but they were as easy to read as an open book.
"She's stubborn" I thought to myself "quick, strong yet weak, honest…hm..typical" I realized she was probably analyzing me as I was to her, psh, I know what she'll see, she'll just have to accept me for who I am.
I smiled at her, she blinked, she seemed to gape in disbelief, but it quickly passed, she stuck her hand out for a handshake
"Alright, I blinked, you won."
Before I could shake her hand she held it back and asked "Is that your father?" she was pointing at someone behind me. I looked around and saw Joey, he was talking to my new teacher, he was sad… I could tell.
"No, that's my uncle…" I said
"Oh." She replied.
In fact, Joey wasn't technically my uncle, he was my dad's best friend and today insisted on taking me to school. I liked Joey, not that I'm really close to him..but he was always very peaceful and he was funny. Except… he seemed to always be a little sad and lonely and I kinda felt sorry for him.
Very faintly I heard someone say "I thought…I thought I should just say goodbye. Brenda." It sounded like Uncle Joey.
I realized that Kari and Cory were watching me, waiting for me to say something.
"So..! Whose going to introduce me to—" I turned around to the spot where I had seen "dark-boy" but no-one was there.
"To who?" said Kari.
"Wasn't there are boy sitting here before?"
"No…" said Kari "Or atleast I didn't see anyone."
"Are y-you okay Alyssa?" asked Cory, his eyes twinkling at me worriedly.
"Yeah, I must be imagining things, puzzling… I swear I saw a very dark boy smiling at me…" I said
Kari and Cory exchanged glances, feeling like I needed to justify myself I said;
"I'm not crazy! And I don't have hallucinations, I must have just dreamt it all, big imagination..you know?"
"N-no.. that's not it.. there is… a ..'dark-boy'." Replied Cory
"Huh?"
"There is a boy, his name is Darcy, he pops in and out when he has time…He's like a ghost, don't look like that! He's not ACTUALLY a ghost…" said Kari
"Um. Okay." I murmured, a bit confused
"D-don't tell Brenda, Darcy told us that n-no-one can find out…. Find out that he comes here I mean." Said Cory
"Brenda?" I asked
"Brenda's my mum, but she's also our teacher" said Kari
"Okay…"
Man, this is weird. Darcy huh?... I wonder what his real name is hahaha…You can't be that mysterious and 'ghost'-like and not have an alias.
Brenda walked towards us, waving us to sit down at our desks.
"Hey girls and guys! Welcome to the Minas Tirith Academicals!" She looked at me "Some of us here are brand new, so don't be afraid to ask the oldies for help if you get stuck. It's a brand new year so let's all try our best hm?" Brenda waved at Travis outside, who slinked back in with his watch. He waved at me and sat next to Kari.
"Where's Joey?" I asked
"Joey…Joey has left…" Brenda said, She looked across her shoulder at the door.
"He told me that one of your sisters will come over to pick you up, Alyssa is it?" she asked
"Yes." I could tell Brenda was on the verge of tears… for what, or who, I had no idea.
"Okay kids! Let's get cracking!" She said and smiled.
Maybe it was just my imagination, but that day, I thought… I could hear a heart breaking. A tear rolled down my eye. But that was just from the staring too long at Kari's eyes.
Or so I thought.
Author End-note
Please give me as much feedback as possible, even if it's just flame. (Because then, atleast, I'd know to end this project.)
I am currently undecided about which project I should keep going with; Khani 3 or a one-shot I've had the idea for….
Please help!
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