NeatherWorld
Prologue
A dark night over the land there wasn't a cloud in the sky, nor was a blade of grass moving. A shrill scream could be heard. A child was born, a girl.
"A Girl, it can't be!"
A man's voice rung out in anger, he goes to the mother's side as she is motionless. He tries to wake her but nothing works. The man is now even more angered then he was a moment before. As now his wife is dead and he has a daughter not a son that he had hoped for. He gets up to leave as another man points out to the father.
"My Lord what about the baby?"
The father looks back at the child, glaring at it and walks out of the room. The gentleman holding the baby looks down at it and then back at her mother lying there motionless.
"Dear sister I know you would have been proud to have a Daughter, I will name her after you. Conner Krueger MacLeod, it's a fierce name. "
The man looks down at the baby and smiles.
"Your uncle Krueger will look after you."
Five years go by and the Conner barely even knows her father. Krueger takes care of her every need, from food, clothes and education. With Conner's pretty blond hair and blue eyes she stood out from all the others in the castle. Not even her mother had blond hair or blue eyes. Krueger was the only other in the family that had blond hair and blue eyes. Some thought of it as a sign from a higher power, some thought it was something else.
Krueger went out with Conner for a short ride one morning on his horse up toward the falls. On their way they found a young black unicorn not more than a few months old.
"Uncle what is that?"
Krueger dismounts from his horse leaving Conner in the saddle. He kneels down slowly to the small guy.
"I believe it's a unicorn. It's very young and I don't see its mother around"
Krueger stands up to look around, as the baby unicorn walks a bit closer. As Krueger turns around to walk back to Conner the unicorn follows slowly. A moment later a large black Dragon drops from the sky landing only feet from them. Out of reaction Krueger turns and a large blue energy bolt shoots from his hand. It hits the dragon in the face, the dragon flaps its wings and rears back ready to strike. Krueger grabs the unicorn and holds his hand up as the flame the dragon spills out is shielded from harming Conner, the unicorn or Krueger. As the fire stops Krueger lowers his hand and sets the unicorn down. He looks up at the dragon waiting, but the dragon doesn't seem to understand what just happened. The dragon to confused to try to fight, turns to fly off.
Krueger turns to Conner to make sure she is ok, as he sees her with her jaw dropped.
"WOW! That was amazing, how did you do that?"
He walks up to her holding his finger to his lips.
"You can't tell your father what you saw. He won't like me for it."
Conner didn't understand that, giving him and awkward look.
"What do you mean uncle?"
"What you just saw, the things I can do. Only people called Protectors can do them."
Conner gasps with excitement with a smile on her face.
"People like you?"
"No Conner, People like us."
Conner looked at her hands then back down at her uncle.
"I can't do those things."
He smiled and laughed at her as he mounted his horse.
"Not yet you can't but you will."
They start to turn and leave as Conner remembers the unicorn.
"Wait what about the baby?"
Krueger looks back sees that it's following them.
"Well, let's see if it follows us back to the castle. If it does he's yours."
Conner cheers with excitement as they start to walk off again. The unicorn follows the horse closely for the journey to the castle. As they arrive to the castle Lord James, Conner's father sees them come in.
"Why you back so early?"
Then he looks behind them and sees a small black baby unicorn.
"It's followed us home father, Uncle Krueger said if it did I could keep it."
Lord James looks up at Krueger.
"Did he?"
As he turns around and walks off.
As time went on Conner learned of these powers and came to trust them. The unicorn that followed them home that day she name Alliance, he grew to be a large stocky black dapple unicorn with blue eyes, with a long flowing mane and tail.
As Conner's outings with her uncle became longer and more frequent Lord James was becoming more suspicious of the reason. This was the only time Krueger had alone with Conner to show her the abilities and how to use them. One day Lord James had sent someone to follow them. Conner was now 11 and road Alliance so the man watched them from a distance at first everything seemed normal. Then Krueger started using his powers. The man watched for a little while longer, Conner only watched her uncle. The man jumped up after 20 minutes or so of watching, he mounted his horse and ran back to the castle.
As Conner and her uncle arrived at the castle they were met with a wall of guards. They slowly walked the horses up to the court yard. Krueger didn't look back to Conner but could tell her in her mind.
**Don't use your abilities, no matter what happens to me.**
Lord James stepped out from between the guards, Conner was moved off to the side for safety as Lord James commanded the others to capture Krueger. Conner screamed out for her uncle, wanting to help him but did what she was told and never used her powers. She was dragged off of Alliance and taken in the castle to her room. She was still screaming for him even know she couldn't see him. She heard a garbled yell ring out. She was hopping that wasn't her uncle.
That night there was no sleeping. She didn't know what happened or where Krueger was. He was more of a father to her then her real father. Late that night she saw a bright light coming from her window. She sat up and looked out to see what it was. Conner was shocked, it was her uncle tied to a post being burned alive. She started screaming out again, trying to get them to stop. No one was listening or it they were. No one cared.
Krueger heard her cry's he looked up at that last moment as Conner heard in her mind.
**I will always protect you.**
As an imploding bright blue white light destroyed the post and put out the fire. When the dust settled Krueger's body was nowhere to be found.
Conner cried for days, not eating or sleeping she was miserable. Wanting to be away from everyone in the castle.
A few years went by and Conner's father never asked her about the powers her uncle had or anything about her uncle. She left it alone, not wanting to ever bring up that subject. It was to heart breaking for her. Conner was now 17 and wanted to get her fighting skills finished and be able to get out on her own.
One day before leaving the castle she walked into her father's council chambers and bowed. She had on a long flowing dress as the members looked at her for a moment then she said to her father.
"I'm going out for my ride. I will be back before supper."
Her father nodded and she was quick to leave. She walked down to the stables and saddled up Alliance, she had a saddlebag with her normal clothes in it and her weapons were under a rock outside the gate so she could hide them. Before she could mount her horse one of the guards came down and asked for Conner to come back up to the council chambers for a moment more. She nodded and made her way back up there.
As she walked in two guards followed her, she thought this was very odd as they never come in these chambers. As she got half way down the long room her father got up and another guard walked in through the door with her saddlebags that were on Alliance.
As her father pulls out her clothes she had for changing into, a black coat, black pants, and a long sleeve shirt.
"My dearest daughter, might I ask what these are for?"
Conner quickly thought of some ridiculous reason to have all that.
"In case I need a change of clothes. For any reason really."
Her father quickly nodding his head possibly in approval. She thought everything was over she could go, she gets ready to leave and the guard stops her.
"One more thing!"
Her father pulls out Krueger's sword the weapon she had hidden outside under the rocks. It's a sword that only a protector can touch the hilt of.
"Pick up the sword."
Conner looked up at him refusing to obey him.
"PICK IT UP!"
He yells at her, but still she didn't budge.
Her father shrugs it off like its nothing he tosses the sword on the council table and walks to the end and grabs his dagger he has on his seat.
"Hold her!"
The guard grab Conner one on each arm, she tries to get away but all she can hear in her head is her uncle telling her not to show her powers. Conner tries to hold fast and keep her promise she closes her eyes as she feels the dagger pierce her arm. Conner opens her eyes and scream, as the blood streams from her arm to the ground. No more than a moment later the blood turns to a white light and goes back to her arm and heals. The pain is gone. Along with any reminisce of there ever being a wound.
Conner looks up at her father in shock, unsure of her fate and what to do now.
"Grab her!"
The guards grab Conner from all angles as she tries to kick free they hold her down. Her room door opens as they toss her in. She hits the ground hard right on her head. She lies there in pain thinking her fate surely would be the same as her uncles.
Two hours go by and her door burst open, she jumps up from the ground and on to her bed. Her father enters with two guards on his heels. He grabs the chair in my room and sits down the guards shut the door and stand next to it making sure I stay in the room.
"What do you want from me?"
Conner's father glares are her, possibly thinking she is some sort of monster. Finally he leans forward and speaks.
"I want you to help us."
"Help you with what?"
He stands up and paces the room as he starts to talk.
"We Tristan's need to be feared, well we just aren't getting that anymore. The Kingdoms to the North and Northwest won't send warriors so we need to destroy their villages."
Conner was frozen in shock from hearing this.
"You want me to kill innocent lives because they won't fight for you?"
He nodded slowly.
"You're turning 18 in three days and at that time all your powers will be handed to you. In four days' time we want to take these villages and teach them they can't say no to us. It's up to you, until then you'll stay locked in your room."
Conner was confused not know what he meant by all this.
"Wait what are you saying, how do you know this? I don't even know this information."
"We have our ways."
Lord James got up and walked out of the room. At that time Conner knew she had to get out of there and fast. She knew they let her out for meals and she knew where Alliance was keep. She didn't care if she had clothes or not all she wanted was out of the castle.
When Supper time came the night before her 18 birthday, she asked the guard for an extra few moments in the dining hall to finish her meal while no one was around. He allowed it and stood outside the door. Conner has a long flowing dress with long sleeves on with her black pants on under it and a black long sleeve shirt hidden under it without being noticed.
She gets up from the table and walks to the door there is only one guard as she thought there would be. As she doesn't turn for her room the guard tries to grab her arm to stop her. Conner turns and kicks his leg in and hits his throat so he can't scream. She then runs down the steps to the stables where no one watches the horses at night. She walks quietly over to Alliance's stall opening the door and taking off her dress. There is a loose stone where she hide things behind she had another, long black trench coat. She put the coat on and put the bridle on Alliance. She had her saddle ready to go and tossed it on. It was a black dressage looking saddle with a black breast collar. Right as Conner put her foot in the stirrup she heard yelling up the steps she knew she had to go now. She sat on Alliance and yelled "GO" They were off. The guards flew down the steps but it was too late she was already across the bridge and out of sight. She wanted out of there for many years and finally she was.
That night was the beginning of Conner's real life. The life she wanted and knew she could have. I tell you this now as I am Conner. That was my life back then. Now I will tell you my adventures today.