Hello to all! Marinas, Banditess of the Wind here, with my first ever fanfic. If you can review, please do, it'd be nice to have some comments and some constructive feedback. (I don't think Banditess is a real word, but I like it. XD)
Oh, and to anyone who wants to meet with me on Maple Story, I'm Marinas, on the Broa server.
---Chapter 1: Sleepywood Sauna Meeting---
Every year, the four wise men of Victoria Island gathered in the VIP room of the Sleepywood sauna to discuss what had happened over the year, and the meeting was happening, like it always did, shutting down the VIP suite, making all people who wanted to do the Sauna Robe quest unable to do so.
The room was rather soothing, with vines looping around the walls of the building, and some managed to make their way inside as well. It was all made from wood, and it seemed as if it depended on the vines around the building to keep itself standing.
Mr. Wetbottom hung around the VIP suite, serving food and drink to the four leaders of Victoria. Dances with Balrog ate the cooked meat straight off the bone, Grendel enjoyed his pure water, Athena devoured the famous Sleepywood pizza, and Dark Lord simply hung from the ceiling, eating nothing.
"Ahh, this spring is so relaxing…" said Dances with Balrog, lying back with his feet over the rocks in the sauna.
"Honestly, how can you survive with your feet over the coals? They're blistering hot!" complained Athena, who was wearing a towel over herself to conceal her body.
"Obviously, you've never trained like the warrior does!" boasted Dances (I'm gonna call him Dances, k?), smiling, "We can do this for hours on end, and never feel a thing!"
"If you're trying to impress me, it's not working." Athena glared at him, and Dances averted his eyes, scared of the impending doom she would bring upon him.
"Now now, Athena, don't lash out at the poor fellow. I've seen you brag about your skills to others." Said Grendel, sitting in the corner of the room, sipping a bottle of Pure Water.
"Are you stalking me, magic man?" Athena said playfully.
"I'd never do that, dear Athena, but you can be quite deafening with your lips that I can hear you all the way over in Ellenia."
"Are you calling me a loudmouth, you disgusting little--" Both were interrupted by Dark Lord, hanging from the ceiling by his feet.
"Stop fighting, both of you." Said Dark Lord, in a kind of whispery tone of voice. "Fighting will get us nowhere. You need to control your emotions, and think before you act."
"Don't you start too, bat boy." Athena said to Dark Lord.
"Best part is, your insults are lame, Athena." Said Dances, rather loudly, trying to make himself known.
"How dare you! I've saved your ass on more than one occasion!" She yelled, standing up to make her seem like more of a threat. "Don't forget, if it wasn't for me and the Grass Tribe, you would've been wiped out the last time the Shadow Tribe attacked!"
"My, my, Athena, you're not acting very ladylike." Commented Grendel, who had just ordered another Pure Water for himself.
"You want a piece of this too, you cloak wearing freak?!" Yelled Athena, as she stamped towards Grendel, who wasn't frightened at all.
"I'm just saying, is all." Said Grendel, as he took another sip from his newly opened bottle.
"That's it, you loser! Taste my steel arrows!" Athena grabbed her bow from her shoulder, pulled an arrow from her quiver and loaded her bow, only to realize she had let go of her towel, as it fell to the ground, and stood entirely naked in front of Grendel.
"Oh my goodness…" Grendel said, rather frightened by the woman in front of him. Dances whistled attractively and thumped his foot like a rabbit. Athena whirled around, and smacked Dances upside the head with her trusty Vaulter 4000, knocking him unconscious, as he fell backwards into the hot coals. She quickly grabbed her towel up from the ground and wrapped it around herself, covering herself again.
"Honestly, Dances, I can't believe how much of a pervert you are!" Athena growled as she set down on the bench.
"Happens every year." Sighed Dark Lord, still hanging off the ceiling. Dances still didn't respond. "Can we go home yet? I need to get ready for the festival."
"Oh fine, meeting adjourned, everyone." Concluded Grendel, who had just finished off his third Pure Water. The three people, minus Dances, who was still knocked out, left the sauna, paid for the services, and made their way back home. Grendel had to take the longest route, as there was no direct route between Sleepywood and Ellenia, so he traveled into Perion, and down to Ellenia.
As he entered the Perion dungeon route, he made his way past the boars leaping at him, hoping to taste magician flesh, but Grendel beat them away with one wave of his legendary staff, cause their bodies to be engulfed in flame, ice, electricity and poison, killing the wild animals instantly. He left the teeth and money for passersby -- he didn't need it. He made his way into Perion, and floated through as users pointed him out.
"Look, its Grendel the Really Old of Ellenia!" Whispered one warrior.
"He's so cool and powerful…" Whispered another.
"He's the leader of the village Hidden in the Leaves!" Whispered a bowman.
He never gloated about his power, he never truly saw himself as a powerful ally to have in battle. But it did feel nice to be complimented about his skills as leader of the magicians.
He quickly moved through the rough, rocky Perion terrain, killing any monster that wanted a piece of the mage. Soon, he had entered the territory of the forest, the outskirts of the village hidden in the Leaves. He admired the lush growing forest around him, trees growing up all over, reaching up to the skies. It was very calming, especially because the monsters were tame and knew that Grendel was not the type to be messed with.
He walked through, taking time to smell the flowers that popped out of the ground occasionally, because they were usually cut down soon by players hunting for plant samples for a doctor who lived in the village.
He entered another area, which was a landmark in Ellenia, the tree that grew over the rest, and soared into the clouds. Climbing it was an equivalent of scaling the Great Perion Mountain. He looked up it, watching as it scaled into the sky, and stopped at a cloud, at which point, it couldn't be seen anymore. Magicians were hopping around the vines leading up it, around the lower parts, which were safer, and the weak slimes made their nests, which the weaker and new magicians who preyed on.
But, even the lower level magicians seemed to be taking order in these areas of training; all people who tried to train within the areas were overthrown by them, never being able to strike a single monster, because of the magicians amazing skill and range during battle.
"Hmmm… I see that the newer magicians are very powerful, even when they're just beginning in the skills of magic. And their power can only increase by multiples the stronger they get over time…" Grendel thought clearly about the idea, "It's almost as if the magicians…"
As his thoughts continued silently, his train of thought suddenly stopped. A wide, devilish smile crept over his face.
Thanks for reading The Magician Uprising! Review if you have the time.
