The Lightning Empress
Chapter 1 Run
~IE~IE~IE~IE~
Run, keep running or they'll kill you, keep running even if you're going to faint, as long as you get away from there you'll be safe, you'll be safe away from those burning embers of hate and disgust, away from the family that hates you. Away from the cursed place and family that holds your last name, Enju.
My name is Ishiko Enju, Ishiko means 'lost' I was named that because my parents thought that I didn't hold a place in the world to call my own, and when my magic was found out that only made my name even more true. My magic is Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic whereas my family's magic is all sorts of fire magic, for god sake they rule a Dark Guild called 'Kurayami no Honō' or Kurayami for short meaning 'Flame of Darkness', quite befitting when it's a Dark Guild, though the name itself is a bit cheesy.
My family hate me because I can't do fire magic, they hate me because I can't carry on the family line, they hate me because they can.
When I was four I went missing for three years, no one noticed or cared, probably both, but anyway, I went missing in the forest where I found a Dragon called Shūrai, she was the first living thing in my life to be genuinely kind to me, I loved her for that, I loved her as if she were my mother, a mother that cared for her young unlike my real one. Shūrai taught me Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic and a few Secret Arts. Though on the 7th July X777 she went missing, I searched and searched for her but couldn't find her, I haven't seen her since.
"Get back here you b*tch!!" A loud masculine shout echoed throughout the forest, I heard it even without my heightened senses and unfortunately it snapped me out of my thoughts. I'm a small girl standing at a ditzy 5"3, I have long dirty blonde hair that's flying around me right now as I run through the forest. I'm pretty sure my blue eyes are clouded with oncoming tears even though I've been crying for this whole time I've been running, at least a good thirty-five minutes.
My once clean-ish clothes are now dirty and ripped but then they already were like that, when I say once clean I mean when they were bought, a good year-ish ago. My once dark blue fully sleeved top is now dull and looks like a light blue top with three quarter length ripped sleeves. My jeans are ripped mainly at the legs and knees, they were a nice black but now they're more grey-ish. I have no shoes leaving me to step on stones but then I'm used to that, I never had shoes.
My eyes snapped up from the stone and branch covered ground as there suddenly was a trail just in front of me, No, no, no, no! There shouldn't be a trail here! Did I take a wrong turn? I can't go back he'll kill me! Damn I'm gonna have to risk it! I jumped out of the tree line into the open, the oh so vulnerable open.
"Oww! That hurt's!! Eekk!" I squeaked as I landed roughly on some stones, a few tears escaped my eyes and I quickly swiped them away. I glanced up to the sky, clear not too many clouds but any if all clouds are all light, a low chance of rain. Ok, good, maybe I can like tree camp or something.
"Excuse me, Miss, are you alright?" A male voice asked from behind me. I froze, God I'm so stupid, I didn't check around for people around me, I was too concerned with tree camping? And my brother…. I'm dead, prepare yourself Ishiko, your life was a good one, well with Shūrai. Treasure those moments and prepare. Deep breaths-
"Uhh, Miss? Are you-?" A different voice asked, still male though. I jumped, I'd forgotten that they were there. I turned around as quick as possible considering I'm standing in stones, which was quite slow and painful.
"If your gonna kill me give me a minute!" I growled, they have to at least be considerate right, if they're in Kurayami no Honō they know me so they at least must be considerate and they'll accept my final wishes...right?
"What!? Why would we kill you!?" A girl's voice fumed, I went as still as a statue as I opened an eye, then my other one and blinked, once, twice, a third time. What!?????
"Who are-," I stopped mid sentence, noo, even if my punishment for running isn't death this definitely is, telling outsiders secrets. "You're Outsiders aren't you." It was more of a statement than anything else and it actually reflected a slither of calm that I thought I had lost over half an hour ago- that reminds me, whe-
"Get back here you useless b*tch!! When I find you I'll kill you!!" There he is, Krono my brother, my final family member, he hates me too of course, and he's the first born so he'll be the Guild Master someday and unluckily for me he hates me more than the whole Guild combined.
The group of strangers in front of me jumped, there was four of them, a male with long green hair in a ponytail, he must've been the one to speak first, then there was another male, he was wearing an odd armor knight-like helmet he was also wearing quite an odd outfit, but then I can't really speak. Who runs around with no shoes on? Me. The helmet guy must've been the second to speak. Then there was the only female in the group, she was wearing a green dress and half moon glasses, her dress showed off her...assets, which only served to remind me of my lack of any. she must've spoken there now. Finally there was the last male, he had dirty blonde hair, like mine, it was short and spiked up with..gel? He was wearing a large fur coat and had a lightning bolt scar running over his right eye. He hadn't spoken. Though they all looked quite concerned either it was that sudden shout, the state that I'm in or the fuming brown haired male stomping down the very treeline that I plopped out off-- Wait WHAT!??
My eyes snapped to where Krono stood, "What do you want?" The green haired boy asked, he sounded so calm...wow points to him he probably doesn't know who Krono is though. Shame, he'll probably run like everyone else around here when he realises he's doomed to an inflamed death.
Krono sneered, "I'm here for that b*tch!"
I frowned at the commonly used on me insult. "Oh yeah, then why are you still standing up there?" A new male voice spoke, I looked over and seen him, the blonde. He'd spoken.
Krono laughed, "Because I'm just here to kill her, nothing more, nothing less!" He snapped his fingers and a huge ball of fire appeared above me...and the four other people. Oh look, I've brought innocent strangers to their deaths. Great.
Krono turned around and vanished as he let the ball of fire plummet down on us. The last thing I saw was the red scorching flames of his hate.
~IE~IE~IE~IE~
TBC..
That's the end of Chapter One!! I hope you liked it, the next chapter will hopefully answer any and all questions if not feel free to ask!!
Bye!!
~Death Valley 101