Vio: Welcome to chapter one, part one of my MHS fic and I hope that you all will enjoy it~
P.S. I had forgotten to mention something in the introduction. If you don't like the idea of rare monsties being given earlier in the story then...I don't know? Enjoy?
Chapter 1: Darkened Clouds
"Cloud? Wake up sleepy head." A soothing voice giggled as said girl's eyelids slowly opened to see her adopted mother standing above her with her arms crossed.
"Too early mum." Cloud whined as she tried to bury herself beneath her blankets, but her mother was having none of it. Opal sighed dramatically with a sly grin, "Well then, I guess that you don't want to be a rider."
That got her a response. Cloud jumped from her nest of blankets, her eyes wide with excitement and a wide smile adorned her face, "I totally forgot!" The teen ran over to her closet and pulled out a white t-shirt and baggy blue pants. Opal giggled as she watched her adorable daughter run around trying to get ready, "Make sure to eat the breakfast I set out for you."
"Aye!" With that she left her daughter to get dressed.
A few minutes later Cloud rushed downstairs and grabbed her boots, "Ah, c'mon!" She was then struggling to tie her silver bandana that Opal had given her for her 13th birthday.
"Such a silly child." She hadn't noticed that her mother had seen her having trouble, "Here, lend me your fingers."
Cloud did as she was told and her mother guided her through tying the bandana snuggly around her forehead.
"Thanks mom." The two then went over to eat their breakfast and Opal chuckled while Cloud woofed hers down, "I'm done!"
"Alright, shall we be going?"
"Un!"
The mother-daughter duo made their way to the entrance of the village where chief Zander awaited them. The man chuckled to himself as he saw Cloud practically bounce her way over, "A little on the late side I see." At the girl's confused look, he continued with a smirk, "Terra, Venus, River and Ace have already begun."
Cloud pouted, "Ah! Really?! I gotta go!" Zander laughed heartily before giving the girl a satchel and watching her race off towards Pondry Hills.
"Are you sure that they're monitoring everything? No monster will get to them, will it?" Opal asked, clenching her hands at the thought of her daughter getting injured or worse.
"No, everything's secure so, don't worry. You know I wouldn't let anything happen to those kids."
Opal glanced at him, "Ace still wants to be a rider too, doesn't he?" Zander nodded while his teeth grinded together, "Yeah, I keep telling him that he should be more focused on learning about his duties as future chief." Opal shook her head when the chief wasn't looking, 'You put too much on his shoulders. No wonder he wants to leave so bad.'
Chief Zander was a kind man and very generous too, but many feared him as well as his monstie partner, Atticus, who was a Brute Tigrex. As chief he was given the right to have a partner so that said partner could help him if any monster tried to destroy the village.
His wife was a wise yet sweet and caring woman who was a healer. She supported her children's desire to leave and see the world before settling down. This caused arguments, not only between her and Zander, but also the kids as well. It would usually end with Fern running away in tears or Ace leaving the house in a huff while trying to discreetly wipe his face.
Opal's frown fell even further as she remembered the incident with Fern six years ago when the girl was fifteen. Fern, Ace and her mother had been so proud of her for passing the rider's test and the girl had packed up, ready to leave first light.
Even to this day, Opal wondered what had caused this anger in the man beside her.
The next morning, Fern had awoken to her father in her room destroying her precious nick-nacks that her uncle had brought to her from the outside world. Opal had been talking to Analia about the herb supply when Ace had rushed in, tears in his eyes.
"Mom!" Ace sobbed as he ran over and began to pull on his mother's sleeve.
"What's wrong?"
"Dad's destroying everything!" Ace ran back out and towards their house with Analia close behind.
There had been a lot of screaming after that and Opal felt for the poor teen who had wanted nothing more than to see the outside world. The family had never been the same afterwards with Fern and Ace moving to the abandoned house beside theirs that belongs to their traveling uncle. Analia eventually forgave Zander, but the damage was done and now his children practically wanted nothing to do with the man.
"Shall we go?" Opal looked over to see Zander waiting for her and she nodded, glancing back once more before following after the chief.
Cloud bit her lip as she glanced down at the pink/white herb, "Antidote herbs. Yosh!" She gently grabbed the herb before putting in the satchel, "Now all I have left are the blue mushrooms."
The white-haired teen jogged over by some rusted machinery and a smile spread across her face as she saw four familiar teens, "Hey! Guys!"
The four turned to look at her and each smiled back, "Cloud, you're here." River spoke as she hugged her friend, "Yeah, hehe..." She rubbed her head sheepishly, "I kinda overslept."
"No shit." Cloud glared at Ace with a pout as the teen smirked back at her, amusement dancing in his crimson orbs.
Terra laughed while Venus just smirked lazily, "Anyways, now that we got the stuff, shouldn't we be heading back?"
Cloud grabbed a few of the mushrooms and the group left back towards the village, not noticing the bloody amber eyes watching their every move.
When they arrived back at the village the villagers were all waiting for them with grins and smiles upon their faces, "Congratulations young, soon-to-be riders." Zander spoke with Analia and Fern at his side, "Now all that's left I-" the chief was cut off as a loud screech echoed throughout the village.
"Wha-"
"It's a Nargacuga!" Someone shouted as he pointed towards said monster that was sitting up on a house, but not just any house.
"Mother!" Cloud screamed as she tried to run to the house, but Zander grabbed her, "Atticus!" He roared and the ground shook violently as the Brute Tigrex arrived with a roar of dominance.
The Nargacuga roared back as it raised it smashed the house it was sitting on and Cloud felt her heart clench in agony, "Mother! No!"
People were screaming and running to get away from the battling monsters. Cloud felt numb as she look towards the crushed house, "….N-no..."
Unfortunately, the Nargacuga escaped with heavy wounds. Many houses were torn apart and trashed and livestock, along with a few monsties, were running wild. Cloud finally fought her way out of the chief's grip, "Mother!"
"Cloud!"
"Oi, Cloud!"
"Oh no, Opal was still in there, wasn't she?"
Cloud finally arrived to the house that she and her mother once shared only to scream, "MOTHER!"
The others rushed up to see a sight that would never leave their minds. Cloud was on her knees, sobbing her heart out and just above the wreckage, Opal's arm stood covered in blood. The teen never noticed that her bandana had become undone and landed in a puddle of crimson that leaked out from underneath the crushed house.
I know it's kind of a sucky chapter, but I hope that you all enjoy it anyways. Let me know if I my grammar was off please? I'm trying to correct it while also making a story that you all will enjoy. If you have any questions, let me know. The next chapter will be much longer~
Wild monsters will be called monsters while tamed ones will be called monsties.
