Welcome back to another Chapter of Dark Crown! In this Chapter our Heroes find a Village, And we Learn more about Shade in General.
I apologize for a lack of a Chapter yesterday, I had no Time to Work on Dark Crown, thus no Chapter. But Fear not! For it has come today!
Anyways Enjoy the Chapter!
Manga's POV:
I Woke up from My Deep Sleep, And Panicked when I Noticed this wasn't My Bed! But then it came rushing back to Me. The Battle, The Story etc. I Got up from the Bed, It Creaking in Relief as the Weight It was Supporting was Lifted. I Looked around, I was in Somebody's Bedroom. I decided to Leave the Room and try to Find the Child of Darkness. While I was on the Second Floor of the House, I Admired the Place. Wow, they have Five Bedrooms! How did they get the Time to do all of this? Anyways I went Downstairs, and whilst going Down the Stairs, I realized that I wasn't Wearing the same Clothing as Before. I Blushed the Deepest Shade of Red Possible when I Realized that they Probably Saw me Nak- Just Before I Died of Embarrassment whilst Thinking about what they Saw, I Heard some People Having a Conversation at The Kitchen which was only Accessible through the Living I Went Inside and was Greeted by a Dark Blue Haired Male. Greets Me very Excitedly:
The Male Greets Me: "Hey! Its Great to See You Up! How are You anyways?"
I Reply to Him with a Small Smile: "I'm Great, Thanks for Caring but erm, Who are You?"
He Replies whilst Going to Pick up my Blade: "I'm Wolf, Its nice to Meet You."
I Introduce Myself too: "I'm Manga, Its nice to Meet You too."
He has a lot of Difficulty Picking Up My Blade, He then asks: "How do You even Carry this Thing? It Feels like it Weighs as much as a Whole Block of Iron!"
I Reply whilst Giggling a Little Bit: "I Guess Carrying a Buster Class Sword Everywhere You Go makes You Stronger."
He Hands Me the Blade and Sighs afterwards. He then Says: "I Think I met My Daily Quota for Exercise"
We both Exchanged a Laugh and I Strapped My Blade Which was in my Sheath onto My Back. I Moved on to the Kitchen. There I Saw another Male with Blonde Hair and Dark Purple Eyes, and a Girl who was a Brunette with Light Green Eyes. They Heard Me Walk in and Turned around to Greet Me.
The Male Said: "It's nice to See You up! How are You?"
I reply: "I'm Fine Thanks!"
The Female Introduced Herself and Her Brother: "My Name is Anna and this is My Brother Joseph. Also Sorry about Shooting You with My Bow, You were About to Kill Shade."
I Accepted Her Apology, I Introduced Myself and afterwards We Went Back into The Living Room.
I asked: "Are there any Others in Your Group that I Should Know about? Besides Wolf, Shade and You Guys."
Joseph Replies: "We Have another Brother Named Sam, But currently He is Out with Shade to Collect some Resources."
I nod and we took a little tour around the House until They told Me to Help Wolf with Some Training, As they Told Me I was The Second Strongest in the House, Besides Shade of Course. I Accepted and Went to Find Wolf.
Sam's POV:
I Looked around in the Forest Looking for some Chickens for Feathers. Shade Asked Me to Find Them, Even though I didn't Know Why He needed Them. Whilst Searching I Killed a Lot of Cows for Their Meat, As Me and Shade Prefer Beef over Bacon. Wolf was more of a Black Hole, He Eats Anything Laid out in front of Him. Shade was nearby Looking for some Specific Flowers to Make Dyes. Whilst Searching I Saw some Houses over the Plains. Then I realized it was a Village full of People.
I notified Shade: "Hey Shade Look, Theres a Village over There!"
Shade Responds by Asking: "Do You Think We should Go over There? They may not be Friendly."
I reply with a Smug Grin: "Even if They aren't Friendly, I'm Sure We can Take Them on."
Shade Sighs then Says: "Fine but I have a Bad Feeling about this."
We Head over to the Village with our Weapons Ready. Shades got His Darkfury and Shrieksong whilst I got my Iron Scythe ready to Go. When we got there the Villagers were Friendly and Tried to Give us Gifts that We didn't Accept. We asked if there was a Blacksmit nearby. They Led us to the Blacksmith which happened to be on the opposite side of the Village that We Came from. We asked the Smith if He could Upgrade my Scythe, to which He said Yes but Asked if We could Do Him a Favor in Return. He Asked that We Get Him 5 Blocks of Obsidian, 3 Diamonds and 20 Iron Ingots. We Accepted His Favor and Got down to The Mines that was next to The Village. On the way to The Mines, Shade Looked around Uncomfortably. When I Looked at the Villagers I Noticed how Their Smiles Looked Artificial, Almost like They were Faking Them. We Sped up a Bit, Because it started to feel Creepy.
When We got to The Mines, We started to Dig around the Existing Tunnel Searching for the Iron first. When We got into a Split in the Mine, Shade Went Left and I Went Right. After taking the Turn I Saw some Lava, Being Careful and Avoiding it Like a Boss i Saw a Patch of 3 Iron I Smiled and Went towards it, Only to find it Guarded by a Creeper. Jumping back just in time, The Creeper Was about to Explode except it Diffused once it Saw that I was out of Range. It Started Treading towards Me, But I Pulled out My Scythe that I didn't Leave at the Blacksmiths for Safety Reasons, And Cut it in Half. I Sighed in Relief as I Continued towards the Iron. I Dug the Iron and, Instead of getting 3 Iron, I Got 5 because there Were more Behind the Ore I could See. After a Little while of Mining I found an Extra 12 Iron, Making it 16 Iron, I got 7 Diamonds because I got Lucky. A little more than We Bargained for I suppose. Anyways I didn't have a Diamond Pick and I don't Carry around a Crafting Table, Thus Ending My side of the Mining. I Met Shade back at the Main Tunnel and Asked Him:
I ask Shade: "How much Stuff did You get?"
He replies with Pride: "37 Iron Ingots, 5 Blocks of Obsidian because I felt Miserable whilst Digging It so I didn't Get More, 24 Gold and 13 Diamonds. Not a bad Haul eh? What about you?"
I tell him how much I got, Still in Shock of How much He Collected.
After the Mining Expedition We Resurfaced and Went back to the Village.
Shade's POV:
When We got back to The Village I felt Uncomfortable again, So i Decided not to Look at the Villagers too often. We went back to the Blacksmith and He gave Me a Look that Said "You made a Big Mistake Buddy" whilst Making a Creepy Grin. Sam was Obviously Oblivious to this. Sam gave The Blacksmith His Scythe and The Blacksmith Started Work on the Scythe. We were Led by Two Villagers to Their Houses. Unlike the other Villagers, These Guys Looked Worried about Something. One was a Guy and the Other a Girl. When We got to Their Houses, They Sat down and Had a Conversation with Us.
Villager 1 Greeted: "Hello err..."
I Introduce us: "Our names are Shade and Sam."
Villager 1 Continued: "Hello Shade and Sam, We have Something to Tell You."
Sam said: "Go on."
Villager 2 Continued from where Villager 1 Left off: "You have to Leave as soon as Possible."
Sam asked: "Why? Are we not welcome here?"
Villager 1 Replied: "You are to Us, But the Other Villagers are Plotting to Kill You Guys."
I Snap Angrily: "WHAT!? WH-"
Villager 1 Put a Hand over my Mouth and Said: "Shh! We don't want the Others to Know that We are Spilling the Beans now, don't We?"
I nodded and He Removed His Hand from My Mouth.
Sam asked: "But why?"
Villager 2 Replied to Sam: "Because Shade is The Child of Darkness. And They Think You are His Associate."
Sam Gave a Surprised Squeak Before Villager 1 Covered His Mouth too.
I Gave an Annoyed Grunt before I Asked: "Why do People just Assume I'm Evil?"
Both of the Villagers Shrugged.
I Asked the Villagers: "By the Way, Why are You Helping Us?"
Villager 1 Replied: "Because I Saw You Spare a Girl that Had Full Intention to Kill You, And During the Battle I Saw that You didn't Use any of Your Powers."
Villager 2 Continued: "Also You Helped Her Out by Taking Her Indoors. So at that Moment We Knew that You had a Kind Heart."
Sam Asked: "Thanks for Telling Us, But How do You Think They are Going to Kill Us?"
Villager 1 Replied: "They Plan on Poisoning Your Food."
I asked One Final Question: "Is there any Way We Could-"
I Was Interrupted when We heard a Woman Scream. It came from the Church. Me and Sam Rushed to the Church, Along with The Villagers. The Woman was Trapped on Top of the Church, Cornered as a Zombie Approached Her. Damn it! It must have Come From One of the Coffins in the Church. Sam Rushed into the Church, Trying to climb the Ladders to the Woman. But I Jumped from the Bottom to the Top, And With a Downward Slash I Split The Zombie In Half. Sam got up a little too late but Nonetheless We Saved the Woman.
The Woman Thanked Us: "Thank You for Saving Me! I Would have Died if it weren't for You!"
The Woman then Proceeded to Climb Down the Ladder, and When She got to the Bottom She was Immediately Hugged by a Villager, Possibly Her Husband.
The Villagers Praised Us and Told us the Truth: "Thank You for Saving One of Us, And Sorry..."
Pretending I didn't Know I asked: "Why are You Apologizing?"
They Replied: "We Intended on Poisoning Your Dinner, But We're Sorry! We didn't Know the Child of Darkness was Good!"
They All Bowed in Apology. I Chuckled a little and Said: "No Worries, Apology Accepted."
They All Stood up and Started to Throw a Celebration Party! After a Couple of Bottles of Whiskey or more Accurately, 8 Bottles, and Maybe Some Drunken Limbo, The Blacksmith Gave Sam His Scythe Back. It Looks like the Blacksmith Went Ham on It! Instead of One Blade, There Were Two, One on each Side. It looks like the Blades have Been Sharpened with Nether Quartz and on Top of That, The Blades Were Made out of Diamonds. So the Diamonds were Sharpened and The Rod Itself Had Been Replaced From Iron into Obsidian. Just so You Know My Blades Weren't Upgraded because They were at Their Max. The only Way to Upgrade Them Further was To Enchant them. But I need 60 Levels for That and I only Have 24. I asked the Villagers if They could Spare us some of the Resources to make an Enchanting Table and a Couple of Bookshelves but They gave us Everything. To Repay Them We Stood on Guard Duty Helping their Iron Golems Protect Them from the Creatures of the Night. The Next Morning We took off for Home But The Two Villagers Who Helped Us, Whose Names Were Emerald and Ray, Decided to Join our Team. Emerald Was a Librarian so She Used Magic Whilst Ray Had A Gun. They Were Both very Powerful as They Demonstrated Their Abilities. Emerald Burnt a Tree into a Crisp By Using Lightning, While Ray Hit a Cow In The Center of Its Head with 3 Bullets. All in the Same Spot. We Head Back Home Satisfied with the Resources we Got.
Wolf's POV:
I Sat on the Couch with Anna, Manga and Joseph. It has Been a Whole Day since Shade and Sam set out on Finding Resources for us to use like Iron for Crafting and Wood for Building. Anna was Getting Worried Thinking that They may have Been Killed. But Manga Reassured Her by Saying that Shade Couldn't be Killed That Easily. Joseph was Sitting Outside Waiting for Them. I Decided to go Sit next to Him, So I left the House and Sat on the Grass with Joseph.
He Suddenly Said Something: "Do You Think They are Coming Back?"
I Replied with a Sigh: "They are but... Its taking a While."
He Smiled and Said: "Finally, Somebody Who Thinks like I do. Shade is extremely Tough and Sam is Extremely Skilled with a Scythe. So that should Make a Deadly Combination."
I Nodded and Looked off into the Distance.
He did the same.
I Whispered to myself: "C'mon Guys, Anna is going to Explode if You don't Hurry."
As if My Words were Heard, I Saw a Group of 4 People Coming this Way. And with them were... Shade and Sam!
I Shouted: "Hey Guys! What Took You so Long?"
Joseph at That Moment Noticed Them and Joined in.
Okay so thats about It for this Chapter. At this Point, I'm Keeping a Notepad For the Names because They are Going to Overwhelm Me. Besides every Time I Change POV I can Use the Notepad to Make My Decision. Also While I was Writing this My Fingers got Stiff from how Cold the Room is. So right after I finish this I'm Going to Sit down at My Fire and Warm up My Fingers. Thanks for Reading and Stay Tuned for The Next Chapter.
PEACE!
-Voidex