Chapter 6: Five Years
Wartstool Village
"Zeph?" mumbled Eve in her sleep as she slept on Zeph's bed. The doctor had insisted that he should stay for one more night. Although she was worried about him, she couldn't do anything about it as his health was beyond her control.
Instead, she decided to get back to the Quiverload Residence to take a rest. As she slept on, she began to dream about the events after the Quiverload's exile.
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Mooshville, Age 104
It had already been a year since Zeph's departure and Eve was missing him so badly. Every night, she dreamt that he would return to the village. She would then dream that he would hold her close to him. However, the dreams ended the same way each night: Zeph would fade away, leaving her with tear-filled eyes in a rainy atmosphere. She would wake up with a jolt, sweat-drenched and teary-eyed. She would then look out into the window, staring at the calm night with the mooshrooms snoring peacefully nearby.
This all changed one faithful day when Mayor Edivon rode unto the village, his faithful army having been reduced to a mere handful. He looked weary from the journey and his soldiers looked like they had battled against an army. He had immediately asked for Wheatcane, who came rushing out of his hut upon seeing the current state of the mayor. The villagers stopped what they were doing and began to listen to what the mayor has to say.
'The village has to be evacuated immediately! We can't afford to waste any more time!' the mayor had said, his face seemed to be terror-stricken. Wheatcane was expressionless however as he gestured for his friend to relax but the mayor brushed off his friendly gesture with a warning, 'They're coming! They won't stop until they have enslaved us whole!'
'And what do you propose that we do? Just leave everything that we've worked so long for to run away from some troublemakers?' barked Rodfield, who emerged from a tavern nearby. 'I don't think I'll leave it like that! I'm sure the village agrees with this decision!' he yelled out while gesturing to the villagers who looked determined. 'We shall face this threat, whoever they may be!'
'Notch's beard! Have you lost your mind now, Rodfield? I had an army out there in the city! Do you know how many of us made it out alive? Do you know how many people died in my city after those bastards rampaged into my city and slaughtered all of my people?' yelled the mayor, his eyes filled with tears. 'You can't take them on! You might as well leave while you still can! They've got a powerful advantage on their side!'
'And which city does this army belong lo? The one that destroyed your city?' asked Rodfield, his voice seemed to challenge the mayor to say something otherwise.
'Their army is not of this world! They've got modified mobs as soldiers! Their leader is capable of performing supernatural deeds!' yelled Mayor Edivon, who began to try to catch his breath. The villagers began to doubt Rodfield, who looked at them all with a glare.
'Fine then! You can all go for all I care! But I'll stay and fight for my village!' barked the elder, who then stomped off towards his hut. The villagers began to rush back to their homes to pack their belongings. After watching all this unfold, Eve left to head for her home, where her mother and her sister were busy packing. The dishes were scattered everywhere while ashes seemed to cover the floor. She then ran towards her room, where she took out a backpack made by Mod and began to place objects inside of it. One of the objects was a metal locket of a bird.
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Coalore Cave, Age 106
Eve could not believe what had just happened. After two years of running and hiding, the evil army was able to find the villagers of what had once been Mooshville Village and they had them surrounded inside Coalore Cave. All that she could see when she glanced around her were the pus-covered faces of the zombie pigmen that held them captive.
Suddenly, one of the zombie pigmen shoved Mayor Edivon onto the ground and it pressed its golden sword onto the mayor's throat. Just as this was happening, a figure stepped into the cavern. Darkness covered where this armor-clad stranger's facial features. He held his thumb up and then brought it down, signaling the pigman to end the mayor's life. The pigman then gladly slit the mayor's throat, causing loads of blood to gush out of his wound. The mayor clutched at his throat desperately before dropping dead onto the floor. After this had happened, the army's uncontrollable mobs then ran towards the mayor's corpse, which was then devoured greedily by them in front of the villagers. Terror filled the villagers' eyes as the mobs then began to move on towards the villagers, whom they then feasted upon. As soon as the mobs were about to move on to Eve and her family, the armor-clad figure gestured for the zombie pigmen to stop the mobs. He then walked towards Eve and held her face. He then uttered the words, 'You shall soon face the same fate!' in a voice that seemed familiar to her. However, before she could even try to remember, the figure cuffed her on the back of her head, knocking her out cold.
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Eve woke up with a jolt upon hearing the last few words in her memory. She then rubbed her eyes and looked out of the window, only to realize that it was already sunrise. Suddenly, the door opened and Mod stepped into the room, accompanied by a familiar person with a bandage wrapped over his head. "Zeph!" she cried out, as she ran forward and hugged him, only for him to grimace in pain. Realizing that he was in pain, she let him go.
"I see that you haven't changed a bit after all this years, Eve!" he said. "I feel like we have a lot of catching up to do!"
"Catching up will have to wait, buddy!" called out a voice in the doorway. Ashton stepped inside the room, accompanied by Jacque, who seemed to be occupied with admiring the wooden figurines of cats that Zeph had carved out.
"Ash!" yelled out Zeph, who gave his friend a quick hug. Remembering something from days earlier, Zeph then turned to his friend. "Hey Ash! I was wondering about something. Where did you get that awesome tattoo behind your neck?"
Ash's eyes widened in shock upon hearing the question. Turning towards Jacque's direction, he noticed that his friend had also heard the question and had nodded, gesturing for him to reveal something.
"Zeph buddy! I have to tell you something," said Ash, who then put on a serious look. "This isn't just any tattoo. This mark represents my being a student of Balkon," he said, as he lifted his shirt and revealed the tattoo.
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A/N: The sixth official chapter had finally been finished and a shortened version of the five years has been revealed! But if you think that I will only reveal that much info for the whole story, then you've got it wrong! That is just a small part of Eve's past and more shall be revealed in the future. In the meantime, the story begins to unfold as the story shall soon be introduced its first game cameo! What game you ask? Read on and find out!
P.S. One of my faithful readers has been inserted into the story's plot. That person shall be revealed in the next few chapters. In the meantime, for those interested in having a game cameo and/or their characters, then just PM me! See ya!
