Hello and welcome back to Dark Crown! I am so sorry for the long wait! But school decided to make these two months leading up to the winter holidays Hell by adding more exams (So far i did 5 exams! And theres still more so please be patient!). Anyways i'm cranking this Chapter out with extra Determination! I got nothing more to say so... Enjoy!

PS: I hate school.

PPS: I hate school because it made me fail at making a Halloween Special.

?'s POV:

It was midnight.

I was running as fast as i could, my lungs screaming for air, my muscles burning and my body aching, but i have to escape!
Whilst running at maximum velocity i notice a little light in the distance. I decided to weave around the trees in this damned forest to escape that Abomination. After a bit of weaving the Abomination got confused and dizzy, so i used the confusion to my advantage and ran like hell to the light. Upon closer examination i noticed that it was a simple home in a Village, It was made entirely out of Oak Planks and looked very warm and cozy.
When i enter the Village, i am greeted with a Metallic Automaton that looked at me with its Red, Dead eyes. It was making sure i wouldn't harm the village's inhabitants.
I give it a Rose i was keeping in my inventory for an emergency. It takes the Rose carefully out of my hands and inspects it. Satisfied it led me to what i believed to be the Village Elder's Humble Abode.

I walked in and was greeted by the Village Elder who said: "Ah, Welcome! What brings you here young man?"

I reply feeling a little more secure in here: "I have come seeking shelter for the night. The Night grows restless all thanks to Cerius the Crow."

The Village Elder looks at me with surprise and asks: "What have you done to anger The Mad Necromancer young man?"

I open my bag and pull out a Glowing Crystal and said: "The Elenaaria Soul. An artifact of great power said to bring great magical power to one with a strong mind."

The Village Elder Nods and says: "We allow you to rest here but... What is your name Young man?"

I stood up from my sitting position, Throwing back my Black Cloak as i say: "I am known by many as Vixerus, the Mage of Dark's Bane."

Shade's POV:

We were at home, having fun playing a game of Ghaster. Its a board game with four players. Each player has Ten Ghasts, One of which is the King Ghast, And the Goal is to Transport the King Ghast from your side of the Board to the Opposite sides. What makes it interesting is that each player can bargain with the other Players. Ex. Trade two Ghast units to Trap your opponents King (Or try to.). Me, Sam, Wolf and Ray were Playing on the Left side of the Game Room, Whilst Anna, Manga, Adria and Arch were playing on the Right. Sam and Joseph were outside Drinking or something, Tofu watched us expectantly, waiting for one of us to win.

We were having a Blast until Sam came in and said: "Hey guys, We are going to need some more Wine. We ran out of our stockpile so we are going to need to go to the Village to get some more."

I sigh as i say: "Fine i'll go by myself. See ya guys!"

I pack some food just incase i had to spend the night at the Village. I grab my tools and Emeralds to buy some Wine.
I walk out our front door slowly, Admiring our work. It has been 2 Months since we first met and already we are a huge team! We might even make a Guild sometime. Hey! Thats a Great Idea! But ill hold on to that thought for until i come back with the wine. After a little bit of walking through the Forest in the Night, I hear some sort of Growling to my left. I would dismiss it as Wolf Quarrels but this sounded more... Menacing. I decided to investigate it with my Blades out, Ready to dice up anything that crawls out and tries to kill me. I part the bush and am Greeted by a Purple Abomination.

The thing had Three eyes all piercing my soul with their gaze, It had giant teeth that could Split in half a Mountain, Its claws leave Marks on the ground as it slowly approaches me.

I hold out my blades in a X formation and prepare to use one of my new skills, The Marker. The Abomination jumps at me, Snapping its razor Fangs at me, Aiming for my head. Instinctively i slide under it and jump back up with a 180 degree spin. I uncross my blades and Rush for the Abomination's Flank, ready with my blades held backwards. Before i managed to do my move it spun around and clawed at my face, leaving four claw marks in my face as the area started to gush out blood. In a fit of rage,i dropped my swords and i threw myself at the Abomination and wrestled it to the ground. Its struggling was in vain as i tore it to shreds with my bare hands, Gore and beautiful crimson blood spraying everywhere as the Abomination screeched in agony. After it finally stopped struggling i realized how savage i had become. I looked at my bloodied hands, in fear of myself loosing control again. Shaking off the feeling of fear, i walked over to a nearby stream and washed myself off, before continuing back on my trek to the Village.

After a little while i finally made it to the village. At this point it was Midnight, though i could barely tell because of the Rain Clouds covering the sky. I loved the rain. I didn't realize i stopped walking to take in the calming feeling of water splattering on my body until i heard a Villager say: "Hey Shade! Watcha doing standing there in the Rain? Come on in!"

I snapped out of my little calmed trance and walked over to the Villager, who was sitting on a chair on the porch of the Town's Tavern. I walked in to the Tavern and was greeted warmly by the Villagers that were inside.

I then asked the Barkeep: "Hey, Can i get Two Barrels of Wine please?"

The Barkeep looked at me with a "Are you sure you can carry that much?" face for a couple of seconds, before sighing and asking two people to get me the barrels.
I thanked him and paid him the Emeralds, taking the Wine Barrels and was about to leave, before i realized how tired i was. I then decided to sit down and have something to eat here at the Tavern to regain some energy.

I carried both of the Barrels over to a nearby table, Wowing some of the Villagers inside, and asked for some Steak.

I happily munched down on the Food when it arrived.

I then heard something that caught my attention.

a Villager says to another Villager: "Hey, do you think we can trust that Vixerus character over by the Village Elder's house?"

The other Villager replies: "I don't think so. That guy gives off a creepy vibe whenever you are around him. I overheard a conversation with him and the Elder.
He was saying something about finding the Child of Darkness. I don't know what he is talking about but something seems off..."

They continued mumbling about the topic but i heard enough. This guy wanted to find me so that could mean he wants to hunt me down.
I payed for the meal left the Tavern. I was walking back in the general direction when suddenly, an Energy blast of sorts was thrown at me.

I dodged the Energy blast and looked over to who shot it. It was a Man, who appeared to be in his late 30's, he had Long, Grey hair and a fine goatee. The most interesting thing about him was his eyes. One was Blue while the other was a bright, starlike Yellow. He was wearing a Black Cloak that had some special belt on that held his Potions and Throwing knives. He prepared to shoot another Blast as i Materialized Darkfury and Shrieksong. He shot the Blast, but i easily deflected it with Shrieksong. I charged at him, Getting ready to slice his arm off, When he suddenly teleported with a flash of brilliant light. I was confused for a second when i was suddenly stabbed through the Back with a Knife. He was behind me! Thinking fast, i kicked backwards, and was met with a satisfying moan of agony. Lets just say that he may never make children ever again. I pulled out the knife quickly from my back and turned to face his body, which was writhing in pain on the ground.
He then quickly grabbed one of his potions and drank it, he then stopped writhing and jumped back up, as if i never kicked him in the grundle.
He then materialized a sword seemingly made out of Pure Light. and lunged at me. I sidestepped his attack and was about to decapitate him when suddenly i was thrown back into a house, landing with a loud thud as air was driven out of my chest. He was going for another lunge but i recovered and used my Darkfury to push his away, whilst also using Shrieksong to stab him through the Abs. He grunted in pain and jumped back. I took this opportunity to Downwards slash him when he suddenly teleported again. When i landed i knew exactly where he was. I did a roundhouse kick and knocked him to the ground. He was bleeding from his head, and was writhing on the ground from probably the stab i gave him in the Abdomen.

I grabbed one of his potions from his belt and forced him to drink it. He stopped writhing and calmed down, afterwards he looked at me perplexed.

He then asked: "Why?"

I, asked confused: "What?"

He asked again: "Why did you heal me when you knew that i was intending to kill you?"

I reply: "I... Don't know why."

He chuckled at my reply, saying that i was too naive. I picked him up and threw on my shoulders and asked: "By the way, are you that Vixerus guy i heard people talking about?"

He then replied: "That is correct. I am the Mage of Dark's Bane and i have a hatred for necromancers. I apologize for attempting to kill you, i didn't know you were kind. All i heard is that you are the Child of the Dark Lord Sargath."

I stopped, put him down and gave him a dark stare that pierced his soul and said: "Don't ever, mention that Fucker's name. EVER."

He was scared to see a sudden change of Happy go Lucky to Cold and Terrifying so out of Fear, he nodded.
I picked him back up and took him to the nearby Village's Doctor.

Zoey's POV:

I was taking a walk around the nearby forest around our House. I was wondering about why we are being attacked by so many monsters. It feels so... Strange.
Some of the monsters that attack us aren't supposed to exist yet they do. Whilst thinking this over it started to rain. I felt more at peace after a few droplets of water yet, after i stopped thinking i suddenly felt like was being watched by an unknown presence. I looked around and heard the grass scrunch as Ray came up to me from behind.

I reply spooked: "Oh! Its you Ray. Whew! I thought it was some crazy creature that was hungry for flesh!"

Ray was not even looking at me, he was staring down at the grass, looking sad.

I asked feeling worried: "Whats wrong Ray?"

He replies weakly: "Oh its nothing."

I turned to face him and said: "There is definitely something wrong. Now tell me what it is."

He raises his voice and says: "Its not any of your business. Now stop asking me!"

He then turns to a random direction and runs off.
At this point i'm confused. Why is he so upset? He is slowly becoming more and more Antisocial, which puts us on a greater disadvantage of finding out the problem. So i decided to follow him deeper into the forest. When i found him, he had tears pouring down his face whilst he was walking. I was curious but cautious so i silently sneaked through the bushes, always keeping an eye on him. He suddenly stopped. I almost tripped and gave my position away but with all the power i could muster i stopped without falling. I looked over to where he was. I started to tear up when i saw a Gravestone with the words "Here Lies Emerald-"
I couldn't read the rest because Ray's head was blocking it as he was crouching down in front of it, probably mourning.

I decided to stop following and silently sneaked away all the way back home.

Whilst i was walking home, i heard some metal clanking somewhere over the hill.

i decided to check it out. When i got closer i could hear there was a female voice that was barely audible due to the loud clanking.

The Woman said: "C'mon! Why did you have to malfunction right now? We were almost at the Village!"

I walked up the hill and saw a Woman with Long Blonde Hair and Light Blue Eyes. She was wearing some sort of eye protection goggles and had the typical engineer garments. She was using a huge wrench to fix a Large, Golem-like Robot with Red eyes.

I cheerfully approached her and said: "Hi there!"

She jumped back in surprise at my sudden entrance, falling on the ground. but after looking at me and realizing i wasn't some psychotic murderer (Or atleast thats what i think she realized i wasn't.) she calmed down and said with a sigh of relief: "Hi, i'm Sophie. its nice to meet you."

I reply with a smile: "Its nice to meet you too."

SUSPENSE! MUAHAHAHA! Anyways i probably wont be active like i said above unless i find time to write this, or i can wait until the Winter Holidays to go back to my Starting Schedule (Attempting to release one Chapter Daily.). Anyways i decided to keep tabs on the OCs that people have suggested so that i may add them to the story. I love all of your suggestions but i can only keep track of so many POV's. There obviously will be a lot of deaths to make room for more characters, but the main characters who are Shade, Anna, Sam, Joseph, Wolf and Manga will live for the whole series. That doesn't necessarily mean that all of the other characters will die but the main characters are guaranteed to live.
I feel horrible for not uploading a Chapter for a long time but i had no choice! Either fail school or loose writing time. Yeah my Edumacation is a little more important (a little...).

Anyways i got no more to say so i will be seeing you all in the next Chapter of Dark Crown.

Bai Bai :3