Episode 1: A Chivalrous Honor Pt. 1

The cave was thoroughly lit by many lamps that were placed throughout the inside, with a few workers making their way deeper into the cave. There were two men walking behind the rest of the workers talking about the new discovery, "I think we finally found them, but they were only five." The foreman stated.

"Only five? Did you try and find the other two?" The older male with greying brown hair asked.

"We searched the rest of the cave inch by inch, they aren't anywhere here."

The older male gave a deep sigh. "Okay, at least we have most of the stones now. We just have to continue our search for the last two."

"Why are you in such a hurry finding these stones? You`ve never had us excavate a site so quickly before." The foreman asked.

"Let`s just say that these artifacts may one day save this country."

The foreman gave a look of confusion towards his colleague. "If you say so."

Both of the males continued walking until they reached the area in the cave where the stones were found. As they approached, the stones gave off a radiant glow each of them with their own distinctive color. The foreman pulled out one of the stones buried into the wall and handed it to his colleague.

The older man smiled and examined the stone. "After such a long search we finally found the virtue stones."

"What are you going to do now Marty?" Asked the foreman.

The older male known as Marty took a deep breath. "Well… I`m going to have to contact a friend of mine and let him know the stones have been found." Just as Marty pulled out his phone there was a violent rumbling that shook the walls of the cave. "What in the world was that?!"

The foreman turned to the other workers. "What`s going on guys?!"

One of the workers came running in from outside. "Hey boss you won't believe this, but…. there are some kind of monsters attacking us!"

"What? Don't be ridiculous!"

Marty pulled out all the virtue stones from the wall and put them into a secure case that he had brought. "I don't think he is lying, looks like they are coming for the stones. We have to get out of here."

"You seriously believe that monsters are coming after us?"

"Like I told you, these stones will save this country." Marty repeated as he closed the case. "Now we have to leave before they catch us."

Marty, the foreman, and the rest of the workers rushed out of the cave as it kept rumbling. As they made it outside they were attacked with a volley of explosions. The group of men flew back from the force and hit the ground hard. While staggering to get up, Marty noticed two creatures approaching them.

One seemed to be a monstrous ox, with dark red eyes who wore old beaten knight armor and carried a large battle axe. The other was some sort of witch looking creature, she wore plates of armor that covered her torso and legs and dark scraggy robes that stuck out from between the armor. She also carried what seemed to be a staff with her.

"Hand over the virtue stones and we might show you mercy!" The ox declared in his rough demanding voice.

As Marty stood back up, he yelled back at the beast. "Sure, you can have the stones… that is if you can take them from me!" He retorted as he clutched the case to his chest that contained the stones.

The ox beast snorted angrily. "Very well then, if that's what you want." The beast then charged his axe with energy as he shot a blast of it towards Marty.

Marty shut his eyes, prepared to take the oncoming attack. When all of a sudden a figure appeared from seemingly nowhere and deflected the blast. The mysterious figure was covered from head to toe in a black robe and carried a long withered staff.

Marty opened his eyes and noticed the figure in front of him. "Mason is that you?"

"What is the meaning of this!?" The witch cackled, surprised by the appearance of the mysterious figure.

"Out of the way! Or you will share the same fate as the rest of them!" The ox beast demanded, but the man only stood silent and still. "I guess I will have to move you then." He said charging his axe once more.

This time as he shot the blast, the hooded figure created a barrier with his staff that protected himself along with Marty and the rest of the workers.

The ox beast stepped back in surprise. "What!?"

Then with a blinding light that erupted from the tip of the hooded figures` staff, he disappeared along with Marty and the workers. The ox beast and the witch then ran up to the spot where they disappeared from and growled in anger.

"Lord Gremdon will not be pleased with this." The witch explained.

"Quiet! Let us only hope, let's go!" The ox demanded as he and the witch stomped off into the nearby forest and disappeared.

Trevor Collins sat nonchalantly on the bench while waiting for the bus. He was already a half hour late getting to his sister`s because he managed to get on the wrong bus the first time. This was his first time in London and quite frankly he didn't know what to expect and getting lost in a foreign country didn't make it any better for him. Trevor was a lean young man with spiky brown hair and brown eyes. It was just the beginning of fall so it started to become chillier in London. Luckily, Trevor packed accordingly and wore a red hoodie over a white t-shirt and some blue jeans.

Trevor decided to come to London and live with his sister for a while. There wasn't much for him back home in Florida, he didn't go to school nor did he have a stable job. One day while talking to his sister Katie on the phone, he mentioned how things weren't going well for him at his job and had no idea what he was going to do if he lost it. Katie consoled her brother by telling him that perhaps it might have been a good idea to come to London and live with her to see if he could find a fresh start.

He ended up taking his sisters advice and packed his belongings. Took the first flight he could get and traveled to this brand new country. Now he was here and off to a rocky start, which was typical for him. As Trevor continued to wait for the bus, he noticed a beautiful girl with long brunette hair and hazel eyes walking up next to him and taking a seat on the bench. She wore some jeans and a long sleeve black shirt; she was also carrying a small shoulder bag.

Trevor was in awe of the gorgeous British girl and decided to strike up a conversation with her. He needed to ask a question anyways. "Excuse me miss, is this the right bus for going to downtown?"

The beautiful brunette raised an eyebrow towards him. "Yes, it is. First time in London?" She asked in her distinctive British accent.

Trevor nervously rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, just visiting."

"I see. I assume you`re from America?" The girl asked curiously.

He chuckled. "Yeah. Is it that obvious?"

"Depends honestly. I just took a guess considering most of those who visit London are from America."

"Makes sense I guess."

She smiled. "Where from the states are you from? If you don't mind me asking?"

"Oh...well I`m from Florida." He answered.

"Really? Interesting, I have a friend who is actually from there." She said with curiosity.

"Small world I guess." Trevor said.

"Yes, yes it is. What`s your name by the way?" She asked.

He greeted her with a handshake. "Oh! I`m sorry, the name is Trevor Collins."

"Jocelyn Byrd." She replied with a handshake of her own.

"Nice to meet you Jocelyn."

"Nice to meet you as well and welcome to London."

Trevor smiled. "Thanks."

The two continued to converse as they waited for the bus. Once it arrived, the two new friends rode together until they reached their destinations. After saying goodbye to Jocelyn and getting off at his stop, Trevor walked into the building where his sister lived making his way up to her flat. Once he found her flat number, he knocked on the door and waited a few minutes before she answered. The door then opened and revealed his sister, plastered with a huge smile on her face once she had laid eyes on him.

"Trevor!" His sister exclaimed with excitement as she tackled him with a hug.

"Woah! Hey sis, it`s good to see you." He greeted, returning her hug.

His sister was a short girl despite being a couple years older than him. She had long smooth blonde hair and light brown eyes that complemented her beautiful facial features. She wore a simple gray blouse and blue jeans. She had moved out here to London when she managed to get accepted to the University here. That was about two years ago and so since then she has been living here since.

She released him from the hug and gestured him to enter. "Come in, you must be exhausted from the flight."

Trevor entered his sisters` flat and set his things down, he was quite surprised at her living quarters. It was pretty spacious and well decorated having all the normal stuff a college student would possess. "Wow Katie, pretty nice place you got here."

"Yeah well I try. I had to find one that was affordable and wasn't a total dump." She explained making her way into the kitchen.

"Well I say you did pretty well." Trevor said as he plopped himself onto the couch.

Katie gave a chuckle and handed him a glass of water, taking a seat next to him. "So, did you have any trouble finding the place?"

Trevor took a sip of the water. "Kind of, I somehow managed to take the wrong bus at the airport and had to get another one to get here."

"Why didn't you just take the tube? You would have gotten here a lot faster." She told him as she got up from the couch.

Trevor looked at her quizzically. "The tube?"

"Yeah you know like a subway, that's what they call it here."

"Oh okay." He was going to have to get used to the terminology here. "Either way I`m here now and I`m starving. So what are we going to eat?"

Katie tossed her brother an apple." Eat that for now, we aren't going to have lunch until later." She told him as she grabbed her purse and some folders. "Right now I have to go to the London Museum of Medieval History."

"Why?" He asked raising a curious eyebrow, while taking a bite of the apple.

"Because I have an interview with the director of the museum for an apprenticeship there. Now let`s go." Katie explained as she opened the door and hurried out.

Trevor took another bite of the apple before he tossed it and hurried after his sister, shutting the door behind him. "Alright sis wait up!

After a brief bus ride to the museum Trevor and his sister got off and made their way inside. Trevor was amazed at how grand the museum and the many old medieval artifacts displayed everywhere, along with the people bustling about the place. He didn't know anything about medieval history or any history for that matter, but he knew his sister was a history buff and always wanted to study somewhere outside the United States. She achieved that dream when she got accepted to the University of London to study all the history she ever dreamed of.

Trevor followed his sister to a section of the museum that was closed off for remodeling. "So, this the museum where you're going to be apprenticing?"

"Yeah, it's pretty cool right?"

He nodded. "Yeah it is. So what now?"

Katie was looking around as she checked her phone. "I`m looking for my friend, she texted me saying she was here. I wanted to say hi before I go to my interview."

Trevor looked around. "Well what does she look like?"

Just before she could answer Katie spotted her friend. "There she is!" She said as she walked over to her. "Hey Jocelyn!"

As Trevor followed his sister he instantly recognized her friend to be the same brunette girl he met at the bus stop earlier that day. "This is your friend huh? Well I`ll be damned."

Katie gestured to Jocelyn. "Yeah, Trevor this is Jocelyn."

Jocelyn gave a chuckle at the sight of Trevor. "I thought you were visiting London. Not visiting someone."

Katie looked at the two of them confused. "Uh, do you two know each other?"

"Well you didn't ask why I was visiting London. Katie here is my sister and I met Jocelyn at the bus stop." Trevor answered to the both of them.

"What a small world, saves me the trouble then. Jocelyn where is your dad?" She asked.

Jocelyn gestured towards the back. "He`s in his office. Don't worry I put in a good word for you love."

"Well I hope that persuades him to give me the apprenticeship here." Katie replied nervously as she gave her friend a hug and waved at her brother. "Trevor, why don't you hang with Jocelyn for a bit while I`m gone. We can all have lunch when I`m done."

"Alright, good luck sis!" Trevor then turned to Jocelyn. "So I guess I`m stuck with you for a while."

She placed a hand on her hip. "What`s that supposed to mean?"

"What!? No I didn't mean it like that." Trevor said as he put his hands up in defense.

She laughed at his reaction. "I`m only kidding. Come on I`ll show you around."

"Alright, lead the way."

Jocelyn led Trevor through the museum and showed him all the exhibits they had to offer. As she showed him each exhibit, she gave a brief history of each one and the artifacts that each exhibit contained. "Wow you know a lot about medieval history don't you?" Trevor asked.

She smiled. "I grew up around this stuff. My dad would always give me history lessons and tell me stories about this age. He's an expert when it comes to these things."

"That's pretty neat. So your dad works here right?"

"Yeah, he is the director of this museum." She replied.

Trevor gave a low whistle. "So I guess that gives you have the advantage at school huh?"

Jocelyn giggled. "I suppose you can say that. Not to brag, but Katie and I are at the top of our class when it comes to history."

He laughed. "No surprise there. Katie has always been into history."

After giving a tour Jocelyn and Trevor headed back to meet up with Katie, on the way Jocelyn waved hello to one of the janitors. He was a young British boy who had light brown hair and brown eyes, he was wearing a green shirt and a janitor jumpsuit that he wore to his waist and had the top half wrapped around him.

"Hey Oli!"

"Jocelyn! How`s it going?" The janitor known as Oli greeted.

"Good, hope you can come by the event tomorrow." Jocelyn asked, as she walked past him.

"Of course, I`m helping set up everything. I`ll see you then."

They both waved him goodbye. "Great, see you then."

After that Trevor and Jocelyn met up with Katie, the three talked amongst themselves for a minute to decide where to go eat. Trevor had no clue about any of the restaurants in London, so he just let his sister and Jocelyn decide. The two girls came to the conclusion that the three of them should spend the rest of their afternoon eating lunch at the Queensland restaurant across the street from the museum. Trevor had no objections and followed the two girls to enjoy a nice warm meal.