A New Generation
Chapter 2: Motivation


Uri walked into his master's dark, dank chamber. He walked into the center of the room. His master was standing on a raised platform at the end of the room. His back was turned. Uri got onto one knee and put his right fist to the ground. He bowed his head quietly. "Master, you have called for me?" He asked

"Yes," said the master in a deep slow voice. " I have a request of you."

"What is it master?" Uri asked

"I am trusting you with the responsibility of capturing a few warriors. These where once great heroes who have now aged and have lost much skill, so therefore it will not be too difficult." The master replied

"Yes master...I shall bring them back to you, dead or alive." said Uri

"No! You needn't kill them. I would much rather have them alive" The master said.

"Yes sir." Uri replied. He then stood up and began to leave, but the master called to him.

"Remember, do not take them too lightly. You are my most trusted, and faithful servant...don't disappoint me..." The master said with a slight hiss.


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Tunis paced back and forth in the main room of his house in Raculi. He had been thinking about the monster attack that happened the other day. Unfortunately, his mother had been badly poisoned by one of the monsters and his father and him could not come up with a strong enough healing spell to cure her, only strong enough to keep her alive. His father walked out of the room where his mother was resting.

"Well...I managed to get her to sleep," his father said as he sat down on his chair, "If only there were some way to tell how long this Poison will last."

"I've checked with the head Priest at Serak Palace and he never even knew such a strong poison even existed"

"Well...I'm going to go out and get some healing herbs to help your mother when she wakes up" Ronfar said as he got up from his chair.

"Ok" said Tunis with a tired tone. He had been exhausted from all the work he had done. He had had to gather firewood and all sorts of antidotes in hope of breaking the poison. He got out of his chair and went into his parent's room. He saw his mother sleeping on the bed. He silently prayed she would get better soon. He then heard a voice outside of his house.

"Get off' a me!" Someone yelled. It was his father. Tunis looked out the window to see a group of men surrounding his father trying to grab him. His father was holding them off, but he knew he couldn't hold out in his old age. Tunis ran to the closet where his father kept a Mace he had used many years ago. He searched around until he felt the sharp spikes on the fat end of the mace. He grabbed it and ran outside.

When he got outside, 3 of the men were holding His father. "So...you are the Legendary Ronfar," One of the men said as he walked toward Ronfar. The man was rather big with a black tank-top shirt and black hair. He had piercing Hazel blue eyes that seemed a bit hazy. He grabbed him by the hair. "I thought you would have been more of a challenge to capture..." He said. Ronfar spat in his face. The man then punched him in the face. At this, Tunis raced for the man. He swung the mace and made a clean blow to the head of the man, who fell to the ground.

"Unconscious ..." Tunis thought. He ran for the 3 men. He gave an overhand blow to one of them and cracked the skull. Blood flew to the ground. One of the other men ran at him. He hit him in the stomach with the handle and gave him a swift upward blow to the chin with the handle. The third one threw the unconscious Ronfar to the ground and pulled a knife on Tunis. As Tunis was getting ready to lunge, He felt something hard connect with the back of his head. Tunis fell to the ground.

"Take Ronfar back to the palace. Leave the boy"

"Yes, master Basla," was the last thing Tunis heard before he passed out.


When Tunis came to, he realized he was in a bed in the mayor's home. He pulled the blankets off his body and the moist towel off his head and walked into the living room.

"Ahhh...Tunis m'boy, how are you feeling?" He heard the mayor call from the corner of the room.

"Fine, but my head is throbbing..." Tunis replied with a moan.

"You took a serious blow to the head, you probly have a slight concussion. I would take it easy."

"Wait," Tunis remembered bits and pieces of what happened the day before, but it just occurred to him why it had happened. "Where is my Father!?" Tunis asked

"He was taken away by some strange men. I have no idea where he might be..."The mayor replied. Tunis began to walk out the door. The mayor ran after him. "Wait m'boy, where are you going?" The mayor asked.

"I have to find my dad!" Tunis said.

"But that's crazy! You have no idea where he may be, and you aren't anywhere near strong enough to fight those men again, and...and..." Tunis glared at the mayor. "...and I can tell your going to go no matter how much I tell you not to."

"Mr. Mayor, I need you to watch over my mother while I'm gone. Promise me!" Tunis said.

"Yes m'boy... you take care of yourself out there." The mayor said.

"I will..." Tunis replied.

Tunis went home to pack his things. He brought the Mace, (he had washed the blood off of it) A change of clothes, some food, and about 2000 silver. He kissed his mom goodbye and left Raculi behind. He knew where he was going. He would go see a friend of his fathers. A friend he hadn't seen for many years.

A friend named Nall

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Ramus walked into the magic guild. He climbed the stairs to the 5th floor. He turned the corner and walked into his families' chambers. He saw his wife Lemina sitting at a desk in the corner wearing her reading glasses and going over some documents. "Well," he began, "I was able to calm down most of the townspeople, but some of them are still very on-edge." He sat down on the easy chair and reclined it.

"That's good. Ya' know, I still don't know why those monsters were able to break out of there In the first place..." Lemina said without looking up from her papers.

"Maybe they just wanted to get out..." Ramus said with a hint of sarcasm.

"No, there was a strong magic spell put on the cave so that the monsters inside couldn't get out no matter how hard they tried."

"Well then how were they able to break the spell?"

"They didn't, the monsters in the cave weren't strong enough to break such a strong spell. There must've been some kind of disturbance in the magic atmosphere of the planet."

"What could've caused that?"

"I'm not sure..." the two sat there for a moment in silence.

"So what is that, honey?" Ramus asked, trying to break the awkwardness.

"It's a report on the growth of classes in the guild." Lemina answered. Before Ramus could answer, Lina walked in, she was beaming. "Why so happy?" Lemina asked.

"I passed my first magic exam!" Lina exclaimed. She ran up and hugged her mother and father.

"Congratulations, honey" her father said

"Yes, congratulations" her mother said

"I'm going to go down into the main chamber and talk with my friends. "She said as she began to run out of the room.

"Have fun!" she heard her mother call from their chambers. She was halfway down the stairs when she heard the sound of shattering glass. She paused and listened longer. She heard a scream. It was coming from he chambers.

"Mother!" Lina called as she ran up the stairs and back into her chambers. She ran through the door, almost knocking it off its hinges, and into the main room. She saw a few men, one holding her mother from behind, a hand over her mouth. He was skinny and pale. He had Blonde hair tied into a small ponytail. He wore a long black robe that fell to his ankles. He carried an evil grin. Lina looked to the corner of the room to see her father, cut up and slightly bloody from the shattered glass. He staggered up and approached the man.

"Let her go now!" He yelled.

"I think not, you see, my master needs her out of the way..." The man replied. Ramus lunged at the man. Ramus ran straight at him but ended up going right through him. He teleported behind Ramus. He raised his staff and with a sickening thud, hit Ramus on top of the head so hard, the staff almost broke. The man then looked at Lina and smiled. He then cast a shield spell over Lina so the she couldn't move. "Well, it was nice meeting you and your family, but I really must get going, you there!" He pointed to one of the people that were with him "Take her" He handed Lemina to the man

"Yes, master Cadra..." The man spoke. Cadra chanted a spell and in a flash the men, and Lemina, were gone.

A pound sounded on the door. A voice called from the other side." Mrs. Lemina! Master Ramus! Ms. Lina!" The door was hit a few more times when a loud crack sounded. The door broke in two and a montage of guards, led by Black Wizard Borgan, flooded into the room. Upon seeing Lina, Borgan imidiatly cast a dispel spell. The shield faded and Lina fell to the ground. A few guards had already brought her father to the infirmary.

"What happened here?" Borgan asked.

"Some men...broke in and kidnapped mother..." Lina said weakly.

The next morning, Lina packed her bags. She was going to look for her mother. Her father had suffered a really bad injury and was in a coma. She was sneaking out of the guild to do this, however, if anyone knew she wanted to leave to do what she was doing, the would place her under house arrest. Only one person new where she was going, Borgan. They had talked alone last night about it. She told Borgan what she planed and although he was reluctant about the idea at first, he eventually agreed to help her. He had said the only reason he would help her was because her determination reminded him so much of her mother.

Borgan would distract the guards that had watched the city since the incident and she would be able to leave. She had a game plan. She remembered a place her mother had taken her when she was little. A place with lots of other children running around and playing and having fun. A place called Taben's Peak...

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"Well, all the windows are boarded up..." Leo walked through the front door after driving the last nail through the wall, "That should hold the monsters off for a while."

"Why are the monsters so aggressive lately, dad?" Felicia asked while her father sat down.

"I don't know, this is the first time in many years that they have acted this aggressive. The last time they were aggressive was..." Leo trailed off and seemed to shudder at the thought of what he was thinking of. "Where's your mother?" He asked, trying to put his previous thought away.

"She went into town to get some supplies. I offered to go, but she said she didn't want me traveling so far with the monsters acting up lately."

"Well, when she gets back, tell her I'm out back chopping some more wood." Leo said as he started to walk outside.

"Yes, father." Felicia said in a murmured voice. As her father left she couldn't help but think about what had made the monsters aggressive the last time. Her parents never talked about it, which made her even more curious. She once overheard her parents talk about it and heard the name "Zophar", but then her mother saw her and ended the conversation. She tried to think about who "Zophar" was, but her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of her fathers voice from out back.

"Who are you? What do you want?" her father yelled. Felicia jumped out of her chair and ran out back, when she opened the door she saw 4 men, all wearing the same gray Tunic and a white mask. She saw her father put one hand on the hilt of his blade. Felicia then heard a very familiar voice.

"I wouldn't do that, White knight Leo..." the voice said. It came from behind the men. The 4 men separated and the man walked out from behind them. Felicia then realized why it was so familiar.

"Joiy?!" Felicia said with disbelief. "What are you doing!?" Joiy glanced at Felicia.

"Well, well, look at this, the whole family together..." Joiy said with a sneer.

"What do you mean?" Felicia asked. Joiy moved to the side and a 5th person walked forward holding Jean. Leo saw this and snapped.

"You!!!" Leo yelled. He lifted his blade and dashed at Joiy. But Joiy was too fast. In a quick moment, Joiy unsheathed a short sword and drove it through Lo's gut. Leo fell to the ground, passed out. Seeing this, Felicia ran at joiy in a fit of anger. She went for a punch, but Joiy moved and hit her hard on the back of the head. Felicia was conscious only long enough to hear Joiy take her parents away...


The next morning, Felicia left Her house and headed East. She was headed for a place her parents took her as a child. A place with many kids. A place where she would meet with a friend of her parents.


Nall.





Author's Note: Ok, I'm sorry this took m so long to get up, but I've been really busy this summer. The next chapter will include NallxRuby, so rejoice ^_^