Tempestuoso Esperanza


Chapter 1


They called her Storm. The most feared assassin in the world for she could storm your home and everyone within would be dead before the first body hit the floor. She was a fearless woman, with no weaknesses, no family, and no friends outside her circle of bandits, all of which were mercenaries.
Her group, called The Shadows, was composed of the top seven assassins in the world. Herself, two other women named, Taserlyn and Loyalty, and four men, Mikhail, Gaunt, Frindley, and Seven. They were the scourge of all evil according to many. Children were often told that The Shadows would get them if they didn't behave. But common believe was the fair grounds for gossip and the untrue.
Storm had made a pact with her friends 'never to harm the innocent, only those deserving the death that came for them'. She would watch her victims for days, some times weeks, before she decided if they were worthy of their life. If they weren't, they were dead. If they were, she would make sure they knew it. Usually by leaving them a note signed 'Storm'.

It had been years, even a decade and more since Storm had been called by her real name. As a child, a woman by the name Critic had declared her father unworthy of life, for he had beaten and killed Storm's Hispanic mother and had came close to destroying Storm's life as well. She had been almost four years old at the time. Critic drained her father's blood and took Storm to raise, rather than leave her to the father's family. She had declared that day that Stone Mountain would never have the beautiful little child.
She took Storm and named her that, not because of her abilities, but of the color of her eyes. The gray-blue of them looked as if a storm was brewing in her eyes. She raised the girl as her own mentor had raised her after stealing her away from an undeserving family. She taught Storm how to judge a man, and the ways of a spy and assassin. She taught her everything she knew.
But never once did Critic call the young girl by her real name. The name that Storm held as the most sacred of names. Her mother had named her that, knowing that she was just that for the people of Stone Mountain. She was la Esperanza de Piedra Montana.



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Yes, I know that this was a really short Chapter…. I don't think I can really be called a chapter because all it is is an introduction to Storm and some of the thing that will happen in the story. You'll have to bare with me, because I'm using Spanish in my story and I'm not a native speaker…hell, I'm not a speaker, period. Unless you count the fact that I've been learning it for forever in school. I'll be translating the things down here, unless there's a major give-away if you know what it means…then you'll just have to look it up yourself or wait until I reveal it in my story. I hope you'll like it! : P

La Esperanza de Piedra Montana: The Hope of Stone Mountain

Tempestuoso Esperanza: Stormy Hope