Author's note :
Dear reader ,
I would like to convey to all of you , a very important message that would concern you as you have a very important part to play as you a reader of fan fiction and your own personal critic to the stories that you critique .
As you know , the fiction that you are reading now is the product of our enthusiasm , motivation , inspiration and labor of love . It is my joy especially , whenever I were to hear praises and personal approval from the readers that have read my works . In all honesty , sometimes I would find inspiration from the words that the people have typed out in either disapproval or approval and continue to improve my craft .
Therefore , I would want to appeal to you , the readers , to continue giving feedback to the authors of the stories that you have read . Not only do you give us the invaluable joy of enjoying the fruits of our labor but also drive us to continue writing out stories that would ultimately serve your personal leisure .
I would like to thank you all for your enthusiasm for keeping the fan fiction scene alive and your reviews that drive us to write with inspiration .
Yours Sincerely , Seiferalmasy1930
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It was a magnificent sight to marvel at .
The clear blue skies , a vast , serene medium of air which its gentle , fresh breezes seem to purify the spirit .
The snow capped mountains , in all its majesty and its quiet strength soar up to the heavens and humble all who stood at its feet .
The lush green pine trees that lay in front of the royalty of the mountains added a warm eye pleasing addition to the lifeless whites and grays of the mountains .
The plains that spread across the land was blooming with life , herds of deer began to feast on the pure , clean mountain water that run through the streams . Patches of flowers in many colors dotted the plains , standing out from a sea of green .
All of nature's glory and wonder was laid out beautifully for him to savor , enjoy and please , it is a privilege that is treasured by many travelers who would have the opportunity to see such a sight .
But all of these things do not matter to him at all .
They are insignificant and irrelevant to him .
He feels that it was a dangerous distraction to him .
All that matters to him now , is his focus . His sword . His skill .
As Edge began to tightly grip the hilt with concentration and a determined will , he frowned his eyes with a fiery spirit and prepared his blade for a upward slash .
The moment he had begun to swing his sword upwards , the ground beside his right began to be swept away of sand and soil . Creating a large cloud of muddy brown dust . Little bits of grass were blown into the fresh cool mountain air only to be carried by the windy breezes .
In continuation to the powerful swing , Edge quickly in an instant began to prepare his grip to swing his sword once again for a downward slash . And with lightning reflexes , he swiveled the sword's hilt and made sure that the edge of the Star Dragon Sword facing the ground . Edge then gathered all his strength and brought down the sword with all his deliberate might that he could muster . The force that was caused by the downward inertia and the strength of Edge made the sharp tip of the Star Dragon Sword to hit the ground with considerable force and caused a few chunks of grass and soil to chip off the ground .
As Edge began to compose himself after his medley of his slashing technique practices , he stood up from his normal battle stance , closed his eyes and breathed in the rejuvenating mountain air to calm away his agitated emotions .
" You know , your second slash wasn't in perfect form ."
Edge opened his eyes at the Star Dragon Sword's critique at his swordsmanship and turned his eyes towards the mountains reaching out into the endless blue ether .
" I am aware of that . I have realized that my downward slashes are not keen enough ." Edge replied wearily .
" You should have improved after practicing it for about a year , but you just don't seem to get it do you ? "
Edge who was engrossed with the spectacular view of the mountains and the wildlife that surrounded it , simply replied with repeated effortless nodding .
" When I was being swinged downwards by you , all that I felt was that I was pushing the air and not sundering my way through it ! "
" I am aware of that ."
" So why are you not improving ? Do you have something in your mind that is troubling you or what ?"
" No , why would you ask that question , master ? "
" Because I think that the answer to that question is somehow troubling you ."
Edge continued to look at the beautiful scenery in front of him and ignored the words that the Star Dragon Sword said . Somehow , Edge seems to be uncannily evasive about the questions that was asked by Star Dragon Sword lately . Even when asked the most personal question that would normally jolt up emotions in a normal human being , Edge seemed to spark away no reaction . It was as if he was devoid of any emotions .
The Star Dragon Sword did not know what else to say to the very person that was given the responsibility to take care of him . He felt that Edge is not like the 16 year old youth who was filled with so much spirit and enthusiasm in his blood , but rather a middle aged swordsman who seems to be jaded at everything that he sees and whose fighting spirit is waning . Somehow , he was reminded slightly at Victor , his former owner who didn't got along very well with him at times .
The silence between him and Edge was extremely unnerving . Not even the cool mountain breezes could not lower the tension felt between the two vagabonds .
Somehow , The Star Dragon Sword felt that he definitely had to say something to try waking Edge up from his idling daze into his own dream world .
" Hey Edge ! Don't you think we should get a move on already ? It wouldn't be wise to stay here , I fear that your swordsmanship might rot if we did ! "
Edge suddenly began to turn his head around and look at the Star Dragon Sword . The look on Edge's face was starting to a hint of startled interest , it seems that his usual facial appearance of unusual calmness and lack of emotional expression was hinting of a desire to wanderlust and travel . It wasn't surprising to the Star Dragon Sword as he knew for as long as he had been with him , that Edge would show fits of excitement and eagerness whenever he were to talk to him about the prospect of visiting other exotic lands .
The Star Dragon Sword knew from the first look on Edge's face that he had struck the right chord to begin the harmonious melody in Edge to start him going again .
" So where do you think we should go off to , master ? "
The Star Dragon Sword was relieved to hear the spirit of a determined adventurous youth revived in Edge's voice once again .
" Well , since you liked the mountain so much just now , why don't you try looking for a ravine to walk through and see what lies beyond ?"
" It wouldn't hurt much to give it a try ."
" So why don't we start going ? "
With that said Edge picked up the Star Dragon Sword , his backpack and started heading downwards the rolling hill that he earlier practiced his swordsmanship on . The duo wasted no time and hustle through the vast , moist green plains and sped towards the pine forests to look for a passageway to cross the mountains easily .
Hours passed by as Edge and the Star Dragon Sword had made their way through the forest and onto the footholds of the mountains . By the time they had came out of the forest , it was already in the late afternoon and the sun was setting soon . Their search for a ravine or a passageway through the mountains proved however to be futile and ended in failure . They have discovered , however that the mountain slopes which seems to lead towards a path to the other side , was not too steep and could be easily traversed . But problem was , that by the time they would reach the top or at least halfway through the track , it will reach nightfall and will be almost too dark to see their way round .
" I don't think we could reach the top of the mountain by sunset , master ."
" All those hours wasted during our time here in the forest really ate away our time . Anyway , we should start setting up camp for now , and rest to get ourselves over the mountain ."
Edge and the Star Dragon Sword went into the forest to gather firewood and hunt for dinner . After coming back with a modestly sized rabbit , Edge prepared a fire and roasted the unfortunate animal over it slowly . By the time the rabbit was cooked , it was already dark and the trees that once surrounded Edge faded away into the blackness of night . The night brought forth an unusual significant drop in temperature and the air was dense , foggy , chilly and disturbingly cold . From his experience and knowledge , the temperature of the place that they were in now , was odd and uncommon . It is significantly much colder than normal . Edge luckily brought some rags that he had bought earlier in a nearby town and wrapped himself into the comfort of his bodily warmth .
Edge started to take a cloth and began to clean the blade of the Star Dragon Sword like he always did everyday and bite onto his dinner .
" Hey , Edge ."
" ... Yeah ? What's wrong ? "
" I was a little worried about you when we were at the rolling hills back then ."
" Sorry , I didn't feel like talking to you at that point in time ."
The Star Dragon Sword was curious at his companion's answer and began to ask him some more questions .
" So what were you thinking about when you were staring so blankly at the mountains then ?"
Edge started to look very somber and serious at first hearing of the words spoken by his companion . The dancing flames of the bonfire which shed out light danced on Edge's face , fighting and struggling over the darkness over the possession of Edge's face . The scenario of the dancing lights and shadows that painted over his brooding , disturbed and worrying face added much suspense and mystery to the Star Dragon Sword in guessing or wondering what was he thinking about during that point in time .
" Master , I don't think we should talk about this anymore . It is beginning to wear me out and tire me ."
" Edge , It really worries me ! If this carries on , how would you be able to wield me properly for crying out loud !!!! "
" Master , with all due respect , I do not want to ..."
A panicked , desperate scream suddenly yelled into the darkness of the night and into the ears of both Edge and the Star Dragon Sword . As Edge turned swiftly to the direction of the troubled scream , all he saw was nothing but darkness . He began to look upwards and only saw black silhouettes of the pointed tops of pine trees with a full moon that stood vigil in the sky filled with darkening shades of gray . Edge started to wonder , why wasn't there any hint of moonlight raining over the forest ?
" I think we should go and check on the source of the distressed scream , master ."
" Sure , of course . But remember to take a torch of fire with you . Somehow , I sense that something is very amiss about the forest , ever since the sunset gave way to the darkness of the night ! "
" I noticed that the forest is unusually dark , and I don't think I would want to trust my eyes without any light ! "
" Lets go off now ! "
As Edge and the Star Dragon Sword began to ran through the darkened forest with the aid of the torch shedding its much needed light on the path they were blindly traveling on , they began to think about the threat that was lying ahead of them . What could the darkness of the night conjure up that would make the person scream out in such terror and fear ? Without any warning , the haunting screaming yell out into the infinity of the night , this time with much more desperation and terror . Edge shudders to think and started to concentrate in getting to the source of the petrified screams instead , he would prefer to allow time to reveal the answers slowly .
" Edge ! Remember to be on your guard ! If not I would have to deal with whatever that we're going to deal with later ! "
" Yes , master ! "
The forest did not look to be welcoming , in the darkness of the night the trees seemed to be stripped off their thin green leaves and gave off a very ghostly impression of white , lifeless skeleton trees , filling the ambience of the forest with a very dark , gothic look .
The duo stopped abruptly as they have came to see a dark silhouette of a human shadow at the border of their reach of their torches' light .
" Master , I think we might have found the person ..."
" Don't be so sure Edge . Proceed carefully and do not let your guard down ! ." The Star Dragon Sword cautioned .
With much caution , fear and forced hesistation , Edge began to approach slowly towards the dark shadowed figure and gripped the Star Dragon Sword as tightly as possible . As the light poured onto the dark figure as they got closer , the dark figure slowly turned into a bright yellow hue and slowly revealed a distressed , frightened beautiful young village woman whose feet and dress was heavily stained with mud , wounded with deep , long cuts that made her cry in pain and had bloodstains all over her clothing .
Edge who was slightly mortified at the image of the young woman who had probably faced an unfathomable , incomprehensible danger that cost her to be ridden with such powerful dark emotions , came up to the woman in her aid .
" Are you alright , miss ? What's wrong ? "
The woman who stared fearfully at Edge raised her trembling hand and pointed at the direction of the forest which Edge assumed to be the place that she was running away from .
The woman began to stutter and spoke to Edge in broken sentences of words .
" ... Please .. Help me .... help them .. don't ...."
The woman who was severely inflicted and plagued with extreme shock , passed out and fell to the damp , cold forest floor . Edge's fear begin to mount higher at every passing moment of the haunting situation that he is in . For the first time , he felt powerless , frightened and vulnerable . Suddenly , the Star Dragon Sword shouted at Edge and startled him , breaking him away from his emotional demons that were haunting him . Also , at the same time , Edge soon heard the rustling of grass and leaves and movement which seem to come towards the same direction that they were running to . With every passing second the noises made by the vile terrors could be heard louder and louder as they seem to come closer .
" Edge ! " The Star Dragon Sword warned .
" What is it , master ? ... " Edge , sensing that something was really wrong , replied in stalwartness .
" I think something is coming from the direction that we were heading ! Quickly Brace yourself for whatever that is to come ! "
TO BE CONTINUED ...
What will Edge and the Star Dragon Sword face in the depths of the night ? What dangers lies ahead for the spectacular duo ?
Find out more in the next chapter !!!!
Dear reader ,
I would like to convey to all of you , a very important message that would concern you as you have a very important part to play as you a reader of fan fiction and your own personal critic to the stories that you critique .
As you know , the fiction that you are reading now is the product of our enthusiasm , motivation , inspiration and labor of love . It is my joy especially , whenever I were to hear praises and personal approval from the readers that have read my works . In all honesty , sometimes I would find inspiration from the words that the people have typed out in either disapproval or approval and continue to improve my craft .
Therefore , I would want to appeal to you , the readers , to continue giving feedback to the authors of the stories that you have read . Not only do you give us the invaluable joy of enjoying the fruits of our labor but also drive us to continue writing out stories that would ultimately serve your personal leisure .
I would like to thank you all for your enthusiasm for keeping the fan fiction scene alive and your reviews that drive us to write with inspiration .
Yours Sincerely , Seiferalmasy1930
---------------------------------------------------------------
It was a magnificent sight to marvel at .
The clear blue skies , a vast , serene medium of air which its gentle , fresh breezes seem to purify the spirit .
The snow capped mountains , in all its majesty and its quiet strength soar up to the heavens and humble all who stood at its feet .
The lush green pine trees that lay in front of the royalty of the mountains added a warm eye pleasing addition to the lifeless whites and grays of the mountains .
The plains that spread across the land was blooming with life , herds of deer began to feast on the pure , clean mountain water that run through the streams . Patches of flowers in many colors dotted the plains , standing out from a sea of green .
All of nature's glory and wonder was laid out beautifully for him to savor , enjoy and please , it is a privilege that is treasured by many travelers who would have the opportunity to see such a sight .
But all of these things do not matter to him at all .
They are insignificant and irrelevant to him .
He feels that it was a dangerous distraction to him .
All that matters to him now , is his focus . His sword . His skill .
As Edge began to tightly grip the hilt with concentration and a determined will , he frowned his eyes with a fiery spirit and prepared his blade for a upward slash .
The moment he had begun to swing his sword upwards , the ground beside his right began to be swept away of sand and soil . Creating a large cloud of muddy brown dust . Little bits of grass were blown into the fresh cool mountain air only to be carried by the windy breezes .
In continuation to the powerful swing , Edge quickly in an instant began to prepare his grip to swing his sword once again for a downward slash . And with lightning reflexes , he swiveled the sword's hilt and made sure that the edge of the Star Dragon Sword facing the ground . Edge then gathered all his strength and brought down the sword with all his deliberate might that he could muster . The force that was caused by the downward inertia and the strength of Edge made the sharp tip of the Star Dragon Sword to hit the ground with considerable force and caused a few chunks of grass and soil to chip off the ground .
As Edge began to compose himself after his medley of his slashing technique practices , he stood up from his normal battle stance , closed his eyes and breathed in the rejuvenating mountain air to calm away his agitated emotions .
" You know , your second slash wasn't in perfect form ."
Edge opened his eyes at the Star Dragon Sword's critique at his swordsmanship and turned his eyes towards the mountains reaching out into the endless blue ether .
" I am aware of that . I have realized that my downward slashes are not keen enough ." Edge replied wearily .
" You should have improved after practicing it for about a year , but you just don't seem to get it do you ? "
Edge who was engrossed with the spectacular view of the mountains and the wildlife that surrounded it , simply replied with repeated effortless nodding .
" When I was being swinged downwards by you , all that I felt was that I was pushing the air and not sundering my way through it ! "
" I am aware of that ."
" So why are you not improving ? Do you have something in your mind that is troubling you or what ?"
" No , why would you ask that question , master ? "
" Because I think that the answer to that question is somehow troubling you ."
Edge continued to look at the beautiful scenery in front of him and ignored the words that the Star Dragon Sword said . Somehow , Edge seems to be uncannily evasive about the questions that was asked by Star Dragon Sword lately . Even when asked the most personal question that would normally jolt up emotions in a normal human being , Edge seemed to spark away no reaction . It was as if he was devoid of any emotions .
The Star Dragon Sword did not know what else to say to the very person that was given the responsibility to take care of him . He felt that Edge is not like the 16 year old youth who was filled with so much spirit and enthusiasm in his blood , but rather a middle aged swordsman who seems to be jaded at everything that he sees and whose fighting spirit is waning . Somehow , he was reminded slightly at Victor , his former owner who didn't got along very well with him at times .
The silence between him and Edge was extremely unnerving . Not even the cool mountain breezes could not lower the tension felt between the two vagabonds .
Somehow , The Star Dragon Sword felt that he definitely had to say something to try waking Edge up from his idling daze into his own dream world .
" Hey Edge ! Don't you think we should get a move on already ? It wouldn't be wise to stay here , I fear that your swordsmanship might rot if we did ! "
Edge suddenly began to turn his head around and look at the Star Dragon Sword . The look on Edge's face was starting to a hint of startled interest , it seems that his usual facial appearance of unusual calmness and lack of emotional expression was hinting of a desire to wanderlust and travel . It wasn't surprising to the Star Dragon Sword as he knew for as long as he had been with him , that Edge would show fits of excitement and eagerness whenever he were to talk to him about the prospect of visiting other exotic lands .
The Star Dragon Sword knew from the first look on Edge's face that he had struck the right chord to begin the harmonious melody in Edge to start him going again .
" So where do you think we should go off to , master ? "
The Star Dragon Sword was relieved to hear the spirit of a determined adventurous youth revived in Edge's voice once again .
" Well , since you liked the mountain so much just now , why don't you try looking for a ravine to walk through and see what lies beyond ?"
" It wouldn't hurt much to give it a try ."
" So why don't we start going ? "
With that said Edge picked up the Star Dragon Sword , his backpack and started heading downwards the rolling hill that he earlier practiced his swordsmanship on . The duo wasted no time and hustle through the vast , moist green plains and sped towards the pine forests to look for a passageway to cross the mountains easily .
Hours passed by as Edge and the Star Dragon Sword had made their way through the forest and onto the footholds of the mountains . By the time they had came out of the forest , it was already in the late afternoon and the sun was setting soon . Their search for a ravine or a passageway through the mountains proved however to be futile and ended in failure . They have discovered , however that the mountain slopes which seems to lead towards a path to the other side , was not too steep and could be easily traversed . But problem was , that by the time they would reach the top or at least halfway through the track , it will reach nightfall and will be almost too dark to see their way round .
" I don't think we could reach the top of the mountain by sunset , master ."
" All those hours wasted during our time here in the forest really ate away our time . Anyway , we should start setting up camp for now , and rest to get ourselves over the mountain ."
Edge and the Star Dragon Sword went into the forest to gather firewood and hunt for dinner . After coming back with a modestly sized rabbit , Edge prepared a fire and roasted the unfortunate animal over it slowly . By the time the rabbit was cooked , it was already dark and the trees that once surrounded Edge faded away into the blackness of night . The night brought forth an unusual significant drop in temperature and the air was dense , foggy , chilly and disturbingly cold . From his experience and knowledge , the temperature of the place that they were in now , was odd and uncommon . It is significantly much colder than normal . Edge luckily brought some rags that he had bought earlier in a nearby town and wrapped himself into the comfort of his bodily warmth .
Edge started to take a cloth and began to clean the blade of the Star Dragon Sword like he always did everyday and bite onto his dinner .
" Hey , Edge ."
" ... Yeah ? What's wrong ? "
" I was a little worried about you when we were at the rolling hills back then ."
" Sorry , I didn't feel like talking to you at that point in time ."
The Star Dragon Sword was curious at his companion's answer and began to ask him some more questions .
" So what were you thinking about when you were staring so blankly at the mountains then ?"
Edge started to look very somber and serious at first hearing of the words spoken by his companion . The dancing flames of the bonfire which shed out light danced on Edge's face , fighting and struggling over the darkness over the possession of Edge's face . The scenario of the dancing lights and shadows that painted over his brooding , disturbed and worrying face added much suspense and mystery to the Star Dragon Sword in guessing or wondering what was he thinking about during that point in time .
" Master , I don't think we should talk about this anymore . It is beginning to wear me out and tire me ."
" Edge , It really worries me ! If this carries on , how would you be able to wield me properly for crying out loud !!!! "
" Master , with all due respect , I do not want to ..."
A panicked , desperate scream suddenly yelled into the darkness of the night and into the ears of both Edge and the Star Dragon Sword . As Edge turned swiftly to the direction of the troubled scream , all he saw was nothing but darkness . He began to look upwards and only saw black silhouettes of the pointed tops of pine trees with a full moon that stood vigil in the sky filled with darkening shades of gray . Edge started to wonder , why wasn't there any hint of moonlight raining over the forest ?
" I think we should go and check on the source of the distressed scream , master ."
" Sure , of course . But remember to take a torch of fire with you . Somehow , I sense that something is very amiss about the forest , ever since the sunset gave way to the darkness of the night ! "
" I noticed that the forest is unusually dark , and I don't think I would want to trust my eyes without any light ! "
" Lets go off now ! "
As Edge and the Star Dragon Sword began to ran through the darkened forest with the aid of the torch shedding its much needed light on the path they were blindly traveling on , they began to think about the threat that was lying ahead of them . What could the darkness of the night conjure up that would make the person scream out in such terror and fear ? Without any warning , the haunting screaming yell out into the infinity of the night , this time with much more desperation and terror . Edge shudders to think and started to concentrate in getting to the source of the petrified screams instead , he would prefer to allow time to reveal the answers slowly .
" Edge ! Remember to be on your guard ! If not I would have to deal with whatever that we're going to deal with later ! "
" Yes , master ! "
The forest did not look to be welcoming , in the darkness of the night the trees seemed to be stripped off their thin green leaves and gave off a very ghostly impression of white , lifeless skeleton trees , filling the ambience of the forest with a very dark , gothic look .
The duo stopped abruptly as they have came to see a dark silhouette of a human shadow at the border of their reach of their torches' light .
" Master , I think we might have found the person ..."
" Don't be so sure Edge . Proceed carefully and do not let your guard down ! ." The Star Dragon Sword cautioned .
With much caution , fear and forced hesistation , Edge began to approach slowly towards the dark shadowed figure and gripped the Star Dragon Sword as tightly as possible . As the light poured onto the dark figure as they got closer , the dark figure slowly turned into a bright yellow hue and slowly revealed a distressed , frightened beautiful young village woman whose feet and dress was heavily stained with mud , wounded with deep , long cuts that made her cry in pain and had bloodstains all over her clothing .
Edge who was slightly mortified at the image of the young woman who had probably faced an unfathomable , incomprehensible danger that cost her to be ridden with such powerful dark emotions , came up to the woman in her aid .
" Are you alright , miss ? What's wrong ? "
The woman who stared fearfully at Edge raised her trembling hand and pointed at the direction of the forest which Edge assumed to be the place that she was running away from .
The woman began to stutter and spoke to Edge in broken sentences of words .
" ... Please .. Help me .... help them .. don't ...."
The woman who was severely inflicted and plagued with extreme shock , passed out and fell to the damp , cold forest floor . Edge's fear begin to mount higher at every passing moment of the haunting situation that he is in . For the first time , he felt powerless , frightened and vulnerable . Suddenly , the Star Dragon Sword shouted at Edge and startled him , breaking him away from his emotional demons that were haunting him . Also , at the same time , Edge soon heard the rustling of grass and leaves and movement which seem to come towards the same direction that they were running to . With every passing second the noises made by the vile terrors could be heard louder and louder as they seem to come closer .
" Edge ! " The Star Dragon Sword warned .
" What is it , master ? ... " Edge , sensing that something was really wrong , replied in stalwartness .
" I think something is coming from the direction that we were heading ! Quickly Brace yourself for whatever that is to come ! "
TO BE CONTINUED ...
What will Edge and the Star Dragon Sword face in the depths of the night ? What dangers lies ahead for the spectacular duo ?
Find out more in the next chapter !!!!
