Zyta had run for what seemed like forever before she realised the 'thing' had not been able to keep up with her. She was back by the sea, now staring over the choppy waters as the waves surged over the rocks at the bottom of the cliffs below. "Well, I know I'm not in London anymore." She thought aloud, "So where am I?" she was tired from her run, and the dark clouds which were reflected in the sea were threatening to open and pour their load onto the land.

She wandered away from the cliffs and back inland, this time when came across a small village, it was still intact and inhabited. As she approached one of the villagers came up to her:

"You're not from around here are you?" his long grey hair and wrinkled face appeared welcoming, but there was fear in the air, was it her or something else?

"No, I'm a traveller, but I'm lost, where is this place?" she asked.

"This is the village of Dayent, it used to be bigger, when the Castle was properly inhabited, but since the Azure knight came, people have left or been killed, now there are only a few farms in the area." He said, "The Azure Knight inhabits the castle, Ostrheinsburg Castle, we are lucky, since it is hard to come here from the castle, but it has not stopped people from leaving. How it you came to be lost?"

"I came to this small town which had been destroyed, I looked for survivors, but instead I saw this monster, it had a sword with an eye in the hilt, it looked at me and I just ran away, but I didn't look where I was going and ended up at the cliffs over there." She answered pointing in the direction she had come from. "I'm not sure how long . . ." she stopped at the look on his face.

"You saw the azure knight!" he exclaimed, "And survived, may The Lord be praised." He paused be fore asking in a serious tone, "Did he touch you?"

"No, I was never close enough, and I did want to be either." She replied, he looked relieved and he turned round, "I can offer you a place to stay for the night, you must come and met the village leader first." He said beckoning.

Zyta followed ignoring the stares of the other villagers, he lead her to the central building which was only beaten in size by the church next to it, it was still smaller than her old house however. He gestured for her to go inside so she did.

It was dark and smoky, the only light came from a fire in the center of the room, which also took up the entire bottom floor of the building. On the other side of the fire a man sat in a chair, his ancient face was wrinkled and folded more than the fold mountains that were the Himalayas, however his eyes were vivid and alive.

"Well so you survived an encounter with the Azure knight, yet are not touched by his evil, you must be blessed." He said, his voice was crackly and sharp. "I know more about the events of the world and its people than you may realise. Come closer, what is your name?"

"Zyta." She replied

"Well Zyta, I'm afraid we can only offer you shelter for one night, if the Azure Knight should learn of your presence here, he would stop at nothing to find you, he has a thing of not letting anyone survive, you understand?"

"Yes, I would not want to impose any longer anyway."

"Good, Seymour will show you to our guest house."

The man who had met her outside the village, asked her to follow him, and took her to a small house on the edge of the village. Inside there were two rooms, one for sleeping and one for eating and living.

"I hope you are able to sleep tonight, there is food in the cupboard there, I must go and help with the planting." Then he was gone. She lifted her weapon up, they had not seemed to notice it, she stared at it for a few seconds and sighed, placing it by the bed in the other room. The decoration was plain and simple. The walls were covered in a rough plaster, to hide the timber which held the house together. The furniture was basic and wooden, which did not surprise her. She sat down by a small pine table and realised she was very hungry. She went to the cupboard and pulled out some dried meat and fruits. As she ate, she noticed a fire in the fields near by, it seemed to be moving fast, too fast.

"Now what?" she moaned, "Is this my fault, or would this have happened anyway?"

Authors note: I hope people are enjoying, and I will be updating asap. And I couldn't get all the genres put down, so the main ones are: general/ActionAdventure/Romance (two pairings, but you will have to read on to find out who)/and a bit of humour.