5
Axel
I didn't know why, but that meteor shower was still bugging me. I have no clue why, it had been weeks, and yet I still ran it through my mind. Something intrigued me about it. I didn't know. But my little countryside here was getting boring since then. I had always been the best fighter in the area. It was just fine, we'd spar, usually I'd win, a few people got the better of me, my wind and fire wheels gave me limitations, but combat was fun, it was a living in the remote areas, monsters and what not. I had been hired by a farmer to exterminate some pesky serpents around here. I was up in the mountains, scouting caves for as many of the things as I could, I was getting paid by the head.
I saw some movement out of the corner of my eye and threw my wheel at it. I saw the snake's head flop up and fall off, I caught my wheel on the return. It was easy enough work, it was just finding the damn things.
"Nice arm," a deep voice said behind me. I spun around. It probably wasn't a threat, but I never liked being surprised. Someone was standing there. He was wearing a huge brown cloak. He wasn't very tall, and I tried to but couldn't catch a glimpse of his face. "It's a shame to lose an ability like that," the figure said.
"Lost?" I asked him. I didn't think he was a threat still, but that sounded like one.
"Yes, I have come to see the door to this world," he replied.
"This world?" I asked. What was this guy's problem? If he was implying he was from another world, it would figure I'd get suck with a nutcase. I have no idea why I always get stuck in these situations. Just my luck I guess.
"You do not understand what lies beyond this world. This door has now been connected. Tied...to the darkness."
Right, buddy, now go fly off into the distance, I have work to do, but before I could form my thoughts into words, the figure twisted, melted, and faded away.