A War of Two Hearts
Chapter Two: Bad Things Happen
Dawn approaches in the peaceful Kingdom of Ardin. Light is shown across from the eastern horizon as people began waking up to tend to their daily duties. But little did they know that this very morning would be their doom, for there was a great threat lurking deep within the forest. The hidden troops slowly arose from their long night's sleep and began to arm themselves for the battle.
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As the early morning light had finally reached a certain room within the castle, a small soft yawn was heard from a still-sleeping Sora. The light was extremely bright and sleep no longer wished to stay.
Sora slowly opened her eyes and smiled. 'Looks like today is going to be a beautiful day. Well, I can't just stay in bed and waste precious time. Gotta go and eat breakfast before Rich eats all the food.' She thought as she sat up on her bed and slowly walked over to her door.
As she descended down the flight of stairs, Sora began to get that strange feeling inside. 'I feel as if something terrible is going to happen today. Of course, I've always had this same feeling everyday so what makes today any different?' She thought, but then smiled to herself knowing that today was just an ordinary day and she was going to spend it by annoying her brother. She walked down the halls and entered the dining room where she saw her brother, eating like a pig as usual.
"Hey, Sora. I didn't think you would get out of bed this early in the morning." He smirked as he stuffed his mouth with another spoonful of oatmeal and then opened his mouth to show the chewed up contents of his food.
Sora looked in disgust at her childish brother. "Don't start it Rich." She sat down at the table and too poured herself some oatmeal.
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"Captain Kamiya, everyone is in position and ready for orders, sir." One of the soldiers said.
"Good. Let's march into battle then." The captain turned around to one of his soldiers. "I want to see all those weaklings squirm." He said with an evil smirk and a tone of excitement in his voice. He then mounted his horse and trotted over to his waiting army. "Tonight men, we will dine in their blood!"
Everyone held their swords high and began to march forward into the unsuspecting kingdom where they will launch their suprise attacks. One of the soldiers caught up to the captain's side and grinned at him.
"Hey, Tai. Don't forget, I always got your back. These guys may think they're tough, but they know they can't defeat us." A blond-haired man with a pair of blue eyes said. It was true, he has always been there to protect Tai and was actually his best soldier and friend. Tai knew he could always count on him.
"Thanks, Matt. Now how about we crush these guys" Tai said.
The sky was filled with a thunderous roar, which brought in several dark clouds. The stormy air held strong gusts of winds so cold and rain began to shower down lightly. Puddles on the ground grew with each drop and mud was formed everywhere. Not caring of this serious weather change, the soldiers marched on and sneaked into the walls guarding the kingdom.
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"Sora, stop it already! Let go!! You're breaking my arm!" Sora released her hold on Rich's arm as soon as he said this.
"Oops, sorry. I didn't know you were that wead and I thought I was a girl." Sora gave a little giggle.
"That's not it! I had to go easy on you because you might get hurt!" Rich yelled in annoyance.
"Yea, sure." Sora said as a smile crept to her face. " You know, I still think-" She was then interrupted by the rumbling sound of thunder coming from outside.
Rich got up from the floor and stepped over towards the window. He glanced outside and watched as heavy rain came streaming down.
"Look at this, Sora. It's pouring outside. It looked pretty sunny earlier and now it looks like there's going to be a monsoon or something." Rich said with a look of disbelief.
Sora came up from behind him and stared outside, watching the rain pour down. "Oh, well. Since it's raining right now, we should try practicing our fights in this sort of weather. You know, to enhance our abilities and become better fighters." She said pleadingly.
Rich just rolled his eyes at his not so lady-like sister. Then as he was about to answer her, the distant sound of a horn filled the air, it was the sound of alarm and it meant danger. Rich looked to Sora who had a confusing look on her face.
"Something's not right, Sora. I want you to stay here in the castle while I find out what the commotion is about, okay." Rich said as he placed his hands at her shoulders and gave her a pleading look.
"Okay." Was all she could say before she watched her brother hurriedly run out of the entrance hall and out to the courtyard.
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"Attack!! There's an attack in the kingdom! Run!!" A soldier started blowing a horn then warned everyone to defend themselves.
Tai and his troops began viciously attacking and slaughtering anyone in their path. Heads were cut off and pools of blood were seen everywhere. Houses and markets were raided of their valuables. Buildings were lit on fire and many dead bodies were layed in the streets. Tai caught sight of Matt and headed towards his direction.
"Matt, I want you to give command to the army while I take care of some business in the castle." Tai told Matt as he looked up at the castle that was a little further away.
"Yes, Captain!" Matt replied while stabbing his blade into one of the enemy soldiers. The soldier then cried out in pain as he saw his own blood dripping down his body.
Tai climbed on his horse and headed in the direction of the castle. 'My mission is to kill every last one of them.' He thought knowing this was going to be an easy task.
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Sora waited for her brother to return and tell her that it was just a false alarm, and that everything was going to be okay. But then she heard the sound of the horn once again and this time with it, she heard sounds of distant screamings. Sora can tell by the shrill screamings that there was an attack going on.
She quietly began sobbing, for her worst fears had come true. Sora could'nt believe that enemy troops were able to pass through their strong wall of defense. She felt so weak and hopeless that she wanted to lock herself up in her room and hide. No, she wasn't going to cower from her enemies. She was taught to fight and that's what she was going to do. 'How dare they march into our kingdom and take our hopes. I'm not going to just stay here and let them do this. I'm going to fight.' She thought as she felt courage run through her veins.
Sora rushed down the entrance hall and quickly opened the castle doors that led to the courtyard. As soon as she swung the door open, her brother darted in, followed by the slamming of the doors. Sora could see that he was out of breath and gasped when she saw that his shirt was stained with blood.
"What happened? Where's father and mother? Why are you covered in blood?" Sora asked wide-eyed with fear.
"No time to explain. We're being under attack." He said, while still trying to catch his breath. He grabbed her hand and led her to the back of the castle where they could escape. "Father and his army are trying to hold back the enemy troops, but it looks like we're outnumbered. He also told me to protect you and to never look back. We have to get out of here Sora. They're going to kill us." Rich said with a worried voice.
The two of them managed to reach the back of the castle and entered through the doors that led to the outside. So far they didn't run into any trouble. Once they were outside, Rich stopped for a moment and turned to face Sora. He took out one of his blades and handed it to her. She looked up at him in question.
"You're going to need this." He pointed to the forest that was just up ahead. "We'll escape through there and go into hiding. We'll be able get far and they won't be able to track us down." He said in a calm voice and Sora just nodded.
"I don't think that's going to happen." A deep voice was heard from the entrance to the castle. Rich and Sora looked to see a man in a dark blue cloak holding a blood-stained sword. "I doubt that's ever going to happen. You can't run away." Tai said with a look of malice on his face.
Rich took hold of his sister and pulled her behind him. He then unsheathed his sword and pointed it to the intruder. "Get out of her Sora." He whispered to her. Sora just looked at him in disbelief.
"I'm not leaving you Rich. I'm going to help you fight." Sora said confidently.
"No, Sora. I'm not going to risk putting you in danger." Rich told her in a serious tone.
Tai just stared at the girl in front of her. She didn't seem to show any fear. Somehow, she was an interesting sight to him. 'She's probably good in bed' He thought with an evil smile and eyes full with lust.
"Nice little pet you got there." Tai said as he started walking towards them. Rich glared at Tai when he found out that it was his sister he was talking about. "You see, prince, once I kill you I can have a little fun with her." Tai said in a low and dangerous tone.
Rich's eyes flashed with anger at the young man before him. "We'll see about that you bastard!!" He then swung his sword at Tai but missed. Tai then swung his sword and Rich quickly dodged it. "Sora, you have to run and get out of here!" Rich screamed.
Sora just stood there and watched as Rich fought against this blood-thirsty animal. "I won't leave you Richie!"
"Sora, it's an order!! Please just go!" Rich faced her once more and then averted his gaze back to Tai who didn't look too tired at all.
Sora nodded at her brother's request and began to run towards the forest. Once she reached the trees, she took one last glance at her brother and then ran deep into the forest.
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A/N: That's chapter 2...now I gotta go study for a whole bunch of exams this week. Please Review...