Road To Ragnarok – Chapter 1
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Prontera was a city filled with greenery and modern buildings. There were many birds flying high in the sky. The sun was up and everyone in Prontera was awake.
Except for one…
At the Prontera Church, there were many young girls who were wearing the same clothes. They were busy cleaning up the Church. These girls are called Acolytes. They live in the Church in order to serve the Church.
The Church had many curtains and benches. There is also an organ and on the wall, there was a beautiful stained glass window. The Church has 100 small rooms, which it can fit two people in. The Church was very quiet, as the Acolytes worked quickly and quietly. It was quite peaceful, but somewhere deep in the Church, you can hear…
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
"WAKE UP! WE'RE LATE!" someone shouted from the door of a room.
"Nngh… give me 5 minutes more… then I'll wake up…" came a reply.
"Today's the ceremony! We're officially becoming Acolytes today! If you don't go, you'll be in deep trouble."
"Ok… just let me-… ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"
"Oh boy. This is going to take a while…" the person sighed.
"Congratulations, Rachel. You are now officially an Acolyte. May lord bless and guide you forever." One of the Priests congratulated a new Acolyte.
"Thank you, mother. I will do my best." Rachel replied.
"Wow!" another Acolyte came running over towards Rachel. "Hey! You look great! The outfit really suits you," the Acolyte complimented Rachel.
"Thanks, Nina. Thanks again for waking me up this morning." Came Rachel's reply.
"No problem. That's what friends do right?"
"Yup. Anyway, I got something really private to tell you, Nina."
"What is I-" Rachel pulled Nina's arm and quickly went back to their room. Then Rachel locked the door and stared in from of Nina.
"I'm getting out of here," Rachel smiled.
"What! You must be crazy! None of us is allowed to go out of Prontera unless we are given special permission from the King…" Nina retorted.
"That's why. I just can't stay in this city forever. I'm sick of this. I want to explore the whole of Rune-Midgard."
"But… we are only Acolytes. We don't know how to fight…"
"Don't worry. There's me," Rachel took Nina's hand. "YOU are coming with me right?"
"I…" Nina was at a loss of words, but she still managed to say, "Yes."
"Good. Tonight, at 11 o' clock, we'll sneak out through the river. That is our only way. Pack your things, we're outta here! Yay!" Rachel ran out of the room.
"I've got a bad feeling about this…" said Nina.
"This is so hard… I'm hung-" Rachel was complaining.
"Shh!" Nina covered her mouth. "They'll hear us!"
The two of them quickly hide behind a bush. Near the gate, there were two Knights guarding it.
"What are going to do now?" asked Rachel.
"I'm not… shh! Someone's coming…"
The two Knights were busy guarding the gate when suddenly a cloaked person appeared before them.
"Who are you!" one of the Knights shouted.
The cloaked person was wearing a black cloak. The Knights could barely see his face. "I am… an Assassin… the shadow of death… I am… to eliminate the two of you…"
"Humph! Don't act as if we're weak!" another Knight was seeing red. "Let's see how you can take my blow!" He took his sword and attempted to slash his arm.
With a blink of an eye, the Knight spurted out blood and felled to the ground. The other Knight was shocked to see his colleague defeated so fast.
"Easy. Now I shall kill you too…" The Assassin took out his 2 daggers and was ready to battle.
"OK! This is our chance!" said Rachel. Without thinking, she ran pass the Assassin and the Knight and was heading towards the gate.
The Assassin grabbed Rachel and pointed his dagger in front of Rachel's neck.
"If you take one more step…" he told the Knight. "I shall take this girl's life…"
"Acolyte! What are you doing here?" The Knight was stunned to see Rachel.
"Please… don't kill me…" Rachel was tearing. The Assassin's dagger was getting nearer to Rachel's neck.
"You lose, Knight. I shall take her life away…" He took his other dagger and plunged it towards Rachel's chest.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Rachel cried. She didn't want to die. She wanted to see the world. She closed her eyes…
Suddenly, 2 stones came flying towards the Assassin. He let Rachel go and dodged the 2 stones.
"Nina!" Rachel was relieved. She was happy that her friend came to the rescue.
"I won't let you hurt my friend!" said Nina.
"Humph! Another Acolyte. Let see how much guts you got, girl." Once more, the Assassin drew out his 2 daggers.
Nina felt much anger in her. She hated being called a 'girl'. "How dare you!" she shrieked. "I am NOT a girl! I am a teenager!" She took out her club and charged towards the Assassin.
The Assassin and Nina started to fight against each other. After a long time, Nina's right leg was bleeding but the Assassin wasn't even hurt at all. Finally, Nina swung her club and it hit the Assassin's arm. The Assassin quickly backed away.
"It looks like I've underestimated you… time to end this game…" The Assassin smirked.
"What? You were testing me earlier!" replied Nina. "Time to end this too!" She charged towards the Assassin.
Without thinking, Nina took her club and threw it towards the Assassin. The Assassin caught it and grabbed her by the neck. With a split second, he stabbed Nina's abdomen. Blood started to spread everywhere. Nina blacked out and the Assassin took her and carried her away.
"NO!" cried Rachel. She suddenly felt someone holding her hand.
"It's too late!" said the Knight. "We better go!"
"But I need to save her! He will kill her!" Rachel sobbed.
"There's nothing you can do, Acolyte. Go!" He tugged her and both of them ran out from Prontera.
Tzusuki: How do you think of it so far? I know there's no much expression here though, please review! Thanks! .