Chapter 1
'My Name Is'
It was a calm day like any other in the Human capital, Lumina. A soft wind constantly brushed through his soft whitish hair. His blue eyes gleamed in the sunlight. He wore a soft cotton vest and a pair of cotton pants which were rolled up. His boots were light brown and dingy. He was equipped with a bow on his back and a sword on his waist.
Despite the war going on, no one seemed to care. My closest ally, Topaze, was a Moogle. We went everywhere together. He chose to partake in the class of a Mog Knight, while I on the other hand, was an Archer. I could say that I wasn't anywhere near the best at my marksmanship but with a sword I was magnificent. I know, I know, an Archer with a sword? Yeah, well at school we are trained to be able to fight close and long ranged so I'm always supposed to keep my sword handy. It was a light blade though, not a heavy blade generally carried by a Warrior class. My bow was a bit on the crappy side. I thought that I would only need it for practice, so I never bothered to buy a new one.
Topaze and I started up the cobblestone road toward the town hall and we heard a soft rumbling. It sounded something like a small tremor. We paused to look back. We waited a couple seconds. A few civilians were running with impressive speed toward us. This made me even more confused.
"What do you think?" I pondered out loud.
"Hm. Maybe an earthquake?" replied Topaze.
"No, I don't think so." I felt a little anxious."Maybe, there just anxious to get to the festival," I said jokingly.
Topaze laughed.
Soon even more people came running. One even bumped into me and brushed my shoulder.
At this point, I was a bit skeptical. At first, I thought it was nothing serious, but then I saw them.
A large group of fully armored Bangaa came stampeding down the path. I looked at Topaze and he looked back at me.
The stale smell of sweat and lizard breath was in the air. (Bangaa are lizards) My facial expression totally changed at this point. Topaze and I, made a direct sprint down a close alleyway and hopped over the fence. Where we landed the festival had already begun.
"Stop, stop," we shouted. "Bangaa are coming"
No one seemed to listen. The music was playing way to loud and the people were engaged in the festivities. I don't think anyone noticed us. I ran up on stage and grabbed the microphone. A few people stopped to look at me; a few pointed it out to their friends. The music even stopped.
"Everyone listen, hostile Bangaa have invaded…." I was cut off.
One of the officials grabbed the microphone.
"Don't pay attention to this lad," he said."Return to the festivities."
Then he showed us off stage. I was frantic at this point. No one would listen to me and I could tell the Bangaa were coming closer. I knew this was a chance I had to react.
"Topaze follow me." I murmured sternly."We will have to do this ourselves."
I walked to the fountain in front of the steps of the Town Hall, Topaze at my side.
The reckless army of Bangaa approached us quickly. I raised my bow and shot an arrow high into the air. It landed directly in the chest of one of the Bangaa charging toward us. It fell to its knees and seemed to have fallen prey to my arrows and his blood flowed down onto the streets. This was of course my first real experience in battle and I was pretty much 'winging it'. After I struck the first Bangaa the others stopped the stampede to check on him. The Bangaa in the front of the pack had yellow scaled and was wearing gold plated armor. I assume he was leading the raid. He let out a high pitched scream and the Bangaa changed their formation.
I assume someone heard the scream because moments later a bunch of the human army ran onto the scene with Admiral Bryce at the head.
The Bangaa in the front smiled and charged at the Admiral, thus signaling both sides to commence in an all out war. All I could hear was the sound of swords bashing against swords and the sound of piercing flesh. Yells and screams came from the crowd of violence.
From the moment, I shot the Bangaa in the chest; I hadn't been able to move. I was petrified from the shock of my actual taking stand. I guess I'm lucky the military intervened when they did.
About 30 minutes after the raid began it had ended. The Bangaan captain had slain Admiral Bryce and I guess that meant a victory for them. He flagged his army to retreat and ran off into the distance. There were about 20 casualties from each side; about 40 dead bodies lying in the street.
At first, I believed that they won because of Admiral Bryce's defeat but later that day I found out the true reason.
During my daily training routine with Topaze, the whole town was called to the fountain. By then the streets had been cleaned up and it looked as good as new. Lady Victoria sat in the chair atop the stone steps.
"Today, our beautiful town of Lumina was viciously attacked by a group of Bangaa. I never thought they'd be this low. One of the generals of our military, Admiral Bryce was slain in today's battle. But that is not all." She continued, "The Sword of Kings has been stolen. This means that the Bangaa have taken control of our kingdom. The vast empire of humans is no more."
At this fact I was shocked. I thought the war was a bloodthirsty, ominous battle. I find out that it is only a brutal game of capture the flag. I was displeased by this fact. I knew I had to do something. And then it came to me," If I have the power to slay one creature maybe I can slay them all."
Joining the war would be paying a heavy price. My life would be dedicated to lady Victoria and I would lose most of my free time but for that price I could take over the world.
But the war also asked that I pay another price. Up until this day, I'd been a very kind and caring individual. But after I got a taste of bloodshed, I can't get enough.
Who knows where this will go from here.
Oh and by the way, my name is Snowe.