Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been able to update, but I'll tell you those excuses in the afterthought.
Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia, the Archangels, or anything previously mentioned. I do own the story, though.
Matthew Williams sighed, milling around his small tower. I was pretty much all he knew. He lived here since… forever. The only memory he had of the outside world was a vision of a boy who looked similar to him. Matthew himself was a slender boy, with piercing violet-blue eyes and blonde wavy locks resting at the nape of his neck, an unruly piece of hair sticking up in a small loop. The boy in his memory had darker blonde with hair resting right under his ears. He had piercing blue eyes, not unlike the colour of the sky, and a cowlick stubbornly sticking up.
The teen sighed, and walked to one of the only places he was allowed into in the old castle. Taking a lit candle, the blonde walked up to large doors, taking a step into the dark, stuffy room. When Matthew walked in, he quickly turned on the oil lanterns lining the walls, making it easier to see then the small flame on the candle.
He closed his eyes, and smiled. This place was his haven, away from prophecies, evil, fate, anything stressing him. Since as long as he could remember, the Archangels had trained him to the peak of his powers. He was the Guardian, protector of the Light Stone, a fragment of the God Stone. The Dark Castle had the other known fragment, the Dark Stone. The other four stones, the Sun Stone, Moon Stone, Life Stone and Death Stone are now just a distant memory, one both sides were fearful to approach. From what he knew, the next queen was the guardian of the Dark Stone.
Quickly walking down the aisle, he got to the end, second to last bookcase. He had been here so long; he had almost read all the books in library. Sighing, he picked up the book he was almost done with, and began reading at the desk in the corner.
~~LiNeBrEaK~~
"Matthew!" a voice called from outside the library, startling the blonde. Matthew slowly got up, put his book he had just finished, and walked to the door. He smiled.
"Hi Uriel. Training time?" He guessed, soft voice seeming to echo down the long corridor. The Archangel smiled.
"Yes. But, today our training will be a little different than usual. A very important conference is coming up, as is a special day. I will tell you why they are important while we are walking." Uriel said, taking Matthew down the usual corridor to the outdoor training center, a place they seldom went to. "This conference is important, because, we, including the deities and the High Court, will be meeting with the inhabitants of the Dark Castle." Matthew gasped. "Yes, this is the first time, since we created E294. Also, coming up is the end of your training, so you need to be ready." He said, finishing as they walked out into the crisp autumn afternoon.
All the trees surrounding the field were pretty shades of browns, reds, yellows, and oranges. Sadly, none of the leaves ever came in, because there was a force field around the clearing, as to keep any intruders out, but also keep the inhabitants in.
Matthew sighed, and quickly put on his training outfit, a white cotton shirt with black silk pants with leather boots up to his knees. When he was ready, he turned to the clearing, to see the rest of the Archangels. The blonde smiled at them.
"Matthew, welcome." Gabriel says, voice deep and smooth, like liquid chocolate. "Today's training will be different, as Uriel had told you."
Raquel and Saraqael turn from the group, and get out different, more complex items. Remiel came up, and put a hand on Matthew's shoulder, leading him to a maze, he guessed about 30 acres in all. All the Archangels, excluding Remiel, who still had his arm on the blonde's shoulder, grabbed some stuff from the pile Raquel and Saraqael made.
"This maze is very complex, and you must use the power of the stone to lead you." Remiel explained. "The Archangels, excluding me, and some deities will be hiding throughout the maze, blocking ways so you have to fight them." He then vanished, and Matthew took a step in. He closed his eyes, and focused his energy on his stone, while keeping a watch around him. He slowly started forward, taking a sharp right about nine feet in. A while later, he comes to the first blocker.
It was a faerie named Aurum, the gardener, smiled sweetly at him. Suddenly, vines started going for him. Matthew cast Block, effectively killing the oncoming vines, and threw a fire spell at her, which she dodged. While Aurum started summoning birds, he saw her take her attention away from protecting herself, and threw a water spell at her. Taken off guard, the faerie fell, wings sopping wet.
It went on like that for a while, until he beat everyone except for Gabriel. Finally, almost three hours since he entered the maze, He saw Gabriel up ahead. He was fitted in golden armor, a sterling silver blade in his hand. Matthew thought for a moment, a plan forming. He said a chant under his breath, and motioned for his copy to appear behind Gabriel. Then, he walked out.
He quickly dodged the sound arrow that shot at him when he walked out. Then, he formulated a light spear in his hand, and threw it at Gabriel. He dodged to the side, and the blonde's doppelgänger grabbed it, and hid back in his hiding place. Next, Gabriel shot a blast of boiling water at Matthew, who quickly dodged, letting the water hit the plant behind him. Quickly, Matthew made a shadow orb, the blackness swirling inside. As quick as he could, he motioned to his double, dodging a poison cloud. The other blonde threw the light spear to Matthew, who caught it, and quickly threw a shot of water at Gabriel, disorienting the man so Matthew could pierce the light through the orb. Suddenly, a large implosion happened, leaving a spear that as half shadows and half light. As quickly as he could, he threw the spear at Gabriel, hitting him in the abdomen. Gabriel vanished, and the two blondes became one again.
Finally, when Matthew came out of the maze, everyone he fought was waiting for him. Gabriel smiled. "Good job, Guardian. Now, you may rest, because we are meeting the Dark Court tomorrow."
Matthew smiled, bowed, and left after uttering a quick goodbye. The blonde rushed around his room putting an outfit together for tomorrow, took a bath, and went back to the library.
He smiled, and reached for the next book on the shelf. But, when he pulled it, the book didn't slide out. Instead, it lay on its spine, and the bookcase swung open, revealing a hidden room behind it. When Matthew cautiously walked in, he right away saw two books. One had a black cover with white captions, and the other had just the opposite. The black book had 古代の呪文(1) on the cover, and the other had保護者(2).
Matthew quickly grabbed the books, and ran out of the room, closing the secret door behind him. He ran back to his room, and turned on his reading lamp. He cautiously took the white book, and opened to the first page.
The Guardians are the peacekeepers of the world, Guardians of the Sun, Life, and Light Stones, the counterparts guarded by the Dark Queen. Every 40 years, a new one will be born, parents dying or dead before they are discovered to be Guardian. But, every 400 years, The Guardian will have a twin. That twin will be the next Dark Queen, regardless of sex.
The Dark Court is filled with the creatures of the night, Dark Angels, vampires, werewolves, you name it. But, The Light Court will have creatures of the light, Faeries, gnomes, elementals, so on. When the right number of Guardians has been chosen, the Lasting War will begin. Unless you have the Weapons of Raiment, Spells of the Elements, and Light, Life, and Sun Stones, you will lose.
Now, Guardian, add your name to the list, making sure that there is an empty space. If you have a twin, the name will already be there.
Matthew blinks, and gently flips to the back of the book. Only one space left on the page. He writes his name, Matthew Williams, and looks across the page, to see a name.
Alfred Fuscus Jones(3).
Crappy chapter is crap.
Sorry for the long wait. I had this almost done, and much longer, until my computer mysteriously turned off. I hadn't saved. Plus, school had been busy and I have a life after school, a very busy one. Also, my sisters have been hogging the computers, playing a very annoying, and stupid, game, so I was only able to write this today since I was sick at home with the flu.
(1) 古代の呪文 is actually Ancient Spells in Japanese. Or, at least it is supposed to be. Google Translate cannot be trusted!
(2) 保護者 is Guardians in Japanese. Darn you, Google Translate!
(3) I know it is Alfred Freedom Jones, but that would be out of character, да ? So, I looked up some Latin words (by the way, Aurum is gold in Latin) and found Fuscus, which means dark. For my story, it is fitting, sí?