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Chapter 3: Flashback
"It was the day of the festival,"
It was a peaceful day in a small city; it looked like it was going to have a fair this coming night. The adults were rushing around hanging decorations and banners, while some were setting up food stands and lights. In the middle of the road were two kids. One was very little, about the age of four and the other looked to be about eleven. The four-year-old boy had dark silver hair and had gleaming yellow eyes. He was wearing a white shirt with a little lighting bolt on top of it along with black shorts. He was holding on to the hand of a red, shorthaired girl with chocolate eyes wearing a white spaghetti strap dress draping to her knees.
"Hey it's the Battlecreed kid!" one of the adults shouted
The Battlecreed family was pretty much the family that always had the best type of magic. The requip magic, they could take of at least ten people at a time with their swordplay and magic.
"Yah that's Erza, and isn't that Roku, He's so cute!" one of the women shouted
Roku blushed, and Erza just smiled and waved to the people and pulled Roku along.
"It's alright there just being friendly." Erza whispered to him.
"Uh… yah," Roku said nervously.
"Stop being so nervous you're by me now, remember?" Roku hesitated then nodded in agreement.
"Let's go back to the house, mom might be done with the food."
Erza pulled Roku along the path and later ended up in front of a big house that looked a lot like a blacksmith building. Smoke was billowing from several areas on the roof. I was painted red and had a big sign on it in black letters saying "BATTLECREED." It was Erza's house, and Roku's house soon enough.
"Come on!" Erza ran in with Roku in tow.
When they walked in the first person they spotted was a big man with black hair rolling down his neck to the middle of his back. His beard must have been the same length as it reached his big yet strong belly, he had dark mysterious brown eyes. This is Rigor, Erza's dad. He was banging hot metal with his hammer while on the anvil. The place seemed so hot Roku could melt on the spot.
"Oi, Erza I see you took Roku with you today, did you see anything interesting." His voice was rugged but for some reason comforting and full of happiness.
"Not really, we just saw the people setting up for the festival. Can't wait till tonight! Isn't that right Roku?"
Roku just nodded again in agreement and down casted his head, he's never been at a festival before. Erza looked at him and frowned "Hey where's mom is she done cooking yet?"
"Almost, you know she's been working in the forge again right?" Rigor said.
"Yah it's for Roku's sword right?" Ezra asked.
"Yep, soon he'll be able to call himself Battlecreed." Rigor said cheerfully.
Roku looked up with glee in his face and managed a smile on his face. He couldn't wait for his sword even though he couldn't requip.
"There's that smile! Now go see mom, she's in the living room." Rigor suggested.
Roku blushed and was dragged by Erza into the other room "Let's go Roku!"
Erza barged into the living room; it had about four three-seated couches, which were all green. It had a chimney big enough to fit three Rigors into it. Next to the couches was the kitchen. It had a giant stove and oven, it seemed to have space to fit 50 full chickens inside. There was a granite counter that went across the room. It was covered almost fully with enough food to feed half of the city.
"Oi, Hi you two."
A lady with beautiful scarlet hair was in the kitchen. She had a figure of a goddess and had green eyes. She had rosy cheeks and full lips to match. She was wearing a green blouse and a white apron covering it. She had short jeans on which where tattered at the end. This is Erza's mom, Jannet.
"See anything interesting on your trip?" she asked.
"Not a lot, people setting up and making food. You know the usual and let me just say that none of those people cook as good as you!" Erza said with a smile and Roku copied at the exact same time.
Jannet chuckled, "Nah some have secret recipes that just explode when you taste them."
"Hey uh… so did you finish it?" Erza asked cutely. She knows that she's been pestering her mother about it for about a month now.
"The sword? Not yet but I'm sssooo close, I might even have it done tomorrow." Jannet winked at Roku and He smiled almost ear to ear.
'Tomorrow I get my sword! Tomorrow I get my sword!' Roku thought and smiled brightly. Erza saw his reaction and couldn't help but smile herself.
"We're gonna go upstairs and get ready for the festival, be back in a bit!" Erza grabbed Roku's arm and swept him off his feet up the stairs.
They were in Ezra's room and it was filled with prototype armor and a couple weapons. It had two beds and a giant walk-in closet. Every Battlecreed had one because of how much armor they had. Roku looked around in amazement.
Roku has actually never seen this part of the house. The only other time he visited was when he got a tour of the house a few days ago. He had to go back to his foster home after that.
Roku had been alone most of his life. He was left alone at the orphanage since he was three months old. He was alone till he met this family. They were happy and even more so happy to call him theirs. He was so very happy.
"So what do you think?" Erza asked
"Awesome…" Roku replied. Erza was the only one that Roku opened up too. Everyone else didn't seem trust worthy to him.
"Great since you and I will be sharing this room as of tomorrow!"
'That's right, how could I forget I get move in tomorrow!' Roku thought
"You know we'll have to be best friends if we want to live in the same room so how about we make a promise?" Erza said excitedly
"A … promise?" Roku said.
Erza grabbed one of his hands, took his pinky and lased it with her's.
"This means that I will always protect you no matter what!" Erza said with conviction.
Roku looked surprised but then came back and shouted, "The same goes for me!" They stayed like that for a minute before Erza broke their gaze with a blinding smile.
"Great alright let's get ready for the fest—" A great rumbling sound came an alarm followed after.
Roku covered his ears "what's happening?"
Jannet appeared after coming up the stairs "Are you two alright?"
"Yah! What's happening?" Erza yelled.
"Wizard siege, all available wizards at the beach!" Rigor yelled from downstairs.
"We'll be back don't worry try to get to safety, you two need to be safe."
"But Mom…" Erza said.
"Honey I need you to protect Roku, he needs you." She said it with a smile. Roku didn't feel reassured by it at all, he didn't want to lose this family, not now.
They all made it out of the house and about 100 yards from it when it exploded from a magic blast coming from the beach. The city was in chaos and wizards in black robes and masks with David's star on them were roaming the city and attacking anyone still there. The building where crumbling and falling apart, the ones that seemed a little intact were on fire.
"Kids head over the hill, there should be a shelter there head there now!" Rigor yelled while wizards were jumping at Erza's parents.
"Run kids!" Jannet yelled while both Rigor and her summoned two swords in each hand and started to fend of the wizards.
Erza took hold of Roku's hand and started running. "They'll be fine don't worry!" she said without looking back. Roku looked back to see a horrific seen. Erza's parents were being pushed to their limit, even they couldn't handle the 60 wizards coming at them and then a wizard without a mask showed up. He had a black Balbo beard and shaved head. He took a look at the parents and then looked above them to see us running. He smirked and evil smirk and lifted his hand to form a green ball that seemed to spell doom for Roku and Erza. He threw it and before it could hit, Rigor and Jannet stepped up and took the final blow for them and collapsed in a ragdoll effect.
Roku lost his way of thinking. He looked at Erza who still had her head turned forward.
He could see a barn-looking house and ran with Erza to make it to the barn.
Roku knew this could be it for both him and Erza.
"Erza…" Roku said. Erza lifted a wood plank to revel a hiding spot under the barn.
"It's too small! Erza we can't—" Erza pulled Roku's shirt and threw him into the hiding spot.
"STAY ALIVE ROKU! Whatever you do don't come out!" She was crying. She just didn't want Roku to get hurt.
"BUT ERZA—!"
"I promised I'd protect you and that's what I'm doing!" Erza slammed the wood plank shut and put stones and heavy boxes to keep him in.
"Well well well. Looky here the last Battlecreed" said a sick creepy voice. Roku was about to scream but stopped at a new voice.
Erza shook and trembled in front of his dark and twisted aura.
"Where's the other one?"
"I'm the only one here!" Erza screamed.
"No matter. It seems that you can't use magic yet hm? This is perfect! I kill your parents and now get to take the only thing that will remind us of them." He laughed a wicked laugh.
Erza yelled and charged him with the concealed knife she had strapped to her waist. She was blown back by the enemy's magic and the force moved the boxes away from Roku's hiding entrance. He kept still, frozen by the fear of dying.
"You know what kid? I'm gonna kill you!" Another blast came and sent Erza flying against the wall.
Two wizards in black walked up to her with wooden staffs and started to beat her. Erza started screaming and each hit made her scream more until a blow was struck on her head and the screaming stopped. Roku froze and shut his eyes, afraid of what happened.
"Oh still alive?" the voice said. Roku opened his eyes with relief. "We'll take her to the tower for work, she'll live as a slave for the rest of her life."
Roku clenched his fists and started tearing up.
"Let's go." The evil men's footsteps faded away.
Half and hour later Roku emerged from his hiding spot and stepped outside the barn. What he saw was a city destroyed, ships leaving the beach, and no Erza. Roku collapsed on the ground and started crying. The worst cry of his life. "…Erza…"
"And I swore that I would find Erza no matter how long it took, I made that promise with her 15 years ago, and I'm gonna find her and protect her no matter what." Roku said.
"Erza do you remember any of this" Lucy whispered to her.
Erza froze "I…Battlecreed?"