Chapter 4

Chapter 4 : The Encounter
The sky was turning to a dark orange and the light is fading slowly as the sun slowly sets. The weather, Valerie noticed, is turning a little breezy too. Soon, other than the ever running Resha’s footsteps, she could hear the familiar sound of insects crying for a mate for the first time since her arrival in this world. Though she’s feeling really sick, she could now think and respond properly for the time being.

‘We must be completely out of Du’Tauren now since we could even hear insect’s mating call, which means we should be able to reach Van’Dar by tomorrow night. We’ll sneak in through the back of the city. The city is now under the control of the Dark-Elves, but they’re not so heavily guarded and since it’s a human populated area, so we should be able to blend in, hopefully. We’ll have to enter in a disguise as a human because if they see your pointy ears, they’ll know you’re a High-Elf and will most definitely capture you.’

‘Ok ok, but what about Resha? Will they allow her to enter?’

‘Well, she’ll have to wait outside I guess. I’ll call for her if needed. We’ll have to camp here for the night, it’s getting dark, and Resha needs to rest already. She’s practically running non-stop for the whole journey. There, that seems like a safe and solid place to camp.’

Seigheart immediately started a fire with magic and later started cooking their dinner, leftover meat. ‘Ugh, I don’t really feel like eating. I’m still not quite well and I’m starting to have the shivers again.’

‘That’s probably the magic trying to stop the poison from reacting again. But I have to tell you 1 thing first. Even after taking the medicine, you’ll still have some form of defect in some way or another. The poison will forever be in you body until the day you found a cure for it, so you’ll most definitely have a disadvantage while in battle in some way or another.’

‘Yeah, I’m ready to face my punishment for my incompetence. I’ll just have to deal with it,’ replied Valerie with a shivering sigh. Valerie suddenly rolled over and was grabbing her stomach in pain but without a scream.

Seigheart rushed towards her and examined her. ‘The poison is getting stronger. Muic’Emarap!’ chanted Seigheart and panted deeply after casting the spell.

‘My stomach still really hurts,’ said Valerie as she was bending over.

‘The poison is now too strong for my current state to help you without help,’ said Seigheart as he walked towards the supply box. Inside he took out a golden staff which has a beautiful golden coloured orb sitting on it with claws by it’s side.



This staff can help me cast stronger skills but it’ll take up much more energy. In order to stop the poison from spreading further, I have to choice but to use a stronger magical force. Muic’Emarap!’ shouted Seigheart while pointing the staff directly at Valerie’s stomach and the yellow orb illuminated brightly and fades after a while. Valerie now feel’s much better but she still could not sit out straight and is now shaking all over.

‘Thanks, I feel better again.’ said Valerie who’s still lying on the ground.

Seigheart didn’t replied her. He was too tired to answer her and is now eating the food which is now cooked eagerly. ‘Rest up, you’ll need all the energy required for tomorrow’s last leg of the journey. Be prepared to face the worst,’ said Seigheart who’s still panting.

While dozing near the campfire with the watch full eyes of Resha, Valerie began to toss and turn in, sweating all over with her eyeballs rolling around under her eyelids. Though Resha didn’t take much notice of it, something is happening to Valerie.

Valerie found herself lying on the soft green grass. The grass looks familiar, its fresh, peaceful and soft. Then she picked herself up and looked around. She realized she is back before the invasion. Everything was back the way she wanted. There she saw Tirion at all her glory. The first thing came to her heart is that she just had a bad nightmare and wanted to see her uncle and her sister she missed so much. She raced to the city as fast as she could.

Upon reaching the edge of the forest, the city suddenly went up in flames. She could hear cries of mercy and battles once again. She saw a huge army or Dark-Elves charging towards the city, arrows flying about, the sound of swords and shields clashing around and magical energies floated everywhere. The church has been smashed down and most of the towers lay in ruins. She ignored the battles around her. She ran and ran, hoping she is not reliving the same experience that she had once saw and could this time, save her uncle and her sister. Then she saw something which caught her attention. She saw her cottage which is half gone and her uncle being dragged and escorted by dark elf warriors. Her uncle seems to be hurt and in intense pain. She then realised that this is a different version of the invasion of TIrion because she could not find her sister anywhere.

She then remembered that her sister always trained her magic at the Royal Guard Hall which was not far from her home. So she ran to the Royal Guard Hall, surprisingly without any resistance. There was bloodshed everywhere, helpless survivors being caged and brought away. This can’t be happening Valerie thought. It was a terrible sight that her tears never kept stop running down her cheeks, picturing the local friendly people being brutally killed or brought away. Upon reaching the Royal Guard Hall, she saw someone laying on the floor at the temple entrance. It was Vivian, her sister, apparently unconscious. ‘This can’t be happening. How come I’m reliving the dreadful experience all over again,’ cried out Valerie. Then a gang of Dark-Elves came out of the Hall and collected her sister, put her in a cage and brought her away through the woods. ‘Nooooo, leave her alone!’ shouted Valerie as she charged towards the mob or grinning Dark-Elves. The temple door suddenly bursts open with a surging wind and there stood a figure, a black blurry mysterious figure, with 2 glowing swords crossed behind him, one bloody red while the other arctic blue. Then he vanished leaving the Dark-Elves pillaged the temple.

Valerie, by now, is sobbing her heart out. She couldn’t hold in the terror much longer. She had nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. ‘This must be a dream, this can’t be happening!’ cried Valerie with tears in her eyes.

‘Hey keep it down,’ came a voice.

‘Huh? What?’ Now Valerie could feel the heat beside her and she could now feel the weird surging in her stomach once again. She suddenly woke up and threw up at the side.

‘You had quite a dream, you were tossing and turning around and you even screamed. So I had to wake you up because,’ he look around and continued, ‘we have company.’

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‘Are we there yet?’

‘No.’

‘Are we there yet?’

‘No.’

‘Are we there yet?’

‘For the thousandth time, I SAID NO! Now stop asking silly questions, we still have at least 5 to 6 days before we reach Van’Dar. SO STOP YOUR YAPPING!’

‘LALALALALAl..’ Sefra and Haquis is almost always bickering among the 2 of them. They hardly ever got a single thing which they could actually agreed on.

‘Quit your yapping you 2, you guys hear that?’ asked Dylan.

‘Hear what?’

‘You hardly ever pay attention you big oaf. You only know how to talk talk talk..’

‘Hush, told you 2 to be quite a while. I can hear several footsteps round the corner. Sefra, go up the tree and see what we’re up against.’

‘Got it,’ said Sefra as she climbed the tree gracefully. ‘Woah, there’s a team of Dark-Elves, around 7 or 8 of them, 11 o’clock. What should we do Dylan?’ asked Sefra as she climbed down the tree.

‘Are they heavily armed?’

‘Not really, they seem more like a scouting troop instead of a search and destroy party. And there’s something weird about them, the way they’re walking. It’s rather abnormal like.’

‘Well, who cares if they’re walking style is different. They’re still a threat to us and they’re coming our way. Do we fight them or avoid the risk?’ asked Haquis quietly.

‘I think it’s best if we just hide. Since they seem to be a scouting troop, they probably don’t have a particularly good tracking and observation skills. And they’ll be expected to report back to camp soon if they are a scouting troop, if we kill them, they’ll surely know something’s up. Besides, we have far less forces then them, who knows how good are they. So, split up, Sefra, you get up and hide on the trees. Haquis, you get 2 horses and I’ll take the 2.’

‘Nah, I bet we can beat them easily, just the 3 of us. We’re invincible.’

‘Don’t get cocky mister. I don’t have a bow remember to help with the range attacks remember?’

‘Hush, just hide, quickly!’ commanded Dylan.

‘Roger that,’ said the both of them. Sefra climbed up to the safety of the trees while Dylan and Haquis hides in nearby dense bushes and trees.

Soon after, the troops of Dark-Elves is now walking down their route. Their walking is particularly funny thought Dylan. They seem to be walking in a zigzagged way, somewhat reminded him of a reptilian type of walking. Then one of the Dark-Elves started to talk to another one, and Dylan was astonished at what he is hearing. These Dark-Elves are talking in a weird language and not the common language that was used in the whole of Darkmeth, and Dylan was sure that he could understand the Dark-Elven language. So what is this gibberish he thought.

The team merely stayed in their position till the troop walked away and then they finally came out of their cover. ‘You guys hear that? What language are they talking? And how come they have a weird way of walking?’ asked Sefra.

‘I have no idea, but all I know is we have to get out of here, pronto. One of those Dark-Elves came so close to me that I nearly puked,’ said Haquis.

‘Whatever they are, I have a feeling we’ll get to meet more of those sooner or later. Let’s move out, and fast,’ commanded Dylan.

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Seigheart is pacing up and down their area, thinking what to do. ‘The both of us can’t possibly hide in such an open area like this, besides, they’ll most definitely find our tacks. The easiest way is to just meet them faced on. You’ll have to hide low among the scrubs. Resha and I will fend them off, thats the only choice that we’ve got right now.’

‘But you look so weak right now, how can you fight them off? How many of them are there anyways?’ asked Valerie.

‘There are about 7 or 8 people heading towards our current position. I don’t really plan to use this, but we don’t have anymore choice.’ Seigheart then took out a crystal ball from his cloak which emits such brilliance that Valerie couldn’t take her eyes off it. ‘This is a magical crystal ball in which contains a large amount of magical energy which I can use from to cast spells. But once the energy in it is used up, it is considered useless. I plan to only use it when I am forced to use magic and have very little magical energy left, which never had happened before because the other’s were always there. With my remaining magical energy, I can’t even cast a fireball.’

‘Where do you get such a thing anyways? And I don’t hear anything. Are you sure you aren’t hearing things?’ asked Valerie.

‘That’s because animals have better hearings than us. Resha was the one who heard something coming our way and warned me about it. There’s no time to explain. Go, hide!’

Valerie obediently scampered towards the scrubs at the far corner where it is shadowed. Soon after, a troop of 7 Dark-Elves walked towards where Seigheart was sitting.

‘And how may I help you gentlemen?’ asked Seigheart. Valerie could now see the appearance of the Dark-Elves and was shocked to see that these Dark-Elves doesn’t look like an Elf at all. They have sharp pointed eyes instead of oval beady ones and they are much more muscular than the usual graceful elf figure. Their face was covered in a black clothe except for their eyes and purplish mouth. The only feature which points out that they’re Dark-Elves is their dark skin and pointed ears, or else Valerie won’t even think that they’re Dark-Elves

‘What is a lone magician doing here alone in the middle of nowhere?’ said one of the Dark-Elves. Valerie was shocked to hear sound of that Dark-Elf, his voice is somewhat gurgling rather than the usual normal speech. Seigheart, not giving away any sign of being shocked or surprise merely answered him, ‘I am travelling towards Van’Dar from Johgar to visit and old friend of mine.’

‘And who might that be?’

‘Ah, his name is Yrcyam. He should have arrived at Van’Dar’s port yesterday using his trading ship. He wrote a letter to me regarding his arrival a few months ago.’

Another one of the Dark-Elves went up and said, ‘Yea Yea, I think I’ve heard a man by that man who had just arrived there.’

‘Shut up you imbecile,’ and the subordinate backed down cowardly. ‘If you’re travelling from Johgar, how come you’re now at the south of Van’Dar since Johgar is to the North of Van’Dar?’

‘Oh, I got lost and ended up here.’

‘Too bad for you, we have the authority given by the King to capture those who are suspicious and you most definitely is suspicious. Seize him.’

Seigheart meerly smiled at the troops as he stood up with his staff at his right hand and the Crystal Orb on his left. ‘You sure you want to fight against me?’ said Seigheart with his Crystal Orb glowing menacingly.

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(Dream thingy by Bonggie :D)

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 : The Parting
Sefra, riding on the back of a magnificent white horse felt queezy due to the bumpy ride but she didn’t complain. If I couldn’t even cope with a bumpy ride, how am I supposed to save Darkmeth thought Valerie.

She looked behind her to catch a glimpse of Seigheart riding on his brown horse. How does he ride on a horse and keep his eyes closed anyways. Won’t that make you even more nausea Valerie thought bitterly. Listening to the surrounding, she could hear Resha running along with them among the dense bushes.

‘So what happened to Tirion in these 30 years?’

‘Well, we failed to defend Tirion against Weil Xela and his minions. We believe that there was a traitor in Tirion because there was no way they could have invaded us when we still have the barrier,’ answered Sefra.

‘Wait, so there really is a barrier protecting Tirion? So what I’ve heard wasn’t just a gossip. So what is the key for securing the barrier?’ interrupted Valerie.

‘We’re not sure either. But we’ve heard that it was a sword which was protecting Tirion,’ answered Haquis who had ride up beside them. ‘And the current Dark-Elf lord, Weil Xela, had his dark mystics and wizards turn this into what you see now. Since then there never was peace, no light, no happiness. New monsters and creatures now lurk these woods, most of them serving Weil Xela. Lurkers and stalkers, satyrs and dark nymphs and dryaids, mammoth insects to dragons. Its sad to see all has changed to this state.

‘So what is this Resistance people we are heading to?’
‘Well they are the ones who are now trying to overthrow Weil Xela’s reign and stop this madness that he has caused. We were sent by the leaders of Weil Xela to spy on their defences and to see what we’re up against for 3 whole weeks, and thing’s don’t look too good. The Resistance consists of various races, the remaining High-Elves from Tirion, giants and dwarves just to name a few. But what I hate most are those pesky Reggins. They always take other race’s ideas and plans, manipulated it and claim its theirs. They are like thieves to me in my eyes,’ explained Haquis.

‘Hey, if it wasn’t for them, Islandior would have been overthrown by now. It’s their ability to copy another’s technology to make it more efficient which made Islandior a sanctuary for the innocent to escape from the War. So, stop being a racist. And if you guys don’t tone down your voice, Dark Dryaids might hear us and that will only slow us down,’ snapped Dylan.

‘Ok ok, don’t need to be so agitated. Geez.’

The rest of the journey was a silent one after that. The journey was rough as they had to travel swiftly so that they could get out of the main forest of Du’Tauren. The sun was in midsky which indicates it was around 4pm when Valerie noticed that the trees have turned from dark purple to a milder pink. ‘Are we out of the main forest of Du’Tauren now?’

‘Yes, we’ve made it. If we had not gotten out of that place, we might be captured and ambushed easily. That’s because there are much are more hideous creatures which will appear during the night in the main forest. For now, we have to find a suitable place to camp,’ replied Dylan.

‘There, among the trees, that looks like a good spot to camp. Seems familiar too,’ exclaimed Haquis.

‘That’s because that is the same spot which we had camped the night before we entered the main forest remember dimwit?’ said Sefra with a hand hitting head.

‘Oh..’

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After a couple of days, the group was travelling as usual. Suddenly Valerie noticed something strange about the sky, clouds started to form, and it wasn’t even the raining season she thought. Strangely she felt the dark clouds formed is much different than regular ones. Then a huge green lightning flashed across the sky with a loud ear piercing crack of thunder.

‘Dark Storm! Find a cave or anything to shelter from it, fast!!’ shouted Seigheart as he whistle to Resha who was somewhere in the forest to warn him about the storm.

Valerie said ‘What is this Dark Sto-’

‘No time to explain, find shelter now!’ shouted Dylan.

The group moved fast, hoping for a place to shield from the mysterious rain.


‘Look! I see a small cave at the far end there!’ exclaimed Seigheart.

They all raced to the small cave but at the same time, Valerie saw raindrops falling down on them and thought what was to be worried of them when she noticed that the raindrops were in fact purplish green in color, similar to the current surroundings. Then out of nowhere, a raindrop landed on Valerie which caused a sharp corrosive pain. Haquis began to swear as he too felt the rain. The group lunged towards the cave and made it just in time before there was an extremely heavy downpour. They ripped the supplies of the horse and ran into the same and squeezy cave while the horses are outside and the reigns of the horse are secured inside the cave. They were all out of breath. The first thing that Seigheart and Dylan do was to check the supplies while Haquis was desperately wiping the rainwater off his face and Sefra was trying to rinse her hair with her drinking water. Valerie took a clothe and quickly wipe the water off all of her exposed skin. Then she heard the familiar growl and saw Resha entering the cave soaked and wet. Dylan gave a huge sigh.

‘Most of the supplies are spoiled by the rain. Now we are in the mercy of the forest and this storm.’

‘How can there be a storm during the summer? I mean, it isn’t even the raining season in this dimension too, right?’ asked Valerie

‘It is not that strange that a Dark Storm appears in this season nowadays. These storms have been occurring very randomly recently. We should have better preparations for it. Its all my fault,’ said Seigheart.

‘No, if anyone that was supposed to be blame, it’s me. I should’ve taken better measures of taking care of our supplies. Dammit, I was too busy thinking of something else to check before leaving this morning,’ said Dylan.

‘Well it could not get much worse can it?’ said Haquis.

Then Sefra cursed and swear repeatedly.

‘DAMN this storm, my bow string got eaten through it. My hair is a mess and I am really really hungry!!.’

‘Chill, chill.’ Said Haquis. ‘At least you look as pretty as ever.’

‘Stop your jabbing, without my bow I am useless. I am an archer and you expect me to chill? What happen if an ambush comes? We have no range capabilities and I am force to hide and do nothing. &$%$’

Haquis went silent.

‘And to make matters worse,’ said Seigheart while litting a fire, ‘our journey will most likely be delayed another week.’

‘Great. Just Great’ Sefra frowned and just sat at the far end of the corner gloomily.

‘Sieg, what is this, Dark Storm?’ Valerie asked.

‘To put it simple, this is what the humans refer as the Dark Elves Acid Rain or Dark Storm in short. It’s very acidic and corrodes exposed flesh and skin and sensitive equipments. Here, use this cream. It’ll help reduce the pain and cures the rashes.’

‘Aren’t the horses in danger too?’

‘No, furred animals like horses and Resha are quite inert to the rain due to their fur. It was called Dark Storm because other than its corrosiveness, it’s like a morale boost, or something enjoying and worth drenching for the dark creatures especially the Dark Dryaids. The storm is the one which transformed the previous green and flourish landscape into this, that’s why the forest is glowing evil purple. This will delay our journey greatly because the shortest route which we were supposed to travel will most probably be overgrown by new mutated plants. We believe the Dark Elves are responsible for this vile storm. Though during the rainny season this sort of rain will be of a common thing, their wizards can conjure up the storm easily. If one is to be exposed in the storm for a long period of time, you’ll get poisoned and will have any part of your exposed skin melted off.’

‘Oh, I see. Poor Sefra. Cheer up ok?’

She didn’t bother replying.

‘Oh man, I am covered in rashes, my hair is a mess too and most importantly, I not handsome anymore for now.’ imitated Haquis in a playful tone. Sefra shot him a dirty look and merely ignored him.

‘This is not the time to fool around moron. The only thing worry about your is looks, I worry about our supplies now that our supplies are all ruined and now most of the wild food are poisonous. And do not forget we have a disabled comrade.’ snapped Dylan.

‘Ok ok, my bad. So what are we supposed to do now? I’m so freaking bored.’

‘We’ll have to wait for the rain to stop before we can move again. We’ll have to find food or else we won’t last another week. Resha, you’re the one with the greatest hunting ability here. So we’re depending on you now,’ said Seigheart.

Resha merely growled while the others just sat there, waiting for the rain to stop.

‘By the way, I’ve been meaning to ask you guys something. Do you guys have a place called the Treehouse here in this dimension? I assumed so,’ asked Valerie.

‘Yes, in fact, it’s been our custom to go there every other week. Do you go to the Treehouse with us from your dimension?’ asked Haquis who answered her out of boredom.

The Storm raged on for the whole night. Though Resha and the horses are fine, the group is in terrible shape. Tired. Worn. Hungry. Weakened. The storm finally started to set. After a few hours the storm was had completely stopped.

‘I think it’s safe now. Put on your gloves provided. Now you all go gather up some wild food you see and bring them back here to the cave immediately. I will filter the harmful from the harmless. Go now, we wasted too much time.’ Ordered Dylan.

So they split and scour the woods for food. Sefra’s still have red rashes though she looks more tired than mad. Valerie with a furry glove worn, spotted a bush full of shiny berries. It look very similar to those back at her dimension where she would randomly pick and enjoy them. So she assume its fine and took some of it and some pocket it some of it for later use. She also hand held some other larger dull looking and some tough looking fruits and brought it back to the cave.
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They regrouped after an hour. By the time Valerie reached the cave, Haquis and Seigheart was skinning a reindeer while Sefra and Dylan was packing up the food. Valerie handed her findings to Sefra and she went to help with the skinny of the reindeer.

It didn’t took them long to cut all those meat because Seigheart got impatient with it and used his magic to cut the pieces of reindeer meat together. ‘That’s better. Thanks to Resha, we’ll at least have enough food for the week,’ he said as he was patting the purring Resha.

‘You should’ve done that earlier man, wasted our time,’ complained Haquis.

‘My magic is almost drenched, I would rather save up the energy in case of an emergency. It’s better to take precautions. But since I feel that we’ll take forever to get this done manually, so I changed my mind.’

‘Right... So you mean you got lazy..’

‘Whatever..’

‘Let’s go everyone. The Council is expecting us, we’ve lost enough time in this commotion,’ said Dylan. And so they set of once again.

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It was only an hour later that Valerie felt a little weird and her vision started to swirl and she couldn’t even sit properly another. She was swaying from left to right. She was about to collapse and fall down the horse when Resha came up just in time to catch her on it’s back.

The whole team halted and Seigheart inspected Valerie.

‘This is very bad,’ Seigheart said, ‘these berries in her pocket are very poisonous. And since it’s from the storm, there is no known cure yet, only suppressants which we happen to have none.’

‘Damn it Valerie, why did you disobey my orders, I’ve told you not to eat anything.’ frowned Dylan.

‘Huh what? Why do I feel so sick? What is going on?’ Her face was really pale.

'Seig, can you teleport along with Valerie to the nearest city?' ased Dylan.

'I am in no state to perform a teleportation. My magic power is almost completely drained.'

'Dammit!' Dylan took a deep thought, looked and Seigheart and said ‘You take Valerie and go on as fast as you can to the nearest with Resha. You can conjure up some magic to make her last during the trip, can you? With her speed she might have a chance. And take this portion of the supplies. We’ll catch up with you eventually. Take the forest road, you guys can travel swiftly with Resha.’

‘Oh man, there goes another pretty girl,’ said Haquis. Everyone snapped him a dirty look then he backed off looking guilty.

Dylan handed a share of the supplies to Seigheart who is flipping through his magic books. ‘Ah, found it. 'Muic’Emarap’ Seigheart changed with his hands on Valerie’s stomach. Her chest glowed a bit and she was now sweating all over.

‘That’ll slow down the poison,’ panted Seigheart.


‘Go now, as swiftly as you can. May the stars be you guide,’ said Sefra.

‘Can’t I come along?’ asked Haquis.

‘You know that Resha can’t carry that many people and that much load at a time,’ answered Dylan.

‘Oh man, why does Seig get to be alone with the pretty girl.’

‘You’re seriously sick man. No wonder you have no girlfriend,’ retorted Sefra.

‘Uh, I don’t feel so well..’ and Valerie puked at the side.

‘At least the spell is somewhat helping,’ said Seigheart.

So the team was split into to with both teams having a handicapped.

(Story by : Bonggie. Edited by yours truely :) )

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 : The Reasoning
Valerie was in the verge of losing her senses. She didn’t know what to do, or what she could do for that matter. Tears flowed down her cheeks but not a squeak escaped her lips. She regretted ever bit of follow that Azeazel guy here. Speaking of Azeazel, her heart skipped a beat. He seems to have a heck lot of magical power, he could get them both out of here she thought. But her hope was crashed when she remembered that Azeazel was unconscious, probably half-dead, he is in no condition of helping the both of them she thought bitterly.

She was being dragged through the familiar road towards the church she realised. So what Azeazel had told her before was true. The only difference is that instead of turning right, they’re turning left. So, there is such a thing as an equal yet opposite dimension she thought. But what good would that do, I’m going to end up as a prisoner to some Dark-Elf king and be his prisoner the rest of my life she thought miserably.

Just when they had approached a thick ticket, Valerie’s keen sense of hearing detected a crack amonst the bushes. Probably more trouble she thought. Just then, a louder crack of breaking twigs caused the group to hault.

‘You heard that?’

‘Yea, and I don’t like it one bit. Who goes there? I command you in the name of his majesty to come out and show yourself,’ barked the leader.

‘Ok ok you got me,’ came a surprisingly familiar sound in front of them.

‘You! Seize him!’

Valerie then remembered his voice and shouted ‘Dylan!’

She could imagine the whole group and the new intruder was in a surprise state because there was a sudden quietness.

‘And who are you? Have we met before?’

‘Yes! We’re brought up together remember?’

‘Huh? Surely I don’t know you.’

‘Bah, stop treating us like someone invisible, you imbecile! You two can get a reunion chat at the prison cell!’ roared the leader of the group.

‘Not if I can help it,’ came a voice from behind and Valerie heard something fell with a loud thud.

‘What? More of these intruders? Retreat comrades! Back to the castle with the Elf-Maiden and the old witch!’

‘Oh where do you think you’re going?’ boomed another voice from the side and she could feel the vibration of the jump produced.

‘Haquis!’

‘Huh? Who are you?’

‘Its me! Valerie. Can’t you remember?’

Just then, the clothe which was covering her eyes was removed by an arrow which pulled it away and she could see what was happening. Haquis was battling 2 of the Dark Elves beside here while Dylan is at the front fighting against 3 other Dark-Elves with his katana. She turned to her back and at the far end she saw Sefra standing on one of the branches aiming.

‘I can’t get a clear shot, you guys are too close together!’

‘Bah, nevermind. You go save the girl and the old man over there!’ shouted Haquis as he narrowly escaped one of the enemies’ slash.

‘Oh no you don’t. This will be one of the biggest pay day of my life and no way I’m going to loose it,’ said the leader as he saw Sefra jump down one of the trees and was heading towards them. He lunged for Valerie and Azeazel and once he got hold of the both of them, he chanted something and the minute later, there was a lot of smoke around and when Valerie could see again, they were at the edge of the forest and could see the castle which was supposed to be the church.

Instead of the bright and lively look of the church, the castle has an evilish feel towards it and Valerie couldn’t help but have the goosebumbs. What really scared Valerie was that there were black dragons guarding the castle.

‘Welcome to your new home for the rest of your life girlie.’ snickered the Dark-Elf.

‘What have you people done to the church?!’

‘Heh, it was too bright and lovely, so the king changed it into something more of his taste if you know what I mean.’

‘He sure have awful taste.’

‘Keep up the sarcasm and you’ll be wishing that you are his majesty’s dog.’

‘Right.. My friends will come save me anyways. Don’t worry.’

‘Oh, you mean those few people? Getting past the dragons? Fat chance. The only way to kill these beats is to a Legendary Weapon which by the way, is no where to be seen in your friend’s possession. And these pair have been specially trained to guard his majesty’s tower against intruders. So, there’s no chance or whatsoever for your so called ‘friends’, who don’t even remember you, to rescue you .’

‘Not if I can help it,’ came a voice from behind. A white tiger suddenly appeared and leaped towards the Dark-Elf who avoided the tiger by side-stepping. The tiger was now in between Valerie and the Dark-Elf.

‘Dammit, where do all these people come from anyways,’ exclaimed the frustrated Dark-Elf. He then turns around and grabbed Azeazel and ran towards the tower.

‘No! Save him Seig!

‘How did you know it was me?’ asked Seig who just came out from the bushes.
‘No time to explain, go save that old man! Please!’

‘It’s too late, the Dark-Elf had gone too far out. If we were to go after him, we’ll be obliterated by those dragons over there.’

‘Then we’ll have to find some way of saving him! We can’t just leave him!’

‘We don’t have a choice. Prisoners who had been captured never managed to escape the castle ever before and I doubt anyone would be foolish enough to even try entering that place. This is as far was we can go, any further we’ll get spotted. Come now stranger, we must leave before that wrecked Dark-Elf comes back with reinforcements.’

‘Noo...’

‘We don’t have a choice. If you want to help whoever that old guy may be, is by making full use of your time on living your life to the fullest and to plot your revenge. That’s all you can do for the death of a loved one.’

Valerie couldn’t think straight. All she wanted right now is just go back to the life that she used to have she thought with a sob.

Without a word, Seigheart came over and picked her up and placed her on Resha’s back and off they went back into the jungle. Surprisingly, Resha’s back is very stable for me to lie on she thought drowsily and fell asleep.

Once again she had that same dream again. The same dream when she was first knocked out cold by Azeazel. And again she could pick up the familiar scent and the weird symbol that she thought she had seen somewhere before.

‘Hey, HEY! Wake up!’ came a voice piercing through halfway in her dream.

‘Uh? What? Leave me alone, I want to sleep some more Uncle Elune.’

‘Elune? Hey, get up!’ said the girl’s voice.

‘Huh? You aren’t Uncle Elune.’

‘My name’s Sefra. Nice to meet you.’

‘I know. We grew up together remember?’

‘Huh? Why do you keep insisting that we’ve met before. Never in my whole life in Tirion have I ever met you before stranger.’

‘Ok, first of all. My name’s Valerie. We grew up together ever since we’re a child. We always trained together. See this scar on my elbow? We were playing once at the Tree when I accidentally tripped and was scratched. Remember?’

‘Huh? What are you talking about? I certainly remember playing at the Tree, but I’m certain I wasn’t playing with you.’

‘Oh, why am I so stupid. I come from the other world. Azeazel told me that I would meet people who I might know but aren’t really the same person. Should’ve thought of this in the first place. Bah, nevermind. We can still be friends right? Ok let us start again. Hi, I’m Valerie. Nice to meet you.’

‘You sure are a funny one aren’t you. Nice to meet you too.’

‘Hey she’s up!’ came a voice from behind them. ‘Hello, my name’s Haquis. I’m the handsome one around here :D’

‘Ah, same old girl-crazy Haquis.’

‘Explain yourself stranger,’ said Dylan followed Haquis towards them. ‘How did you know our names and why do you claim that you know us.’

‘Ok ok, first of all. I come from another dimension which is a exactly the same as this world, but everything is just on the opposite way. Azeazel, the old man just now was the one who brought me here. During that time, Tirion was attacked by Dark-Elves and they have brought away my Uncle Elune along with my sister. Azeazel told me that I’m the only one who could stop this and that the only way I can stop this is to come here, the future and direct opposite of Tirion 30 years ago.’

‘So, you’re claiming that you’ve come when The Second War started? And this Elune was your uncle?’

‘He’s not my real uncle. He was the one who brought me up. My mum sent me there by magic when I was a child but I have no idea why and I grew up with you guys ever since then.’

‘Seig, is she lying?’ asked Dylan. Seigheart who seemed to have appeared from nowhere was now sitting at a chair behind Haquis patting Resha. ‘I'm not too sure, I could not sense anything weird about her and she’s definitely a High-Elf but I don't recall anyone called Elune in Tirion previously. So, to confirm that she is whom she says she is, Valerie, tell me, who’s the only one here who is special in the of his or her kin.’

Valerie hesitated but later answer him ‘If you insist. Dylan is the special one, he’s half-human half-elf. And how can you not know who Uncle Elune is? He's the priest of the Church remember?’

There was a twitch in Dylan’s eyes for a second Valerie noticed and quickly looked away. ‘The priest of the Church during that time was Ispep. But I can recognize practically all the people in Tirion during that period and I'm certain I've never saw her before. This sure is interesting isn’t it, Dylan?’ Said Seigheart in deep thought. ‘So what do we do now?’

‘We shouldn’t be cowering any longer! Let’s just get into the tower and destroy Weil Xela since we’re already so close’ shouted Haquis.

‘And how are you going into that castle with those 2 dragons roaming around all the time Mr.Invincible?’ asked Seigheart.

‘Err, good point. And my answer is, I dono :D’

‘Whatever it might be, we must report back to the Resistance and decide on what we should do next. The king probably know of our presence by now. We should head out right now before we are found. Be ready to dispatch in 20minutes, we must have a head start before the king sends out troops to look for us.’

‘And where is this Resistance camp? What is all these nonsense? Can someone please explain everything to me?!’ exclaimed Valerie in frustration.

‘All of your answers will be explained. And if you have to know, the camp is in the heart of Darkmeth, where the human city Islandior is. It will take us 2 weels to reach there. But we better move fast.’

Everyone agreed and went out to dispatch camp. ‘What should I do?’ asked Valerie not knowing what to do.

‘You help gather some more food with Sefra. We have barely have enough food for the 4 of us and the journey is going to be a long one. So be prepared for the worst.’ Valerie just barely nodded in reply.

‘But before that, I presumed you know how to fight in some way right? We don’t want to get to much trouble trying to rescue you if you’re captured again.’

‘Yes I do know how to defend myself. I’m not that weak,’ answered Valerie while swiping her sword in the air. So, what Azeazel said is true, the people I’m going to meet here have the same personalities but is a totally different person thought Valerie bitterly. Why won’t he be more kind for once.

Valerie headed towards Sefra who was humming to a familiar song while picking up wild berries and fruits. Valerie, who knew the song very well as well, hummed along with her. ‘You know this song too?’
‘Yea, we used to sing together very often at the other world.’
Sefra laughed and said ‘We must’ve been very good friends there I assume.’
‘Yea, we’re best friends in fact.’ Sefra didn’t replied but merely continued to gather up food. Something’s changed Valerie thought, but it’s not in my position to question her anyways. Not yet anyways.

When Valerie and Sefra got back to the others, everything’s all packed up on the horses. ‘You’ll have to share horses with Sefra. Let’s go, we have to hurry out of Du’Tauren before dawn just to be safe.’ said Dylan.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1: The Start of it All

‘Hey Val, when will you ever get a new sword. That old sword of yours is just too weak for you don’t you think? Look at my rapier,’ asked Haquis who came out of nowhere during Valerie’s sword training lessons.

‘Oh shut up Haquis, it means more to me than you ever think,’ Valerie snapped back. ‘Where’s Dylan this time? Skipping lessons again?’

‘Don’t know, don’t care,’ Haquis replied trying to act cool just like Dylan.

‘That’s so lame you know?’ Sefra retorted back at the side making her shots and trying to concentrate. She smiles her sweet smile when she successfully got a bulls-eye, again. ‘Oh I just love it when you smile your sweet smile :D’ said Haquis with a sly grin. Sefra ignored him and continues her training.

‘Well I’m off now. I’m done training today, gotta head to the Tree to have some relaxation time! Yay!’ Valerie exclaimed.

‘You’re going to that place again? Don’t you find it boring? All you get to do is sit there and read books. The way I see it, it’s a waste of time,’ asked Haquis. ‘That’s none of your business thank you.’

‘Oh, do be careful, I think that place is creepy.’ Sefra warned. ‘Want me to tag along to be your, ahem, personal guard?:D’ asked Haquis hopefully. ‘You’re disgusting you know Haquis? Besides, I thought you said that place was boring,’ mocked Valerie with a smile. ‘Hmm, good point. Well, just be careful, ok?’

‘Right.. Meet you guys tonight at the Treehouse ok? And don’t forget to remind Seigheart to come along ok Haquis? And please do try to persuade your brother to come along. He seems lonely all the time.’

‘That’s cause he’s anti-social. And Oh man, do we have to ask Seigheart to come along? He always brings along his ‘pet’.

‘Wow, first time seeing Mr.Tough Guy showing his fear. This must be a miracle! Thank Mya for it!’ teased Valerie. ‘.......’ was all he replied.

‘Hahahah. I think Resha’s cute. Besides, your brother and Seig are best friends,’ said Sefra.
‘But Seig treats his ‘pet’ more like a best friend than Dylan,’ said Haquis with a grin.
‘Oh stop being so mean to your brother.’

‘Brother? We’re just half related. Besides, our personalities are completely different.’

‘We know, no wonder you’re so uncool! Hahahahah,’ teased Valerie again.

‘=.= Who’s the meanie now?’

‘Oh nevermind, meet you guys tonight, k? Its getting late. Ciaoz.’ And off goes Valerie.

Once in a while, Valerie likes going to a location deep inside the forest next to the cemetry. She goes there alone most of the time to an open plains in the forest where there’s a great and magnificent tree called The Great Tree of Caras. Valerie likes climbing the tree and spends the time alone where she clears out all of her thoughts and could just relax and get away from the fast paced and hectic life of the elvish city. But the main reason she goes to this tree is because this is the tree that her mum had sent her and her twin sister. She could still feel a magical force lingering around the tree. Why did her mum send her there? She doesnt know, the priest was the one who brought the 2 sisters up ever since they were a child have no idea why were they sent there because the forest can be filled with trecerous things during the night, but thank Mya he had a vision about this and quickly went to fetch them says the uncle countless of times already. And countless of times Uncle Elune told her not to go to there as it was dangerous for a vulnerable elven maiden to go so far out alone, but never had she listen to his warnings and tells him ‘I’m one of the greatest Elven maiden who knows how to handle a sword. I’ll be carefull. Don’t worry.’

Another reason why he didnt wanted Valerie to go to that location is because the tree is nearly at the boarders of the High-Elven territory. Beyond the border line lines the territory of the vile humans, he claimed. He always tells them stories about how dispeakable, ruthless, cold and cruel humans treat themselves, what more, if they find someone who isn’t even one of them. Not even her sister Vivian could stop her from going to the Great Tree of Caras. She was just too stubborn, just like a spoiled child. She knows that its dangerous, but she didnt care, all she wanted was some time alone. Time when she could meditate.

Whats even more dangerous about Du’Taure is that some people say that they spotted a Dark-Elf one night. Unlike the High-Elves, who live on vegetables and fruits alone, the Dark-Elves live on raw meat and legends say that if they spot a virgin High-Elven maiden, they would do anything to obtain her and would make the poor soul their captive for the rest of her miserable life. The Dark-Elves worship Lavedaxu who’s the completely opposite of the goddess Mya. Though there was once a bloody war between the 2 clans a during The War, there was no report of spotting a Dark-Elf ever since besides this one. But she had heard rumours from the marketplace that the whole of Darkmeth was protected by a barrier which prevents anyone other than the High-Elves to enter the Darkmeth. So it was impossible for any Dark-Elf to enter. They also claimed that a magical weapon was the source of power for the barrier and they will be safe from invations as long as the sword was in place, and only the Guardians knew out its location and on how to remove it. No one else would be able to enter their territory.

What she normally does there is actually lie on one if the broad branches and just closes her eyes and feel the surrounding nature and the comfort and just feel the breeze in her face while reading her books. Since every elf needs their education anyways, so might as well enjoy reading Valerie always thought. She also thinks that the most magnificent view in the whole of Darkmeth is probably the sunset view that you can see from the height of the Great Tree.

When it was about time, she headed back to her uncle’s small cottage that was beside the church. On the way she saw a familiar face at the city’s central fountain.

‘Hey Dylan! What are you doing here? And why didn’t you go for fencing lessons today?’

‘Oh, hi. I didn’t feel like going. I think it’s boring. All they teach there are boring stuffs. I want something new, something exciting, a challenge perhaps,’ said Dylan without paying much attention on her and continue to gaze at the horizon.

‘Err, ok.. You’re going to the Treehouse right? You know, just to hang out with the guys?’
‘Probably, I’ll drop by Seig’s place later before heading there.’

‘Cool, cya later then. Bye.’ And off she continues heading to her cottage with a blush. ‘Oh I hope I didn’t sounded as dumb as i thought,’ prayed Valerie in her heart.

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When she got back, she found Vivian cooking already. So she snuck slowly to her room. ‘And where you think you’re going young lady?’ asked Vivian with a sly grin. ‘You know that you have to learn how to cook one day for your future husband’

‘But I hate cooking! Why can’t the guys do the cooking instead?’

‘That’s cause we have to work and provide the food for the family and protect the family. It had always been that way for million of years already’ answer her uncle who just entered the door with a friendly smile.

‘Oh welcome back Uncle,’ said sisters at the same time. ‘But I have plans for tonight, can’t I learn cooking some other time?’

‘Plans? Don’t tell me you’re going to The Treehouse with that half-human again,’ asked Elune.

‘Oh don’t be so harsh. He didn’t wanted to be a half-human. Besides, he was brought up by elves and educated in the Elven ways.’

‘Why cant you hang out with that Derek guy. He seems nice.’

‘You mean his parents seems nice. I never liked the looks of him. He seems creepy to me, and he spends too much time with that pet dragon of his.’

‘Never refer a dragon as a pet. They are ancient creatures and lived far longer and are much wiser than us elves can ever be.’

‘Okok, sorry. So, can I skip cooking lessons? I’m really exhausted already.’

‘You went to the Great Tree again didn’t you,’ asked her sister.

‘Oh man, don’t tell me you’ve just learnt the ability to read my mind at your witchcraft classes.’

‘Nope, your boots have a leaf sticking out and you have a smell of the forest, so i deduced you went to the Great Tree, again.’

‘How many times must I tell you not to go into the forest. You might get eaten by the creatures in there, or even worse, get kidnapped by Dark-Elves,’ scolded her uncle.

‘Bla bla bla bla.. I know I know, I will take care of myself. Don’t worry so much Uncle. Besides, I heard that we have a barrier protecting our city?’

‘Don’t believe everything that you heard, especially the ones from the bar young lady,’ replied her sister as she cut was peeling potatoes.

‘Okok, so I’ll take that as a yes for being excused from cooking lessons?’

‘Only if you promise to turn up for tomorrow’s dinner.’

‘Thank you!!!! :D’

xxxxxx

It has been their tradition for fears to drink yale together at ‘The Treehouse’ for years already every once in a while where they can just hang out. But Dylan is the one who seldom turns up, more like hardly ever, thought Valerie with a sigh as she was heading towards the place. But they have fun anyways sharing about the past activities and how are their life getting on and stuff.

When she got there, the familiar aroma of the kitchen and many familiar smiling faces are all around with their usual chatter of the recent gossips and rumours. ‘Don’t believe everything you see or hear, don’t believe everything you hear,’ Valerie making a mental note to herself, trying not to act too interested regarding the latests news and issues. She was looking around for her friends and it took her a while cause there was surprisingly quite a lot of people that night.

‘Hey guys,’ exclaimed Valerie as she sat down.

‘Hey beautiful,’ said Haquis smiling.

‘Where’s Dylan and Seig?’

‘Hopefully not coming,’ answered Haquis softly.

‘I heard that. They’re probably running late. Anyways, did you notice the hooded guy over there at the other corner of the room? Never saw him before. He seems, well, bizarre, I think. Can’t tell if he’s sleeping or meditating or thinking,’ asked Sefra.

‘Oh yea, didn’t notice him till now who is he anyways?’

‘No clue,’ both of them answered.

Just then a growl silenced the whole room and in comes a white tiger and a handsome looking young man with a staff entered the room. Sefra always says that his grey eyes are stunning.

‘Hi Seig, Hi Resha’ said Sefra as Sefra took a seat. ‘You’re as cute as ever aren’t you Resha?’ as Sefra was cuddling it.

‘Hey Seig, hows sorcery classes today?’ asked Valerie.

‘The same as usual, boring as ever. Wont they ever teach something interesting?’ Seigheart sighed. Resha just looks at him with an understanding look.

Seigheart’ is a spellcaster who is able to use both healing and dark magic and is in the same class with Vivian. But what is interesting about Seigheart is his ability is to be able to communicate with animals. He spends most of his training with his companion, Resha whom he claimed that he had saved from Trolls during The War once and had never left him.

The group was chattering around and out of nowhere, Dylan suddenly sat down amongst them. ‘Wow, didn’t see you came in brother. Silent entrance as usual eh?’ ‘Whatever’ was all that Dylan replied Haquis.

‘Who’s the the hooded guy over there? Never saw him before.’

‘We were wondering the same thing. Bah, just ignore him. Probably one of those farmers who live at the far end of the city. Anyways, did you hear about.......’ on and on Haquis went about the latest news that he heard throughout the week.

The group hang around later than usual because it was some time since they caught up with one another. But Dylan was acting cool as usual. That’s why Valerie kept asking him questions, so that he wont be left out among the conversation. By that time, nearly more than half of the people who were there already left the place. So the group decided that it was time for them to head back as well.

‘Oh, that hooded guy left already, didn’t see him went out,’ said Haquis.

‘That’s cause you’re too busy with the girls, I’m sure Dylan noticed him walk out as well right?’ asked Seigheart. He just agrees with a nod.

‘Well, whoever he is, he won’t be bothering us. See ya guys!’ and he left with Dylan followed by Seigheart and Resha following behind him.

‘See you tomorrow Sefra!’ said Valerie out loud as she went the other way and waved goodbye to her. ‘This was a fun night, at least Dylan turned up,’ thought Valerie with a happy smile.

She went through the familiar road heading towards her cottage. When she turned at a dark corner, she saw something among the bushes and went to take a look at it. Suddenly, the old hooded elf jumped up and knock her head with his staff and she went out-cold with a ‘Ugh’.

Valerie had a bizarre and somewhat frightening dream during that time. She dreamt she was walking along a path with shadows and mists circulating around her, she could even feel the cold and sadness that these sadness bring. She also saw a perculiar symbol which she can't quite make out because all was a blur. Another thing which she vividly remember a scent from the dream which she had smelt before but could not quite remember where or who the scent came from.

When she woke up, she was at The Great Tree of Caras all alone. At the horizon, she saw an evilish glow of red. At that instant she knew what she was seeing, it was Tirion under fire. She was so shocked that she didn’t know what to do, or even wondered why she was at the Tree. All she wanted to do was go back to find out what happened. So off she went.

She was careful enough to hide in the corner while she was approaching the edge of the forest. When she reached the cemetery, she saw Elves with dark skin who were carrying off prisoners. The Dark-Elves exclaimed Valerie! I thought they were unable to enter unless someone released the barrier? The first person whom she suspected was the hooded guy. She was filled with fear as she was worried about her uncle, her sister and all her friends. And that was the time when she saw the few of the Dark-Elves carrying Vivian and her uncle out of the cottage, apparently unconscious. Other than that, she also saw the Dark-Elves carrying a reddish glowing sword. ‘No!’ shouted Valerie silently. She was just about to go out of her hiding and went to help her sister and uncle when her path was blocked by the hooded guy.

‘Greetings, Valerie.’

‘Who are you? What are you doing here? Why am I doing here? Why have you captured.....’ She was silenced by the man.

‘I’m very sorry to have met you in such circumstances. My name is Azeazel, and I come from another dimention where everything the same as this world, just in a completely opposite way. I am here to warn you about the invasion of the Dark-Elves, and you’re the only one who could stop all this mayhem.’

‘But why didn’t you told me earlier in the bar just now? This doesn’t make any sense. I must be dreaming’

‘Unfortunately, this is no dream. All this is real, I was weakened by my journey here and was unable to sense your presence at the bar and was in need of rest. Only after I’ve left the place that I just noticed it was you. The world from where I’m from is the future of Tirion 30 years later, thats if you don’t do something about it.’

‘But what can I do? I know nothing about all this and you might be some sort of trick and is one of them.’

‘Well then, if you don’t believe me, come with me back to the Great Tree, that’s where I can gather enough energy from the Tree to be able to teleport us to the other world.’

‘But you could still not prove to me that what you’re saying is true. Why should I trust you?’

‘Very well. ‘Vashikem, omletvis swordis!’ chanted Azeazel as staff glowed and in his hands, her sword materialized in his hands and he handed it over to her. ‘This is your sword is it not? Is this enough proof for you?’

Valerie couldn’t say anything. Never had she seem such magic that could materialize something out of nowhere.

‘I’ll take that as a yes. Come, let us go. Our time is limited, we must be swift’ And off they headed back towards the Great Tree of Caras. When they reached there, Azeazel was sweating and looked worried.

‘Before we teleport to the next world, I would warn you, the place where we’ll reach is not the safe place to be. It is a world dominated by the Dark-Elves and their king, Weil Xela. You must go and find the rebel group and convince them that you’re the only one who could help save them.’

‘But won’t you be there with me as well?’

He didn’t answer her and he chanted a spell and his staff glowed with a luminous green. At the same time, the whole tree glowed and a purple symbol appeared bellow them and all of a sudden, they were gone. All that Valerie could feel was a tingling sensation and she felt really dizzy.....

When they reached the place, the first thing that she noticed was that the whole palce was really really dark and all the trees there seemed dark and glowed with an evilish purple. The only tree that looked the same was The Great Tree of Caras itself. But her attention was drawn by the coughing and wheezing of Azeazel. He seemed really really tired and he suddenly collapsed without a word.

‘Hey, Azeazel, are you ok? You seem....’ She was forced to stop because she heard a sound nearby the trees. When she thought everything was fine already and drew her attention back to Azeazel’s coughing, a group of half a dozen Dark-Elves jumped out of among the trees and seized both her and Azeazel.

‘Hoho, look what we have here. An Elf-Maiden, and a young one too, The king shall be pleased,’ said one of them with a smile. ‘Let go of me you filthy beasts,’ shouted Valerie.

‘And she fights too, the king loves naughty ones,’ said another one of them with a mockery laugh. ‘Bring the other old elf as well, he might be useful, and his staff can be of some value. And we can go celebrate our success with the reward that the king is going to give us,’ said the same Dark-Elf happily.

‘Yea, but don’t you think we can still play around with the girl a little before we hand her over?’ grinned the third Dark-Elf. ‘No, you know that the king wants only virgins, he’ll have our head if he finds out that she was raped by us. We’ll just claim our reward and drink to our success!’ said the first Dark-Elf who’s apparently the leader because the others agreed with him.
‘Noo, let go of me! Let go of me!!’

‘Oh put a cork in it,’ said the leader as he grabbed her and tied a clothe over her mouth and eyes. ‘Thats better, we getting get moving before all the pretty ladies are taken.’

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Introduction of setting and characters.

Introduction of setting and characters.


Tirion is a magical elven city in the middle of Du'Taure(Dark Forest). This city has been build by both the help of the magic of Elves and the craftmanships of the humans. They had built this city as a santuary back then for both the High-Elves and Human innocent civilians to escape The War. The buildings were made in harmony with nature, all parts of the building was shaped using nature and is later crafted slowly by using the Human’s craftsmanship. But some of the humans have long left the city of Tirion and moved to dwell among the other humans in the jungles of Darmeth while some stayed back after The War ended. The elves there worship Mya, their goddes whom they believe is the one protecting them.

Valerie is just another typicall High-Elf maiden who likes enjoying her life. She's only 119 years old and is at the peak of her youth. Besides helping her Uncle Elune, who brought her sister and her up ever since they were just a child, at the church in the morning, she also takes up fencing lessons. Everyone in Tirion is required to contribute to defend and serve their city. Each and every Elf and Human have a unique gift, which ranges from swordsmanship to healing abilities. Although Valerie’s uncle keeps reminding her for her strong magical abilities which seems to be supressed within her and she’s the only 1 who could utilise it, she retorted back, “Rubbish, I hate magic and you know it.” Her old uncle hieved a sigh and left her to her daily routine with her sword. Her short hair, slim figure and chocolate brown with matching eyes is what many Elf warrior find her attractive and irresistable. But some say that her elder sister is way more beautiful and elegant than she is.
Vivian, on the other hand always spends her time at the Royal Guard Hall, practicing her magic with all the other sages.Vivian practices magic and who to use it for defence and offence. They’re just 35 years of difference between the 2 of them. Though relatively close when considered to elven years, Vivian is much more mature and wise and always considered the outcome instead of just rushing onwards to conclusions. Though they are sisters, they seldom hang out together. Nevertheless, Vivian never fails to show her attention and care for her younger sister. Young and beautiful with long straight golden hair, she’s one of the High Mages of Tirion. Though many witches say that she has an evil side to her, Elune rejected all of these claims about her and believes she’s one of the most trustworthy person in the whole of Tirion.

(Decided to remove the rest of the remaning parts of the intorduction for later in the storyline. lol)

Epilogue
Valerie with Zantetsuken in hands, walks up the stairs of 'The Tower', panting and sobbing at the same time. 'Why, why does he has to do this to me' this thought kept misting around her head. All that was in her head was Revenge, and nothing else. She wanted all this to end, including her life, so she could put an end to the war and misery it has caused. The stairway was old and broken with dead trees. All her companions were nowhere to be found, so she did not wait for them, it was past the agreed time to meet anyways. There was a familiar scent in the air, the smell of flesh and blood, which reminded her of the dream. She couldn't think properly at this time, her mind was in a blur. 'Revenge, REVENGE' the thought kept haunting her. But deep inside her heart, she knew, in the end, she neither had the strength or the courage to face her greatest fears. As she drew near the top of the stairs, she held her breath and took the final steps up.......

Just a thanks :D

Before writing this story, I would like to let you know that a couple of friends and me had come up with this idea to create this game when we're older. Doubt that it'll ever happen, so i thought i might as well write out the storyline:). I dont't take credits for the whole story, i have to admit that our whole gang, that is from 3C SMK Bintulu 2005, had come up with the storyline. Thx brothers for giving me this dream to make a game of this story. But i seriously doubt it'll ever come true. Haha. Ok ok, i know my English sucks, so please bear with me. And most of the work that i publish here is just a draftwork. There will be lots and lots of editing. So I might change some of the things sometimes:D Our whole gang includes Mike, Alex Bong, Alex Liew, Isaac, Kelvin Chong and yours truely and of course the girls, Sheau Ning, Siew Ching, Su Fang and Zara. :D. We guys never let the girls see 'The Pink Book' which contains all the details of this story. lol. Ok enough talk now, lets get on with the story.