《The Dark One》 1: Dark Omen In one of many dimensions certain world exists it is called Iulia. Iulia is a world filled with many races other than humans, magic is a common thing in this world and also wars are as well. War is the most common thing in this world, all the races fight for supremacy for their right to live and survive. Alliances are made and broken with a flick of a finger that is how frail they are. The mortal races of Iulia waged wars against each other from the beginning of time, many bloody battles had happened, many nations,empires,tribes and kingdoms have disappeared, but where there is death there is also life so in their place many new cultures appear. But in the end, they all repeat the same thing as their predecessor. That is why the foolish mortal races of Iulia have failed to notice a dark,evil and sinister force that made its way from the far north. At the time no one knew what was going to happen to their world, no one. They came like the dark tide that engulfed their world in darkness, death, and despairs. The dark legions marched forwards on the mortal races, everywhere they stepped the life would wither away and left only the darkness behind, they were truly the horrors that walked upon the land in their dark armors no one knew what they were. And at the head leading the dark legions was the dark god Tirihin The Immortal. He was truly an immortal being that could not die no matter how many have tried none have ever succeeded. The mortal races of Iulia were in despair all seemed lost to them, they have given up and surrendered themselves to their fates. But hope was not lost, for the divine beings came down from their high temples to lend the aid to the mortals, but no matter how much they fought they still weren''t able to stop the tide of darkness that the dark god Tirihin brought with him they could only delay him. The time that was given to the mortals was not wasted, the divines showed the mortals an ancient ritual that was supposed to summon the beings from another world with equal power as Tirihin. The mortals did their ritual and summoned the beings from another world to their surprise there were many of them that wielded great powers. The summoned beings that looked like the race called humans accepted their fates and trained hard for the time the divines had given them was nearing its end. And so it came the last battle for Iulia the last remaining armies of the mortal races, humans, dwarfs, elves, beast man, orcs, and the night kingdoms of the vampires and lastly the beings that were given the names of saviors were also present, vampires can only live for two or three hundred years but they are not immortal. "Pitiful mortals, no matter how much of you insects gather you shall not live to see another day" A dark figure clad in black armor and helmet with strange looking horns was holding a giant sword made out of bones and skulls was standing on the hill, behind him similarly armored soldiers and strange grotesque creatures that looked like some mad scientist had sewn together different parts of creatures. "Dark one the only one that will perish this day shall be you and your abominations!" the one that yelled back at the dark god was a man clad in white armor and helmet riding a white steed, behind him different races of Iulia gathered and stood proudly and bravely. "How foolish" spoke the dark one as he raised his hand and pointed at the army of the allied races. "Slaughter them all, leave none alive" as he spoke his words the dark legion behind him raised their demonic voices as they charged down the hill at their enemies like mad dogs. "Charge!" similarly, the white knights raised his voice and the two armies charged at each other. The two armies clashed, and it was painfully obvious that the allied armies were vastly outclassed by the brutality and strength of the dark legion the soldiers were dying left and right. If they were chopped down by the giant swords and axes the black ones were carrying they would get blown apart or eaten by the monstrous and grotesque creatures. Seeing the state of the allied army the white knight and few of the summoned beings charged through the sea of enemies, when he arrived in front of the Tirihin only he remained. "Dark one this is where you meet your end and your rain of terror and darkness ends!" the white knight yelled at the dark god as he charged with his sword at him. Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. "Foolish creature, no mortal can slay me!" the dark god raised his sword up high and swung it down upon the white knight. But he was too confident in himself, the white knight dodged the incoming attack and managed to cut off his left hand. "You, how is this possible no mortal can harm me!?" the dark one was enraged so much that the earth started to tremble beneath them. This is where the real fight began, it lasted for three days, between both him and the white knight and his legion against the allied races army. "This....was not....supposed to end....like this" the one that spoke those words was the dark god Tirihin, he was on his knees his armor was battered the horns on his helmet broken and his once intimidating huge swords was shattered into tiny peace. His chest was pierced by the sword that was once in the white knight''s arms. The white knight looks similar to the dark god, he was bleeding heavily and his armor was shattered as well. "Know this...mortal...I never truly...die...as long as the darkness in this world....exists I will never disappear" those were the last words the dark god Tirihin spoke as he slowly disappeared from Iulia. "No matter how many times you come there will alway be someone to stop you" the white knight looked at the sky as he spoke his words. The world celebrated the first and last victory over the dark legion and the dark good, the white knight that killed the dark god and the remaining summoned beings created a country where all the races were welcome and could live peacefully. The white knight was given the title of the savior king and kingdom that he built is called the Nosian Kingdom. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Four hundred years have passed since the creation of the Nosian kingdom and the defeat of the dark god and his dark legions. Inside a small temple and old woman that was dressed in high-quality clothes was kneeling down and praying to the statue of the knight that held his sword up high. Suddenly she started trembling and her eyes went white as she laid down on the ground. When her eyes returned to normal she started to tremble once again and sweat dripped from her forehead. She stood up and started to run towards the door of the small temple, when she reached the door she started to yell "Guards! Guards!". When the two knight in silver armors entered they readied their weapon and looked at the old woman "What is the matter revered oracle!" the guards asked in a serious tone. "Summon the king immediately!" she yelled while she trembled. "Yes!" the guards responded and immediately left the temple. It was not long when the footsteps were heard and a bearded man in his nightgown entered the temple along with the knights. "What seems to be the matter revered oracle?" the king asked in a polite tone. The man was the current king of the Nosian kingdom a direct descendant of the first king and the founder of the kingdom. "My king hear my warning, I had a vision the darkness was engulfing this kingdom, no this world just like in the old tales when the darkness almost swallowed this world, it will happen again if we do not act!" the old oracle spoke with trembling voice. "That can''t be, the dark legions of the old are only the tales for little children to scare them at night!" the king yelled at the oracle as he was little annoyed. It is true after four hundred years the mortal races have forgotten the horrors of the old. "I beg of you at least use the ancient ritual, even if I am wrong the summoned beings can at least help you in some way" the old oracle pleaded the king. After some time the king stood up and looked at the oracle "Fine I will do as you say, they might come in handy against those wretched orcs and their savage tribes". "Summon the court magicians and tell them to prepare for the summoning ritual!" the king yelled as he walked out of the temple. No one knew at that time what this summoning would do to the future of Iulia. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prologue chap. Any questions feel free to ask. 2: The Summoned "Is everything ready for the ritual?" inside a large room filled with many pillars several red hooded people were standing in a circle, at their feet strange markings decorated the floor. "Yes master the ritual will begin at your command," said one of the red hooded men. "Very well then, let us begin the ritual and may the divines guide our way!" the red-hooded man that spoke the loudest raised his hands, from his hands a strange red light emanated. In similar fashion, the other red hooded men raised their arms and the light shone, it was not long before the strange markings on the floor started to shine as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ahh, another Monday and another day at school, seriously who ever made school must have been a crazy fool" a short black haired boy that carried a backpack on his back spoke while he yawned. "I agree, there is nothing worse than a Monday worst out of all school days" another boy that walked beside the black short haired boy spoke, he had a long blond hair. "By the way, Mike did you play it last night?" the blond haired boy asked Mike while they kept walking. "Yeah John as I have told you three times already I did, you are relly a forgetfully one aren''t you?" Mike spoke as he shook his head left and right. "Hahaha, I am just messing with you!" John started laughing hard, this made Mikes eye twitch like he was about to hit John straight in the face. As the two messed around a chime was heard from the direction they were headed to, it was a bell of their school and it was a signalizing that the classes were about to start. "Oh damn, we are gonna be late run!" John stopped laughing and put on a serious face as he started running towards the school. "I know! This is all because of you!" Mike started running as well. "Alright class lets see who is missing today" inside a classroom about twenty people were sitting on their chairs, just two of them were vacant as the owners had not shown up yet. Female teacher wearing thin glasses and she was a real hottie most likely still in her twenties, reached out for a book that was on her desk "Teacher let me save you some trouble we are all here, except Mike and John" a girl with brown hair stood up from her seat and pointed at the two vacant chairs. "Sigh" "It''s those two again seriously what am I going to do about them, thank you Milly you may sit down" the female teacher massaged her forehead as she wrote something in her book. Suddenly the door of the classroom opened loudly and two boys ran inside, there were breathing heavily as they ran as fast as they could. "Sor.....sorry we are late.." Mike spoke as he tried to catch his breath. "Yh....yeah" John only confirmed. "Sigh, just sit down already so I can begin my class" the teacher spoke as she reached out for a chalk so she could start her lecture. The two boys grinned as they looked at each other and went to their seats. "Oh and I am taking notes about how many time you were late just to inform you" the teacher didn''t even turn around as she spoke her words. The grin from before that was seen on their faces was now completely gone and they became faces of despair. "Well, at least she didn''t ask us anything" John looked at Mike and whispered. "Yeah I guess we are lucky" Mike replied as he watched the female teacher and her lecture. Mike started sweating, he looked at the others and noticed that they all had the same problem even the teacher. If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. Mike raised his hand "excuse me but could I open the window?" Mike asked the female teacher. She turned around "yes please do, for some reason, it is really hot, how strange". Mike stood up and walked over to the window, he reached out his hand and as soon as he was about to open the window his body stopped. "What the hell?!" Mike raised his voice but that was the only thing he could do. "What is going on?!" "I can''t move my body!" the other students and even the teacher yelled loudly, they could still speak but their bodies were frozen in place. Suddenly strange markings filled the classroom, they started to shine bright red as they filled every corner of the classroom. "This can''t be good!" Mike yelled as he looked at the glowing markings. The room became bright red and forced all of the students and the teacher to close their eyes, as it was too bright to look at anything. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back inside the room filled with pillars and strange looking signs inside a circle and the red hooded men something new appeared. It was a group of strangely clothed people that just appeared inside a circle they still haven''t opened their eyes. The loudest red hooded man from before raised his arms as if he was about to hug someone, then he spoke. "I welcome you oh saviors to our world Iulia once again!" then he bowed deeply as did the rest of the red hooded people. "What....what the hell is this Iulia?? Where the hell are we!" the student raised their voices and started to panic they were, after all, brought to some strange place and were surrounded by even stranger hooded people. "Hey Mike" John whispered quietly. "What is it, John?" Mike replied. "Doesn''t this stuff happen only in stories and games?" John asked Mike quietly but he had shiny eyes like a kid that found a new toy. "Yeah, it does" Mike replied as he started to look around. "Where are we and who the hell are you people!?" the female teacher stepped out of the crowd of students and raised her voice, it seemed like she was trying to protect the students. "Now now there is no reason to be afraid I will lead you to our king now where everything shall be explained please follow me" the red-hooded man spoke as he walked towards the large wooden door. "I am not following you anywhere and neither are these kids!" the teacher yelled back at the hooded man. "Hoh, is that so" he turned around and spoke with no so gentle voice anymore, some red smoke started rising from him, he extended his hand towards the wall of the room. "If you don''t follow this will happen" a small red ball emerged from his hand and flew straight at the room wall it made a loud sound as it collided with the wall. "Aaaaa!!" the students started screaming mostly females. "See it is better to follow me, so come now we should not keep the king waiting for any longer" he returned his voice to the previous one that seemed no harm whatsoever. "Kids lets do what he says for now" the teacher spoke to the students, her forehead was covered in sweat. They all nodded and started to follow the red-hooded man. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please enjoy. Any questions please feel free to ask.