《The creation of Death》 Chapter one : the begining Hello this is my first try at making a fiction novel9 or writing in general. I owult apreciate it if you can point out mistakes or if my grammar is off. English is not my main launguage. thanks. Hello, I am Death, and i take souls of the dying, not because i want to but because i have to. Don''t ask me why i do because i don''t know. its just some sort of instinct i guess. I will begin by telling me how and where i was born. ~~~ I am a soul, i am there but you can not see me, i can not see you either i dont know where i am but i know you are neaby . . . i can feel you, i can feel warmth and a feeling of safety and protection. I see a light in the darkness of my soul and i feel it pulling me towards the light ... As i get closer i can hear many voices screaming and crying, i don''t know what is happening but i am in the light now. The voices stopped again and it is dark again, but not a cold darkness like before btu a warm one, i feel safe here. I open my eyes and try to see where i am and what happend. I see a woman looking at me with gentle eyes, they shine brightlly. . . I think she is happy about something but i dont know. I look around some more and find a man he is also looking at me with bright eyes. It is dark again, i cant keep my eyes open for long i guess and my conciousness fades from time to time, i do remember those gentle eyse of the woman, i can feel them all day looking in my soul. It''s very comforting knowing someone is watching me. I hear a voice, it''s calling a name . . . it''s not clear enought for me to hear but i know its a name, its the womans voice so i open my eyes and see her looking at me again with her eyes as blue as the ocean and as gentle as the waves in a small lake. ~~ It''s been a week and i can hear their voices clearer now. The woman gave me a name but i can''t remember it. ~~ Another week passed by and i am 2 weeks old now, i remember my name its a nice name they called me snow, i don''t know why but i guess they had a reason to call me like something that falls from the heavens. ~~~~ I am one year now i have learned the launguage but i can''t speak yet, however i can read and write a little bit. My mother tells me storys about magic and heroes everyday before i go to bed. Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ~~~~ I am 2 years now and i am healty i finaly grew tall enough to look in the mirror and look at myself, i am thin for a child my mother said but i do have unique eyes as my left eye has a black iris and a violet pupil and my right eye has a dark purple iris and a white pupil, i have silver hair wich slowly turns black at the end. My mother told me it''s a deformation because of the mana in my body. I have 5 times more mana than a normal adult who doesn''t practice magic. ~~~~ I am 3 years old now and my mother taught me about magic and i met my fasther for the first time, if you don''t count the time wheni was born ofcourse. He is a tall and muscular man with Brown hair and eyes, aside from his muscels he is average looking. Mother told me father is a master at wielding a spear and he is a general in the army. ~~~~ Today is my fourth birthday and my mother gave me my first magic book and my father gave me a short sword. They told me to start practising on my own a bit to get used to the weapon and magic. Once i opend the magic book there were no letters or words inside and i was confused, i looked at my mother and she told me it was a grimoire and that i had to put a drop of my blood on it to bond with it so i did, as the drop of blood fell on the book it gave off a bright light and blinded me and my parents for a few seconds. Once the light faded and we could see again my book had changed colour and was a lot smaller than before, now it fit in my hands. the colors it became were silver, black, dark purple and wite. each in one corner. When i opened the book i saw one spell written in the book, my mother told me it''s the spell she gave me, it was a standard mana arrow wich almost every mage learned as thier first spell. ~~~~ I am 5 years old now. I mastered the mana arrow and can make 20 in one second . my sword training is a little harder for me but i am really good at running, i can keep up with my father when he runs. I went to school for my first day but i got bullied for my different hair and eye colors so i stopped going to school and asked my parents to teach me instead, they refused and bring me to school every day. I don''t like people anymore even my teacher treats me like a monster. Chapter 2 : Entering school. Chapter 2 : Entering school. Today is my first day at school, I am looking forward to it. My mother walked me to the towns school building, it''s the first time im allowed out of the house and the outside world looks beautifull but at the sametime scary. there are a lot of people and they are all very big. . . or i am just small. When we get to the school building i see a lot of poeple and many children going into the same building. At the entrance to the school there is a big gate and behind the gate is a lage empty field where everyone is gathering. After about one hour of waiting two old men closed the school gates, i can see some people running to get inside before the gates close. After the gate closed a man with golden armor and a big horse comes to the gate and starts yelling at the old men. "OPEN THE GATE FOR ME!" the man yells to wich the two men reply at the same time. ""We have no obligation to open the gates for those who come late"" Its kinda creepy how they said it without emotions in thier voice but the man keeps yelling. "I AM A NOBLE AND I DEMAND YOU LOWLY PEASANTS TO OPEN THE GATE!!" ""I warn you once if you do not leave now your family may never again enter any of the magic academys in this country"" The Old men said. "We''ll see about that when the City lord hears of this" The man in armor said and left. The old men each walked to a table on a levitating platform and started a speach, this time only one spoke. "welcome everyone to the Primary Macic Academy, I am the principal of this school, I am Grandmaster Gray, Today you are here for the entrance exam for your children i assume ? The rules are simple if your child has above average talent and an elemental affinity they can be admitted to My school if they don''t however i can give a reccomendation for the magic academy in Greda Village wich is a 3 days ride from here". I never heard of this village but i guess there is a magic school there too? i looked at my mother but she just smiled at me. The other man continued from there. "Would all children between the age of 5 and 6 please come on stage and form two lines, one before me and one before Grandmaster Gray". I hugged my mom and went onstage. . . i was the first one to go, i felt kinda awkward as everyone stared at me but i continued to walk and stood before the old man. After me other children got in line too, next to me in the line before Grandmaster Gray stood a beautifull girl with green hair and eyes she looked at me wierdly but i ignored her. After the lines were made Grandmaster Gray told the procedure on how to test our magic aptitude and elemental affinity. "To test your affinity and aptitude you just have to put your hands on the crystal and infuse some of your mana into it. Now would the first participants please step forward?". He said devoid of emotions. I walked up to the old man and asked. "Sir May i please know your name ? My name is White Rain, i am a commoner" He looked at me funny and said "Kid, if you have a high aptitude and an elemental affinity ill tell you my name" So i put my ahnd on the crystal ball and infused a strand of my purest mana into it, I refined my mana as mother told me not to absorb more before the mist turns into a stream. As the mana went in the crystal ball it shone with a black and silver light and then it exploded . . . The old man was startled and fell off his chair. When he got back up he looked at me as if i was a monster and then read the readings on a white stone like plate, then he looked at me again but this time with a bit of envy mixed in his eyes and said outloud, "White Rain : Aptitude: Divine. Affinity : Darkness, Spatial, Unknown, Unknown. The crowd was silent and stared at me in confusion. I looked at the old man and said softly and a little bit afraid, "Sir.. Waht do you mean by U..unknown?". He looked at my eyes and said. "I do not know the Crystal could not recognise the element . . ." "He will be put in class S And his parents do not have to pay admission fee as the school will arrange for everything!" Suddenly Grandmaster Gray said as he got out of his daze. Then the crowd started to whisper things i could not hear, i did not care anyway. Next the girl next to me got her test, she had Supreme aptitude and water and wind affinity, the otheres i forgot however out of the 134 people who came only 30 were admitted to the school the others were guided to the other school And From the 30 in this school only 4 got into the S class wich it the highest class. The other classes are A, B, C and D. D is the lowest where the people with mid Aptitude and only 1 element go. Our first Class was about the diffrent classes and other graded things. The Teacher Mr. Shoma started our lesson with : The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there."Everything not just classes is graded by this system from high to low S > A > B > C > D > F. Only our school doesnt have an F class The classes of our school are : S - True Genius class - Aptitude Supreme < and atleast 2 elements. A - Genius class - Aptitude High and atleast 2 elements. B - Lucky class - Aptitude High and 1 element. C - Good class - Aptitude Mid and 2 elements. D - Normal class - Aptitude Mid and 1 element. Aptitudes are from lowest to hightest : Low, 30-50% slower than normal. Normal, /. Mid, 5-25% faster than normal. High 25-40% faster than normal. Supreme 40-60% faster than normal. Divine 100-?% faster than normal. The Divine aptitude means that someone has been blessed by the gods thier growthrate depends on the enviroment they are in as they cann instantly absorb all mana to raise thier level." The teacher told a lot, i think he likes his own voice or something. after an hour of lectures about things i already knew the teacher finilay started explaining the magicians grades and levels. there are more grades than the teacher knows but those haven''t been achived in atelast a thousand years. from low to hight the grades and levels are : Primary mage - Level 1 - 10. Aprentice mage - Level 11 - 20. Advanced mage - Level 21 - 30. Great mage - Level 31 - 40. Supreme mage - Level 41 - 50. Archmage - Level 51 - 70. Grand Archmage - Level 71 - 90. Element Lord - Level 91 - 100. "Now lets introduce ourselves shall we ?" Mr. Shoma said as we were all dozing off a little bit. Then the girl with green hair stood up and walked to the front of the class. "Hi~ My name is Ema, My daddy is the minister of finance so i am a noble. My elements are Water, Wind and Fire" She said sounding as if she was better than all of us. I could hear the other kids sigh in admiration for her, i did not get that. " I am william, you can call me will. I am a minor noble and my father is a merchant. I have Water and Earth magic " This guy looked like a typical prince or hero from storys, blue eyes and blond hair. Then the othery guy stood up. He had black hair and brown eyes. "I am Marc, I am a noble aswell, My father is a General in the army. My elements are Light and Wind" Why am i the only commoner in this class ? i am going to get laughed at, but i walked up to the front anyway. "H..Hello My name is White a..and i am a commoner i guess... My elements are Darkness, Spatial and two unknown elements " I saw them all look at me like i don''t belong here, even the teacher! "Okay kids now that we''re all introdused lets al take a seat at the front row of the class. White you can sit a little further back if you want" . . . What !? I went to the front row and then ema saidto me "Commoner he said sit a little farther to the back! we dont need filth here!" I was startled by the sudden loud voice. All the kids and even the teacher were laughing, but my mother taught me to be nice so i just let them be and walked out of class as i didnt want to be with those peaople. "Where do you think you are going little comomoner" The techer yelled at me when i opend the door so i said " Sir i may be a commoner but why be so mean to me ? I am going home now goodbye" then the teacher said with a wicked smile "Fine leave It''s better for the school not to have someone like you in it!" When i got to the gate it was closed and there was no one here, so i tried to walk along the walls to see if there was another gate open. After about one hour of walking i was back at the main gate where i started, no way out. ''i could go find another teacher and ask him about the gate'' And so i did. I walked to the cclosest classroom and knocked on the door. A gentle vouce told me to open it. I walked in and saw the ''Old man'' standing there. I asked him to open the gates as i wanted to go home and he told me the gates only open when classes are over. Then he asked why i wanted to go home, i tild him the whole story and he said he feared that something like that would happen and he llet me stay in his office for today. ~~ Class is finaly over and the gates opened so i ran out and found my mom standing at the gates. I hugged her tightly and we walked home where i ate and slept. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you all enjoyed it. This story is probably a bit slow and a lot of info and only a little bit of taking from the characters My apologies for that. Do point out if i made any mistakes and grammar errors as i would love to correct them if i did make mistakes. Thanks :P Chapter 3 : School ... Again Chapter 3 : School ¡­ Again Today is my second day of class and i am NOT looking forward to it. Today instead of walking directly to my class i went to the principals office to ask if i could quit school. ¡° U..uhm sir i would like to know if i can quit this school?¡± I asked as soon as i entered the room. ¡° Well it is possible but why would you want to quit after your first day boy ?¡± Mr. Gray. ¡°My teacher Mr. Shoma and my classmates bullied me because i was a commoner so i would like to quit this school¡±I said with a sad look in my eyes and almost crying. Then Mr.Gray said something shocking . ¡°Kid we already replaced the teacher when we heard he disrespected his student, about your classmates we can''t do much though¡± ''They replaced aa teacher just because i said he bullied me?'' ¡°Sir ? What do you mean replaced the teacher ?¡± ¡°we have assigned a new teacher to the S class, one who doesn''t scare away our best student¡± ¡°t...Then i will go to class now, bye sir !!¡± ''i guess it was because of my aptitude . . . right ?'' Once i got to class i was greeted by a female teacher and some glares from my classmates. ¡° Sorry i was late teacher¡± I said as i walked to a seat far back. ¡° Why are you late kid ? ¡° The teacher said in a gentle voice. She''s a real beauty, Big Blue eyes and long blue hair, very big breasts with a very visible cleavage. ''Are primary school teachers supposed to dress this provocative ?'' I thought. I stuttered as i said ¡°i. .I went to the pp..Principal as i had a question wich he answered¡± She bent over and looked me in the eyes while showing quete a bit too much, then she stood back up and started class. ¡°Today we are going to talk about the elements, what do you all know about the elements already ?raise your hand if you want to speak¡± Ema was the first to raise her hand and was allowed to speak. ¡° there are four main elements and three Greater elements. Water, Fire, Earth, and Wind are the main elements while Light, Spatial and Darkness are the Greater elements.¡± ¡°Correct, do you know why the Greater elements are called greater ?¡± ¡° Yes that is because thier mana consumption is greater ¡° She said with a smug smile on that face i''d love to punch. I raised my hand as i wanted to correct her statement. ¡°yes you cna speak now white¡± the teacher said. ¡°Well the greater elements are greater because not only do they consume more mana they also deal more damage and have better defense and bigger area of effect, also the greater elements are harder to control aside from light wich is actually easyer to control that the other main elements¡± They were all stunned at what i said as they didn''t expect that i a Commoner would know more about magic than those damn nobles, even the teacher was surprised by my explanation. ¡°alright that was correct. Now have all of you already made a bond with a grimoire and learned any spells ? ¡° They all had and learned mana arrow. So the teacher told us to take a break and then go to the practice field. I went to the small forest behind the school to eat my lunch in peace and sat down in a high tree. When i opened my lunchbox the boys from my class, william and marc came and kicked the tree i was sitting in. ¡° What are you doing ! I might fall you know !?¡± I yelled to them as i was surprised by what they did. ¡°Oooh ? Really you might fall ? I''d love to see that¡± Marc screamed to me with an evil grin and he kept on kicking the tree. After a few minutes i got used to it and found a stable place to sit and ignore them. ''fools keep exhausting yourself down there muaahahaha'' i thought. After the break i jumped down from the tree and laughed at the boys who were panting as they exhausted most of thier energy kicking the tree i was in and walked to the training grounds. Once i reached the training grounds i saw that the teacher had set up a lot of targets with marks on them, it looked like an army of scarecrows with red circles on thier stomach and head haha. I was the first to arive at the training ground and walked to the teacher and asked her name as i did not know it yet because i was late for class. Her name was elia. Once everyone came to the training ground she started explaing what kind of practice we were going to do. ¡° Today is target practice for your mana arrows each of you has 20 dummies and you need to his as many as you can within 1 minute ¡° as she was talking all the scarecrows ( dummies ) moved and formed 4 sets of 20. each of us had to stand 10 meters from one set. Ema was the first to start shooting she made 3 arrows at once and hit them all close to the targets atleaest she did hit all in 1 minute, next was marc who due to exhaustion only hit 5 dummies in 1 minute, william was a little better as he hit 10 of the dummies. When it was my turn ema said to william and marc ¡° at least you wont be the worst as i''m sure he wont be able to even hit one target¡± and they started to laugh so i walked to them and saidd ¡°i can get them all easily¡± and it made them laugh even harder. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.I walked up to the targets and made 10 mana arrows and fired them all at once, before they could even blink i already hit 10 tagets in the center of thier heads and i was already loading my next volley of arrows when they all stared dumbstruck at the targets whose heads were blown up and a second later the other targets all had thier stomach blown up. Ema, Will and Marc all took a step back and almost wet thier pants as i looked at them. What i didn''t know was that my eyes glowed after i shot the targets. But a few seconds later the glow dissapeared again. After the target practice we all went home again. Once i got home my mother asked how the day went and i told her what happend and how i aced my target practice. After dinner i asked my mother if i could raise my levle now as i was the only one in my class still at level one and my mana cant be more dompressed that it already is. She told me that i could practice and increase my mana during daytime but not during night because at night there is more ''dark''mana than normal mana. Dark mana is however usefull to me but it has a side effect wich can damage the mind if it is not strong enough so i did not practice at night yet. ~~~~ It''s been 1 year at school now and i am 6 yeas old, in class i have learned a few new spells ( everyone did ) 1st was mana storm : it causes a the mana around you to spin and make it unstable. 2nd was /Spatial attribute Blink wich is a shot distance teleport spell. It teleports up to 100 meters. 3rd was Teleport wich can teleport up to 100 km but has a cast time of 10 seconds. 4th was the dark attribute Dark arrow wich is similar as mana arrow but has a small corrosive effect on armor and skin. As for how well i master the spells well i am average at all but dark arrow wich i already completly master as it is the same as mana arrow wich i can make 50 of in one second now. Also i have reached level 8 and the others in my class are too scared of me to bully me, they have just reached level 6. Today is a special day as we are going to the schools spirit beast farm and get our first spirit beast wich we can bond to just like with our grimoire. Spirit beast have the same grades as humans for thier magic.There are also 3 main type of beasts scaled, avial and mammal. Scaled consists of dragons, serpents and lizard kind. Avial is all flying and non-flying bird types like hawks, eagles and phoenixes. Mammals are beasts like lions, tigers, horses, or even unicorns. They are also devided into tiers : common, uncommon, rare,, super rare, divine and godly. The spirit beast farm looks kind of like a zoo with all kinds of animals in huge man-made haboitats to ateast give them enough space to be comfortable. The eggs are in a seperate space wich is wehre we are going now. The egg storage looks like a normal shop with eggs on all shelves there are a lot of diffrent colored eggs, some are blue some green others are red with orange or yellow dots there are even some black eggs. Teacher Elia told us all to pick one egg from the lower or middle shelves, not the top shelves as those were to expensive. After an hour at observing the eggs i found a basked filled with white eggs, when i asked the store owner he said i should not bother with those eggs as they are mainly low level beasts of the common tier. So i walked past it and went to check another shelvve where i found another white egg but this one was slightly bigger that the other eggs and i felt warmth... somehow, it felt like it was calling for me so i picked it up and brought it to my teacher and said i wanted this egg. She looked at me confused as to why i would pick one of the most common eggs but there waas nothing she couldd do about it. the others had thier eggs already so i was the last one to come out of the store. Once we got back to the classrom Teacher Elia Told us how to bond with the egg, all we had to do waws put a drop of blood on the egg. As for my egg it would change its element to be compatible with me but the chance of getting a good beast was low as any beast could come out of a white egg she said. When everyone was finaly ready we all let one drop of our blood fall on our eggs. The eggs started to glow and then dissipate and there would be a small creature in its place. Ema got a water horse wich is an rare mammal with water attribute it can beathe on land and underwater. William got a RedHorned Rhinoceros its an uncommon mammal and had both earth and fire attributes. Marc got a banshee wich is a humanoid like creature but really small his was of the light attribute. I myself put a drop of blood on the egg and it changed color to purple with black twirls on it and then started to shine brighter than the others... what came out of it was a small black snake with two little purple bumps on both sides a cm behind its head. It was acctually a super rare tiered beast of the scaled kind wich are very rare. I decided to call my ''pet'' Night as his black scales shone like stars in the night. I dont care about waht the others named thier pets. Hi this was chapter 3, let me know if you spot any mistakes or if you have suggestions. I am not very good at writing i think so i''d like peoples opinion if you feel like i said unnecesary things or left something out because i would like to correct any mistakes i make. Hope you had fun reading tho. :3