Well, i went to an uncle of mine (he's cool, but it is boring there) and i decided to write a story. the trip to my uncle turned out to take about 4-5 hours, so it became a little bit longer than expected, this is the first story i've ever written, advice on how to write better is always appreciated, and i don't know if my pc is willing to post every single sentence (it sometimes deletes random line of text
) but yeah, it's about a kid who runs away, and tries to return to his parents, growing into a responsible person, but there is one catch: he needs to do this while in a war...
The chase
Nova vulpes, a being of pure light, that was what he was supposed to become... he rebelled against his parents at the age of 15, running away and stealing his father's two energy knives. he was now 16, and through heavy meditation, he had developped the ability to turn into a mere shadow. Nova had always disliked his reputation as a good kid, but had held it up because he could always get that extra bit out of people when he did so, but exactly twelve months ago, on his 15th birthday, the anthropomorphic fox had decided it had been enough. He decided to run away and he had never felt bad about it, until now. The guilt, the doubt, would his parents be okay? Did they survive the great war?The great war... it began four days after he ran away, the nation of darkness invaded the light nation, and it was horrible...and there still was no sign of it stopping... he had been evading the armies, and he had managed to do so. But he knew he had to face one of them some time. He had to, to see his mother and father one more time, to be sure they were still alive, to speak with them once more... but his parents were protected by the light nation, and in these times, you needed a personal badge to prove your identity as a being of light, if you didn't have that, you wouldn't even dare dream of getting into Gaia, the city of light, the place where he knew he would find his parents .
Gaia wasn't much of a city, it was more of a fortress, a big, solid rock floating up in the sky, a city built on it. Gaia had a huge wall around the edges of the rock, and per each two feet, there was an archer,these archers were of such great skill, they had defeated an army of knights in armor without even one of their men falling in battle. The arrows they used were sharp, long, were heatened and poisoned before battle, so that once an enemy had been hit, it would surely die in the next two minutes. the gate to Gaia was heavily guarded too, a single ladder being the only way to get to gaia, and the archers always standing there in shifts, it was unavoidable. When entering the floating forstress, as it had been nicknamed, one had to show his or her security badge, showing that you were indeed one of them, without weapons. For this very reason, it was impossible to trick the city's guards, for when one stole a light badge from a being of light, it would instantly dissolve, the only way to obtain one of the badges, was to be trusted by a light being, and
being handed one out of good will and friendship and you had to get the kings approval. If you didn't gain full trust of one light being and the king's approval, you would never get into Gaia...and Nova knew that...
Nova also knew that one of his childhood friends, a fellow light being by the name of Tani,held a high role in the light army. He knew that, if he could find her, he could get approval and get entrance to Gaia fairly quickly, even though the army members weren't allowed inside of the city. If only he knew where she was... he knew she was the commander of the first legion of the light army, and the first legion was always clashing with the first legion of the dark army. Then it struck him, if he was to find her, he had to either find her by chance, or he had to join the dark army and work himself up, into the first legion of the dark army... The dark army usually marched around under Gaia, it was the only place where they were safe from the archers. And that was exactly where he went...
As soon as he arrived, he looked for the recruitment tent, it wasn't that hard to find, it had a big 'YOU ARE NOT WELCOME' sign hanging over it. He slowly, cautiously, walked to the tent, all weapons pointed at him, the strange, white and golden fox... The tent now seemed so far away, even though the distance between him and his destination was only about four feet, it seemed like a mile... suddenly, someone attacked him, the events which happened after that were over so quickly that he wasn't even sure it went that way: the drawing of his knifes, his dematerialization into shadow, the sudden snapping of a neck and the muffled sound of something that everyone knew was a scream, then came the realisation, the being that snapped the soldiers neck was the one the -now dead- vixen tried to attack... The dark army stood there, baffled, and trembling in fear of that one golden fox... Nova had, by himself, scared an entire army... A huge, black, scarred wolf came out of the tent, and suddenly, everyone stood in line and Nova thought he saw some of the army members faint, out of fear. 'Hmmmm.....' the wolf growled 'I like your style, you singlehandedly killed that elite soldier, with nothing but two knifes.' there was a moment of silence. 'Why are you here?' snarled the big black wolf, who apparently held a high position in the army. 'I wanted to join your army, err...sir.' said Nova, trembling with fear, to which the wolf growled: ' Excellent, we need soldiers like you, sneaky, backstabbing warriors, who don't need to think about what to do next, who do not hestitate, we need soldiers like you, who act quickly, and right!'
'What have i done?' thought Nova, as he got his dark army soldier outfit. Nova was now officially a rank 2 soldier, they didn't even bother putting him in rank 3 , because he defeated an elite soldier without even getting scratched. But they couldn't put him in rank 1 , no, that was out of question, everyone had to WORK their way up to rank 1, and only the best of the rank 2 soldiers went rank 1, and the best of those turned elite, they were and army on their own, the first legion of the dark army... warriors of such great skill, unafraid of anything! Most elite soldiers had some kind of special power, there were soldiers who could bend the elements, there were those with psychic powers, there were even soldiers who could summon beasts of legend to aid them in combat, and then there were those with unique powers, there was Ganri, who could fly and fire energy beams at the opponent, there was Anden, who could move entire mountains, and then there was Shinu, who could, by thought, take over an army...
5 P.M. A sirene woke everyone up, they went to battle with the second class light legion, all rank 2 soldiers had to report immediately and fight till death. Nova felt sick, was he really going to betray his own people, was he really going to kill his own friends? Yes... if entering Gaia ment killing, then so be it, he didn't bother to put on armor, he aked his supreme commander if he could go to war in his baggy jeans and his t-shirt, and to his surprise, two minutes later, he stood there, before the light army, in his jeans and t-shirt. He didn't put on his armor because it would demobilize him, it would prevent him from performing optimally. The two leaders came together, the black wolf, and a white fox, they agreed to accept the international war agreement, which prevented both sides from using a weapon of mass destruction. The battle began...The first thing Nova did, was dematerializing, that year of meditation had now saved his life, and minutes later, the leader of the light army got message that a strange golden flash had already killed half of their army. To her dismay, this was true, and only a second later, she felt two Gaian daggers pierce into her back, it couldn't be... these dagger where only made by Shinito Vulpes, a Gaian smith whose son Nova had mysteriously dissapeared a year ago...
5 Minutes later, it was all over... Without a leader, the light army had no structure, and every single one of them had been decimated and sliced into pieces. The dark army lost only seventeen of their thousand men, and the black wolf knew that they tasted victory because the golden newbie, as Nova was called, had killed half of the light army and their leader...
'Hey! Nova!' Shouted the black wolf, 'Get up! I've got something to tell you! Come here!' The golden fox did so, entering a tent which had a note reading 'PRIVATE' on it. 'Nova, your performance last day was amazing, you singlehandedly killed half an army! 500 people! I am hereby giving you the title of Elite, i'm not even thinking of putting you in rank 1 , you are with the best of the best, you are now equal to me, and will go into battle with me! Tomorrow, we will be fighting the first legion of the light army, be prepared, we leave at midnight...' said the black wolf, who revealed that his name was blackmore in a friendly manner... 'Yes, i will find Tani, i will get a light badge, and i will get acces to Gaia, i will finally see my parents again.' thought Nova. 'Is something wrong? You seem to be in deep thought.' snarled Blackmore, to which Nova replied that he thought about how great the army was. Blackmore, dumb like he was, immediately accepted this lie as the thruth.
The first legion of the dark army was small, only 85 men... Blackmore calmly spoke: 'These are only the best of the best, each of these man has killed at least 100 men, you killed 500 in your first battle, so you immediately got promoted.' Nova kept his muzzle shut, he wouldn't let his emotions take him over, he was now a part of the dark army, he was supposed to be an emotionless being. Suddenly, without warning, the battle erupted, Nova immediately started looking for Tani, she wasn't hard to spot, big, golden armor, a huge sword, and the highest position in the entire army. He turned into a shadow, sneaking up behind Tani. Nova now hoped that this would work... He grabbed Tani, turned into a shadow again, taking her with him, only to reappear five miles further away, on a quiet rocky mountain. 'Attack! Rid the world of those dark beings!' Tani shouted, then she realized she wasn't in battle anymore. 'Shhhh... quiet, they will hear you' , Tani leaped up, completely caught off guard by this sudden follow-up of events. 'It is me, Nova...Nova Vulpes' , he quietly whispered into her ear. Tani almost fell to the ground, but he caught her. 'N...N...Nova? That's impossible, Nova dissapeared a year ago, he's dead... ' suddenly Nova said 'Look at me, look at my eyes, they are yellow... and my fur, is gold-white ' Tani soon realized that this was true, and Nova told her of his plans, his emotions, and his guilt...
'Nova, how could you kill those people! How could you!' , he wasn't surprised by this, he had expected such a reaction, but it still caught him off guard somewhat. 'Tani, please, i need that badge, if it only was to see my parents once again and then leave forever.' Tani knew Nova was telling the thruth, but she could only give him the badge if he got the king's approval. How was he supposed to get that after killing 500 light soldiers? Then it struck her... The ritual, Nova would have to kill the dark king if he ever was to enter Gaia... Nova, still in high position in the dark army, asked to speak the dark king, at first, Blackmore was very disapproving of this, but the dark king agreed to speak with the fox who had appeared out of nothing, giving them their first victory in years...
The dark king looked large, muscular, and held two two handed swords with his hands, he had diamonds embedded in his armor, which made it nearly impossible to touch him. But Nova had to try, he either killed this horrible man, or would die trying, for his parents... The guards died quickly, all having the same wound in their necks. Nova dissapeared again, and tried to backstab the king, but his best blade broke, trying to get through the armor. 'No! not the left blade!' he cried, he was now forced to fight with one blade, the right blade, his bad blade... suddenly he noticed something, a small area of the kings armor which had no jewels embedded in it... this was his chance, and he took it. The armor shattered into pieces, revealing a small, skinny man with white skin... he looked rather weak, but he had been thought to never underestimate his opponent... the tension was peaking, and suddenly...nothing happened, the man stood there, begging for his life, but Nova attacked him anyway, this was even easier than a rank soldier, how this man had become the dark king , he did not know. But he knew that the man was dead, utterly , horribly, scarred, and dead... Nova fled from the place where a dead man lay,
into the night, but he knew he did well.
Getting the badge and the kings approval went easily now that he had defeated the dark king, and for the first time since he fled, Nova entered the city of Gaia and felt disgusted. But what came after that was only more dissapointment, this wasn't how he remembered it, it was stinky, and corpses where everywhere, and then he saw something eerie, it was his father, dead...
To be continued...
