"Hey mom, did you know the tournament is coming up in thirty-two days from now? They have the preliminaries on the ninth of the dragon calendar," I asked.
"Ok, dear, and what about it," mom replied.
"Well, they're offering two thousand gold coins to whoever wins, and I was thinking about entering," I stated.
Mom opposed loudly, "No, you will not!"
"But mom, I want to win the money for you, father, brother, and me," I replied.
"I said no, and that's final," said mom, with her voice rising higher. Then the door opened, and everything went dead silent. It was my father coming in from work.
"Hey dad, what do you think about me going into the tournament on the ninth?"
"I think it's a good plan," said dad.
"But honey," mom interrupted.
"Dear, we can't protect him forever. But we can make sure that he's following his own path and, who knows, he might come out unharmed," dad voiced.
"Thanks, dad," I grinned.
Later that morning at school, my friend Dancer smiled at me, "Hey, Dante."
"What do you want, Dancer?" I asked
"I wanted to ask if you were going to the tournament of the worthy," Dancer inquired.
"Maybe I am. Why do you want to know?"
Dancer nodded, "Because I'm going to be in it."
For a second, I wondered if he really was going to join the tournament or if he was just joking with me. That was because dancer was usually easy to read, but today, I could not tell if he was serious. I knew one thing for sure and that I wasn't sure how to bring it up in detail to him that I was joining the tournament .
Then Dancer's sister came in and took my attention away from Dancer. She was the girl i had a crush on. Dancer's sister's name was Sierra, and she was hot, but that was not the only reason why I loved her. She could make my tongue tie up with every word I said. She also made my heart beat a million times a second. She made all my worries go away in an instant, but I couldn't ask her out because she already had a boyfriend who was one of the jocks in school. He was another reason why I wanted to enter the tournament, to show Sierra that I was better than a jock, any day. But if Dancer was serious, I was going to look bad. I guessed I would tell Dancer that I would be in the tournament at lunch.
Dancer and I parted ways after the first period. Several classes passed, and lunch came around quickly. I sat with Dancer at our usual table. "Hey, Dancer, I have to tell you something. I'm going to be in the tournament, too."
"Well, if that's the case, let's have a good fight and let the best man win," my friend smiled. At that moment, I knew that he was serious.
Someone from behind Dancer chimed in, "Are you guys serious? Are you going to join the tournament?" The voice was Mike's, Sierra's boyfriend. "What do you know about us," I cocked my head in question.
Mike chuckled mockingly, "I know that you two can't even do one pushup."
Dancer and I rose and tried to leave.
My mind wondered about reincarnation and my ancestors. The first highlander born in my family's history was considered unholy. People believed he brought the wrath of the gods upon whoever messed with him or his friends. No one wanted to mess with him and tried to stay on his good side because of the event known as the shadow tribe massercer. The tribe of shadows was the greatest and most skilled of the highlander warriors. They were thought to be immortal. Those are rumors, however, as they are dead by his hands. Now, I have to deal with the curse of the shadow clan, which is the chain of limits. It is said in an ancient scroll that whoever wins shall be granted a power of his choosing but will be killed without hesitation or remorse if they lose in that task. This scroll was found in a ruined temple my ancestor zero and his friends stumbled upon.zero decided that when he grew up, he would kill off half the clan so he could gain power. Do you even know how many people live in one clan? There were like one hundred thousand people in that clan, now split in half. Now think about this. What the heck would you do with fifty-thousand powers? And that's not even what I'm angry about. The thing that I'm angry about is who kills off half a clan and then has a kid with a stranger? And then kills himself! If you ask me, he couldn't stand the guilt of killing half of a whole clan but most people consider this a legend because there is no proof such a bloodbath ever happened but i know it's true because of the chain of limits on me.
The next day, I met up with Dancer in the hall where he greeted me, "Hey, Dante. Have you signed up for the tournament yet?"
"No, not yet. Why do you ask?" i said, looking at myfriends competitive smile
He shrugged, "Because they only have one hundred spots left."
"Then I guess I will sign up after school," I said.
"Well, ok, but there might not be any spots left when you get there. That's all I'm saying," Dancer grinned.
"It'll be alright. I'll get in. You can bet on it," I guaranteed. Later that afternoon, I rushed over to the signup area and smiled at the lady behind the desk, "I would like to sign up for the tournament."
She took a pen and a slip and started to fill the information out, "Ok, name please."
"My name is Dante Silver Ravenblood."
"All right, please step into the scanner," she motioned in the direction and watched as I entered upon her command.
I was quite surprised when the scanner spoke, "Dante Silver Ravenblood Super Power level fifty thousand tournament spot sixty."
A bit confused, I furrowed my brow, "then I thought to myself that can't be right is the chains of limits finely broken"
The lady looked at me like I was some type of demon.
So then I asked her why you were looking at me like that?
Then the lady said I… and looked like she was a vampire that was out too late and got caught by the sunlight and fainted.
So I left thinking about what the scanner said all the way home. as my eyes slowly began to feel heavy.
Once they closed, I felt as if thousands of eyes were looming over me, and then those eyes showed a creature that had 5 arms, red eyes, and wings like a bat. This creature began to reach out and grab me as I tried to run away, but I was a step too slow. The huge creatures had grabbed me like I was some type of toy and slowly brought me to its gaping mouths with over a thousand teeth. Then suddenly my eyes opened up and I noticed that I was just dreaming. Then I woke up in an alleyway but for some reason I couldn't shake the feeling that I had a reason for being in the alleyway but like I always do I shake off the feeling and keep going on with my day. I still could not figure out how I got there. " Four days had passed. There were only five day left until the tournament preliminaries so I went to school like everyone else that day then in the morning my teacher told us that we would not be having school for the rest of the year.