It's finally time, the day of my first misson had come at last. As I was walking I had noticed something wrong, there was a girl being cornered by two strange looking men. I approached them to see what was going on. They instantly turned to face me. ( You got a problem punk. If you know whats good for you then you'll turn around, and act like you never saw anything, understand.) The girl was crying in pain. (Please help me sir) Then and there I knew what I had to do, quickly I moved in to strike the first guy in the throat. He'd fallen gasping for air, out of the corner of my eye I saw the second one approaching. The man swung forward.( Oh you've done it now kid) He swung with such anger, almost as if he was trying to kill me. So I moved over behind him to grab his arm, and swung him over my shoulder as his body fell crushing the ground. I walked up to the girl, as to let her know she was fine now.( Thank you sir, my name is Shika Desmond. I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble, you see I was on my way to the castle, when those men approached me from behind. Cornering me saying nasty things, and then you showed up to save me. I know you just saved me. and all but I must be heading out now. Come by the castle some time to see me, then I can repay you, I own a sweets shop right outside the castle. Well thank you again, and goodbye for know.) She took off running in a hurry, but I can't be late for my first mission. By time I got to the training grounds, everyone was already in line ready to go. There Mira was standing with a spacious look on her face, so I approached her to see what was going on. (Well look who decided to show up, Ive been waiting for you. You've been directly assigned under my squad, so I'll be in charge of watching over how well you do. Now get in line behind me, were about head out.) We marched out to a place called Merdock, Mira told me it's a small blacksmithing village. It's said that some of the most powerful weapons, throughout the entire kingdom have been made there. We had been walking for quite some time, and all groups had split off from one another. By time we had made it, night had fallen over Merdock. We stationed ourselves on the border wall protecting Merdock. ( Alright everyone listen up, we've got a long night ahead of us. We'll split off into pears, onto each side of the wall. Maverick, and Jack, you'll take the south side of the wall. The Rookie and I will take the north side of the wall. Alright remember if you see anything report it immediately, alright now let's go.) We had found a spot to sit against the wall, where we could see to the distance. We sat in silence for a while, before she had finally broken it. ( So I've been thinking, about how you don't have anything to go by. So I would like you to here me out, I was thinking that you could go by the name of Artemis Esland. So what do you think, I put alot of thought into it.) I couldn't help but smile, knowing that someone else would care enough to give me a name. Nodding my head I smiled at her. She smiled back toward me, with a happy look on her face. At that moment I made a promise to Myself, that I would never tarnish the name that was bestowed upon me. We had once again sat in silence, then out of nowhere, a flaming arrow came falling from the sky. Nearly thirty enemies were making their way toward the village, the time had come. The sound of our squad mate's yelling in pain was echoing through the air. We took off towards the front entrance, and thats when I saw my team members. They had both been dismembered, and inpaled through the skull with a spear. Overwhelmed with anger, I dashed out to help the other squads. When suddenly three men, came dashing at me with pure malice within there eyes. Blood stained from the bodies of other, I started to analyze there movements. There was no style to the way they moved, it was almost like the barbarians of old. As the anger ensumed me, I charged in with the intent to kill this time. Simultaneously they pulled there spears, and swords up to impale me. Although I knew this would be there course of action, so I quickly pulled out my heavy sword, then in the blink of an eye I cut them all in half. There was no remorse I could've ever felt, for these people. The battle kept raging on, and after an hour we had finally cornered them. Only ther leader stood, and I wasn't gonna allow him to escape. I approached him with my sword drawn, he spoke ( Ahahaha so you think this is over do you, well let me tell you something. The only one whose gonna die here is you. I've never lost in a battle before, and I wont loose to a runt like you) He charged forward, he was faster than anyone I had encountered up till now. I swung my sword to strike him but he blocked it with ease. Even though I was watching his every movement, I couldn't find one opening to strike him. Our battle raged on for quite some time until we were both at our limits, he finally fell to his knees from exhaustion. I pulled all the strength I had left, to pull my sword up, and then I released that strength. The sword came crashing down on to his head, blood spattering everywhere, as his head lay severed from the place it once called home. I couldn't believe it, the battle was finally over. The villagers came running to thank us, after they had heard it was over. Mira, and I had taken our comrades bodys to a nearby field, to bury them in peace. After paying our respects, and saying goodbye to the villagers, we left. Something didn't look right though, mira was acting strange. She collapsed, still breathing I picked her up, and put her on my shoulders. She must have collapsed from exhaustion, which is what was gonna happen to me if I can't find somewhere to rest. There was a little lake with an open view of the starlit sky, which was perfect for camping out. I layed Mira down to rest, and I leaned against a tree admiring the star's, only to succumb to exhaustion myself. Thats when I saw a bright light eminating across the star lit sky, it was a shooting star. The only wish that I dreamed for, was for this moment to last forever.
Chapter: 5 Crisis Emerges Monday, May 18