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Blood and Ember

Skooptheman
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As fire rains from the sky and the world collapses around him, Kain rushes to find his brother Danté—only to discover him lying lifeless in a pool of blood. Before Kain can process the horror, a masked intruder emerges, delivering a fatal blow that leaves Kain dying and the world crumbling into chaos. But when Kain opens his eyes, he’s somewhere else entirely—alive, unscathed, and in a strange new world far removed from the fiery destruction he left behind. Struggling to understand his new reality, Kain stumbles upon a mysterious town and crosses paths with Elara, a powerful young woman with a dark legacy. Their meeting seems fated, but what secrets lie in this unfamiliar land? And could the answers Kain seeks about his brother and his own survival be tied to Elara’s hidden past?

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Chapter 1 - prologue

Boom! I could feel the shaking making me stumble. "An explosion?"I shrieked to myself. "What the hell is going on?". I opened the curtain and looked outside and fire was raining from the sky I'm not sure how or why but I could barely move in shock. 

"Danté come down here fast!" I shouted. 

I didn't hear a response. Danté not now, this is no time for pranks the earth is shacking the house is looking as if it could fall apart at any second. Why is that? Danté told me he wanted to talk to me about something important. Danté is my oldest brother. We are not related by blood because I was adopted. I walked up the stairs slowly hearing something dripping in the room where Danté was waiting for me. What was dripping was it spilled water from Danté or did something happen when I left the room. As I walked into the room I could smell a disgusting smell that I never thought I would smell. My feet were shaking, it was as if they were planted in the floor. When I looked into the room I found my brother's cold dead body on the ground lying in a pool of his own blood. My heart beating faster than it has ever felt as if I ran 20 miles non-stop. I could feel my eyes ss out to start watering up. "No this got to be a prank right? Danté get up now, this is not the time for pranks. The world is burning outside. We need to get out PLEASE get up now". I yell at Danté to get up but he's still unresponsive, tears falling out of my eyes. Crash "I'm sorry but you weren't supposed to see this. I'm still not sure why Danté had to come here but I guess he wanted you to know before… well you know what happened to him" the intruder said. "Damn this is real funny I get to kill two brothers oh wait you guys aren't even related by blood. How do you feel to be unsuccessful for a little brother who doesn't even have many friends but you did have Sarah keyword HAD" the intruder mockingly laughed at me as I'm crying holding my brother. I pick up Dantés lifeless body"No you won't kill me you can't" I pleaded. "I'll do my best to make it painful" the intruder smirked when they told me that.

The masked intruder ran right past me as if I was a mere wall. I look down at danté and suddenly my feet start to feel weak while I feel a sharp pain in my stomach. "What the-" I looked down at my stomach to find my intestines falling out of me. Pain. Pain. All I feel is heat all around my stomach. No, I don't want to die. I can't die. God damn it this is how I'm going to die, with the city burning, with my brother dying by my side. Everything feels cold and I'm feeling tired. My eyes feel as if they are held down by 100 kg each. I pull my hand towards Danté "I'm sorry Danté, I'm sorry Danté I could-" damn it the pain is to unbarable "I'm sorry I never told you that your my brother no matter blood". I feel my concussion fading as if I'm falling down a dark hole.

 

"-" "You are not ready for what comes for you Kain Morrain my beloved I will always be with you"

Darkness.

I woke up gasping. Where am I? Shining light beaming into me. I opened my eyes to see I was still alive, not dead and not in a pool of blood where my brother was. I keep blinking because my eyes still hurt from the thought of just dying. "I guess I was dreaming?" When I open my eyes I'm outside? light blue sky with a big field of green grass. I see a carage with some people on it. Why are people now riding on carriages? Why am I outside? "Wow. This is crazy. Wait where's Danté? What the hell happened I remember I was walking into the room then some masked intruder killed Danté then stabbed me. I remember seeing my intestines falling out so.." I pull up my shirt to reveal that my stomach was still intact with nothing falling out. Ok so after all that happened I'm randomly outside also wasn't the world just on fire? Where the hell am I? I started to walk to the nearest dirt road or any road I could find to see if I could talk to anyone. As I'm walking I see a town a long distance away. "Damn it why do I have to walk all the way there this way" I walk into the town that I see in front of me called "housoy" . I'm not sure what language that is but I can't read it. I got to find a place where I can find out where I am. As I'm walking I see beast creatures. Wow these were not from where I'm from. I've never seen these things on earth. Wait no don't tell me was I summoned across the world while I was dying? 

Alright let's see what this new town is and where I can get some information. I look around the city street on a dirt road with small buildings around. Wow it looks like I'm in the countryside but nonetheless it's been an alright experience. I have to go find Danté as soon as possible cause I'm just as lost as anyone would be. Hopefully there's people here who can understand me. I do miss my brother but I don't know if he's alive or dead. Maybe he got transported here because I remembered I was stabbed too. I don't even know if I died or not but I do think I should at least try to look for my brother.

As I walk down the street I see a bar that looks a little run down with a broken sign that I can't even try to pronounce with sounding racist but it seems like I might be able to make some money here for a little. "Helloooo" I shouted. Now that I think about it that may have not been the smartest thing I could have done in this situation. I feel the stares on me as if there eyes are crawling all over me giving me goosebumps type of feeling.

 I sit on the bar stool to talk the the old bartender who is wearing what looks to be silver glasses with a pocket watch in his hand. 

"What can I get for you?" Oh good I can understand him. "Hello I'm from out of town. Do you know anywhere where I can get some money or something?" I asked. "I'm sorry there's no jobs I have available for you but there maybe others here who may want to hire you". "Thanks for the help I'll see if I can ask them". "Hello young mister it looks like we got a newcomer in town here" a random mysterious man said to me. His hair was a deep bark blonde the type I hated. "Yeah I'm new to this town what do you want?" I told him off. "What the hell type attitude is that? Is that anyway to talk to your superiors?". Being a loser like me gave me the opportunity to at least be somewhat fit but I don't think I can win this fight with my strength at the moment because he has 2 of his goons behind him. "You know what I was wrong I'll admit that I was rude but was that anyway to talk to someone you've never met before?" I said. "What the hell are you trying to start punk?". 

I turned around to leave the bar because I was beyond pissed off but I didn't want to fight anyone. "Screw that guy. Hey miss, let me buy you a drink." "Sorry I'm not in the mood to drink right now but some of your friends over there are available" she said. "Who do you think you are, you bitch". 

The dark blonde man grabs that woman and as I'm about to leave the bar I turn around to see the blonde dude on the ground? "Sorry bartender I didn't mean to cause a ruckus but you saw how he was acting". "I'll allow it this one time, Elara". The young lady named Elara ran past me after she apologized to the bartender. I turn toward her as she's leaving, making eye contact with her, having the feeling that we will meet again. The girl I saw had beautiful dark jet black hair while here eyes were a nice purple and her skin was nice and soft like white skin. She also had a white tail that didn't fit with the vibes she gave off. I walk over to the dirty bar where the dark blonde was knocked unconscious. "Darius wake up". That dumb blonde's name is Darius. HAHAHA. What the hell type of name is that alright I need to get ahold of myself. "Hey bartender, who was that girl?" I asked him. "Elara? Why do you want to know about her?" "I'm not sure but I feel a connection with her. I'm from out of town looking for someone. I'm not sure if she can help me but that would be appreciated ""Alright I'll tell you who she is. Elara is a powerful spellcaster but she has the blood of the evil witch from over 10,000 years ago running in her veins. The witch of darkness who killed over half the population and it took the top 10 mages in the world to seal her up." What the hell? They got mages and magic here in this world? God damn that's cool as hell. I hope I've got some magic power. It's totally something cool like ice affinity or fire affinity. I really hope I get something cool. "It must be hard for her" I said. "It is because when the witch is mentioned everyone gives a glare to her. I know your from out of town but how do you not know the witch of darkness?" "Uh my parents never really told me and I was never taught about her" I answered. "Well I can't tell you cause that'll cause me to lose out on potential customers". Well damn what can I do in this situation. "Thanks for your time I'll just go and look for a place to earn some money" I said while I was leaving.