Chapter
1: Of Blood and Death
A
chilling breeze blows through the night sky as the aroma of ash and
blood tint the air. Two shadowy figures perched on the rooftops
overlooking the city below as it glistens in the moonlight. The
seemingly utopian society known as 'Uvium' . Though the peace and
prosperity of the municipal community was only a facade. The sound of
despair echoes though the city as one of the figures emerge from the
shroud of darkness, it was a petite girl whose age seems no more than
10.
“
Caedes ”, she called out as a large middle-aged man stepped
forward.
“
Yes, my lady. How may I be of service to you? ” the man replied.
“
That day is almost upon us, Caedes ”
“
Hmm? ”
“
July 13th, the Dawn of Slayers ”
~
Ring...
Ring... Ring...
It
is a beautiful new day, a young man is still dozing away at home as
the school rings its first bell. Davis Ardens is a student of
Arclight Academy, a prestigious school for gifted children. Despite
his great intellect and superior academical ability, he's a
lackadaisical, selfish slacker who desires only to please himself. He
is of average stature, with bright blonde hair usually kept in a
muddled fashion.
“
It's morning already ” he mumbles, as he is awoken from his
slumber.
“
What time is it? ” he stares at the clock in disinterest.
“
I'm late.”
As
he casually walks to the front gate of his school, he sighs as it had
already been locked. Though this is no stranger of an occurrence to
him anymore. He places both hands on the top of the gate and heaves
himself over the fence. With great difficulty, he slips over to the
other side without notice. At this point, he's severely belated, he
had already missed two lessons.
He
walks into his classroom nonchalantly. Dozens of eyes gaze upon him
in shock as the teacher glares at him in enmity. At this point, Davis
could care less about the droning lessons of daily curriculum as he
had already mastered his subjects and some say he may even exceed a
few teachers.
“
Davis Ardens, do you know how late you are? ” a shrill voice is
heard, a woman in her late fifties inquires him in absolute fury.
“
A couple hours I think, two maybe.” Davis replies in a sarcastic
fashion. His elderly educator was indeed very cross. As if her hair
had sprung another gray or two.
“
This is unacceptable behavior, Mr.Ardens.”
“
Alright. Alright. It won't happen again. I promise”
“
This is the third time you've said that, Mr.Ardens. I'm sorry but if
you are late again one more time, you will be expelled.” A moment
of silence trilled through the room.
“
What a pain in the ass.” Davis thought to himself.
~
The
gentle ring of the bell marks the end of another school day. Davis
packs up and gets ready to head home. As he exits the classroom, he's
greeted by a tall young man with dark green hair, a friend of his,
Faustus Maledict.
“
Yo.”
“
Hey, Faustus.”
They
had been friends since they were young, they were practically
brothers. Faustus, unlike Davis, was more of an obedient person. He
lived by the school's terms and agreed to the rules of the academy.
Faustus was the order to Davis' chaos.
“
You got in more trouble again?”
“
I was a little late today.”
“
How late?”
“
2 hours.”
“
That's a new record.”
Faustus
was a very tolerant person, despite him and Davis being worlds apart,
they could still get along.
“Oh,
by the way, isn't your 17th birthday coming up?”
“
Yeah, July 13th. Why?”
“
That's next week isn't it? We should go celebrate.”
“
Guuuuyyyysssss~” a spirited feminine voice can be heard. Elizabeth
Ravensdale, a close friend of theirs. She's a short girl with a
slender figure, with fluffy pink hair.
“
Hey, Liz. You're just in time. We were just talking about Davis'
birthday.”
“
Its no big deal really..”
“
Of course it's a big deal! Birthdays are an important part of living!
It reminds us that on that same day many years ago, we came into this
world through a dark hole otherwise known as th-”
“
Okay! That's enough, Liz.”
“
Not even Faustus can stand you sometimes.”
“
You guys are so mean.”
“
Its getting dark out. Davis, Liz, we should head back.”
The
three of them were the closest of friends. Davis and Faustus had
known each other for years and they've known Liz for as long as they
were at Arclight.
They
have a little chat as they make their way back home.
“
You'll be 17 soon, huh? Faustus, we should have our own little party
to celebrate.” Liz said with great enthusiasm.“ He's one year
closer to being a man.”
“
And what is that supposed to mean?” Davis wasn't amused. He had
always found Liz's perverted jokes a little irritating.
“
Don't let it bother you, Liz is just fooling around that's all”
“
Sometimes it really pisses me off” Davis murmured.
“
Don't be like that! I'm just kidding! Faustus, you know what I mean,
right?”
“
Well..... I guess you could tone it down a bit.”
“
Hmph” Liz pouts as she turns her head in annoyance. After a little
chat, the three friends part ways and head home.
Walking
in solitude, with only the glimmer of the moon to accompany him,
Davis makes his way home. He treads slowly, his footsteps echoing in
the silence of the darkness. Its nights like these, he can relax and
just enjoy a leisurely stroll back home. The breezy wind of the night
soothing him as he walks home, when a sudden ear-deafening explosion
pierces his eardrums.
A
humongous mutilated creature tumbles before him. A large mound of
flesh and gore fused in an unnatural manner. What hardly could count
as limbs were elongated and ended at large claw-like hands. With a
single eye embedded inside a 'mouth' of sorts, with rows of inhumane,
razor sharp teeth. The heavy breathing of the hulking beast resonates
in Davis' ear. It spots him. Its single eye staring straight at him.
In a second, the creature lunges at him at great speed. He froze in
terror as this monstrosity came flying at him. His mind went blank,
it was all over for him.... In his moment of fear, a gigantic blade
flew by and cleaved the creature in half. Its pulsating organs
splattering over him.
He
fell back, utterly shocked. In the glistening moonlight, he sees his
savior. He remained stunned as he gazed upon the black-haired girl
with long beautiful hair flowing in the night breeze, wielding a
large great-sword, who saved him.
“
Who are you?”
“
….... my name is Da-Davis, Davis Ardens”
He
was still shaking, he could hardly speak.
“
Forget everything you just saw.”
Her tone was assertive.
“
Wait, who are you?”
“
It doesn't concern you.”
She
ran off, disappearing without a trace.
“
Who was that girl? What was that... THING? And why was she wearing an
Arclight Academy uniform?”
~
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