Chapter 1. The Light in All its Might

An ordinary day for the two of them. Nothing new, alas, the king has sent a party, Wonder what they would want

I woke up this day, thinking that it would be probably the best day so far, however, this sadly wasn’t the truth. Instead of being greeted by the shining sunlight, I was greeted with the king’s men standing outside of my hut. As tired as I was, my first action was closing the door again and getting dressed. Melody was already in her armour, as she has been taught how to do it herself. I was done putting on my armour. I drew my sword as I opened the door because I already knew what this meant, it meant battle. As the door had opened completely I charged out of the hut, slitting the throat of the first soldier I met. The others started charging at me with haste and weapon. Melody and I was of course ready for such reaction, so Melody started leaping at them one by one, taking them down. Me, I charged at my enemies with a raised blade and met their armour with such power, I drew my sword straight through them, one by one, slaying them as I attacked.

The soldiers stood no chance, it wasn’t even a difficult battle, until I saw him. A knight, stronger and bigger than the soldiers. He was carrying a Crest Fallen Shield and a Blade of Arthur. I know my equipment is better but the fear that he drew with him, was uncontrollable. Not that he was scary looking but more the fact that he was towering compared to those fallen soldiers he was walking amongst. He walked towards me, with attention clearly on hurting me badly. Lucky for me, because of the size of his sword, hitting me, would be hard for him. I swiftly dodged every swing he made, and counter attacked, hitting precise every time. The battle was surely in my favour. I thought it was over, when I saw him kneeling however, his sword started glowing alongside his armour, creating a bright light emitting from his armour and sword. Out of nowhere, a force pushed me backwards and caused me to stumble and fall. As he rose from his kneeling position, his appearance started changing. Instead of looking like a loyal knight of the light, he looked like a demon knight, corrupted by the dark light. He had grown huge wings of light and was carrying a great sword emitting the power of light. He rose from the ground, casting a shadow over my hut. Melody was getting scared and I felt her. She started running behind the house as I quickly ran inside the house, grapping my backpack as I jumped through the window in the back. I just got out when I felt the ground rumble as the giant sword destroyed my house in one hit. Behind me I felt the wind blowing me onto my feet again, granting me a head start at running away. Melody was already a great deal away, so of course I was the one who had to catch up. We made it away easily. We kept running for a while, didn’t stop until we were certain they weren’t following us. When we finally stopped running, I fell onto the ground, felt the soft grass all over me. I threw my armour off, so I could breathe without feeling too heavy. Melody started picking apart her armour as well, so she could lay down. Her fur was white, like the new fallen snow in a winter day. I reached out for her with closed eyes and felt her head in the palm of my hand, it was soft, lovely and amazing. I knew she was here for me, with me, by my side. I felt her trust as she feels mine. I couldn’t be happier, no partner I’ve ever had, has been this loyal. We weren’t just partners, best friends, we were family. I found a ball in my backpack. I glazed at Melody, she saw the ball in my hand and by the second rose from the ground in a playful mood. I stood up and threw the ball. She started running after the ball. We played around for hours, having a blast, after which we built a little tent and fell asleep.