City of Melchoir

Inside a big white castle it’s height goes all the way up to the sky pass the clouds on an open green field a teenage boy wearing a white shirt with a gold crown inside is a lack rose on his shoulder, blue shorts, and black shoes he has brown hair waving to the left side of his head and yellow eyes. Surrounded by other people wearing the same attire, all wielding wooden swords, he holds the same sword as they all rush at him. He swiftly defeats them all, everyone watching claps for him and the others, a man walks up to him.

“That was some fine swordsmanship, Mr. Alec.”

“Thank you for the complaint, I always do my best.” Alec

“Even if this is just practice you do your family name proud.”

“I’m terribly sorry to cut this short, but I must be going.” Alec

Alec bows to him then runs off.

“Wonder why he is in such a rush?”

He puts down the wooden sword against the wall, grabs a small bag, and runs down the hall. He passes by two students wearing the same attire holding a bow.

“Huh? Hey, Alec!”

Alec stops and looks behind him.

“Oh, Samson!” Alec

Samson has short straight cider orange hair, his bangs slightly covering his jade green eyes.

“Why are you running so fast? Got a date?” Samson

“No, no I’m trying to get home to Merle. I told him I would come home when practice was done.” Alec

“How is Merle doing? Is he getting any better?” Samson

“Yes, he is. You should visit sometimes. Merle has been asking me to invite you over again.” Alec

“I’ll try, say hi to Merle for me.” Samson

“I will see you later Samson.” Alec

“See ya.” Samson

“I didn’t know he had a brother.” Male student 1

“Yeah, a younger brother, he gets sick often so he mostly stays home.” Samson

“Alec cares about him very much.” Samson

Alec stops at a platform looking down there’s a city and pieces of floating land. He grabs a small silver button out of his bag pressing the button it transforms into a silver board. Alec steps to the edge then jumps off falling down from the sky he places the board under his feet it attaches to his feet then wings spread out on the side, catching the wind. The board glides Alec back up using the wind current to fly down to the city he lands on a big platform where others are using the same board as him to get to the floating lands. Landing the wings retract into the board he steps off the board, taps it with his hand, and it turns back into a button. Running down the stairs he dashes down the street Alec arrives at a big brown house with a backyard and a tall white oak tree. He opens the door, sits down to take off his shoes, and his mother is standing by the door in a green kimono; she has black hair and yellow eyes as Alec.

“Welcome home, Alec.” Mother

“I’m back. Is Merle in his room?” Alec

“Yes, he should be.” Mother

He gets up and walks by her.

“Thank you.” Alec

Alec walks down the hall then up the stairs he walks to the end of the hall Alec knocks on the door.

“Come in.”

Opening the door Merle is in a gray kimono sitting in his bed, making a small doll. He looks at Alec with his black eyes pushing back his long blonde hair tied in a ponytail.

“Welcome home, Alec.” Merle

Ale takes a seat on the edge of his bed.

“How are you feeling today?” Alec

Alec puts his forehead against his.

“No fever, right?” Alec

“Yes, I’m fine.” Merle

Alec backs up

“How was training today?” Merle

“Same thing as always.” Alec

“Fight each other with wooden swords, nothing special.” Alec

“Any news on your team?” Merle

“Nothing yet I do hope Samson will be in it though.” Alec

“Oh yeah! Samson says hi and that he will try to come and visit.” Alec

“I hope he does.” Merle

“Are you making a new doll?” Alec

Merle lifts up the one in his hand.

“No, it’s arm was ripped so I’m just fixing it.” Merle

“You were always good at that. Making dolls from scratch.” Alec

“It’s like I’m making a new friend everytime.” Merle

Alec smiles, but there’s a little sadness behind his smile.

“Alec dinner is ready, please come down.” Mother

Alec gets an angry look in his eyes Merle grabs his hand. Alec looks up at him.

“You should go, don’t keep them waiting.” Merle

“I don’t understand why she can’t come up here or ask you to come down as well.” Alec

“You should come too.” Alec

Merle shakes his head.

“Our parents don’t want me down there, they rather have me up here where no one knows I’m here.” Merle

Alec bites his lip then stands up.

“I’ll bring you some food.” Alec

“Huh?” Merle

“How about we eat on the back porch, just the two of us.” Alec

“Alec.” Merle

“Is that okay?” Alec

“Sure, I like that very much.” Merle

Alec smiles.

“I’ll meet you on the back porch, okay.” Alec

“Yes.” Merle

Alec walks to the dining room, both of his parents are waiting for him; his father has brown hair and brown eyes.

“You finally come down.” Father

“Please have a seat, Alec.” Mother

Alec only sees three plates on the table, mad he grabs a spare plate from the kitchen and puts food on it then grabs his plate.

“Hungry, dear?” Mother

He doesn’t answer her, Alec just walks away towards the door.

“Where are you going?” Father

“I’m going to eat with Merle.” Alec

His mother grasp

“Just leave it and come eat here.” Father

“No.” Alec

“What was that?” Father

“Until Merle can eat with all of us I’ll keep eating with him.” Alec

“He should remain hidden in his room and never come out!” Father

“Stop it! Merle is my brother if you keep saying bad things about him! I won’t stay quiet.” Alec

Alec leaves the room.

“Damn brat.” Father whispers

“Alec.” Mother

Alec finds Merle sitting on the back porch staring at the tree he sets the plate next to him then sits on the other side of Merle.

“Thank you.” Merle

Taking a few bites Merle looks at Alec.

“Was father angry for bringing me food?” Merle

Alec doesn’t answer his question.

“He was, huh.” Merle

“I didn’t…” Alec

“Your expression says it all.” Merle

“Don’t worry about it. Father is an idiot, a stubborn old fool.” Alec

Alec pats Merle’s head.

“I will always be by your side, Merle.” Alec

“I wonder about that.” Merle

“Huh?” Alec

Merle grabs Alec’s hand off his head and holds it in his hands.

“If I go off somewhere far away, will you still be my brother no matter what?” Merle

Alec holds Merle’s hand.

“Of course I will, you will always be my family.” Alec

“I’m so happy, thank you. I’m so lucky to have a brother like you.” Merle

Both Alec and Merle smile at each other.

‘I hope you remember what you said tonight cause I might not be here tomorrow.’ Merle

The next day Alec heads out early today he meets his team, Merle sits at the window. He hears a knock at the door, his mother comes in with a cup of water and two white pills on a silver tray.

“Has Alec left, yet?” Merle

“Yes, he left early.” Mother

She leaves quickly Merle looks at the pills he picks them up; Merle grins.

“Do not worry I’m not going to take these.” Merle

He crushes the pills in his hand, pours the powder into the water, and dumps the cup of water out the window.

“I’ve known for a long time.” Merle

“I won’t fall for it again.” Merle

On his way to the castle Alec passes by a man in a black tailcoat with the colors of a sunset on the tips of his coat and purple hair.

‘Purple hair? Was there someone like that in Melchior?’ Alec

“Oh crap! I’m late!” Alec

He dashes to the top of the platform Alec pulls out the silver button the man turns his head around sees Alec gliding up to the sky. He holds up a piece of glass that looks like it came from a broken mirror.

“Is everyone ready?” Man 1

Different voices answer him.

“Yes!” All voices from the mirror

“Good, I’m heading to pick up our new family member.” Man 1

“Try not to cause too much trouble while I’m busy, okay.” Man 1

“Yes, Hugo!” All voices from the mirror

Alec glides to the high platform closest to the top of the castle, a man with light black hair and brown dark brown eyes is waiting from Alec; he is wearing a silver armored chest plate, black long-sleeve shirt, blue pants, sword on his waist, and gray shoes.

“Captain Edmund!” Alec

He waves to Alec, he lands in front of him. Edmund walks over to him as Alec puts his board away.

“I came to get you Alec.” Edmund

“Your team is waiting for you.” Edmund

“Sorry for being late.” Alec

“No worries, let's head inside.” Edmund

Walking through the hall many students and knights are standing over talking with each other.

“I’ll be supervising you and your team, giving you your missions, and other things.” Edmund

“Then I look forward to working with you, Captain.” Alec

“Edmund is fine, Alec.” Edmund

“We’ve known each other long enough to not use titles.” Edmund

“Alright, Edmund.” Alec

They arrive at their meeting room and they both walk inside.

On one of the floating lands a restaurant is showing off a view outside of Melchior, all green fields and mountains. There’s a crowd of people from the entrance to inside the dining room, two beautiful girls are sitting at a table by the window; one looks like a 10 year old girl with big pink messy hair and pink eyes, wearing a large blue shirt, white sport bra, green shorts, and no shoes drinking a vanilla shake. The other one has brown short straight hair and clear eyes like mirrors, wearing a white tube dress, gray ankle boots, and a black scarf eating some cherries.

“It’s become quite busy here, Iris.”

“They’re all so annoying, can’t they just be quiet.” Iris

“Can’t I just get rid of them all, Delilah?” Iris

“Remember Iris we have to wait like Hugo said.” Delilah

“Tsk. Fine, I’ll behave for now.” Iris

“Good girl.” Delilah

Some men walk up to them.

“May we help you with something?” Delilah

“Why don’t you join us for a drink, babe?” Man 1

“Of course, your kid can come with.” Man 1

Iris flinches then glares at them.

“That’s quite the cold glare you got, kid.” Man 2

“So how about it?” Man 3

“So sorry, but we have plans.” Delilah

“Why don’t you go back to the pig pen where you came from.” Delilah

“You little b…” Man 1

Iris stands up on the table holding a butter knife to the man’s throat. The three men standing there shocked, Delilah eats another cherry.

“What was the word you were going to say, scum?” Iris

“Iris, that’s enough.” Delilah

As the man stutters, Iris puts down the knife. She gets off the table and sits back down.

“Now then would you guys please leave us alone.” Delilah

The three men leave quietly, two waiters come over.

“I’m terribly sorry for the trouble they put you through.” Waiter 1

They both bow their heads to them.

“No, please it’s no trouble.” Delilah

“Let us get you another shake on the house, of course.” Waiter 2

“Thank you very much.” Delilah

They bow again and goes to get Iris another shake.

“Try to calm down next time, Iris.” Delilah

Iris lifts up both of her hands, the knife is not there nor on the table.

“Yeah, yeah, I know.” Iris

“You must’ve gotten it from Everett. Guess you're spending too much time with him.” Delilah

“Don’t compare me to Everett, he would have killed them.” Iris

“You’re probably right.” Delilah

“Luciano has his work cut out for him.” Delilah

Down in Melchior’s market streets people are shopping at the different stores. One tall muscular man with blue hair and red eyes, wearing a yellow shirt, dark blue overalls, brown rubber boots, and both of his hands are covered in burn marks. The man next to him is shorter than him and skinny. He has gray hair and dark purple eyes, wearing a black loose sweater, black pants, no shoes, and a black choker. They are walking down the street, the big one seems to be impatient; he's mumbling under his breath.

“Calm down, Everett.”

“Shut up, Luciano.” Everett

Everett glares at everyone passing by.

“Things are almost done then you can do what you want.” Luciano

“Just stay calm, okay.” Luciano

He looks over at Everett; he's not even paying attention; Luciano sighs.

‘Why was I partnered up with him?’ Luciano

‘Will he be able to control himself until Hugo is ready?’ Luciano

“Guess we’ll see.” Luciano

“What was that?” Everett

“Nothing.” Luciano

He walks ahead of Everett.

Alec and Captain Edmund enter the room and five other people are waiting from them.

“Samson.” Alec

“Alec, you finally got here.” Samson

“Alright, everyone is now here, let's start with introductions.” Edmund

“You start Alec.” Edmund

“Okay.” Alec

“My name is Alec, class swordsman.” Alec

He wears a gray jacket, white shirt (right arm armored), white caped on the left side, a faded symbol of the crown rose (gold crown inside a black rose), brown boots, no gloves, and a longsword on his waist.

“Next.” Edmund

“Samson, class archer.” Samson

Wearing a dark green cap with a hood, black tank top, green pants (one side is rolled up with a small quiver and small arrows), brown shoes, a big quiver with arrows on his back, holding a bow, and one black glove.

“Alright, you're up.” Edmund

“My name is William, class guardian.” William

He has black hair, brown eyes, and is very muscular; he’s wearing a steel chest plate and shoulder plates, long sleeve blue shirt, dark blue pants, and black boots.

“Nice to meet you, William.” Alec

“You too, look forward to working with you.” William

“Amm… hello, my name is Freya, class priestess.” Freya

She has long blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a nun attire except for the hat, black shoes, cross earrings, white lipstick, and white and black flowers in her hair.

“I’m Nicholas, class dual wielder.” Nicholas

Dark blue hair and orange eyes wearing a brown arabian attire, black pirate hat with red feathers, and black flat shoes.

“Guess you’re last.” Edmund

“Luna, class assassin.” Luna

Gray ninja attire, black scarf around her neck and mouth, and dark gray shoes. He has red hair and black eyes.

“Alright, now let’s begin our meeting.” Edmund

Merle is sitting in his bed finishing up the doll he was working on. He feels a pressure outside of his window Merle looks outside, Hugo is standing by the tree in the backyard. Surprised he heads downstairs, walking out into the backyard, he walks over to Hugo.

“Hugo.” Merle

“Merle, are you ready to go?” Hugo

Before Merle could answer his parents came out, yelling.

“Merle! What are you doing?! Get back in your room!” Father

His father storms over to them.

“Who the hell are you?! Merle, did you not hear me?!” Father

“I said get back inside now!” Father

“No, I won’t go back inside.” Merle

“What?” Father

“I won’t go back to the prison you created for me. To hide me from the world, never again will I listen to you.” Merle

“You good for nothing, brat!” Father

He tries to slap Merle, but his hand stops in the air.

“What?! What’s going on?” Father

“Why won’t my arm move?” Father

He tries to move his arm, it doesn’t move an inch. He looks behind his back, a man appears holding his arm; he’s wearing a samurai attire.

“Who the fuck are you?!” Father

He squeezes his arm harder; he screams in pain.

“Dear!” Mother

“You really shouldn’t yell at people, old man.” Hugo

“You may make them angry.” Hugo

More people appear all around them.

“What the?!” Father

“Dear, what’s happening?” Mother

“Who are all these people?!” Father

“My friends.” Merle

“Friends?” Father

“You have no friends, you freak!” Father

The man breaks his arm; Father screams. He falls to his knees in pain holding his broken arm.

“Dear!” Mother

She runs over to her husband.

“They have been watching over me ever since I was born. They’ve been wanting to meet and kill you for a long time.” Merle

They both get scared.

“But we have to go, maybe next time.” Merle

Hugo and Merle walk past them, the others disappear. Hugo pulls out the broken mirror piece.

“Time to start.” Hugo

“Yes!” Everett, Luciano, Iris, and Delilah

Iris grins very big then taps her finger on the table, a pink magic circle appears. Explosions happen in each corner of Melchoir, it shakes the whole city including the white castle. Edmund and the others feel it too.

“What the heck?” Samson

Freya falls over Nicholas helps her up.

“Thank you, Nicholas.” Freya

“Nick is fine. What’s going on?” Nicholas

“Earthquake?” Luna

“It seems too big for an earthquake.” William

Alec looks out the window, he sees black smoke coming from the city; a knight slams open the door.

“Captain Edmund!” Knight 1

“What happened?” Edmund

“The city is under attack! The number of enemies is unknown!” Knight 1

They all rush to the platform, more knights arrive. They all activate their boards then jump off, falling down to the city.

The city is in chaos, people are running in a panic, buildings are crumbling down, making it down to the city, the knights scatter to take control.

“Help anyone who needs it! Get everyone to safety!” Edmund

“Edmund, what can we do?” Alec

“Alec, Freya, you stay here with me.” Edmund

“Samson and William go downtown.” Edmund

“Okay.” Samson

“Let’s go.” William

They run to downtown.

“Nicholas, Luna, check the floating land and the markets.” Edmund

“Got it” Nicholas and Luna

They jump up and run across the rooftops. Alec puts on a silver mask covering his mouth and nose.

“Let’s go, you two!” Edmund

Samson and William make it to one of the locations. It was completely destroyed.

“Check for injured people!” William

“Yes, sir!” Knights

They all look around, but so far they find no one. While looking Samson spots someone walking around.

“William, over there.” Samson

He points to the boy wearing all black, they walk over to him. He looks confused and scared.

“Hey! You there!” Samson

The boy flinches he slowly turns to Samso and William

“Boy, can you tell us what happened?” Samson

“I…I… don’t…” Luciano

“He’s too scared to answer, guess we’ll have to wait for him to calm down.” William

“It’s okay, just stay calm.” Samson

“We’re here to help, stay with us and you’ll be safe.” Samson

“Okay, sir.” Luciano

“William, there doesn’t appear to be anyone else here, let’s move on.” Samson

“Right, I’ll round up the knights…” William

They hear a scream coming from behind them.

“What was that?” Samson

“Stay here with the boy, I’ll go see.” William

He runs towards the scream Everett has beaten some of the knights holding one by the neck.

“Tsk. I thought you knights were strong yet all I got were weaklings.” Everett

He squeezes harder, the knight gasps for air.

“How disappointing.” Everett

About to crush his neck William yells at him.

“Drop him!” William

“Huh?” Everett

“Who are you? Another knight?” Everett

William readies his viking sword and shield.

“Oh! You want to fight?” Everett

He throws the knight away then raises his fist. Everett runs towards William and throws a punch William guards with his shield. The shock wave pushes him back.

‘What a strong punch. This is not going to be easy.’ William

Everett runs to him again, William swings his sword at him Everett blocks using his bare arms.

‘Is he crazy?’ William

It pushes him back, but he’s unharmed; Everett grins.

“You might be a challenge.” Everett

‘This man is dangerous. I have to be careful.’ William

Samson and Luciano catch up to William and find him about to fight Everett.

“Boy, stay back, this could be bad.” Samson

“Yes, sir.” Luciano

He smiles as a dark shadow grows behind him.

Nicholas and Luna are jumping from building to building.

“Looks like they cleared this area.” Luna

“Should we head back and meet up with Captain Edmund?” Luna

“Yeah.” Nicholas

“Huh?” Nicholas

A floating land passes over their heads.

“Let’s check there before we go.” Nicholas

“Okay.” Luna

They use their boards to glide up there. They walk into the restaurant, searching around, they don’t see anyone.

“It looks empty.” Nicholas

“I’ll check the back.” Luna

“Alright, I’ll take another look around.” Nicholas

Walking into the kitchen food and dishes are everywhere she hears something there’s a girl going through the fridge.

“Hey, little girl!” Luna

She turns to Luna with an apple in her mouth carrying other foods in her arms.

“Huh?” Iris

“Are you by yourself?” Luna

Iris shakes her head.

“Are your parents here? Are they nearby?” Luna

Iris takes the apple out of her mouth.

“Who are you?” Iris

“My name is Luna, I’m a knight.” Luna

“A knight?” Iris

“I see.” Iris

Iris grins; Nicholas is still looking around the dining room, he hears someone coming around the corner of the counter.

“Who’s there?” Nicholas

Delilah comes out.

“It’s not safe here, you need to leave.” Nicholas

She smiles, feeling a chill Nicholas slowly goes for his rapier. She puts her hand on the window, it cracks.

Edmund, Alec, and Freya head to the most recent explosion, getting there, no one’s around. Walking through the destroyed street they try to look for anyone still in the area.

“Hey! Anyone here!” Alec

“Please, say something if you can hear us!” Freya

“Hello! Anyone!” Edmund

Freya stops.

“Something wrong, Freya?” Edmund

“Someone is here, but something is off.” Freya

“Off? What do you mean?” Alec

“I feel an evil present.” Freya

“Really?” Alec

“Huh! They're coming.” Freya

Both Edmund and Alec draw their swords, Hugo walks towards them wearing a black tailcoat with sunset tips, pale eyes, royal purple shirt, a necklace of a star in front of a blue planet, dark red pants, black dress shoes, and a black glove on his left hand.

“Nice to meet you three, my name is Hugo.” Hugo

“Hugo.” Alec

“Be careful, he's very dangerous.” Freya

“Are you responsible for all of this?” Edmund

“It wasn’t just me.” Hugo

“You had help?” Alec

“Yes, me and my friends came here to rescue one of our own.” Hugo

“What do you mean?” Alec

“You’re a magician.” Edmund

“Correct.” Hugo

“I thought magicians died out a long time ago.” Alec

“You thought wrong. We’re here to make our name known.” Hugo

Lots of people start to appear behind him, they’re shocked by the number of people.

“That’s a lot.” Alec

“This is bad. Stay behind us, Freya.” Edmund

“Yes.” Freya

The people behind Hugo charge towards them. William is still fighting against Everett, Samson is guarding Luciano, but a dark shadow rises above him and attacks Samson.

“Ngh, let me go!” Samson

Hearing Samson he sees the shadow choking Samson.

“Samson!” William

William pushes Everett away then swings his sword sideways sending a wind current towards the shadow. The shadow lets go of Samson then vanishes into the ground.

Cough Cough

“You okay, Samson?” William

“Yes, thanks.” Samson

He helps Samson up, Everett cracks his neck then his knuckles. Luciano comes out of the shadow from the ground next to Everett.

“Heh, this is getting fun.” Everett

“You could have at least stopped him from attacking me.” Luciano

“Sorry, sorry, having too much fun.” Everett

“Don’t worry I’ll protect you this time.” Everett

“Thanks, just don’t get killed.” Luciano

“Like that would happen!” Everett

Samson and William stand together.

“Who are you?” William

Nicholas and Delilah stand facing each other, he pulls out both of his rapiers.

“Tell me, who you are.” Nicholas

Luna is knocked back through the door landing behind Nicholas.

“Luna!” Nicholas

“Ouch! That hurt.” Luna

“You alright?” Nicholas

“Yeah, but we got trouble.” Luna

“You’re telling me.” Nicholas

Iris walks out finishing up her apple then throws the core behind her.

“Delilah, I finished the kitchen.” Iris

“Well done, Iris.” Delilah

“What about these two, can we kill them?” Iris

“Of course, they are knights.” Delilah

“They deserve to die.” Delilah

“Heh, all right!” Iris

Luna stands back to back with Nicholas.

“Just who are you?” Nicholas

Edmund and Alec are fighting the crowd of people while trying to protect Freya.

“Freya, do you sense anything from these people?” Edmund

“I don’t, I only sense the three of us.” Freya

“How’s that possible?” Alec

“Does that mean they aren’t alive?” Alec

Edmund pushes one of them back.

“I think I understand. Alec, Freya get down!” Edmund

“Huh?” Alec and Freya

“Now!” Edmund

They both hit the deck. Edmund swings his sword all around them, the wave from his sword destroys all the people, they turn out to be an illusion. Alec and Freya stand back up.

“So, they weren’t real?” Alec

“That’s why I couldn’t sense anything from them.” Freya

Hugo claps.

“Impressive, you figured out they weren’t real.” Hugo

“That’s your magic creating illusions.” Edmund

“You're only a quarter, right.” Hugo

“What?” Edmund

“Does he have more than one power?” Alec

“Who knows?” Hugo

A young man comes out behind Hugo in a short gray shirt half way up from his chest, one long sleeve on his right arm, no sleeve on his left, no sleeve long white coat going to his waist, dark blue pants tucked into black boots. He has black hair pushed back with some strands sticking out and black eyes pupils that look like buttons.

“Who’s that?” Edmund

“I…” Freya

“Huh?” Alec

“I can’t sense his presence.” Freya

“What!” Edmund

“So he’s not real, right? Alec

“No, I can feel his soul, but it’s so dark that it’s like an abyss with no ending.” Freya

“Who are you?!” Edmund

“Hugo.” Hugo

“Oz.” Oz

“Everett.” Everett

“Luciano.” Luciano

“Delilah.” Delilah

“Iris.” Iris

“And we are Morrow’s Light!” All of them

“What the…?” Alec

“Morrow’s Light.” Edmund

“We are magicians…” Hugo

“Seeking a place to belong.” Luciano

“And freedom for all magicians…” Everett

“Who have suffered at the hands…” Delilah

“Of this blood stained country.” Iris

“And the knights who serve it.” Oz

They all are shocked.

“We will change this country with the very magic in our veins.” Hugo

“And for those who stand in our way.” Hugo

“We will show no mercy.” Hugo

A man in Chinese clothing wielding a staff, attacks Edmund.

“Edmund!” Alec

Two twin mimes with sharp claws, attacks Alec.

“Where did they come from?” Alec

“Alec!” Freya

A little girl in a white dress holding a teddy bear stands in front of Freya.

“Huh? A girl?” Freya

The little girl smiles then lets out a high pitch scream that could break sound itself; Freya drops her cross to cover her ears.

“Let us start a new era for all magicians.” Hugo

“Let the party begin.” Morrow’s Light