Grail - Relapse

"GRAIL"

CHAPTER 2: "Relapse"

"We can't be known? What did he meant by that?"
Ace changed...
He changed a lot...
He now rarely hangs out with his friends...

He never stopped training...
That's all he ever does...
He swore to himself he'd kill the guy who killed Ritzy...

He then began looking for informations about the guy wearing the horrific bloody red armor...
but he got none...

Still, he searched everywhere...
not knowing where to start, he searched still...
Flaris, Saintmorning and Darkon...
but there was just no sign...

"Where could he be?"

"I will find you... It might not be now... but I will... find you..."

~ABOUT A YEAR LATER~

Something caught the attention of Ace...
He temporarily forgot about Ritzy's killer...
He found out something new...
He got to read a book about "resurrection"...
and got really intrigued by it...

"A skill only a God can do..."

While researching further about resurrection, he got to meet someone...
Someone who's very fascinated with the "not so common things" in life xD
He met "Shawn".

Ace and Shawn became really good friends...
Shawn already knows Ace's purpose... for Ritzy...
Since Ace's story's quite popular in Flaris...
"Ritzy's death"

"SAINTMORNING's LIBRARY"

~Ace is reading the book
"Shawn, I'm having doubts about this"
~Shawn's reading another book...
"It's perfectly normal, no one ever said that's true in the first place"
Ace: :glare:
Shawn: :sparkle:
"Could you please be more serious about this?" :glare:
"Um... No..." :sparkle:

Well, that's kind of how they are when together :ridicule:
Ace is the serious and sane one while Shawn's the nerd with humor (kinda rare don't you think?)...

"Hm... Ace, ritzy's killer... you mentioned he was wearing a red armor right?"
"Yeah, why'd you ask?"
"That's strange... take a look at this... I found this at the guild section"
*looks at the book*
"Their guild uniform... I think those are called bloody armors...
I know no one wearing those things... Bloody armors are quite rare...
It's said that only the finest of soldiers are able to wear these armors"
"Sanguinarians... so that's the name of their guild" :anger:
"Relax Ace, read... it says the guild got disbanded...
Strange... the reason wasn't stated here"
"Let's have a look at the members"
"Darn it! Someone tore the page..."
"D*mn it! Is there any more information we could use?"
"Hm..."

"Oooh, here's one... it seems they are more like an occult...
Ace, maybe they can help you with the resurrection" :ridicule:
"Shut up" :glare:

"According to this book, they practice all sorts of stuff... be it forbidden or not... interesting..."
"makes me wanna find them even more... any whereabouts?"
"Hm... It sez' here there were reports of people wearing red armors entering the flaris dungeon during midnight... They were assumed to be the Sanguinarians... that's all that's stated here.."
"Well then, let's give the dungeon a visit tonight..."
"Hm... I dunno... I have a bad feeling about this..."

*drops the book he is holding*
"Ace, you ok?"
"Those words... kinda' similar to what Ritzy said"
"Huh?"
"Nevermind, let's not visit it as of now..."
"Hey, where you goin'?"
"Home... I'm sorry... I got to go"
"Ok... it's alright... I'll stay here for awhile... I might find a few more things about the Sanguinarians"
"Thanks Shawn... I'll see you tomorrow"
"No prob... you take care..."
"You too... bye..."

"SM Station"
(Ace's House)

~Lying in bed
"Ritzy... I'm sorry..."

----------------------------------------------------------------------
~A few hours later

"Ace"
"Ace, wake up"
"Huh?" *looks at the girl... a bit confused...
"Hi Ace... It's been awhile ^^ "
(vision's still quite blurry) "That voice"
"Yup, it's me ^^ "
"Ritzy? Is that really you?"
"Of course... silly ^^ "
"Ritzy, I thought you were..."
"Dead? ^^ I'll always be with you Ace... remember that"
"I missed you T_T "
"I missed you too Ace ^^ "

"Ace, I want to tell you something"
"Huh? What is it?"
"Don't take your life for granted... You only get to live once... so enjoy each and every moment of it ^^ ok? "
"But the guy from before... he..."
"Forget about him ^^"
"I don't know if I can do that Ritz... I don't think I could ever forgive him"
"What's done is done Ace ^^ You won't get nothing out of revenge"
"But Ritzy..."
"Let's say you killed him... Then what?"
"..."
"If revenge will be your reason in living, then what if you had your revenge? By then you must have unconsciously pushed most of your friends away by putting all of your attention in killing the person who harmed me... Your life will be empty Ace... and I don't want that to happen just because of me... so forget about him ok?"
"I'm sorry Ritzy, I'll just think about if for now"
"I hope you'll make the right decision Ace ^^ I have to go now..."
"Wait! where you going?" *approaches Ritzy

"OUCH! wtf!"
Ace fell from the bed...
"D*mn! I dreamt about her again..."

Ace was nothing but drowsy...
so he didn't made much of a big deal about his dream...

"This is gonna hurt in the morning..." *goes back to sleep...

Read More

Grail - My Resentment

"GRAIL"

CHAPTER 1: "MY RESENTMENT"

Ace: "Ritzy, are you ok?"
Ritzy: "of course I am ^^"

"Well, you seem ill at ease ^^ you should be happy... tomorrow's the big day ^^"
"You seem more excited than I am ^^"
"Maybe I am =P it is after all your birthday ^^ c'mon cheer up ^^ aren't you excited?"
"Believe me, I am... I dunno... It's just that... I feel so uneasy"
"Hahaha... maybe you just got too excited... relax, tomorrow's gonna be fine ^^"
"Thnx Ace *hugs Ace*"
"It's getting late... I'll walk you home ^^"

"Madren Town"
(Ritzy's Place)

"Well, here we are"
"Thanks Ace... It's really nice of you to walk me back home :)"
"My pleasure... well, get a good night rest ok? ^^ "
"... "
"What's wrong?"
"Ace, is it ok if you'd stay with me tonight?"
:surprise: :surprise: :surprise: (what the?!)
"Hahaha... it's ok... I know I can trust you ^^"
"I know that but why do you need me to stay?"
"I really feel uneasy... I just thought it might help if someone's around :( "
(she must be missing her parents =( I guess it's really hard for her... celebrating her birthday without them... )
"I see... hm...."
=(
"*sighs* well, alright... I'll stay... but just for tonight ok?"
"Yay! okidoki sir Ace :) thanks ^^"
"I don't want you acting like a zombie tomorrow =P "
"Yeah, I might not get any sleep without you ^^"

----------------------------------------------------------------------
~Lying in bed...

"Hey Ritz..."
"Yes?"
"Tell me, what's troubling you?"
"To be honest... I really don't know... you might be thinking it's 'coz of my parents... but it's not just that..."
"Oh ok ^^ ... let's hit the hay XD maybe you just need a rest ^^ "
" Maybe you're right xD ok... time to sleep ^^ Goodnight Ace"
"Goodnight Ritzy ^^ "

~About 2am~

~Ace heard something
(What the!? *checks Ritzy* she's sleeping... it's not her... )
*goes outside to check*
"Ace, Where you going?"
"Ritzy, go back to sleep... it's ok... I'll just have a look outside"

~Just outside Ritzy's house~

~There were dead Demians everywhere...

"What the?! who did this?"

"Demians are no fun at all... no matter how many you kill"
"Who's there?"
~'cause of the darkness, all he could see was the guy's silhouette...
"Looks like luck's with me tonight"
~slowly, as the guy approaches Ace, his appearance becomes clearer by the step...
the guy was wearing an armor... an armor with the color same as blood...
(can't move... why can't I move?!)
"What's the matter?"
"..."
"You should've stayed at home like a good boy"
(Is this how strong he is?)
"I thought I'll have more fun with you... but it seems you're no different from those demians"
(He made me kneel to the ground just by his aura)
"Oh well... I can't just leave you there now can I?"
"Who... who are you?"
"Well, you see... we can't be known... that's why I have to get rid of you"
"..."
*about to shoot an arrow towards Ace*
"Ace!"
"No! Get back!!!"
*runs towards Ace*
"Ritzy NO!!!"
"Foolish girl"
*was about to run towards Ritzy*
*shoots the arrow*
"RITZY!!!"
~Ritzy got hit by the arrow...

"Ace..."
"Ritzy don't talk"

~the neighbors heard the commotion and started going to where Ace was...

"YOU!" *pulls out his weapon and heads straight to the guy"
*was about to shoot another arrow (towards Ace)*
One of the neighbors: "Ace!"
"It seems you got lucky"
"You're not going anywhere! *jumps and was about to slash the guy*"

"What the? He vanished..." :anger:

"Ace"
*goes towards Ritzy*
"It should've been me T_T "
"What a coincidence... my birthday... I may now be able to be with mom and dad"
"Ritzy, don't leave me here :( "
"I'm sorry Ace"

~Neighbors start rushing in to the scene...

"I'm glad I was able to meet you"
"Ritzy, *pulls out a ring* I was gonna give this to you as your birthday present"
"Its beautiful"

"Ace, I don't have much time... If you were gonna ask me to be your girl, I'd say yes"
"But I'm sorry it has to be like this"
"You should've just stayed inside like I told you T_T "
*kisses Ace on the lips*
"I'm sorry... and I love you... ace..."
"Ritzy?"
"hey.. ritzy..."
"Ritzy..."

one of the neighbors: Ace...
"T__T"

"Whraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!" :anger: "

----------------------------------------------------------------------

~Ritzy died...
~Ace soon began explaining what happened to the neighbors...

"I will not rest... until I find you... and have... my revenge..."

Read More

Grail

This was the story I made a few years back :)
Its a story based on the online game I love - Flyff! ^_^

visualizing Roika as the real world

Chapter 1: My Resentment
Chapter 2: Relapse
Chapter 3: Roika's Elit Brigade
Chapter 4: The Start of it All
Chapter 5: Transition
Chapter 6: Hysteria
Chapter 7: The Invasion
Chapter 8: Last Resort
Chapter 9: Blood Red Armors
Chapter 10: Fidelity
Chapter 11: Nezacia

some emoticon codes are still shown in HTML :(
I'm still figuring out how to turn them into images while retaining their positions
image inserted at blog posts tend to have alignments @_@

Read More

The Robot

     To tell you guys honestly, I'm not the same. Nothing's the same. Nothing feels the same! And no... it's not a good thing. I've been having a hard time trying to write new stories and continuing those that I've already started. Heck! I've been having a hard time with everything! I used to do everything I could to achieve my dreams!

The Reggie I see now does the opposite.

     He's okay being a slacker, he's okay being irresponsible, he's okay being unreliable... Ugh! Whatever happened to me anyway? I lost my passion at everything! Before, I do what I do from the heart... Now, I don't feel anything at all. From writing stories to the martial arts, I feel nothing special now. I feel no passion at all and it annoys me!

     No matter how much I force myself to feel how I used to feel, it just doesn't happen! The idea of being a failure eats me alive! Don't get me wrong, I do my best to retain positivity. Its just that a certain "I-don't-know-what" overpowers me... and I had to write about this hoping it may be of any help.

     Still, somehow I'm sure I'll get through this. I can't wait! I'll continue doing the things I love to do 'til my passion flares back! Gosh!

Having lost a lover is...

annoying.

Read More

Demon Flyff

     Demon Flyff is yet another private server I tried. This is said to be the number one. But is it really? I say read and find out.

     Before ever logging into the game, users must first input their bank pin order to access their characters.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Player's get these free items right after creating their character.

Starting set for male characters.

Starting set for female characters

and of course...

----------------------------------------------------------------------

and now its time for the tour! ^_^

• FLARINE •

     I love what they've done to Flarine! Its got this whole eerie aura going on. Not to mention that Demon Flyff's got three channels, one of the three enables player killing. The place adds the feel of thrill whenever hunting for players or hunting killers.

Going to Central Flarine

Central Flarine

     At the middle of Central Flarine is a humungous tree, its canopy covers the entire area. Haven't seen any new or modified NPCs yet?

Burr

     Burr allows you to exchange a specific number of certain items into much rarer or powerful materials. Which by the way, is not that easy.

(Modified) Buff Pang

     This is what the Buff Pang in Demon Flyff looks like. Gosh, even it turned evil. Its cool though 'coz it would be awful to see a jolly looking penguin in this kind of surrounding. But then again, a jolly looking penguin in an uncanny place does look deviant enough to be horribly scary though.

     The Buff Pang casts basic assist buffs at maximum level on characters regardless of their level. The buffs last an hour.

Guardian Master

     Though it looks more like a Digimon, this is the Guardian Master here at Demon Flyff. The Guardian Master plays quite an interesting role.

It lets you give a reward to whomever gets to kill the character that murdered you!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
We now go to Eastern Flarine :)

The view going to Eastern Flarine

Eastern Flarine

     Among all areas, this is the place where you can't seem to get a screenshot where all NPCs stay quiet! I can't beat them, so I joined them! :D Rather than Flarine's general change, nothing much is new here.

Northern Flarine

     Nothing much has changed here too. When you leave the town, you leave the darkness as well. Everything is pretty much the same outside :)

except for..

The Broken Bridge

     During the earlier versions of Flyff, this bridge used to be broken. Here at Demon Flyff, it still is. At least players get to have an opportunity of seeing the broken bridge once again here.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

• THE ARENA •

(my favorite place)

This is how it looks like upon being teleported to the arena

They modified the NPCs here :)

Wish I could give you a better view but then again flying is disabled here at the Arena.

     And I thought Flarine would be my favorite place. The Arena here occupies quite a large space. The Arena is only availabe at s1 and s2. It ain't available at s3 since you can go and kill players wherever as long as its not in a safe zone. Who wouldn't love to hang out here?

----------------------------------------------------------------------

• DARKON •

     This is how it looks like after arriving at Darkon. Yes, they changed much of Darkon too. Though you see snow here, its very different from Azria. Darkon still remains looking... industrial?

Overview of Darkon

     The whole Darkon 2 is covered in snow up until Eienble Cave. They changed Darkon 2 greatly and though here you may see the long bridge, its placed a little far off from where its supposed to be. As you can see, map details have changed greatly.

     The exit of Eienble Cave is rather quite high here. Once you get out from Eienble Cave, most of what you'll see below you will be mist. Up ahead, nothing much has changed.

     There's nothing much to see in Saint Morning. Nothing much has changed there.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

     Here at Demon Flyff, the experience points you get from monsters is 90 times greater than normal. It's a misconception assuming leveling up here is fast and easy. You may be playing this game four, five or even six days straight but you may still not get to reach Master level.

     Getting your 1st job is easy here. Once you reach level 15, a job selection box will appear. Choosing one of the four will enable you to instantly have your desired class. Now that you know how amplified the experience is here, I'll tell you that it's quite hard to earn penya here too though drop rate is 125 times better. Trying to have 1 million at the start of the game will already be quite challenging.

     Once you reach level 60, another job selection box will appear. If you happen to accidentally pressed the esc button, you'll have to do the 2nd job change quest manually. You won't have to kill 20 drillers or do certain tasks anymore though. All there is to do is to talk to the 2nd Job master at Darkon and kill the Venel Guardian. From here on, you'll need stronger items and acquiring them won't be easy.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Here are some tips I'd like to share with you guys:

• Don't go grinding at the Forsaken Tower

     Monsters there are tough and have high crit rates. Going there would be suicide unless you have strong items. Also, monsters only drop a VERY small amount of penya and don't give much nice items. Rather than going to the Forsaken Tower, go fight monsters in darkon instead. Going the long way pays off.

• Don't keep on buying NPC equipments

     Its not necessary and it will only be a total waste of penya. Rather than buying NPC equipments, save up and buy "green sets" from other players. It's hard not to keep on dying though having only your default set. So if you believe you really have to buy items from NPCs 'coz you don't have enough penya to buy stuffs from other players, it's up to you.

• Azria

     Immediately, once you're strong enough to fight monsters in Azria go there! A ticket to Azria would cost at least 4 million though. A million alone is hard to earn so it really helps when you avoid buying unnecessary items. Monsters at Azria as we all know, drop a good amount of penya and nice items too. This is your starting point on getting even richer... way richer.

• Get good friends and Party!

     A world filled with strangers ain't a comfortable place so it's really nice to have a friend or two here. Not to mention, they can help you. You might even end up quiting the game before even having a 3 digit level without an ally. Unlike other private servers, parties here are greatly used when grinding due to the low experience points gained and the party skills the group may use. Hopefully, you'll get to meet a friend in one of the parties you'll get to be in or already have one while being in a party.

• Remora

     Once you're strong enough to fight the monsters at Remora, go there! You'll level up faster at Remora though a ticket costs around 450 million.

• MOB

     Take advantage of the very fact that experience points here’s 90 times greater than normal. One monster may give little experience but a mob of monsters give a lot! At the start of the game, it may be difficult to go mobbing directly so its nice to have friends to help you out on this.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Here are some more information about Demon Flyff
you guys might wanna know :)

• NPCs

     NPCs here at Demon Flyff only have a very little addition of what items they may sell you or none at all. You'll get to see new NPCs here though, some of which I've already shown you. They offer new features making the game more unique from others. About weapons, shields, accessories, sets and the such... you have to hunt or buy those you want that aren't available from the NPCs. Again, NPCs only have the least of additions to the items they sell or none at all.

• Premium Items

     Only VERY few premium items are available at certain NPCs here. You'd have to buy the others from other players or via the site. Still, though certain premium items are available at some NPCs you'd have second thoughts on buying them due to their 7 to 8 digit value. Again, its not that easy earning penya here.

• Fashion

     Part of the premium items, fashion items aren't availabe at NPCs here at Demon Flyff. You have to buy them from other characters or via the site.

• Vending Area

     The vending area here at Demon Flyff is located at Darkon (s1). Most of what the players sell are "green items" and some other premium items. The number of players playing this game is astounding! Darkon still gets to be filled with players.

• PK System

     I love their PK system here! Makes me want to be a killer myself! Hahaha! One of the three channel is dedicated for PK-ing. Killers don't lose items and they also retain their damage value regardless of the number of times they have killed. Players may also put bounty on the heads of other players as reward to whomever gets to kill them.

• 3rd Job

     This is what I came here for. I want to try out all the new 3rd jobs. Unlike other private servers who say they're of version 16, Demon Flyff actually got its 3rd job system functioning. 3rd Job can be acquired when your character reaches level 130-H.

• Guild Siege

     A guild siege happens weekly here. Guilds here are quite competitive and also quite diverse. You'll see guilds made up of Player killers, guilds made up of Player killer hunters and guilds made up of the two.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Well, I hope I've said more than enough about Demon Flyff. I'm sure to post updates about Demon Flyff so be sure to visit here every now and then for those updates ^_^

Ciao :)

Read More

Dragon Rider - Chapter 6

"Dragon Rider"

Chapter 6

     Because of looking for Ruby's body as well, I got rammed by the other dragon. It still charged unto me as I was falling. While descending to the ground, I was able to shoot three more poisoned arrows to its head. I got submerged into the water before it could devour me. Trying to reach me, the other dragon got its tail pulled by Draco. After pulling it a few meters away and releasing it, Draco sent a fireball to it and managed to hit it. The other dragon then fell down to the water. Almost instantly, the other dragon got out of the water and charged unto us. It rammed Draco by his belly and continued pushing him 'til we got back in Eienble cave. Weakened, Draco got his tail pulled by the other dragon this time. It pulled him 'til we were outside the cave. Upon releasing Draco, I fell from Draco's back. Luckily, we weren't that high anymore so I didn't suffer much injury. The other dragon then sent a fireball unto me as I was on the ground, helpless. Before it could hit me, Draco managed to get into the fireball's way receiving it. He fell seemingly lifeless on the ground. I ran up to Draco and checked if he was alright. (Obviously,) He wasn't... But he was still alive. When I looked back, I saw the other dragon standing tall behind me. Shocked, I stepped back, tripped and fell on the ground. I covered my face and closed my eyes as it lunged its wide-opened mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth unto me (Mommy! Y_Y). Wondering why I was still alive, I opened my eyes to see the head of the horrific dragon just below my feet. It was dead. Maybe it was the poison. Maybe it reached its limit. Whatever the reason may be, I was just glad and thankful I was still alive. Moments later, rescue came. I fell unconscious when I was about to ride on the board one of them gave me. When I woke up, I was at home. Everyone was there...


Everyone...


     Including Ruby. The others managed to spot and rescue her too. From then on, Draco, Ruby and I became heroes (Oh yeah!). The three of us would still fly for fun together. But this time, I don't ride on boards anymore.

I ride on Draco.

     Try to look up once in awhile. Some of you guys might get to see us flying around Madrigal.

And like other people, you might also get to say... "Hey, look! It's the Dragon Rider."

THE END! =)

Read More

Dragon Rider - Chapter 5

"Dragon Rider"

Chapter 5

     Refusing to let Draco have all the fun, I still went on on attacking the other dragon. I was able to hit the man's left arm (after tons of trial). Injured, he ordererd his dragon to retreat. I thought it was over... but then Draco had to follow the other dragon (argh!). I couldn't just let him go on his own so I followed him. They battled again by the nyang habitat. I helped Draco by sending arrows to the other dragon. Irritated, it breathed fire unto me. My board got caught by the dragon's breath of fire. I came crashing down ( I was like... goodbye cruel world T_T). Luckily, I fell into the fountain of dead person (how ironic). As I emerged from the water, I saw Draco falling down from the sky. He then got hit by a fireball sent by the other dragon. The other dragon then landed on the ground. It was about to finish off Draco when Ruby suddenly appeared out of nowhere and was able to shoot an arrow and hit the back of the man riding the dragon. Instead of finishing off Draco, the dragon charged towards Ruby. Luckily, Ruby was able to jump off her board in time before the dragon could ram her. She was able to get on the dragon's back when it passed beneath her. The man riding the dragon was already dead when she got on it. Because no further orders were given to the dragon, it flew away... with Ruby. The dragon probably didn't know that the man riding it was already dead and it didn't probably also notice that Ruby was riding him.

     My board was already useless. I couldn't fly without it. I couldn't let Draco go on his own. What about Ruby? I couldn't just let the dragon get away with her. Thus, I climbed on draco's back...



and fell on my first attempt.

     I then climbed again. This time, I succeeded. I was on Draco's back. Its babe savin' time! Draco then started flapping his wings (Oh yeah!). "Let's go Draco! Nothin's gonna stop us from rescuing Ru... WAAAAAH!" Woosh! It felt like my soul got left behind. We were off. Draco was fast. He then just followed the other dragon's scent so we had no trouble knowing where it went. I couldn't believe I was riding Draco. I couldn't believe I could ride on Draco. It just felt so cool. It was a lot easier than how I thought it was gonna be like. I could even shoot arrows while riding on him. Yeah, I practiced shooting arrows while Draco and I were searching for the other dragon. We were going back south. I thought the other dragon went back to flaris and would bring chaos again but then Draco only headed towards the plain of bubble. We were going to Darkon. We saw the dragon immediately upon getting to KhipRa. It was moving on a steady speed so we were able to catch up on it. Ruby (and the dead man) was still on its back. Draco was able to be by the other dragon's side. I was able to help Ruby get unto Draco while the two dragons were flying side by side. When she got on to Draco, I then shot the other dragon by its neck. I couldn't just let it get away. I had to kill it before it could kill more people. As expected, it got angry (really angry). We were again battling with the same dragon (the dead body fell from the other dragon's back... poor dead guy). Ruby and I kept on shooting arrows at it while Draco tries to evade the other dragon's attack and attack it as well. We got into the Eienble Cave. The two dragons kept on spitting fireballs at each other. Ruby and I almost got hit several times. The other dragon was able to ram Draco when we got to the long bridge before the cave. Because of the collision, Ruby got ejected from Draco's back. Upon trying to get her while she was falling, Draco got hit by the other dragon's fireball. We were unable to save Ruby.

     I got enraged. I didn't care if I would die anymore. The fight continued. The two kept on ramming and sending fireballs at each other. The place got the two limited so it was easy for me to keep on hitting the other dragon. I was able to hit its head several times using poisoned arrows. It was usually useless against it but I didn't know if it would have any effect to the dragon if I manage to hit it with it by the head. Knowing who would win was hard to tell. While battling with the other dragon, I tried to look for Ruby's body as well. All I could see was water though. The rain made the water level much higher. I hope she's still alive.

Read More

Dragon Rider - Chapter 4

"Dragon Rider"

Chapter 4

     There was no time to rest. Ruby and I immediately went to Saint Morning. We were both surprised by what we saw when we got there. With the help of the rain and darkness, Saint Morning became like a battlefield. Only a few houses remained standing. The whole place was really burned down to the ground. It was then when I knew why the people of Saint Morning hated Draco all of a sudden. I knew Draco didn't have anything to do with whatever happened to Saint Morning though. If he ever happens to be the one who did it, he'd fight back and turn all of the people attacking him into barbecues. But he didn't. Ruby and I hid behind a burnt house. From there, we could see Draco being beaten up mercilessly. He looked like he was gonna die already. The rain kept on washing away Draco's blood creating what seemed like a crimson river beneath him. We couldn't do anything. It was soul-shattering just watching him being battered. I couldn't take it anymore so I decided to go there and... I don't know. I couldn't just watch him being battered. Come what may.

     When I was about to make a step, a group of men suddenly showed up from nowhere. They were rushing towards the crowd shouting, "HELP!" They told the people that at that very moment, Flaris was being attacked by a dragon. Everyone got surprised (including Ruby and I). Knowing I was no longer public enemy number two, I pranced my way up to them like a (retarded) b*st*rd. They couldn't look at me (Bwahaha!). It was like "pay back time." I wanted so much to shoot arrows into their brains. Silenced, the acting leader walked up to me and said, "Let's talk about this later. For now, we have to go to Flaris immediately." I just nodded. Everyone then got on their boards and rushed their way to Flaris. Some of the ringmasters stayed behind and tried to heal Draco. I got healed by some of them too. I recovered immediately. Draco got us worried though. He looked like he wasn't getting any better.

     The ringmasters assured us Draco was gonna be okay though. Ruby and I then went to Flaris. Luckily, it was raining. The dragon's fire didn't do much damage. Flaris was still like Flaris. We wasted no time and immediately helped in getting rid of the dragon. As I got closer to it, I noticed someone was riding the dragon. There was a man on the dragon's back. Knowing he was controlling the dragon, I kept on shooting well-aimed arrows at him. The dragon was just too fast though. I couldn't hit it or the man riding it. The battle went on for hours. Some parts of Flaris got demolished because of the fight with the dragon. People would go crashing down like hail (not hell... lol). We were losing the battle. With just an arrow left, I tried to aim for the man riding the dragon but what I shot was the dragon's left leg instead. It got furious and looked at me with its horrifying eyes. Surprised, I got stunned and wasn't able to do anything as it was charging unto me. When it was just about eight meters away from me, I got lucky. Draco came just in time and rammed the dragon which was about to make me its next meal (man, was I happy to see Draco). Draco then breathed fire unto the other dragon and was able to hit it. Unfortunately, it didn't do much because of the rain. For some reason, we were suddenly out of the fight. It became a one-on-one battle between Draco and the other dragon. I took advantage of the opportunity and was able to get an arrow box from one of the fallen rangers.

Read More

Dragon Rider - Chapter 3

"Dragon Rider"

Chapter 3

     Obviously, everyone knew Draco. He's like a celebrity. We had to move him to Magmient though because the poor overgrown lizard became too big to be still in our neighborhood. We would visit him everyday. He just loves to fly with me and Ruby. We can't catch up with Draco though. He'd just slow down if he feels he's getting too fast for us. Often times, we would go flying in Aniceknight because the view there's awesome. One time, Ruby and I got home when it was dark already. This time, we didn't let Draco escort us home. Usually, he would. Just be looking at Draco, it was obvious that he was really tired so we let him just rest instead. I woke up the next day because of the ruckus outside. There was an awful lot of people outside the house, furious about something. When I got out, a man from the mob immediately grabbed me and said, " Saint Morning was burned down to the ground last night because of the dragon you raised!" I was surprised. They were all so nosiy I couldn't think clearly. Then I heard someone shouted, "SOME OF US ALREADY WENT TO MAGMIENT TO KILL YOUR DRAGON!" I then immediately grabbed my board and went to Magmient. When I got there, Draco was already being attacked. They were shooting arrows at him. All poor Draco could do was fly as fast as he could. Soon, the people lost sight of him. I knew where he would go though, the garden of Rhisis. As expected, he was there. Some of the arrows got to him. Removing the arrows one after the others wasn't a good experience. He got badly wounded. He couldn't even fly or just stand right anymore. He must've just forced himself to reach the garden of Rhisis.

     Just after a few hours, Ruby came... along with her were some of the people from the house. As she walked up to me, drops of rain came falling from the sky. Soon enough, it was raining heavily. "Ruby, you let them know?" She looked so fragile. Though the rain did a good job of washing away her tears, I knew she was crying that time."I'm sorry, Alexis... I had no choice. They were gonna hurt your parents." I couldn't say a word after that. I just walked away from her and just tried to protect Draco by fending off the angry mob. I couldn't use my bow though. I just can't kill any of them. My only weapon then was my body (crap!). The rain made it even harder to move. Outnumbered, I got beaten up so hard I thought I was gonna die. I looked lifeless lying on the ground. My face was half-submerged in mud. Hell--I was covered in mud! I couldn't move anymore. The people left immediately after taking Draco with them. They tied him in ropes, placed him in a net, then transported him to Saint Morning. It was obvious to me that they were gonna kill him there. Ruby stayed behind. She rushed to me and helped me stood up. I was still too weak though. I was too heavy for Ruby alone so she just let me sit down instead. She then handed me a capsule. After taking it in, I fell lifeless on the ground. I died. "Alexis, Alexis... Alexis!" no response. "Alexis, don't you dare die on me!" She kept on hitting my chest. "Alexis, don't leave me alone!" She held me close, crying like she suddenly lost on of her arms.

I then...

laughed so hard! "Ruby, I was just..." She banged my head to the mud before I could say another word. "YOU JERK!" She then hugged me (so tight). "Ouch! Ruby, that hurts."

Read More

Dragon Rider - Chapter 2

"Dragon Rider"

Chapter 2

     Through time, I got stronger... Oh, and Ruby too. I learned this skill called "Dark Illusion" which I got addicted to. It became my favorite skill. It reminded me of how I was like when I just got my first bow. Now, its a combination. I would shoot at monsters FAR stronger than I am then would do the dark illusion when they get close (suicidal... but pretty cool). I stopped doing it though because of Ruby (Again!). A monster tried to attack her instead of me when I did the dark illusion. Luckily, she can do the dark illusion as well (can't believe she almost died twice because of me). Oh, and there's this skill called "Fast Walker" I forgot to mention. It helped me much running away from Ruby that day who was furious shouting, "YOU IGNORANT B*****D! ARE YOU TRYING TO GET ME KILLED?!" Man, those were the days. =)

     After a few months, Ruby's still alive the egg hatched. We were all glad it still did. I finally got to see a dragon. It looked tough though it was still little. We named it "Draco" ('coz we were too lazy to think of other names). Draco was a lot of trouble though he was still a baby. He would rip off Ruby's clothes at times (and I was like ~> :O). Since then, Ruby stopped wearing just the acrobat's attire (Y_Y). Yeah, Draco was a lot of trouble even before he could breathe fire. Sometimes, he'd ran off from our house then would return with the neighbor's food in his mouth. It was a good thing our neighbor was kind and patient enought with Draco. Luckily, after lots of spanking Draco stopped stealing foods. What pissed me off the most when he was still little was that we'd be all day getting him back in the house at times (made me wanna chop off his legs). When Draco got a bit bigger, Ruby and I would let him come with us as we train. A big mistake. Draco's a big distraction! Often times, we'd have to go save him from monsters he would carelessly bite (idiot!).

     Years passed, Ruby and I finally became rangers (Woohoo!). At that time, Draco was already bigger than our house. He now comes with us when hunting Luias for him to feed. Dad used to be the one doing it. Draco grew up so fast. It seemed like only yesterday when he accidentally set our neighbor's house on fire. Now, he's an expert in fire breathing. When Ruby and I get too surrounded with monsters, Draco would turn some of them into barbecues. That's what he does with his Luias. He likes them well done. =)

     The three of us still go to the garden of rhisis at times. Draco would just listen to Ruby and I as we talk. Draco's special, he somewhat understands the language of us humans. I told him that if ever he gets in trouble, just go to the garden of rhisis. Draco's not much of a trouble anymore (phew). I just wish Ruby and I had a board that could go as fast as Draco so we don't get left behind all the time. Draco may be just a dragon but he's never been just a pet, he's family. =)

Read More