PROLOGUE - THE END OF THE BEGINNING?
“September 25 **** “The lapidary war”
A quiet village sat hidden among the grassy green hills but not for long. The sky grew grey, rain began pouring from the sky like bullets. The village residents evacuated to their houses and many watched through their windows. The smell of fear and confusion floated in the air. The nation of Shenlin is almost always bright and sunny. Why would it suddenly rain and why was the rain so harsh?
BOOM! One of the hills surrounding the hidden village explodes. The ground shook. BANG! Bullets begin shooting, shattering windows and breaking holes in the delicate straw houses. A red-haired green-eyed man led the destruction commanding his followers to wipe out the village. He holds up his palm and quickly closes it into a fist. Explosions and lightning rained from the sky causing fear to drive people out of their houses in a panic.
A short, grey-haired man smirks as he quickly writes down a passage in a thick, small black book. He holds out the book as the words float off the page circling and spinning around the air. The words spin slowly getting closer and closer. An outline of a big beast too soon appears and a horrifying screech is heard as the words quickly disperse causing a wave of dust. The glowing red eyes of a creature are seen through all the dust. A bear-like creature standing on its hind legs has now appeared where the words were.
The grey-haired man mutters something as he writes down more stuff in his book. The bear-like creature's ears twitch and it roars again charging for the remaining village houses. Blood scatters the floor and rain continues pouring heavily. The grey-headed man laughs evilly as he watches the chaos unfold. He notices something strange. The raindrops are forming a bigger droplet in the sky. Then suddenly the raindrop burst. A young woman appears from inside the droplet. Her golden eyes and black hair shimmered along the droplets like she was reflective.
She wore a white short dress with golden accents around her neck and chest. A clear skirt with golden sparkles scattered around the bottom covered the white mini-skirt underneath. She displayed many golden bracelets, thick and thin. A tiara made of gold accents and diamonds sat majestically on her head.
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“Halt in the name of the creator,” The lady gracefully floats down from the sky, “I see that some people aren’t taking the rules seriously”
“M-my queen,” An ambusher stammered, “w-we we were uh… clearing-”
“Who gave you the right to speak,” A small boy interrupts as he lands beside the queen, “Using your gift to cause chaos I see? How gruesome”
“You are under arrest for the sins you have committed and the violence you caused,” The Queen demanded, “Drop your weapons now.”
“B-but m-my queen,!—” The same ambusher stammered.
“NOW,” The Queen boomed
Most of the attackers drop their weapons and raise both of their hands in the air. The red-haired leader pointed his guns toward the Queen as anger flowed through his body. His hair begins flowing and his eyes shine a shade of crimson red just like blood.
“You will not ruin my FUN AGAIN,” The leader triggers the gun, “HOW ABOUT YOU TASTE THIS, YOUR HONOUR?
The bullet speeds towards the Queen. She shows no reaction while her partner sighs in annoyance. The bullet seems to be slowing down.
“Don’t you know any better?” The Queen sighed, “Why would I go into a war zone alone?”’
An agent appears in the air before the Queen and slices the bullet perfectly in half as she lands. Her orange hair shone in the dark atmosphere. She raises her sword toward the sky and the grey clouds spilt away at the speed of light.
The leader backs away in fear. He attempts to flee but gets stopped by the orange-haired agent. The rest of the group is frozen in fear scared that one move might take their life.
“No.. no, NO! You can’t do this to ME! I-I’m the great leader of t-the-”
SLASH! The blade quickly strikes the leader right through the back killing him instantly. The agent points her sword toward the ground and turns her head back to the Queen. The Queen looked down at the body before looking back up to nod at the agent. The agent disappears leaving a shimmer glitter-like dust flowing in the air.
“Gem hunting is getting out of control,” The young boy said, “We need to deal with this.”
“I agree… so many innocent people are perishing.” The queen said walking towards a dead body, “write a letter to the national rulers, Sila. We are banning the usage of gems.”