• Darkened Knight

    By. Marcella A. Smith
    Prologue

    Long before I was born the Darkness took over my realm. The Darkness is a group of Demons that work for the evil king Demonus. Fravos ,the brother of Demonus, rebelled against Demonus. Fravos took the sword of Kapandus ,and set out to kill his brother. A group called Fate's Knights was created to work for Fravos and help him defeat the Darkness. I was born into this group of knights. The only problem is that I'm a girl.
    Being a girl nobody believed I could fight the Darkness. Even though they trained me like all the others born into the Fate's knights. They would not train me to my full ability. My Best friend Algrento began to teach me to the fullest of my ability. For years I've trained in secret waiting for my chance to prove my ability.

    Chapter One

    Cranto sat in wait be hind the Forman Temple. I stared at him from behind the moment he moved I would react and I would bring him down. Cranto shifted getting ready to leap at my team mate. I got ready to attack waiting for the last moment before leaping. Cranto and I leaped up at the same time only I leaped farther then he taking him down before he could take down my team mate. Cranto looked back at me pissed off.
    He tried to turn underneath me ,but I would not let him onto his back. I jabbed him with ,my thumb, in the back of his neck hitting him in a pressure point. Thats when I heard the click of the gun behind me. 's**t' I thought. Cranto smirked back at me.
    “Get off of him Karavan” Said a voice that I could not place.
    I stood up and turned around. I looked at the guy holding the gun. He had long black hair pulled back into a tie at the back of his neck. His eyes were Deep red and looked like they had flames in them. 'Who is he' I thought and rake my brain for the information.
    “Karavan, I've heard a lot about you. The Fate's Knights' female Knight. The other knights tend to protect you so why are you here with out someone here to protect you?” He asked taking a step closer with the gun
    “how do you know they aren't hiding near by watching?” I asked
    “because they would never had let me get this close to you with a gun” he said
    I shifted on my feet annoyed “What do you want?” I asked
    “Well, we want you. The Darkened Knight” He said
    “That was the whole point to this. How else would we be able to call you out in to our grasps if we didn't do something very eye catching. We knew you and Valstove had a mission at the Forman Temple with Kobisa so we planed an attack on Venta to distract the other knights so that when you and Valstove went on your mission were Valstove had to be the face of the mission we could get you or Valstove if you didn't leap soon enough or had caught on.” Cranto said now standing somewhat be hind me
    “now im going to have to shoot you sorry about the pain” The guy with the gun said
    the gun went off and I leaped off to the left away both men. Only I jumped wrong the bullet aimed for my heart hit me in the left shoulder. Pain surged through me as the poison coursed through my veins. The poison wouldn't kill me it would only work its way to my heart and make me pass out. All guns in my realm have a poison in them that enters the blood stream once the bullet enters the the body.
    As soon as I away from their arms I took off running. The closest anti-gene or anti-dote were behind me or at least a mile away. I ran straight into Daprand Forest. Not my smartest move but it was close and big I should have been able to loss them, but evidenced by the near hits I took around me I was nowhere close to losings them. Black rimmed the edge of my vision and moving closer towards the center. Then I clasped onto the forest floor. The color and light fading around me before every thing turned black.
    Someone picked me up and my head dropped back. Both of them had ragged breaths. I could hear the gun slide back into its holster. The slight breeze rustled the leaves and stirred the grass I heard their foot steps as the carried me some where then I was out.
    As I slept a memory flashed into my head. It was a dark night about a month ago. Valstove and I had to attend a midnight party. Valstove walked away from me to talk to a woman named Halyajuk. She was beautiful with her long blond hair and jade green eyes. Valstove walked up to her and I stood back to watch for signs of danger thats when Cranto ran into me for the first time he knocked me down landing on top of me Valstove was to busy to see me fall down.
    Cranto seemed so kind back then. His long blond hair pulled into a tight tie at the back of his neck. Hie eyes were brown and looked so kind. I looked up at him shocked. My long blood red hair tight high on my head like always was caught under my butt, and the hair that I had out of the tie was cut short. Cranto brushed the hair out of my face.
    Cranto stood up and offered me his hand, and smiled. “are you okay?” he asked
    “yes I am, thank you......” I said “what is your name?” I asked
    “my name is Cranto Soginto” He said I smiled
    “its good to meet you” I said then turned to walk away
    “wait.... I didn't catch your name” he said
    “thats because I didn't give it” I said
    my eyes shot open and I was laying on the ground trembling. I couldn't stand up and my head hurt. I felt someone's eyes on the back of my head. I turned to look it was the other guy.
    “morning sleeping beauty “ he said
    “who are you?” I asked
    “you don't remember me, I'm Algrento”He said “Prince of The Darkness”
    “No you cannot be he fell off a cliff when we were little. There is no way he could have served.” I said stunned
    I still remember their harsh words when they found out he and I had been playing together. Stav my trainer at the time had sent me flying after he slapped my face I had hit a tree so hard that I couldn't stand 'Knights don't play with darkness children' Stav forced me to stand and fight him. He had told the other trainers that I was more advanced then others my age after awhile and I soon was training with the older kids. One day after getting beaten up by my training mates I was laying bruised and bleeding I didn't whine or cry like they had wanted instead I laid completely still. 'thats enough' that was the first time I met Valstove. It was the first time someone treated me kind other then Algrento. 'Real Knights Would not beat someone up for pleaser they help people in trouble now scram' he had said and everyone left. I just stayed there on the floor he knelt down beside me 'are you okay?' he asked 'thank you' was all I could say he lifted my hand up 'your welcome, but its a knights job to save a damsel in distress' he kissed my hand. I ripped my hand away 'I'm a knight not a damsel' I said
    “i did not fall I was pushed and ever sence I planed the day when I would claim you from them” he said