SWNOVELS Chapter 3
Verse 2- A Short Tale on the Mysterious town Hidden in the Mist
Deep across the Land of Atriabnna towards the north where the cold climates settled themselves, there stood a mysterious little town known as GhoulsVille. Now the town was very mysterious indeed all the streets were forever silent and the residents never left their homes and it felt as if sadness was forever in the air day and night. So one day the local mayor of the town a pompous man named Gordon Alvin-Stroopsberry called for a town meeting for all the locals in the nearby cathedral, he declared that the mysterious events that had been occurring recently where all down to the government who were trying to scare them into giving up their land. The locals didn’t believe him though and as they all muttered and chatted amongst themselves one of the locals a fish monger stood up and questioned the mayor, “ Mr. Mayor we have reason to believe that the unexplainable events and happenings are down to no other than…. Well how can I say this…ahem DEMONS!” the entire hall suddenly erupted into gasps of panic, one by one they all begun to entertain the idea of Demons cursing their city, “ Yes it must be true, we’ve angered the gods above with our idol worships and offerings, they shall surely smite us down”. “SILENCE! “Shouted the Mayor, “Now like I’ve told you before there are no such things as ‘DEMONS’, ‘GHOSTS’ or any other supernatural fantasy nonsense , this is the work of that wretched queen…. They’ve been trying to subdue us for years so what I suggest we do is stick together and….” Just before the Mayor could finish his sentence a white smog suddenly filled the room from the ceiling. The town’s people fell silent as they watched a white smog engulf the room, “ok let’s not panic now everyone it’s probably just the weather” said the mayor unconvincingly, “b…behind you….. What’s that behind you?” screeched one of the residents in the crowd, the mayor slowly turned around and saw the two statues that stood behind him suddenly moving. The crowd looked on in horror as the statues of what looked like two ancient knights stepped down from the pillar, their stone eyes filled with a purple light and their stoned faced formed an angry expression, “ BY THE GODS…. IT’S THE DEMONS… IT’S TRUE WERE CURSED” the town’s people screamed. Meanwhile during the panic, within the crowd a young boy clothed in a dark cloak sat calmly in his seat observing. The possessed stoned knights drew their huge stone swords and begun attacking the crowd violently, they swung their huge swords crushing anything that came into their paths, “ everyone run… run I say before they kill us all” hollered the Mayor. The whole town fled from the building in haste and panic, they all fled accept for one person who remained inside. The cloaked boy got up from his seat and proceeded to the back of the hall, he closed the two doors and locked them from the inside. “I finally found you, are you the demon they call Nessy” the boy spoke aloud when suddenly a pair of violet colored eyes emerged within the smog, the beast within the smog begun to cackle “Aye and if I am I suppose you’re going to try and stop me aren’t you little boy” the cloaked boy removed his hood, he then ruffled his scruffy blonde hair and gazed towards the demon, the boy under the cloak was no other than Jyro Thomas the boy with the demon right arm. The boy removed his gloves then flexed his demonic arm, a bluish flame suddenly begun burning around his hand, “Wait a second that arm of yours…. Aye I see your that boy… the one who’s been going around killing my brothers, the one with the demons hand”, Jyro slowly walked towards the white smog “I’ll ask you again are you the demon they call Nessy” he said, “ohhh so the rumors are true, well little boy shall we play then” the deep ghastly voice of the demon suddenly ceased and the violet eyes also. Moments later the two stoned statues charged towards the boy, they raised their two stoned swords simultaneously and thrust them towards Jyro. The boy dashed towards the side out of harms way and quickly scurried to his feet and ran around the statues, he then moved closer to them till he stood in-between both behemoths. One was in front of him and one was behind him, both slowly closing in towards the boy ready to strike, they drew within his reach and again lifted up their swords but just before they attacked Jyro, he quickly ran towards the incoming one and rolled between his legs. The two statues swung aimlessly and struck one another, their bodies broke into pieces and slowly collapsed to the ground turning into a stoned pile of a rubble. The white smog filled the room once again and engulfed Jyro, “oh so your strong enough to deal with my minions I see, well how about this then” the smog that filled the room suddenly became thicker, it got to the point where Jyros vision was rendered useless. But Jyro didn’t panic, the boy simply went into his pocket and pulled out what seemed to be a small tubed object which resembled a torch, he raised it above him and spoke “Ignis Erupit”, a bolt of lightning came charging out of the small object and broke through the ceiling above. Whilst the sky from above bore down through the hole, the white smog slowly ascended and cleared the room, Jyro looked around him then finally saw the demon that had been causing the trouble, it was a long bodied purple snake liked creature, floating in the air. “What the….. How did you…” muttered the demon, “you shouldn’t be here Nessy, and I’m here to send you back to where you belong”, Jyro pointed the object towards the demon and spoke, “ignis erupit”. The bolt of lightning came out of the object and headed towards the creature, it quickly evaded the first strike and continued doing so whilst flying around the room. “ Ha-ha just because you have a neat toy there doesn’t mean squat if you can’t hit your target” mocked the demon, Jyro glanced towards it then sighed to himself, “ Fulminis Pulsus” he said, but instead of a bolt of lightning a shock wave resonated out of the object and through the beast out the open ceiling. Jyro watched from above as the beast spiraled high into the air then came orbiting down wrapped in electrical sparks from the attack, the boy put away his weapon then strolled towards the door. BANG! The sound from the demon falling through the ceiling onto the floor, Jyro glanced back at the fallen demon “Your fate is sealed Nessy now return to where you belong” the demons body started to decay and rust, “you fool you think it ends here, you’ll never stop it you know none of you can stop the rise of the demon king it cannot be stopped…. MARK MY WORDS” it said before turning into a pile of dust.
Jyro put on his gloves then proceeded out of the building, When he made it to the outside he looked at the darkened sky above and gazed at the moon that shone down onto him. Jyro made his way to a nearby inn that sat on the outskirts of the town, as he entered the place he immediately was halted by the keeper at the front desk, “er excuse me sir, I have a parcel for you “ the women at the front desk said, Jyro took the parcel and opened it. Inside he found a gold metallic medallion with a note from jack also, the note read…. “If your reading this then it means you’ve probably defeated the list of Lesser Demons that I gave to you… so well done I guess, anyway I’ll be going away for a while don’t try to look for me trust me you’ll get nowhere, it’s been a good year spending time with you….. I’m getting bored of writing this soppy stuff so just read the instructions below, I’ve left you instructions on what to do. Good luck Jyro Thomas take care of yourself.