Blessings

Akari Returns

I storm in to the guild full of cold and hatred. I just got back from the hunt and all I can think about is my partner, Lynx my snow fox, out there fighting to protect me. We are perfect for each other because he is a snow fox and I have the power of ice despite my fiery red hair and green eyes. I was searching for the demon, Ninshaku, which killed my family on Mt. Kilgrimsin when right as I reach the summit his minions jump out from behind rocks and out of the snow. His minions appear to be nothing but black mist in the shape of animals or humans with gold glowing eyes. I immediately draw my blade made from unmelting snow from the coldest regions of the world. Lynx runs up from behind and shifts into his protection form which makes him grow larger with a skin as strong as the thickest steel. “Run, you don’t need to be here, I’ll hold them off”. I trust him to know he can handle himself but I don’t want to leave him. One jumps on him and he shakes it off, “GO,” he tells me. “Come back alive or I’ll kill you myself”. I run only looking back once to see multiple showing up from nowhere and him swinging with all his might.
   All I can recall about my parents death is their face when Ninshaku slit their throats. It’s not a pleasant picture to remember but I can’t get it out of my head, the way their bodies went limp or their eyes rolling to the back of their head. It haunts me to much sometimes that I can’t take it and I think it’s my fault for not listening to them but I know now that that was childish of me. I can’t hold on to the past forever but I want that demon to suffer as my parents did and I want closure. So I search until the moment I can see his limp body hanging from a tree.
   After everything that happened to my parents I was found by a man named Jinje an ice master wizard. I told him about what happened and he didn’t act surprised, he just sat there and listened. That was the first time I actually spoke to anyone after my parents death. I knew I could trust him he was like a father to me in those harsh times. After my training was complete my master gave me a scroll that held the secrets that would help me beat Ninshaku . I go to my room and pack my things to set out on my mission when Jinje knocks at my door. “Akari, please come out, there is someone here for you”.
   “Who is it master”? I ask confused on who would be here for me in the tallest and coldest mountain. As I open the door A dark mist forms at the doorway, I draw my blade and step into the mist. I immediately cry for my master to answer but no response. I call and call for him but still no answer. Black wings rise from the fog and then a body, very disfigured and very devilish. “Turn around my sweet and see the prize you get for taking the risk of challenging me. I slowly turn only to see my master Jinje frozen while burning in hell and I can’t look at the horror that has taken place. “What have you done you monster”, I say as I turn to swing my sword at him. “Come out you coward, and fight me” I’m balling now thinking that I made the same mistake I did when I was a child. He appears in my teary face and says, “You should know better not to play with the monster under you bed”, he floats away laughing maniacally and the fog goes with him.
   I get back to the guild and start to cry but I realize I can’t have my reputation be hindered so I punch someone in the face and go to my room. The next thing I know is I’m back in a cottage with the sweet smell of waffles in the kitchen and my ma and pa laughing and smiling it suddenly gets dark and all I see are my parents tied up and dead. I wake up to the sounds of scratching at my door. I get out of bed and walk over to the door still shaking from my nightmare and open it. There lying on the wood floor is Lynx beaten and bruised with massive gashes all over. “Lynx, oh my god we need to get you to the medic immediately” I say. “Well took you long enough” Lynx remarks and I laugh like a madman.