Blood and Ember

Boom! I could feel the shaking making me stumble. "An explosion?"I shrieked to myself.

 "What the hell is going on?". I opened the curtain and looked outside and fire was raining from the sky. I'm not sure how or why but I could barely move in shock. It was pitch black outside less than an hour ago why is it on fire now all of a sudden?

I need to check on Danté.

"Danté come down here fast!" I shouted. 

I didn't hear a response. Danté not now, this is no time for pranks the earth is shacking the house is looking as if it could fall apart at any second. Why is that? Danté told me he wanted to talk to me about something important. Danté is my oldest brother. We are not related by blood because I was adopted. I walked up the stairs slowly hearing something dripping in the room where Danté was waiting for me. 

What was dripping was it spilled water from Danté or did something happen when I left the room. As I walked into the room I could smell a disgusting smell that I never thought I would smell. My feet were shaking, it was as if they were planted in the floor. When I looked into the room I found my brother's cold dead body on the ground lying in a pool of his own blood. My heart beating faster than it has ever felt as if I ran 20 miles non-stop. I could feel my eyes ss out to start watering up. 

"No this got to be a prank right? Danté get up now, this is not the time for pranks. The world is burning outside. We need to get out PLEASE get up now" I shouted at Danté.

I yell at Danté to get up but he's still unresponsive, tears falling out of my eyes. Crash! The sound of glass breaking caused me to turn around faster than I have ever.

"I'm sorry but you weren't supposed to see this. I'm still not sure why Danté had to come here but I guess he wanted you to know before… well you know what happened to him" the intruder said. 

"Damn this is really funny I get to kill two brothers oh wait you guys aren't even related by blood. How do you feel to be unsuccessful for a little brother who doesn't even have many friends but you did have Sarah keyword HAVE" the intruder mockingly laughed at me as I'm crying holding my brother. I pick up Dantés lifeless body" 

"

No you won't kill me you can't" I pleaded. 

"I'll do my best to make it painful" the intruder smirked when they told me that.

The masked intruder ran right past me as if I was a mere wall. I look down at danté and suddenly my feet start to feel weak while I feel a sharp pain in my stomach. "What the-" I looked down at my stomach to find my intestines falling out of me. Pain. Pain. All I feel is heat all around my stomach. No, I don't want to die. I can't die. God damn it this is how I'm going to die, with the city burning, with my brother dying by my side. Everything feels cold and I'm feeling tired. My eyes feel as if they are held down by 100 kg each. I pull my hand towards Danté "I'm sorry Danté, I'm sorry Danté I could-" damn it the pain is too unbearable "I'm sorry I never told you that your my brother no matter blood". I feel my concussion fading as if I'm falling down a dark hole.

"-" "You are not ready for what comes for you Kain Morrain my beloved I will always be with you"

Darkness.

I woke up gasping. Where am I? Shining light beaming into me. I opened my eyes to see I was still alive, not dead and not in a pool of blood where my brother was. I keep blinking because my eyes still hurt from the thought of just dying. "I guess I was dreaming?" When I open my eyes I'm outside? light blue sky with a big field of green grass. I see a carriage with some people on it. Why are people now riding on carriages? Why am I outside? I looked at myself seeing I was still wearing my black jeans and my black sweatshirt. 

"Whew at least I got some clothes" I said.

 "Wow. This is crazy. Wait, where's Danté? 

"What the hell happened? I remember I was walking into the room then some masked intruder killed Danté then stabbed me. I remember seeing my intestines falling out so.."

 I pulled up my shirt to reveal that my stomach was still intact with nothing falling out. Ok so after all that happened I'm randomly outside also wasn't the world just on fire? Where the hell am I? I started to walk to the nearest dirt road or any road I could find to see if I could talk to anyone. As I'm walking I see a town a long distance away. 

"Damn it why do I have to walk all the way there this way" 

I walk into the town that I see in front of me called "housoy" . I'm not sure what language that is but I can't read it. I got to find a place where I can find out where I am. As I'm walking I see beast creatures. Wow these were not from where I'm from. I've never seen these things on earth. Wait no don't tell me was I summoned across the world while I was dying? 

Alright let's see what this new town is and where I can get some information. I look around the city street on a dirt road with small buildings around. Wow it looks like I'm in the countryside but nonetheless it's been an alright experience. I have to go find Danté as soon as possible cause I'm just as lost as anyone would be. Hopefully there's people here who can understand me. I do miss my brother but I don't know if he's alive or dead. Maybe he got transported here because I remembered I was stabbed too. I don't even know if I died or not but I do think I should at least try to look for my brother.

As I walk down the street I see a bar that looks a little run down with a broken sign that I can't even try to pronounce with sounding racist but it seems like I might be able to make some money here for a little

. "Helloooo" I shouted. 

Now that I think about it that may have not been the smartest thing I could have done in this situation. I feel the stares on me as if their eyes are crawling all over me giving me goosebumps type of feeling.

 I sat on the bar stool to talk to the old bartender who is wearing what looks to be silver glasses with a pocket watch in his hand. The bar seemed old and had to be around for at least 20 years before I even came here. There were 3 men near me and this one woman who stood out.

"What can I get for you?" The bartender called out to me as I sat down.

Good to know that I can understand him and hopefully the people here.

"Hello I'm from out of town. Do you know anywhere where I can get some money or something?" I asked.

 "I'm sorry there's no jobs available for you but there may be others here who may want to hire you" He said with a sad frown.

"Thanks for the help I'll see if I can ask them"

A man approached me from behind startling me.

"Hello young mister it looks like we got a newcomer in town here" a random mysterious man said to me. 

His hair was a deep bark blonde, the type I hated. "Yeah I'm new to this town, what do you want?" I told him off. "What the hell type attitude is that? Is that anyway to talk to your superiors?"

I was somewhat fit but I don't think I could win this fight with my strength at the moment because he has 2 of his henchmen behind him.

 "You know what I was wrong I'll admit that I was rude but was that anyway to talk to someone you've never met before?" I said while I put both my hands up.

"What the hell are you trying to say about me punk?"

I stood up from the bar stool and turned around to leave the bar because I was beyond mad and my first priority was to find a job of some sort.

 "Screw that guy" he said to his henchmen.

He turned his attention to the woman eating a few stools from where I was.

"Hey miss, let me buy you a drink" he asked.

 "Sorry I'm not in the mood to drink right now, but I'm sure some of you little dogs would love a drink with their master" she said. 

"Who do you think you are, you bitch" he shouted.

The dark blonde man grabs that woman around the neck. The woman then grabs the arms around her neck and twists the hands which causes them to release. She grabs the mans head and slams it hard on the ground causing a big scene and a loud sound that caught me by surprise. 

 "Sorry Edward, I didn't mean to cause a ruckus but you saw how he was acting" she said towards the bartender.

His name is Edward?

 "I'll allow it this one time, Elara" Edward said.

 The young lady named Elara ran past me after she apologized to the bartender. I turn toward her as she's leaving, making eye contact with her, having the feeling that we will meet again. The girl I saw had beautiful dark jet black hair while her eyes were a nice red velvet and her skin looked as if it was nice and soft like a pillow. She also had a white tail that didn't fit with the vibes she gave off. Her tail waggled a little as if it was reacting to me. The clothes she was wearing were as if she were an adventurer wearing some light leather armor. I walked over to the dirty bar where the dark blonde was knocked unconscious. 

"Darius please wake up" his henchmen pleaded to him.

That dumb blonde's name is Darius. HAHAHA. What the hell type of name is that? Alright, alright I need to get a hold of myself before I blurt out laughing.

I looked over the bar and walked towards the bartender Edward.

I'm not sure if I can call him Edward because it seems a little disrespectful knowing I just met him and all.

"Hey bartender, who was that girl?" I asked him. 

"Elara? Why do you want to know about her?" 

"I'm not sure but I feel something about her like she and I are intertwined. I'm from out of town looking for someone. I'm not sure if she can help me but that would be appreciated "

"Alright you want to know more about her ill tell you what i know personally about her. Elara is a powerful spellcaster but she's not properly trained and she has the blood of the Queen of darkness from over 10,000 years ago running in her veins. The Queen of darkness who killed over half the population and it took the top 10 mages in the world to seal her up. Elara is the lone wolf type of person; she doesn't really work with other people but she has a kind heart. The only reason she even comes to this dump is to get food so im probably the only person who actually interacts with her by choice" He said.

What the hell? They got mages and magic here in this world? God damn that's cool as hell. I hope I've got some magic power. It's totally something cool like ice affinity or fire affinity. I really hope I get something cool. 

"It must be hard for her" I said.

"It is because when the witch is mentioned everyone gives a glare to her. I know you're from out of town but how do you not know the witch of darkness?"

"Uh my parents never really told me and I was never taught about her" Well damn what can I do in this situation? I had to make up a lie on the spot.

"Well I can't tell you what her magic proficiency is because… well no one knows and I'm sure even Elara doesn't know" he said.

 "Thanks for your time I'll just go and look for a place to earn some money" I said.

I stood up from the bar stool I was sitting on and headed to the exit. 

"Now before I do anything I think I need to earn some money" I muttered to myself.