Darkness Falls

Chapter 1,

 

It was an ordinary afternoon in Elftopia, school was finished for the younger elves, elves were out and about in the street and parks. Although every afternoon was similar. This afternoon wasn't ordinary for Tera, a fourteen-year-old elf. He lived on the hundredth floor in the Tower of Light. Tera was just about to set up for the final scene of Dungeons and Dragons, when there was a loud, "RING." Tera knew it was his friends. He opened the door and them in. Tera's friends weren't elves, they were a dragon human named Mark, a wizard named Gusto, and a giant named Tromp. They all gathered in Tera's living room and started to play. Tera loved to play Dungeons and Dragons. The group played and had fun until darkness fell, then they all dispersed to their own homes. He enjoyed today's game. The "adventures" had beaten the scene. 

Meanwhile, in the outskirts of town a mysterious prophet that could predict the movement of darkness, sat on his wooden stool and looked into a mist glass ball. He was looking at Tera through the ball. The prophet then said, "Ah, but it would have been like this if Tera didn't have that pesky necromancer power..." The prophet then disappeared in a ball of smoke... 

 

Chapter 2,

 

Five days later, Tera met with his friends at Gusto's small cottage where he practiced his spells and magic. The friends were at his house because apparently he found an old spell book containing spells even his grandfather didn't know. Once everyone arrived, the group ventured into the gloomy attic where the book was found by Gusto. Gusto brought out the book, it was covered by a layer of dust and had started to decay. The cover had a giant onyx that radiated power. They all looked at the book as he flipped the first page. Inside were pages upon pages of spells, here were darkness detecting spells, transformation spells, and dark magic.

"Wow!" they all said.

"Whose book is this, it must have been a great magician's," Mark asked.

"I believe this is," Gusto said, "Warlock Kurt's, the only magician that ever served on the elder circle."

"Maybe we can try out some of these spells," Tera said.

"Which one?" Gusto asked.

"This one," Tera said as he pointed at the darkness-detecting spell in the spell book.

They all agreed and Gusto pulled out his wand then read the directions. After reading, he pointed his wand up and said something in a whisper then three beams of light came out of the tip. The three beams went toward the others, Tera's beam was bigger than the other ones and seemed to travel faster. The beams went through the friends and disappeared.

"What just happened?" Tromp asked.

"Well the book says the bigger and faster the beam, the more darkness  that person has," Gusto explained, "So that means."

"Tera is full of darkness."

At that moment, Tera glowed with a dark gloomy light and said, "I serve the bloodline of the necromancers and The Spirit of Darkness," he then fainted.

 

Chapter 3,

Tera was floating in an infinite void, all he could see was darkness, there were other things: skulls, artifacts from long ago and crowns encrusted with nuummite and opal. Tera had no idea where he was or if this was even real. Then, the skeleton of a king passed him and said, "In the twilight of despair, a young Necromancer rises. With courage and strength you shall face The Spirit of Darkness, a formidable foe, will stand before you, shrouded in dread. But fear not, for your spirit shines brighter than the darkest night. Beware though, for the darkness may turn you. Victory shall be yours only if you desire it. Stand firm, for the fate of who you care about rests in your hands!" Tera, still dizzy, was confused as to what it meant but one thing he knew for certain was that he was a necromancer.

 

Chapter 4,

 

Tera woke up, his friends were gathered around him in relief. He told them what he had seen and about how he was a  descendent of the necromancy bloodline. The friends told him about the startling news they had found out, he was plagued with darkness most likely from his new power. The friends gathered and discussed what to do. "We should meet with that prophet that can help people with the darkness," Mark suggested. So, they head out to the outskirts of town.

After a short walk, they arrived at the cottage, where an elf dressed in a dark, long robe answered their knock. They all gathered in a small dining room, then Tera recounted what had happened at Gusto's house. The unnamed prophet stood up and went to grab something. The prophet returned with a scroll that had started to fade in color. Inside there were images of The Spirit of Darkness, the spirit was like the Grim Reaper but its cloak was made of pure darkness and was woven by Spirits of Death. The prophet then spoke, "You are full of too much darkness even I can't cure it, so you must save your soul by conquering The Spirit of Darkness. The spirit likes to take over settlements by destroying them in the dark. I sense that The Spirit of Darkness is going to try to take over the small village of Tonister, you must confront him there."

 

Chapter 5,

 

After being told by the prophet to head to Tonister, they had head off. 

On the way, the friends traveled through a dark forest. Inside they heard the cries for help from a creature. As they traveled deeper into the forest, the cries became louder and more urgent. The group finally found the source of the cries for help, they were coming from a bright spirit, the spirit was like the opposite of The Spirit of Darkness, it radiated heat and light. surrounded by darkness. The group started to attack the darkness, Tromp tried smashing it, Mark was breathing fire on it, Gusto was casting some spell and Tera was standing off to the side thinking. The darkness slowly parted due to the fighting, forming a gap in the circle where only one person could pass through. This was when Tera finally acted, he ran into through the gap and saved the spirit. 

Later, the friends calmed down and wondered who the spirit was. Mark asked the spirit, "Who are you and why are you here?" 

"Hi my name is Spark," the spirit answered, "I'm The Spirit of Darkness's sister, but don't worry, I hate him."

"Can you help us with something?" Tera asked.

"Okay, but what is it?" Spark asked. 

"I need to destroy your brother so I can get rid of the darkness in me," Tera explained to Spark.

"If you want to destroy him all you have to do is capture him in Tonister," Spark said, "He is going to attack the south side first, so you need to get him while he is distracted."

 

Chapter 6,

 

Once everybody was in position at the south side of Tonister, they waited and waited until darkness fell. Now that it was dark, the spirit had the most power. The only way you can take him down is by shining him with light and then destroying him. 

Tera was sitting behind a wall, and was supposed to be the last one to attack. He waited until he finally saw the spirit, the spirit radiated dark energy and power, it was floating on darkness, it was almost invisible in the dark and he was definitely going to be a problem. 

Mark attacked first, he tried shining a flashlight in the Spirit's face but missed and fell due to an attack from the spirit. Gusto went second, casting a light spell but was caught off guard by the Spirit and also got knocked out. After Tromp went carrying a lantern and almost destroyed the spirit but failed because he was too loud. This was when Tera attacked he jumped out with a flashlight and froze the spirit in its tracks. He suddenly felt a surge of dark power and was going to help the spirit but he overcame the darkness and finished the spirit with a slice from a knife he found at his hiding spot.

After the spirit was defeated, Tera instantaneously felt the gloomy powers fade away. He was relieved and brought his friends to the hospital in Tonister, where they healed from their injuries. After all this adventuring, the group headed home and sat down for a new scene of Dungeons and Dragons at Tera's house.