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Chapter 3 - Scarlet Dawn

The air is cold

The sun is blocked by the moon. An eclipse

The sky is blood red

Roses and Flora are wilting

Alca walks through a hallway of a manor.

Windows are broken and the shards of it's glass are all over the floor. It's curtains ripped and shredded

Stains of blood are spread across and corpses of servants scatter the hallway

Alca scared and trembling holding a book on her hands very tightly, comes across a room with a open door.

Looking through it she sees something.. something humanoid in appearance eating

It's body has no skin just flesh. It's bones made to be blades on each of it's arms eating on a corpse of a old man with scarlet red eyes

Alca steps back, fearful and afraid of what she saw, and a sudden sound of glass cracking fills the hall as Alca accidentally steps into a piece of glass

Hearing the sound of glass the creature of flesh turns around to look at Alca, It's face is smooth and featureless except for a mouth, Chest is veiny and radiating with energy and has a crimson stone on where a human's heart would be

Alca legs trembling and unable to move from the fear she is experiencing, her breathing fast and heavy, as tears up from what is happening

The monstrous creature steps forward and lunges towards Alca, it's bone bladed hands faced towards her

Alca gasps at the sudden movements of the being, closes her eyes and prepares for the worst

Before the creature gets closes to her

BOOM!

A fireball lands on it straight at it's face

"UWRUAHHHH!" The creature screams in pain

As a man on his early twenties runs through the hall and picks up the scared Alca and carries her in his hands as he runs through

"ORROUUUGHHH!!" The creature screams angry, as someone has took it's prey

Running through the halls Alca hold the man tightly scared for her life

"It's alright.. Don't be scared everything will be fine" The man tells Alca

Alca opening her eyes sees the features of the man, his hair white as snow but Alca cannot seem to see his facial features

"OORRROUGHHH!!" The creature screams as it chases them down

It's footsteps as it runs are heavy the floorboards breaking at it's every step, getting close to them quickly

Energy begins to radiate energy from the man as a glowing sphere appears in front of im and expands into a glowing circle with two sigils begins to go around him

"Festinatio. Corpus. Accelerate!" The man chants

The circle collapses, it's energy covering his body as his movements becomes faster and start to gain distance on the creature

Running through the manor's halls and stairs only the sight of a massacre only fills on what should be a decorated and peaceful manor

Finally running through the main doors the Man and Alca finally gets outside and meets with a woman waiting for them outside

"Is she alright?!" The woman asks with a worries tone

"She's fine." The man replies

Suddenly a montrous and loud screech ruining their reunion

Looking around for the sound Alca's eyes widen in fear as she sees a serpentine creature in the blood red sky

The creature having what looks like wings on it's sides, it's gifantic mouth open and agape, and a crimson spike stands tall on top of it's head

Having no understanding of what kind of creatures they are facing. The 3 runs away panicking and scared

Looking at them running away from it the serpent's spike sinks down on it's head and the spike goes down and unto it's mouth, once agape now a spear

The serpent dives down from the air and charges towards them like an arrow. Ramming unto them and knocking them away from each each other

Alca battered and bruised, looks up weakly at the serpent looking down at them as she slowly closes her eyes as her consciousness fades

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The moon still shining in the night sky as Alca jolts awake, cold sweat covering her breathing heavily and quickly

"That nightmare.. again.." Alca mutters to herself and sighs

"It all felt... So real..."

"I wonder.. What are those creatures..? Who are those people..? And why.. do they all look familiar..?" Alca asks, looking at the sky looking for an answer but knowing she will not get any

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