• A young teenage girl stands beside her best friend and stares at the lonely kingdom with sorrow. They had traveled so far to see the kingdom of Dosheel, facing the wilderness and monsters, and this was what they found. A place of ruins that was once the girl's home. She hadn't seen the kingdom since she was five-years-old.

    "Alyssa?" Her friend leaned forward slightly to see her face. "Are you okay?"

    "Yeah. I'm fine Apeku." Alyssa answered quickly. "I'm just... disappointed." She looked up to see his face. Apeku had been her best friend since she was little. He was eager to accompany her on this journey she started. Of all the years they had known each other there was only one thing she never told him, she was the princess of this kingdom. Taken away from her home when she was very young, the kingdom collapsed. Alyssa wanted to return to her childhood home, wanting to show it to Apeku. But all she could show him was her home in ruins.

    At the castle gates Alyssa just stared. Apeku put his hand on her shoulder. "Alyssa I can't help but believe that you're hiding something from me." Apeku said and stood in front of her, gently raising he chin with a pale finger so her eyes could meet his. "Why the sudden sorrow? It's just an old castle." Alyssa suddenly tensed, sensing a foul dark energy nearby. Apeku sensed it too. "Why do you think Damien wants this kingdom so badly?" Apeku asked.

    "What anyone like me would want it for... land. The more land I have, the more land my army has to train and grow." BOOM! The whole castle began to shake violently. Damien was going to turn the whole place to dust. Alyssa stumbled backwards and fell back.

    "DON'T!" Alyssa screamed as the kingdom she missed so much began to crumble.

    "Not a chance princess! You should have gotten here a heck of a lot sooner." Damien cried from above the castle. He was sitting on a cloud of black magic.

    "A princess?" Apeku stared at Alyssa. He never knew. Alyssa suddenly darted to an opening that led underground. Apeku didn't notice it before. Alyssa was out of sight by the time Apeku reached the opening she ran through. Apeku felt evil energy behind him. He spun around and was staring at the dark king himself, Damien.

    "Looks like your princess is gone." He chuckled. Apeku tried to run into the opening to avoid a battle with Damien. A large chunk of the castle came crashing down in front of it. There was no way in. "It's a shame she used you like that." Apeku knew Alyssa wouldn't do him that way. "Don't you realize that when Alyssa claims the throne... she's going to leave you in the rain." Damien told him while unsheathing his sword. Damien was bored, and bloodshed always entertained him. Apeku unsheathed his sword too, maybe picking a fight will get him to calm down. "You disagree? It's so common, once someone is famous or enters a high-class society, those who helped get thrown out."

    "Shut-up!" Apeku gripped the handle of his sword till his knuckles turned white. Damien knew this was going to be an easy battle. A battle fought with out an unfocused mind leads to death, especially a battle fought with rage.

    "Are you sure you want to fight me? Because if I win, you know Alyssa will die. Then everything will turn to my favor." Damien snickered. Apeku was stuck, it was either fight and get killed, or don't fight and die anyway. Damien summoned a black ball of energy and threw it at Apeku. Apeku ducked and the ball shattered the stone blocking the passage way. Alyssa runs through the narrow passage as fast as her legs could manage to go. Knowing that Apeku was fighting Damien, the man who stops at nothing to get what he wants, was all she could think of. She knew that once she placed the locket she always wore on the moonlit table up ahead, whatever she wanted the kingdom to be would be the kingdom that is created. Apeku was having difficulty keeping Damien out of the passage way. It was all he could do, with Damien so quick with his attacks, Apeku couldn't find an opening to strike back. Damien verbally degraded Apeku, filling his head with feelings of doubt and worthlessness. "Alyssa only asked you to come along so you could be her slave when she becomes Queen of this wretched mess she calls home." Damien said as their swords locked together.

    "You're wrong! Alyssa would never do that to me!" Apeku hissed as he pushed Damien back. Damien stumbled back a little then lunged forward quickly and all Apeku could feel was pain. Thud! Apeku found himself staring up at the black sky as the rain began to pour. Damien grinned as he took off through the passage to find Alyssa. He could sense her fear and knew he was getting closer the stronger it got. Damien darted into a large room and saw Alyssa standing beside the mooonlit table, where the clouds parted for the moon to shine only in that spot.

    "You lost Damien. This kingdom is mine! Once I put the locket on the table it will release holy energy and it will destroy you." Alyssa warned. Damien chuckled thinking it was only a bluff. All it would take was one good stab and he could win this battle.

    "You're a pathetic little girl. You think you can scare me?" Damien lunged for her. Alyssa slammed the locket down on the table and ducked. The table exploded in holy magic, nailing Damien head on. Alyssa looked up just in time to watch him disintagrate(sp?) to nothing. The magic flowed all around the room, changing it, rushed through the passage, fixing it, and gushed outside and rebuilt and covered the whole land with light. Apeku sat up, surprised, his wound healed, and just in time too. Alyssa stood beside the moonlit table, everything had happened so fast. Damien was destroyed and everything was bright and peaceful. She began to walk back out and saw Apeku leaning against the wall, watching her.

    "You ready to face your kingdom?" He smiled and offered his hand to her. Alyssa smiled and nodded as she took his hand. The two walked together out of the passage way, leaving the horrors of the day and the whole past behind them. Ready to start the begining to a whole new adventure... the rest of their lives.