Hello everyone this is my first fan-fiction. I'm trying out a new style: It's first person, but switches between each main character. Anyways, not excepting apps for this story, sorry but i have a storyline fleshed out. Here it is!
Prologue: Planetfall
Flare’s Perspective.
Thrust, block, slash, sidestep, lunge, feint, duck. “This guy is good!” I thought, as I sparred with my training partner up in the Skylark. “Well he is a much higher rank than me.” The training hall was full of the clash of sword on sword as the trainees dueled. My opponent feinted forward then slashed towards my feet. I leapt back and countered with an upward thrust. He deflected my thrust off his shield and while I was off balance he hit me with his shield. I stumbled backwards and regained my balance, quickly going on the offensive I feinted down and slashed upwards. He easily blocked it and thrust at my helmet. I ducked and spun my foot around, sweeping him off his feet and put my sword to his neck. “I win.” I panted,
” Looks like you did” replied Rhendon as he got back up, “The leg sweep was unexpected, where’d you get that from?”
“I, uh, don’t know actually I acted on instinct there.” I replied, still out of breath.
Lieutenant Feron had come over to tell us something. “Nice job Flare you’re getting especially good with the sword.” He told me.
“Thanks, uh Sir.” I stammered out. I was surprised he’d noticed, he usually is watching the other recruits, and correcting their mistakes.
“Hey Flare you deserve a break” Rhendon said clapping me on the back.
“Ok.” That was fine by me I was wiped. I walked over to the break room and sat down on a bench. Almost immediately another recruit popped up and walked over to me.
“Um, hi what can I do for you?” I asked.
“Oh, I was wondering if you could give me a few pointers with the sword, my name is Ted and I’m not very good, so please?”
“Sure thing” I replied “The first tip is to always keep your sword up and also-” I didn’t get any farther because at that moment an explosion rocked the entire ship and threw us off our feet. “What in the world.” I began,
then the intercom crackled and broadcasted “Everyone get to the escape pods the Skylark is going down.”
“Oh no!” Shouted the recruit named Ted. “We better get to the escape pods!” We dashed out of the break room and through the locker room. I stopped for a second to grab my brandish, it was a present for passing initiation. I couldn’t leave it behind. Ted was already gone when I left the rooms. I ran to the escape pod bay and found one as I was looking someone almost ran into me. Better get moving! As I got in I saw the senior knights helping the younger ones get strapped in. I saw Ted being helped by Rhendon. As I strapped myself in, I hoped for the best as I pressed the launch button, and pod launched out into space. Out of the front view window I saw an alien planet getting closer and closer, outside the side window I saw other pods streaking past to the unknown world. My pod raced through the clouds and landed on the top of a valley. I opened the pod door and looked outside into this mysterious world. I wonder what awaits me.
Will’s Perspective
“Man I loooooove guard duty.” I thought to myself as I lounged in my seat. It was my turn to man one of the small turrets on the Skylark. The view was great, but other than that it was mind-numbing boredom. I fiddled with my Blaster, a present for passing initiation, but that was a year ago. The gun was useful, and I kept it with me a lot. I checked the clock for the umpteenth time hoping my shift was up, and one minute had passed. Then out of nowhere something passed by the window, “What the?” I said to myself as I sat up and looked over to where it floated. It was a small chunk of asteroid, no bigger than my head. Just when things might have been interesting. Wait a sec, asteroid? What’s that doing here, are we approaching an asteroid belt? All of a sudden, there was an explosion. The alarm went off and the intercom told everyone to get to the escape pods. I slipped the Blaster into my belt and ran out into the hallway. I knew where the pod bay was so I ran towards it. I wonder what’s happened because the Skylark is a pretty solid ship. I asked one of the new recruits as he ran by.
“I heard something hit the ship.” He said shortly before continuing to the pod bay. What hit the ship? I ran towards the most damaged zone. I saw a gaping hole in the floor, well so much for my curiosity, I’m outta here. I sprinted to the pod bay and almost ran into someone, as I found a pod and strapped myself in. For one second I wondered if we would just float in space, or if there was a planet nearby. I pushed the eject button and felt the pod launch into space. Outside the window I saw the Skylark’s engines smoking and it started to tilt towards the planet the pods were falling towards. I turned to the front window as my pod broke the atmosphere and plummeted to the surface. The pod landed in a rocky formation down in a valley. I opened the door, and stepped out into the awaiting world. I looked around and turned my communication antennae on and hoped someone would contact me. Most of the higher ranking knights would have a radio to detect signals like mine. Inside the pod was a survival kit as well as proto gear, I took the proto gun and shield, but left the sword. Blades were never my strong skill. The shield might come in handy though, and I waited on a rock for someone to contact me. Beep, I jumped at the sudden sound, and realized it was my com. “Hello?” I asked into it.
“Identify yourself.” came the reply.
“This is Apprentice Will” I replied “may I ask who this is?”
“This is Rhendon, and I’m tracking your coordinates from camp.”
“What camp?” I asked puzzled.
“The spiral knights have set up a rescue camp and are searching for escape pods. I’m sending you the coordinates now.” Rhendon said and a map appeared on my helmets HUD.
“I’ll be there as soon as I can sir.” I reported the camp wasn’t too far that was a plus, the downside was that it was through the valley. The valley was filled with rocks of all sizes and it would be hard to navigate. Better start now I guess. I was picking my way through the rocks silently the way I was taught when I heard a noise. It was something heading at a right angle towards me. The rocks in the valley made it almost like a maze. I climbed up on a rock next to me and crawled over towards the noise as quietly as I could. I got to the edge and peeked over trying to see who, or what, it was. I just missed it as it rounded a corner away from me. It was moving slow so I could sneak up behind it. I slowly made my way to the corner and got my proto gun out. I counted down in my head, 3, 2, 1, “here goes nothing,” I stepped forward around the corner, while loading the blaster and I pointed it towards the sound.
Ted’s Perspective
My opponent’s proto sword smashed into my shield. The impact jarred my arm, and I couldn’t raise it for the next swing. I tried parrying it with my sword and it was knocked it from my grasp. I glanced quickly at it then raised my shield. It wasn’t a second too late as my opponents sword collided with the proto shield. I blocked a couple of hits, and then fumbled for my proto gun, before I could draw it my opponent jumped forward and knocked me onto the ground with his shield. I looked up, and shrugged “oh well, maybe next time.” I had lost my ninth sparring match in the training room. The other recruit helped me up
“You’ll do better next time” he encouraged I went over to a bench and watched other sparring matches. Most were pretty quick but then I saw a heated match between a recruit, and recon knight Rhendon. They exchanged blows, then the recruit finished the fight with a leg sweep, that surprised the senior soldier. Compared to me this recruit was really good. I saw Feron walk over and I heard his name, Flare. I saw Flare head to the break room and decided to ask him for some tips. When I went in and asked him, the alarm went off and suddenly before I knew what was happening I was in an escape pod and hurtling towards the alien planet. I looked out the small window and could see multiple other pods streaking by. The pod crashed onto the edge of a valley, and as soon as I caught my breath the pod rolled into the valley. When it finally stopped, I crawled out with the survival kit and proto gear. I strapped the shield on, and holstered the blaster. I looked in the pod to see if there was a way to call for help. There was a button that was emitting a small beep, I pushed it and a map appeared showing a camp somewhere through the valley. I decided I had no time to lose and set off through the small rocky valley. The rocky valley was maze-like and I was taking a lot longer than I thought it would. As I walked along I suddenly noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. I immediately became nervous and held my sword at the ready for a bit. As I walked through the rocky maze I came to a clearing where the rocks were more flat and not a maze. As soon as I stepped into the middle three canine-like animals appeared at the top of the valley on both sides. I looked around at their fierce faces and slowly switched to the proto gun, I raised it and aimed at the closest one. They didn’t realize what the blaster was until an energy bolt slammed into one of them. It was thrown back with a yelp and they all hesitated. Then the biggest one growled and they all leapt into the clearing. I shot at another one but missed, then switched to my sword and held my shield up, ready to defend myself.
Aaaand done! Comments and Criticism plz!
Chapter 1: The meeting
After I exited the pod, I got my gear together: proto gear minus the gun because I still had my brandish with me. I learned where the rescue camp was so I set out down and through the valley. Huh, maybe I shouldn’t have gone down into the valley. Valley was a rocky maze that was very confusing. I kept my hand on my brandish and slowly made my way through the maze. It was when I had rounded a corner and had gone a couple of steps when I heard a slight sound from behind me. It was rounding the corner towards me. I spun on my heel and in one swift motion drew my brandish from its scabbard. By the time I had fully turned around I had my proto shield up and sword at the ready to face, a proto gun? I lowered my shield slowly as the gunman did the same. He was a knight, like me, but looked a little older and had light-blue armor.
“Who are you?” He asked
“I’m Flare, a new recruit to the skylark.”
“New recruit? Recruits don’t have brandishes. The name’s Will, nice to meet you Flare.”
“Nice to meet you to Will.” I replied then I thought of something “Are you heading to the rescue camp?”
He nodded and replied, “Did Rhendon contact you too?”
“Rhendon? No my pod showed me a map to it.”
“Oh” He replied. “Well let’s get on our way.” We picked our way through the maze for a few minutes then Will held a hand out to stop me. “Hear that?” He said in a low voice.
“What is it?” I replied in a whisper.
“I hear… trouble. C’mon!” He exclaimed and bolted towards the noise. Say what? I ran after him sword in hand ready for anything.
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As Flare and I ran to the noise it got louder and louder. I noticed Flare I little behind me and I used the time to vault up onto the higher rocks and continued running. As we reached a clearing I drew my Blaster and took in the view for a sec, taking in the situation. A recruit in Proto gear was fending off a pack of, wolf-fox things, and was being cornered by the remaining five monsters. I put my shield on my back, and drew my proto gun. Flare glanced at me and I nodded, he charged towards the five and I shot one of them with my Blaster and another with my proto gun. I only got those two before Flare leapt into the middle of them and slashed all around him with his brandish. I jumped off the rock I was on and fought my way to the rookie who was watching with wide eyes. When I got up next to him I asked if he was ok.
“Yeah I didn’t get wounded, my armor protected me.” He reported. Flare was taking care of the remaining three. He slashed downwards and knocked one out, then he blocked a lunge with his shield and shield bashed the monster in the snout. The final one had been hanging back, now that it was left we could see it was bigger than the rest. I raised my Blaster and holstered the proto gun, putting the shield back on my arm. I walked forwards and Whispered to Flare,
“Be careful Flare, this ones the alpha.”
“Yeah I got that.” He replied. We spread out going on either side, the canine focused on Flare more. It must have seen him take out his pack. I slowly got around to its back and raised my Blaster. I squeezed off three shots at it but it absorbed the energy bolts. It rounded on me, but before it could pounce, Flare leapt onto its back. It bucked around, and threw him off before he could drive his sword into it. Flare was launched back and hit his head, he was knocked out from the impact. The Alpha advanced on me growling. I fired my pistol but it dodged the blast. It leapt towards me but in the middle of its leap something slammed into it, knocking it a couple feet to the side. I looked over and saw the young recruit drive his sword into its hide. Then all of the canines dissolved, leaving behind some coins, and some little orbs of red energy. The energy flowed into our weapons and the glowed, “That’s some courage rookie.” I said, “What’s your name?”
He looked up and replied, “Oh uh, Ted” He stammered.
“Well go get Flare I’ll get, some sort of stretcher made. Then we’ll get to the rescue camp.” I climbed up the valley and made a crude stretcher out of leaves. We navigated through the rocky valley and when we made it out we could see the rescue camp up ahead. We had made it.
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