Dawn- An age of Darkness

A few hours into the future, in a forest covered in darkness, two girls faced off against each other. One had a fiery sword blazing like the sun while, the other, a cold blade like the moon. The first girl was injured and her left hand was rendered useless but she refused to yield: her ears were a tad larger than a human's. The fate of her people, the fate of her friends depended on her.

But the second the demon girl just grinned and was completely unharmed. The darkness was the eternal cover and the stars provided little light. But neither of them had any trouble glaring at each other.

"Give up. There's nothing you can do." Taunted the demon girl.

"Unfortunately elves can be quite tenacious, so don't just mark them for dead just yet." The first girl was an elf and behind her was a group of elves who at first glance seemed frozen. They were also surrounded by the undead on all fronts but the undead never made any attempts to come forward, as if they were afraid.

The demon girl chuckled and swayed with the wind and darkness. "Oh, but this was a grand curse. Believe me, when I say this unless you are a true mage, you can never escape such fate. Meaning, anyone but you have already-" The demon kept on laughing.

The elf gritted her teeth glared. She didn't want to hear those words but she couldn't deny them either. She was still standing but the same couldn't be told about her companions. They were here to survey the forest and ease the terror of the undead. But inside this forest, they'd met something far more sinister. A demon of the highest born; a Monarch.

"Why do this? Aren't they supposed to be your people?" The elf asked.

The demon was perplexed and looked at the elf with a surprised face. "My people?" The demon amused then burst into laughter. "Are you dumb?"

The elf was helpless against this foe or perhaps just outclassed. She was strong in her own right, but against a monster like this, she could do little. Farewell... farewell, father. The elf's final thoughts weren't really even for herself.

"Playtime's over." The demon raised her hand and floated in the air- preparing what seemed like a large ball of water, but then she came to a halt. "Oh? Looks like we have a guest." Her grin widened and the ball of water dispersed. "I'll be right back." But before leaving she said a chant and the undead surrounding the elves launched an attack on them.

"Wait!" The elf screamed but it was to no avail.

The undead's target was the lone elf, meaning she had to run far enough or the undead would harm the frozen elves. So there was only one thing she could do….. Hope that she could keep this up till morning.

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