Shadow World: Rise of the King

*Somewhere in Kingdom of white bricks in a dimension of some universe, a market place was bustling with activity, merchants of various shapes size and species yelling to sell of their products, all around the people walked, some on an evening stroll, some out for shopping dinner and some just because. All under the evening copper sky and the watchful eyes of the three suns. A little away from the market place was the sound of explosion and crowd cheering. Another magical duel was taking place in the arena. Ignorant to all a kid was playing in the center of the busiest street of the market*

*A black colored bejeweled carriage was being pulled by 6 four-eyed horses. A menacing look in their eyes, their jaws snapping and mouths frothing as they ran. The little kid was still lost in his game when the carriage entered the market*

*The kid screamed in joy as he ran to catch the ball, as he fell*

*People scattered away at the sight of the charging horses. The beasts ran with the intention of trampling anyone and everyone that dared crossing their path*

*The little kid started crying as he saw the carriage approaching and a look of fear dawned on his face*

*The horses neighed angrily as the reigns were pulled and the carriage came to stop right before it trampled the child*

*The door of the carriage opened and first to exit was a double-bladed lance, at least 7 feet tall, the staff was black while the blades were golden. Near the hilt of every blade was a skull shaped ornate and at the eyes of the skull were two gems, giving the feeling that the skull was looking into the souls of its victim. The marketplace halted at the sight of the carriage and the lance*

*Next to exit the carriage was a big muscular hooved leg. The leg was deep violet in color, but something was wrong. The leg was massive in size and anyone who the leg belonged to should not have been able to fit inside a carriage that small. When he came into full view, the terror on the faces of the public was justified. He was a towering giant at 10 feet tall. His huge torso weighed upon his 4 muscular legs. He was a centaur half horse and half something! His legs and back were covered with armor, a chainmail so perfect you couldn't find a kink in it. His torso bare, except for the huge necklace with countless gem that covered most of his massive chest. His face and body like his legs were of a deep violet color. His white beard long reaching his chest. His canines extending beyond their respective lips giving a permanent beastly look to the centaur*

*But the most terrifying thing about him wasn't his massive size, his lance or the maddening gleam in his eyes. The scariest part was his smile. Standing next to him a vampire in his bloodlust frenzy would look friendlier. As his gaze shifted around, everyone knelt to the ground and bowed*

*As hundreds of people bowed and stayed motionless on the ground, the centaur slowly moved towards the boy. The boy bare chested had the body of a normal human while his head the mixture of a human and an anteater. His face normal like a man but where his lips should be, he had a long trunk like mouth. While the centaur calmly moved towards the kid, the kid slowly backed away*

*The centaur reached the boy and picked him up. The crying boy suddenly stopped and beamed with joy, being lifted by the ruler himself. Up and up the kid went while an obvious glee reflected on his face*

*Drip*

*The kid let out a shriek of agony and surprise when the centaur suddenly pierced him with his lance*

*Drip*

*The kid whimpered and screamed. The centaur stood calmly not an emotion on his face*

*Drip*

*The kid screamed and screamed. The crowd watched motionless*

*Drip*

*The kid’s whimpering finally stopped and the centaur threw away the lifeless body. Not once did anyone move. Not once did anyone protest. Not even one soul cried for the boy and not one person trembled with his screams*

*Throwing away the lifeless corpse, the centaur looked at the crowd, and screamed*

“Worship me!!!”

*And as if on cue, the entire marketplace came back to life. Hundreds of people all stood up and started chanting in unison*

“All hail king Ponytus!”

“All hail king Ponytus!”

*And then he went on in his chariot as if nothing had happened*

*Young Rafael woke up with a scream*

“Not this dream again”

*He poured a glass of water and when he was about to drink when he noticed someone in the window*

*There was an old man staring down at him. He was wearing a black robe and his face was covered by a black hood. Only thing that was visible was his long white beard that extended up to his chest. He was holding the window open with one hand and with the other he was holding a staff*

“There is no time Rafael! There is no time at all.”

*Rafael again woke up with a scream and pinched himself*

“Ow! So, I am finally awake.”

*It was the third time this week, Rafael had been seeing a dream within a dream and it was always the same dream*

*The next day Rafael was waiting for the bus when he saw the same old man from his dream at the opposite side of the road. He was about to cross when a car passed in front of him and the man disappeared*

“Hey pal!”

*Rafael turned to find a cheerful blonde guy coming towards him. His name was max and coincidentally he was also Rafael’s best friend*

*They boarded the bus together and Rafael was about to tell him about his dream when he heard*

#People are in danger and Rafael you are needed! #