The Reapers Arrival

I feel a hand on my shoulder as the train shakes slightly on the track, I glance to my right. Ms. Lydia smiles as she sits in the empty seat beside me giving me a gentle smile.

I pull my headphones out. "Whats up?"

She glances towards the back of the train car where my other classmates are. "You don't have a group yet, I was wondering if you wanted to join-"

I put one headphone back in. "Thanks for the offer but I prefer to be alone."

She playfully pushes my arm as she persists Luke walks up to us. "Ms. Lydia dont bother, that nerd is always by himself. You don't need to be nice to him."

I glance up at him. "Are you jealous im getting her attention? How sweet."

He glares at me looking flustered. "Shut your mouth!"

I smile. "How about you make me?"

He steps closer and Ms. Lydia stands up to stop him. the bullet train shakes again. I look towards the front we are headed into a tunnel.

The moment we enter a magic circle opens in front of our train car swallowing it whole. I stand up as the train car disintegrates around us the sound of twisting metal echos through the tunnel. I flick open my mint container tossing one into my mouth. the portal caught our car and the one behind us.

I put my duffle bag on my shoulder and the mints back inside my bag as everything starts to become visible. we are standing in the middle of a forest the wind blows gently and the sky shows signs of rain.

The upperclassmen along with some faculty and the Idol group that where on board rush over to us. "What just happened!?"

Ms. Lydia tells everyone to calm down in a nervous voice. I glance back at everyone. "form a circle, girls get in the center."

Everyone looks confused luke steps closer to me pushing me in the chest. "Don't order us around nerd-"

I laugh slightly fixing my jacket. "If you feel like dying don't listen to me, I could care less."

They get into a circle formation with the girls in the middle two carriages pull up with bandits and a few men on horseback.

The bald guy on the armored horse rides up to the front. he must be the leader the look on his face is telling nobody should be in this area. "what are you people doing here?"

I smile stepping forward confidently. "We are slave traders, as you can see we have several women to choose from."

He looks me over. "You're the leader?"

I nod he hops down walking over. With each step I scan his movement's he is focused on the girls. "you have some high quality goods here-"

He reaches out for Ms. Lydia. I quickly grab the dagger on his belt reaching up grabbing the back of his armor, I pull him down to my level stabbing him in the heart. I drop his lifeless corpse to the ground beside me like the garbage he is.

I turn throwing the dagger through one of the horseback bandits heads as he tumbles off the horses panic slightly. I grab the leaders shield blocking the archers arrow. I spin as a bolt of lightning barely misses me. it passes my behind me killing the bandit that decided to teleport behind me to get a quick kill.

Poor bastard.

I use my spinning momentum to throw the shield over the lightning bolts stream. It follows it back up to the mage breaking his neck with an audible snap he hits the dirt with a thud. I reach back grabbing the dagger from the dead bandit as he falls.

I throw it at the archer killing him before he gets another shot out. I look at the last bandit on the horse he drops his spear turning around to ride away.

I grab a rock from the ground tossing it up and down in my hand a few times this should be heavy enough. I wait for him to get far enough then throw it knocking him off the horse he screams grabbing his shoulder. The horse takes off into the woods and I walk over dragging him through the mud back to the carriages.

He begs me to spare him, I toss him against the carriage. "Shut it."

He starts to speak again I squat down grabbing a short sword lying on the ground next to us. I look it over spinning it in my hand while glancing at him. "What did I just say?"

He looks terrified going silent. "Im gonna ask you a few questions I want quick answers and if you lie to me... Well... lets just hope you don't. okay?"

He nods, I glance up at the side of the carriage wagging the sword at it. "That crest on the side of the carriage, its a royal crest. you don't look like guards to me. So that means either you stole it or it was given to you."

He breaks out in a cold sweat. "W-We stole it! We are bandits after all I-"

I stab him in the thigh. he screams in agony. "You have some balls to lie to me on the first question."

He breaths heavily tearing up. "T-The duke... The duke gave it to us. we where just taking it to the location we always do. we drop it off and leave no questions asked. it's easy money, please I beg you just let me go. i wont tell anyone about you guy's."

I pull the sword out of his thigh he winces gritting his teeth. "You're gonna take me to that drop off."

He nods I toss him onto the cart to drive I get on beside him looking at all the stunned faces. "get in, luke you try to drive the other cart."

He nervously nods heading to the other cart everyone splits between the two carts and 3 remaining horse's. We ride for a while I have him stop the carriages.

He looks at me. "the drop off is just up ahead."

I put my hand through the small window behind us. "im aware, Lydia give me that rope."

She blushes slightly handing it to me. I tie him up to the cart hopping down. he looks at me. "where are you going?"

I unsheathe part of the short sword looking at it then sheathing it again. "Im gonna deal with something, I'll be right back."

Luke hops down off his carriage. "I'll go with you-"

I glance back biting down on the mint in my mouth activating an illusion spell making me look like a 5 year old boy. "No thanks, I work better alone. you hold down the fort and keep an eye on him."

He nods everyone stares in shock. I walk down the path the cool breeze feels nice the sound of rain hitting the forest floor brings back a lot of old memories.

After a few minutes I come up on a mansion. Its out of place and doesn't match it's surroundings. I glance down, my clothes are to perfect to be walking around in the woods at my age. I use wind magic to tater my clothes giving me a few minor cuts. I run towards the mansion.

I bang on the door begging to be let in. the door opens a few nobles are standing there shocked. "What's going on."

I latch onto the blonde womens leg hidding behind her looking out the door shaking in fear. At the same time I use magic to cause the sound of a demon to echo from the forest. "S-Somethings out there."

She pats my head. "Don't worry we will keep you safe."

I smile thanking her. I follow her into the other room where she treats my wound and wipes my face. I scan the entire house while they're distracted and talking. a heat signature is coming from the basement.

I wait a few minutes before slaughtering everyone in the house I toss their bodies into the pantry then loot all of their valuables and read their notes. These people did some really sick thing's to people the kingdom saw as a threat.

They currently have the 3rd princess in the basement. I grab the keys to her enchanted shackles heading to the door opening it. A wave of heat hits me like opening a stove while it's on.

I walk downstairs slowly, chained on her knees is a women with ruby red hair thats glowing as red as molten metal. Her eyes are a light bluish green. They seem hallow. Bright red embers float around the room.

She looks in my direction but doesn't bother to waste the energy to speak more than a single word. "Leave..."

My body changes back to its normal size I hold the keys up they clink together like the shakles on her hands and feet. "Thats no way to talk to someone who's come to free you."

The heat gets higher and her eyes fill with a rage like fire before settling back into a hallow disparity. "Liar! Nobody would come to save me! Nobody..."

I toss the keys to the ground in front of her. "Belive me or don't. it doesn't matter to me, but I suggest you turn down the heat. melt those keys and you're never getting out of here."

The heat drops significantly, I turn walking up the stairs she calls to me. "W-Wait."

I stop 2 steps from the top with my hand on the door knob. "What?"

In a shakey voice she musters up a silent phrase. "T-Thank you."

I open the door stepping into the hall without saying a word waiting for her to release herself and climb the stairs.

I watch the door for a while, she opens the door slowly covering her chest. She must have burned off everything to keep them from messing with her.

She looks down with a look of shame on her face. I take my jacket off putting it on her zipping it up. she has huge boobs and a nice body so it looks good in all the right ways on her.

She gives me a soft smile. "Thank you."

She takes a step down the hall and almost drops. I pick her up like a princess. "I'll just carry you."

I bring her back to the carriages. The last bandit looks shocked to see her. "Princess Irina?"

I set her down she looks at him. "Who are you?"

I sigh. "He's a bandit who was ordered by a duke to bring these supplies to your captors back there."

Her eyes go hallow embers float off her hair. I flick her forehead. "Keep the fire to a minimum that jacket was expensive."

She snaps out of it. "I-Im sorry I-"

I stretch looking up at the darkening sky. "Don't worry about it. It's getting late let's just stay at the mansion and get going tomorrow."

I turn she grabs my hand I feel her shaking in fear. "D-Do we have to go back there?"

I keep walking tossing a mint into my mouth. "Yes, The monsters in this place are no joke."

I make the demon echo through the woods again. She nervously agrees following me holding onto my arm.

We unpack the carriages at the mansion. While im unpacking a box Luke is standing by the pantry with a box. "Im gonna put this in here."

I glance at him. "I wouldn't open that if I where you."

He does anyways and dead bodies fall out everyone screams. I laugh slightly going back to unpacking the box. "Told you."