Chapter 1 : Verdaneth Haven

Verdaneth, the planet that is green as far as you can see. In the midst of the wilderness of Verdaneth was built the Verdaneth Haven. Verdaneth Haven was supposed be the academy to train young men to serve the Shardborn Emperor. The King that rules a planet that exists far away from Verdaneth.After the awakening of a person they are taken to the gate in Verdaneth to travel to the our homeplanet. Everything was going well untill our head warden got killed and was replaced by one of his subordinates. Orvell, the new head warden of our home had a very abusive way pf training kids. A person's awakening takes place when they take complete control over their body and soul, providing the person with otherwordly powers. Every person is unique and take different period of time to reach the ethereal state. The Verdaneth Haven is home to over 50,000 kids. Only 1 out of 10,000 can achieve a perfect awakening. A person's control over their body can be determined by comparing their physical strength to average humans. Spiritual control is tested by letting the person walk into the forest, a person who can control their soul can attract creatures. On that day we were to be tested for our soul control and body control. The physical test was first, we were supposed run while wearing the skull of the lions of verdaneth. Every man of our batch were struggling to run with that thing on our head and many started collapsing. But there were still a few men who were competing for the first place. But there was one person who was far ahead of all 300 of us. He reached Verdaneth before the sun was down but i reached only after the sun set. Elric, who was left alone until then, was considered a prodigy. The next the physical test continued, but this time we were told to Fight. Each were given crystals that would take you to your opponent. When i slipped throigh the crowd with the crystal in my hands i saw Elric. Elric could throw me across the room with ease but i still wanted to gove a try as we have been training for this. Elric's duel was the most awaited of all and was monitered my Orvell. As soon the duel started i threw punch with all the power i could collect from my body. Elric did not move a inch and before i could even realise he punched me right in the stomach. The punch made me fall to the floor. Just as he was about to pounce at me again, I lifted myself and caught his body and threw him to the ground. He was still unfazed. He kicked me in the chest and caused my heart to miss a beat. I thought i was fone for good and then i felt like my body was burning. Elric noticed the change in my body and gave a sneaky smile. Elric rushed to thrash me, but i was able to move faster than ever and dodged his tackle. After dodging his attack i had to return the kick and gave it right to the head. He recognised me as a threat and started getting serious. He was always thirsty for success so he would not give up that easily. After that kick he decided to end the duel. He swiftly moved towards me and started clobbering me. Without giving a chance he beat me up till i was not able to move anymore. I lost. After i woke up there were no one arpund me except Elric and my best friend, Casper. Casper was treating my wounds while scolding Elric for being too rough on me. Elric held my hand and told me," I'm sorry, I was afraid i would lose" which sounded more like a compliment than a apology to me. Elric, despite being very friendly he was never tried to develop a well defined friends' sphere but he rook a keen interest in me and Casper. Casper was physically weak but had a soothing aura and was able to relieve pain. The next day was the spiritual test. We were sent into the borders of the wilderness surrounding the Verdaneth Haven. Elric joined me and Casper that morning for the test. As we walked into the fores it was so dense that it was all almost dark. We were supposed to meditate to spread our aura around us which if was strong enough could attract animals. After the animals reach us they will keep following that person. As we were sitting there waiting for some animals we heard something walking towards us. We saw the lion of Verdaneth come out of the bushes and slowly walked towards Elric. They are called Luminera as they have luminous fur. An average Luminera is 7 feet tall. The King Luminera are 12 feet and have wings. The One that was walking towards Elric was the King of Luminera. The king started curling up and sleeping. Elric exitedly sgarted petting the King with his tiny arms. After we took a quick nap alongside the King, we heard a weird noise. It was a Pyraxis, a species of primates with reddish brown fur and orange eyes and are known to be the inventors of fire. The Pyraxis tacked me and started wrspping itselves around me. It had been a long time since we entered but Casper had not attracted any animals. Elric forced Casper to focus more. Right then the king woke up and glared at Casper and we all saw a flock of Netherflare flying towards Casper. Netherflare, a species of glowing butferfly like insect that has several mystical abilities. The Netherflares started circling around Casper as the queen landed on his finger. The Netherflares chased the dark away, even the king was perplexed after seeing them. We walked towards the Verdaneth Haven and we were the last group. Many people had attracted some small animals and insects. Orvell who was waiting for Elric was not disappointed as Elric was walking with the King. Casper also attracted a lot of eyes. I was not left alone either as the pyraxis that i tamed(not really) was the largest one of its kind and was able to produce fire. Casper was a natural tamer, he was able to utilize the queen's abilities and healed my wounds from the previous day. The King and the pyraxis we tamed had vanished into the wilderness after that night. Casper was able to summon the queen on command. That night only a few kids were called to the auditorium. One of our roommates was called out too. We woke up the next day only to realise our roommate had not returned yet. We went to the auditorium to search for him but it was completely empty. We found out that everyone that was called out the the previous night had vanished without a trace. For the first time the place we had beem since our birth did not feel safe. Elric confronted Orvell, only to be told that they were sent for training to the Emperor's Planet.