My blade was already unsheathed when the calls reached my ears. "Don't fight them," They yelled. "They won't attack!" So I just rested the black blade on my shoulder and waited for it to pass. Another surprise. A day full of surprises really. The Pyreflies picked me. They fluttered, danced, and swirled around me. Like it was some sort of game. It wasn't a game for me, I'll tell you. Heh, frozen in place, a guardsman for this village, stuck, afraid of mere lights.
But.
But I don't think it was the Pyreflies themselves that frightened me. No, what frightened me was what they meant. Why did they chose me? Me, a man with a beast living inside. Why did they choose me? For what reason? Heh... Who knows? It was then, when one of the elders approached. I must have been in deep thought because he had been beckoning to me for a while. I just noticed that the Pyreflies had left as well. Where to? Another mystery I don't have the answers to. The Elder called to me, follow him he said. Who was I to decline. I nodded wordlessly and fell in line.
Me. A simple man, chosen by the Pyreflies. Thrust into something I knew nothing about. Yeah, just lucky I guess.
Yuri followed behind the older man, uncharacteristically quiet. Apparently there were others who were chosen. He didn't know who they were, but he'd bet he'd find out soon enough. Yuri had both hands clutching his blades, trying to steel himself for whatever was to come. First Dragon resting on his shoulder and Last Flame sitting at his hip. "What... What was that about?" Yuri asked the man. "You were chosen," The man stated. An obvious thing to point out. He knew that. Such an answer made him drop his eyebrows and sigh. "I knew that. I mean why did they choose me? For what purpose?" The elder chuckled and turned, bushy eyebrows arched in humor, "You'll see my boy. You've been chosen to become great." Magnificent. More mysterious. Yuri began to get frustrated, but quickly quelled it. He knew better. Frustration led to anger. Anger awakened the monster inside. He needed to have a reign, a leash, on that monster.
"Fine, fine," Yuri said, opting instead to roll with the blows. His grip relaxed and he took an aloof posture. There wasn't much he could do about it now, was there? He'd just have to see how this thing played out. Should be fun either way, an adventure, he thought. Yeah, and adventure. It was then he noticed that he was being led to the old chapel. Yuri hated the place. It gave him the chills. Plus, it was so darn easy to get lost inside. There were many a time he had been called on to "rescue" a lost child in the chapel. Quarter of the time he had gotten lost himself. "Bloody maze," Yuri muttered, causing the elder in front of him to chuckle.
"So, you're a fighter, are you? A guard? I've seen you around. How goes your training?" He asked. Idle talk really. Yuri wondered if the man even truly cared and was just making polite conversation. Oh well, it didn't really matter, it'd be rude not to reply. "Well enough. Could work on my control, but other than that, pretty good," Yuri answered, the man in front nodding. Then they entered the sanctuary. Another creepy place Yuri didn't care too much for. And the circle of old people in the middle didn't tone down the creepiness one bit. The man who had led him nodded and took his leave, melding into the circle himself. Yuri found himself with a young lady, the teacher in their village... Elle Raye, Yuri believed.
It seemed that one of the elders had finished speaking to her when he arrived. Must not have been that important if they didn't wait for him to arrive. Yuri leaned and whispered into the girl's ear, "Hey, what'd I miss?"