Shattered Diamonds

Shattered Diamonds

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:06 am

This story was written by a good friend of mine for a contest, he was one of the finalists and I'd like to share his story with you.
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It was a cold November evening, I recalled, when I was to be wed to the girl of my life. Though she was an ingénue, she was uplifting and made me feel happy, perhaps she was the only one in the world that made me feel that way. Our lips met, joining us together for life. The wedding was arranged, but we both desired to have each other so it went well. It was arranged by her family, the political leaders of the town, and my family, who were in charge of the town’s security. There and then, I was already thinking of another “Happily Ever After” story and that I would live in peace and happiness with my love. I was a foolish boy. Little did I know that whatever happiness I had would shatter in such bittersweet memories…

Almost immediately afterwards, the town’s alarms were raised. The witches and Satanist mages were up to no good once more. Savage creatures of mythological proportions made their way through the town. Though the town resisted, forty assault rifles, two hundred shotguns, a thousand handguns and tens of thousands of balisongs were simply no match for the tens of millions of foul assailants. The townspeople were losing, not only the battle, but also their hope and morale. This disheartened state seemed to make the creatures grow however only causing more misery and disheartenments.

Then, as if realizing a vision, the priest then fell to his knees talking about the Apocalypse and the end of the world. My wife and I came to him and asked what was wrong and what we could do to help. He then spoke of an artifact of demons, the Apple of Eva, known to Catholics as the Source of Sin. He said that if we were to destroy it, we would be able to render the black magic of the witches useless and the world would be reverted to peace. However, he added, nobody that has died, and nothing that has been destroyed can be brought back.

The creatures then got to the door of the small chapel, fighting hard to get to their meals within. My family made a formidable barricade, we being the town guardians, yet it would not last long for the enemies were many, and the bullets were few. My wife and I, being the upstart youth that we were told our families that we would seek out this demonic artifact and destroy it. They tried to stop me, but I explained to them that as the future leaders and guardians of this town, it is the duty of my wife and I to cleanse this land. With hesitation they let us go.

My wife and I then set off, taking a shotgun and two balisongs and were on our way. We snuck past most of the demons and confronted those that needed to be confronted. With luck, we got to the Forest of Doubt, where the witches and black magicians were supposedly hiding. I took a look back at the chapel and saw it in flames and I knew that there was no turning back now. Then, a creature much larger and stronger than the rest blocked our path and we fought. Though a whole box of 15 shells were shot at it, it still stood strong. I then rushed to it and hacked it with my balisong yet it was futile. It’s arm became wedge-like and slashed back at me. I was able to evade most of it but when it hit, the blows were really strong. I was beginning to lose hope, but my wife helped me up and told me to believe, and to have faith. She reminded me of all the people we were fighting for and the fire within me was rekindled.

With my growing faith, the balisong in my hand seemed to grow as well in length and strength. And it seemed to have been forged in the fire my love had ignited, forging the steel balisong into a diamond blade that was said to appear before those destined to save the village. It was the Sword of Adamant Faith and with it, I slew the beast.

The fabled sword gave the two of us hope and it seemed to guide us to our destiny. We thought that God was guiding us there and our faith helped us push onwards. Through the thick rainforest, through the thickets and vines, we marched for peace and freedom.

Soon enough, we found them, the witches and dark magicians summoning their demons and worshiping Satan. I gave my companion the shotgun I had holstered along with a few boxes of shells and instructed her on how to use it. We agreed on a plan and I crept closer to observe.

Typically, these witches use cauldrons and standard spell books to summon familiars or petty demons, but it seems that they made a full scale transmutation circle. Transmutation is a method of alchemy wherein they would sacrifice something in order to obtain something else. They were going to summon a demigod demon and apparently,they were trading it for the Apple of Eva. If they succeed, the demon would emerge and it would be strengthened by the demonic artifact. We knew that we had to stop this.

On my signal, I charged towards the summoners and slashed away. My partner even downed a few summoners as she slowly pressed forward as well. However it seemed too late, the circle started glowing, the creature was to emerge. A creature, apparently a towering golem imbued with the flames of Hell had made it’s way through the circle. This was the Apple of Eva, I though as the two of us charged to strike it. It took a flurry of slashes and shots but it downed much easier than the last demon which made us wonder what was going on. However we chose not to mind it as we looked for the Apple of Eva which had to be somewhere.

Then we saw it, the point of our mission, the way to restore peace in the village. We walked slowly towards it almost the same way we walked on the aisle of the chapel as husband and wife. Once we were in front of the artifact, I raised the sword ready to strike. Then I realized that we were in the middle of the transmutation circle once it glowed once more, much brighter than it did a while ago. Now, it was no longer just the Apple of Eva they were going to offer, they were now also going to offer the hope of humanity and the youth who were supposed to save it.

We knew that we were doomed to die and that our shells transmuted with the corrupted blade and the source of sin would ravage the earth instead of protecting it. I just hope that someone will be able to stop the horrible abomination we would become. Now however, I just embraced the one person who gave me hope as we drifted off to the heavens. As the light grew brighter around us, all we could see, were shattered diamonds.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:30 am

I like it
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:31 am

I like it
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:53 am

Nice
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:55 am

Interesting, . .
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:52 am

It's brilliant! It feels a tiny bit rushed but other than that it's really really good.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:24 am

Yeah, we were limited to 1000 words only so the stories we came up with were kind of limited. Mine kinda sucked though but I still got a good grade for it.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:49 am

its epic
ima gonna save this and say to me friends i wrote this alone(finger crossed)
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:52 am

Nice one!

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