User blog:MyrrSenpai/FANFIC-While You Were Gone - Chapter 1

Hello! I'm MyrrSenpai and I'm here to show off my horrible writing skills again in chapter one of my fanfiction!

So hide your children and valuables, and strap in for lots of words to read!

A crisp autumn breeze blew through the air, stirring Malachi's hair and propelling their boat forward. In the horizon, he could barely see their target, Nahakra Village against the rising sun. He glanced around and saw his companions on the journey, Alexis and Kyle talking quietly together to his left, and Logan walking up to him on his right.

"If this trade is successful, the Stronghold won't have to work as hard and travel as far to get food and resources for the winter." Logan commented, though his teal blue eyes where fixed somewhere else.

Malachi nodded. "And let's hope that this village will take Phoenix Drop seriously without Aphmau."

"We're running out of options." sighed Logan

Malachi leaned against the railing, holding his head in his hands. "Thanks for reminding me of the certain doom we're in Logan."

Logan was about to reply when Alexis interrupted them. "If you two are done talking about death and destruction, we've reached Nahakra Village."

The duo looked towards their destination, and there on the shore was a village. It sported many houses and grand guard towers, but most of the structures were ancient and covered in vines and moss. The places that weren't falling apart were swarming with people and happy chatter, and a newly built mansion sat on a hill, overlooking the town. It reminded Malachi of what his village should be, but the bandits were to many and the ores to little to take back the remains.

When they docked the ship, they were greeted by a smiling girl with cherry red hair, pale blue eyes, and an iron sword/shield combo.

"Hello! I'm Amber and I'm the second-in-charge guard here. Are you the traders from Phoenix Drop?" she asked curiously, looking at their ship.

Malachi nodded. "Yes, we're here to discuss trading with Lord Holly. May we see her?"

Amber's smile faltered. "I'm deeply sorry, but Lord Holly has gone...away. Her son, Tom, has volunteered to be lord in her absence," she said with a mixture of grief and fear. "But Lord Tom has not taken kindly to outsiders recently. I-I'll arrange a meeting anyway, maybe he'll change his mind to see the phoenix that rose from the ashes."

Amber then motioned for the group to follow her. "Come, I'll take you to where you'll be staying until I can get a meeting with Lord Tom."

Hey, Myrr here. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It's a bit boring and the pacing's not that good, but I'll try to improve for the later chapters.

Ihavenothingelsetosaybutihopeyouhaveanicedaybye! -Myrr