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Decided to post the next chapter. I'll probably not post any more in here though, but I'll probably inform in this thread if something major happens with it. 
Chapter 2
A Wandering Youth
Life is gradually fading from the land. Slowly, but surely, the destruction of Filgaia continues. A devastated environment filled with ferocious monsters plague the people of Filgaia who desperately try to cling to their land.
Those who dare to venture out are called *Dream Chasers*. There is a boy in the village of Surf... It's hard to believe that this boy has the potential to become a *Dream Chaser*. What does he seek?
The day was beautiful in the village of Surf. Only a few spots in the ground were still wet from the heavy raining from yesterday. Surf Village was a quiet place in the middle of nowhere. All the houses were small and built of wood. Next to the horses, a young boy, around the age of fifteen, with the most shining blue hair and a band-aid on his cheek, was kicking hens away from his feet as he was pushing a corn barrel next to the horses' stable.
Out from the storage building came a middle-aged man. "We're calling it a day kid!", he yelled to the blue haired boy, "Thanks a lot. The barrels are all sorted". The boy walked over to the man.
"I hired you at the recommendation of Mayor Pifer... you turned out to be ok. By the way, what's your name?", the man asked with a big smile on his face.
"Rudy", the blue haired boy muttered quietly. The man had to really listen carefully to hear anything. Then he smiled again: "Rudy, you're stronger than you look. The horses seem happy". Rudy looked at him a little strangely. This guy must sure have spent a lot of time with these horses if he knew their feelings.
"Here's today's pay, sorry kid, this is all the village can afford". The man then handed Rudy a golden berry. Rudy knew these berries for he had roamed in the forests since he was a kid. These were called Heal Berries, by the Dream Chasers, and nobody called them by their original name anymore. These berries would heal your injury if you were in a bad condition.
Rudy nodded as a thank you, to the another villager. The villager spoke: "You should see if the mayor has any more work for you. Thanks again". He then stumbled next to one of the horses while saying his byes to Rudy.
Rudy put the Heal Berry in his pocket while he stepped through the storage building. He smiled at certain villagers that he passed by when going to mayor Pifer's house. He passed the well made of stones, and went inside the mayor's house. The house was nice, with a dinner table and a little furniture here and there. Downstairs was mayor Pifer's wife. She turned to face Rudy as she saw him coming: "Oh, hey Rudy. If you're looking for my husband, he's upstairs". Rudy nodded and climbed the up stairs, where the mayor was sitting on a bed.
"Rudy! How are you?", the mayor joyed when he saw Rudy, "Thanks to you, the stables are in great shape!". Mayor Pifer noticed Rudy look at some bombs he was holding in his lap. "Oh, these!", he laughed, "I was just going through some old stuff of mine. In the good old days, magic berries could be found in the cave to the south. We would use bombs to clear debris from the cave. These are some of the few which were left over, since now that the berries are gone, we no longer need them". He sighed. "The world is fading and our village is starting to feel the impact".
Rudy nodded at the mayor and was about to go downstairs when one of the villagers ran up the stairs and almost crashed into him.
"Excuse me! I must talk to the mayor immediatel", the man panicked. Mayor Pifer got up from the bed as the villager yelled:
"Mayor Pifer! A child from our village has gone into the Berry Cave". Mayor Pifer stood there in a shock.
"What do we do?", the man asked. Mayor Pifer walked around the room for a while, thinking about different possibilities. He then spoke:
"The berry cave is full of monsters. There is not much we can do". The mayor thought about it for a while.
"I must talk to the townsfolk about this situation", he then said, "Please keep this quiet. We can't have people panicking".
Rudy walked downstairs and out from the door, thinking about what he had just heard. This was a bad situation.
"What do you want?", the mayor's parrot asked, sitting on it's perch, outside the mayor's house. Rudy smiled, a few parrots could speak as well as mayor Pifer's parrot. He then saw a woman walk around the village yelling:
"Tony! Tony, where are you? Oh, that troublesome kid!". Then it hit Rudy, the kid who was missing must be Tony, 10-year old boy. Rudy decided that he could not leave the boy in the cave, all alone. He had to do something. Rudy looked around him, nobody was watching. He stepped through the small gate of the village and left, heading south, to The Berry Cave.
The day was beautiful, yet Rudy didn't feel comfortable anymore. He walked fast through the plains, but he didn't want to waste too much energy, in case there were monsters in The Berry Cave. Gladly, he knew The Berry Cave was only around 15 miles away.
Rudy worked his way south-east and after around hour and a half, he arrived to a forest. He wondered through the trees, following the mountains to the east until he found it. The entrance to The Berry Cave. He stepped in.
The light was dim and the air was cold. He could see some dripstones hanging from the ceiling. He bravely started walking through the cave. There wasn't a thing to be heard or seen. He followed the path feeling around for walls with his hands. As he moved on, the smell got horrible, like a thousand bad eggs were kept in there. Rudy soon found out where that smell was coming from.
In the dim light, that shined through a hole in the wall, sat a figure. It had the basic looks of a human, but it had a green skin and pointy ears. The only thing it was wearing was an old cape it had tied around itself. It stared at a wooden club it was holding, with it's blood-red eyes. Rudy knew what this creature was, for he had read about them in books, it was a Goblin. He knew that Goblins liked to live in dark caves but he had no idea why this one was here all by itself.
Rudy carefully walked over to the Goblin and asked it:
"Hey, what are you doing here?". The Goblin quickly sprang up and grabbed it's club, about to swing it at Rudy.
"Easy, I'm not going to hurt you", Rudy said. He stood there for a while, with his hands on his sides so the Goblin could see he was holding no weapon. The Goblin stood there, slowly lowering it's weapon. In all of a sudden, as Rudy was about to ask the Goblin about Tony, dozens of bats flew all over them, and the Goblin panicked. Rudy swung his arms around to get the bats off of him, and when he finally did, he couldn't see the Goblin anywhere. But he soon realized, the Goblin was hanging from the ledge of a deep gorge. It screamed as it was starting to loose it's grip. Rudy tried to lend his arm but as he did, he noticed that a Balloon was heading towards him. However, this was not any balloon, it was a monster. A floating red ball, that had tentacles around it and dozens, if not hundreds of small black eyes around it.
As it tried to grab him with it's tentacles, Rudy had to leap backwards, and as he did, the Goblin fell down the gorge, screaming. Rudy pulled out a sword he had found some time ago, from the Surf village shopkeeper. He leaped towards the Balloon and tried to swing it with the sword, but the Balloon was quick. It floated behind Rudy as he was in mid-air. As the Balloon charged towards Rudy from behind, he stepped to the side and as the Balloon was next to him, he swinged completely around and sliced the Balloon with his sword. The other half of the Balloon flew deep down into the gorge.
Rudy continued through the cave for another half an hour, figuring his way in the dark. It was easier now, that his eyes had gotten a little used to it.
He came to long stone stairs, when he noticed something on the ground. It was an old Hand Cannon bullet clip. He thought it was interesting, and decided to take it with him.
As he lifted his head, he could see a small figure standing at the end of the cave. He walked over to the figure and noticed it was Tony, the 10-year old boy from the Surf village.
"I have come to look for berries for my father", Tony explained, "The berries are just there", he pointed at the purple, glittering berries near a monument whcih was also glittering. Apparently Rudy had caught him just before he got around to get them. Rudy thought, that since he had already come this far, he might as well take them.
Rudy walked over to the monument and grabbed the berries. Tony walked over to Rudy. He thanked Rudy:
"With these berries I can heal my father. Let's hurry! I got to get them to him right away!".
They worked their way back, but they didn't notice, that behind them, the slowly glittering monument broke in half.
While they were working their way out from the cave, they could feel an enormous earthquake.
"Holy cow! This earthquake is so strong it must be happening all across Filgaia", Tony said amazed. Rudy had a bad feeling about this.
They continued to the very entrance of the cave, where the daylight awaited them. Before them, awaited almost all the villagers from Surf.
"Mom!", Tony joyed when he saw his mother in the crowd of people. Tony's mom cursed:
"Why do you always cause so much trouble?".
Tony tried to explain: "I came to get these berries to heal father's wounds.
"What was that earthquake all about?", one of the villagers wondered, while another reminded them how he had always told people not to go over there. Out from the crowd stepped mayor Pifer:
"You're safe, that's all that matters. Let's go home".
As everyone was just about to leave, the village dog, that had come along with the villagers, started barking angrily. Everyone turned to face back at the dog, but the dog soon became the least of their problems, as out from the shadows into the dim daylight, stepped a fifteen feet werewolf-like creatures, with huge spikes all around it's back and claws the size of a human being. It was the monster told in legends, Zombie, whom had been prisoned by using the last of Holy Berries, which Rudy realized he was holding in his hand right now.
The Zombie suddenly swung it's seven feet arm towards Rudy, which he just managed to dodge. He pulled out his sword, and swung it at the Zombie but it was no use, the Zombie's claws broke the sword in two and tossed it far away from Rudy.
Rudy had an idea, however. If he would just be able to get enough time to cast the power of the Holy Berry to destroy the Zombie. But the giant monster suddenly breathed out a horrible stink, that made Rudy gasp for air, and when he finally got rid of his dizzyness, the Zombie striked with his fist, so Rudy got trapped in between the cave's wall, and the Zombie's two claws. Rudy tried to reach for his broken sword, but it was just too far away. As he used all his force to reach, he felt like his ribs were going to break, until...
He finally managed to capture the sword, and strike the Zombie's arm with it. The Zombie barely felt it, but it was enough for it to let go of Rudy. Rudy then did something he wished he didn't have to, he focused all his energy into summoning his Ancient Relic Machine, ARM. It was like a small pistol, a Hand Cannon. As he managed to summon it into his hands, he quickly fired two shots into the Zombie. The Zombie groaned and fell unconcious to the ground. Rudy quickly then grabbed the Holy Berry and casted it at the regenerating Zombie. The Zombie disappeared in a blue flash, as the healing light from the Holy Berry reduced the Zombie to sludge.
Tony, amazed, looked at Rudy and applauded:
"Wow, you've defeated the Zombie!", but Tony's mom qucikly grabbed her son while Tony wondered what happened.
"You've brought tragedy to the entire Village of Surf", one of the villagers suddenly yelled at Rudy. Another one walked over and cursed Rudy:
"I know about you. You posses the *ARM*. The forbidden power! I know I shouldn't have, but I looked through your stuff the other day. The *ARM* has brought doom to us all!"
"The Dream Chaser, Rudy, has cursed us all", one yelled as another suggested Rudy probably caused the earthquake. Mayor Pifer told everyone to quiet down. Then he looked at Rudy:
"Rudy... Thanks for savin the boy... But you opened the forbidden path and put us all in danger. You also posses an *ARM*!", he continued, "You will be judged for this according to our village law. Do you agree, Rudy?".
Rudy quietly agreed.
"We must get back to the village at once. Rudy will be judged there", mayor Pifer decided.
That evening, in the Village of Surf, Rudy was listening what was happening downstairs of the mayor's house. He, himself, had been put upstairs to wait for the decision. He heard the villagers complaining:
"The boy brought a terrible omen to the village", he could hear, "We must do something!".
"He's just a Dream Chaser".
"It may sound cruel, but he may bring harm upon us all".
"When the seal was broken, it caused an earthquake that damaged the entire village".
Rudy walked downstairs, and eavesdropped on them. Downstairs was mayor Pifer's wife, and some townsfolk along with the mayor, surrounding the dinner table.
"We all agree then... We'll ask him to leave", Rudy heard mayor Pifer, "I took him in, so I'll inform him of our decision". Pifer walked towards the stairs as Rudy revealed himself, coming down.
"Were you eavesdropping, Rudy?", Pifer guessed, "Then you know, what we've decided. I must ask you to pack your things and leave. And please, don't come back".
Rudy quietly walked out of the door. He had a few gella (money of Filgaia) left in his pocket, so he decided to buy something from the market, but as he came to the counter, the salesman complained:
"Sorry... I can't sell to people who break the law". Rudy was just about to walk out from the small gates of Surf, as he heard Tony yell:
"Rudy!". Rudy turned around to face Tony, who explained:
"You saved me, I was so helpless. I know you did the right thing and that they are wrong. I just want to say, thank you". Then he backed away slowly.
"I've gotta get back. Thanks again". Then he ran off, as Rudy stepped out from the village of Surf, taking a final look at the wooden houses and the mayor's parrot.
Even though he used his skill to protect them, they rejected him out of fear. Within him is a power he never asked for... the skill to use the forbidden ARMs. He still wanders the world in search of his soul, unaware of his inborn power...
Chapter 2
A Wandering Youth
Life is gradually fading from the land. Slowly, but surely, the destruction of Filgaia continues. A devastated environment filled with ferocious monsters plague the people of Filgaia who desperately try to cling to their land.
Those who dare to venture out are called *Dream Chasers*. There is a boy in the village of Surf... It's hard to believe that this boy has the potential to become a *Dream Chaser*. What does he seek?
The day was beautiful in the village of Surf. Only a few spots in the ground were still wet from the heavy raining from yesterday. Surf Village was a quiet place in the middle of nowhere. All the houses were small and built of wood. Next to the horses, a young boy, around the age of fifteen, with the most shining blue hair and a band-aid on his cheek, was kicking hens away from his feet as he was pushing a corn barrel next to the horses' stable.
Out from the storage building came a middle-aged man. "We're calling it a day kid!", he yelled to the blue haired boy, "Thanks a lot. The barrels are all sorted". The boy walked over to the man.
"I hired you at the recommendation of Mayor Pifer... you turned out to be ok. By the way, what's your name?", the man asked with a big smile on his face.
"Rudy", the blue haired boy muttered quietly. The man had to really listen carefully to hear anything. Then he smiled again: "Rudy, you're stronger than you look. The horses seem happy". Rudy looked at him a little strangely. This guy must sure have spent a lot of time with these horses if he knew their feelings.
"Here's today's pay, sorry kid, this is all the village can afford". The man then handed Rudy a golden berry. Rudy knew these berries for he had roamed in the forests since he was a kid. These were called Heal Berries, by the Dream Chasers, and nobody called them by their original name anymore. These berries would heal your injury if you were in a bad condition.
Rudy nodded as a thank you, to the another villager. The villager spoke: "You should see if the mayor has any more work for you. Thanks again". He then stumbled next to one of the horses while saying his byes to Rudy.
Rudy put the Heal Berry in his pocket while he stepped through the storage building. He smiled at certain villagers that he passed by when going to mayor Pifer's house. He passed the well made of stones, and went inside the mayor's house. The house was nice, with a dinner table and a little furniture here and there. Downstairs was mayor Pifer's wife. She turned to face Rudy as she saw him coming: "Oh, hey Rudy. If you're looking for my husband, he's upstairs". Rudy nodded and climbed the up stairs, where the mayor was sitting on a bed.
"Rudy! How are you?", the mayor joyed when he saw Rudy, "Thanks to you, the stables are in great shape!". Mayor Pifer noticed Rudy look at some bombs he was holding in his lap. "Oh, these!", he laughed, "I was just going through some old stuff of mine. In the good old days, magic berries could be found in the cave to the south. We would use bombs to clear debris from the cave. These are some of the few which were left over, since now that the berries are gone, we no longer need them". He sighed. "The world is fading and our village is starting to feel the impact".
Rudy nodded at the mayor and was about to go downstairs when one of the villagers ran up the stairs and almost crashed into him.
"Excuse me! I must talk to the mayor immediatel", the man panicked. Mayor Pifer got up from the bed as the villager yelled:
"Mayor Pifer! A child from our village has gone into the Berry Cave". Mayor Pifer stood there in a shock.
"What do we do?", the man asked. Mayor Pifer walked around the room for a while, thinking about different possibilities. He then spoke:
"The berry cave is full of monsters. There is not much we can do". The mayor thought about it for a while.
"I must talk to the townsfolk about this situation", he then said, "Please keep this quiet. We can't have people panicking".
Rudy walked downstairs and out from the door, thinking about what he had just heard. This was a bad situation.
"What do you want?", the mayor's parrot asked, sitting on it's perch, outside the mayor's house. Rudy smiled, a few parrots could speak as well as mayor Pifer's parrot. He then saw a woman walk around the village yelling:
"Tony! Tony, where are you? Oh, that troublesome kid!". Then it hit Rudy, the kid who was missing must be Tony, 10-year old boy. Rudy decided that he could not leave the boy in the cave, all alone. He had to do something. Rudy looked around him, nobody was watching. He stepped through the small gate of the village and left, heading south, to The Berry Cave.
The day was beautiful, yet Rudy didn't feel comfortable anymore. He walked fast through the plains, but he didn't want to waste too much energy, in case there were monsters in The Berry Cave. Gladly, he knew The Berry Cave was only around 15 miles away.
Rudy worked his way south-east and after around hour and a half, he arrived to a forest. He wondered through the trees, following the mountains to the east until he found it. The entrance to The Berry Cave. He stepped in.
The light was dim and the air was cold. He could see some dripstones hanging from the ceiling. He bravely started walking through the cave. There wasn't a thing to be heard or seen. He followed the path feeling around for walls with his hands. As he moved on, the smell got horrible, like a thousand bad eggs were kept in there. Rudy soon found out where that smell was coming from.
In the dim light, that shined through a hole in the wall, sat a figure. It had the basic looks of a human, but it had a green skin and pointy ears. The only thing it was wearing was an old cape it had tied around itself. It stared at a wooden club it was holding, with it's blood-red eyes. Rudy knew what this creature was, for he had read about them in books, it was a Goblin. He knew that Goblins liked to live in dark caves but he had no idea why this one was here all by itself.
Rudy carefully walked over to the Goblin and asked it:
"Hey, what are you doing here?". The Goblin quickly sprang up and grabbed it's club, about to swing it at Rudy.
"Easy, I'm not going to hurt you", Rudy said. He stood there for a while, with his hands on his sides so the Goblin could see he was holding no weapon. The Goblin stood there, slowly lowering it's weapon. In all of a sudden, as Rudy was about to ask the Goblin about Tony, dozens of bats flew all over them, and the Goblin panicked. Rudy swung his arms around to get the bats off of him, and when he finally did, he couldn't see the Goblin anywhere. But he soon realized, the Goblin was hanging from the ledge of a deep gorge. It screamed as it was starting to loose it's grip. Rudy tried to lend his arm but as he did, he noticed that a Balloon was heading towards him. However, this was not any balloon, it was a monster. A floating red ball, that had tentacles around it and dozens, if not hundreds of small black eyes around it.
As it tried to grab him with it's tentacles, Rudy had to leap backwards, and as he did, the Goblin fell down the gorge, screaming. Rudy pulled out a sword he had found some time ago, from the Surf village shopkeeper. He leaped towards the Balloon and tried to swing it with the sword, but the Balloon was quick. It floated behind Rudy as he was in mid-air. As the Balloon charged towards Rudy from behind, he stepped to the side and as the Balloon was next to him, he swinged completely around and sliced the Balloon with his sword. The other half of the Balloon flew deep down into the gorge.
Rudy continued through the cave for another half an hour, figuring his way in the dark. It was easier now, that his eyes had gotten a little used to it.
He came to long stone stairs, when he noticed something on the ground. It was an old Hand Cannon bullet clip. He thought it was interesting, and decided to take it with him.
As he lifted his head, he could see a small figure standing at the end of the cave. He walked over to the figure and noticed it was Tony, the 10-year old boy from the Surf village.
"I have come to look for berries for my father", Tony explained, "The berries are just there", he pointed at the purple, glittering berries near a monument whcih was also glittering. Apparently Rudy had caught him just before he got around to get them. Rudy thought, that since he had already come this far, he might as well take them.
Rudy walked over to the monument and grabbed the berries. Tony walked over to Rudy. He thanked Rudy:
"With these berries I can heal my father. Let's hurry! I got to get them to him right away!".
They worked their way back, but they didn't notice, that behind them, the slowly glittering monument broke in half.
While they were working their way out from the cave, they could feel an enormous earthquake.
"Holy cow! This earthquake is so strong it must be happening all across Filgaia", Tony said amazed. Rudy had a bad feeling about this.
They continued to the very entrance of the cave, where the daylight awaited them. Before them, awaited almost all the villagers from Surf.
"Mom!", Tony joyed when he saw his mother in the crowd of people. Tony's mom cursed:
"Why do you always cause so much trouble?".
Tony tried to explain: "I came to get these berries to heal father's wounds.
"What was that earthquake all about?", one of the villagers wondered, while another reminded them how he had always told people not to go over there. Out from the crowd stepped mayor Pifer:
"You're safe, that's all that matters. Let's go home".
As everyone was just about to leave, the village dog, that had come along with the villagers, started barking angrily. Everyone turned to face back at the dog, but the dog soon became the least of their problems, as out from the shadows into the dim daylight, stepped a fifteen feet werewolf-like creatures, with huge spikes all around it's back and claws the size of a human being. It was the monster told in legends, Zombie, whom had been prisoned by using the last of Holy Berries, which Rudy realized he was holding in his hand right now.
The Zombie suddenly swung it's seven feet arm towards Rudy, which he just managed to dodge. He pulled out his sword, and swung it at the Zombie but it was no use, the Zombie's claws broke the sword in two and tossed it far away from Rudy.
Rudy had an idea, however. If he would just be able to get enough time to cast the power of the Holy Berry to destroy the Zombie. But the giant monster suddenly breathed out a horrible stink, that made Rudy gasp for air, and when he finally got rid of his dizzyness, the Zombie striked with his fist, so Rudy got trapped in between the cave's wall, and the Zombie's two claws. Rudy tried to reach for his broken sword, but it was just too far away. As he used all his force to reach, he felt like his ribs were going to break, until...
He finally managed to capture the sword, and strike the Zombie's arm with it. The Zombie barely felt it, but it was enough for it to let go of Rudy. Rudy then did something he wished he didn't have to, he focused all his energy into summoning his Ancient Relic Machine, ARM. It was like a small pistol, a Hand Cannon. As he managed to summon it into his hands, he quickly fired two shots into the Zombie. The Zombie groaned and fell unconcious to the ground. Rudy quickly then grabbed the Holy Berry and casted it at the regenerating Zombie. The Zombie disappeared in a blue flash, as the healing light from the Holy Berry reduced the Zombie to sludge.
Tony, amazed, looked at Rudy and applauded:
"Wow, you've defeated the Zombie!", but Tony's mom qucikly grabbed her son while Tony wondered what happened.
"You've brought tragedy to the entire Village of Surf", one of the villagers suddenly yelled at Rudy. Another one walked over and cursed Rudy:
"I know about you. You posses the *ARM*. The forbidden power! I know I shouldn't have, but I looked through your stuff the other day. The *ARM* has brought doom to us all!"
"The Dream Chaser, Rudy, has cursed us all", one yelled as another suggested Rudy probably caused the earthquake. Mayor Pifer told everyone to quiet down. Then he looked at Rudy:
"Rudy... Thanks for savin the boy... But you opened the forbidden path and put us all in danger. You also posses an *ARM*!", he continued, "You will be judged for this according to our village law. Do you agree, Rudy?".
Rudy quietly agreed.
"We must get back to the village at once. Rudy will be judged there", mayor Pifer decided.
That evening, in the Village of Surf, Rudy was listening what was happening downstairs of the mayor's house. He, himself, had been put upstairs to wait for the decision. He heard the villagers complaining:
"The boy brought a terrible omen to the village", he could hear, "We must do something!".
"He's just a Dream Chaser".
"It may sound cruel, but he may bring harm upon us all".
"When the seal was broken, it caused an earthquake that damaged the entire village".
Rudy walked downstairs, and eavesdropped on them. Downstairs was mayor Pifer's wife, and some townsfolk along with the mayor, surrounding the dinner table.
"We all agree then... We'll ask him to leave", Rudy heard mayor Pifer, "I took him in, so I'll inform him of our decision". Pifer walked towards the stairs as Rudy revealed himself, coming down.
"Were you eavesdropping, Rudy?", Pifer guessed, "Then you know, what we've decided. I must ask you to pack your things and leave. And please, don't come back".
Rudy quietly walked out of the door. He had a few gella (money of Filgaia) left in his pocket, so he decided to buy something from the market, but as he came to the counter, the salesman complained:
"Sorry... I can't sell to people who break the law". Rudy was just about to walk out from the small gates of Surf, as he heard Tony yell:
"Rudy!". Rudy turned around to face Tony, who explained:
"You saved me, I was so helpless. I know you did the right thing and that they are wrong. I just want to say, thank you". Then he backed away slowly.
"I've gotta get back. Thanks again". Then he ran off, as Rudy stepped out from the village of Surf, taking a final look at the wooden houses and the mayor's parrot.
Even though he used his skill to protect them, they rejected him out of fear. Within him is a power he never asked for... the skill to use the forbidden ARMs. He still wanders the world in search of his soul, unaware of his inborn power...
