The Elementalists

Prologue

(((This is sort've a remake of my old sucky story...)))
It was dusk, and the forest was alive. Owls and other nocturnal birds hooteed in Pyralis's ear, as he rushed through the thick wood he knew as Veneficus Forest. After what seemed like a milennia of racing, he stopped, panting in a clearing. He looked around, as he heard a familiar voice..

"Aquara?" He asked, aloud, wondering where she was.

"Pyralis..." She called, but very quietly. He shouted her name, sending birds from the trees into the night sky. As he watched them flee, he thought of his good friend, Aerus. Aerus, who's life had been taken, trying to defeat the Shadows.
His hands balled to fists, he would aveange his death... All of their deaths. Every single soul that had ever been destroyed trying to defeat the Shadow King... No, their deaths will not have been for nothing.

Interupting his thoughts, he heard something come from teh surrounding woods. He drew his sword, pointing it in different directions..
"Who is there? Show yourself!" He spun around, and pointing his sword at..

"..Terrana," He breathed, sheathing his sword. "Terrana, you are safe!" He wrapped his arms around her, feeling her soft blonde hair beneath his hands. She gently pushed away.

"I am, but Aquara is in danger. He has her, and is about to..." Terrana was stopped, as Pyralis grabbed her shoulders and shook her.

"Where is she?!" Pyralis demanded.

"In the village, but Pyralis..." Terrana tried to explain but Pyralis, grabbed her hand and swiftly rushed her through the forest. As they were running, Pyralis was tripped, and brought Terrana down with him... He was tripped, by a Shadow. As they got up, Pyralis observed there were two of them. A tall, humanshaped Shadow, and a large, hound-like Shadow, who sat obediently at the first Shadow's feet.

"Well, well, looky what I found," The tall shadow smirked smugly, ghastly smoke emitting from it's purple-black embodiment. "Two little ellies, that's what I found right here, meh boy." He laughed at the hound, who wagged it's phantom tail, and growled.

"Now, now, plenty of time for that later," The human-like shadow patted it's head. "But we ain't supposed to let these two save their friend, now are we?"The dog yelped, and Pyralis couldn't tell whether it was happy, or irritated. Maybe a bit of both.

"Let us pass," Pyralis snapped.
Terrana added, "Or we'll make you let us."

"Tsk, tsk," He wiggled his too-long finger. "Don't kill them, Canis, doggy. He wants them for himself, just rough 'em up a bit." Canis foamed from the mouth as it's tail wagged, and jumped at Terrana, who lunged a rock at her. It flew backwards, into a tree, but quickly hopped back up again.

"GO!" Terrana yelled at Pyralis, who was brawling with the human like shadow, fists-a'fire.

"But you can't take them alone! You'll di▬" He yelled, punching the shadow.

"Dammit Pyralis, go!" She ordered, as she levitated a tree at the hound and it's master.
Pyralis looked onto the fight, and then sprinted into the flaming village. Houses were a'blaze, and villagers were dead.. Many, many of them were. It was a terrible massacre, but Pyralis plowed through the terror.

Pyralis rushed to the middle of town, killing a Shadow with a fireball when he saw her..

..In the center of town with a rope around her neck, black hair draped over pale shoulders. She was robed in a sleeveless white dress, and next to her was a male, black cloaked figure, with the hood up, holding the rope.

Pyralis raced towards them, though it seemed like a century until he got remotely near them. The figure swished it's arm, and Pyralis slammed back into a house...
The last thing he saw before he was murdered, was his wife, lover, and friend die at the hands of the King of All Evil..