KEEP GOING STRAIGHT

Far into the west of the Samai Nation lied the Radi Village comprising of two clans, Radi

and Gunio.

The Radi clan was by far the strongest for its forbidden magic that even most skilled magic

users are not able to utilize and either end up dead or paralyzed forever. The Gulio clan where

the source of economy in the Radi Village, they were the ones that the royal family came from

and are the top educated clan in all the lands.

The King, Lufier Gulio ruled over Radi with fierce rage and a stern mind, no one ever

stood up to him except his wife, Queen Elio Praticia Gulio who went through all his plans before

he dare tell anyone. If he ever were to disobey her rules he was sent away to a cage to reflect

on his life. He never understood this but couldn’t do anything because of the strict teaching his

father gave him to never make a woman cry.

The problem with this family is that they needed an heir, an heir that would rule over all

the five villages conquered by the king himself. They had no child and had tried greatly until the

day of Ulio. The day of Ulio happens every three years and is a day rendered sacred by all Radi

inhabitants. On this day the strong were to come and set up a huge house and do a Killi, where

you are supposed to get the other teams flag, winners were to win a huge amount of money.

The King loved this and attended every time but this time was different. The Queen was

about to conceive a baby boy, the king brought bad news to his wife’s side after she had

conceived. It was a letter from new comers into their village, that read:

We Give Our Congratulations

For That Gift Shall Be The

Last Thing Good to Happen To

You.

The men that sent the letter were called Tuties, they were pitch black and couldn’t be

seen in the darkness and wore black. They were known for their swift style of execution and

their creative sense of trickery. It was said that they could make a grown man think that a cow

could talk with just their words.

Ignoring the words of these strange men they went on naming their child after their village,

Radiclaus would be his name, signifying peace of all lands. As the Tuties said, everything went

to hell, the two clans of the Radi village fell into war because a lie involving two people from

either clans started a serious fight at a famous market and because of that they both deemed

each other dangerous and got into a civil war on the lack of proper communication. The war

was getting so serious that the Queen and her son, Radiclaus had to flee to a neighboring

village named Ruio. Ruio was a massive village that the queen grew up in. She was very close to

the royal family and stayed there a lot before becoming queen of Radi. She agreed with the king

of Ruio to stay till it was safe.

Weeks passed and there was no word from the King or anybody from either clans. The

silence became so much that the Queen ordered her only guards, five black knights to go back

to the Radi village and check what was going on. They stayed long and did not return for the

next five days. The Queen knew something was wrong so she bought a horse, took her child to

the king of Ruio to be taken care of and rode down to Radi.

A massive city stood before her with golden castles, massive mansions and tall skyscrapers.

She asked a nearby strolling man of whether he saw five knights come into the town, he

confirmed her question and told her that the men that came in five days ago were given houses

and money beyond their imagination and had not left since then.

She asked him where the Palace is and he told her that it is in the middle of Ago-nice. Asking

him why he called it Ago-nice was cut off by a swift arrow intentionally missing her neck by an

inch.

“Don’t move if you like your life.” a stern looking man pointing a sharp edged arrow at

her neck said.

He took her to a dungeon and left her. After staying for two days eating only oats, a gaurd

unlocks the locks and took her to the throne room. Seeing her husband and another woman

sitting at a huge room, she then rushes to the king’s side and the guards as ordered quickly take

her down.

“Leave Me I Order You!” says the confused queen.

The King looked at her and shouted “I demand to know who you are and what you are doing in

Ago-nice!”

“Its me, your wife Lufier, your wife.” she says as she starts to tear up.

Interrupted, three children run in, all shouting ‘Papa, Mama!’

As she looked at the quiet woman, her husband and the three kids, it dawned on her that he no

longer remembered her, had found a new family, built a new civilization and called it Ago-nice.

They let her go after agreeing that she is not a threat, gave her the horse she came with

and told her never to come again. She rode back to The Palace she kept Radiclaus, asked for

him and was told that he ran away a day ago and that fifteen search parties were sent to look

for him everywhere. Seeing her state the king took her in and told his maids to take care of her,

for he wants to ask her some questions.

After seven days she was finally out of minor trauma and shock and could speak well

once more. The king summoned her for questioning and started by asking her “What happened

to you?”

She replied “I was held captive in a place that was once my homeland.”

“Why, why where you held hostage.” the king asked.

“I don’t know and frankly i don’t care!” shouted the enraging Queen.

“Woman, calm down and tell me what happened in detail.” the king says.

The Queen, feeling dizzy tries to get up and excuse herself but falls down and bruises her skull.

“Get us the medical doctor!” the king shouted to the guards.

Waking to a horn sound at dusk, she sees Radiclaus at the bed opposite her. He was

bruised and badly hurt. Not able to contain her sadness the Queen burst out crying. After

listening to Elio cry for two hours the king and queen came to find out how they could help

their friend and her son.

“Elio,” the queen Yutti asked “what is the problem?”

Still sobbing Elio replied “My son is hurt, my husband doesn’t remember my name and I am not

allowed in the place I was once queen. So there is no problem at all.”

“Nonsense!” the king shouted.

“Your son needs you and you’re having this.... this... pathetic pity party. You should be

ashamed!” the king shouted and stormed out of the room.

Having seen the reaction of her husband, Yutti apologized and chased after her angry husband.

Elio spent that whole day at her son’s side, miserable. Elio knew that she had to get

something new to do while waiting for her son’s recovery or she would get more depressed and

sad, so she started horse riding again. She cleaned the abandoned stables at the back of the

castle that she got permission to use and got four strong horses put in it. She got the best

designers to paint it with all of Radiclaus’ favorite colors and got staff to clean the stable

weekly. As she looked at her stable she knew that Radiclaus would love it.

Radiclaus finally woke up after seven weeks. His head hurt badly and he barely

remembered what had put him in that state. Elio having being in a popular market buying

things while he woke up had no idea. The king sent one of his errand boys to tell Elio of the

good news. After being told, Elio went as fast as she could to finally talk with her son. She

hugged him kissed him, gave him lots of gifts and showed him the stables.

“Oh Claus who did this to you, I was so worried.” she said in relief.

“Mother,” Radiclaus replied “it was three boys. They hit me in the head telling me that my

mother was a traitor.” Radiclaus replied knowing well that he broke the rules.

“Why did you leave?” said the king that was waiting by the door in a stern voice.

“...I wanted to pick flowers in the fields then they attacked me.”

“The boy needs to learn to stand on his own and not to get beat to a seven week coma by a

bunch of jealous lowlife wannabe’s.” Jack, the head fisherman for the king said.

“You’re right, the boy needs to learn or he’ll keep getting beat up.” the king said “Call my

friend, the old man Sensei Yui.”

Yui was a tough and stern man. He demanded everyone to call him Sensei Yui and he

treated his students the same, with no mercy. Yui had just come back from China on a secret

operation with the Chinese special forces group and was looking to train some new students.

When asked why he still trains others at an old age he tells them that he loves it and it makes

him feel young. He demanded a lot of money for his services because he loved buying

expensive foods and never ate cheap.

Yui got to the castle late in the night and was tired, but Radiclaus was too excited and

wanted to see him so much that he snuck into his room when he was eating to shake his hand

and brag about the amount of squirrels he had killed.

“Boy what do you want?” Yui asked knowing that Radiclaus was there.

“I bet yo.....” cut short by a wave of Yui’s hand.

“I’m tired, we train tomorrow”

Radiclaus didn’t like being pushed around so he though of how he was going to teach the

Sensei a lesson.

The next morning Radiclaus put a bottle of super hot pepper sauce into the Sensei’s

food. The sensei knowing that someone had touched his food from an ancient technique he

uses, told Radiclaus to stop being stupid and gave him a note saying.

Man will die by man’s

Don’t die by mine

Radiclaus got the message and didn’t disturb him again until afternoon when they were meant

to train.

Radiclaus trained hard for five years with Yui, after then they both decided that it was

time for them to part ways, as Radiclaus was already a skilled fighter and Yui wanted to rest for

a few years in peace. Radiclaus was fourteen years old and was very troublesome. He only

listened to his mother and never tolerated bullying or supremacy titles, so he hated Kings and

queens. His mother having been a queen once always told him to be respectful and appreciate

what kings and queens do. She would always remind him that they live in a palace with her

childhood friends that are also Royalty.

Having defeated two dragons, three vampires, five ware wolves, stood against three

sirens, Radiclaus had pride in all he did and was respected around all of Ruio and was the king’s

favorite person. He loved hunting and hated being indoors. He took every chance to swim in

the large lake, hunt massive predators with his swords but his mother never allowed him. She

always told him that he shouldn’t go into danger blindly, combat is not all that matters in

battle.

The King and Queen of Ruio decided that at a young age Radiclaus was ready to get his

first official task. They gave him the role of fisherman under two men who were to look after

him, not let harm come to him and teach him how to fish. Radiclaus did not like being under

people so he followed his own ways. When no one was looking, he always ditched the net and

dived in with his dagger and killed lots of fish with his hands. Radiclaus was reported and taken

to the King. The King decided he would teach Radiclaus war strategies and make him the

apprentice of his top commander. Radiclaus, being a fast learner and a skilled fighter fit into the

armies of Ruio and at a tender age of fifteen Radiclaus helped make a great impact on the war

Ruio had fought against the Yumin Kingdom.

Radiclaus had made a title for himself in the land of Ruio. He was a top troop in the

king’s army and was always eager to get back in action. The Head of the king’s army loved to

plan with Radiclaus. He found Radiclaus to be smart and kept on telling him to work hard to

become his second in command. Radiclaus’ mother knew he was heir to the Radi throne and

wanted him to take his place in his country. He never liked the idea, hated his father of what he

had done and always asked why he can’t just rule over Ruio. Everyone always responded the

same with a you’re too naive.

When Radiclaus was nineteen his mother forced him to go back to his homeland and

make sure his father knows who he is. Radiclaus rode a child Basilisk. Radiclaus called her

Bernieg meaning brave as a Bear. Radiclaus thought Bernieg would always be willing to fight

anything she found as a threat and came up with the name after hearing his mother say it a few

times. He found Bernieg in a massive hollow tree after he had defeated all of its inhabitants.

She was held hostage, used as a tool and was considered a monster. Radiclaus loved Basilisks

and couldn’t believe it when he saw one. He took her home and showed everyone regardless of

how frightened they were.

Knowing well that Radiclaus would do anything to prove he is not afraid of anything, his

mother persuaded him to go back to Radi and take his place as the heir to the throne. She

made him know that he can help more people by taking his place, told him to pack his things

and leave the next morning. Radiclaus set out early. He wanted to get there early and come

back early in order to get more adventure.

His Basilisk had the ability to locate anything as long as it was two thousand miles away.

He depended on Bernieg to take him to wherever he wants to go. As he got to Radi everyone

tried their best to stay away from his scary looking beast. As always he just laughed and

continued on. He asked Bernieg to take him to the King and she did just that. As soon as he

arrived at the palace the guards stopped him as expected and asked him what business he had

in the palace.

“I am looking for my father, the king of this place. My mother, the queen asked me to come see

him.” Radiclaus said.

After laughing for ten seconds they finally agreed to watch him humiliate himself.

Once Radiclaus got in he immediately snuck away from the guards and made his way to

the west wing, where the Royal family stays. He knew how they were placed because he

himself lived in a castle with his best friends. As he found the room the King and Queen stayed,

he opened the door and didn’t see anyone in it. Being confused he felt some one behind him.

“Don’t move or I will kill you, I promise.” a strange teenage boy looking not too younger than

himself said in a silent tone.

Thinking this is another small problem, Radiclaus tugged the arm backward and pulled it

forward in a sequence creating enough force to break iron. Overpowering his move they both

fall through the ground, almost breaking the whole west wing. All the ruckus caused a gathering

of the staff of the family and the family itself. Radiclaus, regretting his move took a look at the

person he was fighting. He looked an awful lot like Radiclaus but darker hair and lighter skin.

“Guards, seize him immediately!” the king shouted upon seeing the damage.

Guard, upon guard, upon guard were all defeated by Radiclaus.

“Fine fighter you are. If you’re smart you would join our forces and avoid harm come to your

face.” said the King, agitated with the performance of his guards.

“I would like to speak with you in private.” Radiclaus said.

“Speak to me, Nonsense. I will beat you to a pulp.” the King said as he began to unsheathe his

sword.

The King lunged forward with nimble, high speed motion toward Radiclaus. Radiclaus

not having enough time to dodge, barely blocks the punch and flies through eight fleets of

walls. Not able to stand reinforcements finally arrive and lock Radiclaus up. Not up to ten

minutes passed and the young man he was fighting and a girl that looked almost exactly like

him were in front of his cell.

“Who are you ?” the young man asked.

“Who are you?” Radiclaus asked back.

“Well, my name is Radicle and this is Elio, my sister.” Radicle said.

“I’m not interested in introductions. Where is my father, I want to speak to him?” Radiclaus

asked.

“Exactly, if my hunch is correct we are siblings. Same father different mother.” Radicle said.

“Yes and we need your help to make our father remember all that happened during the civil

war. This Kingdom depends on it.” Elio added...

TO BE CONTINUED....

                       IT ALL HAPPENED

 At midnight as agreed, Radlicle and Elio came to find Raidclaus in his cell. In order to brake him out without anyone finding out, they had to come silently. At a late time like that, the dungeons were dark and hard to see in. In order to see, Radicle cast a spell to see.

“Magic, where did you learn to do magic.” Radiclaus asked.

“Shh!” They both almost shouted while being quiet.

After navigating through dark hallways, getting lost and almost getting caught multiple times, they finally got to the back exit of the Palace.

“Why don’t you know this Palace well?” Radiclaus asked.

“We’re not allowed to go anywhere in the palace, only the west wing.” Elio answered.

“Yes, we don’t leave.”

*Boom*

Radiclaus hit a huge crate by mistake and the gaurds immediatly came to check what happened.

 “Who is there?”

“I order you to let me pass at once.” Elio demanded.

“Oh, sorry your highness but you’re not sup...” The gaurd almost finished talking when Radiclaus smashed them into the doors, flinging them open.

“That’s our cue to move.”

“Wait, don’t aproach yet.” Radiclaus said.

“What is it, a gaurd?”  Radicle asked, on his gaurd.

Radiclaus walked to the Animal dungeon, the place where all the Kingdoms keep discovered creatures and animals.

  They look in every stall and cage until they finnaly came across a chained and bolted Basilisk.

“Bernieg!” Radiclaus shouted in relief and excitement.

“What is that thing?” Elio asked as Radiclaus broke the lock to the cage.

“Wh...what are you doing?”

As Radicluas opened the cage and tore the chains, Elio evaded.

“This is my pet and friend, Bernieg. She will take us where we would go next.”

“Where are we going?” Elio asked.

“To Upito, I know someone there.” Radiclaus answered.

 They arrived just in time, the city gates were almost closed. They signed into an inn in the edge of the town because it was too late to see anyone. The people at the inn asked lots of questions but didnt see a reason why not to let them in. Radicle had taken a lot of money and a man had seen it. This man was part of an infamous bandit group called Jeuy and they had recently had to pay for weapon shippings from overseas.

“We’re looking for a man called Ultar, he is my former teacher.”

 He went to the Juey leader and told him about the kid with all the money they need for their next deal.

“That’s what we do after all. Get the boy and do it fast, the deal is in two days.”

They made two traps, first is an ilusion trap and the second was a disguise.

“We’ve pased here three times now.” Elio said.

“Wierd we’re supposed to be there by now.” Radiclaus said.

A swift whistle sound as a sword came toward them with speed.

*Clang*

Followed as Radiclaus had drawn his sword faster than the attacker and had knocked his sword down. He wasn’t able to see his face because of a spell the bandits used but didnt care and put his blade into the bandit’s chest.

 “Run!” Radiclaus said, as a swarm of bandits started to chase them until a dead end.

Radiclaus took out his blade, whistled for Bernieg and took a stand. They took the bandits down and in no time they were back on their route. After walking for twenty minutes they finnaly arrived at the town’s high study.

“We’re here, and we are looking for Ulon, my old teacher when I was little.” Radiclaus told them.

 They searched and searched but to no avail. Apparantly Ulon had not returned since that morning.

“What do we do now?” Radicle asked

“I think we have to ask around, see if anyone’s seen him.” Radiclaus answered.

After asking lots of people they still had no info. Radiclaus decided to check around to see if anyone else knew what happened in The Great Civil War. After searching and giving up a man walked up to them and asked why they wanted to know what happened in the civil war. They knew that if they gave up their cover they would be captured so they told him that they were curious tourists and he believed them. HE gave them the adress he last saw him and left. Only one problem though, he wasn’t in the village. As they were almost out of sight by the gaurds at the gate, they were stopped by the same gang of bandits.

“You killed our brother Ultar, now you sha;; pay.”

                   OUTSIDE OF TOWN

  Radiclaus, with a little help from Radicle fought off the bandits and told them to never steal or cause trouble again.

“He said the exact name of your teacher.” Elio said.

“What do you mean.” Radiclaus asked.

“She means; the man you said was your teacher is the one that attacked us.” Radicle answered.

“That can’t be, why would he be with them?” Radiclaus asked.

“Did you see his face?” Elio asked.

“No, he used a spell to block his face, just like these guys.” Radiclaus answered as he pointed at the direction the bandits ran to.

With Radiclaus not agreeing, they still had to find a plan as fast as they could because they knew that they were being looked for. They all decided that they were going to go to Everland, a place with mountains and hills. They wanted to ask around for anyone who knew what happened.

 As they got there Radicle spotted a few of his home gaurds looking for them but didn’t do anything. Half the people they asked didn’t know what they were talking about and the other half thought The Great Civil War was a tale. After having no luck they decided to go back to Ago-nice and find out there. When they came they went to the Ferril district, where the poor mostly lived and asked around for any old people who had lived there long. One man happened to know a man that had lived in Ago-nice his entire life and took them to him.

 The man was nearly deaf. He couldn’t hear unless you shouted. They asked him what happened during The Great Civil War and he told them that it is nothing but an old folk tale. He told them that long ago there was prophesy of three men, they would come at night and brainwash everybody while they were asleep. They would turn them against each other, causing a war. They would fight till they couldn’t anymore and then The Opan; the dark lord of the Tuties would come and easily make the King do what he wanted him to do. It is said that he stays at the middle of everything, controlling the Empires he had secretly and silently conquered.

 Radiclaus was the only one who believed while Radicle and Elio thought the man made it up.

“We need to find the middle of it all.” Radiclaus said.

“You don’t beleive that man, do you?” Elio and Radiclaus asked.

“Well, we might not have much of a choice.”  Radiclaus answered as he got on Berneig and gestured for them to get in.

“We need to go to The Iop Official Library, the place we could get the most information. Radiclaus said as they flew toward Iop.

 It was late and they still had a long way to go so they decided to camp for the night. Radiclaus was to get wood, Bernieg was to carry the wood, Radicle was to make fire and light and Elio make the place they were to sleep on. They built a decent camp and ate what they bought from the market and slept. Radiclaus and Radicle woke to an unpleasant sight, they saw a letter in the place Elio slept saying ‘Come to the middle of Weller’s Peak and come alone.’ They knew they had to go fast otherwise they would kill Elio without hesitation.

 Radiclaus told Bernieg to be alert and if she heard him shout for her, she should land with force. They arrived at Weller’s Peak early and didn’t see anyone.

*Whistle*

As an arrow flew through the air, cutting through Radiclaus’ chest. He fell to the floor and shouted loudly ‘Bernieg!’. Bernieg landed with tremendous power, knoking every knight to the ground. Using force they took bernieg down with a smash.

*Smash*

“GO!!” Radiclaus shouted to Bernieg as she flew off into the skies.

“I am Gulis Rui the Third and I am here to take back the King’s children that you kidnapped back to him.”

“You’re fate would be chosen by the King himself.” said one of Gulis’s knights.

 Tied, chained and watched by gaurds, Radiclaus was held separately from the Radicle and Elio. Elio tried to explain that they left to get things from a market and got kidnapped when Radiclaus saved them but Gulis thought she was trying to defend Radiclaus, but why. They arrived in the afternoon; when everywere was buzzing with men in bars shouting, women discussing and traders giveing reports. The Ling wanted to know what had happened to his children so when he heard that they were outside he called for them eamediatly.

 He promised Gulis houses, horses, staff, power and then told him he may go. Lufier asked Radicle to tell him what happened. Radicle told him that Radiclaus had kidnapped them and had had plans for ransome. When Radiclaus while being chained heard this he knew that he would kill Radicle and kill him well.