Chapter 1- little Vivian

Viper. A name that's just a word but can leave fear in people's eyes like a knife that is just seconds away from taking your life. Some say it's a snake, others say it's me. But my name wasn't always Viper.

"Vivian!" Mother yells as she plants the new red roses in her garden. I run to her as the wind brushes against my small face and the grass tickles my feet. It's finally spring with tulips and roses covering our land like a warm colorful blanket. When I finally reach mother, she says "Good Lord! Why is your hair all messed up? It was fine a few minutes ago" I just smile sheepishly as she brushes my silky black hair and puts them into two little pigtails. Then I run off to Father and Luka.

"Vivi!" Luka yells as I come towards him.

"Can I play?" I ask father.

"Of course. Let me show you how!" father says warmly as I come to him.

Then in a blink of an eye, I see a cloud that resembles the color of blood, as it comes, it kills ever life that it makes contact with. Every flower and every petal that was in my mother's garden began to shrivel up. I hear a loud thunder that pierces my ears and forces me to cover them with my small hands. And from the corner of my eye, I see them. At first, I didn't know what to call them, I didn't have time to either, the ground was shaking below my feet. My father yields out his sword for protection, and I see them. Figures wearing red masks and red armor. The army looked like a swarm of fire ants. They charged towards us and then lightning struck again, but this time, it hit my father. My mother, who was frightened, grabbed Luka and my hand as she ran towards the castle.

"Knights! We need the knights!" She shrieked.

And before my eyes, our knights charged like a stampede of elephants, and before I knew it, it was war.

I tried my best to catch my breath as we ran on our new marble floor down the hallway. Mother took us to our underground magic compartment below the castle and said "wait here"

"What about you?" I asked.

She gulped. "I-I'll be fine Vivian" She said warmly, but I could see the fear in her green eyes. She started to walk out, but then she said "I love you" and ran out.

"What do we do now?" I asked Luka as I shiver.

"Hold on, I'll see if the coast is clear" Luka says.

"But mother said to wait" I say.

"Yes but my mother is dead" he says

I didn't know how to respond to that. But I sure wished I stopped him because after a few minutes, I heard him scream. And that scream sounded like shattering glass to me. I quickly ran out of the secret chamber to see nothing left. Everything and everyone was gone. I looked around the charred castle. My home was ruined. When I looked out the window, I saw the troops outside. They must be looking for whoever is left, so that they can kill them too. They're looking for me.

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