The Chosen And the guardians

By Liviu Costin Sociu

The story of a normal student who encounters a peculiar group of girls, called guardians, who are defending the earth from darkness itself, freed from their prison by an unknown force after millions of years of peace. Now this threat seems to be disturbing the peaceful life of humans who are unaware of this new problem, ignoring that their lives might be in danger and could end at any moment. The guardians are now trying to activate again, after years of normal life, and fight to their best the darkness that is threatening the world itself and trying to send it into a new dark era, similar to the one in ancient times when the world was just a dark ball in space with little life in it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Liviu Costin Sociu
• Release date: Jan 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311232465

Liviu Costin Sociu

I am a student at Informatics (university) in romania and am 24 years old. I like to create things (like books? :) ) and have a huge imagination. other than that i don't have much to say about me, i am not used to describe myself like that.I like to smile and laugh, help others laugh and smile, and like gaming/anime.Other than that please feel free to ask,i will gladly answer any question :)

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The Chosen

And The Guardians

Sociu Liviu Costin

Published by Sociu Liviu Costin at Smashwords

Copyright 2016 Sociu Liviu Costin

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A little Message

Please take a moment to read the ' A Message from The Author ' before reading this book.

Enjoy this little creation.

Thanks for your choice.

Index

A Message from The Author

Special Thanks

Copyright

Prelude

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Chapter 2: Revelations

Chapter 3: Choices & Decisions

Chapter 4: Initiation

Chapter 5: Between Past and Future

Chapter 6: The Dark One and His Helper

Chapter 7: The Phoenix Elder and The Children of Darkness

Chapter 8: Lifia's Slumber

Chapter 9: Drake's Path

Chapter 10: Reunion

Chapter 11: The Search

Chapter 12: Iris's Awakening and The Pure Berserker

Chapter 13: In Search of a Common Home

Chapter 14: A Strange Awakening

About The Author

A Message from The Author

I would like to thank whoever is reading this book. I am honored to know that you found this book interesting and wanted to give it a look.

I wrote this book moved by passion and huge imagination. I didn't do it for money or with the intention to be a 'great' writer (cause I am not anyway). I know my book is not perfect, it's far from it, and I know it's not even 100% correct, English is not my native language, but it was the best language to write a book for everyone.

Even if you: hate,love,like or whatever this book you are reading, please, let me know! My mail is [e-mail] , Please send me a review, suggestion, critics or whatever you think I got wrong (or right, why not!) and help me make it better! If this part 1 of my book is appreciated then I will be glad to continue writing and put out the second part of it.

To be honest I always wanted for this to become, one day, an anime or game...in my opinion it has all the necessary to be one and I would be happy if that happens one day or another.

When I wrote this book, I did it with music so, if you like to read like that, I kindly suggest to listen to some music while reading. In my opinion it helps to 'feel' what I was feeling when I wrote the book. Which music...I will leave it to you, kind reader, but I might give some suggestions about the kind of music in my next book, that if I get some questions about what music I listened (like calm music or something a little more strong for the fighting scenes). Either way it's your choice how to read this little creation of mine, and know that I am grateful for your time, no matter how much of it you spend in reading my book.

As per my final words...if you are an artist, no matter what kind of artist, never give up! Remember what brought you to do what you do, and do it with passion and not for money or for someone, simply free your talent and keep going no matter the odds, do it for yourself and keep trying until you do it right! That's how I did it, nothing special or big about it, keep following your dreams and passions!

Special Thanks

Before I leave you with the story, I would like to thank Radu Tataru for his help with the cover of the book, he did a generous effort to help me create such a beautiful artwork for my book (he even does portraits, I would appreciate if you give a look at his artworks( http://radutataru.deviantart.com/ ), it would be quite a payback for his help). I would like to thank those who pushed me to keep going with the book, like my friends (especially someone I call Jack affectionately) and last, but not least, Smashwords (Especially Mark Coker for his guide and Aaron F. for his help with what not to do with a cover and suggestions) for their help in guiding me into making a book, as it should be, and allowing an easy upload for the book to spread around the world.

Prelude

Darkness, a place with nothing else embraces a young man floating in the emptiness. Slowly his body floats toward a light while a voice of a young girl is calling him. Drake......Drake! the voice keeps calling that name, the name of the young man that is floating toward the light.

He gets up in a hurry, sweaty, his hands feeling the soft bed in which he was resting while his eyes struggle to focus little by little into seeing the simple room in which he was in. No details could be observed because of the startled wake which forced his instinct to hastily try to sat up.

A pair of hands softly pushed him back on the bed with slight strength and a sweet voice warned him Calm down, you are safe, relax.... then the hands left the shoulders of the young man and, little by little, after a while, he sat on the bed, switching his focus toward the woman who just talked. The young girl was smiling at Drake, her pink hair was the first thing to get Drake's attention, followed by her emerald green eyes. Her body was hard to analyze because of the headache afflicting him and because the young woman was seating on a chair in a fairly dark room which didn't help him to see her any better.

Drake tried to remember what happened but, the amount of pain caused by that action, got him to scream and hold his head in the attempt to calm it down. The young girl put her hands on Drake's and with a smile said Calm down, do not force your memory, please free your head and relax.... then she tried to put Drake back down on the bed, which was kind of easy thanks to the lack of opposition and struggle against her doings. Drake tried to calm down as suggested by the young woman Where am I? Why can't I remember anything from the past days? Drake asked confused, his panic was obvious to the young woman which now resembled more a girl than a woman once, his eyes, could adapt to the dim light of the room. She smiled once again Don't worry, I will explain everything, but whatever I tell you must remain between us...I am sorry but...you will understand...for now just listen and try to rest so you can recover faster Thus Drake nodded and calmed down, listening to the young girl.

Chapter 1: The Beginning

[3 days ago]

A young man was walking toward his university as usual, silver hair and ice colored eyes, an athletic body and medium height, this is how the young man presented himself at first sight. The morning was peaceful: the birds were singing and the sun was beginning to wake up and climb the sky. This peaceful atmosphere seemed perfect for Drake, this the young man's name, but he knew that this peace will last very little, and as expected, a huge cloud of dust was coming his way from behind and, in it's head, was a girl running like she was escaping from a demon.

Once near Drake, the girl stopped right beside him and with a big smile hugged him GOOD MORNING DRAKE!! Drake was so used to this routine that he didn't even react to whatever she did. The girl had long straight blond hair and dark green eyes, a little shorter than drake and an athletic, attractive body, her name was Talah.

Good morning Talah...and please stop embracing me every morning but the girl just smiled I must embrace you my love! You're my boyfriend and that's how I like to treat you! the smile on her face widens while Drake just sighs with resignation I am not your boyfriend...you know that... still Talah doesn’t seem to give any attention to those words and ignored them. It's well known that Talah put her eyes on Drake for a long time and usually keeps other girls far from his 'lover' although Drake never agreed to be together with her. Still he doesn't want to hurt her by pushing her away and because she's one of the few friends he has.

And so, like every other morning, they went toward school together, usually Talah holds Drake's arm while humming joyfully and leaves him once near the school gates...and so she did today too. Drake doesn't like to chit chat too much with his classmates on morning, he usually goes straight forward the classroom where he usually finds a teacher or 2 with which he usually spends couple of minutes chatting.

The day advances little by little, lessons are in progress in each classroom until, the break, relieves everyone and gives them the chance to escape the lectures. Drake likes to enjoy the wind on the rooftop and, Talah, knows that very well since she stays with him eating something that she prepared for herself and for him as well. In fact, its common that Drake doesn't bring anything to eat on Talah's order so she can prepare something to eat for him every day. While the same routine repeats once again, a young male enters the rooftop quite angry, bulky and solid in constitution and short in height with black hair and eyes, heads straight for Talah Hey Talah, give me back the money I lent you! the girl seemed a little annoyed by the newcomer and answers with a bored voice I already told you Kale, I don't have them now....like I promised, I will give them to you Monday, that was the deal Kale then seemed even more pissed than before thanks to how Talah answered The deal has changed, pay now or pay with yourself! then he grabs her hand strongly, with Talah getting a little scared of the situation Let go of me... Kale smiled with satisfaction So? What are you... he didn't had time to finish his sentence that, Drake, took Kale's hand and forced him to release Talah's one A deal is a deal Kale, you agreed on Monday...so Monday it is, am I clear enough? Kale looks angrily at Drake You're gonna pay for this.... Then he runs out of the rooftop, slamming the door behind him. Drake just resumes to relax on the rooftop as it was nothing but, Talah, seemed worried about him and was speechless because of what happened. Worried that she might have been a troublesome burden for him, she didn't found the courage to talk to him until the end of the day.

While everyone was leaving school, Drake usually being one of the last ones to leave the building, he found, on his way out, 3 persons that were waiting for him, one of them being Kale. Oho it seems our hero finally decided to came out of his hideout to fight for his beloved princess.... Drake looked at them and stopped dead in his tracks while Talah went behind him, afraid of the current situation. Kale...go home and calm yourself, I’m not gonna repeat myself then Drake's bag touched the ground while he looked straight in Kale's eyes. Kale instantly rushed toward Drake to attack him but, his punch, hit the air since Drake ducked to avoid him and answered back with a powerful knee to the stomach. Standing up after that attack, he started looking at the other 2, leaving Kale suffering on the ground So? Drake was prepared to get them on too, but one of them dashed away while the other tried to attack him but, in the rush, he left his defense down, which, allowed Drake to rapidly counter-attack and put him down on the ground with a punch to the kidney. Kale in the meanwhile found the strength to get up from the ground and, while Drake was busy counter-attacking, he rushed toward him and punched him in the face. Even if he succeeded to do so, Drake immediately knocked him down with another punch to the stomach, which, left Kale agonizing on the ground and grasping for air. I warned you.... Drake then proceeds to take his bag and leave while, a little blood, started coming out of his lip where Kale hit him.

Talah was speechless...the entire time she was looking shocked at what was happening until all ended and she collected herself, rushing toward Drake and blocked his way, looking at him with tears to her eyes .... Talah tried to talk without results...she just stood there, muted by the sight of Drake which was just looking at her like nothing happened. Talah then found the strength to embrace him while still crying I am sorry...you just hurt yourself because of me....I am at fault....I am so sorry! Please...forgive me, I...I will leave you alone, that's the best for both of us. I don't want to cause you more trouble than I already did Drake couldn't say nothing because Talah already went away running after those words, he simply watched her running away, unsure on what to do or think in that moment.

A light caught his attention from a side street between the houses and, curios about its source, he walked to see what was emitting that light. Once walked a little between the houses, he stopped at what he saw: A black giant creature made of pure darkness with only a pair of red and bloody eyes, terrifying and evil at the same time. Paralyzed, Drake could not move further until, a voice, snapped him out of it Iris...PROTECT HIM! Only when the voice stopped screaming that sentence, Drake saw that there were some girls there too but he didn't had time to observe them well that, one of them, jumped right beside him with a smile. Drake was confuse but noticed a pair of pink ears on the girls head Don't worry I will prot... before she could finish that sentence, a dark wave of energy, came by her and hit Drake fully, sending him against a wall and knocking him out cold.

Chapter 2: Revelations

[Present]

Drake seemed a little confused after the story and asked with renewed calm What happened after? the young girl smiled while answering You slept for 3 days...still, it's a miracle you survived, it's rare to survive such a hit without having to pay for it...and you just had some scratches and the pain from hitting the wall..... Trying to remember again a headache began to rise Argh! Iris took his hands again and smiled a little troubled Please calm down...do not try to remember now...it's true that you didn't got injured, but the hit you took shocked your body pretty badly.

After a little hesitation, he calmed down and relaxed looking at the ceiling while putting his head on the soft pillow Who, or what, was the beast you were fighting? his curiosity was legitimate but the girl seemed troubled about such question Look, its not something I can explain freely....you must swear to not tell anyone about this, otherwise we might have to retain you or....even worse Her eyes were very serious and her look was directed to Drake, which, seemed a little agitated about what he heard but, something in him, made him feel right to go ahead on this path Very well, I shall not reveal anything.... The young girl took a deep breath before starting to explain the situation You see, we are guardians of the world, more precisely chosen ones by the primal beasts which gave us the powers we have. Thanks to them we can see the darkness in his forms and fight it. No one else can sense them and, even if their origin is still unknown, the war between we guardians and the creatures of darkness, like the one you saw, began ages ago.

The girl stopped a little to look at Drake, leaving him enough time to realize all the information she gave him and waiting any questions that might arose, all while observing his reaction at the same time. So practically, you are some kind of superheroes who fights evil? even if the question seemed to be sarcastic, it was quite serious and the young girl seemed a little troubled once again Well not quite. You see, we have powers thanks to the primal beasts and we are driving a war against the darkness, its not like fighting crime or anything like that, it's really the darkness itself, the evil materialized under spoils of creatures...its complicated, but the idea, more or less, it's that we are guardians fighting against a dark enemy who tries to destroy what we guard and protect. Drake nodded a few times before looking back Well...I think I got the idea, still, you said that the war itself it's very old, why is that or, better yet, how is that? She smiled a little I see, you are curios, then let me tell you the story of the guardians, it's long, but I guess it can answer more questions of yours about we guardians... she smiled again looking at him in the eyes before resuming Well in origin, when the world was very young, a deep darkness covered almost all its surface. Everything was darkness, and by it, swallowed. Still, sparkles of light kept fighting against the enemy which was about to engulf the entire world, those were the guardian clans, divided by the primal beast that were giving them power. At that time every man, woman and child, had a primal beast with them Drake seemed a little troubled and, Iris, stopped after observing that Something wrong? The young Drake answered with curious eyes More exactly, those primal beasts, what are they? another smile flashed the girl's face "Good question, I forgot to tell you I guess. Primal beasts are like animals: dogs, cats, lions, tigers, turtles and so on