DEVILHEART

Prologue - 1659.

When I was a young boy, everything was alright. It was another beautiful day for the people of Gouville. Marketers and economy are usual.

Childrens playing outside the church. Joys in the taverns and inns.

That day, when I was with my friends, playing in the river, we see something in the sky. My close friend, Julia, calls my name and pointed her fingers in the sky.

"Harts!" She say my name. "Look up in the sky!" It was still an evening, so I suspect it is the meteor, but when it comes closer, it was bigger.

I told my friends to get inside and take safety. My mother standing at the door outside my house, calling my name to get it.
"Harts Kingdom! Get in!"

As I ran into my mother, every villagers are running away and hiding. Was this a dream? Was this a nightmare? I can't tell.

My mother tells me to quickly get inside the house. I get inside immediately.
As I'm inside my house, I felt anxious and worrying. I look at the window from inside and sees my friends still not inside their houses due to the crowded villagers.

The meteor hit the statue of our king and land on the river that leads to the Crystal Lake. It did an impact and causes a shaking to our village. The villagers came outside to see the meteor and inspect it.

I asked my mother what is going on?!?!
My mother said this words to me.
"My son, these are the calamity that were told in the book. I have done multiple research about this."

I was thinking that my mother is crazy.
The chief of the village then take a look on the meteor. A large crack on the rocks and a thousands of demons came out. They eat the chief and assault the villagers who they see.

The demons also breaking inside their houses and slaughtering everyone. I look in panic and terrified by their actions. My mother then injects me with a serum that she has been researching for her past 20 years.

"Mother! What are you doing?!?!" I say.
My mother quickly grabs my hand and hides me inside the basement. She hold onto my shoulder and tells me.
"Harts. I believe you are the worthy of this power. Please, stay alive. Your father was right about you."

I was confused because what my lunatic mother said doesn't make any sense!! And besides, I never heard of my father's existence at all.

She locks me in the basement and went upstairs. With a gap on the above floor, I can see and hear what is my mother doing. The demons burst in and destroys everything.

My mother talking nonsense stuff to them.
"By the Lord's power, I demand you to vanish!" But the demons are too strong for our beliefs to work. I witnessed my mother gets slaughtered by the demons right in my eyes.

Tears and trauma, I eventually passes out.

A few hours later, I woke up and luckilly the demons didn't find me.
I tried to get out from the basement with my might and I break out. I see bloods everywhere on my house, and my mother's head on the table. I hold my mother's head and hug her while crying.

I went outside to find any survivor remaining, and all I see is Julia breathing and still alive after losing her right arm. I walked up to her and carry her by her shoulder. "T-Thank you..." She says. "This village is dead... We need to move..." She suggest.

Looking around, she is right. Everything is dead. I can hardly see if there is anyone alive. Luckilly, the gate is open, meaning somebody already escaped.

I'm not sure how to feel about this. Julia says to me again: "There is a kingdom once you passes that small forest..."

I then noticed that there is more demons. To escape, we have to be stealthy. Once we get to the gate, we immediately get out and went to the forest.

After we successfully escape, we have one problem. We have no weapons, no armors, and nothing. Nothing at all. Our only choices are neither death, or stealth. We slowly getting to our destination.

We keep and keep on moving, even though there are also monsters and demons in the wild, hunger for fresh meat. I am sure, that there could be some hunter in the wilds.

It may sound stupid, but both of us are only 14 years old with barely any experience, and Julia is injured. As we both keep on walking, we were surrounded by the demons in the forest. I felt scared, and I don't want to leave Julia.

Julia tells to my ear and pushes me away.
"Go. Run now!" She sacrifices herself for me to get to the next village. With hesitation, I nodded and keep running. I can't even hesitate to look back to see Julia, but all I can hear is the demons flapping their wings and making noises.

And so, I manage to leave the forest and found the village that Julia told me about. I went in, but the villagers are confused since I am new here. The viking saw me and asked about me.
"Boy, where do you come from? Your face new here! And why are you all bruised up??"

I replied: "I've come from Gouville. We were attacked by demons from the meteors."

The vikings surprised and also cautious.
"Demons, from meteors... That is not new. I have heard of it. My name is Anthony Tererua. I know my last name sound weird, but nice to meet you, boy."
He offers me with his handshake.

I shook hand with him and offer his my name.
"My name is Harts Kingdom. Nice to meet you too."
Anthony smiles: "We may have not have alot of warriors in this town. But we can ask our king about your Gouville."

I replied to him.
"Gouville is dead. The demons are now spreading. I lost my mother, my friends, and everyone I love..."

Anthony felt sorry after he heard my tragic story.
"I'm sorry for what happened. Please, let me show you where you may live."

Anthony brings me to his inn where he owns. "Good afternoon folks! We have our boy here named "Harts Kingdom!""
He smiles so casually and introduces me to his friends and crew.

"Hey who's the kid?? Never seen him before!" His friend said. "Oh! This is the Gouville kid. We keep getting Gouville folks here!"

"Neh, can't blame em. Demons..."

Anthony then brings me upstairs and showed me my room. "This where you sleep buddy." He hold on my shoulder with his hand. "Remember, don't feel too bad about it. I know today is such a hard day, but one day, I promise we could do something about this."

He tries to comfort me about my bad day.

It seems, today really is a bad day.