Nicolas had just arrived at his sister's house ,he looked at the house and felt a bit stressed . It had been eleven years since he had last visited the house ." It's quite, a bit too peaceful " he said . He was now at the front door , he knocked on the door and no reply came he knocked several more times but the result was the same. He tried to open the door but it was locked he took out out his phone from his pocket and called his sister . "Hello sis, where are you right now, at home but am right here ,the door is even locked" he said over the phone . " Wait your at our old house right" she said ,"yeah what's the problem" he responded. "I moved out when you left and I stay in the dormitories at school I only stay there during spring break ,sorry I didn't tell you earlier but there is a spare key under the flower pot besides the door " she said. "Thanks "he replied, he lifted the pot ,took the key and open the door.
The house was evenly covered in a thick layer of dust . Nicolas sighed and went to the store room and took some cleaning materials. "Only been gone for a while huh, oky , let's start cleaning" he said.
Mira was a tall girl with shiny short black hair ,a cute face and a soft impression on her that made her popular with most boys . When Nicolas was making the call she was at her study group with two of her best friends . She left the phone on the table and gave out a sigh ," who was that ? " asked Riya her most beloved friend, " my idiot brother" she said . "You had brother all this time? " Rose asked ,her other friend , "wait I never told you" she replied. "Yah," said Riya , "so what's he like?" added Rose . " Well, to put it in short ,huh , he is a lousy,show off ,poser, persistent idiot brother " she said." Argh,I thought he would be some handsome guy " she said with a face of disappointment ," any way what did he want"she asked . "He is joining the collage so he will be staying at our old house " she answered . "You mean the one that we hosted your birthday party at?" she asked ,"yeah that one" she answered. "I just wonder why he moved all of a sudden, does it have to do with his curse mark and the black blades?" she thought to herself.
It was already past eight o'clock in the evening when Nicolas had finishedcleaning up . He was on in the dining room enjoying some late night snacks, he sat on the table while looking at the snow fall outside whenn he saw a picture that was leaning on the window frame . He was surprised for he had not noticed it when he was cleaning. He got off the table and went to it. The picture was of him ,Mira and there mom when he was eight. "I wish these times had lasted longer " he said a he placed the picture back near the window.
"It was in year Three hundred AD when the world was changed ,following a distructive chain of volcano eruptions in the curcum pacific belt , hideous monsters appeared all of them were pitch black, Ownies creatures of the dark . The nations where in panick for they had tried to kill them but nothing in their books worked . Fleets of armed soilders fell to anomebr of them in seconds. The world was indeed set in chaos, among the few that survived some got supernatural powers most of them with unnatural human physical abilities ,it was these few that fought off the tragedy . Most of the monsters were defeated by the heroes but some Ownies still appeared here and there but where being hunted down by the heroes called Arkives . To the world's luck the supernatural abilities of Arkives were discovered to be transferable through birth. As the saying goes where there is light there is also darkness some children where born with Ownie curse marks some of them from the most prestigious families. These children wielded immense destructive power hence the nations declared that a children born with such marks be handed over to officials to their misery or they should be killed immediately after birth. It's a law that has been applied up to morden day although it looks like some parents love their parents too much." Nicolas thought about this while standing in front of the mirror , exermining the snow flake mark on the left side of his neck which was his curse mark. He sighed and turned of the light and went to bed preparing for the long day ahead of him.