(Message from the author aka me, I will be making the chapters longer. The last one was short because I was doing it by phone at 12:30 am so it will hopefully be longer and better ;).

Dark: I woke up after a restful sleep and did my morning practice 1000 push ups, sit ups, jumping jacks, crunches, rolls, and jumps. After I got all sweaty and tired at least physically that is I began to practice my Magic. Yes i said it I can use magic and when I say magic I don't mean the regular stuff like fire, water, air, earth, metal, nature, holly, dark, and mystical. I'm talking about a new magic that no one else I know could use it. I call it fear because it allows me to create fear and use it and when I mean use it I mean that I can make your fears into reality. Say that someone is afraid of a demon, I can manifest that creature and it will start attacking them and if says that they don't fear anything I can either make a fear that will affect them or make the people around them see that person as what they fear.

After practicing for a while and getting techniques down I took a bath. When I finished with my bath I took some food from the fridge and began to grill meat and vegetables. After my breakfast I packed a lunch for later and put on my best armor. My armor is fully black with a red trimming. It's pretty strong sense steel blades can't cut it. The armor is made of leather that I got from killing a few wolf packs and there alphas. The armor was light but very durable so it allowed me to have free movement. If your wondering if I picked any weapons up, I didn't I just couldn't find a weapon that would fit me so I went barehanded like I did against the wolves.

I began to head out to the front of the castle as every other boy and girl in the city did. When I got there the place must have been packed with a couple thousand people who wanted to participate in the tournament. It looked pretty packed so I climbed on top of a building a began to watch the king start talking.

King Marcus: Ah this day is a great day it's my favorite day after all, its the day that we have strong young and old men/women fight each other and prove their skills. I began my speech and telling everyone how I expected great things from them and that who ever won this tournament would get a special prize, my daughter or other goods if they choose so. The men and boys seemed extra happy about this for some reason I couldn't understand so I shrugged and kept on talking. If a women won they could have gold, jewelry, and some EPIC weapons and armor. The Armor is special elven made armor that absorbs 30% of all magic attacks and the weapon is a random scythe that I found in a heavily defended and trapped chest that was found in a dungeon near here. It seems to have some dark properties but no one has been able to use it. As the long standing rule states you may not kill an opponent and your opponent can choose to forfeit or you simply knock them out to win. As I finished up with my speech I told everyone to head to the tournament grounds and prepare for battle.

Princess Veronica: ( Father how could you do this! Thinking of giving away your daughter to a random fellow who might be a vicious fellow. And what if an old man wins or an arrogant noble wins what then? Oh I really hope a women wins or even a nice young man). Ha.... what am I going to do?

Dark: Is the king a fool and wait I must have that weapon I have never seen any of its kind before but I feel that I must have it. As I thought about the weapon the king finished his speech and everyone began to head to the coliseum. Out of the corner of my eye I caught sight of the princess, I took a real look at her for the first time. She was a wolf type beast man and quite beautiful with her golden eyes and her white fur. She was probably 1/3 beast and 2/3 human because she only have the ears, tail, eyes, and reflexes of a wolf. She was around my age from what I hear and had a nice bust that would make a handful. I guess there are a few things I could get from this tournament it thought.

I moved to the tournament grounds and looked at the list of who my 1st opponent was to be. But before I could find out I heard a mocking voice from behind me say, " Ha I might as well consider this an instant win I get to fight the human", feeling a bit annoyed I turn around to look at who said that. It was Zan Outhhart who also happens to be the kings eldest son. He was a bear type beast man weighing a little over 420lbs of pure muscle and 6"6 inches tall. He was a bully of the weak but he was also a renowned fighter and sadist when it cam to fighting.

Sense it seemed that he thought that I would be an easy win I decided that I would humiliate him in from of everyone. As I walked away, I made a plan that sounded absolutely delightful it was so great that I had a smile on my face as I waited for my turn.

After watching a couple of these boring matches were mages and wizards tried to use flashy magic and warriors were calling stupid skill names to show off for the crowed and king I got tired I wanted to see some real challenge and I got my wish.

Out on the stage was the head of the royal guards Mardoc who is a mix between a dog beast man and an elf. It made him especially deadly in a fight sense he not only was physically strong but he could also use magic to attack or protect himself. His opponent was probably the strangest person in the entire city. His opponent after all was a female dark elf who used twin chakras as weapons. These weapons allowed he to attack both at close and long range and there seemed to be an enchantment of them that pulsed electricity throughout the weapons. She had a lean build that was built for speed and seemed to know a thing or two about magic. I learned that her name was Alice and that she is an adventurer who is here with her party for the tournament, after all anyone can join.

The battle was intense from the get go as soon as the announcer began the fight Alice shot a dark bolt at Mardoc which he deflected by summoning a shield in front of him to stop the bolt. The impact caused an explosion that blocked his vision so he didn't see the chakras as they came flying at him. He easily jumped over both of them though as he could hear them with his enhanced hearing. As he jumped back he sent a gust of wind to clear away the dust that rose from the explosion and saw his enemy charging him. As Alice got close he activated the spell earth spike which shot out of the ground trying to impale Alice. She barely dodged it and got cut along her leg thus reducing her movement by a lot. Alice checked to see if her opponent was going to attack but he was not it seemed that he was just waiting for her to either tire out or watch her faint from blood loss so she quickly came up with a plan and used the spell fog to block his vision where she once again threw her chakras to attack him from the sides. Mardoc thinking that she was just dong the this to buy time summoned two shields at either side of him what he didn't see is that Alice had caste lighting which channeled threw the weapons destroyed his shields. As Mardoc frantically tried to cast new shields he was punched in the face by Alice who ran over in the cover of fog. The punch sent Mardoc flying into the coliseum wall where he lay unconscious. Thus Alice won the battle and the healers came out to fix there injuries.

I was impressed in a difficult situation she thought it out and made a great plan. I was a bit disappointed in Mardoc though because he should have finished her instead of trying to wait it out. As I was thinking this the announcer called out the next opponents who happened to be me and Zan. So I began walking to the field ready to set my plan in motion.