The 5 Graves

The Battered

Part 1

Lenore lay broken and bruised at the edge of the world. The salt water washed over her tattered body sending searing pain through all her wounds with every crashing wave. Each surge reminded her of what had happened. Hot tears rolled down her face and into the ocean…

The First Grave

Epilogue

Footprints.

Footprints are left in the earth in the places you’ve passed. Footprints remind you of where you’ve been.

The boy walked through the grass, leaving his footprints as depressions in the greenery…

The First Grave

He had been left behind. Lying next to the body of the man he killed, the Knights passed him by as they marched to their next destination. Eventually the boy stirred. He salvaged what he could from the razed village and dug a grave. After burying the body, he made a small pile of stones and placed a…

The Stained

Part 6

Shaking, the boy let go of the hilt. The man before him sank to the ground, propped up by the length of blade protruding from his body. The boy fell to his knees and started to sob.

The Weeper

Part 7

He caught something moving in the corner of his eye. Slowly, Kaite pulled himself to his feet, letting the darkness camouflage him as much as possible. Who was this lone figure out in the plains?

The Stained

Part 5

The sword called to him.

Not called, per se, but something caused the boy to stop moving forward and double back. He almost missed it, the black blade camouflaged by the night sky. He picked it up and ran his hand along to cool stone blade…

The Stained

Part 4

The boy cowered in his tent. The screams of the villagers captured rang out through the night, making it impossible for him to get any rest.

The day slipped by with relative ease. There was no battle. The villagers were no match for the Knights…

The Weeper

Part 6

Kaite drove his horse forward, sword held high. The black blade almost seemed like it had captured the last rays of sun. In a vicious arc, Kaite brought the stone blade down, cleaving a knight’s helmet it two. He was immediately knocked from his horse, his body slamming…

Obsidian

Break 1

Somehow the village survived the tsunami unscathed. The wave almost seemed to veer, the brunt of it crashing several miles down the beach. The little boy wandered down the shore looking for any treasures the great wave may have carried with it.