Of Monarchs and Madness Mindcrack AU:Prolouge

[sisduke]

The palace was a central of activity. Guards positioned in four groups creating a phalanx surrounding the throne. King Guude stood motionless holding his sword. Four of his best guards stood by his sides. Etho Slab, Vintage Beef, Pause Unpause, and Baj. All held swords of diamond and shields of obsidian. When a figure floated past the king went slack. The guards watched as life slipped from his eyes leaving him dead in the throne. Vintage and Pause stood back to back facing every which way. “Guys we can’t fight we must leave.” said Etho. Beef nodded grabbing a very resilient Pause and running from the palace and through the gates of Mindcrackia.
Zisteau ushered away his subjects needing some breathing room. “Our closest ally has been killed!” he screamed with rage. His advisor stood by him. “Kurt fetch the Mage’s Court double security immediately!” He nodded stepping through a portal. Zisteau sighed, “Perilous!” Heavy footsteps filled the silent room showing off a large pegasus as it pounded through the corridor to its master. Its head lay in his lap. Zisteau stroked it waiting until Kurt returned. “The Mage’s Court was called to Mindcrackia to search for escaped guards who abandoned their position after the king was killed.” Zisteau pounded his throne causing the pegasus to move quickly. “Fine us three will find these escapees. Better than staying in this stuffy castle.” Kurt nodded as they climbed on Perilous’ back and flew.
The campfire burned brightly as the guards lounged about eating some chicken. The flapping of wings brought them from their conversations to a landing pegasus and its occupants. “You must be the guards who abandoned positions.” Zisteau sneered as he watched them move. His hand moved instantly catching all of them with a spell. “You won’t move until you answer some questions.” They nodded. “Yes we are! Are you going to kill us?”said Baj. Zisteau shuffled slightly. “No. You're too valuable to lose. You all possess something to fight the Mapmakers.” Vintage struggled causing the grip to tighten. “Were just mere palace guards though!” “You Vintage Beef will help the cavalry prevail.” Vintage whimpered shrinking away. “Okay now. What exactly happened?” The night went on with them telling Zisteau about the king and the strange figure.
“This isn’t good at all…” said Kurt as Zisteau paced. “It can only mean one thing. Vechs has returned.”

Comments

[redyellowgirl]

Ooooh! I like this. Fighting the mapmakers, that's cool! :D

[hawser]

oooohh shanp! this sounds AWESOME!!!!

[sunsetmondays]

Just a friendly reminder that stories belong under a cut. In html editing mode, surround the story in (without the full stops) <.cut.> story text or highlight the story and press the cut button on the toolbar with bold and italics and all that.

Otherwise, sounds interesting.

[ivillious_liliuvos]

Hm, this is rather… unformatted and punctuated? The story is rushing at a rather fast pace.

You probably have taken offense at this for no particular reason so I must apologise. I've been in your shoes, being criticised and all. Don't let this get you down, though. Writing is the only form of art that can be expressed in such vivid words. Music has constraints, to need to conform words to a melody.

A brilliant, eager author, is what I see in you. There is so much room for improvement for you, unlike me. I've already set myself on a path that's very undesirable but oh well. What has been done, has been done.