User:Ryushusupercat/The Demon Slayer Saga/Chapter 1

Two Young Heroes
"Albus!" cried out a young, female Mobian fox (no more than five years old). "Where are you?"

The young fox heard snickering.

"I can hear you, Albus!" said the fox.

"But can you find me?" replied Albus. The young fox peered around a tree.

"Albus? Allllllbuuuuuusss!" she called out. There was a rustling in the nearby bushes. The little fox grinned.

"I got you now, Albus!" she yelled, pouncing upon the bush. But there was no Albus. In fact, there was nothing.

"Albus?" the fox asked. There was no answer. She was becoming scared now.

"Albus, please come out!"

No response.

"Albus!"

The little fox DID get a reply this time; an unnatural wail. She let out a yelp.

"A-Albus, wh-where are y-you?!" She began to cry. Without warning, a male Mobian cat (about seven years old) jumped down from the nearby tree.

"Shanoa," he said. "It's okay, I'm here. See? Please don't cry!"

"Didn't you hear that noise?" the fox, Shanoa, asked.

"What noise?"

"That moaning noise!"

"I didn't hear anything..."

"But..." Shanoa started. Then she sighed.

"Let's just get out of here," she said.


 * Later that night, the two were sleeping inside of a small hole carved into a hill (they had no home, mind you), when Shanoa suddenly heard a voice, calling to her.

"Shanoaaa..."

She sat up, panicked.

"Who's there?" she whispered, not wanting to wake up Albus.

"Shanoaaaaaa..."

Shanoa got up. The voice scared her, yet intrigued her at the same time. She carefully stepped past Albus and exited the hole.

"Shaaanoaaaa..."

"H-Hello?" Shanoa called out.

"Come heeeeerrre..."

Shanoa began to follow the mysterious voice. It eventually led her into a cave.

"Who's there?" she asked. Her voice echoed on the ancient, earthen walls.

"Shanoa...you've not realized your gift yet..."

"Wha...what are you talking about? What gift?"

"The power of Glyphs...the gift of Dominus..."

"Glyphs? Dominus? What are you talking about?" Shanoa asked the strange voice.

"They are yours, and yours alone," the voice continued. All at once, three floating shapes appeared. Two were triangular and blue in color. Above them was a reddish circle. Inside these three shapes was a different symbol.

"What are those...?" Shanoa asked, filled with curiosity.

"These three Glyphs are Dominus. Only you can control them. Anyone else who tries will either perish or be driven into madness."

"But...I still don't understand..."

"Then let me show you, child," the voice continued. Suddenly, the three Glyphs began to glow brighter than before, and Shanoa felt an incredible power begin to well up within her body. She gasped. The strength of this force was terrifying. She soon noticed a burning sensation on both shoulders and on the small of her back, between the shoulder blades.

"S-Stop it! Please!!" she cried out, falling to her knees. The glow from the Dominus Glyphs was blinding now.

"Embrace your gift, child," said the voice. "For you shall become the savior of Mobius..."

The world began to grow dark. Shanoa finally collapsed.


 * When morning finally arrived, Albus was just beginning to wake up. The first thing he noticed was the absence of Shanoa's gentle breathing. He quickly sat up, panic invading his mind.

"Shanoa?!" he called out. "Shanoa, where are you?!" He jumped out of the hole.

"Shanoaaaaa!!"

Albus took off running. Although Shanoa wasn't his biological sister, he cared for her as if she were. And now she was gone. What kind of brother was he, to let his little sister be snatched away? Albus clutched his head in both paws.

"No! I can't think like that! I'll find Shanoa! I will!"

So he continued on his way. He eventually came across a cave. Peering inside, he found Shanoa.

"Shanoa!!" Albus cried. He ran over to her and knelt down. There were tears in his bright green eyes.

"Shanoa...no...please...don't be..." he faltered, carefully brushing Shanoa's hair away from her face. Her eyelids fluttered briefly, and Albus gasped.

"Shanoa...?!"

Her eye finally opened, slowly.

"Albus...?"

"You're alive!! Are you okay?"

"I...I think so..."

Albus helped Shanoa stand up. She was still feeling light-headed and dizzy.

"Shanoa, what happened? Why did you leave?" asked Albus. The young fox thought for a few seconds.

"Last night, I heard a voice, calling for me..."

"A voice...?"

"Yeah...I followed it here...but I can't remember anymore..."

"Well...what did the voice sound like?"

"It's hard to describe," said Shanoa. "It didn't sound threatening, though."

"It left you for dead in this cave. That sounds threatening to me," Albus huffed.


 * A little bit later, the two young Mobians were making their way back to their "home" when they heard a noise. Albus jumped, then scowled.

"Who's there?" he demanded. "Show yourself!"

"Still your tongue, whelp!" said a cackling voice. "I could make mincemeat of you in a second!"

Shanoa gasped, and Albus put up his fists. The bushes behind them rustled, and a skeleton stepped out! He was a whole foot taller than the two youngsters. They gasped in fear.

"It...it's a skeleton!!" Albus yelped. The skeleton grinned.

"Ahahaha! Smart cat!" said the skeleton. He stepped towards the two friends.

"A little too smart, if you ask me! Nyaahaha!"
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