Small beginnings 

Chapter 1

"Maiah wake up I'm not going to tell you again!" shouted Nana from down the stairs of their cottage

Maiah hair covered her pillows from both sides of the bed. The thick curly hair looked as if she had a mane of a lion. Even a lion will mistaken her for animal male lion just with darker fur. Maiah rolled her body to the floor with the blankets still wrapped over her body and her face buried in the sheets

"I swear if I have to come get you off the floor again Girl Lord have mercy on you SOUL!" her Nana shouted again

Maiah yelled from the sheets of her blankets.

"I'M COMING IN A MINUTE NANA... GIVE ME SOME TIME!"

"DON'T YOU SASS TALK ME OR ITS OVER FOR YOU YOUNG LADY!" Shouted again Nana

A knock came at the front door of the cottage. Then a face appear at the window where the kitchen sink would be. The window had flowers and shrubbery around the frames of the window. A family face came appear smiling bright through the window. Nana was cooking breakfast and as she turned back to the kitchen sink window she saw the teenage boy with camel tan skin and dark brown hair with brown eyes. Who was making a face cross between constipated and freight at the same time as if he seen big foot and was too afraid run. Nana's face didn't change she continued cleaning her vegetables.

" Good morning Jack" said Nana

" Matt get the door that boy is here" shouted to her husband Nana

Nana husband was in the Livingroom reading the newspaper

" what boy? No boy don't live here no mo" shouted from the Livingroom Nana's husband Matt

" No you fool that boy Maiah hangs out with" shouted back

" The idiot? What that boy name again?" Asked Matt

Matt set the newspaper down on the side table of his grand chair. He get's up from his armed chair and tried to find the name to the idiot boy at the door.

"is it Jesse, no that's not it.. umm.. Peter.... no Timberlake? ... no that doesn't make sense umm.. Gavin? I don't know I know it's something fluffy like white rabbit" Matt said to himself as he approach the door.

Matt opens the door to the teenage holding a fruit basket.

"Hey there umm uh-" said Matt confused

"It's Jack! Pops! Jack you know you used to call me Jack Rabbit because of how fast I always help you and Mrs. Nana Maggie" explained happily Jack

" Oh that's right right Jack see Maggie I remembered! She thought I forgot woman come in and get Maiah down she always sleeping in" Matt says Joking around

Jack and Matt laughed and walked inside their cottage. Jack put the fruit basket on the kitchen table.

" These are from my mother she says hello and hopes everything is well" says Jack to Nana

"Oh how sweet of her God bless her heart how's is she in her condition" concerned Nana

" Umm well she's getting there the doctor says she still has a chance but I'm praying she gets better soon." said Jack

"I'll come by over there for another prayer for her" says Nana

Jack looks up into Nana eyes and says. While Matt sneaks a strawberry into his mouth.

"please do"

Jack runs stairs in the cottage he goes down the hall its 4 doors down the hall to the right. Maiah Grandparents cottage is pretty big than a typical cottage. Jack always feels right at home at Maiah's grandparents cottage as if things could be perfect and stays the same without worries and stress that he has at home. He can always count on Maiah home to always be peaceful.

Jack opens Maiah door and smiles. Her room hardly changes. Her walls were purplish-pink color. Her walls were filled with posters of: candidates of royal courts, maps of distances lands, and kingdoms she always wanted to visit. There even were school posters of the pristine elite schools for scholars. Her desk will always be by the window she explains to him it always help her study the out doors helps clear the mind from lost and wonder. Jack walks in her room she wasn't there. He walks towards her bookshelves they were filled with politics, courtship, balls, maps, uncharted lands and sketch books of fashion designs for the new age modern woman of society. Along with romance novels. Jack began to frown when he saw romance novels. He turn his head to her messy bed that stays messy all he can hear her say was. "if I make up my bed all I'm going to do is ruin it again" Jack Chuckles and he sits on her bed and look up at her artwork on the ceiling. It was constellations, but the star that shines the brightest was the star of David. Jack lays down on her bed and closes his eyes he was trying not to think about his mothers wishes.

Maiah walks in to her best friend trying to sleep on her bed. She smiles and she takes her hunting knife that's on her desk and she jumps on top of him and puts the knife to his neck. Jack felt her whole body bounce on top him almost getting his neck sliced with her knife. She covers his mouth with her other hand tight. Jack hand holds on to Maiah's wrist while his eyes budge out of his head Maiah spoke.

" Who dares to enter in my liar without permission?" Maiah pretends to have a mysteries dark wispy voice

Jack uses his body to push Maiah off of him and onto the floor. As Maiah stun to the floor, Jack quickly jumps on top of her grabbing the knife out of her hand he raises the knife above her head and smirked.

"Any last words" jokingly says Jack.

Maiah's cheeks blows up like chipmunk and her tongues sticks out and her eyes crosses and lets out a huge obnoxious sound with her mouth and tongue spit flies everywhere and on Jack's face.

" Eww" says Jack

He get's off of Maiah and helps her up off the floor. Maiah and Jack laugh. Maiah starts walking out the room and she shouts behind her.

"Don't forget my stuff in the closet" she shouted

Jack goes to the foot of the bed and next to it is her cherry wood wardrobe the handles were curves as if they were shaped like fairy wings. He pushes her dresses and clothes to the side and goes all the way to the back to get her powder gun and a backpack packed filled with hunting gear.

"Got it" Jack shouted from the wardrobe.

He grabbed everything out and closes the doors. Maiah begins to walk downstairs quickly trying to go pass her Nana

"I'm leaving I'll be back by market hour" Maiah tries to say in passing before walking out the door.

" You better be back by market hour that's when I sell and buy the good stuff!! And!!! I need help carrying it home and stop trying to sneak past me young lady!" shouting Nana

Jack was finally catching up to Maiah from upstairs.

Nana was still cooking her pastries and Pops went back to the sports and gossip section of the papers in his armor chair.

" Goodbye Pops! Goodbye Nana!" happily slightly shouting as well Jack

Nana and Pops looked up from what they were doing and waved. Maiah and Jack dashed out the cottage. What awaited them was black white mare with grey spots all over her body saddled and ready to go along with her mate who was Brown with white spots Stallion. As welled saddled and ready to go.

" Pepper you ready girl" Maiah says as she pets the Mares face and neck. The horse greets her happily with a nuzzle. Jack hands Maiah her gun and backpack

" hey donkey butt" jokingly says Jack pets the stallion on his face and neck. The stallion nips Jack's hand for calling him donkey butt.

"You better stop calling Dash Donkey butt he will buck you into the river again and leave you with the snakes again or hahaha remember when he buck you into his shit." Maiah starts to laugh loudly as she gets on her mare.

" oww damn! and yeah yeah it was just as funny when Pepper got spoked by the night-whispers and left you stranded in the middle of the night." says Jack getting his revenge on Maiah

" You mean that same night you almost peed yourself when the goblin ran after us that night after training with your uncle Seth you even said you know how to fight any creature that comes crossed us and a rogue old goblin shows up you cried for your mommy" sassed Maiah

Jack rolled his eyes while Maiah stayed chuckling at him.

The two took off on to the road. Jack rides next to Maiah and he couldn't help himself from staring at his best friends face. The sun always showed her melanin skin the best. Her thicker curly hair always soaks the sunrays transforming her black hair to dark brown. Jack lightly blushes and stares back at the towns people as he road past them.

They road through the neighbor of cottages of friendly faces, everyone was farming, kids playing in the grass, women doing laundry, or gardening. There's a giant picnic park area towards the beginning of the town when you enter. All the towns folk go to when theirs festivals and holidays being celebrated. Jack sees a wedding being held at the park he glares at it and starts taking off faster out of the town.

" Hey why are you going soo fast?!" shouted Maiah trying to speed up with Jack who is

They're 4 roads that leads out of town 1 road called Thickamore leads towards the palace of the near by kingdom that takes 4 days to get to. Its one of the most dangerous roads because it homes most of the trolls and lizard walker or aka lizard people they just settled over their in the woods with trees that grows thrones. Every since they set up a tax toll to cross through their home and into the kingdoms and all villages and homes they made a lot of profit so far they haven't bothered Folkdan with their raiders yet. Road 2 called Buck-weed its where Maiah and Jack are riding down towards the hunting grounds. They shoot at foxes, rabbits bucks, moose's, and if they are lucky they will shoot bears. Everyone goes to Buck-weed plains to either have picnics or romantic walks along the road they have caves and tomes that people love to explore and collect treasure. The caves and tomes of Buck-weed were already rank sacked for treasure the last known people to take anything valuable was Maiah's Mom and her crew. Road 3 is called Market Hour its the Market place where neighboring towns and villages come by and sell goods and trades for a good price and you even find opera tickets and theatre tickets for better price. Road 4 just lead to the other side of the kingdoms and villages towards the mountains and towards universities and academies. Maiah and Jack continuing down the road of buck weed the trees were pure green and the sun was rising higher in the sky. They pulled up into clearing just up a head they. They jump off their horses and begin to climb the trees. For a better view of the area. They waited 30 minutes in.

"Now tell me what the matter you been abnormally quiet this whole time even back at the cottage " asked Maiah

Maiah pulled back her arms and shoulders. She closes her right eye. She aims out towards the plains of the shaded green grass. The winds pick up a small breeze. Her hair volume is still but the ends follow the winds directions. The far distance was a buck trotting in the green plains as if he had no care in the world. Maiah slightly breathes from the treetops. she lets go of her bow and arrow. The arrow soars through the wind tunnel and hits the buck in the back of necks. The buck frails in pain and then dies.

"As usual a nice shot" Says Jack

"You always had eyes an eagle" gently says Jack

"what!" sharply annoyed Maiah

"Jack Just say it" yelled Maiah

"There's nothing to say" Jack says sharply

Jack and Maiah climbed down the tree to pick up to the buck. Jack takes out his dagger and he heads towards the bucks antlers. Maiah rolled her eyes and follows behind him. They put on thick hunting gloves before touching buck. Maiah pulls the buck antlers away from Jack just before he can attempt to cut his antlers off. Maiah gave nasty look she looked deep in his eyes. Jack tried to look away annoyed. He hates eye contact when he's upset.

"Your hurting; is it your dad?" sternly asked Maiah

"No" sassed Jack

"Your mom is going to get better in due time and with faith of El Shaddai" said Maiah

Jack was quiet while looking annoyed at the grass in front of him.

"and if it your sister then well she always wanted to get married to that jack ass she will have to see it for herself" sassed Maiah

Jack looks defeated and he finally gave in.

"I'm-... getting married" softly said Jack

Maiah eyes widen in shock she almost didn't know what to say.

"there there I said it I'm getting married it was my moms wish .. My dad finally left us and my sisters husband is only staying with us until she gives him a baby then he's leaving with her. Which means its not enough for me and my mother to survive and... its to the family in Greenville you know them.. the ones know to be the founder and creator of market hour the-

"Tailors" Says Maiah disappointedly angered

"Your getting married to that air headed wanna be princess the one that bullied me during pumpkin season she used to call me names like coal face, big lip betty, cotton head!" shouted with fury Maiah

"NO! Not Stacy! her cousin the one that you said always had a crush on me Annie I'm getting married to her." said Jack

"oh I see" softly said Maiah

"It's not fair you know I'm too young to be worried about my family the way that I am call me selfish but having to risk my youth to make more money so my mom can have medication and to get her out of debt and to clean up all my dads mistakes that he put me, my sister and mom through that. NOW! I have to grant them A BABY?! AND A FAMILY?! AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL?! Just so my mom can get better from her disease that she caught because my dad wanted to sleep around with dirty ass women." Shouted furiously Jack trying to hold back tears.

Maiah looked at Jack sorrowful face. He bit his lip to hold back every chance he get to make the tears not to come down. He's been through it since they were little and he's almost at his breaking point. Maiah goes up to Jack and embraces him tightly. Jack hugs back and burred his face into Maiah shoulder and started to cry into it.

"It's ok I promise because this will all become better in the end. God has a plan for all of us even if we don't know it ourselves something good always comes back in the end. God wouldn't give us anything we couldn't handle. Even when it feels like the toughest thing the world. Since God believes in you then so do I." was compassion Maiah

"I just hope I'll be happy again" sniffling Jack

"You will be I promise" says Maiah

Meanwhile up the road from Thickamore in a new growing village called Kliirg its homes Lizard Walkers, Trolls, and Ogres alike. Their village is swampy and Green it can never hold sunlight. The front gate is drawbridge made of oak wood with 2 tall pillars standing front with craving of an ogre face on 1 pillar and a craving of a troll on the other. The bridge was for everyone to get across the swampy river that home to alligators. To make the drawbridge come down you have to tell The gatekeeper the password Trolls loves passwords and riddles. A mysteries Human figured riding an ostrich towards the village. He got to the other side of the river to the first Troll gatekeeper. The troll was reading the paper.

" They are trying to make lightening power tools? Yeah that will be the day" said the troll

The human in the black cloak gets off his horse and walks up to the toll booth.

"Give me a riddle so I may enter" The human's voice was deep and low like hollow wind. Troll looked up from his newspaper and raised his brow.

" A riddle? Read the sign meat legs no riddles we want money now so pay the fine" aggressively said the troll.

The human looked up the sign that has the word riddle crossed off in red paint and the money symbol next to it saying 10 Karttez to enter.

"10 Karttez to cross the bridge? But there's another toll booth on the other side of the river how much is to get to that one?" Question deeply the human in cloak

"That Troll wants Riddles just answer it and get out of my face" annoyed the troll trying to read the paper again

"So why do I have to pay 10 Karttez just to answer a riddle I can answer it right now" annoyed the human

"Uh NO Genius I want 10 Karttez while that troll wants a riddle that's the difference" Getting more frustrated the toll booth troll.

" Fine!" The human was angered and slapped the money on the toll booth counter. The Troll glared at the human and took the money with anger. He puts the paper down and begins to crank the draw bridge down. The human glared back at the troll and begin to climb back on his horse and swiftly cross the bridge before the bridge goes back up again. He crosses and makes his way towards the next toll booth the next troll was planting flowers around his booth he looked small skinny, his clothes barely fitted him unlike the last troll who was fat and his clothes looked like they we barely hanging on if it wasn't for the news paper blocking most of the shirt buttons it would of popped in the The humans eye.

"Give me a riddle so I may enter and no games troll I must be on my way"

"I must be on my way" with a whiny voice said the troll. The little troll laughed and continued to plant his flowers around the booth. The human was confused why a troll would like flowers but it doesn't concern him and he ask again

"Troll I said-"

"Yeah yeah I heard you I just don't give a damn" says the little troll who burst into laughter and started rolling in the dirt where the flowers are. The walked past the troll that's laughing and knocked on the giant gate behind him.

"Hahaha knock knock hahahaha" said the little troll still laughing and loosing his mind. The human rolled his eyes at the small troll and knocked again but nothing happens again.

"Riddle time It's time for a riddle" says the Troll excitedly

The human gets off the horse he walks towards the giddy little troll and grabs him by the neck squeezing any air he had in his throat until his tongues comes out. The Troll struggle to grasp the air. His body started to frail hopelessly in the air and he starts to panic. His eyes begin to budge out of his head.

"I said no more games troll"

"The little troll begins to cry in pain. The human takes out an amulet from inside the cloak. The troll recognized the symbol on the amulet and gets very nervous. He drops the troll back on the flower bed. The Troll coughs and begins to open the gates to the village of the mistreated Kliirg.