The King’s Keys

It is a dark and cloudy night, but in the distance a huge fire can be seen, it is the town of Tarriff in flames. Tarriff is a large town surrounded by a wall, and in the center is the Warden's Castle. Inside the castle, a group of soldiers are rushing down a dimly lit corridor. Outside the castle, the towns people are in a panic. An army of monsters has invaded Tarriff and are slaughtering every man, woman and child they can find. Some of these monsters are large beasts, and some are small humanoids with weapons, but none can be seen clearly. It's dark, and even though there is a fire, the monsters are well hidden.

Inside the castle, the soldiers have entered a huge throne room with a massive door on one end and the Warden's throne on the other. The soldier surrounds and protects the Warden of Tarriff, who is sitting on his throne. The Warden of Tarriff is an older man with a bald head and long beard. He is shaking in fear. Bang! Bang! Outside the doors of the throne room, the townspeople bang on the door, begging to come in. The warden covers his ears, he can't stand the sound of his people suffering. Suddenly everything goes quiet, the townspeople have stopped hitting the front door. The warden uncovers his ears and looks around confused. Suddenly, the front door flies open! The candles are blown out. The soldiers raise their weapons and activate their magic books.

Monsters storm in and begin to tear the soldiers apart. The Warden closes his eyes and waits to be killed. The fighting stops, and the sound of the monsters fades away. The Warden opens his eyes to see his soldiers scattered across the throne room. All the monsters have disappeared. Outside, the moon emerges from the clouds and shines some light into the throne room. In the middle of the room stands a light blue-skinned man with pointy ears, it is the Captain. He walks towards the warden. Behind the Captain are three slightly smaller blue men, they are the Captain's subordinates, the three Lieutenants. Lieutenant 1 and Lieutenant 2 pull the warden off his throne and down on to his knees. Captain stops in front of the warden and looks down at him.

Captain looks to be about six feet tall and in his twenties. He has light blue skin with light red eyes and white slick backed hair. Captain appears calm and composed. However, the three Lieutenants look like triplets. The only thing that distinguishes them is their scars. The Lieutenants are about five inches shorter, and their skin is paler than the Captain. They all have red eyes like Captain, but instead of slick back hair, their hair is short.

The warden looks up at Captain, "What do you want?"

Captain finally speaks, "Where is the key?"

The warden's eyes widen, "It's in the dining area on display!"

Captain glances over at Lieutenant 3. Lieutenant 3 nods his head and runs out of the room. He returns and hands Captain an old key. It looks like an everyday house key.

Captain looks back down at the warden, "Thank you."

Captain walks away. Lieutenant 3 steps up and grabs the warden's face, and then tears off his head. Captain stops in the middle of the throne room and pulls out an old book. Captain flips through the pages and stops on one specific page covered in symbols. He places his hand on the page, and a portal opens up in front of him. Captain holds the key up one more time, "That's one key down."

Captain and his Lieutenants walk through the portal. The town of Tarriff is now empty, not a single living soul has survived the attack.

To be Continued...