Chapter 1: On The English Yew Tree

In the eastern side of Irostria, in the county of lydnwood, near the eastern border, a village is located, miles away west of the village lies graymondarth's town between The county of Venaze and Lydnwood, the village was beautiful and charming, its villagers there were hardworking and friendly, They helped everyone in need, even foreigners from outside the border.

In a house, located south-west of the village, lives a lad named Aristor, with his ill mother. His house is small, it contains two rooms, one for him and the other is for his I'll mothet. at dawn he wakes up, he brings water from the well and his mother's medicine, he opens the door carrying the medicine and a cup of water in a tray, he gives her the medicine and helps her drink the cup of water, then waits for her to sleep, after that he gets ready for school and heads out, signs of nervousness are on his face, Fredrick, passes beside him.

"How are you today?" Fredrick says with a smile on his face

"Fine" Aristor said hesitantly

"Is your mother getting better or … still not?" Fredrick asked

"I gave her the medicine … she's sleeping now" hesitantly replied

"I see ….. everything will be alright, don't worry about your mother" Fredrick replies patting Aristor on the back

They head to school which is north-east of the village, the school was simple and small, the room was made out of wood and had to windows, they mainly taught reading, writing, and basic mathematics, Aristor opens the door and enters the class it consisted of 16 students, aristor sits on the 2nd row 3rd column and behind him is Fredrick, aristor was nervous and remains silent while all of the students were talking and moving around him. The teacher opens the door and enters the class and sees the students in disorder.

"Everyone sit down and stop talking!" the teacher yelled

The students sat in their seats, the class started, the teacher started checking the attendees randomly.

"Aristor" he doesn't replies, he was still nervous "Aristor!" yelled the teacher

"Y-Yes" said Aristor

"Next time answer when I call you answer me" he then continued taking the attendees "Oliver"

"Im here"

"Gabriel … Gabriel!" said the teacher

"He didn't come yet" Fredrick told the teacher

The teacher sighed and continued and after a short period of time a someone opens the door and enters the class late.

"Gabriel why are you late?!" The teacher asked

"I was busy with the craftsman" Gabriel replied with a cold look on his face

"Sit down for now … I'll ask the craftsman if you were really busy"

Gabriel, sits in the 4th column 4th row and the class continues, the school day finishes in the afternoon, the students are all outside except Gabriel who's still inside reading a book, aristor walks home alone, he enters the house, he checks on his mother to find her still sleeping, he heads outside for a walk. East of the village, the shepherd was shepherding the cattle toward the fences, he sees from a distance aristor walking slowly toward the English yew tree.

"What's up Aristor?!" shouted the shepherd

Aristor doesn't reply and then stops walking. The shepherd squints his eyes, but it didn't really help him see what's there, he puts the cattle in its wooden fence.

"What's wrong with this boy today?" The shepherd said to himself while putting the cattle in the fence

He heads there to see aristor, he kept calling he's name but aristor didn't reply, he reached Aristor.

"What is wrong …" he sees what's infront of aristor and gets terrified

He runs to the village, the shepherd shouts pointing east of the village while aristor remains in his place in despair of what he have seen