The Snow Demon's Dream

"Naruhito, come down!" echoed throughout the entire house from a tall and busty white haired woman.

Loud thumps are heard going down a flight of steps.

"Good morning, son." Says the white haired woman.

"Good morning, mother." Says a tall and muscular white haired teenager.

They then walk to the dining table with a feast of food presented on it.

"What is all this?!" Says Naruhito.

"Well, today you're taking the exam to be a trainee for the pandemonium so I prepared a huge feast for us!" (The word pandemonium comes from "paradise lost" and translates to "All Demons" in Greek. It also means Chaos. Whole lots of biblical backstory in that work. But look it up for some imaginary work on how the scene will look in the future. Some foreshadowing too.)

"You didn't have to make all this food though!"

They then sit down and start to eat the feast prepared by the mother.

"I have a gift for you.", says the mother.

She then pulls out an all-white sheath with an all-white sword in it.

"This sword has been passed down our family for years and years, the sword is finished in a white coating of a magical ore. As long as you keep the sword on you, it will store mana in the blade and sheath. The mana can be used in many ways but greatly improves your mana-regeneration speed and the speed you gain while training!"

"Wow! uh... should I really get this sword? It seems very important?"

"It's fine, you can summon it with your mana too"

"Thank you, I'll make sure to take care of the sword!"

Suddenly everything glitches and he looks around to see bloodies bodies with his all-white sword, and hands covered in blood with specks on his face.

Light footsteps are heard as someone goes through a cloth door into a huge tent with a dim floating candle near the middle where there is a bed and Naruhito is sleeping.

"Wake up, Snow Demon!" Says a unnamed servant to him.

Naruhito slowly opens his eyes

"What's going on?"

"A group of soldiers who fled the battle we had a few weeks ago turned into bandits and are robbing the nearby villages so the General sent you to go and take care of them"

"How long do I have?"

"The General said you have two weeks to exterminate them, their next target is Ayrith (the village) and its 40 miles North."

"I'll get the job done."

Naruhito (the snow demon) grabs his all-white sword and sheath and puts on an all-white cloak to blend into the snow and goes to a stable to grab a horse with the servant follows.

"Tell the General to prepare my payment for this when I come back

The servant wickedly smiles.

"Okay, I'll get all that ready for you. Have a safe trip."

Naruhito rides off to Ayrith.

The sound of snow flattening and the sound of the saddle and metals on it are heard echoing throughout the snow covered forest with only snow and trees to be seen apart from a huge mountain ahead of Naruhito and a ravine nearby on the West.

Halfway through the journey to Ayrith, he feels a presence watching over him with bloodlust and it is now night.

"WHOS THERE!" Naruhita yells out.

"..."

"You have five Seconds to respond!"

"..."

A swarm of arrows come from behind him up on the tall hundred plus year old trees.

The end of chapter one.