Prologue

"Come on now, hero" the villain cackled, "make your choice, do you kill every human in the village, or do you fail the task hero?"

My heart swelled as time slowed down, trying to find any angle that I could use to get out of this situation.

"Tick tock hero," the villains smile began to fade into his usual look of boredom, "remember that more than your life stands to be lost at failure."

Images of my sister flashed through my mind, and I knew at that moment that my choice was made. Those people may be innocent, but I would always choose the people who depended on me. I steeled my mind, in preparation for what came next.

The villains perverse smile came back, "There's the look I love, those eyes" the villain moaned out "you know I chose you because of those eyes."

I never took my eyes off the village, I knew the look he would have, and at this moment I didn't want to see it. What came next had to be done, and there was no turning back from it, but my decision was made, for my sister... for power...