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The Midnight Warrior (part 1)
(Please read the prologue before reading this. Thank you.)

The feeling of the moonlight. Not many can feel it the way that I do. It's not hot. It's not cold. This feeling is just so hard to describe. It's almost as if the moon is shining only on me. Giving me the light I need. The stars across the sky always find a way to lead me to where I need to be. The midnight sky, it wants my mission to succeed.

"Help!" A distant scream echoed through the night. Jumping from roof to roof I searched the village for danger. Down on the East side, near the docks, was a woman. Dark skin, short pink hair and chocolate eyes. Three figures surrounded her, I immediately recognised their uniforms. They were the king's knights.

"It's past your curfew, lady." One of the knights spat in annoyance. She cowered by the wall, completely cornered and helpless. She went to reply but another man struck her across the face with the hild of his sword. "Silence, peasant! We did not give you permission to...