A dark figure paced back and forth from his chambers. Malikai Dragonheart appeared to be waiting on something, a worried, yet evil look on his face. The door opened suddenly, and a servant entered, bowing to Mailikai. "Sire, we have everyone captured as ordered. We now...*gulp*" Malikai grabbed his throat, and pinned him to the wall."No one enters without knocking. How dare you enter without knocking! Try again, or I will have you for dinner instead of my boar. Now MOVE YOUR ASS!!!" Malikai shouted to the messenger.<br/><br/>The messenger did such, and instead of telling him again, he left the note on his table. He picked it up, and read," Milord, all the humans are in the camps, and the item you requested is in the waiting chamber. Hopefully this 'dragon' can be helpful, as is the army you have. I do respect your decisions, sire, but I believe you have done it this time. Do be careful on ressurecting this bone dragon, as i'm sure he would be a great asset to this army. With all due respect, Your Trusted Servant."<br/><br/>Malikai grinned an evil, demonish grin, and made his way out the door. With his thoughts and meditation of this very moment, he would have the legendary bone dragon, Leviathan. With this and his dark army, he would reign with no one to stop him. Malikai's intentions were unbreakable...or was something he saw for a split second be his undoing?<br/><br/>*              *             *<br/><br/>It was early morning in an island, far away from the all the evil wrong doings, a young man fired his bow, a wooden arrow from a silver colored quiver. He hit the center, as did 15 other arrows. Vincent Archer, or Vince for short, was finishing his morning training to finish his Scout exam, he has to hunt and bring an elephant from the far reaches of the island in under 10 hours, with only one arrow. Something like this was no problem to Vince, as his comrades weren't as talented. Although Vince was on an island full of Elves, he was by far the best scout for a human.<br/><span style="font-style: italic"><br/>He was born after the disaster happened, and his parents were killed. Someone on the boat Vince was born on carried the child to the same island, and was confronted by two elves, a man and a woman. He saw that they had no child of their own, and gave Vince to them, saying,"It is what's best for his parents. They would have liked my decision."</span><br/><br/>As his thoughts carried him in an act of distraction, he almost hit his 'mother'. "Vince, since when do you miss?" she asked. Vince stopped for a moment to realize she was right. He had created a circle on a tree no more than 3 inches in diameter, and laughed. "Sorry mom, I was..."<br/>"I know, you were finishing your arrow training. You know your father would be proud if he saw this, a man who would become the finest Elven scout in history. In fact, your the only human that has ever done it." his mom said.<br/><br/>Vince sat on a bench, and saw a plate of food. Elvish bread and wine, a fine choice for an elf, but not for a human. Nonetheless, he ate and went on. "Has Papa finished sharpening my sword? I might need that for the test," Vince asked. " as far as I know, your sword is ready, but I am confused, why would you need a sword? This island has never been attacked, and thus...oh never mind, you are probably right. Who knows what may come this way, but I want you to know, when you pass this test, and you become a Scout, I want you to be careful. You don't know what is out there, dark mages, evil warriors, spirits, things of that nature..."<br/><br/>"I get it. You don't have to worry so much, I am the best out here. The thing you need to worry about is Papa, with his sickness he caught from fishing." Vince's Papa caught a sickness that no one saw coming, yet no elvish doctor can identify. Although his life signs are normal and no sign of any difference, he will remain alive until his natural death. He can't speak, nor can he move around normally. "The only thing I ask for, mama, is that you have faith in me. I don't need you to worry about me," Vince said.<br/><br/>After Vince finished, a bell rang. It was time for the final Scout test to begin, and when Mama looked back towards Vince, he had disappeared. She cleaned up a bit, and went back inside.<br/><br/>Vince went to the start point, where he saw 2 other elvish scout trainees, and as he camp, they both mocked him in Elvish. Of course he understood, but kept his mouth shut. He needed to stay focused, keep his thoughts to himself. another 15 minutes passed, and all the participants revealed themselves. The sun was above the pine trees, and the spring breeze was cool. Vince swallowed saliva, and thought of all he was gonna do. But just before his 1st thought popped up, and his mind out of it, a loud gong blared. He snapped out of it, saw the others running, and raced to catch up. He remembered that he had to kill the biggest elephant undetected, and bring it's tusks back as proof, but you only had one shot to kill it.<br/><br/>2 hours went by, and no one came back. Vince was on top of a tree when he spotted a huge elephant walking towards a water hole. Vince had the arrow loaded, and aimed for the elephants' heart. Vince fired the arrow, and with a thunderous collapse, the elephant went down. Vince then pulled his 2 Black Onyx daggers, which was blessed by an elvish mage, and cut out the tusks, leaving no trace of over-cutting.<br/><br/>Vince then used his great speed and dashed back to the start point. He saw another was racing him to the same point, and Vince uttered an elvish word, and blindly took off and left the other scout in the dust. Vince came back to the point, showed the tusks to the elders, and rang the gong. The test was over after 3 and a half hours, and Vince was named a true Scout in the same area a few minutes later. Vincent Archer became the 1st human scout, amongst all the elves.