Chapter 1 - bad memories

The silence of war - chapter one

I stand before the grave of a man i once knew as my friend and my captain, he was taken from my squad far too soon and he was gone before anyone could do anything or even knew what was going on. Shining armour, the name of a man who was loved by everyone he trained and especially those in his squad, he will be missed for as long as his squad remains.

"Hey shining.... it's been quite some time since I came here and I guess you could say since I talked to you..... me and the guys have really matured since you died...... but some of us still believe that peace is an option, that our enemies will show us mercy.... that will never happen, this is war. They all need to know that" the words.... they seemed to come out so easily, as if the hardened soldier I was trained to be was gone and my old happier self was back. Whenever I'm here at his grave words become so easy to speak, maybe it's because I'm talking to the only person I've ever considered family or maybe it's just because it makes me feel like he's still here.... listening to everything I say.

"I still remember that day, the day you died as if it happened mere moments ago" I say those words with tears welling up in my eyes and beginning to fall to the stone floor as a flash of lightning tore through the sky and the rain slammed down on me like the barrages of gryphon archers.

(Flashback)
I stood with my sword clashed against the blade of a gryphon as I tried to make my way towards shining. I kicked the gryphon in the side of the knee forcing it's leg to bend as it snapped before I grabbed the gryphons blade and rammed it through it's body diagonally starting at the neck and ending below the ribs before I kicked the now dead gryphon to the floor. I charge forward through the gryphon forces occasionally being hit with a slash or stab, I burst into a rather open area and I see a minotaur with its foot planted firmly on shinings head before crushing shinings head into red paste and brain matter.

"CAPTAIN!" my roar of rage and anguish caught the attention of the minotaur and it turned as I began charging towards it. I sheathed my sword and pulled out two combat knives as I charged the minotaur and I jumped up at the minotaur with a look of pure rage plastered on my face with tears pouring out of my rage filled blood hungry eyes. I ram both of my knives into each side of the minotaurs neck with it looking like an x with blood blasting from the minotaurs neck like a geyser.
I land on the floor and draw my sword before slicing diagonally across the minotaurs chest before I spun around in 360 and did the same in the opposite direction forming an x on the minotaurs chest before I rammed my sword straight through the minotaurs chest. I fall to the floor on top of the minotaurs corpse as I hammer my fists into its skull sending blood flying everywhere as the minotaurs skull started caving in.
(Flashback end)
I turn from the grave as I begin walking off drawing a sword as I did and I looked upon the golden hilted very well crafted blade the harboured a ruby on its pommel and I smiled before sheathing the blade.

"So long as I carry your sword you will never be forgotten" the words seemed to echo and radiate around the graveyard as I walked through the gate and began my hike back towards the castle.