Chapter 1

The gentle hum of a music box resounded through the bar-like first floor of the once rundown inn. The music was disrupted by the sound of hard steps coming down the wooden stairs from the second floor. The slender, blue eyed woman dressed in a purple blouse and knee length black skirt pulled back her long blonde hair and tied it with a ribbon so she could start her work.

Letting out a defeated sigh she set about wiping down the several small, round tables that were set out across the hall and arranged the chairs. Once she was satisfied that everything looked neat and tidy she walked to the bar counter that was on the far end off the room. Pulling up a stool she sat so that she could watch the door while doing her work.

"Let's start a guild he said, it'll be fun he said. He convinced me to do this and then he ran off to do god knows what." She huffed as she pulled out blueprints from behind the bar counter.

She began to analyze the plans as she decided what more needed to be done on the guild hall. When she first saw the two storey building, the brick walls were suffering dozens of cracks and covered in foliage. After weeks of renovation and hard labour, the place looked fit to run as an inn again.

As she made notes on the blueprints, the sound of the doors creaking open caught her attention.

"Note to self, oil the door hinges." She mumbled.

A young man warily peaked inside before opening the door fully and entering the guild hall. He had spiky black hair that was neatly swept back, with a few loose strands hanging down his face that fall to just above his brown eyes. He wore a long sleeved white jacket that was open to reveal his yellow shirt with blue jeans and black boots.

"Can I help you with something?" The woman at the bar called out her voice unsure.

"That depends, is this Howling Winds guild?" The young man asked.

"Well, technically yes. Officially we haven't begun operating as yet." The woman explained.

"I'm actually looking for Jagen Williams?" The young man explained.

"He isn't around. He's been gone for a while. If you're here to collect a debt or something like that you're going to have to take a number and wait your turn." The woman sighed.

"Actually, I'm his son." The young man revealed pulling out a crumpled piece of paper from his jacket. "He sent me this letter; he said he had something important to give me."

"I don't believe it." The woman exclaimed shocked.

In an instant, the woman disappeared from behind the bar and reappeared in front of the young man.

"So you're Merric, your father speaks about you often." She commented examining his face.

"How did you do that?" Merric asked.

"Teleportation magic." She answered staring at him. "You don't look like your father."

"That's because I take after my mother." Merric explained.

"Your father was expecting you here two weeks ago." The woman scolded before she teleported back to the bar.

"I kind of got side tracked." Merric confessed. "And who exactly are you?"

"My name is Katherine; I guess you can say I'm currently in charge." She replied.

"How exactly do you know my father? Are you and him… you know… dating…" Merric questioned.

"I'm too young to be your father's girlfriend." Katherine laughed heartily.

"Really?" Merric spoke.

"How old do you think I am?" Katherine raised an eyebrow.

"Thirty-…"

Merric never had a chance to finish his sentence as a plate came flying towards him. Merric reacted quickly and raised his hand, releasing a bolt of lightning shattering the incoming glass weapon.

"I'm twenty three!" Katherine huffed. "I'm been working so hard recently, it must be affecting my skin."

"So where's everyone else?" Merric asked trying to change the topic.

"There is no one else; I'm the only one here." Katherine answered.

"Wizard guilds tend to have more than one person." Merric stated.

"It's a lot harder for independent guilds to recruit members." Katherine added.

"A non registered guild with no members on the outskirts of town. That sounds exactly like a guild my father would create." Merric chuckled.

"Once you join, we'll have three members." Katherine pointed out.

"I didn't really come here to join; my father said he had something to give me." Merric explained.

"You know your father; he's not exactly the most responsible person around. It could be weeks, even months before he comes back. Until then you could join the guild, you don't have anything else going on do you?" Katherine inquired.

"You what, I'm always game for an adventure. I hear guilds are the place to find that." Merric relented.

"Great, where do you want your guild mark and what colour?" Katherine asked as she pulled out her stamp from behind the counter.

"Make it, yellow." Merric said rolling up his right sleeve as he walked towards her. "Forearm please."

"Your dad has his in the same place." Katherine smirked.

The guild mark was a patterned design of a wolf's head and gusts of wind beside it.

"So, what now?" Merric asked setting his sleeve.

"Now I put you to work." Katherine smiled as she handed Merric a stack of flyers. "Go around town passing those out, we need to start recruiting members."

"Yes ma'am." Merric sighed.

"Oh Merric, if you dump those flyers somewhere and go off gallivanting, I'll know." Katherine warned in her scariest tone.

"I wouldn't dare." Merric gulped as he set off.

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There you have it, a sort of introduction to the story. I'm currently looking for OC's. If you want to submit an OC to the story please fill out the form and PM me. I'll get the next chapter up once I have enough OC's. Thank you in advance.

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