The Rising of the Shield Hero

The Shadow of the Shield

The Past

The once red sky started to turn back to blue, everyone cheered, they had made it, they completed another wave.

As the dust disperses, a large crater could be seen, a large yellowy-green dome of a shield sat over it. A girl, a filolian girl banged her fists on the shield, trying to to get in, "Master!" she cried out.

As the shield disappeared, she ran in, "Master!" Her hair was cut in a short bob, silver in colour and thin light blue streaks throughout it, she had two yellow cowlicks on top of her hair, her eyes were hot pink. Her clothes were in tatters and she had wounds on her arms and legs. Her white wings on her back were covered in dust and dirt.

She stopped and looked at the middle of the crater, the large beast was dead. She ran towards the front of the beast, two people stood there, three other people lay on the floor. "Master! Lia! Are you both ok!?" She stopped when she was the shield on her master's arm, the Final Shield of Wrath, "Master, you shouldn't use that!"

Her master, the Shield Hero turned to face her, "I am sorry, Fitoria, but I had to use it."

The other person standing was a demi-human, a racoon girl, she looked like she had taken quite a beating, her name was Lia.

Fitoria stepped towards the three people who were on the ground, the other three heroes, "Are they-"

The hero nodded slowly, "They didn't make it, they wouldn't fight alongside me, so I had no choice to use this shield."

Fitoria bowed her head, then looked at the Hero, "Is it over now?"

The Hero smiled, stepping towards her, "Yes, it is. We can-" the Hero flinched and fell to kneeling.

Fitoria and Lia ran up to the hero, helping them lay on the floor.

Lia took her Master's hand, "you need to rest, Master."

The Shield Hero smiled, shaking their head, "No, this is the end for me."

Fitoria and Lia both started crying.

They both felt their Hero's hands on their faces, they both took the hands, "I need to tell you both something. Lia, thank you for being my sword. Keep everyone safe, the Demihumans will look up to you, be strong for them, keep smiling."

Lia nodded slowly, smiling slightly, "I will make you proud, Master."

The Hero looked at Fitoria, "Fitoria, you are going to be the next queen of the Filolials. I have a favour to ask. I want you to make sure all the future heroes don't fight each other as these did. If they fail to cooperate, I want you to... to kill the Legendary Heroes so that a new generation of Heroes can be summoned. There has to be cooperation among everyone in the world to stop the threats of the waves, it's so everyone gets the chance to live another day."

Fitoria nodded, "Of course, Master."

The other three heroes' bodies started disappearing, the Shield Hero smiled, starting to disappear also, "I am proud of you both."

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Fitoria stood over the bodies of the Legendary Heroes, blood covered her, "I will keep my promise."