• Chapter 1
    Laura was kind of a rich girl, she was seventeen, only about five foot six with light blond long flowing hair and was rather cute, and she always wore cat ears on top of her head as a decoration. Her family was a family of priests that used the light as their weapon to banish evil, she used a long staff that pronged at the top which a golden orb rested in which would light up green when she was chanting a spell, she never had to have a job or anything because of her families wealth. Travis on the other had came from more of a poor family that just barely got by from day to day. Travis had a hard child hood with where he lived, he was nineteen, five eleven and had black hair, he had a set of light armor and used a sword as his weapon and had the most curious of shields, it was in the shape of a crest and was solid black with a silver outline, Travis also had a bow strapped to his back that was rather plain.
    The town that they met in was called Hanoi the capitol of Tuskana, this town was the capitol because the great labyrinth of Kalise was directly below it and it held riches and power beyond the common persons dreams, adventures around the world would come here to form parties to raid the labyrinth year round to try and win these riches, most of the adventurers that went below never came back but the ones that did came back either empty handed or with only stories of the horrid monsters down below. why people believed there was riches below no one will ever know but people continued to try and try to get these so called riches from the bottom. Travis was at the town hall where most of the adventurers gathered to find people for their quest below this is where Laura also was looking for a group to adventure with.
    Travis stood upon the stony steps before the people, everyone gathered around peering at Travis as he stood on the steps
    "Fellow Adventurers hear my words! i am looking for the best fighters to journey the labyrinth with me to revile its treasures and secrets" he announced
    The people around busted out laughing looking at him like he was crazy because he didn't look to strong to even last the first levels of the labyrinth.
    There was a legend that there was a crystal dagger that would grant one wish, any wish that the hold of the dagger wanted and that's what Travis seeked the most of all over anything else, that was the same with Laura, she didn't want gold or diamonds because she was already rich, she wanted the dagger to grant her wish.
    Laura was standing near the middle watching him make a fool of himself as he stood on the steps being laughed at by everyone around, she had to giggle herself about how much of a fool he made of himself. Travis got down from the steps with a lowered head of shame and left the town hall area to avoid more embarrassment, as he was walking away Laura followed him to a local inn which Travis had stopped at to try to put his troubles and embarrassments behind him with a good drink of ale. Laura casually sat down beside him gently brushing his arm to inconspicuously gain his attention, as her arm brushed up against his, he quickly moved his arm closer to his side as he glanced at Laura's face not trying to be rude, Laura let our a gentle sigh as she sat beside Travis waiting for him to say something to her. The barkeep stood in front of Laura and asked her what she wanted to drink
    "What'll you have miss?"
    "Water please"
    The barkeep gave her a weird look and went off to get some water from the back because they don't generally get customers that want water. Travis glanced slightly at Laura and noticed that she was looking right at him, he shot his head back quickly hoping not to be noticed but his efforts failed, she poked his arm and quickly
    "I saw you glance at me"
    This made Travis very embarrassed that he got caught looking at her. Travis stayed quite thinking of a response that wouldn't get him slapped or hit
    "Hey, you know if you still need a companion for you journey into the labyrinth I wouldn't mind going with you if you wanted" she asked ever so softly
    "I.....I....I'd be honored if you would come along with me" Travis nervously shouted loudly
    Laura started blushing when he said this so loudly everyone in the was looking directly at them, she quickly grabbed his arm and ran outside the inn before having to be endure anymore embarrassment that Travis caused, As they walked down the streets together she turned to him
    "Hey, If you ever, ever! Embarrass me that much again ill hurt you ok?"
    Travis quickly nodded and they continued down the street. The streets where full of merchants and people wandering around shopping. After walking around with no real direction in their travel Laura suggested they should find somewhere to sleep and then set out the next day to the labyrinth and begin their adventure together to the depths of the labyrinth.
    They went all around town looking for a place where there was two rooms available for each of them but had no success, they decided after visiting the last inn in the city that they would share a room, Laura wasn't to happy about this, she did not know what kind of person Travis was and if he would try to touch her in the middle of the night. Travis was probably even more uncomfortable with the idea of them both sleeping in the same room because he didn't have any real experience being alone with a woman and was really shy. As they walked up to the room Laura ran ahead into the room and slammed the door and told Travis to wait outside until she changed, Travis sat against the door nervously thinking about how they were goning to sleep, and if he was even going to be able to get some sleep with her in the same room. Laura was changing into her sleeping outfit which was a tight shirt which showed her belly and a short pair of shorts, she was rather wary about wearing this outfit with Travis being in the same room, but she did not want to wear her normal clothing to bed.
    "You can come in now"
    As he opened the door he instantly looked to the side after seeing what she was wearing, his cheeks were bright red as he was trying not to be rude and looking at her, the room only had one bed and a chair near the window, Travis went and sat down in the chair and gazed out the window peering at the stars letting Laura have the bed to sleep in though he didn't have much choice in the matter.
    "Hey Laura?" he said as he looked over a her
    She was reading what looked like a book of spells and incantations.
    "Yeah?"
    "Why'd you want to go with me? Everyone else just laughed at me"
    "Thats exactly why i picked you, everyone there underestimated you before they even knew anything, for all i know you some god (she giggled as she said this) i figured that I would give you a chance to prove yourself yeah?"
    "I see" he whispered quietly as he turned and looked back outside the window at the stars.
    After that there was pure silence between the both of them as Laura went to sleep, Travis stayed awake just staring out the window the entire night watching the stars and the streets as he couldn't sleep. As daybreak came a beam of light shot through the open window apon the bed where Laura was sleeping, Travis looked over at the bed and noticed that Laura had a faint glow from the sunbeam on her skin as if she was recharging something inside her, he kept watching her as she was sleeping as to see why she was glowing from the sunrays.
    "How long are you gonna stare at me?" she murmured
    "A....A..Ahh sorry I didn't mean to stare, but your glowing?" he asks in a panic
    "Oh this? Its just the power of the light recharging in my body from when i use spells, My spells come from the power within me plus the power of the light surrounding the area." she explained
    Travis stood up and walked over to the door, he opened the door and stepped outside and shut it.
    "You can change now"
    "Hey, It doesn't bother you what you saw?"
    "No, It just surprised me, its the first time I've seen such a thing"
    Laura looks down at her arm as the sunlight illuminated apon it with a look of sadness, she quickly got dressed and left the inn with Travis. As Laura and Travis continued their walk towards the labyrinth a small shop caught Laura's eye where they were selling little stuffed animals that were modeled after some of the monsters inside of the labyrinth, Laura shot over to the little shop in an instant and was star gazed by all the stuff animals available to be purchased. Travis shocked at what he just saw as he walked over beside Laura
    "I didn't know you liked this sorta of thing?"
    "I don't!"
    Travis giggled to him self as seeing an unexpected side of Laura as she strayed to denie the fact that she liked stuffed animals. Laura started to walk away from the shop a little embarrassed by what she had just done and allowing someone to find out that she liked stuffed animals as they were only for children, as Laura was walking away Travis quickly grabbed the pink elephant that Laura was staring at a bought it, he quickly stuffed it inside his bag and ran to catch up with Laura.
    "Hey there it is"
    Just ahead of them was a stair case submerging into the ground which marked the entrance to the labyrinth, the air around had a murky feeling and a weird smell unable to be described, There were many warning sign around the stairs warning of the danger below and not to enter. These signs never really stopped anyone from checking out what was down there but never the less they stood there as a warning to the dangers.
    "We are really going down there huh?" Travis said with a slight hesitation in his voice
    "Yeah" Laura responded in a quite voice


    Chapter 2