"Leave me alone, Tez," a boy cried out as a group of boys wailed on him.
"Oh yeah. What are you going to do about it, Ragnar?" Tez said in a mocking voice as he delivered a nasty kick on Ragnar.
The group of boys continued beating up Ragnar behind one of the village houses, where no one, apart from a group of girls was watching.
The girls laughed and mocked Ragnar while he bled out and cried.
"Somebody help me!!" Ragnar yelled as one of the boys punched him in the jaw. "Hey loser", Tez reached down and lifted Ragnar up by his hair.
"Who gave you permission to cry for help?" he asked as he punched Ragnar three times in the face, breaking his nose.
Just as Tez was about to punch him again, a voice called out,
"Tez! Let go of my brother!"
Tez darted around for who was calling him out. His eyes landed just a few feet behind him, at a figure who's eyes were fiercely locked onto his.
"Oh, Alex, it's you," Tez said as he threw Ragnar to the ground.
Alex walked up to Tez, glared at him and went straight to his brother. Tez grabbed his right arm, stopping him in his tracks.
"Can't let you do that. This young lady said your brother touched her without her consent. As the son of the chief it's my duty to punish my misbehaving family members, you understand that don't you Alex?" Tez asked with a smirk on his face.
Alex glared at Tez, bloodlust leaking from him like a fog creeping into the valley floor. He shrugged Tez's hand off and continued walking over to his brother.
Alex lifted him and placed his brother on his backand walked past Tez. Tez gritted his teeth in as the group of girls started laughing at him.
"You little....." Tez snapped his finger and ball of flame materialized in front of him. With a flick of his wrist the ball of flame came huddling at Alex with Blinding speed. Alex immediately dodged the streak of flames as a mini explosion caused a shockwave that shook the houses nearby, spreading a thick cloud of smoke and obscuring their vision.
Taking advantage of the smoke, Alex leaped onto the nearby building and continuing leaping from building to building with incredible speed.
Tez followed behind, propelling himself with flames beneath his feet. He caught up to Alex and tackled him to the ground.
The three fell right in front of the village training grounds where the chief was having a meeting with the vice captain of the royal guards of the Draken kingdom.
Alex immediately stood up as Tez launched flaming fists at him, eyes glowing bright orange with rage.
Alex managed to deflect his attacks and push him back. Tez's eyes began to glow even brighter as he was about to get serious, until he heard a voice scolding him.
"Tez Bravewing, that's enough," the chief said. Tez looked to see that it was his father who had spoken.
"Yes, Father," Tez responded as he glared at Alex and left. Alex got up, took his brother and ran into the chief's homestead.
He rushed into one of the smaller houses and put his brother on the bed in one of the rooms.
"Mother! Ragnar's hurt again! " Alex called out as he took some cloth and water, then started cleaning Ragnar's wounds.
A woman rushed into the room and joined in. "What happened, son?" the woman asked Alex.
"It was Tez again," Alex responded. His mother scoffed. "Well great. I should go now," his mother said as she got up and left the room.
Alex was left looking at his brother and his mangled, bleeding and bruised face. He gritted his teeth.
"Tez... one day I will kill you with my bare hands," Alex proclaimed gently cleaning his brother's wounds.