The sun was rising in the land of Mahta. Koren got off his bed, which looked more like a grassy hammock.

Koren was 17, he lived in an Elven village named Eterni. He was of average height and had long blonde hair, like most elves his age. He wore old hand-me-downs from his father. Naturally they were too big for him, but Koren did not mind that much. He had pointed ears like all other elves. Also he was very skinny and did not have much muscle on him, but could stand his own in a fight and was one of the speedier elves in the village.

Koren grabbed his sword and sheath and went to the courtyard, a gigantic circular area with the Grand Tree in the middle.

Eterni was a village based on a circle. It was built this way to make it look smaller and more compact. Stores were placed around the Grand Tree in a circular fashion. There was also the houses, hidden in the branches of trees as to improve camouflage. The dense forest was supposedly hiding the elves. At this time many houses were ravaged due to the recent attacks.
None had been killed but there were many in the top section of the Grand Tree getting medical assistance. After a quick look around he walked to the Grand Tree.

He walked inside seeing the big finely carved table in front of him. Above the table were candles hanging from the ceiling, along with torches on the side.

Normally, when he woke there were thousands of people eating. He knew it must be early yet.

At the end of the table he saw two people. He walked over.
When he got there he noticed that they were his parents, Ken and Marie. He sat down next to them.

"Why are you up so early?" Asked Ken, his father.

"Nightmares; couldn’t sleep." Said Koren, knowing he had partially lied.

"Are you alright?" Asked his mother, Marie.

"I'm fine, don't worry," Koren said.

“Last night was a little more than nightmares. My head was hurting like never before, and
my dreams were constantly interrupted by a voice.” Koren thought.

Soon the rest of the elves flooded in. The chefs came out with the food, brilliantly prepared as always.
A plate was put down in front of Koren. Full of non-meat products. Milk was offered, being the only drink besides water which Koren never liked. The rest were fruits and vegetables.

"Eat Up!" Said a chef with a smile on his face.

Soon the other elves were digging into their fruits and vegetables.
Koren looked down at the food. Not feeling hungry he quietly left unnoticed. Very rare occurrence Elves have very acute hearing.
He walked to the courtyard where young elves normally play, and sat down.

“I can't keep skipping meals or I will never grow strong,” Koren thought to himself.

Koren lied down and slowly closed his eyes.

Koren woke up in a land of mountains, darkness everywhere, he saw that houses were made out of some material of rock, that had no order or alignment whatsoever.
Two big green creatures at least twice his size walked out of a house. He could not tell the gender of either but assumed that the foul beasts were both males.
Both spoke at the exact same time,

"Kor...en....We have been waiting for you..."

Koren woke up, shocked at what he had heard. Just then a loud crash came from the Grand Tree.
The Orcs were attacking for the third time this week.