ORION

This is my own original series, "Orion". Obviously, Orion is the guy in the cover, there. One of my only characters that wear glasses, even! He's based on various characters I've seen, but he's also a bit based on myself as well. (That's where the glasses came from, for instance)

Orion McGregger is a schoolboy, age 15, who isn't respected by many. In fact, he usually gets the business end of pranks and even a few times of being a punching bag for bullies, as rare as that type of event occurs. Unfortunately, his home life isn't much better, for his older brother, Jake, gets lavished with attention from his parents due to being highschool's equivalent to a Sports Star. Orion often feels alone and being treated like a nobody, he begins to believe he is one.

But that all changes after a curious event...

Orion gets into trouble again with the bullies of school outside. He gets pushed, but to his surprise, he loses balance and falls backwards down a ravine! Using his special black and silver bag, he hooks a tree root and uses that to stop his fall. But it also makes him swing into a hollow wall in the hill, breaking the seal, breaking the root, and getting flung inside. He comes to and finds a long tunnel with turns and slides. In the end, he finds an odd ring. Thinking he's found a treasure, he sticks it in his bag and finds his way out. Being gone for so long, his parents actually began to worry about him. Orion is sent to his room to rest because he looks like he's been beaten up again. Unfortunately, a family spat ensues later between Orion and his mom. While having an early bedtime that night, he has a dream... someone calling him.

In this dream, a man with long white hair and robed in blue tells him his name is Azure and he is glad to be speaking to Orion, the Keeper of the Rings. This of course confuses Orion, so he asks about this. Azure explains that there once was a Great Giant, Na Ture, who had seven rings on his fingers. He was a hero among his people. He could control the forces of Ice, Fire, Forest, Rock, Sky, Water, and Thunder. He battled the forces of evil and those who sought to steal his treasures. His rivals began to die off, but one seemed to be immortal... one by the name of Hadiis de Ville. While he was never able to take down the Giant, he waited until he grew old and became feeble. Na Ture figured this would be the moment evil would wait for, so he entrusted the rings to Azure, his best friend. Azure, like Hadiis, seemed to be immortal, but the Rings didn't conform to Azure's body, so he knew that he wasn't to be the Rings' chosen user. Instead, he became their guardian - and scattered the Rings to keep the villain from getting them all. Orion has found the Ice Ring and the Ring conformed to his body, showing he is to be the new rightful user of the Rings.

When he wakes up, Orion's mom is there, and she apologizes for the fight that happened earlier. She had thought about all that went on and feels that she was in the wrong. From this point on, it seems that Orion's home life gets better. And now Orion himself feels a little more special, being the secret Rings' Keeper. This does mean, though, he'll have to fight the forces of Hadiis when they come for the rings, but maybe that'll add a bit of spice in his life... a spice he needs to make himself tougher and the world safer.


So that's the premise of the story! There's more to it than this for details, so if you want more, ask away!