Chapter 3: In Search.
They walked past the first tree in the forest. They
stopped. They looked ahead and saw seemingly endless
trees.
They walked through the trees very slowly watching
out for monsters. They had only been walking for 3
minutes
when that same monster they saw back when they were
younger appeared. It was about 20 feet away. "M-Magus,
look..." Kai stuttered. "I know, Kai," He replied.
"Stay calm" Aknar said. They frog creature looked at
them. "Oh,
know he's seen us," Aknar said. The frog creatures
tail split into two, he lowered his head, and jumped
straight up.
He then landed with his tail stuck in the ground and
opened his mouth. He tail stayed spit but two more
frogs came.
Their tales split and their mouths opened at they
bounded towards the three. The one in the front which
called the
others lept at Aknar first. He kicked it while it
was in the air, and it shot across the air, and landed
on the ground
behind the others, which were almost attacking the
three. Aknar, Kai, and Magus stood in a row. Aknar
quickly
picked up a sturdy stick. it was about 4 feet long
and 1 inch around. Another jumped at him, he held back
the stick
and lunged at the frog with it, hitting it right in
the head, and causing it to flip backward and land on
it's back. Another
ran after him, and didn't jump, it slashed it's tail
across Aknars leg making a few small cuts on his leg.
Aknar flinched
and kept going. He impaled it on his stick and flung
it off, kind of grossed out. Then the first one he
attacked lept at
him again, and he hit it's head with the stick
killing it. Then the other lept at his stomach, and he
blocked the attack
with the stick. Instead of biting the stomach, he bit
the stick. That broke it in half. The frog fell onto
the ground. He
then impaled it with
the broken pieces.
Aknar turned to the other two. "Gee, thanks for
helping." He said to them "Well you looked like you
had it
handled," Kai said, as Aknar bent down and looked
at the cuts. "Truthfully, Aknar, I'm impressed" Magus
said
looking at the dead frogs. There were three small
cuts on his leg. Thankfully, the tail only knicked
him. He stood up
and the three walked
past the frogs.
A bit later they all stopped to rest. They found a
nice place to rest a few minutes.There was a fallen
log, which could
seat the three of
them. They all sat.
Aknar sighed, and said: "It's alot of walking. And
What are we going to do when we need to sleep, and
there are
monsters? We know very well the strongest monster
lurk at night." Magus looked at him. "Good question.
Staying
up as a guard wouldn't work. One person could not
handle the monsters. We cannot sleep in this forest no
matter
what! For all we there could be a monster looking at
us now thinking 'mmm, feast,'" Aknar and Kai looked
behind
them. There was nothing. "We need weapons!" Kai
shouted. "What would your weapon be, Kai?" Magus asked
her.
"Dirk." She replied, happily. "You Aknar?" "A sword"
He said. "I wouldn't care really... Either a sword or
a spear,"
Magus said.
"Magus, Aknar, we need to find a way to sleep,"
Kai said. "It's okay Kai, I sleep light, I'll wake up
if anything
comes," Magus said. "I don't sleep light..." Aknar
said. "Unless I have those dreams," he continued. "You
still
having those?" Magus asked. "Yes, I am..." "You never
told is what they're about" Kai said. "And I won't"
Aknar
replied. Aknar said: "let's get
going!" They all stood up and began to walk.
They had to rest several times, and surprisingly
there were no monsters. But now it was dusk. On the
verge of
nightfall, when the
powerful monsters came.
"Maguus Aknaar, it's almost dark!" Kai whined. "Kai!
You knew this would be hard!" Aknar told her. "I'm
sorry..."
She said as she was looking down. "It's fine, Kai,
we'll get out before something happens to us," Magus
assured her.
It had just turned night. They heard something! They
looked up, and saw two bats. They were 4 feet long,
and their
wingspan was 10 feet. They couldn't believe it. But
they just passed over them. Kai shivered in fear."Kai,
don't
worry" Magus said to her. "Let's run..." Aknar
suggested. "Good idea." They both said at the same
time. They all
ran as fast as they can, no monsters attacked, they
couldn't catch up, and they finally made it outside of
the forest. It
took them all day,
but they made it.
"Finally!" Kai exclaimed as they all sat about 50
yards from the forest. They sat in a small circle, and
there were a
few small trees around them. "We need a fire." Aknar
said "But how..." he continued. "Let's just sleep" Kai
said
with her eyes
half closed.
They all slept, and of course, Magus was soon awaken
by the sound of 2 foot cockroach hissing. He woke the
others.
They all stood, still kind of tired, but when they
noticed the roach they were up. Aknar, Magus, and Kai
ran to a tree
which was a few feet from where they were sleeping.
"I think sticks work," Aknar said and broke off a
stick he. Then
the others did. They climbed in the tree. The roach
approached the tree. They were all in it, but the
roach clawed at
the tree. Aknar looked at it, and jumped down at
it! He stuck the stick in it's back, and jumped on it.
It made a
hissing sound. It screached and
slowly fell to the ground, and died.
The three dropped the sticks, and lie
down, quickly falling asleep in their old spots.
The next morning they awoke at dawn... "I can't
believe it's already been a day," Kai said. "I wonder
what our
parents think... I hope they don't think we're dead,"
Magus said as he stood up. They had only just awoke,
and could
now realize their surroundings. To their right was
a small river, which flowed out of the forest, and
between two
mountains. To their left was another area of forest,
which was more condensed than the one behind them
which they
had just came through. There were a few trees around
them, none which contained any kind of fruit. None of
them
had eaten in over 24 hours, so Aknar pulled out an
apple for everyone and said: "One of us should go fish
for food. I
am sure we are all hungry, and we cannot continue our
search without food." "Why don't we all go?" Magus
asked.
"Yes, I guess we should, in
case anything should attack us.
They all walked to the river, and Magus carried the
fishing pole. He baited the hook with a small piece of
deer meat
which was in a compartment on the fishing pole.
He lowered the fishing pole into the river and waited.
"Oooh, I'm hungry," Kai complained. "We all are,"
Aknar added. "We should try and start a fire now,"
Aknar
suggested. So, Kai, and Aknar walked to a tree and
broke some firewood, they began to violently rub
sticks
together. They were sitting a few feet from the
river, and were trying to get them to catch on fire.
With this progress
it would most likely
take an hour to do this.
Awhile later, Aknar and Kai had started the fire, and
were too hungry to do anything else. Magus finally got
a nibble.
Something was on the end of his rod! He quickly
pulled it up, and a large fish came out. It was 1 foot
three inches
long, which is pretty good for
eating. They quickly cooked it and ate it.
After they ate, they all were ready to go. They
walked through the field and toward one of the
mountains. The
mountain had a cave which ran through the center.
"Should we go through?" Aknar asked as he approached
the
cave. "It's the only way," Kai said. "It'll be
dangerous, but I think we can make it," Magus added.
"If we're
careful..."
Aknar said.
They looked through, it was very dimly lit, the
only light was coming from the opening. Their eyes
would have to
adjust before they could even see anything. They all
began to walk through. They were in order. Aknar was
in front,
followed by Magus, then Kai. They walked
until they saw a figure in the dark cave.
"What's that?" Aknar asked. The others looked and
Kai said: "It could be anything. Who knows what's in
here?"
Aknar bent down and picked up a rock. The thing
moved. It had obviously seen them. It ran at them, and
came into a
view. It was a spider. A very very large spider.
It's fangs were huge. The spider ran after Aknar, for
Aknar was in
front, and he would come after him first. Aknar
quickly through the rock at it's head. The spider was
hit in the head.
It jumped back and Aknar picked up another. He threw
it at his head again, and it backed up, and dodged it.
The
spider lept at Aknar, and pinned him on the ground. A
large ball ov acidic vomit formed in it's mouth. Kai
and Magus
were standing by him and had to think fast. Kai
pushed the spider off, and was disgusted at the
feeling of the spiders
skin. But the spider fell off, and the three picked
up more rocks, and they all hurled the rocks at its
head. They all
hit! The head of the spider fell off, and grotesque
fluids were flowing from it's neck. It fell to the
ground, and stayed
there.
"That was close!" Aknar exclaimed, "Thanks," He
continued. "No problem" Kai said. "If only we had some
weapons, it would be alot easier to defeat these
monsters," Aknar explained. "We haven't found a town
though, and
we probably won't for awhile," Magus said to Aknar.
They all continued through the cave, and very quickly
came to
the end.
They walked out of the cave. "That was scary," Kai
said. They all began walking through the field. The
day was warm,
and the sky was clear like the day before. "Annoying
spider... It was a very difficult defeat," Magus said.
"I was the
one who was pounced on," Aknar
said. They continued walking.
On the way Aknar broke off a stick from a tree in
case another monster came. One did. A frog came. One
like
before, with the
fangs and everything.
They stood in a row. "Oh, no, another one!" Kai
exclaimed. It was charging towards them. Aknar took
out the stick.
The frog was right near him, he moved and it passed
him. The frog charged again, and it attempted to slash
him with
it's tail. It missed, Aknar dodged it just by an
inch. He then brought the stick down onto him, through
the neck,
which killed it
quickly. They continued.
The walks were extremely long, and tiring. But if they
were to find this man they had to. They sat to rest
under a very
large oak
tree.
They sat under the tree which was towering over them,
about 70 feet. Aknar sighed. Magus looked at Kai: "Are
you
okay, right now?" He asked her. "Yes, yes, I'm fne,
just a little tired out, but otherwise, I am fine,"
She told him.
"I'm hungry, I do not want to go another day without
any food. This journey is very tiring, and I am
thirsty, as well as
hungry," Aknar explained. He looked in front of him,
and noticed a pond with drinkable water. He walked
over to it.
Aknar lowered his head into the pond and took a small
sip from the water. Then the others came next to him
and did
the same. The water was cool, and very refreshing.
They then walked back to the oak tree, and they took
out an
apple each. They each ate an apple. Now they
only had 4 apples left. They rested a few more
minutes.
"Let's go," Aknar said. "Fine, we'll go. I am
rested enough now.." Kai said as she stood and
stretched. "That's
good," Aknar said, "We'll never be able to fight
without rest," He continued. After Aknar pointed out
the obvious
they began
walking more.
They had been walking awhile when they saw a wolf.
Only it was standing. It was crouched over, with large
claws, and
it looked very strong. They had no way to kill
it. The only thing they could do was hide up in a
small tree.
The three climbed into a tree to the left of them.
They looked at it. It was walking around looking. It
had smelled
something. The three sat in the tree watching as it
ran around. Aknar told Kai: "You better be careful..."
"What do
you think? Do you think just because I am a girl I
will not be able to do anything as well as you?" She
replied. "No, I
was just saying to be careful, I don't want anyone
to get hurt," He said. "Oh...Heh" She mumbled, feeling
kind of
stupid. They all continued looking down at the wolf,
which was not out of the way yet. It seemed as if it
had heard
them, but was not coming towards the
tree. It was still running around, back and forth.
Their surrounding were simple. A field as far as they
could see, with a few scattered trees. No water. No
forests. Just
grass, and some
trees.
It had been awhile now, and it was still wandering
around, searching. It seemed it was losing interest.
It walked back
and forth more until it
finally disappeared into the distance.
The three jumped down from the tree. "That was
close!" Kai exclaimed. "That monster seemed powerful,
and
could've easily ripped us apart...
unless we had some weapons..." Magus said.
Chapter 4: Finally getting somewhere.
They walked and walked, for awhile. Finally they saw
a very large object in the distance. "Oh... it's a...
a... a.. town!"
Kai exclaimed. "It is! We finally have weapons. Let's
go.." Magus said. Sunset was pretty soon, and night
would be
when the shops closed. So they
ran. They finally reached the town.
"We need weapons," Aknar said. "We know," Kai added.
They quickly walked to the weapon shop. They entered.
The weapon shop was a small place. The walls and
shelfs had weapons on them, and they were marked with
price.
They looked at the daggers. They had "5 Gold Coins"
Marked on them. They then looked at the dirks which
were
marked "7 Gold Coins". They bought 1 dirk, and two
daggers. It came to 17 Gold. They all walked out of
the
weapons
shop.
"Let's stay at an inn!" Kai yelled. "We can just
camp..." Aknar said. "Camp!? AGAIN!? I don't want to
camp, it's too
dangerous," Kai exclaimed. "Well, okay," Aknar said.
"Yes, I think it would be best to stay at an inn."
Magus added.
They searched for
a good inn.
They found an inn for 2 gold. Now they were reduced
to 1. They walked into the inn. The ground was lined
with
bricks. There was one small circular table, and three
beds. They sat on the bed each. "I'm hungry," Kai
said. "Aren't
we all!" Aknar exclaimed. "I will go buy food
from the inn keeper," Magus said. He walked out.
He returned with some assorted vegetables,
and some meat. They ate, drank, then slept. until...
They were woken up by a sound in the night. Someone
ran into their room. "We need everyone in town to
help, we
are being stormed by monsters!" He exclaimed. They
all quickly stood up and the man ran out of the room.
They
heard the sound of the people fighting the monsters
outside. "Oh, no. I don't want to fight.." Kai
mumbled. They all
stretched, picked up their
new weapons and ran outside.
They stood behind everyone. Currently two people
were fighting them. They had swords. The small opening
in the
town where the gate was, was where they were coming
in. The rest was surrounded by sturdy brick wall. One
man
had just stabbed a frog creature (demon frog) in the
back with his sword. Behind those monsters, it seemed
to go on
forever. Giant ants, and spiders, the wolves. "The
man who attacked us must be making a small attack on
this
village," Aknar exclaimed. "That man's name..."
Someone said who was next to them, "Is Dorgan, he has
been
attacking us with his monsters for a year now." Aknar
looked at Magus. "His name is Dorgan? We must find him
and
destroy him!" He said. They watched again. One of the
men was just slashed in the leg by a Demon frog. his
leg was
bleeding profusely. He had to back up. Someone else
took his spot. He had a small dagger. The other man
was
fighting off a spider. The spider spit something out.
It landed on the mans foot, burning through his shoe,
and giving
him third degree burns. The man backed out and was
replaced by...Before anyone else could come up Aknar,
Kai,
and Magus ran in front. Aknar quickly plunged his
dagger deep into the spiders back. It died. (the gate
could only fit
two monsters at a time so that was how they were
killing them) The other man backed away. Another Demon
frog
attacked them, and at the same time, a giant ant.
Aknar cut off a leg of the ant, while Magus stabbed
it's head. And
Kai loaned the Demon Frog the pointy end of her Dirk.
They both died, and a wolf approached them. The wolf
stood
and looked at them. It took up all the room, no
other monster could approach. The three of them
attacked it at the
same time. Magus stabbed it's arm, and Aknar got the
other arm. Then Kai slashed it's chest. The Wolf
pulled it's
arm back and with it's last bit of energy slashed Kai
across the wrist. She had two large cuts on her arm.
Some blood
escaped them. She kept going though. Four demon
frogs came through the gate. Aknar stabbed the one on
the far
left in the head, and Magus stabbed another in the
back. Kai killed two. She stabbed one, and quickly
slashed the
other one. There was another spider. It spewed acidic
vomit at Aknar. He was handling this one, while the
other two
backed off. Aknar dodged to vomit and
jumped back at the spider with a blow to it's head.
In the distance something large was on it's way. It
was approaching at a great speed, and they only saw it
larger as it
got closer. It was a snake! Three hundred feet long.
It swallowed most of the enemies, and did not move
after. The
townspeople gasped, but stayed. It was
dark, and some of the people had torches.
Aknar killed another Demon Frog, and Magus killed a
spider. But A few more were defeated. And that was the
last
of the monsters... Besides the snake. The snake was
there, and noticed the towns people. It was a great
threat.
Aknar Kai and Magus ran ontop of the Snake. It
didn't seem to notice them. It finally turned. Aknar
walked on it's
head, and quickly stabbed it's eyes. He stabbed it
again, except alot deeper. It died. All the villagers
cheered. They
sloped down and walked back in. And
quickly fell asleep on their beds.
They awoke the next morning. "Oh, you're awake!" a
man said as he walked in. "All of the townspeople put
their
money together and decided to give you this" He
handed them 30 Gold. "Wow, thanks." Aknar said. The
man
walked out, and they walked out of the
town, and walked around it. They continued...
Just behind the town was a forest. They began to walk
through it. It didn't seem to be longer than the other
one, but
it was still a thick forest. And Dorgan could have
made more monsters. "Magus...?" Kai asked. "Do you
think that
we will find Dorgan soon?" "I do not know.
I hope we defeat him soon." They kept walking.
There was something in the distance. It was 4 demon
frogs. They all stood in a row and looked at the Kai,
Magus and
Aknar, ready to attack. "This should be easy now that
we have weapons," Aknar said. The frog ran after him
but he
stabbed it before it got to him. Kai looked at
another as it was charging for her. She quickly threw
her dirk, and it
landed in it's back. It died. At the same time one
charged at Magus. He stabbed it hard. That one died.
Aknar ran
after the last one which was standing there. It was
still. Then it charged as Aknar did. It attempted to
bite him, but
Aknar stabbed it's head.
The last one died.
Kai walked over to the frog she had defeated and
pulled the dagger out of it's back. They kept walking.
They talked
at the same time. "That man..." Aknar began. "Said it
was Dorgan, but how do we know it was the same
person?" he
asked. Magus stated: "He probably is. Besides, if he
was not the same person, we're still doing the world a
great
deed, if we defeat this man. You saw... You saw how
many monster he let out against that village. If it
weren't for his
mistake in creating that snake, we quite possibly
could have been dead by now." "You're right!" Kai
exclaimed. "We
should definitly continue seeking this
man," Aknar said. They continued through the forest.
They reached the end of the forest in the middle of
the afternoon. "YAY!" Kai exclaimed, as she did last
time she left
the forest. "Apple?" Aknar asked. "Yes," They both
said at the same time. Aknar handed them each one, and
they
walked across the field at the
same time they were eating the apple.
After they had finished their apple, they stopped to
rest. They sat in a row, from Aknar, to Magus. They
were sitting
on the ground. "The weapons are useful!" Kai stated.
"I think we will be able to faster... Nothing will
stop me from
finding out what is happening," Aknar said. They
all left in a few minutes, and continued. They walked
across a
seemingly endless field until the sun began to set.
Then they had to begin making the fire, and find food.
Around
them was a small pond, which seemed capable of
fishing in. And there were a few scattered tree, on
just by the pond,
which was very tall, and one about ten feet tall they
were under. Aknar was going fishing this time, and the
other two
were staying to make
the fire.
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