A Hunting Trip

Looking up from my book that I was reading on one of the many mountains of the dragon I looked up at the sky to see what time it was so that I would not be late for my hunting lessons with my brother, Will. In my village it was extremely uncommon that a girl was trained how to hunt and track but after lots of promises of favors my brother finally gave in and agreed to teach me. Marking my place in my book I placed it carefully in my bag and then brushing my self off I started to walk up hill to the top of the mountain where we where to meet. As soon as I got to the top of the mountain I saw no one was their hmmm, how strange I thought and then walked over to where I had placed a stool and sat down to wait, it did not take long.

Bursting out of the bushes behind me my brother pushed me off my stool and into a nice and gross mud hole. "WILL!" I yelled at the top of my lungs and then looking over to I know where he was I saw that he was laughing hard and then looking over at me he collapsed on the ground laughing his head off. Glaring at him I got up and not even looking at my trousers that I was wearing that I know where a mess I walked up to will and then said "fine, you won this time, know get up so that we can start our lesson, I have to get back to do my evening chores soon". I had forgotten how annoying my brother was, lately I had not seen him because he had gone off to another village on the other side of the Dragon Mountain's in look for work and currently he was taking a vacation from work to see us. My brother still giggling from time to time stood up and then looked at the sky and said "well at lest your sense of time has gotten better since I last saw you sis, let's go". Walking over to one side of the clearing he brought out our bows and arrows and then passing my set to me I grabbed my bag and slinging it off my shoulder I put it on the ground and replaced it with my quiver of arrows.

Turning around I said "which trail are we taking today?", "the one that goes by the lake so that you can clean your self up" he replied. Turning around Will started to walk down the mountain on one of the many paths that he and myself had made when we where kids. Lost in my thoughts I did not relies that my brother had stopped Intel I had crashed into him and then in a undignified manor I fell on my but. Glaring down at me he made a motion for me to get up and come at his side, getting up he pointed at a pair of tracks in the mud, "fox tracks, fresh, going north east" I said guessing at the size, direction, and how dry the mud was. Looking up at my brother I saw that he was nodding his approval and felt in my chest a deep sense of satisfaction. "very good, know lets keep on going only this time to the west, on my way up I saw a heard of deer, if you are lucky you can bring one home for dinner". Grinning at the chance to show off my improved skills to my brother I nodded eagerly and then smiling he led the way down the mountain only this time to the east. Once we found the trail of the deer heard it was easy to follow and by mid evening we had them in site "all right sis, you go to the left and I will go to the right, once you are in position wait 5 seconds and then start shooting". "Will, for the last time, don't call me sis!" I said, "Ok sis" and with that he turned tail and started creeping to the right. Turning to the right I started walking in a big circle and then when I found the suitable cover.

Kneeling and then drawing my bow and arrow I waited for 5 seconds to pick out my target and then started shooting. My target was a buck that was big enough to feed my family for about a week or so if we ate sparingly. Then seeing that my pry was getting away I sprang up and then running out of my cover I drew my knife and then jumping I landed on my preys back. After several minutes the buck finally laid still, all life that was in it know gone, coming out of the cover of a weeping willow my brother stomped over to me and I know that I was in for it. "What do you think you where doing, you could of gotten your self killed doing a stunt like that! I should tell mom when we get home" said Will, "Will, please don't, I did not mean to frighten you and look, I got the buck!". Looking down Will grudgingly said "well, it is a fat one….." "yes" I said "all the more for us to eat". "Well come on then, help me hang them up so that we can skin them" said Will gesturing to another buck that he had shot down. So dragging the two bucks under a strong tree branch we tied their feet and then throwing the rope over the branch we haled them up so that they where a good 5 feet in the air and then we started to skin them.

Soon after we skinned them we grabbed the meat and wrapping them up in some furs we put them into Will's pack, "Will, bring the meat down to the farm while I go back up to the top so that I can get my bag and wash up. Will, of course respecting the privacy of a woman agreed to it and then turning around started jogging down the mountain so that he would get to the farm before late evening. Turning around I started to walk up the mountain only this time on the same path that I had come down on. Then stopping I saw a fork in the path, the path to the right led the way we had come and the other path to the left also went up but I had not been on it since I was five. Oh, what do I have to lose I thought and then turning to the left I walked up the hill and then as I walked I noticed a blue light to the left of the path. Looking over curiously I left the path and headed towards the light, I soon noticed that the farther off the path I went the denser the woods became. Then pushing past one last branch I came into a clearing where I saw was a stream, next to that stream was the glowing light I had seen from the path. Walking up to it I reached down and grabbed the light and as soon as I did it stopped glowing, opening my hand I looked down and saw a stone, about the twice the size of a acorn. Looking at is curiously I closed my hand and tucked it away in my pocket and then turning around went back the way I had come and then finding the path started traveling up again.

Soon I came to the top of the mountain and then grabbing my bag I took the stone out of my pocket and into my bag, as I dropped it I could almost swear that I heard the sounds of a hammer beating metal. Shacking my head I turned around and started walking down another path and soon found myself at a pond and was soon relaxed at the sound of water lapping at the shore of the pond. Carefully undressing my self I grabbed my cloths and then taking a wrapped bar of soap out of my bag I started scrubbing my cloths in the water to get the mud out of them and then after rinsing them I hung them on a branch of a tree to dry. I walked over to the edge of the lake and then lowering my self in swimming over to my bag I pulled out a length of twinge and my stone. Twisting the twinge together I Put the stone in the center of the twine and the pulling on the threads I saw that I know had a new bracelet. Slipping the bracelet on I swam out into the middle of the pond and then dived down, as soon as my bracelet and my self where fully under the water I closed my eyes and then heard the sound of water sizzling as tongs dipped a peace of mettle in it.

Then I felt like the water was boiling hot but ice cold at the same time, opening my eyes I saw that I was at the bottom of the pond and my lung where burning for air. Kicking out with my feat I broke the surface of the water and then franticly swimming I grabbed the ledge of the pond and then yanked my self out of the water. Imminently the sensation that I had had was gone except for one place, looking down I saw that my bracelet was the source of the feeling. Getting up I went over to my cloths and then seeing that they where dry slipped them on and then grabbing my bag, bow, and arrows I turned around and started back up the mountain so that I could get back home. Looking up at the sky I saw that I had about an hour or so before dark, perfect timing, as I rounded a bend in the trail I saw something flicker out of the coroner of my eye, bring my hand down to my knife I kept on walking. Then I sensed something behind me and then turning around through my knife and when I looked down I saw….. a mouse. Rolling my eyes I reached down and then taking my knife I wiped it clean on one of the huge leaves on the side of the trail and then turning around I started down the path again. But all of the way down the path I felt like the forest its self was watching me. Finally I came out of the mountain and then started walking through the woods, for about a mile all it did was walk and hum to pass the time. As soon as I exited the woods I flinted right and the forwards and then turning around I stepped on the back of my brother Will who had tried to jump on me. "Will, Will, Will what will I ever do with you" and then with that I helped him up and we walked home, ready to in joy dinner with my family.

Friend or Foe?

Sapphira opened her eyes to a new day, groaning I rolled out of bed and the falling to the floor looked up at the ceiling, after hearing that my brother was to be married to Sara, the blacksmiths daughter a week ago I had been having dreams about them having kids. The horror. Looking at my calendar I saw that today was going to be another hunting trip only this time I was going to go by my self, slipping my bracelet with the stone I had found on it I grabbed my bow and quickly getting dressed ran out the back door. As soon as I got out of the house I looked at the sky and saw in dismay that it was going to rain during the trip, how heave I could not know intel the storm was about to hit. Entering the forest I looked around and saw that the forest was different then yesterday, the trees where more welcoming and as I walked in deeper they seemed happy. Finally I looked up as I heard a crash of thunder and looked up just as the rain started to fall, grate just grate. Quickly I scrambled up a path that would lead to a safe house, then opening the door I entered it and then slamming the door through the dead bolt. Looking around I grabbed some of the fire wood and then walking over to the fireplace lit a fire and taking the kettle I put it on the stove to boil. Then after the kettle had boiled and I had some tea I walked over to the couch and then sitting down dozed off.

Let me tell you something, being snapped from your dream from the sound of some one trying to brake down you door is not a nice thing, sitting straight up I looked around and then running to the wardrobe opened it and then hid inside it. Then the door was bust down. Reaching my hand up to the hidden compartment where I hid my sword and dagger belt I strapped it on and then taking my sword from the sheath waited. "Well, the master said that she would be here, but I don't see her" said the man in the room, "well, she might be in the other room, go check". And with that one of my intruders entered the room where I was hiding. Throwing the doors to my closet open I jumped on the man and then taking my sword I put it at the mans through, "so tell me, what are you doing in my cottage? Are you friend or foe?" I said in a very threatening way. Staying silent the deformed man made no atempt to say anything, "Fine I take that as foe, if you want it that way then it will be that way" I snarled and then useing him as a sheild I pusjed him through the doorway and then into the center of the room. Hearing a roar from behind me I turned around, startled just in time to see I giant fist conecting with my jaw. Seeing through the stars that twerled around my head I managed to get on my feet and run out the door, that is only to be ambushed my more of the deformed men. The last thing I saw was the raining sky full of thunder and clouds befoure I blacked out.