Tales of the past: The Scouring

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Chapter 1:

The rain was pouring down so hard that night. Roland couldn't sleep. "Why" he said to himself. "Why did we have to upset the balance". "How are we gonna live without the support of the dragons ... we won't ... the dragons will kill us all ... we have no chance to survive". After a while he just drifted off to sleep into a dream. He was in a giant meadow. He smelled the fresh clean air. He liked the gentle breeze. He liked it all. Then a mysterious figure in white appeared in front of him. "Roland", she said, "It's up to you." You must keep the balance upright or else terror will fall upon us all. All of a sudden a mighty tremble came before the ground. Roland looked around. Fire dragons surrounded him. They all looked at him and began shouting his name. Roland, Roland, Roland, Roland. Roland WAKE UP.

"Wha" ... ... he looked around and saw his old friend Athos. "Athos ... what are you doing here". "I see you're awake, I came to get you". "But what for ... what's going on." "We have to get out of here, The dragons are attacking the towns and I heard a group of fire dragons are on their way here." "WHAT ,What are we going to do? ... Athos ... I don't even have a sword to defend myself with". "Hurry while its still night we're going to steal Durandal." Here I was standing in my room in the middle of the night with Athos, planning to steal the towns sword from the sacred alter. "But Athos ... I could never wield Durandal , It's not a sword for combat its big and well I suppose heavy ... its just there for show ... travelers touch it before they leave for luck." "Well there's not much else we can do, swords are rare ever since we've had peace with the dragons, The only weapons you'll find are altar weapons ... maybe if you really search some people do illegally create weapons but we haven't the time for that." "I'm sure we could gain a weapon I heard they have started forging them again to go at war with the dragons." "While that may be true the only way you can get one of those is by joining the dragon rebellion army." "Hmmm I see you have a point Athos ... lets go, stealing Durandal is our only choice."

We walked up to the altar and there it was Durandal. "Athos ... you have to be kidding ... I can't lift that thing out let alone swing it". "Why don't you at least try my little friend". I walked up to it clenched the handle and started lifting. SCHWING. "It .... It came out so easily ... and it feels so light". "When I hold this in my hand I feel like I've been practicing my sword skills for years. It's so light, I can easily hold this in one hand". Then I heard a bang and some talking over down near the front of the town. "Athos what's going on". "Oh no ... I didn't think this would happen so soon". "Athos what's happening". "The Dragon Rebellion alliance is forcing one person of each household to join". "What happens if the people refuse". "They burn down there house and in some cases ... kill the family". "That's terrible...". Roland looked at the face of the family the soldiers were harassing. "Come Roland we have to get out of here before th", before athos could finish his sentence Roland was running to the house with Durandal in his right hand. The soldiers turned around, they could hear Roland coming a mile away. "You there ... you came to sign up for the army"? "You wish", just then Roland ran towards run towards the guard and hit his face with the blunt side of his blade (hmmm how do I describe this ... not any of the sides you know ... the smooth part if you don't understand just say so in the reviews) knocking him unconscious. The other 2 soldiers looked at him. "You there ... prepare to die", they both charged towards Roland with their spears in their hands. Roland did a flip forward. The soldier then turned around and charged again. Just as they were doing that Roland flipped back again. He was now behind then. "HAWAAA", he screamed as he cut of the left arm of one of the soldiers. The arm on the ground still clutching the spear. 'Y-y-you you'll pay for that", the soldiers said as they ran away. Athos ran up to Roland. "Amazing ... you've never held a sword in your hand prior to that yet ... amazing ... you've truly got your fathers blood inside of you". "Alright Athos we should probably get going". "Thank you for saving us." The mother of the family said. "Nothings too hard for Roland the Dragon slayer remember that name in the future". "You have big dreams ... big dreams ... come along Roland", Athos said with a gleam in his eye

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