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Chapter 2-
The False Dragons War
As Sam and Theo stood there, a flash of light brought there attention to the front of the crowd where they saw a line of light form and spread out into what could only be described as a large rectangle. But what was in the middle of this rectangle was what really surprised Sam. It was what looked like a picture to somewhere else. All he could see where houses and the actually picture seemed to be in some sort of square. Then what cam next was totally weird to Sam. The men from the Black Tower suddenly walked through the picture and were now on the other side. All Sam could do was stare and exclaim "Blood and ashes!". But he didn't have much time to wonder as the crowd started to get herded through this picture. When Sam and Theo were about to step through, Sam just kept thinking "What if it's a trap?". However, he didn't have long to think as he was soon stepping through this picture, and was out on the other side.
Suddenly, Sam heard from his companion an oath which he would never have expected from Theo's mouth, or thought he knew. But all that dropped out of his head when Sam looked around. There was men in the same black coats as those men that had recruited the men from the village. Most had either no pins on their collars or one pin. But some had a pin on either collar. There seemed some sort of pattern to it. He guessed that the ones with no pins seemed to be the lowest, and the next being the ones with one pin, which he now noticed were what seemed to be swords. And the ones with two pins looked like they were the top with a sword and also what looked like a dragon pin. Then he saw a man walking up who seemed to have an air about himself. This man would either have to be the leader or someone high up.
"Hello and welcome to the Black Tower. Some of you may know me by name. I am Logain Ablar" expalained the man named Logain. "I was a false Dragon, but now I fight for the Real Dragon Reborn." At this second statement, everyone just stared with a few oaths heard in the background. "Now, you have all signed up to help the Dragon Reborn and fight for his cause. We must split you into two groups. We need to find those who can channel from you. This is an easy test for you as long as you co-operate. Just follow me and we will begin testing." Logain finished as he started to turn and walk towards a very large building. "Enter and line up in front of the tables inside. The Dedicated at the desk will explain to you what you have to do."
As Sam and Theo passed Logain and entered the room, Sam could not help but stare at the man who had caused so much destruction by claiming to be the Dragon Reborn. He did not seem to be the crazed man that everyone thought he was. All he done was watch as the men walked in. Then suddenly.
"You two" Logain said as he pointed towards Sam and Theo. "You both have already channeled at some point. I can see the ability in you. You will come with me."
Sam and Theo just looked at each other, turned, and started to follow Logain as he walked towards another building. "In here" Logain told them. "As we can see you already have the ability, you will now get your new clothes that will show you as members of the Black Tower. You are now Soldiers. Once you work hard enough, you will get a badge, the Sword, and be called Dedicated. Then once you work at that and show enough skill you will be promoted to Asha'man and you shall get a second badge, the Dragon. Now you will go over to those men at that table." Logain explained as he pointed towards a table, "and give your name, age and your clothes size. But before you do that, I request that you come and see me after you are all organized. And when I say request, it is more like an order. Ask anyone where I live and they will tell you." he finished with a smile.
As Logain walked out, Sam couldn't help but fell awe at meeting Logain. Sam and Theo both walked up to the desk, "Name, age and Clothes size." requested one of the men. Sam noticed that these men were Dedicated.
"Sampson Frendor, 25, XL" Sam answered back.
"Theodore Chaluan, 23, L" Theo also answered.
"Excellent, please continue down to that table." told one of the men. Sam and Theo complied quickly and moved to the next table. As they waited, Sam started to look around at the room they were in. It was full of what were probably records of the men enlisted, and also held piles of black clothes, all in different sizes.
Then another dedicated walked up to them. "Here is your clothes, and a spare set. And here is a list of people you need to see about classes by the end of tomorrow. Now, for living quarters. Please follow this Soldier and he will lead you to your quarters." the Dedicated finished pointing towards a small young adult who was just wearing the black with no pins. He seemed to be looking everywhere as if he expected that someone would jump out at him at any moment.
As Sam and Theo walked down the street, the young Soldier introduced himself. "My name is Rickard. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask."
"Yes, where is the house of Logain?" asked Sam.
"That's easy. After I've shown you to your quarters I can lead you there."
"Thank you very much."
After a bit of walking, Rickard showed them into a large building which had the feeling of a barracks. He lead them down the path to the end of a hall and turned right. "Sampson, you will be in this room" said Rickard as he pointed at one of the doors. "And Theodore, your room is next to it."
"Please call me Sam, and he is called Theo." Sam said to Rickard. He just didn't like being known by his full name. It was to formal.
"Ok, call me Rick then." Rick answered back. "Now if you'll put your stuff in your room I can lead you to Logain's house." After both Sam and Theo had put their things in their rooms, Rick lead the out again and they went for quite a walk. After a while, they finally came to a stop in front of a fair sized house. "Here you go, Logain Ablar's house. Might talk to you some other time, but I got to go do some work for a Asha'man." Rick finished with a wave and then turned and left Sam and Theo standing out the front of Logain's house. Same knocked on the door.
"Ah, hello. I did not find out your name's before. I like to know the names of certain new recruits." Logain said in a kind way with a small smile on his face. The smile didn't seem to reach his eyes.
"My name is Sam and this is Theo." Sam told the man as he pointed to himself and Theo. "I don't understand why you want to talk to us."
"First, it would be best if you called me sir in public. Second, I want to get to know you Sam. You see, out of every man we have found so far, none have come as close to being as powerful as the Dragon Reborn as you. For this reason I want to make sure you do not get taken to Mazrim Taim's side, you will learn to call him M'Hael as he is the head of the tower. But I do not want you to be on his side, he is not really on the side of the Dragon Reborn, he has his own plans, and unless I can get you on my side, he will use you." Logain finished. Sam could only stand there and stare at this man telling him that he was almost as powerful as the Dragon Reborn and might be used by some man he had never met.
"What about me?" Theo suddenly asked from Sam's left. Sam looked at him and then Logain waiting for the answer to a question he hadn't even realized. "What do I have to do with all this?"
"You Theo are in some way connected to Sam here. I don't know why, but one of my men told me after he came back that you were talking. You both first channeled the same night didn't you?" Logain questioned. He seemed to know more than Sam thought he did. Sam hadn't even thought about the fact that both Sam and Theo had channeled the same night. Maybe that could be important. Sam and Theo both nodded. "I believe that might show you are connected in some way. I want both of you in my group. Now I believe you have to go and see some people about classes and so on."
And as Sam and Theo walked off to find the people they needed to, they talked about whether they should trust Logain or not. They finally agreed on joining his group. That night in bed, Sam thought over the days events. He was now part of the Black Tower, he had been told he was almost as powerful as the Dragon Reborn himself, and also about whether he had decided on the right camp.
End of Chapter 2.
I hope you have liked it so far. Thanks to the 2 reviews I have seen so far. Meletyohar, I'm guessing your happy I chose Logain. I had already decided on Logain as I really don't like Taim in the books (and I think your meant to :)). Will hopefully get a third chapter done soon. And again, Please review, all reviews will help me. If you have any ideas for the story which might be good later on then post them and I'll think about it.