Chapter 4
The Tales of FreeRealms
I made a terrible mistake in going alone.
As I was getting closer to the lake and hoping that she would not have wandered off, and arrow struck my shoulder. I yanked it out, but I could not stop the flow of the sedative that was coated on the arrowhead. I fell to the ground, but felt nothing. As I began to lose consciousness, the obvious leader of the group bent down and looked into my eyes and said, "Not so tough now, are ya?" And with that I remembered no more.
When I woke up, I was in the abandoned dojo for the shadow dragons in seaside. And I noticed that some one had put my foot in an ankle chain that was attached to the floor. A guard had noticed I was awake and gave me some water and a small hunk of bread. I tore into it with much vigor and realized that I must have been out for days. The guard said: "Cheer up, at least you're alive after that sedative. The idiot pet handler had put too big of a dose of it on the arrowhead, and you nearly died before we got you here. You'll be a bit sleepy for a couple of days, but it will be like travel lag. No worries."
"Thank you for you easing my worries," I replied, "but why do you have me here in Seaside?"
"… How would you know we were in seaside or not?"
" I can smell the salty air and hear the waves crash on the rocks. That's how."
"Not bad, but since the Captain isn't here, I guess I could tell you why you're here," he replied, walking over to where I sat in the corner. He sat down far enough away so that I couldn't reach him, but close enough for me to hear him if he decided to talk softly.
"The Captain was ordered by the leader of a guild called 'ShadowRealm' to capture you and make sure you didn't find that girl of yours for a stupendous amount of coins-more than you could earn in a month, even if you were one of them members." My eyebrows disappeared into my hair nearly at this fact. Why did they take the time to capture me? Some plot organized by the Briarwood knights?
"Yup, it was hard, but it's worth it. The leader was talking about some old legend that the darkness could rule over Sacred Grove IF-" at this he paused and pointed at me" –you don't stop the Briarwood Knights and Snowhill Knights from cooperating with each other and fail in finding that girl of yours because it says that an old wizard in an icy cloak of light steps from the darkness and vanquishes the evil that had plagued Sacred Grove for so long." He looked over at my face and said" sorry, but you won't see that girl of yours again, and don't worry- I got your weapons with me, so no need to try something funny. Go to sleep, and try to stay rested because you'll need your energy after awhile. The Captain doesn't like anyone who's unhealthy or not in shape. Good night."
And with that I was left all alone in my jail cell with nothing to do but make swirls in the dust on the floorboards with my finger. Life can be very harsh sometimes.
