Chapter 6: Offer
"Ehhh... no... uggnnh..."
With that, Sestiva collapsed, face connecting with the hard rock floor. Almost every square inch of her body was in pain, her robes drenched in sweat. And she never sweated.
"Give up! Face it- you can't beat me."
Sestiva hated to admit it, but...
A small, rugged pant flipped out of mouth. "You're... right... but this just proves... that you're... a Legendstone..."
Alex Zelinski walked out of the shadows to where his defeated opponent could see him. "So go away, while I have some mercy left inside," he growled.
Sestiva shook her head despite being in the horrible condition she was in. "No... I'm not... done yet-"
"Go! Now! Or do I have to convince you by force?" Alex jammed his wand under her chin to exaggerate his point.
"But the thing is, you have something we really need," Sestiva persisted. "Hehe... the Legendstone family... the most powerful line of wizards yet. Even the Thunderslashes are barely on par with you guys! Chosen by Bartleby himself to protect-"
Alex's brown eyes widened to the size of the boulders that crashed down earlier. "THOSE are what you need? No! And besides, one of them was stolen recently!"
"By us," she said with a hint of pride.
"WHAT?!"
"And for good reason as well."
Alex looked up to see a new wizard cross over to them- one with shoulder-length green hair, wearing the robes of a conjurer, just like Alex himself.
"Valdus, don't underestimate him!" Sestiva cried. "He's extremely powerful!"
"I know that," he said with a moderate tone of voice. "He is a Legendstone. What do you expect?"
Valdus then turned to Alex with a look of concentration. "You are a conjurer?" he asked as if they actually got along.
Alex nodded stiffly.
Valdus gave a smile- not a genuine smile, far from it- but a smile nonetheless. "Good. I think we'll get along just fine, then."
"Get along? What're you talking about?"
"Well, Legendstone, I hold you with high respect indeed," Valdus began. "Sestiva is an exceptional thautamerge, and you triumphing over her truly proves your worth."
He wandered around the small part of the mine lazily. "I would truly appreciate it if you were to join us. Of course, I would see why you wouldn't join us after my associate assaulted you and your girlfriend-"
"G-Girlfriend?!"
Sestiva giggled, the kind that Alex always heard from teenage girls when they talked about boys. "Well, duh! It's so obvious that you like her! It's too bad, though..."
"What is?" Then Alex remembered the mine. "Wait- what happened to her?!"
"We are getting around to that, Legendstone," Valdus interrupted. "Back to our original conversation. I can see why you wouldn't ally with us, but we have something that would be of very high value to you."
"And that is?"
Valdus tilted his head charmingly and smiled...
End of Part 1
A/N: Not the longest chapter, but it's the start of many things to come.
Anyways, reviewers! Thank you NightSkyWolves and Haley Emeraldhea! ^.^
