The centaur boy was badly hurt massive cuts and bruises on his body, he looked weak and frail as if no one fed him or cared. A centaur that young would have a parent or guardian around wouldn't they. He had brown fur and skin, and his hair was a light caramel color.
"What do we do, there is a passed-out person in front of us!" Halo asked this nervously, back at the training camp if someone was passed out, they were killed by the others. Gala started shaking the poor thing hoping that maybe he would open his eyes or at least respond.
"Mmmmm," the centaur boy opened his eyes to four small puffs.
"He's alive" This was a happy moment for the three girls.
"who are you?" Eevo asked. The centaur boy looked at them and managed to sit up only a little.
"My name is Jackson and I'm a centaur, have you seen my dad I lost him. There's a war going on between my people, my dad was carrying a pickaxe and rope have you seen him." He was distressed meeting strangers that he himself never seen before.
"Are these the tools he was carrying" Eevo gave him the tools she was carrying
"Where did you find these" he started to try and stand but he fell back down in pain. What none of them noticed was that he had an arrow on the side of his back leg. He screamed in pain, the shock was starting to where off.
"Hold still I need to get that arrow out of your leg." Halo grabbed the arrow and pulled but it didn't budge. Every yank caused pain in the young centaurs back leg.
"STOP!" He kicked a tree with his back legs in pain
"Can you please help me find the oracle, he has medicines and bandages."
The three puffs helped the centaur up and he gave the directions. The journey felt very long but they never gave up.
"Right, left, left, right, up a hill, cross a stream." The directions led them to a waterfall
"It's behind the waterfall, ack," He was coughing a little blood up. They rushed him behind the waterfall to see a cave full of beautiful crystals on the walls. The atmosphere was peaceful and very calm.
"Who are you and why have you come" Said a voice that sounded very old. Out of the shadows appeared an old man. He had a long beard, a red robe with black stripes, and a hat.
"My name is Gala leader of the rebellion; our friend here needs help and he says you can help him."
"Bring him over to me." In a swift motion the 3 puffs brought the injured Centaur to the old man. He grabbed the arrow and quickly pulled it out, this caused Jackson to scream then pass out from pain. The old man cleaned Jacksons wounds and bandaged them up. As he did this Gala looked around, admiring the mass of swords and armor strung on the walls of the cave. There were shelves full of jars that contained herbs, spices, and medicine with supplies here and there.
"So, you're the pink puff I saw in my visions." This stunned Gala. How could he know who she was even though they've never meant?
"No need to fear young warrior, my name is Stanford and I'm the oracle of this planet I foresaw your guises visit to Knowmandra. May I be the first to welcome you four to my planet." The three puffs thanked him for welcoming them to his home and planet.
"Is he going to be alright" asked Eevo
"He will be fine, it's a shame his people are in the middle of a war."
"A war?" The three puffs grew curious and gathered around the old man to listened to what he said next
"The centaur people are very reclusive not really talking to anyone else besides their own. They never disputed over anything, the herd did what the leader said to do. The leader of the herd had a twin brother who didn't like how the herd was being ran, he shared his thoughts with the entire group and got a bunch of people on his side causing an all-out war. The leader, Swat and his wife Kinder had a child together named Jackson who is this young boy here. By looking at his wounds he was probably caught up in a battle. Those tools you hold there are his father's, he probably didn't survive, his mother was killed by an assassin a few years ago. What were once a peaceful and graceful species were now driven by anger."
As the old man was talking Eevo went over by the passed-out centaur boy and sat by him. He looked cute asleep, his little nose wiggling every time he breathed, his ears twitching. 'Why is this cute to me' she thought about it for a while not realizing that he had woken up and was staring at her.
"It is getting dark out you guys should stay here for the night it's not safe out there at night."
"Makes sense."
"Follow me to the guest room." He brought them to a room with 10 beds in it. By every bed was a table and an extra pillow, compared to the rooms they slept in back on the ship this was luxury.
Halo, Eevo, and Arrow all went to sleep while Gala stayed up and continued to admire the various swords, shields, various weapons, and armor hanging on the walls of the cave.
"I see you are interested in my collection" She turned around to see Stanford
"All of these are a reminder of what it took to keep my freedom, Where I went, who I saved, what I used to kill, to steal, to give, their all reminders." As he said this, he saw she was eyeing an empty spot on the wall
"There's an empty spot, are you missing something?" she glanced at him hoping he would answer and he did
"There is said to be a sword called Novax, it is said to be the most powerful sword in this universe. Those who aren't worthy of the sword will have their hand set a flame, I've heard that it's set on top of a mountain guarded by a demon beast of mass proportion. I've gotten too old to fight but that doesn't mean I can't teach someone else." He chuckled a bit
"Knowing that I have no one willing to learn though" he gets cut off "s'il-te-plaƮt apprend-moi" Gala said this very excitingly, her wings started fluttering very fast in excitement. The old man looked in her eyes and saw determination.
"Good, your training begins tomorrow now go get some shut eye"
Gala very eagerly ran and plopped on her bed and passed out from exhaustion from an entire day of walking, crash landing, and other things.
