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Chapter 10- Stones

Cal let go of Peter and Peter fell to floor still clutching his throat while gasping for breath. Both of the men turned their eyes to Tethat who stood there straight in her simple brown robe and white handkerchief tied around her head.

The sword was in her hand and the satchel was around her waist but she did not look terrifying.

Cal cackled and slammed the door behind her using his magic.

"Oh how nice of you to join us Tethat."

Tethat said nothing but looked to Peter for help in dealing with the most powerful man she had ever seen. Peter, however was still recovering from almost dying and was in no position to help Tethat.

"Cat got your tongue." Cal mimicked

But Tethat now showed no sign of fear as she walked ever closer to Cal. Cal just grinned as if he was amused. As Tethat approached him, she was slowly closing the distance between herself and Peter when suddenly she charged at Cal, threw the sword in the general direction of Peter and kicked Cal in the chest. However Cal was faster and just evaporated from thin air and stood 5 feet away laughing.

Tethat was sprawled on the floor and gained another set of bruises, but this had earnt Peter some time. Peter picked up his sword and ran over to Tethat so that she was now behind him and out of trouble. Ogni now was at the other side of the room armed with nothing but a staff.

Peter charged at him and cut off his arm in one big swipe. It was quite a sight to see, as the arm from the elbow down just dropped off. It hit the ground with the staff still in its grasp. Cal looked surprised and took a step back as he stared at his arm on the floor.

But after the initial shock had passed through him he only laughed and threw his head back as his arm that lay on the floor dissolved and rejoined his body. Peter stood back, completely shocked by this. He rushed over to Tethat and told her.

"Stand back. I have never seen magic like this."

Cal's body was convulsing and he seemed to be disappearing into a sort of mist. This mist grouped and rushed with lightning speed towards Peter, but Peter had foreseen this and ducked just in time to avoid being knocked over by it.

However Tethat was not. The mist enshrouded her and picked her up. The mist with Tethat in it, blasted onto the balcony blowing the doors open and then fell down to the walls of the castle where the mist regained its form as Cal holding an unconscious Tethat under his arm.

Peter relieved to see Tethat alive but angry that she was in the clutches of Cal took a running jump out of the balcony onto the wall where he lost his balance and almost fell off. Luckily he caught hold of a protruding stone and pulled himself up.

Tying Rhindon round his waist he ran across the wall gaining on Cal who had already reached a tower. This tower had been used in the past as a lighthouse therefore it was very tall. But nowadays it was seldom used and like the rest of the castle was a dull grey colour.

As Peter reached it he looked up, Cal was already puffing up the fourth flight of stairs with Tethat still in is arms. Tethat switched slightly and Peter's hopes were raised.

"Tethat." He shouted "Hang on in there."

Cal looked down on Peter and saw that he was not so far ahead anymore. Cal was scared, he knew how good a fighter Peter was and he could not stand long against him even with his magic. Magic was his best defence.

Cal put his hands on the stones and said in a low voice.

"Stones, I unbind you."

The stones a floor down started to crumble and fall. They were falling towards Peter and he stepped back so that they would not fall on him.

Cal carried on, cackling to himself. Peter was furious, how was he going to get to Tethat while there was a large gap in the middle of the stairs. But as Peter looked carefully he saw that some of the stones had not crumbled and were jutting out of the wall. He could just about get past if he took a very large jump.

He went down a flight of stairs, ran all the way back up and jumped onto the two stones that were jutting out then jumped again onto the next few stones and finally reached the safety of the intact staircase.

Meanwhile Cal had reached the second top floor and was standing on the platform. He looked to the centre where the fires used to burn. But now there was nothing but stone. Such strong stone. Not like ice, which melts when the spring comes. Stone stays forever.

"The sun is rising." He said to himself.

His gaze remained on the brightening horizon, but it soon shifted to Tethat as she began to wake up.

"Did we have a nice sleep my precious little darling?" He said to her a she tried her best to struggle free.

He set her down on the ground with his hand still around her neck.

Peter had now reached the top of the stairs and was pulling himself up to the landing on which Cal and Tethat were on. Cal was grinning at him.

He cackled and rushed behind a pillar. Peter chased after him and saw nothing. Looking carefully at the pillar he saw that steps had been carved into it and looking up he saw Cal climbing them with Tethat tucked under his arm.

Peter followed quickly and when he reached the top he once again found Tethat trying desperately to struggle free of Cal's grasp. But Cal was now grinning at Peter, a horrible grin that sent shivers down his spine.

Tethat was pulling against Cal's arm and looked at Peter with her one eye pleading. Peter drew his sword and started walking slowly towards Cal.

"Put her down, and your life will be spared Cal."

Cal did not reply but just laughed a laugh that seemed to make grey clouds appear overhead. He put his hand in front of him and the stones in the middle of the tower started to sag and drop. Peter ran as fast as he could to the side but he was not fast enough.

The stones underneath his feet were crumbling away and he fell towards the ground. Flailing his arms frantically to try and hold onto something he heard a shrill voice screaming out his name.

Tethat was almost crying. He was going to die. He was going to fall.

Peter heard her voice and a surge of power rushed through him and he drew his sword and with all his might he swung Rhindon into the rock and pulled himself up. His head now was above the floor and he could see Tethat and Cal strangling her.

He screamed her name and Cal looked at him, grinned and tightened his grip around her neck. Tethat's hands fled to her neck, her face turned white and Cal lifted her of the ground. She was dying.

"Time to die, little ugly one. Nobody is coming to save you now."

Peter could not take his eyes of her and his sword slipped and he fell down. His hand grabbed a protruding stone and he tried to pull himself up. The stone was too slippery and he slid further down.

"No." Peter shouted, as if he could somehow stop Cal.

He once again stabbed his sword into the stone and pushed all his weight against it. He lifted himself up as the sword bent under his weight. He grabbed the cracks in the floor and pulled his torso up and looked Cal in the eye.

Tethat's body went limp in Cal's hold and her hands were no longer fervently trying to loosen Cal's grip anymore. Cal let her go and she slumped on the floor.

Cal tilted his head and looked and Peter in mock pity.

"Oh dear, I am so sorry that she is dead." Cal smiled enjoying Peter's reaction, he repeated it over and over again.

"She is dead, she is dead. Oh dear she is dead."

Peter growled heaving his body up, pulled his sword out of the rock and charged towards Cal. He had been taught never to attack in anger but Peter was not thinking about the lessons that he had been taught in Cair Paravel.

All he could think of was Tethat and her death. No more would have to die by Cal's hand. Tethat would be the last; she had not deserved to die.

As he charged Cal moved his hand slightly and Rhindon flew out of Peter's hand and clattered onto the floor. Peter stopped, changed direction and headed towards the sword but his feet could not move. They seemed to be glued into the stone.

Cal raised his hand and threw a lump of stone at Peter, it narrowly missed. Cal threw another and Peter ducked.

Cal raised another stone and as it flew towards Peter, it dropped down through the gaping hole in the middle of the tower.

"Stop." Said a commanding voice.

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