Chapter 14
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They toke the straight path to the other side of the forest, glad that neither of them will have to deal with the Razorback. Mylene stops in her tracks causing everyone to stop, they were half way to their destination Conner nearly ran into her. "Mylene!, what are you doing we ha-." He never got to finish as he looks up seeing a second Razorback, they were under the beast so it couldn't see them. Conner told Foloki watch over Elena as they deal with the beast, "you don't have to tell me twice" says Foloki as he grabs Elena's hand hurrying under the Razorback. When the beast looks down seeing Alexzander, Conner, and Mylene it rears it's head back giving a blood curdling screech.
They broke apart away from the beast Conner in front as Alexzander an Mylene toke the sides. The beast kicks up the snow as it getting ready to charge, Mylene lunge forward slashing at the back leg causing the creature to fall down. This gave them a chance to make a run for it, taking a dash pass the Razorback into the forest. They could see Foloki an Elena running ahead, "stop! stop!" Conner was yelling on the top of his lungs waving them down. Alexzander toke a mad dash picking up the snow, As Conner shoves Mylene to the side from their main direction. Alexzander picks up Elena then Foloki out the way, he heads behind a medium size rock as he shields them with his body.
Nearly a 100 Razorbacks were charged through the forest, smashing trees down some hitting each other. Elena grips on Alexzander's arm watching as they run pass the rock down to the other side of the forest, Foloki sat behind them as looks on in amazement. Elena looks overs an sees Conner an Mylene hides behind a different rock, looking at them waving to them showing their okay. Mylene waves back Conner shoves her back from the stampede, five minutes pass by as the last Razorback follows behind. Alexzander stands up wiping down the snow off his clothes extending a hand to Elena, she takes the hand an Alexzander lifts her off the snowed ground.
Elena brushes the cold snow off her jacket an boots, letting go of Alexzander's hand, as she pulls it to her chest. Amazed that Alexzander made it to them they were like two miles ahead, but then again Foloki spun them around as he saw more Razorbacks. An closing the distance to the others a lot less then original, Foloki stands up as he brushed himself down. The dwarf huffs pass Elena in irritation mumbling some words in strange language, he throws his hands in the air "what the hell was that!, in not built to run gods my hip an my legs." Conner an Mylene regrouped not really knowing as well, Conner looks at the old path they were last walking it was demolished, trees knocked to the ground some were up rooted seeing the soil under neath.
Alexzander rubs his shoulder an looks to were Conner was starting in the distance, "we must continue something about this doesn't sit right with me." Elena looks to Alexzander "what do you mean?, did you guys say that Razorbacks wake up this time right maybe it'll be a early season." Conner looks to her "their hibernation started 2 months ago it will last for nearly 5 months, our winters are lot harder then others we only have 5 months for the sunny season." Mylene crosses her arms "do you think their will be more animals not hibernating at all, cause right now they wake up last." Elena just watch as they were having a serious, not knowing what to do felling left out.
After that hole fiasco they track back to the lake to the other direction that Conner suggested, the one Razorback that was stuck in the lake finally got out. They hid behind a tree as they watched it walk away, the path was rocky to pass through Elena trip a few times. Even Alexzander had difficulty walking he nearly scrape up his leg, Elena caught him before he fell down thanking her in the proses. As they head to the end of the path the mountain side was huge towering over them, Conner stopped in his tracks again Mylene move out the way an shoves Alexzander forward. "Sorry prince I'm not taking chances so you can go first, have fun", Mylene says as she pats his back hard having him grunt in pain from the force.
Conner told them to hush an points to the direction of his finger was pointing at, a cottage far back into the forest patch showing induction that someone was living there. Mylene looks over him so does Elena "um is that normally there Conner?", Mylene asked as she watched the strange cottage that was placed in the middle of the mountain side. Elena asked in curiously "is that normal?", Conner walks forward in amazement "I don't know what to say this was supposed to be straight path to the bridge?" Alexzander walks forward "it is the cottage is just blocking the path you see it were I'm standing, it seems the warlock was a lot closer then normal." He walked ahead towards the cottage that was half a mile away, he begins to knock on the door as Elena was behind him so was Conner an Mylene.
Alexzander finished his knocking when the floor below opened into abyss, falling down with Elena close behind as the trap door was big to take them both. Falling down a stone slide with Elena fallowing behind, landing on his side as Elena fell on her butt both groaning in pain. Elena was rubbing the pain away as Alexzander slowly leans on one arm an looks up, it looks like they were in a dungeon a door halfway up the wall, as stairs leading down the wall to the ground. The room looked like a lavatory filled with many unsettling equipment, both getting up from the ground as they looked around. Elena was looking at the paper that was scattered about, some with strange writing an experimentation on animals worry that this warlock is not going to be nice. The door that was placed on the wall slammed open with such a force, you hear the wood crack an the door slanted showing it was broken.
Elena and Alexzander watch a man in long black robs with black slacks, with slippers his skin had a light pink an pale huge his black shaggy long shoulder hair. The man that looked like the warlock the citizens were saying, that he was the one that caused the blizzard. He stops at the end of the steps looking that the two royals with a upset look, "you it's rude when you wake someone up even on private property." Alexzander glares at the comment this area is rusticated to those that are coming in Valisia, the was blocking the passage they were going to cross the bridge to get here. But that destination was short lived cause of the avalanche, Alexzander crossed his arms not buying that statement.
The man waves away at Alexzander demeanor, "oh come now I'm just kidding it's not like I intended to cause those Razorback to get scared, oh! I didn't mean to say that or did I?" He was saying these comments walking towards Alexzander in smooth way, standing next to Alexzander as Elena was on the other man side. Alexzander placed his gloved hand on his sword not really knowing what this man was intending, he watched as the man circled around them both smiling that was unsettling. The man stops facing the wall giving a evil smile, he turns around shooting a dark blast at their direction "I'm Cullen by the way."