Umm, I eliminated some of my bio because I'm stupid and realized it was giving away some of the story. If you read what's not there now, forget everything you read.
Also, now I'm not going to try and fit some of the characters in the same timeline as the others because, with the others, I kind of have writer's block. So, I'm going back to Omega and Brian's story. I will get back lost days that the characters you're reading about go through with the other characters that I have writer's block with (that's why I like separating them, I might get writer's block with one, but I can move to the other...).
And one of my friends was arguing with me because I said Draco wouldn't change because Red and Silver Dragons are about the same. Just to clarify, I meant strength-wise, not appearance wise. Red and Silver Dragons have the same challenge rating (which means how hard they are to defeat, they're both the second strongest creatures in the game, with a challenge rating of 25 at their oldest age, the Great Wyrm, which is over 1200 years, dragons really live that long. The hardest to defeat is the Golden Great Wyrm Dragon, at challenge rating 26, it's hard!!! But remember, Draco's Juvenile, according to dragon age standards, and Half-Dragons are weaker than normal dragons, even though they have the AWESOME OPPOSABLE THUMB WHEN DRAGONS DON'T!!!).
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Chapter 24: The Loss Of Party Members And The Gaining Of One Familiar One
Neither Omega or Brian woke up when someone, in a cloak, appeared in their inn room out of thin air. He leaned over them and stroked his jewel, then "reached" (I couldn't think of a better word) inside and pulled someone out of Brian. Then, he quietly grabbed Fox and Falco, and, with the three, disappeared into thin air again.
Brian immediately noticed when he woke up. Draco was already awake, and he said, "those people you two saved are gone."
"So's Omega," Brian said, "he's not in my head anymore. Trust me, I'd know," he added as an afterthought.
"Strange..." said Draco, "so what do you plan to do now?"
"Junior was obviously lying when he said the other person in the inn didn't know anything, so I think I'll go check it out," said Brian, feeling slightly awkward now that Omega was gone.
"I think I shall accompany you," said Draco, standing up.
"I thought you were going to town for your own reasons," said Omega.
"Yes, and if I am right, I know the person in the Inn and we might have to do my business anyway," Draco said, "and also, I've taken a liking to you, Omega, and with my kind, friends are few and far between. I might follow you for a short while. I do not have a busy schedule." He said, then he opened the door.
The bartender quickly told them which room the other man was in. "Here it is," said Omega, pointing to the gold numbers 121 on the door.
As soon as they opened the door and the man, who was small and skeletal looking, said, "I don't know anything!!!" And tried to run past them to the door.
"Oh, come on," said Brian, grabbing the man and pushing him into the air, "as soon as you say that without us saying a word, we know you do."
"Maybe I do, but I won't tell you anything without money," said the man, "threats won't work, either."
"We will be back, me and my friend here need to talk," said Omega, gesturing for Draco to follow.
"He could be telling the truth," said Omega, "people like that disgust me. They don't care about anything but money."
"I believe I know a way to get the money," said Draco, "which was my reason for being here. There is an Elven sorceress-warrior that's been stealing items from this town lately. There's a reward for her capture, dead or alive."
"Interesting... do you know where we can find her?"
"Yes, there's a cave in the woods that I found her in, but that was before I knew she was a thief. I left without her knowledge of my ever being there. She could still be there. It is on the far north side of town. Ask the villagers and they'll help you find it, but all the people around there are too scared of her magic to go there. No one has even tried." Draco said, then just remembered, "Also, you might want to disguise yourself, because, as you've seen, the people around here aren't very open-minded."
"Don't worry," said Brian, waving his hand, "I know some magic myself. Watch this," then he concentrated and felt the familiar feeling of skin and other human features growing painlessly on his body. He opened his eyes to see Draco smiling slyly.
"I can do something similar to that, as well," said Draco, "but... not as complete as yours. I will show you later. Go meet the sorceress, take her to town, preferably alive, and get the reward money. Meanwhile, I will see if that man was telling the truth when he said threats won't work. Intimidation doesn't count as a threat, either, so that could work."
It didn't take Brian long to find the cave in the woods. Everyone wanted the sorceress gone, and he looked very impressive with the Justice Blade strapped to his back and the scar across his eye.
"Okay," he whispered to himself, "time to play hero. And I should look impressive," he added, ripping the skin off his body so he looked like a Jeweled One again. "One, two, three... SORCERESS!!!" he shouted, stepping into the cave.
The sun was shining into the cave, and he could see her back was turned to him, but as soon as he shouted she turned around. Being an Elf, she had pointy ears. She also had long, blonde hair, flowing back over her shoulders. His first surprise was when he saw the sorceress was only about thirteen. The next surprise, which he lowered his blade as soon as he saw, were shocking green eyes, just like his.
She was staring at him angrily, "why do you lower your blade? You came to take me in, and you're not going to do that without a fight!"
"Julie?" Brian asked.
"How do you know my name?!!!" She demanded, looking more angry than ever, "well, you may know my name, but that won't help you defeat me!"
'I should have left the skin on,' thought Brian, 'but there was no way I could've known my sister would be here. How funny, I had just told Omega about her yesterday.'
"Why aren't you even responding now?" She demanded, "fight me!!!"
"Julie, you're not going to believe this," Brian said, in the same tone he had done with Ashley, because Julie's temperament was very similar to Ashley's. "Julie, it's me, your brother."
"That's impossible!!!" She shouted, getting more and more worked up, "I've been here for years, and there's no way you could be him!!!"
"Listen to my voice," Brian said, trying not to panic because he didn't know how powerful she was and he didn't want to fight her, "doesn't my voice sound like your brother, Brian's?"
"That could be a trick!!!" She said, still in a battle stance, her hand on the short sword in its holder at her belt.
"If you give me a second, I can prove it even more," he said, "but you have to take your hand off your sword." She reluctantly moved her hand. He closed his eyes and concentrated, then felt the feeling of skin and other human features growing over his body again. "Now do you see?" he said, "it's me!"
"I still don't believe you!!!" she said, almost not believing it herself.
"Ask me a question about our family, any question that Brian would know, and I'll answer it," 'if I can remember,' he thought to himself.
"Alright, but more than one," she said, "what did Brian always wear that you don't have on?"
"Easy," Brian said confidently, "glasses."
"Why did he wear glasses and not contacts?"
"Because I was clumsy and forgetful and I'd lose them."
"What was his favorite color?"
"Ooh, that's smart, asking me a trick question," Brian said, smiling at how intelligently his sister had just acted, "I didn't have one favorite, although some of them were red, blue, green, and white," he said, smiling at the memory it brought back, "and you always used to argue with me, saying that white wasn't a color, but that it was, and I quote, 'the absence of color.'"
"Brian?" She said, finally not looking angry.
"Yeah. I'm here too."
"I've missed you so much!" she said, running up and hugging him so tight he almost couldn't breathe, "you were the only one who could lift me up when I was down!"
"Hey," he said, hugging her back, then letting go and stepping back, "what else are big brothers for? Oh, do you mind if I take the skin off? I know I look a little weird because I've changed, obviously a lot more than you have, but if I don't take the skin off for a little while, it starts to itch, and becomes easy to rip. It's just a disguise that I can sort of grow," he added, noticing the weird look Julie was giving him. "Um, let's get back to town. I've got a friend who'll probably come after me if I take too long, thinking I've been injured or killed. And I have to tell him that we can't turn you in."
"Why do they want me arrested?" She asked, and the curiosity showed on her face.
"Because you've been stealing," said Brian, surprised, "I thought you would know."
"Filth!" she spat. "Those people down there are about as racist as you can get. I hadn't come across a town for days, and I don't know where I am, and those jerks won't let me buy food, drink, or even a map!"
"I had sort of a similar experience," Brian said, growing the skin again and taking her towards town, "I was attacked by a mob outside the bar, and had to take them all out. I hate being called 'freak'." He added, looking angry.
"You killed them?" She said, looking worried.
"What? No, no!!! Oh, I see. By 'take them out' I meant knock them out. I wouldn't kill them. It wouldn't even be close to a fair fight, even though there was about twenty of them."
"What do you mean?"
"I didn't know what I was for a long time. I found out from another person like me that I'm something called a Jeweled One, and they're kind of like the elements on video games, because each Jeweled One has powers in a certain category, but they can learn into other categories if they want to. Mine's mimicking. I can copy techniques I've seen before." They walked onto a hillside overlooking the town, "okay," he said, "pretend like I'm turning you in. Wait a second, who's that?" He added, seeing a large man running up the hillside towards them. The man was about six feet tall, with pale, blond hair, and he was very muscular.
The man run up to them and said, "I got the information from the man. Is that the sorceress? She's younger than I thought."
"Age doesn't matter," Julie said, looking angrily.
"Wait a second... Draco? Is that you?" Brian said.
"Yes." He said, looking into Brian's eyes.
"So that's what you meant when you said yours isn't complete, you still have dragon's eyes." Brian concluded.
"Not only that," said Draco, taking his jacket and shirt off, turning around, and revealing two wings, smaller than his other form's, and a tail sticking up the gap in between the two wings.
"I'm glad you got the information, Draco," Brian said on a happy note, then more seriously, "because we can't turn her in."
"Why not? She's a thief." Draco demanded angrily.
"Draco, I'd like you to meet my sister, Julie." Omega said, ignoring his last comment and hoping Julie would do the same, "who was lost and the town wouldn't let her buy any food, any drinks, or a map because she's an elf. Julie, this is my friend, Draco. He's Half-Dragon."
Draco stared at her for a moment, then at Brian's eyes, then at her eyes, "your eyes are the same," he said, "but I don't understand. I thought you said you used to be a human."
"Okay, let's go back to our room at the inn, and we'll try to explain, Draco," Brian said hopefully.
"You got a room?" Julie said, surprised. "How?"
"I kind of influenced him," Brian said, touching the handle of his sword over his shoulder. "He was a coward. I didn't even have to take my blade out or say what I was going to do."
Later, in the inn room, Brian and Julie explained their story to the best of their abilities, but neither Julie or Draco noticed that Brian left out how he changed.
"So, now you know we're from a different world than this one," said Brian, "do you still want to come with us, Draco? You'll probably visit other strange worlds and have several life-threatening experiences if you do." He warned.
"I would enjoy to go with you on your journey greatly, no matter how it ends. It sounds like the adventure of a lifetime." Draco said, smiling.
"Oh, Draco, I can help you with your human form so you can pass as a human," Brian said, rummaging through his backpack he grabbed from the corner. "I've got almost everything for disguises in here," he said, "and I can't wear these now because of the Jeweled Ones's large eyes, here," he added, handing Draco a pair of sun glasses.
Draco looked at the glasses, puzzled. "But my eyesight is fine," he said.
"Oh, they're called sunglasses," said Brian, laughing, "they don't help your eyesight, they help shield the sun from your eyes and, as you can see, they're very dark on the front side. They're so dark, you can't even see the eyes of the person wearing them."
"I see," said Draco, putting the sun glasses on, "thank you, Brian."
"Oh, I almost forgot," said Brian, "what did that man say?" Then he turned to Julie and said, "we learned that a man had some information on the people after me and why I changed."
"Oh, yes," said Draco, "he didn't know very much, he just said there were two people looking for a man named Omega, but I suppose that's not our concern anymore."
"Omega was one of my two names before the weird accident," said Brian, "so go on, please."
"He said those two people were looking to help him, although when he saw them, they were acting incredibly strange. One was a human, a boy armed with all sorts of weapons, some the man had never seen before, and he was wearing odd clothing. He had wrist bands, leg bands, and a head band encrusted with all sorts of jewels, the man said. Diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, among others. He said the boy looked 'scrawny' and some of his weapons it did not even look like he could pick up. The other was obviously the boy's friend, an adult Shadow Elf, which makes the pair even more odd because I have never seen nor heard of a human and a Shadow Elf becoming friends. He said the Elf was wearing a cloak, except it had no hood so he could see the long ears, light black skin, and gray-colored hair."
"Well, I think we should go see those two." Brian said to Julie and Draco, "they might want to help, but they might be lying, too, so we should be careful. Did he say where the two people were, Draco?"
"Yes," said Draco, "it's a place on the other side of the forest, on top of a cliff wall, where there is an observation area. The two are camping out there. I have to warn you, the man said those two acted odd and seemed slightly insane."
"Well," said Brian, "let's go, and I have to tell you, while we're on the road, my name's Omega again. I don't want people, for example those two, knowing my real name until I'm sure they can be trusted. Now, Julie," he said, finally turning to her, "do you want to come with us or do you want to stay here? The bartender, who's also the innkeeper, said we could use this room as much as we wanted, free of charge."
"No way!" Said Julie, then she smiled. "I'm staying with you, Brian. I don't want to be alone again..." she said fearfully.
"Well, that's that," said Brian, "now let's go!!!"
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Well, that's that for this chapter. Hope it's long enough for ya.
I'm going to do the questions I used to do to get you thinking about possibilities now. Who are the two men? Why is a 'scrawny' boy carrying weapons he didn't even look like he could carry? Why are a Shadow Elf and a human friends? If you want a hint on the boy and the elf, read the next paragraph, if you don't want a hint, DO NOT READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH!!!
Again, ignore this paragraph if you don't want a hint on who they are. Remember Draco said that he's never seen or heard of a human becoming friends with a Shadow Elf, and there's an old saying that looks can be deceiving... Okay, it was a vague hint, but it was still a hint!
Time to end it with Whose Line Is It Anyway's Rock Star Hoedown, sung by Colin Mochrie!
I am part of one of the longest lasting rock bands,
and I've slept with every super model in the land.
Except for one, oh, well, it's her loss,
I guess a Rolling Stone gathers no Kate Moss!
Also, now I'm not going to try and fit some of the characters in the same timeline as the others because, with the others, I kind of have writer's block. So, I'm going back to Omega and Brian's story. I will get back lost days that the characters you're reading about go through with the other characters that I have writer's block with (that's why I like separating them, I might get writer's block with one, but I can move to the other...).
And one of my friends was arguing with me because I said Draco wouldn't change because Red and Silver Dragons are about the same. Just to clarify, I meant strength-wise, not appearance wise. Red and Silver Dragons have the same challenge rating (which means how hard they are to defeat, they're both the second strongest creatures in the game, with a challenge rating of 25 at their oldest age, the Great Wyrm, which is over 1200 years, dragons really live that long. The hardest to defeat is the Golden Great Wyrm Dragon, at challenge rating 26, it's hard!!! But remember, Draco's Juvenile, according to dragon age standards, and Half-Dragons are weaker than normal dragons, even though they have the AWESOME OPPOSABLE THUMB WHEN DRAGONS DON'T!!!).
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Chapter 24: The Loss Of Party Members And The Gaining Of One Familiar One
Neither Omega or Brian woke up when someone, in a cloak, appeared in their inn room out of thin air. He leaned over them and stroked his jewel, then "reached" (I couldn't think of a better word) inside and pulled someone out of Brian. Then, he quietly grabbed Fox and Falco, and, with the three, disappeared into thin air again.
Brian immediately noticed when he woke up. Draco was already awake, and he said, "those people you two saved are gone."
"So's Omega," Brian said, "he's not in my head anymore. Trust me, I'd know," he added as an afterthought.
"Strange..." said Draco, "so what do you plan to do now?"
"Junior was obviously lying when he said the other person in the inn didn't know anything, so I think I'll go check it out," said Brian, feeling slightly awkward now that Omega was gone.
"I think I shall accompany you," said Draco, standing up.
"I thought you were going to town for your own reasons," said Omega.
"Yes, and if I am right, I know the person in the Inn and we might have to do my business anyway," Draco said, "and also, I've taken a liking to you, Omega, and with my kind, friends are few and far between. I might follow you for a short while. I do not have a busy schedule." He said, then he opened the door.
The bartender quickly told them which room the other man was in. "Here it is," said Omega, pointing to the gold numbers 121 on the door.
As soon as they opened the door and the man, who was small and skeletal looking, said, "I don't know anything!!!" And tried to run past them to the door.
"Oh, come on," said Brian, grabbing the man and pushing him into the air, "as soon as you say that without us saying a word, we know you do."
"Maybe I do, but I won't tell you anything without money," said the man, "threats won't work, either."
"We will be back, me and my friend here need to talk," said Omega, gesturing for Draco to follow.
"He could be telling the truth," said Omega, "people like that disgust me. They don't care about anything but money."
"I believe I know a way to get the money," said Draco, "which was my reason for being here. There is an Elven sorceress-warrior that's been stealing items from this town lately. There's a reward for her capture, dead or alive."
"Interesting... do you know where we can find her?"
"Yes, there's a cave in the woods that I found her in, but that was before I knew she was a thief. I left without her knowledge of my ever being there. She could still be there. It is on the far north side of town. Ask the villagers and they'll help you find it, but all the people around there are too scared of her magic to go there. No one has even tried." Draco said, then just remembered, "Also, you might want to disguise yourself, because, as you've seen, the people around here aren't very open-minded."
"Don't worry," said Brian, waving his hand, "I know some magic myself. Watch this," then he concentrated and felt the familiar feeling of skin and other human features growing painlessly on his body. He opened his eyes to see Draco smiling slyly.
"I can do something similar to that, as well," said Draco, "but... not as complete as yours. I will show you later. Go meet the sorceress, take her to town, preferably alive, and get the reward money. Meanwhile, I will see if that man was telling the truth when he said threats won't work. Intimidation doesn't count as a threat, either, so that could work."
It didn't take Brian long to find the cave in the woods. Everyone wanted the sorceress gone, and he looked very impressive with the Justice Blade strapped to his back and the scar across his eye.
"Okay," he whispered to himself, "time to play hero. And I should look impressive," he added, ripping the skin off his body so he looked like a Jeweled One again. "One, two, three... SORCERESS!!!" he shouted, stepping into the cave.
The sun was shining into the cave, and he could see her back was turned to him, but as soon as he shouted she turned around. Being an Elf, she had pointy ears. She also had long, blonde hair, flowing back over her shoulders. His first surprise was when he saw the sorceress was only about thirteen. The next surprise, which he lowered his blade as soon as he saw, were shocking green eyes, just like his.
She was staring at him angrily, "why do you lower your blade? You came to take me in, and you're not going to do that without a fight!"
"Julie?" Brian asked.
"How do you know my name?!!!" She demanded, looking more angry than ever, "well, you may know my name, but that won't help you defeat me!"
'I should have left the skin on,' thought Brian, 'but there was no way I could've known my sister would be here. How funny, I had just told Omega about her yesterday.'
"Why aren't you even responding now?" She demanded, "fight me!!!"
"Julie, you're not going to believe this," Brian said, in the same tone he had done with Ashley, because Julie's temperament was very similar to Ashley's. "Julie, it's me, your brother."
"That's impossible!!!" She shouted, getting more and more worked up, "I've been here for years, and there's no way you could be him!!!"
"Listen to my voice," Brian said, trying not to panic because he didn't know how powerful she was and he didn't want to fight her, "doesn't my voice sound like your brother, Brian's?"
"That could be a trick!!!" She said, still in a battle stance, her hand on the short sword in its holder at her belt.
"If you give me a second, I can prove it even more," he said, "but you have to take your hand off your sword." She reluctantly moved her hand. He closed his eyes and concentrated, then felt the feeling of skin and other human features growing over his body again. "Now do you see?" he said, "it's me!"
"I still don't believe you!!!" she said, almost not believing it herself.
"Ask me a question about our family, any question that Brian would know, and I'll answer it," 'if I can remember,' he thought to himself.
"Alright, but more than one," she said, "what did Brian always wear that you don't have on?"
"Easy," Brian said confidently, "glasses."
"Why did he wear glasses and not contacts?"
"Because I was clumsy and forgetful and I'd lose them."
"What was his favorite color?"
"Ooh, that's smart, asking me a trick question," Brian said, smiling at how intelligently his sister had just acted, "I didn't have one favorite, although some of them were red, blue, green, and white," he said, smiling at the memory it brought back, "and you always used to argue with me, saying that white wasn't a color, but that it was, and I quote, 'the absence of color.'"
"Brian?" She said, finally not looking angry.
"Yeah. I'm here too."
"I've missed you so much!" she said, running up and hugging him so tight he almost couldn't breathe, "you were the only one who could lift me up when I was down!"
"Hey," he said, hugging her back, then letting go and stepping back, "what else are big brothers for? Oh, do you mind if I take the skin off? I know I look a little weird because I've changed, obviously a lot more than you have, but if I don't take the skin off for a little while, it starts to itch, and becomes easy to rip. It's just a disguise that I can sort of grow," he added, noticing the weird look Julie was giving him. "Um, let's get back to town. I've got a friend who'll probably come after me if I take too long, thinking I've been injured or killed. And I have to tell him that we can't turn you in."
"Why do they want me arrested?" She asked, and the curiosity showed on her face.
"Because you've been stealing," said Brian, surprised, "I thought you would know."
"Filth!" she spat. "Those people down there are about as racist as you can get. I hadn't come across a town for days, and I don't know where I am, and those jerks won't let me buy food, drink, or even a map!"
"I had sort of a similar experience," Brian said, growing the skin again and taking her towards town, "I was attacked by a mob outside the bar, and had to take them all out. I hate being called 'freak'." He added, looking angry.
"You killed them?" She said, looking worried.
"What? No, no!!! Oh, I see. By 'take them out' I meant knock them out. I wouldn't kill them. It wouldn't even be close to a fair fight, even though there was about twenty of them."
"What do you mean?"
"I didn't know what I was for a long time. I found out from another person like me that I'm something called a Jeweled One, and they're kind of like the elements on video games, because each Jeweled One has powers in a certain category, but they can learn into other categories if they want to. Mine's mimicking. I can copy techniques I've seen before." They walked onto a hillside overlooking the town, "okay," he said, "pretend like I'm turning you in. Wait a second, who's that?" He added, seeing a large man running up the hillside towards them. The man was about six feet tall, with pale, blond hair, and he was very muscular.
The man run up to them and said, "I got the information from the man. Is that the sorceress? She's younger than I thought."
"Age doesn't matter," Julie said, looking angrily.
"Wait a second... Draco? Is that you?" Brian said.
"Yes." He said, looking into Brian's eyes.
"So that's what you meant when you said yours isn't complete, you still have dragon's eyes." Brian concluded.
"Not only that," said Draco, taking his jacket and shirt off, turning around, and revealing two wings, smaller than his other form's, and a tail sticking up the gap in between the two wings.
"I'm glad you got the information, Draco," Brian said on a happy note, then more seriously, "because we can't turn her in."
"Why not? She's a thief." Draco demanded angrily.
"Draco, I'd like you to meet my sister, Julie." Omega said, ignoring his last comment and hoping Julie would do the same, "who was lost and the town wouldn't let her buy any food, any drinks, or a map because she's an elf. Julie, this is my friend, Draco. He's Half-Dragon."
Draco stared at her for a moment, then at Brian's eyes, then at her eyes, "your eyes are the same," he said, "but I don't understand. I thought you said you used to be a human."
"Okay, let's go back to our room at the inn, and we'll try to explain, Draco," Brian said hopefully.
"You got a room?" Julie said, surprised. "How?"
"I kind of influenced him," Brian said, touching the handle of his sword over his shoulder. "He was a coward. I didn't even have to take my blade out or say what I was going to do."
Later, in the inn room, Brian and Julie explained their story to the best of their abilities, but neither Julie or Draco noticed that Brian left out how he changed.
"So, now you know we're from a different world than this one," said Brian, "do you still want to come with us, Draco? You'll probably visit other strange worlds and have several life-threatening experiences if you do." He warned.
"I would enjoy to go with you on your journey greatly, no matter how it ends. It sounds like the adventure of a lifetime." Draco said, smiling.
"Oh, Draco, I can help you with your human form so you can pass as a human," Brian said, rummaging through his backpack he grabbed from the corner. "I've got almost everything for disguises in here," he said, "and I can't wear these now because of the Jeweled Ones's large eyes, here," he added, handing Draco a pair of sun glasses.
Draco looked at the glasses, puzzled. "But my eyesight is fine," he said.
"Oh, they're called sunglasses," said Brian, laughing, "they don't help your eyesight, they help shield the sun from your eyes and, as you can see, they're very dark on the front side. They're so dark, you can't even see the eyes of the person wearing them."
"I see," said Draco, putting the sun glasses on, "thank you, Brian."
"Oh, I almost forgot," said Brian, "what did that man say?" Then he turned to Julie and said, "we learned that a man had some information on the people after me and why I changed."
"Oh, yes," said Draco, "he didn't know very much, he just said there were two people looking for a man named Omega, but I suppose that's not our concern anymore."
"Omega was one of my two names before the weird accident," said Brian, "so go on, please."
"He said those two people were looking to help him, although when he saw them, they were acting incredibly strange. One was a human, a boy armed with all sorts of weapons, some the man had never seen before, and he was wearing odd clothing. He had wrist bands, leg bands, and a head band encrusted with all sorts of jewels, the man said. Diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, among others. He said the boy looked 'scrawny' and some of his weapons it did not even look like he could pick up. The other was obviously the boy's friend, an adult Shadow Elf, which makes the pair even more odd because I have never seen nor heard of a human and a Shadow Elf becoming friends. He said the Elf was wearing a cloak, except it had no hood so he could see the long ears, light black skin, and gray-colored hair."
"Well, I think we should go see those two." Brian said to Julie and Draco, "they might want to help, but they might be lying, too, so we should be careful. Did he say where the two people were, Draco?"
"Yes," said Draco, "it's a place on the other side of the forest, on top of a cliff wall, where there is an observation area. The two are camping out there. I have to warn you, the man said those two acted odd and seemed slightly insane."
"Well," said Brian, "let's go, and I have to tell you, while we're on the road, my name's Omega again. I don't want people, for example those two, knowing my real name until I'm sure they can be trusted. Now, Julie," he said, finally turning to her, "do you want to come with us or do you want to stay here? The bartender, who's also the innkeeper, said we could use this room as much as we wanted, free of charge."
"No way!" Said Julie, then she smiled. "I'm staying with you, Brian. I don't want to be alone again..." she said fearfully.
"Well, that's that," said Brian, "now let's go!!!"
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Well, that's that for this chapter. Hope it's long enough for ya.
I'm going to do the questions I used to do to get you thinking about possibilities now. Who are the two men? Why is a 'scrawny' boy carrying weapons he didn't even look like he could carry? Why are a Shadow Elf and a human friends? If you want a hint on the boy and the elf, read the next paragraph, if you don't want a hint, DO NOT READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH!!!
Again, ignore this paragraph if you don't want a hint on who they are. Remember Draco said that he's never seen or heard of a human becoming friends with a Shadow Elf, and there's an old saying that looks can be deceiving... Okay, it was a vague hint, but it was still a hint!
Time to end it with Whose Line Is It Anyway's Rock Star Hoedown, sung by Colin Mochrie!
I am part of one of the longest lasting rock bands,
and I've slept with every super model in the land.
Except for one, oh, well, it's her loss,
I guess a Rolling Stone gathers no Kate Moss!