Arwen ran. They were close, but she might still be able to escape. She saw more of them ahead. She realized it was to late. She took a crystal off her neck and held it up. The sun refracted through it. Arwen broke it. There was a bright flash and a deafening roar. A single voice which she recognized quite clearly rang through the noise. "ARWEN!!!" It was Fort Knight's.
Arwen sat up and tried to control the trembling in her hands. Fort Knight is there? Why? She tried to stand up and pain seared through her leg. Then she rembered. She had cut her leg. Arwen knew she had to hide that cut from Fort Knight. Her blood was special. when she bled, It was white. She had hidden that from everybody all her life. Except her mother, father, and brother of corse.
"That's a nasty cut." Fort Knight said from the corner of the room. "I'll clean it for you." He went to a cabinet it the wall of the cabin and took out a bottle.
"No, no that's alright. It's not that bad." She said trying to hide long gash running down her shin.
"Oh c'mon, Arwen. I know you have white blood." He poured some of the contents of the bottle on a cloth, Then kneeled and started cleaning her cut.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS!!!" She yelled in frustration. He glanced up at her face, smiled, and shook his head. He finished cleaning the cut and wrapped bandeges around her leg.
"Fort Knight?" Arwen said.
He stood up "Yes?"
"Can I ask you some questions?"
"Shoot."
"How do you know I have white blood?"
"I can sense it."
"Umm...how?"
Fort Knight pulled out the strange looking object he had used back it the woods. Arwen had seen it before. He called it a 'pistol' or somthing like that. She felt energy build up inside.
"What am I doing?" He said
"Charging energy. Why?" she said
"How did you know that?
"I..." She left it hanging
"That's how I know. Oh, by the way, we've hit land."
"Ah." Sighed in a satisfied manner. "I finally made it to Dominarium."
"Um...no." Fort Knight said. "This is Tol Estrait." Then he started to leave the room.
"Say what?" But he was already gone. She hopped off the bed and followed him, limping slightly.
"And why, pray tell, are we at Tol Estrait?" Arwen shouted after him.
"I'm taking you to Outcast Headquarters." He shouted back.
"Why?"
"Because."
"That isn't much of an answer." She said finally catching up with him on the starboard side of the ship.
"It wasn't much of a question" He said simply.
Arwen didn't have an answer for that.
"HELLO!" A voice called from the shore.
"Who's that?"Arwen asked.
"I don't know." Fort Knight answered. A young man climbed up the anchor line and flipped onto the boat.
"Hi" He greeted them as he wiped his hands on his pants. He was wearing white animal hide pants like Fort Knight's. He wore a jacket that had a green sleeve, a yellow stripe, then the rest was red. There was no other way to put it. He looked cool. Really cool.
"Next time,Charlie, give a little warning. I could've shot you by accident." Fort Knight scolded him
"I would've dodged it." Charlie said.
"Uh...could I ask some more questions?"Arwen said carefully.
"Go ahead." Fort Knight and Charlie said at the same time
"Uhh..." Arwen hesitated and glanced at Charlie.
"He's alright, Arwen."
"Why do I have white blood?"
"You are of an ancient species called Angelim. Angelim has been around since the year 2046." Fort Knight said.
"What year is it now?"
"The year is 4567" Charlie said
"Fort Knight, how do you know so much about Angelim?"
"I am one myself." Fort Knight said. Arwen stared at him disbelievingly. He smiled back at her. That seemed to be his way of solving a difficult situation. When in doubt, smile.
"I'll ask more questions when I get a grip on what you've already told me." Arwen sighed
"Alright then. Shall we be off?" Charlie said, and then jumped off the side of the ship.
"C'mon Arwen." Fort Knight said, following Charlie. Then he opened a large door in the side of the boat to let the unicorns out.
"I don't suppose we'll take anything with us?" Arwen shouted down to him.
"Don't worry!" Charlie said "I've got enough food to last us a lifetime."
"whatever" Arwen said. she desended to the ground and mounted Faria. Then they set off landward.
Arwen sat up and tried to control the trembling in her hands. Fort Knight is there? Why? She tried to stand up and pain seared through her leg. Then she rembered. She had cut her leg. Arwen knew she had to hide that cut from Fort Knight. Her blood was special. when she bled, It was white. She had hidden that from everybody all her life. Except her mother, father, and brother of corse.
"That's a nasty cut." Fort Knight said from the corner of the room. "I'll clean it for you." He went to a cabinet it the wall of the cabin and took out a bottle.
"No, no that's alright. It's not that bad." She said trying to hide long gash running down her shin.
"Oh c'mon, Arwen. I know you have white blood." He poured some of the contents of the bottle on a cloth, Then kneeled and started cleaning her cut.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS!!!" She yelled in frustration. He glanced up at her face, smiled, and shook his head. He finished cleaning the cut and wrapped bandeges around her leg.
"Fort Knight?" Arwen said.
He stood up "Yes?"
"Can I ask you some questions?"
"Shoot."
"How do you know I have white blood?"
"I can sense it."
"Umm...how?"
Fort Knight pulled out the strange looking object he had used back it the woods. Arwen had seen it before. He called it a 'pistol' or somthing like that. She felt energy build up inside.
"What am I doing?" He said
"Charging energy. Why?" she said
"How did you know that?
"I..." She left it hanging
"That's how I know. Oh, by the way, we've hit land."
"Ah." Sighed in a satisfied manner. "I finally made it to Dominarium."
"Um...no." Fort Knight said. "This is Tol Estrait." Then he started to leave the room.
"Say what?" But he was already gone. She hopped off the bed and followed him, limping slightly.
"And why, pray tell, are we at Tol Estrait?" Arwen shouted after him.
"I'm taking you to Outcast Headquarters." He shouted back.
"Why?"
"Because."
"That isn't much of an answer." She said finally catching up with him on the starboard side of the ship.
"It wasn't much of a question" He said simply.
Arwen didn't have an answer for that.
"HELLO!" A voice called from the shore.
"Who's that?"Arwen asked.
"I don't know." Fort Knight answered. A young man climbed up the anchor line and flipped onto the boat.
"Hi" He greeted them as he wiped his hands on his pants. He was wearing white animal hide pants like Fort Knight's. He wore a jacket that had a green sleeve, a yellow stripe, then the rest was red. There was no other way to put it. He looked cool. Really cool.
"Next time,Charlie, give a little warning. I could've shot you by accident." Fort Knight scolded him
"I would've dodged it." Charlie said.
"Uh...could I ask some more questions?"Arwen said carefully.
"Go ahead." Fort Knight and Charlie said at the same time
"Uhh..." Arwen hesitated and glanced at Charlie.
"He's alright, Arwen."
"Why do I have white blood?"
"You are of an ancient species called Angelim. Angelim has been around since the year 2046." Fort Knight said.
"What year is it now?"
"The year is 4567" Charlie said
"Fort Knight, how do you know so much about Angelim?"
"I am one myself." Fort Knight said. Arwen stared at him disbelievingly. He smiled back at her. That seemed to be his way of solving a difficult situation. When in doubt, smile.
"I'll ask more questions when I get a grip on what you've already told me." Arwen sighed
"Alright then. Shall we be off?" Charlie said, and then jumped off the side of the ship.
"C'mon Arwen." Fort Knight said, following Charlie. Then he opened a large door in the side of the boat to let the unicorns out.
"I don't suppose we'll take anything with us?" Arwen shouted down to him.
"Don't worry!" Charlie said "I've got enough food to last us a lifetime."
"whatever" Arwen said. she desended to the ground and mounted Faria. Then they set off landward.