Chapter eight: Putting the weapons to use.
Zalia looked at her new bow. She held it and mimed shooting at a pillar. She had enjoyed the training greatly. She wished she could practice some more but it really was time to go to bed. She got into bed. She had put her staff next to her just in case she got another visit from the Dark Goddess.
# Zalia woke up. "It's all right don't worry", came a voice from the shadows. She sat up in her bed and reached for her staff. "Oh you don't think I would let you have that again do you?" Zalia looked under the covers and all through her bed trying to find something that wasn't there. "Where did you?". The Dark Goddess stepped out of the shadows and finished her sentence, "Put this?" She held out the staff and smiled. She started to advance toward the bed. "Don't come any closer", said Zalia. "Or you'll what?" Said the Dark goddess tantalizingly. "You'll hit me?" She laughed cruelly and kept walking. Then Zalia remembered, under her bed she had left her quiver full of arrows. She slowly reached under her bed and hoped the Dark Goddess didn't notice what she was doing. Her hand closed around one of her arrows and she pulled it out as she threw it as hard as she could. It flew towards the Dark Goddess her hands were quick and she knocked it out of the air. But when she did she dropped the staff. Zalia used her wind power to fly the staff into her hand. She pulled it as close as she could and yelled, " Sun!" "Why you little", the Dark goddess started to say. She vanished in a puff of smoke and Sun stood behind where she had been a minute ago. "You may wake up now", Sun said calmly. "Wha", she started. And then she woke up. # She sat quietly in the great hall. No one else had had the dream. She looked up as Sun walked in. "Well everyone else is sleeping quietly". "Why did she only attack me?" said Zalia. "Because now that she knows none of you want to side with her she will try to kill you one by one. She now knows that your staffs have great power. What she doesn't know is that you have great power in yourself." Zalia looked down at her P.J.s they had pictures of little birds on them. If she remembered correctly, Ursula had little bugs, Sereena had little fish and X-anna had little dragons with big smiles on their faces. She didn't want to go back to bed so she got into her clothes, well her battle armor. She had been told to wear it all the time, as you never know when you might have a battle. That made perfect sense of course but the armor did get a bit heavy after a while. She went back into the great hall and said to Sun, "Is there any chance of getting breakfast this early in the morning?" Sun smiled. "Of course", she clicked her fingers and an omelet appeared. " How did you know that I wanted an omelet?" Zalia said in amazement. "I didn't, the table did. I just order the food to appear I don't know what will. It usually knows what you want and gives it to you." Zalia shrugged and sat down. She cut a bit of omelet off and put it in her mouth. She looked up and smiled a huge smile. "It's delicious", she said stuffing another mouthful in her mouth. Sun laughed. She went out of the great hall presumably to check on the others. In a few minutes she had finished the omelet and was just sitting back to relax when an apple appeared in front of her. Oh, she thought. I didn't ask for this. She looked around. Sun was still checking on the others. She picked up the apple and turned it round in her hand. Inspecting all sides. She took it with her to try and find Sun. She found her and showed her the apple. Sun took the apple over to the table and said, "Pass me your dagger". Obediently Zalia slipped it out of her belt and passed it to her. Sun sliced the apple in half. Glowing green goo oozed out of the apple. Sun looked at Zalia's face, which was twisted in disgust. "Its lucky you came to get me or you probably would have been poisoned. Another one of my sisters tricks". " What has your sister got against me?" Zalia groaned.
Zalia looked at her new bow. She held it and mimed shooting at a pillar. She had enjoyed the training greatly. She wished she could practice some more but it really was time to go to bed. She got into bed. She had put her staff next to her just in case she got another visit from the Dark Goddess.
# Zalia woke up. "It's all right don't worry", came a voice from the shadows. She sat up in her bed and reached for her staff. "Oh you don't think I would let you have that again do you?" Zalia looked under the covers and all through her bed trying to find something that wasn't there. "Where did you?". The Dark Goddess stepped out of the shadows and finished her sentence, "Put this?" She held out the staff and smiled. She started to advance toward the bed. "Don't come any closer", said Zalia. "Or you'll what?" Said the Dark goddess tantalizingly. "You'll hit me?" She laughed cruelly and kept walking. Then Zalia remembered, under her bed she had left her quiver full of arrows. She slowly reached under her bed and hoped the Dark Goddess didn't notice what she was doing. Her hand closed around one of her arrows and she pulled it out as she threw it as hard as she could. It flew towards the Dark Goddess her hands were quick and she knocked it out of the air. But when she did she dropped the staff. Zalia used her wind power to fly the staff into her hand. She pulled it as close as she could and yelled, " Sun!" "Why you little", the Dark goddess started to say. She vanished in a puff of smoke and Sun stood behind where she had been a minute ago. "You may wake up now", Sun said calmly. "Wha", she started. And then she woke up. # She sat quietly in the great hall. No one else had had the dream. She looked up as Sun walked in. "Well everyone else is sleeping quietly". "Why did she only attack me?" said Zalia. "Because now that she knows none of you want to side with her she will try to kill you one by one. She now knows that your staffs have great power. What she doesn't know is that you have great power in yourself." Zalia looked down at her P.J.s they had pictures of little birds on them. If she remembered correctly, Ursula had little bugs, Sereena had little fish and X-anna had little dragons with big smiles on their faces. She didn't want to go back to bed so she got into her clothes, well her battle armor. She had been told to wear it all the time, as you never know when you might have a battle. That made perfect sense of course but the armor did get a bit heavy after a while. She went back into the great hall and said to Sun, "Is there any chance of getting breakfast this early in the morning?" Sun smiled. "Of course", she clicked her fingers and an omelet appeared. " How did you know that I wanted an omelet?" Zalia said in amazement. "I didn't, the table did. I just order the food to appear I don't know what will. It usually knows what you want and gives it to you." Zalia shrugged and sat down. She cut a bit of omelet off and put it in her mouth. She looked up and smiled a huge smile. "It's delicious", she said stuffing another mouthful in her mouth. Sun laughed. She went out of the great hall presumably to check on the others. In a few minutes she had finished the omelet and was just sitting back to relax when an apple appeared in front of her. Oh, she thought. I didn't ask for this. She looked around. Sun was still checking on the others. She picked up the apple and turned it round in her hand. Inspecting all sides. She took it with her to try and find Sun. She found her and showed her the apple. Sun took the apple over to the table and said, "Pass me your dagger". Obediently Zalia slipped it out of her belt and passed it to her. Sun sliced the apple in half. Glowing green goo oozed out of the apple. Sun looked at Zalia's face, which was twisted in disgust. "Its lucky you came to get me or you probably would have been poisoned. Another one of my sisters tricks". " What has your sister got against me?" Zalia groaned.