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other fantasy story I wrote got 0 reviews! I can`t believe that I`m not the
only person in the world that likes Sokeru (unfortunately, you will
probably not even meet Sora until chapter 4. Don`t worry though, there will
still be Sokeru)! Anyways please review!(maybe I`ll get two this time ^_^).
In a dark cell, Cody, Yolei and Izzy arewaiting for their inevitable judgement. Chances are none of them will live. "Why didn`t you guys tell me about Cody`s opinions on the war!" an angry Izzy scolded.
"Izzy, we didn`t want to talk about it any more because we feared that a guard might overhear us" Yolei said.
"I`m sorry, I just feel left out, you guys leave out the most important subjects when we talk, which is very rarely" Izzy said.
"Wait a minute, you`re not mad about Cody being against the war?" She asked.
"Well no. Actually, I never really cared about it" Izzy said.
Yolei fell to her side "Maybe they should execute the two of you"
"That`s not funny Yolei!" Cody snapped.
*Meanwhile*
"I`m not sure about this sister. The merchant girl definately warrants death, but Hishimo`s son and the other kid, well I don`t know" Taichi said, sitting on his throne where a trial just took place, besides him was his sister Hikari standing, she always helped her brother with decisions like these. "This all becoming very frustrating, I guess I`ll just have them all killed"
"Tai, no! You can`t waste lives like that just because you`re feeling tired!" his sister scolded. She was the only one who called him Tai and raised her tone at him and getting away with it as well. "Besides, I believe that through Iori`s beliefs, they can help us"
"Who`s Iori?" Tai asked his sister.
"Hishimo`s son! Anyways, they should be sent to Gromavia. They could get us a report on the country`s conditions. It would be better than anything your pathetic armies could do. Besides whether they die or come back with information, it will be good either way" Kari (which only Tai was allowed calling her) said.
"Hmm" he grunted as he was thinking.
*Dungeon*
"Hey! Traitors! Get up! You have been summoned by the Sultan!" The guard yelled. He was accomponied by a couple other guards. They pushed the three friends to the throne room.
When they got to the throne room the princess was missing. She was probably returned to the Harem. "Iori, Miyako and Koushiro" Tai said, ready to give out their sentence. "You are to travel to Gromavia and see for yourselves how the conditions are. You are not to return to Bideria until you feel that you have learned enough"
"What? But we will die for sure, whether by the desert or by the armies of Gromavia!" Yolei protested before being hit hard with the flat side of the guard`s scimitar.
"Do not raise your voice at the Sultan!" the guard yelled.
"If you do die, it will pay for your crimes. You are to leave tommorow at noon. Say goodbye to your friends and family, for you will not see them for a long time" With this said, the guards pushed them, and a semi-concious Yolei, outside.
"Go to your families and get some equipment, you`ll need it!" one of the guard yelled before returning inside the palace.
"Yolei! Are you alright? That had to hurt" asked a concerned Izzy.
"Yeah, I`m fine. It should heal over night" replied Yolei.
"We better get you to an apothecary or something" he said.
"No! We have no time to waste on that! We have to get ready for tommorow. My grandfather always told me about soldiers who died simply because of the heat in the desert." Cody said very coldly. To the others this was going to be a punishment, but Cody saw it differently. He was going to get facts from Gromavia, and hopefully end the war. "As the guard said, go say your goodbyes. We`ll meet at the entrance to the city at noon"
Before Izzy and Yolei could say anything, Cody left towards his home. "Grampa, I`m home"
"Cody!? You`re alive!? I mean where have you been?" His surprised grandfather asked.
"I`ve been put on trial and now because of my opinions and thoughts me, Izzy and Yolei have to travel to Gromavia" He stated.
"You`re very lucky you didn`t get killed!" His grandfather scolded.
"I`m very sorry grandpa, but we have to leave tommorow at noon" Cody replied.
"Then you must get ready this very instant! Many soldiers die in the desert and you are but a child, not to mention a very small one at that. Quickly, get some waterskins, a grapple and some rope and change your shirt! You`ll be very uncomfortable in it" His granfather ordered. "Get your sword and put this on!" His grandfather yelled handing him a cotton shirt and a leather jerkin.
"Uh . . . yes sir" Cody said trying to remember each one of his chores, holding the beige cotton shirt and leather jerkin.
"Let see, you get everything ready while I go out to get something" His grandfather said before leaving.
"Umm . . . bye" Cody said, basicaly to no one, for his grandfather was already out the door. He changed into his new clothes which felt much lighter, much thinner too. `Not much for armor` Cody thought to himself. He grabbed some full waterskins and a pack to put them in. He also got a bedroll because sleeping on sand is not the most comfortable thing in the world.
* Yolei`s house*
"I`m going to miss you very much Yolei, take care out there" Yolei`s sister, Lindsay, said. "Have you got everything ready?"
"I think so, I have a bedroll, a map, a compass and a crossbow with lots of bolts" She said. "But I`m not done saying all my goodbyes just yet"
Lindsay hugged her little sister and said "Please Yolei, be alright and come back alive".
Yolei hugged her back and said "I promise"
*Magic shop*
"Guess you`re leaving for a while crocodile?" asked the gnome. Even thoughhe hated to admit it, other than Cody and Yolei, Keapon Laffin was all he had.
"Yeah, just saying goodbye" Izzy said.
"Well then take this with you Izzou" and with that a scroll materialized in front of Izzy. "It`s a levitation spell Nell"
Izzy read the scroll so he could remember how to cast it. As he was reading it, the letters disappeared and when they were gone, the paper did too. "Thanks, Bye"
"Bone Jar" Keapon said before Izzy left the shop.
*Weapons shop*
"Hello Arshia" Cody`s grandfather, Siguro, said. Arshia ran the Weapons shop, but used to be in the army with Cody`s father. He stopped fighting ever since he died.
"Greetings Siguro" Arshia replied, who was never really courteous to anyone except for Siguro.
"I`m afraid I need to ask a favor from you. You see, my grandson is being sent to Gromavia and he could really use some decent armor" Siguro asked.
"Doesn`t the army provide soldiers with armor?" asked Arshia.
"My grandson is not in the army, he is only 13 years old" said Siguro.
"What!? And he`s being sent to Gromavia!? Why?" asked Arshia who knew of the dangers there are in the desert.
"It doesn`t matter. I just need some decent armor for him" he explained.
"Well . . . alright. Since he is Hishimo`s son I guess he can have it for free. Just let me get one" Said Arshia. A few moments later, he returned with a very fine chain mail shirt "Here you go".
"Thank you very much"
The next day at noon, Cody, who was wearing his new chain mail shirt, and Izzy were waiting for Yolei to say her goodbyes. Her entire family gathered there to see her off. "Sorry that took so long, let`s go"
With this said, they left the town gates, that was guarded by the two guards, and before they went far, Yolei yelled out one final farewell to her family.
"Yolei, give me your map and compass" Cody said.
"Um . . . alright. Here you go" she said handing him the items he asked for.
"We are heading this way" Cody said after examining the map for a while pointing north. They walked all day that day and the further they gor from the city, the hotter it seemed to get. By now the sun was scorching them. They often drank from their waterskins and were starting to get worried that they didn`t bring enough water.
"Cody, the sun is setting, we should stop and set up camp now" Izzy said.
"I agree, please let`s stop" Yolei complained.
"Fine" Cody said.
"They could have at least given us some camels to ride on. So, I suppose we must be very close to Gromavia since we walked the entire day" Yolei said with hope that there isn`t much more walking left.
"Actually, it should take another month before we arrive"
"What? You`re joking right?"
"Um . . . actually no"
Yolei tumbles over and starts crying "It`s not faiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrr!".
"Yolei, this is suppose to be a punishment not a vacation, remember?" Izzy said.
"I know, it`s just that . . . never mind. Goodnight" She said she pulled out her sleeping bag and crawled right into it. Cody and Izzy decided to do the same. Unfortunately for them, it`s almost as hot at night as it was at during the day.
The next morning, they continued their journey north. It would seem that the heat was playing tricks on their eyes, for they saw things that could not possibly be there, like a Biderian guard, a tree and other illusions. They continued on north until they reached some outcropping. "Let`s just go around it" Yolei suggested.
"We can`t do that, the outcropping surrounds Bideria protecting it from attack, and preventing it from attacking others easily" Cody explained remembering stories his grandfather told him.
"So what do we do?" She asked.
"Simple" Cody said as he reached in his pack and retrieved a rope and grapple and then threw it up in the air so it caught on to a rock that stuck out "We climb" he said as he started climbing.
"But I can`t climb for my life!"
"Then you hang on to me" Izzy said.
"Huh?" she asked.
"Trust me"
"Al . . . alright" she said as she hung on to him almost as if she was hugging him, leaving only his arms free. Odd thing was, she was feeling very nervous, she had no idea why. She trusted Izzy as much as her own family. Izzy streched out his arm and closed his eyes. Slowly, Izzy floated off the ground and blue sprinkles were coming from his boots. "Whoah!" Yolei yelled as she found herselft 5 feet off the ground and rising. Unfortunately, the outcropping was 30 feet high.
"Yolei jump!" yelled Cody. Yolei opened her eyes and saw the boy afew inches under her. She let go of Izzy and jumped next to Cody. Then Izzy did the same.
"What was that?!" asked a very startled Yolei.
"A levitation spell, it basicly makes me go up and down, no other direction"
"Cool!" Was the only thing she could think to say.
"Come on! Let`s get going. It`s much more dangerous up here" Cody said. The three traveled further on north.
"Something`s wrong" whispered Cody.
"What?" asked Izzy.
"Get your weapons ready" was all the reply he got as Cody drew out his sword. Izzy reached for his dagger and Yolei, her crossbow. All of a sudden, 10 men attacked them with their scimitars ready. One charged straight for Cody, but he thrusted his sword in the man`s stomach. Another was going at Cody`s side, but he quickly removed his sword from the first man`s gut and slashed at the second one`s head coming right off. Two more attacked Cody at the same time but one got a crossbow bolt through the side of his head while the other was set on fire. Izzy sent a blue ball at one of the others and took his dagger and plunged it in another man`s chest. Another died of a crossbow bolt through the neck while Cody was sword fighting with two of them at the same time. The last one was sneaking up on Yolei who was recharging her crossbow, but Izzy sent a miniature fireball at him. By the time that was finished, Cody finished off the two men he was fighting.
"Who were they!?" asked a terrified Yolei who was nearly killed.
"Brigands, my granfather told me that many exiles who survive form bands and attack caravans and such, but normaly stay clear from the army" Cody explained who sheathed his sword.
"Izzy! What are you doin?" Asked Yolei who saw Izzy searching the bodies of their attackers.
"I`m broke and they`re not going to be needing this money anytime soon"
They continued their journey northward and got attacked more and more times by the brigands. But Cody, Izzy and Yolei were getting more skilled with every fight. Now, Yolei doesn`t take as long recharging her bolts. Not to mention, they were also making a small profit. But the most important change of all was that the sun was not getting as hot as they realized that they were nearing Gromavia.
Please read and review. I beg of you!
In a dark cell, Cody, Yolei and Izzy arewaiting for their inevitable judgement. Chances are none of them will live. "Why didn`t you guys tell me about Cody`s opinions on the war!" an angry Izzy scolded.
"Izzy, we didn`t want to talk about it any more because we feared that a guard might overhear us" Yolei said.
"I`m sorry, I just feel left out, you guys leave out the most important subjects when we talk, which is very rarely" Izzy said.
"Wait a minute, you`re not mad about Cody being against the war?" She asked.
"Well no. Actually, I never really cared about it" Izzy said.
Yolei fell to her side "Maybe they should execute the two of you"
"That`s not funny Yolei!" Cody snapped.
*Meanwhile*
"I`m not sure about this sister. The merchant girl definately warrants death, but Hishimo`s son and the other kid, well I don`t know" Taichi said, sitting on his throne where a trial just took place, besides him was his sister Hikari standing, she always helped her brother with decisions like these. "This all becoming very frustrating, I guess I`ll just have them all killed"
"Tai, no! You can`t waste lives like that just because you`re feeling tired!" his sister scolded. She was the only one who called him Tai and raised her tone at him and getting away with it as well. "Besides, I believe that through Iori`s beliefs, they can help us"
"Who`s Iori?" Tai asked his sister.
"Hishimo`s son! Anyways, they should be sent to Gromavia. They could get us a report on the country`s conditions. It would be better than anything your pathetic armies could do. Besides whether they die or come back with information, it will be good either way" Kari (which only Tai was allowed calling her) said.
"Hmm" he grunted as he was thinking.
*Dungeon*
"Hey! Traitors! Get up! You have been summoned by the Sultan!" The guard yelled. He was accomponied by a couple other guards. They pushed the three friends to the throne room.
When they got to the throne room the princess was missing. She was probably returned to the Harem. "Iori, Miyako and Koushiro" Tai said, ready to give out their sentence. "You are to travel to Gromavia and see for yourselves how the conditions are. You are not to return to Bideria until you feel that you have learned enough"
"What? But we will die for sure, whether by the desert or by the armies of Gromavia!" Yolei protested before being hit hard with the flat side of the guard`s scimitar.
"Do not raise your voice at the Sultan!" the guard yelled.
"If you do die, it will pay for your crimes. You are to leave tommorow at noon. Say goodbye to your friends and family, for you will not see them for a long time" With this said, the guards pushed them, and a semi-concious Yolei, outside.
"Go to your families and get some equipment, you`ll need it!" one of the guard yelled before returning inside the palace.
"Yolei! Are you alright? That had to hurt" asked a concerned Izzy.
"Yeah, I`m fine. It should heal over night" replied Yolei.
"We better get you to an apothecary or something" he said.
"No! We have no time to waste on that! We have to get ready for tommorow. My grandfather always told me about soldiers who died simply because of the heat in the desert." Cody said very coldly. To the others this was going to be a punishment, but Cody saw it differently. He was going to get facts from Gromavia, and hopefully end the war. "As the guard said, go say your goodbyes. We`ll meet at the entrance to the city at noon"
Before Izzy and Yolei could say anything, Cody left towards his home. "Grampa, I`m home"
"Cody!? You`re alive!? I mean where have you been?" His surprised grandfather asked.
"I`ve been put on trial and now because of my opinions and thoughts me, Izzy and Yolei have to travel to Gromavia" He stated.
"You`re very lucky you didn`t get killed!" His grandfather scolded.
"I`m very sorry grandpa, but we have to leave tommorow at noon" Cody replied.
"Then you must get ready this very instant! Many soldiers die in the desert and you are but a child, not to mention a very small one at that. Quickly, get some waterskins, a grapple and some rope and change your shirt! You`ll be very uncomfortable in it" His granfather ordered. "Get your sword and put this on!" His grandfather yelled handing him a cotton shirt and a leather jerkin.
"Uh . . . yes sir" Cody said trying to remember each one of his chores, holding the beige cotton shirt and leather jerkin.
"Let see, you get everything ready while I go out to get something" His grandfather said before leaving.
"Umm . . . bye" Cody said, basicaly to no one, for his grandfather was already out the door. He changed into his new clothes which felt much lighter, much thinner too. `Not much for armor` Cody thought to himself. He grabbed some full waterskins and a pack to put them in. He also got a bedroll because sleeping on sand is not the most comfortable thing in the world.
* Yolei`s house*
"I`m going to miss you very much Yolei, take care out there" Yolei`s sister, Lindsay, said. "Have you got everything ready?"
"I think so, I have a bedroll, a map, a compass and a crossbow with lots of bolts" She said. "But I`m not done saying all my goodbyes just yet"
Lindsay hugged her little sister and said "Please Yolei, be alright and come back alive".
Yolei hugged her back and said "I promise"
*Magic shop*
"Guess you`re leaving for a while crocodile?" asked the gnome. Even thoughhe hated to admit it, other than Cody and Yolei, Keapon Laffin was all he had.
"Yeah, just saying goodbye" Izzy said.
"Well then take this with you Izzou" and with that a scroll materialized in front of Izzy. "It`s a levitation spell Nell"
Izzy read the scroll so he could remember how to cast it. As he was reading it, the letters disappeared and when they were gone, the paper did too. "Thanks, Bye"
"Bone Jar" Keapon said before Izzy left the shop.
*Weapons shop*
"Hello Arshia" Cody`s grandfather, Siguro, said. Arshia ran the Weapons shop, but used to be in the army with Cody`s father. He stopped fighting ever since he died.
"Greetings Siguro" Arshia replied, who was never really courteous to anyone except for Siguro.
"I`m afraid I need to ask a favor from you. You see, my grandson is being sent to Gromavia and he could really use some decent armor" Siguro asked.
"Doesn`t the army provide soldiers with armor?" asked Arshia.
"My grandson is not in the army, he is only 13 years old" said Siguro.
"What!? And he`s being sent to Gromavia!? Why?" asked Arshia who knew of the dangers there are in the desert.
"It doesn`t matter. I just need some decent armor for him" he explained.
"Well . . . alright. Since he is Hishimo`s son I guess he can have it for free. Just let me get one" Said Arshia. A few moments later, he returned with a very fine chain mail shirt "Here you go".
"Thank you very much"
The next day at noon, Cody, who was wearing his new chain mail shirt, and Izzy were waiting for Yolei to say her goodbyes. Her entire family gathered there to see her off. "Sorry that took so long, let`s go"
With this said, they left the town gates, that was guarded by the two guards, and before they went far, Yolei yelled out one final farewell to her family.
"Yolei, give me your map and compass" Cody said.
"Um . . . alright. Here you go" she said handing him the items he asked for.
"We are heading this way" Cody said after examining the map for a while pointing north. They walked all day that day and the further they gor from the city, the hotter it seemed to get. By now the sun was scorching them. They often drank from their waterskins and were starting to get worried that they didn`t bring enough water.
"Cody, the sun is setting, we should stop and set up camp now" Izzy said.
"I agree, please let`s stop" Yolei complained.
"Fine" Cody said.
"They could have at least given us some camels to ride on. So, I suppose we must be very close to Gromavia since we walked the entire day" Yolei said with hope that there isn`t much more walking left.
"Actually, it should take another month before we arrive"
"What? You`re joking right?"
"Um . . . actually no"
Yolei tumbles over and starts crying "It`s not faiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrr!".
"Yolei, this is suppose to be a punishment not a vacation, remember?" Izzy said.
"I know, it`s just that . . . never mind. Goodnight" She said she pulled out her sleeping bag and crawled right into it. Cody and Izzy decided to do the same. Unfortunately for them, it`s almost as hot at night as it was at during the day.
The next morning, they continued their journey north. It would seem that the heat was playing tricks on their eyes, for they saw things that could not possibly be there, like a Biderian guard, a tree and other illusions. They continued on north until they reached some outcropping. "Let`s just go around it" Yolei suggested.
"We can`t do that, the outcropping surrounds Bideria protecting it from attack, and preventing it from attacking others easily" Cody explained remembering stories his grandfather told him.
"So what do we do?" She asked.
"Simple" Cody said as he reached in his pack and retrieved a rope and grapple and then threw it up in the air so it caught on to a rock that stuck out "We climb" he said as he started climbing.
"But I can`t climb for my life!"
"Then you hang on to me" Izzy said.
"Huh?" she asked.
"Trust me"
"Al . . . alright" she said as she hung on to him almost as if she was hugging him, leaving only his arms free. Odd thing was, she was feeling very nervous, she had no idea why. She trusted Izzy as much as her own family. Izzy streched out his arm and closed his eyes. Slowly, Izzy floated off the ground and blue sprinkles were coming from his boots. "Whoah!" Yolei yelled as she found herselft 5 feet off the ground and rising. Unfortunately, the outcropping was 30 feet high.
"Yolei jump!" yelled Cody. Yolei opened her eyes and saw the boy afew inches under her. She let go of Izzy and jumped next to Cody. Then Izzy did the same.
"What was that?!" asked a very startled Yolei.
"A levitation spell, it basicly makes me go up and down, no other direction"
"Cool!" Was the only thing she could think to say.
"Come on! Let`s get going. It`s much more dangerous up here" Cody said. The three traveled further on north.
"Something`s wrong" whispered Cody.
"What?" asked Izzy.
"Get your weapons ready" was all the reply he got as Cody drew out his sword. Izzy reached for his dagger and Yolei, her crossbow. All of a sudden, 10 men attacked them with their scimitars ready. One charged straight for Cody, but he thrusted his sword in the man`s stomach. Another was going at Cody`s side, but he quickly removed his sword from the first man`s gut and slashed at the second one`s head coming right off. Two more attacked Cody at the same time but one got a crossbow bolt through the side of his head while the other was set on fire. Izzy sent a blue ball at one of the others and took his dagger and plunged it in another man`s chest. Another died of a crossbow bolt through the neck while Cody was sword fighting with two of them at the same time. The last one was sneaking up on Yolei who was recharging her crossbow, but Izzy sent a miniature fireball at him. By the time that was finished, Cody finished off the two men he was fighting.
"Who were they!?" asked a terrified Yolei who was nearly killed.
"Brigands, my granfather told me that many exiles who survive form bands and attack caravans and such, but normaly stay clear from the army" Cody explained who sheathed his sword.
"Izzy! What are you doin?" Asked Yolei who saw Izzy searching the bodies of their attackers.
"I`m broke and they`re not going to be needing this money anytime soon"
They continued their journey northward and got attacked more and more times by the brigands. But Cody, Izzy and Yolei were getting more skilled with every fight. Now, Yolei doesn`t take as long recharging her bolts. Not to mention, they were also making a small profit. But the most important change of all was that the sun was not getting as hot as they realized that they were nearing Gromavia.
Please read and review. I beg of you!