The Little Halloween Girl: She Ain't So Little Anymore
By Ryoken
"See anythin'?" Said Jythryl.
"Nope. Not a bloomin' thin'" Treck answered. The two of them were on watch duty up on a hill, but they only had one telescope. Jythryl lost hers on the way to the Citadel. She was always losing things.
"Wait a minute, I think I see some movement down there." Treck focused on the moving object in the trees. Looking through the telescope, he could see a weapon, bobbing up and down, then another, and another, until he saw weapons ranging from spears to swords all around their camp. "We're surround by the Sarafan!! We've got to warn Lord Rahab!" Treck almost yelled as he immediately began rushing down the hillside towards camp. When they reached the bottom, Lord Rahab was speaking to General Lorent. The two watchers began babbling to him, allowing him to understand nothing that they were saying.
"Stop, you two. Now, what's going on?"
"THE SARAFAN, THEY'RE SURROUNDING US!!!!!!!!" They said at the same time.
"What?! How could they know where we are?!" Rahab said, startled.
"Maybe because these two are too noisy," Lorent whispered out of the corner of his mouth.
"In any case," Rahab said, looking seriously at his general, "We must position ourselves for our backup plan, everyone move out!"
The Rahabim gathered their weapons and charged on all sides, colliding with their visitor. But when Rahab charged into the forest, he ran straight into Raziel, literally bumping heads with him.
"Raziel? What are you doing here?" Rahab asked, getting to his feet as he helped the elder brother up.
"Kain sent my army and myself here, requesting you to return. The Sarafan changed tactics and are heading now for Meridian." When the army of Rahabim discovered they'd clashed with one of their own armies, they quickly backed off and asked each other questions. "Kain has ordered that you are to return to the abbey immediately and await there for his further instructions. He said something odd, but that you personally should return as soon as I gave you the message and that I will take charge in your absence. Something about there being trouble..."
"Oh gods, thank you, Raziel, you've no idea. I apologize for attacking you and yours, but I must hurry!" He said as he ran to the river bank and dived in. Raziel merely scratched his head, laughed a little, and gave the orders to clear the camp.
Darkness clouded Sara's vision as pain crawled up her back and spread into her skull. She felt weightless, but heavy at the same time. It was very cold. Suddenly, something gentle touched her and she felt a rush of being incredibly heavy and wet. She tried to open her, but they were already open and she could see naught. She was frightened by this, and shivered uncontrollably. She could hear violent splashing, but it ended in a second. Then she heard another one, this time closer, as if right next to her, and she heard someone call her name, but couldn't make out who it was as she closed her eyes from weariness and slipped into unconsciousness.