Chapter 12. The fight.
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sorry about all the cliffhangers guys and I'll try to make the chapters
longer too. CHAPTER 2 IS WORKING!!! You might want to read it 'cause some
of it comes into the story later! O.k. hope you like this chapter guys, and
keep the reviews coming!
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The kitchen had been turned into a hell hole! The windows were smashed and glass was all over the room. There was a wooden tray that had been slit by a knife on the floor, cups that had presumably been on it were smashed on the ground, the liquid filling them having spilt all over the floor. Broken crockery and bent cutlery were strewn all over the kitchen and the delicate purple and white tiles that had once bordered the wall had been pulled and had fallen off. Also loads of cupboards had been opened and door handles had been yanked off the doors. But the two girls had only a second to digest all this because right in the centre of the huge room a fierce battle was going on.
About eleven strangers, George and Chis were fighting the battle. The strangers had knives and circular flat pans that they were using as shields. George had pulled a knife from his belt and was lunging in wherever he saw an opening and Chis was grabbing pots and pans from the cupboard and trying to bash them over the stranger's heads, unfortunately the strangers were good with a shield and kept blocking the hits. Alanna and Kel drew swords from beneath their clothes and rushed into the battle, surprising the newcomers. The leader yelled out, "keep the girl!" pointing at Chis.
Kel was struggling, trying to free herself from the grip of a man who was behind her, swinging his knife with one hand, and choking her with another. She picked her leg up and kicked him - well you can guess where! - he doubled up with pain and loosened his grip on her neck. That was all she needed, she lunged in and sliced him with her sword, just into his ribcage. He fell to the floor.
There were still four strangers left - Alanna George and Kel having killed the others - but they were easy to deal with, now there were four on each side. Kel was fighting the leader, parrying, and lunging until finally she found an opening. She darted in but the leader turned, whipping around and cutting Kel deep in the shoulder with his knife. She tried to ignore the horrendous pain as she lunged at him, finally digging her sword into the flesh between his neck and his shoulder, leaving him to fall, writhing with pain, to the ground.
Chis had been backed into a corner by one man who was strangling her before she surprised him by whipping out her katuka and killing him with it. Then she sent another to the ground, knocking him unconscious with the weight of her katuka. She kicked him over so he was lying face up on the ground, and, looking disgusted dove in for the kill.
Alanna and George were fighting the remaining two, George managed to disarm the man, causing the strangers knife to fly through the air and fall, making a deep gash in George's side. Then, pretending it was a throwing knife, George threw the knife right into the man's gut, so the knife killed its owner.
Alanna was about to kill the last with a clever flick of her sword when Kel shouted out to her "stop!" Alanna turned around, obviously surprised. Kel marched over to the man, knocked his knife from his hand and, gripping him tightly around the neck, spoke to him firmly, "who employed you to do this?" he started choking and spluttering saying "no I won't tell!"
Kel gripped him tighter and put her sword up to his neck, digging it in tightly. "Wait! Stop! I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" he said in a strangled voice, "a man called Lord Wintak employed us" "what is he planning?" Kel asked, "I swear I don't know! He just said there is a knight called Sir Alanna who knows too much, that's all he said I promise!" the man said frantically. Kel could see he was telling the truth, she let him go and he crumpled to the floor. Just then George walked across the room and put his knife through the man's stomach. "Had to" he apologised, "he would've told his employer" Kel nodded grimly.
Meanwhile Alanna was staring around the room in dismay, she gave a deep sigh and rounded them all up the secret passageway and into the secret room where they all sat down, Chis was trembling and had to steady herself on her chairs handle as she sat. Nobody said anything but Chis suddenly burst into tears surprising everyone who was with her. "I'm sorry!" she sobbed, "it's just I.I hate killing people, even if they are bad and were going to kill us.
Alanna and Kel started telling her that they hated it too but they had no choice in the matter. As her sobs were dying down, George was sitting looking thoughtful but in a very grim way. "We aren't safe anymore, obviously those 'rumours' are true and I'm sure this Lord Wintak - whoever he is - and as soon as he finds out what has happened - won't stop at just this to get to us, we are in danger with this information" Alanna said. "But can't you just go and tell King Jonathan about this whole matter and at least then he can get an army together to prepare to fight?" Kel asked. Alanna's face darkened at the mention of Jonathan's name.
"No" she said, "I'm not talking to him and he probably wouldn't believe us, besides we don't even know if they're planning to attack us anyway!" "Alright, you two had better go, Alanna and I can take care of ourselves, but come back in two days and we'll talk then" George said. "Oh and try not to stay in town any longer than necessary, just in case there are any more of those men around" Alanna added. "We'll try not to but I'm going to see a dream interpreter before I go" Kel said. Chis and Alanna gave her questioning looks but they both just shrugged it off. The girls quickly said goodbye and Alanna showed them a secret way out that leads you to the stables where Amethyst and Peachblossom were stabled quite comfortably. They saddled their horses up and were out the door as quick as you could say 'dream'
They found a pretty building that had a sign on the door reading: Dreams Interpreted, Dreams Sold, Premonitions Read and Dreams Made. Kel walked up and knocked firmly on the door. An old woman opened it and beckoned to the young girls to come in. She led them silently through a maze of rooms and finally into one where, reclining on the couch was a young woman draped in the finest silks and cloths money could buy.
The room was of the same decoration, being strewn with expensive silks and brightly coloured tapestries; the whole place was lightly scented with delicious smelling spices. The couch was - by the looks of things - soft and comfortable. There were also wonderful silk cushions that were embroidered with jewels and colourful pictures lying on it and propping the woman up.
The woman herself was amazingly beautiful with golden brown skin, almond shaped eyes that flashed a very dark brown, a straight nose that was just slightly turned up at the end, perfectly shaped red lips and long dangly diamond earrings which led up to pointed ears! What was that about??? Unless of course...? In front of the woman was a low table and in front of that, a smaller, little one person couch, which, despite its size, looked just as comfortable as the woman's. It was the most beautiful room Kel had ever been in.
When they entered, the lady looked up and smiled warmly, white teeth flashing against dark skin. "Welcome to my palace of dreams" she said, "I am Dunyazad, the princess of the palace of dreams. Which of you to go first?" "Oh Kel is the only one who's having it done" Chis said quickly. "I'm just with her" "That is fine, I will have Tarine - she gestured to the old lady - here, take you on a tour of my palace, if it pleases you" Dunyazad said. It did, so Chis went happily off with the other lady to see where dreams were made and where dreams were sold.
"Please, do sit down, um?" Dunyazad questioned, "Keladry of Mindelan but please call me Kel" Kel quickly filled in. "Alright. You may call me Dunya" Dunya said in reply. "Now, will you describe your dream for me" she asked. Kel quickly told her all that had taken place in her dream, making sure she didn't leave anything out. When she had finished Dunya was looking thoughtful. "It seems to me that this dream came as a warning, and the way you describe the man sounds an awful lot like he is from Scanra, what with the fair hair and blue eyes. It's quite obvious though that this light that came out of you is your gift, but much stronger than a normal person's" "But.I don't have the gift, let alone a strong one, I have no magic whatsoever" Kel protested. "Maybe you are mistaken for the only thing I see it as is your gift, while you were relating the story, I saw the whole thing in my head, and the only thing that could've been, was someone's gift!" Dunya replied. Kel was shocked, how on earth could she have the gift???? She had been tested for magic and she had none! And it definitely fit in with the picture in Alanna's house though she had no idea how! "Kel? You know I'm your friend, if you ever need help with something, you can come here and I will guide you as best as I can. Especially as these dreams will be continuing, that I'm sure of." Dunya said gently.
WHAT??? These dreams will be CONTINUING!!! "But I don't want them to continue! Can't you give me something that'll stop them?" Kel cried. "Even if I could, I wouldn't, dreams are natural causes and if messed with - in that sense - they can lead to nasty consequences!" Dunya objected. "How often will these come about?" Kel said exasperatedly. Well it depends; maybe your dreams will only stop once you overcome this man or when you overcome what is warning you." This didn't make any sense to Kel but she nodded anyway. "Oh and another thing, the dreams might not come one after the other, there might be long spaces in between dreams" Dunya told her.
Chis came in and she seemed to have had a good time anyway. The girls thanked Dunya and Tarine for everything and quietly left the 'palace' of dreams. Kel's head was whirling with excitement and warnings and loads of things that didn't make sense. They took their horses from the small side stable, mounted up and left to go back to the palace. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Was that really bad? Please keep reviewing for me! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The kitchen had been turned into a hell hole! The windows were smashed and glass was all over the room. There was a wooden tray that had been slit by a knife on the floor, cups that had presumably been on it were smashed on the ground, the liquid filling them having spilt all over the floor. Broken crockery and bent cutlery were strewn all over the kitchen and the delicate purple and white tiles that had once bordered the wall had been pulled and had fallen off. Also loads of cupboards had been opened and door handles had been yanked off the doors. But the two girls had only a second to digest all this because right in the centre of the huge room a fierce battle was going on.
About eleven strangers, George and Chis were fighting the battle. The strangers had knives and circular flat pans that they were using as shields. George had pulled a knife from his belt and was lunging in wherever he saw an opening and Chis was grabbing pots and pans from the cupboard and trying to bash them over the stranger's heads, unfortunately the strangers were good with a shield and kept blocking the hits. Alanna and Kel drew swords from beneath their clothes and rushed into the battle, surprising the newcomers. The leader yelled out, "keep the girl!" pointing at Chis.
Kel was struggling, trying to free herself from the grip of a man who was behind her, swinging his knife with one hand, and choking her with another. She picked her leg up and kicked him - well you can guess where! - he doubled up with pain and loosened his grip on her neck. That was all she needed, she lunged in and sliced him with her sword, just into his ribcage. He fell to the floor.
There were still four strangers left - Alanna George and Kel having killed the others - but they were easy to deal with, now there were four on each side. Kel was fighting the leader, parrying, and lunging until finally she found an opening. She darted in but the leader turned, whipping around and cutting Kel deep in the shoulder with his knife. She tried to ignore the horrendous pain as she lunged at him, finally digging her sword into the flesh between his neck and his shoulder, leaving him to fall, writhing with pain, to the ground.
Chis had been backed into a corner by one man who was strangling her before she surprised him by whipping out her katuka and killing him with it. Then she sent another to the ground, knocking him unconscious with the weight of her katuka. She kicked him over so he was lying face up on the ground, and, looking disgusted dove in for the kill.
Alanna and George were fighting the remaining two, George managed to disarm the man, causing the strangers knife to fly through the air and fall, making a deep gash in George's side. Then, pretending it was a throwing knife, George threw the knife right into the man's gut, so the knife killed its owner.
Alanna was about to kill the last with a clever flick of her sword when Kel shouted out to her "stop!" Alanna turned around, obviously surprised. Kel marched over to the man, knocked his knife from his hand and, gripping him tightly around the neck, spoke to him firmly, "who employed you to do this?" he started choking and spluttering saying "no I won't tell!"
Kel gripped him tighter and put her sword up to his neck, digging it in tightly. "Wait! Stop! I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" he said in a strangled voice, "a man called Lord Wintak employed us" "what is he planning?" Kel asked, "I swear I don't know! He just said there is a knight called Sir Alanna who knows too much, that's all he said I promise!" the man said frantically. Kel could see he was telling the truth, she let him go and he crumpled to the floor. Just then George walked across the room and put his knife through the man's stomach. "Had to" he apologised, "he would've told his employer" Kel nodded grimly.
Meanwhile Alanna was staring around the room in dismay, she gave a deep sigh and rounded them all up the secret passageway and into the secret room where they all sat down, Chis was trembling and had to steady herself on her chairs handle as she sat. Nobody said anything but Chis suddenly burst into tears surprising everyone who was with her. "I'm sorry!" she sobbed, "it's just I.I hate killing people, even if they are bad and were going to kill us.
Alanna and Kel started telling her that they hated it too but they had no choice in the matter. As her sobs were dying down, George was sitting looking thoughtful but in a very grim way. "We aren't safe anymore, obviously those 'rumours' are true and I'm sure this Lord Wintak - whoever he is - and as soon as he finds out what has happened - won't stop at just this to get to us, we are in danger with this information" Alanna said. "But can't you just go and tell King Jonathan about this whole matter and at least then he can get an army together to prepare to fight?" Kel asked. Alanna's face darkened at the mention of Jonathan's name.
"No" she said, "I'm not talking to him and he probably wouldn't believe us, besides we don't even know if they're planning to attack us anyway!" "Alright, you two had better go, Alanna and I can take care of ourselves, but come back in two days and we'll talk then" George said. "Oh and try not to stay in town any longer than necessary, just in case there are any more of those men around" Alanna added. "We'll try not to but I'm going to see a dream interpreter before I go" Kel said. Chis and Alanna gave her questioning looks but they both just shrugged it off. The girls quickly said goodbye and Alanna showed them a secret way out that leads you to the stables where Amethyst and Peachblossom were stabled quite comfortably. They saddled their horses up and were out the door as quick as you could say 'dream'
They found a pretty building that had a sign on the door reading: Dreams Interpreted, Dreams Sold, Premonitions Read and Dreams Made. Kel walked up and knocked firmly on the door. An old woman opened it and beckoned to the young girls to come in. She led them silently through a maze of rooms and finally into one where, reclining on the couch was a young woman draped in the finest silks and cloths money could buy.
The room was of the same decoration, being strewn with expensive silks and brightly coloured tapestries; the whole place was lightly scented with delicious smelling spices. The couch was - by the looks of things - soft and comfortable. There were also wonderful silk cushions that were embroidered with jewels and colourful pictures lying on it and propping the woman up.
The woman herself was amazingly beautiful with golden brown skin, almond shaped eyes that flashed a very dark brown, a straight nose that was just slightly turned up at the end, perfectly shaped red lips and long dangly diamond earrings which led up to pointed ears! What was that about??? Unless of course...? In front of the woman was a low table and in front of that, a smaller, little one person couch, which, despite its size, looked just as comfortable as the woman's. It was the most beautiful room Kel had ever been in.
When they entered, the lady looked up and smiled warmly, white teeth flashing against dark skin. "Welcome to my palace of dreams" she said, "I am Dunyazad, the princess of the palace of dreams. Which of you to go first?" "Oh Kel is the only one who's having it done" Chis said quickly. "I'm just with her" "That is fine, I will have Tarine - she gestured to the old lady - here, take you on a tour of my palace, if it pleases you" Dunyazad said. It did, so Chis went happily off with the other lady to see where dreams were made and where dreams were sold.
"Please, do sit down, um?" Dunyazad questioned, "Keladry of Mindelan but please call me Kel" Kel quickly filled in. "Alright. You may call me Dunya" Dunya said in reply. "Now, will you describe your dream for me" she asked. Kel quickly told her all that had taken place in her dream, making sure she didn't leave anything out. When she had finished Dunya was looking thoughtful. "It seems to me that this dream came as a warning, and the way you describe the man sounds an awful lot like he is from Scanra, what with the fair hair and blue eyes. It's quite obvious though that this light that came out of you is your gift, but much stronger than a normal person's" "But.I don't have the gift, let alone a strong one, I have no magic whatsoever" Kel protested. "Maybe you are mistaken for the only thing I see it as is your gift, while you were relating the story, I saw the whole thing in my head, and the only thing that could've been, was someone's gift!" Dunya replied. Kel was shocked, how on earth could she have the gift???? She had been tested for magic and she had none! And it definitely fit in with the picture in Alanna's house though she had no idea how! "Kel? You know I'm your friend, if you ever need help with something, you can come here and I will guide you as best as I can. Especially as these dreams will be continuing, that I'm sure of." Dunya said gently.
WHAT??? These dreams will be CONTINUING!!! "But I don't want them to continue! Can't you give me something that'll stop them?" Kel cried. "Even if I could, I wouldn't, dreams are natural causes and if messed with - in that sense - they can lead to nasty consequences!" Dunya objected. "How often will these come about?" Kel said exasperatedly. Well it depends; maybe your dreams will only stop once you overcome this man or when you overcome what is warning you." This didn't make any sense to Kel but she nodded anyway. "Oh and another thing, the dreams might not come one after the other, there might be long spaces in between dreams" Dunya told her.
Chis came in and she seemed to have had a good time anyway. The girls thanked Dunya and Tarine for everything and quietly left the 'palace' of dreams. Kel's head was whirling with excitement and warnings and loads of things that didn't make sense. They took their horses from the small side stable, mounted up and left to go back to the palace. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Was that really bad? Please keep reviewing for me! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*