Chapter 4 Is it a Miracle or is it Fate?
We traveled till dark, which were a few miles from town. We stopped and camped for the night.
"So Brad, how long have you been traveling?" I asked.
"4 years this coming month." He said.
"4 years! I have only been traveling a month. What made you travel that long?"
"I have my reasons."
"Can you tell me?"
"I am getting tired. Good night." And with that, he went into his tent.
'Did I say something wrong?' I thought as, I too, went to my tent to sleep. The night went well, it is just the morning that I didn't like. First off, Brad rudely awakened me.
"Wake up Alberto, wake up!" He yelled at me.
"What do you want Brad?" I asked rudely.
"We have bandits in our camp." Ok, that woke me up. I leaded up and got my sword and armor.
"How many?"
"There are about 10,20 maybe 30." He said as I saw him at the door to my tent, rapier in hand.
"Can we take them?" I asked.
"Dunno. Maybe half of them, but the rest will overwhelm us."
"Ok, we will take out as many as we can. If they start to overwhelm us, we make a run for it. Ok?" He nodded his head in agreement.
"OK, let's go!" We charged out of the tent. I went for the nearest bandit. I slashed him from his left thigh to his right shoulder, then from his right thigh to his right shoulder.
"X Slash!" I yelled as I left my mark on his chest. I then saw that three bandits cornered Brad. I went to help, but he took them down before I even got close.
"How are you holding up?" I yelled at him as my sword was locked with a bandit's.
"Good, you?" He yelled back as he too was locked in swords.
"Same here, let's get out of here." I yelled as I hit the bandit's sword up and stabbed him in the stomach. Brad did the same. We started running toward the forest with the bandits behind us.
"Why are they following us?" I asked Brad as we ran.
"I think they don't want survivors from their attack on our camp. So they will kill us to keep us silent." He said as we ran. We ran until we got to a stonewall blocking our path. The bandits caught up with us, and pinned us to it. Two of them were holding me as another two were holding Brad. Two other bandits had daggers at our throats. The lead bandit was about to signal them to kill us when we heard a howl from behind us. The bandits ran away as an Arrow Shooter jumped in front of us. Its brown furred hooves clumped on the ground as it circled us. Its yellow and red furred arm holding its bow and arrow, aimed at us. Thinking quickly, I did the first thing that came to my mind.
"Run!" I yelled at Brad as I ran toward the Arrow Shooter and slashed him across the chest to slow him down. I ran after Brad, but he stopped after we were far away from the Arrow Shooter.
"Why you stop?" I asked but all he did was point to the sky. I looked up and saw brown and white covered it. I knew what was coming. An army of Rocs came to fight with an army of Arrow Shooters and we were right in the middle of it. We then heard howls from behind us. We turned and saw hundreds of Arrow Shooters behind us. The one I slashed was at the head of the army.
"Which way? Rocs or Arrow Shooters?" I asked.
"Arrow Shooters." He said. I nodded and we charged them. I X slashed and Burning Star every Arrow Shooter that came my way. I was getting really tired after I took down my forty-fifth Arrow Shooter. I looked to Brad. It looked like he was getting tired too. I then saw the Arrow Shooter that I slashed before aim an arrow at Brad's chest as Brad was fighting another one.
"LOOK OUT!" I yelled as I pushed Brad out of the way of the arrow and it hit me just above my heart. I took the arrow out of my chest, and threw my sword at the Arrow Shooter, hitting his heart and killed him. I clenched my chest and fell to the ground. I heard Brad's footsteps coming near me; at least I assumed it was Brad. He turned my body over.
"Why? Why did you risk your life for me?" He asked. I just laughed a little.
"I can't let my only friend die." I said as I tried to get up but the pain made me lay back down.
"This looks like the big one for me. At least I go out with a bang." I laughed.
"Don't say that Alberto. You will live damn it!" He yelled at me.
"For the record, my real name is Alex Fireblade. Alberto was just a cover up. Now get out of here before you get as bad as me." I said.
"But-" but I cut he off.
"No buts. Now get going while I take a nape." With that I closed my eyes. The dream I had was very weird. I was in a dark void. I was looking around, taking in my surroundings, which was pretty much nothing. I then heard a voice.
"Alex...... Alex........ Alex........" It said.
"Who is there?" I asked.
"Just turn around." I turned around and saw perhaps the one thing that could make me step back in fear. In front of me was a huge, five-ton red- scaled dragon. It had a yellow scale under belly with a wingspan of twenty yards from one tip to the other. Red spikes went from the top of his head to the tip of his tail. The one thing the scared me the most about the dragon were its eyes. They were green but had red slit pupils. On instinct, I reached for my sword on my back but it wasn't there. I then started to back away slowly.
"Don't worry. I won't hurt you." It said.
"How do I know that?" I asked.
"I couldn't hurt you even if I wanted to anyway. I am talking to you in your mind." It said.
"OK. So why are you talking to me?" I asked.
"You have been chose next in line for a great power."
"Why me?"
"The power saw you risk your life for your friend. It was looking for a person that would do anything to save a friend. That is why it chose you. Now you must wake up and find others like you. Ones with the power to help you in the fight against an ancient evil."
"How will I know if they are the people I am looking for?"
"Their power will show itself to you in the form of a light."
"I see." I went into deep thought.
"Now it is time to wake up."
"What do you mean?"
"Wake up Alex, Wake up." I then blacked out again. When I opened my eyes, I saw Brad sitting in front of me. I tried to get up, but my strength left me quickly and I had to lie back down again.
"Your awake, finally." Brad said as he got up to get me some water.
"What happened? How did I get here? Last thing I remember is getting hit by that arrow...." I then looked at my wound and I almost went pale. Where the wound was is now a red jewel.
"HOLY CRAP!!!!!" I was freaking out. How the hell did this jewel get imbedded in to my chest? Brad just walked over to me and handed me my water.
"Calm down." He said.
"How can I calm down? I have a frickin jewel in my chest." I raved at him.
"At least I found my person." He said.
"What do you mean?"
"Remember before when I wouldn't tell you why I was traveling?" I nodded my head.
"Well, when I was little, I had these weird dreams. This lady would come to me and tell me to find the man with a jewel in his chest. She also said that I had to start my journey on my 21st birthday. When my 21st birthday came around, I packed up and started to travel, looking for the man with a jewel in his chest."
"Which ended up being me." I then saw something glow in his pocket.
"What is that?" He then took out a black glowing stone.
"Oh this. I got it after my first dream with that lady I told you about." I then notice that my jewel was glowing too.
"Are you one of the people that is to help me in the fight?"
"What are you talking about?" I told him about my dream and he went into deep thought.
"So, I am a warrior to help you in fight against an ancient evil. That is something new."
"You think there are more like us?"
"I dunno, but I think we should hit the road soon." I nodded in agreement and got up. He handed me my sword. We headed back to our camp that the bandits raid. We got what we could, which weren't much. Thankfully, my cloak was still intact and some of my items that were hidden in it were there too. Knowing that we need more supplies, we headed to the nearest town.
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We traveled till dark, which were a few miles from town. We stopped and camped for the night.
"So Brad, how long have you been traveling?" I asked.
"4 years this coming month." He said.
"4 years! I have only been traveling a month. What made you travel that long?"
"I have my reasons."
"Can you tell me?"
"I am getting tired. Good night." And with that, he went into his tent.
'Did I say something wrong?' I thought as, I too, went to my tent to sleep. The night went well, it is just the morning that I didn't like. First off, Brad rudely awakened me.
"Wake up Alberto, wake up!" He yelled at me.
"What do you want Brad?" I asked rudely.
"We have bandits in our camp." Ok, that woke me up. I leaded up and got my sword and armor.
"How many?"
"There are about 10,20 maybe 30." He said as I saw him at the door to my tent, rapier in hand.
"Can we take them?" I asked.
"Dunno. Maybe half of them, but the rest will overwhelm us."
"Ok, we will take out as many as we can. If they start to overwhelm us, we make a run for it. Ok?" He nodded his head in agreement.
"OK, let's go!" We charged out of the tent. I went for the nearest bandit. I slashed him from his left thigh to his right shoulder, then from his right thigh to his right shoulder.
"X Slash!" I yelled as I left my mark on his chest. I then saw that three bandits cornered Brad. I went to help, but he took them down before I even got close.
"How are you holding up?" I yelled at him as my sword was locked with a bandit's.
"Good, you?" He yelled back as he too was locked in swords.
"Same here, let's get out of here." I yelled as I hit the bandit's sword up and stabbed him in the stomach. Brad did the same. We started running toward the forest with the bandits behind us.
"Why are they following us?" I asked Brad as we ran.
"I think they don't want survivors from their attack on our camp. So they will kill us to keep us silent." He said as we ran. We ran until we got to a stonewall blocking our path. The bandits caught up with us, and pinned us to it. Two of them were holding me as another two were holding Brad. Two other bandits had daggers at our throats. The lead bandit was about to signal them to kill us when we heard a howl from behind us. The bandits ran away as an Arrow Shooter jumped in front of us. Its brown furred hooves clumped on the ground as it circled us. Its yellow and red furred arm holding its bow and arrow, aimed at us. Thinking quickly, I did the first thing that came to my mind.
"Run!" I yelled at Brad as I ran toward the Arrow Shooter and slashed him across the chest to slow him down. I ran after Brad, but he stopped after we were far away from the Arrow Shooter.
"Why you stop?" I asked but all he did was point to the sky. I looked up and saw brown and white covered it. I knew what was coming. An army of Rocs came to fight with an army of Arrow Shooters and we were right in the middle of it. We then heard howls from behind us. We turned and saw hundreds of Arrow Shooters behind us. The one I slashed was at the head of the army.
"Which way? Rocs or Arrow Shooters?" I asked.
"Arrow Shooters." He said. I nodded and we charged them. I X slashed and Burning Star every Arrow Shooter that came my way. I was getting really tired after I took down my forty-fifth Arrow Shooter. I looked to Brad. It looked like he was getting tired too. I then saw the Arrow Shooter that I slashed before aim an arrow at Brad's chest as Brad was fighting another one.
"LOOK OUT!" I yelled as I pushed Brad out of the way of the arrow and it hit me just above my heart. I took the arrow out of my chest, and threw my sword at the Arrow Shooter, hitting his heart and killed him. I clenched my chest and fell to the ground. I heard Brad's footsteps coming near me; at least I assumed it was Brad. He turned my body over.
"Why? Why did you risk your life for me?" He asked. I just laughed a little.
"I can't let my only friend die." I said as I tried to get up but the pain made me lay back down.
"This looks like the big one for me. At least I go out with a bang." I laughed.
"Don't say that Alberto. You will live damn it!" He yelled at me.
"For the record, my real name is Alex Fireblade. Alberto was just a cover up. Now get out of here before you get as bad as me." I said.
"But-" but I cut he off.
"No buts. Now get going while I take a nape." With that I closed my eyes. The dream I had was very weird. I was in a dark void. I was looking around, taking in my surroundings, which was pretty much nothing. I then heard a voice.
"Alex...... Alex........ Alex........" It said.
"Who is there?" I asked.
"Just turn around." I turned around and saw perhaps the one thing that could make me step back in fear. In front of me was a huge, five-ton red- scaled dragon. It had a yellow scale under belly with a wingspan of twenty yards from one tip to the other. Red spikes went from the top of his head to the tip of his tail. The one thing the scared me the most about the dragon were its eyes. They were green but had red slit pupils. On instinct, I reached for my sword on my back but it wasn't there. I then started to back away slowly.
"Don't worry. I won't hurt you." It said.
"How do I know that?" I asked.
"I couldn't hurt you even if I wanted to anyway. I am talking to you in your mind." It said.
"OK. So why are you talking to me?" I asked.
"You have been chose next in line for a great power."
"Why me?"
"The power saw you risk your life for your friend. It was looking for a person that would do anything to save a friend. That is why it chose you. Now you must wake up and find others like you. Ones with the power to help you in the fight against an ancient evil."
"How will I know if they are the people I am looking for?"
"Their power will show itself to you in the form of a light."
"I see." I went into deep thought.
"Now it is time to wake up."
"What do you mean?"
"Wake up Alex, Wake up." I then blacked out again. When I opened my eyes, I saw Brad sitting in front of me. I tried to get up, but my strength left me quickly and I had to lie back down again.
"Your awake, finally." Brad said as he got up to get me some water.
"What happened? How did I get here? Last thing I remember is getting hit by that arrow...." I then looked at my wound and I almost went pale. Where the wound was is now a red jewel.
"HOLY CRAP!!!!!" I was freaking out. How the hell did this jewel get imbedded in to my chest? Brad just walked over to me and handed me my water.
"Calm down." He said.
"How can I calm down? I have a frickin jewel in my chest." I raved at him.
"At least I found my person." He said.
"What do you mean?"
"Remember before when I wouldn't tell you why I was traveling?" I nodded my head.
"Well, when I was little, I had these weird dreams. This lady would come to me and tell me to find the man with a jewel in his chest. She also said that I had to start my journey on my 21st birthday. When my 21st birthday came around, I packed up and started to travel, looking for the man with a jewel in his chest."
"Which ended up being me." I then saw something glow in his pocket.
"What is that?" He then took out a black glowing stone.
"Oh this. I got it after my first dream with that lady I told you about." I then notice that my jewel was glowing too.
"Are you one of the people that is to help me in the fight?"
"What are you talking about?" I told him about my dream and he went into deep thought.
"So, I am a warrior to help you in fight against an ancient evil. That is something new."
"You think there are more like us?"
"I dunno, but I think we should hit the road soon." I nodded in agreement and got up. He handed me my sword. We headed back to our camp that the bandits raid. We got what we could, which weren't much. Thankfully, my cloak was still intact and some of my items that were hidden in it were there too. Knowing that we need more supplies, we headed to the nearest town.
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FlamingHero626: All of you should know what the jewel is, right? I couldn't think of a better way to say what it is because they don't know what it is. Please review