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THE BATTLE BEGINS!

Part X

Cammi stood in his place in the dungeon though he did not know he was in one since he couldn't see since it was so dark.  He could feel himself standing in one place only able to move his head as if invisible chains were tied all over him as he tried lifting up his right  arm. He strained to try and lift his hand in front of him but it was too much and soon exhausted him as he left it fall down by his side again. He wondered how much time had passed since he felt like a spell had been cast on him so he never slept or became weary. He sometimes wondered whether Tarquan had pulled him underground to spend his life in nothing but darkness and to separate him from the outside world. He could feel the mud on his clothes soaking into his skin making him cold and shiver in the process. He felt miserable and depressed and longed to be back in Gummadoon by his mother and foster dad's side again. He left Gummadoon in an attempt to make things right feeling the time was right but now found out that he was in fact completely wrong.

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The knights had left Gummadoon several hours ago and had ridden fast and as hard as they possible could to reach the cave Cammi's mother Meloni had said where Cammi would be. They had ridden since very early hours of the morning and already it was well after noon but still they rode as to get to Cammi as quick as possible.

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Cammi could hear voices around him, he didn't recognized them but they were ice cold and horrible to listen to just like Tarquan's who had freezed his heart when he saw him and spoke to him. He wanted to grab his sword which he could still feel by his side and waft the voices away so he could be alone, but it was no-use as he could hear them drawing closer to him. He was about to yell at them to leave him be when he suddenly shut his eyes at the light that poured into them stinging them causing two tears to escape his eyelids and roll down his cheek. He slowly and painfully opened his eyes again to what appeared to be a blinding white crystal light door stood in the darkness before him. He could see the light was only reflecting on him and wondered whether he was dreaming or whether this was a prison of darkness that no one could escape. He stood there for a moment unsure what to do but it seemed as if somebody had made up there mind for him, having no control of his body but yet he could clearly see that his feet were moving taking him towards the light. He could see the ever lasting beautiful light that still remained there waiting to take him someplace else he assumed, he was surprised now that he wasn't blind at the light's brightness having never to shield his eyes as he walked towards the glistening light that now engulfed him before disappearing leaving the darkness behind once more.

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The knights rode through the dry lands of the forest, riding through the brown, orange red leaves that waved up in the air slightly after them causing dust to spread everywhere. The sun could now hardly be seen from over the hills yet still there was light and warmth as they rode through the never ending forest. The knights could still clearly see that Sir Plucki being among them was still worrying about Cammi's safety, but what foster father wouldn't be who had raised a cub since he was three and was now in his early teens.

They nudged their unicorns further and harder, if they were lucky they would reach that cave by late that night or early the next morning. They didn't stop once in fear that Cammi might be in more danger or if not already dead but they didn't want to think like that, nobody did especially when there friends was in the enemy's hands even though they knew it was highly possible that Tarquan could do that.

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He traveled through the dark tunnels of the underground though they did not look like tunnels but nothingness, all hollow and empty with only the darkness as usual remaining. When Cammi had been engulfed by the light he had reappeared at the other end where there was no more light but darkness once again all lightened by a few flickering candle lights which casted shadows all over the walls of the cave. He had met three guards who dragged him gruffly and harshly across the floor a few times kicking him, which winded him as they kept on spitting and landing punches on him. He tried to take the pain, sometimes getting angry with them and wanting to draw his sword but he couldn't as he tried to cover his face stopping them punching him in the nose and breaking it. He wanted so much for them to stop so he could lash out and strike them down one by one not caring if they were unconscious or dead when they stopped. Cammi looked up for a split second thinking it was a trick just for him to look up when he noticed that they had vanished and that he was in another room.

For the first time he could move as he stretched out his muscles and stood up painfully from the beating as he gazed around. He could the darkness once again but it was clouded this time by fog which Cammi thought was impossible to even exist underground. He held out his hand to touch the fog when a shrill piercing cold laughter cut him off and he turned his attention to the laughter and recognized it as Tarquan. He redrew his sword and immediately felt a surge of power go up his arm and through his body. He felt somewhat protected and had more power then he could imagine as he held his sword with both his hands and swung it in an arc shape cutting through the fog. He suddenly felt fear, anger and hatred go through, all his other emotions leaving him as he gripped his weapon tighter at seeing Tarquan standing there waiting for him, the fog seemed to have disappeared leaving the two alone. Cammi stared around amazed that something such as this could exist underground but of course he had longed realised that this was some sort of world that Tarquan had made underground.

It had felt a long time to Cammi to be able to feel the ground again since he felt like he was floating in the darkness. As he viewed the landscape he began to shiver slightly, mainly at being horrified than cold, the landscape was every bit he had described in his nightmare. But when he observed Tarquan his blood ran cold, Tarquan looked ten times worse than he did in the book and his nightmare. He stared at Tarquan whose smile never left his face as he licked his lips before raising his hand that didn't resemble a hand as he revealed his long razing sharp claws that shone slightly as he launched at Cammi full speed barely giving him time to dodge or block it.

However Cammi was smart, he had seen this was coming having seen it in his nightmare and immediately ducked so that Tarquan's claws miss him but instead it scraped it claws down in his back grazing him slightly and tearing his clothes, as he screamed out in agony.

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Night came and the moon offered it sympathy and gave off its light to all who may need it as the stars dotted in the sky sparkled brightly, the breeze very slowly flowed by in the sky, despite it being a nice night it was bitterly cold.

The knights were still riding through the forest though they were near the point where they had destined to go.

They all looked tired and very wary and soon needed to rest but Sir Plucki kept insisting to go a bit further so they were very much near the cave when they rested. He couldn't explain it but while he had been riding he was tired but then felt a sharp pain and guessed that Cammi was fighting someone, almost certainly Tarquan and was injured. He knew that Cammi was strong both mentally and physically but he was still just a cub and hoped that he could hold on just a little longer.

TBC…

End of Part X

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