Calamity of Truth

PART VIII

Orders were shouted out and the knights raced about, preparing things for battle, as the residents ran into their homes seeking shelter and protection.

Humans could be seen in the distance, on the hills, weapons of varies kinds in their hands, as they ran towards the castle in broad daylight, their weapons held high, ready to strike, as the knights of Gummadoon fired the catapults.

Now in a heat of battle, once more, the gummies tried to protect the castle, and fend off the humans from getting in, as they saw a burning emotion in their eyes, one they were all too familiar with, the power of greed and desire.

Cries filling the sky, then mingled with the singing of weapons being clashed, metal upon metal.

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Running down the corridor, and tripping, Wesley fell and skidded along the floor, but almost as soon as he stopped skidding he was back on his feet again, and on his way, he had to help them. Do something, anything to help them rid of the humans, it was his fault that the humans were here in the first place.

Wesley knew deep down inside him, that if it weren't for him, Gummadoon would have long vanished a few days ago, into nothing but thin air only to return another hundred years later, but because of him, they stayed, so he blamed himself for the humans being here.

Reaching the training grounds, Wesley felt himself become deaf at the constant firing of the catapults and the many orders being shouted out.

His eyes became slightly watering upon this battle, a hurting memory returning to him, as the attack of his village came back to him. Forcing himself to forget about it, the tears cleared in his eyes, as they fell upon something in front of him, a spare training staff.

The sunlight's rays touching everything in sight, made this staff before him, shine and glitter golden, and he reached out his paw, his fingers wrapping themselves around the staff.

Intrigued by this staff, he lifted it, and brought it close to him, both of his paws now on the staff. More memories came back to him, but these were of his father, and so remembering his father being a warrior, Wesley held the staff similar to how his father had held his.

"Father" whispered Wesley, and imagined him, stood there in front of him, smiling.

"FIRE!" Wesley heard someone on the other side of the castle say.

Fear took a hold of his heart, and shone clearly in his eyes, as he saw arrows fly over the castle wall towards him.

The arrows drawing closer, Wesley stared petrified, and grasping the staff tighter, and bringing it closer still to him. He didn't want to die, not now, he still had a long life ahead of him, yet.

"NO!" yelled Wesley and he swung the staff, knocking the arrows away from him.

Hatred and fierce rage and anger, came to his eyes again, replacing the fear, he had only moments ago, and he charged forth, determined to help.

Sir Plucki

Calling out orders, a battle at hand, I turn towards the training grounds to see a gummi I least expected to see.

Wesley stands there, one of the spare training staffs in his hands, and I watched only for a moment how he handled it, and knocked away the arrows.

I turn away, surprised at the cub, but still it was not place for a cub on the battlefield, and Wesley was going against all of them.

Giving out more orders, I see the humans fall, but still more charge towards us.

Dodging out the way of the knights, Wesley kept hearing or being told to go inside, but he would have none of it, it was all his fault, so he was going to deal with it.

Jumping out of the way of the unicorns mounted on them were more knights, Wesley headed towards the gates, where he could hear the humans behind cursing, and banging on the gates.

Sneering, Wesley waited for them to come through, but a knight grasped him around the upper arm, and pulled him away, saying

"This is no place for a cub, go inside"

Struggling against his grip, Wesley tripped him up, and ran off, ignoring the knight's warning.

"FIRE" Wesley heard again, but much louder as both leaders, human and gummi said this in union.

Seeing more arrows, Wesley saw these ones were different and more dangerous. These arrows, were fire arrows, not the ordinary arrows that he had been swatting away.

Holding his staff in front of him, Wesley then spun it, as arrows hit his staff, and landed near by, or got jammed in his staff, but he easily knocked them off. But what he didn't see, was another fire arrow coming towards him, until he heard another knight, not far from him, say

"WATCH OUT!"

Looking round, Wesley then looked up into the sky, just as he saw and felt the arrow shoot through him. Stood there, shocked and stunned, Wesley looked down at himself where the arrow should've pierced straight through him.

But yet strangely enough he felt no pain, only a strange tingling sensation, most unusual.

No blood stained his tunic like it should've of done, and so slowly turning around, he saw the arrow stuck in the ground directly behind him, after going straight through him.

*It can't be* thought Wesley.

Reaching out his paw, he grasped the arrow, still alight, and pulled out of the ground. War cries were still heard in the background, though he could feel a few gummies staring at him in disbelief, and shocked.

Looking at the flame, Wesley covered his paw over it, and the fire went out in a puff of smoke, when he expected to be crying out in pain, the fire burning him, but pulling back his paw, he saw, it was fine, expect for a little black smoke, but there was no scar, or major burning flesh.

"Lad" he could hear Sir Plucki coming towards him.

Wesley began to shake, tears coming to his eyes, and rolling down his cheek, leaving a path in their wake. Blurring his vision, Wesley could still make out, Sir Plucki mounted on his unicorn coming towards him, as he cried out.

"NO!"

Dropping the arrow, Wesley began to disappear and reappear for a few moments, revealing to the whole city what was really happening to him, as tears streamed down his cheek, and he cried, before then disappearing out of sight, just as Sir Plucki reached him. The cub now understood to what he truly was.

END OF PART VIII

PART IX COMING SOON!

Yes, another evil cliff-hanger, plz tell me what you think?