I'm sorry Saraly for adding Gimly in here but I had too. He was so perfect
for this part in my story. Oo But you'll love me for putting Mark in here
for you.... you'll see why if you read...
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Part 2 Call of the Black raven "The chuck-um-down bar"
It was now nightfall and you could hear music from all over the place, the
cheering from inns and bars could be heard even outside the village gates.
Few riders where coming in and out the gates, many with horses and others
by walking. Jairzine swooped up onto a tall post and began to caw loudly.
The girl in the dark red cloak looked up to see Jairzine and noticed the
post had a wooden sign written in a fine print.
Fellinus del Anes (Village of the tall-grass)
The words where written in elf but even before the translation came up under it they knew what it meant. They walked through the open gates and saw many small house like buildings which all had different signs on them. They came to one where they heard the most noise and clamor and looked above to see the sign. The chuck-um-down Bar and inn Next to the sign was a carved out painting of a man that looked like to be drinking down a big beer and next to him was a man sleeping almost looking drunk. They turned and looked at each other, their expression black from the sadness of the sign. They looked back to the door and could here singing and talking and cheering coming from the inn. The man in the green cloak walked ahead and opened the door then summoned her in with the flick of his hooded head, she walked up the steps and just as she did Jairzine flew onto her shoulder making her jump a little.
"No Jairzine, wait out side. You know when to enter." She said in a soft whisper.
He flew of her shoulder and was nowhere to be seen to her eyes. She turned and went inside the inn; the noise was even louder inside even with the windows open. Songs where being played by a fiddle and a few Jebels, which where like horns but yet they made the sweetest sound that everyone liked to hear (it was a well chosen music item in bars or homes at that time). As they entered the main bar they could feel glances heading their way but they chose not to play any consideration to the odd looks as they sat down in a far corner close to the back of the bar room.
A short man suddenly came up to them, he was no higher than a full-grown mans waist. He looked at both of them and smiled. He was a dwarf that was obvious to see, he had long almost curly and tangled red hair with a beard too match. He wasn't so called fat, just stout for a dwarf, perfectly normal to see any dwarf other wise. He had a ruff yet proud tone to his voice as he told them,
"I am Gimly son of Alinbeck, Inn keeper, bar tender and master story teller in this here Village." His words where slurred and deep within his throat and beard, but each word still came out proud,
"May I be of any assistance to ye?" He had a big smile on his face that you could barley see through his thick rusty looking beard.
They looked at each other for a moment; she nodded and looked back at the Dwarf Gimly as the man in the green cloak spoke up, tilting his head slightly so that he wouldn't meet him eye to eye but yet still see him.
"Seris wine, if you have any here, and we need a boy to go get us 3 weeks worth of supplies like food, water and clothing for are journey." He laid out several silver and gold coins that he had in his moneybag on the table and the dwarf smiled.
"Ah elfish drinks, I'll get the drinks for you now and I shall send my most trusted lad to get your supplies. He turned and walked to the bar and a kid ran out the door as fast as he could and in no time at all Gimly returned and in both hands he had two Seris wines bottles. He set them inform of them and left with a final word.
"Drink hardy lads!" He didn't know that the one in the red coat was a girl, but she made no notion of the comment yet just drank the wine.
Suddenly cheers came from all around when Gimly the Dwarf stood up on a large stool that was in the middle of the room and raised his hands to the roof. He waved his hands trying to simmer down the crowd. Finally it got just to where Gimly could talk to the whole bar. From some people in the bar you could here,
"Tell us of your adventures again Gimly!" He waved his hands again trying to get them to lower their tones so that he could. Finally he began to speak.
"Simmer down ye lads, and I shall tell you a story, a story as true as the color of me red rusty beard." The crowd laughed and raised their beers up to his words and then quiet down.
"I know most of us here have heard of the Mystic wonderers ay?" The crowd moaned and muttered yeses and yeah some laughing as they did. "Well..." he said as he laughed in his throat, "I see we all have some recollection of them, But does anyone know anything about them?" Silence and confusion took over the bar, "I believed none of ye fine men would have know that, well I'm here to tell you that I have heard and SEEN these Mystic wonderers before." Gasps came from all over the bar.
"Come on them tell us Gimly!" a man yelled from the far side of the bar. "Hold on to your beer their lad I'm getting there!" He said nodding his head with his ruff tone voice. He turned to see if he had everyone's attention, then he turned to the two in the back with the red and green cloaks.
"Young lads do you wish to take part in this story?" Gimly asked as he saw them slowly raise their heads not fully eyeing him eye too eye.
"We shall listen to your tale." The one in the green cloak said after taking a drink of the wine.
"Well there I was on the road to Glanden to get more stuff to trade for my friend, I had just passed the trees of Glanden forest when I heard a raven give it's mournful cry. Surely I took no heed to its call when suddenly it swooped itself over my head, as close as I ever had any animal get to me and still be alive. I followed it with my eyes when I saw them, the two wonderers themselves. I knew their names from the travelers and stories before but never could picture them in full body, but just as I looked at them I knew who was who like right of the back of me bladed ax.
"One stood tall and proud as I have ever seen a man stand, His hair was of a dirt brown and skin tan but smooth, he had elf ears that had three rings on one side and two on the other. His eyes where of a blood red that could chill the very sole of any man, his body was very muscular, you could see it through his white male shirt that had many cuts and slits on the chest and sleeves. His pants where black but you could still see the stains of blood on them, he had a sword strapped to his back an elfish blade with many writings that I could not decipher at that time. I knew from just looking at the site of his man that he was the Elf Diarmed of Gavin forest."
The man in the green cloak made a slight smirk that the one sitting across from his could see as she took a sip of her wine making a slight smirk back. She reached over to the blue wine bottle refilled her drink, then passing it over to her partner as he refilled his as well.
"There was another with him, the second wonderer I could not see in full view for his body was turned to the side. This one was an elf as well and had two earrings on the one ear I could see; his hair was as black as any ravens wing and it shined just like ones too. Different spots of it would shine of a blacken blue as the wind blew the black hair that look like it was flying itself. His body type was slightly different then Diarmeds body, sure it was muscular like his but his was just not as much. His male shirt was tattered and torn all over his back, his pants legs where long but he had on high walking knee-high boots on and strapped to each boot was a long elfish boot knife. And strapped to his waist was a long sword with a golden handle, and elfish writing all over the leather casing, this was elfish writing that I have never seen before. "But the eyes..." Gimly said pausing "Oh the eyes of this man was none like any other I have seen, well the red eyes got me their but these eyes." A man at the bar cut him off by yelling,
"Ay we hear you but please carry on with this description, alright mate?" He said slurring all his words from having too many beers. Laughter came from some men and others just grunted in their throats from the man's stupidity.
"Alright young man let me finish what I was saying... now...where was I?" He asked out loud.
"The young man's eyes," a lad said to Gimly's left "continue on Sir Gimly," The boy side in an urging voice.
"Ah yes... this mans eyes where of a bright green, a green brighter then the tall-grass in the spring. Like I said all I could see was the side view of this man, his back was facing me but his eyes where looking right into my sole. But his eyes just made you freeze for the cold glair he gave me. I suddenly saw the raven that swooped over my head before fly over by the man with green eyes, as he rose up his left arm the bird landed on it. After seeing that and from looking at the lads' demeanor I knew that this man was the Elf Senscess of Gavin forest." The girl in the Red cloak raised her head to where the one across from her could see as they both smiled.
"But my meeting them there was not just from the fact we walked be each other, nay it was from the fact they where being followed by hunters and not even 10 feet from behind them I saw the bloody battle field of 20 dead men. They had killed them so that they would not try to steel their hunt of a dragon they had just killed and stolen from the hunter's as well. They knew I had seen too much and they slowly started to walk to me both with swords drawn and faces deep and emotionless."
A gasp came from the boy on his left "What did you do?" He asked with wide eyes and a boyish voice.
"The normal thing that any man in my position that didn't have any defenses with him would have done lad... run like my hind end was on fire!" a few laughs came from the men at that out come. Suddenly several claps could be heard from the table where the man in the green cloak was sitting.
"Well put together tale Master Gimly, but if you say that this story is as true as the color of your beard, witch seems to be of a rugged red at this point." He tilted his head up to look at the dwarf, eyes well shaded in his hood.
"If I where you, I would walk to the watering barrel outside and clean the rum out of it and show the grays off for what they really are." He said in a kidding voice but Gimly took it very seriously, the girl leaned over and said in a harsh whisper,
"What the hell do you think your doing?" He raised his hand and she backed up in her seat. Gimly jumped down from his stool and ran over to the man and looked at him even though his cloak that covered his eyes.
"How dare you stranger tell me that I have not seen what I have seen ay?" Gimly stopped talking when the door of the bar flew open and fell to the ground and walking on top of the broken door was three big men.
"There's the rat that took Philips money!" the smaller one said coming from behind them pointing at the man that was sitting just on the right of Gimly when he was telling the story. He looked no more then 17 and was about 6'3 and had a slight dirty face and his hair was of a fluffy dirty blond. His cloths where shabby but looked well kept on some days that was easy to see. He looked quite strong but not so strong to take on 3 huge men.
"Oh shit!" The man said standing up and running to the back of the room trying to push people out of the way but the three men got to him before he could get to the back door.
"Oh good sirs," He said in a very sarcastic tone "I was just leaving but if you would like me..." One man slugging him in the stomach cutting him off from what he was saying. It didn't look like it hurt him much but he did moan a little in this throat.
"Listen up, did you take my little brothers money?" the eldest said holding the guy up to his level on the wall, the eldest had to be at the least 6'6.
"Um that all depends on who your brother is" He said trying to breath and not get hit again. The man growled and brought him closer to his face with an even meaner look.
"Philip Seserson you stinking rat." He threw him on the wall as hard as he could, it knock some of the air out of him.
"Oh That Philip, umm well I may have taken some of his money as I come to think of it."
The room all backed away from the wall all the way to the front of the bar getting away from the three men.
"What's your name twerp?" said the second eldest brother, "So we can put it on your grave stone when we are done with you!" He began to stutter
"Well...it's...it's funny you say twerp...because that's my name." Suddenly one of the other brothers grabbed the guy from behind him when the eldest released him. He had him in a neck lock as the other took a step back.
"Well twerp hope you had a good life because you're not going to live pass this night," He raised his right arm and was just about to punch the guy but just as he was about to throw his fist at full strength he felt it being grabbed by someone.
He turned to look to see who it was, it was the man in the green cloak, suddenly the man took his knee and snapped it in the lower part of the guys back and pulled his arm back, making him flip over his knee and land on his face.
"Mark" Thomas called out from standing next to James, James was still holding the guy almost getting restless from what he had seen wanting to help his brother. As Thomas was about to run at the man that hit his brother the girl in the red cloak back-handed punched him and he fell to the ground, bleeding heavily from the nose.
"Who do you think you are hitting a Seserson?" Mark yelled from the ground, "James take um!" James let go of the guy and went after the one that hit Mark, raising his fist to hit him. But the man just turned and grabbed his hand and kicked him in the stomach causing him to fly back to the wall and hit it at full blast, a huge stone head suddenly fell from the wall and fell on James head. He was now in too much pain to move after that.
His two brothers where now on the floor barely moving, everyone at the bar just standing in amazement, suddenly Mark stood and looked at the two cloaked strangers. The green one was almost his height, about 6,5 and a half. The girl in the red cloak was just about 5,11. They both just stood there looking at Mark as he started to look a little worried.
"Who are you?" Mark said this in almost terror. They just made a slight smile and at the same time they punched Mark, The green one in the face, the red one in the stomach with her knee-high boots. Suddenly he flew back all the way to the bar, that at the least was about 20 feet back. He landed in the crowd and tumbled many people over. The other brothers crawled around them and ran to their brother. The young man who was about to be killed buy those men didn't move from where he was standing on the side off the wall. Suddenly all eyes where on the two strangers, they both smiled and still having their faces covered the one in the green cloak said in answer to marks question,
"You all know about the Mystic wonderers now right?" His voice was deep but it almost had a slight hint of playfulness in it. They smiled once more. The girl raised her hand and out from the door broken door flew in Jairzine. He flew right onto the red ones arm and hopped his way up to her shoulder, a gasp could be heard from everyone at the bar.
Gimly's mouth dropped "It can't be?" Diarmed raised his hand and took off his hood, his eyes made everyone move back as fast as they could in complete terror from the beaming red and yellow color that could now be seen in full.
"Oh it can," said Diarmed "Oh and nice job on describing me even though you have never seen before." He made a slight disproving face, "But you did get one main thing wrong about Senscess though." He turned his head to look at her and she pulled her hood off as well, Jairzine cawed loudly.
"I'm a women, not a lad." No one moved at this point, they where to scared to do anything. Suddenly a boy came running into the bar with two heavy looking bags in his hand. Diarmed walked over to him,
"Thank you lad for getting our things." He took the two bags from him and raised his hand out to the boy with 5 gold coins in them. "Here's for your trip" The boys mouth dropped and took the money with a big smile,
"Wow thank you sir!" The boy went off behind the counter as he looked at everyone still standing; they seemed to be in some sort of trance, still breathing but unable to move there bodies, not even their eyes. Senscess walked over to the table they where last sitting in and dropped 4 coins on the table then took the two bottles that where sitting there and walked by Diarmed.
"Thank ye Master Gimly for the fine drinks and stories." She made a slight bow from the hip and smiled then turned to walk out the door, Jairzine still on her shoulder.
"We shall never forget this place, oh and here's for what the lad in the corner may have taken from your brother." He walked over to Mark who was still on the ground and dropped a small coin bag in front of him then turned and just before he walked out the door he said.
"Oh and you guys should be able to walk and move and maybe even speak in a short while after we leave." He then put on his hood once more and made a slight bow from the hip as well and was out the door.
No one moved but the young man that was almost beat up was still in the corner, he slowly moved and walked out the door to see Diarmed and Senscess walking out the village gates. The moon was only half full but it shone on the ground lighting up the tall-grass and the dark roads. He didn't get to see their faces when they took off their hoods the first time, nor did he get to thank them for what they had done for him by saving his neck. He looked back to the people in the bar to see them slowly start to move then looked back at the Mystic Wonderers.
He saw they where heading for the forbidden tree, He decided as he looked back to the people in the bar to fallow them just till they stopped there and thank them for saving him, and maybe try to pick a pocket or two. But little did he know that that one decision he made just then, would change his world (and love life) for years to come. ______________________________________________________________________ (Heheheee oo yes I said love life. This story starts to get really good later on. So far I hope it's good for the people reading it now, Ooh and if I made a few spelling errors.... don't tell me I know, I cant spell worth crap but I think the story's good either way. You get to learn who the man is that almost got beaten the crap out of him in the next one. Sorry love (you know who you are) but I had to put you as the guy in this; it was just so tempting...and it sounded good for his name.) Hope you like the story so fat. Leave reviews!
Fellinus del Anes (Village of the tall-grass)
The words where written in elf but even before the translation came up under it they knew what it meant. They walked through the open gates and saw many small house like buildings which all had different signs on them. They came to one where they heard the most noise and clamor and looked above to see the sign. The chuck-um-down Bar and inn Next to the sign was a carved out painting of a man that looked like to be drinking down a big beer and next to him was a man sleeping almost looking drunk. They turned and looked at each other, their expression black from the sadness of the sign. They looked back to the door and could here singing and talking and cheering coming from the inn. The man in the green cloak walked ahead and opened the door then summoned her in with the flick of his hooded head, she walked up the steps and just as she did Jairzine flew onto her shoulder making her jump a little.
"No Jairzine, wait out side. You know when to enter." She said in a soft whisper.
He flew of her shoulder and was nowhere to be seen to her eyes. She turned and went inside the inn; the noise was even louder inside even with the windows open. Songs where being played by a fiddle and a few Jebels, which where like horns but yet they made the sweetest sound that everyone liked to hear (it was a well chosen music item in bars or homes at that time). As they entered the main bar they could feel glances heading their way but they chose not to play any consideration to the odd looks as they sat down in a far corner close to the back of the bar room.
A short man suddenly came up to them, he was no higher than a full-grown mans waist. He looked at both of them and smiled. He was a dwarf that was obvious to see, he had long almost curly and tangled red hair with a beard too match. He wasn't so called fat, just stout for a dwarf, perfectly normal to see any dwarf other wise. He had a ruff yet proud tone to his voice as he told them,
"I am Gimly son of Alinbeck, Inn keeper, bar tender and master story teller in this here Village." His words where slurred and deep within his throat and beard, but each word still came out proud,
"May I be of any assistance to ye?" He had a big smile on his face that you could barley see through his thick rusty looking beard.
They looked at each other for a moment; she nodded and looked back at the Dwarf Gimly as the man in the green cloak spoke up, tilting his head slightly so that he wouldn't meet him eye to eye but yet still see him.
"Seris wine, if you have any here, and we need a boy to go get us 3 weeks worth of supplies like food, water and clothing for are journey." He laid out several silver and gold coins that he had in his moneybag on the table and the dwarf smiled.
"Ah elfish drinks, I'll get the drinks for you now and I shall send my most trusted lad to get your supplies. He turned and walked to the bar and a kid ran out the door as fast as he could and in no time at all Gimly returned and in both hands he had two Seris wines bottles. He set them inform of them and left with a final word.
"Drink hardy lads!" He didn't know that the one in the red coat was a girl, but she made no notion of the comment yet just drank the wine.
Suddenly cheers came from all around when Gimly the Dwarf stood up on a large stool that was in the middle of the room and raised his hands to the roof. He waved his hands trying to simmer down the crowd. Finally it got just to where Gimly could talk to the whole bar. From some people in the bar you could here,
"Tell us of your adventures again Gimly!" He waved his hands again trying to get them to lower their tones so that he could. Finally he began to speak.
"Simmer down ye lads, and I shall tell you a story, a story as true as the color of me red rusty beard." The crowd laughed and raised their beers up to his words and then quiet down.
"I know most of us here have heard of the Mystic wonderers ay?" The crowd moaned and muttered yeses and yeah some laughing as they did. "Well..." he said as he laughed in his throat, "I see we all have some recollection of them, But does anyone know anything about them?" Silence and confusion took over the bar, "I believed none of ye fine men would have know that, well I'm here to tell you that I have heard and SEEN these Mystic wonderers before." Gasps came from all over the bar.
"Come on them tell us Gimly!" a man yelled from the far side of the bar. "Hold on to your beer their lad I'm getting there!" He said nodding his head with his ruff tone voice. He turned to see if he had everyone's attention, then he turned to the two in the back with the red and green cloaks.
"Young lads do you wish to take part in this story?" Gimly asked as he saw them slowly raise their heads not fully eyeing him eye too eye.
"We shall listen to your tale." The one in the green cloak said after taking a drink of the wine.
"Well there I was on the road to Glanden to get more stuff to trade for my friend, I had just passed the trees of Glanden forest when I heard a raven give it's mournful cry. Surely I took no heed to its call when suddenly it swooped itself over my head, as close as I ever had any animal get to me and still be alive. I followed it with my eyes when I saw them, the two wonderers themselves. I knew their names from the travelers and stories before but never could picture them in full body, but just as I looked at them I knew who was who like right of the back of me bladed ax.
"One stood tall and proud as I have ever seen a man stand, His hair was of a dirt brown and skin tan but smooth, he had elf ears that had three rings on one side and two on the other. His eyes where of a blood red that could chill the very sole of any man, his body was very muscular, you could see it through his white male shirt that had many cuts and slits on the chest and sleeves. His pants where black but you could still see the stains of blood on them, he had a sword strapped to his back an elfish blade with many writings that I could not decipher at that time. I knew from just looking at the site of his man that he was the Elf Diarmed of Gavin forest."
The man in the green cloak made a slight smirk that the one sitting across from his could see as she took a sip of her wine making a slight smirk back. She reached over to the blue wine bottle refilled her drink, then passing it over to her partner as he refilled his as well.
"There was another with him, the second wonderer I could not see in full view for his body was turned to the side. This one was an elf as well and had two earrings on the one ear I could see; his hair was as black as any ravens wing and it shined just like ones too. Different spots of it would shine of a blacken blue as the wind blew the black hair that look like it was flying itself. His body type was slightly different then Diarmeds body, sure it was muscular like his but his was just not as much. His male shirt was tattered and torn all over his back, his pants legs where long but he had on high walking knee-high boots on and strapped to each boot was a long elfish boot knife. And strapped to his waist was a long sword with a golden handle, and elfish writing all over the leather casing, this was elfish writing that I have never seen before. "But the eyes..." Gimly said pausing "Oh the eyes of this man was none like any other I have seen, well the red eyes got me their but these eyes." A man at the bar cut him off by yelling,
"Ay we hear you but please carry on with this description, alright mate?" He said slurring all his words from having too many beers. Laughter came from some men and others just grunted in their throats from the man's stupidity.
"Alright young man let me finish what I was saying... now...where was I?" He asked out loud.
"The young man's eyes," a lad said to Gimly's left "continue on Sir Gimly," The boy side in an urging voice.
"Ah yes... this mans eyes where of a bright green, a green brighter then the tall-grass in the spring. Like I said all I could see was the side view of this man, his back was facing me but his eyes where looking right into my sole. But his eyes just made you freeze for the cold glair he gave me. I suddenly saw the raven that swooped over my head before fly over by the man with green eyes, as he rose up his left arm the bird landed on it. After seeing that and from looking at the lads' demeanor I knew that this man was the Elf Senscess of Gavin forest." The girl in the Red cloak raised her head to where the one across from her could see as they both smiled.
"But my meeting them there was not just from the fact we walked be each other, nay it was from the fact they where being followed by hunters and not even 10 feet from behind them I saw the bloody battle field of 20 dead men. They had killed them so that they would not try to steel their hunt of a dragon they had just killed and stolen from the hunter's as well. They knew I had seen too much and they slowly started to walk to me both with swords drawn and faces deep and emotionless."
A gasp came from the boy on his left "What did you do?" He asked with wide eyes and a boyish voice.
"The normal thing that any man in my position that didn't have any defenses with him would have done lad... run like my hind end was on fire!" a few laughs came from the men at that out come. Suddenly several claps could be heard from the table where the man in the green cloak was sitting.
"Well put together tale Master Gimly, but if you say that this story is as true as the color of your beard, witch seems to be of a rugged red at this point." He tilted his head up to look at the dwarf, eyes well shaded in his hood.
"If I where you, I would walk to the watering barrel outside and clean the rum out of it and show the grays off for what they really are." He said in a kidding voice but Gimly took it very seriously, the girl leaned over and said in a harsh whisper,
"What the hell do you think your doing?" He raised his hand and she backed up in her seat. Gimly jumped down from his stool and ran over to the man and looked at him even though his cloak that covered his eyes.
"How dare you stranger tell me that I have not seen what I have seen ay?" Gimly stopped talking when the door of the bar flew open and fell to the ground and walking on top of the broken door was three big men.
"There's the rat that took Philips money!" the smaller one said coming from behind them pointing at the man that was sitting just on the right of Gimly when he was telling the story. He looked no more then 17 and was about 6'3 and had a slight dirty face and his hair was of a fluffy dirty blond. His cloths where shabby but looked well kept on some days that was easy to see. He looked quite strong but not so strong to take on 3 huge men.
"Oh shit!" The man said standing up and running to the back of the room trying to push people out of the way but the three men got to him before he could get to the back door.
"Oh good sirs," He said in a very sarcastic tone "I was just leaving but if you would like me..." One man slugging him in the stomach cutting him off from what he was saying. It didn't look like it hurt him much but he did moan a little in this throat.
"Listen up, did you take my little brothers money?" the eldest said holding the guy up to his level on the wall, the eldest had to be at the least 6'6.
"Um that all depends on who your brother is" He said trying to breath and not get hit again. The man growled and brought him closer to his face with an even meaner look.
"Philip Seserson you stinking rat." He threw him on the wall as hard as he could, it knock some of the air out of him.
"Oh That Philip, umm well I may have taken some of his money as I come to think of it."
The room all backed away from the wall all the way to the front of the bar getting away from the three men.
"What's your name twerp?" said the second eldest brother, "So we can put it on your grave stone when we are done with you!" He began to stutter
"Well...it's...it's funny you say twerp...because that's my name." Suddenly one of the other brothers grabbed the guy from behind him when the eldest released him. He had him in a neck lock as the other took a step back.
"Well twerp hope you had a good life because you're not going to live pass this night," He raised his right arm and was just about to punch the guy but just as he was about to throw his fist at full strength he felt it being grabbed by someone.
He turned to look to see who it was, it was the man in the green cloak, suddenly the man took his knee and snapped it in the lower part of the guys back and pulled his arm back, making him flip over his knee and land on his face.
"Mark" Thomas called out from standing next to James, James was still holding the guy almost getting restless from what he had seen wanting to help his brother. As Thomas was about to run at the man that hit his brother the girl in the red cloak back-handed punched him and he fell to the ground, bleeding heavily from the nose.
"Who do you think you are hitting a Seserson?" Mark yelled from the ground, "James take um!" James let go of the guy and went after the one that hit Mark, raising his fist to hit him. But the man just turned and grabbed his hand and kicked him in the stomach causing him to fly back to the wall and hit it at full blast, a huge stone head suddenly fell from the wall and fell on James head. He was now in too much pain to move after that.
His two brothers where now on the floor barely moving, everyone at the bar just standing in amazement, suddenly Mark stood and looked at the two cloaked strangers. The green one was almost his height, about 6,5 and a half. The girl in the red cloak was just about 5,11. They both just stood there looking at Mark as he started to look a little worried.
"Who are you?" Mark said this in almost terror. They just made a slight smile and at the same time they punched Mark, The green one in the face, the red one in the stomach with her knee-high boots. Suddenly he flew back all the way to the bar, that at the least was about 20 feet back. He landed in the crowd and tumbled many people over. The other brothers crawled around them and ran to their brother. The young man who was about to be killed buy those men didn't move from where he was standing on the side off the wall. Suddenly all eyes where on the two strangers, they both smiled and still having their faces covered the one in the green cloak said in answer to marks question,
"You all know about the Mystic wonderers now right?" His voice was deep but it almost had a slight hint of playfulness in it. They smiled once more. The girl raised her hand and out from the door broken door flew in Jairzine. He flew right onto the red ones arm and hopped his way up to her shoulder, a gasp could be heard from everyone at the bar.
Gimly's mouth dropped "It can't be?" Diarmed raised his hand and took off his hood, his eyes made everyone move back as fast as they could in complete terror from the beaming red and yellow color that could now be seen in full.
"Oh it can," said Diarmed "Oh and nice job on describing me even though you have never seen before." He made a slight disproving face, "But you did get one main thing wrong about Senscess though." He turned his head to look at her and she pulled her hood off as well, Jairzine cawed loudly.
"I'm a women, not a lad." No one moved at this point, they where to scared to do anything. Suddenly a boy came running into the bar with two heavy looking bags in his hand. Diarmed walked over to him,
"Thank you lad for getting our things." He took the two bags from him and raised his hand out to the boy with 5 gold coins in them. "Here's for your trip" The boys mouth dropped and took the money with a big smile,
"Wow thank you sir!" The boy went off behind the counter as he looked at everyone still standing; they seemed to be in some sort of trance, still breathing but unable to move there bodies, not even their eyes. Senscess walked over to the table they where last sitting in and dropped 4 coins on the table then took the two bottles that where sitting there and walked by Diarmed.
"Thank ye Master Gimly for the fine drinks and stories." She made a slight bow from the hip and smiled then turned to walk out the door, Jairzine still on her shoulder.
"We shall never forget this place, oh and here's for what the lad in the corner may have taken from your brother." He walked over to Mark who was still on the ground and dropped a small coin bag in front of him then turned and just before he walked out the door he said.
"Oh and you guys should be able to walk and move and maybe even speak in a short while after we leave." He then put on his hood once more and made a slight bow from the hip as well and was out the door.
No one moved but the young man that was almost beat up was still in the corner, he slowly moved and walked out the door to see Diarmed and Senscess walking out the village gates. The moon was only half full but it shone on the ground lighting up the tall-grass and the dark roads. He didn't get to see their faces when they took off their hoods the first time, nor did he get to thank them for what they had done for him by saving his neck. He looked back to the people in the bar to see them slowly start to move then looked back at the Mystic Wonderers.
He saw they where heading for the forbidden tree, He decided as he looked back to the people in the bar to fallow them just till they stopped there and thank them for saving him, and maybe try to pick a pocket or two. But little did he know that that one decision he made just then, would change his world (and love life) for years to come. ______________________________________________________________________ (Heheheee oo yes I said love life. This story starts to get really good later on. So far I hope it's good for the people reading it now, Ooh and if I made a few spelling errors.... don't tell me I know, I cant spell worth crap but I think the story's good either way. You get to learn who the man is that almost got beaten the crap out of him in the next one. Sorry love (you know who you are) but I had to put you as the guy in this; it was just so tempting...and it sounded good for his name.) Hope you like the story so fat. Leave reviews!