Chapter Seven: As The Dark Sun Rises Day one; midnight
The smooth cloth around her legs remain untouched. Her light beige undershirt, stretches around her breasts, and up to her neck. Her throat gradually shifts, breath releasing itself from her, partly-open, mouth. Her head resting, lightly on her hands. Her short hair lays, perfectly, to the side of her face. Her eyes slowly open. She sits up, unsure of where she is. She looks over herself, discovering that there isn't a single scratch on her. There isn't even anything from the brick which she had been hit with previously, only her weapons have been removed. Corporal Lenart stretches out her arms, gracefully, followed by a yawn. Looking to her side, she notices a small book on the ground beside the bed. She bends over and picks up the book, bringing it closer, to take a look at.
A picture of an elaborate sword is depicted on the cover. At the bottom of the cover reads: Sword of the Blind Eye. Opening the book reveals hundreds of pages with a black ink poured over all of them, making them illegible. Corporal Lenart flips through quickly, and comes to a single page which seems to be the only one with visible writing on it. It reads:
"This great blade has the capability to turn anyone who wields it, into what would seem like an experienced warrior. With this sword, even children can fight like men with thousands of years of experience, with practise. This blade, however, also has a curse laid upon it. Anyone who carries the sword will become enswarmed with power, but after wielding the sword for more than one hour, their soul will become linked to the sword. This means that, if the sword is discarded, the wielder will die. The sword is an ancient rune weapon, and is known to capture souls of all those who come to death before it. This has resulted in the awesome power of this weapon. Because of it's extreme capability, however, it has been locked away from common folk to use. Now only a blessed child can wield the sword. Anyone else who touches the handle, has been known to fall into a coma."
Corporal Lenart, looks curiously at the passage in the book. She begins to wonder why the book would be left here. A sound suddenly cracks out from outside, and she drops the book. She stares forth, at the entrance to the tent which she sits inside of. She gets up and walks over to the flap of the tent.
Throwing the flap wide, Corporal Lenart comes out into the darkened lands. She finds herself to be in what seems like a vacant camp. Several tents laid out around all seem empty. She steps away from the tent, out into the open. In the centre of the camp is a strange fire. It's alike to any other campfire, but the flames emit in blue and green colours. Walking toward the fire, Corporal Lenart watches her surroundings, which still appear to be lifeless. She approaches the fire, and discovers it to not even emit heat. Suddenly, footsteps start coming towards her, and sound rather heavy.
She whips around, to find herself staring, wide-eyed, at a demon man standing there, with a hatchet in either hand. She is startled by the demon being there, so suddenly, but instinctively searches for any kind of weapon around her. The demon continues towards her, and she quickly reaches down, grabbing one of the rocks from around the fire and throws it at the demon, hitting it in the chest and knocking it down. She then turns and starts running, heading into the woods.
After running long enough to be completely out of sight from the camp, and satisfied that nothing was chasing her, Corporal Lenart stops. She looks around, completely lost, as to where she is. To the side, she finds that there's some kind of shelter. It seems to have been hand made using resources from the forest around it. Branches and leaves stick out from all over it. Corporal Lenart
starts walking to the strange shelter, when a gust of wind rustles the trees, and a low-toned groan seems to call out from toward the shelter. She takes another step, and the voices of children start coming through her head, laughing at her. A creepy kind of music starts ringing. Music like that of a carousel, or anywhere in a carnival for that matter. A voice of a girl starts laughing, louder than the others. Corporal Lenart clutches her head, and falls to her knees, whimpering. The sounds of drills, and chainsaws start tearing through the music and laughter, followed by babies crying. A man starts screaming, as if in agonizing pain and fear. All the sounds suddenly turn into a high-pitched scream, piercing Corporal Lenart's ear drums. She lets out an agonized shriek, curling up on the ground, afraid of what's going on. Everything suddenly stops. Corporal Lenart finds herself, on the ground, clutching her head, and bent down, with tears of fear dripping from her face. She slowly releases her head and sits up, still bewildered. The strange shelter is suddenly covered in a grotesque display.
Blood is sprayed across the branches. A head of a moose stands out from the top of the wall. Several limbs of assorted animals, including humans, stretch out from the mess. In the centre of the gore is a symbol, painted with a dark and murky purple colour. The symbol seems like a circle, with a triangle inside of it, and the outline of an eye in the triangle. tear-like shapes spread out from underneath the blind eye, creating a look of tears. At the top of the triangle is vein-like marks, reaching down to the eye.
Corporal Lenart stands there a moment, staring at the sickening vision. She finally breaks out of shock and starts walking around the disgusting figure. She comes to the other side of the wall, which shows that it is just a wall, with a pedestal on one side of it. She approaches the pedestal, laid out upon it, is candles and a goblet. Above the pedestal is two hands sticking out from the wall, which hold unlit torches. Just as she comes close, the candles instantly light themselves. The torches light up with bright flames. A strange blood-like liquid rises from within the goblet. Corporal Lenart loses control of herself, as she reaches out and takes hold of the goblet, and lifting it to her lips. The vile liquid pours down her throat, burning it on the way down. She then slams the goblet back down on the pedestal. The liquid inside instantly evaporates. Corporal Lenart drops down to her knees, before the pedestal, her hands clutching the edge of it, tightly. She lets out a struggled cough.
Electrical charges begin surging all over Corporal Lenart's body. The electricity begins spreading all over, striking the wall, and crawling up it. Corporal Lenart throws back her arms, faces up and lets out a piercing shriek. Lightning suddenly crashes through the air, striking the pedestal, blowing it out in evaporating pieces. Corporal Lenart falls to her knees, for a moment. She then stands up, turns from the wall, and starts walking off into the forest...