Chapter Two
News

20 years later...there was no war. A few people thought it was funny to spread rumors around the village. Adin is now 22-years-old. Both his parents have passed on and now he is a very talented blacksmith. Adin's powerful arms grasped the clamp as the clamp grasped the red-hot horseshoe Adin just took out of the fire. Steam erupted as he put the horseshoe into the water to let it cool. Adin wiped his sweat and went into the kitchen to cook some chicken after a long day's work. Being a blacksmith didn't make him rich but he was living comfortably. After he ate, he went over to the storage shed where his father left the swords when the tribe didn't use them. He took one and started swinging it at the wooden dummy he made. Adin had always liked swords and he wanted to wield one in battle. After practicing, he went to bed to rest for the next day.

A siren blared in the middle of the night. Confused, Adin got dressed to go to a meeting people had to attend when the siren rang. "What's going on? What's so important that it couldn't wait?" thought Adin as he got dressed.

As he entered the tribe square, he saw the elders already seated with a new guest on the stage. He was short and had blue hair sticking up from his head. "People of Del! We have an important announcement from our brother of Dread Mountain!" said one of the elders. Then, the gnome approached the spot where the elder was previously standing.

"Greetings, I am Skrit-Na of the Dread Gnomes. I am here to bring you a warning. There is an evil coming from the mountains that we have never seen. He is very powerful and has brought an army of shape- shifters called Ols and shock troops called Grey Guards. There is not much time. My brothers have traveled to the other tribes to warn them so we may stand up to this evil together. Together, we shall win! Together, we shall triumph!" yelled the Skrit-Na at the top of his lungs. Apparently, he had been preparing to make this speech. "The Dread Gnomes urge you to join us and save us from this evil for united we stand but alone we fall..." Murmurs spread around the crowd not knowing how to react to the news they had just heard.

"My brothers and sisters, we must react at once!" boomed the elder who had spoken previously. "We need to go and fight and WIN!" At that, the crowd erupted cheers and shouts. They were eager to show what they could do to prevent the evil from spreading.