Chapter 3: The Enemy Rises Again
The once beautiful field of flowers that went on as far as the eye could see was gone. In its place was darkness. The ground was so poisoned not even the weeds would grow. The sky was dark for not even the sun wanted to cast its light upon that place. The clouds where black and a cold wind whipped savagely by. The only thing that broke the blankness of the sky was a tall and dark castle.
Lord Darcia tried to enter Paradise, but Paradise didn't want someone so tainted with evil. So it lashed back, destroying him. All that was left was an eye. Sadly, even just an eye was enough to re-poison the world. Now Darcia was back and gaining power, silently. His forces were strong and he was spreading them far and wide, looking for wolves. Especially one particular wolf, the white one that was blessed by the flower maiden Cheza.
"Soon I will have you again," He muttered under his breath, "Soon I will havethe flower maidenand I will open Paradise. And this time I will be let through." He stood at the window, looking at the poisoned landscape. He had been waiting for awhile now, hoping for news, any news. But none came. It seamed that nature itself was against him.
"Lord Darcia, I have bad news." His servant said, entering the room and bowing her head. "What is it this time?" He snapped back. "The troops you sent out where found. Where found dead, that is." Her gaze never left the floor. She tried hard to hide it, but she was terrified of Darcia. He smirked sarcastically. "Even the worlds out to get me." He muttered. He turned to his servant. "Sent out more troops in a different direction. East to the last point?" He said. She nodded. "That sounds good, my lord." She said before bowing and leaving.
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I opened my eyes and stared into the darkness. I knew it was just a dream, but my dreams have helped me so far, so I decided to assume they where right. And if they where right... Let's just say I don't want to follow that train of thought. Cheza stirred behind me, a look of pain on her face. She sat straight up, fear in her blank pink eyes. "Lord Darcia has returned!" She hissed into the darkness. Then she stared to blink. "Did this one say something?" She said, confusion in her voice. This is going to be a long night.
I told her about what she said and about my dream. She just listened in silence, a sad look in her eyes. She didn't say anything after I was finished. As I turned to go back to sleep, Cheza said, "This one does not want to go back to Darcia. This one won't allow it." I nuzzled, then licked her hand. She petted me. "I won't let Darcia get you, but we need to awaken the memories in our friends. And to do that we need to find Hige and Blue." I said quietly into the darkness. Cheza nodded her head in agreement.
Our conversation was cut short when I saw a flashlight beam sweep by. It was too near the mouth of The Den for comfort. Cheza picked up a rock and tossed it out into the darkness. The beam moved away from The Den long enough for us to escape.
As we moved away, I made a mistake. I was so worried about Cheza that I wasn't watching where I was going and stepped on a twig. SNAP! Insta-bullets. Cheza and I ran as fast as we could as the sent and sound of gunpowder filled the air. I also herd some barking to our left, but it went away. Thankfully we managed to loose the old man without any injuries. "I guess we're going to have to sleep in the city tonight." I told Cheza. It's safer than out in the country with Darcia's troops on the move looking for us. I added silently. She wasn't thrilled, but we had no choice. We couldn't go back to The Den without getting shot. We found a quiet ally away from the busy streets and fell asleep.
Hiya peoples! I decied not to put this at the top of the Chapter, because you all would skip over it and start reading! First, I would like to thank my two reviewers, coldhardPaine-85 and Whiskers! Anyhow, I haven't been getting any reviews lately, so I won't be posting Chapter 4 until I have five reviews. It's only three more reviews I'm asking for, and I check more than twice a day, AND I have chapter 4 already written! Hopefully I'll be posting Chapter 4: A Flood of Memories, soon! TTFN!
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