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Well guys in the time it took to make this chapter i also created a trials of death homepage. There's boards and stuff where you can talk about stuff. And of course its pretty much dedicated to Gavner! You can find that on my homepage in my profile. Oh and by the way be prepared to laugh its pretty bad my first website attempt!

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hello lurkers! and here's chapter 10!


Chapter 10:

"But Gavner I-"

"Vanez he doesn't want to talk to you!" Kurda interrupted Vanez as I sat at atable. Kurda was standing right beside me.

"Tell Vanez to go away!" I said to Kurda.

Kurda began, "He says…"

"I KNOW WHAT HE SAID!" Vanez interrupted.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaachoooooooooooooo!" I sneezed, "Great now I'm getting a cold, I must be allergic to the 'thing' that's close by!"

"Thing?" Vanez inquired.

"He's mad at you Vanez just leave; Gavner and I will sort this out!" Kurda said breaking us apart by sitting right in between us.

"But..." Vanez started.

I stood up and left leaving Vanez in the dark. I needed time and Vanez wasn't giving me the time I needed.

I loved a woman, she left, end of story. I'm just wondering how everyone learned about this. MR. TALL! That backstabber! Listening to my thoughts and feelings and telling Crepsley before he left the cirque and then Crepsley told whomever. Or maybe Mr. Tall told someone else. How could he? I made a pact with him that he wouldn't spread my feelings around. I'm such an emotional guy that Mr. Tall can always tell when I'm upset, but as a general you can't let those kinds of things get around. Did I tell anyone? I don't remember telling anyone. Unless I talked in my sleep… again.

I closed my eyes for a second.


"Sorry if my snoring kept you awake!" I had said.

She laughed, "It's okay Gavner, I'm used to it by now!"

"Alright then! So what do you want for breakfast?" I asked getting off of the couch I slept on. She had a couch in her room along with a bed. The couch was purple; she loved that purple couch…


I shook my head, I had been daydreaming again.

Why does she mean so much to me? I loved her so, why did she have to leave? I hate bad feelings, but don't cry Gavner. You can't cry Gavner.

I opened my eyes to find I had been in a completely different place that I remembered. It was inside the mountain I could tell, but since I hadn't been paying attention to what I was doing.

"Where am I?" I whispered.

I heard an echo.

These are the times when I'm glad I'm not claustrophobic. The rooms felt like they were closing in. Okay maybe not claustrophobic but… okay a little claustrophobic. I crawled up in a ball and sat there slowly falling asleep.


"Gavner? Gavner? WAKE UP!" I heard a female voice yell.

My eyes opened slowly and I found Arra and Larten looking really close to my face.

"AH!" I screamed standing up quickly; smashing my head on Larten's chin, "OW!"

"Stop freaking out Gavner… just relax!" Larten smiled.

I eased myself and relaxed a little.

"W-Where am I?" I asked rubbing my head.

"Only if you promise to stay calm!" Arra whispered.

"Ok, I'll stay calm…" I replied.

"Alright, remember when there used to be snake trials?" Larten asked.

I nodded.

"Well these are the old pits and you're standing on a bunch of snakes!" Arra murmered.

"WHAT!" I began to freak out I dusted all the snakes off of me; I looked down and it was pitch black, "How did I get in here?" I began to cough uncontrollably. I'm getting sick! I know it!

Larten patted me on the back to try and stop the coughing.

"I wish I could answer your question… but I can't…" Larten said.

"Kurda mapped out the place when we found you missing and told us to check here. You must've slept walked," Arra nodded.

"But… how?" I asked.

"Maybe someone dropped you down here the tunnel is on an angle…" Kurda said.

"K-Kurda where'd you come from?" I wondered.

Kurda smiled at me from a hole in the wall, probably some sort of compartment, but how could I have gotten here without knowing?

"There's a switch,someone must've stepped on it and put you downhere. I found it quite by accident really. It's a good thing I did or else you wouldn't have gotten out. Cumon, you need to see some sort of light!" Kurda smiled.

I nodded and quickly but carefully got out.

"I am so glad I never got the snake trial when I did my trials!" I shivered.

The thought of that freaked me out, snake's crawling all over slithering over my body. Tongue hissing into my ear… eck!

"You should've seen him in his sleep Kurda, he was really scared," Arra whispered.

It's funny because they think I can't hear what they're saying. It's best to only reply when you find it very offensive.

"I would be too… snakes were slithering over his body!" Kurda whispered back.

Yes some defence! I have this feeling all of them are making fun of me in their heads.

"Well, he did just get dumped and all, but how would he get here?" Arra murmured.

"I have no idea…" Kurda lied,

I could tell he was lying. It was probably Vanez, yet another reason why I should hate Vanez, but I kept seeing purple faces in my sleep. That's crazy! How would the vampaneze find their way into the mountain? There is no way! Probably just dreams… or maybe nightmares…and how did Kurda know I was here?

I remember distinctly falling asleep in a place that wasn't moving underneath my feet.

Well that was a terrible day; only two more days until Darren's fourth trial. I hope it's not too hard, after all the fire was really hard on him!


And there's chapter 10.. what other things will happen before Darren's fourth trial? You'll see! R&R!

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