The 'Forest of the Damned'
Summary: The Young Ones met with Dungeon Master, who told them about a new way to a portal. But the only problem with it seemed that it was about a portal in the steeped in legend 'Forest of the Damned', where it was teeming with soulless monsters, ghosts and other creatures.
And if you weren't careful, these creatures would be after your life.
You would be lost forever!
Frightened by no means about these myths, the Young Ones risked the way through this forest; a step that would bring unforeseen consequences...
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I'm not sure if the comma use is always right. I've got quite a few problems with it... And I guess with the grammar, as well. Let alone the language itself since it's not my mother tongue.
So, if you find any mistakes, please let me know :)
1. A quite normal day
The Young Ones already wandered through the land for a long time now.
Hank led the group. Sheila was with him. After that Diana and Presto followed, talking to each other. Bobby and Uni walked behind them. And Eric brought up the rear.
"Could you perhaps stop that? It makes me nervous!" Eric complained to Bobby, who whirled his Club around in the air as if it would be a baton.
Bobby stopped and turned around. "I don't know, what you mean!" he returned.
He already could think for sure, what Eric meant but it simply was so much fun for him to annoy the Cavalier.
"Come on, squirt, you know exactly, what I meant! So, don't pretend innocent like that!" Eric replied already a bit angry and pointed at the Club.
Bobby looked at it acting surprised and answered, "Uh, that...
Why should I stop it? If it bothers you, then go away!"
"You would enjoy that, huh? Listen, stop it or I'm gonna take it away from you! That gets on my nerves enormously!"
"Aw, you even would carry it for me? How kind of you, Eric. I didn't know at all that you can be that kind!" Bobby snickered.
In the meantime the others noticed that Bobby and Eric stopped. That's why they stopped as well.
"Eric! Bobby! Are you coming?" Hank shouted to them.
"I'm on my way, Hank. I've just got to do something here!" Eric replied and wanted to grasp the Club.
"Hey!" Bobby complained and yielded back.
"If you wanna have my Club, then you gotta get it at first." Bobby said and swung his Club into the air.
"You probably think you're very strong with such a silly Club, huh?"
"I'm not only thinking I'm strong, I really am.
Anyway, my Club's better than your funny Shield. But this really fits you. There you always can hide yourself very well, when we fight.
And that's supposed to be a Cavalier?" Bobby snorted contemptuously.
"Well, just wait, you wimp! I'm gonna show you!
However, you complain to the wrong address.
Finally, it's not my fault that I received this Shield. There you have to go to..." Eric didn't come any further.
"Greetings, my pupils!"
Eric winced.
"Dungeon Master?" Bobby shouted excitedly and looked past Eric.
A small man in a red robe stepped out from behind Eric.
Eric turned around and snorted, "Aw, his shortness is right on cue! But would you mind not to sneak up to me from behind that way the next time?"
"I will remember it next time, Cavalier." Dungeon Master promised with a smile.
Bobby chuckled. Eric threw a mad glance at him. Meanwhile the others also came to them.
"Dungeon Master!" Diana greeted him.
"I've got news for you..."
"Yeah, of course. Otherwise you would have frightened me for nothing! I just wanna hope that it was worth to be frightened." Eric said, crossing his arms.
"Certainly, Cavalier, certainly. There's a way..."
"Don't tell us now something like 'that leads you home'! I can't hear that any more! How many times have you already promised this to us and what did it always turn out to be?"
"Eric!" Diana said sharply and glanced at him warningly.
Eric only shrugged and murmured, "But it's true!"
"Aw and what was 'bout one time, when we could have gone home and a certain Cavalier did chicken out of it, 'cause he was turned into a Bogbeast by his own fault and didn't dare to show up like that and we others had to come back again over here only for his sake and..."
"Oh, shut your trap, short-stuff!" Eric snarled at Bobby.
"What did you say? You..."
"Stop it finally, both of you!" Hank stepped in.
He slowly was fed up with the permanent arguments between Bobby and Eric.
"But..." Eric started.
"It's enough, Eric!" Hank meant.
Bobby sneered at Eric. Eric frowned and glared at Bobby, but didn't reply anything more.
"Well, you should rather keep your strength for later times..." Dungeon Master said, who watched the whole scene silently and thoughtfully.
Hank turned to him and asked, "You wanted to tell us 'bout a way, Dungeon Master?"
"Yes, that's right." the man continued and patted Uni, who came to him.
The Young Ones looked at him expectingly.
"Well, there's a way... but this one leads through the 'Forest of the Damned'.
There are a lot of myths about this forest.
Some say that the one, who goes in there and doesn't stay on the paths, will be lost for ever. You would helplessly fall victim to the countless monsters, ghosts and dark shapes; you would be killed by them or even become such a creature yourself."
"Well, doesn't this sound quite familiar to us?" Presto asked.
"Yeah of course, we just have to walk through a forest, protect ourselves from bad ghosts and whatever and we're already at home? Really that easy?" Eric piped up again. "Guys, you don't believe that, do you? I mean, this can't be that easy..."
"Who said here something 'bout 'easy'?" Diana said. "Didn't you listen? This forest is called like that for a reason."
Eric turned around to Diana and meant, "Oh come on, who guarantees us that we're really gonna find there what we are searching for? Certainly not this... this..."
Eric hesitated and pointed at the spot where the Dungeon Master stood a little while ago.
"He's gone." Sheila stated sadly.
"Yeah, as always!" Eric grumbled. "Just then when I mentioned him."
"Maybe he made off again just 'cause of you." Bobby considered.
"I'd like to see the day, where you two don't argue." Diana groaned and rolled her eyes.
"He's started!" Eric and Bobby said at the same time and pointed at each other.
"Great. That's what I meant." With these words Diana looked to Sheila sympathetically.
Sheila only sighed and shrugged.
"Well, anyway, Dungeon Master's gone and we don't know where to find this forest." Hank said discontented.
"Um, guys..." Presto attracted their attention.
They all turned around to him immediately; in expectation of new trouble, because most of the time such things followed after it.