Chapter Eight

I looked down at Elendir on the ground. Then I looked at the open box and decided to close it. I closed the box and stuffed it inside my cloak. I then took both arms of Elendir and dragged him with difficulty up three flights of stairs. As I was dragging him up the stairs I thought of my right arm and when I hurt it. I was then really glad that my arm was healed right then, or else it would hurt a whole lot!

When I was at my door I saw that Elendir and left it wide open! Well that was probably a good thing too, for I didn't have my key with me. I dragged him in and with difficulty pushed him up onto the bed. I then sat on the end of the bed and took deep breaths.

After I had caught my breath I went out of the room, shut the door and went back down the stairs. I went in the tavern and went up to the bar and ordered a huge bucket of ice-cold water.

I finally lugged that huge bucket of ice-cold water up the stairs and into my room and to the end of the bed. I grinned mischievously and I hauled Elendir over to the bucket. Then I dunked his head in the water and kept him there until I saw bubbles form in the bucket then I let go and jumped back as Elendir's headshot up out of the water. I watched mockingly as he looked around in confusion. Then he turned around and saw me with a silly grin slapped on my face.

He frowned then demanded, "Did you do this?"

"Hmm, I don't know" I grinned.

"Ohhhhh, you are so going to get it!"

"Is that a threat? You know I don't take threats very good" I grinned then pulled my sword out of my sheath slowly.

He raised his eyebrows then took out his own sword and said, "you have been needing a good lessen anyway, so… bring it on!"

I slowly walked around him then walked over to the door still facing him and motioned to him to follow me I then walked down the stairs and out the door of the inn, and walked a little ways away from the inn. Once Elendir had caught up to me I held my sword tightly with both hands. We started circling each other and so I concentrated only on Elendir and nothing else, and watched his every move closely. After circling each other for a while I was ready to attack, and that's when it happened.

Elendir stopped dead in his tracks for a reason I did not know, at least for this moment. I noticed that he was tarring at my sword, so of course I looked down, and I gasped, for my sword was glowing a very faint mischievous lavender, how very odd. That was the same color as the small glass ball!

I opened my cloak and took out the box that had the small glass ball in it. The box was glowing too! I opened it and took out the glass ball.

Elendir gasped, I did not know why for it looked harmless. I looked up at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

He just shook his had and motioned to me to follow him.

I walked behind him and giggled, for his head was still wet!

He turned his head and frowned at me, then said in a speechless way, "this is serious".

I stopped giggling immediately and followed him quietly.

Elendir and I stepped into my room. He shut the door behind me then motioned to me to sit down.

I quietly walked over to the bed and sat down.

"Arien this is very serious, please take out the glass ball that you found."

I took out the glass ball and put it on my open palm.

"That glass ball is a wonderful tool and a gift to those that is chooses, but it is an evil thing to everyone else. The on it chooses will have great power, but if anyone else tries to use it will be struck down, or in other words, be killed. The only way to tell if you are the chosen one is by the color it glows. If it glows any other color than red you are the chosen one."

After I had heard him say this I looked down at the innocent but mysterious glass ball. It of course was glowing a different color than red or else I would be dead right now.

Elendir continued to tell me about this strange glass ball. "There are only two of these glass balls in the world, an evil one, and a good one. There are only two chosen ones. The two chosen ones will represent the good or evil in whichever ball it is. Evil's color is black and good's color, no one knows. But I now do, it is mischievous lavender. Arien, you are the chosen one for good." He smiled at me and I could not help smiling back.

"Do you know how it works?" I asked him.

"No, that is something you have to figure out yourself, sorry."

Finally I knew the truth about this mysterious glass ball, finally, I knew the truth about my destiny. I knew what I was going to do after I gained knowledge and control of it; I was going after Lord Canashash.