Ok this is chapter 2, this chapter contains the first battle scene in the chapter and the first battle scene I have ever written, it took me awhile to do but I like it. Please feel free to add any tips or comments you want. And thanks for taking the time to read my tale.
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Like every time I bike on these trails, this ride was quiet and peaceful, the only noises I usually hear are from the birds flying overhead and the insects chirping in the grass. These forty-five or so minutes of riding is the only time I can put my troubles behind me. Troubles of girls, school, friends, family, and the questions of where I came from that have been in the depths of my mind for ever. Right now it is just me enjoying the scenery, the unique sounds of the birds and bugs, the sun's warmth on my back on a cool September morning, and the rising of the sun. But today was different. There was no noise at all except for the tires of my bike riding over the dirt and grass underneath it. I was trying to ignore this uneasiness inside of me. This is my time to relax and nothing is going to bother me, I tell myself. I am about to turn on devils pass. Then I suddenly see a girl appear a few feet in front of me out of thin air. I tried to use my breaks but I realized that I was still going to hit her if I didn't do something fast. I had two choices: steer off the trail and fall down the steep hill bellow or run her over. I ,sadly, would never hurt a female if I have a choice. So I quickly turned to the side and fly into the air. It felt like I stood in the air for minutes then I started to fall. I sped down the hill and crashed into the rocks below.
Now I know why it's called devil's pass, I thought to myself. I was in pretty sorry shape, blood was every where: on my face, my ripped clothes and on the rocks under my battered, bruised and bloodied body. One of my teeth was loose, my arms and legs are numb and raw from scrapes received from the stones. I tried to get up but I realized my legs were tangled in what seems to be the remains of my bike. I begin to swear under my breath and soon start to groan as I start to feel the pain caused by the fall. Then I hear someone laughing behind me, I slowly twist my body to see who is there.
I can not believe what I am seeing; I see a tall, slim built, light blue haired woman, wearing some kind of armour. This is the same girl who suddenly appeared in front of me while I was riding my 'soon to be' trashed bike, now she is laughing at me without a care of what she caused . Which involves me being injured.
I am angry and confused by her behaviour. "Why the hell are you laughing?" I yell, "I'm hurt!" But she continues to laugh.
While I am untangling my legs from the metallic clutches of the bike, she speaks, "This is pathetic, I thought I would meet a warrior but all I've seen is a weak child," she sighs, "I guess the prophesies are not as true as they are cracked up to be. Although you are cute"
I finally come free while she says this and I slowly stand up struggling to keep my balance, ignoring the shaking and the pain burning all over my body. I look up at her face and into her piercing grey eyes. " Who are you?" I ask through clenched teeth, "and what are you talking about?"
She starts to open her mouth but quickly closes it as if not sure what to say, then she smiles at me and moves a few strands of her long hair off of her face. She now looks innocent, but through my recent experiences with the opposite sex, I know not to trust her appearance.
"Tayler," she sighed, "you know who I am."
I wait a few seconds thinking before I ask again. "Are you going to tell me or what?" then it dawns upon me, "you're the woman from my dreams!"
"Patience, chosen one, patience," she laughs, "you are also smart but," she moves the same strands of hair out of her way, "you're a bit clumsy."
I am becoming angry because of this nonsense and begin to turn away but she puts a hand on my shoulder and squeezes hard. I moan aloud from the pain she is inflicting my shoulder and face her again. "Do not turn away, boy," she tells me, "what I came here to do can not wait for long and this is the only time I will be able to do it!" and she makes me sit on a boulder, "Remember the forest has ears." .
I glare at her with anger. But she acts if she does not notice and returns to acting innocent, "As for who I am, I am just a mere female passing by."
"Horse shit!" I yell interrupting her, "a mere female my --!"
"That's enough!" she shrieks. "I cannot give you my name because it is not important at the time and I am already tempting fate as is, I wish not to die by powers greater than you or I." She takes a deep breath, "As for what I am talking about I cannot say more than I have already told you. For this is not fate, I am already bending the rules of destiny I do not want to break them, but you will find out soon enough. This is all I can say."
"But," she continues, "I can tell you that your future is full of challenges and decisions that will affect the universe."
My mouth is gaped open from shock. She starts to look sad as she looks into the sky, "I am sorry for being cruel to you but I had to tell you this and also give you this," she hands me a silver medallion and touches my cheek. My wounds slowly disappear and all that is left is the, now, crusted blood, "Good bye, I'll see you soon. And be careful."
She suddenly disappears before my eyes as if she was never there, all that is left that proves it was not my imagination is the blood from my newly healed wounds and the medallion.
I rested on a rock overlooking the scene, still not quiet sure if it really happened but there was to much proof to ignore. I held up the amulet, carefully studying it still not completely sure why I was given this in the first place. This ancient piece of circular silver with a hint of red ,hidden deep within its structure, was full of hairline cracks (which should have made it impossible to stay together), it had three holes in it that looked like they had once held something, some kind of jewellery perhaps. It shimmered in the light of the sun, changing colours each time the rays hit, and it turned completely black when I moved it out of the sun's light. I was hypnotized by the way it changed color.
"Tayler?" I hear someone call in the distance, I ignored it and continue studying the amulet. "Where are you?" It calls out again. I remained silent holding the gift in my hands examining it like a book.
Soon I notice a shadow blocking out the light, the amulet turned black once again. Still sitting I twisted my neck just enough to see who was behind me. "Hey Sara," I said when I saw her face.
"Tayler," she gasped when she saw the state of my attire, "what happened?"
"I fell," I said, not telling her the whole story. I have a past of twisting the truth for my benefit.
"Well are you okay?" she asked worried. She walked in front of me and studied me, "You're covered in blood!"
"Yeah," I said quietly, "I'm fine."
"Look, Tayler, I'm sorry for kicking you," she apologized while she attempted to look for the source to the blood .
"That's alright, I'm sorry for throwing you in, I didn't want to," I attempted to explain.
"Don't worry about it," she said as she got up, a bit frustrated for not finding any wounds, then she noticed what I was holding, "hey, what's that?"
"'Uh," I paused, "it's something I found after I crashed." I lied.
"Oh, okay," she said cocking her left eyebrow "so who would have left something like that here?"
I chuckled to myself. "I don't know."
"Hmm," she said leaving this mystery alone for a moment, "well we better get back. Where's your bike?"
I pointed towards a large piece of scrap metal at the edge of the rock pile. "Over there," I said.
"Holy shit!" she exclaimed, "Are you sure you are alright? After all you are covered in blood."
"No. I'm fine," I persisted as I pocketed my 'gift'.
"Humph!" she said probably not enjoying my behaviour.
"Look," I said, "let's get back to the van once I get some of this blood off my face."
"Here," she said, handing me her water bottle, "better hurry, cause we're leaving."
"What already?" I asked while splashing some water on my face. "We just got here."
She looked at me like I did something stupid. "Tayler, you must have been hit on the head when you fell."
"Huh?" I ask confused, while I finished washing off the blood.
"It's almost nine," she said frowning.
"Whatever you say, Sara," I joked, still not believing her. I've only been here for like an hour, I thought to myself. "Lets go." I said as I picked up the remains of my bike.
We spent a few minutes walking up the hill back up to the trail I fell from. When we finally made it to the top, I stared at the spot where I fell, amazed at the distance. "Wow," I said to myself, "I'm surprised I survived that."
"We better go," she said ignoring what I said, "I'll walk with you." Then I realized that the sun was actually setting.
"Sara," I said starting to believe that I possessed the wrong time, "how long have I been gone for?"
She looked at the sky for a second while she thought. "Like ten, twelve hours," she said staring at me, "why?"
I looked at my watch. "Mine only says eight fifty-six a.m.."
"Maybe it got screwed up when you fell?" she suggested.
"Yeah you're probably right," I said scratching my head, "but I swear I was only down there for a few minutes, not hours."
"You must have lost consciousness, I guess," she said while she handed me her water again.
That could explain the woman, but not the amulet or why I was covered in blood with no visible wounds, I though. I took a swig of the water and swallowed. "Thanks," I said as I handed her back the bottle. She put it away then picked up her bike.
"Ok let's go," she said.
I nodded and began to walk. Suddenly I saw something in the trees. I stopped and I squinted to get a better look. "Holy shit" I gasped as I realized what it was, something that you would only see in your nightmares. A demon.
It smiled at me, showing it's jagged teeth, its eyes shown with yellow light, as if its eyes produced there own light. This is the thing that has been trying to drive me mad. It must have found what it was looking for and finally showed itself.
"What's wrong, Tayler?" she asked.
"N-nothing," I stuttered, still keeping my eyes on it. It slowly pointed to me and made a gesture to me by slowly sliding it's index finger across it's neck. That gesture meant one thing. Death.
"Tayler!" Sara said shaking me, "you're turning white, what the hell's wrong?"
I placed my hands onto her shoulders and look into her eyes. "Sara where are the others?" I ask.
"They should be waiting at the van by now," she answered a bit confused, "what's going on?"
I looked to where the demon was but it's gone. "What time is it?" I ask ,almost yelling.
She looks at me for a second but must have seen the fear that showed upon my face. "It's eight twenty-seven," she said, "I still don't know what's going on."
"I'll tell you as soon as we get to the van," I said as I broke off a small, sturdy branch of a nearby tree, " but right now we're in danger, you need to trust me."
She stared for what seemed like forever and I sighed as she nodded her head. "Ok," she said.
I nodded back. "We need to get to the van before dark," I said.
Sara pointed to the sky. "But the sun is already setting," she said now worried.
"Get on your bike and get to the van as fast as you can and wait for me," I told her, wasting no time.
"But I can't leave you here by your self," she said as she shook her head.
"You have to trust me," I pleaded as I rested a hand on her shoulder, "now go!"
She mounted her bike and rode off, I kept behind her so she would feel safe but I knew I couldn't stay with her the whole way, for I lacked that much endurance and also the sun would soon vanish and the forest become dark.
I could now only see the reflectors of Sara's bike in front of me and then she vanished from my site instantly.
Besides the occasional rustle of the leaves and the sound of the dirt and other forest debris being crushed under my feet, it was as silent as a cemetery. This was convenient for I may soon perish on this path by that which has been stalking me for so long. It was soon time to face this creature from hell.
"You're all alone now, all alone," came a menacing voice from the darkness. I felt the hairs stand up upon my neck, fear began to run through me. I continued to run even though I couldn't even see my own nose, it continued to call out from the darkness, its voice seemed to be all around me.
"No light to be found, no chance to live," It called out again.
I realized this was all a game, for it had no trouble keeping up with me, but it was to busy enjoying itself. This realization made me stop in my tracks and I just stood there, my fear quickly turned to anger. I cursed underneath my breath as I looked around myself trying to find some indication to where this nightmare was. "Aww," It called out somewhat disappointed.
"What, did I ruin your fun, you fucker!" I yelled out.
It merely laughed at this and then came the silence once again. I became very irritated by this, I tried to calm myself but I had enough of this game, "Show yourself and lets get this over with!" I knew what I had just said may have just shortened what possible time to life I had left but this had to end. One way or another.
I heard footsteps in the distance, how far away, I did not know. Its large, yellow eyes penetrated the blanket of darkness as it came closer. I tightly gripped the branch, my only protection, and I braced myself for the attack.
All I could see were those eyes but that was a lot better than nothing for it slightly increased my chances of winning. I waited for it to get a bit closer then I started to swing the stick, it suddenly picked up speed, I managed to deal a blow before I was tackled to the ground, I could not see if it was holding anything like a knife, so I just swung about trying to get it off of me, I felt a sharp pain spreading from my wrist to my elbow, it was a cut, deep and wide by how it felt. After this I finally managed to get it off my by connecting my fist to the side of its head. It gave out a yelp, like that of a injured dog, I heard it role away from where I was. I quickly jumped to my feet, searching for those yellow eyes. My hand was being covered in warm, fresh blood from the injury I had sustained, it did not bother me at the moment but I was losing grip on my weapon.
"Where did you go?" I yelled into the darkness, still a bit winded from the struggle.
I heard a twig snap behind me so I quickly spun around, just in time to dodge an attack. I swung again and I connected hard to what must have been it's side. The eyes showed a large amount of pain after that blow. It made a high pitched screech before it charged at me again. I couldn't move quick enough to dodge. I yelled in agony as I felt something dig into my leg, it would have hurt much more if I had not been pumped with so much adrenalin. I managed to stay standing as I pulled out what felt like a knife of some sort.
I was suddenly thrusted to the ground from behind, I fell hard onto my side, air quickly escaped my lungs. I struggled to catch my breath, I laid there gasping for a moment. The demon did not make its finishing move at that time but simply laughed to itself, circling me.
"Stupid child," It spat, "thought it could save itself from us." It continued to circle me. "You have no chance to live, no chance to live," It repeated.
"Why?" I managed to gasp. I was still trying to breath.
It laughed again, then it walked to my feet, its eyes shown with hatred. "Don't worry, death will show all," it said before it leapt upon me. It face pressed closely to mine, its stench was unbearable, I could not help gagging. It moved away from my face and looked at me for a moment. "You will know the answer now," It spoke, meaning it would now make the finishing blow to end my life.
I just aimed for the eyes as I struck with the knife. I could feel the knife penetrate its skull, it made no noise while its eyes sunk into the back of his head. Its lifeless form gave way and fell onto me, I just laid there with this foul smelling corpse on top of me for a moment. It failed whatever mission it was meant for and now it has paid the ultimate price. Death.