Chapter Two
By Hdogg
Arrival of the Comrades
Story told by Daniel Ale
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'Where am I? I sure am not in Delaware any more. That's for sure…' I thought as I wandered around in the dark. 'There's a large bon fire up ahead. Might as well head there. Why am I talking to myself…'
"AHHHH!!!! SAVE ME!!!" Screeched a voice from above me.
"Gee that sure sounds familiar…Wonder who it is?" I said to myself as I looked up to see a girl falling towards me. She was frantically waving her arms around hoping to catch to break her fall.
"AHHH!!! SOMEONE CATCH ME!!!" She screamed. "EEEEEEEEEEE!"
"Oh shit…" I said at loud. "Here she comes…" I stood ready with my arms out ready to catch her. She was screaming quite loudly, when I caught her, real easily. When she finally stopped screaming in my ear she decided to yell at me. 'Ugh…what a person…'
"PUT ME DOWN!" She demanded. She glared at me. Her blue-green eyes glittered with anger. "What do you think you were doing?"
"Umm…saving you?" I said, looking at her strangely. Her voice was familiar but who was she?
"Whatever." She said as she walked over to the campfire.
'Hmmm…how strange that one is, but she's still cool.' I thought for a moment more. '…Please say that wasn't Mo…' I followed her. I saw Larry Sage sitting by the fire all ready with a dark haired young man. "Hey you, where are we?"
Larry shrugged and smiled. "Hey, meet Dru Berry. DruTheDude on the net as we know him." He slapped Dru's shoulder, knocking him around a bit.
Dru looked at me to answer his question, "Don't know." His somewhat long wavy dark brown covered his eyes. I couldn't must of his face either because of the fire light. An eerily shadow covered his face as if it were hiding something.
Mo, or at least I thought it was her, was sitting by the fire all steamed up. I made sure that I was well away from her. I looked around and saw Stuart Derhund walking up. I could have recognized him any where from the picture he sent me. He was dressed the way he was in the picture. He was wearing the weirdest clothes I've ever seen and probably will ever see, a green and red plaid shirt, with a blue blow tie, and beige dress pants. It was freaky…Real freaky…
He tripped over a log and said in his English accent, "Ouch! Good day chaps. Where in the world are we?" He stumbled up and brushed off his clothes. That was definitely Stuart Derhund, I'd recognized his voice anywhere.
Just then we all heard a scream and a girl came flying, and I literally mean flying, though the camp. "Ahhh!!! Where are the breaks??!!" She slammed into another girl who had black hair. She was walking over with a book in her hand. They were soon both on the ground swearing at each other for not looking where the other one was going. Though all of this, Mo was laying down staring at the stars up above, thinking I supposed but you never really knew what went on in that girls head. She was brilliant times than at others she was a complete and total ditz.
Coming from the east a strange old woman in an old purple cloak came walking towards us. I stood up in defense. Larry just sat there, staring at her, while Stuart and Dru were trying to pull the other two girls apart, who were now strangling each other. I shook my head. What craziness went on here. But I didn't know how crazy it was going to get this day.
The old lady waved a hand at me to sit down and said, "Greetings, travelers. It is good to see you in these dark, troubled times.
I am Akara, High priestess of the Sisterhood order of the Sightless Eye. Praise the Eye!" She waved her hands around violently above her head in a circular motion. The fire blazed upward toward the sky in a blue blaze. "Evil has plagued our land. We are in need of warriors. Will you help us concur this evil?"
All of us sat there giving her blank stares. The fire had died down and was back to its normal color of yellow, red, and orange. "Oh noble warriors we need your help! Please help us!" She pleaded.
Her plead broke me. I was a softly for those in need. I knelt down like a knight out of a medieval story and said to her, "I will, help you any way I can, Miss Akara."
"Thank you noble knight." She said smiling at me. Her soft, old eyes showed relief in my decision.
Surprisingly, Mo came and stood next to me and said, "I will help fight to, but please tell us, where are we?"
"You are in the Rouge Camp." She said simply. We all sat there with our mouths hanging open. I noticed the two girls had stopped fighting. I know one of them was Aly and the other was Jenny but I wasn't who was who.
"Uh-huh, that's nice." Said one of the girls reading her book. She flipped a page and smiled at something funny in her book. The rest of the crew started screaming except for Mo and me. They seemed positively freaked that we were sucked into a game. I was to but I didn't feel like screaming at the moment.
"Oh hush up you babies, it's just a game." Mo said, shaking her head at the others. Though confidence and surety filled her voice, her eyes showed fear.
"It's not a game any more, its reality." Said Dru, holding up his hand to show that he had cut himself on his knife. There was a gash from his middle finger to his wrist that was dripping blood out freely. The girl that wasn't reading the book fainted though I doubt it was from the sight of the blood but from the reality that droned on us. We stuck in this game. Larry sat there like a dumb monkey and Stuart was looking for something to bandage the cut with.
Mo was dumbstruck, but I said to the group, "Are you going to help Miss Akara or sit there like cowards?" Though I knew my friends certainly were not cowards by any standards. Not even Stuart how was practically scared of everything but when one of his friends lives was threatened he fought like a mad man. He was a berserker almost.
"Uh-huh, whatever ya say, dude. I'll help. I always do…" Mumbled the other girl as she flipped a page. Aly had recovered from her bout of faintness and said nothing. She just stared expressionlessly into the flame.
"I will help." Said Stuart as he used part of his shirt to bandage Dru's hand. Soon Dru's hand was covered with the plaid shirt. "That'll help ya. Just keep it on and it'll be fine. Good thing it wasn't deep, you know ol' chap. Just a deep enough to break the skin and bleed a little."
"Good, anyone else?" I said looking around the crew. Most of the faces were filled with uncertainly and fear. Not in fear of the game but a fear that they'd never be able to go home.
Dru said quietly, "I will help too." He stood up and walked over to where I stood.
"And I." Said the girl that had fainted with a slight nod of her head. She also walked over to where I stood.
"Larry? Will you?" I said looking at my muscular friend.
He looked at his hands then at me. "Sure but when do we eat next?" He said. I sighed; he'll never change always thinking of his stomach first. Though he was handy to have around. All ready at his age of thirteen he was as strong as a full grown man.
We stood in silence for a moment until Mo spoke up finally, "Hey Killer J you gonna help us or are you going to read all day?" So, Jenny was the one reading the book. That meant Aly was the one who was standing right behind me…
Jenny slipped her book into her pocket and said, "Count me in. I need a break from reality. This should be a real adventure." She looked at Mo, with a slight smile on her face. "And besides, I ready said I would if you were listening." Mo laughed and smiled. Jenny shook her head and her smile grew wider. Aly gave them a queer look as they walked over. Mo smiled a kooky smile and the trio all cracked up laughing. I shook my head. I would never understand what went through their heads.
I turned to Akara and said, "We'll do it, Miss Akara. We'll help you and your friends."
"Thank you noble knight." Said Miss Akara as she bowed to me. I bowed to her. "Now, I will tell you what you are to be for these quests I shall put you though." The sudden thought struck me. We were to do the quests of the game of Diablo.
She put her hand on my shoulder and said, "You shall be the leader. Fearless and noble, healer of the companions, a Paladin." She handed me a shield and short sword. I smiled. I loved swords. I actually had a collection at my house. I sighed. I was all ready homesick but I wouldn't let it show to the others. I had to be strong to be their leader and worthy of the position. Noble and true.
She went to Mo next and smiled. "Young sorceress, your magic powers have only just begun to blossom." She handed her a short staff. Mo gave her a funny looked and just smiled and nodded. She had a tendency to do that when she was uncertain of things or just to get people to go away and leave her alone.
She went to Larry who was standing right behind Mo, "You young sir, are the Barbarian. A strong mighty warrior with the love of food and one that will protect his friends at all costs." She handed him a club and shield. Larry smiled at her. He waved his club around in his powerful hand and let out a mighty roar.
She went to Dru how stood next to Jenny, "Young noble one," She smiled at him. "Are a druid. Shift and diligent but influential and powerful. A protector of the wilderness and a great risk taker to save one in need." She looked at Jenny. Dru gave a queer look. She handed him a short sword and shield and moved to the next person.
She knelt down to Stuart, who still sat on the ground. "Young necromancer…" Stu looked at her. "Are you ready for this?"
Stuart looked at his hands then nodded. He looked up into her eyes. Determination was scattered through his eyes and face. "Yes. Yes I am. I want to help my friends and protect them." She smiled and handed him a wand and a shield.
She went to Jenny and Aly next, "I see you too are quite good friends. You," She pointed to Aly, "Young lady, are an Amazon. Strong and dangerous but also loving and caring." She handed Aly a bow and arrows and a spear then she turned to Jenny, "And you are an Assassin. Master of Martial Arts. Skillful in the ways of traps." She handed Jenny a katar and shield.
She backed away and looked at us all. Pausing at each of us to look into our eyes. A renewed sense of calm came over us. "You seven are the chosen. Saviors from another world that will save this one. I wish you luck on your quests." She bowed to us and left us saying, "Once you have completed these quests I set upon you, I will lead you in the right direction back to your homes in the distant sky." She looked up to the sky s did all of us. Once we stopped star gazing, Miss Akara had all ready left.
Mo sighed and looked at her staff. "Well…this is gonna interesting…but I wish I was home. I have a soccer tournament this weekend and I still need to finish chapter five of my fantasy story…" She sat down and looked at the fire. Her hands rested on her knees. She sighed.
"Oh relax, twit. I'm sure that time has like stopped in our world." Said Aly, shrugging and sitting next to Mo.
"Hmm…Perhaps." I said, looking around the camp. It was starting to get light out. "Let's go look around, shall we?"
"YEAH! Let's go, I'm hungry!" Said Larry waving his club around like the barbarian he was. We stared at him in blankly.
Stuart was looking around and said, "Hey, where's Dru?" That's when it finally hit us that Dru was gone.
"Hey, ya, where is Dru? I haven't seen him since Akara gave him his sword." Said Jenny worriedly. She looked around the camp. Dawns light creped slowly throughout the camp. The rouges were starting to emerge from their tents while the night watch went to bed.
"He's been straggly quiet to lately." Aly quietly added. We headed north though the camp to look for Dru.
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Will our warriors find their comrade? Or will they never see him again? Only fate can say or the next chapter.
ONWARD TO VICTORY!
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Author Note: Twiddlement of the story time! Teehehehe! I hope you like this thing! It's taking me forever to write it so far and I love this story!