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Chapter 2
The mysterious Lupe
Tor turned around to see Lucky the Ixi messenger running up to him, the green Ixi was running as fast as his four legs could carry him.
" What is it Lucky?" Tor asked
" King Skarl wished to see you in Meridell." Lucky replied out of breath
Tor nodded, he went into the small house up into his room. He opened a large closet and there was his armor, shield, and sword. He put on the armor and he grabbed the shield and sword.
He came out of the house his armor sparkling like morning dew at sunrise, he has not worn the armor in a year yet it looked like new.
" We have to hurry, the king wants to see you right away." Lucky said
Lucky ran ahead of Tor along Farm Road and through Meridell Outskirts. Tor could tell that this meeting with King Skarl was very important in order to be running a full speed.
Finally, they mad in to Meridell Village, the castle right ahead of them. The two guardsmen let the Ixi and Lupe pass, Tor walked into the throne room with Lucky ahead of him.
" I have brought Sir Tormund as you ordered sire." Lucky said bowing
" Thank you Lucky, this matter needs a knight of top class." King Skarl said
Tor walked forward and bowed before the great king.
" Thank you for coming on such short notice Sir Tormund." King Skarl said
" You are most welcome, what seems to be the problem." Tor said
" I don't know how, but Balthazar has been causing quite a bit of trouble." King Skarl replied
" That is most unusual." Tor said
" That is not all, Sophie and Kass have been causing trouble also." King Skarl said
" Kass? I thought he was dead." Tor said confused
" We all did." King Skarl replied
" Don't worry I will take care of them sire." Tor said bowing again
" They will not be easy to beat." King Skarl said
" I know, but I will take the chance." Tor said
Tor left the castle and ran through Meridell Village and up onto a path into Meridell Plains, he knew where to find Balthazar. He took another path and another until he came to a thick forest, he saw a large cave with a gorge behind it.
He entered the cave, he looked around barely seeing a thing in the darkness.
" Well, isn't it the best knight in Meridell besides the once great Sir Torak." said a voice
" Balthazar, why have you been attacking people? They have done nothing to you." Tor asked
" I wanted to have some fun, it gets a bit lonely out here." Balthazar replied
" That is no excuse." Tor said drawing his sword
Balthazar ran out of the cave and Tor quickly followed, they soon exited the cave and Balthazar stopped as he came to the gorge.
" Nowhere to go." Tor said
" Oh really?" Balthazar asked
Balthazar swiped at Tor but he quickly dodged, but Balthazar punched Tor in the side sending the yellow Lupe to the ground. Tor got up and got Balthazar across the chest with his sword, the overgrown fur ball had enough! He grabbed Tor by his leg and threw him into the gorge! Balthazar howled starling a herd of wild Kau's, the Kau's stampeded down into the gorge. Tor got up and saw the stamped coming toward him, he turned and ran as fast as he could, but there was no way out! He would be trampled! Tor ran as fast as he could, but it wasn't getting him far, then as if his thought were read he saw water ahead! Very muddy water, but it would have to do. He jumped into the water and the Kau's rushed by, a lone piece of wood floated by, he grabbed hold and he sighed in relief. He put his head on the wood going out cold from exhaustion, floating to who knows where...
Roberta walked along the path to the beach, she was finally done with her lessons with Seradar, he was very impressed by her fast learning. She could finally relax from the back-to-back lessons. She loved to go to the beach! Though the water was very muddy, it was still recovering from the Darkest Faerie's work. She came upon the warm sand, she took a deep breath and sighed, she felt the wind blow her hair from side to side.
Then a glimmer caught her eye, she saw what looked like a brown Lupe in Meridell armor holding on a plank of wood who washed up on the shore. It looked like he had laid there for hours, Roberta walked over to the Lupe and ran her hand across the armor, it was dry.
" The poor thing, I should have left Brightvale castle earlier." Roberta thought
Roberta picked up the limp Lupe and carried him to the castle up to her room and set him on an extra bed. She carefully took off the shield and sword, she dare not to take off the armor. The Lupe seemed familiar to Roberta, but she never met a brown Lupe before.
She decided to let the poor thing rest, she sat on her bed and stared off into space.
Flashback...
" Are you okay?" Roberta asked
" I think so." Tor replied
" We finally defeated the Werelupe King." Roberta sighed
" It wasn't easy, but we did it." Tor said
" We better go back to Brightvale and seek medical attention." Roberta suggested
Tor followed Roberta without saying another word, the two walked slowly to Brightvale side by side.
End Flashback...
" I still miss you Tor." Roberta thought
Roberta was disturbed her thoughts when she heard the Lupe moan slightly. She got a bowl of cold water out of the bathroom and tore a piece of her shirt and put it in the water. She placed the bowl nearby she was about to grab the shirt piece when she saw the Lupe move.
" Well, looks like you've been through a lot." Roberta said
" You have no idea." the Lupe replied
The Lupe turned his head and opened his eyelids revealing loving yellow eyes that Roberta knew she saw before...