Chapter 7
After following the highway for a while, they had finally reached the border.
"I don't think they're going to let us across the border with the weapons," Andy called out. They all slowed to a stop.
"Well, I'm guessing you guys don't want to leave your weapons behind," said Stephanie, "so we'll just have to sneak into Canada!"
"Stupid Silk!" said Adrienne.
"What is with this 'Silk' thing?" yelled Aragorn.
Stephanie launched into useless-facts-mode. "Silk is a small, rat- faced Drasnian prince. He is an 'evil man'. He regularly lies, cheats, steals, gambles, and gets drunk. He is the cousin of the current king of Drasnia, making him next in line. His half-brother happens to be half- Alorn, half-Murgo, as well as the king of the Murgos, though he hates Murgos. Murgos and Alrons have been enemies for as long as anyone can remember, except maybe the first generation of Aldur's disciples. Silk used to be in love with his aunt, but now he's married to the niece of the head of Drasnian Intelligence, Margravaine Liselle, also known as Velvet. He once killed 12 people in two nights because one of his friends was murdered. He also threw a guy over a mile-high cliff in Cthol Murgos. Did I mention that Silk doesn't really mind killing people? But aside from all that, he's a spy. He's probably the best spy Drasnian Intelligence ever had, and they know everything. On his first job in the field, he knew things Javelin, head of Drasnian Intelligence, didn't even know yet. Silk was once considered for being regent to the king of Drasnia (his cousin), but that was only for a couple seconds. He personally knows the kings (and sometimes the queens) of Riva, Drasnia, Algaria, Cherek, Cthol Murgos (duh!), Mallorea, Gar Og Nadrak, and Tolnedra, and also has met the kings of Arendia and Thulldom. Garion, king of Riva, once had the power to give Silk a 50% chance at being a god, but wisely decided to choose someone more innocent. Silk has seen all of the gods and witnessed the death of Torak, old god of the Angaraks. He also met Eriond, the new god of the Angaraks, a long time before he became a god, and spent a lot of time with him. But don't take all this like Silk is a bad person. He works for what the Alorns feel is the good Prophecy. It probably is, too, since the other Prophecy has its priests cut out people's hearts, while they're still alive, then burn the body in a pit and sacrifice the heart on an altar. And Silk does have some morals. When he owned every bean in Mallorea, an eunuch tried to get him to transport drugs, but he wouldn't." Stephanie paused for a moment to catch her breath and was interrupted by Andy.
"Enough already! That's more than anyone ever needs to know about Silk!"
Adrienne looked amused. "That was her idea of a condensed version," she said.
"At least I kind of get what you're all talking about now," put in Aragorn optimistically. "Let's go over to those woods over there to cross the border."
They all trotted over and started to cross over. About five minutes later, they had no idea where they were. "Which direction is this place we're trying to get to?" asked Boromir with a plan.
"North," said Jill. "Why?"
"Because we're going east." He sighed. "Come on, follow me."
They started going in the right direction. Everything was going well. Jill and Aragorn were discussing various ways to track wild animals.
"Those look like warg tracks," Aragorn was saying.
"No," replied Jill. "We don't have wargs. Those look like wolver—"
She was cut off by an ear-piercing shriek from Adrienne, Andy, Frodo, and Katie. They were being attacked by wolverines! The four scaredy-cats, pulling Jill, went and tried to hide behind everyone else. Andy had fallen off again during the screaming and ran to the middle of the circle that the weapon-bearers were making to keep the others safe. All those in the middle quickly dismounted as they could not control the horses in their horrorfied state.
At the first movement of one of the beasts, Stephanie had thrown her knife straight into its heart. Legolas, Boromir, and Aragorn made short work of the rest. Soon all that remained were some dead carcasses.
"Is it okay now?" said Adrienne in a small voice.
"Yeah. I see you people don't have many experiences with wild animals around here," said Legolas.
They all just shook their heads, deeply shaken.
"It's all okay now," he said, putting his arm around Adrienne's shoulders, as she looked the most frightened of all the girls. (Frodo was more afraid, but Legolas didn't want any of them thinking he was that way.) He walked her back to her horse and helped her mount.
"Hannon le," she said breathlessly. He smiled at her warmly and left her to return to his own steed. As everyone rode on, Jill and Katie came aside Adrienne.
"We just wanted to let you know," said Jill, trying to remain calm, "that we hate you, and as soon as we part from these 'visitors', we're going to kill you."
Strangely, Adrienne didn't say anything.
"Don't you have anything to say?" hissed Katie.
Adrienne stirred as though she just noticed them. "His hand felt good on my arm."
Note: Adrienne's currently writing this, endangering her life. I hope you're enjoying it.
"What?!?" they both exclaimed.
"And Jessi was right," she continued dreamily. "Guys do smell good."
The two jealous ones rode ahead to try to flirt with the golden- haired elf in question. Meanwhile, Adrienne just rode on placidly, thinking about how lucky she was.
After following the highway for a while, they had finally reached the border.
"I don't think they're going to let us across the border with the weapons," Andy called out. They all slowed to a stop.
"Well, I'm guessing you guys don't want to leave your weapons behind," said Stephanie, "so we'll just have to sneak into Canada!"
"Stupid Silk!" said Adrienne.
"What is with this 'Silk' thing?" yelled Aragorn.
Stephanie launched into useless-facts-mode. "Silk is a small, rat- faced Drasnian prince. He is an 'evil man'. He regularly lies, cheats, steals, gambles, and gets drunk. He is the cousin of the current king of Drasnia, making him next in line. His half-brother happens to be half- Alorn, half-Murgo, as well as the king of the Murgos, though he hates Murgos. Murgos and Alrons have been enemies for as long as anyone can remember, except maybe the first generation of Aldur's disciples. Silk used to be in love with his aunt, but now he's married to the niece of the head of Drasnian Intelligence, Margravaine Liselle, also known as Velvet. He once killed 12 people in two nights because one of his friends was murdered. He also threw a guy over a mile-high cliff in Cthol Murgos. Did I mention that Silk doesn't really mind killing people? But aside from all that, he's a spy. He's probably the best spy Drasnian Intelligence ever had, and they know everything. On his first job in the field, he knew things Javelin, head of Drasnian Intelligence, didn't even know yet. Silk was once considered for being regent to the king of Drasnia (his cousin), but that was only for a couple seconds. He personally knows the kings (and sometimes the queens) of Riva, Drasnia, Algaria, Cherek, Cthol Murgos (duh!), Mallorea, Gar Og Nadrak, and Tolnedra, and also has met the kings of Arendia and Thulldom. Garion, king of Riva, once had the power to give Silk a 50% chance at being a god, but wisely decided to choose someone more innocent. Silk has seen all of the gods and witnessed the death of Torak, old god of the Angaraks. He also met Eriond, the new god of the Angaraks, a long time before he became a god, and spent a lot of time with him. But don't take all this like Silk is a bad person. He works for what the Alorns feel is the good Prophecy. It probably is, too, since the other Prophecy has its priests cut out people's hearts, while they're still alive, then burn the body in a pit and sacrifice the heart on an altar. And Silk does have some morals. When he owned every bean in Mallorea, an eunuch tried to get him to transport drugs, but he wouldn't." Stephanie paused for a moment to catch her breath and was interrupted by Andy.
"Enough already! That's more than anyone ever needs to know about Silk!"
Adrienne looked amused. "That was her idea of a condensed version," she said.
"At least I kind of get what you're all talking about now," put in Aragorn optimistically. "Let's go over to those woods over there to cross the border."
They all trotted over and started to cross over. About five minutes later, they had no idea where they were. "Which direction is this place we're trying to get to?" asked Boromir with a plan.
"North," said Jill. "Why?"
"Because we're going east." He sighed. "Come on, follow me."
They started going in the right direction. Everything was going well. Jill and Aragorn were discussing various ways to track wild animals.
"Those look like warg tracks," Aragorn was saying.
"No," replied Jill. "We don't have wargs. Those look like wolver—"
She was cut off by an ear-piercing shriek from Adrienne, Andy, Frodo, and Katie. They were being attacked by wolverines! The four scaredy-cats, pulling Jill, went and tried to hide behind everyone else. Andy had fallen off again during the screaming and ran to the middle of the circle that the weapon-bearers were making to keep the others safe. All those in the middle quickly dismounted as they could not control the horses in their horrorfied state.
At the first movement of one of the beasts, Stephanie had thrown her knife straight into its heart. Legolas, Boromir, and Aragorn made short work of the rest. Soon all that remained were some dead carcasses.
"Is it okay now?" said Adrienne in a small voice.
"Yeah. I see you people don't have many experiences with wild animals around here," said Legolas.
They all just shook their heads, deeply shaken.
"It's all okay now," he said, putting his arm around Adrienne's shoulders, as she looked the most frightened of all the girls. (Frodo was more afraid, but Legolas didn't want any of them thinking he was that way.) He walked her back to her horse and helped her mount.
"Hannon le," she said breathlessly. He smiled at her warmly and left her to return to his own steed. As everyone rode on, Jill and Katie came aside Adrienne.
"We just wanted to let you know," said Jill, trying to remain calm, "that we hate you, and as soon as we part from these 'visitors', we're going to kill you."
Strangely, Adrienne didn't say anything.
"Don't you have anything to say?" hissed Katie.
Adrienne stirred as though she just noticed them. "His hand felt good on my arm."
Note: Adrienne's currently writing this, endangering her life. I hope you're enjoying it.
"What?!?" they both exclaimed.
"And Jessi was right," she continued dreamily. "Guys do smell good."
The two jealous ones rode ahead to try to flirt with the golden- haired elf in question. Meanwhile, Adrienne just rode on placidly, thinking about how lucky she was.