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Chapter Seven
The First Trail
Jake started to come around. He opened his eyes but all was dark. He blinded a few times as his eyes tried to adjust to the darkness. He was sitting in a hard wooden chair and his hand and feet were bound.
Jake struggled against his restraints but it was in vain. All it did was give his wrists rope burn. He was stuck. He had no idea how this happened. He tried to think about why he had passed out. He had said "Hi" to Rose, saw some people, drank some punch…. That was it! Jake then realized the punch was drugged. Rose had drugged him and now he was tied to a chair and had no idea what was going on. "Maybe this wasn't such a good plan," Jake thought.
Suddenly several bright lights turned on in front of Jake. Jake had to close his eyes because he couldn't take it. After a few minutes he opened his eyes and they adjusted. Sitting at a long table in front of his were the Huntsclan. At the middle looking straight at him was the Huntsman and beside him was the Huntsgirl.
"Well you finally woke up," said the Huntsman. His tone was not as evil sounding as he normally sounded. He sounded amused if the truth be told.
"Most teenagers would be out for a day, yet you we only asleep for two hours. Most amusing." There was a pause for a few seconds then the Huntsman spoke again.
"The Huntsgirl here," the Huntsman motioned toward Rose with his right hand, "Has told me you would be a good addition to the Huntsclan. Jake tried his best to make a puzzled face and it seemed to fool the Huntsman.
"The Huntsclan is a secret organization that was built to do one thing. Rid the world of Mythical Creatures." The Huntsman said. Jake made himself look even more confused but said nothing.
"Yes my boy there is such a thing as pixies, elves, and dragons. It is our sworn duty to hunt down and kill these creatures. The Huntsgirl said she had been observing you and that you would be a valuable asset. I however am skeptical. So I will be testing you. You may however not participate and leave now, but first we would give you a potion so you remember nothing. So what is your choice?"
Jake made it look like he was thinking about it. The Huntsman was blunt he gave him that, but not stupid. Jake had to make it look like he was truly thinking about it.
"I'll join your clan," said Jake. He made himself sound cold and ruthless. It ever scared himself a bit.
"Then let your first test begin. The skill we will be testing you on is your hand-to-hand fighting skills." With that the Huntsman pushed a button on the table and the floor opened up underneath Jake. Jake fell into the darkness below him. The Huntsclan gathered around the hole to see if the boy would survive of die.
Jake landed with a thud. The chair broke and the ropes came undone. Jake stood up rubbing his backside. He heard a noise from behind him. He spun around to face a Huntsclan member. He had his Hunts staff and Jake had nothing. "No problem," Jake thought. He had the strength of the dragon and this guy didn't look too strong. But how wrong he was. The Huntsclan member quickly hit Jake in the stomach, lifted him off the ground, and punched him into a wall. Jake got up and growled at the man. He wouldn't fall for that again. The man charged and Jake evaded his attack. Jake grabbed him by the back of his collar and threw him into a wall.
The fight continued for a while both sides landing quite a few good attacks. Finally Jake was fed up. He tackled the man and started to wail on him. Jake threw punch after punch, he kneed the man several times, and even beat him with his own staff. Jake was relentless. Jake finally stopped after stomping on the guy's groin five times. Jake smiled to himself. It really felt good to him. Beating up someone weaker was great. Jake shook the feeling away and looked up at the Huntsclan.
"You pass." After the Huntsman said that a ladder was lowered into the chamber and Jake climbed up it.
"Come tomorrow at Midnight and you will receive your second test." With that Jake was free to go. Rose congratulated him and Jake thanked her. Jake walked home and slipped in through his window. He would come up with an excuse later. Now he wanted to sleep.