techwitch: Thank you :D I really liked when Kedri was a Werewolf too... more surprises now. I hope you enjoy. By the way, did you get my emails?
Justintime: Actually the prison wasn't just a mountain... it was a huge creature and Mahatma was expecting an army. The army did come and kill the creature, that's why it stopped changing, but Kedri and the rest rescued Mahatma before his army could reach them. Actually theescape of Kedritook like 4 hours and after those 4 hours Mahatma's army reached the cells but to their surprise they were already gone, so imagine their frustration. Mahatma is a spiritual leader in Celanam, but the group doesn't know it. Hope you enjoy next chapter. By the way, I'll review you tomorrow. Is late and I have to go for my son.
Chapter 3: Going to Celanam.
What they saw when they exited the dungeon was indeed not encouraging. A lot of recently dead bodys were spread through all that side of the mountain, the blood in the floor was almost all soaked by the soil. Maybe Mahatma was right and an army was coming for him…
Kedri transformed to her Arborum form.
The 5 adventurers looked around and saw that they were in some ruins. There was a stone wall surrounding the place, full of dead warriors, there were 2 towers in front of them and what used to be a gate between them, but now the gate was totally destroyed.
Kedri looked to her left and saw a building made also of stones. Surprisingly it wasn't in such a bad state
- "Whoa!" she muttered and headed to the building with Ig following while the rest of the party went to inspect the ruins of the towers.
Inside the building there was a stone wall, and behind it Kedri and Ig found a huge throne, in which was sitting a gigantic skeleton. Forming an arc around him there were lots of skeletons too. The two friends approached in silence, stealthily.The biggest skeleton had a medallion on his neck; it was beautifull and magical. Ig tried to take it but he couldn't. atthe leftside of the throne there was a huge and heavy bow and a quiver of arrows made for it, so they were also huge.
- "I could use this" thought Kedri "although is too big to use it in my Arborum form I can still use it when I'm a werewolf. let's see what else can I find here" she thought with a smile.
- "Why are you smiling?" Ig asked
- "Oh, nothing, I just thought that when we leave I can take this bow and arrows with me. I could use them while I'm transformed"
- "Oh, right"
- "Let's see what else can we find"
- "Oh... I don't know. I couldn't take that medallion and I seriously doubt there's something else" Ig sayed, discouraged.
- "Say whatever you want. I'm still checking" was Kedri's answer. Diplomacy was never her strong point.
Kedri and Gaarv checked behind the throne and Ig followed unwillingly. There was astone in the ground that could be lifted. It wasn't hard to see it and Kedri lifted it.
- "See? Mr. "let's just leave"? there was more" Kedri grinned at her friend.As she lifted the stone, she stopped grinning, and her face changed to a more serious expression. Under the stone there were some scrolls made with copper; they were written in a lenguage that Kedri couldn't understand.
- "Ig" she called him.
- "Uh?"
- "Go get the others... we have something important here"
Ig went outside and he came back with Dahra and Danitza.
- "What does it say here?" Kedri asked and gave them the 3 scrolls. Dahra took them and read in high voice the 2 first scrolls.
- "1º Scroll:" Sayed Dahra (I'll put in italics what the scrolls sayed)" "Door of Naguc. Search for the old woman and make her 3 gifts and she'll give you the start and the ending of the key". 2º Scroll: "Of the first gift: There, where the sea can be seen, look down, inside, in the depths of the stone, in the house of the warrior, search under his sword. Of the 2º gift: And he stood up and looked up to the sky and sayed "You, that have given me these eyes to make justice, have closed them to save my people, well, I don't want them any more" and he took them out""
Dahra couldn't understand what the third scroll sayed. When she finished reading she gave the scrolls back to Kedri, who put them inside her arborum cape made of leaves and flowers,and all the group stared at each other. How did this scrolls about the Keys got here?
- "Is like this was meant to happen for years" commented Ig. Danitza just noded.
- "Ok, there's no use to stay here now" sayed Kedri "Where's Planchet?"
- "He stayed out, in the tower of the ruins with Mahatma. He sayed he would make a guard." Dahra answered and Danitza muttered something that none of them could understand, probably in the Sholot lenguage, but it didn't sound like anything nice.
Kedri took the bow and arrows and left the building, and so did the rest of the group.
At the top of one of the towers they saw Mahatma meditating and Planchet waved at them. It was getting very late and there was no use in going inside the deep forest that was in front of them, so they spent the night there, trying to keep warm the best than they could. Kedri checked the bow and arrows. They were of anexcellent quality, but they seemed made for Caons or some tipe of small giant race. they organized guards and went to sleep.
That night nothing happened, and the next morning the7 adventurers (counting Gaarv and Mahatma) started their trip again through the forest that separated them of the city of Celanam. They arrived to a cave and when they tried to go inside and explore 7 men came out to attack the group. Except from Mahatma, all the rest fought the best they could. Kedri didn't need to transform; the fight was really even. 6 of the attackers died and the other escaped to the woods, very injured.
Once the cave was clear of those men, they went inside. At the far end of the cave there was a cabin. it wasn't difficult to get inside and there were many domestic things: tables, pots, ecc... and there was... a chest. Planchet opened it and found a lot of coins. They took all that they could and were about to leave, but Kedri lifted the chest. Under it was a compartment with a book. It was closed with 2 locks and it wasn't a light book. It was heavy and thick. Planchet tried to open it, but he couldn't. He tried again, but still nothing.
- "Ok, Planchet... now we know you're a good thief, but you don't need to spoil the book with your intents. Let's take it closed and I'm sure we will figure out how to open it in the way" sayed Kedri with her usual touch.
-"Hey!" sayed planchet, clearly offended "I'm not a thief, ok?"
- "No?" sayed Kedri, crossing her arms in front of her chest "then who else could open a lock?"
- "I don't know. I'm not a thief... I make... unvoluntary donations, ok?" was Planchet's clearly offended answer, but everyone laughed at him "WHAT! DON'T LAUGH AT ME!"
Useless, they kept laughing.
After al this they started the trip again, this time they arrived to a village that had some huge houses and some smaller ones. At the entrance of the village the group was intercepted by two Caons that were actuallyvery kind. Caons are a kind of giants that are not that big. They grow more less to 3 meters high, they're bald and their skins have a blueish hue. Caons cannot lie and they hate lyers so much that is known in the Geetah world that if you're going to lie to a Caon you'd better kill yourself then because if he finds out your lie he will kill you any ways... so better not.
- "Good morning, adventurers, we are Dahuim and Badim and we need to ask you if you wouldbe so kind of giving up your weapons before entering Celanam?" the Caons asked. Kedri's friends did so. "Thank you" When Kedri gave up the bow and arrows the looked at her, eyes wide opened. "Lady, where did you find this bow?" Kedri told them and asked why "This is a treasure of our race, and so are the arrows." Kedri shrugged and told them again how she found them.
The Caons put the weapons in a warehouse they had near the entrance to the city and wlaked the foreigners inside for a ehile, talking a little of everything. Badim, then, talked.
- "I wonder... if is no bother... if you could give us the bow and the arrows... we could give you 3horses in exchange"
- "Is ok for me" answered Kedri, shrugging "anyways, you say it belongs to your people and I can't use it" she deided to shut up the part of the werewolf. The Caons smiled.
- "Well... where do you need to go now, people?" asked Dahuim
- "We need to find a potion shop" sayed Dahra
- "Yeah, and I need to find a tavern" sayed Planchet, and Ig nodded. While they were roaming the streets together, noone noticed that Mahatma was missing. They all thought that this was his point of destiny and noone wondered where did he go either.
- "Ok" sayed one of the Caons "you can find taverns going in that direction and the lady who makes the potions lives in that other direction" he showed them with the hand.
- "Thank you" sayed Kedri and the group slitted in two. Ig, Gaarvand Planchet went looking for a tavern while Kedri, Dahra and danitza went to the potion shop.
(We'll go with Planchet and Ig first)
- "So... here's the tavern... let's get something to drink, friend Ig"
They both went inside, sat in a table and asked for a lot of Ale. After spending a lot of time in there being idiots, another Caon came to their table and asked if they were havong fun. Planchet didn't have any repair in being even more idiot.
- "Yes, like me with your beautifull sister!" he sayed to the Caon, who happened to be the Major of the village.
- "Really? do you know my sister?" the Caon sayed, not getting the point on Planchet's comment.
- "No, Hic!" sayed Planchet. Ig was starting to get where was all this going to.
- "So... you lied to me?" teh Caon answered
- "No... I mean, it was a joke, man! I never met your sister before!" the idiot answered.
- "So you did lie! Get out with me" the Caon was pissed.
In summary, Planchet was forced to go out and have a one on one fight with the Major of the village. When he was a little injured he asked when the fight stopped and he got an answer "Death fight for lying to a Caon...or you can surrender and be forced to leave this town for ever and never come back" Planchet surrendered and he and Ig had to run away because surrender's not a honorable thing for a Caon and is punished with death. They runned to the potion shop.
(In the meantime...)
Kedri, Dahra and Danitza found the potion shop and knocked the door.
- "We're closed" the voice of an old woman sayed.
- "But we came here from too far away... Mahatma brought us to this town" Dahra answered.
- "Mahatma?" there was a noise of locks unlocking "Come in. Any friend of Mahatma is a friend of mine"
The girls entered and inside they found shelves full of herbs, flasks, potions in languages they couldn't even pronounce, books, pots and a boiling cauldron.
- "Take a sit and tell me what do you need... as you helped Mahatma I'll give you anything for free" the woman sayed and showed them some chairs
- "We just need some healing potions if you can give us" sayed Kedri while she put the big and heavy book in her knees. The old woman looked at the book and runned to her.
- "Where did you find this? It was stolen from me years ago!"
- "We found it in a cabin in a cave. you can have it if it's yours" Kedri sayed.
- "Thank you, thank you!" The woman took the book and opened it without even unlocking, then she put it in the table. "In exchange I'll give you this. Is a powerfull healing potion, but is not complete. I couldn't find the last ingredients" she gave Kedri a big bottle full with a black potion. "Is very bitter, so don't try it untill you have every ingredient." and she wrote the ingredients for her. Kedri didn't read the paper, but she put it inside her pocket and thanked the lady.
- "But we still need potions that we can use right away" Danitza sayed
- "Of course, of course, my honorable Sholot, I'll give you those too" The woman sayed "How many potions do you want? 5? 10? you say the number and I'll get them for you"
- "12 will be fine, dear lady" Dahra answered
- "... aaand maybe you could help us with something else too" Kedri sayed, taking out the 3º scroll and showing it to the woman.
The woman had problems with the small letter, but she read it any ways.
- " 3º Scroll: "From the sea they arrived, brothers of those who have the Book. They still have her. We must recover her" That's what it says" teh woman gave the scroll back to Kedri and all the healing potions. She gave 4 to each of the girls.
- "We'll give 2 to every one of the boys, ok?" she sayed and the rest nodded.
When the girls were about to leave the old woman stopped them.
- "You must find the Lord of All Times. he lives in the Wind Hill, to the west from here, at the other side of the ocean. Have good luck, good ladies... you'll need an exorcist to face the Lord of All Times." Kedri nodded and thanked the woman for all her help and tips.
As soon as the woman closed the door Ig, Gaarvand Planchet came running towards them, breathlessly.
- "We... must leave... I'll tell... you in the... way" Ig managed to say, so they all runned to get their weapons back from the warehouse. The Caons there asked why they were leaving so soon and Ig only sayed that Planchet got into a fight and they needed to leave. The girld almost killed Planchet for that, but they still didn't know what was the fight about.
- "Where can we find a portuary city?" Kedri asked the Caons and they told her instructions to get to the city of Eetchbar
- "That's the closest. Have a nice trip and come back soon" The Caons waved them goodbye and the group left. Ig and Planchet were running very fast and they didn't tell the girls why untill they ste camp for the night.
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A/N: Sorry for the delay, It was impossible to update yesterday :(
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