Hello guys I'm back, and happy Thanksgiving! Also because of Thanksgiving I am out of school, so now I can update a lot more this week! Hope you enjoy the chapter, and I'll see you all later
Chapter 6
A New Threat
"What!?" Cooper and Piper both said in unison as they stared in disbelief at the old man. "Please, please calm yourselves. Truly I would love to bring you home...but sadly, there is a greater problem at hand." They both just continues to stare. "You see...long ago there was a Great War, a war between Humans and Rats, the War of Time. So many dead...we lost...loved ones, in one way or another.." he said this while glancing at Luxa, who just folded her arms and looked away. "After the War, we thought we finally had achieved peace, and for awhile we did. But it did not last...even if the majority of the population down here wanted to have peace, there were still some others who did not want this"
This is when Ripred cutted in. "A Gnawers extremist group had risen a short time after the death of the Bane, they followed him like some sort of God." He had finished eating and he slid his plate away "These Gnawers, as well as some other creatures, do not want just the destruction of humans they want the Underland for themselves. And they will kill any human, gnawer, flier, and all the others to get what they want." He leans back and stroked his chin, thinking about it. The torch was then passed onto Whiteshard. "We've been trying to track this group for around 3 years now, but we haven't been successful..." she slammed her fist against the table "Their leader has managed to keep himself underground, figuratively and literally, we do not know where he is currently or who he even really is. All we know is that this Gnawer, calls himself the Prophet. No doubtly because of his following to the Bane"
"Ok, hold on. What does this have anything to do with us? And not letting us to be able to leave?" Piper had said, glancing around the room at all of them. This time, Luxa budge in. "Last night this group had attacked our men near the entrance you two came in. They then sealed it off, it would take time and effort to be able to open up the passage way again, which is what we do not have." Vikus looked at the two of them "They know you two arrived and they want to keep you down here. And like Luxa said, the cave is currently covered in piles of rocks, if we tried to send men that would remove the blockage the extremist would no doubtly attack them. We simply don't have the time currently"
Ripred suddenly chuckled slightly. "Oh and what about the other thing about why you are keeping them here hmm?" Cooper looked at. Vikus and Luxa confused. "What does he mean by other thing?" Vikus sighed "You see out founder, Sandwhich, wrote many prophecies. And we believe you two are in one of them" Piper and Cooper glanced at each other with the face that said, Are these guys messing with us? "Now now, we will get into that tomorrow. This has all been much to handle in one day" with that Vikus stood up, and Luxa followed him. "Overlanders this has been a good meal, but we have duties we must attend to. We shall speak with you later." And with that, the two walked out of the room.
Both Piper and Cooper then began a staring contest with the two rats that remained. They sat there in silence for a bit until Ripred broke the silence. "Tell me boy, how well do you know how to fight with a sword" Cooper looked at him, slightly confused. "Well first my name is Cooper, and second I mean kinda? Me and my friends use to fight with fake swords." Ripred thought about it. "You two come with me. With that Ripred stood and started to walk, and trailing him was Cooper, Piper, and Whiteshard
They walked down the halls, Cooper and Piper were looking around trying to still take everything in. After awhile of walking Ripred took them to what seemed to be an arena of some sorts. In it there were humans, rats, and bats all training with each other. "Go on you two, find a weapon of your liking" Cooper searched around until he found a wooden short sword that was a good for him. Piper went around until she found a wooden dagger. Ripred nodded and stepped behind Whiteshard.
Whiteshard spoke up "Now that you have your weapons, let's see how well you do with them" She waved over some rats and humans who went into an attacking position. Cooper and Piper tried their best to do the same. The humans and rats began their attack against them. Piper tried to block a couple of hits but was eventually hit multiple times. "Ouch! Hey!" She hissed at them menacingly, so much one of the humans who attacked her flinched back for a second. Cooper had better luck, he blocked some hits and managed to get some of his own on others. But he was overran and was hit.
"Ok ok that's enough." Whiteshard stepped in. "It's alright...I guess. But you'll need to work on your skills." Cooper got up. Suddenly a human ran to them "Ripred! The two Overalnders are to go to the Procphecy room." This caused Ripred to roll his eyes. "Must you do this now?" The human nodded, "Yes, Neriassa awaits their arrival. They believe they have cracked the Prophecy of the Past"