The gang had woken up the next morning.
It was now two days until the ritual.
Now off course, they had to find a way to maneuver back on course.
They had eaten a quick breakfast and got dressed, their clothes now warm and dry.
Charlene once again apologized to Finn, but he was over it now, not even caring.
He only cared about saving Amanda.
"Come on Keepers," he said. "We move out now!"
Everyone nodded and headed out into the woods.
All of them marched on forward through the woods.
Finn already felt exhausted carrying his weapons and bag.
He preferred riding simply in the cart.
At least he wasn't the only one complaining.
He could hear Philby and Dillard groaning under their mouths.
Maybeck was proudly carrying his war axe on his back.
Finn closed his eyes and tried to focus on Amanda.
But suddenly, he heard something rustling.
He motioned everyone to stop.
"What is it?" asked Willa.
"I hear something," said Finn.
He drew his sword and readied himself.
"Are you sure you're not hearing things?" asked Philby.
Everyone then almost heard something that sounded like a tree moving.
They all drew weapons and readied themselves.
"Anyone know anything about this forest?" asked Dillard.
"I feel like I know this place," said Charlene. "Elves spoke about something involving a forest that had something that almost…made it look alive."
"And do you know what that something was?" asked Jess.
"Let us show you," said a voice in the forest.
Everyone jumped in fear, but then suddenly something came up and wrapped around Finn's waist.
He yelled out as he was then suddenly lifted into the air.
He realized then that it was a tree vine holding him.
Another vine then wrapped around his arm that held his sword and pulled it out of his hand.
Other proceeded to wrap his other arms and legs.
Charlene had readied and arrow to cut Finn, but as soon as she shot it, a vine came out and grabbed it, and then her.
Maybeck grabbed her arm as she was pulled up and swung his axe, cutting her loose.
But then he was wrapped up by more vines, and with her too.
As they got tied up together, everyone else proceeded to get picked up by vines.
Everyone yelled out in fear as they were tangled in vines.
"THE FOREST IS FUCKING ALIVE!" cried out Willa.
"Not exactly," said a voice.
All of suddenly, a vine dropped down and then a person swung down it.
Everyone saw it was a girl dressed in warrior clothing.
Everyone then saw others come down on vines.
They all stared at one another.
"Well, well, well," said the girl. "More trespassers on our side of the forest."
"My god," said Charlene. "The Forest Magi."
"Who?" asked Finn.
"Mage warriors that are practically savages living in these woods," said Charlene. "They use magic to make the forest come to life."
"Savages?" asked the girl. "Now that's not very nice."
"Look we just got lost here!" said Maybeck. "So maybe we can…"
Before he could continue, the vines suddenly began squeezing everyone.
They all yelled out loudly.
Finn felt like he was running out of breath, and then soon he passed out.
Everyone was passed out and the mages got to work.
Finn slowly began to open his eyes.
He could taste dirt in his mouth, for he knew he was lying in it.
He had no idea how look he was out.
But he could hear lots of people cheering and yelling.
He slowly got up and saw the others on the ground getting up too.
And then he looked up, and found himself in a fighting pit surrounded by Forest Magi.
Everyone saw their weapons lying by them, except Charlene's bow and Philby's staff.
They all looked around and then up at one Forest Magi sitting in a huge throne.
They guessed he was the leader, or king.
He then stood up and everyone cheered.
"Mages of the forest!" he yelled. "Once again we find trespassers in our midst, wandering in our forest!"
He stared down at everyone.
"Didn't our deal with the high king mean anything to you people?" he asked.
"Like I was saying earlier!" yelled Maybeck. "We just got…"
"What do we do with trespassers?" asked the king.
"KILL!" yelled everyone.
"Exactly!" yelled the king. "So everyone just sit back and watch, as the show is about to…"
"FATHER!" yelled an angry voice.
The king stopped and turned and everyone saw a young Asian girl in thin-like clothing come out from behind the throne.
"Father not again!" yelled the girl.
"Not now Storey!" yelled the king.
"Yes now!" yelled Storey. "I am your daughter, Storey Ming, and I order you to stop this!"
"They are trespassers!" yelled King Ming. "And they deserve to die!"
"You are such a savage," said Storey.
"Thank you," said King Ming.
He then went back to everyone else.
"And now without further ado!" he yelled.
All of a sudden, everyone heard a roar from below the deck King Ming was on.
"Welcome our beastly champion, Gunmar!" he yelled.
A big opened down below and suddenly a huge monster came crashing out.
It had bushes and trees all over it like a turtle shell and it was ferocious.
Everyone cheered at the sight of it.
"Oh my god," said Charlene. "A forest troll."
Finn gulped and grabbed his sword.
"Fuck me," he said.
"Fuck all of us," said Dillard.
They all prepared for a fight.
Holy cow! I even brought in freakin' Storey Ming! How many more characters could I bring in? Stay tuned to find out!
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