The Journal
A/N: Almost 100 views. Thanks for reading it my dear readers. I'm going to try and experiment some things within this chapter. May contain spookiness and death. You have been warned. And, this is sort of a Crusoe-ish style. and the paragraphs are gonna be loooong. I'm sorry.
Chapter 5: The Fall
Day 23
I lost my journal a few weeks ago. I found it today, near Leon's dog house. Bad dog. This morning somewhere around 4, I saw a tall man outside the cabin. He was standing just beyond the wall. He just stared at me. I stared at him back. That was probably the most stupidest thing I've ever done. I say that because after I stared back at him, he dissappeared. I took my sword I forged myself a few days ago, after the town blacksmith taught me.
As I opened the door, the man stood right in front of me. He mouth was gaping open. He punched me using his long arms. He looked really scary. He made some sort of noise. It scared the crap out of me. I took a few steps back and got my bow out. I pulled the string backwards as far as I could. I let go, but he vanished and the arrow dropped to the ground. I felt dizzy. I went outside to check.
I got out and looked around. I heard a scream from my left. I turned and saw the tall man grab a child and vanished. He left behind some purple dust. I followed the trail of the slowly vanishing dust. I followed it until there was no longer traces of it. I found out I was in the middle of a forest. The was a tall shack just deeper inside near a lake. I ran towards the shack. I stood at the window, what I saw was horrific. The kid was unconcious and hanging upside down against the ceiling. The tall man was inside, and was holding a knife in hand. I had to be quick.
I kicked the door down and the man looked at me. He opened his mouth widely like he did the first time. I looked at him straight in the eyes. He froze. I took my gaze off him, he started moving again. I stared back at him. He stood still. I ran towards him and kicked him. He fell, still frozen. I started beating and kicking him. He started making gurgling noises. I knew he was weak now.
"It's time I end your suffering, sir." I took out my sword and stabbed him in the head. He died instantly. As I cut the kid loose from the ceiling, I could see the boy was still out cold.
Before the boy woke up, I moved the body outside near a pile of logs I collected. I placed him on top of the pile, and burned the logs. I stood there for a moment as I watched his body slowly burned to a crisp.
I went back inside. I saw an eye and orb lying on the floor. I picked them both up. It maybe useful to me, later. I wondered what the eye and the orb could do. I'll just wait and see. The kid was starting to regain his conciousness, I carried him back home.
It was dawn when we arrived and the kid's parents greeted me warmly and they thanked me. I just nodded and took my leave. I got back home to a frustrated looking girlfriend. She bombarded me with questions, I just simply said I had to get some fresh air. Raine just continued to scold me on and on. She slapped and pinched me as I walked inside the cabin.
I pulled her close and gave her a long sweet kiss. She broke the kiss and looked at me.
"You're such a bad boyfriend!" She scolded but I just pulled her in the our room and closed the door.
Moans and whimpers could be heard from within our room. A few "FASTER!" and "HARDER!" words were said occasionally. Leon started scratching and barking at the door.
"SHUT UP LEON! WE'RE BUSY!" I yelled and Leon stopped for awhile. But he continued his actions when he heard the moans and whimpers again.
As I got out of bed, naked, Raine was in bed asleep, also naked. Greatest thing I've done since I got here. I must've been real good at it too, cause she fell asleep after I finished.
I went to the kitchen to get some water. I saw a note on the table left by Brodun.
'Out to buy food. -Brodun'
I checked the ice box, it was empty. Huh, he was telling the truth. A few moments later, I heard the villagers yell, 'Kill the skeleton! Tie him on the pole! Hang him on the gallows!'
"OH CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP!" I muttered. I went back to the bedroom and put on a shirt and pants. I took my bow and concealed it within my coat. I had my hood covering my head and a scarf covering my mouth. I climbed the rooftops as the streets were crowded with people.
I jumped from roof to roof as fast as I could. As I reached the village square, I saw Brodun standing on the gallows being held by 2 guards. Beneath the gallows there was a curtain blocking something. I couldn't really see what it was. The guards were preparing to execute him. I didn't knew how though. His body started to turn red as if it was going to burn. A few of his bones were broken and missing. He also had a hole on where the cheekbone was supposed to be. The guards must've beat him before they brought him here. I was shocked when they removed the curtain below the gallows.
A glass tank that contained lava was revealed. They were burn him. There's nothing I could do. A tear fell from my eye. A few minutes later, they prepared him. I just watched helplessly. I was going to lose a loyal friend today. Dumb village! Why can't they see that he isn't going to harm anyone? He's not like his brothers. DAMN!
I guessed he must've spotted me, because he was looking in my direction. He was smiling. He mouthed, "It's okay, sire. I deserve this. I'm a skeleton. Take care of miss Loraine and Leon." he closed his mouth and smiled at me.
My heart stopped, my whole body went cold. He kept mouthing "It's okay."
A few moments later, an executioner came behind him and took out a knife. NO! PLEASE NO! I knelt on both knees on top of the roof. I could just watch as my friend was going to die a horrible death. Brodun raised his thumb up along with his hand
He placed the knife on Brodun's skeletal throat. A few seconds later, the executioner kicked his back and his head came off and his body fell in the lava. His body sank deep within lava. His arm was still slowly sinking in with a thumbs up. The executioner held Brodun's head high and yelled, "The Skeleton has died!". He threw Brodun's head in the lava and everyone watched from beyond the glass layer as it melted.
I was angry. I took out an arrow and placed a stick of dynamite on it. I lit the fuse and shot it at the glass. Everyone looked at it confused at the sight of it, wondering where it came from. A few seconds later it exploded, several villagers that were close died. The guards and exceutioner on the gallow also died from the blast. It was a bloody mess. The executioner's body fell into the lava. I felt happy at the sight of it all. Then a guard yelled, "There he is! Catch and kill the assassin!".
I ran and leaped as fast as I could from roof to roof. I got home and found Raine was wide awake from the sound of the explosion. She asked me what happened and I said "They killed Brodun." She covered her mouth with both hands and tears started flowing from her face. I placed my hand on her face and told her to pack our stuff. She nodded and quickly went into our room. I tied a rope on Leon's collar and went to the armory I built without Raine's knowledge, I took a quiver and filled it with as much arrows as I could, I took some dynamite sticks, a few igniters, a few bags of gunpowder, a pair of binoculars I found, a map, some torches and finally I took my sword 'Longclaw'. It's a rare valyrian steel sword. It was a rare ore in the world of Minecraft. I learned how to forge and imbue it from the blacksmith, he was a man with many secrets.
Raine was busy stuffing as much clothes as she could inside the bag. She also brought along my spiked rare steel breastplate armor. It was incredibly light eventhough it was thick because I enchanted it. The blacksmith also taught me that. I am very grateful towards him. She wore a gold breastplate which was also enchanted by me. We were prepared now.
We were prepared. We left the house that evening. We went to the family of the kid I saved. We asked them to help us get out of the city, they agreed. They brought us inside and lead us into their basement. It had a tunnel system that lead to the forest. They told us to stay safe, we nodded and gave our thanks. We were now in the forest. Only us, alone. We took out our torches and tried to find the exit of the forest. Once we get out of this forest, I promise to avenge Brodun's death. That town will pay for it's crime.
Note: I admit, I cried trying to write the death scene. It was too hard. I couldn't really think of any other use for Brodun besides calling the 'me' names of royalty. But I promise to make it up in the next chapter. And there were a few easter eggs within this chapter. Find them all, if you can.