Hello everyone, here I am again, with chapter III of this story!
Like always, reviews are appreciated, flaming isn't.
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Chapter III: The witch of the water temple
Jaffar moved over the plains in full speed. Over there, he could already see the water temple. It was an old temple with lots of plants on the walls and pillars, in the middle of a small lake. Every normal man would have wondered how it was possible to reach it, but Jaffar was a former Black Fang member. As one of the Four Fangs, he knew the secrets of place. He sought a little bit in the grass, then he found a trigger with the Black Fang symbol on it. He pushed the trigger
and right before him, a path to the temple dried up. On quick feet, he slipped in.
Before he was deep inside, he heard a voice screaming. He saw a man, who he recognized as Brendan Reed's brother, Jan Reed. He ran away from a woman who was hunting and casting spells at him. Jaffar blocked her way, and Jan vanished down one of the many stairs in the temple.
"How delicious! It's Jaffar!"
"Sonia! You will pay for your deeds."
"You pathetic… Jaffar! You may be one of the Four Fangs, but my rank is still higher than yours. I'm Brendan Reeds wife! So shut up now!"
"You witch! You murdered him!" Jan's voice sounded from downstairs.
"So you killed the boss. And you also tried to kill… You also almost murdered your own daughter!"
Jaffar jumped forward and slashed at Sonia. She jumped back and casted a spell from an ice blue book she held.
"Fimbulvetr!" she yelled.
Suddenly, Jaffar went frosty and stopped moving. He was trapped in a box of ice. Sonia came closer to him, step by step, with an evil smile on her face.
"Teehee! Now die, you traitor!" Sonia said with an almost childish voice. But then, an axe flew through the air, sliced open the ice and almost hit Sonia, cutting off a bit of hair. Behind Jaffar stood a trembling Jan, who could every moment vanish downstairs again.
"You mice are boring me! Now hurry up and die already!"
Again, Sonia casted her Fimbulvetr spell. Jan froze immediately, but Jaffar could dodge in time. He skipped at Sonia, bounced to the side dodging another beam of ice and jumped right into the water. He sprung out again, right in time before the water froze, and sneaked up at Sonia from behind. Without turning around, she casted the Fimbulvetr spell at her back. Jaffar bounded up and landed right in front of Sonia. For one second, everything went silent. Then, loud footsteps appeared from the rear. Before an eye blink passed, a general, a nomadic trooper and two paladins stood in front of Jaffar, behind him where the three lords, above him soared three Pegasus knights. There followed lots of other fighters.
"Jaffar you fool!" A lord in blue armor said to him. "Ye'r not the smartest guy going out on your own, eh?" A big berserker yelled.
"You," Jaffar said to the group "What's with Nino? Why are you leaving her alone?"
"Don't worry. Pricilla, Lucius and Rebecca looking for her," a red haired lord said.
"That woman, Sonia's vanishing!" A lavender haired Pegasus knight reported from the sky. In the same moment, all paths sunk into the water. Lots of shouts where heard from the group. But Jaffar quietly walked around, until he found a spot on the ground which was a little bit higher then the rest of the floor. Jaffar pushed against it with all might, then several paths appeared again. A man in a brown cloak watched and congratulated him.
"And you are?"
"Keith. I'm the tactician of the group. Jaffar, you seem to know well about this place. Please, tell me everything you know."
"Okay. There will appear and vanish paths every now and then. So you'll have to move quickly and stay on the plateaus as much as possible. And do you see those stairs? It are traps. There'll come reinforcements out of there."
"Thank you, Jaffar."
The tactician thought a minute, then he quickly gave his orders:
"Everyone, move carefully! Stay on the plateaus as much as possible, be sure to clean up all enemies and keep an eye on those stairs! Dart and the flyers, clean up the staff-wielding enemies before everyone else comes into their range!"
Everyone obeyed without hesitation and slowly moved onward. Jaffar had his hands full. Hen killed a pirate to the left, stabbed his dagger into the heart of a cavalier, jumped on a mage who had turned his back to him, which was dead before he knew what happened. But for the first time in his life, it bored him. He didn't want to kill anyone, expect for one person. He longed to cut off her head himself. Every free moment, he looked around for someone who could take him to her quick.
Then, he noticed a swordsman behind him and he turned around to keep up his killing rate. And then, he looked at the throne room. "She must be there!" he thought, but there still was no path to it. That path would appear as last, he knew. Suddenly, he detected a Wyvern rider behind him. He turned around and flowed into an offensive stance. But the rider didn't lift his weapon. He just said: "Need a lift?" and pointed to the throne room. Jaffar just jumped onto the Wyvern, silent but happy.
"No, Heath, no!" Keith yelled from the rear, but Heath didn't listen. 'I'm ignored… Again!' he sobbed.
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"Get a good hold!" Heath said to Jaffar while his Wyvern soared through the sky. Suddenly, a voice yelled out of the throne room.
"Eat my Bolting!"
Heath ordered his mount a back flip, just in time to avoid the spell. He hasted even more, leaving Sonia as few chances to cast a spell as possible. And, without much more trouble, he reached the room. Jaffar jumped down and ran over to Sonia. Heath immediately took on the Wyvern riders protecting her. He threw his spear at one of them severely damaging him. He drew a killing edge, spun it around in one hand and pierced the other one's armor. The impact threw him off of his Wyvern, and the fall smashed the last life out of him. The other one, with Heath's spear still in his belly, flew right in his direction, spun his javelin around would have heavily damaged Heath if he wouldn't have been able to dodge in time. As the enemy rider came closer, Heath leaned forward and pushed his spear further through his foe's stomach. In some kind of suicide attack, that one kept flying forward and crashed into Heath's Wyvern. The impact threw Heath off with ease, and he fell on the hard ground. He felt the heavy body of his mount land on him, and after that, the enemy rider with his Wyvern.
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Jaffar took a high jump to avoid Sonia's Fimbulvetr and tried to land on his foe, but she hid behind her throne and Jaffar's dagger was stuck in the wood. Sonia threw another ice beam at him, so he had to leave his dagger. He hid under the throne and tripped Sonia up with his leg. She fell, he jumped out of his hiding place, drew his dagger out of the throne, leaned over its edge to cut Sonia's neck off, but suddenly, everything went cold again. Sonia grinned when the dagger stopped right before her nose. She rolled to the side, then stood up and laughed evil.
She lifted her hand to cast another spell. She stopped for a few seconds to enjoy then moment. Then, she created a magic diagram and pointed a triangle around it. Jaffar knew that formation. It was her special move. If he couldn't dodge, he would be done for. And in this situation, there was no point in dodging. He gave her a fearful look. As she saw it, she stopped again to give him an evil smile. She lifted her spell book, but then, her diagram and concentration where broken by a spear flying through one point of the triangle. She jumped to the side and looked into the direction of the spears wielder.
"Sorry, I couldn't come earlier, I was a little busy!" Heath yelled. "Why couldn't you be busy only a few seconds longer!?" Sonia shouted. Heath already drew his killing edge again, but Sonia was faster. In an eye blink, Heath's Wyvern was fully frozen, and so was he. Sonia created her magic diagram again. She began to cast her spell, not noticing the one who was thawed already. She spoke the last word and lifted her hand, but before she could finish her magic charm, a dagger reached her neck. Before she realized what happened, her head landed on the ground. She wanted to shout, but since her mouth wasn't connected to her lungs again, it wasn't possible. The only thing that came out was a cascade of blood.
Suddenly, loud groans where heard from the rear. Only by listening, Jaffar knew the final path to the throne room had appeared. He turned around and saw a group of warriors, most of them with angry faces, the angriest of them being Keith's. A grey haired sage loosened himself from the group. He casted an Elfire spell and unfroze Heath quickly.
"Sorry guys, you missed the fun," the Wyvern rider said lightly.
"Missed the fun!?" Keith yelled in disbelieve.
Hector and Eliwood looked uneasily at Sonia's headless body.
At the same time, Sain's eyes widened.
Since there was nothing more to do, everyone left. Keith chastised Heath and Jaffar, but as usually, Heath didn't listen to him and Jaffar even less. "Thank you," he murmured to Heath. The Wyvern rider just grinned.
The only one who was left in the throne room was Sain, who had decided to examine Sonia a little more in detail.
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That's that for this chapter! Maybe I did go a little too far about the thing with Sain… I just wanted to give it something of humor. Please review!
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