The Mysterious Helper Part Two
The sun started to set as Shadow finished the armor. The armor was as black as Shadows scales itself. Shadow then pulled the leather book out again and searched through it until he read a page and the shut it. He grabbed for a pair of tweezers and yanked out a tooth.
"Doesn't that hurt? I mean pulling out your teeth." The Swordsmith asked.
Shadow shrugged, "not really. Plus a new one will grow back within half a day."
Shadow then took another scale and then started to hammer the two objects together until a black sword was created.
"Why do you even add your scales to your sword as well as your armor?" the Swordsmith asked.
Shadow shrugged, "from what I can get from this old book, if you combine your scales with other objects their strength can increase." Shadow held up his sword and inspected it, "Not bad for a first try, now only one thing left to do."
"What needs to be done now?" the Swordsmith asked, "It looks done already."
Shadow smiled, "follow me and I'll show what is missing."
So the swordsmith followed Shadow out into the night. Shadow held up his sword high in the air. He started to say a chant, "oo zii do vulon, bodiir zey hin suleyk!" the sword started to glow black as power entered the sword. Shadow lowered the sword and then swung at a nearby tree. The swordsmith walked up to the tree and lightly tapped it. The tree then fell over and crashed to the ground.
"How did you do that?" the swordsmith asked.
"The powers of the night." Shadow answered.
Just then Shadow saw a blast of poison go straight toward him. He raised his sword to block it and a wall of shadows came out of the ground and blocked the poisons target. The wall disappeared and then shadow looked at his sword.
"What happened?" the swordsmith asked.
Shadow shrugged, "I don't really know. All I wanted to do was to block the attack when the wall came out of nowhere."
"What even attacked us?" the swordsmith asked.
"I don't know, I hope it's not who I think it is." Shadow said.
"Who?" the swordsmith asked.
Shadow shook his head, "don't worry about it. I'll tell you another time. Now let's go inside and get some rest."
As they went inside the swordsmith asked another question, "how did you know combining your scales with other objects made them stronger?"
"From an old journal I had." Shadow answered.
The next morning the swordsmith was woken up by a loud crash. He looked to where Shadow was sleeping and found the bed empty. 'Where could he be?' he thought to himself. He then heard a clanking sound and then followed it to his workshop.
Shadow put a sword into the water and it made a hiss sound. He looked back and saw the swordsmith, "oh, good morning swordsmith. I just fixed up your sword."
The swordsmith looked confused, "but I don't have a sword."
"You do now." Shadow said as he tossed the swordsmith his sword.
The swordsmith then noticed Shadow was putting on his armor.
"Are you leaving already?" the swordsmith asked.
"Yes, I must hurry. I never want to be late for a job." Shadow said with a laugh.
They said their goodbyes and then Shadow spread his wings and then launched into the sky.
"I've been worried about him." Luna said to her sister.
Celestia only smiled, "don't worry, he said he'll be here within 3 weeks my dear sister. And it has only been one week."
"Yes, I know. But I'm afraid something might happen to him." Luna said with a wooried look.
"Remember his memories, he was able to fend off a powerful creature as well as protect his friend." Celestia reminded her younger sister.
Luna looked out into the night, "Yes, but he's only 14 years old."
