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Chapter 4: Everest and the Orc Forest
That night, sleep wouldn't come to me. All my mind went back to was my conversation with the king. I had a deep burning desire to just leave and go hunting for these Ryder people myself. After all, they were hunting me, so how hard could it be to come in contact with them? I wondered if I could survive alone out in the world, hunting down my mother's killer now that I have a lead on them. I was alone in the world once before with no one to guide me, no one to look out for me and make sure I was fed. I could do it again. I was older, stronger now. Of course, there is the fear of Sauron returning and unleashing his evil doings on middle-earth once again. But honestly, how strong and evil could he possibly be? I sat up in my bed, a cool swet covering my body. I brought my hand to my head and sighed. I had to something. I knew something about my mother's killer, something I've wanted to know since I was six and saw her dead. I took a deep breath in and threw my body out of bed. Before sunrise, I would be gone from the kingdom walls.
The hardest part about leaving the kingdom was not saying goodbye to Hurah and Lady Ballock. For all they've done for me, I didn't even say goodbye to their faces, just like my mother didn't say goodbye to me before she left this earth. I felt so guilty inside, but, I knew I had to do this. I knew I had to journey to find more answers and possibly find the Dark Ryders. The second hardest part of leaving was taking a horse since they are spooked at anything, even a girl in a cape. I managed to take one without making too much racket, and rode off into the thick of the night. And now here I find myself, staring at the map I stole form Lady Ballock, trying to see where the heck I was. I couldn't have gone more than a couple of miles from the kingdom; I was only riding for maybe over an hour? I broke my gaze from the map and sighed deeply. I didn't even know what I was looking for, or where I was supposed to go. Or what exactly I thought I was going to do. I couldn't kill someone; I couldn't bring myself to do it. That would make me just like the person that killed my mother. And that's the last thing I wanted. What was I thinking? Leaving the kingdom without so much as a plan. I was thinking so rashly that I didn't even put much thought into developing a plan.
Crunch.
The noise brought me out of my ongoing thoughts. I spun my head toward the noise, but couldn't make anything out.
Crunch .
I knew someone was there. I touched the dagger that was attached to my dresses belt. I couldn't make out anything in this darkness, only a tree.
"I know you're there." I said out loud surprising myself. What if it was the Ryder that was hunting me? I guess I am not putting much thought into anything anymore. I found myself walking toward the tree, releasing the dagger from the belt. I wasn't actually going to use this, was I? As I got closer to the tree, I saw something move in the shadows.
"Finally, another human!" a voice emerged through the air. It was a male voice, deep, but not yet fully developed. I could tell he was not yet a man. He must of saw me holding the dagger because he said, "hey, whoa. There no need for that."
I brought the dagger down, and put it back into my belts slot. "There you go. You know that's no way of greeting a person." Was he serious?
"You know, you're not funny." I said coldly, turning back towards where my horse was.
"I wasn't trying to be funny, just friendly. That's usually how you get someone to help you." He replied, following me. "Look my horse ran off back there, some orc attacked me."
"I don't remember asking why you needed help." Then I remembered, I kind of needed help to. Whatever the matter, I couldn't involve myself with someone else, no one could know of what I was doing, or at least trying to do.
"I see you haven't gotten the friendly thing down. Hey look, you help me find my horse; I will give you a free lesson. Seem fair?" I stopped in my tracks. I turned around to face him, a blank expression on my face. I couldn't even make out what he looked like, but by the sound of his voice he had to be—oh cut it out Aldis, you're on a mission!
"No, not in the slightest bit fair." I said back to him. "However, I believe that my counter offer will be much, much more fair." I said, crossing my arms.
"Oh you do, do you? Well I'm afraid I don't make deals with snotty, mean girls with hidden agendas."
"Fine, you're loss." I turned to walk away, but then something stopped me.
"Wait! Okay, okay, what's your counter offer?" I smirk came to my mouth.
"Good, the tough guy act is gone; have to admit it was dreadfully annoying. Okay look, I'm lost. I have no idea where I am or where to go or—just, do you know where we are?"
He let out some laughter. "Yeah sweetheart, we're in a forest. At night. With orcs."
"An orc infested forest. How the heck did I manage to ride in here?" I asked myself.
"Speak up, it's dreadfully annoying to mumble." Oh, he was getting on my nerves.
"Okay fine. Do you know how to get to an inn or something?"
"Yes. But to get there I would be in need of a horse, now wouldn't I?" I fake smiled at him, rolling my eyes in the process.
"Do we have a deal then?" I asked him.
"I guess we do. After all desperate times call for desperate measures, don't they?" he said, walking away in the direction he came. I followed him, taking my horse by the rope around its neck.
"My names Everest by the way." He yelled back to me.
"You might not want to yell, Everest. There's orcs here, remember?" I said, catching up to him. We now walked side by side.
"You could have just told me your name. My god, do you posses any social skills?"
How can one boy be this annoying?
"It's Aldis. And oh, I would say its 'nice to meet you', but, it really wasn't." This, he just laughed at.