p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"Seth spit dirt out from his mouth. He slowly sat up, his back stinging from his deep cut. How long had he been out? Definitely not long enough for any one to notice. He looked over at the Chimera he was fighting. It had taken the liberty to curl up and take a nap, missing its goat head and its snake tail. When Seth arose the monster's ears perked up and it looked him straight in the eye. Seth wanted to try another strategy. Obviously he couldn't beat this thing with his back in so much pain. He had talked to demons and wraths before, but this monster was a first. He slowly approached the creature, his hand out stretched. The Chimera growled and snapped it's teeth. "Shhhh... I don't want to hurt you" Seth said. The creature growled again "Okay, I don't want to hurt you anymore." Using his shadow charmer abilities, he tried to urge the Chimera to talk to him. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"emLeave me be, Seth Sorenson. You have courage, I admire that. Walk away and I will let you live. /emThe evil voice rang through his head. It was cracked and old, barely able to make out the words. The strange thing about the voice was that it was said by two, as if the lion and the reptile head were both talking. Seth didn't know how to respond. The Fablehaven team was obviously out numbered, still. He gave it a shot. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px""I know you are like evil and everything, but what if you joined our cause instead?" Seth tried. The voice didn't wait to laugh. It was loud and evil, cracking like whips against his skin./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"emWhy would I do that? I was already promised to be released from the cursed island. /emSeth thought for a moment./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px""If you were put in containment on a island, the people who put you there should pay." Seth said, trying to sound as convincing as possible. He had the Chimera's attention. "The people who put you there were the society, to use you as a secret weapon when the time came. Also, keeping you from the Knight's." Seth raked his brain for more facts on the Chimera that he read in books, uhhh.. I mean he picked up here and there. Okay fine reading about monsters was pretty cool. The voice rang in his head again. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"emThis means nothing to me, boy. If you stay any longer I will remove your head from your shoulders and place it upon my new neck. I am an evil creature, so I fight with the society./em Seth looked at where he had chopped off the goat head, It was slowly growing back to it's full length. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px""The most evil thing ever would be to turn against the society, the people who kept you imprisoned for their personal use. They obviously don't care about you. If you joined our team, you would be treated better. Not as a ruthless monster to act as a body guard, but as a equal and a teammate. For the purpose of protecting what is right." Seth had never been so inspirational before. He felt like it wasn't really him at all, he was acting way to convincing. It apparently worked, though./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"emVery well, hero. Accompany me as my champion, we shall fight together as one. /emThe Chimera bowed it's head, allowing Seth to climb on it's back. They faced the gruesome war, as if it started again, after being paused just for their conversation. They made eye contact, then Seth rode into the war on the back of the Chimera. Fighting for Fablehaven./p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"emLeave me be, Seth Sorenson. You have courage, I admire that. Walk away and I will let you live. /emThe evil voice rang through his head. It was cracked and old, barely able to make out the words. The strange thing about the voice was that it was said by two, as if the lion and the reptile head were both talking. Seth didn't know how to respond. The Fablehaven team was obviously out numbered, still. He gave it a shot. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px""I know you are like evil and everything, but what if you joined our cause instead?" Seth tried. The voice didn't wait to laugh. It was loud and evil, cracking like whips against his skin./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"emWhy would I do that? I was already promised to be released from the cursed island. /emSeth thought for a moment./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px""If you were put in containment on a island, the people who put you there should pay." Seth said, trying to sound as convincing as possible. He had the Chimera's attention. "The people who put you there were the society, to use you as a secret weapon when the time came. Also, keeping you from the Knight's." Seth raked his brain for more facts on the Chimera that he read in books, uhhh.. I mean he picked up here and there. Okay fine reading about monsters was pretty cool. The voice rang in his head again. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"emThis means nothing to me, boy. If you stay any longer I will remove your head from your shoulders and place it upon my new neck. I am an evil creature, so I fight with the society./em Seth looked at where he had chopped off the goat head, It was slowly growing back to it's full length. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px""The most evil thing ever would be to turn against the society, the people who kept you imprisoned for their personal use. They obviously don't care about you. If you joined our team, you would be treated better. Not as a ruthless monster to act as a body guard, but as a equal and a teammate. For the purpose of protecting what is right." Seth had never been so inspirational before. He felt like it wasn't really him at all, he was acting way to convincing. It apparently worked, though./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12.4px; font-family: Times;"emVery well, hero. Accompany me as my champion, we shall fight together as one. /emThe Chimera bowed it's head, allowing Seth to climb on it's back. They faced the gruesome war, as if it started again, after being paused just for their conversation. They made eye contact, then Seth rode into the war on the back of the Chimera. Fighting for Fablehaven./p