Light of the Ancients
Chapter 5
Stay on the Road!
"Hm..." Lest grumbled as he walked on the road, "Man... I'm tired..."
"So am I ….." Frey sighed, "How long have we been walking?"
"About..." Lest looked at his watch, however, the hands were moving all over the place, "Oh no..." he groaned, "Does anything work here?" he set down his pack and started to pull out instruments.
"What are you doing?" Frey asked as she saw him look at the devices,
"NO!" Lest growled, seeing his thermometer's mercury shoot up and down in wild patterns, "Damn it!" he pulled out a rune detector, it was vibrating like mad, "Nothing works in this realm!" he yelled and threw everything on the ground.
"At least that lightened the load, eh?" Frey joked, trying to lighten up the mood,
"Well, yeah." Lest took the joke, "I guess I got to count my blessings." he smiled and stretched, feeling the relief of losing the burden.
"It's not like we needed any of that.." Frey giggled, "Now, I think we should take a break... We're all tired..." she sighed and stepped out of the road, then sat on a stone.
"Yeah." Lest chuckled and sat on the rock next to her, "Hehehe... This is good." he stretched.
The two shared a quick conversation, unaware about the danger that was going to strike them.
"And that's when I saw the best buffamoo ever." Lest stopped telling his story, "Say.. I say we should at least take of our boots." he said and reached for his foot, however, it did not budge.
"Huh?" Frey muttered as her legs were stuck in the ground,
"Oh!" Lest gasped, "No! Quicksand!" he yelled,
"How!?" Frey screamed, "This was firm ground!"
"No!" Lest yelled, "This cannot be the end!" he tried desperately to get out, "I did not come here to die!"
"No one did!" Frey told him as the two got waist deep, "It's over!"
"Kree!" Senti sensed her master was in trouble and appeared,
"Hey!" Lest got a ray of hope, "Yes!"
"Senti!" Frey said in relief, "Thank the gods you came out! Please help us!"
"Kree!" Senti said and used her magic to lift the two out,
"Hey! Thanks!" Lest cried, "Oh thank you so much!"
"Kree!" Senti lowered her wand and set the two down on the road,
"Phew..." Frey sighed, "That was close... Thank you so much, Senti!" she told her fairy,
"Kree!" Senti said happily and went back inside her chest.
"Where did the quicksand come from, though?" Lest asked, quite troubled, "This is quite puzzling..."
"Ugh.." Frey groaned and fell on her back, "Ha..." she laid on the road, "I'm so tired..."
"Yeah..." Lest sat down, "Let's take a little... nap..."
"Huah..." Frey yawned...
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"Huh?" Lest suddenly awoke, "What?"
"Ah!" Frey yelled, "Lest! What are you doing in my dreams!?"
"What are you doing in mine!?" Lest argued, "This is my dream!"
"Nuh uh!" Frey growled, "Do you have to invade my privacy like that!?"
"I di-" Lest paused when he felt the ground quake,
"RAAAHHH!" a huge beast emerged from the earth, it had the head of a crocodile,
"What the hell is that!?" Lest screamed in fear,
"It's the Terror!" Frey told him, "The Dragon that destroyed the world!"
"Ah! Him!" Lest yelled, "Why are you dreaming about him!?"
"RAHHHH!" the Terror stormed over to them, charging fiercely,
"I don't know!" Frey said in fright, "I-I-I..."
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"Ah!" Frey screamed as she woke up, "No! No! No!" she hit the air blindly,
"Frey!" Lest awoke, then held her back, "Hey! Hey!" he calmed her down, "It's alright..."
"Ever since I was a little girl..." Frey muttered, "I was shown the Terror over and over again... I order to adjust me to his sight..." she cried, "I... guess I'm not... strong enough..." she muttered,
"It's alright..." Lest patted her head, "There there... We're safe..." he helped her up, "I'm here."
"Thank you..." Frey sniffed, "I guess we should continue..."
"Sure." Lest nodded as he picked up his spear, "I think we slept for a while." he looked at his watch, "Oh rats." he growled, "It doesn't work... I forgot."
"Let's go..." Frey told him and grabbed her rapier,
"Stop right there!" a voice called out to the two,
"Huh?" Lest turned,
A radiant knight stood ahead of them, he seemed to be made out of pure light.
"I shall not let you go past any further!" the knight yelled and raised his blade, "RAH!" he charged,
"Watch out!" Lest covered Frey and blocked the swing with his spear,
"Hah!" Frey popped out and stabbed the knight in the stomach,
"Argh!" The Knight yelled and disintegrated into light particles.
"Phew..." Lest chuckled, "We were not expecting that, eh?"
"Watch out!" Frey alerted when a large tentacle came out,
"OOF!" Lest was caught by the trap, "WOAH!" he was dragged off the road,
"BLARGH!" a large dragon head appeared from the wheatfield,
"Lest!" Frey yelled as her friend was being dragged to his demise, "Hyah!" she ran to cut the tentacle,
"RAH!" the dragon head roared and retreated back into the ground,
"Ha.. Ha..." Lest panted, "We need to get out of here!" he shook the tentacle off and stood,
"Men!" some light knights appeared from the sides, "Prepare bows!" they raised their weapons,
"Go!" Lest yelled, and the two ran for it,
"Fire!" the knight yelled, and they launched their volley of light arrows.
"Woah!" Frey gasped as one of the arrows landed too close for comfort,
"Watch out!" Lest shoved her head down, and an arrow flew past,
"Thanks!" Frey said, and the two dashed off...