((Little warning, this chapter is huge. I'm trying to fit a life story sort of.. in one chapter that is why it is so long... And why it took so long... Also emotional warning, I cried making this... I'm a terrible person))
"Hoist the Sails, we must catch a ride in the wind!" The captain called, and the two brothers rushed out and did their job quickly, while the rest of the Spaniard's Crew watched in awe. Sela wiped his brow, and Fred caught his breath, the Spaniard clapped. "All right boys today we learn to fight!" The captain cheered, and Fred and Sela gave an exhausted cheer.
--Two Hours Later--
Sela looked at the sky that was darkening above their ship, the waves were getting more rowdy by the second. One of the waves crashed onto the deck, the ship rocked back and forth and side to side. Then one of the biggest waves crashed down on the ship and broke it in half. Sela was thrown overboard and passed out from exhaustion.
--God knows how long later--
Sela groaned and sat up, to find a spear in his face, the Indian growled,
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" The Indian demanded, Sela put his hands up,
"My name's Sela, Sela Spring, I have a brother named Fred... our ship sunk? I-I think.. I can't remember much afterwards or before..." Sela stuttered out, and the Man kept the Spear in his face,
"Windswept Flower, tie him up and we'll take him to camp." The man commanded, and a woman with Black hair stepped forward, and she grabbed his arms and tied them behind his back. He saw her face and that she kept one of her eyes closed, there was a long scar across it. His curiosity got the better of him as they lead him down to their camp.
"What happened to your eye?" He asked looking at her, she looked around before finally stating,
"Another tribe took it out as a trophy." She sighed, and he realized how uncomfortable he had made her with his question.
"Oh... I'm sorry... But what's going to happen to me?" He asked and she straightened up as they entered their camp. The man shoved him in front of another,
"What have you brought us Ocean Blown Breeze and Windswept Flower?" The chieftain asked in a loud and assertive tone, and Sela stumbled and fell.
"A Spaniard, Says his ship sank." Ocean Blown Breeze told the chieftain with his head bowed. Sela looked at him confused,
"Is that what I am?" He asked cocking his head, and Windswept Flower nodded.
"A very forgetful one then. One of you two can pick him as your Champion for the fights." The chieftain declared and Windswept Flower stepped forward, "Are you sure?" he asked and she nodded. "Okay, Then This man is Windswept Flower's Champion." She picked him up and lead him to her spot in camp. It looked like a house made from various pieces of trees. She pushed him down and he sat down on the ground, and waited silently as she went inside the house. She came back and was surprised to find that he was still there.
"The fights are for the Spaniards we capture, the winner at the end gets freedom." She explained and he cocked his head,
"But who would want to leave this place is beautiful... I've never seen anything like it...I think.." Sela replied, and a purple haired man walked around her house and he was followed by a great grey Boar hound.
"Oh so you finally picked a champion?" He asked and she nodded,
"Even though I hate Spaniards, I kinda like this one..." She said nodded to Sela who was ignoring what they were saying and taking in the peacefulness of the forest around them. "Besides Odysseus, you and Argos have no Champion either."
"I Know but this one.. he seems out of it... Plus Argos was given to me by the Blue One, and is my best friend... If Anything he is my champion." Odysseus said putting his hand on Argos, "I was a Spaniard at one point if you haven't forgotten" He laughed, and Sela looked at him,
"What is a Spaniard? I keep getting called that but I don't know what it is..." Sela muttered and pulled his arms from behind his back, while rubbed his wrists, he handed the rope to Windswept Flower. She looked surprised but kept her face as straight as possible. Odysseus snorted,
"You don't know what you are?!" He asked laughing, and Sela looked even more confused, "A Spaniard is some who comes seeking riches and who doesn't care who they hurt in the process." He explained, and Sela paused and slowly nodded, "Do you remember anything other than your name and your brother?" Sela paused again,
"A little... We where the captain's favorites... He constantly trained and over worked us.." Sela winced at his own words, "We basically maintained the whole ship.." Odysseus nodded,
"What about the last thing you can remember?" Odysseus asked and Sela shivered,
"A storm... The waves crashing over us... The creaking of the deck as the ship broke in half... I got caught on driftwood... I was so Tired the captain had over worked us again... and passed out and woke up here.." He sighed, and Odysseus looked curiously at him,
"Well a captain overworking you must mean you're fast. So How about you race Argos up into that tree?" Odysseus told them and Sela paused and Argos shot off, and Sela followed close behind. Somehow Sela managed to out run the boar hound he studied the tree and hoisted himself up into the tree, until he climbed out of their line of view. There was a few minutes brief moments of silence, "Do you think he escaped?" Windswept Flower shrugged and Sela dropped down from the trees behind her.
"What Now?" Sela asked and scared the both of them, from a top the trees Argos poked his head down with almost a smile on his face. Odysseus looked at Windswept Flower asking for approval, Sela cocked his head, She nodded and Odysseus pulled his sword. He swung at Sela who moved out of the way, Sela looked confused while Argos on the other hand was watching them from the trees. Sela moved his arm up and the sword scraped off his forearm pad. He had an Idea, he ran at Odysseus and knocked him over. The two tumbled, and Sela landed on his feet holding Odysseus's sword. Odysseus got up a brushed himself off,
"Well Played, But why didn't you use your sword?" He asked, and Sela saw the scabbard around Odysseus's waist. And reached down and found the sword, he put Odysseus's sword into the ground, and pulled his out. The metal glittered in the light, and his name was carved into it. "Oh so you didn't know you had it..."
"Not really..." Sela sighed, and Odysseus picked up his sword, "But Hey at least I do now!" He laughed at his own memory issues, and Odysseus laughed and shook his head, and Windswept Flower walked out from the woods,
"The first round of the matches is today. I hope you are ready." She informed them, Sela felt eyes on them and turned around, "What's wrong?" He didn't see anything and turned back around,
"I don't know I just feel as If there is someone watching us right now.." He said looking around, "And that they don't want anything good." He couldn't see anything but the feeling gave him shivers.
"Well It could be the others waiting for you to fight.." Odysseus suggested, and Sela shook his head,
"That's a different feeling..." Sela sighed and looked at Windswept Flower, "Do I have to kill who ever I fight?" She shook her head,
"No most die from infection from wounds though." She shrugged, and Sela looked behind him again,
"What's over there?" He asked, and Windswept Flower looked where he was looking,
"Another Tribe but not much else." She said, and Sela took a step forward, "How did you get out of the rope?" She asked curious about what had happened earlier.
"Do you want to see?" He asked and pulled a piece of a ship's rope from around his neck, and he handed it to her. "Go ahead tie me up." He said putting both of his arms in front of him, and she tied his wrists together. He moved his hands and found the knot and untied it, and handed it to her. Odysseus cocked his head,
"Even I couldn't get out of those... How long have you had that rope around your neck?" He asked and Sela shrugged,
"I remember it being there before I woke up.. Like after the ship broke in half... I think I got caught in the netting or the ropes.." Sela trailed off and looked behind him, and turned back around his bright yellow eyes were strange to see. "Let's just get this over with.." He sighed and Windswept Flower lead him to the fighting arena.
"I have to warn you, This one is against my brother's champion..." She sighed and Stayed outside of the arena. Sela came face to face with a larger man then himself, he had daggers instead of swords. And swung were Sela's head was second ago, Sela had run out of the way just in time. He realized that the ground was dusty, and ran around the arena stirring up all the dust. Creating a cloud around the two of them, then he heard Windswept Flower, no one else seemed to hear her. He ran towards the gated entrance and climbed up and jumped down on the other side. The arena was still dusty and no one had seen him leave, when the dust settled there was only one champion in the ring. That's when Sela saw Windswept Flower struggling against another man. The man had her mouth covered, Sela ran forward and knocked them away from each other. He stood in between Windswept Flower and the Man, the man lunged at him and knocked him over pulling out a dagger. Sela pulled out his sword and kicked the man off him. The two stood up and went on the attack, one of the man's daggers managed to nick his side. The wound began to burn, Sela stumbled but stayed upright he ran forward and swung his sword, killing the man. The sound of the man's death alerted Argos, he shot off leaving Odysseus behind, Argos came back lightly dragged his master with him. Ocean Blown Breeze followed him in curiosity, and saw Sela covered in blood and his sister propping herself up on the ground. He ran at the Spaniard, and knocked him down, which was way too easy then it should have been. "Brother, No!" Windswept Flower cried pushing her brother off the Spaniard. Who was shaking violently, Ocean Blown Breeze saw her damaged leg.
"But he did that to you!" Ocean Blown Breeze objected, and Windswept Flower shook her head,
"No! He saved me! He killed the man who did this to me! One of his daggers where poisonous, He was standing to keep the poison down!" She yelled at her brother and pointed near a tree, Ocean Blown Breeze got up and walked to the tree, and saw the headless body, the man's head had rolled down the hill. He found a bloody dagger in the man's hand, but it wasn't poisoned. Argos walked up and picked something up off the ground and set it down in Ocean Blown Breeze's hand. It was another dagger with blood on it, but this one had flecks of nightshade on it. He saw Sela's sword on the ground it had a lot of blood on it, and realized what he had done. Sela was still alive but dying slowly, Argos brought the medicine man over.
"There not much I can do, He will die, all we could do is give him the rest of the nightshade and end his suffering." He told them but Windswept Flower declined that idea, and limped back to her house, Odysseus helped move Sela inside.
"Why didn't you agree?" He asked her, as she sat down,
"He saved me and I want to thank him, whether that be in life or in death." She said reminded him of her ability to see the dead,
"But what will you do if he dies overnight?" Odysseus asked, and Windswept Flower looked at Sela, who seemed completely out of it. "And what about your leg?"
"I'll live." Was all she told him, he left shaking his head.
--Later that night--
It's strange to at one point be in so much pain, but then just like that it was gone. Sela as confused as ever, looked around, he saw Windswept Flower's leg, and that she had fallen asleep. He stepped closer, and she jumped awake and threw something, Right through him!
"That felt weird.." He said turning around and looking at the item she had thrown, before turning back to her, and he saw himself on the bed. "I take that back, this is weird." Windswept Flower utterly speechless, watched as he picked up her bow. The plain wood looked different in his hands, it was like it was reforming itself. He set it back down and there were now flowers carved into the handle. He suddenly realized she was watching him, "Well then...this is incredibly awkward.." Windswept Flower put her hand over his body's mouth, and jumped back.
"Your body is still breathing, you aren't dead! I wonder.." She put her hand to her mouth and whistled, Argos appeared in the house and yawned,
"Windswept Flower, what do you need? It's the middle of the night.." Argos asked and Sela about fell over in shock, that's when Argos saw him. "See we told you he would die and you didn't believe us!" Windswept Flower shook her head,
"He may be wherever, but his body is still breathing..." She told the dog, and Argos walked up to Sela's body and put his nose against Sela's neck. And looked at Windswept Flower,
"He has a pulse too..." Argos said and Sela's body began to seize up, the Ghost version faded in and out, and looked to be in pain. When Sela's body finally stopped, the ghost made a sound like a breath of relief. "Does that hurt?" Argos asked, and the ghost nodded,
"What do you think?" The ghost asked sarcastically, "Yes it does. I can feel myself dying.. it's awful.." The ghost sighed, he suddenly shot up, "It's nightshade isn't it?" He asked and they both nodded,
"How did you know?" Argos asked, and the ghost shrugged,
"The feeling? The pain? I don't know but it's similar to one of the things the captain did to me and my brother and the rest of the crew... He either had us eat it or had it put into our blood... I don't really know... but it was extremely painful... not many of the crew survived it..." Sela crossed his arms as his body seized up again, and the same thing happened. Sela shook with his body and coughed, he finally stopped, "But let's just say that it was good that you didn't do what that medicine man suggested.." Windswept Flower cocked her head,
"Why is that?" She asked, and he looked at his body,
"Because you and I would still be in this mess. And they would have to 'End my suffering' another way." Sela sighed, "But if what I remember is true then I have some sort of immunity towards the poison so I would let it run it's course. And see what happens.."
"How are you okay with this?! First off you're half dead, Second your captain seems like an awful person! Poisoning his whole crew? That's awful..." Windswept Flower demanded, and Sela crossed his arms,
"Why would you care? After all I'm just a Spaniard, Aren't I? I kill people! You should be scared you saw what I did!" Sela shouted and stopped, "He made us all killing machines! He- He...You and your tribe are lucky our ship sank or a bunch of killing machines like me would have killed you all!" Sela walked out and Argos watched him go, and Odysseus walked over to them and rubbed one of his eyes,
"What are you two yelling about? You're going to wake up the whole camp!" Odysseus yelled quietly, and Sela's body seized up again, but this time he was foaming from the mouth. "Is he why?" Right then Sela stopped breathing and his pulse slowed, "Oh my..God.." What Odysseus couldn't see is that Sela slunk around the corner and went back into his body. He coughed some foam out of the back of his throat, and continued to fight for his life. "How is he living this long?" Odysseus asked, and Argos sighed,
"He told us that he remembered that his captain poisoned the entire crew and not many survived the poison, Sela and his Brother did though. Out of the question that, that man was cruel." Argos flicked his tail, and Odysseus paused,
"Maybe to you, but what I am beginning to think is that, Sela, his brother, and the rest of the crew, are what a lot call a child warrior. They are either, abandoned, orphans, stolen, or given freely. The general can be a ship captain, but these kids are raised to be exceptional fighters all their lives. They are given poisons to have immunity to those poisons. They are taught to kill or be killed, they have to have a lot of speed and the general's favorites are normally given swords and body padding." Odysseus explained and pulled one of the forearm pieces off Sela's body, he flipped it over. On the back was written, Property of, Captain Longfellow. "Longfellow eh?"
"You know that name?" Windswept Flower asked and Odysseus nodded,
"Evil man, famous for the Child Warriors, he makes the most ruthless ones. We are lucky Sela doesn't remember anything, Because if he did he could kill us." Odysseus sighed and put the piece back on, Sela groaned and twitched a bit, Windswept Flower looked at him, How could someone so Confused and lost hurt people?.. Sela opened his eyes and looked around him, before passing out again. Windswept Flower sighed and sat back down and looked at her crippled leg. "Would you like me to get you anything tomorrow?" Odysseus asked, and Windswept Flower looked at him,
"I could ask the birds for feathers if you would like some.." Argos added wagging his tail, Windswept Flower Smiled and rubbed the boar hound's head,
"You can do that I'm sure I'll find something to do with them.. Especially since I am now a cripple.." Windswept Flower sighed, and Argos rested his head on her lap, she rubbed his head, Odysseus looked away.
"Don't think like that.." He told her, his purple eyes almost caught her off guard for a second. "Besides if you need anything just ask me or Argos." He assured her, and walked out Argos Picked up his head, licked her arm and left following his master. Windswept Flower sighed and fell back asleep,
--Later in the Day--
Windswept Flower was putting some of the feathers Argos had collected into some of the younger children's hair. If they wanted one they would just have to ask her, she laughed at their bright smiles and their excitement. She had let some of the girls braid her hair while she did the other kids' hair. They had put the some of the white streak in her haid into the braid. She finished up what she was doing and walked back home to find that Sela was sitting up, he was swaying side to side a bit but he seemed more distant.
"You alright?" She asked, and he looked at her, he nodded slowly and went to stand up but fell instead. "Why don't I help you to sit down?" She asked and he nodded again and she helped him up, leaning on her good leg to keep herself from falling. He sat back down on the bed, "Can you talk or no?" He shook his head and opened his mouth, but not a sound came out. "Alright, Do you need anything?" Again he shook his head, he pointed to her injured leg and patted the bed beside him. She understood what he was trying to say and sat down beside him. He pointed at her leg again and she looked at him, "My leg?" he nodded, "That man did it so I couldn't escape from him... If it weren't for you I could be dead... Thanks... You where the only one who helped me..." Sela took a deep breath,
"I'm...Sorry..." He sighed his voice rough and scratchy, "I... should... have.. gotten... there... Earlier..." He looked down, and she turned his head towards her,
"Hey, Don't be! You got there before he could do anymore damage. You saved me, I'm grateful for that!" She smiled, he didn't seem any different, "And I would be glad to consider you a friend." He looked at her,
"I...Would...Like...that.." He weakly smiled, and Argos came in, he licked Sela's hand, Sela rubbed Argos's head.
"Odysseus found someone in the woods and he wants you to see him." Argos informed them, Windswept Flower helped Sela stand and helped support him. Despite being unbalanced herself, Argos lead them to Odysseus, who was standing over something in the bushes. He waved them over, and they saw a man tied up on the ground.
"Sorry, He was too fast to just knock down, I kinda had to wrangle him. But I thought you would like to see him." Odysseus sighed dragging the roped man out of the bushes, the man and Sela made eye contact. They both immediately recognized each other, Fred moved his arm and untied the rope. While Odysseus held Fred's sword along with his own, Fred quickly untied his feet, and stood up.
"Sela?" Fred asked and Sela nodded, "You look like hell." Sela rolled his eyes,
"It's.. nightshade..Fred...What.. do you.. think?" Sela asked, trying to stand on his own, He managed to do it. Fred looked at Sela,
"But the general told us to "Either Suck it up, or ((Basically die)) stick it up." And you look like you have been trying to stick it up." Fred said Flatly, and Sela looked at him,
"But.. the general.. is dead, ...we don't have to... listen to him anymore... Fred... this place is beautiful... And the...people are nice." Sela tried to explain it to his brother,
"You're calling the savages 'nice'?" Fred asked, and Windswept Flower looked at him.
"Hey I am right here!" She objected, and Fred turned his attention to her, he like Sela towered over her.
"And you might be?" He growled, "Oh that's right a savage!" Sela pushed him back,
"Fred stop it... snap out of it... and look around you!" Sela demanded as his brother lunged at him, Sela fell to the ground, There was a bright flash and Sela was gone and a golden Rabbit hopped out from under Fred. The Golden Rabbit jumped on Fred and bounded away, Fred growled curses and there was a bright Flash and Fred was gone in his place a golden bear. The rabbit bounded past the bear again but this time the bear swatted at it. The bear's paw struck the rabbit and it went tumbling, the bear moved closer to the rabbit. When the rabbit shot up and kicked the bear in the nose, the bear stumbled back in surprise. The Rabbit stood in front of Odysseus and Windswept Flower, then ran at the bear, who caught it in his jaws. It threw the rabbit aside, and the rabbit hit the ground and let out a small squeal in pain. The Rabbit became Sela and there was blood dripping down his forehead. He collapsed and lay still, the bear inched closer, it opened it's maw, Sela flipped over and kicked the bear in the mouth. The bear became Fred and he stumbled back, he spit something out. The two brothers looked at each other differently for a second, before they shot straight up as if electricity had run through them. Sela coughed out smoke and so did Fred before he ran at his brother and slammed his brother's head into the ground.
"I'm sorry brother... I have to... He won't leave me alone..." Fred told his still conscious brother, as they both did the whole electricity thing again. Sela coughed but his brother had fallen on top of him, with his hand around Sela's neck. Sela went to move him off when he had the shocks run through him again. He choked on the smoke, Windswept Flower ran over to the two of them and pulled Fred's hand off Sela. Sela shook as another shock ran through him, she could feel them both, the static around them charging up. She looked around and saw a man in the bushes, he smiled and the brothers tensed again. Odysseus looked where she was looking and saw nothing. He had an Idea, and called for one of the Angels, He threw the charm and Tech appeared.
"What do y-?" Tech began, But Odysseus cut him off,
"Longfellow, does that name mean anything to you?!" Odysseus demanded in a panic.
"Yes he's a demon, the one of electricity and magic why?" Tech replied and Odysseus pointed at the brothers as the two shook again. "Oh! Yep they are cursed alright!"
"How do we get them to stop?" Odysseus asked an Tech shrugged,
"You can't. You have to kill the demon who put the curse on them." Tech replied, "You could ask the guardian..." Odysseus nodded and Tech disappeared,
"Argos you know what to do." Odysseus commanded, and Argos ran at the demon and began to rip it apart, but the shocks where getting more violent. Sela's eyes rolled and his whole body tensed but was shaking, red blood mixed foam dripped from his lips. He relaxed but tensed up again, when Argos came back with blood dripping from his mouth. The two brothers had stopped, Fred had passed out, but Sela was still conscious. He coughed, Windswept Flower pushed his hair out of his eyes. Windswept Flower sighed in relief, Sela coughed again, finally getting the foam out of his mouth.
"I.. Spoke... way too.. soon.." He sighed, and Windswept Flower laughed, but Odysseus looked at Argos, Sela coughed out more smoke and sat up. "Ugh... That wasn't any fun at all.."
"Why would you think that was fun?" Windswept Flower asked, and then looked at Fred, "And why would your own brother attack you?" Sela looked at his brother,
"That was the point it isn't fun... He told me he didn't want too... That the general wanted him too.." Sela sighed and Windswept Flower hugged him, and he turned into the rabbit, "I feel small and fluffy..." Odysseus and Windswept Flower were laughing hysterically. Windswept Flower picked the rabbit up, "Nevermind.. I am small.. and probably fluffy too..." Windswept Flower petted him and laughed,
"You are.. Did you not realize you could do this? Did you not realize it earlier?" She said, and the rabbit paused,
"I did this earlier?" He asked, and she nodded, "Me and Fred were fighting as humans not animals.." She stopped,
"Well to us, you looked like a rabbit and Fred looked like a bear.." She told him, "I'm going to put you down and help carry your brother back to camp." He nodded and as soon as she set him down an arrow flew past him, he looked at the direction of the person shooting the arrows. Just as another arrow flew in the direction of Windswept Flower, he became human, caught it and snapped it in half. The bushes rustled as who ever it was ran for in. Windswept Flower laughed, "Smooth real Smooth." she rolled her eyes, and he dropped the arrow.
--Later--
The chieftain had heard that they had found Sela's brother, and went to visit Windswept Flower. There, he was surprised to find that the two brothers were talking on the bed, and Windswept Flower was making something out of feathers. She saw him and jumped, Sela turned towards him, but Fred looked like he wanted to run. Sela elbowed his brother, before he stood up and went up to the chief.
"Can we talk, alone?" He asked and the chief nodded, but Sela took out his sword and set it down. They walked out,
"What did you want to talk about?" The chieftain asked,
"The fights." Sela sighed, and those words interested the chieftain.
"What about them?" The chief asked,
"My brother.. I do not think he will fully trust you, if you put him in the fights. I do not remember my past, nor can I remember what we are. But he does and he has learned that natives are bad, and will kill. I know that, that is untrue but he doesn't, the only ones he trusts right now are me, Windswept Flower, and Odysseus." Sela explained, "I have prepared to go in his place. Besides he would kill the champions due to what we are, and I would not." The chief cocked his head,
"You have prepared to give up your freedom for your brother's?" He asked, and Sela nodded,
"He needs to trust others and if that means me going in his place then so be it." Sela replied calmly, the chief nodded.
"So be it..." The chieftain sighed, "Does Windswept Flower know?"
"Not yet. I know she would try and convince me not to. But I have made up my mind." Sela replied, and The chief nodded,
"She cares for you, you know, Her whole world would be lost if you died." He told Sela who nodded,
"I know. I care for her as well, but I want to give my brother a new start." Sela admitted, and the chief dismissed him.
--Later--
"Sela if you knew then why do it?" She demanded, and Sela shifted,
"You saw how he reacted to you, I want him to know natives aren't as bad as he thinks they are." Sela said calmly, and she sighed angrily,
"What will happen if you die? How do think he will react?" She asked, and he put his hand on her shoulder,
"I will hope that you will comfort him." Sela said becoming the rabbit and nuzzling her, "And for you to know that I have never had a family beside my brother and when I came here, I found one, and am glad to be apart of it." He sighed, and she picked him up, he nuzzled her face.
"Promise me something," She asked, and he looked at her,
"What?" He asked as she set him down and he became human.
"That you won't get hurt too bad..." She told him and he picked her up,
"I won't try too." He said holding her close, "But the next fight is tomorrow.. And I'm apart of it."
"Who's it against?" She asked fearing the worst,
"The Chieftain's champion..." He sighed and she looked shocked,
"He'll over power you! He'll kill you!" She cried, and he held her head in his hand,
"I have faith, I trust it will be in my favor." He sighed, she looked at him, "Besides, I have people I need to live for. I won't die like that." He told her, and she held his hand against her face. He smiled, "Let's go get some sleep." She nodded and he picked her up and carried her back to the house. They fell asleep together, with Windswept Flower using Sela as a pillow.
--The next day--
He was nervous, Facing the Chieftain's champion, from just days ago facing Ocean Blown Breeze's champion was a big leap. He waited to be called in or put in with his opponent, but in the meantime he paced back and forth. He was put in with the other champion, who was smaller than him. The two champions looked at each other studying what to do. The smaller one ran forward and Sela moved out of the way. The smaller one realized that Sela's strength was his speed. And waited for Sela's attack, Sela ran to the opposite side of the arena. The champion ran forward and swung at Sela's leg, Sela jumped up and the champion had just missed his leg by seconds. The other Champion kicked Sela's leg in and knocked him down. Sela stood up quickly and scaled the wall, the other champion confused by the move watched as Sela kicked off the wall and landed on the other side of him. He charged again, Sela slid out of the way, but he saw that coming and slashed his sword upward. He nicked Sela's eye, Sela stumbled back in surprise. The other Champion saw his opportunity and hit Sela's other eye. Sela was blinded but he could still hear, he hear the footsteps as the other champion boasted what he had done. He ran forward and knocked the other man down, the two struggled against each other. There was a pop, as the man Dislocated his shoulder trying to get Sela off him. Sela got up, and the other man stood up, he tried to swing his sword but his shoulder wouldn't move. The fight was called Sela had won, despite being blinded, Windswept Flower walked him home scolding him for his stupidity. She sat him down on the bed and got some water and cleaned the blood off his face. He opened his eyes and smiled,
"See I didn't get hurt that bad." He laughed, and Windswept Flower crossed her arms before laughing too.
--Few years later--
"Whispering Wind, Get back here!" Fred called, running after his brother's son, before being knocked over by Call Of The Magpie. He laughed, Odysseus who was watching the three shook his head laughing too. Argos was near him smiling, Call of the Magpie got off her uncle, with a smile on her face. She tackled her brother,
"Hey!" Whispering Wind cried, and He and his sister played tag a bit. Fred became his bear,
"Rawr I'm going to eat you." He told them and they laughed running with him chasing after them, Call of the Magpie jumped and became a white fox. And dug into the ground, coming up past Fred, he turned around and Whispering Wind ran past but Fred tagged him. Whispering Wind ran after his sister who had become human again and was climbing up a tree. Someone ran their sword through Odysseus, Argos looked just in time to see it.
"No!" Argos barked, biting the person, or at least he thought, they kicked him off and he could see them in better light. The Brother in Red, he growled,
"Listen closely guardian, May you live longer than the rest. Until you find the last of the blood. Only then will you be free." The Brother commanded, and Kicked Argos, The dog went tumbling. And landed in the field with Fred, he whimpered in pain.
"Argos?" Fred asked and Sela and Windswept Flower, had walked out of their house and saw Odysseus first. They went to him, Sela keeled down and put his hand on his friend feeling for some sort of sign there, was life left in him. But there was nothing, He closed Odysseus's eyes and Windswept Flower choked back a sob. They looked around for Argos and Fred waved them to him, They came and there was Argos the dog was breathing heavily.
"Argos what has happened?" Sela asked putting his hand on the dog's head.
"The Red One he... He killed him... and Cursed me.." Argos managed to say and Sela rubbed his head,
"It is okay my friend.." Sela tried to comfort the dog, but Argos began to cough something black in color up, it formed a person and everyone jumped back.
"Hello Boys, Did you miss your General?" It asked and Sela and Fred unsheathed their swords.
"Windswept Flower, get the kids! Keep them safe!" Sela shouted, and they both tensed up, Sela moved forward despite the shocks. And slashed his sword at the General, but the General responded by running Sela through. The Sky darkened and began to rain, Sela was wide eyed,
"No!" Windswept Flower cried, and Moved enough for the children to see their father as he fell.
"Father!" They cried, Fred moved faster and thrust his sword into the general, but in the process running himself through. Fred fell aswell, and the general disappeared, Windswept Flower ran forward and picked up Sela's top half and put her hand over his wound.
"Please don't leave me.." She cried, and Sela picked up his hand and put it to her face, she held it there. He sighed and fell limp, his hand slid off her face. "No.. Please.. No..." She cradled him as The rest Of the Tribe came out, her cries brought out her brother who saw Sela, his brother and Odysseus dead. She could see his spirit floating above her, he gently kissed her and disappeared. Her brother picked her up away from Sela's body, and two of the village elders got Whispering Wind and Call of the Magpie.
((Next chapter will be with the present peeps not the past peeps, Anymore because I cried..))