Chapter 15 The Lord of Brightport
Once we were back in the werewolf village, and Boldof made sure Kiva was okay, he asked her what happened while she was in the Nether.
"After I was taken to the Nether, those mean Shadow Knights locked me in a cage with that weird shadow thing", she revealed.
"Do you know what that shadow thing was", Aaron asked her.
"I don't know", Kiva replied. "But I overheard those Shadow Knights say 'sacrificing her should return some of his strength to him.'"
"Whose 'him'", Melissa asked.
"I don't know", Kiva replied.
"Kiva, what about the lord of Brightport", Boldof asked her. "Do you know what happened to him?"
"No", Kiva replied sadly. "As soon as we got to the Nether, he tried to help me, but the Shadow Knights grabbed onto him and took him away. I don't know where he is."
"I see. Well, at least you are safe, Kiva", Boldof said. Then, with an angry look on his face. he turned to face his son. "Lowell, what you did was very reckless! The Nether is a dangerous place!"
"Kiva was in trouble, Dad", Lowell pointed out. "I couldn't just sit back and do nothing!"
After hearing this, Boldof let out a sigh of defeat. "I guess there is no point in arguing about it now? The both of you are safe, and that is what matters the most."
"What about the lord of Brightport", Kiva asked. "Is he going to be okay?"
Before anyone could answer the question, Aaron suddenly caught whiff of a certain scent, and he began sniffing around.
"What is it, Aaron", Melissa asked him. Then, she also caught whiff of the scent, and began sniffing around as well. "Wait a minute. Is that-"
"Blood", Aaron replied. "Follow me."
After he smelled blood, Aaron and Melissa got up and ran off in the direction of the scent. I followed after them, and by the edge of the village…we found the start of a trail of blood.
"Was this here before", Aaron asked.
"If it was, someone in the village would've smelt it by now", Melissa replied.
"Do you know whose blood it is", Aaron asked.
"I don't recognise the scent", Melissa replied.
"Then let's follow it and see where it leads", Aaron said. Him and his sister then began following the trail of blood, with Aphmau following closely behind them.
We followed the trail of blood for a while. When we finally reached the end of it, it led us to a heavy metal door that was inside the edge of a hill.
"A metal door inside the edge of a hill in the middle of nowhere. Nothing suspicious going on here at all", Melissa said sarcastically.
Aaron then tried pushing hard on the door, but it wouldn't budge. "If only Garroth was here. He won't let any door get in his way."
"But he's not here", Melissa pointed out. "So what are we going to do now?"
Before Aaron could answer his sister, both of their ears suddenly perked up. They heard footsteps coming from the other side of the door. "Someone's coming."
After Aaron heard someone approaching us, he came to me, and suddenly picked me up! Before I could say anything, him and Melissa jumped onto the top of the hill.
Once we were up there, we looked down below us…and saw a man wearing a mask walked out of the metal door.
When Aaron saw his opportunity, he took it. With quick speed, and without being seen by the masked man, he swung through the door just as it was closed!
I tried to call out his name, but Melissa quickly covered my mouth. She then shushed me before pointing towards the masked man. He took a quick look around before leaving, and thankfully…he dropped a set of keys! Once he was gone Melissa suddenly picked me up and jumped down to the ground below. After she put me down, she picked up the keys, and opened the door.
The inside of the hill had been carved out to make a hall. Melissa and I ran through it, and when we reached the end…we found Aaron standing in front of a cell. It's bars had been sliced off, most likely by him.
Relieved that he was okay, I rushed up to him. Then…I saw that someone else was standing next to him.
"The lord of Brightport", Melissa exclaimed as she rushed up to everyone else.
"Thank you for rescuing me", the lord said. "My name is Burt. I am the lord of Brightport."
"Are you alright", Melissa asked Burt.
"I am alright", Burt replied. "But what about the poor child who was taken to the Nether? Is she okay?"
"She's okay", Melissa replied. "Aaron and I rescued her from the Nether."
"Oh thank Irene", Burt said in relief.
"That masked guy might come back here any moment", Aaron pointed out. "Let's head back to the werewolf village. You can explain everything that happened to us there."