Chapter 9 Sticks and Stones Yellow

Chapter 9 Sticks and Stones

There where dozensens of skeletons and they all came at us in waves. I pulled out frostbiter wishing I had a hammer. “Beecs try to break the spell that’s animateing them.” I said as a big skeleton crashed into my sword. “Guys form a wall” Lupin cried over the rattle of the skeletons. On the outer wall was me, Lupin, Lionday, Kingsly and Em on the inside was Saria and Beecs. I heard ancient chanting from behind me as I tried to push the big skeleton away. My sword slashed into its arm but it had little effect. I turned my head towards Lupin who had a skeleton who still had golden hairs attached to its skull. The skeleton wore womans armour “Looks like even when there dead they can’t resist you”. “Yah guess you could say your looks could wake the dead” he laughed pushing the girl skeleton back it smashing it into another one. I heard a snort as I saw Lionday weave in and out of skeletons reach smashing there legs jumping through there ribs. On the boars back was Em jollily singing as she smashed the kneecaps of several skeletons. The skeleton I still haden’t dispatched finnaly found his sword well a sword it probably wasn’t his, it being stuck through his ribs. He made a haphazared lunge at me that I parried. I put one solid boot on his cracked yellowed face and kicked him back toppoling him and several others behind him. I heard a crack and I spun to Kingsly side and saw what remaind of his skeleton. It was a pile of dust clutched in his bloddy hand was a femur bone. “AND STAY DEAD” he said wipping his face with an handcerceif he had on him. I quickly picked up a femur as well it would make a better weapon against them. “Lupin grab a femur and join the fun”. “Aye Aye captain pummel” He said cluching one. We proceded to crack there skulls open usually ending there return to life. However the second wave had taken the extra time to get there own weapons and were using them us. I got a nasty slash on my shoulder but my femur repaid the pile of bones with a crack to face.

In the fighting I hadn’t noticed that the chanting had stoped. I turned to face Beecs and saw her locked in battle with a skeleton. Saria held a dagger trying to assist Beecs in her fight. I ran over to them and lifted the monster up it struggled but I chucked it into the swarm of bones. “Hi girls hows it going” I asked. “Sorry Hon that monster distracted me from the chant but I don’t think I’ll be able to break it but I was on to something that might work give me a moment” she said. “Umm….. Need help Ralf” Saria asked. “Well you could grab a femur and get smashing but I think you should stay here and make sure Beecs doesn’t get killed.” I said not looking at her. Lionday finally ran out of luck and was grabbed by a skeleton Em toppoling of and scampering away. “Sorry lovely gotta go to work.” I said. “Hey you yeah you with the pig, don’t make me turn you into chalk” I shouted running at the glorified walking casket. Lionday swung out of his grip as my femur bone crashed into its skull. The bone broke, I quickly grabbed another femur to use. I saw Em return to Lionday jumping on his back and they continued there bash fest. I felt a piece of metal slash my back as I spun around to see the grinning face of a skull. It grabbed onto me with its hands. Just then Kingsly rammed into the creature sending it into a wall all that remained was a bit of dust. “Hon we gotta find a red skull if we do that we’ll end the skeletons animation”. “Alright Beecs anyone got ideas” I asked. Then we saw at the back of the room a skeleton dressed in heavy metal armour. It was well protected. Its red hands heaved a iron sword the size of Lionday. It launched forwards its red emotionless face fixed on us. “Found it” Em said a small finger pointed at it. “Sir. Rafel may I take him” I heard Kingsly ask. “Um sure go ahead Kingsly”. With that Kingsly charged at the hunk of metal leaping half way to him and slaming the femur bone into the iron cage the monster was in. The sword salshed his arm but he seemed not to notice. His mighty but delicate hands griped the blood read skull and yanked it away from the spine. The body toppoled but the head was still very much so alive. He tossed it at Beecs. Beecs grabed it and shoved it into the slot in the door. A blast of light shot through the room and we watched as the skeleton and there equitment turned to dust and was flushed out by a great wind. “YEAH DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT!!!” Kingsly shouted shooting his fist up in the air. A second latter he recoverd from his out burst his calm collected face returning “Yes so shall we continue?” he asked. “Yah I think we should take a break those skeleton weamon sure know how to treat a guy” He said rubbing a cut on his arm. “Yeah we could all use some healing” I admitted. “We can’t just wait here we got a forest to save” Em said. “Um… Guys I have a solution I don’t know if it will work but I have these” Saria said holding out a bag filled with bottles. Em grabbed one and looked at it “This is a healing potion. How do you know how to make these”. “Well you see my grandmother was the potion maker in the village so I picked up a few things. They don’t heal a lot and they don’t taste to good but there all we have” Saria said looking at her vials. We all took one and swiged them down, the flesh on my back came back together and so did the wound on my shoulder. Everyone looked better and there was still 3 potions left in the bag. “I would have preferred the wounds to the potion” Lupin said spitting onto the ground “What did you put in that potion” lupin asked. “Umm.. some mushrooms a little herb grass and bullywog juice” she said “Its what my grandmother did”. It was true the potion tasted like rotten fish mixed with bitter herbs and watered down to an annoying level. Getting myself back together “Everyone good” I asked. They all replied then we turned out attention to the door. On the door was a warning “To those who enter be prepared to die Hauta”. “Well guys looks like the fun just started” Lupin said his face beaming with excitement.

Chapter 8 Damp and Cold Yellow

Chapter 8 Damp and cold

The long hall ended in a giant iron door. In the prime of its life the door whould have been an impressive door that would have been hard to enter. However now it was rusted and was dented lying almost broken. “Be careful there Rafel thing might be trapped” Lupin cautioned. I made a gesture and Lionday ran right into it. The iron door fell off its hinges and clattered to the floor making a long loud clang that rang down the halls. “Yeah great idea Rafel. No one’s gonna know where here now” Lupin said his words dripping with sarcasm. I took a long look down the hall then said to Lupin “Yeah well I don’t think anything is really listeing there’s only skeleton’s down there” I said. The hall had rows of skeletons some in better shape than others. I put a solid foot down into the hall and strode a bit farther down. I turned to the others “Yeah probably traped but come-on”. The rest of the group hesitantly followed they soon joined me in the center of the hall. Rebecca looked at the floor “Hmmmm Hun come look at this” she said to me. “Yeah what is it Beccs” I said looking at the floor. The floor had a patern in the center was a big circle with four lines of runes coming out from it and to the edges of the room. “Well see this rune here is for life and the one there is for death and where standing on a trigger for” she sprang up almost knocking her head into mine. “Rafel do you know what this room is full of?” Rebecca asked. “Skeletons” “Yes and the runes here bring them back to life” She said. I turned and looked at them they seemed to be in the same position. “Okay then why haven’t we been attacked yet” I asked. “There waiting” she said “look at that one there” she said pointing at a very new one. I looked at it and sow it slowly twitch. “Hey guys don’t get near the walls” I said. “Darn and I was about to give one a hug to” Em said. “Rafel I think we should keep moveing” Lupin said. “I agree with sir Lupin I think that whould be a capital idea”. “Yeah guys lets keep moveing forward” I said. We cautiously made our way to the other big iron doors on the far side. On the door was wrighting but it was of an old elfish tounge there was also what looked like the imprent of a skull. I put my hands on the door and tried to push it open. “Good try Hun but I don’t think that’ll work”. “What does the wrighting say Beecs” I asked. “Sorry hun I don’t know Kingly you know”? “I must apologize for my lack of knowledge sir lupin”? “Nope Saria you got any ideas”? “Oh me um sorry everyone I don’t know what that means”. We all sat I silence. “Oh Hey guys lets ask the brownie no? it talks about the wand and then says theres a guardian well more like an evil spirt of some kind” Em said. “Um Em do you know how to get the door open” I asked. “My guess is take a skull and put it in the key hole” she said tapping the hole with her sword. “Right I’ll just go and take a skeleton’s head off” Lupin said. As he turned around to find a sutible canadite for his surgery he saw a wave of bones approaching. “Hey guys the good news is we have a lot of willing volenteurs”. Then the battle started.

Lost Years Chapter 7-Y

You know i kinda don't like this chapter then again most of the stuff that comes from deep within i don't like causes I'm scared others wont either.

Chapter 7 How long must you wait for love?

Frostbiter buried its blue tip into the ground my hand not having the power to hold its now heavy blade. My eyes ignoring the grunt of the man on the ground and Em’s struggles to break the others man’s grip, my eyes where focused on the girl. The girls hair was like waves of brown beauty, they washed over my eyes drawing me near. Her curved body was displaced by the heavy studded leather she wore now. But underneath the armour she wore a dress made of silk that had her family’s pattern stitched on. She held a bow pointed at me but her eyes, oh those pools of shining blue sapphires, grew wide and the arrow fell to the ground. Her simple lips curved forming the words “Rafel” but no sound escaped them. I nodded as if it was all I could do, that and cry. I remember I did a lot of crying. The tears just whouldn’t stop I wasn’t sad no infact I was filled with joy I had never experienced before except around her. “Saria” I said my voice weak I didn’t even know if she heard me. We both made small steps towards one another “I thought you where dead” we both said. “The elves” I said avoiding her eyes remembering that horrible sight. “We thought the Orcs where still there when you sent that letter saying how you planded to come home we escaped that night I didn’t know if you where still” I silenced her with my lips. I wanted to do more to show her my love but in that moment I didn’t know how to convey it except by pressing ones lips to another to try to give your spirit to another. My arms slid around her I wanted to hold her and never let go to protect her. The rest of the world vanished it was me and her that’s all that mattered. Then I was jerked away from her “Rafel its great to see you” the man that had previously had a dagger to my back said. He hugged me it was an awkward hug my focus on Saria. Only once he let go did I realize who it was. “Oh Lupin its you” my face red. I felt Em kick me hard in the leg “We have a forest to clensens and you’re here snogging with your girl” she huffed. “Bout time you came back what brought you back the orcs, the posion the girl” He said jabbing me. “Oh stop teasing the poor boy Lupin I don’t think his minds clear right now” the other girl said. “Yes, it does seem prince Rafel is a bit out of sorts” the other man said. My head still in a fog “Oh hello Rebeca and Kingsly nice to see you”. Kingsly’s voice took the tone of a disappointed parent “Its Sir Kingsly’s”. Rebeca slapped Kingsly on the back of the head “Stop being such stick in the mud Kingles” Rebeca said. “I am the eldest of the two here so I should be shown respect”. “You where born only a minute ahead of me I whould have been out sooner but you got in the way”. The two began to argue over there fight Lupin turned back to me “I see you found yourself another sidekick” Lupin joked “That pig’s got a mighty kick” he said rubbing his shoulder. “Yeah sorry bout that Lionday can be a bit reckless espically around assailants” i said brining up there assault. “After being in a masacere you tend to be untrusting” Lupin sneered. Lupin stood there in thick fancy boots his poofing white pants showing little signs of dirt. He wore chainmail with a studded jacket above it. He had two blades at his side and like all half elves wore a rugged beared. His beared was a blond and it had been shaved into a simple little truff of hair. His blond hair stood peaked no matter how much he moved the hair still poked towards his. “I see you still have that rugged mountain hair”. “Hey it gets the ladies, unlike your short ears”. I rubbed my ear “Its not that short”. “Its worse than a humans ear” he laughed. “Wan’t another kick from the boar”? “Can’t say I would” Lupin said feeling the bruise on his back. I turned towards the argueing siblings. Kingsly wore a bright shining platemail. His spear was buried in the ground a while his hands moved emphasizing each word. Rebbeca held her magical tome inside of her arm. Her perfect black bun held together while her thin lips ran at a mile a minute. Em looked at the reuion a bit out of place and said “Hi guys I’m Em brownie wants to save her home from a bunch of orcs and a mysterious posion anyone wanna help” Lionday snorted as well. “I presume the “brownie” is right we have dilly dalled here to much” kingsly said. We began to trudge down the dark tunnel. Lupin leading Em behind him wanting to be between the swordsman and the wizard. Kingsly and Rebeca “talked” behind Em, while me and Saria held hands in the back, Lionday looked at me rolled his eyes then wen’t letting Em ride him for a bit.

The men where ready to fight. We only had a small battalion at out disposial. The king wished to suplly us with more but he was faced with other matters that needed his attention. In truth the west elves wheren’t well liked by many folks, they thought of them as selfish tree huggers. I had no opnion on the matter I didn’t know any besides Rafel and he is a strange one. I took a seat at the table Mitos, Elacron, Alegred, Borrow and Sidrith. “So where are we with the troops” Elacron asked. “They are ready to go at the break of day, there heading round the mountain” I said simply. After that the group split up around the bar, Sidrith turned in for the night, Alegred and Mitos had a few at the bar and Elacron went to feel around some mans pocket. It was me and Borrow. I quickly stood up very unconfertable at that moment. “I…..” I needed an excuss to leave “I have to go…..to the bathroom” I said lamely. Borrow seemingly unfazed by this “Okay hope you have fun in there” She said waveing me off. I scurried to the door of the bathroom and practicly broke it opening it so fast. It thumped into the wall the thump echoing hollowly. I smacked myself very hard for being such an idiot but what else could I do.

The travels with the troop wasn’t bad, we where able to make good time and it was uneventful. No word from Rafel yet though I wondred where that elf was.

Lost years Chapter 6-Y

Chapter 6. Old lives, Old freinds

The first steps where easy then I stood in the circle that surrouned the solider and then I worried. I had only one foot in I brought the other one in and then there was a beam of light. It came from the sky and struck the warrior in stone. The old stone came to life forming armour on a fleshy body. The rocky hair became smooth and flowed with the strong breeze. The weatherd face became a man who’s lips curled into a smile. The sword lost its yellow and gained a shining sparkeling silver, that gleamed in the sun. The seild in his right hand shown with color depicting a symbol long forgotten. The mans lips moved slowly but his words seemed to flow out “Its been awhile since someone came to die. Come defeat me if you think your strong” He said. “I can’t fight stone” I said. The man lifted up his hand and took his sword cutting into his hand “See, you can cut me” he said he then planted his feet into the ground “Come at me”. I drew Frostbiter “You don’t know what your dealing with” I said. The statue laughed “Then show me little warrior”. “I’m in no mode to be held back” I said. “Course not you whouldn’t be here if you could wait” He snapped. “Hey ladies can you get this over with” Em yelled her voice piercing through the sound of the rushing water. Our feet dashed forward our swords flowing through the air till the clash of steel rang out through the air.

I needed to sleep, wizards need rest. We need it to replenish our spells in our minds. To restablish that trigger in our minds to gather up the energy to cast more spells. Without a good nights sleep we can’t get back our spells. So I was perfectly cappble of falling asleep as soon as we got back to the inn. I weathred todays troubles up the stairs but as I slipped the silky blanket over me to go to sleep the troubles left. My eyelids where the only thing to bear a burden and that was to keep open. As they closed a smile crepted across my face I vaguly heard Alegred say “Hahaha I bet that Rafle kids fighting something right now”.

His blade was heavy, that was a good thing, frostbiter was light, lighter than his that ment I could out speed him. Or atleast I thought I could. This man seemed so fast on his feet so nimble. Our blades locked into each other it was a pushing game now. Most fighters whould push through trying to get past there defense this was a bad idea, see you waste energy when you could just back off or even better deflect it entirely. In a flash I spun my blade sideways and lunged at him. I made contact he let out a grunt. “Ha take that” I said pulling back my blade. The blue steel was comeing out of the mans body when to my utter amazement he grabbed on. “Not so fast” in one great pull the man pulled frostbiter from my hand and gently tossed it away. “No where gonna do this old school” he said dropping his sword. He ran at me his fist raised high to strike. I ducked out of the way triping him. He chaught himself with his hand and spun his legs knocking me on my back. “Take one of these kid” the solider said pounding my face with his fist. “Why are you fighting us” I said trying to block his attack. “You want the crystal you gotta get past me” He said delivering another blow. “LOOK AROUND MAN the forest is dead” I yelled “We don’t have time for this” I stated. “You don’t understand I have to fight you it’s the rules” He said pointing at the base of his statue “On that is the rules I must challenge whoever steps into the circle in a competition. Winner gets to stay on the bridge. Intill the day the gods decided I don’t need to guard this bridge I’m stuck in stone unless I’m in a chalange with someone. They say if I follow the rules I’ll eventually be free” He said. I heard the sound of boots on stone and turned around Em stood in the circle “ALRIGHT then” Em yelled. The man walked over to her and looked down “Uh yes” he said. “I challenge you Mr. Statue man to a competition” She said bravely pointing a finger up at him. “The challenge is simple whoever dies first losses” She said. “I don’t understand” The man said. “Its simple Whoever dies first loses the competition intill then we can do what we want” She said happily. “So I’m free to go” the man said. “That’s the idea” She said “Common Elf we don’t have time to waste” She said Lionday following behind her. “Well then uh I guess I’ll go” The man said. “You could help us” I said to the man. “Thanks but no thanks I think I’m gonna go talk to the gods” he said. The man then jumped high into the sky and he seemed to dissaper. “you comeing or not” Em called. “I’m so confused” I said. Following her.

“Okay Elf where to now” Em said as we followed a trail that had almost dissapered. “The map says where almost here we’ll find the ruins soon” I said looking at the map. “Well we crossed that river” Em said, I knodded. “And then we hit that rock cropping” she said. “Yeah and then there’s the ruins, we should be there” I said. We starred up at the tree “Maybe if we had higher ground” I said. “Thinking the same thing I’ll climb up and tell you what I see” Em said running towards the old oak. It whould take her a while to get up it I thought looking at the ground. The ground was mostly dirt and it had rained recently. The brown mud still lingered and as I starred at the small puddles I realized they wheren’t puddles, they where foot prints. My eyes tracked them they went forward then past the trees down a trail. “Em comeon I found a trail” I said. She jumped down landing near me “What those things there just puddles….oh yep foot prints” She said. “Lion can you sniff the trail for us” I asked the boar. He grunted a yes and stuck his nose into the mudd he snorted a deep one and then he jumped up. He pointed down the trail and started walking down it. We followed it when the steps wheren’t obvious Liondays nose was. Soon we came to a clearing. It held 13 trees. A giant oak that sat in the center and 12 larges pines circleing it. Each pine had some sort of gem in it. The oak held thousands of little green leaves in its wooden hands. On the oak was carved a sign, it was 6 circles that connected in the center. Em Looked puzzled “How we suppose to get in?” she wondered. I began to laugh it was a simple puzzle. Each tree had a different color gem red, blue, yellow, green, purple, orange, black, white, brown, pink a gem that was made of glass and a gem made of stone. On the oaks door was a carving press six gems and the way you shall see. “Great very specific there tree” Em said. “Its simple Em trust me” I said. “Really prove it” She said back. “Okay what where looking for is what makes a forest, Green for the trees” I pressed the emerald green gem it grew warm and slit back a soft click echoed. “Yeah everyone could get that one” she said. “Blue for the water that is the life of the forest and yellow for the sun these to combine to make the green” I said pressing the blue and yellow gems. They both clicked into place just like the green gem. “again even a monkey could do it” She said. “Right so the brown one is for the wood that makes the green stand tall” I said pressing the brown one it clicked as well. “Not that hard” She said. “Yeah its been easy now the real fun begins tell me Em which whould you chose” I said. “Well I’d chose White for light and the red one for the Red woods” She said proudly. I let out a laugh. “Yeah well lets see you do better” She snapped. “Easy its not white because white’s snow which is the death of woods, can’t be black that’s death to, red’s fire which burns down the forest. Pink, purple and orange are all odd men out here not really meaning anything, leaving Stone which the trees roots dig into for support and the clear which is the air which without the trees whould die as well” I said triumphantly the two clicks rang out through the forest as the great oak creaked open its dusty old door. “My gods you did it Elf” Em said amazed “How did you know” she asked. “The riddle here was a song mothers whould sing to there children. The grey stone and the blue river plant the seeds. The yellow sun and cool clear air grow the seeds, and the brown trunks keep the green clouds of plant aloft.” I said being flooded by memories. I stared at the oak for a long time my village was gone the song never would be played again. I don’t know how long it was before Em finaly inturupted my train of thought with “Lets go” but I’m glad she did I didn’t wanna relive my past that I knew I whould never experience again.

The tunnel was dark and roots penetrated the sides of the wall every step. The ground had snags and gaps in almost every step. The dim light of the tourch didn’t show how deep the hole was or how thick that root was. The tunnel became very tiresome after only a short walk. As we walked down the hall Lionday snorted. We spun fast as we could but the silver metal of daggers where already pressed against our cloaks. The assailants where two men and two woman from what I could tell but there could easly be more in the shadows. “Who do you work for” The man behind me said “We work for no one” I said trying to get my hand closer to my sword. “Don’t even think about going for your sword” the man said pressing the dagger in closer to my spine. I pulled my hand back clenching it then pointing to fingers at the man behind me it was a sign. I clenched my fist again and as Lionday took down the man behind me from the shadows i turned to face the rest pulling out frostbiter. As I spun around I was faced with the second greatest shock in my life.