I woke up with a jerk and sat and instantly I looked at my shoulder. I saw a bandage on it and my shirt. I looked around the brightly lit room, I saw an oak dresser and clothes on the floor. I heard a door open from the other side of the room. When I looked at who or what it was , the girl that shot at me walked out. I went stiff and she walked toward me. I moved away as she put her tan hand on my bare chest “Stop please don’t move, I am only here to help you.” she whispers with a soft sweet easy intertwine with each sound. She smiled at me and looked down at her hand. I looked at the tooth puncture and it was glowing a bright blue and white when the light stopped shining the wound was healed.

“What was that?¨ I asked her breathless as she gripped her shoulder where my wound used to be.

She gave me a faint smile, "Don't worry about it 's just a trick I learned" she whispered to me : “My name is Angel, what is yours?" Her ocean blue eyes washed over me like a wave.

“John” I whispered shyly to her. She stared at me, “ Thank you for saving me, back to the hotel I don’t think I would have…” She smiled and sat down in a chair that was next to the bed.

“I understand, you're new to this John?” She asked and something crept into her voice and I nodded my head feeling something twisting inside. “How old are you John?” I didn’t answer and she just nodded “John where were you when the attacks happened?”

“Attacks!?” I was surprised, feeling something twist deeper.

“Yes, I was at school when it happened everyone's phone went off. It was saying ``get to safety, then they hit.” She looked away as pain and anger flashed through her face. I looked at the blanket, it had her name across it and butterflies swarming her name. “You don’t remember anything, was the hotel you’re first….. Encounter?” I looked at him and hung my head.

“Yes, I can't remember anything before the hotel.” I said hanging my head lower and Angel stood up.

“Well let's go find out.” Then she helped me out of the snug cotton bed. She walked over to the dresser and gave me a new shirt from it. I started to feel the pain in my legs. I stumbled “Wooo there, sit down, you 've been asleep for a while.” I looked at her with a weird face. “You were asleep for a week.” I looked at her stunned, “I need to do something, I will be right back.” She smiled then walked to the door she came in and disappeared. I started to walk around in the grass hut as I walked toward the dresser. My eyes locked on a beautiful bow that was on a black wood holder.

She walked into the room as I was looking at it. She noticed me and walked toward me as She chuckled “my father made it for me when I was five that's when,” she paused and walked toward the bow and when she reached it. she picked up the bow where the water stopped and when the water began out of the ocean blue waterfall, She rubbed it. There were screams coming from outside the hut. We ran to the door and we met people running away from black tank that locked eyes on Angel.

It howled and started to walk over to her. The black and gray-haired creature with dark eyes looked at me. I heard hissing from the dog's tail, as it lifted in the air I saw cobras interlaced with each other. When It reached Angel, it knocked her over with a little bump. Then started to lick her with her black tongue "good girl, good girl!" she laughed loudly. The creature sniffed the air, it started to growl and it turned its head at me and bared its razor-sharp teeth.

I started to move my legs to run, but I had this strange feeling ‘relax and look in it’s eye’ I locked eyes with her and I lifted my hand. The dog started to whine as it collapsed to the ground. When I moved my hand she followed it with obedience. “What are you doing to her?" Angel got up looking scared so I put my hand down it stopped whining and people started to stare “We better get inside let's go Rosy.” She opened the door.

Angel quickly went inside the hut and just Rose stared at me. I waved my hand toward the door and Rosy went inside. When I got inside Angel locked the door and grabbed my arms. "How did you do that and don't lie to me?!"

I looked at her and realized that I hadn't seen Jake. "Where is Jake," I asked looking around just in case I missed him. She looked at me with rage in her blue eyes

“Don't change the subject to me like that. Answer my questions and I will answer yours!" She tossed me a glance then she smiled at me.

I smile back and laugh “All right asked away,"

her face turned stern “How did you do that!"

I looked at her and mumble “I just did"

She looked at me like I did not just say that or that I was stupid “You can’t just do dark magic!" she growled at me.

“What are you talking about? I don't know any magic? Unless you are talking about card tricks!" I tried laughing but she looked stunned before she could say anything there was a pounding on the brown oak door.

The door swung open and a tall man in a suit with blue padded on the chest, shoulder, and legs and his eyes looked just like Angels. He takes a step with dark brown leather boots “Angel what are you doing with this traitor." He stared at me then he grunted and looked at Angel "Did you start training him?" she looked at him and smiled "No sir, we just were getting ready for the forgery."

He looked at her with disappointment "Daughter, you said you will train him! Now I will walk you to the forgery." He waved to the door as we walked toward it, he slammed his arm in front of me. He leaned down and whispered “You try anything funny,” Three men came out of the shadows holding weapons. “They will kill you!” He moved his arm with a smile. We walked down the rough cobblestone street. There was a broken down house and little carts that people hollered the items. We reached a beat down little shack with a slight glow.

“Here we are!" He smiled at me “The weapon you choose you better have some skills with.” I looked at him with confusion and fright. He smiled a cold smile and pushed me inside. As I stumbled into the stuffy house something felt wrong. A man wearing a long silk robe with his mouth that looked like it was painted on.

"Good day! How may I help my young customers?" his smile still stayed on his greasy face.

"We're here for a sword for this young boy" Angel's dad barked

"well?" sighted the man “what do want?” he looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes. I thought for a moment ‘you are the one with the blade, you need to be reunited with it’

I looked at him and smiled “A sword please, with red leather tape wrapped around the handle. Can it have black steel blade with a blue diamond in the middle of the hilt.” I took a breath. The man smiled and wrote down everything I wanted.

“Well, that settles that now it is time for measurements," he said in a jolly voice and whipped out a tape measure and took measurements of my arms and my legs "That is a unique size for a sword" he chuckled. He stopped and pulled away, “I can see he is different from the other competitors that went to trial.” He looked at Angel's father and let his smile fade. “Sir, may I speak to you for a moment in private?” Angel’s dad looked at him and nodded. As for me, an Angel sat there waiting as there were hushed whispers coming from the back of the cottage.

“Angel, Is there something wrong with me?” I asked out of the blue. She jumped at the shattering silences. She looked at me with wide blue eyes with confusion. “I mean I didn’t know that Jake was an outlaw. So why am I being charged with anything?” She looked at me with a simple but confused look. I stood and started to pace “You said I could do something, what was it?” Angel reacted so quickly I could not even blink. She put her hand over my mouth and pushed me into the chair next to hers. Her father and the man walked out of the room with grave looks.

The man looked at us and began to say “ Sorry, for being so…” He looked at Angel's father. He said nothing to man “We fear something big is going on. But that's none of your concern so don’t worry about it.” We said nothing as he asked us to leave and that he will ring the bell when the sword's ready. We walked to the large meadow at the end of the village near a huge steel wall with troops walking the tops armed with javelins, swords, and bows.

“What are these people doing up there," I asked as she looked at me and did not answer. I heard metal clangs in the distance. We got to what looked like old horse stables that were converted to training areas. As we entered the last one Angel was walking to the rack of weapons on the wall.

"You will be training with bows, javelins, and swords. I will be your trainer if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask it, it may save your life." I looked at her and followed her as she explained the rules of each place in the training area. She waved for me to follow “we will go to javlints first.” She led me to a barn that was snuggled between two trees. “I am going to be honest with you John. I am not good with Javlints.” I looked at her as she pulled the door open and a few people were scattered around the barn.

“Hey Angel!” A boy yelled from the other side of the room. He walked toward us and gave me a dirty look “Who is this? I didn’t know we had a new member of the village.” He looked at me up and down “He looks like he has been a drifter.” He smiled at me and put his hand “Hey my name is Luke, I am Angel friend” He put his hand and I just looked at him. He pulled his hand back awkwardly and put it in his pocket.

“Hey idot!” A guy yelled from a group of people “Maybe he doesn’t want to catch your stupid!” He turned red and kicked the ground.

“I… I’m….” he looked at Angel and the guy started to laugh.

“Aww baby crying to crush? You don’t have a chance!” He smiled as his group laughed in agreement. Luke looked at the floor and walked out of the barn and Angel went after him “Yeah go run to mommy!” I looked at him and he stopped laughing “What are you looking at mute.”

I smiled, “You can ask your girlfriend that question and tell her I will be a little late tonight because this is the night where you screw your mother in the shower.” He looked back at me shocked.

“What did you say to me?” He said his face was getting red.

“You heard what I said twinkle toes!” I hollered at him

“I’m going to go and beat you to a pupil!” He screamed and ran at me. I squared my body up and I smiled as he was a few steps away. I flipped him and he landed on the hard against the barn floor. “Why, You!” As soon as he got half way up I drilled him with my knee. He fell down holding his nose. I grabbed him by his crust covered hair and smashed His face in the splintering wood. I heard another person running on the floor. I roundhouse kicked and one of the kids from his group flipped sideways.

I grabbed him and slammed him into the bullys back. I squatted down and picked him up. “Now listen here, you piece of filth, you will apologize to me and Luke and if you don't, well…. You don’t wanna find out.” I threw him back to the floor. I saw Angel walk in with Luke and looked stunned. “That one there has something to say to you.” I picked him up and he started to cry.

“I’m sorry Luke, I’m sorry for all the mean things I say about you. I say because I am jealous and I want to be your friend but I thought you were too cool for me so I started to bully you.” he was baling and he ran out of the barn and his gang followed. Angel smiled at me. Luke looked at me with the biggest grin on his face.

“Thank you, you stood up for me and I don’t even know your name.” He was still grinning ear to ear. I put out my hand and he shook it.

“All you need to know is that they won't mess with you.” I walked out of the barn and Angel ran after. Angel caught up to me and smiled, I looked at her “What?” I looked at her smile and grew bigger.

“Nothing, just was very noble of you to put your neck out for luke.” She moved closer to me. I looked at her and sighed, “We need to get to the next area, where we are going to go do swordplay!” She smiled and started to run. I looked at her from a distance and started to jog after her.

We entered the sword arena "You will face me with these wooden swords." She tossed me a bright yellow sword and I looked at her like she was crazy.

“Are you kidding me?" she lashed her bright yellow sword at me.

“No" she went for my chest. I paired with a swift strike. “Good" she smiled and lashed at my sides. I paired as she kicked me in the chest with her leather boot.

“Hey, you kicked me!” I said looking at the dirt shoe print on my chest.

“Stop your whining! From what you did to nathon you should be able to take a hit.” She laughed and lunged at me with a swipe to the neck. I dodged the sworded and hit her leg with the hilt.

“That's his name?” She fell and swung at my leg. I jumped and rolled behind her. I put the sword to her throat.

“You give?” I asked in a cocky tone. Then she brought her elbow back and elbowed me in the leg and hit my side. I was on the ground and she was on top of me.

“You should never give the kill away to ask a question, next time take the kill!” She got up and barked “Again” I kept practicing the same thing until I was sore and sweaty.

Chapter 2: The garden of healing

The Ringing of the bell broke our concentration. It came from the blacksmith hut. We started to walk to the hut to pick up my sword. “Good to see you again wait here and I will get the sword!" we heard the leather boots walking on the creaking floors. He came back with two arrow slings and a fabulous sword with everything I wanted "Angel I made you some arrows by request of your dad. You know he wants you to practice with your bow. Well I guess that settles it so go and try out your sword." He shooed us away and we reached the training ground at noon. I unsheath my sword. The midnight black blade glowed in the noon sun. The ocean blue diamond shone in the hilt of the sword.

“let's try the beauty out!" I looked at her and smiled.

"Why not?" she pulled a sword of her own from a sheath that was on the door.

I felt a shock as I paired her blows, I was moving faster and I was striking harder. “You're doing good John!” She said over the clanging of our swords. I kept driving with a force that was not mine. She started to slow down or was it that I was moving too fast for her to keep up. “John slow down!” I tried but my body was on autoplot. I jerked to a stop as I saw an angel panting and bleeding from her arm.

“I'm so sorry Angel I didn't mean to….” I said in a frantic voice

“It's okay, let's just go do something else and come back, okay?” She said in a soft voice like she was tired, or scared. I nodded and walked toward achory. When I got there Angel was healed and She had the bow from this morning. “Okay, you will get fifteen arrows and fifteen targes, but you will need to hit the target before you leave, Okay?” She smiled as I grabbed a bow.

“It's easy, all you have to do is relax and release your feelings.” She pulled back and shot an arrow into the center of the target with ease. I stood in awe as she swiftly moved through all the targets. All the targets had arrows in the middle of them “See? do what I did.” I looked at her in shock and she started to blush “I'm sorry I kinda practice a little too much, try your best.” I walked to the first target then took aim and missed by five feet. “Your doing it wrong, your form is crooked!” She walked over and wrapped her hand around my waist “relax this part of your body,” Slid her hand up as she put her foot between mine.

“Woah! watch it!” I said with a smile and she started to blush and pulled away a little.

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“Keep your legs spread and your hips.” She moved her hand and for some reason I wished it would stay there, “Okay try now!” I aimed and she grabbed my arm and pointed to the string “Watch this it will leave a nasty welt from getting hit by it.” She let go of my arm and I felt the same feelings again. I aimed again and shot it on the bottom ring of the target. “Yay! very good, Let's try it again!” She smiled as we worked through it again.

Angel saw the sun setting and she put down the bow “It's time for dinner we better get back to the hut." We walked to her hut in silence. “You did good today John, I am happy with your progress.” She moved closer to me and wrapped her hand into mine. I smiled and looked at the village. “You are good person and I am happy that I am one that

When we got there two guards were standing at the door. “Time for your shift Angel" he pointed at me. “The mayor said you are going to.” We started to walk toward the wall and they stopped thirty feet away.

He pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Angel."Here is your schedule for the month, it's a little tight but there have been more activity senses,” he looked at me "Well there it is.” We started to walk to the wall again in complete silence. We reached the wall a minute or two later the wall was covered with ivy and tree sprouts. He moved a tree sprout where there was a secret door underneath it “moves along we don't have all night!" the man said in a hoarse voice. When we climbed down the ladder to a big gray stone room with people walking around the room to the tunnels that branched off.

The tall man looked up and growled “Angel showed him his route around the wall" then he left us alone in the room. "Well that went well," I said sarcastically and she looked at me sheepishly,

“He means well, he's dad's best friends and he cares about me a lot." she started to walk down the dirt covered hall I ran to catch up with her. At the end of the hall, there was a ladder. I reached the top of the ladder and I felt the wind in my long hair. Angel looked at me in shock then quickly walked away. "This is the route north to the south tower then to east to the west and then repeat." I looked at her and nodded at her.

She looked at me as we walked around the perimeter “I have to tell you something, your trial is tomorrow." I looked at her in shock. We never talked about the trial, but it's tomorrow.

"What are you talking about!" I stared at her face red in the cold fall wind,

“You'll have to fight a monster of my father's choice if you win you will be free and if you.. you."

I stared at her and asked "if I what?" I could see tears forming in her blue eyes. I did not press. “So where's your parents?”

“My dad's the mayor and my mom well she left after I was born.” She kicked a little pebble off the wall.

“Im so sorry Angel.” I tried to look at her but she looked away. We repeated it intell a person told us to leave. We walked back to Angel hut in silence. As we got in Angel pulled off her shirt. I turned around with a red face.

“You can look, it's not like you haven't seen you naked.” I turned and she was in white underwear and bras. She grabbed my hand and pulled me to the bed. “You will be my teddy bear.” She tugged off my dirty shirt and my ripped jeans. She threw them to the floor. “Can I ask you a question?”

I looked at her as she laid down “Yeah anything Angel.”

“Do you remember anything before this? Because I can’t remember much from before but I remember something and it's bothering me.” She looked at me and her eyes were filled with hate and sadness.

“No, I’m sorry but what’s bothering you Angel?” I laid on the bed next to her.

“I don’t know it's silly,” She looked at me and blushed “There's this voice that keeps coming into my dreams and it's always happy and it reminds me of your voice.” She rolled over to the edge.

“Well I would be lucky if it was, but I’m sorry but I can’t remember anything.” I said and laid on my back in the middle “I am okay with it being me though Angel, lets get some sleep.”

"Good night." Angel yawn then rolled over from the edge and hugged me. I could feel her body mold into mine as she put her head on my chest.

I fell asleep to her calm breathing. When I woke up Angel was changing into a new bra. "Good morning sleepy head" she was glowing “Get ready, I have to show you something." I got ready and Angel tossed a granola bar “Eat, okay we have a long walk ahead” She pulled the door open and smiled. As we walked down the road Angel greeted everyone. I could feel them staring out at me. As we entered a field Angel addressed me “I'm sorry for not talking to you about the trial until now. I'm sorry, will you forgive me?" I looked at her and I could see the sorrow in her eyes.

“You never have to be sorry to me. Where are we going?" She gave me a sly smile “you will see!” She ran ahead of me making me catch up to her. I was exhausted as she stopped. I looked up and my eyes were drawn to her body. Her skin was glicering in the sun and her shirt exposed her shoulder. I shivered as she turned and waved me to come over to a dead shrub that was rooted into the wall. She moved the shrub with ease and exposed a rusted old door with a golden trim.

As we walked through the doorway and there was a village covered in thick vines with weeds covering the pathway. The ground was covered in undergrowth and mud. We walked and it looked like we were in a park. Trees were overgrown and the grass was up to my waist. I saw benches and swings

“This was the old village that we used before it was taken over by,” Angel shoved her tanned arm into my chest "Stop moving!" she whispered as she pulled her bow. I unsheath my sword as a vomit green vine speeds toward me. I pushed up my sword and sliced it down the middle."VINERS!" Angel screeched the top of her lungs and she shot three arrows at the vines shooting at us, as we ran through the village walls of living vines. We sliced through the walls like heated butter until we reached a hole in the center of town.

A neon green carrot that was shooting vines around everything around the village. Angel darts down a shady alley. In a few minutes we were at the end of the village. “That is over with now the fun begins. She grinned as she ran ahead. I ran with her until we reached a glass river “This is the river of truth.” She grabbed my hand and smiled “You look in it'll tell you your most wanted desires.” I looked at the glass river “John I need to ask you a question?” I looked at Angle and smiled “Do you ever feel something?” I looked at her puzzled “You know around me?” I looked at my body jerk. ‘Yes’ my mind shot at me.

“It's what you wanted to show me?” I said as my face went red.

She looked at me and a little hurt “No, now come on we're almost there!” We started to walk in a valley of dead brown grass. We went into a ring of trees with flowers that were different on each tree. The first was lemon yellow, the second was blood red, third was ocean blue, then a vibrant green and last was snow white. “They're beautiful aren't they?” she smiled as she walked to the tree and smelled the vibrant green flower. “This is where I get my power to heal” She looks around and sits under the tree with the green flowers.

“My mother showed me this place before…" she paused and sighed “Each flower represents the process of healing and everyone I heal a flower appears on a tree." She looked at me and patted next to her as I walked awkwardly toward the spot she smiled her vibrant smile. “Each flower has its own power you see. The yellow ones heal diseases and burns, the red ones heal breaks and mental wounds. The blue heals cuts and internal problems, the green heals scars, and the white heals poison." She said in a sad yet calm voice she looked at me.

I asked, “where do they go, they can't just disappear?" I looked at her and she found me. She looks me in the eye.

She spoke with weight and pain as she said: “They transfer to my body and I transfer them to the trees.” I looked at her as she showed me her shoulder and the wound from the dog was there. “I didn't want you to worry about me!" she whispered tears appeared in her eyes. I walked over and hugged her and she started to cry and said "Everyone worries about me because my father is the mayor and I don't want to be worried anymore . I'm seventeen years old!" she laid in my lap.

I rubbed her back and whispered, “It's okay Angel, I got you and I think you can handle yourself but they mean well, and your family and friends they care about you." She looked up and her eyes were puffy from crying. “I didn’t answer your question back at the river. Yes I do have feelings around you.” I paused as her face slowly it up, “I try to keep them away.” she smiled and leaned closer.

“Is okay you can show them whenever you want.” She pushed her lips against mine. Her lips were warm and soft. She pulled away a little and I kissed her back. I could feel a smile form on her lips.

“You know, what are you doing?” Her voice sounds hungry. I kissed her again and she leaned back and slid under me. “I feel complete around you.” I leaned forward and my lips grazed her neck. Her arms locked around me and pulled me closer. I kissed her neck and her body jerked. I kissed her deeper with more hunger. “Yes!” I felt her hand slip down to mine. I could feel her hand pulling toward her waist. I pulled away and sat down on the grass next to her. She didn’t look hurt as she said and smiled. She kissed my cheek.

“I love you." she whispered, she stood and walked over to the white flowers. As soon as she touched the tree a small light formed a rose. “Well, we better get back. ̈ Angel sighed as she walked out of the circle of trees. I followed her back to the secret door “If you don't win you will die but Jake will be going first. You can watch from the stands.” I looked at her.

“Jake is a big boy he can handle his own but why didn't you tell me?” she looked at me in shame and mumbled: “I didn't want you to worry about it.” I couldn't stay mad at her. “Now, we should start walking back.” We started to walk into the village with hands intertwined.

Chapter 3: The Trials

Jake passed his dirt and rot cell until the guards yelled at him "Come one your trial is about to begin without you and you're the star!" they laughed and Jake simply and quietly walked out of the dirt cell. He was led down a stone passage to a shining steel door and he was shoved inside by one of the guards. He heard a noise and he saw the light he was being lifted into the ring. As the noise stopped, he could hear the crowd booing upon his arrival. He walked until he reached the middle of the stone stadium. Angel's father walked forward and said "These are the accused charges, Theft, treason, leaving the village and kidnapping" he called Jake "That means death by combat choose your weapon Mr. Savage!" Angel father ground at the look on Jake's face.

"I choose my Jaivent please," he said in a loud voice. A Jaivent was thrown at him. It bounced on the ground next to his feet. He picked it up and stood firm as a gate began to open. A dragon appeared as its diamond shaped head with glittering blue eyes appeared. Its body slid out of the shadow with copper color scales that gleamed in the sun. Jake looked down at the claws and grunted. Their nine foot long claws gleamed with fresh blood. Then a tale swung out of the dark. It was as long as a school bus. Spikes were sticking out of the tail, the tips gleamed with poison and blood. Jake smiled “This is all you got Paul!" he looked at Angel's father and he glared at him.

“Begin the match!" he yelled with envy. The dragon charged Jake and he sidesteps it and jabbed his back thigh. It held and green and blue fire rocketed at Jake, but he didn't move. The dragon's fire flowed around him as he grinned. He grabbed his javelin and threw it at the brute's neck. It sliced through the scales and muscle like butter and the beast roared and blasted more fire at Jake. He put out his hand and the fire gathered around his arm. Everyone gasped as he launched the fire back down the dragon's throat. The Dragon roared in pain and collapsed "I win, Paul by law that means I’m free!" Jake laughed at Paul and he yelled to the guards and Jake was taken by the guards to his cell.

I followed the crowd to a huge stadium but I was intercepted by guards. “Come with us traders!¨ the tall man hissed with envy as I looked at them. It was the two men that showed me and Angel the way to the wall. As they took me by the arm I tried to get away but they dragged me with little effort to the back of the stadium where there was a large hole. ̈ ̈Have fun and go lucky you're going to need it." the men snickered and tossed me into the hole. I fell into the darkness of the pit and landed on a net of bloodstained fabric.

I looked around and saw a corridor that was barely lit. I could hear animals screaming. I heard a human voice whispering. I looked up and hole was about twenty feet high with a brick base wrapping around it.

When I summed the courage to leave the fabric, I jumped down and hit a dirt covered floor and fell down. I jumped up, I looked at the fabric it was ten feet up.I started to walk down a shady corridor that had coal black cells lining the cracked stone walls. I walked for what felt like miles down the dark mysterious corridors. In the end, there was a door that had a barred window in the middle. I stopped and looked into the barred window and I whispered “Hello Jake?” no one answered as I started to walk away from the door a hoarse voice replied,

“I will kill you!” I looked again there was a little boy with ragged close with loose skin standing in the faint light. I looked at him, he looked at me and howled again “I will kill you, puppy that's a promise!” Before I could answer he disappeared in the darkness of the cell.

As I walked away and someone grabbed me from behind. I turned around on my heels as I saw a guard wearing a grey uniform ̈Come on, your trial is starting!" he said barked with spite. I looked at him as he pushed me toward the bar door “Get out there, dirtbag!” the guard spit. He kicked me in the back when the door shot up.

As I fell to the dirt floor my face bounced off the cobblestone underneath the grime infested ground. The crowd was screaming at me as I got up from the floor. Angel father raised his hand and the crowd went silent ¨Come forward as I read your charges" barked Angel father as I walked forward and he started to read my charges.

“You are charged with trizin, dark magic, speaking with monsters and theft!” he yelled and looked me in the eyes. That means death by combat, choose your weapon!¨ I looked at him while I drew my sword and drilled my eyes into his. He raised his hand and he waved it. A trap door swung open at the bottom of the wall and as the little boy climbed out of the trap door it howled

“I told you, I will kill you!" he stood and started to charge me.

"Now I don't want to harm you please stop" I called but he would not stop before he reached me. I swung my sword aiming for his fingers and I hit one with the tip of my blade. He looked at me as he let out an unearthly roar. He looked at me with grey eyes. I felt something as he smiled as he started to change his saggy skin and started to invert into a red slime toad-like skin. His legs started to morph together and made a tail that sprouted out of the curved tale that leaked green poison, His nails turned into bloody razor-sharp talons and he grew seven-inch black horns on his head in between the horns a ball of blue fire formed.

I looked at the beast in shock as it charged me. I threw my sword helplessly, as it bounced off its chest like a pebble Angel screamed as she jumped from the stadium. She started to run toward me; it chuckled as it moved its hand as Angel flew into the brick wall of the stadium. ¨ You dare try to kill me!" he chuckled “I will kill both of you and feast on your rotting flesh.” he roared as his talents struck my right cheek. As it hit me with its tail Angel was pulled out of the arena. I fell to the ground like a stone. I started smelling iron and felt a cold liquid stream down my dirty infested face. As the beast charged me right before it hit me. I felt a strange surge of power then my eyes went dark. The Beast flew back and cracked the ground.

The crowd and the beast froze as black fire gathered around me. I felt so powerful. I looked at the beast “You have no power like that!” I stood up and stared down the beast.

“It's not John!” A new voice fell from my mouth.

The beast hissed, “You have no right Apollonian” I felt my lips smile as it charged me. I side stepped and kicked him in the back. He looked at me and growled and swung at me and I blocked him with ease. “Apollonian you know the rules you can’t interfere with your host death!” My body began to pulse with energy and he charged me again. I raised my arm and pointed my sword at the beast. It howled as it erupted into black flames. "You can't kill me!" it roared as it doubled over in pain “I'm Vengent the lord of the dead, you can't kill me not now, not ever!" it vanished with a burst of energy and the crowd screamed and ran in protest.

I raised my hand and summoned creatures that started to crawl out of the ground; they roared as they climbed to freedom, then monsters of all shapes and sizes “Take the village to find the green knight and destroy him!" I shout with pure power. Noises started to come to the trap door as Jake jumped from it, he started toward me.

“Stop them, guards attack!” Angel's father roared “kill him and Jake!” he pointed at me and seven guards charged at one. I started to fight the guards but my arms began to feel like butter and my legs started to clatter. I couldn't stop it. I fell with a thud. With a slight whistle, seven arrows stuck out of the guard's chest. Angel had stood there with more arrows notched “Come on, we need to get out of here!¨ she moved her hand toward the trap door. A stinger stuck to the plant as I looked back as my eyes go black. I saw the creature from the hotel. It ripped the door off its hinges and roared.

I raised my sword and stabbed it into its tail. “Go!” Jake dropped Angel down, then Jake jumped down. I was about to jump when I was thrown across the arena. I felt my bone crunched as I cracked the wall and floor. I got my hands and knees,Then I was smacked down to the ground. I looked up and the creacher swung its tail and I rolled away. I could feel the wind as it slammed on the ground. I grabbed my sword and stabbed it up. Blood gushed down on me drenching my clothes. I got up and slid into the opening. Angel caught me and I looked at her as she set me down.

“We need to take one of the secret passages out of the village!” she started to run toward the wall. As we were running we saw monsters eating people and people killing monsters. When we get there, Angel rips up the sapling and runs through the thick tiny door. I heard a roar and a giant mutant crab was charging toward a group of women and children. I looked at Angel and she nodded “Go help them!”

I sprinted across the opening, I rolled as the monster swung downward. I raised my sword and the children screamed as it shot away. The children cheered as I cut through the leg and it fell down a little. I looked at the women's “Get them to safety okay!?” They nodded and started to run. I was hit by the monster claws, I layed there and waited as the monster struck down.

“John!” Luke screamed as he launched a javenlt into its eyes. I took the chance to roll out from underneath. I looked at him and he smiled, “Come on, we need to finish this!” I nodded and turned back toward the crab. It charged me and I knelt and lifted up the tip of the sword. I felt the pressure as it cut into the belly of the crab. I felt it slow go down.

I got up after it passed and felt the ground shake as it fell. “Luke, thank you…..” I turned around and he was laying “LUKE!” I ran toward him and saw the blood. I knelt next to him, “I’m sorry” I saw the claw wrapped around his throat, “You were a good friend.” I closed his eyes

“He will be safe and at peace with me” A woman was standing over us “Now go, John it's not safe.” I got up and I ran through the field to the door. I got there and Jake was watching.

“Is he dead?” Jake asked in a quiet voice.

“Yes, We don’t tell Angel to understand?” I forcefully asked, He nodded.

I walked through and waved to Jake to follow. “Is everything okay?” Angel was waiting for us next to a bench at the entrances. I nodded and kept walking, “Are you sure?”

“Yes” I said more sharply than I meant to. She nodded and turned around, “Angel, something happened and….” Her eyes filled with tears “Luke died saving me.” She collapsed to her knees and I caught her before she could actually hit the ground. “Angel, he is at peace.” She nodded and I picked her up, “We have to go just in case something non friendly wants to come through.”

We ran into the village dodging the viners. We jumped over the river that had no solid back. We were running toward the circle of trees. I stopped in the middle and put Angel down. “Take my hands more than each other” she demanded as she grabbed my hand but she hesitated then grabbed Jakes. We grabbed each other's hands in an awkward way. She looked at us and demanded ̈I need total silence, okay?̈ and she started to mumble. We started to spin then we started to spin faster and faster until we started to lift up off the ground then everything went black.