That night, a ceremony was held. All the people of the village stood in a
large circle around the center of the village. A fire was burning in the very
center of the circle. The chief and the shaman stood at the northern part of the
circle. Alissa, and Hans sat at the southern part of the circle, Tiara, Stephen,
and Aenea with Auri sat at the western area, and Dorchav, Celestra, and Kale all
sat at the eastern area. The shaman came around to all of them giving each of
them one talisman and placing them around their necks. He looked at Alissa’s
arm, which was bandaged up around her part of her biceps and forearm, and
grinned to assure her that it would heal in time. Once he went back to where he
was standing, all of them stood up. The chief and shaman began a chant and all
nine of them began to glow.
As they continued their chant, Dorchav, now seeing his chance, wandered
over to where Alissa was and took out his sword. She had her eyes closed, deep
in thought, and could not see that he was coming near her. And Hans, who had his
attention on the shaman, stood closer to the western side and could not see
Dorchav approaching. But Kale did and quickly took out his sword and blocked his
attack as he swung his sword at Alissa. Dorchav looked at him, his eyes flashing
with anger. He decided to delay his fight with Alissa and concentrated on the
one who interferred.
The sound of the clashing of swords broke Alissa out of deep though and she
opened her eyes, seeing the two young men now fighting. She almost gasped. What
the..?
Celestra yelled. “Stop it you two!!! Their almost done with the chant!!”
“Like I would care, Cele! I’m finishing this guy! He won’t interfere with
my job! I won’t allow it!”
“I’m not going to allow you to kill her!!” Kale shouted.
“Then I’ll have to do it without your permission.” The two continued
fighting.
As Alissa watched, she unknowingly turned her body a bit and held on to
Hans. He then turned his attention from the shaman and saw the two young men
fighting. He put an arm around his friend and held her protectively. Tiara,
Aenea, and Stephen watched through the flame in shock as they could not do
anything from where they stood to stop the two from fighting.
The nine of them were now glowing at their brightest. The shaman was coming
dangerously close to finishing the chant while Kale and Dorchav continued to
fight. Hans yelled at them to finish their battle another time, but they refused
to listen. Kale took one final slash at Dorchav’s neck, but purposely missed.
And moment’s later, Alissa, Hans, Celestra, Kale, Tiara, Aenea, Stephen, and
Auri all disappeared with a blue misty light shooting up into the air.
Dorchav stood bewildered. Everyone but him had gone back. He looked all
around for a possible answer. It was then he realized what Kale had done. He
looked down at the ground to see the talisman he wore. The roots that held it
around his neck had been slashed off in two places, making it impossible for him
to tie it around his neck. He fell to his knees and hands. Then he looked to the
sky and shouted as if expecting them to hear. “CURSE YOU DECWYN!!! CURSE YOU AND
YOUR MOUSE AND YOUR PROTECTOR!!! MAY YOU ROT IN HADES!!!”
* * * * * * * * * *
The group had arrived back in Xiatriz where they had first disappeared. All
of them fell to the ground with exaustion. It was now evening and the streets
were empty. Everyone in the town was either home or at the tavern. Alissa slowly
got up, holding her injured arm, and looked around. They all were still
familiarizing themselves with the area.
“Is..... is this Xiatriz?” she said to herself.
Then they all heard a shout. “Alissa!! Hans!!”
They both looked down the street to see a familiar figure waving to them.
They both took a breath of relief. “Ria. Oh thank goodness!”
“Alissa! Hans! You two had me worried to death! Are all of you...” Her
voice trailed off as she looked wide eyed at Celestra and Kale. “Oh dear......
what are you doing here?”
“I’m not in the mood for this right now,” said Celestra to her in a very
low voice. She got us weakly, then helped Kale up. “I’ll kill you another time,
Decwyn. For now, I’m going to sleep. Let’s go Kale.”
He nodded and followed as she began to walk towards the inn. But after a
few steps, Kale stopped and turned to Alissa. He looked at her for a few
moments, then smirked at her. Then he turned back and kept on walking to the
inn.
Alissa stood emotionlessly as she watched the two go in. She sighed.
“Not even going to ask what happened. Come on! Back to my house! You all
need a good scrubbing!” She led everyone back to her home, but Alissa still
stood staring at the inn. When Ria managed to get her attention, she grinned and
followed her back to her house with the others.
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