The sky was cold and night was dark. It was snowing heavily as Bart sneaked into the Healer's shop. His father was sick and he could cure his father only with the Gyanth Herb which could only be bought from the healer - Garb. But Garb had personal hatred for Bart and he refused to give the herb for future payment. Bart moved slowly as the wooden floor creaked. He slowly walked across the hall unnoticed by the healer. He sneaked into the store room and searched for the herb finally finding it on the top rack. His eyes filled with joy, but first he had to get away with it. He walked slowly, and was too cautious. He looked back at the healer lying on his bed, for each step he took. Slowly he sneaked out of the house.
As he was making a march to his house, he saw two strangers talking amongst themselves. Both were veiled and so, he could not see their faces. He tried to hear them but he was too far away from them. He heard a few words "........ambush them there..." . They suddenly looked at him and stopped talking. Then he slowly walked away. He had a bad feeling about the strangers who were speaking. Words like "Ambush" were a bit peculiar in this part of the town. Then he heard a faint sound. It sounded like someone was following him. He felt a slight pain in his back. He was weary of the long journey he had been making from his town to the neighboring one. He then went to his house and slept there that night, thinking what
his father would say if he found that he was stealing from others. Too tired of the events of the night, he went to sleep.
The next morning, he woke up and went out pretending that he slept for a long time. His father was burning hot when he felt his head. He then took out the herb and grinded it as fast as he could, then dissolved it in water and made his father drink it. The body temperature suddenly went down for a few minutes and his father regained consciousness. His father started in a worried tone " Bart...... I think I am going to die, but before that I have to tell you one thing. You are not my son............. I found you in the woods when you were a baby. I searched for your rightful father for long time and only ended up finding that he was dead. Your mother is a witch with the power of magic. Her name is Re........”. He suddenly stopped. “Father", Bart
called out. "I'm still your son." he said. But it was too late. The old hunter died even before he could say Bart's mother's name. All Bart knew was his mother was a witch. But he was sure that he could find a million witches in the country. Now everything seemed to be blurred around. He slowly walked, carrying his dead foster father. he walked across the street to the undertaker's place. People looked out from their windows with sorrow, for they loved the dear hunter who was a very good friend to everyone. Some even came out and gave Bart some consolations. Bart was filled with agony as he walked across the street trying not to cry out loud. He went to the house, which was a big two storey building. He went inside and called
out for Gremlin. He was a tall, but fat man with his long yellow beard. He was all bald and had red eyes. As Gremlin saw the dead body of his father , he was stunned. He consoled him and made him sit down.
The next morning everyone gathered at the crematory ground. People were standing by Bart's side as he was weeping loud. Bart suddenly heard a voice inside his head. "Ambush". He heard it clearly. So he ran to a place guided only by his instincts as people were watching him and saying , " Something's gotten on to him". He suddenly found the two strangers face to face. They started attacking him. Having no other option, he prepared to fight.............
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The strangers started confusing him by moving around in circles and he was amazed at their speed. Their speeds were supernatural and he was no match for them. They pounced on him and pinned him to the ground. With a sudden upsurge of energy, he pushed them away. They fell a few feet away, but again got up faster than Bart did. The taller stranger jumped behind him and struck him on his neck and he fainted as a result. Then, he felt himself being dragged away frm that place. In his mind, he suddenly felt an unknown source of energy. It was more than he could take. He jumped up in spite of the tight grip of the strangers and then he lost his focus. He felt like the sudden upsurge was fading away. Then it came back to him, although he could not feel it, he knew he was being controlled by someone else. His arms and legs were not responding to him. His consciousness faded away. He understood that it was impossible to defeat them if he kept struggling to escape the force controlling him. So, he let the force control him.
His body started doing things he never knew people could do. His hands grew stronger and his legs were growing more powerful. He felt his leg being dragged across the floor. Then he unexpectedly kicked the taller stranger. The stranger was flying far about thirty feet and fell down unconscious. The second stranger ran away, but not too far. He could not control his speed and so, he fell off the cliff. Then Bart realized where he was. He was in the deadly mountain range of Hegufode. He slowly began his descent, gaining back control of his body. He moved towards the stranger he knocked out and unveiled him. The stranger's face looked all green except for it's blue hair. He slowly observed it's bulgy black eyes wondering if something like this could
actually exist.
He slowly began his descent, trying to get back home. He picked the unconscious stranger and dragged it all the way to his town, not far away from the mountain range. Soon, the town was curious about the Stranger and the town drug dealer gave Bart a sleeping potion and made him to go to the king. Bart was not sure if he alone could go to the King all the way from his town, which was located in the east end of the kingdom. So, he asked the undertaker Gremlin and the local protector, Archy to help him to get that stranger to the King. Little did he know about the power of the strangers.
The next dawn, he prepared himself to go to the King carrying the captured 'monster'. He, accompanied by Archy and Gremlin started to move, taking food supplies for abut a month, four horses and lots of Sleep potion. he sighed as he left to see the King and to complete his quest by finding out who his mother was.
Later that evening, they had covered a lot of ground. Now, to them, Mutank - their town was a mere outline. Since he had to tell Gremlin who was quite close to him, that Kerta - the one whom he believed to be his father, was actually his foster father, Bart went to Gremlin's tent. There lay Gremlin, unconscious, knocked out by the stranger. He went to Archy's tent to find him dead, wet with his own blood. Suddenly, he felt someone touch his back. he turned to find the stranger standing behind him."Your potions will not work against me" hissed the stranger. He attacked the stranger with the stick that he carried, but was too slow. The stranger parried each of his attacks, slowly waiting Bart to lose his speed. That did not happen. Bart kept increasing his speed, desperate to kill the stranger who murdered his friends. At last, bart gave a powerful strike to the stranger's chest and the stranger was pinned to the ground. Now, picking up his dagger, that he dropped when he was attacking the stranger, he stabbed the stranger thrice in the heart. He then broke the stranger's neck so as to ensure that the stranger died.
He then went in to check on gremlin, who was unconscious but alive. But when he came out, the stranger was missing. The stranger attacked from behind and that startled Bart. As Bart was struggling to escape, the stranger whispered, "You can never kill me". Suddenly, someone from the shadows came out and stabbed the stranger at the back. He did nt know who it was, but he knew that he need not worry as he felt a comforting pwer around him. The stranger struggled, but he was no match for the other person. The stranger was thrown into a nearby lake and he was boiling to death there. Bart could not bear to see that , so he turned his face away. The veiled stranger came close to Bart and said, " Be careful, luckily I came ".The voice sounded female for Bart. He did not know if it was a male or a female though. The stranger was having a sword forged with such power that he was wondering if it was possible to make such a sword.The veiled stranger slowly unveiled herself revealing that she was a female. She watched Bart with her Blue eyes as Bart was filled with wonder. Her elegant slanted eyes was nothing like Bart had seen. He slowly asked," Who are you? And why did you save me? ". She looked away for a second and said, " You may call me Seona. That's not who i am though." Bart asked, "That still does not answer my question, Why did you save me?". She looked at Bart in the eye then turned away and said, " I'm someone who wishes to help. Now, we have to move soon. The Klagenkraben will awaken again. He will vaporize and then come to get you. Now move, your friend is helpless. He's in a coma." Bart looked helplessly at Seona, wishing his friend had been cured.
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