Into the shadow Chapters three and four
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This is actually my first story, or at least, the first one I really started working on. I don't play RS much anymore, but when I wrote this I was playing a lot and it reflects in the story.
chapter three: a spy uncovered.
"What do you mean they didn't come through the portal!?" Soro yelled at Brom, her face red with anger. They were in a forest, highly wooded, and everyone was walking around, getting there bearings. The trees were tall, and it was shady. It looked the sort of place that Shadows would lurk all the time.
"The portal was closing," Brom said sadly, "and Tyran was wounded. They wouldn't leave him behind."
"Well, that's Jay for you," Oramis said, "never leaves his friends behind."
"Well, that's behind us now." Soro said, calming down. "Now we need to focus on setting up camp."
"And let's not forget the assassins we have in our ranks." Oramis put in. "we must find them before they give away our position again. Now that Jay, Cfett, Kentis, and Tyran are lost somewhere we are even weaker than before."
"Well, lets worry about all that later," Brom said, "now, we have work to do."
As Soro went to see to how the camp was coming along, she heard a commotion coming from somewhere in the center of the camp. As she ran up, pushing through the crowd that had gathered, she saw a fight had started between two men.
"What is going on!?" she shouted as she ran up. "What is this about?"
"This man is a spy!" one of the men shouted.
"And what proof do you have of this?" Soro asked.
"I saw him sneak out of the camp about two days ago, and he just appeared back in camp just before we were attacked!"
"What do you have to say about this?" Soro asked as she turned to the other man."
"I will say nothing to you." He spat.
"Take him to Brom." Soro said. "He can tell us whether on not he's a spy."
As they started to bring the man to Brom, he cackled maniacally. He pulled out a knife concealed beneath his cloak and stabbed one of the men that was escorting him.
"Don't kill him!" Soro shouted as several men knocked him down. "Bind him and knock him out, then take him to Brom, he might know something interesting."
"With pleasure," said one of the men as he produced a big stick from behind a tent.
"I said don't kill him!" Soro yelled as the man hit the spy over the head with a little too much pleasure. He fell to the ground, still cackling, and the ghost of his smile lingered on his face as his eyes turned to blank white slits.
"I take it that he wasn't very popular?" Soro commented.
"Not popular at all."
well now that that's taken care of Soro said cheerfully. lets get back to setting up camp.
as she walked away she didn't notices the hooded figures standing by one of the tents.
things are going as planned. one of the shadowed figure said. they took the bate to easily.
with the false information he hes we can go unnoticed while the look for fake spy's. the other said cheerfully. They paused as a man walked by. When he was gone the continued. we need to get rid of Brom, hes the only real threat to us now. we cant forget the mage will. the other reminded him. Brom is the problem not Will! the other snapped. Brom will find us eventually were as Will will believe the information we planted in the spy they cough.
hay you! Oramis called over to them, what are you doing standing around, theirs work to be done.
we can talk latter, meet me here in two days time. Its best if were not seen together in the mean time.
the other man nodded and walked away. this will be fun. the other man chuckled as he went to help put up tents.
chapter four: lost, well sort of.
Jay got to his feet and looked around. They were in a forest that looked somewhat familiar to him. The trees were all pines and very tall. It looked like they were in the middle of the forest.
"Where are we?" Cfett groaned.
"I'm not entirely sure." Jay admitted.
"What do you mean your not sure?" Kentis said in an angry voice, "you said you could only go to places you have been before."
"Well, that doesn't mean I know were we are. That just means that I have been here before." Jay answered plainly. Then, he remembered Tyran.
"Is Tyran ok?" Jay asked as he started to run over to his unmoving form. The others followed.
"He's still breathing!" Kentis shouted. "Jay, think can you heal him?"
Jay examined Tyran's back.
"The arrow didn't go in deep, so I think I can heal him." Jay said to Cfett and Kentis's relief. "It will take some time, though. Will both of you start setting up camp and gathering supplies?"
"Ok," Cfett answered, "We will get to work right away."
"Good" Jay said, "Get to it then."
As Kentis went to set up camp, and Cfett went to gather firewood, Jay started healing Tyran. When camp was set up, Jay was almost done healing. A little color was starting to return to Tyran's pale skin. All of the sudden he heard Kentis shouting in alarm.
"Bear!" He yelled. Tyran turned around to see Kentis running for his bow and quiver. Jay jumped up and looked at the bear, it was about ten feet long and pure black. Jay thought for a moment, contemplating the possibilities, then stuck out his hand. The effort of healing Tyran had left him drained, so he didn't dare use any of the elemental magic's using his own energy. He would have to get runestones, or he would pass out. He reached into his pocket, searching for runestones. He found a single Nature rune, enough to control a bush, and crushed it in his hand. The bush behind the bear started rustling and shaking. When the bear turned around to see what was there, Jay yelled.
"Now!"
Kentis shot an arrow at the bear, missing it completely and almost hitting Cfett as he ran out of the trees, firewood in his arms, to see what was happening.
"Shoot the bear, you idiot!" Cfett yelled at Kentis as he reached for another arrow. He let it fly. The bear turned around, and the arrow hit it square between the eyes.
"Nice shot." The voice came from behind Jay.
He turned to see Tyran, still a bit pale, but sitting up, was watching the events a grin on his face.
"When did you wake up?" Jay asked. "When Kentis yelled "Bear!"" Tyran answered, in mock imitation of Kentis's face.
"Oh, and nice trick with the bushes by the way, it was very impressive." He said sarcastically.
"Nice to have you back, Tyran." Cfett said with a grin.
"So, where are we?" Tyran asked to no one in particular.
"I think I know." Jay answered. "I think we are near the village that I grew up in, we used to see bears like that all the time."
"That you grew up in," Tyran scoffed, "you're only thirteen. Where is this place? Like, how far from our old camp?" Jay ignored his question and went on.
"We can stay here for a few days to let you heal a bit more, Tyran, and I'm not sure how far away we are. I hardly remember were this is."
"Sounds good to me." Kentis said. "I could use a bit of rest."
did you ever finish they soup Kentis? Jay asked. good idea Jay, we could all use some food.
Kentis walked over to were a he was making a soup in a large rock Jay had hollowed out with the last of his earth runes. Along with the bigger rock he also make some makeshift bowls the Kentis dipped into the soup and gave to everyone. well. Tyran said as they started eating. its a good thing I don't have much apatite, otherwise I might be tempted to eat all that and I think it might had finished me off. Kentis shot Tyran an evil look and laid down in the grass. well this is a good a place as any to have a nap. Kentis said tiredly.
You think we should clean up the camp a bit, we wouldn't want to attract animals to the sent of our 'soup'. Cfett said yawning.
There's no point, they would come for the corps of the bear anyway. And there's no way I'm moving two thousand pounds of bear.
Cfett nodded and lay back, falling asleep almost instaintly.
After everyone was asleep Jay walked over to the dead bear. It was huge, and even in death the eyes still seemed to glow yellow. Jay drew a small red dagger from under his cloak.
I mean no disrespect to your spirit, and I hope you hold no grudges to me or my friends. Jay said respectfully and went to work. He cut out several large peaces of meat and wrapped them in leaves and put them on a large rock. We can use them to make a stew if nothing else, he thought. He removed several bones and a few clumps of fur and put them in a small leather bag.
He left there camp and went looking for the dwelling of the bear, were its spirit would be strongest. He found a large cave scattered with bones of several animals. He looked around and saw a large pillar in the center of the cave. He pulled out the leather bag he had put the bones and fur in and took them out along with a small, cloth bag no bigger than his fist, and a few stones. He put the fur and bones in the bag and added two of the stones then tied the bag shut. He held it up to the stone pillar and muttered some words. There was a flash of blue light and the small bag glowed faintly then faded. Jay tied the bag to his belt and walked back to camp, covering his tracks behind him.
Better not to let anyone know of this. He said to himself as he sat down beside his friends and fell asleep. If anyone asked about the missing bones he would just blame wolves.
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