I got inspired and wrote the next chapter. I can already tell I'm going to have alot of fun with this!
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Through the Flames
2
     As Mike walked closer to the creature he got a better look at it. It was dressed all in dark brown leather and had smooth skin. It's hair went down to the middle of it's back and and had an almost unnatural glow to it. Mike watched in shock as Alex walked confidently up the creature.
"how crazy can you get?" Mike thought to himself. Mike watched Alex begin to talk to the creature but before the creature had said much Alex said
"Mike! It's alright. You can some here now." Feeling rather stupid Mike walked over to the creature. The creature spoke with haste in it's voice saying
"Come now! We must hurry." Mike became very confused and stuttered out
"uh...where do we go? And if you don't mind me asking..um...what exactly are you?" The creature said
"oh..I am Ethrial, the goblin. Come, more questions will be answered later."
"You're a WHAT?!" Mike opened his mouth to say. But Ethrial gave him a stern looked and Mike closed his mouth. Ethrial took out what looked like a bracelet made of some silverish material and held it out saying
"Quickly grab this." Alex and Mike both held on the bracelet without questions. Ethrial mumbled something under his breath and suddenly Mike felt the ground leave. He felt like he was in a running dryer being tossed about like a rag doll. Then he started to fall. Down, down, into the darkness below. Mike closed his eyes waiting for the fall. But then he felt a small bump and realized he had landed on the ground with relatively no pain at all. He looked around at the land about him. It was mostly trees and bushes but he saw some mountains in the distance and a curious black cloud growing about them. Mike looked around again and saw that Alex and Ethrial had landed beside him. Mike opened his mouth to ask more questions but Ethrial whispered
"Not here. We will go some place safer. Follow me." Alex and Mike followed Ethrial as Ethrial began to walked through the forest. When he came to a particulary old and tall tree he stopped and began to walk around the tree five times. On the fifth time around a door appeared in the tree trunk and Ethrial opened it saying
"down here" Mike and Alex looked apprehensively into the tree trunk. The darkness seemed to go down forever.
"Go!" Ethrial hissed and Mike and Alex jumped. Mike felt himself fall down into the darkness. Then he hit what he thought was the bottom but found out it merely a slide. A slide that seemed to go on and on forever. Finally he landed with a bump on the ground with Alex right behind him. Mike got up and saw Ethrial slide down, but land more gracefully then they had.
"Now, will you answer our questions?" Mike asked Ethrial.
"Yes, now I will answer your questions" Ethrial replied.
"Ok, first one is Where are we?"
"You are in the country of Thestria." Ethrian replied.
"Okaay, second one is Why are we here?"
"You are here because Thestria needs you." Was the answer that came
"Why?" Alex and Mike asked in unison. Ethrial sighed and said
"Thestria is now under the control of an evil witch and her son. The witch is named Irene, and her son goes only by the name "The black prince". Irene sits in her castle among the mountains and sends her evil dark cloud out. Each day the cloud grows larger. All you live under the dark cloud for long becomes her slave. The black prince marches with a hideous army destroying all in his path. You have been chosen to command the little army we have and save Thestria." Alex and Mike stared at each other in shock.
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