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This is part one of a battle that me, Trista Vaporblade, Taisia Tinuviel, and CrazyAndyMan were involved in. It wasn't actually typed in such a dramatic way as this, and I added a few things, but...yeah. :) Enjoy!
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Trista Vaporblade ran through the forest,
breathing heavily and swatting branches away. She couldn’t hit all of them, and
a few slapped her face as she sped past. The sky was deceptively blue despite
the predicament, but there was not a cloud in sight, which was uncharacteristic
for the creatures that usually traveled under cover of clouds. The sun snaked
its way in between the tightly bunched trees and left splotches of light on the
forest floor. Trista’s feet padded silently on the soft dirt, sometimes making
a snapping sound as her boots crunched on dry leaves.
The reason for her haste was the
impending doom not far behind. She had to warn the other Elves or they would
face extinction.
She burst into a clearing and
screamed, “Everybody run for cover! It’s the Flying Rat-Hippos of Northern Grontino!”
No answer.
They must have been wiped out already, thought Trista. But then she heard something;
laughter, coming from a young girl that Trista hadn’t seen before. She
recognized her as Taisia Tinuviel.
Trista grabbed Taisia and pulled her
behind a bush. “Don’t laugh, hide!” she said, then lowered her voice and
whispered, “And don’t fear. They can sense fear.”
Taisia stopped laughing. Her faced
became fearful. “Oh. Will it kill us?” She shivered.
“I’m not sure, but I’ve heard that
they like to sit on people with pointy ears.” Trista reached up and subconsciously
felt her own ear, as if to make sure it was still in place.
“That’s bad,” stated Taisia. “We’re
doomed -”
She was silenced by a loud thud. “What was that?” she mouthed to
Trista.
“Rat-hippo,” Trista mouthed back.
The hippo on the other side of the
bush snorted. Trista’s heart skipped a beat.
The bush was lifted into the air, and
an evil face filled the two girl’s vision. Both of them froze.
Taisia reached over and grabbed
Trista’s hand. Trista squeezed it reassuringly. They drew their swords and
prepared to fight.
Suddenly, they heard a loud yell.
“Leave them alone, rat, or taste my
blade!” A figure dropped down from the tree and buried its sword into the
throat of the hippo. “That should keep him down,” said the figure, turning
around.
Trista sheathed her sword and bowed. “Sir
Andy! Thank you for saving us.”
Andy smiled grimly and put his own
sword into its scabbard. “It’s not over yet. There are more to come.”
“What do you mean, ‘more to come’?”
asked Taisia.
Andy pointed toward the sky. “Look
north. There must be hundreds of them,” he replied.
They stood still for a moment to let
the news soak in. Then they heard rustling behind them. Three swords rang out
in unison.
Andy called out, “Who goes there?”
More rustling, this time accompanied
with a voice. “Oof! Ouch! Stupid branch – OW! That’s gonna leave a mark.
AAAAAAHHHH!!!” A boy fell out of the tree above Andy and knocked him down.
Andy quickly stood up and dusted
himself off. “Hyper, it’s good to see you, but you didn’t have to fall on me.
You could’ve been impaled on my sword.”
The boy rolled over on his back and
smiled sheepishly. “Sorry.”
“Hyper! I’m glad you’re here. Andy
says there are more rat-hippos coming!”
Hyper turned white. “Rat-hippos? You
mean the ones from the NORTH?”
Trista nodded. “Yes, they come from
the north, hence the name.”
Just then the sky darkened. The group
craned their heads to the sky to see what the cause was.
Rat-hippos. Hundreds upon hundreds of
rat-hippos flew above the forest in a massive horde like a swarm of bees, but
infinitely larger and deadlier.
Hyper spoke. “How many of them are there?”
“Andy says hundreds, and I don’t
doubt it,” Trista replied.
Andy looked at the others. “Well friends,
this is it. We fight today, under the blue skies and in the forest below, we’ll
-”
Taisia interrupted him. “Skip the
speech, Andy. We’ve got a battle to win!”
Lol Great recap!
ReplyDeleteWonderful acount of the battle!
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