Re: Night's Assailants: Valkyrian
Chapter six: The beginning of a quest.
Kandred sat at his desk in his study. He was reading a manuscript written thousands of years ago.
In the city where nothing lives,
A memory lives on.
A single god of kindness is the one who gives,
To whomever walks the road, Winding and long.
Find the chest of old,
Open it to find silver, Bronze, And gold.
A memory lives on,
For those who walk the road, Winding and long.
"What a strange clue. Yet I think that I was the one meant to find it."
'Maybe, Kandred. But there is another.'
"And how do you know?"
'I am a god, you know.'
"I do know that, master. But I have a quest to complete."
[That you do.]
Kandred walked out of his study and into the living room. He saw Jet sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee, and Jacques was in the bar washing beer mugs. He couldn't see Nælís anywhere, so he went upstairs to find her. Kandred went into his and her bedroom and saw her lying, asleep, on the bed.
"Wake up. Nay, Wake up." He said, lightly shaking her.
"What is it?" she said, wearily.
"I need to have a talk with the family, hurry." She nodded, and Kandred walked off to Garenjin's room. He looked in the door, but his son was not there.
"Where could he be?" Said Kandred, running down the stairs hastily.
When Kandred got downstairs, he asked Jet where Garenjin was.
"He's gone flying with Sckitter, he should be back soo- Oh, there he is." Said jet, pointing out the doorway. Garenjin was seated on Sckitter's back, and he hopped off with his father's elf-like grace.
"Gar, Sckitter, come here. Family conversation."
In a amatter of minutes the entire family was seated in the living room.
"Dad, what did you want to tell us?" Asked Gar inquisitively.
"I have to tell you all something. Before I came here and met your Nay I lived in a place called the Battle Dome. Sckitter also will know of this place." Sckitter nodded. "It is a large white metal dome-shaped building. It is linked across millions of worlds, and it will appear in a world when it sences a fighter who wishes to learn from it. It is linked also across time, and is very powerful.
"I need to get to a world that I cannot get to from here, and I need to finish a quest. To get to this place I must go to the Dome, and I plan to leave tomorrow morning. Sckitter, Jacques and Thrinmoore will accompany me on this quest." and with that, Kandred left.
But Kandred did not leave when intended. He disappeared for four days, and then when he came back, he was tired and worn. He held three weapons: a battleax, a long bow, and a warhammer.
"Jet, I have this weapon for you." said Kandred, handing the warhammer to Jet. "For My beloved wife, I have this." he said, handing the bow to Nay. "And for Garenjin, I have a Battleax." The family looked at their weapons inquisitively.
"Thanks alot dad. What are they for?"
"They are for defending yourselves if someone attacks. And also, for Jacques, I have these weapons." in Kandred's hands a pair of metre long katanas in sheaths materialized. He then handed them to the phantom, and left for his sudy.
When he got back, he was carrying a few packs and Thrinmoore. He handed a pack to Jacques and Sckitter each, and then he said goodbye to his wife, his brother and his friend. Afterwards the three companions disappeared into the forest outside.
Last edited by P.; 07-03-2006 at 05:16 AM.