We finally stopped after a hard days ride. When I got off my horse I winced as my legs almost gave out under my weight. Holding on to my saddle I wait till my legs stop shaking. Sighing and pulling down my hood, I look over at my master who has already moved away from his horse and was unpacking some of his things.
“ How long will we be resting this time Strider?” I asked finally letting go of my saddle and moving to my bags. We have been riding for almost 3 days straight with little stops and rests. So I was shocked when he said.
“ A day or two. We need to recover our strength before we move into rougher territory.”
I started to sigh in relief but stopped myself. I knew I shouldn't of done that because soon after Strider said as in an after thought.
“Or maybe we will just rest for an hour and then start riding again.”
I didn't say anything in return and walked over to where he was setting out some dried beef and slices of bread. There wouldn't be a fire tonight. Even if we were going to stay for a day or two. Strider always says that unless we really needed a fire there was no need in alerting our enemies in where we were.
Stretching out my legs I took the food he gave me and ate. I wish he would let us light a fire. It would be nice to have a nice warm meal and maybe something hot to drink. Once I was done eating I got up and took care of my horse. Taking his saddle off , I rubbed him down. Whispering in his ear, He whinnied in response and walked off to graze in the field close by. Smiling I walked back to where Strider was sitting. I looked into the forest that was near by and saw something move. But it didn't look like any animal I saw before. I started to get up.
“ Where you going Evlen?” I looked back at him.
“ I'm just going to explore the woods a little bit.”
He sighed. “ Don't go to far. I'm still not sure if we are going to stay here.”
I nodded and went over to get my bow.
I took my bow and made sure I had my hunting knife with me and headed into the woods. I stopped when I was only a couple of feet in and looked around. There was something different about these woods. There wasn't much sun out today but it looked like sun beams where coming threw the tree tops anyway. I looked around more to fine that I didn't see any trace of any animal. No tracks. No trails. Nothing. Looking closer, all the plants look perfect. No wilted flower. No dead plants. Perfect in every way. It was strange. I started walking again. Looking around some more. In aw at how peaceful this place was and how different it was to anything I saw.
I stopped again as I noticed someone ahead of me kneeling next to some dead flowers. As I stood there I noticed a light come from the persons hands go into the flowers and the flowers start to look alive again. The person stood up. When they stood up they were about 6 feet tall in a dark green cloak, the hood up over their head. They finally noticed me and quickly started to run the other way.
“ Wait!” I started running after them. We just got to a clearing when they tripped and feel. Out of breath I walked up to them.
“ I'm not going to hurt you.” I reached my hand out to help them up but out of no where a bunch of people came out of the forest and attacked me.
Before I knew it I was on the ground with my arms tired behind my back. Struggling I looked up and saw the person I was chasing get up. Their hood fell back and saw their face. It was a young handsome man about my age with dark black hair to his shoulders. He had light green eyes that seemed to pierce threw everything he saw. He moved his hair away from his face and I noticed his ears were pointed. Before I could see anymore one of the men that had attacked me obscured my view.
Laying there I waited for something to happen. I noticed that my bow was strung across one of the mens backs and my hunting knife was gone. I started to strain agents the ropes but stop once I heard them start to talk.
“ Are you ok, my young lord?” I heard one of them say. Young lord? I thought to myself. Oh this can't be good.
“Yes I am fine.” Must of said the guy that I chased after. I heard foot steps come my way and the guy that was standing in front of me moved. I looked up into the green eyes of the young man that was standing over me. All I could think of at this moment was how much trouble I was going to get into when Striker found out.
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Yes a new story since the other one I'm stuggling to write. Anyway, please tell me what you think of it so far.
