Chapter Two: The Drought
In is chapter everything is from Christine's POV
I kept walking looking for my father but couldn't find him. I eventually found him at the courtroom disgusting matters with the councilmen. "Ah Christine I've needed to disgust something with you."
"What is it Father." I asked him.
"I can't let you be on the search party." he said.
"But Farther why?" I asked shocked.
"Because of him." he said. It's been years since he was banished. There were a couple of indents coming from the mountains both in the same day I remember that day well. First there was a scream from the mountains then it just stops, then followed by shortly after a explosion happened. We never went to see if he died or not orwhat could have cuased it. Sometimes I miss him and cry myself to sleep he was the love of my childhood. Ten years have past since then. I'm now in my almost in my twenties, just two more years till then. I understand why he doesn't what me to go. But theirs one thing that they don't know, he showed me where his workshop is. And the explosion came from the opposite direction.
"Okay father." I may told him I understood but I had ofter plans. After the search party left I went to where his workshop. I kept quite about where I was going. I remember where he went but he had several land marks that anyone that didn't know him that well, would get lost faster then putting out a small fire with water, but me I knew him better then everyone maybe even himself.
I went to the apple tree on top of the hill, then I remembered he did something with the stones on the ground. I moved the rocks when one of them was way to light for its size. I turn it over and a their was a whole in the middle of it. I put my finger in the hole and pulled the bottom off their was a key inside of it. I moved the rocks back in place so that they looked like a regular pile of rocks. I went to the next place he took me. A creek that moved around a tree. I looked for something that the key could fit in but couldn't find any thing. I started to walk around it when I herd a clank. I looked down and a hidden trap door. I saw a key hole and put the key in and turned. I herd a click and pulled the on the door and it opened. I saw a staff with a weird head. I look like a giant key. I remembered that he used it to open a secret entrance in the side of the mountains, but it was missing something. I looked and saw a chest I picked it up and opened it another key was on the inside. I remembered that it had some metal poles sticking out of it. I tried to thank where the next part would be but I couldn't remember us going anywhere but the mountains. I went to the mountain and looked for what looked familiar. I stopped when I saw a bolder it a crack in it. At first I thought a crack but it turned out to be a hole. I put the staff in the hole and it fit I pushed a little bit more and it made a click. Then the missing part popped out of the ground, I put it on and noticed the top had a key hole. I put the key and I herd a click I tried to turn it but it wouldn't move at all. I turned the staff around elven times and I herd a click and then the side of the mountain opened in to a dark tunnel. I went inside the tunnel I kept walking until I tripped on the stairs. I climbed up the stairs and saw his work shop. I saw lots blue prints for items I had no I idea why he would need some of these. A water pump system, needles that have the power of lighting, a dagger that explodes, a staff that could become a war axe, metal daggers of fire, an arrow that became a hundred, a shield that had edges sharp enough to used has a weapon and it had retractable blades in the bottom of it and the top. I took looks at what he made most of the creations had to used for killing, but there were some of them the uses were for helping.
"How did you get in here?" I herd a voice come from behind me. I turned around and saw a muscular black wolf with the right side of his face covered with a metal mask with what looked like sword like edges, walking towards me. His right eye was white marking him out of anyone else. "I said how did you get in here." he said then he pulled out a knife from the the back of his waist and continued walking.
"I came up the secret entrance from the side of the mountain." I said scared that he might kill me. He stopped for a moment and looked at me.
"Christine?" he asked me.
"How do you know my name?" I asked.
"Oh my god I'm sorry." he said then put up his knife. "God your beautiful. I'm sorry for reacting like that." then he came closer.
"Who are you?" I asked him making sure he is who I think he is.
"I understand your making sure it's me. Your first kiss under the stars on top of the hill by the apple tree." he said.
"Blaze please don't do anything to harm me." I said trying to be calm.
"Christine I would never hurt you even if my life depend on it." he said taking more steps towards me. I stepped back until I hit a desk I turned to see where it end when I looked back at Blaze he was right there in front of me not even a foot away. He moved his arms I first thought that he was going to kill me but then he hugged "I missed you so much." I herd him say I hugged him back my friend and formal love of life.
"I missed you to." I said.
"I was wondering if you would ever come." he said pulling away "I have so many things I want to show you." I look at the prints on the walls. "I made all of those. I'll show which ones are most useful." Then he grabbed two shacks and headed to the entrance of the cave. "Follow me." I followed him until we went to a lake. He put down one sack and pulled out a bow and a single arrow with no head. He pulled back the arrow and let it fly. I saw it go about fifty yards the it became a hundred before it hit the water then he stared to pull on a tiny wire and then I the arrow and it had hundreds of tiny wires leave it's edge and on the tiny arrows were lots of fish. "I use this to get lots of fish." I saw him grab a fish and pull it of and the arrow and throw on the ground he did that until he had all but one. He held the fish in his hand and turned something on the main arrow and then the rest went right in it. Then he pulled out a dagger from the other sack and it was made of black metal. "I use this to cook and start fires." he pulled out a regular dagger and slashed at it and it made sparks then the black one cough on fire. He grabbed a fish and stabbed it and it was cooked. He used the other dagger to pull it off. "Try it." he said handing me the fish. I tried it and it tasted delious. I looked and shall that he stabbed two more fish and then he grabbed a sheath and put the dagger of flames in it. "It's the only way to put the fire." We headed back to his workshop, with the fish he then put them in jars.
"Could you help me with something?" I asked him.
"Sure anything." he said.
"You see the village is in a drought and we're running out of food and water so I was wondering if you could give us some food and water?" I asked him hoping he would say yes.
"So that's why your here. Your father though that if he sent you friguring I give up everything I had for you." he said with his spirit had changed from the loving one I know, to one with no heart.
"No I swear. My father thinks your dead and he sent the search party for food the other way." I said hoping that he would believe me.
"I believe you and I will give you and the village enough supplies to last you a couple of months, but you have to do something for me." he said.
"Anything." I said I would do anything if it would help those in need. He got up and went to his desk and wrote something down on paper. When he finished he came back to me with the paper tied.
"Give this to your father and make sure only your father reads this. Once he reads it he'll ask you something, then I want you to read it." he said.
"I accept." I said.
"Good." he said then he headed towards the back wall. "Stay here I'll get the food." then he went into the wall. I waited for a little while then he came back with a cart full of supplies. "Lets got it will be dark bye the time we reach the village's territory." then we left Blaze dragged the cart the whole way when we got there it was dark just like he said. "Call for help."
"What?" I asked not understanding him.
"Call for help someone will here you and they bring the cart to the village." he said.
"HELP!!" I yelled with the top of my lungs. We herd a shout and it was getting closer. I turned to tell Blaze to run but he was already gone, like he was a phantom. I saw a torch and my father come over the hill he ran towards me. He got close enough he pulled me in for a hug.
"I told you not to leave the village." he said then he noticed the cart.
"It's full of food and water. I was told it would last us for a couple of months." I said.
"And who gave you this." he asked I pulled out the letter.
"This should explain." I said then handed him it and he read when he finished he looked right at me.
"What did he make?" he asked just like Blaze said. I grabbed the letter and it said.
Dear James
Your daughter's kindness is the only reason why I giving you this food and water. It will last for two months. For now I only have hope for the village. I have some conditions I want to be fulfilled. Christine is the only one I will allow to enter my territory I would never hurt her so you don't ever have to worry about that. Where you are now is border of your domain and mine. On my land only my rules are followed. If anyone tires to come my territory they will bruised, the second time I find time them they will be lucky if they can crawl. If I find a group of people and hear that you sent them I have creations that would allow me to wipe out the village you call home with just one blow. If you don't believe me ask your daughter she saw a couple of my masterpieces. The only time I will let people on my soil is that I order them to. If you will agree I will send more supplies but if some tries to harm me I can do whatever I wish with them. I'm sorry I couldn't say this in person but next time I insure you I will.
Sincerely Blaze the Firesmith
"He showed me an arrow that becomes a hundred, a dagger that can be cough on fire and stay burning." I said to my father and three others.
"Let's go we need to have a meeting." said my father and we all went to the town hall. I found a seat neat the front but not that close. My farther told everyone what was on the letter.
"I say we find him and show that bastard a thing or two." said Erick sounding a bit angry.
"No. Think he survived this long by himself, he made weapons that can wipe us out, and he knows that area better then anyone now." said my farther. "I say the wise thing to do is to give him what he wants."
"He's just one guy, I can even take him." said Erick.
"Oh really." I herd a loud thunderous voice say, then the candles and everything that gave light went out. The got so dark the you couldn't the hand in front of your face. I herd something like someone walking. Then all the candles, and torches was burning like magic but Blaze was in front of my father.
"Miss me." he said to my father.
"You bastard." said Erick Izaak's only son he is just a year younger then Blaze. Erick ran at Blaze but Blaze flipped him and pulled out a knife and pushed it against his throat.
"I'm not here to kill you." said Blaze then looked at Izaak. He left Erick on the ground and went to Izaak.
"Are you still angry at me? But before you answer there's something I want to show everyone." He went to James and stood on the stage. "The night before I was banished someone in this village came to me and took out of my cell. I don't know where I was taken because the person that took me knock me out." he looked at James for a little bit with soulless eyes then went back to everyone. "He scared me for life."
"How?" asked Erick being the only one brave enough or foolish enough.
"I'm glad you asked." said Blaze with twisted smile then he took off his mask. I felt both afraid of him and petted him. The right side of his face is burned to the point that no fur will ever grow back, his skin red with lines showing where he was burnt badly and if that wasn't bad enough cuts and gashes on his skin. "My face was pushed against a still burning coals, and when he thought that was enough he grabbed a whip and hit my face making sure that I would be in much pain. Find the person that did this to me and I will get you everything you need."
"How will we find him." asked James.
"By this." said Blaze then he pulled a bracelett. "I took this off of him and kept it hidden. Find the owner of this, and hand him to me I'll glady give you anything you want." then he throw the bracelett to my father.
"And what if we don't." asked James.
"Then you'll have to wait until I think you need more." said Blaze. "You have three days to decide about my demands. On the third day one hour after the sun sets I'll be here for the answer." then he took a step and then a string started to glow and it went to everything that that gave of light ant doors. Then everything went dark again for a minute then everything was relight he was nowhere in sight. Almost as if he was a phantom.
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