The Adventures of a Sword

Chapter 3

"Seriously," said Jordan. "I already tried this for hours, and it's still a dumb little book."
"It's a book, right?" said Arnie. "How about we flip the book until we find some instructions."
"But it's empty," said Jordan.
"Then flip it again," said Gary.
They kept on flipping it until they gave up.
"Hold on a second," said Arnie. "I think I saw some words in the middle."
They flipped to the middle and continued searching until they finally found some words printed in the book.
"Trust this book, trust Kornol, and this book shall be your sword and your guide," Jordan, Gary, and Arnie read aloud in unison.
"Trust it?" said Jordan. "So if we trust it, it turns into a sword."
"That sounds like trash," said Gary.
"Come on, guys," said Arnie. "You can't be serious. You're keep on complaining about why we can't turn this book into a sword. It explicitly says that we need to trust this book, and we get the sword."
Suddenly, there was knocking at the door.
"Who is it?" said Jordan.
"It's me, Balthazar."
"Great!" Gary whispered. "It's another one of those retarded henchmen of Emperor Ginold!"
Balthazar walked in.
"Where's the book?" he said through gritted teeth.
"We don't have it," said Arnie.
"WHERE IS THAT BOOK!" yelled Balthazar. "Come on! I wasted enough time! Gimme that book!"
He began to attack the three kids. Jordan and Gary punched him, but he threw them into a nearby pond.
"How dare you!" yelled Arnie as he charged towards Balthazar, but he was easily overpowered as Balthazar threw him into a bookshelf. Jordan walked behind Balthazar, and he struck him with a giant stick.
"Ouch! Don't do that again!" exclaimed Balthazar, and he whacked Jordan in the face and grabbed the stick.
As Gary was still groaning from the fight, Balthazar walked up to him, and he was about to strike him down with a sword when a bright light appeared. "Kornol," said Balthazar as he quickly ran away.
Unfortunately, Jordan, Gary, and Arnie were also scared, and they ran away.
"Don't be scared," said the bright light.
The three kids stopped.
"Are you going to eat us?" Jordan asked nervously.
The bright light was almost laughing.
"Of course not," he said. "Come with me. This is going to be a long day."
"Who are you?" asked Arnie.
"The one you are looking for," replied the bright light.
"Who? Are? You?" Arnie repeated, frustrated.
"Just stick with me, and you will find out," the bright light said.
As they walked into a tent, the bright light turned into a man.
"Sit down," he said.
The three kids sat down.
"Are you having a hard time?" asked the bright light, now turned into a man.
"What do you mean?" asked Jordan.
"As in having a hard time trusting the book," said the man.
"Uh, yes," said Arnie.
"Then you no longer need to worry," the man replied. "I am the ghost of O'Malley."