The Great Prophecy

Chapter 7

The next day the strongest men and the best swordsmen left for the forest. Akoen, Lokiel, and Keflar were also going. At the forest, they met Aolus. "Is everybody here? Yes, ok. Let's begin, first of all I will need everybody's names so I can know that everybody is here" said Aolus. One by one the men went up to Aolus so he could write their names down. "All right! Now that I have everybody's names, let me tell all of you what the first challenge is going to be. You will need to survive in the forest for the week. You must survive with your assigned group that I made for you. If you don't survive, then you don't survive, simple! All right, the first group is Akoen, Lokiel, and Keflar". The three were so happy that they were together because they knew each other and worked well together. Aolus assigned the other groups afterwards. "All right, now that the groups are assigned, let me tell you that you will not be getting any equipment, this means that you would have to live off the forest. However, if you are chosen to go on the quest, then you will be getting equipment in the beginning" Aolus said. Everybody started to groan when they heard that, except for Akoen's group. They knew this forest by heart; they knew every nook and cranny of the forest. They even had the Farlorians's trust.

"I know that we're going to win this challenge. We got the best swordsman in Akiet, the best and only healer in Akiet, we have the strongest man in Akiet, and to top it all off, we know this forest by heart" Akoen said. Lokiel and Keflar agreed with Akoen.

All of the groups started when the moon was rising and the sun was setting. Aolus knew that Akoen's group was going to win this for sure, he knew about their secret. They would venture into the forest every day, even though no one was allowed to. He also knew about the Farlorians. Aolus was just like Akoen, Lokiel, and Keflar when he was their age, always venturing out into the forest, wanting to be a warrior. In fact, Aolus knew Akoen's group was to be the one to go on the quest. This was the greatest quest since the time Kieler destroyed Gandor.

Akoen and his group were doing really good, they already found shelter, which was a small area dug out from underneath a tree. They found enough berries, fruits, and vegetables to make a salad. "I think we are good to go, we just need some weapons to protect ourselves, which I've got covered," Keflar said. Keflar immediately got to work on saying this.

"We will also need some medicine, I could use the leaves and mint in the forest to make some bandages, I will need to look around for healing herbs, but I will do that after Keflar finishes with the weapons so that I can protect myself" said Lokiel.

"Well then, looks like we're off to a good start!" Akoen said. It was at least three hours into the night and Keflar had finished the weapons.

"Voila! The weapons are done, two wooden swords for me and Akoen and one wooden battle axe for Lokiel. These should last us a few weeks" Keflar said.

"Great! That means I can go out and search for some herbs" Lokiel said.

"All right, I guess this will be our camp?" Akoen asked as the others nodded. "Okay, now that we have that clear, how about when Lokiel comes back from his search, we will rest for a bit. Now the question is, who is going to be the guard first?" Akoen said.

"Not me, I will have just come back from the search, I will need to rest," said Lokiel.

"And I worked on the weapons, which to up a lot of my energy, so I will need to rest too," said Keflar.

"Well, then I'm guessing I will be the guard first, alright!" Akoen said.