Kingsroad I

Chapter 9: Unexpected Twist

Chapter 9: Unexpected Twist

With their mounted pets, they came to the main cave which was scorched with flames and fire.

“I wonder what has happened here,” Mosspath wondered out loud, looking at the walls that once had neat torches in their places but now was cast on the ground, spreading it’s flames all over the cave.

“I don’t know.” Shadow shrugged. “But it doesn’t look good.”

“What do you think, SilentStrike?” asked Wizshark getting suspicious of his quietness.  “SilentStrike?!”

“WHERE DID THAT IDIOT GO?!” HadiesStar went up in fumes at his frustration while the others tried to calm him down. “I KNEW HE WOULD BETRAY US!”

“Dude, calm down,” Wizshark chided. “He probably didn’t betray us, remember he killed The Forest Sage and PolarChris?”

HadiesStar let out a unconvincing grunt. “I guess you’re right.” he muttered. “But it could be a distraction.”

Wizshark snorted, “I doubt it.”

“Where is everyone?” Shadow asked, noticing with uneasiness that the cave was empty and their voices echoed down corridors.

“I don’t know.” Mosspath glanced over at the stone halls. “But we better get out of here while we have the chance since even a deaf person could have heard your outburst, HadiesStar,” she glared at HadiesStar who muttered an apology.

As they turned to go, a voice boomed out of the stone. “Time to go? I think not! Attack!”

A burst of flames exploded from HallowFire, Flatulence, and Flame at once, creating a wall of fire that separated the cave in half. The captors stepped back in surprise and bumped into the back wall, falling flat on their faces.

HadiesStar also fell on the floor with uncontrollable laughter until Wizshark shook him up and told him to get up. He got up dutifully, staring back across the wall of flames and sneered at them.

“We need to find SilentStrike,” Shadow hissed at them, as they mounted their pets. “He better be around here somewhere.”

“Can Flame sense him?” Mosspath looked at the dragon. Flame cocked his head and snorted smoke through his nostrils. He grunted and snorted at NightStar, who told Mosspath.

“Okay,” Mosspath stood up and addressed the group, “He’s at the far island to the west.”

HadiesStar groaned, but got up and mounted HallowFire with DarkSkies behind him. “Just our luck,” he muttered.

“Okay,” Mosspath addressed the group once they got out of the cave and neared the ship. “So Shadow, Flatulence, Flame, NightStar, and I are going to go to the far west island.” She pointed to the largest island on the west side of the archipelago. “And the rest of you go to the ship and meet us up there, okay?”

“Okay.” The rest of them went to the ship, while the others flew towards the west side, flying low to catch any sign of SilentStrike.

Flame led the way west until they could see a large island, but smaller than the one they landed on before. A dark figure was close to the water edge.

“Hey!” Shadow called down, their pale shadow skimming the ground from the silver moonlight, “Who are you?”

“Shadow, is that you?” yelled the voice, the dark figure standing up and looking up at the sky.

“Yeah, SilentStrike is that you?” asked Shadow, turning the question around down on the figure.