Kingsroad I

Chapter 11: The Pit

Chapter 11: The pit

The group was sitting down in a small corridor, drinking some ale and healing themselves from the recent fast paced battles.

“Where’s Darkskies? I swear it seemed like he’d only be gone a couple minutes,” asked SilentStrike. Suddenly Darkskies came down the hallway.

“Sorry, I was away longer than I said I’ll - CAW,” he spat out. Mosspath stared at Darkskies, not believing him.

“Are you feeling okay?” Mosspath inquired, narrowing her eyes at him.

“Yeah, I’m great,” he replied, just stating the facts and not joking or making sarcastic comments like he usually does. Mosspath crossed her arms, wondering what got into his head. He doesn’t sound like his usual self.

“Okay, then answer these questions: What’s your brother’s name and who was Wizshark’s master?”

“Uh… ‘Bro’ and um… us?” stuttered out Darkskies, “No, no! It’s uh… Shun…maestro— and… Bladimus Gooddog?” The strength of Zadimus’s name was not working correctly because it was screwed up.

“Hm… What’s wrong with your head!?” Shadow exclaimed, surprised by Darkskies’ brain damage.

“Uh…” Darkskies muttered. “Nothing…?”

“Uh, huh.” HadiesStar rolled his eyes sarcastically. “Right…”

“Look, there’s nothing wrong with me. Hadies is behind that door so all we have to do is open it,” Darkskies announced as he moved towards the door. Shadow and Wizshark moved into the front of the door, blocking Darkskies.

“Who are you?” Mosspath asked.

“You already know that—” exclaimed Darkskies.

“CAW!”

Suddenly, Darkskies was rushed away from the scene.

“Why’s he going that way?” Shadow wondered out loud.

“Because he’s a NOOB!” HadiesStar shouted in a mocking voice. Then, the floor below them fell.

“And you said he was a noob,” Wizshark said as they were tumbling down the bottomless pit.

“Nice weather we’re having,” SilentStrike commented absently, trying to stay vertically straight with his arms crossed during the fall. Shadow and HadiesStar imitated his position and started scolding Wizshark.

“Do your homework! Only if you eat all your vegetables. You are a disgrace to your family!” they exclaimed at Wizshark.

“Stop telling me to do homework when we’re falling down a never ending pit!” he complained. He crossed his arms. “You’re not my mother.”

HadiesStar took out his ale. He tried pouring it in ramshackled cup but it just flew up into his face. Shadow and SilentStrike laughed at him. Suddenly Mosspath screamed.

“What was THAT!” the rest of the group yelled in response. Mosspath looked at them with dark, piercing eyes, seeming to cut through their souls.

“Uhh, Darkskies is going to die?” SilentStrike stared at her.

“No, no, no, no, NO! He’s not going to die, not today. As long as there still an arrow in my quiver, he’s still alive,” SilentStrike opposed with so much conviction and dignity that Wizshark was about to cry.

“That was beautiful, but you have already run out of arrows in your quiver… Anyways, I wish you were my friends since the beginning of time,” weeped Wizshark. HadiesStar thumped him in the back of the head.