Stories (Book 1/3)

Departure

It was early in the morning when Uka woke up. Today was the last day he would stay in the village he had lived in his whole life. Helga had also woken early to help Uka place his bags in the cart. He was to take a brand new cart which his father had spent the last year building and seed, his light brown horse with white splotches and mane. He also had with him, tucked away in his satchel, the cloak which his mother and father still did not know about.

"Are you going to be okay?" Helga asked, "Does your head still hurt?" "Do you know where you're going to go?"
Uka's mother and father didn't come out until it was time for him to leave.

It was only after he left did he think about where he would go. The only other place he knew was the city because of the market but that was all. Uka thought otherwise since the city was full of thieves and he would be a big target because of the things he was carrying. Instead, he asked the cloak.

Uka, we must defeat Yeg, I will lead you to him.
"No, we are not going to Yeg. It's not my responsibility. If they want it gone, the king should command his armies or something to fight him."
But Uka, you are the only one who will be able to defeat him.
"I don't know what makes you think that, I'm just a farm boy."

Without waiting for a response, he took of the cloak and threw it into one of the bags with him, deciding instead to follow where the road went and see where it took him.

Uka fell asleep on his journey, trusting seed to follow the path. He had expected her to stop at the city to perhaps stay the night in an inn but as the sun beat down on him and he woke up, he realised he was in new lands. Somewhere far away from the city. It was a giant savanah filled with yellow spiky grass. There were little trees and it was a wide area. A mountain could be seen in the distance as the city walls were not blocking the way. Below it was what looked like a little town or village.

It took what felt like an hour to arive there; Uka was entertaining himself by humking and singing tunes and taking in the scenery which didnt change much on the journey. Every time Uka put on the cloak, it kept blabbering on about how he had to defeat Yeg so he decided it was not a good idea to put it on.

As he reached the village of sinple stone huts, he was welcomed by a woman and her daughter who said they were going to the well to get some water. When they returned, the woman introduced herself as Margret and her daughter as Lilian. They let him stay in her house for a few nights in return for him hunting a boar for them. Finaly knowing he was in the village of hiat and being able to locate where he was put him to rest.