The Tale Of Varathia

The King Awaits

Arilo, Araka, and Meladores crew all started writing letters for all of Varathia, they were attempting to draft anyone who wants the king gone and have some or even no fighting capabilities. The King shouldn't get any of these letters due to the fact that Storis with his flight is going to be delivering them.

Drago looks at Arilo whose face oozes determination.

"I may see a day or two into the future but I'm not sure how well this plan is going to work"

"It's going to work, it has to."

Arilo closes his eyes and thinks of Araka crying in his arms and what past she must hold. He has to win for all of varathia and for her.

"If you say so Arilo." Drago said as he looked back down creating more letters."

Araka walks into the crew and Arilo.

"Meladore and I just finished going over the plan again and how we should train the people who help as we did with the elder's people, you guys almost done with the letters?"

"Just about!" Arilo jumped up smiling as he compiled the letters into one big bag.

"Storis, I need you to deliver these to everyone across Varathia, make sure everyone gets one, and make sure the king doesn't find out."

Storis nods with a serious grin as he takes the bag and flies off at great speeds.

Araka looks at Arilo stunned at the fact he's able to trust someone he barely knows with delivering the letters, with a smile nonetheless.

After a short while, Meladore walks in with her helmet on and her blade holstered on her side.

"I'm going on a food hunt, I'll be back in a few hours."

"I'll come with you, just in case." Arilo insisted.

Meladore shakes her head, "It's alright I can handle myself, thank you for the offer though," She then walks out of the abandoned building they were in and walks outside the ruined gates.

"I'm following her," Arilo then rushes out behind her, before Araka could say anything he was already outside the gates.

"Ah, alright then," Araka sighed as she looks at Drago.

"So what do you guys do when she's out and about?"

"Hmm, well most of the time we just hang about, with the occasional company of a knight or two, but we just mess around with them until they collapse," Drago said smiling a bit at Araka.

"Huh, an occasional knight you say? has there ever been a knight when Meladores was around?"

Drago shakes his head, "No. Never."

Araka thinks for a bit

"Does that mean...He knows some things up...
He's trying to pick you guys off. He knows you guys are capable of making an army."

"Huh, oh! I doubt he'll be able to do that, I mean we've been fine for a while!"

"Not unless he gets one of you guys..."

A few hours pass as there was a loud clanking of armor walking outside.

"That must be Meladore." Stated Drago as he walks outside but to his surprise, it was a knight. It towered over Drago with beating red eyes showing through the metal of its helm.

The knight quickly unholstered his small throwing axe and jams it into Drago's chest, Drago stands there shocked and kneels down bleeding out. this knight wasn't like any other knight the crew faced he was faster, smarter, and more protected. there was also a familiar look to him, he had wings...and a bag. Storis.

"Shit, Drago!" Araka yelled as she held her dagger in front of her looking at the corrupted Storis.

"The king has a message for all of you, including the multibond...He got the message and is being generous, do not go through with this plan, it will end in lots of bloodshed and death. you will not be successful, and the king will take over varathia once and for all."

Storis pauses for a second as he readies his axe

"he also requested I kill you and your crew." He then rushes at Araka at an incredible speed but Araka narrowly dodges slamming into a wall by accident as Storis flies around slicing at Arakas neck.

Araka ducks under Storis and whips around him and climbs onto his back holding onto his neck while humming a higher-pitched tune to increase her strength and agility.

Storis throws Araka off his back as she slams into the room next door. At this point, Meladores crew was alerted and rushed into storis attacking Araka.

"Shit, that's storis! Storis snap out of it!" one crew member yelled as storis turned around and looked at the crew. No one noticed Drago bleeding out as Araka was also too focused on Storis.

 Araka kicked storis in the back pushing him towards the crew. 2 crew members made certain hand gestures as a golden chain came flying out of their hands and wrapping around storis.

Storis chuckled as he extended his wings easily and effortlessly breaking free and flying out of the building and away towards the king's castle.

Araka pants and walks over to the crew severely injured looking over at Dragos's limp body wondering why he deserved this and if he foresaw this and knew that to be successful he had to die. She was holding her side holding back tears as There was a blood-stained letter on the ground. She was barely able to pick it up and read it, But the words where smeared in red ink that stated,

"The king awaits your army."