The War Of The Magi

Chapter 1

Machate crouched behind a boulder. The deer was nibbling the green grass. He strung his bow with an arrow and aimed for it's neck. The deer didn't seem to notice him, this would be his family's dinner. Ever since Caspian's execution his mother and father were in their mourning stage. Then Machate released the string it hit it's target. The deer flinched and then dropped dead. Machate rose from the boulder and walked toward the body. He grabbed it's hind legs and it's back legs. He slouched into a more comfortable position. Then he set off onto the trail. At dusk he arrived at his village, Xynnar. He walked to his cottage on the west of his village.
" Mother I am home! We can have venison for dinner tonight." Machate waited for his mother's response but there was just silence." Mother?" He asked again, there was still silence. He dropped the deer and ran toward his house. When he came his mother was on the floor with a long slash on her chest. It was bleeding and blood was all over the floor. He immediately rushed to the floor. He felt her forehead, cold. Her face was ghastly pale and her breathing was slowing down.
" Mother! Mother! " Machate screamed to her in a panicked voice. Her eyes fluttered open. The same hazel eyes that comforted Caspian and him during thunder storms. She began to speak.
" Caspian............h-he............c-came back." A panicked look filled Machate's face.
" What? Caspian got executed four days ago? How could he still be alive?"
His mother started speaking again.
" H- He came ............b-back as a........."she paused " ........a shadow knight. " A feeling flooded through him. This felt like a knife was piercing his skin. His mother continued.
" Caspian....he.......he....came and........killed your father." A tear escaped his eye. How could Caspian do this? The same Caspian that taught him hunting. The same Caspian that played and comforted him. Machate gasped but let her finish.
"H-He had...........four other warriors........all could do magix.........and all were shadow knights. Caspian.........could could do..........magix too." Then she closed her eyes and the life that remained in her started to drift away. She muttered her last few words.
" May Stelia watch over you."
Then she was gone.