Tales Of The Ulfur Clan

Introducing Dakota and Erik

A loud voice spoke out in the courtroom filled with angry townspeople.
A girl stood amongst them with chains binding her hands together.
"Mackenzie Ash!" It roared "You stand before this court, for your crimes against the Bjørn Clan's land, you are accused of the most horrid crime illegal in all traces of Bjørn civilization. Witchcraft."

The girl was about eleven years old, had long strawberry blonde hair and lime green eyes with tears dripping down her cheeks.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" a frowning man with small round glasses and a long brown beard.
The people had warm clothing on and animal furs.
"I-I...never hurt...a-anyone" the young girl stuttered.
"Kill the witch!!! Burn her!!" a woman screamed "that creature devoured my children!!!" a man yelled trying to grab the girl.
"She put a hex on my grandfather!!" another woman hollered.
"Enough! Silence!" the judge slammed his gavel on the wood.
"Mackenzie Ash you are found guilty of all charges and sentenced to death!" the man's voice boomed.
"...I Object!!! Oh wait wrong line....oh yeah I remember now...Objection!! " suddenly a very tall young man with dark black hair and light blue eyes dropped down in front of the judge.
He had an armored outfit on and a sword sheathed on his hip.
On the other side was just a long blade sheathed.
A man jumped from his seat his fist aimed at the girl but then an arrow was shot into the man's arm.
He dropped to his knees clutching his arm.
Mackenzie turned around scared but looked up to see a tall boy with light blonde hair and light blue eyes that looked identical to the taller dark haired male's.
"Its going to be ok", the blonde whispered in her ear "Erik Connery at you're service" he said and picked up the girl gently.

A woman came at the boy with a broken bottle but he dodged just in time.
"Those are from the Ulfur Clan!" a man shouted "how dare they interrupt judgement!"

"Be quiet!!!!" the dark haired male shouted "shut you're traps or Sasquatch gets it!" he said putting a his long dagger to the judge's throat.
No one but the blonde male made a move.
The blonde took Mackenzie out the door calmly and quietly till he stepped right outside and a bullet was shot right in his direction.
A pink aura surrounded him and Mackenzie, the bullet shattered on impact with the aura.
The man who shot the gun held his rifle aimed at the two.
Th dark haired male ran out of the court quickly after Mackenzie was outside.
The man aimed his gun at the other male and shot but, the male unsheathed his sword and reflected the bullet at the man hitting him in the arm.
He then cut the chains on Mackenzie's shackles with his blade.
"Dakota we need to go now!" Erik said before Dakota took Mackenzie into his arms and Erik withdrew his bow and an arrow.

"Stand back and no one else will be hurt!" Dakota warned.
"Kill em!!"

Well so much for no one getting hurt.... both boys thought.

They made a b-line through the village.
Many people shot at them, threw hand axes and spears at them.
Mackenzie cried silently on Dakota's chest in fear.
"Dakota jump!" Erik called as he shot another man in the leg.
"What!? Why?!" Dakota said confused.
"Just do it! Now!" Erik yelled.

It sounded dumb but Dakota trusted Erik.
At the same time they both jumped up into the air and were caught by a pair of talons.
"Thanks..Salvina" Dakota sighed as the dragoness sighed in relief and flew the three back to their clan lands.
Where the two male's were being scolded by their leader.
King Thomas Ferguson, leader of their Clan a kind yet strict man who had told them specifically not to meddle in rival clan affairs.
The king sighed "I figured the two of you would do this" he rolled his eyes "we are at a time of peace and we would all like it to stay that way" the king sat at his thrown and sighed "so sadly I don't think that will happen now, the Bjørn Clan will probably be here within a few days with a declaration of war"

"Sorry Tommy" Dakota said " I just couldn't leave her, they were accusing her of things she didn't even do"
"They ment to kill her my Lord" Erik said.
The king sighed one again "Well you both are lucky I already made preparations to avoid this war" Dakota smirked "always 10 steps ahead as always Tommy" the King laughed "I have to be when it comes to the two of you" then there was a shout from one of the side door in the thrown room.
"Dakota! Erik!!" a younger boy about twelve to thirteen ran over to the guys and hugged them both.
And then the blonde haired boy playfully punched Dakota in the side "I want my rematch now" he said excitedly.
"Rematch? What rematch?" the king mused looking down at none other than his own son Prince Thomas Ferguson the second or T.J. for short.
"Well dad Dakota was teaching me how to sword fight the other day and he beat me so now I'm gonna beat him!" T.J. smirked and cracked his knuckles.
"I see well run along now Melinda is ready to teach you your lessons T.J." Thomas said pointing his sons in the direction of his tutor Melinda Betris.
"Speaking of lessons, me and Erik missed most of ours today c'mon bro let's get-"
"Not so fast Dakota, you and Erik still disobeyed my orders" the King stood up from his thrown "for this I think you must be given an act of community service" Thomas walked over towards his Dragoness Salvina who was resting by Thomas's thrown.
He reached into a pocket on her saddle and pulled out a poster.
"There have been recent sightings of a giant wolf, we are not sure if it is a Lycan or Hellhound but we do know that it has been terrorising the neighboring clans all throughout the region. It's destroyed property attacked civilians and devoured livestock" Thomas went on but then Dakota stepped in "whoa whoa, so you want us to go after it!? Don't you remember what happened when we went after that troll that was spiritinv away young girls!?" Erik shivered "he....ate...us"
"We smelled like rotting flash for days!" Dakota went own.
"Look boys I've been getting letters from all the other clans and as strongest clan in the region it is our duty to protect the others"
Dakota pouted but mumbled a "fine" while Erik busted shivered remembering the Troll.
"Now be on your way, Merlin will give you a thrashing for almost skipping " both the boys nodded and ran off.
Erik and Dakota went to special school in the Ulfur Clan, it was known Ulfur Academy.
A school that all the members of the clan wish to get into but only some of them are able to.
And actually outsiders get in too, if they are taken in by the clan.
It is a school for those who wish to fight for the clan.
Dakota and Erik are actually very important members of the clan and are actual two of the three clan members in their class, the others are all outsiders meaning the blood of the clan does not run in their vains.
The school starts from age 10 and ends at age 30.
The boys walk into the class room only to be smacked in the head by a floating ruler, both covered their heads to see some of their classmates laughing at them and to see their teacher Proffersor Merlin standing by the board holding a book and directing the chalk to levitate and write symbols on the board with his hand.
Even though he was called Merlin that was only a title powerful magic users gain.
His real name was Isaac Summers, he was a tall man nearly as tall as Dakota, and he had shoulder length white hair and blue eyes that were as blue as the sea and framed by his silver colored spectacles.
He was a very well respected and wise man, despite being sarcastic blunt and as some of his students would say a smartass.
Surprisingly he was the only one Dakota would not smart off to and probably the person he respected the most in the clan.
He also got his sassy nature from the man since they met when Dakota was nine years old.
The professor took his teaching very seriously and would probably kill for his students.
It was also rumored that he was secretly a party animal and quite the charmer with the female species.
"Ah, the Connery brothers missing half of your lessons again I see" he mused.
"Sorry Proffessor it won't happen again" they both said.
"Was it another Troll? Or maybe that so called were-wolf queen you told me about?"
"Nah this time it was the Bjørn Clan and their witch trails" the Merlin quickly stopped his writing and murmured something that sounded like "those nuisances."
He then turned back to the boys "my apologies boys please go to your desks, turn to page 170 and copy down the protection symbols"
"Yes sir"