Shadow & Light The Ark Twins

Chapter 4

Raven:

"Who is that girl?" Asked Murtagh. "I have never seen her in Ellésmera". I stopped walking and looked at him surprised and scared that he knew about her.

"How, what girl!?" I said nervously.

"My apologies Raven". said Murtagh with a bow, "One of the things that we Dragon Raiders or those who know magic, is that we learn to look inside someone's mind and if its unprotected, however, your enemy can kill you easily." He said sounding happy, I swallowed my words for I could not speak any.

"Look Raven, concentrate on an ordinary object, no matter what happens don't brake concentration ok?" I nodded simply and calmed down.

I concentrated on a rock and kept thinking about the rock. Out of nowhere I felt a hit behind my head,

"Ow!" I looked behind me "Why did you hit me?!" I screamed at Murtagh, "I was concentrated like you told me!".

"Because I told you to concentrate and to continue doing whatever it is you were doing. You need to learn how to multi task and be open minded and also you looked like you were about to scream your lungs out" Murtagh sat next to Uminuc and kept looking at me laughing.

I walked towards the other side of the hall and I noticed that it has been ages since I walked into the Practice hall. Elven was next to me putting on the training armor of leather that smelled like wet dog.

"Hey Raven, can you help me real quick with the straps?" I looked at Elven and sighed.

"Didn't we just ate Elven and here you are getting ready to practice... I don't get you at all" I looked at him and rolled my eyes. He ignored me as always. I helped him with the straps and pushed him away.

He ran towards Uncle Oscar and started laughing about his Armor not fitting him, I felt jealous... I hated my brother for always being the favorite here and making a fool of himself at school ruining uncles reputation. "You shouldn't say that about your brother" I turned around.

"Murtagh?!" I said in surprise. "But you are next to Umi on the other side of the hall, how can I hear you so clearly?!" He smiled and turned to look at Elven.

"Funny thing is that you've forgotten to block your mind and if I were an enemy, I could have undertaken your mind and controlled you to do my biding. Now your brother on the other hand, may not be as intelligent as you, But I've been trying to tap into his mind and I keep getting blocked, I am speechless. Now that is a possible feat, being that I am a very strong Raider and I have a lot of knowledge and also a sneaky one at that." Murtagh Chuckled as if the mystery intrigued him.

"Can you please stop talking inside my head, it is the most uncomfortable feeling I have ever gotten." I said to him in a plain tone.

"Oh ofcourse, you're grace". He said with a funny tone.

"Ha very funny Murtagh" I mocked him back, but then I though for a second, "If he can read my mind, maybe I can read his..." I sat there slowly closing my eyes, when I opened then I could see the room in grey, like a old TV show. I started freaking out, but I calmed down.

When I looked at Murtagh he had a Scarlett Red Fire flowing around him "That is a lot of Energy flow or Magic if that is what they call it". I said slowly.

The top left of my eye started to hurt, but I ignored it and looked at Uminuc. His Energy was a small Brownish Orange with traces of rocks... When I stared at him, it made me think about earth and mountains for some reason. I turned my head and looked at Uncle and it was as small as Uminuc, but it was a green color... Smooth as an Emerald?, but what almost knocked me off the chair was Elven, His Energy or whatever you would like to call it, it was flowing all the way to the ceiling in an upwards flow with the color White Silver. It was bigger than Murtagh.

I looked down at the floor thinking about what I just saw and noticed some liquid falling to the floor, as I wiped my nose I noticed blood. I stood up quick just to fall on my side feeling sick to my stomach and trembling none stop, I was scared.

I felt my consciousness fade away slowly, as my eyes closed I saw Murtagh rushing towards me with inhumane speed and grabbing me quickly.

"Raven?!, oh no his getting weaker by the second!" Murtagh started screaming, but it all got lost in the wind for I could not hear anything...

"Raven!!" I screamed.

"No no no" said Oscar trotting towards Raven, "Get him to the sick bay, Elven stay here with Uminuc and don't you dare leave!" He said with a stern voice that was about to brake up.

"Raven..." I sat down on the floor, "I knew this was bound to happen, I should've told him this morning, but I knew he was going to brush me off and say it was just a dream." I sat there hugging my feet when I felt a rough hand on my shoulder.

"What do you mean that you dreamt this event mate?" Asked Umi with a serious face or that I know off, he had a big beard.

"These past week I've had nightmares that felt too real... Or like I am a ghost watching what happens in real life, I don't know." My lip started trembling none stop and I tried my best to calmed down.

"When I was just a young dwarf 400 years ago, I met the King at the Varden when Me and me Mom where there witnessing Me Fathers Tomb inside the Rock. He died protecting the king in the big war, I'd be damned if I didn't cry, but soon after my mother died of sickness and the king took me in and now I was the new sole Heir to the name and clan... The Dûrgrimst Ingeitum.

"What are you trying to say, that you are Royalty?!". I stood up quickly.

"Aye mate, Orik is me Uncle and the only family member I have left, My name is not Uminuc Ingotheart, that was my fallen comrade, my real name Is Orik just like my king, I was named after him in Honor of his majesties coronation." he said with a bow and a fist to the floor.

I tried to speak, but no words were coming out... What now?.