The Game's End

Chapter 9

Find this place was hard at first but not impossible. We thought about where it would be hidden for a she before we finally figured it out. It was in the mountain! Ingenious. So we jumped in the lake and swam until we found the underwater cave. Then we walked through dirt corridors where we found the brass door where Shawn and I now stand in front of. A small girl came up to us, she told us her name and that we could not take the test together.

"I'm sorry but I will not part from my brother; I'm sure you understand."

"I do understand but I cannot let you go as a group you must complete them on your own."

We continued to bicker for a couple minutes then Shawn joined in, after that a wide grin spread across the small girl's face.

"You have proven your loyalty to one another; that is a quality we value very highly here. You may continue as a group. She proceeded to tell us what we had to accomplish to pass onto the next test. After finding the lock carved into the door we approached the council and told them our story.

The council huddled together and whispered, occasionally looking over at us. Finally they came to their decision and we were told we could move on to the last test.

We were lead to a pair of double doors by the same girl as before. She pointed to the doors on the left and told us to wait while the current testie finished.

The room had a opening in the wall, looking out into an arena. I took notice of the girl in the center of it fighting a man tree times her size. She was holding a pair of daggers and had a bow staff strapped to her back. I took a closer look at her and saw that this wasn't just anyone it was Sarah. She looked over at us as she finished him off by throwing her dagger at him; it went straight through his neck bringing with it a heap of blood. My hand shot up to cover my mouth; my friend was a murderer. My shock increased when the huge man, and the blood, seemed to evaporate and the dagger dropped to the floor. Sarah picked it up, put it back in its sheath, then left the arena. Shawn and I stared back and forth between each other and where she just stood.

"Your turn." the little girl said.