The Tide of Total War

His Personal Hell

*Thunk*

"Well, well, well. Look at what we have here. We got ourselves a real master, don't we." Joked a tall bearded man, with brown messy hair.

"I knew your jokes were bad, *Thunk* but I never thought it would get to the point that its now cheesy." Remarked a red headed girl, shooting arrows at a tree as the snow on them fell down with every shot.

"Ah, come on now, Vallora. I can't be perfect every time! I would like to see you make up jokes that are as marvelous as these off the top of your head." Retorted the grizzled man.

"I don't need to do that James. I can't stoop down to your level."

James said back, "Geez. You have been getting me bad today."

"What can I say.." Mocked Vallora, as she turned and shrugged her shoulders as she started walking, "I'm a natural." 

They walked down to the tree, Vallora taking out the arrows as James leaned against the tree, sharpening a large branch to get straight. After a few hours of them doing their usual thing the walked away from the area to go inside a large, shoddy, cabin. 

"Are you guys ready or what!?" Greeted out a big burly man. He looked awfully like a stereotypical lumberjack, but without the usual clothes they wear.

"Oh, you bet we are dad!!" Yelled back James as he bounced in the air in excitement while Vallora stood, arms folded, but smiling.

"Good, then lets sally forth shall we not!?"

The three people strolled out and went on towards the cobblestone trail. After a good few minutes they headed out of the frosted trees and into the large white fields. They headed towards the east and continued on their journey, with the sounds of snow foxes and hares pouncing around, and the feel of frost touch upon anything along the clouded up sun saw. They soon reached to a large stone ruin, with several massive wholes and doorways.

"Well. Which one do you rookies want to go in first. I've only been in one in this location." Said the lumberjack man.

"Lets go in that big whole over there." Replied James as he pointed to a gaping opening to the far left.

"Are you okay with that Vallora." Asked the burly man.

"Of course." Said Vallora as they continued towards the canyon of a whole.

They reached it and saw that the whole was really a building ruin. The surrounding walls and floor made of carved stone, with a few shattered pots lying around next to a medium sized, splintery, wooden door. They walked down the whole's, stairs and opened the shattered up door slowly, making a very audible creek in the dark abyss.

"This one seems great." Stated the burly man, as he started to make a fire with a hardly used torch. 

They walked down the gaping dark in the stone walkways. The flickering light of the newly made torch clearing out all the black and filling in yellow and red. As the heat touched their cheeks. They walked down the ally way to find two doors.

"Lets try the right one first." Suggested Vallora,

"Seems great." Replied the lumberjack man, as they headed down the very quiet doorway.

The three people journeyed further into the anomalous, empty, halls with only some drips of water to break the insanity of silence.  Soon, after what felt like an eternity in what seemed death, they found another doorway blocked by another wooden door. Vallora tried to pry the door open but it wouldn't budge. It was locked.

"There's only one solution for this." Said the buff man

The large man kicked down the door in a fast, easy breeze. The large thud and crash exploded out into the silent darkness.