The Time of the Hidden

Mendrick

The world came into view, with colors unlike the ones in my room. There was flashes of green and dark brown, as the world spun around us. I began to get lightheaded from all the spinning. Suddenly, the world stoped,and the earth was solid under our feet. My legs felt like jelly, and my head was still spinning. I would have fallen to the ground, if it weren't for Theo holding me tight and steady.

Theo didn't even seem that affected by the teleportation. All he had was a small buckle at the knees, then he was steady as stone.

For the first bit, Theo practically held my weight while I allowed my head to steady, and regained some feeling back in my legs.

Once I could stand without him holding me, I moved out of his grip, but still holding tight on his arm while my legs regained normality.

"You good?" He asked me after I slipped my hand from his arm. I replied with a nod before we began walking.

I began to take a look at our surroundings. We were in a forest filled with thick trunk trees, that were dressed in dark brown bark. Their leaves were wide spread, blocking out almost all the light that might be on the outside, giving it an eerie feeling.

"So, where's Mendrick?" I asked Theo.

"We should have landed on the outskirts of the city. It should be close, and somewhere in this general direction..." His words trailed off as the giant trees were cut off, revealing a towering stone wall. "Well, we found that quicker than anticipated."

"Now the question is, where's the entrance?" As I spoke, we heard a shout at the right of us.

"At the ready, men!" A man with a deep confident voice held from behind the thick trees. I followed Theo as he moved through the trees in the direction of the yelp.

We moved into a small clearing that held a large dirt road. The wall had an enormous gate implanted into it. Five men stood with drawn swords, prepared to fight. They stood in a V like formation. The man at the point of the V was dressed in grander armor, and was mostly likely the one that held the command, as he seemed to be the obvious leader of the group.

A pack of grieves stood on the road, hunched slightly, with menacing snarls on their mouths.

Theo drew his two swords, and I unhooked my crossbow, loading a bolt into it.

The first of nine grievers rushed for the gate soldiers. I fired my crossbow, lodging a bolt into the side of the creatures head. The griever fell to its knees, but crumbled to ash before it's body but the earth.

My stomach felt slightly queasy.

I had never actually killed anything before, and I was caught in a daze, replaying how the bolt pierced the creatures temple. The replaying of it made me sick.

I was pulled from the ill memory by Theo's voice next to my ear.

"Nice shot." Theo whispered to me.

"Thanks." I whispered back, shaking off the previous sickening feeling.

The men at the gate glanced at us, but turned their heads back instantly towards the on coming griever attack. Five of them headed towards the men while three rushed forward in our direction.

One came for me, closing the distance between us quickly with its long legs. I finally got my second bolt ready, and shot It into the beasts chest. When It only stumbled back, I loaded another bolt and shot the chest again. It quickly dropped into ash, only a few yards from where I stood, giving me a view of Theo's fight. He took on the tallest of the two grievers left. He slashed at its legs, forcing it on its knees. With one blade, he blocked the griever's on coming strike, and slickly slid the other blade into its chest. As he did this, the other griever came up behind Theo. I put in another bolt in, ready to shoot for the creatures back, but right as I was about to pull the trigger, the end of one of Theo's swords peeked out of the creatures back. As Theo drew out his blade, the beast crumbled to ash.