Dragon Age; Books 1 And 2

Chapter 18; The Fight_Part 1

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The bat's clicked in the trees, the cold wind blew gently through my hair. I dragged the two legs through the forest, shivering as I walked through the icy snow. I looked around me, the darkness making it difficult to find my way to the tree house. I breathed in a shaky breath and breathed out steam that flew away a few seconds later.
Something suddenly cracked against a tree a few metres away from me and I spun around, my eyes flicking wildly from side to side. Then I heard something rustle in the bushes beside the tree that was just hit. It sounded like a large animal, or a two large animals. I slowly walked through the snow, that reached my knees, leaving a long trail of squished snow behind me. I reached the tree that was just hit, but I still couldn't see anything. Maybe I could see better from above... I thought. I grabbed the rope that connected the two mammoth legs and tied it around my waist, pulling it experimentally. When I was satisfyed it was tight, I began to climb. My muscles were cold and stiff, and I struggled to grip the tree with the weight of the mammoth legs I carried. But finally, I got about six metres up the tree and sat on a branch that hung over a very small clearing. I could see figures hurriedly moving in front of me in the clearing. It took a while for my eyes to adjust, but finally I could make out the figures. It two Sabres. They were fighting, and they were surrounded by at least ten sabres. There could have been much more, but there were a lot of threes around so my view was blocked by the long branches, leaves and tall trunks.

The two sabres walked in a circle, one was a walking slower and it almost looked painful for it to move. The other sabre tackled the injured one biting its stomach viciously. Then it stopped, the snow around the injured sabre was dark from blood. I couldn't see the colour but it was obvious that the injured sabre was bleeding after being viciously bitten in the stomach. The uninjured sabre got off the injured one and joined the sabres that surrounded him. The injured sabre lay unmoving. I couldn't see in the darkness if it was breathing or not, but after a few long seconds, it stood up weakly and he too joined the sabres that had been surrounding him. I frowned in confusion. What was this? Animals don't spare their enemies when they're in a fight. Then I came to a decision. This was a game. The two opponents would fight each other as entertainment for their pack.

I now noticed another figure the crowd of sabres. One of the figures on the inside of the circle of sabres, one of the closest to the small clearing, was not a sabre. It was a human. He was crouched, balancing on his toes, with his knees bent in front of him, and his elbows rested on his thighs. I instantly knew it was Axel I was looking at. Now he stood up and walked forward into the clearing. The snow there was messed and bloody from the fight. Axel stood on one end of the three metre clearing. I saw him wave his hands around like he was talking, but I couldn't make out the words he spoke, if they even were in English. A few seconds later, another sabre stepped into the clearing from the circle of sabres.

This better not be another fight..I thought worriedly, as the sabre and Axel began to walk slowly in a circle. They must have been warming up their muscles before they started. I knew I couldn't fight anywhere near as well as I normally would right now, with my muscles frozen from the extreme cold. Maybe if I knew it'd be this cold I would've worn a jacket. I thought grumpily as I noticed Axel was wearing a large jacket, with fur on the ends of his hood.
I was snapped out of my thoughts as the sabre pounced at Axel, but he quickly took a side step, dodging the giant cat. The sabre landed on his paws and turned around quickly, facing Axel again. He tried another pounce now, and Axel side stepped again. But this time the sabre knew Axel's next move, and quickly turned and tackled Axel. A small gasp escaped my throat as Axel was slambed against a tree trunk. Thankfully nobody heard my gasp, as the sound of the battle and the roars and growls of sabres were much louder.

Axel quickly kicked the sabres stomach, sending him flying backwards and hitting into the other sabres that surrounded the clearing. The sabres nipped the fallen sabre, causing him to quickly regain his feet. Axel and the sabre were standing up now and they began to circle each other again, probably using that time to regain there breath and plan their next move. The sabre took a few steps forward now, slashing at Axel who struggled to dodge the sabres which slashes. But as he dodged the sabres last slash, the sabre pounced at the distracted Axel, but luckily Axel noticed in time. He reached out both his arms and grabbed the two large teeth of the sabre as it pounced on him. Axel fell back first against a tree from the force of the sabres pounce, but he still kept a firm grip on the sabres teeth, and keeping his arms stretched out so the sabre was a good distance away. The sabre tried to slash at Axel but Axel quickly dodged while keeping a firm grip on the sabre. After a few seconds of the sabres desperate slashes, Axel pushed him away, making the sabre stumble backwards against a tree. The sabre lay puffing on the ground, and Axel took that opportunity to slowly and painfully stand up. But as he took his time, the sabre quietly stood up. The sabre next jumped towards Axel, who put his arm in front of his face to protect it, knowing he was too late to dodge the attack while he was so out of breath. The sabres jaws clamped around Axel's arm and he fell back against the tree. I could see from the distance that I was that blood was dripping onto the once white snow.

April Bluebird/BlueWhiskers1.
Dragon Age.
Chapter 18; The Fight Part.1
21/Feb/2020.
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