in this story you learn how worthy got out of the cave and how he met cheef ugoyou also get to meet a hole new range of charicters as well as find out allitell bit of what happedned wile he was/is fifteen watch out thogh if youve red the books you w...
It had been awhile since they set off, and Worthy was tired. He felt like he was going to faint. The boat was horrible. He hated water and sailing was the worst part of it. He was on a wooden prison surrounded by water and mysterious creatures. To make things worse, Smasher was mostly out on the boat, so Worthy couldn't talk to Chief Ugo without feeling scared. He hated admitting he was scared but two things scared him: rhinos, as he'd found out last week, and water. Today Worthy was somehow up on deck. Two younger sailors were laughing at the side of the boat. He wandered over to them.
"Hey guys" he said. They were about his age. One was a girl and the other was a boy, both from Nilo. The boy was skinny, with short hair. The girl reminded him of Abeke. She had braided hair and wore similar clothing. The memory of his friend sent a pang through his heart. Then Chief Ugo came up. Smasher followed. The boat lurched.
"Hi, I'm Abe..." Worthy passed out.
Next thing he knew the girl was standing over him. He could hear voices but couldn't make out words. "Are you ok?" asked the girl. Worthy groaned in response.
"What happened?" said Chief Ugo, rushing over with the boy.
"Did you say your name was Abeke?" asked Worthy, ignoring the chief's question.
No, I wish" said the girl. "No wonder you fainted if you thought I was Abeke." Worthy managed a weak nod. "I'm Abetha" said the girl, "and this is my brother Cantya." Worthy looked at them both, then tried to stand up. His legs felt wobbly and he collapsed on the floor again. Abetha extended her hand to help him up and so did Chief Ugo. Cantya ran ahead to Worthy's bedroom door, pulling it open as they helped him walk to it. Abetha asked "Have you heard every story of Abeke, like the one where she saved Erdas by firing an arrow at a bell?" Worthy knew that story all too well. He'd been crippled on the floor in pain. His brother had backed away from him, scared, and just before Abeke loaded her bow, his good friend Shadow had had the life sucked out of her by the Wyrm.
When Worthy opened his eyes again he was lying in bed. The twins were sitting nearby. He sat up. "Oh, you're awake, what happened?" they asked curiously. Worthy sighed.
"It wasn't your fault, but I was there that day. I saw a good friend die to the Wyrm. I felt my body collapse in on me. I couldn't figure out what I was, human or cat? The pain was unbearable. My brother looked scared of me. But you didn't know."
"I'm so sorry" she said. She looked shocked. He smiled.
"Let me tell you a story about Abeke that no no one's heard yet." She sat forward and beckoned her brother over. "Me and Abeke were in a forest. I did a back flip. I could tell she was impressed and I could see she thought she could do better, but she knew she couldn't so didn't try."
"I bet she was just being modest" butted in Cantya.
"Maybe, but this is my story so shut up. Anyway, later we came to a river. I offered to cut down a tree for her to cross, but she jumped it and offered the same thing from the other side. I was impressed but I knew I could do better, so I climbed and did a triple backflip over the river." He went on to tell them the whole story, leaving out the parts that made him look bad and amplifying the good ones.
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