Erik woke up from his slumber with a pounding headache,
unaware of what happened during last night. Irritated, he groggily
got up and left his shack, and headed towards a nearby pond. He
washed his face, and stared off into the distance, almost into a
trance. He snapped out of said trance, and sensed a presence. An
odd one. He turned to see...nothing.
He looked around to make sure of his surroundings when a
dark figure was illuminated by the moonlight. An armoured figure
stood before him, and drew out his blade onto his neck. His sword
was covered in dry blood, and the armoured figure stood still,
silently, with his rusted and aged armour. Erik slowly put his
hands up, with a plan bubbling into his mind.
Erik stared at the blade, as it glimmered into the
moonlight. In a swift motion, he grabbed the blade and flipped it
towards the armoured enemy. "Who are you?" he yelled. The armoured
figure stood silently, until he slowly walked towards him. Every
step caused Erik to flinch, waiting for him to attack. The knight
was face-to-face with him, until his hand suddenly wrapped around
his neck, causing Erik to drop the blade to the ground. "A valiant
effort, but to no avail." A grizzly voice echoes from the knight.
Erik attempted to escape, but it was futile. He passed out, and
soon was sent to a kingdom, far, far away...
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Erik was awoken to a spear poking his head, and when
looking at the source of the doing, there stood the same guard, but
without a helmet. He stared at him, and Erik couldn't stop thinking
about how familiar he looked. That's when a booming voice yelled,
and echoed throughout the room. "This is the wrong man, soldiers.
How could you mess this up?!" Erik wanted to cover his ears, but
realized he chained and couldn't move his arms. He tried to break
out by looking for rocks, but to no avail, there were none. He
began to lose hope until...
Erik and the guards, along with their leader waited for a
conclusion to the interruption. Suddenly, a force knocked down the
two sturdy doors. The splinters from said knocked doors flew like
bullets, ricocheting across, shattering glass shards everywhere.
The guards flinched, their knees shaking with absolute fear. The
intruder had a heavy build, with a giant blade that made the
guard's swords look like weaklings. "Which one of ye has the
warrior?" The room was silent. A heavy air filled the room. No
comments were made until...
"We don't have the warrior, Seajack."
'Ye folk don't understand, do ye?"
The intruder chuckled. With swift motion, the guards fell
to the floor, and the ringleader was currently in a chokehold. The
intruder whispered something in his ear, and the ringleader went
white, and fell unconscious. "Leave, kid. Or you'll end up like
these men." he roared. "I-i'm afraid I'm chained, sir." Erik
squeaked. The intruder brung up his blade and struck the chains in
one fell swoop, shattering them. Erik ran away as soon as he was
free of his restraints. He turned back to see nothing but a pile of
ash and rubble. The intruder had burned the place to a crisp, as a
cloud of smoke clouded the air. Erik coughed as his eyes watered
with sorrow. He walked away into the woods, walking every which
way, seeing his way back home. If there even was a home to go
to...