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Chapter Seven
Day Eight
What was that sound?
I lean up, creaking in the cot as I do, to try and listen again. It sounded like crashing...and screaming? The candle that Gecko had lit to keep the bugs away was barely surviving in the night, but I was still able to faintly see. I get up and find my way to Corvu, who was sleeping above the blanket. It is a warm night, but I can’t imagine ever sleeping without a blanket myself.
I nudge his shoulder gently, “Corvu.” I whisper. His eyes open as if he weren’t sleeping at all and leans up on his elbows. Perhaps I’m a little too close to his personal bubble but the noises concerned me, “I think something’s happening outside.” Without speaking he stands up beside me. Giving him room to go around he walks right up to the window. I’m not sure what he expects to see this l
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As we get closer to the next village, I notice more people on the paths. They’re just not heading in any particular direction.“We’re here, we will just stop for food then keep going.” Corvu states. I nod, but looking around I don’t see any walls, gates or guards. In fact all I see is woodland covered completely in moss. The only thing that wasn’t covered in moss was the dirt path which some ago had turned into mostly sand. I watch Gecko riding in front, looking very excited to be exploring new lands. I put a hand to my chest and felt the amulet sitting beneath my tunic. I can’t believe such a small piece of jewelry causes so many problems. “See that boy?” Corvu asks me, pointing into the forest. I couldn’t see what he was talking about at all. “Look at the boulder.” He says. That’s when I see him. The boy in question looke
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The ride leading out of the village was quiet, but that still didn’t help me feel uneasy around the Skelly. Every now and then they would stop eating moss and look up at me with their dead eyes. If I grew up in a village like this one, I would have moved the first chance I got. Perhaps that’s why Corvu left. Looking at him beside me I wonder if it would be rude to ask why he left the family that loved him. It isn’t my business, it really isn’t.“Why did you leave that village?” Smooth, Tia. I really don’t know how to just butt out. He is momentarily surprised by the question but otherwise he sighs and responds,“Aside from very few others, I was the only one that wasn’t human. I just wanted to be somewhere else where everyone was different.”
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Corvu had spent a little longer than half an hour teaching me how to keep a grip on my sword, but I was otherwise left with more bruises than when I had fallen off that cart last week. I was here for so long already. It meant I had missed a few shifts at work as well, so surely someone would have noticed I was missing by now. It’s not that I expected anyone to come looking for me, I just didn’t want to be forgotten. Maybe I should have tried harder to make more friends. I’d hate to think I’d go completely unnoticed. I do have a good friend, we grew up at the orphanage together. She was adopted though, but we never lost touch. She calls me once a month and visits every few months or so. She lives in New Jersey so the subway ride can be a little long. I miss her.It’s night, and even though we don’t have to worry about Skelly’s anymore I’m still worried a
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Dusk crept up on us quickly, but Corvu had managed to find the entrance to where the giant dwelled. In front of a huge hole in the middle of a mountain, surrounded by dead vines and ash. This was not a tourist destination. Corvu appears to be emptying a few items from his backpack and replacing them with others. Dismounting the horses, we tie them up beside a distant tree and enter the cave.Corvu has his slingshot in hand, although I don’t imagine this to be as easy as the story of David and Goliath. Either way, it was better than trying to use my rapier against a giant. The cave wasn’t as dark as I expected, there appeared to be bits of light shining through a thick ceiling of vine and mud above us. I wonder how that works? I thought this was a mountain? Perhaps the giant had built it himself.Step by step we get closer to the sound of hummi
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Day Twenty-One. Riding to the top of the hill with Corvu and Gecko by my side, we finally see it; Wanbourne. The Capital from this heightened distance was magnificent. There are hundreds of homes, towers and farms circling a great white stone wall, and within those walls I can see towers made of white stone and emerald roofing, accented in glistening gold around all of the edges that glistened in the sunlight. I can’t wait to see what the area looks like from inside. Travelling past a guard tower we make our way inward. Dismounting the horses we walk them through the crowded village. Each home was built with a lot of care upon the dirt and ground beneath it. It was obvious by the flowerpots and colored paint on their front doors that people took pride in their homes. Gecko was right though, it was mostly dominated with humans, although I did see the odd
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