i've seen worlds that don't belong

Thursday, July 12, 2007, 1:37 AM

Here goes chapter 2. Enjoy!

Chapter 2

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"Bring in the captives!" Shouted a quartermaster. "My lord, this two young ladies failed to provide our men with provisions when they demanded for it. They are in your charge."

Both of the young ladies were kneeling on the floor, as they had been pushed by the guards. One of them managed to lift her head up to see who they are kneeling before. A tall, dark and muscular figure was all that she could see, and out of the corner of her eye, she noticed two curved blades on his sides, both of which struck terror in her. The figure stood up from his seat, or other words, throne. In his right hand was a jug of wine, which was obvious due to strong smell of the alcohol. As she looked at the place where she had been held captive, she noticed that they were in an extremely huge cave, and in the cave she also noticed that there was a gigantic boat that took almost the whole space in the cave. Rather confused about how a boat could be inside a cave without any water to float on, she tried to hear for the sound of water amongst the chatter of pirates and the often shouts of commands from quartermasters. A distinct sound of water splashing against rocks was heard and she was utterly surprised as to what this group of pirates, or rather bandits have been doing secretly in this cave. Her attention shifted to the dark figure who suddenly towered above her.

"I only have one question for both of you. Do you know who I am?" The dark figure asked with a stench of alcohol in his breath. One of the ladies replied, "Yes." The other however was totally clueless as to what he was referring himself to. "What about you? Do you know who I am?" The dark figure asked. The latter only replied by shaking her head, implying that she knew nothing about him. The figure took a gulp from the jug.

"What is your name, miss?"

"Sarah."

"What a lovely name I must say. However, Sarah, since you and your companion fail to please me, I shall have both of you locked away. Guards!" exclaimed the figure.

The two ladies, including Sarah was dragged away by two strong guards to be locked up. And as they were being dragged away, the figure shouted, "Just to let you know Sarah, no one can save you now, not even the army from Stormwind. Because no one can make it all the way inside here alive. For this is the Deadmines, and I am the Lord of the Deadmines, for I am Edwin Van Cleef!"

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"By the light, perish undead!" A young woman, wearing a white coloured robe, which practically glowed with radiance, proclaimed. She muttered an incantation under her breath, and in an instance, the unliving creature, a zombie in front of her fell to the ground with bright light which engulfed it. The undead let out a scream as it fell that sent chills down the priestly woman's spine, who took it down single-handedly.

"Thank you, oh priest! Thank you for saving my life!" exclaimed a young boy of age not more than ten, apparently a victim of the zombie's assault on him. "Nothing outside of Darkshire is safe anymore, young one. I suggest you be heading back there if you don't wish another attack by the undead." The boy nodded his head, and was seen speeding off in the direction of Darkshire amidst the thick fog.

The young woman, got up from her kneeling position when she helped the boy up. In her hand was a rather dull looking mace, but the mace glowed almost like it was a torch. But it glowed with holy energy, obviously making her a follower of the light. From her belt, the lady got hold of a water pouch, where she took a sip from. Obviously the final incantation that struck her foe down drained much of her strength. She was weak, or otherwise not able to utilize her energy to its fullest potential without wasting any. She placed back the pouch on her belt and took in a deep breath of air. She spotted a flower, identifying immediately as a herb. She moved forward, almost as if she was hovering over the ground when she moved.

She started picking at the herb, trying her best to gather it without damaging the flower. "Its a Silverleaf! A decent healing potion can be made, but alas, I'll keep the herb."

As she stepped away from the shrub where she gathered the herb from, she heard the sound of a horse, and noticed a torch that glowed in the distance from where the sound was heard from. A Nightwatch Sentry was on duty and he made his way closer to the lady.

"Good afternoon ma'am. My name is Robert Geoffrey. May I provide you with any assistance?" asked the sentry.

"Good afternoon Robert. I'm Susannah Kirkpatrick and I'm just about to head back to the church at Darkshire. Thanks for your kind offer but I have all I need right now." replied Susannah.

The sentry observed Susannah closer, only to curse himself for not recognising her. "Sorry my lady. I didn't realise it was you! I shall be off then. By the way, your sermon yesterday was interesting."

Susannah giggled at the sentry's comment, only to reply, "Why thank you dear sir. I shall be off then."

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End of Chapter 2

This ends chapter 2. Hope it was nice. Chapter 3 coming up!

Ciao!