The Dragon lands/Chapter two/The Omen Options

[Andric]

Writer's note: So far, I only have the first half of chapter 1 done. I may finish the second half tomarrow, and when I do, Ill post it on the same thread. With that being said, here it is.

Chapter two: Omen
(Isabel)

My name is Isabel. I am a 17 year old Adapt at the Temple of Akatosh in Daggerfall. I was transferred to a temple in Zenodai. Located on the south western side of the Dragontail mountains. But along the way, I was separated from my escort, and captured by a necromancer named Darroll. He was clearly insane, as He thought I was his wife at first. After realizing that I wasn’t even a gold elf, he locked me in a cell with an Argonian named “Waits for the Red Moon” And a Cyrodel (about 19 years old) who lost his memory. A Redguard (In his early thirties) named Locke, rescued us. We left the cave and ended up out side the Dragontail mountains. When I asked him, he told me that the emperor sent him.

“The Emperor?!” I said out of shock.
“Yes, But that wasn’t the only thing I came for.”
“Well, what else did you come for?” Kai asked.
“Darroll had on him, an artifact that never should have been here. How he got it, I have no idea. But I wasn’t expecting a third prisoner.”
“What do you mean?”
“I was told that there will be two prisoners. A temple Priestess, and a warrior who has forgotten his past”
“How did you know that…?” Kai glared “Who is giving you your information?”
“That information is classified.” Locke answered

Kane looked distracted by something. He was staring at the mountains to the north. Kai sat down on a rock the size of an arm chair. He put his head in his hands. He looked angry. I walked over to comfort him. After all, he must have been under a lot of stress.
“What’s wrong?”
“What?” He said, looking up.
“You look angry.”
“You would be angry too if you had no memories!” He said loudly, but not really shouting.
“I’m sorry” I said.
Kai sighed.
“No, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t get angry at you. I’m just confused.”
“I forgive you.”
“Can I ask you something?”
“Sure, anything.”
“Why are you always so happy? I mean, what’s the point?”
“Well… I guess I like to be happy. Isn’t that the goal for everyone?”
“I guess.”

I noticed Kane was still looking out at the mountains. His eyes were fixed at one point.

“What are you looking at?” I said as I walked toward him.
“Something is coming.” He said quietly.

Kai and Locke were talking to each other, so they didn’t hear Kane.

“Where?”
He pointed to a hill. A horse drawn wagon came over it.

“Then lets go already. It’s a long walk from here to the Imperial city.” I overheard Kai say.
“We’re waiting for someone.”
“You mean that person over there?” I asked pointing at the wagon.
“Yes, there he is,” Locke said.

Locke put on a golden ring. A shining gem was in the middle, with Nordic Runes carved around it. He held his hand up and his ring started shining brightly. The Orc driving the wagon turned his path in out direction. He started to speed up. With in five minutes, He was over to us. He looked at Locke.

“It’s a nice day out.” the Orc said
“The mission is complete.” Locke said.
“Yes, and they are unharmed as well.” The Orc turned to us. “Well, get in the back, we can talk on the way there.”

Kai jumped onto a rock and jumped in. I must admit, I’ve never seen anybody jump like him before. Of course, I’ve spent most of my life at the temple, so there are a lot of things I haven’t seen before. Locke climbed into the front with the Orc. Kane helped me in, and then climbed in himself. The wagon was filled with all kinds of weapons and armor.

“Are you a trader?” I asked the Orc.
“Sort of. I use it as my disguise. You cant just go around and tell everyone that your in the blades. If you do, you wouldn’t be in the blades for that long.”
I already guessed that Locke was in the blades, but I didn’t know that the Orc was too.

“Yes! A weapon I’m good with!” Kai said, pulling out a Katana. He unsheathed it half way. “Made out of steal…” He then pulled it all the way out and stood up. He held the sword with the blade tip pointing the sun.
“Sharp though” He sheathed the katana and sat down. I leaned against a large chest. I felt something move inside, but since we hit a bump, I didn’t think much of it.

“What kind of weapon are you good with?” Kai asked looking at me through the corner of his eye.
“Me? Well, I’m not much of a fighter. But I have been taught how to shoot a bow.”
“Good” he said, taking out a wooden bow and two arrows.
“Its been a long time since I shot, and even back then, I wasn’t that good.” I laughed. He smiled and said “All you need is practice.”

I felt something thud against me from the inside of the chest again.

“What was that?” I said to myself.
“A woman!? Please help me, women! The Orc trapped me in hear! He’s a bad man!” a voice from inside the chest came. I opened the chest.
“LIGHT!”

It was a Khajiit. His arms were tied behind his back.

[Wolfie]

A few typos, but still good. Now i want to see what's going on with the Khajiit

[Andric]

PART TWO:
“Don’t let him out! I don’t care if you leave the chest open, just DO NOT LET HIM OUT!” The Orc said.
“Why is he in there?” Kai asked.
“He tried to steel a really expensive jewel from a chapel in Wayrest. Along with many other accounts of theft. Some how, this case has made it all the way to the high courts of Cyrodiil.”
“I Did Not!”
“Some how, I believe Locke on this one” Kai said. But on the other hand, its not much of an escort if your tied up in a box.”
“What do you expect? He tries to escape every chance he gets.”

The sun started to set. The wind died down and we set up our camp. Dorrog Uzagar (The Orc) leashed An’Jirr (The Khajiit) to a tree. Kane and Kai went to a small river about ten feet away from our campsite, to catch fish for our dinner. Locke was building up the fire. I walked down to the stream and sat down. Kai franticly jabbed his spear in the water. He managed to get one fish, but it was by its tail, and it squirmed off.

“Watch me” Kane said.

Kai cane out of the water and sat down. Kane held his spear back handed. He waited patiently, following the fish with the point of his spear just over the water. In a swift move, He brought the fish out of the water.

“Do it like that.” He said.
“I’m done for now.” Kai said, returning to the fire.

Kane caught a few more fish, and returned to the fire as well. There were already a few stars visible. I smiled and listened to the river flow. The air was much fresher out here. I started to take deeper breathes and closed my eyes. I felt a gentle breeze, and soon my consciousness slipped away. Then I had a strange dream. But it was very obscured. This is all I could remember when I woke up

It started with a gigantic dragon with the stripes of a tiger, saying something about how things cant be changed, and how something was meant to happen. Then there where mountains. A small palisade just fell to pieces, and thousands of creatures poured out into the snow covered valley. Then there was a shadowy figure. He had a black cape, and long black hair. A silver mask covered most of his face, but it was broken on the left side of his face. He held out a dagger, and handed it to me. Then he said “This dagger can pierce through their hard scales and bring sunlight into their bodies. The final part, I remember far to well. Even though it was the most obscured part. I saw Kai. He took a weapon, and from the looks of it, he stabbed himself. That’s when I woke up.

Kai was sitting next to me. I wondered though. Was this a vision? I have been told that many loyal followers of Akatosh see the future in there dreams. This was a gift given to them.

“Um. Hi.” I said to him.
“What.”
“Nothing, but why are you here?”
“You were alone, outside the campsite. That’s not very smart, considering there are wild creatures in the area.”
“Oh, I’m sorry.”

It was now dark out. The two moons were both in their crescent stage. I could see thousands of stars, because the night sky was clear. The fire was glowing brightly, but Kai and I were still at the river. The fish were cooked, and I was hungry. I guess it was because I gave my dinner to Kai this morning. I didn’t want to leave the river, so I asked Kai to do it.

“Can you get me some fish?”

He glanced at me. His face somewhat angry again.

“Okay…” He sighed.

Then he grabbed a spear and started walking toward the water.

“No! I didn’t mean raw fish.” I laughed

He stopped and turned slowly. He looked embarrassed and angry at the same time.

“…Oh…” He handed me the spear and went to the fire. After a little while, I walked over to. By the time I got there, Kai handed me a silverware plate with three fish on it. I thanked him and sat down on next to Kane and ate. An’Jirr was climbing a tree that he was leashed to. Kai went to the top of the hill and started training with his sword. It was a strange fighting style, I’ve never seen before. I turned to Dorrog and asked him;

“So what happens when we get there?”
“You will receive training for a month and a half, then set for a boat in Morrowind. Then you”
“You shouldn’t talk about things like that yet.” Locke interrupted.
“Oh, I wont ask then.” I said.

A small branch fell out of the tree. It knocked one of the logs out of the fire.

“Hey! Be careful up there!” Dorrog yelled.
“Sorry.” An’Jirr said sarcastically.

The night grew darker, and everyone else went to sleep. I stared at the night sky, and daydreamed about visiting Cyrodiil. Since I was a child, I always wanted to go there. I closed my eyes and turned to the side. I heard Kai on the other end of the campsite, turning, trying to get comfortable. Hr must have given up, because he got up and walked to the camp fire (which was now ashes) and sat down. I got up and walked toward him. As I sat down, he said to me;

“You should go to sleep. Its not healthy if you don’t get your rest.”
“What about you?”
“I don’t have any memories of people, places, or events in my life, but I do know what skills, qualities, and abilities I have. And one of my disadvantages is, I get about at least two nights of sleep per week. Some times more, but not often.”
“Wow, that’s interesting. Maybe that Necromancer was just messing with your memories. Have you ever thought of that?”
“I don’t think he did.”
“What about your jumping. Do you use a spell to do that?”
“No, I just jump.”
“Hmm. So when you ran up that wall, in the fight against those two skeletons, you didn’t use magic at all?”
“No”

I still don’t know him that well, but he seamed like his only talents were in battle. In a way, it was kind of sad, I guess. I know I would be sad if I felt like my only purpose was to fight. I felt like I had to show him that there’s more to life than battle. But as I soon found out, that’s not what he thought at all.

“Do you have any memories as to what activities you enjoy?” I asked him, hoping I was wrong.
“Not really, what about you?”
“Me? Well, I like to read and meet new people. Oh! And I also like to daydream too. And I like to do chores.”

Kai looked at me in a confused expression.

“You actually like to do chores?” He asked
Well, back at the temple, I was always busy. It feels good doing chores, because It feels like I’m accomplishing something. Like the more work I do, the better off everyone else is.”
“You’re a good person, I guess.” He said.

I blushed a little. This is the first time someone out side of the temple service ever gave me a compliment.

“Do you really think that?”
“Well, you put the good of others before yourself. I know that in this world, there aren’t many others like you. You may not be good in battle, but I think your strong. I believe that it takes more strength to show mercy and kindness than it does to show revenge and hatred.”
“What about you? Are you strong?” I asked
“I try to be. But my anger gets the best of me. However, I physical strength. I think people who have power should use their power to protect those that can’t protect themselves. People who use power to control others are the weak ones. What I’m trying to say is, you and I have different types of abilities. And how we use our abilities determines if we are weak or strong. My gift is my strength, and your gift is your kindness.”

This made me happy to know, but the vision I had with him just stayed on my mind. I hope It wasn't a vision

[jonajosa]

Keep it comin. :goodjob:

[Wolfie]

keep up the good work

[Andric]

[quote=LoneWolf]A few typos, but still good. Now i want to see what's going on with the Khajiit[/quote]
I think Ive got all the typos, but if there is more that I overlooked, could you quys point them out to me?

[MerGirl]

Nice! I really like it. Is this a rough draft? It's really good. =) Just a few typos here and there in Part One (Example off the top of my head: "The orc trapped me hear." and I think you mispelled Cyrodiil, if I'm not mistaken).

In the second part, there are a fewtiny typos, but they are barely noticeable. <--So sorry for nitpicking! :embarrassed:

Anyway, please, please keep writing. Pweeeeeeese?

[Channler]

I liked the story so far, I see an anime type picture in my head by the way you wwere talking about the river.

[minque]

Nice story we have here....... I´m really looking forward to the next addition...
Easy to read...good paragraphing!!

[Andric]

[quote=MerGirl]Nice! I really like it. Is this a rough draft? It's really good. =) Just a few typos here and there in Part One (Example off the top of my head: "The orc trapped me hear." and I think you mispelled Cyrodiil, if I'm not mistaken).

In the second part, there are a fewtiny typos, but they are barely noticeable. <--So sorry for nitpicking! :embarrassed:

Anyway, please, please keep writing. Pweeeeeeese? [/quote]
This is the second rough draft. You should have seen the first (The one I wrote down on paper). I could hardly read it, thus making it take longer to translate into English. (Even though, thats the language wrote it intended to write it in.) The fact is, it takes me a while to type a sentence. But Im gald you guys like it so far.

[MerGirl]

Oh, it was a rough draft? Oh, I'm sorry! :embarrassed2:

And English is not your first language? Ooh, I'm doubly sorry! I didn't know, so sorry, my bad. :ashamed:

Well, your rough drafts are SO much better my rough drafts (especially my current stories). Good job. :goodjob:

[Andric]

[quote=MerGirl]Oh, it was a rough draft? Oh, I'm sorry! :embarrassed2:

And English is not your first language? Ooh, I'm doubly sorry! I didn't know, so sorry, my bad. :ashamed:

Well, your rough drafts are SO much better my rough drafts (especially my current stories). Good job. :goodjob:[/quote]
No, Engish is the only language I know. I just have really bad hand writting, and I am one of the worst spellers in the world

[MerGirl]

Oh, I just thought... Never mind.

Yeah, English is my first language too (I know a bit of Spanish, due to my family). I am the opposite of you: I have great spelling, good hand-writing. But I have the worst grammar and sentence structures/story flow in the world.

Anyway, please continue writing!

[Andric]

[quote=MerGirl]Oh, I just thought... Never mind.

Yeah, English is my first language too (I know a bit of Spanish, due to my family). I am the opposite of you: I have great spelling, good hand-writing. But I have the worst grammar and sentence structures/story flow in the world.

Anyway, please continue writing![/quote]
The next few chapters are pretty short. They're just introducing the characters a little better. I will begin typing them later today.

[Andric]

[quote=Channler]I liked the story so far, I see an anime type picture in my head by the way you wwere talking about the river.[/quote]
Yes, I intended this story to have a slight anime feel to it. All the characters are very loosely based off of characters from anime in ways of personality. Especailly Arion (The vampire that will be introduced in the next chapter), who is a cross between Arucard (Hellsing) and Kyo (Samurai Deeper Kyo). But every character in my story is also slightly based off of me. For example, Kai is the most based off of me, as he has a strong temper, and he is also good with katanas. So most of the moves I use in real life, could also be expected in the story.