"I'll show you the way,"
A boy dressed in a green shirt and brown shorts cut my bonds with my father's hunting knife. I thought he was mocking me showing that he can use it better than I could, but then he sheathed the knife and handed it to me. I stood up and the old man still had his back turned. Then he spoke and said,
"Sqah, take this new boy and show him a home."
The boy in the green shirt just nodded and grabbed me by the shirt sleeve and took me outside. That's when i saw that the building we were in was up high on a tree! It was amazing, there was entire city built into the trees! The boy turned around and then said,
"Welcome to Arbora, the city of trees! My name is Sqah Air and i am your brother! Over in Arbora a brother means that we are good friends who help each other out."
Sqah was a teenager like me and had long black hair with bangs that come close his eyes. He had pale skin and odd indigo eyes. He also sounded very cheery and optimistic. I asked him,
"So, who is that old man?"
we were walking across a bridge to get to another tree platform.
"That old man is Keith Ton, he is the master and elder of Arbora, he taught us many things on how to live and how to survive."
"he sounds like a great man,"
"He is, he is."
"One more question, when i was found there people dressed in leaves and other stuff, who are they?!"
Sqah just laughed, and grinned,
"Those people are warriors in ambush suits, camouflage if you will."
we had gone around a few bridges and platforms, and then we reached an empty hut.
"well here you, this is your house,"
I replied with, "Uh, thanks, but it's empty, and well no bed or anything!"
"Oh, yeah whoops. okay, listen go to the market and find Giovanni and give him this,"
Sqah handed me a package wrapped with a large leaf. I told him thanks and went on my way to the market. I started to walk around but, i got lost easily. All of a sudden Keith (the old man with the stick) appeared and grabbed me, then we went down a old fashioned wood elevator. Then he brought me to the start of a long path. I saw around me, Sqah, and two other guys and of course Keith. Sqah and the other people had a long straight stick tied to their arm with stones and rocks tied at the end. Then the old man grabbed my arm and tied a stick with stones at the end. (Now go and find the best exercise montage music then play it while reading this, i suggest Eye of the Tiger) Then the old man said,
"You, boy! you will jog with this stick on your arm and-"
"That sounds easy,"
"DON'T INTERRUPT ME!!! Now you will jog with this stick which weighs 10 pounds and it cannot touch the floor! Now go!!!"
(Now if you don't feel like reading i can sum it up, all in all, Sqah has joined his quest to find his brother and Sir curl has learned the way, and they must find who took his brother by heading back to the town)
I started to run, along with those people around me. I was very confident i could do this i mean all i had to do was run with a stick. I kept a steady pace and breathed normally. I had ran a lot back home, but never with a stick tied to my arm. I went over to Sqah, and asked him,
"Hey, how far are we running?"
He smiled and then jogged ahead. Huh, that was weird. I know we ran about half a mile and was still going just not sure how far we were suppose to run but i just kept on moving foward....
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It has been an entire hour and we still didn't stop, then i fell out of exhaustion and then Keith smacked me with a stick and yelled,
"GET UP!!!"
"I'm... I can't go on!"
he smacked me again
"GET UP!!!"
"I..."
"YOU CAN!!!"
I picked myself and had enough strength to push forward, then i heard Keith say,
"Only seven miles to go,"
My jaw almost dropped and i was about dead. I went on though.
And when i went on i saw the beauty of nature has we pass this river has we went on. Then finally after ten miles, we finally stopped and saw a great huge oak tree with a well spring etched on the base of the tree. I was so out of breath and fell like i was going to die, every muscle was aching, i just couldn't move. Then Sqah took vial and filled it up with the spring water, then handed it to me,
"Here curl, take a sip of this,"
I took the vial then asked him,
"What is this, just water?"
"Oh! It's not just water, it heals and soothes your mind and body-"
right after that i chugged it down. It was weird, nothing happened at first, but then i flt a sudden burst of energy and relief. I felt refreshed to th bone no aches and no pain.
"Well now, let me finish" said Sqah
"The water also grants you a special ability, mines was keen eyes to excel in marksman."
"Oh wow, that is awesome, i gonna call it... Aquafina!"
'Aquafina?! that name will catch on," replied sqah
"Maybe, maybe not."
Then Keith took me and went around the great oak tree and right behind it was the village. We went ten miles around! when it was only 10 feet! I almost fell over. The old man just smiled and continued to his hut.
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In days of intense training i have finally learned the way. Keith handed me a sword crafted from the village, a great longsword forged with steel and the hilt made with silver and with a leather grip wrapped around the handle. He told me to know the enemy first before i start chasing the enemy, he also said that sqah should come and help me. We were going to go back to th village and see if the raiders were still there.
