I was walking along a dirt trail in the
middle of the woods. My leather boots shuffled along the ground. I
wore a faded red robe that had an emblem of a shield with a lion
inside of it on my chest.
Eventually I came upon a clearing in
the woods. The trail led to a small log cabin, smoke rising from its
chimney. Outside there was a very large man, easily over eight feet
tall, with shaggy black hair and a full beard. He was standing above
a girl who lied on the ground. She had bushy brown hair which
obscured a cut along her hairline. Blood trickled down her forehead
and down the side of her cheek. The large man wore a grim face.
“He attacked her.” He said in a
gruff voice. “Came outta nowhere, he did. Hit her fast and was gone
before ya knew it. Poor thing never had a chance. You gotta find him.
He went thataway.” The large man said pointing toward another trail
in the woods. The girl was still alive, just injured. The large man
would look after her so I took off through the woods. Along the way I
passed by a small puddle and caught a glimpse of my reflection. I
looked like myself but there was a strange lightning bolt shaped scar
on my forehead. Something told me I knew how to do magic.
I followed the dirt path for what felt
like minutes. Hey, in a dream that could be a long time. Eventually
the dirt path turned into a stone walkway flanked by a wide stream on
both sides. The water was more black than it was blue and I sensed it
would be dangerous to touch the water. Beyond the streams the woods
expanded in all directions.
Something was near. I was close to
whatever or whoever it was I was chasing. I reached for my hip where
I thought my magic wand would be and when I drew it out instead of a
wand I was holding a sword. Perfectly balanced and razor sharp. The
edge glistened in the low sunlight. The steel blade rested in a
brilliant silver cross-guard, the hilt was wrapped in soft black
leather allowing for a comfortable grip, and the pommel was a
sparkling red jewel. I could feel energy coursing through the weapon.
Maybe instead of a magic wand I had a magic sword. Why not?
I made a few practice swings and
twirled the blade a few times. It was effortless, as though the blade
was an extension of my own arm. Oh yeah, I knew how to use a sword!
Suddenly everything went pitch black.
The only light came from the blade of my sword. It radiated white but
only enough for me to see a few feet in front of me. I had found
whatever I was chasing after, or perhaps it found me.
There was a soft rustling from behind
and I turned just in time to deflect a blade that was coming for my
head. A dark figure wielded a short, straight edged sword. It lunged
at me with three quick attacks. I was able to parry each attack but
when I countered I only hit air. The figure had disappeared back into
the darkness.
It took a moment for me to realize what
I had just seen. A dark hooded figure, it's face was masked. It
attacked from behind with lightning speed and disappeared just as
quickly. But in the brief exchange I caught a glimpse of my attacker.
It was freakin' ninja! Looked like Scorpion from Mortal Kombat, but
without the yellow. Everything on this guy was black.
Then there was a loud swoosh sound and
I turned to see a purple fireball flying my way. I dove, rolled and
recovered to my feet and the ninja was in my face again. He attacked
with a flurry but again I managed to block all his attacks. But,
again, he disappeared into the dark before I could counter.
Ok, so not only am I fighting a ninja,
I'm fighting a crazy wizard warlock ninja! Great...
If I could only see I could pursue and
mount an attack. I realized that with the ease I was defending myself
I could take on the ninja in a toe-to-toe fight. But the ninja was
using stealth and eventually one of his attacks would get through my
defense. I had to light the place up somehow.
Wait...don't I know magic? I shouted
lumos, but nothing happened.
I tried again and sensed that the ninja's spell to cast everything in
darkness was more powerful than my spell – besides, my sword was
already glowing so I guess lumos wasn't the right spell to use. Oh
well, I only realized that after I woke up. The Harry Potter fans
will get it. You picked up on the Harry Potter thing by now, right? Anyway...
I
heard the ninja laugh from somewhere to my left. I took a few steps
and glimpsed his figure. The ninja threw a blade at my face, I just
managed to dodge it. When I turned back he was gone.
Fed up
with the darkness I had an idea. I was on a stone pathway but there
were woods all around me. I shouted Fira
and sent a fireball into the woods. Yeah, yeah, I know the fire spell
in Harry Potter is Incendio
but I guess my brain was thinking Final Fantasy at this point. In
case you don't know, fira
is the fire spell from the Final Fantasy video games. Anyway, I sent
several fireballs into the woods and set the trees ablaze. Now I
could see.
The
ninja stood a mere ten feet in front of me. Dumbfounded at the
surrounding fire, he looked at me with a start, turned, and ran away.
He might have even swore to himself. This time I chased after him.
I
launched a stun spell at the black-clad ninja. He dove and avoided
it. All good though, it let me close the distance on him. The ninja
turned to face me. Expelliarmus!
Guess I was back to Harry Potter spells again. A bolt of white light
shot out of my sword and slammed into the ninja's chest. He dropped
his sword and stumbled backward a few steps. I lunged in and drove my
blade into his gut. The ninja slumped over and fell to the ground.
I
turned and began walking away but ninjas never go down that easily. I
heard the sound of metal sliding on metal and turned to see the ninja
back on his feet with a long dagger in his hand. He lunged in and
struck at me. I parried the attack and countered with an arcing slash
across his body. A large cut opened up from his shoulder down to the
opposite hip. I followed up with a lateral slash which caught the
ninja across the neck. He fell, and this time there would be no
getting up.
I sheathed my sword and began making my way back to the dirt path in the woods. But not after casting a spell to put out the fires. Wouldn't want to burn down the entire forest even if it is just a dream.
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