The path of destiny: Awakening

         Sleeping is something I usually enjoy doing, sense I honestly don't have much else to do. I've slept through many things in my life; My widowed mother's death, a brawl in the town square, even slept through most of a dragon attack, till the wretched thing nearly landed on my backside. Even now, asleep after running from city guards, and hiding in a log of all places, I was more than happy to be asleep. Of course, that effect didn't last long. I woke up with a hand grasped around my throat. I tried to fight back, but you try aiming a punch when you've just gotten up. Nevertheless, I was practically torn out of my place of slumber, and tossed to the ground, as if I was nothing but a pile of waste. I finally got my barrings, and saw my old friends that were leading me to jail. Standing next to them was a young mage, someone that they probably enlisted to find me with her expertise. I always respected magic, but not in any way like this. " Thought you could get away from us, huh? Ya' dirty swine!", snarled the "heftier" guard,  with a croockedly awful smile on his face. I pointed at the mage and said, raspingly," Her, definetly not, but to get away from you two was easier than fightin' a mudcrab." Again, they didn't like that. The bigger guard walked up to me, and gave a heavy blow with his boot straight into my abdomen. The other pulled me up to his stomach level, and gave a nice swing into my jaw. Blood mixed in with my saliva, as I crumpled to the ground, hardly able to breath. " I think that's well beyond enough", said the mage, looking a bit sick. "I'm only giving him what he deserves", spat the guard. " I ain't seen  no one as worthless as this dark elf." Even though I knew that I should really stop talking, I rolled my head over and said, " and I haven't seen anyone who looks like he could out-weigh a giant by such a margin." This really got his nerve. He grabbed my shoulder and pulled me straight up, and plowed me against a nearby tree. " I'm sick of this one. Let's just say to the captain that we found his bloodless body near the vampire caves." He pulled his shortsword out and placed it directly on my neck, smirking and on the verge of slicing my head off. Then, there was a small rustle in the brush. "  Wait a sec....there's something in the thicket." The other two were turning around, searching for where the noise came from. "Probably just some deer er' something. Can I please finish this?" This guard really had it in for me. Then, another sound, scattering some birds nearby. " There's definetly someone out there", claimed the mage, " I can feel an aura of it, but it's moving fast and hard to read." The guard dropped me, and walked with the other two. They all had their weapons drawn, scanning the trees for anything. "Who's out there?!?" shouted the guard, "I know your there, come out over here, so we don't gotta hurt ya'." Then, the first guard got hit by....something, I could barely comprehend what happened. He was knocked down and out. The mages' hands glowed bright, a seeming fire spell in order. The other guard was beginning to sweat, but boldly shouted," Where are you, ya' coward? Come out and fight like a man!" Then, the mage was smacked from behind, her fire spell shot off straight into the woods. The guard was really sweating now. He turned around and around, looking for his target. Then, he stopped. He waited a bit, then looked up, just in time for his scalp to me smashed with a plank of wood. He collapsed, and in his place stood a slim, but strongly built person. I couldn't see much, for back was facing me, and he was wearing a beautifully made whtie cape, that blended perfectly with the snow. Then, he vanished again. I was looking straight at him, yet he just disappeared! Then, without warning, something seemed to smack me in the head. The trees danced around me, the snow melded together, and the last thing I saw was a hand, moving toward my face.....

The path of Destiny: prequel

I've always hated guards. When they patrol around the city, watching your every step. When they follow your every step into a city, practically breathing down your neck. When you take a midnight stroll, and thinks you want to hear about their "interesting" stories of how they barely escaped a death defying battle, with nothing but an arrow in their knee. Like I haven't heard that a million times, in every single hold! But, most of all, I hate the guards when they catch you when your trying to survive day to day life. I hadn't eaten in three days, the snow from the north was falling fast, I needed something to keep me alive. All I took was a loaf of bread, from the man in the city that thinks he owns everything! If I could have, I would've looted as much as possible, but I'm not like that. I only take what i need, but apparently that was too much for the lousy guy. I knew I should have just drugged his last drink, but I figured he'd be too drunk to notice anything, but luckily for me, his wife hid all his brandy yesterday. And the second he saw me in his house, he hooped and hollered louder than, dare I say, the dragon born himself. Not a considerate bone in his body. Now I've got them escorting me to some jail way out of site, probably some coal mine they want dug up to fill their filthy rich pockets even more. " Walk faster, you disgruntlted pig!" shouted the fat cow that stood behind me, claiming to be a guard. "That's funny", I started, without thinking, " I was about to say the same thing to the milk-drinker in front of me." He didn't like that. He turned around to punch me staight in the jaw, but I was hoping for this. I dove down, just in time for him to miss me, and take out his friend. I quickly charged over and slammed into the other, sprirling us both onto the ground. I got up and bolted for the forest, with both of them coming up behind me. " Get back here, Dekar!", they pathetically puffed, trying to keep up. I was surprised they even remembered my name. Either way, I was faster, but was still weak without having any norishment or energy, and soon would have to stop, or risk killing myself. I dodged trees, diving and swirling through the thick woods, getting distance between myself, and the moving torches from behind. I jumped, rolled, even climbed all across the area, leaving as few tracks as possible. Finally, a long fallen tree, hallowed out enough for me to squeeze in. I dove inside, and quietly covered the entrance with snow. I could barely move, or breath, but didn't budge an inch when the lights moved closer. I could see out of a small hole on the side of the log, and was praying to the divines for mercy. Eventually, the lights faded. My vision blurred a bit, and I laid my head down, to rest with what little time I could. Tomarrow would be a new day, hopefully a brighter one at that. But I would be more than just surprised by what the morning of tomarrow would bring. This is the beginning of discovering who I was really meant to be. Of how I found my destiny.......