The Red Fire Stone
Orland sneak around the woods of Trieste Forest like a snake. With his hunting knife around his waist and his bow stringed with a swan-feather arrow. He lurks in the dark waiting for a buck to pass by. He waited until nightfall when he finally called it a day. Where are all the animals? Thought Orland while leaning on a big boulder by the Sech River. The sound of the river mixing with the sound of insects made Orland feels free, its good to be out in the wild sometimes. But it makes me feel a little homesick. Finishing his vegetable stew when he heard a big explosion.
“What was that?” cried Orland running towards the sound. He stopped by a big crater with a big stone in the middle of it. At first, Orland thought it was a blind attack by the Empire. What’s wrong with the Empire these days, always missing their targets. Few months ago the neighboring village was hit by one of the Empire’s bombs and almost wipes all the villagers. Thought Orland while approaching the big stone. This is unusually shaped stone, more like an egg! But an egg this big is impossible! I must be dreaming. And it is lighter than it looks! Thought Orland, Maybe I can sell it for a whole sack of gold. So Orland decided to bring it back with him tomorrow.
That morning Orland feel like he was watched from a distance. He woke up and grabbed his hunting knife beside his waist and was ready for a battle. He looked around and said to himself, What was that strange feeling?.... Never mind I needed to take the strange stone with me today. Orland packed his stuff and went to the crater. He takes the stone and wrapped it with a piece of cloth and ties it around his body. That should hang on until I reached Alvarna. He started walking down the path he always goes through.
When he reached Alvarna it was already late in the evening. He stopped by Douglas’s shop and try to sell the stone “I got something nice here” said Orland, “Let me see it” said Douglas. Orland took out the stone and showed it to Douglas. “Hmm…. I’ll give you 10 gold for that” offered Douglas, “What!!10 gold! It worth more than that! Even my late grandma knows that!” objected Orland, “Where did you get the stone from?” asked Douglas, suspiciously, “It doesn’t matter!” shouted Orland, “Well, I’m not giving you anything until you tell me where you got it” Orland was speechless, “Well, anything else? If not you know the exit” said Douglas.
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What am I going to say to him? I can’t simply say that if found it in the Trieste Forest or else he will never buy anything from me ever again! Thought Orland, he was about to leave when Tanya came in, “What’s with the long face Orland? Douglas, what did you do to him?” “Nothing” said Orland, “I was trying to sell something to Douglas he won’t buy it! Now my mother and I will have mice as dinner every day!” sighed Orland, “No worries little one, Douglas I want 20 of your best beefs and steaks.” Ordered Tanya while Douglas was busy searching for the items that she just ordered.
“Can I see the thing that you want to sell to him?” asked Tanya gently, “Okay…” said Orland while digging through the sack around his body and showed the pretty red fire stone to Tanya. “Interesting, you should hold on to that stone of yours, you never know what may happen, right?” smiled Tanya, “Here you go” said Douglas, “No thanks and don’t come again” continued Douglas. Outside, he saw LeAnn walk towards him. “Hi LeAnn!” greeted Orland, “Hi Orland! I was worried sick about you” smiled LeAnn, “Thanks for worrying about me LeAnn” said Orland, “You should get to your farm now, your mother was starting to worry about you” said LeAnn while holding Orland’s hand, “I love you LeAnn” said Orland, “I love you too”. Orland walk happily towards his farm at the edge of Alvarna.
“Mom! I’m home!” greeted Orland, “Oh! Orland you’ve returned at last! I was starting to worry about you. I thought that you might be….” Said Alicia with a gentle voice, “Mom, please don’t say that.” Said Orland while kissing his mother’s hands. “I’m going upstairs now. I got some steaks and beef in the sack on the table.” Said Orland while taking the stone and secretly brought it upstairs with him. What is this thing? I wonder… thought Orland. He grabs a hammer and tries to smash the rock. He hit the rock with all his might but the rock doesn’t even have a scratch on it. This is one hard stone… he then puts the stone in one of the cabinet in his room and went to bed.
The Stone
That night Orland dreamed about meeting a dragon. In that dream the dragon said that Orland will soon meet with one of the dragon’s sons. He told Orland to call the dragon Inferno. He was told that the dragon he’s going to meet is very short tempered. It suits it’s element, Fire. Orland woke up sweating, What kind of dream is that? And it sounds so real too. Is it real or just my mind playing games with me? Inferno…. A very fiery name….
Just then, Orland thought he heard something moving. He reaches for his knife underneath his pillow and ready to stab anything. He growls like a hungry tiger. He slowly opened the door. THUM!!!! He jumps to the other side of the door and throws his knife at random direction. But nothing was hit by his knife, he looks around and see nothing except for the midnight breeze that touches his white skin. I guess it was just the wind that moves the curtains. The he heard something coming from his room. Something is definitely moving in my room. He slowly walks into his room. He peeks into his room but cannot locate the source of the sound. He peeks under his bed, in his drawers and bookcase but nothing was moving. He turns around and saw the cabinet where he put his stone. The stone was gone!
My stone! Where is it? Calm down…. Think! Orland… think! ……….
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