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-----Chapter Three: The Might of the Dragon-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kaisen stood trembling before the powerful, elegant dragon. The creature was pure silver, sparkling as nothing on RuneScape could. Its powerful claws slashed at the air, seeming to even cut that.
Saren and Kalda were stunned. Aardi wore a smug grin on his face, knowing that this was the impossible task.
"Impossible!" argued Saren. "The dragon is supposed to be unstoppable. There's no way Kaisen can beat it."
"Thanks for the confidence," Kaisen growled, but he knew it was true--he felt the same way.
Aardi simply said, "If you do not want to fight it, just say the word. The dragon egg will make a lovely addition to my treasure chamber."
Kaisen was silenced. All he could do was fight, and pray to Guthix that all would be well.
The dragon gave an almighty roar that made Kaisen shudder. This was it. The ultimate trial was beginning.

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Kaisen said suddenly, "This is not the dragon."
Saren's eyebrow raised. "Really?"
Aardi shook his head. "We couldn't get the real dragon to come out, so we projected a form of it. The dragon you see has all the powers of the original, but none of its identity. Therefore, it has no mercy, and he listens only to us."
"That's not fair!"
Aardi smirked. "That's not the question. The question is: can Kaisen handle the beast he is supposed to control?"
"We'll see!" Kaisen shouted as he blasted a water blast at the dragon. The magic bounced off, producing no damage. The dragon blasted a silver fire from its mouth, and Kaisen rolled away, receiving only small burns on his side.
Kaisen grimaced in pain. The dragon was immune to his attacks, but he would die in only several blasts.
The dragon fired again, and Kaisen ran to dodge. The stream of fire followed him and fried him.
Kaisen could feel only his skin blistering with the heat. The entire world went silver, and then it was all over.

17-Mar-2007 04:42:58

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The forest returned to his blurry vision. Kaisen could smell the smoke around him, and his skin was burned. He was blackened with ash. Above him, the silver dragon sat poised to finish the job.
"Well," Aardi sighed, "that's as far as you go. If you give up now, I will spare you the agony of another blast."
Kaisen knew that he could not defeat the dragon. It was hopeless. After all he had done, after all the hardships, it was over. The dragon would not be saved. It would die, and the quest would have failed. All because he hadn't fulfilled his mission. He wasn't sure he could live with himself after that.
Kaisen stood defiantly before the dragon. "Then kill me now," he challenged.
The dragon gazed upon him and roared, obviously expecting Kaisen to run. He did not. The dragon seemed uncertain what to do next. It seemed reluctant to kill Kaisen.
Aardi commanded, "Very well. Kill him."
The dragon roared again, and it released another blast of silver at Kaisen, a direct attack for a quick kill.

18-Mar-2007 03:42:05

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Kaisen braced himself for the end, but it did not come then. The blast stopped, and the dragon was no longer there. It had vanished.
"What?" demanded Aardi. "Where did it go?" He looked at the circle of elves whose spell was keeping the dragon hologram alive. The circle was broken. One of the elves was dead.
"Who killed this elf?" Aardi demanded. "Which one of you?" He pointed at Saren and Kalda accusingly.
"Master," spoke Lydius, "I have been watching them, and neither of them killed the elf. Apparently," he walked over to the corpse and examined it, "it was done by an archer from long range. Search the forest, if you will."
Aardi looked at Kaisen. "This is invalid. You did not defeat the dragon. It did not concede, nor did you kill it. The trial does not count."
Lydius spoke up again. "Lord Aardi, may I suggest you postpone the trial until you can find a suitable elf mage to fill in for the dead one?"
Aardi nodded. "Yes, Lydius, that is a good idea. Mage!" he called sharply to Kaisen. "You are dismissed. I will contact you when the time has come to retake the trial."

18-Mar-2007 03:49:38

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---------Chapter Four: Master Lydius------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kaisen sat alone in his room. The defeat had not come, but he was sure it would have. He was saved by someone. There was someone in the forest that wanted him to win. He thought about the elf that looked like The Sage. What if Zharoun was here?
Saren was not speaking to him. Saren had been torn to pieces by Kaisen's near defeat. They had been so close to losing the quest and the dragon egg forever. RuneScape was so close to being doomed. Saren just needed some time to cool off (he kind of blamed Kaisen for almost losing).
Poor Kalda was trying to bridge the gap between them. No such luck.
Suddenly, there appeared an elf at Kaisen's door. Lydius.
"Mage Kaisen," Lydius bowed as he entered. "I wish to speak with you."
Kaisen grunted. He felt too sick to speak.
"It will not take Aardi long to pick a new mage to complete the circle. That is why I am proposing to help you."
"Help me?"
"Yes. I cannot help with your power, but I could not help but notice that in the battle, you were unable to dodge the dragon's attacks."
"How can you help me with that?"
"I am the master of agility in Isafdar. I can make you faster and more agile, enough so that you could dodge. What do you say to becoming my pupil?"
"I'll give it a shot."
And then, Kaisen followed Master Lydius out into the forest.

21-Mar-2007 00:59:26

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Kaisen didn't know what to expect. He had never been taught agility before. Lydius took him to a meadow deep in the forest. "I apologize for taking you out this far, but secrecy is paramount. It would not go over well if Aardi learned that I was helping you. No human has ever been taught the secrets of elven agility, you see."
"I will keep the secret safe."
"Of course." Lydius ran away and then came back. When he stopped beside Kaisen, he was standing on the blades of grass. His feet were not on the ground, but they were balancing on the blades themselves. "At the end of your training, I do not expect you to have mastered my skills. But you will learn enough to get you an edge in the trial. Now, come. Do as I do."
Kaisen trained the rest of the day, but he could do nothing that Lydius asked him to do. Lydius gave him some exercises to help his agility, but it seemed hopeless.
After the day had ended, Kaisen was exhausted. And still, he had not been able to improve very much. "That's not too shabby," Lydius lied. "We will pick up here tomorrow. Get some rest."
He didn't have to tell Kaisen twice. Returning to his room, Kaisen fell asleep before he even reached his cot.

21-Mar-2007 01:36:03

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Lydius greeted Kaisen the next day. "Good morning. Now, if you would walk across this log..."
Kaisen was drenched several times as he tried to cross the log, but he eventually got it. Kaisen actually managed to perform the tasks Lydius gave him. He showed great improvement.
The next day, he was able to stand on one leg on top of a narrow tree trunk. Then, he could jump the trap wires Lydius had set.
Finally, Lydius said, "Kaisen, you have really improved. Still weak agility for an elf, but as far as humans go, you are very agile. Now, one last test. You must run through the forest to the mountains of Arrandar and back in three hours. Go!"
Lydius announced it very quickly, and Kaisen was stunned for a moment, but he then took off into the forest to complete his master's task.

21-Mar-2007 03:28:57

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