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Horses hooves in the forest surrounding them came closer, and he shadowy figures of men appeared. Another arrow flew through the undergrowth, which Aura sliced casually in half with his scimitar. The arrow lay on the ground, sliced perfectly. Logan shuddered again. These weapons were horrible.
Aura laughed out loud.
“Is that all you’ve got? Come out and face me, cowards!”
Laughter could be heard from within the forests. Obviously, they could not see who they were up against.
“Well well well, we meet again.” a voice said from behind them.
Aura spun around, his eyes darting back and forth. The voice seemed familiar somehow.
“Nice weapons. I could tell it was you from a mile away. Nobody else would be foolish enough to carry such wealth in the middle of the forest.”
Aura let a hint of a smile creep over his face.
“Urzan... it’s been too long.” he said, trying his best to sound smug.
“Indeed it has.” the man said, emerging from the forest.
Logan was shocked. The man that stood before them was tall and strong, and was wearing a suit of guilded golden armour. He wore a purple amulet, and a purple ring which stood out clearly in the din sunlight. His face was dark, with black, beady eyes and a wry smile on his face. On his head was a crown.
A red crown.

14-Apr-2009 07:35:07

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Chapter 11
Logan gulped silently. The two men faced off, staring at each other with pure hatred. Logan glimpsed the back of Aura’s hand move, as the dagger became concealed.
“So, do you want to die, or do you want to hand over your weapons and hat?” the man grinned menacingly.
Aura said nothing, just placing the tip of his scimitar to his forehead, drawing blood. The blood ran down the curved blade to the hilt, where he dabbed his finger in it. He brought the finger up to his eye line, then licked it clean.
“Ah, you choose to die. Oh well, it’s the same result for me.”
The man drew a sword from his belt. It was also of dragon, but it was straight and longer. He sliced through the air, then mimicked a stab. His eyes locked again with Aura. For a moment, all was still. Logan felt hopeless; he could do nothing to help Aura. The other men in Urzan’s party also stood still, afraid of being killed accidently.
Then, in a flash, the man charged at Aura. Aura sidestepped, and sliced at the man’s neck as he passed. The man parried it effortlessly, before spinning around and thrusting his sword at Aura’s chest. Aura stepped nimbly aside. In an instant, the battle had changed into a flurry of attacking, parrying and dodging. Logan could not see how Aura could win, as the scimitar was far shorter and worse at deflecting blows. He also had no armour, although Logan doubted the armour would do anything anyway against such powerful weaponry.

16-Apr-2009 03:39:01

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However, Aura seemed to have no trouble dodging the blows. His reactions seemed instantaneous, and even then the sword was barely missing him. There was no way of telling who was winning; everything was happening far too fast.
Then, all that changed. The man paused, luring Aura into an attack, before swinging his sword around at Aura’s neck. Aura swerved, but he was becoming tired and he could not escape fast enough. The blade nicked him on the shoulder, and he fell with a cry.
The man smirked and walked towards Aura, who had dropped his scimitar. Logan backed slowly away, terrified as to what was about to happen to Aura, then inevitably to him. Aura lay, clutching his arm.
“Goodbye, Aura.” said the man, grinning.
He brought his sword above his head, intending to decapitate Aura. To Logan’s surprise, Aura grinned. Before the man could see what he’d done wrong, Aura shot up, flicking the dagger back out from his sleeve. In an instant, he had thrust it through the man’s golden armour. It passed through it effortlessly, cutting his ribs like butter and piercing his heart. His eyes bulged, and in a final effort he brought the sword down, but Aura had long gone. Aura twisted the knife, and pulled on it. The man fell down the ground, gasping. He dropped his sword, and it fell with a clatter.

16-Apr-2009 03:39:22

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The woods fell silent. Even the birds had stopped singing. Logan stood with his mouth open, unable to comprehend what he’d just witnessed. A hat-wearer had been killed! And it happened so quickly! Logan had expected such an event to take hours, in a huge battlefield with thousands dead. Instead, he had died in a one on one battle with Aura, another hat-wearer, one of lower status! How was that possible? Was it another of these ‘luck’ moments? Logan had so much to ask, but he knew now was not the time.
The bandits were also in shock. They backed off slowly, before turning and running. Logan and Aura were left alone in the silence.

16-Apr-2009 03:39:32

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Chapter 12
Logan gulped.
“Are you alright?” he asked.
“I’ve had worse.” replied Aura.
Logan couldn’t have said the same. Aura’s shirt had become stained with blood all down his arm, and was now dripping onto the forest floor. Logan cringed at the thought of having such an injury, and suddenly the idea of adventure seemed a whole lot worse.
Aura stood back up, and walked over to the carcass of Urzan. He picked up the long sword and inspected it.
“Nice sword.” he said. Logan nodded, still not quite understanding what was happening.
Aura tossed it from hand to hand, before sliding it along the ground to Logan.
“Do you want it?” he asked.
Logan was unsure. He needed a sword, and he knew this was the best he’d ever get, but he did*’* want to be a part of the death and horrific mutilation that the he knew the sword would cause. He picked it up, and found it was surprisingly light. He swung it pack and forth, and felt no resistance from the air as he did so. He swung it at a small fallen log on the side of the road, which the sword sliced through effortlessly.

16-Apr-2009 03:39:51

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“Okay,” he replied, finally.
He walked over to Aura and helped him to loot the dead man. They removed his armour, which was damaged beyond repair. It was extremely heavy, and since they did*’t need any extra money for the gold they left it on the side of the road for the next traveller to find. Then they searched his rucksack, finding another dragon dagger, a water skin, a handful of coins and a diamond amulet, which Logan also gratefully took. When he put it on he felt an unnaturally surge of energy running through his body which made him shiver. Aura took the purple amulet, and left the ring- Aura said it would corrupt them- with the gilded armour on the side of the road.
Finally, Aura told Logan to take off the hat. He did so carefully, and when he offered it to Aura he sharply declined.
“No. That hat is pure evil. Put it in your backpack, and don’t be tempted to wear it.”
They then dragged his body off to the side, where they buried him. Logan did*’t think he deserved it, but Aura insisted, saying that once he was a great warrior. Logan grumbled, not liking the waste of energy.
Once he was buried, Aura used some of the water from the water skin to wash his wound, then wrapped some of his dry shirt sleeve around it. He tore of the bloodied sleeve, and left it on the ground. Logan found some willow bark for him to chew, and they set off Southwards.

16-Apr-2009 03:40:03

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Chapter 13
They reached an inn as the sun was setting. It was a small place, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. It was surrounded by trees, which made it stand out in the flat countryside. For once in Logan’s life, the air he breathed was pleasant- a mix of pine needles and oak. The low sun cast huge shadows of the trees, stretching off into the nearby paddocks. Laughter could be heard from within the building.
They entered the building and were greeted by a roaring fire, and a torrent of warm air. They got a room, and then went back down to the bar for some dinner.
“So where are we going again?” Logan asked, over a plate of steaming salmon.
“To meet a friend” replied Aura, with a mouth full of steak, rather inelegantly considering his status.
“Who? And where?”
“Why do your eyes keep changing colour?” Aura asked, with an inquisitive look on his face.

16-Apr-2009 03:40:19

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“What the hell has that got to do with this?!” Logan replied, frustrated.
Aura said nothing, shoving another chunk of meat into his mouth. Logan frowned, finally realizing what Aura had just said.
“What did you say?”
“Your eyes keep changing colour.” he said, still chewing on his steak. “I just thought that was strange.”
“Do they?”
“Yes, one day they’re dark blue, the next they’re green. What’* that supposed to mean?”
Logan shrugged. He hadn’t noticed. Perhaps it was something to do with the light? He repeated his earlier question:
“So, who are we meeting?”
“If you must know, he’s an old friend of mine...”
Logan scowled, and muttered quietly to himself. He did*’t like to think he wasn’t being told the whole truth.
Logan went off to bed exhausted, in a trance after the day’* excitement. He couldn’t believe how close he’d come to death, and how amazing it was that they had managed to defeat a party hat owner. That hat was in his bag! He was almost tempted to wear it, but then remembered Aura’s concern. He went to sleep with a smile on his face; despite the fact that he knew he should be afraid.

16-Apr-2009 03:40:30

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