Thursday, June 28, 2007

Rollin Rollin Rollin, Rawhide!
Chapter 3

Aki and Suki waked into the Ballroom, and noticed it looked diffrent. Gone were the earthy pillars, or the Fiery Curtains, and other festive decorations. In their place was a dark, candle lit room, with its size being doubled. Everyone sat down, and waited for the Elder to come. Then a chill ran down everyones spines as they sat. Out of nowhere, everyones worst fear erupted. Some saw spiders, some saw snakes, and others saw far worse things. Suki looked over at Aki, and closed her eyes instantly. Aki had done the same she noticed, and wondered what he saw. Little did she know they had seen the same thing: Each other dead. They both feared the same thing, and that was the death of a loved one. "Welcome! For today is the final Art day! We shall pick wisely who is to follow in our path of evil deeds." The Elder clapped his hands, and just as fast as the fear had came, it left. "Now then, as I noticed, most of you were afraid. That was the test right there. We wanted to see if you were worthy of the Art, or if you were going to give it a bad name. Honestly, about ninety percent of you failed. Those who have fear cannot embrace others fear as a weapon. I am now going to send those who could not keep there eyes open to handle the fear away." The students were enraged. They started to shout "Thats not fair!" One boy shouted, and walked onto the stage. "How dare you defy an Elder!" Shouted another. Soon a fight broke out in the crowd, a full out brawl. Aki and Suki had sat near the back, and they walked out, knowing they had closed their eyes. "Well this sucks" Aki said, as he kicked a rock. "Ya, we are great at doing the shapeshifting stuff" Just as they were going to jump over the Edge, a mans hand reached out and grabbed them by the shoulders. The man had a gruff voice, one that had seen many times of trouble. "You had best be not doing that" It said. Aki and Suki both turned around at the same time. "Who are you? And why not?" Suki asked. "I am the Prophet, and You are the Ancient Ones the Great Vision Foretold of." Just then, the man turned into a bird and flew away. "Woah, am I freaking out, or is he just a shapeshifter?" Suki said. "Well, only one way to find out: We gotta stay for the Great Feast" Aki said.
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