An Excerpt from "An Elf's Story"

[0000 175]

This is a rewritten excerpt from "An Elf's Story", an autobiography of my life to current date. It is still in the process of being written.

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"An Elf's Story"

(based of a true tale)

by Alkenaar

PROLOUGE

Its was a rather windy night. Rain was pouring hard and thunder shot in the distance as the sound of 5 horses galloping rang through the air.

"Men! Halt!" yelled the leader of the noise of the weather. The cavalry halted and dismounted, surveying the area.

"Are you sure, Reinhal?" a man asked the leader.

"Positive". confirmed Reinhal.

The men quickly strode into the forest, following Reinhal. Upon entering the forest, the men were hit with what seemed like a curtain of pure darkness. They could barely see past their hands.

"Tregnak, do you have the lanterns?" asked Reinhal.

"Indeed I do." he replied as he reached into his satchel and retrieved two lanterns, one of which Reinhal carried, the other was carried by Tregnak.

"Men, I want you to scout the area for any settlement, shelter, cave, anything someone could be hiding out in. When you find it, send the signal, and we'll come." Reinhal instructed.

The four other men nodded and went their separate ways, while Reinhal continued on straight. It wasn't more than an hour before a call was heard throughout the forest, and Reinhal immediately dashed in the direction of the sound.

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"Anna, will you quite him, for the love of---"

"Tragak, he's just a baby! And your causing more noise than he is at the moment. You're going to wake up the other."

"I don't care. We all need to be alert anyway, but we don't need HIM giving away our position to the Orcs!"

Tragak was looking at his wife furiously. Anna, her head bent low, took the baby and went into another room.

"Shh... Alkenaar. Be quiet, it's alright."

At the moment, a loud horn was heard throughout the house, coming from nearby. Followed by screams and shouts of Orcs.

"They've found us!" yelled Tragak, "Get to the basement, quick!"

But it was no use. In minutes the house was in flames, and Reinhal was staring down the man.

"Please.. we'll give ourselves up to you as prisoners, just promise you'll let the boys live as well."

"Oh, don't worry, the boys will live," Reinhal grinned. "But we won't be taking no prisoners."

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CHAPTER 1

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There's the beginning of the book. I hope you enjoyed the read.

It is a true story, of the only information I gathered from my child hood. The names are not real, so the people do not exist, but the events happened, and there were real people who did this.

When I finish the book, I will make several copies and will be submitting it to the library as well as putting it up for sale, probably at 30 minas.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, I hope you found my childhood experience interesting.

-Alkenaar

[SuperZac 5]

It seems a fascinating story so far.

[0000 175]

Thank you ;)

[Danny 2232]

Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly.