Subject: [FFML] [Original] Aknar's Quest, Pt.2
From: Mr Man
Date: 8/10/2000, 12:43 AM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

 
Those of you who took the time to read this, probably 
found it boring. This part gets better. It really has 
a great story line, but it take a little for it to get

to that part. Just keep reading please. 
Chapter 3: In Search. 
 
 They walked past the first tree in the forest. They 
stopped. They looked ahead and saw seemingly endless 
trees. 
  They walked through the trees very slowly watching 
out for monsters. They had only been walking for 3 
minutes 
 when that same monster they saw back when they were 
younger appeared. It was about 20 feet away. "M-Magus,

  look..." Kai stuttered. "I know, Kai," He replied. 
"Stay calm" Aknar said. They frog creature looked at 
them. 
   "Oh, know he's seen us," Aknar said. The frog 
creatures tail split into two, he lowered his head, 
and jumped 
 straight up. He then landed with his tail stuck in 
the ground and opened his mouth. He tail stayed spit 
but two more 
 frogs came. Their tales split and their mouths opened

at they bounded towards the three. The one in the 
front which 
 called the others lept at Aknar first. He kicked it 
while it was in the air, and it shot across the air, 
and landed on the 
  ground behind the others, which were almost 
attacking the three. Aknar, Kai, and Magus stood in a 
row. Aknar 
  quickly picked up a sturdy stick. it was about 4 
feet long and 1 inch around. Another jumped at him, he

held back 
  the stick and lunged at the frog with it, hitting it

right in the head, and causing it to flip backward and

land on it's 
  back. Another ran after him, and didn't jump, it 
slashed it's tail across Aknars leg making a few small

cuts on his 
  leg. Aknar flinched and kept going. He impaled it on

his stick and flung it off, kind of grossed out. Then 
the first 
  one he attacked lept at him again, and he hit it's 
head with the stick killing it. Then the other lept at

his stomach, 
  and he blocked the attack with the stick. Instead of

biting the stomach, he bit the stick. That broke it in

half. The 
                    frog fell onto the ground. He then

impaled it with the broken pieces. 
    Aknar turned to the other two. "Gee, thanks for 
helping." He said to them "Well you looked like you 
had it 
  handled," Kai said, as Aknar bent down and looked at

the cuts. "Truthfully, Aknar, I'm impressed" Magus 
said 
looking at the dead frogs. There were three small cuts

on his leg. Thankfully, the tail only knicked him. He 
stood up 
                                 and the three walked 
past the frogs. 
A bit later they all stopped to rest. They found a 
nice place to rest a few minutes.There was a fallen 
log, which could 
                                 seat the three of 
them. They all sat. 
  Aknar sighed, and said: "It's alot of walking. And 
What are we going to do when we need to sleep, and 
there are 
 monsters? We know very well the strongest monster 
lurk at night." Magus looked at him. "Good question. 
Staying 
  up as a guard wouldn't work. One person could not 
handle the monsters. We cannot sleep in this forest no

matter 
 what! For all we there could be a monster looking at 
us now thinking 'mmm, feast,'" Aknar and Kai looked 
behind 
  them. There was nothing. "We need weapons!" Kai 
shouted. "What would your weapon be, Kai?" Magus asked

 her. "Dirk." She replied, happily. "You Aknar?" "A 
sword" He said. "I wouldn't care really... Either a 
sword or a 
                                       spear," Magus 
said. 
  "Magus, Aknar, we need to find a way to sleep," Kai 
said. "It's okay Kai, I sleep light, I'll wake up if 
anything 
  comes," Magus said. "I don't sleep light..." Aknar 
said. "Unless I have those dreams," he continued. "You

still 
   having those?" Magus asked. "Yes, I am..." "You 
never told is what they're about" Kai said. "And I 
won't" 
              Aknar replied. Aknar said: "let's get 
going!" They all stood up and began to walk. 
   They had to rest several times, and surprisingly 
there were no monsters. But now it was dusk. On the 
verge of 
                              nightfall, when the 
powerful monsters came. 
    "Maguus Aknaar, it's almost dark!" Kai whined. 
"Kai! You knew this would be hard!" Aknar told her. 
"I'm 
 sorry..." She said as she was looking down. "It's 
fine, Kai, we'll get out before something happens to 
us," Magus 
                                           assured 
her. 
 It had just turned night. They heard something! They 
looked up, and saw two bats. They were 4 feet long, 
and their 
  wingspan was 10 feet. They couldn't believe it. But 
they just passed over them. Kai shivered in fear."Kai,

don't 
worry" Magus said to her. "Let's run..." Aknar 
suggested. "Good idea." They both said at the same 
time. They all 
 ran as fast as they can, no monsters attacked, they 
couldn't catch up, and they finally made it outside of

the forest. 
                                It took them all day, 
but they made it. 
 "Finally!" Kai exclaimed as they all sat about 50 
yards from the forest. They sat in a small circle, and

there were a 
 few small trees around them. "We need a fire." Aknar 
said "But how..." he continued. "Let's just sleep" Kai

said 
                                     with her eyes 
half closed. 
   They all slept, and of course, Magus was soon 
awaken by the sound of 2 foot cockroach hissing. He 
woke the 
 others. They all stood, still kind of tired, but when

they noticed the roach they were up. Aknar, Magus, and

Kai ran 
  to a tree which was a few feet from where they were 
sleeping. "I think sticks work," Aknar said and broke 
off a 
 stick he. Then the others did. They climbed in the 
tree. The roach approached the tree. They were all in 
it, but the 
 roach clawed at the tree. Aknar looked at it, and 
jumped down at it! He stuck the stick in it's back, 
and jumped on 
               it. It made a hissing sound. It 
screached and slowly fell to the ground, and died. 
              The three dropped the sticks, and lie 
down, quickly falling asleep in their old spots. 
  The next morning they awoke at dawn... "I can't 
believe it's already been a day," Kai said. "I wonder 
what our 
  parents think... I hope they don't think we're 
dead," Magus said as he stood up. They had only just 
awoke, and 
  could now realize their surroundings. To their right

was a small river, which flowed out of the forest, and

between 
 two mountains. To their left was another area of 
forest, which was more condensed than the one behind 
them which 
 they had just came through. There were a few trees 
around them, none which contained any kind of fruit. 
None of 
 them had eaten in over 24 hours, so Aknar pulled out 
an apple for everyone and said: "One of us should go 
fish for 
food. I am sure we are all hungry, and we cannot 
continue our search without food." "Why don't we all 
go?" Magus 
                     asked. "Yes, I guess we should, 
in case anything should attack us. 
   They all walked to the river, and Magus carried the

fishing pole. He baited the hook with a small piece of

deer 
    meat which was in a compartment on the fishing 
pole. He lowered the fishing pole into the river and 
waited. 
  "Oooh, I'm hungry," Kai complained. "We all are," 
Aknar added. "We should try and start a fire now," 
Aknar 
    suggested. So, Kai, and Aknar walked to a tree and

broke some firewood, they began to violently rub 
sticks 
    together. They were sitting a few feet from the 
river, and were trying to get them to catch on fire. 
With this 
                          progress it would most 
likely take an hour to do this. 
   Awhile later, Aknar and Kai had started the fire, 
and were too hungry to do anything else. Magus finally

got a 
 nibble. Something was on the end of his rod! He 
quickly pulled it up, and a large fish came out. It 
was 1 foot three 
                inches long, which is pretty good for 
eating. They quickly cooked it and ate it. 
   After they ate, they all were ready to go. They 
walked through the field and toward one of the 
mountains. The 
  mountain had a cave which ran through the center. 
"Should we go through?" Aknar asked as he approached 
the 
   cave. "It's the only way," Kai said. "It'll be 
dangerous, but I think we can make it," Magus added. 
"If we're 
                                       careful..." 
Aknar said. 
  They looked through, it was very dimly lit, the only

light was coming from the opening. Their eyes would 
have to 
   adjust before they could even see anything. They 
all began to walk through. They were in order. Aknar 
was in 
           front, followed by Magus, then Kai. They 
walked until they saw a figure in the dark cave. 
 "What's that?" Aknar asked. The others looked and Kai

said: "It could be anything. Who knows what's in 
here?" 
 Aknar bent down and picked up a rock. The thing 
moved. It had obviously seen them. It ran at them, and

came into 
a view. It was a spider. A very very large spider. 
It's fangs were huge. The spider ran after Aknar, for 
Aknar was in 
front, and he would come after him first. Aknar 
quickly through the rock at it's head. The spider was 
hit in the head. 
  It jumped back and Aknar picked up another. He threw

it at his head again, and it backed up, and dodged it.

The 
   spider lept at Aknar, and pinned him on the ground.

A large ball ov acidic vomit formed in it's mouth. Kai

and 
  Magus were standing by him and had to think fast. 
Kai pushed the spider off, and was disgusted at the 
feeling of 
  the spiders skin. But the spider fell off, and the 
three picked up more rocks, and they all hurled the 
rocks at its 
   head. They all hit! The head of the spider fell 
off, and grotesque fluids were flowing from it's neck.

It fell to the 
                                     ground, and 
stayed there. 
   "That was close!" Aknar exclaimed, "Thanks," He 
continued. "No problem" Kai said. "If only we had some

  weapons, it would be alot easier to defeat these 
monsters," Aknar explained. "We haven't found a town 
though, 
  and we probably won't for awhile," Magus said to 
Aknar. They all continued through the cave, and very 
quickly 
                                         came to the 
end. 
  They walked out of the cave. "That was scary," Kai 
said. They all began walking through the field. The 
day was 
 warm, and the sky was clear like the day before. 
"Annoying spider... It was a very difficult defeat," 
Magus said. "I 
                  was the one who was pounced on," 
Aknar said. They continued walking. 
   On the way Aknar broke off a stick from a tree in 
case another monster came. One did. A frog came. One 
like 
                                before, with the fangs

and everything. 
   They stood in a row. "Oh, no, another one!" Kai 
exclaimed. It was charging towards them. Aknar took 
out the 
 stick. The frog was right near him, he moved and it 
passed him. The frog charged again, and it attempted 
to slash 
 him with it's tail. It missed, Aknar dodged it just 
by an inch. He then brought the stick down onto him, 
through the 
                             neck, which killed it 
quickly. They continued. 
  The walks were extremely long, and tiring. But if 
they were to find this man they had to. They sat to 
rest under a 
                                        very large oak

tree. 
  They sat under the tree which was towering over 
them, about 70 feet. Aknar sighed. Magus looked at 
Kai: "Are 
  you okay, right now?" He asked her. "Yes, yes, I'm 
fne, just a little tired out, but otherwise, I am 
fine," She told 
 him. "I'm hungry, I do not want to go another day 
without any food. This journey is very tiring, and I 
am thirsty, as 
  well as hungry," Aknar explained. He looked in front

of him, and noticed a pond with drinkable water. He 
walked 
                                            over to 
it. 
  Aknar lowered his head into the pond and took a 
small sip from the water. Then the others came next to

him and 
  did the same. The water was cool, and very 
refreshing. They then walked back to the oak tree, and

they took out 
     an apple each. They each ate an apple. Now they 
only had 4 apples left. They rested a few more 
minutes. 
  "Let's go," Aknar said. "Fine, we'll go. I am rested

enough now.." Kai said as she stood and stretched. 
"That's 
 good," Aknar said, "We'll never be able to fight 
without rest," He continued. After Aknar pointed out 
the obvious 
                                     they began 
walking more. 
 They had been walking awhile when they saw a wolf. 
Only it was standing. It was crouched over, with large

claws, 
   and it looked very strong. They had no way to kill 
it. The only thing they could do was hide up in a 
small tree. 
  The three climbed into a tree to the left of them. 
They looked at it. It was walking around looking. It 
had smelled 
 something. The three sat in the tree watching as it 
ran around. Aknar told Kai: "You better be careful..."

"What do 
 you think? Do you think just because I am a girl I 
will not be able to do anything as well as you?" She 
replied. "No, 
 I was just saying to be careful, I don't want anyone 
to get hurt," He said. "Oh...Heh" She mumbled, feeling

kind of 
  stupid. They all continued looking down at the wolf,

which was not out of the way yet. It seemed as if it 
had heard 
            them, but was not coming towards the tree.

It was still running around, back and forth. 
  Their surrounding were simple. A field as far as 
they could see, with a few scattered trees. No water. 
No forests. 
                                     Just grass, and 
some trees. 
  It had been awhile now, and it was still wandering 
around, searching. It seemed it was losing interest. 
It walked 
                     back and forth more until it 
finally disappeared into the distance. 
   The three jumped down from the tree. "That was 
close!" Kai exclaimed. "That monster seemed powerful, 
and 
                could've easily ripped us apart... 
unless we had some weapons..." Magus said. 
               Chapter 4: Finally getting somewhere. 
   They walked and walked, for awhile. Finally they 
saw a very large object in the distance. "Oh... it's 
a... a... a.. 
 town!" Kai exclaimed. "It is! We finally have 
weapons. Let's go.." Magus said. Sunset was pretty 
soon, and night 
                 would be when the shops closed. So 
they ran. They finally reached the town. 
 "We need weapons," Aknar said. "We know," Kai added. 
They quickly walked to the weapon shop. They entered. 
 The weapon shop was a small place. The walls and 
shelfs had weapons on them, and they were marked with 
price. 
 They looked at the daggers. They had "5 Gold Coins" 
Marked on them. They then looked at the dirks which 
were 
   marked "7 Gold Coins". They bought 1 dirk, and two 
daggers. It came to 17 Gold. They all walked out of 
the 
                                          weapons 
shop. 
 "Let's stay at an inn!" Kai yelled. "We can just 
camp..." Aknar said. "Camp!? AGAIN!? I don't want to 
camp, it's 
 too dangerous," Kai exclaimed. "Well, okay," Aknar 
said. "Yes, I think it would be best to stay at an 
inn." Magus 
                                 added. They searched 
for a good inn. 
   They found an inn for 2 gold. Now they were reduced

to 1. They walked into the inn. The ground was lined 
with 
   bricks. There was one small circular table, and 
three beds. They sat on the bed each. "I'm hungry," 
Kai said. 
     "Aren't we all!" Aknar exclaimed. "I will go buy 
food from the inn keeper," Magus said. He walked out. 
         He returned with some assorted vegetables, 
and some meat. They ate, drank, then slept. until... 
 They were woken up by a sound in the night. Someone 
ran into their room. "We need everyone in town to 
help, we 
  are being stormed by monsters!" He exclaimed. They 
all quickly stood up and the man ran out of the room. 
They 
 heard the sound of the people fighting the monsters 
outside. "Oh, no. I don't want to fight.." Kai 
mumbled. They all 
                         stretched, picked up their 
new weapons and ran outside. 
 They stood behind everyone. Currently two people were

fighting them. They had swords. The small opening in 
the 
 town where the gate was, was where they were coming 
in. The rest was surrounded by sturdy brick wall. One 
man 
had just stabbed a frog creature (demon frog) in the 
back with his sword. Behind those monsters, it seemed 
to go on 
   forever. Giant ants, and spiders, the wolves. "The 
man who attacked us must be making a small attack on 
this 
  village," Aknar exclaimed. "That man's name..." 
Someone said who was next to them, "Is Dorgan, he has 
been 
 attacking us with his monsters for a year now." Aknar

looked at Magus. "His name is Dorgan? We must find him

  and destroy him!" He said. They watched again. One 
of the men was just slashed in the leg by a Demon 
frog. his 
 leg was bleeding profusely. He had to back up. 
Someone else took his spot. He had a small dagger. The

other man 
  was fighting off a spider. The spider spit something

out. It landed on the mans foot, burning through his 
shoe, and 
giving him third degree burns. The man backed out and 
was replaced by...Before anyone else could come up 
Aknar, 
 Kai, and Magus ran in front. Aknar quickly plunged 
his dagger deep into the spiders back. It died. (the 
gate could 
   only fit two monsters at a time so that was how 
they were killing them) The other man backed away. 
Another 
 Demon frog attacked them, and at the same time, a 
giant ant. Aknar cut off a leg of the ant, while Magus

stabbed 
 it's head. And Kai loaned the Demon Frog the pointy 
end of her Dirk. They both died, and a wolf approached

them. 
  The wolf stood and looked at them. It took up all 
the room, no other monster could approach. The three 
of them 
  attacked it at the same time. Magus stabbed it's 
arm, and Aknar got the other arm. Then Kai slashed 
it's chest. 
 The Wolf pulled it's arm back and with it's last bit 
of energy slashed Kai across the wrist. She had two 
large cuts on 
   her arm. Some blood escaped them. She kept going 
though. Four demon frogs came through the gate. Aknar 
  stabbed the one on the far left in the head, and 
Magus stabbed another in the back. Kai killed two. She

stabbed 
    one, and quickly slashed the other one. There was 
another spider. It spewed acidic vomit at Aknar. He 
was 
 handling this one, while the other two backed off. 
Aknar dodged to vomit and jumped back at the spider 
with a blow to it's head. 
 In the distance something large was on it's way. It 
was approaching at a great speed, and they only saw it

larger as 
  it got closer. It was a snake! Three hundred feet 
long. It swallowed most of the enemies, and did not 
move after. 
             The townspeople gasped, but stayed. It 
was dark, and some of the people had torches. 
Aknar killed another Demon Frog, and Magus killed a 
spider. But A few more were defeated. And that was the

last 
  of the monsters... Besides the snake. The snake was 
there, and noticed the towns people. It was a great 
threat. 
 Aknar Kai and Magus ran ontop of the Snake. It didn't

seem to notice them. It finally turned. Aknar walked 
on it'shead, and quickly stabbed it's eyes. He stabbed

it again, except alot deeper. It died. All the 
villagers cheered. They sloped down and walked back 
in. And quickly fell asleep on their beds. 
 They awoke the next morning. "Oh, you're awake!" a 
man said as he walked in. "All of the townspeople put 
their 
   money together and decided to give you this" He 
handed them 30 Gold. "Wow, thanks." Aknar said. The 
man 
             walked out, and they walked out of the 
town, and walked around it. They continued... 
 Just behind the town was a forest. They began to walk

through it. It didn't seem to be longer than the other

one, but 
it was still a thick forest. And Dorgan could have 
made more monsters. "Magus...?" Kai asked. "Do you 
think that we will find Dorgan soon?" "I do not know. 
I hope we defeat him soon." They kept walking. 
 There was something in the distance. It was 4 demon 
frogs. They all stood in a row and looked at the Kai, 
Magus 
 and Aknar, ready to attack. "This should be easy now 
that we have weapons," Aknar said. The frog ran after 
him 
 but he stabbed it before it got to him. Kai looked at

another as it was charging for her. She quickly threw 
her dirk, 
   and it landed in it's back. It died. At the same 
time one charged at Magus. He stabbed it hard. That 
one died. 
  Aknar ran after the last one which was standing 
there. It was still. Then it charged as Aknar did. It 
attempted to bite him, but Aknar stabbed it's head. 
The last one died. 
   Kai walked over to the frog she had defeated and 
pulled the dagger out of it's back. They kept walking.

They 
  talked at the same time. "That man..." Aknar began. 
"Said it was Dorgan, but how do we know it was the 
same 
  person?" he asked. Magus stated: "He probably is. 
Besides, if he was not the same person, we're still 
doing the 
 world a great deed, if we defeat this man. You saw...

You saw how many monster he let out against that 
village. If it 
  weren't for his mistake in creating that snake, we 
quite possibly could have been dead by now." "You're 
right!" 
  Kai exclaimed. "We should definitly continue seeking

this man," Aknar said. They continued through the 
forest. 
 They reached the end of the forest in the middle of 
the afternoon. "YAY!" Kai exclaimed, as she did last 
time she 
 left the forest. "Apple?" Aknar asked. "Yes," They 
both said at the same time. Aknar handed them each 
one, andthey walked across the field at the same time 
they were eating the apple. 
   After they had finished their apple, they stopped 
to rest. They sat in a row, from Aknar, to Magus. They

were 
  sitting on the ground. "The weapons are useful!" Kai

stated. "I think we will be able to faster... Nothing 
will stop 
  me from finding out what is happening," Aknar said. 
They all left in a few minutes, and continued. They 
walked 
  across a seemingly endless field until the sun began

to set. Then they had to begin making the fire, and 
find food. 
 Around them was a small pond, which seemed capable of

fishing in. And there were a few scattered tree, on 
just by 
  the pond, which was very tall, and one about ten 
feet tall they were under. Aknar was going fishing 
this time, and 
the other two were staying to make the fire. 
  

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