"Shut up! Stop following me!", he yelled and ran off towards the forest.Naturally, she followed without a second thought. She didn't call out his name, because she knew how it annoyed him. And even though she wasn't used to the terrain in the forest, she couldn't just leave him alone.Of course, he was faster. Before she knew it, he had disappeared in the forest. Even if she called out his name now, he wouldn't answer. So she kept searching on her own. Stumbling, falling and bruising her legs countless times, she always got up and went back to looking for him.But soon, the sky darkened and she could smell the rain in the air. That scared her. She knew it would be dark soon. And she didn't know the forest well enough to return by herself anyway. Not that she was going to leave without him.On the other hand, he was already sure she'd left. She would never be able to find him, he thought. Sitting in the the hollow tree trunk, he knew he'd be alright come rain or hail."It's not like t

We walked through the ruins of a city that morning, with the ravages of war still visible in places. "Doesn't look like the right place, does it boy?", Sight stopped and asked, taking out his water skin.We hadn't stopped once in the three days since we took off from Valhalla. It was a perilous journey but we couldn't waste a second. And now when we got to our destination, it was nothing but a ruin. The sun overhead was boiling my head and my feet hurt from all that walking. Noticing my face growing red, Sight emptied his water skin on my head. It was a brief moment of relief but the sun shone too strongly today.Was it summer already? I hadn't been much aware of the weather lately. That red sky was the only thing we could see for a while. As it turned out, the same phenomenon had occurred in this world too. I may have rewritten the culprit and the outcome but most of the happenings were the same. For one, in this world too, Sight had used his eyes to cast a tremendous barrier. This

"We'll round them here. Horses are at a disadvantage in this terrain, they'll have no choice but to leave them behind. That should slow them down", clad in armor, she explained the mission, pointing to a map sprawled on the table before her. "But Captain, our horses can't traverse there either. Its as much a handicap for us as it is for the enemy", another armor clad man spoke, his helmet tucked under his arm. "That may be, but our goal is to stop them as far away from the main camp as possible", she rolled the map close, "This isn't the North, Gene, we don't fight with guns. Our swords are enough for us. But that means our long range battles are limited to arrows and stones. We'll be enough against those." "Wouldn't you prefer the North, Captain? It sounds like it'll be a quick battle", another female soldier shrugged. "Guns aren't the only thing that works there, Nelly", the Captain replied, coolly, "With all the magic they've got, healing is as fast as bullets too." "Battles a

The taste of mud mixed with the blood in his mouth, but he didn't know to move. Perhaps it was time for him to decide what to do next. But he had hit a wall. He couldn't see anything beyond this forest, and the sunlight slipping in through the leaves. And the frozen lake...When he finally lifted himself up, he felt that centuries had gone by and his head was as light as clouds. Then he remembered that he too was a Northerner. And there wasn't anyone better at channeling magic than the Northerners. Silver's channel of magic had frozen the lake and the town they rode away from, but how would he channel his magic?The answer to that was quite clear to him. What would be better than this kind, ever so gentle forest to receive his magic? In this place where Silver was laid to rest, he intended to give away everything he had left too.He placed his hand on his chest. Through all the bulk and roughness years had brought onto him, he could only barely sense his heart beating. But then, the w

It was hot when we woke up. Or more like, we woke up because it was so hot. I could tell through the blackening glass window what might have been going on. There was a fire right outside our room. Sight and I hurriedly made our way outside. We ran into Tristan and Percival at the hall door, looking exhausted.It was surprising that we slept through it. Then again, Sight and I hadn't gotten rest for days, we didn't just need sleep to shake off that exhaustion, we needed to die and then come back the next morning. That seemed to be exactly what had happened."What's going on?", I asked Tristan.He turned towards me, looking haggard."Are you alright?", I had to ask."You're late again, men", he answered, "Just take a look for yourself."I opened the door and stepped outside. The black residue that had been covering the town was gone. The city was in ruins, even more than when we came here, but the layer of that very dark ash was nowhere to be found.Galahad and Gawain were putting out t