The Birth of a New Champion

Cody Webb   
Picture by Jason  Shaughnessy                                                                                                                             


It has been 10 years seen the War of Death in the great country of Lawtar. Lawtar was a peaceful place after the end of the war. Now weird things are going on in Lawtar. The people of Lawtar fear that evil is upon us again. They want to find out what it is before it is too late. Hello, I am Cody the warrior. My friends Jonathan the barbarian and Scott the high elf cleric join me. This is my story I have to tell you.

I lived with my grandparents while there was a war going on. I knew some about fighting from my dad because he went through the war. I learned many skills from my mom Kelly and my dad John. My mom knows some too because she helped my dad in the war. I now train with my friends. Scott, Jonathan, and I trained together for 5 years. We are hoping that one day we will be called the Champions of Lawtar. Finally, after so much training my friends and I are getting to help. We first go in to the Great Forest of Macar and find an orc trying to kill an elf. I shot the orc with an arrow in the chest. When we got to the elf, we gave him a healing vile to help him. He tells us his name is Sam. He was out hunting for deer. When he finally found a deer, it went into a cave. He followed it in the cave and ran into the orc. The orc ran after him and he ran into us. After he told us what happened we took him back to camp. That evening I went to check on him. He was doing much better since I shot that orc. We talked for a while and I told him were we could meet up. He joined with me later and we practiced shooting arrows. Since he was an archer, he taught me how to shoot with my eyes closed. He became my mentor and taught me more. We practiced for weeks while my dad was on a mission. I showed him some moves with the sword and he was impressed by what I knew. I told him I learned it from my dad after the war was over. Sam said, He was the only one to survive in his family from the war.

After my dad got back, I told him about all the practice I went through. He was very proud of me for saving Sam. I showed him how to shoot three arrows with his eyes closed. I showed my mom how to hit a target dead center behind her back. Finally, it got to were my friends trained with Sam and me. We all enjoyed training with Sam. We got a lot stronger from the training. Sam had a huge supply of weapons to choose from. He told us that we could pick one bow and arrows, one sword, two daggers, and armor. We were aloud to keep them for missions. I show my parents and they were happy. Jonathan staid at my house for one week. He and I trained with our new weapons every day. While we were training, we told war stories. I was better and stronger than Jonathan was because I trained more. I also went to Scotts house and trained with him. Scott was almost as strong as Jonathan was, but was as good a shooter. No matter how hard I tried to teach Scott many of the sword techniques, he could not understand them all. He was still not as strong as Jonathan was. I liked training with them and Sam. I got so much stronger than Jonathan and Scott. I was as strong as Sam is now. One day the king asked me and Sam to go on a mission in the desert of Cantar. We got a lot of sleep for next day. The next day we packed our thing and left.

The mission was to find and bring back the blade of fire. Sam and I talked on our way there. I asked who chooses who went on the missions. He said that the king would choose who goes on what missions. I asked him about the blade of fire. He said it belonged to a great dragon rider named Othress. Othress and Comare were a great team together. They were unstoppable until they ran into a very dark dragon named Fearon. He was a very small but quick dragon. Fearon was so small that one knight while Comare was a sleep he flew into Comares mouth and poisoned him. Both Comare and Othress did not see it coming. Othress fought Fearon but he was not fast enough to defeat him. After Sam told me the story, we continued on our quest. I saw an opening and we went through it. There was two huge orcs guarding the end of the tunnel.

We both knew that something bad was about to go on. We drew our weapons and prepared for a fight. We snuck up on the guards and killed them. After going through different halls, we found what was going on. There was a group of about fifty orcs around one big orc. The big orc had a red and black colored sword in his hand. Sam said it was the blade of fire. It looked very great and powerful. I knew I was lucky to get to see it. No one in Lawtar except the king had ever seen it before. We had to figure a plan out and fast. We saw some pillars I pulled Sam to the side and said I have a plan. I told him we could quietly hide behind the pillars and shoot then until there are ten left. He said that sounds like a good ideal. I started it of to show him what I meant. One down with out no one knowing. He thought it was clever so he helped. We kept shooting them for a while. After we had killed twenty we stopped. One orc turned around and we moved to were he would not see us. We waited for things to calm down. I thought that maybe we should rest a while before we started again. It was about fifteen minutes before we started again. We got back up and shot away. There was twenty left now and we were ready to fight soon. We shot until there was ten left.

I told Sam that it was time to fight hand to hand. He was ready for the real party to begin. We jumped in and got their attention very quick. The fight began and was a good fight. We fought with blood stained swords to the end. I noticed that Sam had fear in his eyes. He sounded like he was all right but looked scared. I looked back and saw two orcs coming for me. It was time to kill evil in its tracks. One was on me while the other charged at my side. I cut the firsts head off. The other I stabbed in the chest. Sam had killed three already. I knew I needed to catch up with him. I looked up in a corner and saw an archer. He was aiming for Sam. He did not see me so I shot him with my bow. Sam backed up to me and said thanks. There was still five-left maybe now we could end this. I was cornered by three and quickly figured out a plan. They had no armor so I used my bow to shoot all three at once. I did not have to think about the last two Sam had already killed them. Only one left the biggest orc of them all. He said, Very good you two are stronger and smarter than I thought. I saw you all when you where at the top. I thought I would see how smart and strong you all were. What is your name? My name is Nortron I am the king of the orcs. Well, then Nortron what do want with the blade of fire. Well little humans let me tell you that it cannot help. Only some one strong could use its great powers. You are not capable to unleash its power. Well if you think so then hand it over and we will see. Are you joking human you have to fight me to prove you are worthy. I will fight you then. Sword against sword nothing else. Ok then but you are not even close to as strong to beat me. Well my mission was to get the blade. Therefore, I am going to complete my mission even if I have to fight you. Well you seem convinced so let us begin.

He decided to use the blade of fire. You have no knowing of the blade of fires power do you. No. Well I think I will show you. He chanted some words then the sword and he had fire around them. Now you see the some of the power of the blade of fire. I was not scared yet. He charged at me and I dodged him. He was amazed at how fast I was. I said what you have seen is nothing compared to what I can do. We clashed swords I could tell he was strong. He pulled back and tried to cut my arm off. He mist thankfully, but there was still a fight to be fought. He charged at me one last time. Sam jumped in his way and got stabbed in the stomach. Nortron left with out the sword. I asked Sam if he was all right. It hurt but he could handle it until we got back. I carried him back to Lawtar. It took awhile but we finally made it. I got him help before it was too late. I saw the king and he said he was sorry about the accident. I gave him the sword then he told me why we needed it. It was so I could use its powers to defeat Nortron. I told him that I was honored, but I was not strong enough. He said that he wanted me to rest for a week and then train some more. He wanted me ready for the last fight.

I went home to see my parents and tell them of the mission. They were just glad to see me. They were scared about me going on the next mission. I told them I would be ok after I trained some more. The next day I went to check up on Sam. After he got sleep, he was all right. I told him thank you for saving my life. Then about why we needed the sword. He was a little mad about it. He knew that king had that power, but he was still mad. He was also bad that he could not help me train. I trained with my friends at the same time so it would be a challenge. They were scared that they might hurt me. I was fast enough to be able to handle them. We spared every day until I could almost kill them.
   
I was called to go on the mission I had been training for. When I found out, I ran straight to Sam and told him. He was proud of me and gave me two gifts. He gave me a bow of lighting, and a dagger of ice. I also told my friends and family but my mom was a little scared about it. King Cazarl told me about the king orc called Nortron. The king said there are many dangers on this mission around every corner. That is why I gave you this mission instead of someone else. He knew you liked a challenge, are strong, and brave enough. I knew you would be able to find and kill him. I told Sam and he said he would teach me one last skill REBIRTH.

After he taught it to me, I said good by. I started in the Great Forest and search to find answers. I ran into five orcs and fought them. I knew different moves and now was the time to use them. The only weapons I had was a sword, bow, 25 arrows, and a dagger. I chose my sword to start things off. I killed four of them. Then I got the last one in a headlock. I asked him questions and he told me a trail that I should go down. I took him with me down the trail. He ended up leading me into a trap of 30 orcs. I had five archers on me and used the trader as a shield. I then used my bow and the fire spell to kill them. There was ten with shields, five with a cross bow, and ten with swords. I knew to hide and kill the archers first. Three of them found me and I shot all three at once. Two more left I thought and they both would be in a corner. I found them with out them knowing it and killed them. No one saw the kill and I was glad. When I went around one corner, I ran into an orc. I was able to slip up on him and kill him. Then the other nine saw me and ganged up on me. There was one every way I turned. I drew my sword to slay them. I killed them one by one with out a scratch. All that was left was the ten with the shields. I caught up to two of them and they were no match for me. I quickly shot them with an arrow. Eight left I knew they where probably in a group so I looked for them. It was about five minutes until I found them. I stepped on a leaf and they turned around to find me. I was already hiding by the time they looked. They turned back around and kept going. I shot two sets of four arrows and killed them.

Maybe now I could get to were Nortron was at. I come upon some big footprints and figure out it was Nortrons. I get excited that I found his trail. I follow his coarse and caught up to him. I use my dagger to throw into his back. He looks at me and charges at me. I draw my sword too late. I was able to use the spell of rebirth for when I die. He kills me right after I said it. I am dead for about ten minutes, but I come back to life. I am prepared to finish this. I find him again. Then we face off in a duel. Our swords clash. He says he cant believe how strong and fast I am. I could tell that he had come prepared. What he didnt understand was how I figured out the sword. He didnt thank I could do it, but I did. I could not believe that I was as strong as he was. I was wondering if this was the end for me. Norton transformed into a more powerful beast. I used the most powerful spell from the sword. The fires from the center of earth. I could feel his and my energy. I knew now that was stronger than he was. What I didnt understand why he didnt use this on me. I went at him with my sword. My sword twisted his out of his hands. He knew it was over. He said he was honored to be defeated by some one as strong as I am. I pierced him in the heart. I pull my blood stained sword out of him as he died. I watched as he stopped breathing. I find my way back with good news. I showed the people of Lawtar his sword. Every one was glad to see me a live. I told them of my adventure and how I killed Nortron. I also told them how I died then came back to life. It was good to finally be back home. Cazarl was very proud of me and crowned me a Champion of Lawtar. There on out I was the youngest champion ever.

The end!
Cody Webb April 14 2008