The dark wizard, the white knight and the journey to a secret amazing place that I was not supposed to see but I did and it was breathtaking and I really, really should not be talking about it.
Part 1
So, note to self, learn to choose smaller tittles.
After my trip to the Sorrowlands with Itzzaboy I was feeling a bit more confident and decided to venture on my own.
I had a plan: i was going to get in, get the cobble and get out. That plan lasted about 5 minutes.
When I got there I decided to talk to Jack instead of Bob. I haven't been feeling that comfortable around Bob since I saw his... glamorous undergarments.
Jack was just finishing telling me that if I gave Bill wood he would give me a kiss and a giggle and as I was opening my mouth to say that I'd rather have the 500 radiants, thank you very much when a deep voice told me "you are not from here".
No... I was not but the truth of that statement got lost in the feeling of doom that filled the air.
Maybe not a feeling of doom... but something about the tone of the question definitely made me unease.
I had good reasons to feel that way! It turns out the owner of the deep voice was DarthCorey who then proceed to inform me that he was a Dark Wizard, master of black magic and commander of the undead.
That's a catchy profession... what do you do? Oh, you know... I raise the dead. I bet it's a wonderful conversation starter at the harvest fair.
There I was, screaming in my head "run, Alaila, run" but with my feet glued to the ground, making polite conversation with a lord of darkness.
Where was my plan? I should have just gotten the damn cobble!
He informed me that he was thinking of killing me but he changed his mind after our conversation. Oh I thank my grandma who taught me how to be a polite young woman... and offer food to people at all times.
He tossed some sort of crystal ball saying that I should keep it safe and disappeared.
I was dumbfounded. I stayed there for almost an hour, looking at the ball. I could almost hear it whisper something.
I was afraid if I just tossed it into the river it would poison some town or kill a a bunch of baby kittens.
I put it in my bag and run home.
Ahhh... safe at least.
No.
No I wasn't.
Guess who was in my garden, "admiring" my wheat. Oh yeah... the dark wizard.
-Follow me- he said. And I did. Like a puppy! What is wrong with me?
He took me to his house and told me he was the responsible for the attack from a few days ago. The "man" in front of me was the one that called hundreds of monsters upon Heaven's Reach. Yet he was telling me this and explaining that he had a bigger attack planned and that he would take revenge on us all while giving me stuff.
There he was, the evil master, giving me diamonds so I could make a better sword and be safer... and an enchantment table because he knew how hard it was to be new and wanted to help me get on my feet.
Something did not add up... he talked of bringing great pain to the world and yet his actions were the actions of a kind heart.
I tried to refuse the gifts, told him that my mother had taught me that when a man offers diamonds to a girl he usually expects another form of payment and that I was not that kind of woman but he looked almost offended. I half expected him to say something along the lines of " what kind of Dark wizard do you think I am... I destroy cities, but I would never blemish the honor of a lady". And then a "humpft" for re-enforcement.
In the end he gave me a golden clock and the last thing he said before disappearing again was " Give this to Bellon... tell him that Darth keept it all this time".
And puff!
I was left looking blankly at a wall.
Who the hell was Bellon and how would I ever find him when I can't even find my way home?