The Horizon Hour

LOST

waking up to find himself in a carriage, he didn't know where he was and whose carriage he was in, as he tried to stand up he felt pain through out his body he groaned as he tried to stand up which caught the attention of the boy sitting close to him

oh good you're awake' the boy lying close to him said

Dad and i have been worried about you since we found you lying lifeless by the bank of Drake river, OH! i'm Michael by the way and i was the one that found you,i'm really really excited to see you you are alive,am i talking too much, i think i'm talking too much,i talk to much when i'm nervous,how's your body,dad treated your wounds he's really good with herbs...........' the carriage suddenly stopped

I think that's enough Michael,at least give him time to understand the condition he's in before you start bombarding him with questions' Frederick said as he moved from the drivers seat of the carriage to the inner part to see how his patient was doing

The carriage was poorly constructed carriage with a tarpaulin covering the wood shack, the carriage was tied to a single horse

How are you feeling my name is Fred,as you have already met my son Michael he was the one that found you and i treated your wounds,don't move your body much cause you suffered from a lot of blood loss and your skull was cracked to if we hadn't seen you when we did you'd have been dead '

coughs...i'm grateful for your help' He replied

You can stay here with us till you are strong enough to move on your own,oh by the way what's your name?

My name.....he tried to remember, 'my name is....' argh he felt a sharp paint in his head as he tried to remember he saw a faint vision of a man shouting Julius run,run Julius, he could not make a face of the man he heard only his voice, 'i think my name is Julius' he collapsed from the pain immediately he said his name

Dad is he alright' michael said worried

He's fine,i think the stress of trying to remember his name was what caused the pain he felt'

Fred mixed up some herbs and gave them to Michael to apply it to Julius's wounds,then he got up to continue their journey 'we best hurry, i wouldn't want to get there behind schedule'

..........

Did you hear'

hear what?'

there was a fire in lehm, i heard most of the people that stayed there were killed'

really!!, i heard it was terrorist attack'

hmmm...no Boyle, i heard this from an insider that the fire was caused by the king, rumor has it that Jerome was there'

wait what....Jerome' the two men sitting in the bar talking said surprisingly

shush...quiet down, i don't know how legit this info is,so i don't want any troubles when word gets out' Boyle said in response to their shock to quiet them down before they start blabbing it out in the bar

Nonetheless' Boyle continued 'They said he appeared and i that the other one was there too, the Double J's'

Both men spat out the wine in their mouth when Boyle mentioned the double J's 'what!!!' they both screamed

shush quiet down, this is the reason why i didn't want to tell you guys at first'

Both of them still surprised but managed to calm themselves down, one asked 'where did you get this information?'

what if i told you i saw them,would you believe me' Boyle Said with a serious look in his face as he leaned forward towards them from where he was sitting to make sure they heard him as he whispered it

you saw them how?' one of them asked

Boyle looked around to see if anyone was listening on their conversation and then he used his hands to signal them to lean forward towards him then he whispered 'I went hunting across borders the other day and it was the night of Draining, so knowing how few hunters stay away from Lehm i snuck in as a refugee a the day of the fire,so i stayed in the slums till it was nightfall and then i set out to go for hunting, that was when i noticed the soldiers swarming in and there was this strange smell too, i can't really say what it was, i hid in a shackle and that was when i saw the soldiers attacking people in the slums and setting fire to their houses'

wait,wait you mean to say the fire was started by the soldiers' one the other men said surprised

shsshhh let him finish' the other one said abruptly

calm down boys let me finish,so while i was hiding in the shackles i heard a loud thud like lightning and when i turned to see what it was i was dumbfounded boys, it was them and that was when a soldier saw me and attacked me'

wait you were attacked and how did you survive'

How else by running of course'

and you escaped unscathed huh Boyle right.....' the other said sarcastically, they both burst into laughter 'must be the wine talking,crazy old boyle cooking up a story to make himself important' they said as they burst into laughter

Boyle was pissed as he stood up and said at the top of his voice 'you think i'm lying huh,don't worry soon enough y'all will understand' he walked out angrily

if it was really true why don't you go tell the king' they shouted and laughed

Hmmm.....interesting information one seimin wine to go please,this is indeed good news' Alaric who was eaves dropping said to himself

My liege there's someone here to see you

who dares ?'

Alaric sire!

hmmm let him in'

Alaric what is it you want'

MY KING I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS........Alaric smiled sinisterly

............

Three weeks later

Alright boys here we are welcome to our new home, welcome to Edo

wow!!' Michael and Julius gasped in amazement at the amazing view from the hill top

wait dad you mean this is where we and our people will stay now ?' Michael asked his dad while jumping out of the carriage

yes son this is our new home oh and as from today Julius is going to be staying with us too, he is going to be the newest member of our family'

Julius shocked at what he heard fell to his knees and burst into tears

stop crying boy, you have nowhere else to go right,judging from what you've remembered this past weeks your parents must have died in that fire in lehm and my conscience wouldn't let me send you off and besides Michael already sees you as his brother,so what'd you say kiddo'

Julius raised his head up with tears in his eyes, he couldn't bring himself to say anything

Michael hit him from behind 'come on you'll enjoy your stay with us'

b....b...but i'm not a magois user' Julius said

about that,it seems you are actually i did some tests on you to test your compatibility and for some strange reason your compatibility level is really high' Frank said as he rubbed the back of his head with his right arm which was a habit of his whenever he's hiding something, Michael noticed but chose to ignore as Fred continued talking ' i've talked with the elders and they've agreed so you can come stay with us and be part of the our family'

thank you very much' Julius said bowing to show how grateful he is

oh and one last thing since you're gonna be part of our family your name will be changed to fit our clan, henceforth your name will be Greyson......Greyson .J. Delgado'

Greyson .J. Delgado......' Julius muttered

you're one of us now' Michael said patting him on the shoulder

Welcomed to the House of Delgado'

A NIGHT AFTER THE FIRE IN LEHM

Finally it will be known through out history,my name will be heard amongst people as the King who brought down the legend hahahaha' King James said out loud as he danced round his room drunk from the excess wine he had taken from the feast he held in his castle to celebrate this great capture and now he was fully drunk but it still did not stop him from dancing round his room

I can see you're having a good time James'

Ahh if it isn't my good friend J' King James responded with a drunk smirk on his face

I see you've been celebrating and feasting and telling every single one of your nobles the reason behind the fire after my people and i told you to keep it a secret and make it look like an accident,but noooo you just had to tell them our plan' He was really angry Julius could feel the anger in him

i'm sorry i couldn't hold myself but they are my trusted subjects and that's why i deemed it fit to tell them and they swore that they won't tell anyone,they'll take the secret with them to their graves' the drunkenness in him was no more because he could sense the hostility in Him towards him

James,james,james you disappoint me' He replied as he walked towards towards James and took the cup from his hand and drank the wine in it 'well i guess you don't have to worry about them taking the secrets to their grave anymore because we already saw to that'

wait don't tell me you killed them' King James said with great fear in his eyes,the fear was not for the lives of the people he killed it was for his own life

what do you think' he said with a smirk on his face

all 437 of them!!!!'

yes and their families too and their maids and thier butlers and their servants, which make it roughly around hmmm hold on gimme a sec' he walked round the room trying to remember their actual numbers and while he was doing that King James tried to reach for his sword to strike him from behind and as he attempted to strike him he turned so fast and grabbed his hands and turned into a monster, James was so scared that he wet his pants and the sword fell of his hands

4,367 of them that's how many were killed tonight and it wasn't pretty' he growled as he talked cause he wasn't in his human form again

so you're gonna kill me too is that it' King James said no longer scared for his life

Shocked at James response he reverted back 'James...james..james of course i won't kill you i mean come on' King James was a bit relieved 'i mean why would i kill you when he's there to do it' as soon as he said it king james turned to see who he was referring to and as he turned to see a sword was pierce into his his heart It was his son ' your reign as king is over father, now it's my turn' he pushed the sword further into him and before his father died he leaned forward and whispered something into his ears which put a surprised look in the face of his father

Derrick w...w...why ?' those where his last words before he died

'Derrick my stick with me and i'll make you an even greater king than your father ever dreamt of........

Lehm the next day

The king is dead'

Alot of nobles were also killed too'

i heard that it was the refugees who rebelled and killed them all because they believe the nobles are the cause of the fire'

i heard they were assassinated by the Zoolans'

what's gonna happen to our great city now'

what's gonna happen to us.....