The Apogian War

Chapter 13

Julia was in the ruins eyes fixed, looking straight ahead at two men who were talking to each other, drinking, was it?, could it be? the forgotten brandy?!!, the elixir of life,the legendary drink that protected the people against the plague's of the first war, cured every kind of disease, fever, colic and even dropsy, it stimulated the heart, cured deep wounds, if you were frozen the brandy kept you warm, if you were hot it made you chil, and most of all it kept you young.

She walked slowly to the men as she heard one saying "now isn't this drink something eh" the younger man said to the other who saw Julia coming first before the younger of them turned "and i also told you!!"the younger man's friend said, Julia walked slowly in her elegant and flawless skin towards them staring unblinkingly at the bottle of brandy the men were holding, "am Julia" she said stretching her hands towards the man sitting at the end of the pavement, "am Felistus"he said staring at her beautiful figure intensely and at the same time shaking her soft flawless hands he was evidently enchanted by her then she asked "what are you two drinking" Julia said smiling at Felistus "oh this it's from my great grandfather he had just 12 stocks of it that has been passed on from one generation to another in my family and now I have just eat stocks of it remaining so would you consider to sell for me julia asked eying him childishly" his friend we spot something in his ear as he said what would you give me in return He said stroking her hand gently good Julia replied placidly how much do you have he said five hundred gold coins" Julia said.

He's mouth leaked open and his friend without something again in his ear when Juliet hurts he does not know the value of what he is drinking brandy the elixir of life when drunk enhanced your age limits and slowed your aging progress healing all sicknesses, how many are you asking for he said cut in Julia off from her thinking all of them she answered that would be 600 good coins no refunds Felistus said, "done"she said to his greatest and utmost astonishment that some of money was what one lucky enough or a noble could possess he thought little did he know that he Felistus Aldaran possessed more of such words which he had sold to Julia ignorant of the value of what he owned.

"Ah,ah,ah" Felistus shouted in his bed, his grandmother moved as fast as she could towards him "w-what i-is the m-matter" she said shakingly "I don't know my back hurts so much, I can't move"

Have you drunk the drink I told you to drink every year once she asked him when he answered slowly no I haven't and where have you kept it his grandmother has I've sold it out now he said secondly his grandmother left out the loud scream shouting saying you have killed yourself that was a cure to the sickness of our generation, she kept crying saying you've sold away your life"

Felistus was never to be heard again after that day, Julia on her own parts walk back home that's the feeling fulfilled something she hadn't felt in a long long time.

CHAPTER SIX

"Hughuww" big fool growled who in mammons hell is that, waking me up at this hour of the night he said moving slowly from his bed he slowly raised his feet for short guards head but stopped halfway as he had the young guard saying please help us please help us please help us around our talk go call the master then you block head Bigfoot said returning back for his pillows I've tried believe me the master is nowhere to be found what do you mean by the master is nowhere to be found did you check both master Ausburn and Faltrons chamber, oh no oh no that's right but is protected with master faltron's magic and nothing goes in all comes out against her will,

"the gods said depressingly big fool realizing what he said was true,

He remembered the incident where he was sent by master Ausburn to check if lady Faltron was back,

he went to the chambers and as he knocked the door that led inside his fingers burnt and gave him a big scar he then went back to master Osborne and informed him that she wasn't in a chambers little did he know that she had been inside sleeping

when master Ausburn discovered this he demoted him from the general of the Imperial Knights to his current rank now the big fool in the barracks..

I've had you well young cadet, go ring the old bell Bigfoot said placidly, Walt's wants what do you see the gums and young cadet said simultaneously "The old bell?!!" Short leggings asked for confirmation but that's is supposed to be wrong only when the Apog domain is divided against itself" and is it not Bigfoot asked sternly, looking straight into short legumes eyes,

"i-it i-is, but do you expect young cadet here to go ring it" he looked at the frightened cadets face, where beads of sweat where beginning to run down his face.

"Very well done big food Sid I will be the one to ring it big food stood up from his bunker and went to horridly outside of the barracks he went through is series of steps and then arrived at the underground chambers of the barracks,

the place was well lit with the unquenchable fires of master Ausburn, he walked straight towards a series of passages guilded by the fires through the passages, if big fool wasn't a brave man he would have run back before entering the underground chambers finally he came to a dead end,

yeah there was a six foot grave and an inscription saying 'ye who blows the trumpet for the start of battle must be ready to die first',

thank the Lord of light I didn't send the young cadet he thought, he knew this was going to be his end, he lowered himself into the grave and before closing it said "afterall I am big fool" he lay back flat on what seemed like cold steel but was shocked to realise it was his blood draining out of him, at last he gave up the ghost, and then no sooner had the rumble began.

The castle of the Apog domain was shaken heavily with the constant rumble of the earth, everybody inside and outside the castle realised immediately that the old bell had been rung.

Outside of the castle, fear gripped the people's heart, night traders left their goods and ran for their dear lives, others looked for any horse they could find, attempting to flee the domain, which they knew deep down it wasn't possible to leave altogether that night.

The imperial Knights were dumb struck as the bell rang, they paused in their barracks, but immediately the bell stopped ringing and the rumbling stopped they ran in full flight towards the armoury.

The armoury was glittering with all kinds of magic swords, arrows, daggers and even elementary crystals, the young cadet carried a bow and a handful of arrows, he knew he couldn't fight face to face combat but he was ready to do what he could for the domain,

The young cadet saw many of the imperial Knights carring more than they could hold, some carried more than five elementary crystals in a stacker bag with two swirls on their back, and another two on their hands the young cadets was now watching with fascination at how the ones imperial foods when are asking no less than the Imperial knights of their problem mean he always dreamed to be one of them, he ran outside surprised to see nothing more but the impairments of husband and fortune fully armored face-to-face to each other on formations ready to fight.

Where where the stoop stands shooting the guards he thought as he ran up the towers to look for the guards, lo and behold he saw their bodies lying lifeless on the cold castle floor is covered with dead bones and scores and their bodies underneath the bones.

Ausburne and Faltron woke up together in bed woke up suddenly as the rumble began, they both looked at each other and knew the unspoken,but their relationshiphad gone too far for them to have any distraught or suspicion against each other.

Ausburn stood up quickly and ran for the lockers where he quickly dressed up, his hands burning red and his fingers turning slowly into the sharp fangs.

Faltron looked at him and started to wimper as she did in recent years on the bed but Ausburn did not have time to console her, any moment from now the Imperial knights could clash with each other for something false and untrue.