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Rise Of Orthros

Chapter 4

Back at Gandor, Amelia took a deep breath as she fed the dragons their last meal for the evening, she needed them to sleep. Amelia ended up putting a protection spell on the dragons, just in case her family tried something, she heard the sound of the gravel beneath her feet to crunch. Her heart rate increased every second the footstep grew closer, she gently reached into the bottom of her leg where she kept her small knife and grabbed the person's leg that was standing behind her.

"Teresa." She was shocked to see her mother out here knowing her hatred of dragons.

Amelia stood back up after placing the knife back into the spot it belonged, Teresa stepped forward only for Amelia to take two steps back.

"I have longed for you to come home, I never thought I would see you again," Teresa spoke as she stood her ground, she barely knew the daughter she once had.

Amelia scoffed once again and rolled her eyes, "I never wanted to see any of you again, especially after trying to kill me."

"You know I didn't want too," Teresa pleaded, she knew that Amelia must see somewhere that she cared for her.

"Right," She scoffed, "Just how you didn't want grandma to die!" Her voice raised alarming Ethrinria who instantly stood up.

"How did you know about Adriana?" Teresa asked, her eyes widened in shock not just by her daughters knowledge of her grandmothers death but also the fact that Ethrinria had risen from her sleep.

Amelia chuckled deeply, "It's really not that hard when you can look up someones name, even though I was only 2 when it happened. I needed to find more about my history since you and Richard never spoke about her."

Teresa sighed sadly, she didn't like what happened to her mother, but their ways were harsh and it was how they lived. She knew that many people hated them for what they believed was right, "I don't want to fight with you Amelia, I just want to apologise for the pain I caused you, those years ago. I should have stood up to your father but my pride for him got in the way."

Amelia had enough of this, why now is Teresa apologising, she didn't get it at all. Amelia took deep breaths before hearing Teresa walk away. "It's alright Ethrinria, get to sleep okay. We have a big day tomorrow."

Ethrinria walked in circles a few times before laying on the ground again, air puffing out of her nose as she took deep breaths, Amelia kissed the scales on Ethrinria's head before walking towards the guest room outside where she noticed there was a note pinned to the door with a knife. Amelia ripped the note away from the knife reading what the note had said.

'meet me at logthrone Tavern, I have things to discuss with you Amelia

Abigail'

Amelia took the knife from the door and made her way to Logthrone Tavern, remembering the way she used to walk down the street towards it when she was little. She felt stares as she wandered down the dirt pathway towards the Tavern, her eyes wandered around the town once more, taking in the sights once again. She could picture everything that happened in those streets between her and others that defined Richard, the screams of people as they were either stoned to death, beaten to death or had their souls ripped out.

Women and men watched as she headed towards the tavern some cared about her and wanted to praise her for leaving while some hated her. Hated who she was and who she didn't want to be. Amelia took a right down heading on another pathway and looked up to see the sign Logthrone tavern and an arrow pointing to the door.

Amelia stepped in front of the Logthrone tavern taking in the outside before walking in; From the outside, it looked humble, folksy and well maintained. Hard wooden planks and soft wooden tree trunks make up most of the building's outer structure. It's near impossible to see through the small, stained glass windows, but the clapping and cheering from within can be felt outside.

As Amelia entered the tavern through the heavy, metallic door, she was welcomed by looks from Mages, they gave her a cold glance before watching her as she stepped inside. The bartender who was working had stopped to see what she was going to do. Even the soft tarven music stopped, silence filled the room

It was alluring inside as it is on the outside. Tree logs support the upper floor and the light fixtures attached to them. The walls are loaded with hundreds of memorabilia. Amelia gazed at one of the tables to see Abigail sitting down with her head facing down, she made her way overtaking her spot opposite her.

"You asked for me?" Amelia asked, not feeling comfortable with stares from those in the tavern.

Abigail looked up from the table revealing a bruised mark on the left side of her cheek, she also had a cut on her lip, probably from a ring that was on the person's hand who hit her, "I want out of here Amelia please," she begged.

Amelia was taken back, she gently touched Abigail's cheek tilting her head up more to inspect the bruises and cut lip, "Who did this to you?" She asked.

Abigail whimpered, she drew circles on the desk with her painted red nails, "My father Patrick, he found out that your parents sent me to Rashug and he wasn't pleased nor was my older brother. They started screaming and the next thing I knew my father had hit me hard."

Amelia frowned before lowering her hand, she wanted to slap Patrick back for what he did. She knew what she had to do, but she also knew that not everyone would approve especially not Philip, "You may join us. You can stay at our guild until we can find you a place you want to join or who are hiring. I can ask around for you as well but you will have to prove your loyalty to them."

Abigail nodded, she would show anyone who asked her loyalty if needed. She grasped the hood that was hanging on her back and slowly pulled it over her head so no one else could see the bruises, "May I stay with you tonight?"

Abigail was scared to go home, Amelia looked at Abigail before taking a deep breath, "Of course, we should get going. I'm not really welcome in here."

Abigail was the first one to stand up and headed towards the door to exit the tavern while Amelia went through her coin purse going through what she had before placing 20 krila pieces on the table. She stood up and headed towards the door when one of the customers spat towards her landing on her shoe. Amelia rose an eyebrow as she turned around trying to figure out who did it, the man who spit was smirking while looking at his mates who were giving him some high-fives and cheers.

"You aren't welcome here! You and your friends aren't welcome here," the man hissed.

Amelia chuckled and rolled her eyes, a small smirk appeared on her cheek, "I really don't care if you welcome me here or not. You are all a bunch of lowlife thugs who kill innocent people. While I have job to do which is to protect your sorry asses because you can't do it. So you can either deal with it or you can fight your own battle and the way Teresa Jayne speaks about them means you won't last 5 seconds."

She crossed her arms over her chest waiting for his reply, "Maybe I can skin your dragons and use their skin for leather shoes and clothes while we eat their meat. I've heard dragon hearts restores strength and youth that'll be nice to feel young again, wouldn't it lads," The man said making everyone but Amelia laugh.

Amelia cracked her knuckles while clearing her throat, looking at the male customer who decided to threaten her dragons. A deep chuckle left her mouth, she clicked her tongue as she stepped forward towards the man. "You want to know something?" She asked bringing her lips to his ear while bringing her arms over his shoulder pulling him closer to her.

The man smirked as he looked back over towards his mates who were chuckling to themselves with a look of glee on their faces, Amelia brought her lips to his neck placing a kiss on it; to look like she was ready to make out with him right then and there. She felt the man hold her closer to his body, Amelia smirked before bringing up her knee and connected it to his groin making him groan and fall to the ground once Amelia stepped back. The man whimpered and he pulled himself into a ball and cried, his friends watched in concern; they'd never seen there friend get hit in the groin before.

Amelia pulled him out in his ball position and sat onto his lap, where she pulled out her dagger from her leather belt and placed it against the man's neck seeing his adams Apple bobble as he gulped, "Maybe I can cut you open right now and skin you alive?" She asked, a deep chuckle once again leaving her mouth. "Maybe I can and maybe I won't. Maybe after that I can feed your sausage to my dragons, I'm sure they would enjoy it."

She took a glance towards his private area bringing the dagger towards it, "But then again it may be too small and be only a snack or a treat not an actual meal."

Amelia was about to stand up while the man caught her off guard grabbing her right leg and pulled her down onto the ground; his friends laughed as they witnessed Amelia getting knocked to the ground. She groaned as her head smacked against the wooden floor.

"By the way, my name is Seron Seko and I will be famous here at Gandor when I kill you, your friends and your dragons," he smirked as he held the dagger to her throat. "Actually I murder your friends first and let you watch them all before I kill you."

Amelia winced a little as she felt the dagger cut her neck a little; not enough to kill her but enough for her to bleed. She hooked her left leg around his right leg twisting his body off of her so she could stand up. Amelia grasped the small cut on her neck and wiped the blood away.

Amelia turned to leave as she really wasn't in the mood to fight half drunken men, before she even got the chance to move her foot Soren grasped her forearm and used some force to turn her around.

"I want a proper fight. See who is better. If I win I get to kill you, your friends and your dragons and if you win. Well you can decide what happens." Soren smirked as he pushed Amelia back making her stumble.

Soren was quick to grab the sword that was settled nicely in his sword holder, Amelia couldn't help but roll her eyes, she sighed before grabbing the dagger and held it tightly towards her body.

"How can she win with a dagger. Is she really that dumb?" Amelia heard a man speak up.

Soren rushed towards Amelia making her duck and weave to the right as Soren was about to reach her, he slashed his silver swords towards her. Amelia was quick to parry it with her dagger; it clashes against the metal on the sword: with a shriek that sent sparks flying into the air. Soren was quick and used an uppercut slash towards Amelia, attempting to catch her with his sword. Amelia sidestepped to the right but she wasn't as fast as the first time earning her hair to get a little chopped making her gasp. Soren's friends cheered as it was a close call to Amelia's head.

Quickly, before Amelia could respond with a follow-up, Soren swiftly punched Amelia in the stomach knocking the wind out if her and stunned her for a brief minute. As the minute past Amelia let out a dark chuckle, swinging the dagger back cutting his right arm. Blood began to fall from the wound dripping into the wooden floor. The fight had taken Amelia and Soren dangerously close to the edge of the tavern and Amelia had her back almost to the wall.

Soren was still open for more attacks though and Amelia was not done. The quick blow had opened Soren up for another attack and Amelia obliged him, putting a simple sidekick into the Soren's stomach, doubling him over. Amelia followed that up with a quick rising uppercut. Those in the tavern gasped at the force she had given it knocked Soren to his feet.

Taking the opening and using the surroundings to her advantage, she back flipped onto the wall behind her and pushed off towards Soren. The maneuver sent her front flipping towards Soren and just before she reached the Soren, Amelia flattened her body out feet first. Instead of colliding with her adversary though, Amelia opted to wrap her feet around Soren's neck instead.

The maneuver caught Soren off guard as he was recovering his wits, once again.

Amelia gave him an apologetic shrug, mid air. As if to say, "sorry" for what was going to come next.

Amelia used his momentum in a creative, instead of piling into her opponent; instead, she jerked to the right and swung around Soren. Then, when she was directly behind Soren, Amelia curled her legs into her body and angled her body towards the ground, changing the direction of her fall, putting the weight of her jump into a powerful throw.

Soren was pulled off his feet violently and was thrown across the floor. He skidded and tumbled along the ground, uncontrolled. He was stopped by the other end of the tavern wall, about five feet from where he was standing to the end wall. A groan escaped his lips as the pain from the attack started setting in. Soren looked up and his eyes opened with surprise.

As Amelia was about to let go of Soren, during the throw, she had planted both hands on the ground. When Amelia completed the attack, she sprang off her hands landing on her feet once again. Soren screamed once more and tries to rush forward, only for Amelia stop his attack with the dagger once again.

She smirked as she threw herself into a spin, that Hunter had taught her when they were training one time, she jumped off the ground and fly kicked Soren in the neck making him choke and grasp his throat as he tried to catch his breath.

Soren barely had time to breath, let alone dodge. He couldn't lose to a girl, especially one that is young, his eyes widened as her foot collided with his face sending him down to the ground. Soren coughed and went to sit up when Amelia placed the dagger against his throat making him gulp once again.

"I win," she whispered before standing up, she placed the dagger back into her holster. "You will leave me, Abigail, my dragons and my friends alone."

She stood up giving him one last kick to the face before clearing her throat and faced those who were still stunned that she had won with a dagger, "If any of you threaten my dragons, my friends or you try to kill them. I won't hesitate to kill you all either," she warned.

"How? It will prove to everyone that you are just as evil and cruel as us" another voice spoke out.

"I have my ways," she adjusted her dagger before opening the door slightly a smirk plastered on her lips. "You guys have a good day now."

With that she left the tavern meeting up with Abigail who was waiting outside for her. "What did you do?" Abigail asked.

Amelia shrugged as they began walking down the dity path back towards the estate, "Nothing to bad, I just taught them a lesson."

Amelia and Abigail were almost back at the estate when Abigail asked another question, "Do you practice magic?"

Amelia looked over at her, "Sometimes, when I have the chance, Hunter helps me sometimes if I'm learning a new spell, but i've learnt mostly all of them and mastered a lot, why?"

"Oh no reason, I just wanted to know. I've been trying for months to figure out what I can do but I can only seem to use spells from a book," Abigail replied.

Amelia looked up at Abigail for a few seconds before they headed towards the granny flat behind the estate, "Mine are a bit different because of what I went through, maybe try using a staff. I've got one tucked away in the granny flat you can use."

"Really? You'll let me use it?" Abigail inquired, excitement escaping her voice.

Amelia chuckled a little and nodded, "I don't use it anymore and I'm sure you'll get more use out of it for me. All you've got to do is bless it with a crystal and you have a magical staff."

Amelia opened the door to the guest house to see Hunter and Hanna sitting on the couch and going through some books; Amelia caught a glance, they were reading up the history of Gandor. Amelia left them to it before heading into the room she was staying in.

The chest she had kept in the guest house was still there, she kneeled down and opened it slowly taking things out before grabbing the staff and a crystal, "Here we are."

Amelia stood up and dusted it off before handing them both to Abigail, "Thank you Amelia, how do I join them together?" She asked.

"Hold them together and say the binding spell, do you know that one?" Amelia asked.

Abigail nodded, she closed her eyes before saying the binding spell, "Ég bið þig að binda þessi tvö atriði við mig og líkama minn. Ég bið þig að binda þá saman, ég bið þig að leyfa okkur að vinna saman."

Amelia watched as a small light appeared on the crystal and the staff slowing they formed together to create a crystal staff that will generate spells through Abigail to the staff. Abigail opened her eyes and gasped in excitement.

Translations:

Ég bið þig að binda þessi tvö atriði við mig og líkama minn.Ég bið þig að binda þá saman, ég bið þig að leyfa okkur að vinna saman - I ask you to bind these two items to me and my body. I ask you to bind them together, I ask you to allow us to work together

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