User blog:MyrrSenpai/FANFIC-While You Were Gone - Chapter 5

Chapter 5 already? whoa. that was fast. WYWG no longer has a schedule. That doesn't mean I won't be working on it though!

"Well Malachi, I'm afraid... I'll have to say no." Tom finished.

"A-are you sure Lord Tom?" Malachi stammered, bewildered.

Tom nodded and opened his mouth, but before he could speak, an explosion shook the mansion. Amber, Alexis and Kyle immediately stood up, then the guard in the blue armor, who was named Juniper. They all rushed outside, leaving Tom, and saw that a regal guard tower not far from the mansion had a large, smoking crater in the side of it.

"It seems it is time we depart." Juniper said somberly, dipping her head. "May Irene light your path."

"W-what?" Alexis said. "Where are you going?"

"Me and Amber are going to round up as many citizens as we can, then head into the great forest. You are going to leave very soon, but I want you to take the lord's dog with you. I've been told there's a Magiks expert in your village." Juniper said rapidly.

"What?" Logan grumbled.

"We grab the dog and go home. Juniper and Amber head to the forest with the citizens." Kyle explained briefly in an undertone to Logan.

"But what about Lord Tom? Isn't your duty to your lord?" Malachi protested.

"My duty is to my lord. Now take the dog and go." Juniper replied cooly, motioning Amber to follow her.

"In a sec!" Amber said quickly to Juniper, then rushed forward and gave Malachi a bone crushing hug.

"...Can't....breathe..." Malachi managed to squeak out. He was sure that one of his ribs was cracking.

"I know." Amber replied, then released her grip. "Don't die out there."

"We'll try not to." Alexis snapped. "Let's go."

The young lord watched their meeting from behind a tree. He realized he was still wearing the large, sweaty old robe and slipped it off, letting it thud onto the ground. He knew he could attack, but he could only turn one or two of them into a nice patch of daises before he was taken down. He brushed his messy hair out of his eyes, and decided what group he was going to follow just as they called their meeting off, the traders dragging his dog away to their ship, and Juniper and Amber going to coax the townspeople out of their homes and into the forest.

He rushed through the town, dodging the townspeople who, in their panic, didn't notice that they almost had trampled their own lord. As he approached the docks, he saw the traders loading up. The pink-haired guard was trying to tug the dog up the ramp and onto the ship, the merchant and the other guard were quickly loading supplies, and Malachi was preparing the ship for its departure.

Tom looked at his hand, and it started to glow, at first a faint blue, but it then grew to a darker and fuller shade as he focused more. And, in a flash, he was gone.

As Logan and Kyle finished loading up the last crate (which Logan claimed smelled suspiciously like live rabbit), Alexis had finally gotten Tom's dog onto the ship, Malachi set sail for home, not looking back.

AAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAhhahhhhhhh A chapter I'm actually proud of... rip me