Here is the new installment of the Realm Walkers. This one post is titled, Banishment Day 1. Hope you enjoy this new installment of Addy and Thacia's adventures.
Addy and Thacia still couldn’t believe that Arthur had chosen to banish them. Though they were in shock, they packed their (small) bags and went to say goodbye to the knights. Addy walked into the armory first. She saw all of main knights standing together in the middle of the room. They all turned towards her and Thacia as they entered. Gwaine walked up and hugged Thacia goodbye. “I can’t believe my little sister got herself banished,” he said and Thacia punched his arm hard.
Addy knew it was for calling her ‘little’. “She’s following in the steps of her older brother,” Merlin teased as he walked into the room.
“We’re going to miss you guys.” Leon stated.
Addy shouted “Whaaat?!” as Thacia leaned backwards and gasped.
The Knight all nodded in agreement with Leon, and Percival said “We will.”
“Well that is earth shattering news.” Addy stated sarcastically. “Oh and Merlin we need to talk to you for a minute.” She added.
Merlin followed her into another room and Thacia trailed behind. “I just thought that before we left we should let you know that we know that you have magic.”
Merlin looked shocked. Then Thacia added, “And Addy has magic too.” This only added to his surprise. “Well, we’ve got to go now, being banished an all. Bye!” Addy said and they turned and left a very stunned manservant. He shouted after them
“You can’t just leave after saying something like that.” Addy thought, Well we can, and we are.
Addy and Thacia still couldn’t believe that Arthur had chosen to banish them. Though they were in shock, they packed their (small) bags and went to say goodbye to the knights. Addy walked into the armory first. She saw all of main knights standing together in the middle of the room. They all turned towards her and Thacia as they entered. Gwaine walked up and hugged Thacia goodbye. “I can’t believe my little sister got herself banished,” he said and Thacia punched his arm hard.
Addy knew it was for calling her ‘little’. “She’s following in the steps of her older brother,” Merlin teased as he walked into the room.
“We’re going to miss you guys.” Leon stated.
Addy shouted “Whaaat?!” as Thacia leaned backwards and gasped.
The Knight all nodded in agreement with Leon, and Percival said “We will.”
“Well that is earth shattering news.” Addy stated sarcastically. “Oh and Merlin we need to talk to you for a minute.” She added.
Merlin followed her into another room and Thacia trailed behind. “I just thought that before we left we should let you know that we know that you have magic.”
Merlin looked shocked. Then Thacia added, “And Addy has magic too.” This only added to his surprise. “Well, we’ve got to go now, being banished an all. Bye!” Addy said and they turned and left a very stunned manservant. He shouted after them
“You can’t just leave after saying something like that.” Addy thought, Well we can, and we are.
As Addy and Thacia walked through the tall grass leaving Camelot, they talked. “Banishment day 1,” Addy started. When Thacia nodded, she continued, “We have about ten gold coins, no horses, and little to no belongings.”
“Just another day of adventure!” Thacia added. “So we’re banished from most kingdoms, were do you want to go?” “Cenrid’s kingdom obviously!” “Good choice,” Addy said as she nodded.
“Just another day of adventure!” Thacia added. “So we’re banished from most kingdoms, were do you want to go?” “Cenrid’s kingdom obviously!” “Good choice,” Addy said as she nodded.
Once they were within walking distance of Cenrid’s castle, Addy and Thacia unsaddled and let their ‘borrowed’ horses free. Addy watched Thacia as she examined a bunch of trees. Suddenly Thacia stopped. “Aha!” she said barely above a whisper, “That one.” She pointed to an old pine with unusual markings throughout its bark.
“Are you sure” Addy asked in the same volume Thacia had used.
“Positive.” Thacia replied. Then they both took the shovels they had taken off of the horses and started digging near the base of the tree.
“So what exactly did this strange, random, disappearing magician tell you?” Addy asked as she dumped a shovel full of dirt behind her.
She then stopped, leaned on her shovel and awaited the answer. “Well,” Thacia started and Addy resumed digging. “He said: ‘You there! Yes you!’ He had a raspy voice and a long white beard.” Thacia used a raspy voice when she quoted the old man. “‘You look like the kind of lady in need of a quick escape.’ I sort of nodded so he said ‘Well, long ago there were two brothers who went by the name of Grimm – two m’s. They trained a man you know in the ways of magic.’ He went on but I got distracted by the awesomest sword ever! Then when I listened again he was saying ‘Before they left, they gave your friend a gift.’ He said—”
“Wait a second,” Addy interrupted. “Friend? I thought he was just someone we know.” “Yeah, I wondered about that . . . Now let me finish! ‘This gift,’ he said, ‘gives the owners—for there must always be two—the power to escape any kind of trouble they are in.’ Then he explained what the tree looked like and where to find it and—” Thacia was interrupted again, but this time by the sound of Addy’s shovel striking something metal.
Addy got excited. They both bent down to dig the metal thing out the rest of the way by hand. It turned out to be a little box. “That’s the box that he described,” Thacia said, excitement edged her voice. “The old man said that only a magician could open the box . . . unfortunately . . .” Addy reached for the box and Thacia reluctantly gave it to her.
Addy grabbed the lock and it crumbled in her hand. “Well that’s convenient.”
Then Thacia reached over and tried to yank the box out of Addy’s hands. “Now I can open it!” Thacia shouted.
“But I want to!” Addy countered.
“Who cares! I’m going to open it!”
“No!” “Yes!”
They wrestled with the box for a few minutes in the same manor. Then suddenly Addy felt something very sharp poke her nose. When she looked up she found it was an arrow, the man holding it had his bow drawn back. Addy heard Thacia start to unsheathe her sword. She glanced over and saw Thacia was in a predicament identical to her own.
“Well, well, well. What have we here?” A man said as he stepped out from behind a tree.
He, like the other men, was clad in dark, mostly leather clothing. Upon seeing him, Addy recognized him as Cenrid’s head guard. As he walked closer Addy slipped her hand into the box and dropped its contents into her pocket in one swift motion. None of the guards noticed. The main guard took the box and opened it. “Wow, you two are stupid,” he said, “Fighting over an empty box.” The rest of the guards laughed.
Addy turned her gaze back to Thacia who started to protest, but was promptly gagged. The guards led them to the castle to be put in the dungeon. “It wasn’t just an empty box,” Addy said on the way back. “Oh, really?” The head guard asked sarcastically. “Then what was in it?” Addy didn’t like that he used sarcasm against her, that was her thing.
“It held a spirit,” she said, “The spirit of Muhammad.”
Once she saw the look on his face, she was pleased with how well it was working, so she continued. “He was a great and terrible man, when he was alive, and the only way they could stop him was to trap his soul in that box. Why did you think we came so easily, and was fighting over who got to open the box? Whoever opened it gained control of his soul.”
The head guard got a look of power and shouted, “Great spirit! Come prove yourself to me and strike down this man.” And he pointed to a guard near him. Addy couldn’t stop herself from laughing and Thacia did the same through her gag. “And we’re the stupid ones!” she said through burst of laughter.
The guards shoved them along.
“Are you sure” Addy asked in the same volume Thacia had used.
“Positive.” Thacia replied. Then they both took the shovels they had taken off of the horses and started digging near the base of the tree.
“So what exactly did this strange, random, disappearing magician tell you?” Addy asked as she dumped a shovel full of dirt behind her.
She then stopped, leaned on her shovel and awaited the answer. “Well,” Thacia started and Addy resumed digging. “He said: ‘You there! Yes you!’ He had a raspy voice and a long white beard.” Thacia used a raspy voice when she quoted the old man. “‘You look like the kind of lady in need of a quick escape.’ I sort of nodded so he said ‘Well, long ago there were two brothers who went by the name of Grimm – two m’s. They trained a man you know in the ways of magic.’ He went on but I got distracted by the awesomest sword ever! Then when I listened again he was saying ‘Before they left, they gave your friend a gift.’ He said—”
“Wait a second,” Addy interrupted. “Friend? I thought he was just someone we know.” “Yeah, I wondered about that . . . Now let me finish! ‘This gift,’ he said, ‘gives the owners—for there must always be two—the power to escape any kind of trouble they are in.’ Then he explained what the tree looked like and where to find it and—” Thacia was interrupted again, but this time by the sound of Addy’s shovel striking something metal.
Addy got excited. They both bent down to dig the metal thing out the rest of the way by hand. It turned out to be a little box. “That’s the box that he described,” Thacia said, excitement edged her voice. “The old man said that only a magician could open the box . . . unfortunately . . .” Addy reached for the box and Thacia reluctantly gave it to her.
Addy grabbed the lock and it crumbled in her hand. “Well that’s convenient.”
Then Thacia reached over and tried to yank the box out of Addy’s hands. “Now I can open it!” Thacia shouted.
“But I want to!” Addy countered.
“Who cares! I’m going to open it!”
“No!” “Yes!”
They wrestled with the box for a few minutes in the same manor. Then suddenly Addy felt something very sharp poke her nose. When she looked up she found it was an arrow, the man holding it had his bow drawn back. Addy heard Thacia start to unsheathe her sword. She glanced over and saw Thacia was in a predicament identical to her own.
“Well, well, well. What have we here?” A man said as he stepped out from behind a tree.
He, like the other men, was clad in dark, mostly leather clothing. Upon seeing him, Addy recognized him as Cenrid’s head guard. As he walked closer Addy slipped her hand into the box and dropped its contents into her pocket in one swift motion. None of the guards noticed. The main guard took the box and opened it. “Wow, you two are stupid,” he said, “Fighting over an empty box.” The rest of the guards laughed.
Addy turned her gaze back to Thacia who started to protest, but was promptly gagged. The guards led them to the castle to be put in the dungeon. “It wasn’t just an empty box,” Addy said on the way back. “Oh, really?” The head guard asked sarcastically. “Then what was in it?” Addy didn’t like that he used sarcasm against her, that was her thing.
“It held a spirit,” she said, “The spirit of Muhammad.”
Once she saw the look on his face, she was pleased with how well it was working, so she continued. “He was a great and terrible man, when he was alive, and the only way they could stop him was to trap his soul in that box. Why did you think we came so easily, and was fighting over who got to open the box? Whoever opened it gained control of his soul.”
The head guard got a look of power and shouted, “Great spirit! Come prove yourself to me and strike down this man.” And he pointed to a guard near him. Addy couldn’t stop herself from laughing and Thacia did the same through her gag. “And we’re the stupid ones!” she said through burst of laughter.
The guards shoved them along.
Addy was surprised that Cenrid’s guards let them share a cell. “I can’t believe the metal box was empty!” Thacia said.
“Oh! I forgot to tell you, I grabbed the stuff inside and put it in my pocket before stupid number 1 saw.” “What?! What was in it?” Thacia jumped up and over to Addy.
“Uuuum . . . .” Addy pulled it out, “It’s just a rock . . .?”
“A rock!?” Thacia grabbed it and Addy stood up.
“Apparently. And it didn’t even work.” Addy held half of the oblong rock and Thacia held the other side. “Let’s throw it at the wall,” Thacia suggested. Addy thought it was as good an idea as any, so she nodded. As they threw it she vainly said “Get us out of this.”
When the rock hit the wall there was a flash of light and when Addy looked the wall showed part of another place she didn’t recognize. Suddenly a guard came and shouted, but before he could get into the cell to grab them, Addy looked at Thacia, who smiled, and they jumped through. It felt like hitting the wall, but they landed on the ground somewhere else. Addy glanced back just in time to see the portal close, right before the guard got to it.
“Oh! I forgot to tell you, I grabbed the stuff inside and put it in my pocket before stupid number 1 saw.” “What?! What was in it?” Thacia jumped up and over to Addy.
“Uuuum . . . .” Addy pulled it out, “It’s just a rock . . .?”
“A rock!?” Thacia grabbed it and Addy stood up.
“Apparently. And it didn’t even work.” Addy held half of the oblong rock and Thacia held the other side. “Let’s throw it at the wall,” Thacia suggested. Addy thought it was as good an idea as any, so she nodded. As they threw it she vainly said “Get us out of this.”
When the rock hit the wall there was a flash of light and when Addy looked the wall showed part of another place she didn’t recognize. Suddenly a guard came and shouted, but before he could get into the cell to grab them, Addy looked at Thacia, who smiled, and they jumped through. It felt like hitting the wall, but they landed on the ground somewhere else. Addy glanced back just in time to see the portal close, right before the guard got to it.
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