Septem - The Golden Militem775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVIQDqUQqg
(Seven - The Golden Warrior)
I struggled to push against the earth encasing my body but it was futile. I couldn’t move anything from my neck down and it only felt like it was getting tighter around my body. My friends weren’t in great shape either. Blaze was now bleeding immensely forehead; blood trickling down his face to drip onto the floor and even though he constantly groaned every now and again, I could see that he was getting weaker. If Peri doesn’t get to heal him soon...I don’t want to even think about what could possibly happen.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡif95EOGaUb
“Release them,” I said to Gemma. “I’m the one you want right? Release them and I will stay as your prisoner.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjTDJY1D7j
“Have you lost your mind Tai?” Vee asked looking at me incredulously. “What’s the point of us coming all this way if we don’t leave without you?”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3jZUtMB8r
“Well if you don’t get out of here now, then Blaze will die!” I shot back at her.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwyO7zbpck
“D-Don’t worry a-about me,” Blaze said raggedly. “I’m fine.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrBx77aG5B
“You’re dripping blood onto the ground Blaze!” Peri said as tears filled her green eyes. “You’re not fine!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbBh7ekz7u
“Please let me heal him!” She cried to Gemma. “I swear I won’t try to escape or attack you or anything, just please let me heal him!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiuHK1ADvi
Gemma’s hard green eyes glanced over each of us slowly, as if she was analyzing each of our expressions before she made her decision. “I will allow you to go free, but only you three!” She said looking at Peri, Blaze and Vee.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqr7Id9ICRf
“She stays with me,” She said tugging harshly on my hair. “And if you try to infiltrate my prison again, I will not hesitate to have you all executed.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LvMIJ9bT9
“SHE’S NOT EVEN A THREAT WHY DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP HER?” Vee shouted at Gemma.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0RhTMDaYg
“Unless you can distinguish to me what gift she belongs to, you can have her back,” Gemma seethed. “But until then, she remains indistinguishable and a threat to my community!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWa3LdGA1I
“WELL YOU CAN’T JUST KILL HER!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdFAWJ62aE
“Who said anything about killing?” She raised
an eyebrow. “She’ll be used for experimentation.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLSKDcEfWs
“W-What?” I stuttered. “I’m not just some science project you can experiment on, I’m a person!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1nPTbVfEP
“A person who cannot be affiliated with a gift!” Gemma said.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51ydBMG6Bx
“I don’t even have a gift, I don’t have any special powers,” I pointed out. “I’m not exceptionally strong or fast or intelligent. I’m just an average girl. If there’s anyone you want to hold hostage it would be one of those three who are actually gifted! Not that I want you to hold my friends captive.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0josmR3sM
“Yeah take me instead!” Vee piped up. “Or even better, take Blaze!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoTJQ9hdpT
“E-Excuse me you l-little b-br-brat?” He croaked.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcw6KahhB96
“ENOUGH!” Gemma shouted annoyed. “The girl stays with us and if you try to break her out again, you will be executed along with her!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqMoCbYVLB
“POISON IVY!” Peri suddenly shouted as her eyes lit up to a florescent green.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iu0CCbv8g
“Did you hit your head to hard?” Vee asked raising an eyebrow at her.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6v4Jji3i4
“I’ve been smelling this peculiar scent since we got down here but I couldn’t really place it until now,” Peri said. “This place is infested with poison ivy and it feels like it’s spreading fast.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6w1GDwENJ
“What’s your point?” Gemma folded her arms.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryCk0FMN6m
“How long has it been in here?” Peri asked frantically.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicPG5tuvIR
“Why should I tell a brat like you tha-”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEhpWi30cw
“PLEASE, YOUR LIFE COULD BE AT STAKE!” She shouted.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07rFRMtg7y
Gemma was taken back by Peri’s loud tone and cleared her throat before speaking. “A few days, people got infected but they managed to fight of the infection within a few hours, except for one person.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBB9p9d1c1k
“This poison ivy I sense is very powerful, it’s like poison to a human heart,” Peri explained. “If that person isn’t given the proper medical treatment, they could die.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLSuiaFp8C
Gemma’s eyes widened in shock and she took a few steps back. Whoever it was that is infected must be important to her.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05PaTgkCNv
“I can heal them!” Peri exclaimed. “If you release my friends and I.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKyYbVmSdZ
“ABSOLUTELY NOT!” Gemma shouted as I felt the earth that encased me wrapped around me even tighter. “I’m sure that I can find another plant gifted that can heal in a matter of wee-”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1Y2SiGXik
“If the infection’s already in his body then he only has an average of three days before death!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lEaZkhmG4
Gemma tightened her fist and punched the wall behind her before the rocks encasing us began to slowly crumble away. But the earth on my feet remained in place and I looked up at Gemma in confusion.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMX4crWGX1Y
“A battle,” She said to Peri.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvgVcFWpEf
“What?”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7tzShOMET
“If you can defeat me in a battle and heal my comrade, then I will release you,” She said. “All of you!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4k19HSBDm
Is she out of her mind! Peri doesn’t even know any offensive techniques and to make it even worse, Gemma’s the ‘frickin warden of this godforsaken prison, of course that must mean she’s a beast!775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LNwtttGVI
Peri bit her lip and contemplated for a few seconds before she firmly nodded her head at Gemma. “I’ll do it!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmd23QDEnsp
“PERI NO!” Blaze shouted but he grabbed his ribs in pain.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdY70vYT3Vr
“BLAZE!” She ran to help him but Gemma blocked her path.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGTQ8MIibv
“Nuh uh!” She said. “You battle me first then you can heal him.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5M7EQjhjgT
“YOU’RE INSANE HE COULD DIE!” Vee shouted as tears streamed down her face.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmIlD03R7O
“Don’t do this Peri she’ll demolish you,” I said gently grabbing her shoulders. “You’re a healer not a fighter. I can’t let you do this.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5Ibqjxxh9
“And I can’t let them keep you here,” She said as she shrugged out of my grip and walked towards Gemma.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Yvim40f2o
“Even if I lose, do you promise not to kill me or my friends?” Peri asked.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyDeEcUzXn
Gemma gave her a stiff nod and I let my shoulders sag in defeat. What’s going to happen to little Peri?775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6G5Ths9S5
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“The rules are simple,” Gemma stated. “The first one to have the other unable to render anymore attacks is the winner. Any objections?”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP4YuO2DKD
Peri stiffly shook her head no and Gemma steadied her stance for battle. We all were now outside in the middle of this blazing canyon. Many of the people from the community were all gathered around in a circle to watch the duel take place. Blaze was also not in the best shape either. He couldn’t even talk properly now without blood gurgling out of his mouth. A few of the soldiers lifted him out here but that only further worsened his condition. Vee and I were doing all we can to keep him alive but only a master healer could possibly save him now.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFU86wnxMxQ
“Please Peri don’t do this!” I said to her one last time as I was drag backwards by a soldier.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxjYx34ZIy
She slowly turned to shake me with her frail trembling legs. She was shaking like a leaf and you could practically smell the pure fear radiating off of her. But even so, she was still smiling cheerily. “Don’t worry, it’ll be fine!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9fSRUHMa0
“PERI!” Vee shouted as tears trailed down her face.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bXp2ZfRgn
“P-Per-Periwinkle,” Blaze croaked as he slowly outstretched his arm.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2U7pWMrq8
Peri looked at him as he gave her a thumbs up. “Use it please, this is a serious situation.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQDj7Ms7zK
She appeared shocked and reluctant for a few moments before she nodded and faced Gemma with a new found confidence.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNhtmOV7RD
A gong was sounded and Gemma immediately lashed out. Boulders of all sorts were sent hurdling towards Peri, which she barely managed to avoid. Gemma somersaulted into the air and when she landed, the earth crumbled which made it impossible for Peri to effectively dodge her assaults. Using this to her advantage, she summoned a golem and sends to flying towards Peri at an incredible speed.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zK76BgCjV
“PERI!” I shouted as I watched the boulder collide with her, and dust obscured my vision.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKP7dLUtDf
“Peri,” Vee whimpered as she sobbed.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4Cp6W5GEx
But as the dust cleared away, a noticed something green moving on the ground. What the hell is that? Soon enough, I realized that it was a vine! Peri had created an immense vine that crushed the boulder into dust. Gemma was shocked and so were Vee and I. I thought Peri didn’t know any offensive techniques.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLgmFpWOTu
“B-But I thought-” I stuttered but Blaze interrupted me.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DyLSr3f6x
“Sh-Sh-She can use them,” He said breathlessly. “But she’s a pa-pacifist.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YVfCT2qnW
I see, so that’s what he meant when he told her to “use it”. But if she’s a pacifist, that may mean that she’s able to use offensive techniques, but just how skilled is she at using it?775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFTHpOPAcw
Gemma mercilessly began attacking again but this time, Peri created a thick large vine that hoisted her high into the air. Gemma was unable to reach her so she began punching, kicking, and throwing boulders at the vine and it was slowly weakening.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXR4obXkMHV
“Come on Peri, you can do this,” I muttered as I tugged nervously on my hair.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rDJJ69H0d
The vine was now starting to fall towards the ground and Peri slipped off. But as she passed Gemma on her way to the ground, she blew something yellow onto her nose and she began sneezing uncontrollably. Oh boy.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oQYZmkgh6
“What is this? -ACHOO- What have you -ACHOO- done?” Gemma said as her face began turning red.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOb6pYY83aT
“Just used a little mother nature on you,” Peri smirked as she blew even more pollen into Gemma’s face.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0q5QMnQaX
“CURSE YOU -ACHOO- YOU WITCH -ACHOO-” Gemma seethed as she tried to blast Peri with her boulder but because of her sneezing and her eyes becoming teary, her aiming was far of.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6Y0hvsazg
“I’ll heal you, if you declare me the winner,” Peri said folding her arms.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnNfSb8TEl
“NEVER -ACHOO-” She sneezed as she tried to blast another boulder but miserably failed.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibJXZPtUuU
“Well if you don’t get healed in the next ten minutes, your throat will swell up so much and you won’t be able to breath, and thus, you’ll die.” She smirked. “So what’s it going to be?”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4xTutP9jq
Damn, who knew Peri could be so vindictive?775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVBAdQ00Fo
Gemma grit her teeth together before she let out a frustrated cry. “Fine, you’re the winner whatever, now heal me!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXaXY6uvVJ
Peri let out a huge sigh of relief before she ran towards her and healed her of her misery. After a few seconds, Gemma held out her hand and Peri shook it to seal the duel as finished, with Peri as the winner. I can’t believe she did it!775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrdooVJkZU
“YOU DID IT!” Vee screamed as she flew towards Peri and gave her a bone crushing hug. “I KNEW YOU COULD!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdXolESNb0
“Congrats!” I exclaimed as I joined in on the hug.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrgbgi4Blm
“Thank you guys,” She grinned at us.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CF5GXkVcV
People around us were shocked and whispering amongst each other. Apparently, this was the first time that they’ve seen their “almighty” warden be beaten.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCFnnvwAtT
“Per-” A soft croak was heard before it was followed by a hard puff of air. We all whipped around to see Blaze lying face down on the ground with his arm outstretched in our direction. 775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQmk0YUAp4
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DEAR GOD WE FORGOT ABOUT BLAZE!
“BLAZE!” Peri cried as she rushed towards him and flipped him over. His blood stained face was now pale and his hair seems to have even lose it’s color.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6a5xInf9cx
She rested her tiny hands on him and they glowed like I’ve never seen them before. The light emitting from it was blinding and Peri’s breathing was becoming more ragged as the seconds passed on. After a minute, Peri fell back onto the ground, completely knocked out and Blaze’s eyes shot open; His complexion and hair returning to it’s former glow.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rbiA6s7JM
“PERI!” I went to pull her tiny form into my arms but Blaze beat me to it as he effortlessly picked her up.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfOVWerdu9
“It’s ok, she just fainted,” He said. “She’ll be fine.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MZOkrUmfO
Vee and I let out sighs of relief. We nearly just lost Blaze and I don’t think neither of our hearts could take it if we lost Peri.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgrjsYloMC
“Are you feeling completely ok?” I asked him still concerned, I mean he was just lying on the ground near to death just a few minutes ago.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUePArNkib1
“I’m fine, she used all of her energy to heal me completely.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9b25dj9Si
“And you’re sure that she’ll be ok?” Vee asked hovering over us.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoxalcd5A6
“She’ll be fine Vee, she’ll wake up soon.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGspUwbBHqO
Gemma slowly walked up to us. At first her face was stone cold but then, it morphed into a small smile. “She has successfully defeated me in battle. It would be my honor if you all were stay as guests in our canyon for the night.”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvstk6y0SMe
Hmm, we did have nowhere to stay and also, Peri promised to heal her comrade. Since Peri fairly won the battle, the hostility towards us has seemed to diminished. “Alright,”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8yt7kZ6bb
The people around us cheered loudly and one man even brought some sort of earth crown and placed it on Peri’s head. “ALL HAIL THE GOLDEN WARRIOR!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygd78X2YOS
“ALL HAIL THE GOLDEN WARRIOR!” They all repeated. Golden Warrior? It’s probably because of her golden hair.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqc9naDecq
“Come,” Gemma gestured us. “They guest house will be prepared for your stay!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbFZLMGE52
The crowd continued to cheer and praise Peri even though she was out cold. I was surprised that she hadn’t awakened from all the noise.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s6XdiRNOn
I was also surprised at how hospital the earth gifted were to us now. Not only did we have a guest house, but they even threw a party for our arrival! But the guest of honor, Peri, was still out cold so they couldn’t have a “full” celebration.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ636g2nzHRz
“What a day!” Vee sighed as she fell back onto her bed.775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLlXalX09s
“I know,” I said braiding my hair. “I got kidnapped, then you guys were kidnapped, then Peri took on a warden and won all by herself, and now we’re friends with our former kidnappers!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHpsMxl4BU
“Not to mention that Blaze nearly died!”775Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzx4iuQ6iY3
“This was without a doubt, the craziest day of my life,” I said as I lied down on my bed. Sigh, you don’t see things like that happening in reality!
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