Chapter 1 - the beggining

A Chapter by David Dickie

I stepped up to the sword stuck deep in the rough stone. I place my hands on the grip and just before i pull i think back to a week ago.

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I woke up monday morning at around 6:30 just before my mom poked her head into my room."Do you want waffles for breakfest."She asked as she slid my door open

farther."sure" i replied groggily. I laid my head back down for a few minutes seeking solitude in my pillow until my moms voiced announced my breakfest was ready. I

allowed myself a final 10 seconds rest then slid out bed.
I went through my normal morning routine in a blur. i ate Breakfest, showered, put my clothes on, brushed teeth,and grabbed my backpack. As i was heading out my mom

shouted from her room "be good on your field trip. "oh yeah i have that field to the museum today" i said to myself. That cheered me up not only was it a chance to

pretty much skip school for a day, but we were also going to the ancient history meseum. I had been facsinated with ancient and medieval history since i was a little.

Of course i still am little being only 14 and a little short for my age.
I stepped outside in the pleasent spring air. Flowers were just starting blossom so the ground was covered with small pods of different flowers. I walked down my

driveway and onto the sidewalk, and proceeded on the way to my bus stop. As i was strolling along without a care in the world an owl flew overhead. "weird" i muttered

"I've never seen them around here before, and hey thought they didn't come out during the day." I studiedd it for a second. Never having seen many owls i didn't know

what kind it was, but it was golden brown with a rounded head. I shrugged and kept walking thinking of all the owls that landed on Harry Potters street for i had just

finished reading the Harry Potter series.
I was going through all the adventures i would have if i was a wizard in my head, and was so focused on my fantasy i didn't even notice my friend Zach walk up

beside me. "stuck in your own little world as usual David?" he inquired.I had just gotten to know zach that year. this was the first time we had been in the same class

,and we also the first year i we played football together. "hmm, oh yeah, Hey zach, you ready for the field trip?" " Looking forward to not having classes just wish we

didn't have to spend that time in some musty old museum."he replied.None of my friends really liked history like i did, Of course most of them were athletic popular

kids who considered that (and me) geeky. I Had some smart friends like carson that ive known since preschool. His mom was a math teacher so naturally he was a math

genius. He was funny though so he was popular as well.Me i was more of the geek who was ok at sports and had popular friends, without actually being popular. Well

enough of that i got sorta sidetracked. So where we oh yeah talking to Zach. "I don't think it will be so bad some of the stuff could be good."i commented. "Oh yeah i

forgot your a little nerd whos in to all that." he said jokingly. "Oh yeah well I'm a nerd who started at football why u didn't" (during football season i was just

good enough to start at corner and zach who was gonna start was late to a game and was stripped of his spot) He wrapped me in a chokehold (something he did quite

often) and started squezing "Say your sorry. Say your sorry." I shook my head an he squezzed a little more before letting me go. "Are you ever gonna shut up about

that" he said as we arrived at our bus stop. "nope," i said as i shook my head. "theres the bus" he remarked. I swiveld my head to look , and there it was coming down

the road. It Got to us a few seconds later, and i walked a little to close to the doors before they opened and got a good smack in the face. Zach started dying out

laughing and after a second of being stunned i did too. If we had known what awited for us that day woudn't of even chuckled.