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Struggle
The told and untold of the God Wars

Written by: 9the Enigma9

Chapter Two: Red on Red
Leo was feeling rather uncomfortable being in a small area with lots of sharp pointy things so close to him. He was in a group of Zamorakian soldiers marching towards a suspected Serenian encampment. The trees were so dense the group could only walk with three men abreast, and only two if one of those happened to be a demon. Under the moonlight, their black armour encrestested with the symbol of Zamorak shone dimly, like a distant star. Far off, through the frosty air, the sounds of battle were soft but audible. Leo knew this was a battle between Zamorak's forces and Seren's. The group he was in was assigned to kill the Serenian reenforcements in their sleep.

Simple enough he thought.

Leo was to the right of a towering winged demon that didn't smell so great, behind him were three magicians softly speaking amongst themselves, and directly in front of him, well, he didn't know what it was, all he knew was he wouldn't want to get too close to it's horns in battle.

As the group entered the rocky entrance to the cave the Serenian's were in according to their spies, the soldiers in the front and back lit their torches. After about twenty meters—and what seemed like an eternity to Leo—the squad found their path blocked by a large boulder. They sent one of the wizards, a young man garbed in the standard red and black wizarding robes, up to cast a silent Teleportation spell on the boulder. He walked up towards the boulder and stopped about a meter away from it, held up his palm, and muttered a string of strange words under his breath. Everyone watched and waited. And waited. And waited. Nothing happened. Just as the wizard was about to try again, a soft hum was emitted from the boulder. The wizard stared at it in confusion. Was this supposed to be happening? The humming ceased as quickly as it began. The wizard looked puzzled. All of a sudden the boulder exploded in a barrage of chunks of rock, littering the ground before them. The wizard had rehearsed the incantation incorrectly.

The blast had undoutedly awoken at least a dozen Serenians.

The group was in a state of panic. They hurriedly scrambled along the narrow tunnel until they saw exactly what they didn’t want to see; another large stone detaining them from continuing. This time, the demon next to Leo come forth and smashed the boulder into peices with it's fist.

"I smash rock." It said.

As they were scurrying through the tunnel the guard on duty—an elf no more than a meter and a half tall carrying a rusty sword and a small wooden shield—took a good look at the oncoming attackers, dropped his weapons and started running back towards the alcove, screaming "The Zamorakians are coming! The Zamorakians are coming!". One of the archers landed an arrow on the direct centre of the elf’s back, but that did not slow the elf down. He continued running down the passageway at full speed.

The squad began a steady march. Pit pat pit pat pit pat; their heavy boots, hooves, and claws clanking against the stone ground. Then Leo heard someone from the other side of the tunnels shout something. Then it was all a blur as three men in the front of the formation were all knocked out at the same time by the same thing. It took a moment for Leo to realise what was happening. As the wave of elves and crystalline creatures advanced, many engaged in battle. Leo looked around, until he noticed someone was staring at him. It was a human staring at him. His ears were rounded, it was definatly not an elf. He gazed back. Hadn’t his younger brother, James, been the only human to join the Serenian army? It had to be him.

Leo stood in shock when suddenly James raised his sword over his head. Leo raised his shield to block the—surprisingly strong—blow, and returned it with a swipe aiming for James’s chest, thinking this was only a friendly test of combat. James blocked the slash with the edge of his sword, bringing them into a lock. Leo was surprised by James’s newly gained strength, and attempted at swaying the swords towards James, only to have his shield kicked out of his left hand. James broke the lock, swung his sword round and slashed at Leo’s leg. He fell to the ground and shouted a cry of pain, grasping his leg. James pointed his sword at Leo’s neck.

“I submit! You’ve beaten me!” Leo cried.

James moved the tip of the blade closer to Leo’s neck. Leo realised if James was caught letting someone from the opposing side live he would receive the death penalty.

“Please, don’t kill me!” He shouted.

James looked at him, as if still trying to reconize him. James raised his sword high and brought it down upon Leo. Leo yelped as the excruciatingly painful, huge, deep gash in his thigh knocked him out.