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"Be careful," his grandpapa reminded him.
"I will, grandpapa," I said.
"Oh! I almost forgot. If you ever run out of food, three a day should keep you going."
I thanked him, and then looked at the half peanut half banana looking things, they weren't that bad. I stuffed them in my bag, opened my coffee stained map and made sure that all my destinations were marked and then checked my compass for East.
I've been on many hikes and adventures before, but nothing like this, the whole town was counting on me, and others, to locate all seven piicez of the Koze Amulet, the one amulet to keep the sun shining it's most glorious shine, without it all animal and human kind would die of the cold, and it's up to me to do it.
As I left, I took a glance behind me and I could see all the hopeful faces putting all their faith in my hands but, are my hands big enough ? So many questions buzzed in my head unanswered and bothering me.
I already grasped one of the Piicez around my neck in a leather pouch, where it glowed as if it had it's own heartbeat.
My first stop was Bellmore, a remote place in Su mountain. It wasn't very high so it only took half a day to get there and the other half to find the temple where it laid peacefully and undisturbed. The people there were very kind and wanted me to stay but I couldn't for Shado, my horse, was waiting for me at the bottom, and was he ever glade to see my face again.
I set camp near the bottom and tied Shado to a nearby tree, then I made a fire, where I cooked my dinner, an then set up my bed where I drifted into a light slumber.
I was awoken by a deep growl, and it didn't sound happy.
I quickly rolled out from under my blanket and onto the cold ground, facing the sky and looking at the sparkly white star . When I grabbed my sword, I heard the horrid sound again, but this time knew were it came from.
I took baby steps until I saw it, lying in the snow was a... snow tiger!
I guessed it was a female, seeing that it wore metallic jewelry on her body. Blood was slowly dripping from her body like a drippy faucet on her leg.
I wasn't sure if I should approach , but with caution, I did . I could feel that she was tired and had probably fought a long battle and unfortunately, lost and paid an unfortunate price.
Her fur was soft as silk and shone in the moonlight. The metal that she wore was scratched but still intact. She was aware of my presence, but still let me touch her tender body .
It took me a while, but I eventually moved her heavy body to my blanket, removed her armor, and put it at her paws, where her injury was still bleeding, but only faintly.
When I was ready, I began to work on her wound. When my job was done, I also sleept, happy of my choice to help an animal in need .
The next morning, I awoke and immediately made breakfast for myself then gave Shado her two apples, juicy and appetizing.
Rustling was heard behind me.
I flicked backwards, looking straight into the amber eyes of the tiger, sparkling with beauty. She was in a stance, head low and tail flicking.
"Were you thy noble man to heal me?"she said, her voice musical but serious at the same time. So beautiful.
"Uh........yeah I guess so," I replied. I was scared, not sure if was going to attack or be truss.
"I thank you for your needed help, but I'm afraid that I don't have anything to give.........,"she trailed of.
I couldn't believe it! Did she just thank me?
Normally, daemons think less of humans like me, but she was different, she was wise.
"Do you know of the Koze Amulet?" I asked.
"But of course.Oh! You must be the noble boy sent to retrieve all seven piicez of the Koze Amulet. May I help? I know all the shortcuts around this area. We could go everywhere exceedingly fast. Can I, can I?" she asked excited. She was no longer in a nasty stance, but near my feet begging to tag along. No one could resist the beautiful sparks in her eyes, which were now a deep chestnut.
"You may but, you may not eat my horse, clear?"
"But of course! Anything for you....... uh, what is your name?"
"My name is Saymon Curr, and I am fifteen years old. And how about you?"
"My name is Riiya and I am twelve years old. So can we go now? I can't wait." she bounced happily. I could tell that she was young and quite playful, soon to grow into a beast of nature.
Our quest continued and we visited every destination, using Riiya's shortcuts of course, in one very long week. We wandered deeper into the land of Zarr, creeping closer to the Sunclipse, the dark, wet and freezing cold cave that holds, or that is supposed to hold, the Amulet of Koze . Over the days, Riiya's leg healed, allowing her to walk without limping.
Now the temperature changed as we continued moving South, where the Sunclipse would be found. As we trudged through the snow, Riiya spotted a black blob to her left.
"It's the Sunclipse! The Sunclipse!" she squeaked, happily bouncing up an down in the snow that matched the shade of her bleach white fur.
Fifteen minutes later we were inside the Sunclipse, wandering the small cramped tunnel inside. At the end of the tunnel, we entered an massive chamber, with a wheel sized hole in the roof. At the other end of the chamber was a rock pole with dents in the side, probably used for holding the amulet's piicez . I removed the amulet from my neck and began to walk towards the post, when a dark figure appeared out of nowhere, saying,"You are Saymon Curr, am I correct?"
Riiya was now in attack mode, ready for a good fight. I noticed that behind him, were five ninja monkeys, wearing similar armor to Riiya's.
"Yeah, so?" I responded shakily.
"I want those piicez boy and if you were smart, you'd give them to me now!" he warned.
My legs were shaking when I saw the monkeys running towards me, but not exactly at me. Lord Zarr had a confused look on his face, and started yelling orders in a different language.
The monkeys were now getting closer, that's when I realized that the monkeys were after the peanut half banana looking things in my knapsack, which I whipped out and threw behind me, monkeys following.
My next move was to remove my sword from it's case and slash Lord Zarr in the leg before he could react and do anything about it.
I sprinted to the rock that held the Amulet's piicez, and carefully placed each one in it's correct resting place. When my task was done, a huge white light burst from the stone and flung me backwards, slapping me against the ground, but I knew that my task was done and now, I could go home.
. Think while you write does this make sense to my readers?
