CHAPTER-2.2 Someone is now gone far away!
Everyone got alert as they heard the sound of Dedred. He was banging on the door fiercely. The thumping of the doors startled their hearts and their mind went numb.
The winds were now even fiercer, blowing in their faces like a clear warning. A shrill voice shouted from outside.
"Open the door, now don't be a coward Oppa" Dedred smirked, and several blows at the door continued. Opa wiped off his tears, stood, and signaled the kids to be quiet.
“What is it, Dedred? What are you doing at my door at this hour?” Opa exclaimed
“You know what it is, now open the damn door before I bring it down!”
Lyla stepped closer to Opa, “What do we have to do now?” she asked in a hushed voice
“Now listen to me very carefully,” Opa said. “You three will now sneak away very quietly through the backyard door. Run from here as far as you can and hide. Hide in a place that no one knows. I will keep Dedred and his men engaged here as long as I can.”
“But Opa, what about you?” Ethan cried “ We can’t leave you here, they will take you prisoner.”
Opa sighed and tears started dropping again, his sparkly black eyes were droopy now. His wrinkles were somehow now more observable than before. The children held onto Opa's arms, not willing to let go.
“Children! I am an old man. I will be nothing but a burden in your journey,” Opa argued. “ Besides, this journey is yours to take. This will prepare you for the more dangerous things yet to come.”
It seemed to Lyla, Opa had made up his mind a long time ago. Oh, how could she have not noticed the pain and stress Opa was hiding all along? She cried.
"Opa don't do this, come with us. Please.." and there was another thump on the door, this time even louder.
“There is no time to lose in arguing. Now Lyla, bring that brown leather bag I gave you to keep,” Opa said holding on to Lyla's shoulders.
He gave that leather bag to Lyla five years ago and since then she has kept it safely in her chest. Opa made her promise him that she will not tell anyone about it, nor will she ever see what is in it. Lyla never broke her promises so she never opened that bag to see what was in it. In fact, she actually forgot about it.
“ What leather bag…hmm. Oh, that bag. Why is it important now!"
"Go get it"
Lyla disappeared into her room and came back with a dusty brown leather bag. It was covered with a fine layer of dust and spider webs. She gave that bag to Opa.
“Now Ethan, I gave this to Lyla to keep it safe for this day. I knew this day would come but didn’t know this soon and in this way.” Opa handed Ethan the dusty bag, he caressed Ethan's face, his eyes droopy with love, care, and fear.
“There is not much time.” Opa opened the brown bag and in there was a rusty little book. “This book was given to you by your Grandma for this day.” he handed Ethan the book. As Ethan tried to open the book it wasn’t opening.
“Opa, it is not opening.”
“Your Grandma said that when you will be on this dangerous journey, it will be your guide. Whenever you feel like you have lost your way this will show the right path. So use it well.” Opa was now unable to say anything, his voice was now quivering. “ Children, now go away, far from here. I hope God keeps you safe on this journey. My children! Go!”
“Opa, we are not leaving you,” Ethan said.
“Oh god, I have raised such stubborn kids. Please go now! Please!” Opa pleaded.
“NO,” Lyla screamed.
“Children...please understand! I spent my entire life in Sunwane with your Grandma. Even if I have to die I would like to die here where there are memories and reminisce of my wife,” Opa cried.
Thump!
Came a loud bang and the door of their house was wide open. And there was Dedred’s harsh face and his men standing beside him with bows and arrows.
“Run children! Run..” Opa screamed.
Ethan jumped by the window into the backyard. Kiliarn took Lyla's hand and started running. Lyla was aimlessly following Kiliarn's lead, not that he knew where to go. They were just running as fast as they could from the men following them. The winds were harsher that night, hotter and fiercer. Ethan momentarily looked back to see if the others followed just then there was a shrill cry.
The air around them went still, a familiar voice it was. A precious sound.
Lyla stopped and turned over “Opa…” She screamed. One of Dedred’s men has shot an arrow that Opa got in the chest. His lifeless body had fallen down on the earth.
The three ran back toward where Opa had fallen.
Kiliarn pulled Opa to the side where there were enough bushes to hide them. His head lay still on Lyla's lap, with a mass of blood trickling down from his chest, hiding the wound of his pain.
Dedred and his men passed them, it was night time and there was nothing except the moonlight for them to see the path.
“Listen, listen..I-i have raised brave children, I kn-ow. Ethan, ma boy take care of these tw’, go go!”
“Opa, no..no listen, don't give up. Come with us, guide us!" Ethan cried
Opa’s face was turning pale, his aged body had struggled enough. Ethan saw that the doe eyes of Opa had lost their sparkle. Kiliarn caressed his face which now had a youthful glow. Yes, he was dead.
A last wind blew, warm but this time with the remainder of sorrow and pain
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Hey Alice! Forever Here for a review.
First of all, the title is grammatically wrong. It should be 'Someone has gone far now' If you don't want to change the position of now, fine but you have to replace is with has
A good beginning, of course.
Though not sure, maybe 'a coward' is not the phrase here. The thing is if Dedred knows about the children, then it will be cowards and if he doesn't, it will be as it is. From the context, I guess it's the former.
The word is backyard, not back yard
Now, I am gonna guess the place is that cave which Ethan found when he and Kiliarn went to the forest.
Add an 'as' before prisoner. This seems to be kind of very sad... You have managaed to create sympathy for Opa in the last chapters. Let's see what is his fate...
Hm... Seems like the grandmother had some powers, be it magical or whatever, it was some helpful powers indeed and maybe it was stored in the bag... Quite interesting. Put a comma after in fact
Just remove that hmmmm... It doesn't really fit in the dialogue. Opa seems to have some future telling powers. You have assigned quite interesting powers to all of them. I don't know if it's right to put ellipses when someone is interrupted but I think — is better in those cases.
Hm... Can be a book giving directions, tips and tricks. Mysterious as it seems. And I guess it's really magical, because if a book opens only in times of need, it's magical.
Good job with the pacing. It clearly shows their haste and sad that Opa will not go with them... I feel sad for him.
Hm... Seems like it's set in the past when they use bows and arrows as weapons. And I guess that scream is Opa's scream... Oh! What happened with him! Was he beaten...
Oh he was dead. He took his last breath. You really killed him... Er... No... I don't blame you, I just feel a bit too sad. You really managed to create sympathy for him and now he will die...
Seems like a new adventure is gonna start. We have so many unanswered questions. Maybe we will get the answers to those questions. Then, the children cam also take revenge on them...
Overall, it was kind of a very sad chapter. However, obviously, it was great
Keep writing!
~Forever
Thanks<333
Hiya Ashlyn here for a review!! Before I dive into it though please know that this review is not intended to offend you or make your writing look bad!
Note: I haven't read any of the previous chapters so this might not be the best review ^^
My first reaction was-wow, this dialogue feels so natural so...dynamic. It promises an intense chapter. The fact that you occasionally left out a description before and after a person had spoke threw me off, but that's probably just stylistic choice ^^
.... I felt something.
An authors main goal should be to bring the reader into their story, and one of the key ways that's done is through emotion Now, I can't speak for others, but my writing is usually at its most emotional when I plan out the death, and create the character I'm going to kill with the intention of getting the readers attached to him or her.
However, I knew nothing about this character, and still felt grieved at his death.
I think that tells shows alot about you as a writer
To wrap things up, please keep writing! You've got potential <3
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Thank you Ashlyn for the review! Hope you take some time to read my previous chapters too.
Hi Alice,

). Now I am full of expectation that the book will still play a big expectation. I also thought it was great, right at that moment, to bring out that surprise and have Dedred and his men enter shortly after. It gives the right build up for later when Ethan has to find out for himself what it is all about. A good way to let a protagonist shine.
(Unfortunately, this kind of thing doesn't work in a time-limited school exam, of course
) As I said, if I'm wrong about this, correct me.
Mailice here with a short review!
This was a very intense chapter with a lot of drama and a tremendous shock at the end. It's painful to witness a character die after so many chapters. I think it is necessary for the continuation of the plot and also for the character development of the children.
I liked the chapter because it can be seen as a conclusion to a "first" part. It seems as if the adventure is finally starting properly. I am curious to see how the next chapter will turn out, especially the development of the children, whether they are still grieving and where they will hide.
The chapter had a good pace, especially because of the dialogues which seemed very dynamic. I especially like that you don't see an immediate change in Lyla and co. after the last chapter. You keep it that they continue to be stubborn and want to protect their grandfather. This works well for the story; otherwise it would certainly be a bit abstract.
There was a big reveal too, with the leather bag and the book (that has the same name like your story
I also noticed that there are some occasional punctuation errors where you either mix up an incorrect punctuation mark, such as full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. Also, sometimes there is an unnecessary insertion of spaces at the beginning of a dialogue. This doesn't really interfere with the reading flow, (I think there are only one or two places where it reads a little funny) but it shows me at least that you have written the story very hastily.
If I'm wrong, please correct me; but I get the impression that you're very quick to write, and that's how mistakes like this come about. I think it has to do with the fact that you are writing the story with joy and pride, (which is perfectly normal; I know that feeling very well) and sometimes your fingers hit the space bar (or other keys) too quickly. My tip would be to leave the chapter for a while (a couple of hours) after you have finished it, so that you can clear your mind and forget the text for a while. Then come back and read it again and correct it. By having a break in between, you distract yourself and also shift down a gear.
Some points I noticed while reading:
I would change the comma to either a full stop or an "and" since you are only presenting two actions here. Or a semicolon to make the sentence more dynamic.
I would rewrite the "Understand" to "You have to understand" as otherwise it looks weird with the sentence "Very carefully" following it.
Here a question mark comes instead of an exclamation mark.
Since the two sentences express somewhat the same thing, I would rewrite it as: "... nor will she ever look what is in it. Lyla never broke her promise. She had never opened that bag." The second half of the second sentence is unnecessary here, as you already describe what the promise is before it.
The paragraph is actually good, but if you rewrite it a bit, it doesn't seem so "simple". You could connect the first two sentences, for example, like this: "Lyla disappeared into her room and came back with a dusty and with a in spider webs covered brown leather bag. She gave it to Opa (after she had wiped off most of the dust.)" You are creating a repetition with the first two sentences,
This sentence from the narrator's mouth comes across as if he is happy that Opa is dying. I would rewrite it as "He was really dying."
Here again, it seems as if the narrator is happy about the end of the chapter, especially because of the exclamation mark at the end. Here you could either insert a full stop at the end or just three dots (...) to give an open ending to the chapter.
In summary, it was a very good chapter. You could clearly feel the tension between the children and their grandfather. The fact that this part is finished is like the end of an act in a play before the tragedy moves on to the next act. I liked the way the story is developing at the moment and am curious to see what will happen next.
Have fun writing,
Mailice.
Ah thank you Malice! I don't understand how you explain things so nicely, the writers get what you want them to improve easily( I am so bad at this).
And that tip is really nice, I think that tip was the thing I needed the most. I think in this way I will make less grammatical mistakes.
And yeah I can't tell you how excited I am to write the next chapters. There is so many things yet to come. I am so happy I started this novel.
You are my greatest supporter, I hope you be with me till the last chapter.