THE WARRIOR IN THE WIND

By Travis Colburn

Dedicated to my brother Steven for being great

-TC

Maple Leaf Writing Project

Brattleboro, Vermont

Copyright 2014

Background Knowledge

The main character is a boy named Aired. He is 15 years old. He has Brown hair and blue eyes and he wants to find his father. The last time Aired saw his dad, his dad was with the Warriors and then one day he just disappeared. Aired is a farm boy who becomes a Warrior. The Warriors are a group of people who stop robbers and put them in jail for the rightful cause. But Aired found out that the Warriors also killed the poor, so Aired wanted to find a new group of Warriors. Aired then found The Warriors in the Wind, who were much different than the other Warriors. The Warriors in the Wind fight for the poor. So this is where our story and adventure begins.

The Warrior in the Wind

Aired wanted to find some fruit at the market, but first he had to go to his mother’s for a visit and get a new spell to learn. Aired was able to cast four spells and enjoyed his own element, known as water. Seven elements exist. One is fire, two is water, three is darkness, four is earth, five is air, six is light and seven is psychic. Aired’s spells consisted of healing, which meant that he could make water heal his cuts and bruises. Another of Aired’s spells was water sword, you probably know what water sword means. If you don’t know, Aired was able to take his water sword and cut through whatever he wished, with one exception, air. Another of his spells was aqua infinity, this meant he was able to breath under water. The last of Aired’s spells was water spray. This spell allowed Aired to choose if he wanted to attack his enemy with scorching water or freezing water.

Ok thats enough for spells, now back to the story. Where was I? Oh, yes he was going to go to his mother's house. Aired walked right into his mother’s house to find it all wrecked. The books where all over and some shelves were on the ground with a letter in the middle of the room. Aired noticed a silver dagger in the letter. Aired kept the dagger. The letter read, “If you want your mother back, get the legendary ice sword. When you have it, I will tell where your father is.”

Aired stood in the room in despair, although he was also happy that he now might learn where his dad was. He ran back to the Warriors in the Wind’s camp and told his friends, Trad and Fasn, what happened. Aired, Trad and Fasn agreed that the legendary ice sword might be very hard to get and that they would need armor.

They ran into the town to get some information from a shop owner to find where the ice sword was. Asgar, the shop owner, murmured, “I will show you where the sword is but for a cost”.

“How much,” said Fasn.

“One thousand gold”, replied Asgar.

We don't have that much gold, Aired thought in desperation. “We will come back, we have to get that gold”, yelled Aired, while running.

They found an old man sitting in the cold green grass in the meadow, he would pay a million gold to anyone who could find his long lost brother. So Aired, Fasn and Trad traveled the countryside trying to scout out the old man’s brother. Weeks passed and they found the brother in the ruins of an old home. They brought the brother to the old man, they were rewarded with the gold that they were promised, and they brought the gold to Asgar.

Asgar brought Aired, Fasn, and Trad to the cave which held the sword. In a stone the sword stood. Aired went up to the stone. “You can try to remove the sword, but no person has ever been able to get it out”, said Asgar in doubt. Aired then gave the sword a big tug and ripped the sword out. Asgar stood there with his mouth wide open and eyes bulging out. There was no doubt that Aired was the chosen one. Aired then pulled the letter out, looked at the coordinates of his mother’s location, and the three men took off to find her.

While traveling to find Aired’s mother the men came across a hairy demon. The creature was calm and simply stood before them. The men knew the beast was a demon because they could see particles coming off of it’s skin, a sign that it was possessed. Fasn shot an arrow in the creature and it laid there wounded. They left it there so it could go back to the dimension that it came from. But the demon had a monster inside it. The monster was the same size as the demon and was gray. Aired threw the silver dagger at the monster and it died.

As the men moved closer to finding Aired’s mom they were ambushed. The next thing they knew they woke up in a cave that was very dark and depressing, with a red blindfold over their mouths. The three men saw that their captors had tiger skin as cloths and then knew they were part of a group known as the Acartads. The Acarteds are mages and spies. Asgar had also been thought to be a spy but we will know for sure, so we won't point any fingers at him. They heard Acartads whispering. One man came up to Aired, “Where is the warrior and the winds camp?” he asked. Aired refused to tell. They knew the Acarteds would want to make them slaves, but Aired wasn’t going to give up his fight for freedom. He got out the ice sword and cut the straps that held him in. He then rushed to his friend’s rescue and struggled to cut them free. Once free, the three men dodged the Acarteds as the Acarteds tried to grasp them. Aired, Trad and Fasn raced out of the cave and they were back on track to save his mother.

They found where his mom was held captive, by following the coordinates on the letter. Aired left a fake ice sword and kept the real one for himself. Her capture did not give him information about his dad. After Aired got home he went in the woods by himself. He saw some of the Warriors, they had pinned an old, poor man up to a tree and they had a bronze dagger up to his throat. “HEY!” said Aired. “Well, well, well isn’t it our old friend Aired”, said Ranger. Ranger was one of Aired’s friends from the Warriors. Aired went up closer to Ranger, looked up at him and quickly grabbed the bronze dagger out of his hands. He kicked him to the ground and put the dagger near Ranger’s throat. “RUN old man!” said Aired. The old man ran as fast as he could. Some of Ranger’s companions came up and grabbed Aired under his arms. He thrashed his legs and he got free.

He then slit Ranger’s throat and ran. He went to his camp and all of his companions got set for a battle. There were cannons everywhere, archers in some trees, barracks on the ground.

They were all ready to fight against the Warriors. Aired was at the front. He saw some Warriors running in the distance. “READY THE CANNONS!” yelled Aired. Cannons were heard in the distance and a lot of men fell on the opposite side by the cannons. Arrows fired, but only indented the armor the warriors had on. Aired ran up with his sword clutched in his hand and killed the general.

He, with Trad by his side, went and destroyed cannons and killed archers. Their defences where down and they only had some shields and armor. They had one thousand men left, arrows were flying all over. Then there he was, the god of the Warriors, he had electricity all around him but Aired and Trad still had a lot of men left.

There were even more arrows firing and the arrows were on fire now because Fasn had found some flint and steel. So Trad ran up to the god and was blown back and fell on his butt. Aired ran up and forced his sword into the god. His eyes were now white with death, they had won! But when the god died Aired’s father flew out with slime all over him. Aired did not know his dad very well but he knew what he looked like. His father’s name was Dio and he had black hair, brown eyes and he was very tall.

So Aired escorted his dad back to his house, his mom was so surprised she almost passed out. After they had a feast. They ate like kings that night. His family was reunited and they lived happily ever after.

THE END