story

chapter one: the dark castle. The dark castle shimmered in the black moonlight as crows cowerd before the grusome sight. This was the sight i saw as i walked up the road to the meeting in the black castle and gulped at the dark and demonic aroma whispering from the brick stones in the walls. The black gate creaked open and splinters of metal showered the stagecoach i was riding on and the dark aroma got thicker and more unsettling. "look!" whispered a voice coming from the drain "another victim!" "please free us!" yelled another "shut up!" hissed more "do you want the master to hear!" "who are you?" i asked "why are you down there and who is the master?" "I am Horace" whispered the first voice "we are slaves of the master and he captured us like he is about to capture you" "how am i to stop him?" i said "take this knife, stab him and we will be free" whispered Horace "wait" i said "why don't you escape?" "this guy is more than a spooky baron" whispered Horace "he controls armies of demons and undead. A demon we call a shambler is guarding the gate" whispered Horace "if the baron dies all of his servants die. Lay on your chest and you can see him" i got down on my chest and looked. The sight i saw was one of the most horrifing,sickening and demonic sights i have ever seen. the beast had saw marks and stiches all over it's body, no jaw, and leather and iron straps holding the monstrosity together "Quick run!" whispered Horace "here he comes!"

I entered the gate and stared at the black ravens pinned on the walls of the front of the castle. Torches illuminated the dead ravens and showed seams similar to the shambler. I entered the castle and walked into the dining room, the candles shone through the mouths of centerpeices of strange animals. "hello!" yelled baron von Victervaden "of what do i owe the enjoyment of having you?" that word 'enjoyment' caught my interest "you're supposed to say honour" I said "self respecting..." muttered Victervaden "come here i shall serve the beverages" Victervaden turned his back. I saw that this was the perfect time to strike. I unsheathed my knife and got ready to end his life, suddenly a huge clawlike hand rested on my shoulder and gripped tight. Blood dripped down my shirt and everything went black. chapter two: the forest I woke up in a forest, concussed and low on blood. A little tv was sitting in front of me and a disc was inside it. suddenly an image came on "i see" boomed Victervaden "so you press this button. Oh this is on. Ok you have been thrown out of my castle by my faithfull companion Rotgut, i have tracked down the peasant slave that gave you a knife and told you of your fate" the evil baron pulled up Horrace "HELP ME!" yelled Horace "if you do not get here by lunchtime i will feed him to the demon hounds, they get very... ravenous at that time. Oh and did i mention you have to get to the main chamber before i let him go. Bye bye sucker!" i stood there, shocked at the events that had happened. The claw wound had cleared up enough and i was ready to set off for Barenbergh castle, the most haunted castle in the world.

After a while i found others "Who goes there!" yelled a voice "i am a baron thrown out of Barenbergh castle by Victervaden" i said. A hush went over the people "Victervaden is our dangerous enemy" said a scottish man "you may have good information SEIZE HIM!" i was tied up and taken to some treehouse huts. My captors laid me down in front of their leader "WHO IS THIS" boomed the barbarian leader Acradar "this is a baron thrown out of Barenbergh castle" said the scottish man "he may have important information about the baron. Should we kill him?" "no" answered Acradar "let us use him. He will go through the forest of doom and we will follow him, if he does one move against us we will end his life quickly and very painfully! Now throw him into the forest! NOW!" chapter three: back to the castle I was thrown into the forest, Acradar laughed madly behind me "if you can lead us to Barenbergh we will give you protection while we destroy it" laughed Acradar "now go scuttle!" I ran through the forest, ever vigalant of traps laid by hunters and the crew of Barenbergh castle "wolf bait!" yelled one of the barbarians "is that my nickname?" i said "yes" replied one of the barbarians "but anyway, we have detected that there are an emense number of traps and hunters close up, i will tie this rope around your belly and i will jump from tree to tree, we will do a full scale ambush, they will never suspect it and they will be annihilated, that way we can escape into the forest unseen and continue" the barbarian tied a rope around my waist and suddenly lifted me into the air. I was amazed at the strength and agility that he had in his possesion. soon we were in sight of the hunters and the traps, I could see a large number of barbarians lined up ready for the assult. Then it happened, blood and bones went flying and the noise of battle was soon silenced. Off we set again jumping through the forest, until we heard shrieks coming ahead, suddenly an arrow struck the man pulling me and I fell to the ground. I untied my rope and ran away beacuse, from the distance we were from Barenbergh it wouldn't take a while to get to my position and terminate me. The crows screached again and again at the sights of barbarian search parties trying to their best efforts t capture me. Suddenly I heard the noise of rustling in the bushes and hoped it was the barbarians, but it wasn't! A shambler ambushed me out of the grass and knocked me down, the rusty metal on its metallic claws glinted in some areas blood soon coated them. BUT just before the demon got ready to strike the killing blow, a knife hole appeared in it, and another, and another until it fell down... dead. I looked up and saw the barbarian who was pulling me through the forest the arrow wound, fresh and bleeding. Shortly he dropped to the floor dead as well. How many lives will I cost. Chapter four: Victervadens revenge I neared closer to Victervadens castle and got ready to enter the huge gold door shone in the moonlight and I gasped as Victervadens voice entered my mind "you know you can turn back now and you can just go back to your cosy home" I ignored Victervaden as I opened the door. My fellow barons were imprisoned by Victervadens troops. "This cant be happening!" screamed a baron "it's just not possible" I looked into the cell of this man and saw a horror. A green pulsating mass had tied the rotting corpse to the wall and to my amazement he was alive! "ghhhhhhhhh" dribbled the rotting corpse. This was horrible. "Grhhhhhh" dribbeled Rotgut as he bashed my head and everything went black. TO BE CONTINUED