Dragons Blood.

The Boy In The Bushes

Present Day.

Kimnoth was a Wizard , A powerful wizard. Aged beyond his years, At 189 years old.

Blessed with the gift of eternal life to fulfil a mission. A mission foretold in the scrolls of Kondor.

Current Day.

Kimnoth ventured forth in the forest to gather supplies for his potions and food to eat. Kimnoth felt today was not an ordinary day, Something brewed in the air. He Could feel it. He Could smell it. It make him feel uneasy. "I must work with haste", He told himself.

Kimnoth looked behind him as a twig snapped in the distance. quickly drawing his wand from his belt, nervously scanning the forest floor. Another twig snaps, a little closer this time. Kimnoth drops his satchel to the ground and raises his hands and points his wand towards the sound. "Reveal All that which is hidden" Kimnoth says in a deep sharp voice. A huge bright yellow light beams from his wand removing the trees from his sight as he expands the light with his other hand exposing more of the forest beyond his sight.

A boy can be seen grabbing a hold of a tree. The boy was ill and definately far away from home. Kimnoth was consumed with thought.

"What on earth was this boy doing in the deepest darkest end of the forest?".

Kimnoth sniffed the air. "Witches Curse", kimnoth says outloud. Anger raged through him. He knew this was the work of prince Horshando. He placed his wand back in his belt and ran towards the boy in haste. Kimnoth still had the body of a 30 year old never aging, his mind as sharp as ever. He raced ever so quickly through the depths of the forest. His breath not even fluctuating with his strides.

As kimnoth nears the boy he finds him collapsed on the ground with the witches sign stamped on his forehead. Black blood smeared above his eye brows could only mean one thing, A witches curse of death.

Kimnoth removes his wand from his belt. "Tripolaid", Kimnoth yells encasing the boy in a giant orb like enclosure freezing him in time and space. The orb absorbs into the boys body looking like a corpse like state but his skin is bright blue in colour.

Kimnoth picks the boy up and heaves him over his shoulder as he grunts in surprise of the boys weight. The boy no more then 17 years old , He was clearly trained to be a soldier for prince Horshando. His cruel and evil ways had plague havoc on the people. For if you refused to fullfil his wicked plans you met with death, torture or he would have a loved one killed to get his means met.

The Forest is dark and dense. Kimnoth must scuffle through its density with speed. He knows he only has meer hours until his spell wears off, And the boys life could very well be over.

As The wizard gets to his hut, He opens the door and carefully places the boy on his bed.

He stands over his body consumed in thought. "What did this boy refuse to do?".

He thinks deeply while stroking his beard on what steps to take from here. Removing a death curse was a extremely difficult task. Kimnoth wasnt even sure how on earth the boy survived this long.

The wizard turns to get a bowl from his table to gather a sample of his blood in. When he turns back to face the bowl he drops the bowl in shock smashing it all over the floor as it scattered around kimnoths feet. Kimnoth frozen in stance as we watches the witches curse absord into the boys forehead as the boy opens his eyes. "Impossible", Kimnoth whispers to himself unable to fathem what he just witnessed.

The boy has broken the curse of the witches and the spell of the wizard all on his own. Kimnoth has never seen this happen before.

The wizard stands there wide mouth shocked and in awe. The Boy sits up hastily in confusion. "Where the hell am?", He asks looking directly at Kimnoth.

Kimnoth does not answer the boy instead he walks about his hut in a blabbering rant. "The scrolls No No it cant be him, Kondor scrolls hmmm must take him Ventor".

"Excuse me weird DUDE", The boy says as he tries to get Kimnoths attention. "where the hell am I and what on earth are you going on about?".

Kimnoth turns and looks at him" No time to explain boy we must make haste".

"We must make haste?,Dude what century are you from?", The boy questions with confusion and a totally baffled look apon his face. "Nobody even says that".

"Boy get up we must go", Kimnoth instructs as he tries to get the boy to stand up by grabbing a hold of his arm.

The boy slaps kimnoths hands away. "Get off me I don't even know you".

"I am Kimnoth and you are?" Kimnoth says as he stands before the boy looking rather impatient as he taps his foot on the ground with his hands on his hips.

The boy eyes up Kimnoth in amusement to his attire. "My names james" He says and kimnoth holds out his hand to greet him with a hand shake. James looks at with a weird look but takes his hand and shakes it and kimnoth smiles back at James with a goofy smile.

"Ok I am kimnoth your are James, You know me now lets go". Kimnoth says as he motions for James to stand up.

"Dude it doesn't work like that". James says in defiance. "Where we going anyway?".

"We do 10 day travel to seek out Ventor", Kimnoth answers now getting rather frustrated with the boy.

"Oh hell no". The exclaims not impressed with doing a 10 day trip to some place he doesn't even know where and why.

Kimnoth rubs his head and takes out his wand. "Sleep" He says as the boy slumps down into a lump on the ground in slumber. "You boy give me a headache".

Kimnoth drags the boy into a cart and heads of to the west in search of Kondor.

James and Kimnoth are about to expierence an adventure of a lifetime. Will friendship bloom or will James forever frustrate Kimnoth.