Tree Climber - Katherine Brown (story read aloud .TXT) 📗

Epilogue


I was running through the woods with my bow in hand trying not to look over my shoulder. My legs are throbbing and I can’t breath but I won’t stop running not till I know they won’t find me. Trees are passing by me as if I was flying but I know I am not. They are howling in the distance I start running faster jumping over dead trees trying to make it to my tree before they find me. I see it in the distance it’s the biggest tree for miles they know its mine I hope they are not there when I get to it. I pick up my pace moving more swiftly dodging trees left and right jumping over fallen ones. I jump in the air and grab the highest branch I can reach and start swinging myself up till I am on a flat surface and look down below they are surrounding the tree there are at least 20 of them they start to jump up and down trying to get up the tree but I know they can’t. Then the leader walks through the crowd.

“You won’t be so lucky next time tree climber” yells the leader.
“Try me and see what happens” yells Nikkla.
“Next time then Tree Climber” the leader whispered.
“You can count on it” yelled Nikkla.
“That was workout I am going to be sore for days” Nikkla thought to herself.
“Hey Nikkla you up there” yelled Enki.

Nikkla walks over to the side of the flat surface and looks down she see her friend Enki staring up at her.

“Yea come on up Enki” yelled Nikkla.
“Ok I will up in a second” yelled Enki.

Enki got a running start and jumped onto to the nearest branch and started to swing himself up.

“Hey so what was up with all the howling before, did you kill another one of there members” said Enki.
“I didn’t kill one I killed twenty its there fault they started the war and I am going to end it for them” said Nikkla.


Chapter 1


This is my story I’m Nikkla but you already knew that I am an elf that’s right an elf the last elf at that as far as I know. There used to be thousands of elves but I have been the only one for a hundred years ever since they wiped my kind out. First it started with the King and Queen which just happened to be my mother and father. I wasn’t home when they attacked my home. I don’t blame all of my parent’s death just a little because I have killed so many of the beast’s members but they needed to die. So the day the beasts killed my parents I was at my tree yea the one I live in right now with Enki. We snuck out to see each out because I was sworn to another man when I turned 20 another reason my parents didn’t want me to see Enki was because he is a magic man. My parents never liked him but I didn’t care what they liked. So on my way home after me and Enki meet, I heard beasts howling near my home so I pulled my bow off my back an took off running but by the time I made it back to my home it was to late my father was dead on the stairs to the entrance of our home and my mother was locked in there bedroom holding my little brother and sister covered in blood with a slice on her neck, and my little brother and sisters stomach were both cut open. When I saw this I fell to my knees, I cried and screamed I got up when I heard a low laugh behind me I grabbed my bow and stood in front of my mother and little brother and sister. It was the leader of the beasts he had a smile on his face that I will always remember because I wanted to kill him for it. I shoot three arrows at him I missed every time but I never miss so it must have been his magic that protected him he finally left when I didn’t lower my bow and also because his magic was running low I could fell it, the reason he has magic is because on is team he has fae who protect him. When he left I started my home on fire with all my friends and family in it I sat on the ground in front of the stairs and watched it burn. That night I took a vow to my god that I would never show fear again, that was a hundred years ago and I have killed many beasts since I was 18 and I won’t stop till there all dead.

“So Enki what are you doing here” said Nikkla.
“I wanted to see you” said Enki.
“But what about your wife” said Nikkla?
“You know that I don’t love her, I still love you, and I will do anything for you” said Enki.
“Yeah I know that but you have a wife” said Nikkla.
“That doesn’t mean I can’t still love you, and plus you would have a husband if they didn’t think you were dead” said Enki.
“No I wouldn’t have I would have runaway before they made me marry him you know why because I loved you, I still love you Enki but you have a family now.” “I have to go I need to get some food” said Nikkla.
“Let me come with you please” said Enki.
“No Enki please just go” said Nikkla.
“Fine if it will make you happy” said Enki.

But Nikkla was already gone before he finished saying it he slowly got down out of the tree and when he was walking back to his village he was grabbed.
“Hey what the….” said Enki.
“Shut up other wise we will kill you” said one of the beasts that were holding on to him.
“Ok” said Enki.
“Our boss needs you so we can get your little girl” said one of the beasts.
“She’s not going to come and get me and she is not my girl not any more anyways” said Enki.
“What do mean she’s not your girl, you go there every day we watch you and follow you guys” said a beast.
“So have you ever followed me all the way back to my village, I didn’t think so, Nikkla is just a friend we used to be more but not anymore” said Enki.

Now Enki finally understood what Nikkla was talking about how it made her feel and what she had to do so he thought he should help her out a little. So he started to laugh which distracted the beasts. He got his hand loose and shot out a fire ball which started the beasts on fire they ran in circles screaming, Enki also got the other three that came out of nowhere too, then took off for Nikkla’s tree running as fast as he could the whole way and when he could see her tree she started to yell her name she saw him coming and slowly started to turn around when she heard the howling she wiped around so fast and grabbed her bow and arrows and started to shoot at the beasts hitting about four. Enki picked up his pace and the next thing he knew he was jumping up and grabbing Nikkla’s tree branch and was jumping up to the top were Nikkla was standing smiling.

“Thank god my old Enki is back.” “When did you finally realize that I was right and you were wrong” said Nikkla.
“Right about when the beasts grabbed me and tried to kill me” said Enki.
“Well I am glad you are back but I think you pissed them off really bad you should not have used your magic now they know what” said Nikkla.
“Yeah but I am ok with that” said Enki.
“You shouldn’t be they will burn down your village” said Nikkla.
“I’m not going back to my village I am going to stay here and help you fight these bastards till they are all gone” said Enki.
“Oh thank god you really are back” said Nikkla jumping into Enki arms and kissing him.
“Yeah I am” said Enki hugging and kissing her too.


Chapter 2

“So what do we do now we can’t leave they have the whole place surrounded” said Enki.
“Sure we can hang on” said Nikkla.

Nikkla got up and jumps and grabs a tree branch Enki get up and walks to where she disappeared to and gets grabbed form behind and gets pulled up.

“Hey what the……” said Enki.
“Shh they’re hear you” whispered Nikkla.
“Oh sorry what are we doing” said Enki.
“Going to the waterfall unless you would rather sit here and be watched all night” said Nikkla.
“Naw lets get out of here” said Enki.
“You have got to be really quiet ok” said Nikkla.
“I think I can do that” whispered Enki.

Nikkla and Enki stood up and jumped to the next canopy tree till they knew that they were out of the beasts hearing range.

“Hey I told you if you were quiet we would make it” said Nikkla, jumping from the canopy tree into the water.
“Did I ever tell you that you are crazy” yelled Enki jumping in after her.
“Yeah a couple of times, I remember the first time you called me crazy like it was yesterday, do you remember” said Nikkla.
“Yeah I do wasn’t it the day you killed like forty beasts” said Enki.
“Yeah it was you were so mad at me because you said if I kept killing them they would eventually kill me and I said they would have to catch me first” said Nikkla.
“I really don’t think just me and you can kill them all” said Enki.
“I know we can’t but I will die trying” said Nikkla before she dived under the water.

It was about twilight before they started to head back to the tree, laughing pretty much the whole way there till they got in the beasts hearing range.

Back at Enki’s village
“Shoy have you seen Enki he has been gone all day” said Inkkla Enki’s wife.
“I saw him leaving this morning right around sunrise he had his bag and his sword, but I haven’t seen him since them, why?” said Shoy.
“I just haven’t seen him and he is usually isn’t gone for this long when he hunts, do you think something happened” said Inkkla Enki’s wife rubbing her stomach.

But Shoy knew exactly where Enki was and he knew he wasn’t coming back not till he helped out Nikkla.

“Nikkla its looks like most of them are gone” said Enki.
“Don’t be so sure they are hiding everywhere” Nikkla says ass she whistles and drops a tree branch on the ground.

They come running out of everywhere under bushes from behind the trees, Nikkla even sees them coming from the river.

“See what I mean” said Nikkla smiling.
“You must do this a lot” said Enki.
“Yep about everyday, but the thing is they can’t see us up here but they can hear us” said Nikkla.
“That’s not cool how are we suppose to have” said Enki smiling.
“This is not a time for fun” said Nikkla smacking Enki.
“Then what are we