{"id":2570,"date":"2017-04-02T12:23:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T20:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2017-04-02T12:23:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T20:23:28","slug":"the-magicians-war-chapter6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2570","title":{"rendered":"The Magician’s War (Chapter6)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Magician\u2019s War (Chapter 6)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As they lay breathless on the shore,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

the water slammed together once more. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They moved off to a stand of trees.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They were enjoying the light breeze.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They decided to have their lunch.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They ate leftovers. They had a bunch.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Preserved by magic, it tasted fresh.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They relaxed and caught their breath.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

One panther was named Eros, the other Ra.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The eagle was named Pern. He gave a caw.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Identical panthers, Anika could tell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

which was which by their mental meld.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Soon, Pern let out a screech and took to air.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They were surrounded everywhere.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Giant black ants, about two feet high each.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They were moving in for a lunch to eat.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anika drew her sword that was on her back.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She gave the first ant a vicious whack.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lopped off his head with a single blow.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Each panther grabbed an ant. They weren\u2019t slow.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pern swooped down and tore out ant eyes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They fought like hell, because it meant their lives.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anika slaughtered ants right and left.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chopping, cutting, obliterating the pests.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

All of them did their part.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Soon, they were surrounded with ant parts.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They got their stuff and moved out fast.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t see any ants on their ass.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They traveled many miles without a problem.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They came to a desert to cross. How then?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They packed all the water they could.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Off they went, she pulled up her hood. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A day later, they found possible ruins?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They were mounds in a circle. Pern flew in.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing moved. It looked deserted.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There was a well. Or something converted?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There was water in what was a well.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She purified it with magic. It was swell.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, they started to look around. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There was movement in one of the mounds.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Little pigmy people. A whole village.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t look like they would pillage.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Through magic they could communicate.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They were desert dwellers called Lumicates.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Natives to this world. The desert was safe.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They moved here so \u2018the change\u2019 didn\u2019t overtake.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

800 seasons ago, everything was changed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

That was all they could explain.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anika knew what change took place.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was made over by magic in their wake.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Her wand said they were close to a portal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t mention this to these mortals.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They rested and spent the night.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The chief gave them a magic light.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A stone that glowed when touched.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The pigmy\u2019s had found it in the rough.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anika knew it was an amulet.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It had powers beyond being lit.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Next day they headed for the next portal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0The 3rd<\/sup> Level Of Hell awaits the 4 of you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But, that is a future story to tell.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When we talk about the 3rd<\/sup> Level Of Hell.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

——————————————-R.W. Johnson—–(2017)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Magician\u2019s War (Chapter 6) As they lay breathless on the shore, the water slammed together once more. They moved off to a stand of trees. They were enjoying the light breeze. They decided to have their lunch. They ate leftovers. They had a bunch. Preserved by magic, it tasted fresh. They relaxed and … Continue reading The Magician’s War (Chapter6)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-free-bird-poetry","category-medieval","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570\/revisions\/2571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}