{"id":2585,"date":"2017-04-05T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T23:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2017-04-05T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T23:45:34","slug":"the-magicians-war-chapter-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2585","title":{"rendered":"The Magician’s War (Chapter 10)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The Magician\u2019s War (Chapter 10)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Anika made a shield over them all against the rain.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It was coming down hard enough to cause pain.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It looked like it rained here 9 days out of 10.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

All looked beaten down for the shape it was in. <\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They moved along. Progress was slow.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Up ahead, there was 3 flashes in a row.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They thought maybe it was lightening.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

As they approached, it kept brightening.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It was a monster sending out electric flashes.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

All that they hit, \u00a0incinerated into ashes.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It saw them and sent a bolt their way.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The shield held, but started to sway.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They ran as fast as they could.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It would catch them. They knew it would.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They had to find a dry place to hide.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

If they didn\u2019t, they would get fried.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Anika thought about \u2018creating magic in need.\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

She could create a place with lightening as a feed.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

She pointed her wand high up on a rock cliff.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

She said \u201cCavity Erectus\u201d, just as lightening split.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Lightening flew out of her wand and hit the rock.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

A cave was made right on that spot.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They all jumped up and went in.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It was dry and even warm within.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They knew if they stayed in the water<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

the beast would send electric through it, like an otter.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They tried to figure out what to do.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t want to act like a fool.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They knew they had to short circuit it.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Make it howl and have a fit.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It drew its power from the continuous storms.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

With every new storm, it was reborn.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u2018Dry it out and suck it dry\u2019, thought one of the panthers.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Anika said \u201cGood thinking Ra, that might be the answer.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

We will coax him in here. Seal him in.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Make it become real hot within.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

That should cool his jets for awhile.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI have a plan\u201d, she said with a smile.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

In the end, they did exactly that.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Coaxed him in, then snuck out the back.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Sealed both entrances and heated up the room.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The storm beast became quiet real soon.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They left him there and went on their way.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

What else was in store for them today?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They were being beat down and nearly drowned.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The drumming on the shield made their heads pound.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They couldn\u2019t take too much more of this.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Then, they saw the portal that they almost missed.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Anything would be better as they walked through.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

They changed their minds once they were through.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The 7<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> Level O Hell, the worst of them all.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

What was there, might make them fall.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

But, that is a story for a little later.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Once I have time to be the relater.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

———————————————-R.W. Johnson—–(2017)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Magician\u2019s War (Chapter 10) Anika made a shield over them all against the rain. It was coming down hard enough to cause pain. It looked like it rained here 9 days out of 10. All looked beaten down for the shape it was in. They moved along. Progress was slow. Up ahead, there … Continue reading The Magician’s War (Chapter 10)<\/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-2585","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\/2585","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=2585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions\/2586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}