The girls made their way past four more pits full of dark coals giving off heat. Later that day this room would be full of soldiers wanting repairs or modifications to their swords…

The white haired girl was the first to find something and she started tugging on a boot. Her sister saw how much trouble she was having pulling on it and also grabbed hold to help get it out of the pile.

Suddenly the boot gave and the girls tumbled back as the pile came down almost covering them. This made a lot of noise and the girls were certain that someone would be coming soon. They worked quickly to free themselves and then they saw it.

There laying in what was left of the pile was dead skeleton wearing black armor and in its hands was very tarnished box. Curiosity got to the girls and the climbed up on either side. There were two faded marks on what was left of the front piece. The girls had never seen that mark before and the same mark was on the top of the box.

They opened the box and looked inside. There were several little bottles along one side set in slots. Two slots were empty. On the other side was an odd curved metal thing with what looked like a leaf carved on the side that was showing. On the top and the bottom were corks stuck in it.

The white haired girl reached for the odd piece of metal and before she could touch it a woman’s hand grabbed hers, “Don’t touch.” She looked up to see two Red Ladies and Ohlfgon.

Ohlfgon’s eyes were wide with fear as he looked down at the mark on the chest of the skeleton.  The girls heard him mumble, “Black dragon.”

The Red Ladies then put on gloves, closed and wrapped up the box. When done one of them took the box away. The other took the girls by their hands and spoke to Ohlfgon, “Let no one touch this body or anything in this pile. Other ladies will come today and safely take it all away.”

Her tone told the girls that they found something terrible and they also could tell they would not be told what was going on. The Red Lady then took the girls and had them bathed before taking them home.

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  • Morgana on Dec 29, 2008

    Oh you know I loved this tale. I like that its centered around two lovely little girls. I could imagine them running around being “bad”.

  • myria on Dec 29, 2008

    I truly am enjoying reading your work. I cant wait to read more.

  • Christine Ramsay on Dec 29, 2008

    A scary and gripping tale. The girls don’t seem to have any sense of fear.

    Christine

  • Darla Smith on Dec 29, 2008

    Great story!

  • lisa on Dec 29, 2008

    Milton, i hate when you do this to me!! i want to read the next section because i’m hooked.

  • trishia on Jan 25, 2009

    This is a good “curl up on the sofa” read. Thanks for sharing!

  • Krazy Kez Gray on Jan 27, 2009

    You certainly have the knack for storytelling Milton. An interesting beginning to what I hope will be an equally interesting story…

    Nice work – keep it up!

  • lisa on Jan 27, 2009

    I wish i had been a rambunction child like these 2

  • ART on Mar 1, 2009

    reminds me of my grandaughters

  • Cynthia Bartlett on Jun 27, 2009

    I enjoy stories about Dragons.

    will have to come back a little at a time to read all of it. Hmm guess I had better get out a notebook to keep track of what chapter I’m on.

  • Palestrya on Jan 6, 2011

    This story is truly fascinating! I like the entire story. Can’t wait for you to write more!

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