Famers Storywriting Debate Tournament Round #1

Chapter 4 The rebellion Allister was conflicted. Had he just agreed to the king of midland, that he would kill his only friend, the person that had sheltered him for years, the person that had taught him everything? All without even hearing whether or not this was true from Tjorbörn himself. This was simply to much for allister to process in one day. Tomorrow was the day when he had to kill Tjorbörn. He decided it best just to sleep on the Idea. Maybe he would be better mentally prepared in the morning. http://www.debate.org... "Allister, wake up! Heavens boy, it's almost as if you'd forgotten what we were doing today!" Tjorbörn said as he woke Allister up from his sleep. Allister snapped out of his dream elusively. Part of him was glad that he was ripped back into harsh reality, though part of him wanted to drift back into the peace of the dream. "Today is the day where you will apply all that you have learned, Allister." Tjorbörn said, with the look of eagerness in his eyes. Allister was almost excited, but all excitement was instantly terminated by memory of the previous day. Allister looked at the man he had come to trust more than anyone in the world. The man who gave him everything. How would he do it? How could he simply kill this man, as if it were nothing? The task at hand seemed impossible. "Would you like some wine master?" Allister said trying to remain as calm as possible. Tjorbörn looked at Allister pensively intrigued by the offer that was made. "Okay Allister, but quickly. We must prepare." Allister nodded, and quickly made his way off into the kitchen. He proceeded to pull a bottle of wine from the cupboard, along with a goblet. As Allister poured the drink he had to resist shaking the best he could. He peered behind him to make sure Tjorbörn was not entering. He wasn't. Allister turned attention back to the glass, to notice it was overflowing! "Oops!" Allister whispered to himself, and he capped the bottle and put it away before cleaning up his mess. He then pulled out the tiny sack that mirva had given him, and poured it's contents out on the table. Two tiny beans rolled out, looking innocent. Allister remembered Mirva's words. "These beans, are called Acai beans. They are among the deadliest poisons known to man. These can kill a full grown man in any time span between 4-5 hours." Allister picked up the beans, and hovered them over the goblet. Suddenly his hands became shaky. He couldn't bring himself to do it. He clenched his fist, and gripped his blonde air in mental agony. "No, I can't do it this way. If Tjorbörn is going to die, he is going to die honorably. By my sword." Allister thought, hoping that he would be able to bring himself to do at least that if the time came. "Allister, where are you boy? I'm parched." Tjorbörn said from the other room. Allister didn't answer. He sighed heavily, then grabbed the goblet and returned to Tjorbörn. Tjorbörn didn't hesitate to grab the goblet, and he downed it quickly. "And it would have been so easy..." Allister thought. Tjorbörn finished his drink, and then peered at Allister. "Repeat to me the plan boy, just to make sure I know you know what you are doing. This mission is very important." Yes, it was important. More important than Allister had ever presumed it would be. "We are going to disguise ourselves as royals" Allister said, We gain entrance to the castle. You will head off to the kings room, and continue to subscretely take out his guards. The king eats dinner every day around the same time, and I will have successfully poisoned his feast. If for some reason the poison does not work, you will proceed to finish him off through methods you have yet to explain to me..." Tjorbörn just laughed. "Don't worry about that last part Allister. If it comes to that, I will be more than prepared. Remember, we will meet in the courtyard outside after the deed has been done, where we are due to collect our earnings." Allister nodded. Tjorbörn smiled. "Very well, let's see how well I have trained you, Allister." And with that, they departed. __________Mirva stood eyes glistening from the lantern on the desk in her room.Allister stood in awe of Mirva's beauty, "Are you ready?" she asked, "there is not much time before it begins." Allister tried to snap out of his hypnosis. Overtime he saw this woman, he almost became transfixed with her. The feeling of warm peace flooded over him when her presence was near... It was then that Allister knew, that it was her who he had dreamed of. "I said, are you ready!?" Mirva repeatedly adamantly. "Umm.. Yes!" Allister quickly responded fully snapping out of his trance."Did you poison the drink?" Mirva said as she gathered her dagger, to conceal it in her boot."Um- " Allister started, but Mirva cut him off."Never mind, of course you did. Let us go."Allister stumbled after her as she raced out the door."Tjorbörn will be in the King's room by now." Allister said.They quickly made their way to the big doors that belonged to the king. Mirva looked at Allister, and Allister at Mirva. He nodded. With that she pushed open the door. Allister's draw dropped in shock at the scene before him. Five guards lay silent in a pool of blood on the ground. Neither the king or Tjorbörn were to be found, however.Allister tried to hold his stomach as the smell of blood filled his lungs. These men all had lives, families, and loved ones. They had all been taken away from them in one fatal blow. Allister's gut clenched as he wondered how he could ever do this to a man. He had hurt many drunken blights in the past, who sought to bully and abuse others. But he had never killed a human being before, the way that Tjorbörn had just done. Allister felt dizzy."Come on! We may be too late! Why hasn't Tjorbörn dropped dead yet?"The two made their way through the king's room, and entered the dining room, Allister right behind Mirva.Allister had no time to react, as he saw the swift blow from the butt of a sword quickly strike Mirva down before him from the other side of the door. Tjorbörn stepped out over Mirva's unconscious body, ready to deliver the final blow. "Stop!" Allister screamed at Tjorbörn. Tjorbörn looked pensive as he noticed Allister. "What are you doing here? Did you poison the food?"Allister quickly responded "Yes I have. They will be serving it soon. Keep the girl alive, we may need her in case the plan doesn't work!" It took everything Allister had to keep his composure and stop from shaking. Now was his chance, he had to take Tjorbörn out. Allister, put his hand on his blade.... and then let it drop. He still could not bring himself to do it.Tjorbörn looked at Allister calmly. "Okay it is time for us to depart. The king will be dining soon." With that, Tjorbörn quickly stashed mirva's unconscious body into a nearby custodial closet, that looked rather un used.The two then made their way out of the castle and out into the courtyard. As they made their way outside the castle, Allister noticed that the day had turned to dusk. The sky had darkened slightly, and the sun was barely visible over the horizon."Now is the time to do it." Allister thought to himself. He could not stall any longer. Allister drew his blade. "Tjorbörn, I know of your plot to cause a rebellion. I also plan on stopping you."Tjorbörn looked confused for a second. Suddenly he laughed. "You would betray me? Your master for over 10 years? You don't even realize what is going on Allister. You see, you have already contributed enough. The rebellion strikes tonight. You can either stand with me or stand against me. I do not the Latter."Suddenly, as if on cue, A heavy pounding started coming from the nearby city walls. The sounds of a siege hammer. Arrows drifted over the city walls filling the rooftops, and the city streets. Ginormous rocks carried themselves over the walls crushing houses with sheer power. Allister ran to cover.War had just begun. No, this was not war. This was be a massacre.