LivingTale - Act 7 Chapter 1

Jack, Coplo, and Cheesepaw teleported into Len’s lab, where Boss, Archer, and Len were waiting. Jack kneeled in respect for Archer. “Hello, Master Archer,” Jack said. “May I do anything for you?” “Is the creature captured?” Archer asked. Jack got back on his feet and pulled out a card with a picture of the figure and handed it to Archer. “Very nice. Excellent job to both of you.” Archer said taking the card. “And I see you brought some guests.” “These two were fighting the creature long before we got to the battlefield.”

Coplo and Cheesepaw were silent as Archer approached the two cats. “So, these two were the helpers? Nice to meet you.” Archer said, kneeling to give both a head pat. “What are your names, young ones?” “I’m Coplo.” Coplo purred, enjoying the head pat Archer gave him. “And this is my friend, Cheesepaw. He did most of the work attacking, so I would give him the credit.” “Colo gave me much-needed support,” Cheesepaw said. “If he never teleported me out of harm's way, I would be badly injured, even worse, dead.”

Archer stood back up. “I am Master Archer, but I will allow you to call me Archer,” Archer said, giving the two cats a warm smile. “Right, imma just heading out,” Boss said, leaving the lab. “Wait for me!” Len said, following Boss.

“Archer, sir,” Cheesepaw said. “I know it’s a low chance of you agreeing to this but is it possible if Coplo and I can join you and-” “Sure, whatever. We can always have more members.” Archer answered. “However, the two of you will need a mentor. You might be strong overall, but the both of you lack combat experience.” “The both of you will need at least a month's worth of training to compete with most of the monsters we face on the daily,” Jack said.

“But” Cheesepaw started. “Who would even train us?” “Me.” a voice answered. Everyone looked at the door to the lab and saw Firepaw sitting at the entrance. “Master Archer, if you allow me to train these two, I’ll make them stronger than a God.” Archer nodded. “Then so be it.” Archer turned to Cheesepaw and Coplo. “This is Firepaw, your new mentor.”

“Kind of ironic when a cat is training two weaker cats,” Cheesepaw said licking his paw. “At least we get to join the team, Cheese!” Coplo said excitedly. “When do we start training?”

“Tomorrow,” Firepaw answered, holding out his paw to the two cats. “Welcome to the team.”

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Kedron walked silently in a dark, gloomy forest. The forest trees were pitch-black, almost like an endless dark void, and the sky seemed to be black with no stars, only the moon’s light raining down on the dark forest Kedron continued to walk in. Nothing but the sounds of wolves howling inside this dark forest.

Kedron soon stopped at a wooden door that lay on the pitch-black grass. When opened, the door showed a long, deep staircase. Kedron began walking down, closing the wooden door behind him. Kedron walked down the staircase for what seemed like hours until he stopped at another door at the end of the long staircase. He opened the door, which led to a room filled with portals that went to portals to other dimensions.

One of the portals gave out a slight rumble. Kedron raised his hand slightly at the rumbling portal, closing it. He walked over to a table that had a single torn picture. He looked closely at the picture, showing no emotion.

Kedron put the picture back on the table before walking into a portal. Yeah, ik, bad story pacing lol.