Opal Grainwind Chapter 14
Two days of hurried,
frantic building.
We needed strong shelter.
Horrific monsters
were wandering.
From whence have these things come?
We fought them all day,
again at night,
exhaustion was mounting.
But then we received
new visitors
four strange folks from afar.
Their leader declared
her name was Fern
and all four were wizards.
Fern Quickstream had ruled
Stormcraft Village
but that place was buried.
The World Woe destroyed
all that they had
only these four survived.
They cast a spell that
surrounded us
to turn away Terrors.
We gave them our thanks
and offered rest.
We had no other aid.
We learned of Fern’s past
where she was born
in what was once Goodbrine.
Fern said she had plans
to resurrect
ruined Goodbrine village.
She asked for our aid,
to join with her
and rebuild her old home.
She had but three friends
here with us now,
more hands would be needed.
People to labor,
others to guard.
This would be a large task.
Fern Quickstream declared
herself a queen
that would restore Icebrunt.
There was something wrong
with her wizards.
They neither spoke nor moved.
Their faces were blank.
Their eyes empty.
They breathed in quiet gasps.
They stood very still,
seeming at ease,
but I saw through this ruse.
Their hands were obscured
within long cloaks,
readiness I could sense.
My friends and neighbors
were wary too.
They also sensed the threat.
We declined to leave
our Burrowbee
and asked Fern to depart.