The Meaning Of Life

the chase

I was running as fast as I could, tripping over moss covered rocks in my path, I could feel that they was catching up to me but I didn't know how much longer I could out run them. ''why me?'' I ask myself, am I the only one that makes elves mad when I mention their height? they act like they are just learning about this, you'd think that they would have found out by now, wouldn't they?

I keep running, hoping that my legs wouldn't give out. they run really fast for little guys. I thought to myself. I knew that I couldn't run much longer so I ran and ducked behind a bush, hoping that they didn't see me. they ran past me, going into the forest. I waited a few minutes, to make sure they didn't come back, as I got up I heard someone call my name. ''Alex!!!'' immediately I recognize the voice. hey ''I'm over here!!!'' I yelled as loud as I could. ''Terror I thought that you was still at the market''. I asked as I tried to get my breath. I was but ''I looked over just when you ticked the elves off, man, you really need to stop doing that, we all know they are short, you don't need to tell them every time''. Terror said with anger in his voice. ''I know but where's the fun in that?'' I asked. ''one day they'll catch you, then it wont be so funny''. Terror said. As we walked home, Terror said nothing. ''hey where is Artemis?'' I asked. ''I have no idea, she left this morning, before dawn.'' '' well where could she have gone.'' '' dude, why do you care, it's not like she's your girlfriend or anything, right?''

we enter the house, just as I answered, '' no, its nothing like that.'' '' yeah right, you've had the hot's for her, for like two months now'' just as he said that, we walked the to kitchen, to unload the stuff we got from the market, but instead of seeing a empty room, like we was expecting, we walked in the room to see blood smeared on the walls and the floor, as I scan the room, I see a body laying right in front of our kitchen table, the face had so much blood on it that the person wasn't recognizable, as I got closer to analyze the body, I smeared some blood off of the persons face, so that I could see if I knew the person or not, I take one look at the persons face and fall to my knees, ''Artemis!!!'' I yell as loud as I could, as I shake Artemis trying to get her to make a response, I start crying, after a few minutes of her not responding, I almost give up, but then I hear something, ''Artemis!!!'' I yell. ''who did this to you'' I asked. ''Lidearhia'' ''she whispered, ''she was sent by Henexath'' '' but why?'' I asked but before she could answer, she died.

my body couldn't move, it was like I was frozen in place and all the nerves in my body was shut of, and at that moment in time, all I wanted to do was die so that I could be with her. I looked behind me to see Terror looking at me and Artemis's corps, with a blank expression, I almost forgot he was there. ''we need to go find Lidearhia and Henexath'' I say '' we cant'' Terror says with fear in his eyes. ''we need to do it for Artemis'' '' no we cant, I am not messing with vampires, you know what happened last time.'' ''as long as you don't shapeshift into a highly respected ruler and try to make a move on his wife again, I think we'll be fine'' I said with a mocking tone in my voice ''did you forget its a four day walk to the dead empire, and not to mention that its a four day walk back, and that we need to go through the dragon forest and the divinity mountains'' he said in a anxious tone '' we can just have a dragon fly us through the mountains'' '' and kill me!!!!'' he said scaredly '' its settled then, we leave first thing tomorrow morning