Life has a funny way of happening You thought you couldn't get more depressed and then BAM it happens. It's been 5 days since Kendra died and my life just gets worse and worse. Namely because I'm can't find any clue to where The White Horse is. My people are still dying and I can't help. Without the White horse I have no way to save my people and with no evident clues to where she is this land will soon be empty of our people. "That's it!" I blurted "The White Horse must be in the empty lands, it is the only place with no people or records and it would the best place to hide out. Now it makes since why I couldn't find The White Horse in any of the more public and populated towns". I must head there right away to save our people from suffering any longer.
I quickly got up and grabbed a water skin and went outside to fill it in the well. I grabbed a bag specially made for horse human transition and put some food and water in the bag along with flint, a knife, arrows and an unstrung bow. Along with that I grabbed my staff. Then I called my second in command, Lazek. "Lazek you need to take care of our people while I am out" I said hurriedly. "Quoron this is is too hasty to make a departure, you have no good reason to believe that the White Horse is in the empty lands" Lazek said stubbornly. "I am not going to wait when my people die everyday and I know I can do something about it!" I say back even more stubbornly "I am going and you can't stop me so I implore you stand down". Lazek bristles as he says "If that is your wish".
I leave after a few solem words of by. Then I changed from my tall, lanky human form into a shiny black stallion.
I was off. I was headed toward the empty lands.
The empty lands used to be the 4th tribe's land but then they were the first to get killed and now it is just an empty wasteland. It is vast and expansive so it is the best place to hide but along with that it will be very difficult to find the White Horse.
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I have searched 3 of the 5 abandoned towns in the empty land and I am about to reach the 4th town Giffek. This is the smallest of the abandoned towns so I should be able to search this faster. As I head up to the town I see 100's of graves. A spark of hope lights inside me because no human would do this.
I transform back and started walking around looking for any signs of recent life. Then my best luck yet I find a smoldering fire pit in the center of the town square. The closer I got to the coals I saw bones. Human bones.
Disgusted I quickly left the main square and continued to look around but with less conviction then earlier. Then I found another fire pit and hesitantly looked closely at it. Relieved that the fire pit was normal I looked around the pit and found a bag. I opened the bag and looked inside to see a full water skin and some flint. Then an arrow flew through the air nicking my ear and then finally embedding itself in a tree. I swiftly turned around to see a tall women with light blue eyes and a mischievous smile. She was about my age and was beautiful beyond compare. With her arrow nocked and pointed at me she said "put my bag down and stand over there by the tree with the arrow in it". I quickly complied and stood over by the tree. "Who are you" she asked authoritatively "My name is Quoron the chief of the 6th tribe" I said back. "Give me proof" she said. I then Changed into my stallion form "I Repeat, I am Quoron the chief of the 6th tribe" I said telepathically "Are you the White Horse?".
"Yes I am" she said proudly
'Finally, I have looked for you everywhere" I said relieved "You can save our people".