Dillingham Jacobs The Stone of Meku (pdf)

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the way as it slammed into the ground.
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Altazar and Gimmel sprang to their feet when they noticed the
commotion. It took a moment for them to realize that their bonds were
loose, but when they did they leapt upon the anger closest to them,
trying to subdue it. Altazar grabbed one of its long fangs and, after a
gruesome snap, armed himself with it. Gimmel pinned it against a tree
and it quickly gave up its life to puncture wounds from its own fang.
Seeing the second anger bearing down on them, Anya knelt to
the ground and closed her eyes for a more difficult task. The darkness
of the remaining anger approached the two men from behind as they
finished with the first. Anya put forth her maj and grabbed the maj of
a nearby tree. She tore the maj free from its roots and placed it inside
the blackness of the anger. She filled the anger with the tree s essence
until there was no blackness remaining.
Altazar turned to see the second anger bearing down upon him
and his reflexes had no time to do anything except close his eyes. He
felt warm goo splash onto his face and all over his body. He wiped it
off with a hand. Before him was a large tree that had not been there
before. The anger's remains littered the area. Altazar looked around,
expecting more trouble.
Anya felt herself deplete from moving the tree and was about
to open her eyes when she felt another power. She cast about and saw
a huge pillar of green emanating from a soul concealed in the woods.
Beside him was the black soul that Anya instantly recognized as
Lokun. They were heading towards her. She opened her eyes and
jumped to her feet. She staggered for a moment but then began to run
toward Altazar and Gimmel. She dropped her illusion of camouflage
as she approached them.
RUN! she shouted as she passed the befuddled faces of two
men whom had never expected to see her again.
The two woodsmen were quick to follow, but no human can
match the speed of a Neriyu. Anya closed here eyes and suddenly
Gimmel and Altazar gained a burst of speed and stamina. They were
running fast, but Master and Lokun followed only a few hundred feet
behind.
They hit the main road and Anya entered the Realm of Magic
while the road was strait. Her body continued running, but she was
looking at the two evil souls that pursued her. She saw the green
power that Master held flash and she put her attention back to the road
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ahead of her. The maj of the road tried to lift up in front of them but
she urged it back down.
As Altazar ran he saw the road quake before them but their
progress was uninhibited. He marveled at the powers that must be
contesting and urged himself to run faster. Anya ran a few feet ahead
but, though they were able to match her pace, they were unable to
catch up. He stole a glance behind him and saw the two men
following. There was no way that they would be able to make it to
Darkvale, he thought. It was at least fifty miles, and, though he wasn t
sure how fast they were going, he knew it was impossible to run this
fast for that long. Wasn t it?
Anya continued to counter the Stone of Meku at each turn and
began to twist the magic around herself as Earth had taught her. She
had started this contest fatigued by her earlier efforts but each time
Master used the stone she was infused with energy. It seemed the
artifacts were what gave these powers to her and her powers grew with
each use. Again she boosted the speed and stamina of the two
woodsmen, infusing them with the life-giving power of water. She
could now see the blue flow through them, pushing them at an
impossible speed. As they caught up with her she began to change.
Her legs grew long and powerful, and her hands and feet became
hooves. All four of her legs now pumped in a frantic gallop. Soon
Master and Lokun were joined by a dozen black angers flying after
them. Anya thought of the child inside her and yelled to her
companions.
Get on my back! she cried, her words ending in a neigh.
Altazar gazed in wonder at the bealtiful black mare that had
taken the place of Anya. He lept onto her back in one swift movement
and Gimmel followed. Still the earth around them quaked but it
seemed the sorceress was effectively countering Master s power. At
the magically enhanced horse s pace, Lokun and Master could not stay
in hot pursuit forever. Altazar looked back and saw one of the flying
Anger s diving towards them. He reached to draw his bow, but it
wasn t there. Master had taken his weapons and in the heat of the
moment he had forgotten. He stabbed with the fang: his only weapon,
hoping to get lucky. The Anger screamed in pain and veered off.
Another dived in after it.
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