Free chronicles of eden - act I by alexander gordon Page A

ran over and grabbed hold of the staff, struggling to take it from the witch as she pulled back.
    "Stop this, Alyssa, put her down!" he yelled as they struggled to pull the staff away from each other. The witch ducked under and put herself between the boy and relic, hopping up onto the level staff and sitting on it while smiling playfully at the boy. She giggled as she held her arms around his neck then lifted her foot upwards behind her, holding the staff behind her knee.
    "I've got a better idea, Daniel," she said seductively. The staff glowed orange and the room started to rumble suddenly. Triska looked around as the building was shaking then over to see Alyssa pulling Daniel into a kiss, the boy watching with surprise as he held the staff that the witch sat upon. Triska gasped then growled with fury at the little witch.
    "Hey! What do you think you're doing, bitch?" she yelled out. From the ceiling large twisted vines broke through the wooden roof and snapped around. Triska looked back as one wrapped around her leg, the vine then hurling her along with the duffel bag out through the opening above. She screamed as she flew into the air before crashing down back onto the grass next to the dead humans. As she got up she looked to see vines whipping around and thrashing through the dirt around the opening before slowly receding back in. Triska scrambled to her feet and raced over as she unsheathed her sword, her eyes filled with rage. As she got near the entrance the vines swarmed around violently while a hissing sound was heard beneath them. Triska yelled and swung her blade down, slicing across the tangled weeds and carving up the ground below it. The vines slowly slinked back into the ground revealing nothing but dirt there.
    "What? No… no! No no no!" Triska yelled as she hacked again and again at the ground. She tossed her sword down and started clawing away at the dirt frantically.
    "No! Daniel! Daniel!" she screamed while digging furiously through the dirt, her eyes searching for any sign of the way into the witch’s home. After a moment she stood up, looking around franticly while breathing heavily.
    "Daniel!" she yelled out with fright, her voice echoing out around the empty plains.
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    Inside the home of the witch the fire was crackling softly as it cast the room into a reddish glow. Outside the trees of the forest were seen to be dead and decaying as the ground was barren and lifeless. The daylight had been replaced with a cold night sky with stars seen above the rotting trees. It was a mess inside the home as books and bits of wood were scattered everywhere. The ceiling was a clutter of tangled vines and the remains of the support beams. Furniture was knocked around and broken as Alyssa looked around with an amused smile.
    "Oh dear, I'll have to clean up later. Always such a pain after I have company over, but what can one do? That's the price of being a hostess after all," she said with a giggle. After gazing around at her home she looked over to the side of the room and smiled slyly. Over by the wall Daniel sitting on a plush red chair, watching the witch carefully as she held her staff behind her. She giggled then walked towards him, swaying her hips slightly as she licked her lips. Daniel darted off to the side to run for the nearby door, instantly being thrown back onto the chair by the girl's magic. She laughed a bit then leaned towards him with a playful smile.
    "Where do you think you're going, Daniel? You can't leave yet, that would be rude," she said innocently. He looked towards where the witch had thrown his friend out through the ceiling before sealing off the entrance then back to her with caution.
    "Why are you doing this, Alyssa? I told you before we're only here because-" he started before the witch began to giggle again.
    "You want us to coexist right? To get along together? To join together?" she asked curiously. He slowly nodded, knowing the witch wasn’t thinking about his quest at all.