Chapter+9

When they reached the kingdom they were exhausted. They had been cutting through bushes all night and had finally gotten some rest that night. James woke up to all of his Vaughn, Victor and Spencer packing up their tents and getting ready to head for the castle. “Good Morning, sorry I wasn’t awake to help you pack up,” James said. “It’s fine, you had a rough night. Does your arm still hurt?” asked Spencer. “No, it’s fine now,” James looked at his damaged arm that Lucy stitched up. He was still embarrassed about fainting,” We should start going to the kingdom." The dwarf kingdom was a tiny little place. It had small houses with tiny buildings and streets. There was a little dwarf on the side of the road. "Excuse me little boy, can you show us the way to the castle?" Victor asked him in a gentle voice. "LITTLE BOY!!" the dwarf shouted in a deep voice, "I am old enough to be you grandfather! So instead of insulting all of the 'little' people in this kingdom, you should LEAVE!" "I am so sorry I mistaked you for a boy," Victor said as he tried not to laugh. "Stupid giants," the dwarf muttered as he walked away. After being insulted by two more drawfs, Spencer finally got the directions to the castle. Just like the rest of the kingdom, the castle was also miniature size. There were two guards standing outside. The stood still and looked aggressive, even James was a little intimidated. “I am the prince of Nazarath, and these are my men, we are here to see the king,” James announced to the guards. They looked at each other in uncertainty. Spencer saw their look and replied, “We are here to see him about the war between the Cyclopes’ army and the people of Yumazadra. It is very urgent.” The guards finally let them through. They were all taken to the throne room. The guard that they were escorted by said in a deep voice, “The king only sees one man at a time,” “I’ll go,” James replied. The guard showed the way to the king’s room. “Wait here you must be announced” he walked into the room you could hear him say these words “Prince James requests a meeting with our great King Kazzu III.” “Let him in” They came back out “You can meet him but be quick “ “Whatever you say,” he walked into the room with his head high and full of conversation. “Hello son, you requested to see me” The king was an old man. He was just like any other dwarf, except more elegant and welcoming then the rest of the dwarf community. Legends said that was wise and smart, but a little bit stubborn. And he can’t stand rude behavior “Yes I am prince James of Nazarath; I have come to ask for alliance in the battle of between the Cyclopes and people of Yumazadra. The people of Yumazadra have been under the control of the Cyclopes’ army of year” “Yes, I have heard rumors about this battle, but why are you fighting in this battle?” asked the king. James hesitated with his answer. He did want his father’s illness to be known as his only priority. “My father, the king of Nazarath is very ill and we need to defeat the Cyclopes to save him” replied James. The king thought about his response. “The army of Yumazadra and my men were brutally defeated in the first battle, I was hoping for an alliance between the three kingdoms, Nazarath, Yumazadra and your kingdom.”The dwarf king thought about the request. After a few moments he said, “I think that this is a battle worth fighting because it not only saves the kingdom of Yumazadra but also Nazarath. James was ecstatic. He had just begun to lose hope, but now they had a very real chance of winning. “Bring your men inside and we will talk about the arrangements such as soldiers and weapons,” the King Dwarf said. “Thank you very much, your highness,” James said. James ran off happily. “He agreed to help us!” exclaimed James.

The next day they all headed out to Yumazadra with King Kazzu III, his army of 400 and tons and tons of supplies. The journey back was hard with all of the men. They made it to Yumazadra in three days. Everyone was ecstatic to see that James’ men had successfully brought a Dwarf army with them. But everyone knew that they had to start preparing for war immediately. The next day there was a meeting. All the leaders of the war were present King Kazzu, the king of Yumazadra, James, Spencer, Victor, Vaughn, and Wesley. They need a plan. “When do we attack?” asked Wesley “”We should plan a surprise attack on them,” Victor suggested. “Good idea, boy,” said King Kazzu. Wesley smiled proudly. “We should consider dividing our soldiers,” said James. “Why don’t we have half of us attack first and the rest will follow as a second attack?” suggested Spencer. “But if we do that and we could lose the first half of our army almost immediately,” said Vaughn. “Not if we send in our strongest men first,” Spencer replied. “I agree, but we need to be sure that they are well equipped. We don’ want our men dying,” James replied. He remembered all the men that had died in their first attempt. He did not want that to happen again. The group decided that the surprise attack was the best idea. Over the next few days Victor, Vaughn, Spencer and James spent hours training the army. They taught them all how to use their guns and how to fight with swords. Soldier’s families came to support them. Then the day finally came. Everyone was anxious and scared. Vaughn, Victor and Wesley were going to be leading the first attack on the Cyclops’ army. Family members came to send off their son and husbands to war. They all knew that they may never see their warrior alive again. Vanessa came too. Before Victor left they spent a few moments together. “Let’s head off,” said Vaughn” We should get there before it gets too dark.” Then in a huge army of 150 dwarfs and people ran to kill the Cyclops’ army. “Let’s hope that they are victorious,” said the King of Yumazadra. They waited for an hour. After an hour more, the second group led by James and Spencer would attack. They all sat around the round table and thought about attack plans. Jessica came and sat down next to her father across from James. She and James stole glances at each other and every time their eyes meet Jessica blushed. “Instead of blushing like a princess every time she looks at you, you should go over there and talk to her,” Spencer whispered to James. This made James blush even more. “One of our soldiers if coming this way! He is wounded, get the doctor!” yelled the watchman who was looking out from his spy glass. Everyone quickly came running to the main entrance. The man had a wounded arm. He had wrapped his arm in a cloth bandage. He looked beat up. “We need help immediately! The Cyclops saw us coming and they were ready for us! Many are wounded!” screamed the solider and in a second he fainted from the shock. “Quickly get this man to the hospital and get the army ready, we need to help our wounded soldiers. Everyone be ready to leave in 15 minutes. They all ran to get their supplies. Everyone quickly scrabbled to say goodbye to their families and reassure them that nothing was going to happen to them. As James was getting his gun Jessica walked over to him. She looked as if she had been crying. “Can you please make sure that my Wesley is okay?” Jessica said through tears. “That solider said that my men were wounded, and one of them could be my brother,” “Don’t worry; I’ll make sure he’s okay. Wesley is tough, I’m sure he is fine,” James reassured her. “Thank You,” she said, “also make sure to look after yourself,” Jessica said. And before she left, Jessica leaned over and gave James a kiss on the cheek; she blushed again then walked away towards her sister Lucy. “Let’s go,” Spencer said to James as he walked by. Within a few minutes they reached the battlefield. They did not know what to expect but when they got there, they saw a real war. There were wounded men everywhere. The Cyclops saw them coming. “KILL THEM ALL!” The Cyclops screamed. “Spread out! Save our men first,” commanded Spencer. “James, you take your men and win this battle for us!” 