The Venture of Ginger McNeader Chapter Three: Dangerous

As I finally woke, I looked to see people come to heal me.

“Who are you?” One of the men asked as I woke up. I was not about to say that to a total stranger so,

“Nathen Desan,” I said

“It is Ginger, Ginger McNeader,” said a person outside

“Ho- ho-how do you know?” I stuttered

“He can read minds,” Said the man in front

“What is your name?” I said

“Maren Bewn,” He said

“And him?” I asked

“He is called Tele”

Tele was around my age and was good at reading minds. So I asked him how it is to have that power

“It is complicated, I have to stare at you for 10 seconds straight, and then I can read your mind,” He states, “ I am working on controlling minds and becoming telekinetic, meaning I can move things with my mind,”

“Wow,” I said completely baffled

“The boss wants to see you he thinks that you need something,” Tele said changing the subject and started to guide me

“What do you mean?” I said

“He thinks that you are ready for getting powers,” Tele said

“What?” I said as I entered the tent

“Welcome Ginger McNeader,” Said a shadowy figure

“So why did you bring me here?” I spoke

“You have nothing special at all,” Said the ‘Master’

“That’s kinda rude you know?” I said

“Exactly why, if you want to defeat the Skeletores” Master

“How did yo- Tele,” I said upset

“Your wits are not the only thing you will need to defeat them, you will need this,” He said giving me staff with A LOT of dust

“This is what I need?” I said with haste

“The Staff,” He said then taking his sword, and then… he disappeared

“Wha-,” I stuttered confusingly

“He has the sword of teleportation” Tele answered

“The Staff of air,” Tele said amazed, “The most powerful relic in the world!”

“Oh yeah!” I said with excitement

“So where to then?” Tele said eagerly

“I’m going alone, tell the rest of the camp,” I stated fearlessly

“Fine” Tele said as he just vanished

“Man these guys are powerful they can teleport everywhere” I muttered under my breath

I watched the sky to find a black giant fortress hovering above me

“Oh man,” I whispered to myself, “They found the camp”

“Tele! They are here! We need to fight!” I shouted running

“Go,” the master said teleporting to fight

“I ran as far as I could making sure I keep my distance with the chasing soldiers

‘The staff,’ I thought grabbing it from my backcloth

WHOOSH!

The staff blew the soldier to the ground, I picked it up and headed to the woods

The master came and ut me on the HOMELAND of the skeletores

“Fight, it is a gift you have naturally, use it.” Then he teleported away

“Great,” I said under my breath

I saw hordes of soldiers coming to me so I spun my staff hard and surprisingly, it was easy.

“Hyah!” I said knocking down more men. It was really fun like knocking down toys.

Tele came

“Let me guess you can teleport too?” I asked sarcastically

“Let us make it through to the entrance where they are fighting we are back up!” He shouts to me

We both entered the fortress it was a spectacle. Too bad the skeletores owned it.

The Master was there Teleporting all over the place taking hordes faster than anyone.

“Spin it fast!” said Tele

“I did! It was cool!” I shouted back

“No! Do it again this time while jumping”

“Are you crazy?” I said

“Now!” He said grunting

Sweat trickled down my face cold and unsettling. I stared around the room soldiers dashing toward me. Tele getting overwhelmed and a dark shadowy figure that the master is dashing too. I get a feeling we were going to lose. Lose everything. Then I remembered what Tele said, and as the soldiers were about to pierce me with their spears, I jumped. Jumped for my life, my friends, my family, and finally my world. I spun my staff fast as I can as I closed my eyes as the world was gone. And when I expected to hit the ground I didn’t. I opened my eyes curiously find that I was flying!

“Ok,” I said surprisingly

“What next?” I asked Tele

“Hit yourself with the staff,” he said

“Ok but, if this does not work,” I shout

I hit myself with the staff and it turns out I know how to use it!

“That is how you get the instruction manual” he shouted

I flew around the room dashing up walls smacking the floor and clearing the halls, for a while.

I got to find out that I could make air solid by hitting the air. I leaped from the top of the room and hitting the air with all my might.

THUD!

I was floating and I could walk on air!

Thud!

I fell right through the air and landed on the ground.

“Ow,” I whispered as I went unconscious

When I woke up we were in the forest Tele and me. We were hiding from the skeletores.

“What happened?” I asked

“The Skeletores captured Master and most of the others. We escaped just barely because he was fighting them off. We are the last people with the weaponry to destroy their homeland.” Tele hopelessly said

“The Staff might help,” I said comforting

“Help? It is our only chance. You, my friend you, need to be trained.” Tele whispered staring a me

“Why are we whispering?” I whispered

“Get Down!” He shouts whispered to me.

‘Oh that’s why he was whispering’ I thought.

As the battalion passed by we both got out.

“Remember this, we take our stand at your hometown. They found your identity. So they put their homeland there.” Tele said taking the sword from its place he unsheathed it and said

He chanted something for five minutes and then

FWOOP His sword was on fire and he could use that fire easily.

“This is how you should master your staff” he clearly said

“Let’s begin your training” He commanded

We first did the basics of how to use a regular staff. It took me over a month to master the basics and in between, I had to go get food, water, and woods for the camp. We both had all of this on our to-do list one hour before a meal.

Then he showed me with the staff how to use it. The following month I had to chop down trees to make ‘enemies’. We then had to carve all of the wood and dig a hole for it to stay in.

I am a fast learner and with only 15 min each day I got a lot done.

We often had battalions come and to be sure we had to go to the camo check and come back. With all this, I had to learn how to master my staff.

We would usually have one hour. But, since Tele needs to show me how to do whatever I need to do and then we have to set it up again for me to practice, I barely got time.

Day after day, week after week, month after month. I had finally mastered my sword.

It had been two years since the attack on the camp. Each day we got faster at our daily activities and I got more time to practice.

By the time I was done, the world was the skeletors’ home. As they marched through every country.

We were going to the homeland, it would take time though.

Trekking up hills to mountain tops and overseas. We finally reached my home. In case you were wondering how I got this far away from home we were going away from the battalions scout point.

Each day we went further and further away until I could train.

We made it to what looks like an island the size of china. It was really big and the middle was right on top of us.

Then the island moved away to reveal the army that had been waiting a year for us.

“Well, well, well if it isn’t Geinger McNieder” The general said in his accent looking onto a card, “and Tali”

“What?” I shouted

“Fire!” He replied oblivious to my question.

As a missile, the size of an elephant came to attack us as I used my training to spin my staff making them explode but, do nothing.

Airships emerged from the homeland, people panicked and went inside.

Boom! Bombs dropped from the airstrike as Ginger reduced his shield to protect him and Tele.

Boom! The city was in chaos as bombs rains down from the diving airships

The city went the bombs continue as two figures emerge in front of the mist

“Get them!” said the general in shock

‘How did they survive?’ He thought

“Keep Firing!”The general shouted

The city went from ear piercing to dangerously silent as the final bomb blew up

Ginger lept using his staff right to the army and Tele teleported and started chanting.

I protected him from the skeletors and I use my training well.

I whipped around and knocked out the big soldier. Then I slammed my staff to the ground making all the skeletors go flying. I then spun it hard and made a shield to protect us from the airships.

As battalions swarmed trying to take me down I used my staff to make me jump high in the air and when I slammed back on the ground more came rushing towards me.

I blocked everything. I made sure that a group of shields made of air protected me. I then remembered the most ultimate move.

I made a tornado shields around it and I flew high in the sky and slammed the ground really hard. The rocks rippled the road wiggled as everything settled back into place. A missile almost me.

“Aw man,“ I muttered and jumped in the air

I flew up to the airships taking my staff and blowing into it creating a big gust of wind. Then I spun it on top of my head making tornado taking and throwing airships all around. I then went back to the general and held up his staff.

“Surrender,” I said. It sounded sweet but, it soon turned bitter as the leader of the skeletors hit me in the back.

“Ow!” I winced as the general chuckled.

The general took his sword and brought it down and as I waited for my doom. I remembered everything that happened in my life…

TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER FOUR

P.S. DO you know P.S is postscript which means after writing? Anyway, I saw the comments on My First Long Post? and my Q and A and I realized you guys don't want chapters in parts. I hope you enjoyed the longest installment of Ginger McNeader yet. -The Scribbler