1 Friends

Night, under the sky, the kingdom of haronven set their camp with tents, camp fires, pot full of wine. Everywhere, the discussion is only about one murder happened when sun light was present. Drinking wine harik (muscular body, fully grown beard, light armoured) to balrem (both have been friends since eight years old.) "Things would have been different if i was present there at that situation, ask me how and why he was murdered, it was an assassin who killed him, his body was blooded, that damn man passed his dragger into my brothers neck so deep it touched the bone inside, by the time i entered the tent he was already fallen to ground, trying hard to speak with me, but he can't, whenever he tried to speak the more blood is been spelt, but that won't make me cry because i want to avenge my brother's death some day." Balrem: "you're drunk, it was an assassin, and you know what its mean? The man who murdered your brother can't be known." Harik: "i might be drunk, but feeling inside me won't change, but my actions do." Balrem trying to change the mind of harik: "we are at war, you cannot just think all ways about your brother, we will be killed by king santro, the lord of bavairam." By the time the conversation got over between the two childhood friends the gourd, who is sent by the lord of land haroven who name is dhamo. Gourd: "harik, lord wants to see you in his tent now." Harik, raising his goblet above his head: "at once."

Harik inside the lord dhamo tent, harik: "your grace." Dhamo, who is on the wooden chair and drinking his cup of wine "harik, the brother of super brain that ever lived, which is no more now, im sorry of your brother." Harik emotional look: "one day or another death will come to all of us." Dhamo: "good saying young man, but when you are in war death won't come to you, it is us who is going against it." Harik: "as a soldier, we have to." Dhamo: "so, what are you planning to do, cry? Go home?." Harik: "i don't have to do either of it, im going to kill the person or people whoever involved in this." Dhamo: "he was good strategy man in wars, your brother, we started rebellion thinking that we could win against santro with help of him, but now he is no more." Harik: "what you want me to do?" dhamo: "end this war." Harik, confused: "end this war? How." Dhamo: "have one good friend of yours who is even master in swinging sword or any idiotic weapon, travel this night to bavairam, seek an entry into their kingdom, i know it is going to sound bit nonsense, kill the lord." Harik shocked: "king the lord? Do you think he will be hiding inside his fort, while his army fighting down here." Dhamo: "he is not dare enough to fight in wars, he uses his brother to lead his army." Harik signalled to his king shaking his head. Dhamo: "and you know the man who murdered your brother was hired by santro himself, its time to avenge the death of your brother and my good old friend, now let's have a drink together for one last time before you leave,(to slave.) get cup of wine to young man you dumb." They drank their cup of wine together, and harik left the tent.

"Come bal we got work to do." Harik to balre, who is getting warm from the fire. Bal has no idea about what harik is talking about. Bal: "work?" harik: "mmm, work, we are riding now, to bavairam." Bal frightened: "bavairem? Why." Harik: "don't have the time now, ill explain you everything on the way." Bal: "it is too danger out there, enemy looking for us to strike down." Harik: "don't worry we will change our Sigel, i mean we take off it." Finally the two young men started their ride towards the home of their enemy on horses, with bread, water, wearing woollen cloths.

Bal, shivering: "tell me why are we going there?" harik: "murder king." Smoke is coming out of their mouth when speaking. Bal: "madness, totally, do you think you will make it." Harik: "it is we bal, we, we both going to." Bal: "why me." Harik: "because you are only the one whom i trusted more when i was kid." Bal: "but.." harik: "don't speak a word, just follow me."

Sun had his light upon earth; nature had regained its beauty, birds singing, flowers all over the travelling path, harik: "all most got the destiny." Bal: "love to have breakfast." Harik: "not, worry my friend, we are going the taste the tastiest wine, that any other part of world won't have it." Finally the bavairam gates are seen, they are big enough to stop the attackers, skulls on pikes showing the fear to its enemies. In front of gates gourd of bavairam: "what are you here for travellers? Which part of world you actually belong." Harik, took out mountain lion skin and showed the gourds "im hear to sell this mountain lion to the king." Gourd: "how much time will it take to you for selling." Harik: "no more than a day." Gourd: "open the gates for this men, and maher go with fellows." On their way to the inn upon horses back harik to gourd: "they say your king is at war." Maher: "you heard true stranger." Harik: "then why doesn't he lead you, rather he choose his brother to do it." Maher: "your words sounds disrespectable to our king, i have taken a pledge to stike off who ever speak negative of my lord." Harik acting with a smile: "oh, no offence, ser." Maher: "here you go, your place to stay, i will come to you after i meet the king about your deal." Gourd left harik and bal leading them to an inn, both men have settled in an inn and tied their horses at stable. Bal, after entering into the room: "when are you taking down the king." Harik, taking of his light armour: "we have no choice, it has to be done tonight,(wore an normal dress from bag.) Come now we got work to do." Both of them had some breakfast and went on to the market. Old nanny selling fruits. Harik came to her and asked "how much you earn a day, nany." Nanny: "why do you child?" harik: "im here to bring you fortune." Nanny: "and how are bring it to me?" harik: "never should question, when something good is happening to us." After maintaining silence for a while, harik whispered in ear of old lady: "you like your king, have he ever taken into consideration what you common people wants, surly not." Old lady: "what you want me to do?" harik: "this purse of gold will be your, mix poison in fruits, sell them to kings court." Oldlady: "no sure they come to me for buying, and even if they come, there is a witch in that court who can smell all of our intensions, please now." Harik agrees and started walking away from the shop, suddenly old lady called him back and asked for a gold pouch, harik: "why?, when you did no work for me." Old lady: "if i don't get the gold, your heads will be on pike of gates." Harik, smiled and gave all the gold to old lady, old lady: "at night, the protection for king is weakened, you can use north of the fort to enter into." Harik, he throws another pouch to her. Bal: "you cannot give away all our money like that." Harik: "i have enough to get back, common now we got mission to do tonight."

Bal: "harik, think again, you really want to do this, if anything goes wrong our head will be separated from body." Harik, wearing his armour, dagger to his hip: "did death frighten you my friend, i thought we haronven soldiers forgot it when we took an oath." Bal staring at harik for a while, seriously said "forget me my friend, i have done a lot of sins." Harik, smiling: "its men nature to do, come now, time for some blood, for my brother." Streets are empty, lamps are every corner, and there is no sense of any living, moon light all over. Bal and harik headed towards the fort to murder the king. Harik: "there. The lords chambers, climb on using the tree." Bal did climb the tree and waiting for hark to do so. Finally they reached the door, it was unguarded and unlocked. Harik, bal reached near the lord, who is sleeping with his wife, harik who is standing side of cot took out the dagger and killed kings wife first, harik woke up the king he is almost about to cut the throat, harik to king santro: "i want you to know before you die, that im the brother of pharas." Bal, he put his dagger to harik neck from hariks back and said: "as i said, i have done many sins, and killing your brother is one of it." Lord santro woke up laughing, and shouted for guards to come in. Harik is made to stand on his knees, punched hard that made his face look blooded, tied up his hands to back, surrounded by guards, santro and hariks friend. Santro: "brave heart you have young man, im impressed, i would have been dead if my friend did not come to help me." Harik painfully speaking: "friend? He cannot be called as friend, he betrayed his childhood friend, he can't be trusted, looking at people like him, the value of it will get loosed,(crying.) i, i trusted you more than anything after my brother bal, but here you are leaving me with half breath." Bal: "you know what, it was me who killed your brother, on my lords santro orders." Harik, crying: "why, why?" bal: "aaagh." Kicked hard on hariks head. Harik, fallen to ground and there is no movement in him. Santro: "is he alive?" guard, checking for the breath: "yes, my lord, he might die at any time." Santro: "balrem, my friend, thanks for saving my life." Bal: "it is nothing for what you have done to my life my lord." Santro: "and there is one last thing you had to do for me." Bal: "always at your service." Santro: "end this war, get me the head of king dhamo." Bal: "im, leaving now, will return in couple of days." Santro to his guards: "take this man to cells." Bal left to haronven.

In haroven, bal is with king dhamo, dhamo: "where is harik?" bal, made a sad look: "he is dead, my lord, santro took off his head." Dhamo: "and you, left him to die." Bal: "no my lord, i was almost lost mine, but managed to escape from there." Bal, drow his sword and striked the head of king, giving no time. And escaped from the camp giving no doubts to guard what happened inside the tent.

In bavairam, at kings court, bal to king who is sitting on throne: "work is done, my lord." Santro to guards: "bring that man who is in cage here." Harik is made to stand in front of king and bal. Santro: "show him what you got with you." Bal, took out the head of dhamo from the bag and throw on to the feet of harik. Harik anger: "kill me too now, or i will recover from my wounds and have all your heads feed to the mountain lions, (to bal.) first you, i will have your head for myself at my table for dinner." Santro: "as you wish, (to guard.) take this man to execution place."

All people of bavairam had gathered at execution place, king, executioner, bal, harik an his knees bent to the tree block, are placed themselves at higher place. Santro: "this man, his name is harik our enemy entered into our kingdom to kill me, so he can allow his other men to attack our walls and later loot our wealth, **** our women." People started murmuring themselves. King: "tell me what should i do to him." "kill, kill…" is the shout from the people. Santro to harik: "any last words." Harik: "you are cruel, you cannot escape your fate." Santro: "no im not, im fighting for my people as you do for your country, dhamo was an dumb man to rule, so he failed." Santro had given signal. Executioner strike the two handed sword, hariks head is cut and fallen into an wooded box. Santro he cut the throat of bal, and said: "you friend was true, you are no value of friendship, you are not trust worthy (to guard.) ask witch to write a letter to my brother, asking him to head back to home, war is over."

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