[ WP ] You have been given a magic sword . It has a reputation of getting it 's owners killed .

He walked slowly into the cave, swaying his flashlight back and forth to get an idea of the lay of the land. His friends had said there was a skeleton in here with a sword laid next to it. His friends were cowards and ran away when they saw the corpse. Jonathan was no coward, and his friends were probably liars. He kept search the cave until he found it. There it was, a skeleton, a sword in a scabbard, and surprisingly a note written in old dried blood on the cave wall. `` Do not trust her song.'' 
 
 Jonathan snatched up the sword sneering at the warning. When he drew the blade from it's scabbard it immediately began to sing it's Siren's Song. Scarlet fire wreathed the blade as it sang. Jonathan in shock dropped the sword, but it was too late, she'd already infected his mind. Jonathan's mind seared and he dropped to his knees. Scarlet flames reflected in his eyes and the history of the sword burned itself into his mind. Scarlet Aria was her name, and she'd been searching for a new wizard for some thousand years. The last person to hold her had been slain in this cave when swords were still a common weapon, and left to rot with the entrance blocked. Ancient memories of how to fight with a blade flooded his mind, the realization that scores of men, women, and children had been slain on the end of this blade was there, but all that mattered was the pursuit of the next wizard. 
 
 Jonathan did n't know how long he'd been out, but when he woke the pain behind his eyes was a dull throb. He reached out and grabbed the singing blade, he could hear her always in his mind now. The belt attached to the sword seemed to have appeared while he slept, but he was thankful for it. He attached the scabbard and belt to his hip and sheathed his new mistress. He'd go back and show his coward `` friends'' his find. How could he have ever considered people so scared of a skeletons as his friends. Cowardice has no place in this world. It's better to die on your feet fighting that cowering in a hole. Truly, with the song in his mind now it seemed a kindness to let the cowards die by his Scarlet Aria and feel her sweet embrace at least once before death took them. 
 
 
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 Channel 7 news reports a boy with a flaming sword has been shot in the street by police today after brutally attacking a group of teenagers at the mall. Men in black suits appearing to be FBI showed up and took over the scene after local police had been forced to shoot the young man over a dozen times.
