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i clicked the lock together and grabbed my bag .
emily was fumbling with her bike lock , which was old and rusted and usually refused to work without a fight .
i walked over and tried to help her .
why do you think seth wont tell us what he was doing ?
i asked , watching her because she had refused to let me help .
pride purposes ?
he was yelling at you when he broke his own rules .
he just doesnt want to admit he did she said through her wild hair .
her lock finally clicked and she stood up .
the boys were walking side by side towards the play set .
it wasnt actually that small but it looked that way from the street .
there were six swings and a tower with four slides attached to it .
i ran after them with emily right behind me .
i slowed down next to jason and put my arm on his shoulder .
hey jason , do you know seths a liar ?
i asked and seth shot me a bad look .
jason frowned at me , what are you talking about , jazell ?
he broke his own rules .
he was out scouting without telling us .
i smiled and jason stiffened .
what ?
he growled .
are you two trying to create trouble ?
seth cut in .
emily put her arm around my shoulders .
no , we just want the truth , emily said sweetly .
yeah okay , whatever .
seth shoved his hands in his pockets , and glared at the ground .
i sat on one of the swings next to emily .
i traced the sticky metal rings and sighed .
emily was on her phone .
i saw seth and jason arguing off to the side .
everything was back to normal .
there was even a dwarf climbing the slide .
wait , hold on .
a dwarf ?
i elbowed emily in the arm , uh emily , is a dwarf using a slide a normal thing ?
i nodded in the direction of the dwarf and her eyes widened in surprise .
she jumped off the swing and grabbed me by the arm .
she ran over to jason and gripped his arm with her free hand , pulling us both after her .
seth frowned but had no choice but to follow .
wheres the dwarf ?
she asked quickly .
climbing the slide .
weird huh ?
i almost tripped but i caught myself .
she pushed us into the woods , we got to move fast before someone gets hurt .
make sure no one is around .
in a matter of seconds , i had an arrow in my bow , seth had his sword in his hand and jason had his hands full of knives .
the dwarf was sitting on the edge of the slide , looking like an ugly version of a toddler , and a few more came out of the woods to join him .
we tried to sneak up without being spotted but one of the dwarves turned his head and saw us .
he immediately launched himself onto emily .
she screeched and i thought i saw one of the kids turn around .
he crawled up to her ear and whispered something that i couldnt hear .
she froze , but i saw her place her hands on his wrinkled skin .
fire flared from her fingertips , scorching his skin .
he let out a screech and vaulted off her , running as fast as his legs could take him .
i held an arrow out and emily set it ablaze .
i drew back , launching the arrow , and watching it as it hit the dwarf in the back .
the fire charred its dying body and i looked away to face my new attacker .
one jumped on my head and i swung with my knife .
it yelled into my ear , the one will rise , the one will rise !
he will destroy you !
i stabbed at him again , who ?
youre being too vague !
he jumped off me and ran into the woods .
he disappeared before i could notch an arrow and shoot him .
soon we were alone again .
emily made us all meet by the fountain .
i guess we all heard some weird dwarf talk .
okay ill start this time .
he said , kill all the dwarfs you like , but kojas will rise .
at least we have an idea of who they might be talking about .
she added to her list ; toad dwarf said , kill all you like but kojas will rise .
is kojas the person theyve been talking about ?
who is he ?
he told me , the one will rise , the one rise !
he will destroy you !
thats almost the same thing as last time .
i tapped the fountain .
she scribbled , toad dwarf said , the one will rise , the one will rise !
he will destroy you !
is kojas rising ?
seth , do you have anything ?
emily clicked her pencil .
seth shook his head , but jason spoke up , he said , the king will rise .
then he left .
emily added one last bullet ; toad dwarf said to jason , the king will rise .
her list was : toad dwarf said to jazell , hes rising , hes rising .
whos coming and is he important ?
toad dwarf told seth , you wont stop him , little warrior .
does this mean hes powerful ?
toad dwarf said to jason , he will destroy all half-ling .
what does half-ling mean ?
toad dwarf said to emily , kill all you like but kojas will rise .
is kojas the person theyve been talking about ?
who is he ?
toad dwarf said to jazell , the one will rise , the one will rise !
he will destroy you !
is kojas rising ?