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// Chapter 4 
// Story: My Little Dovahkiin 
// by InactiveAccount191919191 
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My Little Dovahkiin

Chapter 4

Petalbeam woke abrupty and she knew something wasn't right. The tent she was sleeping in was tied up like a sack and she was moving in a slow, steady pace. She heard grunts coming from the outside of her tent and started to panic. Finding a Silver Dagger left in the tent by the bandits, she jabbed a little hole in the fabric and gasped. Two giants were carrying a tied up tent each, and she could only assume that Chad was in the other. The giants had been carrying Petalbeam for what felt like hours, when the giants stopped and put the tents down. Slicing a new hole in the fabric, she saw Chad cutting his way out of the back of his tent. Knowing that he would grab her tent and fly away, she exhaled in relief. Chad finally cut himself free of his fabric prison and took a fleeting glance at Petalbeam's tent and flew away as fast as his snowy wings would permit. Feeling the sharp sting of betrayal, Petalbeam's throat dried up and she began thinking about what the giants planned on doing to her. Looking through her fabric hole, she began to look at what the giants were doing, as to get a clue to what lied in store for her. Both giants had their backs to her, so she didn't have a clue what they were doing. After half an hour one of the giants grunted victoriously as a flame ignited the sticks it was hunched over. One of the two giants grabbed the tent that once trapped Chad and threw it on to the fire. nearly an hour passed and the second giant pulled the charred remains of the tent out of the fire and shook it and looked confused. Obviously expecting a cooked pony to fall out of the sack, it looked furiously at the heated swords and the burnt animal pelts and then immeadiately turned its attention towards Petalbeam's tent, hoping that there was food in there. Thinking fast, Petalbeam sliced the tent wide open and tried to run away from the Giant. Roaring furiously the giant began sprinting after her, covering more ground, the giant began to gain on Petalbeam. A red and blue streak bolted past Petalbeam and was headed straight towards the giant. A loud slicing noise made Petalbeam turn around and she immeadiately regretted it. The giant has been decapitated and its veins and arteries were spouting blood in a crimson shower. Stood there, basking in his victory, was Chad. With a certificate smile, he winked at Petalbeam, who clearly wasn't has happy as he was.
"Where the FUCK have you been?" Demanded Petalbeam, with venom lacing each of her words.
"Sorry I was a little late, you no how much of a pain trolls can be, don't you?" Chad said with a boyish grin.
"Why did you run away?" Spat Petalbeam, her eyes glaring daggers at Chad.
"I couldn't take on two giants at the same time, even if I am flawless in battle". Chad said, flicking his mane.
"Okay, enough chit chat, we still have another giant to take care of". 

Petalbeam turned around expecting another giant to come sprinting towards her, but the clearing was empty. She was suprised as giants was infamously known to never flee from battle. She caught Chads eye and gave him a puzzled look. They then began to walk away from the clearing to a safe place in the woods. they had been walking for 5 minutes when Chad stopped in his tracks. He slowly put his ear on the floor and looked terrifyed.
"I think we should get moving, like now". He said with and uneven voice, all of his coolness gone.
"Why?" Petalbeam asked
"Because I can feel a small pounding on the ground and its getting more noticable by the second!" He exclaimed

Suddenly Petalbeam began to shake beneath her feet, she turned around and her stomach lurched, One giant and two Mammoths were charging through the trees at a breakneck speed. They had no hope of winning this battle. Chad grabbed Petalbeam's hoof and flew straight upwards. Petalbeam felt the adrenaline flowing through her equine form, the wind rushing through her mane so this is why people become adventurers, for this kind of thrill. The euphoria was short lived as one of the Mammoths picked up the giant and threw him upwards towards them. Petalbeam screamed. Chad suddenly let go of Petalbeam and closed his eyes. He began to glow green, and suddenly, a surge of energy hit Petalbeam and she turned invisible. Her fall was cushioned by the layers of tree leaves she passed through as she neared the ground. Her rump met the floor with a bump and she realized that she was sat in the middle of the Mammoth's line of sight, yet they didn't look at her nor did they attack her. She then analysed what Chad had done, he had passed his ability to turn invisible on to Petalbeam, but he had done it just as he was turning invisible, resulting in Petalbean herself turning invisible. High above she heard Chad scream. She didn't even need to think about running, and so she began hurtling towards a guard caravan she could see on the out skirts of the woods. 
"Hey!" She screamed
"Huh?" Grunted the Guard as he turned.
"Help!" Screamed Petalbeam

The guards began galloping towards the Mammoths and the Giant to help the struggle but it was too late. The airborne giant swung its club down with the fury of a Daedra and hit Chad directly in the head. He began hurtling down to the ground at a breakneck speed and hit the ground with a loud crunch.
"NO!" Screamed Petalbeam, her throat tightening up with grief as though a thorn vine was being wrapped around it.

She fell to her rump and began crying. She only knew him for two days and already he'd became her best friend. She knew that she could have stopped him from dying... But she then realised that she hadn't examined him, but she knew she still had to deal with the giant and the mammoths first. One of the guards pelted past her and engaged in battle with one of the mammoths. The mammoth was soon gushing blood all over the floor and the slightly fatigued guard moved on the the other one. Petalbeam unsheathed her Steel dagger and began galloping towards the dumbstruck giant. She jumped up high and slashed into the Giant's hip and she then blasted a fire bolt into the open wound. The Giant's leg was torn from the rest of its body, Petalbeam slowly walked towards the heavily bleeding Giant, her eyes narrowed and she raised her blade and plunged it into the Giant's neck. She was showered in crimson rain and veins as soon as she removed the Dagger, she turned away and galloped towards Chad. No doubt about it, he was dead. His two front legs were dislocated and the back two legs were broken. Petalbeam gagged when she noticed that Chad's back legs had splintered and pierced the skin. 
Theres nothing I can do.

Petalbeam turned around and hung her head in exhaution, she had spent three hours burying Chad. She spent a further 5 hours walking to Windhelm. As soon as she walked through the gates to Windhelm she collapsed on the spot covered in blood. A nearby Earth Pony ran up to her unconcious form and dragged her to a temple of Arkay and placed her on the hospital bed.