The Great War
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Toby De Paula, Grade 6
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Short Story
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2022
"Greetings, how are you?" Louis sneered.
"Well, and you, brother?" Ace coldly replied.
"Terribly, since your pathetic little army resists mine," said Louis.
"I predicted that. You are a disgrace to our parents" Ace said as he jumped into a tree and threw his dagger at Louis. Louis made a shield of ice and blocked the dagger, and then Ace retrieved it with his Force power. Ace is a Force user and Grey Knight, but he also has an enchanted fire blade and is also a son of the Fire Elemental. His younger, power-hungry brother Louis uses a magical ice blade and is a son of the Ice Elemental and uses ice magic. They have been fighting since Louis was three years old.
Louis swung his Greatsword at Ace's dagger arm, but Ace blocked the sword with his dagger. Then Louis' Greatsword sliced his hand off "Akk!"
Ace coughed up blood and threw his dagger at an over victorious Louis. "Yes, the dagger hit him, but we are both heavily injured. It won't do us any good to continue this fight. Akk!" Ace coughed up more blood. “My arm is freezing, but your ice is not formed well," Ace coldly analysed as he melted Louis's ice.
"I have envied you because you made a new arm when I sliced your arm off. But you played dirty this time. You put a deadly toxin on your blade, but you didn't count on one thing. My fire can burn out the toxin on your sword, and you also didn't count on the fact that I can create a substantial fire for my new hand. Bye brother, see you again," Ace called as he jumped into a tree and then jumped from tree to tree till he was out of sight. Louis realised Ace used the Force to pull out his dagger, and he (Louis) was heavily bleeding, so he used his magic to heal himself while Ace went to train himself with his Grey Knights.
Ace woke up in his army camp and readied his remaining troops. Ace and Louis had been fighting for ten years and from an army of roughly twelve million to approximately five million and about one million of the sons and daughters of the Elementals Fire, Air, Water, Lightning and Earth. While Louis started with forty million, he now only had twenty million but five million sons and daughters of Ice Elementals and five million of the Royal Army.
Steel rang on steel, cries of men and women filled the air. The battlefield became crimson mud with blood. Then, suddenly Ace and Louis yelled "Withdraw!" at the same time. Then for the last time, they engaged in single combat. Ace threw fire at Louis, Louis made a shield and threw ice at Ace, but Ace made a shield and armour out of the fire and charged at his brother. As he swung his sword he said, "Dying alone sure is pathetic." Louis's head hit the ground flaming.