Chapter 10

The roar of the monsters drowned out the calls of his companies. All at once a huge figure rose out of the ground twenty feet from the castle.
"If you wish to live surrender the boy!" The creature screamed at them
"We will protect him and this castle until death!" Splitter yelled back
"Then, you have sealed your fate." It said, shrinking back into the earth
The rose up again but this time it was by Dem The Great. It seemed to be talking to him. He pointed to Stan. It was followed by a blood curdling horn blast. The first rank of what looked like goblins marched forwards, towards the castle.
Another horn blast followed by to short blasts rose into the air. The goblins broke out into a sprint.
"Stan lets move, now!" Splitter's voice rang out
He spun on his heels and ran after Splitter. Running through a hallway by his room. Splitter stopped by the huge metal door next to his room.
"I was wondering what is in there." Stan blurted out
"It is the tower. We keep all are weapons and things in here. Pull that sting over there." Splitter said rummaging though a small bookshelf. Stan pulled the nearly invisible string. There was a creak and the metal door swung open. Splitter ran in and came out before Stan could move.
"Pull it again. That's it." He said, Stan yanked on the string and the door slammed shut, locks clicking in place. Splitter started running off again. Struggling to keep up Stan rounded a corner and into the same room had first laid eyes on.
Glam, Cashek, Splitter, and Barney were already there. Wielding a longsword in the right hand Splitter handed out weapons. Glam the first received a large battle axe. Cashek next in command got a small dagger and a bow and arrows. Lastly Barney acquired a curved short sword.
All wore identical robes. Long and torn at the bottom, with a symbol of a dragon blowing fire at a knight. One half of the robe had blue streaks going down and the other with red streaks. Glam's dark brown hair and eyes glittered in the raising sun.
"To the front gate!" Glam yelled
"Hey, don't I get robes and a sword?" Stan asked
"No, you have the sword of destiny and the robes kalsar the mystical wizard." Splitter responded
"Oh, okay." Stan said quietly
"Now, lets go kill us some monsters!" He yelled running out of the room
"More running can't we walk." Stan said to himself running after Splitter
Stan ran to the the front gate were of course everyone else was. Holding the gate closed Glam kept yelling in that silly language. While everyone else tried without luck to bar it shut. Stan sat dumb founded as the goblin' swords pushed thought gate.
"Stan move over there the goblins will be thought at any moment." Cashek yelled pointing at a large stack of bricks.
Stan walked over to the bricks watching to see the first goblin go down. Out of nowhere a loud bang rattled the gate. Two more hits slammed into the gate. There was a loud 'crack' and gate tumbled to the floor, sending Glam sprawling.
The attack on The Great Castle had begun.