Chapter 7 : ISKANDER THE CONQURER Part 1 of 3

Lilith and Arthur are busy travelling through a time tunnel. [Lilith] "I can feel the presence of one of the knights we are getting close to the correct timeline" Arthur worriedly looks at her [Arthur] "Take it easy, you used a lot of power recently" Arthur holds Lilith closely as she looks pale from opening a time tunnel so closely one after another. All of a sudden images starts flowing though the time tunnel, slightly shocking Lilith and Arthur

Images of a child training using wooden sword, training in different types of hand to hand combat, as the child grows older he starts to take part in actual combat against slaves, being forced to kill at such a young age the child begins to slowly change from his innocent yet childish personality to a more cold and calculating personality. As the memories keep flowing though the time tunnel they start showing more of the child's memories as he grows into a young man, a ruthless calculating killing machine. His name was Leonidas. As they were admiring this young child grow into a young man they realized he had a younger brother, a skinny ugly looking kid but then they are busy looking and Arthur pushes Lilith away, he then realizes that this brother of his is way more powerful and sees him obtaining a weapon of immense power, Excalibur is what warns him. "What's wrong my love?"Lilith asks him with a puzzled concerned look on her face. He looks at her and Cleopatra and counts to himself, "weren't we four people when we left Egypt? Where is Adolf" sais Arthur as he looked around for Hitler forgetting about what he was feeling and ignoring what Excalibur was trying to warn him about.

He had stopped and had got lost from the group, he was hearing a voice emanating from what appeared to be his own future, he had seen a world where he would be betrayed by the people he calls his friends, murdered and left for dead. This shadow hand grabbed him around the neck and burns him and makes him pass out for a few minutes and as this is all happening it pulls him into a portal where he lands in the middle of an enormous battlefield. He then wakes from the smell of blood and realizes that he has landed in the middle of a battlefield. He is surrounded by a thousand dead bodies. As he looks around and is terrified he hears footsteps and sees a hundred troops walking towards him led by one man that is in the middle of them and he can see that he is the leader of them.

The man gets to him, kneels in front of him and says, "Where are you from, looking so out of place and so filthy and just disgusting mongrel?" Adolf wants to speak and looks up at the man as he stands up and the sun is too bright for him to see who this is. All of a sudden the 2 guards grab and him and keep shouting, "My king, my king it's the prophecy. Look at his neck and the badge he is wearing. Didn't the queen speak of such a being when we are to conquer Persia?" Leonidas grabs him and sees a L burnt on his neck and is about to ask him who he is and wants to ask where he is from but before he does this Adolf is knocked out and as he falls he hears Leonidas say "Oh, there you are brother where have you been?"

They pick Adolf up and take him back to their castle. Lilith and company land in the middle of a beautiful forest surrounded by lush green trees and gorgeous flowers filled with birds singing and animals of all shapes and sizes surrounding them. Lilith is extremely weak and collapses to the ground, Arthur runs to her and grabs her before she can fall and hurt herself, "Are you okay" she has lost her consciousness from exhaustion so can't answer him. He hears branches breaking behind them and looks at Cleo to show her that she needs to get behind him, He grabs his sword and stands up to his feet and takes his right hand and places it over the handle and is ready to strike. A baby dear appears from behind the bushes and he does nothing.

He hears Cleo scream and as he turns around a massive bear attacks him and cuts a massive gash in his chest. He drops Excalibur and hits his head and the baby dear flees the scene the bear turns its attention to the two ladies but Arthur gets up but can't see Excalibur and starts to scream and get the beasts attention and this works but he has no weapon to slay the beast and regrets what he has just done. All of a sudden a hooded figure jumps from one of the trees and shoots an arrow close to the bear and it runs away. The hooded figure then looks at Arthur and starts to attack him, he fights the hooded figure off easily, The hooded figure turns to Cleo and just stops fighting then knocks Arthur to the floor easily now and removes the hood and reveals a woman who looks at Cleo and says, "I am Artemis and what are you doing with such a foul beast as a man in the sacred karaiskaki forest?"

Cleo looks at her and says, "We are looking for a brave and noble warrior to help us on our quest, do you know of such noble men around here Artemis?" Artemis looks at Arthur as he is getting up and says, "You are looking for the prince Leonidas, he is the most noble man I have ever met but we need to get your friend over there some treatment, the bears around here are not like normal ones you're used to". She walks over and goes to retrieve Arthur's sword and as she bends to pick it up she burns her hand. He looks at her and says, "I do apologize miss that sword was created with very strong magic and was made only for me to hold and to wield, I call it Excalibur".

Artemis looks at Excalibur with wonder and also looks at her partially burnt hand. "Such a powerful sword that it even burns my hand at a single touch it must be very loyal to you".Artemis looks at Arthur again as she also notices his massive cut on his chest. "Yes it is, this sword was made only for me to wield, it brings me immense power and even though when I use her it drains me I know what still needs to be done". "Is your wife okay there Arthur? I see your daughter looks worried about her and you don't look to good yourself with that massive wound you have on your chest, come let's put her on my horse and take her to my cottage. This forest is breathtaking in the day but when night comes not even I dare to wonder these woods. (Artemis).

She then goes to pick Lilith up with an enormous burst of strength and lays her on the horse. Arthur looks at her and chuckles and says, "oh so you were playing with me when I knocked you down the first time?".