Waiting For Hawk/Personal Dilemma

[Griff Trevin]

Griff had left a note for Hawk asking him to meet him deep in Greatwood. He had travellled deep into the woods, and come across a lake.
Having never learnt to swim, he was careful as he sat on the waters edge and waited. His heart was racing with every thought, and images ran through his head faster than he could see them. But through all the images, he couldn't stop thinking of Violet.

What is going on with me? What am I supposed to do?

He let out a scream of anger, feeling like a helpless child he wept uncontrollably and looked at the sky.

Dad, why do I feel like this? What am I supposed to do?

"Well, what do we ave ere?" a voice said from behind Griff
"Looks like a sooky little baby" said another

Griff stood up and turned around, wiping his eyes. Behind him were two bandits grinning and holding their swords.
"Is this the part where you demand my money? Believe me, I've tried that one and it doesn't work. So I guess your gonna have to kill me to get it" he said taking out his sword.

One of the bandits ran at Griff, only to be impaled through the chest. The bandit let out a gasp of air as he died. In one swift motion, Griff pulled his sword out and swung it again, removing the head of the bandit.

"You....you MONSTER!! I'll be back! You'll be sorry!" the bandit yelled running away.

Griff dropped his sword and fell to his knees. he attempted to wipe the blood from his face, but it only smeared more. He gave Tucker a pat on the head and sat back and waited for Hawk to arrive.

[Hawk]

Hawk received the note which Griff had left him and ventured deep into Greatwood, following the fish infested lake.
It was a surprise to see Griff sitting down by the waters edge, blood smeared over his face and tears emitting from his eyes.

Hawk walked up to him quietly and sat down next to him staring at the deep water.
'whats wrong?' asked Hawk soothingly but feeling concerned.

[Magpie]

Magpie had tailed Hawk, trying to find out where he was going. Hawk stopped, and Magpie hid in the bushes, waiting for the right time to show himself.

[Hawk]

[Magpie you cannot tail me, how did u even know I was entering Greatwood anyway? + your at the picnic, (Please no 'random' teleports here either).]

[Griff Trevin]

Griff composed himself and wiped the last of the tears from his eyes. He was through crying and it was time to talk and get everything out in the open.

"Okay, well...I don't know what it is I am feeling at the moment, it is all new to me. There's this girl, and everytime I see her I feel strange. My stomach feels funny and I get all anxious. I just don't know what to do" he explained

[Hawk]

Hawk smiled as he looked at Griff,
'Your in love Griff. Just tell this person how you feel and see where it goes from there' he said happily.
He looked at the shining lake and asked,
'Fancy a swim?'

[Griff Trevin]

Griff thought about what Hawk had said

In love? How could that be? I barely know this girl, but it would explain why I can't get her off my mind.

"Swim, I don't think so, I kind of never learnt how to. You'll never get me in there" Griff said.
He smiled at Hawk. The King of the Bandits, he had such a gentle nature, kind and caring to those around him, but also hard and cold to others who are in his way and mean to harm the ones he cares for.

From amongst the bushes Griff heard a voice drawing near

"Oi, looks like the cry baby has a friend. Hope your prepared, cos your about to pay for what you did to my mate!" the voice yelled.

Griff turned his head to see the same bandit that ran away before. He was back, and this time he brought some friends. Ten bandits stood in a row with swords at the ready, one at either end with bows readied to fire.
"Sorry to drag you into this Hawk, but this is his friend that I killed" Griff said nudging the dead body

[Hawk]

Hawk smiled,
'I don't think they know who we are' he said with a small laugh. Unsheathing his two large swords Hawk stood up and towered over the line of bandits. With one giant sweep Hawk managed to slice through two of the bandits holding long swords.

Several arrows flew into Hawks chest but none of them impaled him, quickly pulling them out Hawk charged at the poor bandit who had shot the arrows and smacked him in the jaw with the end of his sword. A large crunch was heard as the jaw broke and the bandit collapsed on the ground immediately waling in agony.

[Griff Trevin]

Griff followed suit and charged at the other bandit with the bow, cutting it in half before he could fire any arrows. He kicked the bandit to the ground and impaled him through the chest with his sword.
Three bandits charged at Hawk and the remaining three confronted Griff.
"Your not gonna be able to kill us all, just give up sooky boy" the bandit said
"Keep dreaming. I'm going to enjoy killing you" Griff replied

[Hawk]

As the three bandits neared Hawk he sheathed his weapons and let his fists do the talking instead. A large right hook was landed on the nearest bandit, he was knocked cold instantly.
The second bandit tried to impale Hawk with his sweeping katana but failed as Hawk managed to dodge the attack and grab the bandits arm. The third bandit however jumped onto Hawks back and stabbed the Bandit Kings chest with an iron dagger, Hawk fell and a loud sickening sound was heared through the area as the third bandit was crushed to death.
Hawk let go of the remaining bandit who fled immediately into the surrounding woods fearing for his life.

'I need to practice more without weapons' stated Hawk who was disappointed with himself from being stabbed. He quickly pulled out the blood red dagger which had caused very little impact on his large body and stood up to see how Griff was getting on.

[Griff Trevin]

Griff held his Longsword tightly. He stayed on the defensive as the leader sent the two bandits at him. They were both wielding katanas and grinning as they thought they had the advantage...They were wrong.
Griff dodged the first bandits attack and blocked the second. Their blades were locked tightly, each pushing against eachother as hard as the could. The first bandit rushed at Griff, but his groin met with Griff's foot before he could attack him. Griff pushed furiously against the other bandit, knocking him off balance and following through with one swift swipe across the chest.
The other bandit was lying on the ground moaning and the leader walked towards him.
"Your pitiful, a waste of life" he said to the bandit. He stood over him and ran him through with his sword, ending his life in an instant.
"Now for you, I'll take care of you myself" he said looking up at Griff.
Griff stood ready again to fight. He looked over at Hawk, who was standing by, watching and nursing his wound.
The leader gestured Griff to step forward and fight. He accepted and walked toward him, sword in hand. The leader attacked first with multiple strikes, each blocked by Griff. He continued attacking, keeping Griff on the defensive and leaving him no chance to attack. After his final strike he kicked Griff in the stomach knocking him to the ground on his back. Griff was winded and looked up at the leader, who was now standing over him with his sword.
"I'm going to enjoy this" he said
"Not today your not, not ever!" Griff shouted back, ramming his dagger into the leaders foot.
He hopped about screaming and holding his foot trying to pull the dagger out. While this was happening, Griff extended his arm and fired a blot of lightning at him. It connected with the leader and he screamed wildly as he was electrocuted to death. Griff walked over to the corpse to retrieve his dagger and rejoin Hawk.
"Here, let me heal that wound up for you" Griff said holding his hand over the wound.

[Hawk]

Hawk thanked Griff for healing him.
'You have good fighting skills, maybe we could start up a fist fighters club to train our bandits' said Hawk with a smile.

[Griff Trevin]

"That would be a great idea, I could always learn to fight bare handed too. We should head back to camp and work on it, from there I will look for Violet, I need to talk to her" Griff said

[Hawk]

'Sure' replied Hawk. Already he was thinking up plans for the fist fighters club,
'Maybe we could convince town leaders to set up their own clubs and then we could have competition' said Hawk more to himself than to Griff.

'Ok, let's get back to camp' said Hawk.