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The Lord of the Sites- The Fellowship of the Page Prologue and Chapter 1
By INFESTATION
Prologue
In the lands of Middle-Web, legend tells of the One Ring of Banishment. Lost for thousands of years, it was said to be able to ban anyone its owner deemed fit. Historians would recall the last known account of the ring to be the second age of Middle-Web. The historians don’t know the exact whereabouts of the war, but history does make a decent account of it.
It began with the forging of the rings of power.
3 rings to the veterans, wisest and smart.
7 rings to the sprites, miners of the great halls.
9 to the surfer kings, who above all, desired power…
But all of them were deceived. For in the land of hotmail, the dark lord Shniz, lord of darkness forged another ring. One ring to ban them all!
One by one, the free lands of Middle-Web fell to the ring. Hope was lost quickly. But a band of surfers and veterans resisted. The surfers stood in lines upon lines along with the veterans. Ahead of them was mount Doom, in the heart of Hotmail. Flooders and spammers were waiting to attack. Shniz was also there. He looked mean in his armor. The mask covered his whole face…if he had a face. He waves his staff and the flooders and spammers attacked. They charged at the Veterans, which were led by lord Dan and the Surfers, led by Vader and his father. Dan held up his arm to his archers and threw it down.
“ Fire!” he called out as thousands of archers fired their arrows at the flooders. Flooders fell from off mountains and from the rocks as they got hit. The archers reloaded and fired again, taking more flooders and spammers as the enemy charged. Surfer archers got into the act as well. They fired off arrows, taking flooders down from places. Finally flooders and spammers got to the frontline just to be sliced by swords. The soldiers were now coming into action. Dan ran up to a flooder and blocked a shot from a blade coming at his head. Then he sliced down and killed the flooder. He took another shot, slicing off a spammer’s head. Vader had virtually done the same as he killed off a few flooders.
The fight had gone on for about an hour when Dan saw a soldier fly over his head. He turned around to see that Shniz was active! Shniz fought against 3 soldiers and waved his staff around. The soldiers flew across the land and hit walls. Vader’s father tried to attack but was thrown to a wall, where his head cracked and he died. Vader ran to him and became angry. As Shniz came closer, he grabbed his father’s sword just to have the blade shattered by Shniz’s foot. Shniz reached down to choke Vader, but Vader took the broken sword’s hilt and sliced Shniz’s hand off with the blade. Shniz’s fingers fell, one of them with the ring attached. Vader looked in amazement as Shniz began to glow. Suddenly there was a bright light and a shockwave that came from Shniz and his clothes fell to the ground empty. The shockwave destroyed all flooders and spammers. Vader took a glance at the ring and picked it up. Dan came to him.
“ Vader come. We must destroy the ring,” he said.
They had climbed up to a cave that went to the center of the mountain where the fires and lava of mount doom flowed freely in a pool. Dan looked toward Vader, whom was still looking at the ring.
“ Vader throw it into the fire,” he said. Vader glanced at him and then to the ring.
“ No,” he said. Then he turned and walked away.
“ Vader!” Dan called to him. But Vader was already gone. Dan didn’t like this. He knew it would lead to no good.
Not much is read about Vader and his ownership of the ring. But what is known is that flooders using arrows shot down Vader later in the years. The ring was lost in the river and never seen again until…
A hand reached down into the river and grabbed something shiny.
“ Ooh a ring,” said someone. It was a newbie. He glanced around and stroked his boat toward the edge of the river. He got out and sat on a log where his friend Dac was.
“ I found a ring,” he said. Dac looked at the ring.
“ Ooh. Is it for me?” he asked. Dac’s friend frowned.
“ But I had already bought you more than I can afford,” he said.
“ But it is my birthday. The ring would be a nice present,” said Dac. Finally after hearing his friend complain about how he had found it and it being his, Dac choked him and took the ring for himself.
Dac then took the ring with him wherever he went. He had used it to spy on his family. When they had realized this, they had begun to despise him. Dac in the meantime was becoming corrupt through the ring. In return from the hatred, Dac fled to the misty mountains where he would remain for years to come. The ring brought to Dac unnatural long life and for 3 thousand years it poisoned his mind. Years passed and rumor grew of a shadow rising in the east. And an unlikely little person would stumble upon a lost secret.
InGen looked around the cave of the misty mountains. He was lost. It was simple as that.
“ Blasted Killer-Raptor to get me into this mess,” he told himself. He looked around and began to stroll through the cave to see if he could get his bearings before he became even more lost. He walked through another entrance into another tunnel. Soon a creature came up to him.
“ Yes my precious. A creature it is. Small creature, it is my precious. Won’t let it steal you precious,” the creature said.
“ Can you help me? I’m lost,” said InGen. Dac looked at him.
“ Lost it said it was, precious. Stay right here,” said Dac. It went off and InGen sat near a wall. While he sat there, a small hole popped out from being hidden by a loose rock. And there it was…a ring. InGen picked it up and put it in his pocket.
InGen would then have to answer riddles told by Dac. InGen won the game and finally left the misty mountains never to see Dac again. Times would change; history would go on learning new things. And it would soon reach a time when newbies would change the tides of fate.
Chapter 1
When Mr. InGen Baggins announced his eleventy first birthday, people in the Kazaa were thrilled. InGen always held incredible birthday parties. It was a natural thing for him. He made a celebration of his birthday. It was also his nephew’s birthday at the same time. So it was not just 1 celebration. It was a mix of 2 birthday parties. Seth-Rex was also having his birthday here in Newbie-town. InGen and Seth-Rex were Newbies. They were small, 3ft tall and very agile. Or so it is said about Newbies. Newbies ran Newbie-town and Kazaa. And so at last the party would be tonight. It would be a grand one.
On this fine day, Seth-Rex found himself lying in the grass, back on a tree reading a good book. He loved reading books. They helped him keep imaginative. Suddenly he heard the creaking of wheels on the dirt road. He stood up quickly to hear a poem being recited. Immediately he knew who it was.
In the forest, on a horse and buggy, came Killer-Raptor. He wore his usual raggedy outfit and pointed wizard hat. He was reciting an old poem. He rode on toward Newbie-town. He was one of the very few who knew of Newbie-town. He didn’t exactly like giving out the whereabouts either so he kept it to himself. Suddenly a Newbie popped up.
“ Your late,” he said.
“ A wizard is never late Seth-Rex. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to,” he said as he stopped his buggy and turned to Seth-Rex. Then they both chuckled and hugged each other. Seth-Rex sat next to Killer-Raptor as they rode off toward Newbie-town.
“ You didn’t think I’d miss your uncle InGen’s birthday did you?” he said.
“ I see your doing fine,” said Seth-Rex.
“ I see your doing fine as well,” replied Killer-Raptor.
“ So how is the outside world? Tell me everything,” said Seth-Rex.
“ Very curious for a Newbie like yourself. I daresay that’s strange. Well now what can I say. Life in the big world goes on as usual, scarcely aware of the existence of Newbie-town…for that I’m very grateful,” said Killer-Raptor.
They rode into Newbie-town with ease. Killer-Raptor said hello to women and men as well as children. As they rode off, Killer-Raptor noticed the party being set up in a field nearby.
“ Ah the long expected party. I hear it’s going to be something of great magnificence,” he said.
“ Half of the Kazaa is invited,” commented Seth-Rex. “ He’s up to something.” Killer-Raptor grunted and nodded his head.
“ Ok you keep your secrets. Before you came around we bagginess were well respected,” Seth-Rex said.
“ Indeed,” Killer-Raptor replied.
“ Never did anything unexpected,” Seth-Rex added.
“ If your referring to the incident with the pteranodon I was barely involved. I just…nudged him out of the door,” Killer-Raptor explained.
“ Whatever you did, you’ve been labeled a disturber of the piece,” Seth-Rex said.
“ Oh really?” Killer-Raptor asked as he looked around to see a house. A chubby man Newbie was fixing his lawn. He looked up, saw Killer-Raptor and frowned. On the other hand, children were coming from the fields to the road behind the cart.
“ Fireworks Killer-Raptor, fireworks!” they called out to him. Killer-Raptor just kept cool and when the children began to frown, fireworks erupted from the back of his cart. They all chuckled and cheered. Even the man was chuckling. But his wife soon came out near him and he entered his frown again. Seth-Rex and Killer-Raptor rode on up toward bag-end. Finally Seth-Rex stood up.
“ Killer-Raptor I’m glad that you’re here,” said Seth-Rex. He then jumped off and waved bye to Killer-Raptor.
“ So am I dear boy, so am I,” he said to himself.
Killer-Raptor finally reached his destination and stopped the horse. He got off and walked through the gate. Using his staff, he knocked on the door 3 times.
“ No thank you. I have no time for well-wishers, party crashers, or dished up relations!” a voice said.
“ And what about very old friends,” Killer-Raptor said. A door opened and out came InGen.
“ Killer-Raptor? Oh my dear friend Killer-Raptor!” he said. Killer-Raptor knelt down and they hugged.
“ InGen Baggins. You haven’t aged a day,” said Killer-Raptor.
“ Well come in! Come in!” InGen offered. They walked into his house and Killer-Raptor closed the door using the bottom of his staff backwards. Killer-Raptor looked at the house.
It looked the same as the last time he had seen it. The dining room with the table was to his left. It was also connected to the kitchen that had another table. InGen was in front of him gathering the staff and hat. InGen brought it to a chair near a wall.
“ Would you like some tea? Or how about some wine? I have some that was given to me around the time of my great grandfather, it’s almost as old as I am!” InGen said.
“ Just tea thank you,” replied Killer-Raptor. Then Killer-Raptor walked into the dining room. He spotted a few things on the table. He picked up a map that covered the lands they had gone to on their journey to stop SGD the Pteranodon. That was InGen’s first adventure. It had been a most exciting one really. InGen was still rambling on.
“ I can make you some eggs if you like,” he said as he went into the dining room but Killer-Raptor had wandered off.
“ Just tea thank you,” he repeated, now behind InGen, inside the kitchen. InGen turned to face him.
“ Oh yes,” he said. He put some cheese in his mouth.
“ You don’t mind if I eat,” InGen asked.
“ Oh no not at all,” Killer-Raptor replied.
“ InGen! InGen Baggins!” a woman’s voice called as they heard knocking. InGen hid near a wall.
“ I’m not at home!” he said to Killer-Raptor. He walked into his kitchen. “ Oh I wish I’d get rid of those confounded relatives. Never giving me the time and piece I deserve.”
“ I presume everything is going as planned then?” Killer-Raptor asked. InGen nodded his head.
“ Yeah it is. I need a vacation Killer-Raptor. A very long one. And I don’t suppose I’ll ever return. In fact I don’t want to. I’m old Killer-Raptor. I know I don’t look it but I feel it. It’s as if I’m feeling thin like butter spread over too much bread,” he said. He poured the hot water into the teapot.
“ Seth-Rex suspects something,” Killer-Raptor said.
“ Of coarse he does. He’s a Baggins,” InGen replied.
“ He’s very fond of you,” stated Killer-Raptor.
“ I know. He’d probably go with me if I asked him. But somehow I feel he’s still in love with the Kazaa,” InGen said.
They sat outside smoking pipes. Killer-Raptor and InGen both stared at the party that would soon take place. It was night now and things were cheery. And so they should because of the party. InGen blew out a ring shaped smoke-circle. It floated into the air and stood in place near Killer-Raptor. Killer-Raptor in return let out a smoke signal shaped like a ship. The ship in turn sailed through the ring.
“ Old Tovie. The finest weed in Kazaa,” said InGen. Killer-Raptor chuckled at that statement. “ Killer-Raptor my dear friend. This is going to be one hell of a night.”
Fireworks went off in the sky. Killer-Raptor was working his magic of doing a good show for the kids. He sent off a firework that broke into a dozen rocket type fireworks. They all shot outward. It was the big party, finally taking off. Killer-Raptor chuckled as he let little firework pixies fly around for the kids to catch. Seth-Rex danced with the girls and Mad-Rex drank ale. InGen was telling a few kids the tale of his first adventure he had taken. It was fun.
“ And the 3 big raptors were chirping as to how they were going to eat us. Whether they should chop us up with their claws or simply eat us live! Well before they even knew it, a t-rex had come and ate them whole!” he said. The kids gasped. They loved this story. Seth-Rex and Mad-Rex were now sitting.
“ Why don’t you ask Rosie for a dance,” said Seth-Rex.
“ Nah I think I’ll have another ale,” replied Mad-Rex. But Seth-Rex pushed him into Rosie’s path and they began dancing. Seth-Rex chuckled at this.
InGen now walked around saying hello to his guests. They were glad to see him…but some weren’t. That would mostly be his family that wasn’t getting bag-end. Seth-Rex would be given everything.
“ Good to see you, have a good time,” he would say.
Alpha1 and DinoDude stood there looking around.
“ Ok lets go,” said Alpha1. They walked to the back of Killer-Raptor’s buggy. Alpha1 let DinoDude into the back of the buggy. DinoDude looked around.
“ Grab the large one,” said Alpha1. DinoDude grabbed one that looked like a pteranodon with its wings folded around its body. He got off and went into the nearby tent. Alpha1 glanced to see Killer-Raptor still using some fireworks he had grabbed only seconds earlier. So Alpha1 joined DinoDude in the tent.
“ Ok we’re set,” Alpha1 said. DinoDude put it in the ground. Alpha1 lit it.
“ OK its done,” said Alpha1. Then he realized something.
“ DinoDude I told you to put it in the ground,” he said.
“ It is!” DinoDude replied.
“ Outside!” Alpha1 said. But it was too late. The firework went off and they fell backwards, their faces dirty with smoke dust. The firework went up as people noticed it. The firework exploded and they all cheered and went back to their business, not noticing the body and head of a pteranodon forming. Then the wings exploded out as it turned to fly toward them. Finally they noticed it and began to run.
“ InGen watch out for the pteranodon,” Seth-Rex said.
“ Pteranodon? There hasn’t been one in many years,” InGen said just before Seth-Rex pushed him down as it went over their heads. They all looked as it went into the distance before becoming like a cartwheel and blowing into big fireworks explosions in the distance. They all cheered. Alpha1 and DinoDude smiled.
“ That was good,” DinoDude said.
“ Lets get another one,” said Alpha1. But suddenly someone grabbed they’re ears.
“ Alpha1 and DinoDude. I should have known,” said Killer-Raptor. He brought them to the kitchen where dishes were dirty.
“ I’m sure you know how to clean dishes. I’ll keep an eye on you if you do not know how to,” said Killer-Raptor.
By now the food and drinks were finished completely and it was the time for that inevitable speech.
“ Speech!” people called. It was all InGen could do not to feel full. He walked up and stood on a pedestal.
“ My dear Newbies. I’m so glad you could make it here tonight. It is my 111th birthday!” he said.
“ Happy birthday,” came the responses.
“ Alas. Eleventy one years is not a long enough time to spend with such fine Newbies as you. Some of you I wish I knew more than I do. Some of you I know just as well, and some of you I know a little more than you deserve,” InGen said. A few people stared blankly at him. Killer-Raptor chuckled at this note.
“ I…fear that I have something to say…I have put this off for far too long,” he said as he took something from his pocket and put his hands behind his back. “ I’m afraid that this is the end. I am going now. Good night.” And then he disappeared. Everyone gasped in shock. Killer-Raptor stared in both shock and amazement. Then he left the area. Seth-Rex looked around to see even Alpha1 and DinoDude staring with their mouths open.
“ The fun is beginning…lets have fun,” Seth-Rex said and everyone got back to the party. Seth-Rex was still worried a little bit. He just wasn’t going to let it ruin the party.
The gate to bag-end opened up and soon the front door opened. InGen appeared as he took the ring off. He smiled and put the ring into his pocket. He worked a few things out in his desk and went to get his backpack and walking stick. When he went back into his living room, Killer-Raptor was standing there.
“ I suppose you think that was really funny,” he said. InGen glanced at him.
“ Of coarse it was. Did you see their faces? That’s exactly what I wanted,” InGen commented.
“ So you will leave then,” Killer-Raptor said.
“ Yes, yes. Everything is set up. You will keep an eye over Seth-Rex, right?” InGen said.
“ Two eyes. As often as I can spare them,” Killer-Raptor commented.
“ I’ve left everything to him,” InGen said.
“ And what about the ring?” asked Killer-Raptor. InGen stopped to think about it.
“ Yes. It’s in an envelope on the fireplace,” InGen replied. Then he stopped. He felt his pocket. “ Wait. It’s in my pocket. Isn’t that strange.” He took it out and held it in his hand. Killer-Raptor glared at him suspiciously.
“ Now that I think about it…why should I leave it to Seth-Rex. It’s mine. My own. My precious. It came to me. I don’t want to part with it,” InGen said.
“ I think you’ve had the ring long enough,” Killer-Raptor stated.
“ So what if I’ve had it long enough. It’s my ring!” InGen said defiantly.
“ No need to be angry,” Killer-Raptor said sternly.
“ So what if I’m angry. It’s your fault!” InGen replied.
“ InGen give up the ring,” Killer-Raptor stated.
“ You…you want it for yourself!” InGen accused Killer-Raptor.
“ InGen Baggins! Don’t consider me a player of cheap tricks!” Killer-Raptor said with a powerful aura around him. “ I am not trying to rob you! I’m trying to help you.” InGen had been scared when Killer-Raptor had first stated the trick part but now he just felt respect for the wizard. He hugged Killer-Raptor.
“ Oh Killer-Raptor,” he said.
“ InGen of all your long years that you’ve known me, trust me now,” Killer-Raptor stated. InGen nodded his head and walked toward the door. Then he glanced at Killer-Raptor. He held the ring in his hand…then dropped it. He walked out followed by Killer-Raptor. He turned to him.
“ Killer-Raptor I’ve considered an ending for my book. And he lived happily ever after…till the end of his days,” InGen said.
“ And so it shall be,” Killer-Raptor commented. And so Killer-Raptor saw InGen Baggins walk off into the night. “ Until we meet again old friend.”
Killer-Raptor walked into the house and glanced at the ring. He considered it for a moment, and then tried to pick it up. Suddenly an image of an eye hit his mind and he decided to leave it there. He went to a chair and sat down. He got his pipe and began smoking it as he went deep into thought.
3/24/2003 2:24:52 PM
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