by Lois Ryan

Created on: October 05, 2009

The White Knight Chapter Fouteen-The Test of the Gammataur

"This looks bad," King Alexander said sadly to himself. He was looking at the hand-written note the sparrow had delivered. He recognized Geoffrey's writing. One of his best Kingsbane, long thought to be dead, was alive, but apparently held as Melisande's prisoner. Maybe there was a chance that Maria was alive also. What hope was for her if Melisande had her? However, this was the least of his worries. According to the note, Melisande had been continuously recruiting Red Knights. If this was true, that there were thousands of Red Knights, plus the amount of Death Bearers being brought back to life, his knights combined with the Knights of King Christoph, there would have no chance in winning.

There was only one thing he could do. He had to get more people to join his knights. He had to persuade them. He called several of his less experienced knights together.

"I need you to travel to the villages to the north, south and west of here. You must talk to the villagers to join in this war. They may be afraid. However, with Melisande and her group of knights in Utofamia, they would have no chance for peace. She will either mercilessly kill innocent people or force them to join her knights. Utofamia will be lost without their support."

"It will be done," the knights vowed. They raced off to the different villages. King Alexander shook his head slowly. "Will this do? Even if all the villagers join the knights, we still will be out numbered."

*

Single file they marched, some on horseback and some walking by foot, each on staring at the back of the individual in front of them. Twenty miles the line stretched, with only one thought on each person's mind-total destruction to the once peaceful world of Utofamia.

The long line of knights was passing a group of huts that was too their left. One knight pointed.

"We may be paying somebody a visit there."

Something deep within another knight's consciousness spoke, "No Idres, that village is abandoned. I also smell sickness there."

"That is true; I remember they fled a while ago. There is a horse down there, shall we take it for our knights."

Once again, something spoke in Maria's consciousness, even though she was not sure what it was. "No, that horse is too thin. It will not last either for this walk or in battle."

"We do not want to go off track," Melisande said. "We have plenty of horses for know. There is a better village to the west. We will take their

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