Chapter 4(death warning) also other chapters are in my profile posted at different times

I follow Stem back back from practicing with her. From the look in her eyes Leaf could tell the Stem thought she wouldn't have been that great of a fighter. It was fun. Stem had shown Leaf any basics to fighting and little to no time I had caught on to it.
As soon as we got close to camp I heard a clanging sound. Now Leaf has never heard a sword hit another so she wouldn't be able to identify what was making the sound.
Stem looks at me for a split second before she takes off running. Leaf enters the camp not long after Stem. Craterday and Nero were locked in a battle of some sort. As soon as Leaf was told to practice fight Nero she hated him. He was too upstanding , wanting everything he asked for and constantly getting wolves to do his work. It's about time he does something but not fight! I thought that was against the rules! That and if Con finds out, both could be in trouble or worse!
From the looks of it Craterday was definitely going to win. He was a better fighter and easley disarmed Nero. Nero was currently backing away from Craterday slowly.
"Everyone back away!" Con's voice rings around the camp. Coil stood next to him with disappointment in his eyes. Con makes his way to the two wolves that were in the center of the crowd. Craterday still had his sword out and Nero still wasn't backing down from the challenge that he started rather he had a sword or not. Both had some blood on them rather it was theirs or not. "What happened? Nero you know the rules. I don't suppose Craterday can remember."
At that Craterday turned his sword to Con. "Don't push it stupid." He warned. Everyone could tell that it was up to Craterday to end this. Or Coil if he could. "You want the truth? Well then he was mocking me and almost clawed my eye. You expect me to allow that? I drew my sword first yes but he," Craterday points to Nero with his tail "Started it. I don't like to be pushed and your stupid group of Go Getter don't understand that. All of them would rather me dead and you know it." Nero goes for his sword and Craterday stands on his hind paws throws a dagger at him hitting him in the side. The dagger went in deep. I don't recall ever seeing so much blood. Too scared to move Leaf stayed where she was at beside Stem. "Anyone moves wrong I'll kill them both. You all know that I can either let you help Nero or let him die. Now choose wisely at this choice. One I leave this place without anyone stopping me or coming with. Or two I let them both die."
Not wanting to, I move forward. Not knowing what I was going to say all eyes went on me like I was crazy. "Craterday, right? Listen I know he probably provoked you but is killing him the right thing? Put the sword down, you and Coil leave." Looking at Stem what I was about to say I knew she wouldn't like it. But it felt like what I was meant to do. "I'll come with. I want to see outside this place learn the other types of wolves and possibly be your friend. Just let them go." Leaf who never wanted fighting before now didn't care about it. She still didn't like having wolves die out of cold blood. In a battle that was different but this was just savage.
Quickly Craterday put his sword away and grabbed the dagger from Nero's side which was not bleeding so bad the dagger in his side looked just like blood nothing else. There was much blood around him and much was still coming out. "Fine I'll leave. I know even if I told you it would be a bad idea to come you will anyway so come on." Nodding somewhat happy she was allowed to come but scared by what he had said. As Leaf follows Craterday past Nero's body it was obvious that he was dead. Looking disgusted Leaf turned her eyes away and followed Craterday and soon she was followed by Coil and Stem.
"Are you sure you want to leave Leaf? I've only left and gone to the mountains once. Sword County is where they live I believe." Stem looked a bit uncomfortable with Craterday in lead and Coil followed a bit nervously.
"Yes I'm sure. It'll be fun and I feel like this is right. Not only that, I don't plan on turning back on my choice." Leaf looks at Craterday whose ears were moving around listening to something. He held his tail up to tell them to stop. As the group stopped about four wolves appeared over a ledge and looked down to them. From the looks all had dark pelts and two had blue eyes the others had tulip red eyes. I couldn't tell their pelt colors but they were definitely dark.
Slowly, Craterday walks up to them. Coil was about to follow when he got looks from all of them. Those looks were the type of look that said make a wrong move and you or someone here will die. He returned to where Leaf and Stem were still standing in confusion.
"Who are they?" Stem asks.
"And why only is Craterday allowed to speak with them?" I added.
"Their job is to make sure that anyone coming in knows the rules of Sword County. And anyone who doesn't needs to have at least someone who does. Just the way they are." Coil explains to them all. Looking up to where Craterday was, he was waving his tail telling them to come up.
Once they got up the pelt colors were clear. One looked like Lightning except his pelt was a dark grey and the white stripes were all the way down from the tips of his ears to the tail tip. The others looked like common wolves except much darker.
"Follow me, stay quiet and whatever you do on the other side listen to me and Coil. We know their rules and how they handle certain things. We're going through a rare way to get to the other side. I've only gone through it one other time. And it's very long and dark. Stay right by one another if you get separated stay put and once the rest of us get out I'll go in and get you." Craterday looked confident and nervous that something would happen. "Once we get on the other side let me and Coil do the talking and if anything happens let us fight. They have odd ways to some wolves but it's not odd at all." His eyes were distant, like in the past of some place. I didn't know what his past was or why everyone called him a psycho.
I chose to stay quiet with Stem but I wanted to ask if I could learn to use a sword. And possibly get a sword myself.

Everyone had made it out of the cave. Looking out it was beautiful, all the seasons were easily seen, wolves with swords were training their young, and two wolves were coming up to see the new wolves.
"Hi, I'm Kink and this is Meri. We greet the wolves that come through here." Kink was a dark sand like color and had tulip red eyes like two of the wolves who allowed us through the cave. Meri on the other hand was white with teal colored eyes. "I myself live in the forest part of this and Meri here is from the snow part. As you can tell the seasons elsewhere are all shown here with little space between them. This is not through a spell that keeps them like this it's the way it's been." The snow part was the farthest away. Spring and fall were right next to one another and summer is where we were standing on right now. The forest part was everywhere but the farther you looked the less trees you saw. Hills were more easily spotted after the group of trees.
"We have to ask, do any of you have swords?" Meri asks after Kink finishes talking himself.
"Craterday and I have swords. Leaf and Stem do not." Coil answers and Craterday pulls out his weapon showing them it. It was odd that they had to show that they had a weapon but I wasn't going to ask. Besides I only know that he has a spot for his sword but I never saw where he holds his dagger.
"And just to make sure you two remember if; what were their names again, Leaf and Stem? That if they plan on staying here for a while they are going to need to learn how to wield a sword and carry one as well." Kink reminds the two wolves who knew the rules here. "You know the reasons why." He turned Stem and I. "Are you sure you wish to go through with coming to our group?"
Stem nods her head. To me I could see that she was more excited than what she'll admit to.
"Yes I'm sure." I claim.

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