Chapter 9

                                    

                                          
        
                          
The group dressed in white came into the hut. After they did, a woman with dark brown hair and green eyes came in after them. She appeared to be the leader of them, since she was wearing a pendant with a light blue gem on it.
                          
"What do you guys want from us?" Male Jesse said. 
                          
He, his sister, Ivor, and Harper were now backed up to the wall. They stood up against it, holding their hands up so that there wouldn't be any trouble.
                          
"Empty your inventories," said the woman. "Starting with you," she said, as she looked at Harper.
                          
Harper formed an unamused look on her face as she emptied her inventory. She pulled out her bow, her arrows, some torches, and leftover supplies they had from building their shelter.
                          
The woman examined the inventory. 
                          
"Alright, you can take your stuff back, but don't you dare use that weapon on us, or there will be trouble..." she told Harper.
                          
That confused the group. Were these guys bandits, but not as threatening as the other ones that were following Calvin's orders.
                          
"Now you," said the woman, as she looked at Ivor.
                          
Ivor emptied his inventory. All he had were spare potions, some food, and his golden sword.
                          
"You're good to. Take back your stuff," the woman said. 
                          
She looked at Female Jesse. Female Jesse only sighed and started emptying her inventory. Just like with Harper and Ivor, the woman didn't take anything from Female Jesse. She examined the items and told Female Jesse she could have her stuff back.
                          
However, when it was time for Male Jesse to do the same thing, the woman poked around in his inventory. She spotted the picture of the amulet and the journal that the teenager gave them with the notes.
                          
"Sorry, but I must take these. The rest of it, you can have it back," she said, taking the picture and the journal.
                          
"No! Give those back! We need those!" said Male Jesse.
                          
He started to walk up to her, but the woman pulled out a diamond sword and pointed it at him. Male Jesse nervously backed up.
                          
"I'm sorry, but you don't understand the meaning of the situation. You can't find that amulet..." said the woman. She turned to face her group and said, "Let's go."
                          
"What about these four?" asked one of the guys.
                          
"Let them go. We're not stooping to our enemy's level," said the woman.
                          
"But Beth, now they know about the amulet," said another woman in the group.
                          
"Let's go," said Beth firmly.
                          
She walked out of the hut calmly. Her group was a bit confused, but they started to follow her out of the hut. The last man in their group shrugged his shoulders and left after them.
                          
"We at least need to get the journal back," said Ivor. "Get the horses. I'll get the journal back!" he whispered to his friends.
                          
"Ivor, wait!" said Harper.
                          
Ivor ignored her. He pulled out one of his splash potions and rushed out. He threw the splash potion at Beth.
                          
"Argh!" she cried.
                          
"Hey!" one of her followers shouted. 
                          
Ivor quickly pulled out another potion. He drank it, giving himself a speed boost. One of the people in Beth's group tried to hit him with their stone sword, but because of the speed boost Ivor had, he missed. The other people in Beth's group tried to catch Ivor, but he was too fast.