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Inigo was excited and nervous about where he and his five year old sister, Farika, were going. It would be the first time the six year old had ever set eyes on a Stone Tribe settlement and the city of Graddin is supposed to be a very big settlement from what he had heard about it. He wondered what he would find when he got there and whet the people of the Stone Tribe were like, he had only heard stories from his father, Ma'heed, about the people, about how they talked very quickly compared to the free people and their strange ways, but nonetheless he was looking forward to seeing Graddin.

Ma'heed said "Listen to me Inigo, Farika, I agreed to take you with me to Graddin because I think it is time you knew what the Stone Tribe are like instead of just hearing about them from me and how to talk to them. But while we are in Graddin I want you to be where I can see you two and to not go wondering off, it can get very busy and I don't want you two to be in any danger, so please try to stay where I can see you." Inigo said "Yes father we will" Farika nodded in agreement, who was also looking forward to seeing Graddin as well.

After two hours of travelling, Inigo and Farika got their first sight of Graddin, they had never seen anything like it before, buildings that were a lot bigger than the huts that they were used to, some of the buildings even looked like they touched the sky. They also saw a big bridge that connected one side of the city to the other, and what appeared to be a layer of smoke across the city. Inigo and Farika just looked wide eyed at the sights.

As they walked through the city, Inigo and Farika stayed close to their father, as there were a lot of people, who were always constantly moving in one direction or another. The children were feeling abit claustrophobic by the pressing crowd of people and noticed that they were being stared at by some people and a few whispering to one another of the strange attire that Ma'heed, Inigo and Farika were wearing.

As they continued walking through the city, they crossed the bridge that they had noticed earlier before, Inigo and Farika looked over the bridge, and noticed the boat traffic on the Holst River, going up and down the river and across from one side of the riverbanks to the other. They also noticed that the river water looked dirty.

Farika said "this bridge is really big, I don't think we have anything like it in our tribe" Ma'heed said "no we do not. This bridge is called the Hammond Bridge by the Stone Tribe" Farika said "why is it called the Hammond Bridge?" Ma'heed said "it is named after the first chief of the Stone Tribe, Hammond the first" Farika asked "where are we going father?" Ma'heed said "to the marketplace, to sell our items we have brought with" Farika asked "why do we need to do that?" Ma'heed said "because there are items the Stone Tribe has that we don't and so we give them what we have in turn for what items the Stone Tribe has, you have to give them something if you want something in return" Farika and Inigo pondered over this trying to assimilate on what their father just told them as they crossed the bridge and walked to the Marketplace.

They arrived at the Marketplace and it was packed full of people going from market stall to stall, buying all kinds of items, from food, weapons, clothing and jewellery. Inigo was staring at the all the food, which almost made him hungry, while Farika was busy starting at clothes stores with great interest, having not seen such kind of clothes that often if at all. Ma'heed found a spot in which he could sell his wares from, he was selling a combination of furs and some medicinal herbs in which the Mist Tribe could part with since they had had a good harvest with herbs and could spare some to the Stone Tribe. And so Ma'heed went to the pub just near where he wanted to sell his wares from and asked the owner if he could borrow some chairs and a table so he and his children could sit down and sell his wares from, the owner agreed after Ma'heed made assurances he would return the chairs and the table after he was finished with them and agreed to pay for them if they ever got damaged. He returned with the table and chairs and so laid his wares on the table while his children sat down and waited.

Meanwhile from up the street, a group of kids were running towards the place Ma'heed, Inigo and Farika were sitting at. While the kids ran by, one of them tripped over and gashed his knee, a fox who looked like the same age as Inigo. He was holding his knee and started to cry, Ma'heed went to the fox, picked him up and carried him back to his chair, he put the child on his chair, got some water, got some strange looking paste and tore off a line of fur from one of the furs he was going to sell, Ma'heed said to the child "shhh there child, it will be better soon, I'm going to clean the gash, add this paste on your knee and bandage you, it will be alright" the fox child just nodded while still crying. Ma'heed dabbed the gashed knee, cleaning it while getting rid of the dirt, then he applied the healing paste on to his knee and finally wrapped up the knee in a fur bandage.

After a few minutes Ma'heed then said to the kit "Now be more careful in the future child, you don't want to be hurt again because of carelessness do you?" the kit said "no mister I don't, thank you for helping me" Ma'heed asked "what is your name child?" the kit said "Jason" Ma'heed then asked "why were you in such a hurry Jason?" Jason replied "Well we were all hurrying to take part in Andy's game" Ma'heed asked "and what game is that?" Jason replied "it's called tag, the one who is tagged is it, until that person tags the next person." Ma'heed turned to his children and asked "Inigo, Farika, do you want to with Jason here and play with his friends?" Farika jumped up and said "YEAH!!" Inigo asked "um are they nice people?" Ma'heed "I don't know, but it might be good for you to get to meet other children and have fun with them, you don't have to go but it might be nice for you to have fun" Inigo looked at his father and replied "ok" before Farika and Inigo left he said "play nice you two and remember to come back to me if you have problems or when it is time to leave" they both nodded and went off with Jason.

After a few minutes they arrived at an open area that wasn't as crowded as the rest of the city, but instead was filled with six kids standing around, they seemed to be paying attention to a brown rabbit, who was waiting for them with his arms crossed and said to Jason "what took you so long Jas? we were wondering where you had been" Jason replied "hurt my knee, but a nice man made a knee better and I met these two along the way, they want to play too" the rabbit looked at Inigo and Farika and said "they dress strangely, they look like those tribals my dad talks about, what are their names? and do they understand me?" Inigo said "I am Inigo and we understand some of what you say, this is my sister Farika" Inigo pointed towards Farika when he said this. The rabbit said "I'm Andy and these are my friends, you've already met Jason" he points to the fox when he says this "this here is David" he touches the shoulder of a rottweiler pup, who looked big and burly, he just nodded at Inigo and Farika and smiled, "this is Mike" he points to a Pit Bull Terrier who says "hello" to Inigo and Farika, "this is Simon" who was a Iguana who just smiled and waved at them "next here is Claire" a Jaguar cub who said "hello, nice to meet you" Andy then moved to the last one and said "and this is Luke" he touches a Otter who grins and wags his tail excitedly.

Andy then turned to everyone and said "right I will explain to Inigo and Farika what the rules of my tag game so they know what to do, at the start someone will be it or the tagger, who is supposed to tag or touch someone else so they are no longer the tagger and the person they tag is, whoever gets tagged three times is out of the game and will return back here, the last person who has been tagged the least is the winner of the game, you understand that? Inigo? Farika?" after a few seconds they nodded, Andy then said "right time I chose who will be the tagger first" Andy then closed his eyes and spun around in a circle with his hand pointing out and when he stopped he was pointing at Luke "ok Luke you are first, let the game begin" and so everyone run with Luke chasing after them.

After awhile running through the streets of the city tagging on another, the score was as follows: Jason was out first after getting tagged three times due to his injured knee, next was Simon who when he was tagged the third time fell into a fountain but managed to get out alright as the water was shallow, next was Claire who despite her agility was tagged three times, next was Mike who just let out of huff as he thought he was doing so well, next was the Otter luke, then Farika and then David, after this taking about forty five minutes to all happen. This just left Inigo and Andy left with both being tagged twice already, David would be the one who was it since he was the last tagged and whoever he tagged would lose and the other would be the winner.

Inigo was still hiding from David when he noticed some men, one of them a dragon, one a crocodile and the other a wolverine walking down the street in armour with a strange symbol imprinted on the armour, the symbol was that of a cross. Inigo then overheard the wolverine say " have you heard? a savage has been seen selling merchandise, the nerve of those pagans thinking they can come here to do whatever they please without consequences" the dragon then said "don't worry we will teach that bat a lesson" Inigo gasped, *they must be talking about father* he thought, but how could he stop them? Inigo looked around and saw a fruit stand, picked up three apples and threw them at the three Templars, all three hit them on the back of their heads, they turned around and saw Inigo, the Dragon said "hey you little brat what did you... wait you look like the bat we are after, maybe you're his kid?" then the dragon said to the other two "get him" then all three ran towards Inigo and Inigo ran for it in the opposite direction.

Andy was busy running down a street with David right behind him when he noticed Inigo running towards him with three armoured men chasing after him. David just came up to him and touched and said "tag your out" Andy said "David look" David looked down the street and saw what Andy saw "why are those men after Inigo?" David asked, Andy replied "I don't know but we need to help him" David replied "are you sure? they lok like they are from the Church, my dad told me about them, said they were called Templars, very dangerous people" Andy replied "I don't care who they are, I don't like bullies in general" then Andy then shouted to Inigo "INIGO, THIS WAY!!" Inigo saw Andy and David and ran in the direction they were going.

After a few minutes they arrived at the marketplace, where it was crowded, the three Templar just pushed their way through the crowd. The three kids just then decided to try and hide in a pub where it was crowded. But the Templars saw them go in and went after them, which they cornered the three kids. The dragon said to Inigo "come with me pup, you must come so that heathen of a father of yours does not harm you any further" Inigo looked at Andy and David in a confused way and asked "what does 'heathen' mean?" David replied "it means a bad person" Inigo looked at the dragon and said "you are a liar, my father is a good man, why are you after him? he has done nothing to you" the dragon said "your father may or may not be a bad man, but he is teaching you bad things and for your safety and well being, we will take you to a safe place, now come along now" the dragon moved to grab Inigo but Andy blocked him and said "LEAVE HIM ALONE MEANY" then after this was said the pub landlord, who was pit bull terrier, come from around the bar and said "OI, what is going on here? why are you harassing these children?" he said to the three Templars, the Dragon just said to the landlord "mind your own business, this is Church business" the landlord looked angry and said "I don't see how harassing children is a Church matter, I'm going to have to ask you to leave or I will force you out" the Crocodile Templar just bashed the landlord in the face with his gauntlet. This roused the other patrons to step up and walk towards the Templars, one of them, a lion mercenary caught the crocodile Templar by surprise and whacked him in the back of the head, which then caused the wolverine Templar to bash the lion in the nose, breaking it, after which all Hell broke loose and it turned into a bar fight with the Templars and a few patrons on one side and other patrons on the other side, the Landlord just got up and went to find the nearest city guard. While this was all happening Andy, David and Inigo snuck out of the pub and left down the street just seeing the landlord go to the pub with three city guardsmen in tow.

The three kids returned to the area where they first started the game of tag, and all the other kids were there waiting. Mike asked "so? who won?" Andy replied "Inigo is the winner" Farika looked happy and hugged Inigo, Inigo smiled and said "I only won because the men with the symbol turned up to distract you" everyone looked confused, Andy explained "he means the Templars" everyone looked shocked, Claire asked "why were Templars after you?" David replied "they were after Inigo and his father because they thought his father was a heathen, but they were wrong and just being a bunch of bullies" Andy then said "yeah a bunch of bullies started a fight at the pub, meanies, so we snuck out and came back here" Jason then said "well I'm glad you are ok, but it is cool you outsmarted some Templars" everyone agreed. Andy then said "I'm needed back home now, my mum and dad are probably wondering where I am now, thanks for coming everyone and Inigo, Farika, if you ever come to Graddin again, just come here and look for us, you were great to play with, see you later everyone" and all the kids said their farewells to each other and went on their way.

Inigo and Farika got back to their father, who was just beginning to pack up for their trip home, as this was happening Inigo saw a line of mean being escorted by city guard on their way to prison, including the Templars, who glared at Inigo and Inigo just stuck his tongue out at them.

As they were a few hours out at the city, Ma'heed asked "so children, did you have fun today?" Inigo and Farkia said "YEAH" they both then proceeded to explain everything that had happened, Ma'heed frowned with concern when Inigo mentioned the Templars but then laughed slightly when he found out he had given them the slip and saw them being escorted to prison "I'm glad you got away from them Inigo and that you saved me from them, but try not to get into anymore trouble with the men with the symbol, they are dangerous, still it is good that you had fun today" he smiled. Inigo saw the items that his father had been able to acquire such as swords and Stone Tribe currency. They all went back home to the Mist Tribe and Inigo and Farika wanting to come back and visit Graddin some time in the future.