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If the battle came to you....

3/3/2011

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A students WORK:   I was woken up at dawn by my squire.  He told me that the king had ordered all of his knights to report to his castle.  I packed up my things, suited up, and me and my squire were off.  We left at midmorning and reached there by evening.  The king had ordered a meeting with all of his top officials and knights.
"Welcome my loyal servants.  You may be wondering why I have ordered you to come here.  Recently, my guards have caught a spy from our neighboring kingdom.  After putting the spy through rat torture-" a few despicable men snickered here, "we have found out that they are planning an attack on us within the next three days.  Now we must prepare ourselves for war."
The next two days, I was ordering around soldiers and preparing for battle.  The weapons were sharpened, the greek fire prepared, and the water was boiled.  Finally, they came.
It was midmorning when they arrived.  My squire quickly dressed me in armor, and we went to the king.  He ordered each of the knights to a different part of the castle.  I was on the northern wing, the side that would be attacked first.  I was in charge of the archers.
I saw the enemies marching forward.  The trebuchets loomed in the distance.  Our men stood tense.
As the soldiers marched closer to us, the king and his advisors rode out to meet the enemy king. After a half an hour or so, they rode back.  The red flag was raised, meaning we were still going to fight.
The attacking generals rode in front of their men.  All of a sudden, they turned and charged.  I saw one of my men flinch.
"Hold steady, men!" I yelled.
"Hold," I screamed as they got closer.  One of my men accidentally loosed an arrow.
"FFFIIIRRRREEEEEE!!!!"  The arrows blackened out the sky.  The oncoming men fell by the hundreds.
To counter, the enemies unleashed a deadly array of fiery stone.  The stones pounded our walls, but they held fast.
"FFFIIIRRRREEEEE!!!!" I yelled once more. The next series of arrows was unleashed.
The enemies had now begun to climb up their ladders.
"GRAB YOUR WEAPONS!".  All the men took out their swords and spears.  As the men came up, we chopped them down.  Some of the ladders were covered in Greek fire. We pushed down the remaining ladders after that.
Next came the siege towers.  My men were pegged down from behind protective walls.  Finally, we were able to take them out.
I look at the trebuchets.  One of them fired.  I watched the stone sail through the air.  It hit a large hole where an arrow slit had been before.  I watched in horror as the wall crumpled. 
The oncoming soldiers cheered, sensing victory was near.  Then I had a brilliant idea.
I led my remaining men to one of the tunnels.
I yelled, "Protect the king!"
My men and I ran into the tunnel.  We took a secret passage that led to a tower.  The enemies thought that the king was there, and had kept going down the tunnel.
I listened to their screams as they were burned by the Greek fire thrown down by the men up top.  They were trapped in a fake passage.  Then my men and I came out and finished them off.
After the battle was finished, I was personally thanked by the king.  Then I went back to my nice manor, and rested.

21 Comments
Aya
3/3/2011 02:08:17 am

That was GREAT! Who wrote this? They should be a writer.

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Gabby
3/3/2011 02:13:15 am

Great blog. very interesting details and good job answering everything we were supposed to answer!!!!

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Paris Buchanan
3/3/2011 02:14:02 am

This blog made me feel like I was there at the attack.

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Grant
3/3/2011 02:14:53 am

Wow, that was excellent!

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kyle
3/3/2011 02:18:57 am

That was awesome. It was interesting. This person got really into detail.

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*~Emily~*
3/3/2011 02:51:12 am

That's really good! It was really descriptive and accurate.

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Alexis
3/3/2011 03:29:41 am

OMG! THAT WAS AWESOME! Very detailed!

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Rachelle
3/3/2011 04:18:50 am

Mr. Holman, the only downside to making the writer anonymous is that we can't shower him/her with praise. Tell us who wrote it!!!!!!

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Zoe
3/3/2011 05:30:41 am


Wow this is amazing! Who wrote it?

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Hannah
3/3/2011 06:17:05 am

That blog was so amazing! They had a great description!

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Junyoung
3/3/2011 09:22:14 am

I'll bet you it was bagatur. this sounds just like the thing he would write

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Benji
3/3/2011 07:56:39 pm

That was tremendous. I could've never been able to write that myself. If it was Bagatur, I give kudos to him. The work was thoroughly informative.

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Maddie G
3/3/2011 08:13:04 pm

It must be Tess. She is a knight and a great writer. Good Job!

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Maddie G
3/3/2011 08:16:31 pm

And Mr. Holman told my class it was a girl.

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Mr. H
3/3/2011 08:35:57 pm

No Maddie, that was the blog that was really long and not finish....that is not this one. This could be a boy or girl.

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Jasmine
3/6/2011 12:47:06 pm

After reading that story, I had to read it again. Who ever wrote this should be really proud of them self and should think about writing different stories in her personal life and get them published. Good Job once again!!

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Jada S
3/6/2011 12:47:10 pm

This is a awesome blog!!!!! I loved how it was a story. It also detailed..... I really want to know who wrote this, that person is a very talented and a great writer. Since I'm a knight this actually helped me. Thanks to who ever wrote it. Awesome job as well!!!

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Henry
3/7/2011 02:26:37 am

Very interesting and descriptive. It sounds very realistic.

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Alyssa Basile
3/9/2011 09:15:10 pm

WOW!! When I was reading it, whoever this person is, they should be a writer someday!

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Hayl
4/8/2011 01:13:19 am

Oh my gosh! Tess, Bagatur, whoever DID write this, it is amazing beyond belife! good job and keep it up ~~ writing, i mean. you should really write a novel and publish it... you would probably get millions or readers' comments! AWESOME JOB AND KEEP IT UP!! ;D

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Rachelle
4/8/2011 01:52:50 am

Um, I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but if you go look at the same knight's blog on the online book, you'll see his/her name on their coat of arms.

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