Jared Morgan Alternate Ending Essay
Prologue
Jared Morgan sat on the edge of his bed sharpening his knife. Only sounds of the wind were heard from outside of his door. His blond hair hung in front of his worried green eyes as he glanced every so often out his window. Suddenly, a thud broke the silence. He got up, sheathed his knife in the dark brown scabbard in his belt and walked over to the window. The woman that was once outside enjoying the night sky was not. He looked down and saw her body lying on the ground, her throat slit, gushing blood, drenching the top of her dress. He saw a shadow move outside by his neighbor’s cottage.
“They’re here,” he said under his breath. Jared rushed to the back bedroom where his two sons lied on their beds asleep. He dashed over to them and woke them up. …show more content…
“Whatever you do, don’t come out until I say.” He then briskly walked back to his room as the confused boys closed and locked their door.
Jared grabbed his broad sword from under the bed and pulled the work of art from its scabbard. Its steel blade shined. Jared breathed a sigh of remembrance and then ran outside into the chilled night air.
He had known this day would come. They were looking for him. The shadow grunts, orc like things with shadow covering their body and black Arabian masks. They had two knives with ridged blades. They kill only for enjoyment unless they are sent for something or someone, like Jared.
He dashed to the next-door cottage, broke the door down, and charged in. It was silent, deathly silent, and blacker than the night.
Back in the boys’ room they wondered what the confusion was all about. The youngest of the boys, Drake, was too confused and tired what to think. While the older brother, Siris, was pacing back and forth in front of the window.
“Aren’t you worried about dad?” said
Jared Morgan sat on the edge of his bed sharpening his knife. Only sounds of the wind were heard from outside of his door. His blond hair hung in front of his worried green eyes as he glanced every so often out his window. Suddenly, a thud broke the silence. He got up, sheathed his knife in the dark brown scabbard in his belt and walked over to the window. The woman that was once outside enjoying the night sky was not. He looked down and saw her body lying on the ground, her throat slit, gushing blood, drenching the top of her dress. He saw a shadow move outside by his neighbor’s cottage.
“They’re here,” he said under his breath. Jared rushed to the back bedroom where his two sons lied on their beds asleep. He dashed over to them and woke them up. …show more content…
“Whatever you do, don’t come out until I say.” He then briskly walked back to his room as the confused boys closed and locked their door.
Jared grabbed his broad sword from under the bed and pulled the work of art from its scabbard. Its steel blade shined. Jared breathed a sigh of remembrance and then ran outside into the chilled night air.
He had known this day would come. They were looking for him. The shadow grunts, orc like things with shadow covering their body and black Arabian masks. They had two knives with ridged blades. They kill only for enjoyment unless they are sent for something or someone, like Jared.
He dashed to the next-door cottage, broke the door down, and charged in. It was silent, deathly silent, and blacker than the night.
Back in the boys’ room they wondered what the confusion was all about. The youngest of the boys, Drake, was too confused and tired what to think. While the older brother, Siris, was pacing back and forth in front of the window.
“Aren’t you worried about dad?” said