The Night Watch - Prolouge

The large man pulled the sword back out and trusted it into the boy’s hart.

Cole fell to the ground dead.

Chapter one- The Night Watch

"Damn I wish that boy would hurry up", said Richard the leader of the Night Watch.

Three heavily muscled men sat around a small oak table in the middle of the room, they were drinking as much ale and beer as they could with their night off.

It had been an hour since they boy had left, and the fire had gone out.

"Were going to freeze if he doesn’t hurry up with that wood," said Jon.

He shivered.

" Well its hard to walk out there, give him a break", said Harry the second youngest of the night watch.

Harry was the biggest klutz of the night watch; he had long shaggy hair with and pale face, he was tall and had no muscle.

The other three men at the table turned and looked at him.

"This is your first time boy, you don’t know what cold is, look at this". Richard pulled off his black glove and showed the boy his hand.

He was missing his pinky finger and his thumb. He had stumps were the fingers should be.

Harry’s face twisted in grimace as he looked at the hand.

Harry hadn’t even passed the test to become a member of the night watch, but they let him join anyway because they were afraid his father would become angry with them. Harry’s dad was the top executioner.

"Yea, that’s what I thought", said Richard as he nodded

He put the glove back on his hand and took a sip of his ale.

"If the boy doesn’t hurry up he will die, its been over an hour and he is not even wearing his full clothing" remarked Jon.

The men shrugged.

"That’s his fault, we warned him", said the leader.

The others nodded.

"But I don’t want to spend time burying him" said Jon.

The other men laughed at the remark.

"I am not going out there," said Harry

"You would freeze before you even got there, you ass," exclaimed Richard

"I will go find him then" said Jon

Jon got up from his seat and walked over to the coat rack.

He pulled a large black fur coat off the hook and also a scarf; he opened the door and walked out.