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The Savior Of Gladiatesville

March 27, 2023
By damonbrox BRONZE, Waco, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"Another Day, Another Win."


Author's note:

I hope people will understand the theme "The sacrifices made between friends." And account it into their daily life with their friends.

In a tale long ago there was a man, he went by the name of Elvis. Elvis was a very tall and strong elf that could do pretty much anything. One evening in Gladiatesville Elvis was walking down the road, taking his usual walk that he takes every day, and he noticed something in the distance; it was a dog and he was stuck in the snow, Elvis being the kind soul he is went to go help the dog, as he was helping the little dog out of the snow he noticed something, it was a sign and it said now hiring starting at 15 dollars an hour, “I'm good at almost everything, there is no way I won’t get the job” Elvis told himself. Prior to this Elvis was getting rejected at every job because he was an elf, so with the dog in his hands Elvis runs to the place and notices something. It is a hat shop, Elvis had been down here many times before since he loves to wear hats. He entered the shop; and everyone gave him weird looks, except for one person. That person was the Cobbler, he asked Elvis “Do you need help shopping around?” “I was looking to see if you would hire me for the job of a hat creator” Elvis replies “Of course!” answered the Cobbler with a grin on the cobbler's face.” All you have to do is fill out this paperwork and, I will see if you are eligible for the job.” Elvis fills out the paperwork and gives it to The Cobbler, The Cobbler shortly after says “You're hired!” Elvis was confused as he didn't really take time to read the paper nor did he actually care about the paper. “You’ll start right now!” Said the Cobbler with an even bigger grin on his face, “Wait! I have to find out who this dog belongs to. I saved him when he couldn't breathe in the snow.” Said Elvis. “I will take him to the local shelter for you,” said the cobbler. “No, I do not trust you just yet boss, I will take him with me until I can find the owners, for now I will name the little guy Alvis.” Elvis remarks. The Cobbler brings Elvis to his office and shows him all of the machines and where they are located. Elivs sits down in his chair and gets to work, the next day he does the same thing, and then again he does the same thing, and eventually he makes 1,000 different hat designs. “Phew, Alvis can you get me the paintbrush please.” Asked Elvis, “Sure!” Alvis replied “Wait, YOU CAN TALK!?” Elvis asks, confused. “All of us can talk when we get older, and now that I'm old enough too I really don't like your boss, He scares me” Says Alvis. Elvis and Alvis both finish out the day and get paid their weekly salary but the Cobbler stops the two outside, he asks Elvis “Have you ever thought about running your own hat business Elvis?” “I never really thought about it but I might have to one day, it is something I really enjoy doing.” Elvis answers happily. Later that evening The Cobbler is there with the Higher ups pleading for something, “Please! Allow me to fire Elvis, he is really good at what he does and soon enough he will get too good at it and take all of my business.” In Gladiatesville there was a rule, “thou shalt not fire thoust who puts in good work and effort.” With Elvis being really good at what he does and putting in a lot of effort, if the Cobbler fired him, he would be executed and Elvis would take over the whole company. The Cobbler leaves defeated but he wasn't done giving up just yet. Elvis was on the street and he saw two other elves, they were the same height as him and looked just like him. ‘Hey!” Said one of the elves to Elvis. Elvis looks up and just gives them a look holding out a piece sign. The peace sign was a sign of respect. “What's your name?” Asked one of the elves. “I am Elvis.” Answered Elvis. “ah, well nice to meet you Elvis, my name is Elk, and this is my buddy Ron.” “Are you worried about something, Elvis?” asked Ron with a worried face. “No” Elvis replies “well you should be worried, because we overheard your boss talking to some other people and he was saying some pretty bad stuff about you and his plans.” Elk remarks. “What! What plans are you talking about?” Asked Elvis. “Follow me, and then you will know the truth.” Replied Ron. Elvis follows the other Elves into their lair and they lead him to a room, there was a big tv screen and on that was footage of his boss explaining how he will kill Elvis and hide his body in the trash, Elk plays the video. “ Listen Larry, it's a good idea, we will hide his body and he will never be seen again.” Said the Cobbler ecstatically. “and how do you plan to do that you idiot, he would beat you into a pulp if you tried anything and he could easily beat you up, not to mention he has that dog that you tried to kill and he will come after you as well, you do know that dog has superpowers, right?” Remarks Larry. “I have a great plan, when the clock strikes 10:00 and he goes out for lunch I will infect his things with poison so he can't breathe anymore, which should also eliminate everything about him and that repugnant Dog.” After hearing this Elvis becomes enraged  and feels like he has been betrayed by his boss, wanting to kill him because of how hard he has worked and also wanting to kill his best friend at the same time, with a deep breath Elvis asks Alvis “You have superpowers?” “Welp, he ratted me out, I am not an ordinary dog, I didn't want you to think less of me so I hid these from you” wings start growing on the back of Alvis “ these aren't the only things I can do, I can also shoot laser beams, have Ice breath, and can turn back time, and see all of the time related things.”Said Alvis “Alvis, this doesn't make me think less of you, it makes you so cool!” Said Elvis with a smile on his face. “Well we can't go back there tomorrow or we will die, but I also don't want him to know that we know what he is planning to do.” Said Alvis. “We can help with that, we have had the cobbler as a boss in the past, we hate his guts he tried doing the same thing to us, I don't think you should show him mercy Elvis, I think you should fight him and show that knucklehead what us Elves are really made of.” Said Ron. “We can't just go in there blindly, we have to have a plan for how I am going to kill the Cobbler” said Elvis. “I am sure he has a backup plan already. Suddenly Alvis flies up. “I have the perfect plan.” 

“Listen, listen, do any of you have a replacement for Elvis once I kill him, someone who isn't nearly as good as him but can get the job done? “ “Not me” said Larry. “It is ok I shall find someone for his death after the deed is done” Said The Cobbler. 

“What's the plan Alvis?” Said the three elves. “We should still show up tomorrow, and do our job, but let's do it poorly so he wont have a reason to use the poison.” Answered Alvis “Are you crazy! Alvis he will kill us if we show up to that place “Said Elvis with a concerned look on his face. “Listen Elvis, you gotta trust me on this one, I know that guy, if you start making your product poorly it will give him no reason to kill you.” Said Alvis. “Alvis you are my best friend, I trust you.” Remarked Elvis. The next day Elvis and Alvis showed up to work as usual but told the Cobbler that he might not work as well today because he is sick, and he did exactly that, his work looked a lot less well and not as good, the Cobbler noticed his work and smiled, “it's fine Elvis, we all have bad days” The Cobbler leaves the room and then it was time for his lunch break, and not thinking that The Cobbler would still poison him he went to lunch with Alvis. “Well that was good, it's time we head back now, and by the way Alvis, great plan, you saved our lives.” “That's what I'm good at.” Said Alvis with the biggest smile. Elvis headed back to his room and entered it, but something looked different, there was a note on his chair, it stated “Die you stupid idiot, and dont come back either” and at that very moment Elvis and Alvis started coughing uncontrollably. When they were near death Elvis heard a loud noise, BANG! Alvis was glowing, he looked like he was about to explode and then they were outside again. “Alvis what did you d-” there was a pause as Elvis looked around but Alvis was missing, he wasn't anywhere to be found. “Alvis! Alvis!” Elvis cried out with no response, and this enraged him. “Alvis, d- died, no, I can't believe it, I won't believe it! Elvis, enraged, punches the door to the hat store down and barges inside. “Oh Cobbler, where are you, huh, where are you hiding, you really messed up this time.” Said Elvis enraged. “I showed you mercy and this is what you did, no, now I'm mad, I'm really really mad, and now it's time to pay the price.” “Elvis! How are you still alive” said the Cobbler coming out of his office.” “There you are! Ok, good.” Elvis grabs a piece of the sharp wall and rips it off of the hinges holding it. The Cobbler tries to run but Elvis wont let him, he grabs him by the neck and slams him to the floor. “I'm going to make you suffer for what you did!” Then Elvis punches the Cobbler hundreds of times and stabs him repeatedly until finally the Cobbler dies. “Take that idiot, don't ever kill my best friend” Elvis after killing the Cobbler walks on the road, depressed and sad losing his best friend right in front of his eyes, but then he notices something in the distance, it's a dog and it looks just like Alvis but he's hurt, hurt bad. Elvis runs over to the poor dog and its Alvis but he is on the brink of death. “Elvis, you're here! I have been waiting for you, go kill the Cobbler for what he did to us.” “Alvis, I already did because I thought he killed you, wait I won't let you die I will save you like you did to me the first time we met.” “It's pointless Elvis I am on the brink of death and don't have a lot of time left” said Alvis “I know that, which is why…” There is a pause in his voice as a light starts emitting from Elvis. It's 5 years later and gladiatesville is doing better than ever “Did you hear that Elvis is the new boss now!” “Yea I heard! Work might finally start getting done around here” “Elvis, Elvis, Elvis” they chant. “Yo Alvis, do you want some ice cream?” “Sure! But Elvis I have a question.” “What is it Alvis?” “Do you remember the time when we beat the Cobbler, that time when we both almost died?” “Yea, what about it Alvis?” “How did you save me that day? I know I should have asked the question back then but I'm asking now ``''Alvis, you don't remember? I gave you half of my life force so we could both live on.” “Wait, really Elvis?” “Of course, I mean you are my best friend right?” “Yea, we are best friends” “Best friends forever.”



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