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Lets get back to the library, and see if we can find anything about this prophecy." He nodded, and followed me out the door.
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We walked down the hall, examining a few of the paintings that caught our eyes. The only one that I found strange was the picture of a fallen angel. I would have to ask someone about that later. We reached the doors of the library, and again the gargoyles seemed to be watching me. I saw Gail coming toward us from down the hall. "Hey guys!" She said enthusiastically. "Hey. What are you so happy about?" I asked. She smiled. "Nothin' in particular. Just glad to be home!" She glanced up at the two gargoyles. "Funny. I never noticed those..." I thought about what she said for a minute. "They look a lot like my guardians from the academy." I stated. She shook her head. "You weren't there long enough for them to have any real ties to you. Besides, the guardians that followed me around died after the attack. For no reason. They do seem to be watching you, though." I looked closer at the statues, as they looked at me. Their eyes followed me, it wasn't an illusion. "Come down from there." I commanded. Their stone form melted into a green tinted skin. Their tails whipped through the air as the flew down to me. They rested on my shoulders. "Thats amazing! They not only tied themselves to you, they draw there power from you, so when the power source at the academy was destroyed, they lived. Maybe..." She suddenly gasped. She looked around, running her hands along the walls. She stopped on a slight discoloration below a painting. "You're alive! Why did you do that to me? Come out of there!" The discoloration of the wall bulged slightly, as a small white dragon emerged from the emerald marble. She kissed the creature on the top of it's head. "I'm so glad you're OK!" The weight of my guardians began to get to me.
"Hey, Gail." I said, as her pet crawled up her figure, to her shoulders. "What?" She looked at me. "Is there any way I can get these guys to lose a little weight?" I asked, as I reached up stroking the one on my left's chin. "Yeah. They have to merge. You get a creature that reflects the desire for a certain kind of pet. I've always wanted a dragon, and I got my own little baby. When they merge they turn into a baby of whatever creature you've always wanted. Although extremely powerful, they have to learn how to protect themselves, like a real baby." I nodded, pretending to understand. "Yeah, uhh, how do they merge?" She smiled. "Should I tell him, Rosey?" The creature made a clicking noise with it's throat. "She says she likes you." Said Gail, walking to me. "Heres what you do." She looked like she was thinking hard. I was expecting a long lecture on how to do this. "You tell them to merge!" She said. "Well, you obviously hate long talks." She walked into the library. I followed her in, Justin followed me. We sat around the table Lance had reclaimed. "Oh yeah, you have to give them names, first." Said Gail, looking at my friends. "What are those?" Asked Lance, looking at the gargoyles. "Guardians. They followed me from the academy." I said, turning my attention to my friends. "Hey, guys. Could you get down for a little while?" The creatures nodded, and jumped off my shoulders to the table. I rubbed my shoulders where they had been perched. "Ryu, and Brin." Said Gail. "What?" I asked. "They want to be named Ryu, and Brin." "Oh. OK." She looked at Ryu. "They both agree the merged form should be Ryu." I was confused. "I'm confused. How do you know all this?" She smiled. "You learn to understand them after a while. You'll learn a lot from each other. Merging doesn't have any bright flashes, or anything. So go ahead! I wanna see what you've always wanted!" I looked at them, and sighed. "Her goes nothin' ... Ryu, Brin. Merge." I said.
The two creatures looked at each other, and walked into each other. There forms liquefied, and bubbled on the table. The bubbling puddle on the table began to take shape, slowly reaching toward the sky. The metallic look the form had slowly drained off of it's body. When the form took shape there was a small griffin. The white feathers changing into thick fur at the shoulders. The eyes looked like molten gold, flowing in circles around the silver pupils. The claws scraped the stained oak table, leaving gashes. It looked down at the gashes it made, and flashed an apologetic look at me. It retracted it's claws to prevent further damage, and swished it's tail over the gashes. Gold flowed from the tip of it's tail, and hardened in the gashes. "Not bad." Said Gail. "Rosey could kick his ass anytime, but still not bad." She said, smiling. I looked at Ryu. "Ryu, show her what you can do. Careful, now. Don't hurt anyone, or anything." Ryu nodded, and spread his tiny wings. It lifted into the air. The smell of hot brass filled the air as it's wings flapped. The air caught by the wings was warm. He flew to the ceiling, and suspended in air for a few seconds. Suddenly he dove to the ground. When he hit the ground, the floor seemed like water. He dove into the earth, and emerged behind Gail, and Rosey. His mouth filled with flame that died down just as he was going to breathe it. He glided back down to the table, and sat, looking at me. I stroked the feathers on his neck. "Good boy. I'll get you something from the kitchen later." Gail was shocked. "Griffins can't do that! They aren't earth elementals, they're fire!" I shrugged. "My boy is just amazing." I winked at her. Rosey made a few squeaks, and clicking noises. "You don't mean that! Apologize!" Said Gail. Rosey looked down, and clicked softly. "Thats better. Are you hungry?" Vincent was right. If you treat them like your best friends, and not servants, they're very loyal. Rosey clicked, and squeaked loudly. This caused the librarian to rush over to our table.
The orcish woman looked infuriated. "I have tolerated the noise from this table for too long! If I have anymore trouble from you, you are banned from the library. Look at that! Your dog scratched my table!" This upset both Ryu, and Rosey. "Ma'am. He is not a dog, and when you call a griffin a dog that upsets them. Extremely. It also upsets any other creatures who hear that insult." Gail stated flatly. The librarian shot a look of anger toward Gail. "Who do you think you are? This is MY library, and you will not disrespect me here!" She screeched. "Gladus! What are you doing? Those are my friends!" Said Anthony, as he walked into the library. Gladus' eyes shot open. She turned quickly to face Anthony. "I'm sorry, sire. It's just these animals scratched the table, and they were making noise!" Anthony laughed, and looked at us. "She is a wave orc. As you know, they hate noise. That is why she wanted to work in here. She's small, but vicious when angry. Be careful." He sat down next to Lance. "Rosey!" The dragon crawled off of Gail, and over to Anthony, rubbing against him much like a cat would. "Where'd she come from?" He asked. "She was hiding in the walls." Replied Gail. Anthony noticed Ryu. "I didn't think you were there long enough for them to tie themselves to you." I shook my head. "I wasn't. I don't really know why they followed me. I'm not one to contest a free griffin, though!" I stroked the fur below the shoulders. Ryu seemed to purr when I touched him.
Vincent was the last to show up. JC, followed by Chris, and Joey arrived shortly after Anthony. An hour later, Vincent walked in, saying he forgot. I answered all the questions about Ryu, and Gail all about Rosey. "OK. Me, Ryu, and Justin will take this side." I started. "Vincent, and JC take that side. Gail, and..." She cut me off, knowing I was going to suggest Anthony. "Chris. We'll take the front. Anthony, and Lance take the back. Joey, you get the middle to yourself." I finished. "Anything you find about any prophecy, bring to this table. When we've combed through every book here, come back to the table, and start reading." We all got up, and headed to our respective parts of the library. I made it a point to ask Gail about her interruption later.
Justin, and I found one book each. I found 'The call of the five powers.' Justin found 'Prophecies - Myth, or truth?' Ryu, when instructed to do so, found five. Two were fairytale books, but the other three were legitimate. When we finished searching the area, we returned to the table, and set our books down. I flipped through the one I had found. After a few pages I flipped the cover closed, and examined it. "Whats wrong?" Asked Justin. "This author. He's famous for his fake prophecies, and other hoaxes. This one is useless. The prophecy he's talking about is true, but his description of the five is wrong." Justin scooted closer to me. "How so?" He said, acting innocent toward the closeness. "I'll read this part."
'The five great powers will come to be. They will appear on the day of destruction, and will be found by the prodigy. In my studies I have learned that the five will be of five different races. One troll, one natural sorcerer, one Zebwa, one king, and finally, one elemental.'
"Since there is more than one elemental, and you are all human, this is a real prophecy twisted into a hoax." I put the book aside, and grabbed another one. I flipped through, and found the same passage. "This one says the same thing." Justin looked at the book. "So does this one." I sighed. "I think these authors couldn't figure out what you guys would be, so they copied the initial idea. Oh, well. Look for anything useful." He nodded, and continued to flip through the book he was holding. Everyone eventually returned to the table carrying books. We finished reading through the books, writing notes on paper we asked Gladus to bring somewhere during our 'study session.' Finally, when the last of us finished looking through books, Vincent started. "All of the books I went through said the same thing about the races. We'll disregard that for now, since thats an obvious lie. Other than that, I found these:
'The five powers will come for the life of Derux. The five powers will fight with the prodigy. The outcome is not certain. The enemy is great. A war of souls is immanent.'
Kinda foggy, if you ask me.
'The power of the five will continue to grow. If the war ends in the favor of good, the creator will appear.'
Everything else is just mindless rambling." Everyone else had the same passages. "Well, that doesn't help." I said. "We have no idea where to go from here." They all nodded. "I guess we can just go from town to town and look for clues. If we're lucky we'll find a seer." Said Vincent. Just then, the King walked through the doors.
"Anthony, come here." He had a stern look, and tone. Anthony stood, and walked to his father. They seemed to be having a heated conversation. Anthony, frustrated, stomped back to the table. "Whats wrong?" Asked Gail. "Father banned me from leaving Camelot. He says going on a pointless quest like this one is unacceptable." Gail shook her head, and sighed. "I'll talk to him. Why don't you go to your room, and rest a while?" He nodded, and walked out of the library. "I think I'm gonna head to the room, too." I said. Everyone wound up going to their rooms.
Anthony's Room
Gail burst into the room. "Your father is hopeless! He doesn't care about the people of this world. He only cares about his Castle. He said if the enemy does come here, his elite army of morons will defend the castle. He doesn't understand anything!" Anthony nodded. "I know." Gail looked at Anthony, huddled on the bed. "Whats wrong?" She rushed to his side. "I didn't tell them everything. I was right; he does want me to marry her." Gail's face twisted. She looked madder than an ancient dragon protecting it's children. Thats a force not even super powers want to run into. "Gail, don't. He is a king, you know." She looked at Anthony. "I won't hurt him. I am going to get you out of here, though." He smiled at the thought of being free from his father. "Come on. Lets get the rest of the testosterone."
Gail came into our room, leading Anthony. "Come on. We're leaving. Don't worry about King Dick, I have a plan." With that she walked toward the other rooms. The look on her face told us not to question anything she said, so we started packing as soon as she left.
We all met at the gates. Anthony, and Gail were being escorted by a palace guard. "They think we're gonna try to kidnap Anthony!" Gail said, laughing. We all joined in. We walked through the gates. The guard thought we were going to find a horse for Anthony. A birthday present. The guard led us to a field full of wild horses. "There they are. Good luck." Said the guard. We all looked at him. Gail stepped in front of us all. "If we let you live; you tell the king. We can't have that." My eyes flashed red, as Gail created a ball of energy. Lance spread his wings, and created a spear of pure light. Justin changed into a bear, and growled. JC burst into flame, while Joey melted into the earth and emerged as a titan. Rosey was screeching at the guard, turning deep purple with icy breath flowing from her mouth. Chris had taken the form of a djinn, a water/air creature. Ryu's form grew to the size of a small horse, as he scraped the ground with his huge claws. Vincent's form melted, and scorched the ground as he moved. He then changed into a phoenix, and hovered above us. Anthony did not yet have his powers, so he stood to one side with a book of magic. "You think your measly powers can defeat the elite guard of Camelot?" The guard fell to the ground in hysterics.
The guards armor flashed. It was now covered in runes. He drew his sword. The sword caught fire as he pulled it from it's sheath. A helmet created itself over his head. "Now you will all die, and Anthony will be returned safely." The guard rushed forward, knocking Gail to the ground. He slashed at me, but I jumped out of the way. He punched Lance as he was coming up behind him, knocking him out. He knocked the rest of the guys out, leaving only me, and Vincent. Vincent flapped his wings. The air around his burst into flame, and flew toward the guard. The guard turned, and caught the fire with his sword, and threw it back as ice at Vincent. Only myself, and Ryu were left. The guards armor melted away, revealing a middle aged man wearing a black robe. His appearance changed. His eyes were as black as coal, as well as his hair. His complexion was dark. Not tanned. He laughed maniacally. "I knew I would find you. At the academy I could not, but finally I can end this ridiculous prophecy!" I gasped. "You are the super power that attacked the academy?" I managed to say. He laughed again. "That would be me. It was fun ripping that young mans soul out of his body. What was his name, again? Ah, yes. Ryan." The fear drained from my body, and was replaced by anger. "The only way to free a trapped soul is to kill the one who consumed it. You will die, Malak!" The man looked surprised. "How did you know my name?" He screamed. "I know more than you think. I am more than you think." "Damn it! Why are you here? Let the boy fight his own battles!" The being possessing my body looked at the super power. "He is not ready to face you. I, however, am ready to kill you." "Damn you, Celeste! Get out of that boy's body! Let me kill him!" Celeste cocked my head to one side. "Now, why would I want to do that? You sent your demons to kill my son that night. The memories of what happened were too much for him. We had to block them until he is ready. Thanks to you, and your minions his full power cannot be reached until he faces those dreadful memories. For this, I must kill you." The being jumped out of my body as a flowing light. The light flowed out of my body, along with my energy, putting me to sleep. It began to take form. The white clothes she was wearing glowed in the sun light. The cape that hung from her shoulders seemed to be the sunlight itself. I thought it was a dream at first.
"Malak, how can you kill your own son?" He snorted. "He is your son. We never should have been together to create this." He pointed at me. "Damn you, Malak! He is your son! Even pure evil must care for their offspring!" Malak spat in my direction. "He is a being of balance. I have no use for such a thing." Celeste looked at my sleeping form. "How dare you say such a thing! Leave now, and forget about him. If you attack them again, I will destroy you." Malak's face twisted into darkness. He vanished into a dark light. Celeste looked at me, as her form evaporated into the light-form she first showed herself as. I heard one last thing before she was gone.
"I'm sorry."
TBC...
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