You know who they are…

Milo stood at the edge of the whole Anacardian city, taking in a deep whiff of the air. Melissa and Zack sided with him as they were watched by their five elders.

You know their purpose…

"So. This is what we came for," Melissa murmured wistfully while she watched over the town's preparing for the big celebration. "Yesterday we were plain mortals, and now we're the soon-to-be leaders of a city!"

And you know where they've been…

"Mt Laurel used to be a big mess, even before my friends and I got there. But then the Guardians came, and made our new home, where we are standing right now!" Zack explained to Lisa, Lance and the other Swamp Hamlet toddlers. The kids let out 'oohs' of awe and looked at their ground.. Then Lance raised his hand. "Did the Guardians make a bathroom too? I really need to go!"

From the creator of Anacardia, comes the sequel you've been waiting for!

Milo and Melissa emitted excited squeals as they soared through the sky with Bradley and Amanda. "Hey guys wait for us!" Mort was happily galloping across the ground below with Zack riding on his back.

The gang is growing up…

Yellow flowers and leaves were all flung into the air and the entire Anacardian tribe started to praise their youngest Guardians. Milo and Melissa stood in the center with wide smiles and in the arms of their elders. Their coming-of-age ceremony had been a blast; They are officially old enough to lead alongside their fathers and relatives. Everyone will be looking up to them now.

"Wow, just turned fifteen but you're already an important person to the Anacardians. Son you never fail to surprise your mom and I." Marcus chuckled as he ruffled Zack's head, the boy gazing up at him and Eileen with a contented smile. "You're really growing up, Zack. At this rate, you can be brave, and a whole lot more." Said the mother, and then Zack hugged her tightly.

But trouble's rising from a distance…

"N-No… Oh please no! You can't be serious!" Balthazar cried in great distress. "Are you not aware on how many times our tribe had to suffer? How frequently we had to brush with death? We went through so much for our people… You can't let this happen to us! To me, to Orton, and everyone, father and Matthias! Not after all the madness we've been through!" Mendel and Matthias could only give their descendant crestfallen expressions.

"Forgive us, Balthazar. As much as we care strongly about all of Anacardia and yourselves, we can't control what befalls upon our worlds. It is not in our power to do that. Even the Queen can't.." Said Matthias quietly, his silvery eyes full of dread. "The realm's imbalance is causing it destruction. Little by little, the paralysis will come. Corruption will occur. And Anacardia and those living in it, will be no more."

The realm is in danger…

Orton stared breathing heavily and in disbelief at the cold, lifeless forest that was once the kingdom full of friendly, tender-hearted Pistachions. Wherever there used to be green, is nothing but various shades of gray. Everything is dull, and cold for time had stopped altogether in the area. Pistachions can be seen sitting in fear and grief for what became of their homeland. The rest who have lost their minds to ferocity were presumably taken for quarantine.

And bonds between allies

"I don't know what's causing my forest and my children to get out of order but I demand this problem be looked into as quick as possible!" King Pistachion roared the last in an uncharacteristic snarl and his eyes momentarily blinked to a frenzied, entirely orange shade; The same kind of eyes Vinnie and the others have seen on the savage pistachions. The sentient pistachio tree was immediately held back by the still conscious, second largest of his sons and the king started to convulse, very visibly to the eyes of the alarmed Guardians.

Friends

Zack shook his head and sighed, lowering his hands before the two in his disgust. "Okay, you know what? Everyone who told me about you is right. You guys can forget about getting me as your lackey because I know better people, who treat me like a real friend." He stormed forward, but stopped to glare at his formers one last time. "I don't know if you mean your apologies or not. Even then, I don't care. The only reason I came is because I need to move on. Away from you."

And family

Amanda had clung to Drako like never before. The news, it hurt her. And it terrified her badly. "What's going to happen to us, Papi? Isn't there something we can do to stop this?" Drako could only screw his eyes shut in miserable silence and hug his foster daughter near and dear, while Heinz sat and gazed at the half-blood with the same misery as he held the tearful Vanessa in his own arms. "I don't know, Amanda.. I don't know…"

Are hanging by a thread…

"What?!"

Balthazar harshly snapped, his voice suddenly thick with wrath, his anxiety for the kids abruptly vanishing and his siblings shut up at once. The air was silent, except for the uneasy breathing from the elder. The Guardians flinched, and then their expressions turned to horror as they stared right at Balthazar's left eye. "…Your eye." Was all Vinnie could whisper out. Balthazar stiffened in disbelief, though for some reason he felt unreasonably angrier somehow. He opened his mouth to retort, but he stopped - For he had seen the crimson reflected by Vinnie's lenses.

But there is a legend, that can save them all.

"The stone of Galen contained all of the power that Lord Galen ever had before he died. It can cure and purify anything, so Lord Balthazar and the pistachions wil be free of corruption." Bradley breathed as he closed the book, his heart racing at the hopeful looks on his friends and sister. "And who knows? If it's that powerful then maybe it can help stop the realm's paralysis as well!"

Another adventure awaits!

Zack drew a circle in marking the spot on the map; A dark area of woods that's much farther from Swamp Hamlet and definitely even more far than Milo and Melissa have ever travelled. "It looks so far.." Amanda whispered, and she sat up. "Or maybe it is just the map that makes it look far?" She looked at her brother. Bradley shook his head disappointedly. "No. The Northern Woods is definitely far. No one from Swamp Hamlet has even gone there as a result of the distance."

The group of blended race kids looked at each other in uncertainty. A place that's unexplored and unknown to even their closest village of Mortals. "Do we have to go there?" Mort asked quietly with his hoof digging the floor of Bradley's hollow. ".. This is risky, man. Not even Milo and Melissa have gone that far. Will we even make it in time?"

At this, Milo closed his eyes and stood up with an adamant frown of pain and determination. "We have to take the risk, Mort. We just gotta.. Guardians have always risked or sacrificed their lives for the land countless of times. So now it's time me and Melissa do the same,"

The race to find the ultimate treasure!

The cave entrance stood in all its sparkly glory, its inner crevice appearing endless and devoid of any light. Zack instinctively reached for his lamp while Melissa and Milo began to glow in readying to venture in the dark cave.

Where the fate of home lies upon them

At a bird's eye view of the entire realm, the grey and lifeless part of the area can be seen growing bigger and bigger. From the Pistachion Forest, it is now spreading to the rest of the land, slowly growing faster by the minute. All of the evacuated locals froze and gasped at the sight of the incoming wave of grey that is visible even from a far distance. It was unbearably hard to not panic at this point. Orton continued to fight against that blast by slowing the wave with his own magic.

They, are the land's only hope...

"Melissa, Milo… Please hurry," Pleaded Orton in his mind as he gasped from the sheer pain and exhaust. He had to keep the paralysis away from the rest of the realm. As much as he hated to admit out of great anxiety for the lives of the children, among them his own daughter and nephew, they went on that risky journey. Whether the realm can be saved or not, it will depend on if and when the kids return.

Anacardia 2: The Search for The Stone of Galen.

The group of teenagers yelped in shock from the sudden high-pitched voice. Upon realizing who it belonged to, Melissa and Bradley glared hard and the former had growled. "Hey! Get out of here you little brat!" The rest flinched harshly from having been indeed eavesdropped on by the little girl.

Suzy simply giggled and fluttered off the hollow entrance. "Bubbles!"