This was a story that I wanted to write for a while back when Sofia the First didn't have a major focus on the mystic isles. However, the addition of the mystic isles actually helped me in making this better, So I hope you enjoy the story.
Chapter 1:
Thousands of years ago, before even the first protectors, were called upon. Their land was protected by 6 powerful stones. Time, Space, Darkness, Light, Magic, and Power were their names they were known as the reality stones. Each stone was used for help control the balance of The Mystic Isles. These stones possessed great power and were the joy of everyone on The Mystic Isles. However, a monstrous demon known only as a ghoul, had his people gather him the 6 stones. These ghouls destroyed what was a larger Mystic Isles and with the 6 reality stones in his grasp. The Ghoul King was a ruthless king with an army of both the living and the dead. They conquered the isles and then set their sights on Everrealm, and they ruled over the land until the first protectors were chosen. They fought bravely and many lost their lives and managed to get the stones away from this king. After they took his life, they realized that the reality stones were too powerful to keep together. The ghoul people were forced to take home in the darkest parts of the isles, and the stones were scattered across the isles and the Everrealm. Protectors have been chosen for years to protect the isles as well as the reality stones. However, according to legend, the ghouls will rise again and only a warrior of pure light can defeat a queen of pure evil.
"And that is the legend of The Mystic Isles great war. Tilly concluded.
"Is that a true story?" Sofia The First, the current Everrealm protector questioned. It has been almost 6 months since Vor had tried to conquer the Mystic Isles and The EveRealm. Sofia since had been labeled a hero by every kingdom in the land. Since then there had been a great while of peace on the isles. During that time Sofia had been doing her best in the princess academy she and Amber went too. Starlight Academy, James attended a prince academy as well as his squire training. Things were looking up for the royal children of Enchantcia.
Currently, the royal family was having dinner. "No one knows." Tilly reached inside of her bag and pulled a scroll of some kind. "That was until I found this on an adventure I was on."
King Roland held his hand out towards his sister, "may I that a look at that?"
"Of course", placing the scroll in her big brother hands, Roland unrolled it and was a bit amazed at what he was looking at.
"What exactly is this?" Roland asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Tilly answered with a grin. "It is a map leading to a vast amount of treasure and apparently The Time Stone".
"What kind of treasure are we talking about?" Nothing excited Princess Amber more than gold and jewels.
"Oh the same old same old, gold, silver, diamonds, gems of all kinds." Tilly listed off. "However, if this map is real. It could also lead us finding the most powerful magically item in history. The time stone."
"What can the Time Stone do?" Prince James asked.
"I was gonna ask the same thing Tilly", Queen Miranda chimed in.
"The Time Stone possessive the power to turn back time and let the user go forward in time. According to legend, the time stone was used to help build towers and towns. If a mistake was made they would use this time stone to go back in time and fix it. According to a legend regarding a powerful wizard named James Jones. He used the time stone to go forward and time and learn from the most powerful magical people in the world. It also states that he went back in time to watch famous events go on before heading back to his original time. When he died, he had the Time Stone buried somewhere in a strange land at the far edge of the world." Tilly explained.
"So if the time stone was found that would prove the legend of The Mystic Isles right", Sofia concluded.
"Exactly right Sofia," Tilly answered, taking the scroll back from her brother and putting into her bag. "If the time stone is real, then the other reality stones should still be in hiding somewhere across the world."
"This truly is an amazing find Tilly", Roland praised. "I expect nothing less from my amazing sister."
"Oh your too kind", Tilly answered. "Now onto the reason why I came here so suddenly… I was thinking that such a discovery couldn't be found alone. So I wanted to know if my nieces and nephew wanted to join their aunt for an adventure?"
"A chance to uncover quite possible an amazing treasure, of course, I'll come," James answered.
"As long as I get to keep as much as possible then I'll join you," Amber answered.
"I've always wanted to find something like this. Plus if we find the time stone that would be great." Sofia remarked. "So count me in!"
"Wonderful." Tilly lightly clapped her hands. "As long as it is ok with your parents of course."
"When they are with you. I know they will be safe so I don't see why not," said King Roland.
"I agree," Miranda added.
"That is great. It will be a while before we go through," said Tilly. "I have to go and get this map cleaned up a bit more. I will let you know once that is taken care of."
At that moment one of the royal guards came into the room and whispered something into King Roland's ear. "Again," The guard nodded his head. "Alright gather my council and I will join you very soon."
"Is something the matter king baby brother?" Tilly asked in concern.
"I guess I can't keep this secret for much longer." Roland let out a heavy sigh. "For the last several weeks, something has been massacring people around some villages near the palace and now one has reached the Village of Dunwiddie."
"That's horrible," Sofia said in alarm. "Something is killing people!"
"Not just killing… according to doctors, it has been eating them for food." The air seemed to leave the room as that information was shared.
"Do you have any idea what this could be?" Tilly asked.
Roland shook his head, "we only know that it is feeding every two days or so."
"We need to raise the guard in the village." Miranda proposed. "We cannot have anyone else dying at the hands of this monster."
"I could ask some of the protectors to come and look around", Sofia suggested.
"Both are wonderful ideas, we can do both because this creature needs to be found. If we can we will try and relocate the creature to an isolated area of the world. If we cannot we will have to put it down." Roland concluded.
"Do you have a body of the victim here Roland?" asked Tilly.
"We do," Roland answered.
"I would like to take a look at it." Tilly wanted to see what this being was capable of doing if it was too dangerous, Then she herself might have to take actions and hunt it down.
"As you wish." Roland stood to his feet. "Come with me, Tilly."
Dinner was concluded with a lot of questions on everyone minds. Most involving this new found treasure map and this news of a dangerous creature.
Enchantcia Secret Medical Ward.
"Was this always here baby brother?" Tilly asked.
"Don't you remember dad brought us here as children," Roland answered.
The King and Duchess walked down a long narrow corridor where two guards were waiting near a large door. "King Roland, and Duchess Matilda." The guards greeted and stepped aside opening the door.
"Thank you, gentlemen." Roland and Tilly walked inside of the room, where a doctor was waiting for them. "Tilly I'd like you to meet Doctor Anderson. He has been looking over the bodies that we have gotten."
"Your Majesty," Doctor Anderson was a fair-skinned man with brown hair and brown eyes. "Come inside, this body is more amazing than the last one."
Doctor Anderson led them to the lastest body they had found. Tilly stomach sunk a bit at the state of the poor woman in front of her. "As you can see it is the same as all the other ones 4 strange puncture marks in the chest and back. Claw marks that have dug into the chest opening it up and the usual organs went from the body. However, this body had two words carved into the back." Doctor Anderson slowly took the blanket off of the body, exposing a male in his back just below the marks read.
"I'm sorry", Roland read out loud.
"These marks show that this creature is highly intelligent so that means that this creature is much more dangerous than we originally thought." Doctor Anderson put on his gloves and ran his fingers through the marks. "This also shows signs of a quick kill, look here these two wounds shows that it stabbed this man through his lungs and heart. This wound here shows it broke his spine and the last one into the spine as well. This creature gave this man as well as the others a quick death. And it seems it fell back about it."
"So we are dealing with an intelligent creature that feeds on humans." Tilly folded her arms over her chest. "That is an amazing find."
"Do we know of any creature that would do something like this?" Roland asked.
"No sir", Doctor Anderson answered. "We have been asking every magical zoologist in the kingdom. Animal expert, and anyone else we can to find a creature that has a match. However, because of the large stab marks. Those are throwing us off."
"Alright, keep up the good work and keep me posted." Doctor Anderson bowed to his king and went back to work.
The duo of Tilly and Roland left this room and went back down the long corridor. "I'll see you later baby brother," Tilly said once they had made it back to the main hallways of the castle. "I am gonna do a little bit of research."
"Good night Tilly." Roland gave his only sister a quick hug. Roland still had a meeting to attend with his council of protocols they needed to take.
Sofia's Room.
"And you are sure that is what your father said Sofia." A certain dark-skinned white wings man questioned.
"Yes, Orion that is what my dad said," Sofia confirmed. "Can you send protectors to Dunwiddle to provide protection?"
"We take threats like this very serious Sofia," Orion spoke in a firm tone. "I will send Chrysta and two other fairies to you by tomorrow."
"Thank you, Orion." Sofia looked up at Orion with a puzzled look. "Orion… are the reality stones real or just legend."
Orion shook his head, "to be honest with you Sofia, I do not know if the reality stones are real or just a myth. If those 6 stones of unimaginable power are real. If the legend of ghouls is true, then for all we know The Isles and EveRealm might be in danger. I will look into it, for now, keep me informed on what is happening there."
"Yes, Orion and thank you again." Sofia hung up her call from Orion and decide to her own investigation on the reality stones. So she went to the best person she knew who would information on these stones. Mr. Cedric.
Cedric was on cloud nine after he had rescued Sofia and was given the title of Cedric the Great. He was also labeled as a hero across Enchantcia, right now he was working on a couple new potions and spells. "Come in", Cedric called out.
"Mr. Cedric", Sofia came walking into the room. "Or should I say, Mr. Ceedric?" Sofia proposed with a giggle
"Very funny Sofia," Cedric answered with a chuckle. "You can just call me Mr. Cedric or Cedric the Great."
"Mr. Cedric will be fine." Sofia walked over and sat down in one of his chairs. "I actually had a question for you."
"And what would that be," Cedric answered stopping his work for now and sitting down next to the princess.
"What do you know about the legend of the reality stones?" Cedric's eyes widened for a second.
"And what made you come an ask this question?" Cedric questioned.
Sofia went ahead and told Cedric about what their aunt had told them and about the map she had found. "Ok… give me a second." Cedric stood up and went through his books. "Here we are.." Cedric pulled out a large book and flipped through it before heading back to Sofia.
"According to this book, the reality stones are 6 stones of immense power. Over the years many people had searched for these 6 stones with hopes of gaining their abilities. One of most powerful wizards James Jones had a strange magic ability to turn back time." Cedric read.
"Wait James Jones was a real person?" Cedric nodded his head.
"He was indeed was a real person, however, the legend of his time manipulation is just that a legend", Cedric answered.
"What about the other stones," Sofia asked.
"The other stones… Space, Darkness, Light, Magic, and Power. Space stone controls space and allows the user to travel between portals. According to legend a sorceress by the name of Angelina La Fey used this stone to travel across the world hiding great amounts of treasure and spell books."
"The Darkness stone give the user the power to control the dead as well the powers over all shadows. As well as power over all evil in the world, as far as I know, there is no tale of a human using this power. This stone also gives someone the power to control and use the darkest spells that would normally destroy someone."
"The light stone, give someone the power to control light and bring back the dead. It is also rumored to heal the sick and allow the user to move at the speed of light. There is a story of a fairy that used the light stone to protect the isle of fairies from a great plague."
"The Magic stone, give the user immense magically power. As well as absorb even the strongest of magic spells sent towards the user."
"Finally we have the power stone, this stone gives the user a special ability to get stronger and stronger. This stone was apart of the legend of a Spanish warrior named Leonardo who used the stone to destroy his enemy by just placing it on the ground."
"What about Ghouls?" Sofia asked.
"Full of questions today are we." with a wave of his wand, Cedric summoned a book he had on ghouls legends.
"Alright, it says he that of all the mystical creatures that live throughout the land, ghouls are the only one that we have no evidence of existing. Only from the legend of The Isles do we get a somewhat decent descriptive of a ghoul. It says that Ghoul is a dark and evil creature that feeds on the body of a human. They look just like humans apart from the glowing red eyes. while they can eat regular food it seems that human flesh and organs are what they need to survive and with it, they are done for. It says that most ghouls can manipulate the blood in their body to form their own personal weapon. These weapons can take the form of spikes, blades, hardtails. Anything they can think of it can be made. According to legend, it seems that there was a great Ghoul King by the name of Roman The Ruthless. A monster of a man who gathered the reality stones and ruled the Isles and Everealm with an iron fist. He was defeated and killed and ever ghoul was sent to the far edge of the Mystic Isles, some didn't and escaped to Everealm to live there." Cedric closed the book in front of him.
"So ghouls could be real?" Cedric shrugged his shoulders.
"While I do admit the idea of a ghoul could be possible, it would be hard to prove they are real since there are no records of their people." Sofia nodded her head. "Anything else?"
"What would happen if someone got all 6 stones?" Cedric placed a hand on his chin.
"I suppose…. That person would become almost a God. With those powers at their hands, they would become a being of great strength." Cedric answered.
"OK thanks, Mr. Cedric." Sofia thanked as she stood to her feet. "I'll see you later."
"Alright, princess Sofia if you need anything else my door will be open." Cedric watched the child leave his office. "Could the time stone be real?"
In the deep dark woods of Dunwiddle, any passerby could hear the obvious sound of teeth sinking into flesh and bones cracking. "I'm sorry", a soft voice sang through the cold night sky. "I'm so so sorry!"
"Put your hands up", the creature stopped what it was doing with a jump. "Slowly put your hands to the sky or I will shoot you." A certain brown-haired, dark-skinned female by the name of Carol of the Arrow was doing a patrol. She had heard a strange sound and went to investigate, she had no idea that she was gonna stumble into a monster rumored to be around town. She currently had two arrows pointed towards this small beast, ready to shoot.
"I don't wanna hurt you." Carol was surprised to hear a child's voice speak up. "So please let me finish this meal and I will leave. I don't wanna hurt anyone else!"
"I cannot do that", Carol said firmly. "You are the monster that has been killing people across Enchantcia and now you are gonna face judgment for your crimes. So either you come quietly or I have to take you down by force!"
"Leave me alone please", the child begged. "Your gonna make me hurt you".
"I cannot do that." Carol stood on edge as the child let out a sigh.
"I'm sorry", Carol quickly jumped back and shot two arrows towards the child. Who dodged out of the way, the moonlight shined on the two of them. As two bloodshot red eyes stared back at Carol. "I can't let you tell anyone you saw me, I'm so so sorry for what is gonna happen next."
Carol put one hand behind her back and gave a signal to a certain child that she was following her. Jane knew that signal and she also knew that it meant to go and get help. So she ran as fast as she could to find someone that could help. Carol grabbed an arrow and loaded her bow.
"Don't be sorry and do not blame me for what happens next," Carol remarked.
It was quiet and then they both rushed forward.
A/N: Well that was the first chapter, see you soon with chapter 2 and let me know what you think about it. Bye Bye.