Chapter Two: We Find Out Some Really Shocking Information

LOGAN POV

I woke up the next morning to get our stuff ready for the trip to some near civilization, and we had to prepare fast because we knew that time wasn't going to wait for us. I went to the tree with the fruit we ate for dinner last night. I had managed to pick more than twenty of them and placed them in the basket and brought it back to the campsite. I was the first one awake, usually because it was almost sunrise. I looked up at the sky and still could see a little bit of stars from the night sky. The sky was an indigo-to-blue color. The breezed flowed within the openings of the trees. I almost forgot, we needed some water. Except I didn't know where to get any.

I went back to the hut and tried to wake up all three of the guys, but all I got in response were grunts, groans, and "Maybe later"s. I needed more help than I could get because we need hydration for our journey. I wasn't even sure where the next body of water was if we had left the campsite.

"Guys! Wake up! We need to go and get water for the trail." I said while smacking their legs, hoping that it would get them up.

"Nguh, I don't want to, Logan." Carlos said.

"Don't "Nguh, I don't want to, Logan" me. We fed you two last night. So the least you and James could do is go and get some water that's enough to take with us during the walk in case one of us gets dehydrated." I said. Finally after several attempts, all three of them got up. Kendall didn't really have to wake up, but I guess he got annoyed of me trying and trying to wake up Carlos and James. They stood up and dusted out the specks of dirt that was on their clothes, which I thought to myself that why take it off when it already looks dirty.

Carlos and James proceeded to go and get some water after minutes of which seemed like hours of James fixing his hair, which I thought was hard because he didn't have his mirror in front of him. He just kept asking us if it was good enough. Kendall and I stayed to guard and watch the food and the hut in case of any intrusions of some sort. For what seemed like a half and hour had past and Carlos and James still weren't back yet. I don't know if their probably got lost or they just had a long way to go to get to some sort of source of water.

"Hey, Kendall?" I asked.

"Yeah, buddy?" he replied.

"You don't think there are... and i'm not going to jinx it but... do you think there are supernatural things around here?"

"Hmm, i'm not exactly sure, but if you mean supernatural as in the kind of supernatural I turned into right now, then I guess so. Logan, remember. We're not in Los Angeles anymore. There's no apartment for us to sleep in. No more fish sticks, dinosaur shaped nuggets, and no more pranks from Katie. As much I hate to believe it, we're probably stuck here for the rest of our lives. Now, I don't know how we got here, but we just have to deal with it until there's a solution to this. Okay?"

I nodded. "But, if there really is something out there, we'll be prepared for it right?"

"I bet you, we will. I won't let anything happen to you, James, and Carlos." Kendall said as he put an arm around me while sitting by the now lit campfire. Kendall and I have be very close. We were more closer than to Carlos and James. He was like a big brother to all of us, which was why we chose him as the lead for our group. None of us were fit to take any lead, so he's kind of our "role model" in that case.

We heard something rustling in the bushes. Kendall and I were startled and stood up, looking and searching where the rustling was coming from. Then, we heard the snapping of twigs. It sounded very close to us. We finally found the source of the rustling. A little creature came out of the bushes. I didn't know how to describe it. It had the head of a beaver, but the body of a squirrel, and the tail of a raccoon. I didn't know what it was called, but it was adorable.

"Careful, Logan." Kendall warned. "The cutest things are sometimes the most dangerous."

"Oh, come on Kendall. It looks pretty harmless." I said. I pet it and it seemed to like it. It sort of took a liking to my touch as I rubbed its head. It had the most adorable puppy like eyes. I didn't want to risk leaving this little critter alone in the wild. So, I thought about taking it with us. Who knows, maybe we could put him into good use.

"Logan, you don't even know what that thing is capable of."

"Correct, I might not know what it is capable of. But it doesn't hurt to find out." I said, turning to Kendall. "Look, just give me one chance to find out what he can do okay?" then, I turned back to the squirrel-beaver-raccoon thing.

"Okay, little buddy. Show us what you can do."

"As you wish, master." it said. I was literally blown out of my mind. An animal, or I don't know what the hell it was, was actually talking to me. This completely me judge the laws of nature and, I can't believe i'm saying this, it made me question the laws of science and physics itself. How could a creature like this be talking?

"Did... did you just talk?" I asked, still in shock.

"Why, of course master. What would I be doing, barking?" it said. It had sort of a British accent, kind of like that little mouse from the Chronicles of Carnia.

"Wait, did you just call him master?" Kendall asked, his face looked like he was in shock too.

"Yes, I did. He is now my master, and I shall serve him." the little creature said.

"Okay, then. Umm, show us what you can do, little guy." I said to it.

"As you wish, master." it replied. He signaled us to step away, which we did because we wanted to get a full view of what he was about to do. To our amazement, he was breathing shards of crystals from its mouth. It pierced trees and branches, which cut them off from their places and fell onto the ground. Kendall and I both looked at each other in awe. We literally couldn't believe our eyes. Next, it stopped breathing crystals from it mouth and did something that astounded us even more. It transformed itself into a small baby phoenix. Then, it multiplied itself into two others! I was literally going crazy with excitement after this happened. They started to breathe fire from their beaks and into the morning sky. Then after all of that, it transformed itself back into the cute little furry creature it originally was.

"That was... amazing! Profoundly ecstatic! I can't even describe what i'm feeling right now with words." Kendall and I agreed.

"Thank you, master. Remember, I am yours to serve." it said.

"Well, i'm going to have to give you a name then." I started to think of a name of what I should call this creature. "How about Colossus?" I asked.

"Uhh, that sounds pretty dynamic for a small, little creature like him, Logan." Kendall said.

"So, how about Celeron?" I asked. The little thing smiled with glee and so I assumed it liked the name.

"So, Celeron it is." I said. I picked him up and held him in my arms as I turned around to Kendall, even surprised to see Carlos and James standing there in amazement.

"Dude... that was AWESOME!" Carlos exclaimed. He loved Celeron's abilities. James even had his jaw dropped from Celeron's actions. He shook his head and snapped back to reality.

"Here's the water. We've managed to bring back three gallons." James said.

"Good, that will probably be enough to last us the whole trip." I said.

"Pardon me, master. But where exactly are you all going?" Celeron asked.

"WOAH, THAT THING CAN TALK!" James yelled.

"This "thing" can tear you to shreds, my friend." Celeron said. "As I was saying master, where are you going?"

"We're going to find some civilization. We needed to find someone that can tell us where we are."

"Oh, i'll be happy to help with that." Celeron said. He wanted me to put him down so I did. "You four are in the magical world of Thexpia. More specifically, you are nearby the small town of Whiplash, where we train young men like yourselves to become wizards, hunters, spell casters, archers, and more. I can already see you short friend here has already discovered his power." Celeron explained, pointing at Carlos.

"Carlos, you have powers?" I asked.

"Yeah, I do. I did some kind of fiery ball on my hand and I could throw it at anywhere I pleased." Carlos explained.

"Yes. You have the power to wield vast amounts of fire at your own command. Create it. Harness it. You can control any kind of find you come in contact with. There are four types of fire here: Green fire, Blue fire, Crystal Fire, and Blazing Fire. Very few people had the ability to harness one of the four. You, Carlos as I may call you, have that ability and are very lucky to have it."

Then he turned to Kendall. 'Your other friend however has a massive amount of superhuman strength."

"That explains you knocking down the tree, Kendall!" I said.

"No, wonder why!" he said in amazement.

"Yes, you can literally shove things out of your way, whether it be a tree, or a monster." my stomach clutched when Celeron said monster. So there really were supernatural things out there that we should be very aware of.

"Pretty boy over here," Celeron teased, and the three of us laughed, "you have the ability to tell the future. But you can only go so far into it." James was pretty shocked, but he was also astonished. Then, he turned to me.

"And you, master. You are the highest power of you four. You are a mage. No one has ever been in a presence of a mage before. The only mages that were known here are The High Mages of the East. You are one of those who could control any element you wish. But, you must be careful. When you use too much of your energy, it will cause you to pass out, faint, or even cause you death. But there are potions that can help you regain your mana quick." he explained. I was speechless. I'm a mage? I never thought that I would become someone that held a large amount of power in my hands. But, I didn't feel like a mage. And what's mana?

"Um, Celeron. What IS mana?" I asked.

"Mana is like your source of your magic. But you can't create it yet. You don't even know how to use it. That is why I we must go to Whiplash, where we can train you four to use your powers and control it." I nodded, then turned to Kendall, James, and Carlos.

"So, what do you say guys? Let's go. If we want to see what we can do to help us survive this world, we must learn it from the people who know what we can do, and what are limits are." I said.

JAMES POV

I was pretty shocked when Celeron told me that I could see the mere future. I was beyond astonished because out of all brains that could do that, it was mine. I expected Logan because his brain was like Newton to me. I was pretty impressed with Carlos, Kendall, and Logan's abilities.

I used to not believe in magic. Main reason was because I got a magic kit for Christmas from my mom. I wanted to turn my spinach into chocolate ice cream. But sadly, it didn't work. So, from that day on, I didn't believed in magic, until today, as I saw Celeron changed into some fiery bird and when he breathed out crystals from his mouth. I had to eat my words and beliefs. Now, I DO believe in magic.

We packed our things and got ready for our journey to the town Celeron was going to take us to. I hoped they had a mirror because i've been dying to know what my hair looks like. I haven't gone this long without even looking at myself in the mirror. I missed everything back home. My lucky comb, my mirror, my Cuda man spray, my Cuda spray Mandarin Action Tan, and our friends. I even missed Mrs. Knight's cooking. I wonder if they were wondering where we were. But, then it came sense to me that they probably didn't even exist anymore since we were in another realm.

We started walking towards the direction that was west of us. We passed many things that I thought were not even suppose to exist. On one corner, I saw flying snakes with wings of a hawk. Was that even possible? Next, to the right of me, we all saw a deer that had the body or a horse. We were all in that "Woah!" situation. Then I saw something that really caught my attention. It was a glowing white horse. What amazed me that it had a golden horn on the center of its head. I thought I was imagining things but when I blinked twice it was still there. I think I just saw a unicorn!

"Guys, look! A unicorn!" I exclaimed. They all turned to the direction where I was looking at, but somehow the unicorn ran away in I don't know which direction.

"Ahh, you saw the rare Unicorn. Not many of us have ever seen it, but it was said that it guards the town of Whiplash, protecting it from any potential danger that was ruining the town. It was said that it defeated an underground krakin. They are marvelous creatures. You are lucky to have seen it." Celeron said. I felt special because the guys didn't see t, but I did. I then focused my attention on the now ending trail of the forest and the opening path of a small town which I assumed was Whiplash.

As we started walking on the stone paths of the town, people were looking at us like we were strangers, which we were. We followed Celeron to what I saw was a gigantic fountain that was about twenty feet tall. I stared at it in awe as I have never seen such remarkable beauty before. The water that flowed out wasn't just ordinary water. It felt pure, refreshing, and cleansed. Its like it was holy water from the Fountain of Youth.

"Come with me, fellas. There is someone I want you to meet." Celeron said. He directed us to what I assumed what the head house of the town because the building was pretty big. We stepped inside the halls and was pointed out towards the head council of the town.

"Ahh, Midas. What a pleasure to see you again. To what I owe you a gratitude of your presence?" the middle guy said. So his name isn't Celeron anymore? It's Midas?

"Hello, governor. I just wanted to show you that we have travelers in our midst. Travelers that possess great amounts of power." Midas said. The man with the beard stood from his chair.

"Could this be? Could they be the long awaited men that will defeat the High Mages and free us from their tyranny and reign, just as the prophecy states in the books?" he said. I was so confused. What prophecy? And who were the High Mages? I had a lot of questions to ask.

"I'm not sure, Solomon. But I must say that these four young men deserve a place to stay and some well-deserved meals to feed. Wouldn't you say?"

"Yes, anything for our new comers. Welcome you four to our town of Whiplash. Please enjoy yourselves as Midas escorts you to where you will be attending to." the man said.

KENDALL POV

I was so confused. What prophecy were they talking about. Me and Logan exchanged confused looks, as did me and Carlos and Logan and James. Celeron, or Midas as he is formally called, had been told to bring us to our new homes as we retire from our journey. During our stroll around the village, we past through the archery fields, the Great Library of Spells and Wizardry, the mess hall, where everybody ate, and the battle fields, where the people like us came to battle and train.

The people that were in the battle field did all sorts of unbelievable things. Spell casters that I assumed they were, we floating in mid air, using spells to cast magic and force it upon their opponents. One of them practically almost killed a hunter, but he used, what I guessed was a revival potion to heal the wounded hunter and bring him back to life.

I wondered to myself if this was where we belonged, if it was where I belonged. This world was way different from being back home, being a family with my mom and my sister, having friends like Camille and Jo. I'm going to miss that world we lived in, if that world even ever existed...

We had arrived at one of the little inns that were at the edge of the town. One was called "Whiplash Inn". Midas lead us into the lobby and told us to wait. He left to the front desk. I guess he was asking for keys to our new rooms that we could be staying in from now on. He ran back to us and handed us our keys. They were pretty old and rusty. It was glowing with a golden color.

"These are the keys to your new rooms that you will be staying in. Make yourselves at home for today. You won't be getting any training until we have all of your records. So some of our diplomats will be dropping by every now and them to ask you some questions. But for now, you are free to roam the streets or go to the library, observe the battle fields. Anything you'd like to do, just do it. So, I will bid you all farewell as I let you retire for the day." Midas explained, smiling as he ran out the door.

Author's Note: well, I hoped you all liked this chapter. Since this is a novel story, i've decided that the chapters are going to be much longer than the chapters that I usually write out. Please, feel free to comment of suggest things that I can add to these stories. What kind of magical creatures that you had in mind. And above all, thanks for reading, and please review! If you want me to read some of your stories, then please add them to your comments and i'll try to get to read them as soon as possible. Even if you guys don't review, please ALERT so that I know you guys are willing to read some more of this :) All in all, thanks for everything! Have a great day/evening. - Drew