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The Path to Avalon-Mysts of Avalon soundtrack(Vivienne's world)/Ballada dla Małej Driady(Ballad for Little dryad) from The Witcher 1990's tv series

The Castle/Willblade-II-, Loreena Mckennit: Mystic's Dream until 2:00.


Coast of Northern England

The morning sun rose over the white cliffs, and it's rays shimmered in calm waters of the sea. It was indeed a peaceful morning and whole Huntik Team was fast asleep in their tents. One, however, was not, and surprisingly it was the one who usually slept the longest- Lok Lambert. The young blonde was sitting on a small chair on the beach staring into the blue horizon.

"We didn't find anything useful on Crystal Caves" he sighed to Cherit who had been sitting on his shoulder "it looks like another dead end"

The little titan was just about to reply when suddenly, a strange blue light attracted his gaze...and it soon changed into a ghostly figure of Lord Casterwill. The gargoyle gasped in disbelief and rubbed his eyes, in order to check if he's not dreaming. When he looked again there was nothing. So maybe it really was just an illusion?

"Any ideas Cherit?" he was brought back to reality by Lok, the fact that the boy did not mention the strange phenomena conveyed even stronger impression that Lord Casterwill wasn't on the sky. But still, Cherit could not shake off the strange feeling that came over him.

"I don't know Lok," he said still staring at the spot "but there's something familiar about the air around here"

Those words seemed to stir something in the mind of the teen.

"Wait a minute! maybe the answer lies not in the caves but in the clue my dad's left me" he said opening the holotome and reading once more the quatrain "the island of kings has got to be Avalon Cherit. It's the place from all those King Arthur's legends" he said

"Once everyone's awake let's show it to Nimue" proposed the gargoyle "the Lady of the Lake might understand"

"Good call" praised Lok "I'm gonna shut my eyes. If Sophie catches me up she'll make me help with breakfast"

With that, he stood up and collecting his gear headed for the tent which he had been occupying with Dante and LeBlanche. Cherit was just about to follow when he saw some shadow on the cliff. Suspicious he flew up closer. At that moment a piece of stone fell into the water, turning the suspicion into certainty.

"Who's there?" he demanded to get even closer and higher. On the cliff, there were three Organization suits.

"We are" smirked one of them. The little titan gasped and dove down towards the beach calling Dante's and Lok's names. The eyes of the former imminently shot open. He got up and grabbing his coat ran out of the tent, followed closely by Lok who had been just getting inside his sleeping bag. Only LeBlanche seemed unfazed by the ruckus slowly taking his things. The commotion and screams woke up the girls as well, Zhalia quickly got out of her bag and took her amulet from underneath, while Sophie gasped and sat on the ground. They both ran out of their tent and joined the male part of their team outside. They did it just in time before both tents were set on fire by Gigadrones.

"Wait! Where is LeBlanche?!" panicked Sophie noticing that her faithful attendant had not been there. Her fear soon faded when she saw the man walking out of the smoke straightening his tie as if nothing happened.

"Organization. Looks like Wilder's men" growled Dante furrowing his brow. This was really becoming annoying those people followed them EVERYWHERE. But wherever he thought of the enemy they had the advantage of a surprise attack, so his team had to make up for it. Sophie was first to call out her Titan since Sabriel lived now in her hand.

"Sophie synchronize your moves with Sabriel since now she's a Powerbonded titan" ordered the amber-eyed man, and the girl wasted no time in acting on it. Her barrier quickly shielded the team from any attacks.

"What? But that's impossible!" cried the female suit astounded. Her companions although surprised recovered fast and summoned Wenommaster and Bonelasher.

"We're out in the open here on the beach," noticed Zhalia seeing the titans charging upon them.

"We'll meet at Casterwill Caves," said Dante quickly cooking up a plan. The others nodded, and when the enemy was about to gang up on them Sophie called Sabriel back and Lok used Darkfog. The enemy titans jumped at the place they had been standing in but Huntik Team already escaped. There was nothing left to do but pursue and so the Organization did. Gigadrone soon caught up with Lok and Cherit in the woods.

"He's catching up!" warned the little gargoyle. His human friend only sped up and pulled out Kipperin's amulet summoning the titan. A while later he was already in the air, trying to fool the other titan.


In another part of the same forest, Dante was running away from a suit and his Bonelasher. He easily dodged an Augerfrost shot by the former, and using Hyperstride jumped onto the tree branch. He then used it as bounce off to get onto the tree on the other side of the road. He slid down and seeing the swamp creature running straight at him, punched tree with Dragonfist breaking it and crushing the foe. He smiled and skipped away.


Lok still was doing quite well too. Gigadrone was an easy target and the teen soon defeated him with the help of Cherit and Kipperin. He then landed on the grass and called his wings off.


The battle in the woods was done and dusted, but the one outside it was still on. Sophie and Sabriel faced off against Wenommaster and his seeker. The girl ordered her titan to use martial arts and kicking away the suit used their Powerbonded link to activate synchronized strike, which defeated the lizard titan one and for all. That might've been over but the suit was still very much capable of fighting and he pushed the Casterwill heiress to the ground. Luckily for her, before he could strike her LeBlanche came to her rescue and sent him to his knees with a single punch in the abdomen.

"Quick m' lady into the caves!" cried the butler helping her up and dragging her towards the dark entrance. They soon were joined by Zhalia and Lok. All four quickly found themselves on the stone staircase. And it wasn't too long when Dante came out of the woods, looking very much at ease. Zhalia rolled her eyes, shaking her head torn between amusement and annoyance. He could be so god damn arrogant at times! But before the amber-eyed man could reach his team his path was blocked by Hoffman and two other suits.

"Dante! They won't follow us into the caves!" called Sophie out to him. He nodded and jumping over the enemy disappeared in the dark entrance with his team. Sophie was right. No one perused them, although Hoffman tried, but his people stopped him by reminding him about Casterwill traps waiting for them there. Huntik Team was safe, and they quickly took advantage of these peaceful moments to go and talk with Nimue. The woman was waiting for them floating above her lake.

"The Organization is probably also after the mysteries of Avalon" informed her Dante

"They're quite safe" she calmed him "but despite even my promise to help you, there is nothing about Avalon's location in our surviving records"

"We came back because Lok had an idea about that," said Sophie, turning to the blonde who opened his holotome.

"The reason we find you at all was a clue my dad left behind," he said passing the device to his mentor who then showed it to Nimue. The woman came closer, reading with a thoughtful expression.

"It was definitely written by the famous Casterwill family seer. Nostradamus himself" she stated

"Do you know what it means?" asked Dante hastily

"The sword he mentions must be the Willblade" answered the woman "forged to protect the family by original Casterwill's Eldest Daughter"`

"You mean...The Lady of the Lake?" gasped Sophie

"Yes, she was the first to have the title our Lady Nimue now holds" answered Mallory

"So what's our next move?" asked Dante looking at the newest Lady with eagerness and anticipation. She bowed her head before glancing at the prophecy again. Her face lit up.

"This passage! I think I know where to start!" she said turning around and floating away in a hurry. A few seconds later she led the seekers to the other side of the cliffs, where, in one of the walls a muzzle of a dragon with two stone lamps was sculptured.

"This ancient Casterwill site is called The Dragon's Cliffs" she explained.

"Those lamps must activate Dragon's Breath" concluded Dante

"I bet that nobody changed the light bulbs in two thousand years," said Lok

"Why don't you light them up Cherit" proposed the boy's mentor. Cherit nodded and hit one of the lamps with his energy boost, causing blue light to appear in it and when the same thing was done with another a blue thread of light came out of dragon's mouth.

"The Dragon's Breath" smiled Nimue, but this moment of triumph soon came to an end when Dante's sensitive ears picked up the sounds of footsteps on the grass and the crackle of powers.

"Wait," he said "we've got company"

He wasn't wrong for behind them stood two suits with Augerfrost in hands.

"I wouldn't move if I were you," said the auburn-haired man calmly "you're outnumbered"

"We didn't come here to fight" answered one of the suits "just for the bridge. Step aside or we'll both open fire on Lady of the Lake"

"You won't get a chance!" cried Lok stepping forward with Zhalia but to their surprise, Dante stopped them with a single gesture. They looked at him with shock and disbelief. Could he really take such risks so lightly?

"Dante!" cried Zhalia giving him a stern look, but the man didn't even blink, his eyes were focused on the Organization.

"All you want is to cross the bridge," he said slowly "then be my guests" he continued stepping aside. The spells in suits' hands died down as the two exchanged surprised but gleeful looks, and one of them said how Wilder will reward them better for securing the bridge. With that, they dashed forward and...fell straight into the sea. The bridge turned out to be just a ray of light and mist. Nothing more. Lok couldn't stop himself from sliding down and touching it with his hand. The cloud-like substance slipped from his fingers.

"Wow that was the best thing ever!" he cried as the behaviour of his mentor became clear to him.

"Dragon's Breath is not a physical bridge, it's only meant to serve as a guide" explained Lady Nimue

"We'll take the boat and follow the mist trail. It'll lead us straight to Avalon" decided Dante. His words soon became actions as the seekers unmoored their yacht below the cliffs. Nimue and the others, of course, came along too, wanting to say goodbye. The Lady of the Lake even summoned the water-maiden Undine to aid her new friends in their quest.

"Lady Nimue, everyone, thank you for all your help!" said Sophie her voice heavy with emotion.

"You'll come and visit us again won't you?" inquired Viviane, who came to see the caramel haired girl as an older sister, she'd never had. The green-eyed Casterwill nodded her head.

"Alright," said Zhalia interrupting this farewell scene "it's time to go"

With that they left, Lok and Sophie waved for a long time until the shore and people on it completely faded away. They however still could hear Nimue's words of farewell. The Story of Willblade's creation.

"Protect the Casterwills!" exclaimed Lok remembering the last words of the tale "no wonder my dad's clues led us here!"

Just as this exclamation left his lips a shape of an island appeared on the horizon.

"Everyone looks like that's is the place" announced Dante

"Does that look familiar to you Cherit?" asked Lok making his way to the titan, who has been resting on the bow.

"Yes! Yes! I'm sure I've been here before!" cried the gargoyle

"Do you have any idea where to start?" asked Sophie, also coming closer.

"My memory is a hit and miss, you know but maybe something about a large..castle!" exclaimed the titan as the view of the island became clearer.

It wasn't long afterwards that the boat finally reached the wild shore overgrown with grass and tree. However before the seekers could dock their vessel the roots of the destroyed tree that stood next to the water, slowly made their way towards them.

"Something's wrong!" cried Zhalia leaning from the side of the ship. No sooner she spoke these words when the roots wrapped themselves around the vessel lifting it up in the air.

Luckily Undine had been on the watch and hurried to their rescue, cutting them off. The seekers quickly jumped off the boat and onto the shore, just before the yacht blew up. Not long after that Undine revealed the cause of this unpleasant experience. It was the very same green titan they've encountered in Peru.

"Dark Dryad" growled Sophie narrowing her eyes "if she's here the Organization can't be far behind"

She wasn't mistaken, for the Organization soon appeared on the horizon in their own boats and with titans.

"There's a castle nearby," said Dante "there must be a path from the dock. Spread out and look!" he ordered and the team broke into the run.

Meanwhile, Undine clashed with Dryad but got sent back very fast. The same moment the water maiden went back to her mistress, Sophie got hit by a powerful energy wave.

"I'm senescing something!" she cried holding her head "this way!"

With that, she turned and ran into the woods with the others following close behind her. Soon stopped at the sight of a tall ruined castle which stood in the very middle of the island.

"They won't be long, now what?" asked Zhalia looking at Dante in hopes for a plan.

"LeBlanche will stay here with us," said the man "Lok and Cherit will take Sophie to the Willblade"

His teammates exchanged looks and nodded, proceeding on.

Lok and Sophie stopped before the doors of the castle and the boy pulled some of the branches away, revealing a Casterwill family crest. But instead of moving and doing something Sophie only bowed her head and closed her eyes.

"Is something wrong?" asked Lok gently. The girl sighed, before replying.

"Lok," she said walking away a bit "all of the sudden I'm being swept by my family's destiny. Something I've always dreamed off..but now that it's happening...it's hard" she confessed.

"Sophie" spoke her companion in a warm, affectionate voice a "you've been studying your whole life for this moment," he said putting his arm around her in intimate manner "Whatever is behind this door you can handle it"

"And you've got us to back you up" assured her Cherit smiling broadly. This seemed to help a little because the girl smiled and nodded before turning around and marching up to the door, to put her hand on the crest. They opened at once, letting the two young seekers and their titan companion inside. Dante and the others followed them with their gazes until they disappeared in the depths of the castle. But this peace couldn't last long. The Organization finally caught up with them mare seconds later.

"There's something I need in that old ruin," said Wilder jumping down from the log that laid across the path "get out of the way"

"I don't think so," said Dante lowly, pulling out his amulet and summoning Caliban. The Organization was quick to answer. Hoffman called in Redcap while the bald man Strix. The fight for the Willblade and time had begun. Seekers once more clashed with each other. Dante chose Hoffman as his enemy, while Zhalia took on the bald man again and LeBlanche faced off against Keith. He soon had to summon Albion. And although the appearance of the Dragon Slayer increased the chances of Foundation's team it was just the beginning. For Wilder had his own Ace in a sleeve and that was Divine Mirror Kagami.

"Soon," he said to the invisible titan "very soon"

On those words as if on a nearby standing suit jumped down and pushed Zhalia straight into hands of her enemy, trying to punch her with Thundercut. The woman easily gave them the slip and rolled away. As soon as she got to her feet she summoned King Basilisk. Unfortunately, that was exactly the thing the enemy wanted. Dante's eyes winded, at the name of the titan. He saw Kagami, for the brief moment that the titan appeared next to Wilder, and from there it wasn't difficult to deduce what was going to happen.

"Zhalia NO!" he cried jumping in front of the woman, shielding her with his own body. He succeeded but paid a great price for it. King Basilisk's gaze turned him into stone. This was the sight which greeted Zhalia when she finally dared to open her eyes.

"No!" she exclaimed as her hands flew up to her head. What has she done? Gods, what has she done? A year ago when she had had to she has refused to kill Dante, and now when she was Foundation's agents and did not want to nor had to do it, it happened. She turned him into stone!. What was she to do now? How was she to break it to Nina? How was she to live with it? She was so lost in her thoughts and in such despair that she did nothing when Wilder ran into the castle. She just let him do it.


Lok and Sophie unaware of the drama outside stood in the long, slightly ruined chamber on the end of which stood a stone with a sword in it.

"Well I guess this is the right room," said the blonde teen breaking the silence and looking at his companion, who in turn was scanning their new surroundings with an expression of awe and disbelief.

"This power... it's amazing...it makes me feel...safe" she confessed, and Cherit pushed her forward. She slowly ascended the narrow stairs that led to the pedestal, with her two friends following close behind her. She was almost at the top when she halted. The sight of the grey sword with cut-in blade and handle with two horns facing down, caused the doubts once more filled her mind. For so long she had longed to know the secrets, to learn everything about her family...and it was happening, it was now within her reach but could she do it? Was she worthy?

"Go on Sophie" encouraged her Lok, as always light-hearted and eager "this is the Casterwill family secret weapon. It was made for you, right?"

"I-I don't know" she stuttered looking at the artefact unsurely "I guess..."

"Well this is gonna be great" he kept talking "we'll have your family restored in no time!"

She glanced at him and the confidence once more appeared in her heart. If he who was no Casterwill had so much faith in it, then she as the member of said family had to be even surer. She nodded and jumped over the last step reaching for the sword. She was just about to grab the blue handle when a spell hit her in the back. She let out a yelp of pain and tumbled down the stairs.

"SOPHIE!" cried Lok in sheer panic kneeling down beside her. She wasn't moving. He raised his head to see who had shot at them and saw Wilder with Ikubane- a tall devil like titan with horns and long hair.

"Ikubane and I came to take care of things personally," said the man. The calmness and the nonchalance with which those words were spoken, caused the anger that built up in Lok to erupt.

"You coward!" he accused outraged "you're a powerful seeker! Why hit Sophie in the back!?"

The elder seeker only raised his eyebrow clearly unimpressed.

"Sorry," he said lazily "I actually preferred to fight fairly"

"What?!" asked the blonde boy incredulously, taken aback by such nerve.

"However this is too important for my future as the leader of the Organization" continued his foe breaking into the run.

Lok blocked his way. He was furious, he saw red. Sophie's scream still rung in his ears. He couldn't help her, he didn't know any healing spells apart from Everfight, but he could stop Wilder from getting Willblade and that was what he was determined to do. At first, he had the advantage, his anger made him faster and he easily dodged Wilder's attacks. But the tables turned when Ikubane shot at him from behind. The blonde jumped away and fell to the ground. His enemy tried to hit him with the spell, but he blocked it with Armourbrand, before picking himself up.

"You wanna fight!? You've got it!" he yelled summoning Dendras. He didn't even wait for the titan to appear. He simply threw himself at the enemy. But fury is always a double-edged sword, it gave Lok speed and strength but blinded him at the same time. And this caused him to hit the ground again. Holding his arm he lifted himself off the floor, searching for Ikubane. He soon spotted the titan climbing the wall.

"I must time it perfectly," he said to himself never taking his eyes off the devil-like creature. Finally, he decided it was time, and gave Cherit the sign. The little titan was fast as lighting and pushed Ikubane towards the sharp rays of the sun, that fell through the broken roof, causing the evil titan to cover his eyes. At the same time, Dendras froze Wilder's feet.

"Now let's take over Ikubane," said Lok smiling to himself, and when Cheri t once more blinded the other titan he created Bubblelift around Dendras' puppets and guided them to Ikubane, successfully taking control over him.

"Clever," said Wilder after he freed himself, but his voice clearly showed he isn't impressed at all "but I acquired some new titans since we last met" he added summoning Kagami.

"W-what is that?" asked Lok astounded watching the legless ashen-faced titan in red with long arms and hair and mirror in the middle of his torso. As if in a twisted way of answering the question Kagami flew up to Dendras and reflected the strings onto the puppet-master.

"Kagami turns your titans' abilities against them" elaborated Wilder in a tone of clear self-praise "now I have control over Dendras"

Lok could do nothing but watch in horror how his father's titan fell to his knees, and Ikubane became free again. He had to admit he hasn't seen that coming. But the fear was short-lived turning into vicious anger. This Organization coward has not only hurt Sophie but also took Dendras away. This was the limit. The teen sprung up into the air and clashed there with his enemy. Wilder hit him in the stomach, but he landed. Then he went to counterattack with Overslam, but it did not go too well, his foe blocked it and hit the boy with Raypulse.

"Goodbye Lok Lambert," he said and using Toucharm sent the blonde teen flying across the room. Lok slammed into the stone scabbed with full force.


The situation of the elder Huntik Team seekers wasn't much better, Dante and King Basilisk were still statues and things got even worse when the latter got sent back to the amulet. Zhalia fell to her knees in exhaustion but also in despair and sadness. LeBlanche the only one who was still able to fight quickly ordered Albion to act. The tall warrior without a problem destroyed Recap.

"I must...I must try and invoke King Basilisk again" whispered Zhalia to herself "I must try and save Dante"

She raised her head up to the statue and her eyes filled with tears.

"Here. Let me help you" offered LeBlanche kneeling by her side and casting Newlife at her amulet. The woman at once re-invoked her Titan.

"Quick turn Dante back!" pleaded his seeker. The stone dragon only needed to turn his head two times for the amber-eyed man and Caliban to be free again.

"Now where was I," asked the former and the Aztec furrowed his brow. With that, they charged upon the enemy. The Organization seeing that all their enemies were united and strong again resolved to their good old tactic of retreating. Zhalia on her part broke away from LeBlanche and ran up to her beloved wrapping her arms around him.

"I thought I'd never see you again!" she cried burring her face in his shirt. The man smiled before pulling her away slightly. She returned the smile.


While the battle outside has been won, inside the advantage was still on Wilder's side. Although Lok did try to pick himself up and stop the man, he couldn't even heal himself and sunk to the ground once more.

"Oh no!" cried Cherit in worry and fear "he doesn't even have the strength to use Everfight!"

But he was the only one to react like that, Wilder, of course, was very much pleased with how things turned out.

"Now that kids are put to bed let's see what I can do about this so-called Willblade," he said to himself jumping over Sophie's body and ascending the stairs "with my Sorrowbond power I'll break its link to the Casterwills once and for all"

"No!" cried the heiress of said family in a raspy voice, as she raised her hand and with some effort grabbed the man's ankle.

"Get off" he barked at turning around to throw Poisonfang at her. She was sure she's gonna be hit and she closed her eyes but Cherit was faster and shielded her with his own body, falling few meters away.

"Cherit! Sophie!" cried Lok in despair. Or rather his voice would have this emotion if he only had strength for it. Unfortunately, he was too weak and he could only watch how the events unfolded.

"Hey," said Wilder narrowing his eyes at Sophie as the sudden realization and memory from Nostradamus's tower hit him "aren't you one who struck my face? Not a wise thing to do, to the future leader of the Organization" he said and smiling viciously aimed the acid spell at the girl's face. Her emerald orbs winded and she once more turned her head away from him and shut her eyes in preparation for pain.

"Stop! Don't you dare!" shouted Lok, his horror, shock and despair increasing. No, it couldn't end like that. He could not allow this to happen! If that spell hits Sophie she'd be lucky if she gets away with melted face or burns. She could even die

"I've got to do something, anything," he said to himself looking around in desperation, and it was then when his eyes fell on the Willblade. Normally he would never even think of drawing it. He was no Casterwill it wasn't his to use. But desperate times call always for desperate measures.

With some effort, he crawled up to the scabbed and grasped the sword. The moment his hands touched it a pale blue light filled the room. With that, new energy filled his body, without any problem he drew the weapon out and with a battle cry on his lips dashed upon the enemy. The surprised Organization agent made a few steps back, but Lok did not stop burying the blade in the ground and thus creating a powerful wave of electricity that not only sent the man out of the room but also knocked out his titans. Cherit who has been lying on the floor nearby raised his head at this familiar energy and looked around. His eyes at once fell on Lok, who now was on his knees.

"Lok? Are you ok?" he asked unsurely and when he flew up to the teen he saw that his eyes are clouded with some blue mist. The young seeker seemed to be oblivious to everything around him. That was until a blue light appeared at the top of the stairs. He then turned his gaze there. Cherit followed with his own and his green eyes winded. Up there, floating above the landing was no one else but Lord Casterwill himself.

"Lord Casterwill! Is it really you?" breathed the Gargoyle watching how the other Titans, regardless of the side they took today are bowing to their master. The ghost floated down the stairs and stopped in front of kneeling Lok. The boy raised his hands offering the Willblade to the original first seeker. The man took it, and in his hand, the blade sprung up becoming longer.

"Arise, Lok Lambert," he said in a serious and solemn voice as he touched the teen's shoulders with the sword, before giving it back to the boy and raising up into the sky. The blue light faded away and the room returned back to normal. Lok was still in a trance standing there with his new weapon raised high in the air. But that did not mean he was defenceless or unaware. Quite on the contrary, his senses were sharp and he heard Wilder approach from behind. He gritted his teeth remembering that this man hurt Sophie. Hurt his queen and insulted her. That was something no knight could let pass.

He turned around and attacked with a slash. But the fair-haired 'future leader' managed to dodge, ordering his two titans and Dendras to attack. But the blue-eyed teen easily blocked and answered the attacks slashing Kagami. This duel was just like in real medieval being watched by his lady-love and Cherit, whom one could call a page of sorts.

"Lok's amazing, but no one can defeat three titans and master seeker at once," said the latter, seeing that the enemy surrounded his friend in a very tight circle. But he soon was proved wrong, when Lord Casterwill joined in the fight, showing the boy how to use Willblade. The young seeker raised it up, feeling a new power boost, and sending the enemy flying with a blast of energy he spoke up the words of summoning.

"Awaken Legendary Titan of Champions Pendragon!" he cried loud and clear. The moment he said it a warm light came out of the sword like fire, taking shape of a huge white dragon. It had golden armour with brown rims on its torso and golden protectors on arms and legs. On its brow rested a golden crown with a blue jewel from under which float long white hair. This creature landed behind Lok. The boy pointed his sword at the enemy, and a blue light radiated from the dragon's chest freeing Dendras.

"Yes! Wilder's control is broken!" cheered Cherit happily. His joy increased a moment later when Pendragon's blue fire sent both Kagami and Ikubane back to their amulets.

Wilder did not share those feelings, grimacing in anger and pain. In revenge, he aimed Acidheart at Lok, but the blonde blocked it whit Willblade throwing the sword at the man. It flew through the air, turning around and broke through the protective barrier knocking the Organization seeker out, before burying itself in the ground again.

Thus the enemy was defeated and Pendragon turned his head checking on Sophie and Cherit. When he was assured that they'd be ok, he returned to the sword, causing Lok to fall on one knee in exhaustion from such power drain. That wasn't, however, the only consequence. Now that the Willblade was drawn the magic which kept the ruined castle standing disappeared and the building began to shake and crumble. One of the stones fell on Lok's head waking him up from his daze. The blonde shook his head and looked around only to see that Wilder and his Titans are gone and that he himself is standing in the middle of the room.

" What happened?" he asked no one in particular. It was then he noticed the falling stones and looked up at the ceiling.

"Lok quick!" he was returned to reality by Cherit's panicked voice. He turned around and saw his friend by Sophie's side. The girl was still lying on the floor

"We've got to get Sophie out of here!" urged the little Titan.

The teen needn't be told that twice. He quickly made his way to his girlfriend helping her up and wrapping his arms around her dashed towards the exit.

"Dante!" he called to his mentor as soon as he could see him "is everyone ok?"

"Everything's fine" assured him the man running up to him "we sent the Organization packing" he added as he threw Sophie's arm around his neck, helping his student to get her to safety. They broke into the run and stopped only when they were sure they're in a safe distance from the crumbling castle.

"Wait! Look there!" cried LeBlanche pointing at the sky. The others followed with their gaze and saw a red bolt of light shot up in the air.

"The sword saves the future queen but the red eye shines on the world" quoted Dante softly, before turning his eyes to Lok and Sophie. To say that the young seekers were exhausted was an understatement. The blonde was falling on his feet and kept his balance only by some miracle. He couldn't support Sophie anymore so the caramelette was held by LeBlanche.

"Let's go home," said auburn-haired man at length "we'll discuss everything there"


Dante's House, Venice, Italy

It was well into the night, in fact, it was closer to the morning than to evening when the Huntik Team met up at their leader's house to discuss things through. But it soon turned out that this case isn't going to be an easy one to solve, for none of the party from the castle remembered what had happened there. All they could remember was Lok drawing the sword and then the castle collapsing. What has happened in between was a blur at best. The Willblade laid therefore on the coffee table under Dante and Zhalia's careful watch. The two stared at it so intensely as if they wished to learn about what has happened from its shape and form.

"So have you checked that thing out?" asked Lok, who after a nap in a plane, and at home regained his vigour "after all I've beaten Wilder with it. It must be pretty awesome right?"

The elder seekers exchanged grim looks.

"This Willblade is definitely a seeker artefact," said Dante at length, walking up to the window. He always did that when he had a dilemma to deal with. It helped him think "but as far as we can tell it's energy level is really low"

"I can't see why Lok was able to use it at all," said Zhalia "he's not exactly a Casterwill"

"Hey don't ask me. I can't remember a thing" shrugged the teen

"It probably bonded to Lok because it was the only way to save Sophie. That is it's purpose after all" said their leader walking away from the window and disappearing in the depths of the house.

Upon hearing his words, Sophie who has been sitting in an armchair with her legs under the blanket stirred in her seat a little as if startled. And her slim fingers tightened their grasp on the candle holder.

"Lok...was driven to save me" she whispered in disbelief. Now it wasn't like she doubted Lok's feelings for her. No, she knew he had loved her with his whole body, soul, heart and mind but still...to find out that he actually used a Casterwill artefact and defeated such a strong opponent while being so much weakened for her sake was shocking.

"Sophie" her musings were interrupted by Cherit who perched on the headrest of the armchair "did you happen to see anything strange when Lok took the Willblade?" asked the little Titan.

"I remember a kind of light...that's it" she answered in a low voice, bowing her head. It was clear enough that she is far too preoccupied with her own thoughts to bother with titan's questions. Soon she put the candle away and throwing her covers aside followed the others to another room, leaving Cherit alone. The small gargoyle sighed deeply flying up to the Willblade.

"My old memory must've been playing tricks on me again. I thought I saw you again old friend" he said sadly putting his hand on the sword. Unbeknownst to him, a sudden rush of air blew the candle out and the ghost of Lord Casterwill appeared behind his back.