CHAPTER FOUR - Bane of the World
"Carlos," the Dragon King said, "your training is now complete. Only one thing needs to be done."
"What's that?" Carlos asked.
"Recite the Call of Bane," he roared before breathing a blast of fire at Carlos.
Carlos yelled, but the fire of the Dragon King did not harm him. Instead, it seemed to make him feel stronger. As the flames swirled around him, Carlos spoke in a great and mighty voice, almost as though he was singing:
"We are Bane... of the World..."
"C'mon, pick up..." Destiny said, her ear to her wand. "Carlos... please pick up..."
Suddenly, Diesel's barking came up on the end of the phone.
Hello, this is - he hiccuped - Prince Diesel. You've reached - he hiccupped again - the house of Carlos DarkCaller.
"Diesel, I need to speak with Carlos."
Carlos? He's in - another hiccup - Mooshu right now. I'm just here, chugging down milk...
"Are dogs even allowed to drink milk?" Destiny asked.
Well... I reckon I dunno, Gilligan...
"Well, you probably shou- wait, did you just call me-"
Yeah, yeah, I gotta go. The poodle channel's back on. The phone was hung up.
Destiny sighed and layed back down on her couch. "Well, now what do I do?" she asked herself.
Suddenly, Carlos appeared a flash of red and black smoke, accompanied by images of red skulls. "Hey, Destiny."
Destiny gasped. "Carlos!" The two shared a warm embrace. "I kept trying to call you, but I only reached your dog. He called me Gilligan."
"What?"
"That's what I was thinking!" The two laughed loudly and strong.
"So, why did you want to call me?"
"I had another dream. Someone in my dream told me that you would become great and take over the Spiral, and I would be your queen."
"Well, that's a nice dream!" Carlos replied.
"I know, right? Now then, about that army you were gonna make... when are we gonna start?"
"Tomorrow morning, after a good night's sleep. Oh, and I wanted to tell you something."
"Yes?"
"I'm not Death School anymore. Now, I'm Bane school!"
"What's Bane School?"
Carlos explained to Destiny the events that happened with the Dragon King, and how he obtained the power of the mythgods. Destiny got excited and wanted to become Bane School.
"Well, I suppose I could teach you some spells..." Carlos said.
"Really! Oh, if you do, I'll love you forever!" Destiny said.
"Well, in that case, we better get started! Tomorrow morning at 9:30, we begin Bane of the World!"
An hour or so passed between the two, discussing Bane of the World and its events. Eventually, Carlos had to leave, but not before a goodbye kiss.
Since the invention of the kiss, there have been six kisses rated the most passionate and the most pure. Whether by the power of Bane or by their own love, this kiss left them all behind.
So, when a magical dog drinks milk, they get drunk? Diesel asked.
"Apparently, yes," Carlos replied.
Did I mention anything about summer camp, 2002?
"No, but you did call Destiny Gilligan."
Well, I did watch seven episodes of Gilligan's Island before she called...
"Just out of curiosity, what happened at summer camp in 2002?"
Maybe I'll tell you later...
"Well, it's not important now. Tomorrow, we begin Bane of the World and conquest of the Spiral!"
Destiny woke up the next morning to find a green book on her bedstand, entitled "Jmijhony if qho Pwdogq Igo" in gold, glowing letters. She opened the book to find a note inside of it, which read:
"Dear Destiny,
I'm sorry for being a disturbance to you, but the fate of the spiral is of dire importance. Please forgive me of any rude actions I preformed and read my prophecy. It's encoded, but you should be able to find the proper cipher. The title reads, 'Prophecy of the Silent One'. Its contents are of dire importance to future events. If you will not stand against Carlos, it would be best to know your fates.
-Karic el Diriel"
Destiny decided to open the book to see what would happen. The first words of the book were encoded as "Qho Jmijhony if Lbmwn qho Vwpo, twuog qi qho Eooj Igop qi vbmg qhoc if qho nicwgt qhmobq". She was confused and had no idea what this meant.
She reread the note placed in the book, and noticed it said it was encoded. So, she got out a piece of paper and a pen and wrote the alphabet on it from left to right. Above the letters of the alphabet, she placed the letters in the title (e.g. she placed the letter "J" above the letter "P", and the letter "M" above the letter "R", and so on). Eventually, the paper revealed some of the cipher, albeit only twelve of twenty-six letters.
Maybe I'll find out the other letters later, she thought to herself. Now, all that's left is to go to Carlos' House and begin Bane of the World!
And from that day forward, nothing in the Spiral was like it was before. Two great quests began, one to take over the Spiral and one to keep it safe. But, the real question is, whose side will you choose?
