Hehe sorry guys that this chapter sort of stinks but it's not something a little perfume or deoderant can't fix :D
Chapter 4: The Legend
"There's a story?" Mary asked confused.
"Yes; more like a legend actually." Jonathan said, "I heard it while I was traveling alongside the Leading River."
"Can you tell me about this story, please?" Mary asked Jonathan with big eyes.
Jonathan laughed a little, "I'm not that sure if it's real or-"
Mary cut him off, "please tell me," she begged.
"Oh, alright." Jonathan said, "I suggest that you sit down for this one though, it's a bit long.
Mary sat down right away and Jonathan laughed at her enthusiasm. "Ok, well it starts off with the world Daetriss." Mary looked curious and wondered how Daetriss could be involved.
"Daetriss was as you know was where all the meetings between the worlds use to be held." Mary nodded and so he kept going, "Well, during one meeting though, they were discussing a matter that had to do with the most powerful object in this universe, the Drakum."
'The Drakum? The title even sounds so wonderful. I wonder what it is. Oh why are you so curious about everything' Mary asked herself.
Jonathan went on, "The Drakum was a powerful object and had a special power that only the rulers knew of; but it was kept stored in a little box that can only be opened by a key. The key was pure silver and had eight dents where eight different stones were fit. The key only works with all the eight stones in it and so each world got a stone and the world Daetriss had the key which needed the stones. Salazar, the ruler of Daetriss, however wanted the power in the box to himself, so he somehow convinced the rest of the worlds except one (Notsae) to reveal their stone. Esperar, the ruler of Notsae seeing what the Ruler of Daetriss was trying to do didn't take out his stone and so he grabbed everyone's stone, the key frame, and the box and then fled. When Salazar had realized what Esperar had taken with him, he accused the world Notsae of stealing all the power for their selves."
"Salazar tried to persuade all of the worlds to go on a hunt for Esperar. But, all the worlds knew Esperar to well and knew what he had done was for no evil purpose so they didn't join Salazar's hunt."
It was getting late and Jonathan was tired so a yawn escaped from his mouth before he could stop it and since yawns were contagious Mary yawned to. Jonathan than laughed and went on with the legend, "So anyways; Esperar got back to Notsae and sent back the things he took to the worlds they belonged to. Everyone had there things returned except Daetriss. Esperar sent a letter to every world with the belongings. All the worlds believed his letter and so everyone continued their life as usual. Salazar however was outraged and sent a warning to Esperar that his life is short and would soon meet an end."
Mary gasped but then calmed down again so Jonathan could continue his story once more, "Esperar didn't want to put his world in danger however, so he went to a secret meadow and hid." Mary smiled knowing he was talking about her meadow.
"In Moonlit Midnight Meadow," Jonathan said emphasizing the name, "he kept his stone safe knowing that Salazar would come for it. In fact, after the most recent meeting they had, all the worlds knew that Salazar would stop at nothing to get a hold of the eight stones. So, most of them made their stones into things that Salazar would never have dreamed they'd like."
Jonathan paused for a bit to see if Mary was still there since she had been so silent all along. Mary smiled at him and once more he continued;
"The stones were indestructible so they could only be built into something, not shaped. So, well they were built into many different things like rings, necklaces-" Mary than remembered the necklace she found. She was wearing it right now tucked in her shirt! Wait a second, that doesn't necessarily mean that the necklace that she found was the one in the legend. Plus, the dragon had pearls not stones. And Jonathan even said he wasn't sure if the story was real or not.
"-and weapons like daggers and swords," Jonathan finished his sentence. "There was something unique about Esperar's stone though, it wasn't even really stone, it was a pearl. Everyone was sure there stone was safe, which made there life even more comfortable so they found some spare time when they weren't worrying about there stone and during there spare time they found hobbies. Esperar kenw better however and so he always kept his guard up. Alas, the day that Esperar knew would come came... While, she was washing her face in the river a big shadow came across the sky. There were thousands of dragons covering the sky not leaving a shred of sky visible. A dragon started to come towards her and on it was Salazar.
Esperar had made a necklace and put the pearl in for the eyes of the dragon. Also, the dragon was wrapped around a bigger pearl that she had found from the river in the meadow to make it more intriguing to herself. Before the dragon landed, she knew that there was going to be a slim chance of getting out of this so she grabbed the necklace and pulled it from her neck flinging it into the fresh water." Mary's face turned pale, how could she have just sacrificed her necklace so easily? Than another thought hit her full force in the back of the head. 'ok so, what have you learned today Moonmender? Mary asked herself. 'Oh, nothing really, just how this necklace could ruin the rest of the universe' she said sarcastically to herself. Mary turned back to Jonathan to listen to the rest of the legend.
"Uh… are you ok?" he asked with worry spread across his face.
"Oh, well of course. I was just thinking of something. You can go on with your story now if you want," Mary said smiling kindly.
"Ok," he said not looking so sure, "well, after she threw the necklace Salazar's dragon landed right in front of her but luckily, Salazar hadn't realized what she had thrown in the river. Unmounting his dragon he looked at her and demanded that she gave him the pearl and key immediately. 'I don't have it' she had simply replied. This had sent Salazar into a temper, which was not a good thing, at all because he was already so tired and furious enough to kill. Salazar asked once again for the pearl and Esperar replied with the same answer.
During the next second however instead of trying to get take it from her by force, Salazar ordered his dragon to send Esperar into a painful suffering in fire. He knows that she can reflect fire for a while but he knew how much energy it took and how she couldn't hold off for long. Esperar screamed as she the dragon started to blow fire at her. She was reflecting it but she was stilll able to feel it... Soon, Salazar left another dragon to help the first dragon burn her down into ashes quicker. In the end it will look no one was ever there. Salazar laughed at Esperar as she was tortured and slowly he flew away making sure the last thing she would remember was his evil cackling." Mary was about to cry, thinking about how much torture that could've been was just too much but experiencing it must've been worse than death.
"Now, it is told the necklace still remains in the cold river, safe from Salazar and any other living thing… for now." Jonathan and Mary looked at each other and both saw pale faces. "Like I said earlier, I'm not even sure if this story's real so don't worry about it." But Mary and Jonathan knew it was real, Mary even had proof and Jonathan knew better...
"It's getting late," Mary said. "I think I might go to sleep."
"I agree," Jonathan answered back. He sat down next to Mary and leaned against the big rock. Jonathan started to close his eyes when,
"Wait, look!" Mary exclaimed pointing at the horizon where the sun was just rising. Jonathan looked ahead and smiled as he saw the magnificent sight.
"It's beautiful," he whispered half yawning. 'like you' Jonathan said in his head. Together they watched the sun rise slowly as the colors changed from sort of a purplish pink to a orange than to all the other colors that a beautiful sunrise goes through. Before turning to blue Mary and Jonathan both fell asleep into the warm morning.
Plz, give me ideas for what the names of the worlds should be :D :D :D