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"Where are we going to be going next then, Ollie-boy?" Drippy asked as they left Al Mamoon. Oliver looked about.
"Tell you what, I have a good feeling about Yule. I think that's where we're going to be heading." He said. Then he used the Travel Spell to get to Yule. Something was telling him Aaliyah would be there.
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Aaliyah came out of the cabin, feeling very nice looking her. Her red hair was pushed out of her face for a change, the headband keeping it back. She felt like a princess in the outfit. She went over to Khulan and showed off a bit, giggling. Khulan smiled at her.
"I see Kublai gave you your gift. You look lovely, dear." Aaliyah blushed, feeling better in the looser clothes that was the dress and the cape.
"You said we were going to land in a place called Yule, Miss Khulan?" She asked. Khulan nodded.
"As I said. Her majesty asked us to return an outgrown winter coat. Perhaps we'll get you a new one as well." Aaliyah grinned, then looked towards the stone that had made her feel strong, and magically powerful.
"Miss Khulan, what is this stone? Why do I feel so, powerful by it?"
"That dear, is a Waystone. It heals you, and replenishes your magic. It's a traveler's best friend. We keep one up here if we get caught in a battle and need to recharge." Aaliyah stared at the stone in amazement, remembering the wand she had left in the cabin.
"Would you excuse me a minute? I want to try some spells. I've got a wand in my cabin." Khulan nodded, and Aaliyah went into her for the wand. She was going to learn some magic!
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Oliver arrived in Yule and quickly put on his winter coat, already feeling his cape freezing. His friends did the same and they entered the town. Oliver ran straight to the Chief Elder's House. If anybody would know about Kublai and Khulan coming to town, it'd be him! Esther, Swaine, Marcassin, Harmony, and Drippy waited outside while Oliver went in, where he found the Chief Elder sittings with his big, bushy eyebrows that covered his eyes.
"Excuse me, Chief Elder? I need your help." The Chief Elder didn't move, but spoke.
"You be Oliver. I can help." Oliver sat on a frozen step.
"I need to know whether or not Kublai and Khulan will be around here soon." The Chief Elder's eyebrows raised a bit.
"Indeed, they shall be here sometime. Queen Cassiopeia sent them for a new winter coat. She sent me a letter, alerting me of their coming." Oliver grinned.
"But, I sense a great storm coming. It too dangerous for iron ship to land. They must wait." Oliver's grinned disappeared faster than a cappuccino into Gogo. And Gogo loved cappuccinos.
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Aaliyah watched as the Iron Wyvern fought the freezing wind of the Winter Isles. She shivered in the cold, staying close to the Waystone. One of the crew handed her a warm coat and she quickly put it on. As she watched Kublai and Khulan rush around the ship, she felt a strong feeling that Oliver was close.
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Oliver left the chief's house, feeling down. Esther hurried over to him.
"Well? Anything?" She asked. Oliver shook his head.
"Kublai and Khulan can't land here. There's a huge storm coming, apparently." He sighed. "Maybe we'll never find Aaliyah." Swaine put an arm around him.
"I'm sure we'll find her soon." Marcassin nodded in agreement, then turned his head.
"Do you hear something?" He asked the others. Oliver, Swaine, Esther, Harmony, and Drippy turned their heads and they heard it too. The crackling of fire.
"Fire." Harmony whispered. But one woman heard her.
"Fire!" She shouted. "Run!"
"Help the Tomte!" A man shouted, as smoke flew over the city, the flames appearing over the distance. Then Oliver heard a voice.
"You two are connected. You will both burn. Burn Pure Hearted One. Burn Heir to Magic." The voice said. Oliver looked around, looking for someone else who might hear this voice, but saw no one but frightened people and Tomte alike.
"Oliver! We have to help these people and the Tomte!" Esther shouted. Oliver snapped back into reality.
"Right! Let's do it!"
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Aaliyah ran to the cabin as the winds became stronger, and stronger, tossing the Iron Wyvern all around. She held tight to the doorframe, the only thing that was stable. She suddenly heard a strange voice whisper to her.
"You two are connected. You will both burn. Burn Heir to Magic. Burn Pure Hearted One." It said. She suddenly found herself in the middle of a burning city! She screamed out of fear. Then she saw a huge beast appear, with a rocky mane, and fire springing from all around its body. It roared, and the ground split open, lava and fire erupting from ground. Aaliyah screamed again.
"Oliver! Help!"
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Oliver helped the small Tomte off the ledge and towards the Glittering Grotto.
"Go! Go Go Go!" Drippy was calling out to the other people. Then Oliver heard a much higher, more familiar voice shout.
"Oliver! Help!" Aaliyah! Oliver looked back to see, Moltaan!
"What the hell!?" Swaine shouted, seeing Moltaan as well.
"But we defeated Moltaan at Old Smokey! He was a creation of Shadar!" Esther cried in disbelief.
"Well, it looks like whoever's taken over this time, created Moltaan Mark II!" Drippy exclaimed.
"Guys! I heard Aaliyah! She must be trapped in his Volcanic Roar!" Oliver shouted. Marcassin ran up.
"C'mon then! We have to save her!" Then they ran towards Moltaan.
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Aaliyah narrowly avoided the fire, coughing on the smoke, falling to her knees and covering her mouth and nose to not inhale anymore. At the same time, she patted down her furry coat, trying to get rid of the flames that kept catching on it. The giant looked down at her, and roared again. She stood and spun around, trying to find a path not completely engulfed in fire. No such luck, but she did see something else. Someone.
"Oliver!" She cried out, seeing his wonderfully familiar face. He looked to her, and she felt something hit her and she went flying.
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"Oliver!" Aaliyah cried out. Oliver looked and saw her, just as Moltaan's tail swung and hit her, hard.
"Aaliyah!" Oliver shouted, watching her go flying through the flames, her coat catching.
"Oliver! Go get Moltaan! Marcassin and I will save Aaliyah!" Harmony shouted, already running towards her. Oliver nodded, then turned to Moltaan, a Frostbite already being formed. Marcassin and Harmony ran over to her and yanked off the huge, burning coat. Harmony patted out any burns that had gotten onto the hem of her dress, then Marcassin lifted her up, and they ran as fast as they could toward the Glittering Grotto. When they got there, he lay her down and she packed snow around Aaliyah and wrapped her in the cape she wore, trying to get her warm. Her clothes under that coat were definitely made more for the spring weather of Ding Dong Dell. Marcassin also used a Fireball spell and made a quick fire to keep the three of them warm. As he did, he looked down and smiled at her. She was quite pretty, with her fair skin, her ruby red lips, and her long, curly red hair, not as pretty as Harmony of course, but pretty all the same. Though she did look like someone, he just couldn't put his finger on it. Like a much younger version of someone.