Angel: Well, it took a long while with my 18th birthday and cool down from school with some summer relaxation, but here is Chapter 4: What are dreams? I had to change it because this chapter isn't all about training like I planned. Sigh, me being lazy in a nutshell. I am quite surprised that this is way more popular than EWA series, but I can see why though. Ugh I hate this chapter so much.
Also some special news, there will be at certain times within the story that I will ask you, the readers; to pick a certain path the Heroes will take. Their fates are in your hands as it were, because whatever path they take changes the outcome of the Story. There are 3 Endings I have planned, The Normal Ending, The True Ending, and the Bad Ending. So choose wisely when that time comes.
PLEASE READ THIS: This chapter is rushed (Lazy, very lazy and I am way behind on my stories) and I skipped some scenes and some of the interactions with the OC's since this chapter is long enough already. However, the OC's will definitely be joining the heroes on their journey to the other worlds in the next chapter. They won't be disappearing or anything. ALL OF THEM will be in every chapter possible (Unless told otherwise) starting at chapter 5, so don't fret if they don't have enough screen time.
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While the girls were gone to do their training, Ambrose was talking through whisper to the Darkness Professor; Venomous Snape. They seem to be talking about Yew's enrollment in his class. Ambrose was carrying Keera's daughter. He had to rush out to get her because the baby shouldn't be joining her mother in the training session. It is too dangerous for her. Instead, Ambrose will be hiring a maid to take care of the baby while they go out training.
A new student you wish to transfer over to me, hmm?
Yes, this student has amazing potential to be one of the best Darkness Students. I am sure that Yew will be a great addition to your class.
Feh, we shall see. Send her over to me whenever you please and we shall see how spectacular she really is. I am sorry Ambrose, but I have to see for myself, I cannot take your word for it.
I understand Snape, you expect nothing short of spectacular in your students. I will be speaking to you later.
Goodbye, Ambrose.
He cut off this whisper communication and sighed. Yew is definitely going to hate him for sending her to the strictest teacher in Neo Wizard City. More strict than Cyrus Drake and that is saying something. Oh well, he shall deal with that later.
Ambrose walked out of the room he was in and into the Office of his. He now had to officially register the other 7 girls into Ravenwood, which is quite a tedious affair for him, especially since it is the middle of the School year. He placed the baby on the couch, remarkably the baby hasn't cried at all when he took her from Keera. With a giant sigh, he walked over to his chair, sat down, and then began to write their registration.
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"It has been a long time… Ambrose…"
He jerked up from the familiar voice and looked around his office. 8 very familiar ghosts manifested themselves in front of him. It was the girl's ancestors from 50 years ago.
"W-What brings you here out of the blue?" asked Ambrose, straightening himself up in his seat and trying to calm his heart speed. He didn't expect them to come.
"We just came here to warn you, Ambrose. There is something you must know," said the Bly look alike. There was a hint of worry in her voice that gave him the nagging suspicion that something bad will happen soon.
"And what will that be?" He watched as their expressions changed to worry and suspicion. Ambrose knew that whatever he is going to be told is not something he will like.
"Time is short for us in the land of the living, so we'll make this quick," said the Rena look alike. She turned to look at the Keera look alike to give her the signal to speak to him.
The Keera look alike sighed and shook her head. She began to speak in what looked to be a riddle and kind of like a poem.
Heroines travel through Nightmares and Dreams
But there are points where they will have screams
Death and Depression are one in the same
Perhaps they will be the one to blame
Or perhaps they will be the ones to reign
Everyone will remember their name
Their decisions are dreadful
Who knows if they become fearful?
Destiny is going to play a game
Who will be the one to blame?
Good and Evil will be one in the same…
Ambrose did not understand that riddle/poem. He seemed to have an idea of what they were telling him, but he doesn't seem to think that is true. "What do you mean?" He asked as they began to fade from sight.
"Goodbye Ambrose," With that, they disappeared from sight. Ambrose thought back at what they are trying to warn him. Why must they speak in Riddles? He was terrible at riddles. Good and Evil will be one in the same… Does that mean that…? No, he did not want to believe it. It just can't be true. Ambrose shook his head and continued the Registration. He will think about that another day.
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The Peacekeepers, along with the 8 girls who were trailing behind them, entered the Dueling Arena within Unicorn Way. This was the perfect place for them to train and such. There are test dummies, targets, and if they prefer… punching bags.
The 8 girls looked around the Dueling Arena since it is their first time being here. They were mildly intrigued by the huge and magical duel arena that Wizard City has, although it is no time for sightseeing because it is a time for them to train.
Devin turned his attention to Bly. He swiftly grabbed her by the wrist and brought her over to the test dummies. Bly murmured under her breath for being dragged this way. "Let us practice your aiming skills first, eh?" Devin mused as they stood twenty feet away from the dummy. The others seem to have gone their training stations.
He pulled out his wand and looked at Bly. "Now, do what I do. Focus your inner fire energy and blast a fireball at the dummy." He inhaled deeply and exhaled in the same fashion. With a wave of his wand and a thrust forward, he blasted a fireball at the dummy. It caught on fire but was extinguished a few seconds later by itself.
Bly looked at her trusty Rainbow Sword she held in her left hand. Does she really have inner magic within herself to channel it into the sword to blast a fireball? There was only one way to find out. The blonde inhaled and then exhaled. She focused on the so called inner fire energy within herself as she closed her eyes. With a wave of her wand and thrusting forward, a small but reasonable fireball burst forth and attacked the dummy.
"Good job I guess… don't celebrate just yet though." Devin said as he set up a shield upon the dummy this time and the target was now its head. Bly groaned at the realization that she needs to attack the dummy with better precision; the head. Aiming was never one of her strengths.
"Shit…"
While Bly was doing target practice at the dummy's head, Bianca was being taught how to summon monsters to battle. Her first spell she will learn is the dreaded Blood Bat. Grace flicked her hair behind her and sighed. She looked at Bianca who was staring right back at her, waiting for instructions. "Ok, Bianca, let us begin with the basics of myth: Summoning a Blood Bat."
"Ok… what do I do?" Bianca asked, straightening out her dress that she was in. Even when training, she likes to always look her best. Grace groaned and materialized her wand into a hammer, in which she conked her on the head with.
"Ow, what was that for?" Bianca groaned as she rubbed the bruise from the sudden attack. "For trying to look pretty during a training session" Grace snapped at her. The Ice student searched through her deck of spell cards for the Blood Bat. Upon seeing it, she pulled it out and gave it to Bianca.
"Now do what I do. I'll be summoning a Troll. All myth smells have the save wave of the wand. You'll be doing this a lot in Magical Duels that require a Dueling Arena. Just focus your inner Myth energy with your…" Grace looked at Bianca's weapon for clarification, "Machine gun wand. Then trace the Myth Symbol like so around the Blood Bat spell I gave you."
Bianca watched as Grace placed the Troll Spell in midair where it floated there. Grace then traced a little triangle and made the eye in the middle of the triangle around the spell card. She then thrust forth, activating the spell. The Troll appeared out in front of her, startling Bianca. The Troll rubbed his temple as he wonders what his master called him out for.
"That will be all Troll, I was merely bringing you out for a test run." Grace said. The Troll let out a grumble and disappeared back into the Spell Card. She looked over at Bianca and gave her a nod towards the Blood Bat spell.
"Being a Wizard must be tough work…" Bianca mused as she placed the Blood Bat in midair just like Grace did. It floated in front of her to her amazement. She looked at her machine gun and gave a little sigh. She pictured in her head the Myth Symbol that Grace created. The model closed her eyes and traced the Myth Symbol around the Blood Bat Spell. She then thrust forth and it activated.
A Blood Bat appeared out of nowhere and was spitting out things from its mouth. Bianca, clearly disgusted, backed away from the Bat. Grace laughed as she held out a finger for the Bat to land on. "Oh don't worry it's harmless to the person that summoned it and the actual owner of it." The Blood Bat landed on her finger and stared at Bianca.
"I hope the other Myth spells aren't that yucky…" The model hoped. The Troll was fine, but this Blood Bat looked hideous and is gross. Grace laughed again and shook her head. "You haven't seen anything yet, there is this one particular spell that is quite… how you say… obnoxious. But that spell is for Adept students only."
On another side of the Arena, Amber was teaching Roxanne the ways of Ice through Dueling. She had just summoned an Ice Colossus minion to duel against the young chef in the Duel Arena. Amber had released herself from the duel and was watching the two of them fight. "Do not be afraid, Miss Roxanne… You can do it… heck… even my Crystal Ball can tell of this outcome…" She said to her in a calm tone.
"Afraid? Of course not! I am horrified!" Roxanne yelled, biting her nails and was looking at the spell cards in her hand that Amber lent to her for use. Why did she agree to this?
"Just remember what I taught you…" Amber said with a slight smile. "You'll do fine…"
Roxanne could only nod, but only slightly. She was picked to go first. Amber only gave her 7 cards. 2 of them were copies of Frost Beetle, 2 copies of Snow Shield, 1 copy of Ice Blade, 1 copy of Evil Snowman, and 1 copy of Pixie.
"I… I'll play this thingy…" Roxanne traced the Ice Symbol with her boomerang around the Ice Blade and then activated it. The Ice Blade charm appeared and circled around Roxanne's head, ready to be used.
Ice Colossus got a power pip and played Snow Serpent. The ice like snake slithered out of the middle of the arena. Like a cat, it spat out an ice hairball at Roxanne before disappearing.
"Um… OW! And… yuck!" Roxanne looked at her health and noticed that a quarter of her health has already gone. Amber explained to her that all Novice Wizards have low health and that they can get more as they advance.
"Alright… I can do this…" Roxanne played the Snow Shield on herself to protect herself from an attack. Surprisingly the Colossus did not make a move and passed.
"I'll use this!" Roxanne summoned the Evil Snowman to the field. Snow rushed in and covered the field. A Top hat flew in and landed on a pile of snow. Emerging from the snow and putting the Top hat on its head, the Evil Snowman appeared. The Ice Blade broke and powered the Evil Snowman. It chuckled before tossing a Snowball at the Ice Colossus. The attack killed it… barely.
"Good show… I knew you could do it…" Amber gave her a slight smile and Roxanne smiled back as the Duel Arena disappeared around her.
Ambrose walked into the Arena to see how things were going with them. Turning to the left, he sees Zarnta and Sabrina Jadeleaf trying to cope with each other but failing miserably as they appear to be some sort of Cat fight. All he hears is cursing and ape woman calls. He would stop them but he figures it can resolve itself soon.
Over to the right, he sees Tara and Rena getting along quite well. However Tara seems to be trying to flirt with her more than just tutoring her. Rena looked to be somewhat resisting and trying very hard not to get flustered. Ambrose rolled his eyes at that. He knew Tara is always like that with some of the girls.
Moving on, he turned his head to Heylie and Keera. Apparently the young mother is doing great with what Heylie is teaching her. She is summoning Death spells like a pro now. He smiled at that. Heylie seemed to be impressed by her too and keeps patting her on the back, which causes Keera to blush and look away.
Yew and Sabrina DeathCaster were somewhat getting along. Sabrina was just a bit frustrated at how stubborn Yew can be and her use of language. Yew looked to be fine when it comes to practicing Darkness spells, just her cooperation skills are lacking, which Sabrina is trying very hard to mentor her with.
"AAAHHH PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!" Ambrose turned to where the noise came from and it seems that Bly got her pink dress on fire because of a deflected fireball. "Oh my…" He commented as he watches Bly run around in circles.
"Uh I got ya!" Umi played a Tempest Treasure card spell. Waves of stormy water appeared and landed on top of Bly, putting out the fire and pushing her down on the ground in the process. Bly was soaked from head to toe and she got up from the ground. The blonde glared at the young diviner and gave her the middle finger. "NEXT TIME… USE MINOR WATER SPELLS!"
"Oops…" Umi giggled and she high-fived Emily Rainsword for her success on summoning a Journeywoman's diviner spell. "Great job, Umi!" Emily smiled and gave Umi a pat on the back. They both seem to be getting along quite well.
Bly shook herself like a dog to dry herself off, but then her hair went POOF and turned into an Afro. Everybody, except Ambrose, laughed at the sight. The Princess growled in annoyance. "NO PICTURES! GAH I HATE ALL OF YOU!"
3 Hours later…
The tutoring was done and the Peacekeepers had to go home for dinner. However, they'll be back to help the heroines out for their journey tomorrow. Ambrose clicked his tongue as he sees that the 8 girls were breathing hard and quite tired from all of the training they had done today. He knew that he had to push them to their limits… and this… wasn't their limit… not by a long shot.
"You are not quite done yet… girls." Ambrose said as he walked up to them.
"The hell do you mean? We are tired!" Yew growled as she tried to catch her breath.
"It is time for me to summon… the Knightmare! HAHAH! Get it?" Ambrose joked and he received no laughs at his very unpunny joke. "Oh, all right, I tried to be funny. Come on out!" He tapped his staff on the ground and armor pieces fell from the sky and landed on the floor in a pile.
The armor assembled into a Knight with a Nightmare Symbol on its helmet. Red eyes appeared in the darkness of the helmet. It readied its sword and was ready to fight against them. The girls growled in annoyance and unsheathed their weapons for one last battle.
"TIME TO TEST YOUR LIMITS! GO!"
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On a world called Earth, a young blonde dressed in what looked like to be a police officer outfit, was out strolling around the neighborhood. She was out on her patrol duty to see if there is any suspicious activity happening around the area. Sadly for her, ever since she joined the force a year ago, crime has gone down a lot because of her, which made her quite bored.
"Another uneventful patrol… criminals are quite scared of me nowadays…" The blonde sighed sadly as she continued her walk around the neighborhood.
As she walked, she felt a cold chill running down her spine. She immediately recognized that chill from an evil that somebody told her about.
"He has returned I see… 50 long years and he has come back from the dead… well he won't be getting this girl that easily…" The blonde deadpanned as she raced towards her home in preparation to protect herself from this evil that was about to come.
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The Knightmare shook violently. The Armor Pieces were flying off of it and then… it collapsed to the floor in a pile of armor rubble. The Nightmare Symbol on the helmet broke and the red eyes disappeared. The trapped pure dream rose from the remains and disappeared into the sky, destination is unknown, but probably back to its original dreamer.
The girls sheathed their weapons in the secret places in their clothing since they had no ideal places to place them. Ambrose gave them a round of applause for their performance. "Oh excellent work, young wizards!" He shouted to them, quite proud.
"Whew, that was intense. I am quite pooped," Bianca was sweating and she was in desperate need of a Shower.
"I am so hungry!" Umi complained, not having any bite to eat in the last 24 hours. She could eat a whole Elephant if she was given the chance. Yew agreed with her. She was quite hungry too due to the fact that she was so poor. The Goth girl reached into her purse to find only 3 gold coins to use.
"Ambrose, is there like place to go eat in this City? I am quite hungry," Yew asked, wondering if there was something cheap she can buy to tide her hunger over.
"Hmm, how much do you girls have overall?" Ambrose asked them. He was short on money and can't really give them much, which is surprising since he is the Headmaster of Ravenwood. Due to Wizard City's Recession, a lot of people were poor except for the Peacekeepers and the professors at Ravenwood. Ambrose got his bills and food paid for free, but he gets no money, which he had no problems with. He had to give up that to help out.
They were starting to grow out of the recession though, but it might take another year for it to be gone and things will be back to normal.
The girls looked at one another and they shrugged, reaching for their purses. Yew threw the 3 gold pieces she has onto the floor. Umi threw her 3 gold pieces. Roxanne searched for her purse and pulled it out. She had no gold coins in them. "I got nothing, I am flat broke thanks to the Nightmare King," she growled at his name.
"I… have… this much," Keera tossed 5 gold coins to the pile, which now accumulated to 11. Zarnta looked into her handmade purse and sees nothing. She shook her head, signaling she has nothing to contribute to the pile.
"I am a model, but there is a law in my world that I can only carry 5 gold in my purse," Bianca said as she threw the amount she said to the pile.
"I honestly don't know how much is in here, but I say about 500," Bly said, throwing a small bag of gold coins filled to the top onto the pile. Rena searched her purse and pulled out a shining Diamond, which is the only 'money' thing she had in her purse.
"Um, I know this is worth about 1000 gold coins," Rena said sheepishly as she delicately placed the Diamond onto the pile. Keera calculated how much they had total. "So in total," she said as she came up with the answer in her head, "We have around 1516 if the amount of both diamond and what is in Bly's bag is true,"
"Let me guess…" Yew said, while glaring at Rena, "You stole that diamond from a Museum." Rena glared at her back. "Shut up, Goth Girl, you mind your own life." The young thief is getting extremely annoyed and angry at this good for nothing Goth girl.
Oh boy, it was just a matter of time before they tear each other's throats out… Ambrose thought as he watched the inevitable hate and anger begin to grow between the girls. He wanted to step in, but he had to let them get out their anger for a bit. The 8 girls from 50 years ago fought each other as well, but then they became good friends… with fights here and there. He hoped they can just get along.
"Woah now, let's not get too hasty here," Bianca said as she stepped in between them to try and separate them for clawing each other's eyes out.
"Move it, Bianca! I want to show this bitch a lesson for committing crimes! I hate criminals!" Yew tried to get around the model, but the white haired woman just merely picked her up with one hand. Yew struggled to get out of her grip.
"I may be a thief, but I have a heart like the rest of you!" Rena shouted at Yew. The Goth girl just threw her giant mallet at her in response. She merely sidestepped and it bypassed her head. However it was now in the direction of Bly, who was trying to organize all the gold into one bag for them to use.
Bly gasped as the Giant Mallet hit her in the left arm, which is her dominant arm. She rubbed the bruise that formed and glared at Yew with fire in her eyes. "I didn't mean to!" The Goth Girl said to the Princess. Bly ignored the statement and just walked up to her with the intent of inflicting pain on her. She pushed Bianca, causing her fall backwards and let go of Yew, she then took this opportunity to tackle Yew to the ground.
"Get off of me, bitchy princess!" Yew growled, yanking the blonde's hair fiercely. Bly ignored the pain as she threw a few punches at her stomach. She didn't know why she was doing this, but it felt so… natural. It is like she has done this before somewhere.
Bianca groaned as she got up from the ground. Somehow, she felt a sticky stain from her behind. The white haired woman turned her head to look at her behind and sees that her last lipstick that she keeps in her back pocket sometimes, is now destroyed, staining her favorite sparkly dress. (Don't ask, screw logic, lol)
"My dress! It's now ruined with my last lipstick!" whined Bianca. She growled and pounced on top of Bly, turning a cat fight into a cat brawl. It was like a stereotypical fight as all 3 tumbled together into a ball of white smoke.
I don't know whether I should interfere now or let them get their anger out until the appropriate time to step in… Ambrose thought as he watched the fight. He figured to let them express their anger a bit longer until it is at the point where it worries him.
"Hey! HEY!" Roxanne walked up to the fight with an angry look on her face that matches that of a concerned angry mother. "No fighting! This isn't the time or place for that!" She reached in and tried to stop them, but in the process of doing so, she got accidentally bitten by Yew, who was trying to bite Bly.
"OW!" Roxanne yelped as she pulled her arm out to see the bite marks that Yew made. The bite made her bleed a little. "You bitch! You bit me! Are you trying to give me slut rabies? That's it!" With intense strength on her part, she somehow yanked Yew and Bly from the fight with both her arms, leaving Bianca on the ground in pain.
"Let me go… I haven't taught Goth Bitch a lesson yet…" Bly said with gasps between sentences. She was brutally injured by all the hair pulling, scratching, punching, and biting. However, the fight was very thrilling and somehow very nostalgic to her for whatever reason. She never been in a cat fight before, but it somehow gave her a wonderful feeling.
"And I have yet to finish teaching you a lesson either you Princess of the Bitch World!" Yew retorted back at Bly with rage evident across her features. She then looked over at Rena. "And don't think I haven't forgotten about you!" The Thief just responded by giving her the middle finger.
"Zarnta thinks you should all stop now. We haz mission to do… not fight." The Jungle woman said with a roll of her eyes.
"I agree with Zarnta…" Ambrose walked up to them with a sigh. "If all of you were just any regular students I would have you girls suspended, but you aren't." Ambrose rubbed his tired eyes before he continued talking. "Now then, here is 84 gold. It is not much, but you should take it." He handed Bly the small bag that held said amount, she took it without hesitation.
"The Food around here isn't exactly cheap nowadays… we are in a Recession sadly. That will soon change I'm sure. I recommend going to IHOPZ. It is a pancake place. It is just in the Shopping District near my office. You may have seen the tunnel to it while you were exciting my office."
"Yeah I saw it," Bly confirmed, rubbing the bruises and wounds she got from fighting both Yew and Bianca. "I kind of wanted to go there to shop for some stuff if there was time… just to see if there are anything worth buying…"
"Well then, go eat, and after that, come by my office to chat about your adventure tomorrow."
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After getting food in their stomachs from a nearby IHOPZ, they then headed over to Headmaster Ambrose's office to talk about their so called adventure. The girls had nothing to say to one another as some of them hated each other, some wary, some indifferent but not daring to talk. Even at the restaurant they had heated arguments that almost got them kicked out of the place.
Bly sighed silently to herself. She had hoped to make friends with some of the girls here, but they all seem to piss her off or annoy her. All of them had nothing in common, it would take a miracle for all of them to get along and not kill each other while on this adventure they have to go on together.
Keera is pretty darn quiet and snarky, she thought, trying to find what to comment on the girls. Zarnta is an uneducated wild woman who is hard to communicate with. Umi is nice but, she is just so darn crazy at times. Yew… well she hates her guts. She is nothing but a gothic bitch that gets angry too quickly and so darn annoying. Roxanne annoys her as well, what with her talkative personality, but she is a kind chef, she guesses.
Bianca is just a snob like herself, not that she'll admit it out loud. Always commenting on how beautiful she is, but she is also dumb. Last is Rena… She wanted to get know the brunette, but… she was also a thief of Le Bone. Bly didn't know what to think, she knows Thieves are bad people, but Rena was actually quite a gentlewoman… and a tad bit annoying for her tastes.
They reached the Headmaster's office and stepped inside. Bly decided to think about the girls another time, right now, they had an adventure to do.
Ambrose was sitting at his desk, scribbling away at some registration papers, probably theirs. He looked up to see them. Giving them a soft smile, he slowly got up from his chair and walked over to them with a book hooked underneath his arm pit.
"Hope you had a nice meal," Ambrose said to them, "Because we have a lot to talk about… but I can make it short if you want…"
"Yeah just give us the basics, we'll worry about willy nilly details later," Rena responded as she placed her hands behind her head.
"Alright then." He grabbed the book from his arm pit and opened up to a certain page. He skimmed the page a bit before looking at them. "As I have already told you, the Nightmare King is in search of the Scrolls of Dreams and Nightmares,"
They nodded at that, remembering that piece of information. Satisfied, Ambrose continued, "However, the Scrolls of Dreams and Nightmares is a tricky magical item, it transports itself to another world every day and hides itself in a remote place where people will never look."
"So, how does he expect to find it then?" Umi asked.
"There is but one way to find the Scrolls. He needs the 8 Dreamers…" He searched for any reactions and he received none, just blank stares. Ambrose sighed, his life as a Headmaster sure can be tiring, especially with confused students like these. "The 8 Dreamers are 8 individuals that dream the purest dreams than anybody else in the Spiral."
"Their dreams are not selfish or for their own benefit. No, their dreams are that of helping others and bring change to the world for the better. The Nightmare King will in no doubt try and kidnap them and extract them of their purest dream. He needs those dreams if he plans on finding the Scrolls."
The girls looked at one another and then back at Ambrose. They sort of understood, but of course they still have questions to ask.
"Who and where are the Dreamers?" Rena asked. Ambrose turned the book around to show them the page he flipped to previously. On that page were 4 photos in color of four of the Dreamers in question. Surprisingly they all looked pretty young, somewhere around their age range. All 4 photos showed girls. Way below on the page looked to be the names of the other 4 who didn't have a photo.
Starting with one of the girls, one is a young blue haired girl, who looked about 15 years old. Equipped on her head is a set of Headphones. Her clothing is a mere black top, black skirt with a butterfly attached to the belt, knee high black socks, and black sneakers. Her eyes are cherry red and her skin is white. She looked skinny and have average sized chest. Under the photo read the name, "Symphony,"
The next girl has red hair and looked to be about 17 years old. Her eye color can't be seen because sometimes a photo randomly gives the person a red blare in their eyes. She is medium sized and average sized chest. All she appears to be wearing is a red bikini with sandals. Under the photo read the name, "Madison"
After that girl is a ninja of sorts. Her hair is unknown since it is covered in her black ninja outfit, although what can be seen are her mischievous but generous blue eyes. Under her photo is a name of, "Jackie"
The last girl is a young blonde haired girl that looked to be 12 years old. She has sky blue eyes, tanned skin, and a small chest size, but probably because she is still developing. The girl is skinny and she appeared to be wearing a White T-Shirt and blue shorts. However, under her photo, there was no name, but all it had was, "?" So that means Ambrose doesn't know this girl's name.
The 4 names on the very bottom of the page looked like boy's names. They consist of, "Cruze, Hugh, Max, and Brandon,"
"This only somewhat helps us…" Bly commented with narrow eyes, "Only 4 of them has pictures and one of them has a name that is not known,"
"I know, I know," Ambrose said, trying to stop her from speaking up too much about it. "Indeed we do not have pictures of the young boys. We used to, but they were lost somewhere. As for the girl without a name, we haven't really checked her background. She is on a world at the very end of the Spiral, a world that does not even believe in Magic. No students ever bother going there as it is a relatively boring world." (If you know her, then you must know this is Alternative Universe, so it isn't connected)
"… I think I know what that world is… I even have some sort of model of it…" Bly reached into her bag she keeps in her dress. Her tongue is sticking out in a comical fashion as she blindly looks for it. Finally finding it, she pulled it out. It looked to be a giant ball of blue with weird shapes of green and white around it. "Hmm… ah! Earth!" She exclaimed with confidence.
Ambrose nodded, "Yes, Earth. No magic exists on that world. There are however rare cases that some of the inhabitants there have magic within them…" He sighed as he gently pulled out the photo of the young blonde girl that was taped inside the book. "I know little to nothing about this girl. All I know is she is a girl at the age of 12, is in a relationship with someone by the name of Brooke J. Roberts, is a Fire Wizard, and she wishes to stop the war that is going on in her world."
"You know all that… but you don't know her name?" asked Yew, impatiently tapping her foot. How could he know such details about her relationship and dreams, but know nothing of her name? It seemed almost ludicrous that he didn't know.
"I may have known her name or maybe not. I am so old it is hard to remember. I…" He paused as he tried to remember what that girls' name is. Sadly, he couldn't recall and shook his head. "No, do not remember, her name does start with an E. That I am certain." He handed Bly the photo so they could keep it as a reference to find this mysterious girl on Earth.
"Now as for the other 3 girls, let me give a brief summary about them." He pointed to the picture that had the girl with the blue hair and headphone accessory. "Symphony is a music lover, so it is obvious she is a student of Music. She resides in a world called, 'The Haggis Lands'. Her one dream she wishes to pursue is changing the world with Music one step at a time. She believes that she can do it and Music will change the world for the better."
"Noted," Bly jot down the said descriptions into her notepad for later use if they do indeed try and go find her first or later on. After finishing jotting them down, she waited for more info about the other 2 girls.
He moved onto the picture with the mysterious looking ninja girl. "Jackie is… well. She isn't exactly human. She is actually an elf. This picture is actually an illusion of her Human form…"
Some of the girls were shocked, some of them indifferent and chose not to say anything. Ambrose sighed and muttered in his hand about how they are so much like the girls he had to deal with 50 years ago. "Anyways! Jackie is a 200 year old elf, which is still quite young in terms of an elf lifespan. She is a master of disguise, a chef, a folklore wizard… pretty much everything. Jackie is like the 'Jack of all Trades'. There is hardly anything that she can't do. In terms of her dreams, she plans to use everything that she can do and change the worlds of the Spiral… starting with her home world, "Evergreen Forest."
"Last is… Madison." He referred to the girl in the bikini. "She is 17 years old, is a student of Magic… and when I say Magic… I mean she practices spells like Magicians do. Madison is a strange one…"
"How so?" asked Bly
"Well… for some reason, people keep seeing her talk to an 'imaginative' audience. She keeps saying things like, 'I am doing this for the sake of the viewers', or, 'The readers will get bored if we don't do anything!' In any case, we don't know if she has mental problems or incredibly lonely. Anyways, she comes from a world called, "Sandy Paradise." Her dream is to help out the poor in every single world in the Spiral by earning enough money doing Surfing Charity."
"Uhuh…" Yew let out a bored sigh, being a Heroine isn't her thing, and going out to find the Dreamers and protect them isn't her thing either. Although… if it saves the Spiral from plunging into an Apocalyptic Nightmare, so be it. "And, what about the guys? Are they handsome or whatever?"
Unlike the other 6, excluding Zarnta who is neutral about which gender she likes, are either Bi or full on Lesbian, Yew is as straight as a noodle that hasn't been cooked. She has nothing against gays; she just doesn't like the idea of dating someone of the same sex herself.
"I was just getting to that…" Ambrose said tiredly and ignoring the handsome comment, "I have also little to no info about the boys. I can tell you where they live and what their wizard school is…"
He tells the girls that Cruze is a Death Wizard from the World, "Haunted Hills", Brandon is a Storm Wizard from, "Console Central", Max is an Ice Wizard from, "Gardens of Ra", and Hugh is a Mechanic Wizard from, "Tempest City".
"Ok so… is that all in regards of what you want to tell us?" Umi yawned and looked out the window of the office. The Sun was slowly descending over the horizon and almost out of sight, which means it was almost time for them to go to bed and rest up for tomorrow.
"No there is more… you see…" Ambrose flipped a couple of pages of the book he had in his hands and then showed them a page about the "Dream Crushers." Each of them huddled over to the book and read the whole thing.
The Dream Crushers…
The Dream Crushers consist of 8 members that the Nightmare King has assembled to serve under him. As their name suggests, they crush dreams. They wield the powers of Nightmares and can control the Night Dwellers. Their job is to crush every single dream there is and turn them into Nightmares. Why they do is simplicity in itself. They were once good people that had a dream like everyone else… but their own dreams have been made fun of, disapproved of, and above all… CRUSHED! In rage, they seek out to do just that to everyone in the Spiral so that they feel their own pain.
The girls looked at one another in shock. These… horrible people… are crushing people's dreams just because their dreams got crushed? How cruel! They looked back at the page to notice there is a small passage about the Dreamers and their role. Interested, they read the passage silently to themselves.
The Dreamers
The Dreamers consist of 8 members chosen by a magical being called, "Majestic Nina". In order to be a Dreamer, one must have nothing but pure dreams and a pure heart with good intentions that aren't selfish. The Dreamers learn to be the wizards they are best suited for and use those powers to make their purest dream come true. They must also use those powers to keep the balance and peace in the Dream World. All of the Dreamers know each other and are in constant contact with one another. Unfortunately and fortunately, they are the only ones that will lead to the direction of the Scrolls of Dreams and Nightmares.
Each Dreamer has a special form they can turn into when things look drastic for them. During their transformation, they look radically different and have a change in personality. Their look will be based off of their passion and what school they go to. They can only remain in that form for a short amount of time. They are like computers in that form. If they are on too long, they overheat.
It is imperative that the Dreamers are kept safe and alive because they are the most hunted individuals when seeking out the Scrolls of Dreams and Nightmares. If they are hunted by evil and get extracted of their pure dreams, they are nothing but a lifeless puppet and the Dream World will lose its balance and the Nightmares will overpower it.
Now knowing all this info, they knew what they had to do. They must protect the Dreamers at any cost and fight against the Dream Crushers that wish to do them harm and extract their dreams. The Nightmare King in their opinion is such a sad excuse of a living being that he had to be exterminated as soon as possible so that the Spiral may relax.
"We understand what we have to do, Headmaster." Bly said as she shoved her notepad into her purse in her dress for future reference when they go to where the Dreamers preside. Ambrose nodded and he hoped they can come out of this adventure victorious.
"I know you do and I have complete faith in you all." Ambrose glanced at the cuckoo clock on the wall of his office. It had just turned 8:00PM and the bird sprung out, doing its job to alert the time to those who were in close proximity.
"Well it is getting rather late… well not too late, but it is best for you girls to hop off to bed. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow!" Ambrose remarked as he stretched his old tired body. He was getting way too old for this.
"But where would we sleep?" Umi yawned as she rubbed her eyes sleepily. All that training really did a number on her body. Her body is very fatigued and can't really do much. The young storm student hoped that the place where they were staying wasn't too far of a walk.
"Um… where is my baby anyways? She is probably hungry…" Keera asked… her first time speaking in the last hours\. She has never been away from her child for more than 5 hours. Keera grew worried that her daughter is upset about where she might be.
"Don't worry; your daughter is kept safe at the Angels of Hope hideout." Ambrose reassured her. "I have hired a maid to take care of her while you were training. Miranda should be asleep by now."
"Angels of Hope?" Keera asked, confused by what he meant.
"The Angels of Hope is the gang name that your ancestors came up with. They built a hideout together so they can plan their next move against the Nightmare King back 50 years ago. That is also where you would be staying until you save the Spiral from the Nightmare King and your respective Home Worlds have returned to their original state." He explained.
"Can you take us there?"
"Of course…"
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It was silent in the hideout of the Angels of Hope. The Maid was tirelessly swinging the hammock that had the baby known as Miranda on it. She was fast asleep with a binky in her mouth. The living room around her looked pretty simple enough. It had a HD flat screen TV hung up on the wall. Below it seem to be a bunch of Console games to be played on it.
2 Couches that can fit a total of 8 people on them were surrounding the TV. A Billiards Pool was in the middle of the room and the Hammock was in the back of the room. Up near the TV was a Digital Clock for people to look at the time with ease.
To the side of the living room is the Front Door. To the back of the living room is a hallway that leads into the very LARGE bedroom, a HUGE bathroom, and a control room/planning room that has access to the Space Ship outside. In the front of the living room leads to a reasonable sized kitchen fit for 8 house members. From the kitchen leads to a small area where they do laundry and it has the Back door.
The Maid sighed and looked at the Digital Clock on the wall. It shows the time of 8:15PM. She stopped the swinging of the hammock, figuring the baby was already too fast asleep to even notice. The Front Door opened to reveal Ambrose and the 8 girls. The Maid gave them a tired wave of hello.
"Ah, good, did you take care of the baby?" asked Ambrose as he entered the room with the girls following in closely behind. The maid nodded tirelessly and cocked her head over to the hammock. He nodded in understanding. "Good, you may take your leave. I'm sure I'll pay you back someday."
"Think nothing of it, Ambrose. It was fun. Good night."
The Maid packed up her stuff and headed out the door, closing it behind her. The girls looked around, admiring their new temporary home until the Nightmare King is out of the picture. Bly admits it was a nice change and all, but she missed being rich and getting fancy things. Sure the Flat Screen TV is fancy and the Space Ship outside is fancy too, but this seems like a normal home to a somewhat rich person that isn't a person of royalty.
Yew whistled in appreciation, admiring her new temporary home. Her old home is just a shack in the Enchanted Lagoon so this is a nice change for her. "Wow, snazzy. I could get used to this."
Ambrose turned to face the girls. "Now, the bedroom and bathroom is down that hallway over there. There is also a place for you to plan things and do maintenance on the Space Ship outside. You need that Space Ship to travel to the 8 worlds in which the Dreamers preside in… because… they do not have a Spiral Door."
"Noted," The girls said simultaneously.
"If you need clothes, they are in the bedroom. The girls bought all kinds of outfits. I remember they had me go clothes shopping with them." He shuddered at the memory, "I had to carry 50 pounds of clothing for them. Anyways! You all look to be their size, so they should fit you. If you need anything, just give me a whisper." With that, he opened the front door and went out, closing the door behind him.
"Well, we'll explore the rest of the house later…" Bianca mused as she let out a big dramatic yawn that received some eye rolls from the other girls. "Let's say we head off to bed? The little tyke seems to be ok, let's go get some shut eye and rest up for the big adventure tomorrow!"
The girl's nodded in agreement. They all took off to the bedroom. Bly flicked on the switch to reveal a giant sized room that looked fitting for 8 girls to sleep in. There were 8 separate beds for each of them to sleep on. 10 feet away from the beds were 8 dressers. Up on the wall was a giant picture of what looked to be their previous selves in a group hug. Near that picture is another Digital Clock for them to look at the time.
It looked to be a simple bedroom. They all assumed they were all going to share the same bathroom to use to get dressed. There was nothing wrong with that, they were all girls so it was no biggie.
Bly watched as the other 7 girls just jump into their respective bed without changing into pajamas to sleep in. With a sigh, she flicked the flicker to off and the lights went off. She went to the only bed left and it was the one next to Rena.
"G'Night girls," Bly tirelessly said to the others who just grunted in response. Getting herself comfortable, she closed her eyes and drifted off to Dreamland.
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The whole House is silent with the exception of light snoring from some of the girls. Crickets were chirping outside of their house and the Moon outside was still high in the sky. The time was now 1:00AM and a particular thief was having troubles sleeping.
Rena kept tossing and turning in her sleep. There seemed to be something on her mind that was bothering her. She opened her eyes and sighed in frustration. I should speak with one of the girls here about what I am thinking about… I can't sleep without talking about it at least. She sat up on her bed and looked at the other girls who were fast asleep already. The Question was… who should she speak to? All of them were not on friendly terms quite yet.
She looked to the bed to her right and sees Bly with her back turned to her. Out of all the others, the Thief felt some sort of connection with the young princess, even if she is a bit snobbish and mean.
Taking a chance, she gently nudged Bly a couple of times. "Bly… Bly…" She called out for the Princess. The young blonde murmured in annoyance and turned over to face the young thief. "W-What is it? Can't this wait until morning? N-Not that I don't want to listen to you or anything…" Bly yawned and looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"Can I talk to you about something? I don't think I can sleep without it being discussed…" Rena asked politely as she could.
"And you choose me to talk to? Well ok… not like I am flattered or anything, but shoot, what do you need to talk about that is keeping you… and me… awake at this time of night?" asked Bly as she sat up and gave Rena her full undivided attention.
"Tell me…" Rena started as she lay back down on her side with an arm supporting her head up, "What exactly are Dreams? Why do we get them? What is their importance? Until now I didn't think Dreams were all that important, but now that I think about it… just what are they? What are they really?"
Bly crossed her arms over her chest and closed her eyes in thought. This was what was troubling her? Well she might as well give her an answer since she did agree to talk about this to her. "Dreams, huh? Well… let's see… I remember I took Psychology Class about Dreams before…" The Princess pondered a bit before giving her answer.
"Well I remember there was this one guy who thought Dreams are just representations of your body's sexual desire." Bly got a strange look from Rena and she giggled. "Yeah I know it didn't make sense to me either. Here is what I personally think Dreams are…"
Bly lay back on her bed with her hands behind her head on the pillow. "Dreams come from the Heart. Everything we experience… everything we have memories of… and everything we have hopes for… that is what makes a Dream. We have these Dreams because… that is the only thing that keeps us sane and hope for the future. Even in the roughest of times… we can still sleep and dream about things that will better ourselves and make us feel better about things… That's what I think anyways…"
Rena understood that completely and nodded in agreement. "You know… I think you're right. Better than the sexual desire theory by far." They both laughed quietly at that.
Rena clicked her tongue and sighed, "And I suppose Nightmares… are what our hearts are afraid of…" She looked at Bly to see her nod her head.
"Yes. Whatever our hearts are afraid of… those manifest into Nightmares at times. Whatever bad experiences we have… or whatever looks frightening to us, those things will then manifest themselves at times to remind us of that fear whenever we are asleep. It troubles and scares us all." Bly fiddled with the blanket that was draped over her. "I guess we'll have to face our fears tomorrow probably, there is no going back now and of course… let us not have fear. The Night Dwellers feed off of our fears after all…"
Rena bit her lower lip and murmured in agreement. "Well, sorry for keeping you up and thank you for talking with me about this." She lay fully back down on her bed and snuggled in. Bly just waved the 'thank you' off and turned herself over on her side to get comfortable. "Good night, Rena… pleasant dreams…"
"You too," With that, Rena shut her eyes and finally got some sleep.
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The Wizard City World and the Neo Wizard City World floated in their place in the Spiral next to each other. There doesn't seem to be any worlds around them that are within visible range. Suddenly a Dark Castle that was on a small island world, appeared. It was a mere light year away from the other 2. A familiar evil laugh echoed throughout the Spiral and all of a sudden, 8 worlds were dragged out of their place in the Spiral and were now circling around Wizard City and Neo Wizard City.
A blue force field appeared outside of the circle they formed. Within the circle, the Emblem of the Nightmare appeared briefly before disappearing and the 8 worlds circling the 2 were now infected by some kind of virus. One last evil laugh echoed out into the worlds before it faded and all was quiet…
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That is that. There is no preview for the next chapter. Why? Well because I want YOU to pick which world they go to first. I'll pick the most popular one and do Chapter 5 on that.
Here are your choices:
1: Earth (12 year old blonde XD) World Info: A World populated by Humans. Magic is scarce and sometimes largely frowned upon because Magic is a sin to some people's religion. It is a rather large world with 7 main lands. Apparently there is a War going on… but who is causing it? Does the young blonde have anything to do with it?
2: Gardens of Ra (Max) World Info: Like the name suggests, it is a world that Ra has made Gardens on. They are made across the world. They are vastly beautiful and bring good fortune and balance to the World. However, someone is disrupting the balance… who could it be? And what is Max doing in a place like this?
3: Sandy Paradise (Madison) World Info: A World with Beaches as far as the eye can see. It is a rather small world with a small population. There is a law in this world that all the inhabitants MUST wear swimsuits every day. The only exception is Madison apparently. However, the Beaches have been deserted for a short while and nobody knows why. Who is doing this?
4: Haunted Hills (Cruze) World Info: This World has a lot of hills, each of them filled with tombstones, dead trees, and mysterious looking Haunted Houses. This place is perfect for Necromancers and those who practice the Dark Arts Branch in the Magic School. This is where everything Supernatural lives. It is always dark in this world. However, the inhabitants are slowly vanishing one by one. This is not usual, since rarely anyone vanishes in this world. Is Cruze one of the ones that vanished? And most importantly… who is doing this?
5: Tempest City (Hugh) World Info: This world is flooded by stormy waters 24/7. The City is high tech and looks like a city from the Future almost. It is perfect for Diviners that wish to practice magic here. Legend says there is a mysterious creature inhabiting the waters… could it be really a fact? Or is it Fiction? Whatever the case, there suddenly seem to be more and more reports of its sighting. Why the sudden change?
6: Evergreen Forest (Jackie) World Info: It is a world lush with green forests and plains. All the inhabitants are that of the Elves and mystical creatures. Just recently, most of the Forest has been destroyed and made way for Factories to be built. Since then, Jackie was nowhere to be found. Who is cause for these Factories? Are they also responsible for Jackie's disappearance?
7: The Haggis Lands (Symphony) World Info: This world's inhabitants have a love for Haggis. So much so that is pretty much in every meal they eat. It is a world with lush green plains and medieval looking buildings. There is a lake that some say has a legendary monster living in it. Just recently, a Mental Hospital has opened up and been taking in a lot of patients out of the blue. Nobody really knows what happens in that Hospital or who is in charge. Is Symphony one of the unlucky patients?
8: Console Central (Brandon) World Info: This world is pretty much a Gaming World created by gamers across the Spiral. There are 3 main lands, Wee, Prastation, and X360. Wars rage between all 3 lands non-stop. Could Brandon be seeking the peace this world needs and who is the mysterious person lurking in the shadows around here?
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