Magica de Spell, Scrooge McDuck, Huey Dewey and Louie, and Goldie belong to Disney's Ducktales. Alt characters and Goren belong to Brave Kid.
Chapter 8: The Ascent and Goren's Plans
After breakfast, Scrooge and the two Magicas packed and geared up for the the climb up Mt. Quack. They decided to start at the very break of sunlight, first by walking up the dirt path that led from their cabin to the mountain itself. That part wasn't hard itself but the upcoming climb to Goren's cave will be. Speaking of Goren, he was in the midst of plotting the demise of our heroes. "After I'm through with them, hell would be more of comfortable fate!"
When the trio reached the base, Scrooged asked Magica if she truly wanted to go through with this mission, as the risk of death was high. "Yes, for my brother's sake" she answered, "for too long he has been stuck in a bird's body, completely dependent on me. This will allow him to truly live again." With this they took out their pick axes and went to work, climbing up the central side of the mountain. It would be a couple thousand feet before they would get to a secure ridge. Once there, they took a moment to collect themselves before they would continue upwards towards Goren's cave.
Inside the cave, Goren was preparing himself by looking up every powerful spell in his tomes. "Ah, laser mysticum*, a potent choice indeed! Can shoot straight through mere mortals like a machine gun!" At this he cackled like the psychopathic lunatic that he was. "Oh, acrem flammae!** Can burn puny pests to ash in mere seconds!" Oh he wasn't going to lie down like a coward on this one! He was never beaten once, nor was he planning on being bested ever! To do so would make him give up he precious jewel, the very thought a nightmare to his ego.
Halfway up the mountain, Magica stepped on a weak chunk of rock. She would've fallen off the mountain had her alternate not instructed her to grab her hand. Afterwards she was able to get her footing and the trio continued up the mountain to another ridge. After taking a breath, they continued onwards, getting much closer to the cave on top, where their foe Goren lurked. During this time, Goren was pondering about his chances of defeating the trio, and came to the conclusion that he was all set up to win over them, that his powers he lined up would be too powerful for those mortals to withstand.
As our three heroes were climbing, Magica remembered the chant to defeat Goren. "Hey" she chimed to her counterpart. "What?" replied the other sorceress back. "Remember that spell I told you about this morning?", to which her alternate nodded in agreement. "The chant for it is dissipatum est deus, latin for 'defeat the god'". "I've heard about it before, but I'm not sure how we'll use it" her double wondered. At this Magica explained that they will have to weaken Goren first before the chant, as it was to used as a final blow against the adversary. This was critical, as the legends depicted Goren as a force to be reckoned with, and our heroes needed all in their power to win against their foe, and retrieve the jewel to help Poe become his old duck self.
"The jewel will always be mine!" Goren madly repeated, as if he was chanting his own magical spells. After a short while he regained his composure, determined to remain undefeated. Unfortunately, while consumed by his ego, he failed to read up on the spell that would end his reign over the crystal, once and for all.
*laser mysticum: latin for mystic laser.
** acrem flammae: latin for virile flame.
