Chapter 11 Immergence
Three months later, all of the cubs had now reached three feet tall. Mel'feir presumed that this was the bggest they were ever going to grow. Zoey mastered the art of grappling, Redemptionheart not only mastered her craft of nursing her companions back to health, but she also tried some ideas of her own to see what else she could use to help friends in case of an emergency. She had talked to Mel'feir about heading out to the mainland of Australia, but Mel'feir had forbidden it due to the fact that Mel;feir was now probably labeled a criminal, and secondly, the fact that she was considered Iillyana's property, their was a good chance that she would get captured and placed back inside a cage at Purity Corp. Aqua bear had now mastered meditation as well as casting simple spells like the cooking spell to cook the fish. Aqua also learned how to speak with the dolphins fluently. He swam with the dolphins daily. Mel'feir also had taught him a new spell. It was a speed spell that could make him swim just as fast as a dolphin. The spell could last for a good fifteen minutes to an hour. The only draw back to it was the fact that it drained much of your energy so much this spell could only be done with someone that had exceptional stamina. Since Aqua was now full grown but still considered at this point an eight year old child, he could cast the spell over and over again and it would hardly effect him now due to the fact that he trained for one month with the dolphins and was in the best shape of his life. He would even race the other dolphins and sometimes finished first. But Mel'feir warned Aqua bear never to cast the speed spell on land because it could have taxing consequences. Aqua nodded at his instruction and didn't ask why. Aqua was one of those type of cubs that listened faithfully to you if you were teaching him or if you were simply his friend. He is a very loyal friend to Mel'feir, Redemptionheart and the dolphin pod that he swims with as his friends can attest to. Aqua bear especially grew attached to the two dolphins that treated him like he was their own son. Their wasn't a day that he didn't go swimming them. He especially loved diving deep with them to the unknown of the ocean. Aqua also now could hold his breath for five minutes under water thanks to his magic and meditation that he focused on daily.
One day, Mel'feir called all three of the bears to his side one morning, and decided the time has come for them to train to become what he thinks they were meant to be, Caring Guardians. All three bears sat on the beach while Mel'feir revealed the two pummels. One Aqua, and the other hot pink. Matching Aqua bears, and Zoey's fur colors perfectly. He gave the Aqua one to Aqua bear, and the other to Zoey.
"What are these?" Asked Zoey curiously as she examined the pummel closely.
"The ancient weapon of the caring guardians," Melfeir replied. "Long ago, back in my world, you bears were deemed legendary and everyone thought that you were extinct. But in truth you have not gone extinct due to the fact that your living and breathing here before me. So the only thing that I can figure is that your ancestors must have traveled here to this earth for unknown reasons from my world to this world."
"How does this thing work?" Interrupted Zoey while shaking her saber violently with both paws when suddenly, a long beam of hot pink energy came to life from the pommel. "Yipes!" Replied Zoey as she dropped it to the ground and ran behind Aqua bear looking over his shoulder only to see it deactivated.
"Zoey, you activated it," Replied Mel'feir stroking his chin. "That must mean that this is your destiny to become a caring guardian."
"Cool," Shouted Aqua bear. "How come mine isn't working! Do I have to command it to come to life!' Joked Aqua bear as he stretched it out with his hand. Suddenly, he heard a low hum when he felt the pummel shake a little from the low hum in his paw. 'What the...!?" Then it activated just as Zoey's did, except his was Aqua colored instead of hot pink. Aqua held it in his hand and moved it around like a flashlight. "Cool!" Replied Aqua bear as he examined closely.
"Careful with that Aqua," Instructed Mel'feir. "For although it looks harmless, if the legend about the caring guardians weapon is true, that blade can cut through anything that it comes into contact with."
"I'll be careful." Promised Aqua bear as he continued to eye the blade curiously. "How do you turn it off?" As Mel'feir was about to answer, the blade shrunk back into the pommel. "Cool! All I have to do is think it, and it deactivates for me!" Replied the bear like a kid who just received a hershey's bar from the store.
"Zoey," Said Mel'feir. "Why don't you retry and use your saber." Zoey cautiously walked around Aqua bear and slowly picked up the hot pink pommel.
"So, all I have to do is command it to go on and.." Before she could finish, the weapon came to life again. Zoey swung it around a bit. "Hey, that's a cool sound that it makes!" She said as she swung it again nearly hitting Mel'feir with the blade.
"Careful Zoey," Shouted Mel'feir a bit angry. "That saber is no toy!"
"Sorry about that," Replied Zoey. "I promise I'll be more careful."
"Mel'feir, are you giving these too us?" Inquired Aqua bear.
"It is your destiny to own the weapons that I have imparted to you both," Replied Mel'feir as Aqua nodded with understanding. "But remember! The responsibilities of a caring guardian are to be taken very seriously. I can teach you the way of the caring guardians, but it'll be up to you to follow the will of the heart and to use your powers for the good of others and not for your own selves. The only time you are to use it for yourself is in the event you have no other choice but to defend yourself from harm. You must never use those weapons for revenge, or too hurt the innocent." Both bears promised Mel'feir that they would never hurt others and vowed too follow the will of the heart. Mel'feir smiled and nodded approvingly and said that he now would instruct them over the next six months to help them to become full fledged caring guardians but warns them that the training is gruelling and requires full dedication. Both Zoey and Aqua both agreed to accepting this responsibility.
Six months later, Lonesomeheart and Aqua bear trained together with Mel'feir and with each other saber battling and both have mastered the basics of the heart which is a very rare but powerful magic that can pick up objects of any weight or size, so long as you believed that you could pick it up focusing with your mind. Also on occasion, Mel'feir also told them that with enough meditation, you could see into the future but Mel'feir said that takes years to master. Although Aqua meditated everyday, he never saw a glimpse of the future. Zoey either since she hated meditating anyway and would rather practice by picking up objects using the heart or would practice using her saber with Aqua bear. They had many of these training sessions together and have found that Zoey was the better sword fighter out of the two. Zoey became so skilled, that he would battle with Mel'feir from time to time with Mel'feir using Aqua's saber but she never could beat him. But she still challenged him time after time when she lost because she really loved to saber duel. Mel'feir didn't mind for it kept him in shape. Mel'feir didn't have no ability to use the heart, but his magical abilities more than compensated for that. Sometimes they would have magical duels with the two caring guardians battling Mel'feir with only the heart and Mel'feir using his magic. Redemptionheart bear always had to run because one time Zoey picked her up using the heart and flung her into Mel'feir. Mel'feir and Redemptionheart were both so angry, that Mel'feir made her do twenty back flips for her mishap. But other than them not mastering seeing into the future, they mastered everything else that Mel'feir had taught them concerning the heart as well as the instructions that Mel'feir gave them to never use there powers for their own selfish gain.
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