Disclaimer: Does not own WITCH
AN: Well this story will be coming to a close soon, I'll probably do this and maybe two more chapters. Then I'll be doing a non-serious fic for this series, which will let some time past in my version of the WITCH world before leading onto yet another fic.
Love is a Hearts Child 2 – Memories Matter Most
Chapter 10 – The Final Run.
The guardians and guys touched down on the ally behind the bookshop and took outside entrance down into the basement where the portal was kept. There had been no sign of Ludmoore on the flight down from the sky where they had appeared. Which was more worrying then being attack. "We should be quick, we need to figure out a way to defeat Ludmoore." Cedric said letting himself drop into a chair. "I don't think he can be." Taranee said walking over to the portal and putting her hand through to stop any images from forming.
"What do you mean you don't think we can beat him?" Cornelia asked shocked. "Taranee, what about making Ludmoore pay for Orube death." Will said not able to look at her friend as she spoke. "It dawned on me, why would we send a message back in time in the first place." Taranee said closing her eyes. "I get it, we couldn't win so, me and Irma sent a message back into the past to try and prevent it." Steven said. "And die as we do it." He couldn't resist adding. The thought of dieing was not a nice one.
"Well it didn't work, so why bother trying again." Irma said looking at Steven. Obvious in her eyes that she didn't want to die either. "What exactly was the message?" Caleb asked Will. "That Cedric must not stay in Kandrakar." Hay Lin answered instead. "Well then, it quite obvious why that did not work. Ludmoore freedom is due to my memories from the version of me who died in the book being removed. My proximity probably sped up the process, but didn't cause it." Cedric explained based on what Ludmoore had like a villain reveal before trapping him in the book.
"So if we send a message telling the Oracle to destroy the book as soon as he removes your memories from it we should be safe?" Cornelia asked not really getting it. "Yes, a Orube would be alive, and if it work it wouldn't matter if we died pulling it off because it would all be undone." Taranee agreed. "No way...NO DAMN WAY." Steven interrupted. "I ain't dieing so I for one am sitting this out." Before walking for the door.
Irma quickly rushed to block his route off. "Steven wait, I don't..I don't want to die either, but we need all the help we can get, or we might fail." She said blocking the exit. "Steven, you do know that without me to show you how to control your powers, you'll end up killing yourself anyway." Cedric's voice jumped into the conversation. "Your not helping!" Irma exclaimed at him. "Please, if I died sending the message with your help. Have a guess how far we might get without it." Irma said trying to convince him.
"Irma give it a rest, he doesn't want to help." Cornelia said sighing. "We don't even know how to send a message back in time." Steven pointed out. "I believe I do though." Cedric said standing. "It quite easy, anyone could do it. All you need is something that allows someone to see the possible futures and imprint this future on it as the future that will be. Then any form of divination should discover the imprint." Cedric explained. "It's pretty simple, all it take is to channel magic energy into the item and say what's going on."
"Why didn't I think of that sooner. It's the breathe of time. The rounded edges from the image in the future, comes from being a imprint on a rounded object the breath itself." Taranee exclaimed. "We need to go to Kandrakar like planned then. The breathe should be in either the Chamber of Secrets or on either The Oracle, Endarno or Yan Lin." Will started ordering. "Steven will you help us?" Irma asked on last time, moving out of the way and heading over to the portal. "Madman rules everything or possible death. Fine I'll help, but I'm staying with you." He said walking up beside Irma.
"Let go then." Taranee said pulling her hand out of the portal to let a image of the main chamber of Kandrakar to appear. The sight that appeared was not good. Men of stone stood everywhere. A army, and in the center of the room. The sages of Kandrakar stood chained and guarded. "That ain't good. We'll have to enter somewhere else." Hay Lin said. "Taranee keep looking for a empty hallway. From there we go after the breath." Will said and waited for Taranee to finish.
"Here we go, the hallway outside the Orube old room is clear." Taranee said as the hallway came in to view. "Everyone ready for this?" Will asked everyone. "As ready to die as anyone can be." Irma said jokingly. "Alright, when we get in. Irma, Steven, Cedric and Taranee you go to the chamber of secrets. The rest of us will try and free the council." Will said stepping through the portal.
Everyone quickly followed and appeared in the corridor on Kandrakar. "Good luck everyone. We're going to need it." Cornelia said as she mental readied herself. "Hey let not be standing around. Lead the way already Irma." Steven said worried that standing around would get them caught. "Alright let go." Irma said dragging Steven with Cedric and Taranee jogging after them. "Come on the main chamber the other way." Will said rushing off the other way. Hay Lin, Cornelia and Caleb following. "Remember getting the breath is what is importing if we come any of Ludmoore thing just fight past them." Will order the group.
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"You don't need to drag me." Steven said annoyed pulling his sleeve out of Irma grip. "Just making sure you keep up." Irma said back. "Can I point out stopping is a bad idea." Cedric said behind them. "Your right let go." Irma said leading the way, Taranee rushing past the guys to move up beside Irma. "Hey Cedric. You think this will work." Steven said jogging after the guys Cedric beside him. "It will work, but the result will be unexpected. Time is a strange thing, and changing it can have random results." Cedric explained. "Wait so this could be a waste of time?" Steven asked. "Possibly" Cedric replied. "Well that great." Steven said down heartedly.
Up ahead Irma and Taranee halted. "Hey what the hold up?" Steven asked quietly to Irma. Look around the corner. Steven poked his head out to see. Dozens of stone figures blocked the hallway. Pulling his head back he looked at Irma. "Let me guess we have to go that way." Steven said knowing just knowing he was right. "Well then. Irma, Taranee fly over them, me and Ced will distract them." Steven said. "Wait what?" Cedric said Steven grabbing him by the collar and pulling him out into the open with him.
Solid stone men shifted. The front row moving to heft spears over their shoulders and then throw them with supreme accuracy, a evenly spaced wall of spike headed towards the pair. Waving his hands, to large whip like blast of red energy appeared knocking the spears aside. Waving his hands in again the whips changed direction and extended in a attempt to slash at the row of states. "GO FAST AND HIGH." Steven shouted. The pair of girls rounded the corner flying near the ceiling. Stone constructs behind the first row turned to look up and stab upwards. "HEY PAY ATTENTION HERE." Steven shouted, pulling the whips back and sending out a high power shock wave at the crowd.
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Strangely the main door to the main chamber where unguarded. It worried Will that was the case even if they knew the main room was full of enemies. "Caleb take this." Cornelia said creating a sword made stone with magic, and passing it to him. "Thanks." Caleb said with a nod and giving the stone weapon a test swing. "Alright when we get inside focus on freeing the council, and then get the breath if they have it. ALL RIGHT LET GO." Will finished with a shout charging for the door and pushing it open.
A soon as the door opened the stone guards all turned to look at them. Sending wave upon wave of lighting at them stone guards blasted apart. Cornelia and Hay Lin joined in. Root from nowhere pulling some to the floor as other where ground to dust in a high powered tornado that tore through the room. Charging through the room parrying spears Caleb made his way to the center of the room. Reaching the council of Kandrakar he brought his weapon down on the first chain he got to and it snapped in half.
He continued to free more and as he did they joined the fight. A seemingly endless tide of stone. Finally freeing the Oracle Caleb he raise his sword in celebration. "Oracle do you have the breath of time?" He asked turning to face the stone men and fight. "No it has been returned to the chamber of secrets." The oracle reply as he raised both hands. The stone creature all vanished. "That was amazing Oracle." Hay Lin said. "How did you get captured in the first place?" Cornelia asked.
"LIKE THIS." A booming voice shouted across the room, Ludmoore appearing in the air above them. Flashes a lighting shot all around him, turning into magical chains like the one now broken. One by one the council was caught once again, then Caleb, Hay Lin and Cornelia became trapped. Magical chains tried to trap Will but failed. As the wrapped her they turned to energy again and faded. "It seems I can't trap you." Ludmoore said descended to the floor. "But I will be glad to kill instead." He said with a grin.
"You won't win Ludmoore." Will shouted. "I have too much to live." Will said glancing over to the trapped Caleb and putting a hand on her own stomach. "I have a mastery of the elements beyond that which you could every have achieved, and you believe you alone can beat me." Ludmoore said calmly walking towards her. "WILL GET OUT OF HERE." Caleb shouted. "WILL RUN." He carried on shouting. "You should, it will be more fun for me." Ludmoore taunted. "This is for Orube." Will said raising both her hand so her palms pointed at Ludmoore
A giant bolt of energy leap from both her hands and towards Ludmoore. Ludmoore deflected them with ease, with a single wave of his arm. Smashing into the walls of Kandrakar, a huge gapping hole appeared stone showering down on everyone. "Weak." Ludmoore said with a laugh and raised a hand. A long spear of ice appeared in the air and suddenly shot towards her faster then she could react to.
Her screams of pain, mixed with the shouts to run from Caleb, blood spilled from her chest as she dropped to her knees. Caleb screamed a scream of sorrow and pulled at his chains as hard as he could. "will" He said weakly giving in to the sadness of seeing the love of his love die before him. "Well then, time to recapture the last of you." Ludmoore said with a laugh before flying out of the main chamber.
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Irma and Taranee carried on flying like everything depended on it. Over more stone creature and finally through to door that lead to the chamber of secrets. "I always forget just how big this place is." Irma said looking around, the room was filled with floated magic item. A copy of nearly every single magic items in existent, where the real Breath was kept contain inside its copy. "Well start looking I'll hold the door." Taranee said using fire to weld the metal edges of the doors together.
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Hidden round the corner, repeatedly leaning out to throw blast of magic at the stone constructs before dodge back to avoid thrown spears. "Damn this shit, Cedric you got any ideas." Steven said looking to the man at his side. "DUCK." Cedric shouted. "What sort of a pl..." Steven said turning to look where Cedric was looking. Jumping to the floor to avoid the strike of lighting that had been aimed at him.
Rolling to the side and to his feet Steven saw the source of the attack. "That's Ludmoore?" Seeing the floating man of wood. "Steven quick take my mind into yours." Cedric order dragging Steven round another corner. "Why?" Steven questioned. "Just do it before he kill you." Cedric said a a torrent of fire poured round the corner. With a glowing red hand Steven grabbed Cedric head and cast the first spell he ever knew.
Cedric as Steven stepped out from the corner as the fire died down and stared down. Ludmoore with a ready ice spear stopped himself from attacking. "A nice plan Cedric, but I can feel your mind in there. I will not foolish end my life by killing your memory." Ludmoore said knowingly. "I did not plan on it Ludmoore. Steven's magic comes from a powerful source and I have the knowledge to control it." Cedric said, his whole body starting to glow red.
A powerful blast of magic blasted from Steven's hand arcing toward Ludmoore and striking him dead on. Ludmoore laugh filled the whole of Kandrakar. "FOOL I CANNOT BE DESTORYED, YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOURSELF WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE." Ludmoore shouted, and chains of lighting appeared surrounded Steven's body and pulling him to the ground. "NOW FEEL PAIN." he roared and pain so strong cover him in to the darkness of unconsciousness. As Steven and Cedric both screamed at once from the same mouth.
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"TARANEE I'VE FOUND IT." Irma said grabbing the flying magical necklace know as 'The Breath of Time.' "WELL SEND THE MESSAGE QUICKLY." Taranee called back from the doors. "Errr let see. Cedric said push magic into the it." Irma mused to herself and she concentrated and called up the raw magic that gave her power over water and made it surround the breath. The necklace pulled it way from her hand and started floating in front of her again.
"I hope this work. ORACLE IF YOU CAN SEE THIS YOU HAVE TO DESTORY LUDMOORE'S BOOK." Irma started shouting hoping that it would. Ludmoore laugher seemed to come from every where drowning her out. Then a scream so loud, so pain filled that it hurt. "STEVEN GOD NO NOT THIS TIME. DESTORY LUDMOORE'S BOOK, YOU MUST DESTORY THE BOOK." She shouted as loud as she could.
"IRMA I THINK SOMETHING COMING." Taranee shouted from the door. "KEEP SENDING I'LL TR" Taranee never finished as a explosion so large ripped the door apart and showered everywhere with burning wood and metal. "DESTORY THE BOOK." Irma screamed one last time as a bolt of lighting pieced her chest.
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Ludmoore flew over the Irma. "Whatever you where trying you failed." He said and his laugh filled everything. Echoing across Kandrakar, so far that it reached other world. A laugh of darkness covering everything.
1, It reached earth. And human felt fear.
2, Then it reached the Metamoor.
3, Then to many other distant worlds.
4, Existent itself rattled.
5, and then the laugh stopped.
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"Where am I?" Irma asked awaking like from a bad dream. Putting a hand to her chest and feeling it for the hole that should be there. "IRMA ARE YOU THERE?" Taranee voice shouted from across the room and Irma stood and realized she was still in the chamber of secrets. "I'M HERE. WHAT HAPPENED?" She said rushing over to Taranee. "It worked. How else could we be alive." Taranee said slowly getting to her feet. "But I remember everything." Irma said in response. "I can explain that." The Oracle said appearing. "Your the last to wake. Everyone else is waiting in the main chamber. Come." The Oracle said leading the way.