*** So, the story is near the end, guys! Ideas are still welcome, and warning… this chapter will end in a cliff hanger. I'll need at least one review for the next chapter. Enjoy! ***
2 years later…
Kendra sat on the ground, next to Seth's grave, soothing the grass with her hand. Seth's grave. Even after two years, she couldn't believe it was there.
After Warren had brought his body back, the whole family had cried next to it, for hours and hours on end.
Bracken had to literally tore Kendra away from her brother, so that he could be taken inside. She had screamed, and kicked, but Bracken's grip had been like stone.
" No! Seth! NOOO!" she had screamed, feeling her heart being torn to pieces. Finally she had just collapsed to the ground, Bracken's arms around her.
Now, she had gotten used to the pain. But it hadn't disappeared.
" It's your seventeenth birthday, Seth. " she whispered, staring at the words written on his tombstone. " It was always the day you were looking up to. And now that it's here, you aren't able to celebrate it."
There was sadness in her voice, but she pushed it away with a small smile, and gently placed down the bundle of flowers she had been holding in her other hand.
" Happy birthday, Seth."
With those words, she rose, and headed back towards the house.
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Seth threw another vase at the wall, barely missing the Sphinx, as he waked inside the cave.
" Urgh!" Seth screamed, enraged by the recent attack by Gzerth. Well, not Gzerth himself, but dark creatures he had sent. Which, Seth was not able to control without feeling immense pain.
" Seth, remember when I told you about Gzerth?" the Shpinx asked, walking over to his seething apprentice. " He wants you to get angry. To lose control. Don't bend to his will. "
Seth closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. Then he nodded, and rubbed his face.
" You're right. It's just… I've got all the creatures to take care of. To protect."
In the last two years, his powers had attracted nearly five hundred dark creatures. They had all pledged loyalty to him, which had at first taken him by surprise.
All the creatures were now living close to the cave, close enough to be called in an emergency. But still Seth was worried, that if they had an emergency, he wouldn't get there in time. Besides, the Shadow Horses - or what Seth liked to call them; Night Mares – were extremely fast, and dangerous, and almost impossible to catch or see. They were usually the prime subjects for an attack.
" Seth, the creatures know how to protect themselves. They'll send for you if they need your help." the Sphinx said, trying to assure him.
" But what if there's no one to be sent to get help?"
To that question, the Sphinx didn't have an answer.
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3 weeks later…
Gzerth had appeared out of nowhere. Kendra had been reading in her room, when she had heard a gigantic thump from outside the house, and found tons of black scales just out her window, when she peered outside.
It took about half a second, for the whole family to rush outside, to find the massive dragon, snarling down at them.
" What do you want?" Grandpa screamed up to the demon.
" What I've always wanted, since Zzyzx was sealed. Seth Sorenson." The booming voice sent shivers down Kendra's spine. Still, she stepped forward and with a shaky voice, answered.
" Seth's dead. He died two years ago."
Gzerth turned his head towards the girl, eyes glowing.
" Are you sure?"
" Of course I am; Warren brought his body back." Kendra felt a lump in her throat, but pushed it back down.
" You're sure it was him-"
" I saw him with my own-" Kendra interrupted, but was silenced by Gzerth's next words.
"- and not just a hoax to make you stop searching for him?"
The silence was only broken by the wind blowing in the trees.
" You've underestimated your brother, Kendra. "
But Kendra didn't register the words.
Seth's alive? was all she could think of.
" What makes you think he'll come here? We haven't seen him three years." Grandpa was saying.
Gzerth shook his massive head, as if disappointed.
" He'll come. If not-"
Gzerth bared his teeth, but before he could continue, the clear blue sky darkened with grey clouds, that had appeared out of nowhere. Not long after that, a loud sound filled the air, and the barrier around Fablehaven shone a light blue, making it visible for everyone to see.
Thump… Thump… KA-BOOM!
The barrier exploded in a rain of what looked like glass, but none of the shards hit them. Instead, they dissolved, just about nine meters above ground.
Gzerth lifted his head, and turned it towards the gates of the preserve.
" He's here."