Chapter Nine: Quakes and Siege

Gen and Jasper stormed out of the room, Ceylan looking both worried and angry from inside of his mirror that Gen was carrying. Gen and Jasper both shared expressions of anger and fear as they head over to the library, a terrified Rose running behind them. "Just what did that mural mean anyways?" The pink haired girl murmured, her fear showing in her voice. "The castle was burning, Cynthia was fighting Infernobringer, and there was that d-dragon!"

"We don't know if it was the castle burning Rose." Jasper replied, only being able to attempt soothing one the bubbly girl's fears. Jasper took a look at Gen as they ran. "Gen, Ceylan, what do you think?"

Gen just looked at her, not replying. Ceylan however, wasn't quiet. "I think Cynthia was hiding that from us, and she knows that the prophecy is directly linked to us!" Gen just nodded in agreement. Just what I was thinking Ceylan.

"Listen," Gen started. "We shouldn't tell Cynthia. She probably has enough on her mind right now, we shouldn't interfere with this, we can wait a bit to tell her."

Jasper nodded in agreement, Rose letting out a small squeak, and Ceylan huffing frustratingly. They opened the door to the library, and found Bramble and Cynthia sitting at the table in the middle, Daisy at one of the windows. Gen and Jasper sat down with the two, Rose going off with her teacher.

" I see you guys found Rose, that's good! Where was she?" Cynthia asked with a forced looking smile on her face.

"In one of the hallways, Jasper had to use an Aaru spell to find her." Ceylan replied before Gen or Jasper could reply. Gen nodded, but he caught Ceylan and Cynthia exchanging looks. Gen rose an eyebrow, wondering why they had done that.

Is it possible that Ceylan is hiding something from me as well?

A hour passed as the group wandered the library, Gen sitting at the table, reading a book that her brother had wrote, "The Spells of the Mages". Gen had flipped through it, scanning the spells inside of it, mentally storing a few to train with Cynthia with. Ceylan was talking to Cynthia and Jasper, whose conversation was low and hushed. Gen decided not to intervene, and started a conversation with Bramble about Transforming spells.

Then there was a loud bang. It felt like the whole castle shook at the impact, and Bramble and Cynthia instantly stood, worried looks on their faces. Daisy and Rose ran over, both looking very stressed. "Outside! The castle gates! Quakeblast!"

"Quakeblast?!" Cynthia and Gen gasped simultaneously. Gen had remembered reading about the evil earth mage in the storybook… Cynthia picked up Ceylan's mirror into Rose's hands. "Stay here! Gen, Bramble, Jasper you're with me! Let's move!"

Cynthia ran out of the library, Gen and the siblings close behind. Cynthia was already far ahead of them, a dagger in her hand. Gen pulled out his new sword as he heard Jasper and Bramble behind him.

"Bramble! Let's do this!"

"Got it Jass! Transform: Stallion!"

Gen gasped as Bramble galloped past, in his horse form, Jasper calling out to him on his back. "Gen! Get on!" Gen had to ran and Jasper pulled him on, Bramble running past the chaos of the civilians as they ran out of castle, where things weren't much better. The edge of the castle gates were in flames, and the village surrounding the castle was in chaos, some people running to get into the castle, where it was safest, some In armor, weapons drawn to fight. Gen could make out Dark Army troops as they ran through the gates to join the battle. There were about one hundred Dark Army soldiers, and about fifty Bright Spirits soldiers, definitely not in the good guys' favor, especially with the Dark Army troops being fully prepared for battle.

Miles was on the black mare that Gen had met before going to save Rose, Storm. Miles had out a large spear, and was knocking out soldiers right and left. She didn't even acknowledge the three as they raced by. Bramble steered toward soldiers in an attempt to trample them, Jasper had pulled out her sword and was swiping at any evil troops they passed by, Gen using 'Firos' and 'Boltus' to knock some away.

In the midst of the fight, only Gen noticed Cynthia as they knocked out a few more soldiers. Cynthia was in the middle of a fight with Quakeblast, the two equally matched. Gen jumped off of Bramble and ran toward the dueling mages, his sword drawn. Cynthia's head snapped to him as he approached, surprised. Quakeblast took this as an opportunity, and sliced Cynthia in the side with the spear he was fighting with, sending her flying into a group of Dark Army soldiers, and she fought against them as Quakeblast eyed Gen with curiosity.

"Oh? Cynthia is just letting any runts fight for her now? Well then, bring it on! 'Sheerius'!" Quakeblast yelled, cockiness in his tone. A trio of rocks rose from the ground and launched at Gen, who knocked them away with 'Boltus', the bolts of lightning shattering the large hunks of stone. The knight racked his minds to use, and remembered a spell from Shun's book.

"Electroshock!" He yelled, shivering as a surge of lightning ran through the arm where he was holding his sword, also effecting the weapon. He ran at a surprised Quakeblast, who chanted as the teen swung at him with the sword.

"Garnetos!" he yelled, a wall of garnet rising to block Gen's attack, the lightning charged blade breaking in half as it made contact with the hard rock, sending sparks flying everywhere. Gen flinched. I really need to stop getting myself disarmed-

He didn't get to finish as Quakeblast lashed out at Gen's chest with his spear, leaving a gash in his chest, blood beginning to soak his white shirt. Gen fell to the ground on his knees, biting back tears as pain surged from the large chest wound.

"Oh… the little puppy doesn't want to fight anymore? Little Quakeblast was just to strong for him it seems…" Quakeblast teased, breaking into a fit of laughter. He heard Cynthia calling out to him worriedly as he could feel numbness in his body.

But that's when a word flashed in his head. A single word, but it could be what decides Gen's fate. A single phrase, and Gen was confident it would work, despite never even seeing or hearing it before.

Gen painfully stood to his feet, and yelled at the top of his lungs. "LIGHTROS!" Every one surrounding the two gasped as a sudden ray of pure white aura glowed around Gen's hands, and the brunette held them up to the evil mage as a arrow of light flew at him. It struck the black haired soldier's shoulder, and he yelled in pain.

He forced out a word as he ran off, the soldiers of the Dark Army following. "Retreat!"

Gen collapsed on his knees, Cynthia catching him before he fell. "Easy there tiger," she said, eyeing the blood soaking his shirt. Miles, Bramble (back in human form), and Jasper approached them. "You're going to be okay." Cynthia lifted up Gen's a shirt a bit to inspect the wound, but…

"There's no wound!" she gasped. The others gasped as well, and indeed, there was no wound.

"But, I felt the spear dig into my chest!" Gen said, panic and surprise lacing his tone.

"It's just like the arrow…" Cynthia whispered, as Miles piped up.

"Now, that is interesting, but right now I'm also wondering how Gen singlehandedly made the general of Infernobringer run away with his tail between his legs!"

Gen stuttered. "I-I dunno. The spell just sorta popped into my head when I needed it the most…"

"Whatever the case… Gen needs rest, we can talk tomorrow." Cynthia said as the last rays of the light dimmered as the sun vanished into the clouds.

"Hello?" Guren asked, fear in his weak voice. The red head had no idea where he was. It was pitch black, and Guren couldn't even move, and could hardly speak. He felt he was being drained of all of his strength… Guren sighed as he drifted back to sleep, knowing he would just have to wait.

Gen held the torch in the air, trying to make out the space around him. He looked like he was in some sort of dungeon. The dungeon was like a tower ,very wide and going up, maybe about ten stories into the air, and was open to the top revealing the sky, which was pitch black as stars twinkled in the sky. Gen thought this dungeon was very big, and could hold hundreds of prisoners, but there was just chains for one prisoner. Gen froze as he heard a loud growling behind him, the vibration shaking his very core.

He turned and gasped as he looked up at the dungeons one prisoner, who was so large, that the dungeon was cramped, with no more capacity for anything else like it. Gen froze as he looked at its shimmering black scales, and the glow coming from the white scales on its belly, snout, and its under-wings. It looked at Gen with cold blue eyes.

It roared, shaking the very structure of the tower, and making Gen feel a strong sense of fear.

Gen could hear an echoing in the back of his head, but he could only make out a few words…

" Fear _ _ of the _ _ Dragon…"

Gen's eyes shot open as he sat up in his bed, breathing heavily, sweat dripping from his face. He glanced around to find himself in his room in the castle instead of the dungeon. "It was just a dream…" he told himself as he tried to go back to sleep, but no sleep would return to him that night.

Author's Note:

Me: This chapter was so difficult to write! Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter, and ROCK ON!