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Legend of the Ghost Guardians: Night of the Shadows

Chapter 10: Arrival at the Island

-Dreamscape-

Chinook and Luna were back in the dream world near the pool, but they realized that it was darker than usual.

"Something's not right." Chinook wondered quietly and Luna called out.

"Why is it so dark here? Can you hear us? Is anyone there? We wanna know what has happened to our friends!" she shouted out until they suddenly saw a bright light coming from the pool and heard the Great Observant's voice again.

"A flash of lightning is born of the sky and its tempers, young halfas. You must learn to control your own emotions if you are to tame the free spirit of your light, Luna. You know what you must to do. "

Luna nodded as entered the pool and meditated as she listened.

"Surrender to its special nature. Allow its energy to charge through your body and anticipate its movements... then unleash it willingly."

Luna did as the voice commanded and successfully released an energy wave from her hands that looked like crescent moons. Luna remembered her lunar wave attack and how she missed it.

"This power is accentuated by your caring nature. Trust your instincts, Luna."

The two of them continued forward and faced the tests again. Luna's lunar wave can be use like an energy beam, a shockwave and it can bounce off walls to attack in other directions.

After they have passed the tests, they entered the temple and walked towards the pool as they spoke to the voice.

"Okay. We've have completed your tests. What do we do now?" Luna said impatiently.

"How can we find you? Are you there?" Chinook asked but no answer came. "Great, now the voice inside my head is ignoring us."

"Well, then I guess he won't mind if we just take a peek." Luna said as she and Chinook look into the pool to see a vision.

What they see is a scary vision. They gasped as they saw their friends Rebecca and Nocturne in chains as they were presented to the Ghost King, Pariah Dark. Nocturne and Rebecca struggled to be released from their chains but the dark spirit holding them captive has a strong grip on them. Pariah Dark sneered as he spoke to them.

"So... the traitor returns!" The king said to Rebecca as he then turns to Nocturne. "And what's this? A hostage for me? This really is my happy day."

"You can't go through with this, Pariah!" Rebecca rebelled against him as Nocturne growled.

"Hahaha!" The king chuckled at her remark. "Nothing can prevent this. We are merely here to welcome our Lord back into the realm and join him at his side. But fear not Phantana... You've been such a faithful servant, I'm sure he'll take you back... and if not, you will have the honor of being the first to perish by his hand."

"So you're doing all this for your master?" Nocturne asked as he taunted. "You're not a king, you're a slave!"

Pariah Dark growled as he signaled his soldier to shock Nocturne painfully as he yelled.

"Nocturne!" Rebecca cried out. The torment ended, leaving Nocturne weak from it but still stands defiant as he and Rebecca listened to Pariah.

"Long have we waited! Long have we suffered! But soon, our Lord will return... and his coming shall bring forth a new age of power for the dark spirits... and we shall have our revenge!"

Every skeleton soldier and dark spirits cheered after their leader's speech and Nocturne and Rebecca could only watch in fear and horror as they prayed for hope to come for them and for every one of their friends.

-Coast of Silver Island, Bermuda Triangle-

The leviathan left the island after bringing the three ghosts safely. Ghost Writer was on the coast bidding farewell to the friendly creature.

"Goodbye, little turtle monster! Goodbye and thanks for everything!" He cried until he suddenly heard the children waking up from the dream.

Luna groaned as she tried to remember what happened. "What happened? Where are we?"

"Well, let's see..." Ghost Writer began. "You two have been hearing voices in your heads and have led us all over the place...which has been great because we're having so much fun... and now we're stranded on an enchanted island and I just can't wait to see what happens next!"

The three of them explored the area until they saw a cave opening near them. Inside the entrance was glowing with bright crystals and floating platforms and for some reason, Chinook knew where they are.

"Wait... I think we're here. This must be the Silver Island where the Great Observant must be waiting for us."

"Oh great." Write said somberly.

-Cave of Origins, Silver Island-

As they went inside, they were amazed by the silver decorations and platforms but the minute they walked deeper, various traps were activated.

They had to face silver statues that came to life, cross various rivers, jump on floating platforms, and even face alarms systems. It was a difficult task but thanks to their teamwork and Chinook's time powers, they overcame the obstacles without a scratch.

"I hope we don't run into anymore surprises." Luna said but she hissed as her leg hurt.

"Is your leg hurting?" Chinook asked.

"Just a little." She winced as she leaned against the wall. Chinook had an idea to make the hurt less painful. He used his ice powers to freeze some water he found nearby, crushed them into cubes, and placed them over the wound.

"Is that better?" Chinook asked.

"Cold, but it works. Thanks." Luna smiled.

"I say that we rest for a few minutes before we move on." Ghost Writer said as everyone agreed.

After a few minutes of resting have passed, they continued forward until they had reached a clearing where the entrance leading to a temple was standing. As they walked, they heard a voice echoing around them.

"Sacred Threshold... Hallowed Ground... Pathways Unfold... Lost is Found. Prove your Worth with Strength and Smarts... Ice and Moon...Pure of Heart."

"What the... okay, now I'm hearing voices." Ghost Writer said startled by the voice.

"What does that mean?" Chinook wondered.

"How should I know? Wait! I'm having a thought!" Ghost Writer thought for a moment. "Nope, yea... nope... never mind. I got nothing."

Luna sighed. "It's a riddle and a hard one. We must've missed something. Come on, let's look around."

While they looked around, they were suddenly attacked by crystal ball ghosts who are humanoid ghosts that have crystal balls as heads. Chinook and Luna fought them until the ghosts were defeated, leaving the crystal balls behind.

They wondered what to do with them until Chinook saw near the temple gate where the spheres should go. Together with Luna, he placed the 4 crystal balls in the elemental holders.

"Now what?" Chinook wondered as the gate didn't open.

"I got it!" Luna pointed out. "This must be what the riddle meant. The gate will open when we prove our powers of ice and moon with pure of heart. We must use our powers on the crystals."

"That's crazy, isn't it?" Writer thought that it couldn't be that easy.

"There's only one way to find out." Chinook said as he breath ice on one of the crystals until it glowed icy blue and it activated. "You're right! It worked!"

Luna then used her lunar wave and energy sword on the crystals, turning them yellow and white respectively while Chinook used his ghostly howl on the last one turning it blue. Once the four crystals were activated, the temple gate opened.

"Let's go, guys!" Chinook said as the three of them entered the gate wherever it may lead them.

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