Raven: The Ice Queen.
Day 16.
Raven stood in front of camp, watching the 12 warriors prepare themselves for the big day.
" Last time, the Penguins Isabel and Bridget did the gypsy's tower as their final trial, they earned two crystals bringing them a final score of 45, the Polar Bears Ben and Michael did the dark cave as their final challenge, they managed to collect 3 out of 4 crystals bringing their final total to 34, the Seals did the thrall threads as their final trial, they had all four warriors make it through and they collected all four crystals, bringing their final total to 54, and the Wolves did the pedestals as their final challenge, even though they collected three crystals, one of their comrades, William fell off the pedestals and perished, and the team decided to bring him back, sacrificing 8 of their crystals, giving them a grand total of 29", said Raven.
" Today is the day the portal opens, but not all of the remaining warriors will be successful in making it through", said Raven.
Raven stood in front of the group, and told them the final results.
" Warriors, after fourteen days and fourteen trials, here are the final results, in fourth place, with a grand total of 29 crystals are the wolves, in third place, with a grand total of 34 crystals are the polar bears, in second place, with a grand total of 45 crystals are the penguins, and in first place with a grand total of 54 crystals are the seals", said Raven.
" Samantha, Thomas, Charlie and Charlotte, for being part of the seals, all four of you will access the final stage of the quest together, as for the rest of you, you'll take part in a gauntlet today to decide who will join them", said Raven.
Day 16.
Penguins: Isabel and Bridget.
Polar bears: Ben and Michael.
Wolves: Oliver, Tabitha, Sophie and William.
Challenge: Gauntlet of redemption.
Raven stood in front of a giant gauntlet, next to Isabel and Bridget, who still has their blue robes on, Ben and Michael who still had their white robes on, and Oliver, Tabitha, Sophie and William who had their grey robes on.
" Warriors, this is the Gauntlet of redemption, we begin with stage one, what you must do it race to the other side, and make it over the wall, completing a small obstacle, Penguins, as you claimed second place in the trials, you'll get a head start, followed by the Polar bears who claimed third, while the wolves remain behind in fourth place", said Raven.
Penguins Isabel and Bridget stood at the starting line.
" Remember warriors, the wall will protect you from Nevar, but you must make it across in time, any warrior who lags behind will feel the wrath of his dark magic, and one more thing, the crystals you collected have been surrendered, so should you fail now, you'll not return, are you ready", said Raven.
Isabel and Bridget nodded.
" May the luck of the Raven's eye be with you", said Raven.
Isabel and Bridget then raced down the obstacle course, starting off with rope webs, where they climbed across, Isabel made it ahead of Bridget.
" Polar Bears, off you go", said Raven.
Ben and Michael then began to make their way towards the ropes, Ben made it across before Michael and they both tried to catch up with Isabel and Briget who were at the second part of the course which was the stepping stones.
" And wolves, off you go", said Raven.
Oliver, Tabitha, Sophie and William entered the course, starting with the ropes, Oliver and Sophie were quicker, while Tabitha and William lagged at the back, Sophie made it ahead of Oliver, while William was ahead of Tabitha.
So far Isabel was in the lead, followed by Bridget, Ben, Michael, Sophie, Oliver, William and Tabitha.
Isabel then Completed the remaining parts of the course including the ladder climb, monkey bars, and rope swing, before heading over the wall first, while Bridget struggled to catch up, meanwhile, Ben overtook her at the ladders, but Bridget remained ahead of Michael, meanwhile Michael failed at the stepping stones and Oliver overtook Sophie and Michael at the stepping stones and was catching up with Ben and Bridget, Meanwhile, at the stepping stones, Tabitha overtook William and Sophie.
Isabel made it over the wall first, and now Ben was leading for a chance at second place, followed by Bridget, Oliver, Michael, Tabitha, Sophie and William.
" Isabel is safe for now, but the others are in danger, I sense Nevar is approaching", said Raven.
Meanwhile, Ben made it through the bars and Rope swing, and made it over the wall, Oliver overtook Bridget at the ladders when Bridget was catching her breath, but she continued onward behind, meanwhile, Michael also continued, while Sophie overtook Tabitha, and William struggled to overtake her.
Isabel and Ben where the first two over the wall, the others were still in the gauntlet, Oliver was leading, followed by Bridget, Michael, Sophie, Tabitha and William.
Suddenly, Nevar popped up out of nowhere, and fired his staff at William, causing him to vanish.
" NEVAR", shouted Raven when he saw what his rival has done, Nevar then vanished himself out of sight.
" Unfortunately, William lagged behind, and perished because of it, Oliver, Bridget, Michael, Sophie and Tabitha are still at risk, any one of them could be next", said Raven.
12th place: William- Wolf= Revived from the pedestals, Eliminated from the Gauntlet of Redemption.
Meanwhile, back in the gauntlet, Bridget overtook Oliver on the monkey bars, and she did the rope swing and made it over the wall to join Isabel and Ben, meanwhile Oliver continued to remain ahead of the other three, Michael still remained ahead of Sophie and Tabitha as he reached the Monkey bars, and Sophie remained ahead of Tabitha as they both reached the ladders.
" Tabitha will have to hurry up, she is still lagging behind in the rear, if she can't keep up, it'll be over for her", said Raven.
Meanwhile, Oliver made it across the monkey bars and through the rope swing and made it over the wall, meanwhile, Sophie and Tabitha approached the monkey bars and Sophie overtook Michael, as they both made it across the monkey bars, meanwhile Tabitha still remained behind, still struggling.
And then, Nevar returned, and this time, struck at Tabitha, causing her to vanish.
" AWAY WITH YOU NEVAR, DON'T LET ME SEE YOU HERE AGAIN", said Raven, pointing his staff at his nemesis, who once again took off.
" He will return, but I'll be ready, but even a powerful warlock like myself can make mistakes, so the only guarantee for Sophie and Michael to be safe is over the wall", said Raven.
11th Place: Tabitha- Wolf= Eliminated from the Gauntlet of Redemption.
It was now a race between Sophie and Michael, one of them will join the others over the wall, the other will not.
They both approached the rope swing, and the warrior to make it across the quickest was..
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..Michael.
Meanwhile, after Michael made it through, Nevar appeared for the third time, and Raven struck at him, but Nevar deflected, and fired at Sophie who vanished.
10th Place: Sophie- Wolf= Revived on the stepping stones, Eliminated from the Gauntlet of Redemption.
Nevar then vanished before Raven can fight back.
" It seems we have lost three of our comrades at the gauntlet, William, Tabitha and Sophie were unlucky, they will be missed, however as for the others Isabel, Ben, Bridget, Oliver and Michael, they made it through quick enough and are safe for now, however, they still need to get to the portal to join the seals who are waiting for them, but for now, they shall rest for a moment, and will continue the gauntlet shortly", said Raven.
Day 16.
Warriors: Isabel, Ben, Bridget, Oliver and Michael.
Challenge: The Labyrinth of redemption.
Isabel, Ben, Bridget, Oliver and Michael stood in front of the maze, Raven then approached them.
" Warriors, you are wondering why we are back in the maze, well this isn't an ordinary maze, it's the labyrinth of redemption, the gates have been sealed, inside the center is the portal, leading to where Samantha, Thomas, Charlie and Charlotte are, to join them, you must reach the center of the maze and enter the portal as quick as you can, beware, if you spend to long in the maze and fail to reach the portal in time, you will perish", said Raven.
He then watches as Isabel, Ben, Bridget, Oliver and Michael entered the maze.
While Ben, Isabel, Oliver and Michael struggled in the maze, Bridget managed to reach the center first, she approached the portal and went in.
Meanwhile, Nevar saw the remaining four warriors in the maze, and noticed one of them further in the center, with his staff, he struck at that warrior and that warrior vanished.
That warrior was Michael.
As for Ben, Isabel and Oliver, they may be the closest to the center, but he decided to spare them for now until they get to close.
9th place: Michael- Polar Bear= Revived at the leap of faith, Eliminated in the Labyrinth of redemption.
Ben, Bridget and Oliver were together and began to race onward, keeping an eye on one another, they were close to the center.
Then, they approached the center and while Bridget and Oliver raced to the portal, Nevar struck at Ben, making him perish.
Meanwhile, for the remaining two warriors, Bridget and Oliver, they were inches away to the portal, however, it was Oliver who entered the maze first.
And before Bridget could enter, Nevar, used his staff, and struck at her, causing her to perish.
8th place: Ben- Polar bear= Revived at blind mans bluff, Eliminated in the labyrinth of redemption.
7th place: Isabel- Penguin= Eliminated in the Labyrinth of redemption.
" With Michael, Ben and Bridget gone, that makes ten warriors perish, and now only six warriors remain, and I shall tend to them, to see what they face in the final stage of the quest", said Raven.
Samantha, Thomas, Bridget, Oliver, Charlie and Charlotte rested at camp, Raven then approached them.
" Warriors, after 16 days you have been chosen to take part in the final stage of the quest, you are to be congratulated, from now on, you are no longer in four teams, by instead, six emblems", said Raven, he then held out a bag.
" In this bag are six different colored feathers, the color you pick is your emblem", said Raven, each warrior then drew a feather from the bag, and they were then revealed.
" Samantha, you drew the white feather, your emblem is the cloud, may you float high above your troubles", said Raven, Samantha's purple robe then turned white.
" Thomas, you drew the blue feather, your emblem is the wave, may it push you further to victory", Thomas's purple robe then turned blue.
" Bridget, you drew red, your emblem is the sun, may you rise as high as you can", Bridget's blue robe then turned red.
" Oliver, you drew yellow, your emblem is the mountain, may you stand high and above others", Oliver's grey robe then turned yellow.
" Charlie, you drew Purple, your emblem is the moon, may the light shine on the darkest path", Charlie's robe remained purple.
" Charlotte, you drew green, your emblem is the tree, may you be as strong as the mighty oak", Charlotte's purple robe then turned green.
" Now that you all have a different symbol, you are officially the chosen six that will take part in the final stage of the quest, the quest of the ice queen", said Raven.
The six warriors then shook hands and greeted with one another.
" Now, before we end the day, we must decide on a leader, decide among yourself who it should be", said Raven.
The team huddled for a minute, and then faced Raven with their decision.
" We have decided Samantha, she was the leader for the seals who were the most successful, and we wouldn't done it without her amazing leadership, so we choose her", said Oliver.
" Samantha, do you accept the responsibility as leader", said Raven.
" Yes", said Samantha.
" Well then, as your first act as leader, you must decide on a vice leader, who do you pick and why", said Raven.
" I decided Oliver, he was the leader for the wolves, so he would have more experience in leadership", said Samantha.
" Oliver, do you accept the responsibility, should we lose Samantha during the quest, you'll take over in charge for the team, do you accept", said Raven.
" Yes", said Oliver.
" Very well then, but before we end it here, Samantha, you must select someone to be third in command, in case both you and Oliver perish", said Raven.
" I choose Thomas, he was my vice-leader, and has been very reliable to the team", said Samantha.
" Thomas, do you accept the responsibility in charge should we lose both Samantha and Thomas during the quest", said Raven.
" Yes", said Thomas.
" Very well then, rest well warriors, for tomorrow, the quest begins", said Raven.
Meanwhile, somewhere in a dungeon, the ten fallen warriors Jason, Jeanie, Bethany, Dominic, William, Tabitha, Sophie, Michael, Ben and Isabel were sitting in their cages, full of despair, then a shadowy figure approached them.
" Pathetic, that Avian thinks he has summoned his best warriors to stop me, when I have already captured 10 of them, it's only going to be a matter of time before I catch the rest of them, now all of you listen up", said Queen Verna, next to her was another familiar figure, Raven's arch nemesis, Nevar.
The ten warriors turned to her.
" I have decided that instead of seeing you all suffer in eternal oblivion, decided to revive you all back here in my dungeon, and now you shall return the favor by making sure these remaining warrior never get that book, succeed, and you'll have another chance at life, fail, and you'll be sent back to the enteral oblivion where you belong", said Verna.
Next time on Raven the ice queen, the six chosen warriors arrive at a village where they'll get directions to where the island is, as well as supplies, meanwhile, Verna has captured the ten eliminated warriors and intended on using them as her minions, only 5 days left till the end of the quest, and the final week is about to begin.
To be continued.