The Twin Heirs of Gryffindor
Chapter Seven, Ronald Weasley, the Spirit of Fire
AN:I just wanted to make note that I use way to many sources from so many other things that it's so much to give credit to in an author's note. If you have any questions on where something came from just ask in a review or email me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Max's (Ron's) "father" was a tall man, very muscular. He looked nothing like Arthur, and when Max arrived to meet him in the center of town, he looked furious. His muscles were beyond anything Ron had ever seen before.
"MAXIMUS!!!" The tall muscular man had screamed when Ron was delivered to him.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!!! GOING AND PLAYING BY THE VOLCANO LIKE THAT!!!! YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!!!" He roared.
"I'm sorry father." Ron said, not even really thinking about what he was saying. Then thought, "What! Volcano?"
"AND YOU!!!" The man howled over toward Dylan, "YOU ARE A HORRIBLE INFULENCE TO MAXIMUS. IF I CATCH YOU NEAR HIM AGAIN, I WILL TEAR YOU LIMB FROM LIMB, SO THAT NOT EVEN THE HEALERS CAN SAVE YOU!!!!"
"Whatever you say." Dylan said, shoving off the comment.
"Come Max, it time to return back home. I have some business to take care of. I can't run the Dojo without you, you know." Max's father stated.
"Before you go Tory," Doria said talking toward Ron's "Father", "Because of fumes and gases that came from the volcano both boys are having to go through a small laps in memory. Try and remind them of things for a few days, eventually things will click back into place."
Max's father only grunted and began to walk off.
"Ron, we will talk later, play along with what is happening for now. Keep in touch, through telepathy." Dylan informed Ron telepathically.
"All right." Ron's thoughts replied as we walked along with his "father" who apparently his name was Tory. Within moments both Ron and Tory were gone.
"Jared?! Where are you?" A woman's voice shrieked through the din of the village. Dylan swerved around to meet the gaze of a plump, rosy-cheeked woman. Even before he could fully understand what was going on the woman pulled Dylan into a very tight hug.
"AHH! AIR!" Dylan gasped sarcastically, but the woman still wouldn't let go.
"Don't ever do that again son, I was so worried!" The woman said, trough what seemed to be tears of joy.
"Rosemary." Doria said, and then proceeded to inform her of what he had told Tory before he left about the memory laps.
"Oh my!" Rosemary, Dylan's "mother" said shocked, and gave him a huge bear hug again.
"He should be fine very soon." Doria said, and then walked off in the direction that she had come from with Ron and Dylan before hand.
"Well Jared, lets go home, I made your favorite, homemade chicken soup!" The woman said enthusiastically.
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Ron walked into the huge Asian style building and looked around at the Dojo that was supposedly his home wile he was here. When he entered he main room the first thing he noticed was that the entire room was padded. He saw many young males moving around and training vigorously at trying to perfect some form of marital arts he didn't recognize. Ron himself had taken quite interest in martial arts which Dylan was trying to teach Harry, himself, and Hermione back at Hogwarts, but he was still very much of a beginner.
Hogwarts, it seemed so long ago to Ron that he was just taking classes at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So long since he though about potions essays or DADA. So long since he had even used his wand, when in fact all the time was only a few days.
Ron was jeered out of his thoughts when he heard a voice from behind.
"Max, my son, please tell me what you were doing at that Volcano." Tory said.
Ron thought franticly for a moment. He didn't quite know what everyone was talking about with this Volcano business, but every time someone mentioned it a feeling a great importance rose at it, but he couldn't remember what it was for. It was like he was forgetting something that he knew was important. That feeling that something was missing.
"I'm not sure dad. I don't remember." Ron replied.
"Well be that as it may. The healer did say that you had temporary amnesia. If you remember, please tell me son." Tory stated.
"Fine." Ron said.
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Dylan sat a table, with a huge bowl of soup in front of him. As he began to eat it he felt perfect. The soup was exquisite, and beyond in greatness of anything he had ever eaten before. Rosemary had not been kidding when she said it was his favorite, and how she had been bragging about it on her way home.
Rosemary had sat down opposite of him at the table and he begun to heat her own bowl of soup when she questioned, "So, the healer says that you have laps in memory for a little while. What don't you remember Jared?"
"I don't remember anything really." Dylan said calmly. "Please, tell me about this place." Dylan inquired, "I don't remember anything."
"Well that's sad." Rosemary said.
"It's called Waypoint. It's the further most village in this part of northern Antioch. We are basically a mining colony of a precious magical stone called Blue Seed. Blue Seen is a conduit of magic which is used to converse with the dead and power great magical engines and temples back in Auir." She continued.
"Auir?" Dylan asked confused.
"Auir, the central city of the Wizard's Conclave. It spans for miles and everyone there is extremely intelligent and powerful. Sages, High Priests, Summoners, they all live there. They use the Blue Seed stones that all the outer villages and colonies make and use them to fuel their powerful arcane magiks. We are a slave to them, and their terrible creatures."
"Slaves?" Dylan wondered allowed, "And creatures?"
"Powerful Spirit beasts that destroy everything. The Spirit Knights from Auir that oppress us use them to keep us in line. It is told that some of these creatures can destroy whole mountain without a second thought."
"GFs." Dylan though, recognizing what she was talking of.
"What?" Rosemary said.
"Oh, nothing, sorry. So tell me more, please." Dylan replied.
"Well, the Creatures that the Knights from Auir use are just to powerful. We can't do anything about them, they would crush us. Plus, without Blue Seed our magic isn't powerful enough. We can caste simple healing spells and those are it. But that's not it for you people."
"What do you mean, we're are different?" Dylan asked, skeptically.
"Yes. You and Maximous."
"And what makes us so different?" Dylan asked.
"Well, a few years back, when you both were about five, there was an accident. You both had sneaked into the blue seed mines and they caved in. When that happened, a few shards of blue seed got imbedded in your skin. Soon after the seeds merged with you, giving you power beyond power, or so the legend says."
"Legend?"
"There is a legend that explains how our people are to be freed. Those with the Rubies of the sky, and the hearts from afar will save Antioch, using forces that are power beyond power. That basically how it goes in a nutshell. But it doesn't make sense, because you two haven't displayed any powers beyond that of normal people without blue seed."
"I see." Dylan said sitting back in his chair, a smile appearing on his face.
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The next morning Dylan was walking around town with Rosemary and came across a town Library. Dylan had walked in, in interest quickly; to read up about the world they were in. What he would find out was something that he didn't expect, something that didn't seem right.
The books spoke of a sprit of fire nearby, a god of heat, and what scared Dylan was that,
A Guardian Force was very near to the village.
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It's never this easy. Dylan thought, looking through some of the old books in the towns Library.
It's never this easy to find a GF, especially for the trials.something's up.
At that moment Ron walked into the room, accompanied by his father, Tory.
"Oi, Hi Dyl.I mean Jared." Ron said.
"Hi." Dylan said, eyes not moving from the text he was reading.
"Max, what did I tell you about talking to him." Tory said, shooting a look of disgust over toward Dylan.
"Sorry father." Ron said turning away, but his thoughts got his message away just fine.
You know that mountain right outside the village? Ron called.
Ya? Dylan replied.
Meet you their in two hours?
All right.
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Dylan sat down on a rock and looked out at the view over the area. Apparently he had gotten there a bit earlier then Ron had planned because. He took the moment to get his barring. At the base of the mountain he saw the village he had come from, and to his back there was a large range of mountains with an active Volcano at the center. To his left he saw a great ocean, and to his right he saw open land, that continued for far beyond his range of vision. He thought of using a charm to enhance his vision, but at that moment Ron arrived.
"Hi Dylan. Were you waiting long?"
"No, not at all. So, is there something you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Yes. Did anyone tell you about a legend about us?"
"Ya, we are supposed to be some kind of savior for this area. Quite strange. I'm telling you whoever controls this place is getting more and more creative." Dylan said snickering.
"Very funny. What am I supposed to say to that?" Ron replied coldly.
"How am I supposed to know?"
"But you did this before."
"Ron, remember, I am not allowed to help you in any way."
"Ya, ya."
They talked for a few moments on what was happening in the world they were in. Dylan wanted to tell Ron what he had found out so bad, but wasn't allowed to. Dylan had drought the large spell book with him so that he might find it and ask questions. Dylan wouldn't be allowed to answer them, but the fact that he didn't answer would spark Ron's curiosity.
They were about to leave when Ron finally commented on the book. "What is that?"
Ron's hand was pointed to the bag that held the book, whose corner was sticking out. "Sorry Ron, I can't help you with the quest." Dylan said, and then shimmered away, leaving the book there. As he guessed, Ron picked up the book to the point that was marked. That's when he first learned about the fire spirit, Furies.
"So, a GF is here?" Ron asked himself, then removed his wand and used the shrinking charm on the book. It shrunk to a size that could fit into his pocket and he placed it there. Ron then began to concentrate his fire magic to perform a spell that was called 'Flame Out'. It was a basic fire teleportation move that Dylan had taught him. Soon the spell took place.
Flames appeared around Ron and just as he was covered with flames he disappeared in a small explosion. When the gas and smoke disappeared, he was no were to be found.
*** Dylan had awoken to loud screaming outside his room. He got up and cracked the bamboo door to see what the source of the loud noise was and he saw Tory in the living room of his house yelling at Rosemary, Jared's mother.
"Were is he!"
"I don't know Tory," Rosemary shouted, "I don't know were Max has gone, but I swear to you that Jared has had nothing to do with it. After the Library he came right home. I swear to it?"
"I don't believe you! My son has only done bad things in the presence of that hell-spawn creature you call your son!"
Dylan's anger was churning, and he was begging to lose control of himself. He really didn't like that man and he was beginning to get on his nerves.
"Take that back you bastard!" Rosemary said, slapping Tory across the face. Tory stumbled back in the blow but didn't seem to be anything more then angry.
Tory responded by standing and punching Rosemary in the gut, making the plum woman stubble back and hit the wall before falling to the floor. That was all it took for Dylan to come busting through the door. The had no real emotion for his would be mother but she had been very kind to him while he was here and Dylan would not stand for her being treated that was.
Dylan raised his hand and issued from it a shimmering wave of magical force that sent Tory flying into a nearby wall.
"You dare punch a woman?" Dylan's voice rang raging.
Tory had not quite recover from Dylan's use of magic, so Dylan walked up to the huge man and brought his hand right down upon the older man's leg at just the right spot forcing it to brake. Dylan sadistic side kicked in when he grinned hearing the satisfying crunch of the older man's bone.
"Now, I suggest you leave before I decided that I am not done and hurt you more." Dylan's aid darkly.
With great effort a tearing Tory stud and to Dylan surprise a spare piece of the wall wood stabbed him in the back when he flew into it and he was bleeding badly. Dylan raises his hand and they glowed as he healed the wound on the back, but leaving the leg.
"There, now you wont die of blood loss, now leave, I grow inpatient of you." Dylan spat.
"Monster." Tory said before leaving at a slow shuffle.
" What was that about?" Dylan asked now that his mother was standing on his feet and seemed to recover from the blow dealt to her by Tory.
"He wanted to know were Max is. He's been missing since after he left his father at the Library. How is it that you did that?"
"Not know. I have to go find Max. Should he come back use this," Dylan said handing her his wand, "Just point it at him and scream 'Lakarnum Inflamary' from the stick will issue small fireballs that will burn but not hurt him."
"But how-." She began.
"Not know." Dylan said before he shimmered. He knew that the book listed a location of a temple at which the Fire god, Furies was supposed to live. He arrived in the tick of jungle near an entrance to a cave at the base of the active Volcano he saw earlier from the mountaintop.
"Oh boy." Dylan said looking up to the night sky. Then he walked in.
*** Ron he been there for hours, deep inside the temple. He stood at the final gate before facing Furies, but he didn't know how to get past it. It wouldn't open. Ron had tried even some of his most powerful magic to blast the door open but it wouldn't budge.
He had been struggling to get through the temple all day. He had gone through what had at least been five miles of tunnel, solving puzzles, flipping switches and fighting monsters that seemed intent on stopping him, but none of them were powerful enough to do any real damage. Not since he found the Vulcan Axe.
He had found it near the entrance to the tunnel within a column of fire. The Axe was a huge Balanced Double sided Axe and had runes inscribed all over it. It seemed to glow with a fiery red aura as soon as he picked it up and wielded it. As soon as he had taken up the axe he had been granted huge amounts of fire powers that he had not had before, including an extreme boost for those he did have. Ron felt like a powerhouse.
The door he was now faced with though wouldn't open, no matter what he did to it. The door was covered in runes, but Ron couldn't read them. The door seemed to emit power, extremely great power.
Ron smirked and raised his hand, "MAD BLAST!!!"
A huge explosion exploded right outside the door, and yet again it did nothing.
"You're not going to be able to blast the door open." A voice said from behind him.
"I know Dylan, but you know how it works for me, I have to defy the runes with every passing turn." Ron smirked.
"I see you have found the Axe. Blazing Fury. A Vulcan class axe." Dylan said.
"So that's what it called?" Ron smirked again. "Cool."
"It is very impressive that weapon. The force it holds, very impressive." Dylan said, his tone didn't waver, it was hard and cold.
"You want it?" Ron asked, sarcastically.
"Of course not."
Ron closed his eyes and smirked, "Your mind betrays you. You think it's great, you want it."
Dylan recoiled in shock. "How did you know? There's no way you could, read my mind, I'm to powerful for that."
"You let your guard down, that's how." Ron replied. "That won't happen again. It's the Axe isn't it." Dylan asked.
"Yes," Ron replied, grasping through the power of the axe. It almost made Ron feel like god. He could scarcely control the power that he was being given. It was one huge rush for him.
"So tell me, have you found out how to get past the door yet?"
"No, I haven't. These runes, I don't understand them."
"They read,
Within the blazing fires, and under the cold earth you are, as you read these texts in horror. You know not, why you have come to such a place, in search of such a power, but it doesn't matter dose it? You sense her. You feel her, but that wont matter. Una Salus Victous warrior.
The Last hope of the doomed."
"I thought you weren't allowed to help me through the quests." Ron mocked.
Dylan looked at Ron strangely. Something didn't seem right about Ron right now. He had seemed way more malevolent since he had entered the temple. Something wasn't right.
"I am allowed to read runes to you. Besides, runes never say anything out straight. You still have to figure out the riddle yourself. The second verse reads,
On ocean of fire can only be extinguished by a blaze of blue heart. The path too hell could only be walked by the foolish, and the Fallen Angles can only open the gates in their purest fury.
"Cryptic." Ron laughed.
Ron wanted to enter so badly. He knew that he would give almost everything for it, and as the hours standing in front of the door passed by, his want grew and grew into a raging frustration. After a few more hours, Ron in his rage once again caste the Mad Blast spell upon the door, and as last time it had no effect upon the granite door.
"It's not going to work. Come on it's late, lets go home. We can try again in the morning."
Ron didn't answer and this time hurled the 'Firaga' spell at the door. This was a stronger more potent fire spell, and the entire chamber filled with fire for a few moments. The door didn't budge.
"Come on Ron." Dylan said again, beginning to fell a bit concerned for the other boy.
"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ron shouted at the top of his lungs and picked the Blazing Fury axe up off his back. It glowed with a blood red aura for a few moments and then Ron slammed it into the door with all his fury. The room exploded into more red flames that it can't even be described at the fury of them. At first they didn't seem to have an effect on the door, but then Dylan and Ron noticed a fissure had opened in the door, and inside there was a hole that looked like the butt of Ron's axe. Without thinking about the better of it Ron stuck it in, and the door began to crumble, till it was gone.
"I DID IT!!!" Ron yelled, "THAT MUST HAVE BEEN MY PUREST FURY!!!"
Ron ran into the chamber only to see it was a long hall. He began to walk down it. Dylan hesitated for the moment, wrestling with the though in his mind that it wasn't his purest fury that opened the door, but by the second verse. 'Only the foolish can walk the path of hell'
Chapter Seven, Ronald Weasley, the Spirit of Fire
AN:I just wanted to make note that I use way to many sources from so many other things that it's so much to give credit to in an author's note. If you have any questions on where something came from just ask in a review or email me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Max's (Ron's) "father" was a tall man, very muscular. He looked nothing like Arthur, and when Max arrived to meet him in the center of town, he looked furious. His muscles were beyond anything Ron had ever seen before.
"MAXIMUS!!!" The tall muscular man had screamed when Ron was delivered to him.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!!! GOING AND PLAYING BY THE VOLCANO LIKE THAT!!!! YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!!!" He roared.
"I'm sorry father." Ron said, not even really thinking about what he was saying. Then thought, "What! Volcano?"
"AND YOU!!!" The man howled over toward Dylan, "YOU ARE A HORRIBLE INFULENCE TO MAXIMUS. IF I CATCH YOU NEAR HIM AGAIN, I WILL TEAR YOU LIMB FROM LIMB, SO THAT NOT EVEN THE HEALERS CAN SAVE YOU!!!!"
"Whatever you say." Dylan said, shoving off the comment.
"Come Max, it time to return back home. I have some business to take care of. I can't run the Dojo without you, you know." Max's father stated.
"Before you go Tory," Doria said talking toward Ron's "Father", "Because of fumes and gases that came from the volcano both boys are having to go through a small laps in memory. Try and remind them of things for a few days, eventually things will click back into place."
Max's father only grunted and began to walk off.
"Ron, we will talk later, play along with what is happening for now. Keep in touch, through telepathy." Dylan informed Ron telepathically.
"All right." Ron's thoughts replied as we walked along with his "father" who apparently his name was Tory. Within moments both Ron and Tory were gone.
"Jared?! Where are you?" A woman's voice shrieked through the din of the village. Dylan swerved around to meet the gaze of a plump, rosy-cheeked woman. Even before he could fully understand what was going on the woman pulled Dylan into a very tight hug.
"AHH! AIR!" Dylan gasped sarcastically, but the woman still wouldn't let go.
"Don't ever do that again son, I was so worried!" The woman said, trough what seemed to be tears of joy.
"Rosemary." Doria said, and then proceeded to inform her of what he had told Tory before he left about the memory laps.
"Oh my!" Rosemary, Dylan's "mother" said shocked, and gave him a huge bear hug again.
"He should be fine very soon." Doria said, and then walked off in the direction that she had come from with Ron and Dylan before hand.
"Well Jared, lets go home, I made your favorite, homemade chicken soup!" The woman said enthusiastically.
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Ron walked into the huge Asian style building and looked around at the Dojo that was supposedly his home wile he was here. When he entered he main room the first thing he noticed was that the entire room was padded. He saw many young males moving around and training vigorously at trying to perfect some form of marital arts he didn't recognize. Ron himself had taken quite interest in martial arts which Dylan was trying to teach Harry, himself, and Hermione back at Hogwarts, but he was still very much of a beginner.
Hogwarts, it seemed so long ago to Ron that he was just taking classes at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So long since he though about potions essays or DADA. So long since he had even used his wand, when in fact all the time was only a few days.
Ron was jeered out of his thoughts when he heard a voice from behind.
"Max, my son, please tell me what you were doing at that Volcano." Tory said.
Ron thought franticly for a moment. He didn't quite know what everyone was talking about with this Volcano business, but every time someone mentioned it a feeling a great importance rose at it, but he couldn't remember what it was for. It was like he was forgetting something that he knew was important. That feeling that something was missing.
"I'm not sure dad. I don't remember." Ron replied.
"Well be that as it may. The healer did say that you had temporary amnesia. If you remember, please tell me son." Tory stated.
"Fine." Ron said.
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Dylan sat a table, with a huge bowl of soup in front of him. As he began to eat it he felt perfect. The soup was exquisite, and beyond in greatness of anything he had ever eaten before. Rosemary had not been kidding when she said it was his favorite, and how she had been bragging about it on her way home.
Rosemary had sat down opposite of him at the table and he begun to heat her own bowl of soup when she questioned, "So, the healer says that you have laps in memory for a little while. What don't you remember Jared?"
"I don't remember anything really." Dylan said calmly. "Please, tell me about this place." Dylan inquired, "I don't remember anything."
"Well that's sad." Rosemary said.
"It's called Waypoint. It's the further most village in this part of northern Antioch. We are basically a mining colony of a precious magical stone called Blue Seed. Blue Seen is a conduit of magic which is used to converse with the dead and power great magical engines and temples back in Auir." She continued.
"Auir?" Dylan asked confused.
"Auir, the central city of the Wizard's Conclave. It spans for miles and everyone there is extremely intelligent and powerful. Sages, High Priests, Summoners, they all live there. They use the Blue Seed stones that all the outer villages and colonies make and use them to fuel their powerful arcane magiks. We are a slave to them, and their terrible creatures."
"Slaves?" Dylan wondered allowed, "And creatures?"
"Powerful Spirit beasts that destroy everything. The Spirit Knights from Auir that oppress us use them to keep us in line. It is told that some of these creatures can destroy whole mountain without a second thought."
"GFs." Dylan though, recognizing what she was talking of.
"What?" Rosemary said.
"Oh, nothing, sorry. So tell me more, please." Dylan replied.
"Well, the Creatures that the Knights from Auir use are just to powerful. We can't do anything about them, they would crush us. Plus, without Blue Seed our magic isn't powerful enough. We can caste simple healing spells and those are it. But that's not it for you people."
"What do you mean, we're are different?" Dylan asked, skeptically.
"Yes. You and Maximous."
"And what makes us so different?" Dylan asked.
"Well, a few years back, when you both were about five, there was an accident. You both had sneaked into the blue seed mines and they caved in. When that happened, a few shards of blue seed got imbedded in your skin. Soon after the seeds merged with you, giving you power beyond power, or so the legend says."
"Legend?"
"There is a legend that explains how our people are to be freed. Those with the Rubies of the sky, and the hearts from afar will save Antioch, using forces that are power beyond power. That basically how it goes in a nutshell. But it doesn't make sense, because you two haven't displayed any powers beyond that of normal people without blue seed."
"I see." Dylan said sitting back in his chair, a smile appearing on his face.
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The next morning Dylan was walking around town with Rosemary and came across a town Library. Dylan had walked in, in interest quickly; to read up about the world they were in. What he would find out was something that he didn't expect, something that didn't seem right.
The books spoke of a sprit of fire nearby, a god of heat, and what scared Dylan was that,
A Guardian Force was very near to the village.
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It's never this easy. Dylan thought, looking through some of the old books in the towns Library.
It's never this easy to find a GF, especially for the trials.something's up.
At that moment Ron walked into the room, accompanied by his father, Tory.
"Oi, Hi Dyl.I mean Jared." Ron said.
"Hi." Dylan said, eyes not moving from the text he was reading.
"Max, what did I tell you about talking to him." Tory said, shooting a look of disgust over toward Dylan.
"Sorry father." Ron said turning away, but his thoughts got his message away just fine.
You know that mountain right outside the village? Ron called.
Ya? Dylan replied.
Meet you their in two hours?
All right.
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Dylan sat down on a rock and looked out at the view over the area. Apparently he had gotten there a bit earlier then Ron had planned because. He took the moment to get his barring. At the base of the mountain he saw the village he had come from, and to his back there was a large range of mountains with an active Volcano at the center. To his left he saw a great ocean, and to his right he saw open land, that continued for far beyond his range of vision. He thought of using a charm to enhance his vision, but at that moment Ron arrived.
"Hi Dylan. Were you waiting long?"
"No, not at all. So, is there something you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Yes. Did anyone tell you about a legend about us?"
"Ya, we are supposed to be some kind of savior for this area. Quite strange. I'm telling you whoever controls this place is getting more and more creative." Dylan said snickering.
"Very funny. What am I supposed to say to that?" Ron replied coldly.
"How am I supposed to know?"
"But you did this before."
"Ron, remember, I am not allowed to help you in any way."
"Ya, ya."
They talked for a few moments on what was happening in the world they were in. Dylan wanted to tell Ron what he had found out so bad, but wasn't allowed to. Dylan had drought the large spell book with him so that he might find it and ask questions. Dylan wouldn't be allowed to answer them, but the fact that he didn't answer would spark Ron's curiosity.
They were about to leave when Ron finally commented on the book. "What is that?"
Ron's hand was pointed to the bag that held the book, whose corner was sticking out. "Sorry Ron, I can't help you with the quest." Dylan said, and then shimmered away, leaving the book there. As he guessed, Ron picked up the book to the point that was marked. That's when he first learned about the fire spirit, Furies.
"So, a GF is here?" Ron asked himself, then removed his wand and used the shrinking charm on the book. It shrunk to a size that could fit into his pocket and he placed it there. Ron then began to concentrate his fire magic to perform a spell that was called 'Flame Out'. It was a basic fire teleportation move that Dylan had taught him. Soon the spell took place.
Flames appeared around Ron and just as he was covered with flames he disappeared in a small explosion. When the gas and smoke disappeared, he was no were to be found.
*** Dylan had awoken to loud screaming outside his room. He got up and cracked the bamboo door to see what the source of the loud noise was and he saw Tory in the living room of his house yelling at Rosemary, Jared's mother.
"Were is he!"
"I don't know Tory," Rosemary shouted, "I don't know were Max has gone, but I swear to you that Jared has had nothing to do with it. After the Library he came right home. I swear to it?"
"I don't believe you! My son has only done bad things in the presence of that hell-spawn creature you call your son!"
Dylan's anger was churning, and he was begging to lose control of himself. He really didn't like that man and he was beginning to get on his nerves.
"Take that back you bastard!" Rosemary said, slapping Tory across the face. Tory stumbled back in the blow but didn't seem to be anything more then angry.
Tory responded by standing and punching Rosemary in the gut, making the plum woman stubble back and hit the wall before falling to the floor. That was all it took for Dylan to come busting through the door. The had no real emotion for his would be mother but she had been very kind to him while he was here and Dylan would not stand for her being treated that was.
Dylan raised his hand and issued from it a shimmering wave of magical force that sent Tory flying into a nearby wall.
"You dare punch a woman?" Dylan's voice rang raging.
Tory had not quite recover from Dylan's use of magic, so Dylan walked up to the huge man and brought his hand right down upon the older man's leg at just the right spot forcing it to brake. Dylan sadistic side kicked in when he grinned hearing the satisfying crunch of the older man's bone.
"Now, I suggest you leave before I decided that I am not done and hurt you more." Dylan's aid darkly.
With great effort a tearing Tory stud and to Dylan surprise a spare piece of the wall wood stabbed him in the back when he flew into it and he was bleeding badly. Dylan raises his hand and they glowed as he healed the wound on the back, but leaving the leg.
"There, now you wont die of blood loss, now leave, I grow inpatient of you." Dylan spat.
"Monster." Tory said before leaving at a slow shuffle.
" What was that about?" Dylan asked now that his mother was standing on his feet and seemed to recover from the blow dealt to her by Tory.
"He wanted to know were Max is. He's been missing since after he left his father at the Library. How is it that you did that?"
"Not know. I have to go find Max. Should he come back use this," Dylan said handing her his wand, "Just point it at him and scream 'Lakarnum Inflamary' from the stick will issue small fireballs that will burn but not hurt him."
"But how-." She began.
"Not know." Dylan said before he shimmered. He knew that the book listed a location of a temple at which the Fire god, Furies was supposed to live. He arrived in the tick of jungle near an entrance to a cave at the base of the active Volcano he saw earlier from the mountaintop.
"Oh boy." Dylan said looking up to the night sky. Then he walked in.
*** Ron he been there for hours, deep inside the temple. He stood at the final gate before facing Furies, but he didn't know how to get past it. It wouldn't open. Ron had tried even some of his most powerful magic to blast the door open but it wouldn't budge.
He had been struggling to get through the temple all day. He had gone through what had at least been five miles of tunnel, solving puzzles, flipping switches and fighting monsters that seemed intent on stopping him, but none of them were powerful enough to do any real damage. Not since he found the Vulcan Axe.
He had found it near the entrance to the tunnel within a column of fire. The Axe was a huge Balanced Double sided Axe and had runes inscribed all over it. It seemed to glow with a fiery red aura as soon as he picked it up and wielded it. As soon as he had taken up the axe he had been granted huge amounts of fire powers that he had not had before, including an extreme boost for those he did have. Ron felt like a powerhouse.
The door he was now faced with though wouldn't open, no matter what he did to it. The door was covered in runes, but Ron couldn't read them. The door seemed to emit power, extremely great power.
Ron smirked and raised his hand, "MAD BLAST!!!"
A huge explosion exploded right outside the door, and yet again it did nothing.
"You're not going to be able to blast the door open." A voice said from behind him.
"I know Dylan, but you know how it works for me, I have to defy the runes with every passing turn." Ron smirked.
"I see you have found the Axe. Blazing Fury. A Vulcan class axe." Dylan said.
"So that's what it called?" Ron smirked again. "Cool."
"It is very impressive that weapon. The force it holds, very impressive." Dylan said, his tone didn't waver, it was hard and cold.
"You want it?" Ron asked, sarcastically.
"Of course not."
Ron closed his eyes and smirked, "Your mind betrays you. You think it's great, you want it."
Dylan recoiled in shock. "How did you know? There's no way you could, read my mind, I'm to powerful for that."
"You let your guard down, that's how." Ron replied. "That won't happen again. It's the Axe isn't it." Dylan asked.
"Yes," Ron replied, grasping through the power of the axe. It almost made Ron feel like god. He could scarcely control the power that he was being given. It was one huge rush for him.
"So tell me, have you found out how to get past the door yet?"
"No, I haven't. These runes, I don't understand them."
"They read,
Within the blazing fires, and under the cold earth you are, as you read these texts in horror. You know not, why you have come to such a place, in search of such a power, but it doesn't matter dose it? You sense her. You feel her, but that wont matter. Una Salus Victous warrior.
The Last hope of the doomed."
"I thought you weren't allowed to help me through the quests." Ron mocked.
Dylan looked at Ron strangely. Something didn't seem right about Ron right now. He had seemed way more malevolent since he had entered the temple. Something wasn't right.
"I am allowed to read runes to you. Besides, runes never say anything out straight. You still have to figure out the riddle yourself. The second verse reads,
On ocean of fire can only be extinguished by a blaze of blue heart. The path too hell could only be walked by the foolish, and the Fallen Angles can only open the gates in their purest fury.
"Cryptic." Ron laughed.
Ron wanted to enter so badly. He knew that he would give almost everything for it, and as the hours standing in front of the door passed by, his want grew and grew into a raging frustration. After a few more hours, Ron in his rage once again caste the Mad Blast spell upon the door, and as last time it had no effect upon the granite door.
"It's not going to work. Come on it's late, lets go home. We can try again in the morning."
Ron didn't answer and this time hurled the 'Firaga' spell at the door. This was a stronger more potent fire spell, and the entire chamber filled with fire for a few moments. The door didn't budge.
"Come on Ron." Dylan said again, beginning to fell a bit concerned for the other boy.
"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ron shouted at the top of his lungs and picked the Blazing Fury axe up off his back. It glowed with a blood red aura for a few moments and then Ron slammed it into the door with all his fury. The room exploded into more red flames that it can't even be described at the fury of them. At first they didn't seem to have an effect on the door, but then Dylan and Ron noticed a fissure had opened in the door, and inside there was a hole that looked like the butt of Ron's axe. Without thinking about the better of it Ron stuck it in, and the door began to crumble, till it was gone.
"I DID IT!!!" Ron yelled, "THAT MUST HAVE BEEN MY PUREST FURY!!!"
Ron ran into the chamber only to see it was a long hall. He began to walk down it. Dylan hesitated for the moment, wrestling with the though in his mind that it wasn't his purest fury that opened the door, but by the second verse. 'Only the foolish can walk the path of hell'