Kento was getting to feel rather proud of him self; his control was growing, as was his power. He could feel a power not like his armor flowing threw his body, a comforting power that soothed away his irrational fears. It held it away from his mind as he used it, which made him want to use it more. Anubis had told him that his control of his power was impressive. Knowing that Anubis sense he was saved from Talpa did not lied that often gave him confidence to do more. Cye had tried hard and managed to summon a light rain at first, the challenge was to make it a rain that only covered the manner and forest. He checked all around the grounds as Cye meditated. The state of mind, which he attained, brought the cloud yet it was not entirely as big as the manner, a little too big. The road and half the other side had been covered in rain. Nevertheless, keeping with persistence Cye managed to call the rain cloud when he was not sad.
The others had trained harder then they had in a while with Anubis and his years of experience is what kept them coming back. They fought him as if he were still the enemy, which was what Anubis wanted. They were showing improvement at a smooth rate. However, they were all stopped as Sekmet, Cale and Dais brought a cloaked woman out to them.
Anubis bowed the gentleman as always, as she removed the hood of her cloak, "Greeting milady." Anubis looked to her then gasped as if in shock. She was the woman from his dreams the last mouth in a half. Everything the same but her hair. Her hair was a light blue not white and shorter, it barley graced her shoulders. She then looked at his face for a moment pure curiosity but then nothing, "I know you but, you seem hidden. I get is a familiar feeling of knowing you and at one time trusting you more then anything." She said, her smooth soft voice seemed to shock the younger Ronins.
Sage looked to her and slowly tried to weave himself into her thoughts, "Stop, young one. It is forbidden for a mortal to enter there. The penalty is insanity if done even with the consent." She said then shock her head as if she did not know wither or not she had truly said that. Sage was shocked how did she know? Cye and Kento laughed hard. Rowan and Ryo seemed to have a hard time fighting a case of the giggles as well.
Dais on the other hand felt a run of chills up his back and quickly turned to see what it was. Finding nothing, he ushered the others inside. Shatar then received a temporary room from the warlords. It had no window but it was a security messier. The room was next to Anubis's which was on the other side of the hall and Dais, Sekmet and Cale's room right next to hers, on the other side of her was a attached bathroom. (Ok they have the biggest room in the place but hey three large guys that need it.) She was also lent an outfit for the night namely Cale's oversized foot ball shirt and Dais's drawstring sweat pants.
Her dreams were haunting and she woke many times that night, Cale had lent her one of Dais's stuffed animals (Ok believe it or not Dais has a collection of Stuffed Spiders and animals . . . Snakes are Sekmet's. What can I say Cale like to bye them stuffed animals after seeing the custom.) She had clung to the oversized spider; its soft fur gave her comfort. She had long ago gave up sleeping with stuffed animals, her father when he got drunk most of the time drenched them with his spit drinks and or destroyed them in a rag before he went to hurt her. The softness brought back the memories of when she slept threw the nights and woke with nothing happening. She slept on a queen size bed with a mixture of red sheets, pink top sheet, forest green blanked and midnight black comforter the pillows were pretty much the same way but all silky to the touch. The whole room smelt of sandalwood and lavender lulling her into a restfully sleep.
The phantom was not in a good mood, more like fit to be tide with anger; the armors would slow her magic. So her plan of dream poisoning would be not so effective however, that did not stop her from trying it. She sent the dreams of an angered dragon, the destruction and demolition of the insane dragon, she knew would bring confusion. She smiled the dragon she herself had gained control over. Knowing it would alter the feelings the girl had and, plants a seed of fear in her heart, which could be used for later. She knew the girl only trusted the words of others when they said she was a dragon and the last in the mortal realm.
It was true that humans had either had killed or drove them all from Regon's mortal plan. The astral plane was only home to those that did work for the forces of Good and was protected by magical gate keys with two gatekeepers, which were gifted with the keys to the gates. The Keys purified the evil that tried to harm them with a wave or banished them to never come so far again to entering them.
"Slowly little Dragon your soul will come to me, My minions are to strong for you to fight alone and they will always catch you when your alone. They will hunt down those you love and those whom care for you. When they leave their protection their souls will all to soon join your own." With that she cackled as she watched Shatar toss and turn in her sleep. Her face contorted in fear and pain.
She then turned back to the table and levitated the wand to her, reforming it to the old woman again, "Go and spy on them for a day, I want to know all their secrets and powers so I can destroy them one by one. The Dragons spell will show threw to her personally weaknesses as well. I want to know what I can use agents her and what her greatest strength is as well Wonda, hurry there and back." With that, the old woman vanished in a puff of smoke. Reappearing on the outer edges of the manner estate, she took to the trees as she sought out a perch to hide in and watch from.
White Blaze raised his head from the floor; he felt a twinge in the front of his mind, which normally told of dark Magic. He had learned with the Ronins first alert normally went to those with highly tuned senses of which only he possessed. Standing he used his nose to open the door and walked into Shatar's room, taking the place at the end of the bed as his new sleep spot. The mystical tiger had opted for the warlord's place to sleep. Ryo could understand and gave him a pat on the head as he walked to the car.
The large tiger just felt something wrong with the whole situation. Designating that the night would be better spent on the grounds with the supposed dragon from the WM apartments. Looking at her carefully, she seemed familiar to the beast and then with a grunt he lowered his head to his paws and napped lightly.
Ryo sat in the living room with a worried expression. It had been the first time White Blaze had opted to stay with the warlords and willingly at that. The White Tiger had become much to Ryo as they had grown together. First White Blaze had been a willing friend as his father had always been off on a trip or gone for some other reason. Then when he died the only thing he had was that tiger. White Blaze had become family to him tell the other Ronins came into his life. Then when White Blaze had died Ryo thought he would certainly died in following, from the emptiness he felt creeping up on him. He would die to protect the white Tiger and fought for him after his death. However, when Black Blaze gave his life to return White Blazes Ryo had never felt more joy in his life.
Time had gone by, White Blaze became his confessional friend, and they spent most time when they were alone just talking. Well more like Ryo talking and White Blaze growling or purring in response. They shared a room were Ryo would spend most of his time thinking of fights and worries long gone by, reflecting on getting his armor orb. Essentially becoming a Ronin Worrier that long ago day and, then his accepting it with open arms when the need arose. However, now he was alone with his throats tell Cye came in to interrupt them.
"You ok Ryo?" the soft British voice came with a worried Cye and what looked to be two dozen cookies. Not only that but also two cups of milk and coasters, leave it to Cye to think of both you and the furniture, he would use to making you feel beater.
"No I am just thinking." Ryo answered with a forced smile. Everyone knew he was a terrible liar. He tried to be honest and keep with his virtue, now that did not mean many things most thought of but that's the way it was. The only one who could be fooled was Mia and surpassingly Kuayra who knew he tried not to lie.
"Ryo I know your feeling a bit depressed, trust me I have ways of finding out now. Sage told me to come up here and to give you some comfort. I swear if I knew what else to do I would!" Cye said trying to sound cheerful. The water worrier always tried but some times failed horribly.
"Something is just new . . . I guess. White Blaze never liked staying with the warlords. It is just new that he did. I mean it could be the new girl over there, but its just . . . I don't know. What is your first impression of her?" Ryo said finding his tong not willing to truly work with him at the moment.
Cye thought for a moment and then began, "Well she is mysterious yes. She sounded more as if confused then anything or she sought something that I just could not place. Sage would know more . . . She seemed nice and even more so she just felt so new yet so . . . old. Like the Warlords or older. Her eyes were like prisons. They hold back anything that is truly . . . her own light or personality. In my mind at least." Cye then sat down, placing the tray on Ryo's bed and smiled. Looking at Ryo now as if they were having a guys night in, "So what did you get on your first impression . . . outside of White Blaze staying over there to protect her incase the warlords can't."
Ryo leaned back after retrieving two cookies and about two ounces of milk; "She was lost . . . in a mental sort of way. She is looking for something that much I know. She knew a lot about the warlords and yet she seemed confused when she saw Anubis. She wants to know so bad that she can taste it to a point. However, Dais told me about the Mage from the apartments was telling him about the armor links. They are supposed to wake up more of her dragon side.
I asked for a full history on her from Greg at the history center. He says he knew her. Nevertheless, something happened to her cues after their last date she completely changed and he said it was as if she was a neither person. The thing is I don't know her yet I can tell something had to have, she is so innocent . . . almost like a child." Ryo said reaching for his drink again. The conversations helping him feel beater as nightfall came. Sleep came to him as the hours passed by, Kento came in and they fell asleep, the room feeling safe for the fire Ronin.
Mia sat at her desk alone watching the screen. Rowan the acclaimed genius insomniac had final gave in to sleep only an hour ago and she felt sleep creeping up on her more now. She drank her now only lukewarm tea with boredom. In the last four hours twenty minuets she had gone over everything they already knew about Talpa. Learned a few new things however, had a hard time placing them. Talpa was a demon yet had a mortal life span. How did he live so long? She had theorized with Rowan that the Dynasty lived on a separate time wave. Sort of the concept of time zones only personified. Years could go by in the mortal realm and only about half that time would pass in the dynasty. Mia figured next time that Kuayra came over she would ask her about it.
The screen told her about many facts, Talpa's armor and other things. None were new to her entirely. She then gasped, seeing the only thing about Talpa that she was both troubled by and surprised.
It was a small folder, which she had passed by more then once. Again it had a code and yet it only took three tries to get in. Gasping she read it out load, "The power of one. When all of the armors and the master invoke the powers deep within the elements, they create a force of magic, which can be filtered threw the master. Oh my god . . . the spell and even the . . . I should print this out for later. I found a way to defeat the Dynasty Phantom!" Mia never got the chance to finish reading as a thick arm gripped her around the throat. She did not even have the breath to gasp as she was forcibly kissed. Her eyes wide with fear then rolled into the back of her head. The shadow then moved taking her into its arms and shutting off the computer screen.
The older woman had sat for hours as the sun came up; she had used an illusion spell to hide her from view. She looked around as night slowly turned into day. Silently she waited as she spotted a blue hared man walk out to a marked arena. He had with him a wooden sword and the young white dragon. She seemed more less a following shadow but with a tiger in tow. The tiger she could feel was a danger to her especially. Something about the tiger's glow just was not right for a normal tiger to have.
"Ok you wanted to learn what I do in the mornings now hu?" Cale said with a smile. Warm and full of compassion as he handed her an identical sword, with the exception of a light green tint to it. She nodded with enthusiasm, the nightmares had woke her to many times to feel that rested but she did not want to try to sleep more anyways. Shatar nodded as Cale then motioned her to sit on a near by stone.
"Well I practice in the mornings mainly and then I meditate as well, it helps clear the mind and strengthens my focus." Cale began as he slashed into the air. His movements graceful and deadly, she had found Cale was an early riser followed by Dais and then Sekmet who woke the same time Anubis did. They had walked past Dais making breakfast but this time he wore a special talisman around his neck. The Mage had taken a hidden pity on the warlord and gave him a talisman usually made for more experienced people with his power. However, the strength of his, in her mind merited it. The talisman made less energy leave him when a vision came and gave him more clarity when he had one.
He was almost giddy that morning; Cale had not climbed over him to wake him up. The worrier of darkness had always done that, the other two could remember. Cale was a follower when it came to his nose and they figured he smelt the morning coming and so it woke him. They had gotten used to waking up to his knee hitting them in the back or his hand on some part of their body. Cale had woke that morning and found Shatar was awake as well sitting on the window seal holding the oversized spider.
She had told them about her nightmare and Sekmet went for his spell stuff. What they found was she had spells littered all over her and dark ones as well. Cale sighed as Sekmet had to use a drop of his blood to cleanse the evil spells off her body and from her mind. She then followed Cale around after thanking him for his assistance. Echoed later by the thanking of Dais and Sekmet, she made shirr. She gave graduated were it was from.
The doorbell went off and Sekmet answered it, sadly he just woke up and was still in his boxers and house robe. This of cores warranted a whistle as well as other things. He then moved to let Dais see who was there. One second of seeing Dais and him together although and everyone stopped any sexual thoughts of the green hared worrier. They watched the two and smiled. The head mage had told them to keep their wits about them for the third of that pairing. She had seen the glow the three had the night before and was slightly surprised when a fourth man was named. However, she deduced that he was not involved like the three she had seen.
Sekmet disappeared only to dress as Dais served them morning drinks; they had declined food and asked only for a large serving bowl. After giving it to them he watched with wonder as they prepared the potion, taking notes of the plants and other things placed into the bowl. The four, which had come, finished the mix and pulled out ten test tubs, which were filled and crocked.
"We will need someone to help us find the Four Corners of the grounds, after that we only need do the spell with those that live within the circle." The head mage said her robes were a bright and yet darkly colored red; the others echoed the stile yet in different colors. They were lead outside with caution as Dais had closed his eye several times to feel around the place. Exiting they found Cale and Shatar meditating, Shatar for the first time was perfectly relaxed and seemed content to the other witches and the head mage.
However, it was short lived, White Blaze began to growl deeply at the forest. It pulled Cale out of his trance like state as well as Shatar. The Head Mage then usher the others to hurry. They had mapped out the area with Dais as they walked out and remembered land markings on the estate. Running they stayed clear of the forest, with staffs and wands at the ready, they ran.
"What is it you smell white Blaze?" Cale said softly as he petted the tiger's head. The beast glares an older looking tree that had many times been struck by lightning. The four of them had found it dead yet the tree had life on it, foliage and leafs it had not before hand. Sekmet had come out and with him a book in hand. Opening it Cale smiled. The book was almost nothing but undo spells, Sekmet had personally went threw every book of magic he had and wrote the reversal spells in a smaller looking book.
Flipping there the book he handed the book to Dais and pointed to a undo spell labeled Alondras web. Dais smiled, so they were playing on his turf now? Wonderful, he could test out his magical ablates. Doing as it said he placed his hand towards the tree and then whispered, "Air of night, which dies before dawn. Be the unseen be seen as the spell I order be gone." When he said that the image of the tree seemed to ripple and the empty dead branches then were shown as well as an older looking woman crouched at the base of them. She hissed at the morning light touched her face. Cale then smiled and pulled a trick of his own. Sekmet had never denied the other warlords access to his magical stash of books so Cale had on more then on occasion took full advantage of it. Him been the second member to really be interested in magic.
The seasonal then growled as the older woman launched an energy ball right at Shatar. Who had frozen in fear beside Cale. He armored up as the others and then quickly drew his blade.
"Black Lightning STRIKE!" He shouted. Dais following in the wake of the Attack with his nunchucks. Setting a barage of attacks in motion. Unlike with Lady Kuayra was attacked by them every one hit their mark. But she let them hit her with a grin, she chanted loaudly and the sky turned inot a dark strom cloud. She then fell silent for a moment and pointed directly at Dais, lightning struck him hard and a invisable force forced him back. Sekmet watched only a second before he jumped down to aid his falled brother in arms.
"Snake Fang STRIKE!" Was all she heard before her arm from the elbow down was destroyed, and he body began to feel weak from the poison. She then with a scream of pain vanished.
The two seasonal worriers then returned to check on Cale and their guest, finding she shivered in fear still.
"What is wrong milady?" asked Dais who had just gone down to sub-armor. She tried to relax as she began, "That old woman is no more old then I a human girl. I know this now, I saw what she truly was and her injury will do you little good. The Dynasty Phantom made her and can easily make others to replace her. She was sent to spy on us . . . how I know, is a mystery even to myself. When I saw her again she did something to my mind with her first attack. I felt strangely familiar . . . like I had fought her before or I knew her. It's gone now but not with out change, I felt something happen to me a shock if you could say that." She said holding her head as she braced herself on the near by wall.
"Wow first hand battle magic, I am impressed." Said the head Mage as she walked back to the small group. she had with her a lavender colored candle and set it into Dais's hand, "Hold it there we are ready and with the evil's banishment we can do this safely." She then explained that they were in the center of the circle around the manner and all Dais had to do was hold it and not be afraid of what happened next.
The head mage closed her eyes and seemed to glow, her body charged with a bright red energy, which seemed to come from her every pore. The words they chanted made little sense to the others well except Sekmet who promised to explain later. However, Dais was shocked as the candle levitated all on its own as beams of light connected to it. The fire growing stronger and stronger tell Dais worried he would seriously get burned. However, the spell they came to a fast end as the energy beams stopped and the fire seemed to explode taking parts of the candle with it. Making a brilliant wave, this hit every direction and flew to the marked others. The other circle members then came back. The sent of the candle on their clothes and each reporting the burnout circle inscription on the ground they watched. They then left for their jobs and or homes.
The head mage then looked to Shatar with a worried expression, her eyes going to Shatar's hands. Holding them the mage then hugs Shatar, whom returned it, "I will miss you Shatar, tell we meet again and you are fully in dragon power. I will miss you my friend." Shatar did not understand what she meant but designated to think on it later. The head mage had always at times spoke in riddles and with the meaning of her words hidden so you had to find it.
Sekmet then walked closer to her as the group left, "What did she mean by that?" he asked with wonderment. He looked at her and saw nothing change, then again the head mage had eyes that he did not. Shatar smiled, "They had always said that this body was never truly my own. It was borrowed from a neither to hide me forcibly from everyone . . . including myself. For some purpose, I feel I am needed. However, for what purpose I do not know."