Chapter 20: Another adventure begins! The search for the spirit world!
"I can't break through the barrier!" Picard used Megacool consecutive times to try and break off the seal which lead into the Babi Lighthouse.
For three days, they had searched around the clock all over the areas surrounding nearby Lalivero. No trace of a single sign of them came up.
" What if they are in there as prisoners!?" Jan foolishly slashed into the barrier, giving herself a shock of dark energy. She growled in pain
and got up again. "We ha..ve..to rescue them!!!" A giant fireball emerged from her hands. With rage, she threw it at the barrier, which gave
no effect to it.
"It's no use, maybe we should go call upon my buddies up in Vale." Picard Suggested. "We won't be able to break it open with just two
people."
"You have not found the truth of their fate that I see." The brown hair man approached them. His earthen blue eyes swore allegiance to the
Venus elementals. He wasn't tall nor short. His physical abilities seem to be weak, but the mind and spirit abilities were overflowing with
psynergy.
"Who are you?" Picard turned his head to see who was speaking directly at him. " What do you know about Ivan and Sheba's disappearance?"
"He knows them?" Jan blinked. " Wait...what is your name may I ask?"
"Robin, mage of the Earth." Robin took a bow, " No need to introduce yourself as I already know you, Picard, Jan."
"I'm assuming you are like Ivan. You use mind read all the time." Jan complimented. "How come you are an Earth Adept, but you know how to mind read people?"
"Simple, I gain exposure to different kinds of elements from the location where I have originated." Robin explained, "Anyhow, I must give
you the important message of the whereabouts of your destined friends."
"Please tell us so." Picard set down his weapon.
"Feeba's power has killed them. Inside the Babi Lighthouse, they had a battle with the demon. Unfortunately, psynergy seemed to affect the power of his strength. Enough psynergy was used on him to make him virtually impossible to hurt him. Ivan's attack backfired on him, and he wasn't able to recover from it. Sheba was still alive, as Feebas wanted to use the last of her power that was hidden deep within her soul. He tortured her to the point of death so her spirit will not rest peacefully. This would make it much easier for Feebas to find and take her power that is a delicacy and vital to his strength. A successful rescue mission was carried out by spirit of Ivan himself, along with allies
from the other world. Sheba's power is safe."
"No...then that means.." Jan said in disbelief, trying to hide away a single tear.
"They can't......I know they are alive!" Picard shook his head. "There is no way they are dead!"
"My deepest apologizes go to you." Robin said in a sad tone. "That is pure truth. All I say is that you should seek below the falls, and find a new hope for your loss."
"Wait a minute...who is this Feebas? Don't you mean Babi?" Jan pushed her back on a tree curling her legs and arms up into a ball.
"You have much to learn child, he is not Babi. Feeba's is the demon that is controlling the body."
"Below the falls...is that where you are telling us to go?" Picard questioned him. "Gaia Falls is the only place that I can think of."
" The answer to your question lies far out to the horizon, until then, farewell." Robin was gone as if he disappeared out of thin air.
"I just met you guys, then two of them....are gone." Jan hid her face in her arms. " And..they can't eve.."
" I know how it feels, but Robin said something about new hope can be found just over the horizon, and to search the Gaia Falls." Picard
tried to persuade her that they were not dead.
" You're right.." She got up and wiped her eyes off with a part of her cape. " Didn't you say earlier you had a flying ship somewhere?"
"I do..but it is docked all the way near Champa.It would take days to reach it and we need to buy as much time as we can."
"Hmm..I know a way." Jan thought of a certain someone who could help. " But first you need to find me a glass bottle."
" Will this work?" Picard took a small bottle of sake out that was kept hidden in his coat.
"Give me that!" Jan took it out of his hands and began drinking all of it.
"Hey! That's my..sake!" Picard took it from her again. "Besides, little girls like you shouldn't be drinking this." He drank the rest.
"Don't you drink all!" She took it again. "Now, do you want me to have my idea fulfilled or not?"
"Why do you want me to leave some of it in there?"
"You'll see." Jan put in some flames into the bottle. The bottle irrupted in flames and heat, as she threw it into the air and shot it quickly.
"Was that your plan?"
She was silent.
"Are you listen....."
The loud thunderous roar of a dragon filled the skies with uncertainty. The beat of its monstrous wings felt like a strong wind sweeping
across the grass and bushes. It's reflecting scarlet scales shined in beauty as it landed gracefully onto the ground. Horns of death sprung
upwards from the side of its head while many flaps of black hair triggered down from the head to the back. The rest of the way was nothing
but sharp pointy spires leading all the way down to the tip of the barbed tail. It's kind-hearted topaz eyes look upon it's master. Jan greeted
the dragon with a couple of soft dragon growls.
" How did you do that?"
" I never told you I had a pet.....didn't I."
"I don't see why you didn't use it before in the first place."
" I wasn't able to until I recently found out how to get him over here. Magma was abused when he was a dragonlet and that created his
desire for alcoholic drinks." Jan was being nuzzled by the dragon. " I notice you had some and I used it to create a scent in the air to bring
him over here"
"But really...what you are trying to tell me is that this dragon...was given alcoholic drinks at a very young age?"
"Unfortunately, yes. I found Magma lying almost dead from intoxication near a tavern and I had to restore him to health ." She got onto his
back. "It will not take long to get to Champa by flight."
"I never rode a dragon before." Picard tried getting onto the dragon's back.
"All you do is hang on..think of how you use an Oradon." Jan gave the final command to Magma, "fly to the north, Magma!"
The dragon let out a call and lifted it's body off the ground. Altitude was being gain as the dragon flapped its wings at a medium rate. The
ocean sparkled like tiny stars in a dark open sky. The beaches descended into high rocky cliffs leading to sea rocks below. In no time,
another the beach in which Picard's boat was docked could be seen from afar. The legendary flying ship, awaited.
"Suppose we take along Magma to reach down into the lower depths of Gaia Falls?" Jan landed the dragon onto the ground as she spoke,
"Your ship may not be able to handle the impact of the fall whether it has wings or not."
"Better to be safe just in case we need a plan B." Picard took a glance at his beloved child. This ship was more than just a ship. He cared
for it, looked out for its needs, as if it was living. This time he made sure the door was locked, and it was so he wouldn't have to deal with
pests like last time. Picard went into the captains deck, and down to the bottom where he placed his black orb in its crevice. The mighty
ship came back alive as it flowed with psynergy. He came back up to take control of the wheel.
"Off to the east!" Picard got the ship adrift into the open waters. Slowly it gained speed and glided swiftly above the waves. Jan was not
close by. She was exploring the ship a little more. She hadn't seen a ship so big before below deck. Magma curled up in a sleeping
position near the back of the ship, taking a rest from the easy flight.
Jan came outside. "How long will it take to get there?"
"Approximately about 2 days."
"I can feel the ship eating away at my psynergy, what if I run out?"
"It's nothing to worry about." Picard turned the wheel to the northeast direction a little. " Psynergy is the fuel for my ship, and if we both run
out, we can stop and rest until it has recovered."
"All righty then, I'll stand watch guard for any kind of things that will attack." She climbed upon the dragon's head in the front of the ship.
"You're going to fall down and get crushed if you sit there." Picard didn't appreciate the girl on the dragon's head.
"I'll be able to hang on, I'm used to things like this."
"Just don't come to me when you do fall off." He made the boat shake a little, making Jan unstable.
"Hey! Don't you dare be shaking the boat on purpose to enhance the risks of me falling!" Jan took a hold of the dragons horns again.
"Your no fun." Picard chuckled. "Just hang on tight and don't look down!"
The sun pierced through the thin isolated clouds which lay still in the afternoon sky. An ocean breeze blew calmly to the west, making the
air feel cold. Time to time, dolphins swam up to the boat and danced around it with curiosity. Then they would swim off to their destination,
whatever that was. Magma would fly off from the boat for a time to catch himself a raw fish meal. Then it is back to sleeping and resting as
usual. Gaia falls crept nearer and nearer as the ship moved along. Every now and then, Picard send out a djinn with a psynergy star to
bring it over to Jan, who still was on the dragon's head. He had a few nearby to take so the boat's fuel would not run out.
A/N: My writing habits are starting to come back to me. Expect a next chapter...well...I can't really predict when, but in 2 weeks.
"I can't break through the barrier!" Picard used Megacool consecutive times to try and break off the seal which lead into the Babi Lighthouse.
For three days, they had searched around the clock all over the areas surrounding nearby Lalivero. No trace of a single sign of them came up.
" What if they are in there as prisoners!?" Jan foolishly slashed into the barrier, giving herself a shock of dark energy. She growled in pain
and got up again. "We ha..ve..to rescue them!!!" A giant fireball emerged from her hands. With rage, she threw it at the barrier, which gave
no effect to it.
"It's no use, maybe we should go call upon my buddies up in Vale." Picard Suggested. "We won't be able to break it open with just two
people."
"You have not found the truth of their fate that I see." The brown hair man approached them. His earthen blue eyes swore allegiance to the
Venus elementals. He wasn't tall nor short. His physical abilities seem to be weak, but the mind and spirit abilities were overflowing with
psynergy.
"Who are you?" Picard turned his head to see who was speaking directly at him. " What do you know about Ivan and Sheba's disappearance?"
"He knows them?" Jan blinked. " Wait...what is your name may I ask?"
"Robin, mage of the Earth." Robin took a bow, " No need to introduce yourself as I already know you, Picard, Jan."
"I'm assuming you are like Ivan. You use mind read all the time." Jan complimented. "How come you are an Earth Adept, but you know how to mind read people?"
"Simple, I gain exposure to different kinds of elements from the location where I have originated." Robin explained, "Anyhow, I must give
you the important message of the whereabouts of your destined friends."
"Please tell us so." Picard set down his weapon.
"Feeba's power has killed them. Inside the Babi Lighthouse, they had a battle with the demon. Unfortunately, psynergy seemed to affect the power of his strength. Enough psynergy was used on him to make him virtually impossible to hurt him. Ivan's attack backfired on him, and he wasn't able to recover from it. Sheba was still alive, as Feebas wanted to use the last of her power that was hidden deep within her soul. He tortured her to the point of death so her spirit will not rest peacefully. This would make it much easier for Feebas to find and take her power that is a delicacy and vital to his strength. A successful rescue mission was carried out by spirit of Ivan himself, along with allies
from the other world. Sheba's power is safe."
"No...then that means.." Jan said in disbelief, trying to hide away a single tear.
"They can't......I know they are alive!" Picard shook his head. "There is no way they are dead!"
"My deepest apologizes go to you." Robin said in a sad tone. "That is pure truth. All I say is that you should seek below the falls, and find a new hope for your loss."
"Wait a minute...who is this Feebas? Don't you mean Babi?" Jan pushed her back on a tree curling her legs and arms up into a ball.
"You have much to learn child, he is not Babi. Feeba's is the demon that is controlling the body."
"Below the falls...is that where you are telling us to go?" Picard questioned him. "Gaia Falls is the only place that I can think of."
" The answer to your question lies far out to the horizon, until then, farewell." Robin was gone as if he disappeared out of thin air.
"I just met you guys, then two of them....are gone." Jan hid her face in her arms. " And..they can't eve.."
" I know how it feels, but Robin said something about new hope can be found just over the horizon, and to search the Gaia Falls." Picard
tried to persuade her that they were not dead.
" You're right.." She got up and wiped her eyes off with a part of her cape. " Didn't you say earlier you had a flying ship somewhere?"
"I do..but it is docked all the way near Champa.It would take days to reach it and we need to buy as much time as we can."
"Hmm..I know a way." Jan thought of a certain someone who could help. " But first you need to find me a glass bottle."
" Will this work?" Picard took a small bottle of sake out that was kept hidden in his coat.
"Give me that!" Jan took it out of his hands and began drinking all of it.
"Hey! That's my..sake!" Picard took it from her again. "Besides, little girls like you shouldn't be drinking this." He drank the rest.
"Don't you drink all!" She took it again. "Now, do you want me to have my idea fulfilled or not?"
"Why do you want me to leave some of it in there?"
"You'll see." Jan put in some flames into the bottle. The bottle irrupted in flames and heat, as she threw it into the air and shot it quickly.
"Was that your plan?"
She was silent.
"Are you listen....."
The loud thunderous roar of a dragon filled the skies with uncertainty. The beat of its monstrous wings felt like a strong wind sweeping
across the grass and bushes. It's reflecting scarlet scales shined in beauty as it landed gracefully onto the ground. Horns of death sprung
upwards from the side of its head while many flaps of black hair triggered down from the head to the back. The rest of the way was nothing
but sharp pointy spires leading all the way down to the tip of the barbed tail. It's kind-hearted topaz eyes look upon it's master. Jan greeted
the dragon with a couple of soft dragon growls.
" How did you do that?"
" I never told you I had a pet.....didn't I."
"I don't see why you didn't use it before in the first place."
" I wasn't able to until I recently found out how to get him over here. Magma was abused when he was a dragonlet and that created his
desire for alcoholic drinks." Jan was being nuzzled by the dragon. " I notice you had some and I used it to create a scent in the air to bring
him over here"
"But really...what you are trying to tell me is that this dragon...was given alcoholic drinks at a very young age?"
"Unfortunately, yes. I found Magma lying almost dead from intoxication near a tavern and I had to restore him to health ." She got onto his
back. "It will not take long to get to Champa by flight."
"I never rode a dragon before." Picard tried getting onto the dragon's back.
"All you do is hang on..think of how you use an Oradon." Jan gave the final command to Magma, "fly to the north, Magma!"
The dragon let out a call and lifted it's body off the ground. Altitude was being gain as the dragon flapped its wings at a medium rate. The
ocean sparkled like tiny stars in a dark open sky. The beaches descended into high rocky cliffs leading to sea rocks below. In no time,
another the beach in which Picard's boat was docked could be seen from afar. The legendary flying ship, awaited.
"Suppose we take along Magma to reach down into the lower depths of Gaia Falls?" Jan landed the dragon onto the ground as she spoke,
"Your ship may not be able to handle the impact of the fall whether it has wings or not."
"Better to be safe just in case we need a plan B." Picard took a glance at his beloved child. This ship was more than just a ship. He cared
for it, looked out for its needs, as if it was living. This time he made sure the door was locked, and it was so he wouldn't have to deal with
pests like last time. Picard went into the captains deck, and down to the bottom where he placed his black orb in its crevice. The mighty
ship came back alive as it flowed with psynergy. He came back up to take control of the wheel.
"Off to the east!" Picard got the ship adrift into the open waters. Slowly it gained speed and glided swiftly above the waves. Jan was not
close by. She was exploring the ship a little more. She hadn't seen a ship so big before below deck. Magma curled up in a sleeping
position near the back of the ship, taking a rest from the easy flight.
Jan came outside. "How long will it take to get there?"
"Approximately about 2 days."
"I can feel the ship eating away at my psynergy, what if I run out?"
"It's nothing to worry about." Picard turned the wheel to the northeast direction a little. " Psynergy is the fuel for my ship, and if we both run
out, we can stop and rest until it has recovered."
"All righty then, I'll stand watch guard for any kind of things that will attack." She climbed upon the dragon's head in the front of the ship.
"You're going to fall down and get crushed if you sit there." Picard didn't appreciate the girl on the dragon's head.
"I'll be able to hang on, I'm used to things like this."
"Just don't come to me when you do fall off." He made the boat shake a little, making Jan unstable.
"Hey! Don't you dare be shaking the boat on purpose to enhance the risks of me falling!" Jan took a hold of the dragons horns again.
"Your no fun." Picard chuckled. "Just hang on tight and don't look down!"
The sun pierced through the thin isolated clouds which lay still in the afternoon sky. An ocean breeze blew calmly to the west, making the
air feel cold. Time to time, dolphins swam up to the boat and danced around it with curiosity. Then they would swim off to their destination,
whatever that was. Magma would fly off from the boat for a time to catch himself a raw fish meal. Then it is back to sleeping and resting as
usual. Gaia falls crept nearer and nearer as the ship moved along. Every now and then, Picard send out a djinn with a psynergy star to
bring it over to Jan, who still was on the dragon's head. He had a few nearby to take so the boat's fuel would not run out.
A/N: My writing habits are starting to come back to me. Expect a next chapter...well...I can't really predict when, but in 2 weeks.