Chapter 6 The Meeting of Thunder
We headed in side the building. It seemed old on the outside but new on the inside. We saw many candles, and with that, we thought this was a temple or shrine of some sort. We didn't meet anyone when we were walking through this huge place. After our search of the front part of the shrine, we came to a walk way to the back. We walked across, but as Brad stepped across, someone yelled, "STOP!" With in minutes, we were surrounded by what we thought were monks.
"Do not take another step into this holy place dark one."
"Dark one? What did we do to you?" I asked, sword in hand.
"You are free to pass," He said to me. "But he is not." He pointed to Brad.
"Why can't I pass?" Brad asked.
"Dark ones are not allowed to enter. We will use force if necessary to keep him out."
"But-" Brad cut me off.
"Alex, explore ahead and come back to tell me. I can wait here." I gave him, a ' Are you sure?' look and he nodded. With that, I limped my way forward. I looked back and a row of monks sat in front of my companion. I followed one of the monks to a throne room. The throne was made of stone with jewels imbedded into it. On ether side of the throne were gold torches.
"Where is your leader?"
"She will be with you in a moment. Till then, let us tend to your wound." With in minutes, my side was bandaged up.
"Why did you call my friend back there a dark one?"
"His element was darkness. We will not allow darkness to take over this peaceful place."
"Element?"
"Yes, element. Everything in this world has an element of ether Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light, Dark, and Thunder. There are few creatures in this world that have no element at all."
"What element is mine?"
"You are fire." Taking this to mind, someone came running in.
"What is wrong?" the monk asked.
"Jacqueline is gone!" Everyone then went into a frenzy. In the confusion, I headed back to Brad. When I met up with him, He had a little girl with him. She was 4'5, had black shoulder length hair with brown eyes. She wore black pants with a purple vest. A gold band with a purple stone was worn around her head.
"Is this your girl friend?" I asked as I approached them.
"Ha Ha, very funny." He responded.
"Let me go." She wined.
"Why should he?" I asked.
"I don't want to be caught, please let me go before they come."
"Who are they?" But as Brad asked this, three monks came from behind us.
"Thank the gods. You found her." One of them said.
"This is Jacqueline?!" I asked with shock.
"Care to fill me in here?" Brad asked.
"She is their leader." Now Brad was the one with the shock look.
"Oh thank you, thank you. We are lucky that you two were here. We will feast in your honor tonight." He said. Then the other two monks took Jacqueline away. As they took her away, I saw the sadden look on her face.
That night, we feasted like we were kings. After the feast, we headed to the entrance. We thought that we may want to practice encase we encounter Bounty Hunter again. I must say, Brad is better then I thought. During one of our breaks, I realized that we were being watched.
"Brad, some one is here besides us." I whispered.
"Where is he?" I point behind a stone pillar. He nodded and walked over to it. He acted like he would pass it but he turned around and grabbed the person. He pulled the person into the light. It was Jacqueline.
"So our spy is the leader of the monks. What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I came to watch you guys fight."
"We don't fight. We practice." Brad said.
"Why?" We then told her what has happened to us, not saying anything about the jewels. After we finished our peace, she stared at us wide eyed.
"That is very exciting." She said. I then noticed that her jewel on her tiara (the gold band around her head) was glowing and Brad's jewel in his pouch was glowing, as well as my chest.
"What is with you chest?" She asked me. I started to walk away.
"Ah, I am going to take a walk." I headed to the forest. I wondered around until I came to a lake. The bright moon reflected off the water. I took my chest plate off, revealing my chest and my jewel. I then looked into the water. I really changed over the past two months. I am not skinny anymore but have muscles that a 30 year old would have. My dark brown hair looks almost black now and my red eyes don't have the shine that they use to. I have changed. I have changed from a weak little farm boy to a strong brave warrior. I went to the lake to wash my face. After washing my face off, I heard something from behind me. I took my sword and stood in a ready position.
"Who's there?" I yelled. From out of the bushes, Jaqueline stood before me.
"So it is true." She said in a low voice.
"What do you mean?" I asked, putting my chest plate back on.
"Brad told me why you left. I didn't think it was true, but now that I see it was my own eyes...."
"You think I am a freak, right?"
"No, I think..."
"Well you are wrong. I am a freak. I can't go back to my family. I am surprise that Brad hasn't abandon me yet."
"Will you just shut up for a minute?" I looked into her eyes.
"Ok. I see it being hard for you but you can't look at it as a handy cap." I then noticed that her jewel was glowing again. My chest started to light up too.
"Brad told me why they light up. They have a power of some sort. I guess they only glow when they are near other jewels like it."
"I guess you are a chosen one then." She then gave me a confused look.
"What do you mean by chosen one?"
"Remember when we told you when I got hit by that arrow?" She nodded her head.
"When I was out, this big red dragon came to me in a dream. He said that I was next in line for some type of power. What kind, we don't know, but he said there are others with this power. Brad and myself are some of these people. We think these jewels are the source for this power, but we have yet to learn how to use it." She then sat down, taking to thought of what I just side.
"Come on kid. We better head back." I said to her as I headed out of the forest.
The morning came, the sunlight hitting my face as I woke up. I put my gear on and met Brad at the entrance.
"What are we going to do about Bounty Hunter? For all we know, he could be standing out there right now." I ask him.
"I wonder if there is another way out of here."
"There is." We turned around and saw Jaqueline standing there.
"Are you going to tell us?" Brad asked. She pointed to a huge stone that she was standing next to.
"Under this stone, there is a passageway that ends miles from here. I found it when I was trying to escape." She said.
"Lets see if this is true." So, Brad and I pushed the stone and under it was a stairway.
"Thank you." Brad said after he walked down the stairs.
"Bewared, there maybe monsters down there. Be careful."
"I will keep that in mind. Thanks." With that, I headed into the passage way after Brad.
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FlamingHero626: I would first off like to thank my only reviewer at this moment, Aerena. Thank you for reviewing it, and I am honored that it got into your favorite story list. Sorry about the e-mail. Anyway, now the heroes are going underground. Isn't that going to be fun? Please send in reviews.
We headed in side the building. It seemed old on the outside but new on the inside. We saw many candles, and with that, we thought this was a temple or shrine of some sort. We didn't meet anyone when we were walking through this huge place. After our search of the front part of the shrine, we came to a walk way to the back. We walked across, but as Brad stepped across, someone yelled, "STOP!" With in minutes, we were surrounded by what we thought were monks.
"Do not take another step into this holy place dark one."
"Dark one? What did we do to you?" I asked, sword in hand.
"You are free to pass," He said to me. "But he is not." He pointed to Brad.
"Why can't I pass?" Brad asked.
"Dark ones are not allowed to enter. We will use force if necessary to keep him out."
"But-" Brad cut me off.
"Alex, explore ahead and come back to tell me. I can wait here." I gave him, a ' Are you sure?' look and he nodded. With that, I limped my way forward. I looked back and a row of monks sat in front of my companion. I followed one of the monks to a throne room. The throne was made of stone with jewels imbedded into it. On ether side of the throne were gold torches.
"Where is your leader?"
"She will be with you in a moment. Till then, let us tend to your wound." With in minutes, my side was bandaged up.
"Why did you call my friend back there a dark one?"
"His element was darkness. We will not allow darkness to take over this peaceful place."
"Element?"
"Yes, element. Everything in this world has an element of ether Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light, Dark, and Thunder. There are few creatures in this world that have no element at all."
"What element is mine?"
"You are fire." Taking this to mind, someone came running in.
"What is wrong?" the monk asked.
"Jacqueline is gone!" Everyone then went into a frenzy. In the confusion, I headed back to Brad. When I met up with him, He had a little girl with him. She was 4'5, had black shoulder length hair with brown eyes. She wore black pants with a purple vest. A gold band with a purple stone was worn around her head.
"Is this your girl friend?" I asked as I approached them.
"Ha Ha, very funny." He responded.
"Let me go." She wined.
"Why should he?" I asked.
"I don't want to be caught, please let me go before they come."
"Who are they?" But as Brad asked this, three monks came from behind us.
"Thank the gods. You found her." One of them said.
"This is Jacqueline?!" I asked with shock.
"Care to fill me in here?" Brad asked.
"She is their leader." Now Brad was the one with the shock look.
"Oh thank you, thank you. We are lucky that you two were here. We will feast in your honor tonight." He said. Then the other two monks took Jacqueline away. As they took her away, I saw the sadden look on her face.
That night, we feasted like we were kings. After the feast, we headed to the entrance. We thought that we may want to practice encase we encounter Bounty Hunter again. I must say, Brad is better then I thought. During one of our breaks, I realized that we were being watched.
"Brad, some one is here besides us." I whispered.
"Where is he?" I point behind a stone pillar. He nodded and walked over to it. He acted like he would pass it but he turned around and grabbed the person. He pulled the person into the light. It was Jacqueline.
"So our spy is the leader of the monks. What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I came to watch you guys fight."
"We don't fight. We practice." Brad said.
"Why?" We then told her what has happened to us, not saying anything about the jewels. After we finished our peace, she stared at us wide eyed.
"That is very exciting." She said. I then noticed that her jewel on her tiara (the gold band around her head) was glowing and Brad's jewel in his pouch was glowing, as well as my chest.
"What is with you chest?" She asked me. I started to walk away.
"Ah, I am going to take a walk." I headed to the forest. I wondered around until I came to a lake. The bright moon reflected off the water. I took my chest plate off, revealing my chest and my jewel. I then looked into the water. I really changed over the past two months. I am not skinny anymore but have muscles that a 30 year old would have. My dark brown hair looks almost black now and my red eyes don't have the shine that they use to. I have changed. I have changed from a weak little farm boy to a strong brave warrior. I went to the lake to wash my face. After washing my face off, I heard something from behind me. I took my sword and stood in a ready position.
"Who's there?" I yelled. From out of the bushes, Jaqueline stood before me.
"So it is true." She said in a low voice.
"What do you mean?" I asked, putting my chest plate back on.
"Brad told me why you left. I didn't think it was true, but now that I see it was my own eyes...."
"You think I am a freak, right?"
"No, I think..."
"Well you are wrong. I am a freak. I can't go back to my family. I am surprise that Brad hasn't abandon me yet."
"Will you just shut up for a minute?" I looked into her eyes.
"Ok. I see it being hard for you but you can't look at it as a handy cap." I then noticed that her jewel was glowing again. My chest started to light up too.
"Brad told me why they light up. They have a power of some sort. I guess they only glow when they are near other jewels like it."
"I guess you are a chosen one then." She then gave me a confused look.
"What do you mean by chosen one?"
"Remember when we told you when I got hit by that arrow?" She nodded her head.
"When I was out, this big red dragon came to me in a dream. He said that I was next in line for some type of power. What kind, we don't know, but he said there are others with this power. Brad and myself are some of these people. We think these jewels are the source for this power, but we have yet to learn how to use it." She then sat down, taking to thought of what I just side.
"Come on kid. We better head back." I said to her as I headed out of the forest.
The morning came, the sunlight hitting my face as I woke up. I put my gear on and met Brad at the entrance.
"What are we going to do about Bounty Hunter? For all we know, he could be standing out there right now." I ask him.
"I wonder if there is another way out of here."
"There is." We turned around and saw Jaqueline standing there.
"Are you going to tell us?" Brad asked. She pointed to a huge stone that she was standing next to.
"Under this stone, there is a passageway that ends miles from here. I found it when I was trying to escape." She said.
"Lets see if this is true." So, Brad and I pushed the stone and under it was a stairway.
"Thank you." Brad said after he walked down the stairs.
"Bewared, there maybe monsters down there. Be careful."
"I will keep that in mind. Thanks." With that, I headed into the passage way after Brad.
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FlamingHero626: I would first off like to thank my only reviewer at this moment, Aerena. Thank you for reviewing it, and I am honored that it got into your favorite story list. Sorry about the e-mail. Anyway, now the heroes are going underground. Isn't that going to be fun? Please send in reviews.