A Story And Addendum For Memoirs Of The Heroes. (Previously "Memoirs Of An Adventure's Child."))
(All Characters Are Ficticious And bare no resemblence to living people. Any resemblence to fictional characters is only by chance.)
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It has been a little over four years since my brother killed our father,
and my mother and I had to go into hiding. My skills have slowly
begun appearing, and I have started to use them more and more so I could
stop my brother. I still remembered the day I had fallen ill when
we were just four. My brother, KLar just looked at me, and silently
laughed. Over the years, he orchestrated things to happen so that
both my mother and father thought I was evil. Now, he was the head
of the 'Route of Rigge', whose sole purpose in life is to kill my mother
and bring back the Hani. As of recently, I started developing some
of the beast abilities, such as a scream to knock out people. I had
approached my mother with an idea only days ago. It was to search
out the 'Route' and stop my brother. She had suggested to me about
wearing a cloak of white, even over my white wings, to give the appearence
of a banshee. I wore a mask over my face to hide my identity from
people, and over the past few days, I became known as the White Wraith
by local in the area. I had discovered that more towns had appeared
in our world, full of monsters, and since I appeared to be one, they never
threatened me. I enforced their laws and became an icon of justice.
As I was returning back to the entrance to where my mother
and I had lived for the past years, I saw a troop of monsters, and the
'Route', dragging my mother's unconscious body out. How did they find us?
Isis had said we would be safe in that sancutary. Instantly and instinctively,
I flew down with a scream. In the panic, I heard half the monsters
scream, "The White Wraith attacks us. Something is wrong. Is
the 'Route' evil, or is the woman evil?" I had apparently become
a good icon of justice.
I swooped down to so I could shout at them, but then one
of the 'Route' members flew straight at me. I started to swerve
out of the way, but they hit me in the stomach, sending me backwards.
When I stopped, the member removed his hood. I instantly recognized
my brother, KLar. He said in a cocky tone, "Hello JaNa, I was hoping
to run into you. Ever since these monsters told me about the White
Wraith, I figured it was you."
"Don't think I am letting you get away with Mom, KLar.
I know you can't threaten to kill her, for you need her." He just
smiled. I wanted to give him what he deserved.
"I know that, JaNa. She has to be killed in the right
place, the sacred place, but you can't stop us, or else." He didn't
scare me, and he couldn't intimidate me.
"Or else, what? You don't scare me. There is
nothing you can do that can stop me." He nodded and one of the other
'Route' members pulled out a small silver box. The pushed something
on the box.
"Sister, dearest," he said in a villianish tone, "you have
one minute to get to Ki's Temple and save Lynn. A bomb, placed at
the corner of the foundation, is going to go off, and all those people
are going to die." I saw he wasn't joking, but until now the 'Route'
would have never attempted this. I had no choice but to save Lynn.
I flew towards the temple, and left my brother to take my mother away.
As I approached the temple, I heard the explosion, and it started to collapse.
I flew into the temple and saw all the people running. I grabbed
Lynn, and one of her attendants, and flew out of the temple. As I
left the temple, it collapsed, and I knew there were some people still
inside.
Lynn looked at the temple as it collapse and asked, "Who
would do such a thing?"
As I place Lynn and her attendant down, I removed my mask
and said, "My brother." Lynn had looked shocked when she saw my face, and
heard that KLar had done this.
Lynn finally spoke by saying, "You mean that the 'Route'
is behind this. Is your mother dead?"
"No. My mother was taken by the 'Route'."
"It might be your own fault."
"What?" How could Lynn accuse me of allow this.
"If you are the White Wraith, and your brother deduced this,
he could have tracked her down due to the town's stories." I then
realized that she was right. My hopes to hunt down my brother put
my mother's life in danger. I almost wanted to end my life, but then
remembered how many people would be in trouble if St. Marius was brought
back to life, and if he had mom's body. I shuddered at that thought.
I faced Lynn and asked, "What should I do?"
She thought for a moment and told me, "Go to the Final World
and see Rich. He may know what to do." I nodded and took to
the sky. I just wondered how much time I had.
It had taken me hours to fly to the pillar, and to cross the
celestrial world. When I finally reached the Final World. I
remembered the Inn where Rich and his family lived. I entered the
Inn and saw that it had been vacated. I didn't know where they had
gone, but something told me that the 'Route' was invovled with their disappearence.
I started examining the place, when I heard a noise. I turned to
face one of the 'Route' members. Instantly, the member of the 'Route'
attacked me. The attack was brief, since I knocked them down with
a scream. I walked over to the cult member and removed their hood.
I was sickened to see who wore it. It was the guy I had dated at
home. All the time I had known him, he said he wasn't a member of
the 'Route'. He just looked at me, and said, "Surprised, love."
He had backhanded me, and I flew right into the wall. In seconds, he was
on top of me. "Your brother told me you would be around. Now
we can catch up on old times."
He had grabbed my mask and removed it. I looked at
him and said, "When did you join the cult?" I was upset at him for
even joining the cult.
He brought his face closer to mine and said, "I always was
a member, from the day of my birth. If you want to know, it was your
brother's idea for me to date you. I was perfect for the job."
I suddenly couldn't speak straight. I fumbled for my
words and couldn't help but notice my breathing increased. "W-why
i-is th-that?" He then kissed me, and for some reason, I was enjoying
it.
"It is because that I have the magical ability to charm.
How do you think you fell in love with me the first time." He kissed
me even deeper, and said, "I could do this to any woman, but you were chosen
for a reason. Now, I get to keep you out of the way until the full
moon, and I think you will want to do something intimate."
He was right. His charm ability was working its evil
on me. I wanted to stay with him until time ended, but I couldn't
fail Mom. I then realized that he was kissing me with passion.
I had to stop this, and soon. Fighting with all my might and will
power, I brought my knee up to hit him right were it counted. He
doubled over in pain, and I knocked him off his feet and grabbed my mask.
I flew out the door and off to the pillar. As I had left the Inn,
I could see some of the 'Route' running toward the Inn. Apparently,
I was supposed to by my old boyfriend's side. Just as I had reached
the pillar, I could see the demons coming after me. I flew as fast
as I could and made it to the pillar, with no time to spare. I thought
about it for a moment and realized that I had only two days to rescue my
mother, but were could she be. I reached the Celestrial Temple, knowing
that Isis could find Rich, and collapsed at the door.
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When I awoke, I saw Isis standing over me. I then realized
that I had been asleep. Was it too late to save Mom? I looked
at Isis and said, "How long have I been asleep?"
The goddess put her hand on my shoulder, and I felt relaxed.
She then said, "Only for 10 hours, and we have to hurry. The full
moon is 10 hours away. If you don't hurry, you will lose your mother
to St. Marius."
"How? I thought that could only be done at the place
of his death, at the Mana Net."
I heard my mother's friend, Rich, speak. "Apparently
your brother has a device that can hold St. Marius' spirit. After
seeing the ceremony only a few days ago, I brought my family here."
Isis then said, "What the 'Route' has is a Spirit Sphere.
It captures a spirit and during a special ceremony, it exchanges a soul
with the spirit, but on a full moon, it seperates the main elements of
the being." I didn't like the sound of that.
"What exactly do you mean by 'seperates'?"
"The ceremony seperates the person into all eight of their
components, Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Mind, Magic, Spirit, and Body.
If there is not a vessel for each, the being dies without death."
I shook as I said the next words. "What does that mean?"
"It means your mother will no longer exist. When you
die, she will not be there. When the world ends, she will not be
there. It will be as if she was never born." I was horrified
by what Isis had just said. It sounded like there was no reason to
life. I was scared to think that was the case. "You don't have
long to save your mother."
Rich then spoke up. "If I know St. Marius, he will
keep all aspects of her alive. If each of her components hold a fraction
of the powers that she possess, he will want to control all of them."
Isis had a look of fear on her face. I knew of all the power's Mom
had, and eight beings with that power was a dangerous thought.
I grabbed the mask from were Isis had laid it, put it on
and said, "Then let's hurry. My mother doesn't have much time.
We have to get to the temple." Isis shook her head and sighed.
"The ceremony can only be held at the place of the Sphere's
creation. That is on the top of the Palace of the Ancients."
Rich looked at her and said, "Where is that?"
"It is what you now call, the Ancient Ruins." My hopes
collapsed at that moment. I had been close to where they had taken
Mom, and left the area. Time was against us. Rich, his children,
Li, and myself then rushed off. We had less than half a day to reach
her.
When we finally arrived in my homeworld, I noticed that night
was approaching. The cult had sent resistence to detain us, and now
we had under two hours to get to the Ancient Ruins, and get to the roof.
I led the way to the temple, and it didn't take us much time to reach the
ruins. Apparently, my brother was not expecting me to get past all
the guards. We all entered the ruins, traveling up the stairway.
As we headed up, there was a flash, and I felt a hand drag me into a room.
As I recovered my sight, I was looking into the eyes of my so-called boyfriend.
He had an evil grin on his face, and he said, "Miss me." I was starting
to have trouble standing.
I looked at him and spat in his face. "There is no
way you and your evil cult is going to stop us." He put his arms
around me, and pulled me close to him. I tried to resist, but couldn't.
"You are mistaken. It is your mother, and yourself
that is evil. I know you won't be saved like everyone else will be.
I thought you might like a last chance at happiness." I tried to
get away, but he got closer. He smiled that evil smile of his again
and started to kiss me. Almost instantly, my thoughts returned to
normal, and a shocked look was on hid face. I then saw Lena, Rich's
daughter standing behind him.
"Lucky I had a Death spell, I hoped I would never have to
use it, but it appears I had to." She looked a bit upset.
I walked over to her and said, "Thank you, I was defenseless.
But we must hurry, or we might all be killed." She nodded and we
ran out of the room. I had rejoined with everyone and we continued
to the top of the ruins. We had just reached the top of the ruins
when a whole line of cult members ambushed us.
My brother looked in our direction and smiled. He said,
"You're too late. The time has come, and St. Marius is going to return."
I then noticed that seven Elbiots were around my mother, and the Spirit
Sphere was above her head. This was also when the ambush had turned
into a full fledged fight. It didn't take us long to find out the
outcome, because there was flash of light, and my mother's scream.
Just as soon as the scream ended, the cult stopped and my
mother stood up. She looked at us and said in strange voice, "I have
returned." I then knew that my brother had succeeded. The Elbiots
flew off to were ever they called home. "Now, for all of you, I have
a special treat, your death's." I saw a fireball, so large that it
would leave nothing behind of our bodies, form. It was then that
Lena casted a spell and everything changed over to the Celestrial Temple.
Isis turned to us and said in surprise, "Where is Vet?"
I couldn't say it, but Rich found the strength to answer
the question. "In seven Elbiots, and her body is host to St. Mairus."
She sighed, and Rich continued, "It won't take long for him to get here,
so we better leave."
Isis sighed and said, "There is only one safe haven from
the Elbiots. The ancient droids cannot reach the Dimensional Hub.
Besides, we can find out were all of the Elbiots will head."
Li, Rich's wife, asked Isis, "How can we find that out?"
Isis then said something that sent a chill in all our bones.
"Rotat is there. The mystical seer can answer the questions, but
once he answers them, we must leave." She then waved her arms, and
we floated upwards from the Celestrial Temple, but how far would we float?