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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I looked on in horror as we finally approached the world. My temple
had changed. It was a darker shade than it had been. Even the
celestrial world was dimmed in light. The evil of the 'Route' had
taken over the world. I had thought that my people would fight them.
I heard Rich remark, "This is awful."
JaNa then said to me, "Isis, how could this have happened?
Could my brother have done all this." I think she knew that he could
have, but with St. Marius using her mothers body as vessel, it could be
said that it was St. Marius' work.
I looked at her and said, "Yes, but hopefully, there are
some worlds still free. I can't believe that the cult is in control
of everyone. With luck, we can get to the World of Air without resistance."
Lena then said, "Do have a plan if were spotted?"
I looked at her and she just pointed down. I glanced to where she
was pointing and saw two figures standing at the door to the temple.
I saw the black wings of KLar, and the red hair of Vet's body. KLar
was pointing up and I knew that they saw us.
Vet's hands started to glow and Li shouted, "Brace yourselves.
St. Marius is going to attack." A green ball of energy started to
fly toward us. St. Marius had used Vet's Force magic. When it struck
us, we all went flying. I used my magic to brace our fall.
If we would have hit the world at this moment, we would have died.
I looked around and saw that we weren't far from the path to the world
of Air.
I stood up and said, "Hurry, we have to get to the path,
before any of the cult approach." As we started to run for the path, the
two demons, Oy an Vey, attacked. KLar had also flown around, which
meant St. Marius was not to far away. One of the demons started to
fly straight at me. I saw as more of the cult was approaching.
The cult was advancing when I heard Vet/St. Marius say, "Give
up, Isis. Your time is up. All of your loyal people are dead."
I didn't believe it. St. Marius was trying to make me give up. I
knew Radr wouldn't give up. I raised my hand and casted a blind spell.
I saw that every one had grabbed at their eyes. They couldn't see.
I looked at my group and said, "Hurry, now is our chance."
We all ran onto the Mana path, and we started to run to the Air World.
I watched as the stars shot by. In no time, we were at the door to
the world of Air.
As we caught our breath, Max said, "How long were we on there?"
I under stood why he said that. Last time we took a trip like that,
we were away from the world for four year.
I comforted him and said, "No time has passed. Mana
paths were constructed for speedy access to all parts of the worlds.
This is the same stuff that the Pillars of Sky are made of."
I saw the look of confusion on Rich's face. "Is this
the same stuff in the Mana Net?" I knew what he was hinting at.
Radr could travel on the Pillars, but not in the Mana Net.
I shook my head and said, "This stuff is a hybrid of the
Mana Net, so that anything can travel safely on it."
Li looked back toward the Celestrial world and said, "Then
why
aren't the cult following us." I was concerned about this as well.
It wasn't until JaNa spoke that I realized the answer.
"It's because they have someone over here already. The Elbiot with
my mother's Air Component in it." I nodded in agreement and then
she said, "Then let's stop it. I want my mother back." Her
voice didn't sound as an adventurer at the time. It had more of the
sound of a little girl.
I openned the door and we all entered the world. Instantly
we felt the gusts of wind pulling us to the edge of the cloud the door
was on. It was not a large cloud, but we could all stand on it.
I looked at our group and said, "We need to fly to the Cloud Tower in the
distance. That is the only building in the Air World. I can carry
one person with me. JaNa can you carry Max." She nodded and
I turned to Lena and said, "Do you have a flight spell?"
Lena paged through a book and said, "Yes." I was glad
for that. Something told me that we all needed to fly over there,
and that JaNa couldn't handle carring more than one person. I also knew
that the spells I had would only alow me to carry many people over a vertical
distance.
Li then said, "I'll go with her." This had meant that
I was to take Rich. We then all took flight. It took us about
an hour to fly there. During that time, Li said, "Isis, why is sky
pitch black below us."
I answered Li's question and everyone gasped. "Below
us, in the dark sky, is a gateway to the land of demons. If anyone
of us were to fall in, it would mean the end of our lives. These
gateways lead to the Elementals, a special breed of demons. They
each have a power of an element, and the element worlds is where they draw
their power. The main demon world is always attacked by the Elementals,
which is why the demons escape into our world."
JaNa looked at me and said, "Would they attack us here?"
I understood her fear. I shook my head and she looked releived.
After a long silence, we reached the cloud tower.
When I openned the door of the tower, a strong gust of wind
started to blow. I realized what it must be. "The Wind creatures
have been gathered into the tower. We must fight our way up."
As we worked our way up. The Wind creatures had increased their attacks.
Just as we were about to reach the first roof, a Wind creature
came up behind us. It spun so fast that a gust of wind hit us.
"My sword," yelled Rich, and I turned to see his sword flying away, as
well as Li's and Max's. I then saw another Wind creature appear and
swallow the swords. It then started to spin, pulling us towards it
gaping maw. In it, I saw the swords spinning.
JaNa looked at the creature and said, "We'll be cut to shreads
if we don't do something." She started to flap her wings and hold us back,
but the creature increased it's spin. "I can't fight it." She
then collapsed to the floor and the wind started to drag her toward it.
"No." Max yelled and grabbed her, trying to keep his
balance. "I won't let you die." I saw it in his eyes.
I saw that he cared for her, that he loved her. I then saw Lena cast
a spell. I didn't hear it, but all of a sudden the wind came to a
stop.
Lena looked at me and said, "Calm spell, but it won't last
long." We left the area, recovering our weapons, and went to the
first roof. On the roof, I saw the gap between the two towers.
Lena then said, "I think my mother and I should stay behind. I can
keep the wind's calm, and mother can protect me."
I turned to JaNa then and said, "Are you up to the rest of
the trek?" She nodded and I then said to Li and Lena, "Be careful,
fall into this gap and you fall into the demon world." Afterwords, I grabbed
Rich, and JaNa grabbed Max.
When we reached the door to the second part, JaNa looked
at Max and said, "Thanks for saving me." I saw the look in her eyes,
and could tell that she was falling in love with him.
We enter the second part of the tower, and I heard footsteps.
With the footsteps, I heard a growl. I turned to the group and softly
said, "I don't like the sound of that."
Rich looked at me and said, "What is it, Isis?" He
had talked a little softer than he usually did, but the roar told me that
Rich had been heard.
"An Ancient, and Isis no less. The hunt is on.
When she dies, Air will rule her world." The words had bellowed through
the building and I was scared. I started to run through the tower,
working to get to the top.
Max looked at me as his father, JaNa and he followed and
said, "What is it?"
I didn't dare look back, but stayed alert. "A Fiend.
When the Ancient's fought one another, the Elemental Fiend's of our realm
became corrupt, attacking good and evil in hunts. There are four in total,
the one that hunts us is Byak-Ko, the White Tiger, Fiend of Air."
"Why haven't they attacked in so long?" Rich asked.
"Because, they had been trapped in the World of the tower,
which I had sealed off. That can only mean that they were defeated,
and that that world has returned to light. Now we will nead Vet's
Air Essence to help us defeat him." We eventually reached the second
roof. There was a gap to the central chamber, where the Elbiot would
be, but we had to get there. I had started to cast a flight spell
when a blast hit my back, knocking me to the edge of the gap. I stared
right at the White Tiger as he advanced, to knock me to my doom.
"This day has been a long time coming. The ancient's
must die. The prophecy states so." I was about to ask what
prophecy when a loud shreek stunned Byak-Ko. I saw the JaNa was using
her screaming ability, and Max was attacking the beast.
Rich helped me up and said, "We have to get Vet's Essence
to help them." I nodded and flew the two of us to the central chamber.
When we entered, the room was draped in white. I saw the Elbiot at
the far wall.
It raised it's arm to fire on us, but then, the featureless
face changed and appeared to look like Vet. It was all white, but
it said, "Isis, don't strike the brain. My essence is trapped in
here. Strike the machine's mind." I knew what that ment.
Then the face disappeared and the voice of the Elbiot said, "The Elboit
of Air shall whirl you out of existance."
Just as it was about to fire on us, a cloaked figure attacked
it. Rich ran to stop the attack. The attacker was aiming for
the Elbiot's head. All the figure yelled was, "For the master, I
shall kill you, and the Elbiot." I didn't know who was attacking,
but the voice sounded familiar.
As they fought, I ran over to the Elbiot and held out my
staff. I rammed it right into the chest, where the Elbiot's
main processor was. I remembered that the Elbiot's mind was were
a being's heart would be, but it's memory was in it's head. The voice
on the Elbiot change, as did the face, to that of Vet. She looked
at me and said, "Disconnect the head, and my Air Essence will be safe."
I did as she said, knowing that she would know how to preserve her Essence.
Soon the head started floating on its own.
Rich then said, "I managed to stop our unknown attacker,
but take a look at her face." I walked over to the cloaked form and
saw the face. Half was covered in metal, part of which had a crystal
like strand through it, but the remaining part of the face I recognized.
He noticed my face and said, "You know her. Who is she?"
I didn't answer, but lead him out the door. We returned
to the rooftop where Byak-Ko was fighting JaNa and Max. He was about
to get the upper hand when I said to Vet's Air Essence, "Your powers over
Air can stop him." She appeared to understand, and all of a sudden,
Byak-Ko disappeared.
JaNa looked over at us and cried, "Mom?"
I just looked at her and said, "Only part of her. Now
we better get Li and Lena and head back for our world. I know where
to go for the next part." We headed down and got the rest and then
set out on the long trip back.
On the way, Rich asked me, "Who was that, or better yet,
what was that?"
I looked at them and said, "Crystoids. They appeared
along time ago when some of the Ancients, in an attempt to defeat the Evil
Ancients, and the Fiends, combined there bodies with robots, becoming Cyborgs.
This cost them their magic abilities, until a Magic crystal was grown and
bound to each one. They became known as Crystoids at that time.
Crystoids cannot reproduce, so they abduct people, making them immortal
and merging them with their now evil leader. They cannot refuse the
will of the evil and slowly they forget their lives without the leader
and bretherin. The one that you killed, Rich, was my older sister,
Gaia." I saw the looks on all their faces. They were shocked.
I then said, "They started to become sighted in abductions when the metal
mass appeared. Some legends claim that is their home."
Rich then said, "And since they attacked the Air Elbiot,
they must view all of Vet as a threat. I wonder if they have attacked
St. Marius at all, since he is in Vet's body." I had wondered that
as well, but we would have to hope that if they did, they wouldn't succeed.
We had to get to the Final Passage, to rescue Vet's Spirit Essence.