Part IV

A few days later

The stranger in the nearby forest watched the storm cause mayhem in Gummadoon, his smile never leaving his face as he flew his hood back revealing his scarred face. A scar was cut across his right eye leaving him blind, another scar ran down from his cheek to his throat and stopped just before his pulse. His cool round small black beady eye shimmered on the castle in front of him, his lips curled back in a snarl as he raised his hand and moved aside part of his black, greasy, short hair that came around his shoulders. He was a traitor to the, gummi's race, he was a human. The intruder's gaze left the castle and fell upon the amulet in his brown-gloved hand.

The amulet was small in a shape of between a moon and a sun, it's colour a midnight blue with a few specks of white, an light blue aura surrounded it, by looking at it you could see it held magical power's.

The intruder's snarl soon turned into a cruel, sadistic, cool and evil smile as he took the amulet from his hand and placed it around his neck.

All at once the intruder suddenly disappeared leaving no trace that he had been there except for the rustle of the few bushes and soft but barely noticeable footprints left behind on the wet ground as he made his way towards Gummadoon.

Cammi sat in his room completely bored out of his mind, his foster dad, Sir Plucky had gone to a meeting with the Councillor's to discuss something leaving Cammi all on his own. He had just finished practicing with his blunt sword as not to hurt himself as he placed the sword back upon the wall where he liked to display them.

The intruder had just finished climbing over the castle wall since the gates were closed as he walked along the balcony of the castle before going down some steps. He made sure to breathe shallowly as not to give himself away as he made his way swiftly across the yard, dodging the few gummi's that walked around in the area. He didn't where this gummi called Cammi was, all he knew was that he had been sent by his master to kill him. He climbed up some more steps and made his way along a well structured and lit corridor and guessed that he was near the Councillor's meeting room when he heard several voices coming from within a room with large wooden oak doors guarded by two gummi knights. He passed by them clutching his cloak so it wouldn't make contact with them and reveal he was there as he made his way down several corridors and turned many corner's when he finally came to a room where he thought Cammi might be with his foster dad as he knocked on the door.

Cammi had just finished putting the rest of his sword upon the wall when he heard a loud knock on the door and guessed it might be Sir Gumlittle when he thought to himself

//but how could it be he was at a meeting with my dad// he thought as he went happily towards the door and opened it revealing nobody. He stepped out the doorway and began to look round when he felt someone pick him up and throw him back inside. Cammi landed on the cold, stone floor and immediately got up, a slight pain in his arm but he didn't care at the moment, all he wanted to know was what picked him up and threw him as he grabbed one his sword off the wall, which happened to be the one he special made for when he could lifted a sword. He watched the door close and knew he was armed with only his sword and his wits then. He listened intensively and could clearly hear the clitter, clatter of shoes walking around the room when he felt someone fist connect with his jaw sending him flying across the room.

Sir Plucky sat in the meeting room looking very worried, he couldn't explain it but he could feel something bad was happening to Cammi right this moment and wanted to go to him and was soon convinced when the Council heard a loud, high pitched scream ringing through the corridors. He immediately jumped to his feet and tore out the room, heading straight to their room where Cammi was, the rest following closely behind him.

Cammi however wasn't haven't such a good time, he had several purple, black bruised on his chest and down his arms, with a few green, yellow bruises on his face, a busted lip and now a broken jaw as he struggled to fight his opponent. He couldn't see his opponent but he knew that he was invisible as he tried to listen intensively with high caution and alert to where he might be occasionally lashing his sword out into thin air. As he listened he could hear his foster father and several other gummi running down the corridor and thanked whatever spirits were listening that they had heard his cries for help. He hadn't realised that he had slightly dropped his guard when he felt his opponent's fist connect with his stomach he fell to the ground clutching it but at the same time lashed out his sword. Cammi could feel his sword cut through something and heard the cries of pain from his opponent before he came visible, clutching his throat as his amulet fell to the floor. He watched as his opponent fell onto his knees gasping for air as blood gushed from his throat and all over the floor before his arms fell down to his sides, his face went deathly pale as he flung forward onto the floor, dead. Cammi was relieved that he defeated him by cutting his throat, as he cast his sword by the side of his feet and fell onto his knees and fell flat on to his face. He was about to slid into unconscious when he saw his foster father kicked down the door since his opponent had locked it and rush towards him when he then saw blackness and went unconscious.

Sir Plucky raced across the room and picked up his adopted son Cammi and began to shake him slightly. When he didn't receive an answer he picked up his son and carried him to the medical ward, fearing the worst for him, he was also accompanied by Councillor Wooddale leaving the rest of them to deal with the human.

Sir Blastus, Sir Gumlittle and some other knights slowly started gathering round the human on the floor laying in his own puddle of blood. Sir Blastus used his staff and nudged the human and soon saw he was dead seeing the blood still seeping out from the human's neck.

The remaining knights soon removed the body while Sir Blastus walked over to Councillor Berryboum to see what he had picked up when Councillor Berryboum said

"He used an invisibility amulet" he whispered examining the amulet in his hand.

Sir Plucky barged into the medical ward followed by Councillor Wooddale as he called for immediate assistance as he placed Cammi on one of the nearby examining table's. He felt afraid and worried for his son who could be at the brink of death as several assistance came rushing round Cammi and assisted him, Sir Plucky not once leaving his side.

The magical storm still hung over Gummadoon never wavering. It had now been a week since the human intruder had entered the castle and Cammi was surprisingly enough in perfect health he'd recovered by the very next morning from all his injuries and physicians could give no explanation had it had happened.

The Councillors were on their ongoing quest to find information on Tarquans but over the years they had found nothing not even a trace on what they were.

Rain still spattered on the ground and drummed against the windows as the sun sleepily crept up over the hills that morning. Everything seemed quite, no bustling around, no cub's laughter, and no birds singing just complete silence. It was to wet to go out so Cammi spent much of his time in library in the sections he was allowed, but now he'd read nearly all of those and his child curiosity had driven him to look in the restricted sections. Here he could only go if an adult accompanied him and even then he could only read books that he was given which was rare. He was lucky today because no one had come into the library there was only him so with his lamp in his hand he tiptoed into the restricted sections. He snuck to the back where the shadows loomed and walked up and down the bookcases. Nothing really looked that interesting here and the books were covered in dust, which probably meant not many gummi's came in here. He wandered round cautiously listening for adults but there were none, eventually finding nothing Cammi turned round to leave when something hit him on the head knocking him to the floor. Rubbing his head and opening his eyes he saw an old, tattered book lying on the floor infront of him. He picked it up and blew the dust off the cover, but instantly regretted it because his eyes began o water and he coughed. After wiping the rest of the heavy dust off the cover and bringing his lamp over he read the title of the book, The Best Forgotten Ancients. The title intrigued the cub's curiosity so he sat down on the floor and as he placed his hand on the cover it flew open flicking past the pages to the back of the book then lay open on one the world's most darkest and deadliest demons, the Tarquans.

Cammi gazed down at the open book then slowly began to read time seemed to stop as he read of the horrors these things had done. They were awful and he would have closed the book if the story about a Gummi Knight standing up against this evil hadn't seemed somehow familiar.

Slight noises began around him and Cammi jumped thinking it might be an adult then his heart stopped when he heard laughter that to seemed familiar and he began frantically searching around him for the source. Slowly his attention drew back to the dusty, old book as he realised that was where it came from, he shook in fear as a ghostly figure took form infront of him out of the book.

The figure took the form of a human, but by looking at it more closely Cammi knew it was not. Its hair was long and spiky and its face didn't resemble one more like an ape except the skin around the eyes sunk in and was grey and the eyes themselves were glowing red. The hands had long, sharp, black claws sticking out from them. Then Cammi looked at bit lower and noticed a small, black tail curled around its waist and finally its bottom half didn't resembles one because even though their tunic prevented him seeing fully he could make out at a glance that it was an animals rear.

Cammi just stood still, he couldn't move or speak he was so scared then his shuddered violently as this creature came up close to him and whispered, "So we meet at last, Cammi"

Cammi couldn't reply just stood where he was opened mouthed, but when the creature spoke it sent a chill down his neck and spine. The creature laughed then narrowed its eyes and looked Cammi in the eyes and said, " Soon, Cammi, soon"

"S-s-soon what?" Cammi stuttered out.

"Until I claim your life" it hissed back.

The creature howled then sucked itself back into the book, which then lunged itself at Cammi and landed in his open arms.

Cammi stood momentarily stunned from the events then let out a scream and ran towards the exit with the book still in his arms. He reached the doors of the restricted section and tripped over, as he fell the book went flying out of his hands and landed on the floor infront of Councillors Berrybaum and Wooddale open on the page of the Tarquans.

Cammi opened his eyes and saw that two gummi's were stood infront of him. He slowly looked up and saw the angry and concerned faces of the Councillors. He shakily got to his feet and stood before them still shaking trying to think of an explanation when Sir Plucky walked in. Cammi opened his mouth to try and explain but nothing came out his dad walked right up to him then noticed the book lying open on the floor and what it was about. Cammi didn't know why but all three of them where looking at him, but they no longer looked angry just concerned, which they had every right to be. Cammi had gone very pale and looked like he was going to be sick, his eyes were watery and he was shaking violently.

Sir Plucky touched his shoulder and asked if he was all right and Cammi jumped he was nervous wreck.

"Cammi are you alright?" was all he could hear as a nauseous feeling crept over him and he collapsed on the floor.

TBC…

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