The Chronicles Of Weyard
By Claviculae
Chapter 12: The Final Battle
One day, as Santur was sitting in the break room, he got a message to report to Albert immediately. "Santur, there you are. We have an emergency. The Wise One, ancient guardian of the Seal, has returned and is trying to seal off the power that is keeping Weyard alive! We have to stop him." "How do we stop him?" Santur asked. "You'll need to power up before you can hope to stop him. Your companions will need to do the same. When you're done doing that, you'll need to intercept and battle him. Give your companions their assignments and go."
Santur was out the door and racing to the break room. He ran up to his companions. "Guys, we have an assignment. We need to power up to Luna and Sol. The wise one is trying to seal Alchemy, and we need to fight him. Let's go." They ran to the stables and grabbed their steeds. Venusit didn't bother waiting to go outside. He dived into the rock floor the moment Brigg was on him. The other four raced outside, then Santur, Gandas, and Goman took off, leaving Meron on the ground. "Let's go, Mercurin." The horse whinnied and raced off to the Karagol. As soon as Mercurin splashed into the Karagol Sea, she dived down to the bottom. From there she swam into a subterranean current that went north. The horse and rider eventually reached the northern part of the great eastern sea. Mercurin jumped up onto land. They were just east of Imil. Mercurin raced north to Mercury Lighthouse. As they approached it, Meron was overwhelmed by the sheer size of the lighthouse. It was hundreds of feet tall and massively wide. At the very top, hovering in aerie, was the Mercury Beacon, the very essence of Mercury's power. But Mercurin didn't bother to stop and enjoy the view. The horse ran straight towards the wall of the lighthouse. When she was fifteen feet away, she jumped straight at the wall. At the last minute, Mercurin's aura flared and a spike of ice formed on the wall. The horse landed on this, then jumped to the right. As before, an ice spike formed on the wall, providing a safe spot to land. She gained about ten feet every time she jumped. It took several minutes to reach the aerie, but it was definitely faster than trying to navigate the inner maze of the lighthouse. With one final leap, they were standing on the aerie. Meron dismounted and walked up to the glowing sphere of light. As she approached it, a bright beam shot out and engulfed her. The beam continued to surround her for a full minute. After that, it dissipated almost instantly. Meron was changed, however. Her aura was much brighter and clear-cut. She jumped up on Mercurin, who ran full-speed for the eastern side of the aerie. When she reached the edge, she gave a tremendous leap, gaining speed as she descended, finally splashing to the ocean and making for a subterranean current that would take them straight underneath Angara and Gondowan, cutting a southwest path that would take them to Atteka, home of Jupiter Lighthouse.
Santur had flown southwest from the start, straight towards Atteka. He always enjoyed the view when he was flying. Right now, he was passing over the northern part of the mountain range that separated Angara and Gondowan. A little further south and they would have flown over Magma Rock, the only aboveground volcanic activity that remained in Weyard. At one time during the forming stages of the world, numerous volcanoes had existed all over Weyard. The best-known one was near the Apojii Islands. It is known as Aqua Rock, but it didn't start out that way. During the early stages of Weyard, it had been a massive volcano that spewed out enough lava to create the base for the Apojii Islands. After it had cooled, a fault line in Weyard's geographic plates caused it to sink several hundred feet into sea. After that, the numerous chambers and tunnels that had originally held and channeled magma filled with water, creating the wondrous chambers and caverns of Aqua Rock. Another volcano far to the east of Angara had created the base for the smallest of Weyard's eight continents. Izumo only had one city on it, and that was named after the continent itself. The infamous volcano was on Osenia. Now known as Air's Rock, it had started out as a mountain, but just after Alchemy was sealed, it erupted, spewing magma for miles around. The desolation created by the eruption was then named the Yampi Desert, a barren ravaged wasteland.
Santur's thoughts were interrupted as Jupiten landed on the aerie of Jupiter Lighthouse. Santur climbed off of his steed, then walked up to the giant beacon that lit up the landscape for miles around. As he approached it, a shaft of light suddenly emanated from the beacon and engulfed him. After a minute of this, the light faded. Santur's aura was changed. He could already feel more power flowing through him. "Alright, Jupiten! Let's roll!" He jumped on his horse, who promptly flew off to the northeast.
Mercurin jumped out of the water and onto the sandy beaches of Atteka. She started galloping south, eventually reaching a small river. She jumped in and started swimming downstream. Meron was looking ahead and noticed that the river entered a small cave in the side of a foothill. Before they entered that, however, Mercurin jumped out of the water and started galloping towards the now-visible Jupiter Lighthouse. When she had reached it, she quickly scaled it using the ice spike method. When she had reached the top, Meron ran up to the beacon. Before she was able to reach it, she was engulfed by the same brilliant light that had surrounded Santur just minutes before. When it vanished, her pupils had changed to a deep shade of black.
Unbeknownst to Meron, Santur had just finished the same process at Mercury Lighthouse. Gandas and Goman had also completed their visits to Mars Lighthouse and Venus Lighthouse. Brigg had a little more of a challenge getting up the side of the lighthouses. He had expected that he would have to find his way through the innards of the lighthouse. When he reached it, he found out differently. As Venusit rode up to the side of the lighthouse, Brigg was about to dismount when the horse nickered at him. "What is it?" he asked his steed. The horse's aura flashed and the ground trembled. Suddenly, Brigg found himself riding a large boulder that was caught in the largest Grand Gaia he had ever seen. As they neared the aerie, Venusit jumped off of the boulder, landing on the edge of the platform. Venusit had repeated this process at Mars Lighthouse as well.
As they were all standing on the aeries of various lighthouses, Albert established a mind link with them. "Quickly! The wise one is traveling southeast towards Venus Lighthouse. He's going to try to quench the beacon!" Santur, Meron, and Brigg were off in a flash, traveling at top speed towards the lighthouse. Gandas and Goman, already standing on the aerie, started searching for the large spherical rock.
Santur was approaching Venus Lighthouse from the north when he saw the wise one. It was traveling up from Indra towards the lighthouse. It was levitating about twenty feet off the ground. Santur flew down to meet him with Gandas and Goman in tow. They landed on the ground and rode towards him. When they were thirty feet away, the rock suddenly noticed them. "Who are you and what do you want?" Santur stepped forward. "I am Santur, and these men are Gandas and Goman. We are Adepts that have been sent to stop you from sealing Alchemy." The rock blinked, then laughed. "You think that you can stop me? Foolish humans. I am unstoppable, and I have been set up as a guardian over Weyard. Humans cannot continue to use this power. They will destroy themselves and damage Weyard irreparably. Alchemy must be sealed. There is no other way." "You are wrong! We can prevent this. That is what the ACSS is for!" "There is no other way. Now stand out of my way or be destroyed."
Santur stood his ground. An aura formed around the wise one as it charged its Psynergy. Santur began to form a protective aura around himself and Jupiten. His horse boosted the shield's power. The wise one's aura flashed and a huge lightning bolt struck Santur's aura shield, shattering it instantly. "As you can see, I am far more powerful than you can ever hope to be. Now stand aside or die." Santur remained motionless. "Very well." The wise one's aura started to glow again. Suddenly, a beam of light split the ground between Santur and the wise one. As the wise one released a barrage of huge icicles towards Santur, a huge rock leapt out of the ground, blocking the attack. The beam of golden light extended out towards the wise one and another boulder shot out of the ground, colliding with the wise one. As the wise one fell to the ground, Santur noticed the source of the Grand Gaia attack. Brigg and Venusit jumped out of the ground and landed next to Santur. "You've got to be more careful, Santur. You're going to get hurt sometime." The two smiled at each other.
The wise one wasn't down for long, however. He got up and flew towards Santur, meaning to blast him right off of Weyard. He never got the chance. Brigg, Gandas, and Goman all raised their hands. Large energy beams emanated from them as six small swords stabbed him. Energy flew in towards the three Adepts as three massive swords all stabbed into the wise one. "Boy, this Sol thing rocks!" Gandas said as he lowered his hand. The wise one once again rushed at Santur, only to be stopped by dozens of searing heat beams. "Finally! I can use Odessy AND Liquifier!" Brigg was ecstatic.
By this time, Santur had recovered and was ready to battle. As the wise one began to levitate again, he raised his hand. "Spark Plasma!" he screamed as multiple lightning bolts struck the wise one. He reeled backwards and fell, landing on a large bed of ice spikes. Mercurin jumped out of the nearby sea and galloped towards the wise one while Meron began to charge her Psynergy. As the horse neared the now-recovering wise one, Meron unleashed a massive blast of static electricity that stunned it. Santur now had the chance to summon something. As he raised his hands, a huge rainbow circle began to form in the sky. As the wise one began to levitate again, Thor unleashed yet another barrage of electricity. Just as Thor began to vanish, a huge spray of ice came from the north, encasing and immobilizing the wise one. But just as the stream of ice ceased, a huge glowing arrow came from the same direction and shattered the small glacier that now held the wise one prisoner. Gandas and Goman both summoned large meteors that hit the wise one, sending him to the ground. As Brigg raised his hands, a large portal opened behind him, filled with a brilliant explosion. The explosion shot out of the portal, flying past Brigg and straight towards the wise one. At the last second, the wise one's aura flashed, creating a reflective shield and sending the explosion straight back at Brigg. There was a tremendous roar, followed by silence.
Brigg, Santur, Gandas, Goman, and Meron all lay sprawled on the ground. Meron crawled to her feet, then ran over to Brigg's unconscious form. She burst into tears as she realized that he was dead. She then ran to Santur, only to find that he was also dead. Gandas died just as she tried to heal him, but Goman was still alive. She quickly began to cast Pure Ply on him, hoping to revive him. "Foolish humans." There was a bright flash as Meron was blasted back. Goman was dead. Meron lay on the ground, waiting for the end. As she faded out of consciousness, she saw two forms materialize next to her. Everything went black.
Two Mars Adepts, a man and a woman, materialized on either side of Meron. The man had short blue hair, but the woman's bright red hair was long enough to hang below her knees. "Quickly, Saturos! They need help!" Saturos ran over to Gandas. "Mars Djinn! Quickly! If you want to save your friends, then prepare to summon." Gandas' Djinn quickly prepared. "Menardi, are you ready?" She nodded. Four Mercury Djinn stood on the ground, ready to summon. Saturos and Menardi raised their arms and shut their eyes. The wise one looked at them, but his attention was soon diverted as he noticed a small glowing sphere forming about a hundred feet above him. Streams of energy flowed from all the Djinn into the now-expanding sphere of light. As the wise one stared, the sphere flashed and shattered. When the light faded, a large woman was hovering in place of the sphere. She was dressed in long flowing robes of colors brilliant beyond description. As the wise one stared, she raised her arms. Numerous spheres of energy began to form and contract. Suddenly, seven bright beams shot straight down, penetrating and stunning the wise one. The woman shot up into the sky, wise one in tow. As Saturos and Menardi watched, the woman flew straight towards the sun. Eventually they had to shield their eyes from the bright star and weren't able to see what transpired next. No one saw what happened next, save for the wise one and the woman known as Iris. As they approached the bright burning fusion reaction, the woman veered out of the way, allowing the wise one to fly full-force into the sun. A tremendous explosion occurred as a solar flare leapt off the face of the sun. The wise one was shot back towards the earth. The woman smiled, and then vanished.
Saturos and Menardi had only waited about five seconds when a burning sphere hit the ground. As the flames died away, they could see the scarred and burned form of the wise one. He began to levitate again, trying to complete his task. But even as he was picking himself up off the ground, his power failed. With an unexpected silence, he dissolved into the air. As he did, numerous bright specks of Psynergy began to form around the five dead bodies and their dead horses. The glowing sparkles absorbed into the skin of the bodies. As the two Mars Adepts watched, Meron raised her head. She slowly climbed to her feet, a questioning look in her eyes. She opened her mouth, but Saturos held up his hand. "Look at your friends." Meron looked at Santur's body. Her countenance fell as the truth of what had happened set in. Her dearest friend, her companion from early childhood, was dead. She would never see him again. But something was wrong. His chest began to rise and fall slightly. As he began breathing, Meron stared in awe. When he began to pick himself up off the ground, she suddenly realized that he was alive again. She let out a squeal of joy and ran to him, helping him to his feet. Santur looked at the dead forms of his other friends. But as he watched, the same transition took place in them and in the horses. Within a minute, they were all standing on their feet.
They all joined hands as Santur established a mind link with Albert. "What happened, Santur? For a minute, we lost your life sign. Did you win?" Santur smiled. "We won. Weyard is safe."
Epilogue
Twenty minutes later, they were sitting in a room at the Lalivero Inn. Santur turned to Saturos and Menardi. "Now that we have a minute, who are you?" Saturos smiled. "I'm Saturos and this is Menardi. We are Mars Adepts from the time period when the seal was broken. You see, we were defeated by the warrior Isaac at Venus Lighthouse. As we fell down through the central shaft, a bright beam of light shot out as the beacon lit. We were suspended in midair. We saw the wise one. He told us that you, Santur, were going to seal Alchemy, and that we needed to stop you. He sent into this time period, hoping that we would destroy you. You see, he recognized that you would be a threat to him when he tried to seal Alchemy, so he decided to have us kill you. We hired Albert to do just that. He wanted to protect you, so he took the job and set the Gray Company on you, knowing that they wouldn't be able to kill you. That way, he was able to convince us that the job was being done. After a while, though, we got suspicious. We realized that going to Albert himself wouldn't work, so we started to track down Goman, hoping to get information from him. After he escaped us, we had no choice but to wait. Finally, we got a lead. Someone said that you were in Alhafra. We sent the Gray Company to kill you, but one of them thought that we had sent them on a quest to cleanse Weyard. We tried to stop them, but we were too late. After you destroyed them, we realized that we were being tricked, so we confronted Albert. He told us that you were fighting the wise one and begged us to help you. We arrived just in time to save you. You see, we summoned the lady Iris, who not only attacks an enemy with enormous power, but also revives your team. The wise one was defeated and you were saved all in one move. All of us were used by the wise one, played against each other so that he could seal Alchemy. But thanks to some twist of fate, we found out about his plot and were finally able to join forces. Weyard is safe."
Santur and his friends eventually quit the ACSS, having served faithfully for five years. Brigg moved back to Vault, Gandas returned to his family in Prox, and Goman went back to bounty hunting. Santur and Meron moved back to Vault. Six months later, they were married. They lived happily for many years and raised three children, two girls and one boy. Albert continued as director of the ACSS until his death fifteen years later. It was over one thousand years later that the prophecy was fulfilled and the Day of Destruction came about. But even after the almost complete destruction of Weyard, several small groups of people survived. Within eight hundred years, Weyard was completely habitable and had a growing population. Alchemy remained and continues to remain active to this very day. And they all lived happily ever after. The End.
Wow. That was LONG. Much longer than anything else I've ever written. This has been a huge learning experience for me. I've learned a whole lot of things, like don't start stupid subplots that you won't be able to wrap up correctly (i.e. the gray company.) I've already started planning my next fic, along with another small one that I want to do. Thanks so much to SolSabre and leaftwiggy for their reviews. For the rest of you, please review and let me know what you think of this story. Thanks.
Claviculae
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12/30/03
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