Chapter 4: Din's Fire
Everything was ruby red. And stood in the very back was a huge statue of Din. And all around was smaller statues of her, with fire in her hands. Red water flowed from the fountains. Fire in the background. She started to slowly walk to the huge statue.
"Master, this place is utterly similar to the other shrines we have been to. Except every thing is made of fire," said her sword of light. Misty nods and continues up to the big statue. She walked up the ruby stoned staircase. As she does, flames burst from the rail side. It was normal, though it seemed to startle Misty a bit. She made it to the statue and examined it. It had writing on it, saying that there are four rooms in this shrine. Each with four different seasons in them. She must collect each of them with a special item. With that, she can control the seasons.
"Sounds like my magic harp. It can control the ages from Past to Present to Future," misty said.
"Well I wonder what you can do with controlling seasons," said her sword of Light. There was a sudden rumble. The huge statue started to glow. Misty backed away cautiously. The statue started to glow and something appeared in her hands. It was a long rod called the Rod of Seasons. It had four holes where something could be fitted in them. Misty took it and looked at it.
"This must be the special item it was talking about. Now to find these four rooms that has each of the seasons," Misty said. A Door on the right then opened. She looked at the side, and then looked around before going in.
"Well let's go in already!" said her sword.
"Yeah yeah, I know," she said. She looked up and saw a symbol. She tilted her head but just walked in the chamber. Cold air sweaped in. She felt started to shiver and saw some snow flakes.
"It's...Snowing," she muttered.
"This must be where you can get your first season spell," said her sword.
"Winter spell that is," she said. Her hands went numb, and her teeth chattered in her mouth. She started to slowly walk to the end of the chamber. Up ahead was another fountain with a statue of the Winter Guardian. She walked up to it and she heard a voice.
"Thou who owns the Rod of Seasons can have the spirit power of winter,"
"Master, I think its talking about that staff thing you just got. Hold it up in the air and see what happens," said her sword of Light. Misty nods and holds out the Rod of Seasons. A swift current of cold air circled around her. The statue of the Winter Guardian started to glow. A mark appeared in one of the holes in the rod and then formed a stone symbol on it. The current went away and Misty opened her eyes. She looked at the symbol in one of the four holes in the rod.
"This must be the new spell. You should be able to change the season to winter," said her sword of Light. The statue began to move. Another chamber appeared, and a symbol appeared above the door.
"Bet this leads to another Season chamber," said her sword.
"Well lets go to the next one, because I'm freezing by ass here," Misty said. She then ran in the next chamber and soon it started to get a bit warm. She found herself in the Spring room.
"Warm..." she said.
"Focus master, we have to get to the end of the chamber and get the next spell," said her sword. Meanwhile Saya and Rasheed were still fighting against the force field.
"Damn, we have to get through!" said Rasheed.
"Hey Rash, don't worry. Misty can take care of herself...But I do want to know what is taking her so long to get the artifact," Saya said.
"That's what I'm saying, what if she is in trouble!" Rasheed shouts. He then began to bang on the force field. His knuckles all bloody from punching the field so hard. Back in the shrine Misty walked up to the statue. It to spoke,
"Thou have the spell of winter. Thou will now receive the spell of spring," Another gust of wind circled around her. And another stone symbol appeared in another hole of the Rod of Seasons. It was the symbol of spring. After that another chamber opened, and a symbol appeared above the door. Misty ran through and was in the Chamber of Summer. It was utterly hot. Misty started to sweat a bit due to the fact she wasn't use to this kind of temperature.
"Hurry master, run to the next fountain!" said her sword.
"I know, I know," she said. She then ran to the next. Once again the statue spoke and she then received the spell of summer. She ran to the final room, which was the Chamber of Autumn. She ran to the chamber and got the final spell.
"Finally...Now lets get out of here," she said. There was another rumble and all of a sudden the chamber doors were closing.
"Master hurry!" cried her sword. Misty sprinted threw each chamber. She got to the Chamber of Winter and barely made it out. She slid threw the small opening and tumbled down the big staircase. She was then back out in the main room. She stood up and started to head back to the entrance. She grabbed the door but then pulled back.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"The damn door burned me," Misty cried. She shook her hand and blew on it.
"Well we have to find away to get it open," said her sword. Misty then casted an ice spell at the doorknob, hoping it will cool it down. She then tried to grab it again but was burned once again.
"Damn, what should I do know?" she asked.
"Maybe you can try the Rod of Seasons," said her sword.
"What?"
"Try to use the winter spell. It may make this place freezing cold,"
"All right, if you say so," Misty took out the rod of seasons and casted the winter spell. All of a sudden a cold winter breeze came in. The flames that were on the statues turned to blue fire and everything froze. Snowflakes fell. Misty put away the rod and tried to open the door. It didn't burn her but the door was stuck.
"Oh good lord!" she cried. She casted a fire spell and un froze the door. She managed to get out of the shrine. She ran out of the shrine and was back in the crater. She looked around and ran to the cliff and began to climb back. But what she didn't expect was that she was being watched. The force field went away and Saya and Rasheed were free.
"Misty!" he cried. He started to run to her but a dragon cut him off. Misty stopped and just hanged there. The dragon flew up in the air and landed in the center of the crater.
"Volvagia...The fire dragon," Saya said "Misty you stay where you are!" Rasheed looked at the dragon and back at Misty. He drew his swords,
"Misty you go find a way back to this side, I'll take care of the dragon," he said. Misty drew her two wrist swords.
"No way, I'm going to help you!" she shouts. She then jumped, pillar to pillar to the center. Saya also drew her sword and went after the dragon. All three attacked the dragon head on. They were on a raised platform, lava all around them. And on that platform was a series of holes with lava in them. The large dragon fell in the poll and hide there.
"Anyone up for whack-a-dragon?" Misty said. She then ran to where she thought the dragon would be. When in reality the dragon was in the hole behind her. It appeared and slashed at her with its claws. The scratch on her back was burning; it glowed as bright as fire and blood dripped from the wound. Rasheed then ran to the dragon and slashed it multiple times with his swords. The dragon got hit and retreat back in the hole. It then erupted from the hole and circled them boulders covered in flames fell from the sky. Misty dodged them all and fired and ice spell at the dragon, causing it to fall back in one of the holes.
"Damn, there's just no end to this," Saya said. She ran to the center and casted a powerful dark spell. It surged through the holes and pulled out the dragon. Her eyes glowed black and she crushed the dragon with ease. She grinned,
"Well that's over," but as she said that the lava started to rise. The volcano was about to erupt. The platform started to rise quickly to the top.
"SAYA WHAT NOW?" Misty cried. But was cut off by lava shooting up.
"MISTY!" cried Rasheed. By then, the volcano erupted and Saya, Misty, and Rasheed weren't seen at all., All that was left was the platform they were on. It crumbled in the air. Misty woke up in a random area. She was somewhere on the base of the mountain. All there was was forest and a cave. She got up but fell. The wound on her back was very deep.
"Master, where are we?" asked her sword of light.
"I don't know, maybe we can go and rest in that cave first...ow," she said. She then limped to the cave. She left a trail of blood as she walked. Saya and Rasheed was nowhere to be seen. Misty was left alone on the base of the mountain. She fell to the ground, she was barely there. And before she knew it, she passed out from the pain. Few hours later she woke up inside the cave. She was deep in the cave, she couldn't see the entrance. She found that someone had bandaged her wounds. Her blood-covered shirt was next to her. It was cleaned and dry, someone had healed her and cleaned up her dirty cloths. She looked to the side and saw her Harp of Ages and Rod of Seasons leaning on the wall. She tried to get up but fell back due to being weak and tired.
"Just relax, don't worry. You will be fine," said the voice. Misty knew that voice very well.
"Rasheed..." she whispered. Sure enough Rasheed was sitting next to her. He was smiling at her.
"Hey. Good thing I found you, or you would have bled to death," he said.
"So you're the one who fixed my wounds. But how did you...Where's Saya?" she asked. Rasheed shook his head.
"I don't know where she is. But I think its beast we stay here. Its already getting dark," he said.
"But we have to find..." but she was cut off because Rasheed had his mouth over hers. They both kissed, Misty was a bit startled because it ahs been a while since they kissed. She closed her eyes and held on to him.
Everything was ruby red. And stood in the very back was a huge statue of Din. And all around was smaller statues of her, with fire in her hands. Red water flowed from the fountains. Fire in the background. She started to slowly walk to the huge statue.
"Master, this place is utterly similar to the other shrines we have been to. Except every thing is made of fire," said her sword of light. Misty nods and continues up to the big statue. She walked up the ruby stoned staircase. As she does, flames burst from the rail side. It was normal, though it seemed to startle Misty a bit. She made it to the statue and examined it. It had writing on it, saying that there are four rooms in this shrine. Each with four different seasons in them. She must collect each of them with a special item. With that, she can control the seasons.
"Sounds like my magic harp. It can control the ages from Past to Present to Future," misty said.
"Well I wonder what you can do with controlling seasons," said her sword of Light. There was a sudden rumble. The huge statue started to glow. Misty backed away cautiously. The statue started to glow and something appeared in her hands. It was a long rod called the Rod of Seasons. It had four holes where something could be fitted in them. Misty took it and looked at it.
"This must be the special item it was talking about. Now to find these four rooms that has each of the seasons," Misty said. A Door on the right then opened. She looked at the side, and then looked around before going in.
"Well let's go in already!" said her sword.
"Yeah yeah, I know," she said. She looked up and saw a symbol. She tilted her head but just walked in the chamber. Cold air sweaped in. She felt started to shiver and saw some snow flakes.
"It's...Snowing," she muttered.
"This must be where you can get your first season spell," said her sword.
"Winter spell that is," she said. Her hands went numb, and her teeth chattered in her mouth. She started to slowly walk to the end of the chamber. Up ahead was another fountain with a statue of the Winter Guardian. She walked up to it and she heard a voice.
"Thou who owns the Rod of Seasons can have the spirit power of winter,"
"Master, I think its talking about that staff thing you just got. Hold it up in the air and see what happens," said her sword of Light. Misty nods and holds out the Rod of Seasons. A swift current of cold air circled around her. The statue of the Winter Guardian started to glow. A mark appeared in one of the holes in the rod and then formed a stone symbol on it. The current went away and Misty opened her eyes. She looked at the symbol in one of the four holes in the rod.
"This must be the new spell. You should be able to change the season to winter," said her sword of Light. The statue began to move. Another chamber appeared, and a symbol appeared above the door.
"Bet this leads to another Season chamber," said her sword.
"Well lets go to the next one, because I'm freezing by ass here," Misty said. She then ran in the next chamber and soon it started to get a bit warm. She found herself in the Spring room.
"Warm..." she said.
"Focus master, we have to get to the end of the chamber and get the next spell," said her sword. Meanwhile Saya and Rasheed were still fighting against the force field.
"Damn, we have to get through!" said Rasheed.
"Hey Rash, don't worry. Misty can take care of herself...But I do want to know what is taking her so long to get the artifact," Saya said.
"That's what I'm saying, what if she is in trouble!" Rasheed shouts. He then began to bang on the force field. His knuckles all bloody from punching the field so hard. Back in the shrine Misty walked up to the statue. It to spoke,
"Thou have the spell of winter. Thou will now receive the spell of spring," Another gust of wind circled around her. And another stone symbol appeared in another hole of the Rod of Seasons. It was the symbol of spring. After that another chamber opened, and a symbol appeared above the door. Misty ran through and was in the Chamber of Summer. It was utterly hot. Misty started to sweat a bit due to the fact she wasn't use to this kind of temperature.
"Hurry master, run to the next fountain!" said her sword.
"I know, I know," she said. She then ran to the next. Once again the statue spoke and she then received the spell of summer. She ran to the final room, which was the Chamber of Autumn. She ran to the chamber and got the final spell.
"Finally...Now lets get out of here," she said. There was another rumble and all of a sudden the chamber doors were closing.
"Master hurry!" cried her sword. Misty sprinted threw each chamber. She got to the Chamber of Winter and barely made it out. She slid threw the small opening and tumbled down the big staircase. She was then back out in the main room. She stood up and started to head back to the entrance. She grabbed the door but then pulled back.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"The damn door burned me," Misty cried. She shook her hand and blew on it.
"Well we have to find away to get it open," said her sword. Misty then casted an ice spell at the doorknob, hoping it will cool it down. She then tried to grab it again but was burned once again.
"Damn, what should I do know?" she asked.
"Maybe you can try the Rod of Seasons," said her sword.
"What?"
"Try to use the winter spell. It may make this place freezing cold,"
"All right, if you say so," Misty took out the rod of seasons and casted the winter spell. All of a sudden a cold winter breeze came in. The flames that were on the statues turned to blue fire and everything froze. Snowflakes fell. Misty put away the rod and tried to open the door. It didn't burn her but the door was stuck.
"Oh good lord!" she cried. She casted a fire spell and un froze the door. She managed to get out of the shrine. She ran out of the shrine and was back in the crater. She looked around and ran to the cliff and began to climb back. But what she didn't expect was that she was being watched. The force field went away and Saya and Rasheed were free.
"Misty!" he cried. He started to run to her but a dragon cut him off. Misty stopped and just hanged there. The dragon flew up in the air and landed in the center of the crater.
"Volvagia...The fire dragon," Saya said "Misty you stay where you are!" Rasheed looked at the dragon and back at Misty. He drew his swords,
"Misty you go find a way back to this side, I'll take care of the dragon," he said. Misty drew her two wrist swords.
"No way, I'm going to help you!" she shouts. She then jumped, pillar to pillar to the center. Saya also drew her sword and went after the dragon. All three attacked the dragon head on. They were on a raised platform, lava all around them. And on that platform was a series of holes with lava in them. The large dragon fell in the poll and hide there.
"Anyone up for whack-a-dragon?" Misty said. She then ran to where she thought the dragon would be. When in reality the dragon was in the hole behind her. It appeared and slashed at her with its claws. The scratch on her back was burning; it glowed as bright as fire and blood dripped from the wound. Rasheed then ran to the dragon and slashed it multiple times with his swords. The dragon got hit and retreat back in the hole. It then erupted from the hole and circled them boulders covered in flames fell from the sky. Misty dodged them all and fired and ice spell at the dragon, causing it to fall back in one of the holes.
"Damn, there's just no end to this," Saya said. She ran to the center and casted a powerful dark spell. It surged through the holes and pulled out the dragon. Her eyes glowed black and she crushed the dragon with ease. She grinned,
"Well that's over," but as she said that the lava started to rise. The volcano was about to erupt. The platform started to rise quickly to the top.
"SAYA WHAT NOW?" Misty cried. But was cut off by lava shooting up.
"MISTY!" cried Rasheed. By then, the volcano erupted and Saya, Misty, and Rasheed weren't seen at all., All that was left was the platform they were on. It crumbled in the air. Misty woke up in a random area. She was somewhere on the base of the mountain. All there was was forest and a cave. She got up but fell. The wound on her back was very deep.
"Master, where are we?" asked her sword of light.
"I don't know, maybe we can go and rest in that cave first...ow," she said. She then limped to the cave. She left a trail of blood as she walked. Saya and Rasheed was nowhere to be seen. Misty was left alone on the base of the mountain. She fell to the ground, she was barely there. And before she knew it, she passed out from the pain. Few hours later she woke up inside the cave. She was deep in the cave, she couldn't see the entrance. She found that someone had bandaged her wounds. Her blood-covered shirt was next to her. It was cleaned and dry, someone had healed her and cleaned up her dirty cloths. She looked to the side and saw her Harp of Ages and Rod of Seasons leaning on the wall. She tried to get up but fell back due to being weak and tired.
"Just relax, don't worry. You will be fine," said the voice. Misty knew that voice very well.
"Rasheed..." she whispered. Sure enough Rasheed was sitting next to her. He was smiling at her.
"Hey. Good thing I found you, or you would have bled to death," he said.
"So you're the one who fixed my wounds. But how did you...Where's Saya?" she asked. Rasheed shook his head.
"I don't know where she is. But I think its beast we stay here. Its already getting dark," he said.
"But we have to find..." but she was cut off because Rasheed had his mouth over hers. They both kissed, Misty was a bit startled because it ahs been a while since they kissed. She closed her eyes and held on to him.