Ok, I couldn't think of much for the next chapter to this. So we're going to skip ahead 4 years. Not much more to say so read, review, and hope you enjoy.
Ch.2 The Power Crystal
The sun was just rising over the sleepy village. Some were up working while others still slept in their beds. However, one certain Akishan was awake and slowly creeping towards his sisters room. Today marked her 12th birthday and he wanted to make sure she started the day off right.
He opened the door slowly and walked over to the side of her bed. Laying under the blanket, Shadow slept peacefully. Out side of the blanket Luke was trying to contain his laughter. He gently sat a bucket he had been carrying next to her bed and slowly leaned down so he was inches away from her ear. Luke took a deep breath, then.
"Oh Shadow…..WAKE UP!!!!" he screamed into her ear. Shadow however still layed there peacefully. "You have got to be kidding….oh well"
With a shrug of his shoulders Luke bent down and picked up the bucket full of very very cold water. Lifting it up above his sisters head he quickly shifted the bucket pouring the water all over Shadows head. Shadow shot up like lightning screaming while Luke dropped to the floor laughing.
"You Jerk!!!! Why'd you do that!?" Shadow demanded, glaring at her brother.
"I tried…to wake you up….but…you wouldn't" Luke managed to say between laughs. "Alright shrimp, now that your up its time to go." He said while getting off the floor.
"Stop calling me shrimp!" Shadow said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Hey, just because its your 12th birthday, doesn't mean I cant still call you that."
"Whatever."
"Now come on, or do you NOT want your Power Crystal?"
"I finally get one!?" Shadow asked jumping off her bed in excitement.
"You idiot, every Akishan on their 12th birthday gets a Power Crystal. It marks the time in your life that your finally considered an adult."
"YEAH!!!" with that Shadow bolted past her brother, out of their house, and over to the Temple where her friends and family, as well as the 4 Temple sages stood waiting.
"I'm here" Shadow said, running up to everyone, followed by Luke.
"Your Late" Stated Kitari.
"And your Jealous, what else is New?" Shadow said, grinning at her cousin.
"Ahem, Shadow Fox?" one of the Sages asked.
"Yes?"
"Would you mind if we started now?"
"Oh, sorry" She said, smiling sheepishly.
The 4 Sages stood in a circle around Shadow. One Sage in a black robe, one in white, one in red, and one in grey. All 4 had a Crystal type stone on a gold chain around their necks, a Power Crystal.
Power Crystals are given to every Akishan on their 12th birthday. The Power Crystal gives is owner the power to mimic any magical spell the owner had witnessed recently. The Crystals can be very powerful, but very rare. If an Akishan loses their Crystal, they Never get a new one.
2 weeks ago, Andy turned 12 and received a light blue Power Crystal. Today, being Shadow Fox's 12th birthday, she now has the privilege to receive a Power Crystal. And so the Ritual began.
The white Sage began, "New youth so young"
Then the red Sage, "New Power so weak"
Then grey, "May the Goddess protect you"
Then black, "May the Goddess give you strenght"
"Power"
"Wisdom"
"Protection"
"Courage"
"and Life"
:from now till your death"
With that a bright glowing light covered Shadow. When the light died down a shimmering violet colored Crystal hung from a golden chain around Shadows neck.
"May this Power Crystal protect you"
"May this Power Crystal guide you"
"As long as you have that Crystal"
"The Goddess shall look after you"
With the Ritual finished the Sages left, returning into the Temple. When they where out of sight Shadow's friends ran up to her to congratulate her.
"Were you scared when the light started?" Kassy asked.
"No fair, my Crystals red, you get a purple one" Candy said while examining Shadows Crystal.
"Congratulations sis, now you can fight if the village is ever in trouble" Luke said, patting his sister on her shoulder.
"Like that'll ever happen" Hunter said. "besides, she doesn't even know how to use it."
"Come on Hunter, give me a break, I just got the Crystal" Shadow said defensively.
"Yeah, shes got plenty of time to learn how to use it" Kassy said.
Unfortunitly, just then the sky turned black. Dark clouds formed over the small village in no time. Thunder roared through the air, lightning cut through the clouds, the villagers froze. The all stopped and stared at the sky.
"What….whats going on? We never have storms like this during this time of year." Candy said. Looking at her friends she realized they were all as confused as she was.
However that confusion didn't last long. Through the clouds a figure could be seen. It descends through the darkness making its presence known to all. It was a Grand Dragon, one of the fiercest, dangerous, most powerful creatures on Gaia. In no time the villagers where ready to fight. The Town Square was flooded with villagers, most carrying weapons, some with nothing more then their Crystals. Then, right when they were about to start their attack, more roars were heard. Out of the clouds even more Grand Dragons appeared. There appeared to be 60 maybe 70 or 80 dragons circling the village. Then, it began.
At once, about half of the dragons blasted the village with their Thundara attack. Homes were destroyed with one blast, and many villagers already injured. Shadow saw her father run up to join the villagers, followed by Kitari. Seeing his sister running off to battle, Hunter soon followed. Kassy and Candy took it upon their selves to protect their younger brother. Andy, like Shadow had just received his Crystal and did not know how to use it well enough to go up against a Grand Dragon, let alone 80. So he stayed back with his sisters.
Luke was dying to go help his father, but knew he first had to protect his sister. Shadow also had no idea how to use her Crystal, and was not trained to handle any type of weapon, she was defenseless. Knowing this, the 17 year old boy grabbed his sisters wrist and dragged her back to their house. Once inside he lifted up a latched door in the floor to reveal a small room under the house.
"Luke, what are we doing? We have to go help!" Shadow said, her voice full of worry over her father and friends.
"Shadow, you know as well as I do that if you go out their you'll just get yourself killed."
"But…"
"No buts. You've heard the stories. 10 years ago this same thing happened, almost. The village was attacked by about 15 of those beasts. You were too young to remember, but I wasn't. That was the day Mother died, along with Hunter's parents and the twin's father. The only reason we all survived was because our parents put us in these safe rooms under the houses where the dragons couldn't get to us."
"Luke….I want to help. I do remember that day, I remember all the screams, everything. I'd rather go out their and die then stay here and live through that AGAIN!!!" Shadow was in tears at this point.
Luke knew how much pain his sister was in, he also knew that this would probably be the last time he saw her. He wrapped his arms around his sister and pulled her into a soft hug. "Shadow…..please, promise you'll stay in the safe room."
"I cant"
"Please, just stay in there until someone comes for you."
"What if no one comes?"
"Someone will, I promise"
Whipping away her tears, Shadow nodded her head and climbed into the safe room. Once she was in there, Luke slowly lowered the door. With out another word, he raced back out of the house and into the streets of the village to help with the fight.
Shadow sat on the floor of the safe room and pulled her legs up to her chest. Resting her head on her knees, she started crying. She too, also knew she would never see her brother alive again. She sat there for hours, trying to drown out the screams, roars, cries, and other noises of destruction coming from out side with her own crying. After what seemed like hours, some how, she had cried herself to sleep and the noises on destruction were no more.
That's it for now. Please review. I'll actually try to update this again soon. Later.^_^