Well I'm back again with another chapter. After this one I'm putting this story, and all my others on hold 'cos I'm so busy with school stuff 'cos it's an important year an' all. So enjoy, I'll be working on it if I can but don't expect too much. See ya.
A New Sun
Chapter 5:Kalay's Mystery
By Daikar
"Alexis!!"
The sound of someone calling out disturbed the quiet peacefulness of the beautiful green meadow. Birds flew from the trees in flocks frightened away by the noise. Rabbits, who had been eating the lush grass in the meadow, startled by the noise quickly hopped for cover. A group consisting of two boys and two girls made their way through the tall grass while calling out.
"Where could she have gone?"
"Beats me Lily. Does she do this often or what?"
"You know Alexis, she's a real lone wolf. She prefers to train alone, she always has. She's probably off training somewhere private. Like she always says quote: 'The less distractions the more attraction' end quote. You've known her longest Nerrissa you should know."
"You're probably right Daray. Maybe we should do some training of our own. You up for it?" Nerrissa said in reply.
"Kith's already way ahead of you. Anyway you know I'm always up for some psynergy practice."
"A training session, sounds great. Count me in!" Lilithan said.
"Then bring it on. You two against me in a practice battle." Daray said.
* * *
It was late afternoon the group had been practicing since that morning. Still Alexis hadn't returned. The four remaining Adepts were getting worried about her.
"She has been gone rather a long time. Maybe we should try and find her now." Lilithan said.
"I think you might be right. But where could she have gone. We had planned to go to Kalay this morning and have reached it by now." Daray said.
"Maybe she went there by herself. It is the type of thing she would do." Nerrissa said.
"We can't leave though. What if she hasn't left for Kalay and comes back and we're gone?" Lilithan said.
"But she knows we were going to go to Kalay today so she'll follow us there, if she isn't already there that is." Nerrissa said.
"You're right Nerrissa. We should go to Kalay now. Anyway we're running out of time. I got a vision from the Wise One while I slept. He thinks that Isaac and Garet will be leaving on the ship any day now. They've stopped searching for Felix and that girl from Lalivero." Daray said.
So they set off for Kalay but Lilithan couldn't help but worry about Alexis.
"What if she's in trouble somewhere nearby?"
* * *
"I'm sorry but I'm afraid you can't enter Kalay at the moment."
"What do you mean we can't enter? We have to enter, we think our friend is in there."
"There was a girl about your age here earlier. She had long dark hair held off one side of her face, she was quite tall, wearing a dark tunic and trousers and a blue cape. Does that sound like your friend?" the guard asked them.
"That's her all right. Where did she go?" Nerrissa asked him.
"Well, like I said she came by here. But we couldn't let her enter either. She cursed us under her breath, I heard her because I've got great hearing. Then she just went wandering off thinking about something." The guard told her.
"Is there anything else? Did she mention why she was here? We were all supposed to come here together." Daray said.
"Well she did mention something about a little blue-white creature. But that's all she said."
"Sounds like a Djinn." Kith thought to himself.
"Why can't we go in anyway? She obviously went in because she wouldn't give up that easily." Nerrissa said.
"There is something terrorizing the people of Kalay and Master Hammet has forbidden anyone from leaving or entering Kalay until it is stopped."
"Did you say Hammet?" Daray asked. "Hey guys, isn't that the name of the guy Isaac and Garet saved from Dodonpa in Lunpa?"
"Excuse me, did you say Isaac? You aren't friends of Isaac's, are you?" the guard asked them.
"Yes we are. We grew up with him and Garet."
"Why didn't you say you were from Vale. I'm sure Master Hammet wouldn't mind if I let you in, but you should go to see him before you do anything else. His castle is at the very back of town." The guard said and signaled for the gate to be opened.
* * *
In Hammet's castle, Daray, Kith, Lilithan and Nerrissa were being brought by the guard to see Hammet and Layana. They were led down a corridor into a big room where Hammet and Layana were waiting.
"You may leave." Hammet told the guard. "So you four are friends of Isaac's. You wouldn't happen to be Adepts as well, would you?"
"We are Adepts, but what's that got to do with anything?" Lilithan asked.
"I'm sorry we haven't been properly introduced. I am Master Hammet and this is Lady Layana." Hammet told them.
"Nice to meet you." Layana said.
"I'm Daray."
"I'm Kith an Adept from the town of Xian."
"I am Lilithan."
"And I'm Nerrissa."
"It's very nice to meet all of you. The reason I asked whether you were Adepts or not is because there is something happening in the town. People are complaining about little blue-white monsters that have been terrorizing the villagers. Others are afraid to be in Kalay and have gone to Vault temporarily. I was wondering if you four could slay this monster." Hammet asked.
"Don't you have soldiers for these kind of things?" Daray asked.
"Yes, but some of our soldiers have confronted the beast and come back freezing cold. Others have been found as ice sculptures." Hammet said.
"If you ask me," everyone turned to look at Kith as he spoke, "this monster sounds like a Djinni."
"I'm sorry, what is a dinny?" Layana asked.
"Not dinny a Djinni. A Djinni or Djinn is a magical beast with the powers of us Adepts. They were released when the Elemental Stars were removed from Sol Sanctum." Daray explained.
"I see." Hammet said listening to the explanation.
"Yes, but what type of Djinn do you think it is Kith?" Nerrissa asked.
"Well, the soldiers have come back freezing cold, and others have been found as ice sculptures. It sounds like we're dealing with a Pluto Djinn, a Djinni of ice psynergy." Kith said.
"I'm sorry, but you've lost me again, Pluto Djinn, ice psynergy. Isn't all psynergy the same?" Layana asked.
"No, you see there are nine different types of psynergy known. Venus-earth psynergy, Mars-fire psynergy, Jupiter-wind or air psynergy, Mercury-a mixture of water and ice psynergy, Saturn-darkness psynergy, Uranus-blade psynergy, Neptune-deep water psynergy, Sun-light or sun psynergy and finally Pluto-ice psynergy." Lilithan explained.
"Isaac is a Venus Adept, Garet a Mars Adept, Lilithan a Neptune Adept, Nerrissa a Sun Adept, Kith a Uranus Adept, our friend Alexis is a Pluto Adept and I'm a Saturn Adept." Daray further explained.
"Oh that explains it a little bit more. Why are there so many different types, do they all come from Vale?" Hammet asked.
"No, most Adepts in Vale are Venus and Mars Adepts. Mercury Adepts come from the town Imil in the north and I'm not sure exactly where the other types come from. I believe Adepts originally came from the continent of Lemuria." Lilithan told Hammet.
"Okay. So you think that the monster here in Kalay is a Pluto Djinni. Will you be able to stop it from terrorizing the villagers?" Hammet asked.
"We should be able to. There are four of us and only one of it, and if we find Alexis it'll be five." Daray said.
End of chapter 5.
Well there you go. Looks like somebody will be getting a new Djinn. Just so you know Kith and Nerrissa already have one Djinni each in their possession. If anybody has any ideas for the story e-mail me @ trunksmtk@hotmail.com and if you know when you use Djinn and when you use Djinni because it's used both ways in the manual. See ya.
