Despite the fact that only two or three people tried to appeal my decision of stopping the story I'm going to the a bit more. I still haven't decided whether I'll continue it or not, so enjoy it while you can. Now let's see what Zale is up to.
A New Sun
Chapter 13: Ancient Psynergy at Work
By Daikar
It was very early, the sun hadn't begun to rise yet. The ocean was the picture of tranquility, the ship was sailing on course, barely swaying with the waves. The adepts were all sleeping peacefully in their cabins, all except Lilithan. She had woken up earlier that night with a strange feeling. She could sense that something strange had happened, but she could barely remember what had happened the previous day, so she couldn't figure out what it was.
What secret is this ship holding? She wondered.
She walked over to the edge of the ship. She stared into the sea, hoping it would help her sense more about what was happening aboard the ship. Staring at the sea she couldn't help getting another strange feeling, this one seemed even more powerful than the other one she was getting.
What is going on here, the sea shouldn't be this calm, even if I used 'Subside', she thought to herself.
She remained there staring at the sea completely unaware of everything happening around her. The sun was rising and it looked like it was going to be a beautiful day. A dark figure was travelling from below decks towards her, it continued walking and when it reached her it paused. All of a sudden a black beam of light shone from the heavens onto Lilithan, it surrounded her and she began to surrender to its power and fell to her knees. The figure dragged her with him below decks, he then stopped outside one of the cabins and stomped on the ground twice. Instantly some of the boards fell down and revealed a staircase. The figure descended the staircase with Lilithan in tow, he then threw her into a giant tube of water. He then went back up to the deck and waited for his next victim.
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It wasn't long until the sun was high up in the sky and shining with all its might. The slumbering adepts awoke and went up to the deck for breakfast. They found Zale and Daray already eating and chatting to each other.
"Look at that, Daray and Zale eating together and talking to each other civilly. I never thought I'd see that." Nerrissa said.
"I don't think any of us expected it, it's a bit strange if you ask me." Kith said getting a bit suspicious.
"Not everybody is up to something, Kith. You need to accept that people change their opinions." Nerrissa said and continued over to the breakfast table with Alexis.
I still don't think it's right, they were fighting like mad yesterday, at least I think they were, Kith said straining his memory to think back a day but to no avail.
Kith gave up and decided to eat breakfast and try to figure out what was going on afterwards. After breakfast was eaten Nerrissa, Alexis and Zale went into one of the bigger cabins to do some training. Kith and Daray stayed on deck to clean up after breakfast.
"What's up with you and Zale talking like old friends, you've always been at loggerheads with him, you were even arguing with him yesterday." Kith said.
"We settled our differences, that's all. Now let's finish tidying up here and maybe we can do some training with the others." Daray said dismissing what Kith had said.
They continued cleaning without saying anything, until Daray said he had to go ask Nerrissa something. Kith continued without Daray. But suddenly he fell to the ground. He was then dragged below deck, and then he stopped briefly before moving down another set of steps before being thrown into a tube of swords.
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"Nerrissa, have you noticed anything strange about Kith?" Daray said.
"He was wondering about you and Zale being so chatty at breakfast, but other than that…" Nerrissa said.
"Okay, just wondering. I think I'll start training with you guys now, we were almost finished cleaning, Kith can finish it." Daray said.
Nerrissa sparred with Zale while Alexis and Daray sparred. They practiced their fighting moves and their psynergy. Alexis sent a shower of ice shards towards Daray, he destroyed them with his sword and countered with some of his own psynergy. Alexis fell to the floor. Zale knocked Nerrissa out with a blast of ice cold water. Together they dragged the two girls down to the hidden chamber and threw them into two tubes, one filled with ice and the other shining as brightly as the sun. There was one empty tube left.
"What's that one for, master?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
One of the two struck the other down and threw him into the final tube, which was filled with darkness. He then left and went to his cabin to rest until the ship reached Hesperia.
End of chapter 13.
I know it was shorter than most of the other chapters, but that's the way I want to leave this chapter. Look out for the next chapter real soon.
