Chapter 5 Ron, find the stones!
It was a long walk to the Monastary, but Ron made it and was immediately welcomed by the priests and monks that lived inside. The Monastary was a strange building since it looked like it was a very small tower from the outside, but after entering it was apparent that the bulk of the building was underground. Once inside Ron was amazed to see the maze of books in the underground library of Orbonne Monastary. One of the priests lead him down the library until they reached a small room on the side of the wall.
"Go on in....everything will be explained." said the priest
"whada you think Rufus?" Ron asked his pet.
Rufus shrugged. "My thoughts exactly.." said Ron as he went in.
He walked into the dimmly lit room where yet another priest sat behind a table writing on an old parchment with a quill pen. He didn't seem to notice Ron until Ron made a fake cough to get his attention. Finally the priest looked up.
"Welcome Ron Stoppable to Orbonne Monastary...you have come to find out about the stone." said a priest.
"umm, yeah....how do you guys know all this?" asked Ron.
"We know......what we need to know..."said the priest.
"rrright..." said Ron.
"That's not important right now....what is important is that you learn about the stones and the role you will play." said the priest.
"Great." said Ron.
The priest then told Ron the lengthy tale that is the video game "Final Fantasy Tactics." He explained how a ancient force known as the 'Shrine Knights' used the stones to become 'Lucavi', the ancient term for the devil. He also explained that the hero known as Ramza was able to pretty much by himself defeat all the 'Shrine Knights', reclaim all the stones and stop the summoned 'bloody angel' from ruling the world.
"So what do I have to do?" asked Ron.
"As you already know, the first 'Lucavi' monster has been unleashed and we fear that it is just a matter of time before the others are summoned and 'bloody angel' is unleashed...in which case the world as we know it will cease to exist..." said the priest, "You Ron Stoppable will play a very important role....for we believe you are a descendant of the great hero Ramza...and therefore are the only one capable of destroying the monsters!"
Ron stood there with a blank stare...this had been exactly what he wanted to hear. He, Ron Stoppable, WILL be the hero this time!
"Excellent! What now?" said Ron.
"First of all, you must collect the other stones before Velius does...we cannot risk them falling into the wrong hands.." said the priest.
"But we don't know where they are." said Ron.
"We do know...you see it was us at the Orbonne Monastary who recieved the stones from Ramza with instructs to scatter them around the world. Of course, we foresaw this present situation and made a map incase we would have to find them again." said the Priest as he handed him the map.
"You Ron Stoppable must find the stones. Once you collect them all, return them here and finally, you must defeat Velius!" said the Priest.
"W-w-wait! I can't do that! My friend Kim was already captured by that monster! I have to save her first!"said Ron.
"No! You cannot risk a confrontation with Velius before you gather the stones! If you are defeated then no one can stop him from gathering the other stones!" said the Priest sternly.
"It's no problem...you said I was a descendant of Ramza, and that I will defeat the Monster." said Ron.
'It is true that your blood makes you strong against the monsters, but it doesn't guarantee victory....you still may lose and the world may fall." said the priest.
Suddenly Ron wasn't so sure. He never though about what would happen if he failed. He would lose Kim and the world would be doomed.
"How does Kim deal with all this pressure?' Ron asked himself.
"I know you want to save your friend...but are you really going to risk the world?" said the priest.
"I guess not.." said Ron.
"Don't worry..if the monster took her alive then he probably won't hurt her for a while..and hopefully you will gather the other stones fast enough and save your girlfriend!" said the priest.
"Yeah and...what!? No she isn't my girlfriend! I'm her sidekick!" said Ron, who had turned completely red.
"Sorry, my mistake master Stoppable." said the priest, "now before you go we must make sure you are well equipped to deal with anything...remember, you must not fail in this task!" said the priest. He then got out of his seat and moved to the corner of the room where an ancient crate laid. He opened it up and brought out a suit of armor and a sword.
"Here, these belonged to Ramza.....his reflect mail and sword 'defender.'" said the priest as handed them over.
"Are you serious?" asked Ron as he examined the ancient armor.
"Absolutely...they may look old, but this armor isn't called reflect mail for no reason. It will reflect any magic that Velius can throw at you....as for the sword, it too is special. This is the sword Ramza defeated 'bloody angel' with and hopefully you will do the same." said the priest.
Ron tried on the armor which was much heavier then it looked and it took him both hands to hold on to the sword which gave Ron the impression that Ramza must have been a giant. Ron looked pretty silly as he struggled just to stand in the armor and hold on to the sword yet he felt impowered to the wear the armor of a true hero.
"Don't worry Ron! I have total faith that you will indeed save us all!" said the priest.
"Really?" asked Ron.
"Well...sure!" said the priest unconvincingly, "In fact, I think you've been bumped a notch!" said the Priest.
"Whadda you mean?" asked Ron.
"Watch! Kneel down!" said the priest as he got out an old sword. Ron then got on one knee.
"This is so cool Rufus! I'm going to be knighted!" said Ron.
"I dub thee, Ron Stoppable...a squire." said the Priest as he touched Ron with a sword on each shoulder.
"Did ya hear that Rufus I'm a....squire?" said Ron, "Isn't that the exact same thing as a sidekick!"
"No, no! A squire is a lad in training to one day become a knight! He helps the Knight and learns from him so that one day he will become a knight!" said the Priest.
"Sounds like a sidekick to me.." said Ron.
"Well look at this way....you are a "special" squire." said the priest while making the quotation signs with his hands.
"How's it special?" asked Ron.
"Well....Ramza was a special squire too...and...well....its special is all...." said the priest.
"I guess so....well, it doesn't matter too much, I'm still going to save the world!" said Ron.
Ron was walked out of the Monastary as he was bid farewell and his journey began. As soon as the priests closed the door of the monastary Ron dropped the sword on the floor and turned on the Kimmunicator.
"Wade its me!" said Ron.
"What's.....what are you wearing?" asked Wade.
"It's the armor of my anscestor Ramza! He was a great hero you know!" said Ron.
"Well that's good for you...now what did you need." asked Wade.
"What did I need? Oh yeah..." said Ron as he reached in his pocket and pulled out the map
"It says here I must travel to the ancient city of Dorter...that's here in Ivalice...but the rest of the places I have to go are not in this country...I'll go get this first stone but while I am can you find out what you can about the other locations...and work on transportation." said Ron.
"Sure thing...but why are you collecting stones? Are they going to help you beat Velius and save Kim?" asked Wade.
"Yep! I need to collect all of them and then bring them back here...and then I can save Kim!" said Ron.
"well..if you say so.....just fold up that map and put it on the tray from Kimmunicator..it'll scan it and send it to me so I can study your next locations." Ron did that and then said good bye to Wade as he started walking to Dorter...which was only a few miles away.
MEANWHILE....
Kim finally awoke in small room.
"Where am I?" Kim asked herself. She looked around the room and saw that she seemed to be in some sort of dungeon. The walls were stone and it was completely dark except for some light from a small barred window.
"Ah you're awake! Good! I thought that perhaps the teleportation affected you badly somehow...you have been sleeping for quite a long time!" said a familar voice.
Kim tried to get but she was weak from dehydration and hunger. "Who are you?" she asked.
"It's me.." said Jude as he walked toward her.
"You!" Kim yelled.
"Yeah, me! Anyway...there is food and water over there (he points to a corner) and don't bother trying to escape...I have plenty of 'help' guarding this place..you can't escape...so don't even try." said Jude.
"Perhaps you have forgotten that I'm Kim Possible! I can do anything!" Kim said as she stood up.
"No, I haven't forgotten...in fact I have taken great care to make sure not to underestimate you...that's why I summoned a small army of 'ultima demons.' " said Jude.
"They will keep you, while I go and find the other stones!" said Jude.
"More stones? You aren't content with one?" asked Kim.
"Oh I am! The other stones aren't for me though. I will find the stones and then find suitable hosts for the stones! Soon you will be up against an army of monsters that are just as strong as me!" said Jude, "See you soon Kim Possible!" He then teleported out of the room.
" 'Ultima Demons?" .....we'll see how they stand up to Kim Possible!" said Kim as she made her to the door.
MEANWHILE...
"Have you located him yet?" asked Drakken.
"Yeah, I locked on to his location...he seems to be able to teleport....he just moved 600 miles in a few seconds!" said Shego as she looked at the small screen in the helicopter.
"Don't worry....He'll be too arrogant to run away from us...and then we'll trap him and get whatever stone he's after!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Drakken said. He then looked out the helicopter to see his own robot army flying behind him with the jetpacks on their backs. He never counted how many he had but he guessed that it must be around 120...and all of them were fully armed and armored. They were really quite impressive machines each standing 7 feet tall and loaded with rockets and machine guns. As he looked at them Drakken rememebered fondly the old days when he would work on his robot army in preparation for a grand plan of world domination. The day of their use came sooner then he would have liked though since idealy he had wanted an army of 1,000. But the prospect of the immortality presented by the Zodiac Stones was too much not to use the robots. If he succeeded in aquiring a stone he would have no use for the machines...or even Shego for that matter. He could see it........Him, Drakken as ruler of the world: all would bend to his will and no one would dare stand to their immortal master! His plan seemed full proof except for one aspect: if he would be immortal from using the stone, then how could Velius possibly be stopped? Well, actually Drakken had reasoned that Velius, and eventually himself, were not actually immortal (how could they have been defeated the first time if they were immortal?) and just really powerful....or at least he hope that was the case. Drakken then shaked the idea from his mind...he had to think positive...his greatest chance for success was right now: he had a robot army and a strong sidekick...he would not fail!
MEANWHILE....
Ron came to the location specified by the map. It took much longer than he thought it would have since the weight of his armor and sword was incredible. In fact the sword, which had carried in his hands for most of the trip, was now hanging on his back. Ron had his back hunched over to the point where he could easily grab his knees.
When Ron approached Dorter it appeared to be very old ruins of an ancient town. It was very quiet and as Ron looked around he finally got out the map again to see where exactly the stone was.
"It says here that on the north side of town should be a large block of stone....and the Zodiac stone 'Virgo' is under it.." said Ron.
Sure enough there was the large block of stone on the east side of town. Ron doubled checked the map though just to be sure.
"This was easier then I thought Rufus! We'll have saved the world by Wednesday at this rate!" said Ron. Ron approached the stone, spit on his hand, rubbed them together and pushed the rock...or attempted to push the rock. He gave it everything he had but the large block didn't even move an inch.
"Holy cow, this thing must way a ton!" said Ron, "Maybe I'm missing something.." Ron doubled checked the map for clues... "Here it is....to move the stone, the 'hero' must prove himself against the warrior 'Selleck'" Ron scratched his head.
"What does that mean?" asked Ron outloud.
"It means you must fight me!!" said a voice. Ron looked behind him to see a huge man materialize. He was a giangantic, fully armored man that stood nearly 8 feet tall and must have weighed nearly 400 pounds. He wore a horned helmet that covered his face and was armored from his toes to his neck. In his left hand was a huge shield which was actually as tall as Ron and in his right he held a massive mace.
"I am Selleck!!! To get the stone you must go through me!!!" said Selleck.
"W-w-w-wait just a minute!!! I'm the destined hero of the world! Can't you just let me have the stone!?" asked a quivering Ron.
"No...this is the only way." said Selleck as he raised his giant mace into the air.
"Yeah but..." said Ron as the giant mace hit the ground next to him causing a small earthquake.
"WHOA!! He ain't playing around!" said Ron.
"I am not playing! You must win....or you must die!!" said Selleck.
Ron then got out his sword (which had been hanging on his back) and attempted to hold it straight up, however, as soon as he held it upright the immense weight caused him to fall backward and therefore he had trapped himself under the immense weight of the sword.
"Sad that the world's future was left in the hands of a incompetent fool like you....but, I must do my duty...good-bye...'destined hero"!" said 'Selleck' as he raised his mace above his head to deliver the final blow.
Ron was nearly in tears as he desperately struggled to move the sword off him but the journey to Dorter while wearing the armor and sword had exhausted him and he simply could not muster the strength to free himself.
"Nooooo!!" screamed Ron as Selleck had begun to swing his mace. But Selleck had not even brought the mace past his head as he let out a small grunt and dropped the mace behind him. Ron looked up to see that Rufus had jumped on to Selleck and bitten his hand.
"Die Rodent!" said Selleck as he tried to squash Rufus with his hand. The nimble Rufus however ran about his body causing Selleck to slap himself with each failed attempt. Ron, who had been watching the spectacle finally remembered his own dilemma and again tried to push the sword off himself. This time he was able to do it and although it had nearly killed him last time, Ron picked up the sword again and while Selleck was still trying to crush Rufus Ron swung the sword at him. The momentum of the swing caused Ron to fall again but the sword did not fall on him this time but hit its mark and struck the giant Selleck. Ron was actually scared of seeing Selleck die, since he didn't want to really kill anyone but he had rather it be Selleck than himself. Luckily though, as soon as the sword hit Selleck he vanished in a puff of smoke and the giant block that hid the Zodiac Stone was now moving by itself.
"Well done hero....but this is just the begining of your journey." said Selleck's voice.
The Stone finally stopped moving and Ron dropped 'defender' and ran toward the now visible hole that the block had been hiding. In the hole was indeed the Holy Stone 'Virgo'. Ron grabbed the stone and looked at it for a while. Rufus meanwhile had ran back to Ron and sat on his shoulder.
"Do you think this stone really has magic Rufus?" asked Ron.
"Uh huh, uh huh!" answered his pet rat.
"We should bring this stone back to the Monastary before we head out to find the others Rufus." said Ron as he stuck the stone in his pocket. Ron then picked up his sword, put it on his back and journeyed back.
The journey didn't take as long this time, but as he got closer to the monastary it began to rain.
"Great....as if heavy armor and fights to the death aren't good enough!" said Ron sarcastically.
Ron finally reached the entrance of the monastary thinking to himself how happy the Priests would be to see that he had succeeded on his first adventure. However the door opened before he knocked and out fell a bleeding priest. Ron caught him in is arms before he hit the ground.
"Oh no! What happened?" asked Ron.
"M-m-monster.....Velius..." said the Priest just before he died.
"Velius is here?" asked Ron, but the priest was already dead.
Ron again grabbed his sword and was about to walk in until he remembered the stone 'Virgo'.
"I better not risk having Velius getting hands on this." said Ron as he dug a small hole in the ground outside the monastary and through in the stone.
"Ok Rufus....this is it..." said Ron as he ventured through the doors and into the darkness...
It was a long walk to the Monastary, but Ron made it and was immediately welcomed by the priests and monks that lived inside. The Monastary was a strange building since it looked like it was a very small tower from the outside, but after entering it was apparent that the bulk of the building was underground. Once inside Ron was amazed to see the maze of books in the underground library of Orbonne Monastary. One of the priests lead him down the library until they reached a small room on the side of the wall.
"Go on in....everything will be explained." said the priest
"whada you think Rufus?" Ron asked his pet.
Rufus shrugged. "My thoughts exactly.." said Ron as he went in.
He walked into the dimmly lit room where yet another priest sat behind a table writing on an old parchment with a quill pen. He didn't seem to notice Ron until Ron made a fake cough to get his attention. Finally the priest looked up.
"Welcome Ron Stoppable to Orbonne Monastary...you have come to find out about the stone." said a priest.
"umm, yeah....how do you guys know all this?" asked Ron.
"We know......what we need to know..."said the priest.
"rrright..." said Ron.
"That's not important right now....what is important is that you learn about the stones and the role you will play." said the priest.
"Great." said Ron.
The priest then told Ron the lengthy tale that is the video game "Final Fantasy Tactics." He explained how a ancient force known as the 'Shrine Knights' used the stones to become 'Lucavi', the ancient term for the devil. He also explained that the hero known as Ramza was able to pretty much by himself defeat all the 'Shrine Knights', reclaim all the stones and stop the summoned 'bloody angel' from ruling the world.
"So what do I have to do?" asked Ron.
"As you already know, the first 'Lucavi' monster has been unleashed and we fear that it is just a matter of time before the others are summoned and 'bloody angel' is unleashed...in which case the world as we know it will cease to exist..." said the priest, "You Ron Stoppable will play a very important role....for we believe you are a descendant of the great hero Ramza...and therefore are the only one capable of destroying the monsters!"
Ron stood there with a blank stare...this had been exactly what he wanted to hear. He, Ron Stoppable, WILL be the hero this time!
"Excellent! What now?" said Ron.
"First of all, you must collect the other stones before Velius does...we cannot risk them falling into the wrong hands.." said the priest.
"But we don't know where they are." said Ron.
"We do know...you see it was us at the Orbonne Monastary who recieved the stones from Ramza with instructs to scatter them around the world. Of course, we foresaw this present situation and made a map incase we would have to find them again." said the Priest as he handed him the map.
"You Ron Stoppable must find the stones. Once you collect them all, return them here and finally, you must defeat Velius!" said the Priest.
"W-w-wait! I can't do that! My friend Kim was already captured by that monster! I have to save her first!"said Ron.
"No! You cannot risk a confrontation with Velius before you gather the stones! If you are defeated then no one can stop him from gathering the other stones!" said the Priest sternly.
"It's no problem...you said I was a descendant of Ramza, and that I will defeat the Monster." said Ron.
'It is true that your blood makes you strong against the monsters, but it doesn't guarantee victory....you still may lose and the world may fall." said the priest.
Suddenly Ron wasn't so sure. He never though about what would happen if he failed. He would lose Kim and the world would be doomed.
"How does Kim deal with all this pressure?' Ron asked himself.
"I know you want to save your friend...but are you really going to risk the world?" said the priest.
"I guess not.." said Ron.
"Don't worry..if the monster took her alive then he probably won't hurt her for a while..and hopefully you will gather the other stones fast enough and save your girlfriend!" said the priest.
"Yeah and...what!? No she isn't my girlfriend! I'm her sidekick!" said Ron, who had turned completely red.
"Sorry, my mistake master Stoppable." said the priest, "now before you go we must make sure you are well equipped to deal with anything...remember, you must not fail in this task!" said the priest. He then got out of his seat and moved to the corner of the room where an ancient crate laid. He opened it up and brought out a suit of armor and a sword.
"Here, these belonged to Ramza.....his reflect mail and sword 'defender.'" said the priest as handed them over.
"Are you serious?" asked Ron as he examined the ancient armor.
"Absolutely...they may look old, but this armor isn't called reflect mail for no reason. It will reflect any magic that Velius can throw at you....as for the sword, it too is special. This is the sword Ramza defeated 'bloody angel' with and hopefully you will do the same." said the priest.
Ron tried on the armor which was much heavier then it looked and it took him both hands to hold on to the sword which gave Ron the impression that Ramza must have been a giant. Ron looked pretty silly as he struggled just to stand in the armor and hold on to the sword yet he felt impowered to the wear the armor of a true hero.
"Don't worry Ron! I have total faith that you will indeed save us all!" said the priest.
"Really?" asked Ron.
"Well...sure!" said the priest unconvincingly, "In fact, I think you've been bumped a notch!" said the Priest.
"Whadda you mean?" asked Ron.
"Watch! Kneel down!" said the priest as he got out an old sword. Ron then got on one knee.
"This is so cool Rufus! I'm going to be knighted!" said Ron.
"I dub thee, Ron Stoppable...a squire." said the Priest as he touched Ron with a sword on each shoulder.
"Did ya hear that Rufus I'm a....squire?" said Ron, "Isn't that the exact same thing as a sidekick!"
"No, no! A squire is a lad in training to one day become a knight! He helps the Knight and learns from him so that one day he will become a knight!" said the Priest.
"Sounds like a sidekick to me.." said Ron.
"Well look at this way....you are a "special" squire." said the priest while making the quotation signs with his hands.
"How's it special?" asked Ron.
"Well....Ramza was a special squire too...and...well....its special is all...." said the priest.
"I guess so....well, it doesn't matter too much, I'm still going to save the world!" said Ron.
Ron was walked out of the Monastary as he was bid farewell and his journey began. As soon as the priests closed the door of the monastary Ron dropped the sword on the floor and turned on the Kimmunicator.
"Wade its me!" said Ron.
"What's.....what are you wearing?" asked Wade.
"It's the armor of my anscestor Ramza! He was a great hero you know!" said Ron.
"Well that's good for you...now what did you need." asked Wade.
"What did I need? Oh yeah..." said Ron as he reached in his pocket and pulled out the map
"It says here I must travel to the ancient city of Dorter...that's here in Ivalice...but the rest of the places I have to go are not in this country...I'll go get this first stone but while I am can you find out what you can about the other locations...and work on transportation." said Ron.
"Sure thing...but why are you collecting stones? Are they going to help you beat Velius and save Kim?" asked Wade.
"Yep! I need to collect all of them and then bring them back here...and then I can save Kim!" said Ron.
"well..if you say so.....just fold up that map and put it on the tray from Kimmunicator..it'll scan it and send it to me so I can study your next locations." Ron did that and then said good bye to Wade as he started walking to Dorter...which was only a few miles away.
MEANWHILE....
Kim finally awoke in small room.
"Where am I?" Kim asked herself. She looked around the room and saw that she seemed to be in some sort of dungeon. The walls were stone and it was completely dark except for some light from a small barred window.
"Ah you're awake! Good! I thought that perhaps the teleportation affected you badly somehow...you have been sleeping for quite a long time!" said a familar voice.
Kim tried to get but she was weak from dehydration and hunger. "Who are you?" she asked.
"It's me.." said Jude as he walked toward her.
"You!" Kim yelled.
"Yeah, me! Anyway...there is food and water over there (he points to a corner) and don't bother trying to escape...I have plenty of 'help' guarding this place..you can't escape...so don't even try." said Jude.
"Perhaps you have forgotten that I'm Kim Possible! I can do anything!" Kim said as she stood up.
"No, I haven't forgotten...in fact I have taken great care to make sure not to underestimate you...that's why I summoned a small army of 'ultima demons.' " said Jude.
"They will keep you, while I go and find the other stones!" said Jude.
"More stones? You aren't content with one?" asked Kim.
"Oh I am! The other stones aren't for me though. I will find the stones and then find suitable hosts for the stones! Soon you will be up against an army of monsters that are just as strong as me!" said Jude, "See you soon Kim Possible!" He then teleported out of the room.
" 'Ultima Demons?" .....we'll see how they stand up to Kim Possible!" said Kim as she made her to the door.
MEANWHILE...
"Have you located him yet?" asked Drakken.
"Yeah, I locked on to his location...he seems to be able to teleport....he just moved 600 miles in a few seconds!" said Shego as she looked at the small screen in the helicopter.
"Don't worry....He'll be too arrogant to run away from us...and then we'll trap him and get whatever stone he's after!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Drakken said. He then looked out the helicopter to see his own robot army flying behind him with the jetpacks on their backs. He never counted how many he had but he guessed that it must be around 120...and all of them were fully armed and armored. They were really quite impressive machines each standing 7 feet tall and loaded with rockets and machine guns. As he looked at them Drakken rememebered fondly the old days when he would work on his robot army in preparation for a grand plan of world domination. The day of their use came sooner then he would have liked though since idealy he had wanted an army of 1,000. But the prospect of the immortality presented by the Zodiac Stones was too much not to use the robots. If he succeeded in aquiring a stone he would have no use for the machines...or even Shego for that matter. He could see it........Him, Drakken as ruler of the world: all would bend to his will and no one would dare stand to their immortal master! His plan seemed full proof except for one aspect: if he would be immortal from using the stone, then how could Velius possibly be stopped? Well, actually Drakken had reasoned that Velius, and eventually himself, were not actually immortal (how could they have been defeated the first time if they were immortal?) and just really powerful....or at least he hope that was the case. Drakken then shaked the idea from his mind...he had to think positive...his greatest chance for success was right now: he had a robot army and a strong sidekick...he would not fail!
MEANWHILE....
Ron came to the location specified by the map. It took much longer than he thought it would have since the weight of his armor and sword was incredible. In fact the sword, which had carried in his hands for most of the trip, was now hanging on his back. Ron had his back hunched over to the point where he could easily grab his knees.
When Ron approached Dorter it appeared to be very old ruins of an ancient town. It was very quiet and as Ron looked around he finally got out the map again to see where exactly the stone was.
"It says here that on the north side of town should be a large block of stone....and the Zodiac stone 'Virgo' is under it.." said Ron.
Sure enough there was the large block of stone on the east side of town. Ron doubled checked the map though just to be sure.
"This was easier then I thought Rufus! We'll have saved the world by Wednesday at this rate!" said Ron. Ron approached the stone, spit on his hand, rubbed them together and pushed the rock...or attempted to push the rock. He gave it everything he had but the large block didn't even move an inch.
"Holy cow, this thing must way a ton!" said Ron, "Maybe I'm missing something.." Ron doubled checked the map for clues... "Here it is....to move the stone, the 'hero' must prove himself against the warrior 'Selleck'" Ron scratched his head.
"What does that mean?" asked Ron outloud.
"It means you must fight me!!" said a voice. Ron looked behind him to see a huge man materialize. He was a giangantic, fully armored man that stood nearly 8 feet tall and must have weighed nearly 400 pounds. He wore a horned helmet that covered his face and was armored from his toes to his neck. In his left hand was a huge shield which was actually as tall as Ron and in his right he held a massive mace.
"I am Selleck!!! To get the stone you must go through me!!!" said Selleck.
"W-w-w-wait just a minute!!! I'm the destined hero of the world! Can't you just let me have the stone!?" asked a quivering Ron.
"No...this is the only way." said Selleck as he raised his giant mace into the air.
"Yeah but..." said Ron as the giant mace hit the ground next to him causing a small earthquake.
"WHOA!! He ain't playing around!" said Ron.
"I am not playing! You must win....or you must die!!" said Selleck.
Ron then got out his sword (which had been hanging on his back) and attempted to hold it straight up, however, as soon as he held it upright the immense weight caused him to fall backward and therefore he had trapped himself under the immense weight of the sword.
"Sad that the world's future was left in the hands of a incompetent fool like you....but, I must do my duty...good-bye...'destined hero"!" said 'Selleck' as he raised his mace above his head to deliver the final blow.
Ron was nearly in tears as he desperately struggled to move the sword off him but the journey to Dorter while wearing the armor and sword had exhausted him and he simply could not muster the strength to free himself.
"Nooooo!!" screamed Ron as Selleck had begun to swing his mace. But Selleck had not even brought the mace past his head as he let out a small grunt and dropped the mace behind him. Ron looked up to see that Rufus had jumped on to Selleck and bitten his hand.
"Die Rodent!" said Selleck as he tried to squash Rufus with his hand. The nimble Rufus however ran about his body causing Selleck to slap himself with each failed attempt. Ron, who had been watching the spectacle finally remembered his own dilemma and again tried to push the sword off himself. This time he was able to do it and although it had nearly killed him last time, Ron picked up the sword again and while Selleck was still trying to crush Rufus Ron swung the sword at him. The momentum of the swing caused Ron to fall again but the sword did not fall on him this time but hit its mark and struck the giant Selleck. Ron was actually scared of seeing Selleck die, since he didn't want to really kill anyone but he had rather it be Selleck than himself. Luckily though, as soon as the sword hit Selleck he vanished in a puff of smoke and the giant block that hid the Zodiac Stone was now moving by itself.
"Well done hero....but this is just the begining of your journey." said Selleck's voice.
The Stone finally stopped moving and Ron dropped 'defender' and ran toward the now visible hole that the block had been hiding. In the hole was indeed the Holy Stone 'Virgo'. Ron grabbed the stone and looked at it for a while. Rufus meanwhile had ran back to Ron and sat on his shoulder.
"Do you think this stone really has magic Rufus?" asked Ron.
"Uh huh, uh huh!" answered his pet rat.
"We should bring this stone back to the Monastary before we head out to find the others Rufus." said Ron as he stuck the stone in his pocket. Ron then picked up his sword, put it on his back and journeyed back.
The journey didn't take as long this time, but as he got closer to the monastary it began to rain.
"Great....as if heavy armor and fights to the death aren't good enough!" said Ron sarcastically.
Ron finally reached the entrance of the monastary thinking to himself how happy the Priests would be to see that he had succeeded on his first adventure. However the door opened before he knocked and out fell a bleeding priest. Ron caught him in is arms before he hit the ground.
"Oh no! What happened?" asked Ron.
"M-m-monster.....Velius..." said the Priest just before he died.
"Velius is here?" asked Ron, but the priest was already dead.
Ron again grabbed his sword and was about to walk in until he remembered the stone 'Virgo'.
"I better not risk having Velius getting hands on this." said Ron as he dug a small hole in the ground outside the monastary and through in the stone.
"Ok Rufus....this is it..." said Ron as he ventured through the doors and into the darkness...