Chapter 3: Resurrection of the World.
"The Elder wants me to revive this?" said Ark after he emerged from the portal all. All around him was red stony ground and a red sky above him. "Stale air and barren wasteland as far as the eye can see?"
"It's an improvement to the endless dead ocean it was before you revived the land." said Yomi. "Though the area below us used to be the Amazon rainforest."
"How can anything live here?"
"Hey we got a lot of work to do so let's get started."
"All right, why did you have to come along with me anyway?"
"Um, because the Elder ordered it and you still have the box I live in."
"Ok. I see something over there; it looks like a large tree. I suppose that's as good a place as any to start." And so he started his long journey.
###
Back in Crysta life had returned to normal. But without Ark it didn't seem the same to the kids.
"Well here we are back to endless happy days." muttered Serena. She stared at the wall with Amy, Raye, Lita and Mina.
"I'm bored already." said Amy.
"We can't look at the Crystal Blue it's not flying today." said Raye.
"Except for that nothing ever changes." said Lita.
"Everything here stays the same." said Mina.
Molly came into the room. "Mrs. Finch said we have to go bed now, the Elder is going to give us lessons tomorrow."
They got up. "I guess it's to get us ready for when we go up to the Overworld." said Serena. "Probably so I can be a good leader for that world."
"And why should you be the leader?" said Raye. "You're not as tough as me!"
"Or as smart as me!" said Amy.
"Or a strong as me!" said Lita.
"Or as pretty as me!" said Mina.
"Stop teasing her." said Molly. "I think the Elder will tell us why Serena will be the leader when the time's right."
"Thanks Molly." said Serena.
"No problem."
"Well might as well go to bed, it's not like we have anything better to do."
###
The next day the children all went to the Elder's to have lessons. "Ah good to see you all here." All of the kids except Serena and Molly raised their hands. "Questions already. Why don't we start with you Darien?"
"Why does Serena get to be the leader of the surface, why not any of the rest of us?"
"A good question, but one I can't answer right now."
"But..."
"I know you all may be a little jealous of her right now but there is a reason, but you won't understand it unless I teach you other lessons I have planned."
"Ok." The class said.
"Good. Now I will begin by teaching you about the order of life. First there are plants, then birds, then four legged animals, then humans."
Hotaru raised her hand. "What's a human?"
"Another word for a person, anyway when life on the surface was sent down here to sleep it was all at once but in order for it to be restored and be able to sustain itself Ark will have to revive livings things in that order. Plants must be revived first because they can sustain themselves but other living things but live by killing lesser living things."
Serena raised her hand. "That's horrible!"
"You eat the vegetables, grains, meat and eggs don't you?"
"Well, yes."
"Those come from living things. If you didn't eat them then you would die, that's the way it is."
"Except for plants."
"Yes they get their food form the sun. If Ark revived animals first they wouldn't have anything to eat. When you go up there the plants and animals of the surface will be your food."
"I wonder what Ark is doing right now." Serena thought.
###
Ark was fighting for his life against this parasite that infested the giant tree he learned was named Ra. The creature was a large pink worm with a single eye. It was draining the energy from Ra, energy that could be used to revive plant life. "Consider this your eviction notice!" Ark plunged his spear into the parasite's eye destroying it. Ark then saw a vision of a seed falling to the ground, taking root and then having it's seeds carried by the winds. He then saw one of the seeds flying as around it the land turned green and the sea and sky turned blue. When he woke up he saw that he was back outside the Ra tree but now in a dense jungle.
"Thank you." said Ra. "You have made the world green again."
"Your welcome I guess." His apparent gift of being able to talk to plants and animals was still strange to him.
"To the north of here in a place called Colorado a paradise of birds existed, you must go their now. Our fruit leaves and roots shall now be your food."
"Thank you." Ark was running low on provisions and he was getting hungry. As he left he thought to himself. "This world is looking better already."
###
The Orphans got used to their daily lessons. They also learned things about reading, math and other such skills. Serena was watching the other children play when she heard Elle talking. "I know you like me Brent, but I still hope that Ark will come back some day."
"He's been gone for a while now, don't get me wrong I like Ark he's a very good friend of mine but if you ever need someone, I'll be there for you. "
Serena went to Elle after Brent left. "I miss him too, but he'll be back. Why don't we watch the Crystal Blue? It's very pretty today."
"Crystal Blue was only beautiful because Ark was here to see it with me." Elle then went home.
Serena thought about what she said. "Well it does seem more beautiful if Darien is me."
###
Ark now fought two monstrous vultures that called themselves the dark twins. "He looks tasty brother." said the green one.
"He should know better than to try to get things back to what they were my sister." said the brown one.
"We monsters rule this world and he wants to mess that up. Well we won't let him!"
"Bring it on you overgrown turkeys!" Ark said.
"Ark, they share the same life-force." said Yomi. "It's focused in the green one, get her and they're both goners!"
Ark plunged his spear into the green twin and they both exploded. Ark then saw a vision of an egg hatching and a single bird flying to the sky which was then filled with many more birds. He awoke to find himself to top of a cliff at the bird's paradise in front of the majestic, if somewhat overweight, Kingbird.
"You have restored us to life." The kingbird said. "Thank you."
"Hey I'm just doing my job."
"In Africa there is a paradise of animals, you will be well on your way to your goal if you revive it."
"Where is Africa?"
"On the other side of the ocean." said Yomi.
"Then how do we get there?"
"We will lend you our wings." said Kingbird.
###
Back in Crysta the kids were enjoying some time outside. The Crystal Blue was not flying so Mrs. Finch allowed them to go out after their lessons.
Luna and Artemis watched as the others played tag. "The elder says we're also going to live up there." said Luna.
"Yeah, but we're going to go up after the others." said Artemis. "Seems kinda unfair."
"Well the elder has his reasons."
"We still don't have to like them."
"Yeah, but we have to obey him." Luna then looked toward the weaver's. "Elle just doesn't seem the same anymore."
"She'll be back to normal as soon as Ark comes back. Remember the adults say boys and girls are bonded to each other from a promise in past lives."
"Does that mean we made promise in a past life?"
"Maybe, why don't play tag with the others?"
"Ok." Luna took a tag so the two of them could play.
###
Ark was now fighting a creature called the Storm Master; he was skeletal monster that commanded lightning. "The animal kingdom has ended, my kingdom shall last forever!" Ark jabbed his spear into the heart of the Storm Master. But the Storm Master just grinned wickedly. "If I go down then I'm taking you with me!" Lightning struck the floor of the cave they were in and it collapsed into a pit that was leading down to a pool of lava.
As they fell Ark thrusted his spear into a wall to stop his descent. "Remember bonehead, he who has no friends only has enemies!"
"Nooooo!" then Storm Master screamed as he hit the lava.
Ark then saw a vision of what looked like a bunch of cells, then it changed as he saw animals starting to roam the grasslands. When he awoke he was in the animal's paradise before the lion king Neo and his son Liem. "You have done well." said Neo. "You have restored the animals to life. But since you have lost your spear take this." He pushed forward a stick with a lion's fang. "May fang may not be as elegant as your crystal spear was, but it should serve you well."
"Thank you." Ark said.
"In Tibet to the east is the mountain where the souls off humans sleep. You will take my son with you for his trial into adulthood and then you may finish your journey."
"Come on big guy!" said Liem. "Let's go!"
Ark went on with his new companion.
###
Back in Crysta Serena and the others were back in class. "Humans are animals like cats or chickens are." The Elder said. "What separates us is the ability to tools which we use to improve our lives. We here at this village have used tools to build houses and farm, but only scratched the surface of potential." The Elder took a look outside and saw that it was getting dark. "That will be all for today."
The children started leave but Serena asked the Elder a question. "When will Ark come back? Elle is really sad without him."
"I know child. I feel Ark is almost done with his first task."
"First task?"
"I'll tell him the second when the time is right via telepathy."
"So when will we get to go?"
"It won't be for a while. But when you do go you will rule that world."
###
Ark was on top of one of the tallest mountains in the world facing the monster Dark Morph, a wily shape shifter. Ark was exhausted having climbed so high in a blizzard, he raised his new spear and thrusted it into Dark Morph destroying him. After his victory he collapsed.
End of chapter three
"The Elder wants me to revive this?" said Ark after he emerged from the portal all. All around him was red stony ground and a red sky above him. "Stale air and barren wasteland as far as the eye can see?"
"It's an improvement to the endless dead ocean it was before you revived the land." said Yomi. "Though the area below us used to be the Amazon rainforest."
"How can anything live here?"
"Hey we got a lot of work to do so let's get started."
"All right, why did you have to come along with me anyway?"
"Um, because the Elder ordered it and you still have the box I live in."
"Ok. I see something over there; it looks like a large tree. I suppose that's as good a place as any to start." And so he started his long journey.
###
Back in Crysta life had returned to normal. But without Ark it didn't seem the same to the kids.
"Well here we are back to endless happy days." muttered Serena. She stared at the wall with Amy, Raye, Lita and Mina.
"I'm bored already." said Amy.
"We can't look at the Crystal Blue it's not flying today." said Raye.
"Except for that nothing ever changes." said Lita.
"Everything here stays the same." said Mina.
Molly came into the room. "Mrs. Finch said we have to go bed now, the Elder is going to give us lessons tomorrow."
They got up. "I guess it's to get us ready for when we go up to the Overworld." said Serena. "Probably so I can be a good leader for that world."
"And why should you be the leader?" said Raye. "You're not as tough as me!"
"Or as smart as me!" said Amy.
"Or a strong as me!" said Lita.
"Or as pretty as me!" said Mina.
"Stop teasing her." said Molly. "I think the Elder will tell us why Serena will be the leader when the time's right."
"Thanks Molly." said Serena.
"No problem."
"Well might as well go to bed, it's not like we have anything better to do."
###
The next day the children all went to the Elder's to have lessons. "Ah good to see you all here." All of the kids except Serena and Molly raised their hands. "Questions already. Why don't we start with you Darien?"
"Why does Serena get to be the leader of the surface, why not any of the rest of us?"
"A good question, but one I can't answer right now."
"But..."
"I know you all may be a little jealous of her right now but there is a reason, but you won't understand it unless I teach you other lessons I have planned."
"Ok." The class said.
"Good. Now I will begin by teaching you about the order of life. First there are plants, then birds, then four legged animals, then humans."
Hotaru raised her hand. "What's a human?"
"Another word for a person, anyway when life on the surface was sent down here to sleep it was all at once but in order for it to be restored and be able to sustain itself Ark will have to revive livings things in that order. Plants must be revived first because they can sustain themselves but other living things but live by killing lesser living things."
Serena raised her hand. "That's horrible!"
"You eat the vegetables, grains, meat and eggs don't you?"
"Well, yes."
"Those come from living things. If you didn't eat them then you would die, that's the way it is."
"Except for plants."
"Yes they get their food form the sun. If Ark revived animals first they wouldn't have anything to eat. When you go up there the plants and animals of the surface will be your food."
"I wonder what Ark is doing right now." Serena thought.
###
Ark was fighting for his life against this parasite that infested the giant tree he learned was named Ra. The creature was a large pink worm with a single eye. It was draining the energy from Ra, energy that could be used to revive plant life. "Consider this your eviction notice!" Ark plunged his spear into the parasite's eye destroying it. Ark then saw a vision of a seed falling to the ground, taking root and then having it's seeds carried by the winds. He then saw one of the seeds flying as around it the land turned green and the sea and sky turned blue. When he woke up he saw that he was back outside the Ra tree but now in a dense jungle.
"Thank you." said Ra. "You have made the world green again."
"Your welcome I guess." His apparent gift of being able to talk to plants and animals was still strange to him.
"To the north of here in a place called Colorado a paradise of birds existed, you must go their now. Our fruit leaves and roots shall now be your food."
"Thank you." Ark was running low on provisions and he was getting hungry. As he left he thought to himself. "This world is looking better already."
###
The Orphans got used to their daily lessons. They also learned things about reading, math and other such skills. Serena was watching the other children play when she heard Elle talking. "I know you like me Brent, but I still hope that Ark will come back some day."
"He's been gone for a while now, don't get me wrong I like Ark he's a very good friend of mine but if you ever need someone, I'll be there for you. "
Serena went to Elle after Brent left. "I miss him too, but he'll be back. Why don't we watch the Crystal Blue? It's very pretty today."
"Crystal Blue was only beautiful because Ark was here to see it with me." Elle then went home.
Serena thought about what she said. "Well it does seem more beautiful if Darien is me."
###
Ark now fought two monstrous vultures that called themselves the dark twins. "He looks tasty brother." said the green one.
"He should know better than to try to get things back to what they were my sister." said the brown one.
"We monsters rule this world and he wants to mess that up. Well we won't let him!"
"Bring it on you overgrown turkeys!" Ark said.
"Ark, they share the same life-force." said Yomi. "It's focused in the green one, get her and they're both goners!"
Ark plunged his spear into the green twin and they both exploded. Ark then saw a vision of an egg hatching and a single bird flying to the sky which was then filled with many more birds. He awoke to find himself to top of a cliff at the bird's paradise in front of the majestic, if somewhat overweight, Kingbird.
"You have restored us to life." The kingbird said. "Thank you."
"Hey I'm just doing my job."
"In Africa there is a paradise of animals, you will be well on your way to your goal if you revive it."
"Where is Africa?"
"On the other side of the ocean." said Yomi.
"Then how do we get there?"
"We will lend you our wings." said Kingbird.
###
Back in Crysta the kids were enjoying some time outside. The Crystal Blue was not flying so Mrs. Finch allowed them to go out after their lessons.
Luna and Artemis watched as the others played tag. "The elder says we're also going to live up there." said Luna.
"Yeah, but we're going to go up after the others." said Artemis. "Seems kinda unfair."
"Well the elder has his reasons."
"We still don't have to like them."
"Yeah, but we have to obey him." Luna then looked toward the weaver's. "Elle just doesn't seem the same anymore."
"She'll be back to normal as soon as Ark comes back. Remember the adults say boys and girls are bonded to each other from a promise in past lives."
"Does that mean we made promise in a past life?"
"Maybe, why don't play tag with the others?"
"Ok." Luna took a tag so the two of them could play.
###
Ark was now fighting a creature called the Storm Master; he was skeletal monster that commanded lightning. "The animal kingdom has ended, my kingdom shall last forever!" Ark jabbed his spear into the heart of the Storm Master. But the Storm Master just grinned wickedly. "If I go down then I'm taking you with me!" Lightning struck the floor of the cave they were in and it collapsed into a pit that was leading down to a pool of lava.
As they fell Ark thrusted his spear into a wall to stop his descent. "Remember bonehead, he who has no friends only has enemies!"
"Nooooo!" then Storm Master screamed as he hit the lava.
Ark then saw a vision of what looked like a bunch of cells, then it changed as he saw animals starting to roam the grasslands. When he awoke he was in the animal's paradise before the lion king Neo and his son Liem. "You have done well." said Neo. "You have restored the animals to life. But since you have lost your spear take this." He pushed forward a stick with a lion's fang. "May fang may not be as elegant as your crystal spear was, but it should serve you well."
"Thank you." Ark said.
"In Tibet to the east is the mountain where the souls off humans sleep. You will take my son with you for his trial into adulthood and then you may finish your journey."
"Come on big guy!" said Liem. "Let's go!"
Ark went on with his new companion.
###
Back in Crysta Serena and the others were back in class. "Humans are animals like cats or chickens are." The Elder said. "What separates us is the ability to tools which we use to improve our lives. We here at this village have used tools to build houses and farm, but only scratched the surface of potential." The Elder took a look outside and saw that it was getting dark. "That will be all for today."
The children started leave but Serena asked the Elder a question. "When will Ark come back? Elle is really sad without him."
"I know child. I feel Ark is almost done with his first task."
"First task?"
"I'll tell him the second when the time is right via telepathy."
"So when will we get to go?"
"It won't be for a while. But when you do go you will rule that world."
###
Ark was on top of one of the tallest mountains in the world facing the monster Dark Morph, a wily shape shifter. Ark was exhausted having climbed so high in a blizzard, he raised his new spear and thrusted it into Dark Morph destroying him. After his victory he collapsed.
End of chapter three