Chapter 8-The Girl(Noel)
Everyone ran along the dirt fields, toward the mountain that Precis and Leon had recognized from that picture in the Telesphere. It was so depressing running through here. All the trees looked burnt and there were even black marks on the ground.We neared the mountain and stopped.
"Umm...is there supposed to be anything here?" Chisatop skeptically asked.
Leon walked up to the mountain base and smoothly ran his hand across the rocky surface. He turned around and said, "In the Telesphere we saw an arrow pointing to the base of the mountain..."
Precis then jumped up and shouted, "Wait! Wasn't there some kind of formation of rocks at the bottom? It was like...a doorway made of rocks!"
Leon looked up, grinning. "You're right! Let's circle the base and look for the formation! That should lead us to what the arrow was pointing too!"
We all started walking around the base looking for the formation of rocks. After a few minutes of walking Precis stopped us all and started pointing to the rocks.
"Look! There it is! Now...the thing is...what do we do now?" Precis asked.
Leon walked up to the formation and looked at it. He then jerked his head up and turned to Celine. He then asked, "Sister Celine...would look at this, please?"
"Of course!" Celine said. She walked over to the door and studied it for a while. She then snapped her fingers and turned to me. "Oh Noel, dear. Would you come here for a moment?"
"Sure," I said. I then walked over to the formation to see a rune on the doorway.
"I'm sure you recognize this...don't you?" Celine asked.
I looked closely and then realized what it was. "Ya...it's the Rune of Earth. What about it?"
Celine gave me a sideways glance. "Don't you see? Earth Heraldry most likely is what opens this door!"
I then gave a small laugh and said, "Oh yea...huh...Ok everyone...Stand back!"
Everyone then backed away a few steps. I then put my hands together and started the chant for the Grave spell. When I finished I pushed my hands outward and shouted, "Grave!" Large, sharp rocks shot of from the ground and into the doorway. In a large flash of light, the door was gone.
"Good going Noel!" I heard Rena say.
I turned around and scratched my head. "Aww...it was nothing."
"Oh yes...I'm enjoying the conversation as much as the next guy...but I would like to go in!" Leon shouted. "Now everyone...be careful...and watch out for anything suspicious." With that, we all walked in.
Behind us he hear a loud thud, and turned around to find the rock door back in it's place. Some torches then automatically lighted and revealed a staircase going down. We went down to the stairs and came to a large hallway. As we walked along the path, Dias suddenly stopped us.
"Careful. I hear footsteps from around that corner," Dias said, slowly pulling out his sword.
From around the corner we saw three men running toward us. They were all dressed in brown leather suits. On their heads they wore helmets with a visor over them. They ran up to us and pulled out a large, black stick thing.
"Everyone watch out...those are rifles!" I could hear Claude yelling.
"What are rifles?" Rena had to ask.
"It's like...a weaker version of Opera's Kaleidoscope, but they can be deadly," Claude responded.
Dias let out a small sigh and said,"Then we can take them easily."
Leon stepped in front of Dias and the men instantly pointed their rifles at Leon and said something I could not understand. Leon just looked up at them and said, "We come in peace. We do not mean to harm yo-"
At the moment Leon was hit over the head with a rifle and knocked back. There was an angry gasp among the others. Out of Leon's pocket fell the Telesphere. It rolled over to the men and started working automatically, showing the scenes we had seen earlier. The men the put their rifles down and mumbled quietly to themselves. Two left and went back the way they had came. The other stayed and motioned for us to follow.
"We're not going to do what he says!" an outraged Precis yelled. "He hurt Leon for no reason!"
"I'm fine...," Leon mumbled. "They just weren't sure if we we're enemy or friend. We can trust them." Then Leon collapsed to the floor.
"Leon!" Precis shouted and ran to him. She knelt down to look at him. "You need a lot of rest...Rena can you do something?"
"Yes, of course." Rena said, and walked up to Leon. She put her hands over him and chanted for a while before saying,"Heal!" Light flowed from Rena's hands into Leon's body.
Leon shook his head for a while and then looked up. He then smiled and said, "Thanks Sister Rena."
Rena giggled. "Oh it was nothing."
"Now...I think we should follow this gentleman here. I'm sure since the saw the Telesphere they don't think we're enemies. Trust me." With that, Leon the nodded to the man and started following him through the tunnel. We all looked at each other and just shook are heads. We all went after Leon.
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After a few minutes of tunnel walking, we came to an elevator shaft. The man pressed a button and opened the door. We all then crowded inside.
"Wow...this is comfortable," Ashton moaned.
We rode down the shaft holding on for dear life, because every once in a while the elevator would give a wicked jolt downward. After we landed the doors opened revealing to us a large cavern. There were many tents set up around the cavern. Many people in the same suits as the men who came to us were walking around. The man who had guided us then stood up straight and saluted someone. When I looked around him I saw that it was the lady from the Telesphere. She no longer had her hair down or wearing a robe. She had her hair up in a bun and was wearing a suit the same as the others. She then snapped her fingers and a man came up with a box. The lady opened the box and told us to come over. Inside were black bracelets with blinking red lights. She then grabbed Claude and pulled him over.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Claude frantically asked. He was soon answered. The lady grabbed a bracelet and put it on his left wrist. She then pointed at us and told him something. Then Claude turned to us and said, "Umm...this lady told me to tell you to put one of these bracelets on your wrists."
Everyone started murmuring. Then Rena asked, "Claude...you actually understood her?"
Claude scratched his head and said, "I guess these bracelets let us undertsand what these people are saying."
"Well then...everyone...put on a bracelet!" Leon order and headed over to put on a bracelet. We all then followed him and put the bracelets on our wrists.
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We were all sitting in...what I'm guessing is...the conference room. Her name was Zelia Phorica. The planet that we were on is called Yellepo. She was telling us of how this planet came to be what it was.
"This planet used to be lush with vegetation! It was beautiful wherever you went. Clean air, nice people...no worries in this world...but then that wretched Monster Generator had to be built..."Zelia...seeing everyone's questioning looks responded, "Monster Generators are the same as the name implies. It is a factory that generates monsters. We weren't expecting the attack when it first came...this planet the became what it is because of that...The factory is still there. We have a camp hidden close to it to stop any monster attacks...but we won't hold out for long. That is why I sent out the Telesphere to see if anyone could help, but monster spies found out about this and went out to destroy the Telespheres. We are glad that you are here...now you can help us by reaching the core of the factory."
"Umm...why would you need us?" I asked.
Zelia then looked over at me with her piercing green eyes, which sent a shiver down my spine. "Noel isn't it? We are strong...but not strong enough...As you may know already...The Yellepians are of Earth Heraldry...the monsters of the plant are of Water Heraldry...we are weak to Water. We are barely able to defend ourselves with our weapons...So we sent out the call for help to see if we could reach someone with different abilites...You are those people."
"Umm...Ms. Zelia...You said that you wanted our help to get to the factory core...Shouldn't we destroy it?" Leon asked.
Zelia then looked over at Leon and responded, "No one can truly destroy the factories because they are powered by Spirit Stones. Remove the Spirit Stone and the factory stops working. Only one person can do that."
Celine then cocked her head to the side and asked, "Where are we going to find this one person to remove the Spirit Stone? The universe is huge...What is our chance of find him?"
Zelia let out a small laugh. "Luckily we already have her...She is too weak to go off on her own. So we need you to go with her. So...will you help us?"
Rena nodded and said, "Of course we will! You are suffering and we must stop it!"
Thanks for discussing the proposition with t,"he whole group, Rena...," Dias sarcastically said.
"Hehehe..." Rena giggled. "But you know you were all gonna say yes!"
We all just sighed and then looked up when Zelia cleared her throat. "Well...I'm glad that you will help! Well...you must bathe, feast, and rest before you leave...but I'm sure you would like to meet the girl who can destroy the generators, no?"
We all looked at each other and nodded. Zelia stood up and we followed her into a tunnel.
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When we arrived at the end of the tunnel, Zelia knocked on the door. A soft voice came through. She then opened the door and moved out of the way so we could pass. We all moved in and saw the girl. She was a beautiful, young girl who had long pink hair and was wearing a long silver gown, with golden trimmings. She smiled warmly at us and said, "Hello."
Everyone ran along the dirt fields, toward the mountain that Precis and Leon had recognized from that picture in the Telesphere. It was so depressing running through here. All the trees looked burnt and there were even black marks on the ground.We neared the mountain and stopped.
"Umm...is there supposed to be anything here?" Chisatop skeptically asked.
Leon walked up to the mountain base and smoothly ran his hand across the rocky surface. He turned around and said, "In the Telesphere we saw an arrow pointing to the base of the mountain..."
Precis then jumped up and shouted, "Wait! Wasn't there some kind of formation of rocks at the bottom? It was like...a doorway made of rocks!"
Leon looked up, grinning. "You're right! Let's circle the base and look for the formation! That should lead us to what the arrow was pointing too!"
We all started walking around the base looking for the formation of rocks. After a few minutes of walking Precis stopped us all and started pointing to the rocks.
"Look! There it is! Now...the thing is...what do we do now?" Precis asked.
Leon walked up to the formation and looked at it. He then jerked his head up and turned to Celine. He then asked, "Sister Celine...would look at this, please?"
"Of course!" Celine said. She walked over to the door and studied it for a while. She then snapped her fingers and turned to me. "Oh Noel, dear. Would you come here for a moment?"
"Sure," I said. I then walked over to the formation to see a rune on the doorway.
"I'm sure you recognize this...don't you?" Celine asked.
I looked closely and then realized what it was. "Ya...it's the Rune of Earth. What about it?"
Celine gave me a sideways glance. "Don't you see? Earth Heraldry most likely is what opens this door!"
I then gave a small laugh and said, "Oh yea...huh...Ok everyone...Stand back!"
Everyone then backed away a few steps. I then put my hands together and started the chant for the Grave spell. When I finished I pushed my hands outward and shouted, "Grave!" Large, sharp rocks shot of from the ground and into the doorway. In a large flash of light, the door was gone.
"Good going Noel!" I heard Rena say.
I turned around and scratched my head. "Aww...it was nothing."
"Oh yes...I'm enjoying the conversation as much as the next guy...but I would like to go in!" Leon shouted. "Now everyone...be careful...and watch out for anything suspicious." With that, we all walked in.
Behind us he hear a loud thud, and turned around to find the rock door back in it's place. Some torches then automatically lighted and revealed a staircase going down. We went down to the stairs and came to a large hallway. As we walked along the path, Dias suddenly stopped us.
"Careful. I hear footsteps from around that corner," Dias said, slowly pulling out his sword.
From around the corner we saw three men running toward us. They were all dressed in brown leather suits. On their heads they wore helmets with a visor over them. They ran up to us and pulled out a large, black stick thing.
"Everyone watch out...those are rifles!" I could hear Claude yelling.
"What are rifles?" Rena had to ask.
"It's like...a weaker version of Opera's Kaleidoscope, but they can be deadly," Claude responded.
Dias let out a small sigh and said,"Then we can take them easily."
Leon stepped in front of Dias and the men instantly pointed their rifles at Leon and said something I could not understand. Leon just looked up at them and said, "We come in peace. We do not mean to harm yo-"
At the moment Leon was hit over the head with a rifle and knocked back. There was an angry gasp among the others. Out of Leon's pocket fell the Telesphere. It rolled over to the men and started working automatically, showing the scenes we had seen earlier. The men the put their rifles down and mumbled quietly to themselves. Two left and went back the way they had came. The other stayed and motioned for us to follow.
"We're not going to do what he says!" an outraged Precis yelled. "He hurt Leon for no reason!"
"I'm fine...," Leon mumbled. "They just weren't sure if we we're enemy or friend. We can trust them." Then Leon collapsed to the floor.
"Leon!" Precis shouted and ran to him. She knelt down to look at him. "You need a lot of rest...Rena can you do something?"
"Yes, of course." Rena said, and walked up to Leon. She put her hands over him and chanted for a while before saying,"Heal!" Light flowed from Rena's hands into Leon's body.
Leon shook his head for a while and then looked up. He then smiled and said, "Thanks Sister Rena."
Rena giggled. "Oh it was nothing."
"Now...I think we should follow this gentleman here. I'm sure since the saw the Telesphere they don't think we're enemies. Trust me." With that, Leon the nodded to the man and started following him through the tunnel. We all looked at each other and just shook are heads. We all went after Leon.
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After a few minutes of tunnel walking, we came to an elevator shaft. The man pressed a button and opened the door. We all then crowded inside.
"Wow...this is comfortable," Ashton moaned.
We rode down the shaft holding on for dear life, because every once in a while the elevator would give a wicked jolt downward. After we landed the doors opened revealing to us a large cavern. There were many tents set up around the cavern. Many people in the same suits as the men who came to us were walking around. The man who had guided us then stood up straight and saluted someone. When I looked around him I saw that it was the lady from the Telesphere. She no longer had her hair down or wearing a robe. She had her hair up in a bun and was wearing a suit the same as the others. She then snapped her fingers and a man came up with a box. The lady opened the box and told us to come over. Inside were black bracelets with blinking red lights. She then grabbed Claude and pulled him over.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Claude frantically asked. He was soon answered. The lady grabbed a bracelet and put it on his left wrist. She then pointed at us and told him something. Then Claude turned to us and said, "Umm...this lady told me to tell you to put one of these bracelets on your wrists."
Everyone started murmuring. Then Rena asked, "Claude...you actually understood her?"
Claude scratched his head and said, "I guess these bracelets let us undertsand what these people are saying."
"Well then...everyone...put on a bracelet!" Leon order and headed over to put on a bracelet. We all then followed him and put the bracelets on our wrists.
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We were all sitting in...what I'm guessing is...the conference room. Her name was Zelia Phorica. The planet that we were on is called Yellepo. She was telling us of how this planet came to be what it was.
"This planet used to be lush with vegetation! It was beautiful wherever you went. Clean air, nice people...no worries in this world...but then that wretched Monster Generator had to be built..."Zelia...seeing everyone's questioning looks responded, "Monster Generators are the same as the name implies. It is a factory that generates monsters. We weren't expecting the attack when it first came...this planet the became what it is because of that...The factory is still there. We have a camp hidden close to it to stop any monster attacks...but we won't hold out for long. That is why I sent out the Telesphere to see if anyone could help, but monster spies found out about this and went out to destroy the Telespheres. We are glad that you are here...now you can help us by reaching the core of the factory."
"Umm...why would you need us?" I asked.
Zelia then looked over at me with her piercing green eyes, which sent a shiver down my spine. "Noel isn't it? We are strong...but not strong enough...As you may know already...The Yellepians are of Earth Heraldry...the monsters of the plant are of Water Heraldry...we are weak to Water. We are barely able to defend ourselves with our weapons...So we sent out the call for help to see if we could reach someone with different abilites...You are those people."
"Umm...Ms. Zelia...You said that you wanted our help to get to the factory core...Shouldn't we destroy it?" Leon asked.
Zelia then looked over at Leon and responded, "No one can truly destroy the factories because they are powered by Spirit Stones. Remove the Spirit Stone and the factory stops working. Only one person can do that."
Celine then cocked her head to the side and asked, "Where are we going to find this one person to remove the Spirit Stone? The universe is huge...What is our chance of find him?"
Zelia let out a small laugh. "Luckily we already have her...She is too weak to go off on her own. So we need you to go with her. So...will you help us?"
Rena nodded and said, "Of course we will! You are suffering and we must stop it!"
Thanks for discussing the proposition with t,"he whole group, Rena...," Dias sarcastically said.
"Hehehe..." Rena giggled. "But you know you were all gonna say yes!"
We all just sighed and then looked up when Zelia cleared her throat. "Well...I'm glad that you will help! Well...you must bathe, feast, and rest before you leave...but I'm sure you would like to meet the girl who can destroy the generators, no?"
We all looked at each other and nodded. Zelia stood up and we followed her into a tunnel.
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When we arrived at the end of the tunnel, Zelia knocked on the door. A soft voice came through. She then opened the door and moved out of the way so we could pass. We all moved in and saw the girl. She was a beautiful, young girl who had long pink hair and was wearing a long silver gown, with golden trimmings. She smiled warmly at us and said, "Hello."