The cloth unraveld to reveal a orb with many facets and an intense aura glaring about. It sparkeled like a diamond and glowed like lightning. Something about the orb drew the heros close.

"Take this orb and gather the rest of the items. Only then will you be able to free our land," the maayors said, as he handed them the orb.

The group thanked the mayor quietly and walked out of the town to the sound of many cheers. Within the hour they had left the town behind and were well on thier way to the next.

"Are we going to do this?" Asked Garet.

"What! Of course we are," said Isaac, shruging off Garets comment.

Suddenly the next town reared into sight, and it was strangle alive with activity, but not human activity. It was covered in plantlife, twisted in vines and poisonous creepers. Something was wrong with this town, much worse than the other town, every plant here was intent on destruction and guarding the town. They had to get in. But there was no way.

Right away they attempted to burn down the the plants but nothing seemed to work. Even combining thier powers they were unable to. Garet, frustrated and dejected slammed his axe into a vine, instantly catching it on fire. A fire that burned no further than five feet. A useless try as the vine was replaced by six more.

Then the axe began to glow. Garet instinctively grabbed for it and felt a strange power flow through him, his veins were on fire yet it caused him no pain, his mind was a flame, but he felt nothing. Lashing out he saw in his axe his body wreathed in flame. His axe flickered delightfully as he hacked through the plants into the town.

(sorry for the wait..XP)