Chapter 5
The Daughter of Iris
Chance and Jake have finally found the location of the little girl that took thier things however on their way over their Felina went into a sudden trance and began walking against her own accords luckily thanks to Chances Sleep powder achemly she is now safe on chances back as the three of them went on their way to the house of the legendary richard manx who supposly is the master of all magical spells.
Inisde the house with its wooden floor and multi-Colored bottles on the hollowed out shelfs and a cauldron in the middle with a roaring fire making the red like content in the pot bubble up and emitting red smoke. Callie walked in the house and looked around for something or someone as she walks on the wooden floors she climbed up the stairs and say her master reading a floating book while one arm was under his chin and the other supporting it bu the elbow. He was focused in the book to notice callie had walked in as his black eyes went left to right as he kept reading the books content. Callie got mad and stamped her foot the wooden floor making the man lose his focus and fall on the ground as he stumbles he gets up and sees callie looking at him with her hands behind her back and her wand on the side,
"Meow Master you got stuck reading again thats isn't heathly to do people can come in and sneak up on you" Callie said with a teaching mood Richard just laughes and gets up.
"Did you get the book Callie?" Richard said with a more serious tone in his voice callie turned around and showed him chances book of alchemly.
"Meow master here it is right here this is right the furlongs legendary book of Alchemy right meow?" Callie said as she tilted her head sideways at the same time richard grabbed the book and using a swift motion the book unlocked.
"Yes this is the right book callie quickly lets go" Richard said as Callie followed him into the backroom down some stairs going down into a room richard then put the book on a stand and chants a little spell pretty soon the room begins to light up the color yellow streamed down following some trail going into a circle in the wall and the other wall had red lights going into the circle which begins to turn orange. The ground lighted up around richards and callies feet.
Meanwhile outside in the wood before richards house Chance and Jake are walking along the dirt path to house when suddenly jakes stops in his tracks as he felt something change in the surrondings he stopped chance was still carrying felina on his back all her arms had no life in them but she was breathing slowly the two of them arrived at the house and chance gets a funny feeling all of a sudden.
"Is that Alchemy coming from the house?" Chance thought to himself as it seemed impossible for moment but he knew something was up he and jake walked to the front door of the house and chance let felina down easily on the side as he took his left hand touched the door knob ,but before he touched it the door opened on its own as chance slowly backed away from it with caution he knew someone was expecting them to come Chance picked up felina and walked in the jake slowly behind him as they walked into the house and say the bottles and the caludron in the room.
"Thats odd nobodies here Hello!" CHance yelled as Jake put his hand over his mouth.
"Shh quiet you fool we don't know who lives here remember this could be a trap set up for us"jake said as he released his hand from chances mouth and and looked around he noticed a book shelf and went to it and grabbed something off of it chance looked at the bottles on the shelves he laided felina on a nearby bed and went to observe the bottle which all had different types of liquid contents in them he looks at each one differently each one more weird than the next. Jake is reading through the books concerning about magic it really didn't catch his eye until he turned the next page and it was about alchemly he stood their in his tracks and read it with the most focused look. Chance looks over and sees a door with some stairs going down he pokes his head and looks down and sees some lights down the stairs he walks over to jake who was still reading.
"Hmmm so it really does exist..." Jake said quietly with a little smile formed on the right side of his face "All this time it was their this whole tiime...now I can get my revenge against..." Jake was saying but chance came over jake closed the book quickly. Chance stood their looking at jake who was getting up.
"What wrong Jake you seem to be stressed about something?" Chance asked as Jake just raised his hand back and forward
"Its nothing you find anything" Jake asked as Chance looks at the door he was at and pointed.
"Thier a huge release of alchemy coming down from their jake lets go check it out" Chance said as Jake got up and followed him downstairs as they continued to walk down the stairs chance was looking at the symbols on the walls. He runs his fingers across them and scanned the characters he didn't know what they was but he seen it somewhere before as they got to the bottom of the stairs they say two figures in the middle of the room both of them reconigzed the little girl that stole their stuff both of them drew their weapons and walked slowly as to not make to much noise. AS they got closer chance could hear his heart beat rising with anitcaption as he was getting closer as soon as they got close enough they readied their attack and lunged at them ,but callie turned around and trapped the both of them with a sealing spell they couldn't move their bodies callie was standing their looking at the both of them laughing as richard turned around and faced the boys.
"Meow haven't you heard of knocking Meow how rude is it to walk into someone house without their permission meow" Callie said as Richard Dispel callies spell the both of them fell to the ground Chance and Jake got up and brushed themselves off chance saw his book on the stand.
"Excuse me could I have my book back it belonged to my father..." Chance begins to say but Richard stopped him
"I know all about you and your father its a shame he left this with someone who can't even comprend what secrets it contains" Richard said as chance was getting mad but was surprised that this guy knew his father.
"You know my father?" Chance asked him richard shook his head yes
"More than you can comprend Chance...now the both of you come I have something to show you stand their please" Richard said as Chance and Jake walked to the spots he desinagted them to stand on callie was beside chance and richard closed his eyes causing the room to go black. After a few seconds of darkness the room changed they was standing on nothing and they was surrounded by stars. Chance was in awe of this and say the planets coming towards them they was the size of golf balls chance tried to touch them but his hand went through them.
"What is this?' Chance asked as Richard looks around and gets down callie walks over to chance and looks at him.
"This is one of the legendary machines of Alchemy its called the rememberizer I think Meow" Callie said as Chance thought about the name for a few seconds but to his dismay he didn't know it at all. Richard changed the settings and they was in a lab of sorts Jake looked and say a blacked hair standing over a test tube inisde it was a little girl with a red braclet on her Chance knew who it was on the spot he backed away for a second and shook in place.
"NO its Felina...looks at richard what the hell is this" Chance yelled as Richard shutdown the setting and looked at chance and gave him his book back to him
"She is the daughter of Iris the legendary Alchemist she was made with alchemy before Iris died she was found in the lab and was adopted" Richard said as Chance looks at him with anger in his eyes.
"So the bracelet is her..." Chance said but before he could finished they heard a crash upstairs and of them walked upstairs and say the living room trashed chance ran into the room where felina was she was still their. Chance was relieved to see her safe ,but when he got close to her he heard a scream coming from outside and ran outside and say Callie , Jake leaning over and say richards body on the ground standing over him was a other figure that looked like jake except had a red eyes and a ponytail Jake drew his sword out and looked at him Chance ran over to callie and grabbed her.
"Meow let me go meow master Richard got hurt" Callie said as she was struggling to get away from chance.
"No Callie its to dangerous for you to go come on jake lets go" Chance yells as he takes callie back to the house ,but jake stood his ground and looked at the figure who was smiling at him.
"Well well still alive are you jake thougth you had die or something" Said the figure "I come for the daughter of Iris step aside now" said the figure with a angry tone jake stood their and growled at him.
"You...cause of you...you'll pay die!" Jake yelled as he lunges forwards the figure drew out his sword and knocked jake back with ease. Jake was sent back flying and landed near richard he struggles to get up and sees the figure walking away"
"We'll settle this some other time I'll be seeing you soon Jake I will not take the girl for now I rather let her see me firsthand" said the figure said as he vanished chance and callie ran over to richard and Jake they was okay the both of them dragged them to the house and onto a bed. Chance and callie was sitting in the living room near the fireplace.
"Chance...Meow? Can I ask you something meow" Callie said quietly chance looks at her
"What is it callie?" Chance asked her as she walks over to him.
"Are you mad at me Meow?" Callie asked as she put her hand into a fist and placed it over her mouth chance shook his head no at her.
"Naww its alright I got my book back thats all that matters and felinas bracelet is on her again so we shouldn't worry lets get some sleep now its getting late" Chance said as callie walked over to him and smiled
"Meow night night" Callie said as chance smiled at her and went to bed to sleep before he went to sleep he thought to himself for minute"
"Daughter of Iris...felina..." Chance said as he went to sleep. In the other room Jake got up and put his coat on he wenched in pain for a moment and Lupine appeared.
"Stop Jake your wound.." Lupine said as Jake just scoffed at him as he got up and got his sword and walked towards the door breathing really hard.
"Its nothing come lets go hes here after all this time I'll kill him that man I swear it" Jake said under his breath as he walks out the front door and into the woods and looked back and stood their for a moment.
"We'll meet again chance may our paths cross again" Jake said as he walks into the woods into the night.
The next day richard was up reading a book like he always do but he wasn't alone Felina was up and looking around at the strange stuff pretty soon Callie and Chance woke up and chance went to get jake but when he opened the door chance was gone he runs into the living room in a shock.
"Guys! Jake is gone!" Chance said as Felina and Callie was shocked ,but richard stood their and said nothing. Felina walked up to chance who was still surprised to see her awoke he failed to noticed that.
"Felina you're awake thats good" Chance said but felina was still upset about jake sudden leave.
"You said jake was gone didn't you?" Felina asked chance shook his head yes.
"I wonder where he went to?" Chance asked as Callie came to their side and richard walk towards them and looked at chance.
"That I don't know chance he appeared to have his own way of doing things knowing him he'll be alright..." Richard said as the three of them looked down at the ground Chance looked and felina and walked towards the door felina followed behind him.
"We leaving already Chance?" Felina asked as Chance nodded his head.
"We won't accomplish anything standing here lets go to the town of Gila and ask if anyone say jake" Chance as felina nodded in agreement as they begin to leave the house richard stopped them.
"Wait I have something for you" Richard said as he grabbed something and gave it to chance. Chance looked down and a alchemy symbol appeared before him and formed a lightning bolt in a cross formation,
"A mana Item..." Chance said as he looks at richard
"It was made for you chance the lightning rod your father made me promise to give it to you it wields great power use it wisely okay" Richard said as CHance nodded at him.
"Also I have a request to make...I want you to take callie with you" Richard said as Callie was shocked to hear this. Callie was standing their looking at Richard.
"Meow...master?" Callie said quietly as she walks over to richard and looks at him with concern richard rubbed her head and smiled at her.
"Well Chance?" Richard asked as Chance stood their for a moment and nodded
"Yeah she can come her magic will be useful and it be more fun to have her along with us" Chance said as Callie jumped up and down and hugged chance and rubbed against him chance smiled and felina was laughing richard looks at them.
"Chance take care of her shes a good kid and callie please come back safely" Richard said as Callie hugs richard and purred against him.
"I won't let you down master meow" Callie said as she went to Chance and Felina said as the three of them walked outside and headed towards gila as richard say them fade out of view he went and sat down and read his book.
"May they be protected by the ways of mana" Richard said as he reads the book slowly.