Some more Fable stuff for you guys and girls eh? Okay you greedy monsters I will slave over a nasty ass keyboard for it. Okay I am going to add a bit of a twist and a new character in this chapter hope you are happy Lotordude…better be took a me like five minutes to think of. This is also dedicated to Pricsilla. Hope you like this also and everyone that reads this. Disclaimer, I don't own anything of fable or anything of that kind okay? Don't sue me I am poor enough as it is. Huge chapter happy?
Chapter8, Sleepless souls.
They all were heading back into Knothole Glade as the three were thinking on what to do about getting to the east.
"So let me get this strait, you have no ship, you have no money, the only way you got here was by threatening the captain of the ship?" Silver asked.
"To put it in simple terms, yes." Serge proudly grinned as he drank some more of his beer.
"One of the most powerful warriors I have ever seen, and has no money. We were better off with the tautest we saw a while back." They all chuckled as they entered the town bar.
"Drinks on me," Revan ordered three beers and they downed them quickly but before Serge was about to do a magic trick with his beer he was picked up from behind by his neck.
"Where did he go?" A man wearing an overly large robe with one arm in it and the other out of the sleeve. His robe was a very old looking about one hundred years before his time…and that is saying a lot considering he looked about fifty. His body was mostly covered up in the red robe and he was wearing dark sunglasses. "You know who I mean." His voice was aged and cold.
"How the hell are you lifting me with one hand? And second of all I have no clue who you are talking about." Serge tried to break lose but he was to powerful.
"The pirate that was here earlier. The one you let go you baboon." He was angry and was about to take it out on Serge then something happened to the bartender. She fell over and spilt the beer on Serge and the mysterious man. He threw down Serge and picked up the waitress, do you know where the man that was in here went?" His sunglasses stared her down as she whimpered.
"Last I saw him he was in the forest area. Some say he was in the grave yard and Headman's hill." She shook as he gently put her down.
"Now for you, you lumbering idiot, I have to kill you for what you saw earlier." He reached behind him and withdrew a ridiculously large blade and tried to drive on Serge's downed body. He rolled out of the way as the blade came crashing down. He walked over to the man and power slammed serge and threw him into the middle of the town. "Sir do you know where the pirate went?" The man was about to kill Serge.
"Was it the time where I broke the beer record here? That must have been the time I broke up that fight. Oh that's why you ran after him." He chuckled as he remembered all the beer he drank that day. "I wasn't sober back then, I don't remember you at all." He tried to talk his way out of this.
"I don't believe you." The man was going to hit him this time as he drew back his blade for another swing. He started the forward strike but another blade stopped the oncoming attack. The man looked into Raven's eyes and took his blade and put it back into his scabbier. "You wouldn't be the young fighter Raven would you?" He asked.
"If I was?" He answered with distrust in his eyes.
"I am Eli; I wish to join your quest for the sword of Aeons." Eli looked at the stunned crew.
"How do you know my name and who sent you to protect me." Raven looked at him with an odd feeling. His energy was different than the rest of the people he was around. It wasn't of evil intent. It was if he wasn't really there more as of an illusion. Although he had heard of powerful warriors being able to mask their power but this was different. "How do I know you are as powerful as you say?" Raven looked at him with his sword out. Before Eli could say anything a very pale man in a pirate custom walked out from over the hill.
"So Eli are you hell bent on sending the spirits back to Dormant while you dance on the graves of my fallen comrades? I think not." He spoke with a sea dog accent and a mix of old English as he withdrew his two blades. One was a large saber while the other was a short dagger.
"Have it your way. Go to Dormant now or I will vanquish your soul all together." Eli took out his sword and pointed it at the pirate and the blade glowed yellow. "I hope you enjoy internal sleep." He charged the pirate and made contact with his blade. The yellow glow made it look like lighting was hitting his blade without remorse. The blade came thundering down one more time and the pirate's saber broke in two. He tried to run after the blade broke but Eli used a binding spell to stop the pirate dead in his tracks. Eli then walked over to him and drove his blade into the back of the pirate. He squirmed until something very strange happened. His body vanished until he turned into a soul and went into his sword. "So, this is another soul that has been resisting to go into the Dormant."
"What is Dormant? And what the hell is going on?" Raven asked looking at the old man.
"Well to my knowledge I do believe Dormant is where souls go after death. And what we saw I do believe we just saw this man vanquish this soul to Dormant. But how did it get down here" Silver went on with his knowledge of the after life.
"I was hoping this would come up sooner or later. The reason the demons are forming in the east is these souls are being blocked to the Dormant so they must take form into something else in the mean time. Something else is also playing a part in the spirits because they would just turn into floating ghost but someone is turning them into demons. Until whatever is blocking way is killed, them demons will continue to form." Eli explained.
"So what do you suggest doing. This is obviously a power inside of the spirit world which no one can access." Serge pondered.
"This is where I come in. This blade can open the seal but cannot be to unseal it until our work is done." He then made a circle with his blade and began to chant. A large portal opened to a place that was dark and dreary but at the floor were beautiful landscapes. "So join me and I will promise to guard you on your quest." He offered.
Raven didn't even give it a second thought as he jumped through the portal along with Sliver. Serge just looked on stunned.
"So are you coming or just going to sit here and stare at it." Eli looked at him with a weird smile.
"So old…yet you have the patience of my nephew." Serge shook his head as he jumped into the portal.
They all landed in the beautiful world unhurt but the odd feeling of something was wrong.
"We are going to meet up with two people I know can help us. Nahadia and Desonus her guardian. She is the only remaining summoned that will be able to kill Pain. It is time, Raven we must travel into the land of restless souls. Once fixed I promise to do what I can to help you on your quest." Eli was pumped about having Raven to fight with him but what Raven doesn't know is what is in store. Eli decided to tell him later when he felt the time was right.
"We are nearing their house, be careful, Desonus is quite protective so don't be afraid if he watches you with a close eye. He is a creature you have probably never seen." Eli talked as they entered a forest where two spirits ambushed them into the body of a Hoob. Raven dashed over to the beast and cut its head clean off its shoulders. Raven smirked as he put his sword back into his Scabbard until they came to the house. Eli came to the door and knocked three times and the door was flung open and a long bladed staff was pointed at him. Eli looked calmly at Desonus as he put his spear down.
"So Eli what brings you here?" Desonus fearing the worst was here, he had knew Nahadia sense she was a little girl. She had become a sister to him and now he might lose her. "Is it time for the journey?" He asked with little hope in his voice.
"I hate to say it but it is Desonus but I have more friends with me. Meet Raven, the fighter I told you about, Silver the monk, and Serge Raven's drunken uncle." Eli introduced them.
"I see that you favor Serge now do you Eli? Please Eli be more polite." Spoke up a soft voice in the back.
"Yes mama'." Eli bowed.
"Please Eli there is no reason to bow to me. I am nothing more than your friend." She smiled as she kissed him on cheek. He blushed as he got up and looked over to Desonus who wasn't very happy. The girl was looked about sixteen and had unbelievable body features. Her face one of an angle and hair long and flowing a beautiful chestnut color. Her eyes were the color of blue gems almost like angle eyes. She wore a long white robe with a blue shirt underneath. She walked over to her new friends and gave them all a huge. Except Silver which ended up kissing her on the lips and Desonus pulled him off of her. "So you are Raven you are quite the looker." She flirted Raven blushed and said thank you. They walked out of the house and Nahadia spoke up once again.
"So which city are we going to first?" She needed to learn the truth of what she was doing. All she knew was that she was suppose to kill a thing called Pain to allow the spirits to sleep. She was good at faking her feelings, she learned that not everything results in happy endings not even when Avo writes them.
End of chapter eight. Now to reviews.
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