Okay here it is one day before I finally start thinking about school so here is one of the last chapters I will put out this summer. SO much for finishing Yellow Vs Green2, well I will try to this year though. But non the less this is a fable story so you don't have a freaking clue what I am talking about so here it is the slightly more action packed part two to City of Mirrors. Disclaimer, I have no money there for I own nothing. Got it? I am also going to roman numerals…until I forget what symbol I need to use then I will go back to numbers but until then here is chapter 10 or in this case,
Chapter X, City of mirrors part two, Burning star.
The next morning they all packed their materials and began to head north to the so called 'City of Mirrors.' Raven didn't all believe that the entire city could be passed just because it looks different. But then again, he has been through three portals in the last two weeks by now he would believe that rock Trolls could be tame pets. Most of his crew were still talking about last nights practice matches while Raven and Nahadia sat in the back of the carriage and talked about her life.
"I lived in a small village with a few people but they all saw me as with an outcast. I think it had something to do with the magic I possessed. When I turned thirteen my father was killed by a cult somewhere hoping to end my dreams of becoming a summoner. I originally thought of quitting but then I realized that I had to continue or they would of won. I hope to one day find the cult that did this and kill them for what they did." She kicked her feet over the edge of the cart as the carriage rolled over a few hills but then began to pick up speed.
"What do you plan to accomplish at this city?" Raven asked his question last time was interrupted by the sprawl.
"Well the chieftain said that it would unfold itself at our feet, we are going off by the ancient prophecy so it is said the first Beast of the Ancient's will be shown to me when the time is needed. I have a bad feeling, nothing for summoners is ever handed to them." She continued to kick her feet hanging out of her long skirt.
"So what is its name or do you know. To think of it, can you do magic?" Raven smirked.
"Of course!" She was about to smack him but she just smiled, "I also have no clue on the name of it but the ancients call him 'Burning Star'."
"Interesting. But what do we do after that?"
"That is a question for Desonus." She then stood up to stretch. The sun was still low into the trees as the its red glow light the morning ground and then the carriage stopped. It was a sudden stop and Raven was thrown off. Everyone laughed at him as he was sent flying into a hill. Raven put a hand out to lift himself but the ground was almost like metal. The grass was fake, was this the "City of mirrors" he had heard so much of? He picked himself off the ground and pulled the grass; nothing. He tried to put his sword into the grass, it went in but he didn't feel it go through anything and when he pulled the blade out of the ground. Mud came off the blade but it looks like water. A person would just glance over this, maybe there is more to this city than meets the eye. Raven shook it off as he thought of the bad pun he had come up with and he hopped back into the cart as Desonus and Nahadia stepped out and she wave her wand in front of her and Desonus began to chant and then the seal was gone. It was a large ancient Roman like city with buildings made of stone and large columns held up great town halls. People just stopped and glared at us like they have never seen other people then themselves They continued on getting strange looks and shouts in a tongue Raven never heard of. Desonus apparently understood as he shouted back with a gnarl in his voice. They finally stopped in the middle of the town at a large building where Eli and Nahadia were the first ones out as they stared at the large building with two stone carvings of two men holding up the roof. They all began to climb up the stairs when we were stopped and again Desonus talked to them and Desonus was able to walk up to the door with the rest of them. The interior was huge and filled with many doorways. Desonus walked calmly to the third door and pushed it open with a little more ease then he had been when he was outside. The door lead to the throne room and inside there was a man on the throne looking out his window. The room was covered in gold and the king had necklaces on his neck. He looked over at us and his face lit up.
"Ah Desonus, long time no see." The man looked foolish as he ran over towards us and he hugged the large loin like creature.
"Yes Richard I haven't seen you in so long. It had to be five years sense I saw you last." Desonus then turned around and introduced us. "This is the summoner, Nahadia, the bronze of this operation, Eli, and his friends, Raven, Silver and Serge the Drunkard." Desonus chuckled as he look at Serge's stern eyes.
"Eh, look here, I am not drunk 'all' the time, I mean I am sober forty-percent of the time." This not being one of those rare occasions.
"Pleased to meet all of you," He shuck their hands and then looked over at Nahadia, "wow you've grown a lot over those five years, I only hope so did your skill." He then hugged the girl as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey grandpa." She said as she turned around skipping back to her friends and then turned around to ask him a question, "What am I here for again?"
"Well, the prophets said that one day a army of the dead shall try to overthrow the town but one warrior would destroy the leader of this threat." He read the thing indented into his wall, there was one more sign. It read, "This is no beginning, this is the end." Raven knew that sign probably meant he was going to die or get pretty close to getting killed, signs like this always did. He took out his blade realizing that anyone could break the blade and then what? He had to get it fixed soon.
"So…" Silver looked at the king for a while.
"Well I believe the day would be the day the summoner meant to destroy the demon that blocks a soul from eternal sleep." He read more scriptures.
"Wow that is pretty straight forward. I take that you have heard rumors and began to shake in your rich man britches?" Raven asked with a smirk look on his face.
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A man in dark armor walked up a large staircase leading up from the dungeons. Two men held the man's arms as he dangled lifelessly as he was placed in a large spell circle and on the other side was a old body armor set for a samurai. At the top of the room was a man with two short blades and then he began a chant. The circles began to show the symbols as a blue light was sucked from the body and into the suit. It got up and went over to the two blades hanging on the wall.
"Now Burning Star, go, lead my army and destroy them." The man with the short blades told the soul trapped in the suit.
"What about the girl, dead or alive?" It asked holding up its blades. One was a blade with a tip like fire made out of steal while the other was a short dagger with a ribbon on the end. He vaguely remembered what the weapons do as if it was his past in some way. Who was he? Why was I taking orders from this man? Who was this girl? How did I know to say that at that time? Just then it seemed to sink in where he was. Bits and pieces of his memory became to flow in like a broken damn floods the city. His name was Mathew James Thead; he had a brother, two sisters, a dead father, a murdered mother and now a dead cousin. He then felt a strange volt of anger…he also had a dead daughter of fifteen and a murdered wife of thirty. Memories of his past with his child growing up on a farm, playing tag, helping her grow crops, his wife, his beautiful wife laying on the ground with someone holding a large sword covered in blood coming out of her back. The child lay dead on the floor, it looked as if she was also killed by this blade.
"It was your brother my dear child." The man had an odd colored hair, almost as if was blue but his age had silver mixed in along with the aqua blue.
"My brother." His voice was different, it seemed to be held back like it was muffled, and something didn't seem write…was he even in his body? He looked around and saw it, his black armor he wore in some kind of battle but he couldn't remember what. Maybe it was a fight with his brother he just didn't know right now. "Who is my brother?"
"His name is Raven. Also for the girl I would like it if she was alive although if she puts up a fight, kill her I can revive her, just hack her into little bits, you have a tendency to do that." He then opened a portal to the town where the girl was currently.
"Am I alone?" He asked looking around only seeing the two slaves.
"I don't know show me how rusty you are with the blade, kill the two that brought your body in here." He chuckled as he sealed the two doors leading out of the room. He took the flame blade and severed the first slave's head off. Blood spilled all over the place as the head rolled around the hall and then Burning Star looked over to second one he was hiding in a corner crying. This was pitiful and disgraceful to him as he used the ribbon, extended it to sever the man into small slices with blood and organs lying on the floor.
"You have some memory of how to use your blades, but you don't can't the entire town on. Take the army with you, make sure you come back with the summoner." Burning Star then walked into the portal and then found himself on a hill with an army of stone statues about his size all waiting on his order. Down below lay a town no one seemed to see us but it was a beautiful town non-the less. The stone buildings it mad and impression on him for a few seconds and then he pointed his finger forward and shouted the command that would bring this town to its knees, "Charge!" The entire army began to run down the hill still no one noticed that until the first solider killed a civilian. The statues were all armed with the same long sword. They ran up to one civilian after another killing them searching for what he was looking for. Burning Star felt and aura like his and began to follow. He was surprisingly fast from what he remembered but this body was at least a tenfold better. He found a large building with two statues of two men holding it up was the source of the aura. He kicked down the large stone door with ease and then saw a group of fighters and he guessed the king of this town.
"I want the girl." He sounded stern but of course someone had to speak up.
"I don't care what you want. You'll burn in hell first before you can touch this girl." Raven stepped in front of her.
"You…you are the same as me." He said looking at his aura surrounding him.
"Yhea right." Raven said holding his blade out ready for a fight and then all of his friends stepped behind him.
"If you are looking for a fight you found one." Serge now sober all of a sudden took out his axe for battle.
"Same here." The rest of the crowd said all taking out whatever they had for battle.
"Fine if you won't give her over I will take her from you guys." He laughed as he took out his blades. Silver was the first to attack by using a holy magic spell unleashing a shroud holy smoke covering the field. Silver then ran over to Burning Star and landed a blade blow to his neck but nothing happened. Burning Star took the blade and stabbed Silver in the stomach with it making him bleed profusely and then he used force push to knock him to the fever back of the chamber nearly killing Silver. Nahadia ran quickly over to him and tried to use white magic to heal him.
"Anyone else?" he said trying to chuckle but it came out a muffle.
"Me." Eli said calmly as he took off his large jacket revealing a badly burned arm wrapped in bandages and he took out his large broad sword. He charged Burning Star and Burning Star did the same. They both stood there for a second then Eli began to bleed from his side badly and this time Burning Star did laugh.
"And I thought this was going to be hard now just hand over the girl and I won't kill anymore of you."
"Okay you bastard this time I'm going to kick your ass and hang it up in the middle of the town to show everyone how easy you and your entire family is to kill." Serge began to run towards the man but before he could land a single blow, Burning Star used his ribbon move to impale Serge through the stomach and he fell over.
"Last chance before I get to kill you all." He said looking at Desonus ready to fight.
"Never." He said and he casted a spell trying to freeze him but he just shook it off and casted his own spell which was going to absorb Desonus' soul in a matter of minutes when Nahadia casted the counterspell. Desonus tried to do some up close attack but failed. His first strike was a downward assault with his staff but Burning Star caught the blade and stabbed Desonus with the other. He then picked him by the neck and drained the will from him and then casted him to the other side of the room where Nahadia quickly tried to heal him.
"So it is just you and me eh?" Raven looked at the thing with a smirk, "I hope your master can put you back together once I dice you into a thousand little pieces." Raven charged him full on and Burning Star once again tried the ribbon technique but Raven jumped over it and landed a flying blow onto the thing's chest. Raven looked over his shoulder as the man stumbled over with a large gash in the armor. He then got back up and began his own assault. He took out the flame sword and tried to strike Raven down with three straight blows but Raven was able to with stand them put it was like torture. He felt his entire body tremble after each menacing blow but then the fourth blow it happened, his sword broke in half.
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Sorry I had to leave it at that but I thought you might like a little suspense with this chapter sense it has been so long from the last time I posted. I hope this more than made up for that. Also I am going to be posting some exclusive fanfiction on Gamesource so you might want to check that out. I hope to finish the light side story there. If you couldn't guess whom the man that resurrected Raven's brother, yhea that was his brother, you best go reread a few chapters but if you could then you are set and will see where I am going with this. Also my favorite band, Coheed and Cambria, has released a new album and it totally kicks ass. I mean it is a lot darker than the last of their albums but hey it got me to write and that should count for something. Now to the review list!
ATR, keep up the support I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Mark20, I believe you said you love crazy power ups at near death situations, you will love the next chapter.
Seda, hey man…update and review. Get ready to flip about whom I kill off later.
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Lotordude, I like your story and so should everyone else, a hell of a lot better than this.
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Sarah, I hope you like your character, she kicks ass next chapter.
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Well Fuel for the feeding end so appreciate the three thousand word chapter cause I sure as hell isn't making the next chapter as long. But the next chapter will be sweet violence. So yhea see you all later and please review. Also the top part is inaccurate, I will probably not finish YVG any time soon…and school already started.