-In the basement of Windsbane's home-

Windsbane- Okay I've been inactive for two weeks due to school but now I'm back and have a fresh chapter hot off my keyboard.

Zephyr- Finally I was thinking I'd never get anymore action.

Four familiar voices from outside- Open this door now Windsbane we have the place surrounded with reinforcements.

-I look out my window to see Jeremy, Terry, Daniel and Janet plus a bunch of guys from the Mafia

Zephyr- Okay, HOW THE HELL DO YOU PLAN TO GET OUT OF THIS ONE WINDSBANE?

Windsbane- Just watch.

Ch 5: The Jupiter Seal Unlocked

I was exhausted after that fight and could barely stand. My chest was bleeding like crazy.

"Ughh" I grunted as I fell to the floor.

Kaze looked startled to see me about to collapse. She then saw one of her arrows right through my chest. It seemed that one managed to get through the barrier of winds that neither of us noticed. At the rate the blood was gushing out of my chest I was going to die and I was too drained to heal myself.

"No!" she cried. "This boy is too strong to die, he must live. I have to get him to the alchemy seal before it's too late."

She lifted me up and flew off carrying me on her back. I was barely awake and saw a large shrine with Jupiter symbols and statues of several deities (the jupiter djinns, a large bird, a Viking with a gigantic hammer, Atalanta and one of Kaze herself. I figured these must be the spirits of wind.

"There isn't much time. Hurry and place you hand on the symbol of this altar."

I did as she said and then a panel on the floor with the same symbol as my hand turned purple. As it glowed a surge of purple energy emitted from the tiles. It converged into a ball as bright as the sun. I was rising into mid air again straight into the purple sun. When my body made contact with the sphere of purple light it entered my body. All of my wounds healed and my body felt amazing with the new power coursing inside of it. The sensation was astonishing. I was feeling a thousand times stronger and my body was pulsing with energy.

"Now the seal of winds has been broken. I will guide and protect you for as long as you live. If you ever need me just blow this whistle."

"Okay I'll remember that if I think I need your help. Now I have completed this challenge you told me about. So how do I get back down to Weyard?"

"Follow me and I will take you to the place."

Kaze led me into the most spectacular city I had ever seen. It was huge and had buildings as tall as trees, an open bazaar, a large dock with floating ships and several other sights I had never seen before. Everyone here appeared to wear these same purple robes. I read a sign, which said "Welcome to Cerenia the city of the Anemos". I looked around and saw several people starting to stare at Kaze and me.

"Look" I heard someone say. "Isn't that Kaze the Guardian of Winds?"

"Yes but what is she doing here, she never leaves the shrine of wind."

We were at what seemed to be the center of the city. She pointed to a shop and told me to go there a disappeared. Not knowing what else to do I went in and saw a middle aged women.

"Hello there young man I Sebra, where are you from? I haven't seen you around here before."

"Hi my name is Zephyr. I came from the surface of Weyard. I was told that you might have something to help me get back to there."

"Hmm… I have something, but I don't know if you can use it."

"What? Why?"

"It is a power called Hover a type of psynergy that normal people can't use. Only jupiter adepts can and we never leave this place. The last people that ever left were a brother and sister. The young girl was only 1 and the boy was only a few months old they had fallen off the island. Their parents had died of an illness about a week before they fell. The elders and the council were unable to get the siblings back but were able to keep them from dying. No one knows where they ended up however."

"While I am a jupiter adept so I should be able to use Hover."

"That's interesting I wasn't aware that jupiter adepts still existed on Weyard's surface. Well if you are a jupiter adept I can give you the hover jade."

With that she handed me this jade. As soon I touched it and it gave off a small force of power.

"Now to get back down you have to use hover along with some kind of ship. I know what I'll give you this wind board. It's just like a surfboard only it can fly."

"Thanks a lot. Well bye."

I took the board and went just outside the city. As I went there some soldiers stopped me and the Captain of the group advanced.

"Where do you think you are going?" The Captain asked sarcastically.

"I'm heading back to the surface." I responded casually.

"No you're not," the Captain told me. "We heard you appeared in town out of nowhere. You must be brought to our leader Chief Alika."

I was afraid of what might happen next so I jumped on the board and sure enough it floated. I pushed off at full speed and was soon in the open sky as the soldiers looked both surprised and angry.

I was free and heading straight down. I felt right at home in the sky with the winds speeding past me and blowing at my face. I laughed since it made sense as I am a wind adept. The cloudy white sky turned clear blue as I broke down lower. From here I could see Airs Rock and Yampi Desert meaning I was close to home. I headed south towards Garoh and hoping no one would realize I'd been gone for about a day.

I suddenly remembered that last night was the first of the full moon just as the riddle said and I had released the seal at dawn. Then another thought struck me. Everyone in town would be looking for me, because the lunar festival is such a big deal that every resident of Garoh is almost always there. I hurried back to town as fast as I could, not able to know what to expect when I got there.

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As I headed back to town storm clouds were brewing. The sky was starting to turn pitch black as thunder roared overhead. I was just on the outskirts of town ready to land when an enormous steam of lightning appeared in front of me. It missed me by a millimeter but struck the board. I plummeted towards the ground not knowing if I'd live or not.

My body was hurtling through the air almost to the ground. SPLASH! I landed in a pond just on the mountainside. I swam to the edge and surfaced. My body was soaked from head to toe but I was alive. The town was deserted and it looked like everyone was taking shelter in the caves. The winds were getting stronger and starting to swirl around. A massive tornado was about to hit the entire town of Garoh.

I was rushing towards my secret place since there was a cave there that I could hide in until the storm died down when I heard a shout:

"HELP! SOMEONE! ANYONE! HELP!"

I looked in the direction of the cries and spotted Jeremy on the ground with a broken ankle and a tornado right behind him. I did resent Jeremy for annoying me all those years, but I wouldn't leave him to be swallowed by a tornado.

"Hang on Jeremy."

"Hurry the tornado is getting closer!" he yelled as I hurried to help.

Jeremy's body was suddenly pulled up into the air by the gale force winds. At unimaginable speed I ran and grabbed his arm just before he was sucked into the windy vortex. The tornado was pulling harder and I could barely hold onto Jeremy whose grip was slipping.

As we were being pulled into a cyclone that would almost definitely kill us I started to become scared. We couldn't escape and both of us would die here. Then a recent memory in my head came back:

Kaze told me, "I will guard and protect you for as long as you live. If you ever need me just blow this whistle."

I reached for the whistle that Kaze gave me and blew it. A brilliant glow of purple shown around the area and Kaze appeared.

"What is it that you need young master?"

"I need to stop this tornado somehow before it kills both me and Jeremy and destroys the entire town."

I could hear Jeremy's thoughts and he was both amazed and petrified at the sight of Kaze appearing out of nowhere.

"But you don't need me to do that you have the ability already. You inherited the powers of wind. You can control this tornado enough to change its course. Just concentrate on the wind around you."

I followed what she told me. I closed my eyes and saw the vortex in my mind and visualized it getting smaller and moving away from the town. It did exactly what I saw it doing. It grew smaller and smaller and moved far away so it wouldn't hit the town. I quickly pulled Jeremy into the closest cave I could find to get out of the rain.

"Are you okay?" I asked Jeremy somewhat concerned.

"Yea, I'm okay." He responded to me.

"Glad to hear it Jeremy." I said calmly.

"Wait I know your voice" He said astounded and looked up to see my face. "Zephyr it's you! Why did you save me?"

He seemed oblivious to the fact that I had just tired myself out by moving a gigantic tornado.

"When someone is in trouble you are supposed to help them out no matter what. That means even if they made your life miserable."

"Jeez you have to bring that up now!" Jeremy told me in an annoyed tone. "Don't think this will change anything between us we are still enemies. You are just a human and we are werewolves."

"Okay you could just say thank you and cut out the tough guy act." I spoke angrily. "But I suppose you are right I am a human, but that doesn't make me any less special than you."

"I beg to differ." Jeremy retorted.

Then a new voice came from within the cave:

"Who goes there?"

We both were shocked to see Maha!

-A loud explosion is heard from the yard and when we look out we see loads of Mafia guys out cold.-

Zephyr- What did you do this time?

Windsbane- Oh I was experimenting with a new explosive formula. I made a couple of land mines on my free time with it. The explosions aren't strong enough to kill, but can knock a guy out for about a day.

Zephyr- HOW ON EARTH DO YOU GET THIS STUFF? FIRST THE CROCODILES AND NOW LANDMINES! WHATS NEXT MISSIALS AND ROCKETSHIPS?

Windsbane- Okay rocketships it is. Just let me get it out of my closet...

-Zephyr bangs his head against the wall-