Chapter 3: The messenger

Tired from his journey home, Danny was sprawled on his bed. Regina and Angelina, twin elves that were spirits of Danny's, came to wake him.

"Master Chambers, you have company. They say it's important" announced Regina. Danny groaned but found the strength to open his eyes.

"Okay I'm up. Who are they?"

"They're your friends, Madalgo and Maho" answered Angelina.

"THE MAGICIANS! HERE! NOW!" said Danny as he quickly got up. Danny ran to his bathroom to wash up.

"We'll be waiting for you downstairs. Hurry Dan" said Regina before the two sisters went back downstairs. A few minutes later, Danny rushed downstairs. Sure enough, his two best friends were waiting for him, Madalgo, more commonly known as the dark magician, and Maho, more commonly known as the dark magician girl.

"Good morning you two. So nice to pay us a visit." Both Danny and Madalgo embraced each other in welcome, but Maho kept a sad face and looked down.

"Is she alright?" Danny asked.

"That's why we came over. Maho has been bothered by strange reoccurring dreams. She insists that you should listen to them" said Madalgo with a look of concern on his face.

"Well come on in. Serena, come here please" Danny turned around to await Serena, more commonly known as the holy elf. She immediately walked through the back door, probably coming from her readings.

"Yes my lord?" she said respectfully

"Serena, we have guests. Can you make some of that tea that you love to make? I'm sure it will be quite an eye opener to all of us."

"Certainly" Serena bowed her bed and made her way to the pantry to prepare the tea. Danny then turned his attention back to the two magicians who were already seated and waiting for him.

"Now Maho, please explain your dream to Danny" said Madalgo. Maho took a breathed and started to explain the dream she was having.

"In the dream, I hear this ominous voice and its saying "With the fall of the guardian, chaos will invade the earth. And with the spilling of his blood, all innocence on the earth will be removed. Soon the four prophets will come from another world and will destroy all that is pure in the name of the being that controls their great power. Fear the four prophets!" Danny continued to listen without taking his eyes off of her. Maho stopped and cringed as if the words she was speaking were hurting her.

"But Danny, the worse was the images that I saw along with the voice. The guardian that the voice spoke about, I saw him. He looked just like…" Maho was interrupted by a loud scream from outside. "Danny, let's go!" said Madalgo as he grabbed his staff. Danny ran after Madalgo as they both followed the scream. "This way!" said Danny as he heard it coming from the left. A little further into the forest, both men noticed a wounded women running from several strange beasts. "What on earth are those things?" Danny asked Madalgo. "I don't know, but I intend to defeat them anyway. Take care of the woman. I take care of those…things." Danny ran to intercept the woman. He caught just as she collapsed from fatigue and her wounds. Danny knew she wasn't from around here. He had never seen creatures like those and no one dressed in black leather like she did, and no one has a blade like the one she dropped before she collapsed herself. He laid her on the ground and turned back to see how Madalgo was faring. He flew right in front the creatures. "I summon the power of the dark mist!" declared Madalgo. A cloud of sparkling black mist flew out and raced toward the beasts. They tried to retreat, but they were caught in the cloud and melted from the mist's corrosive touch. Now that Madalgo was safe, Danny started to conjure some healing magic. He clasps his hands and started to mutter an incantation. His hands started to glow and he placed them on the woman's head and chest. Her body glowed with the energy he was transferring to her. Soon her wounds disappeared and she regained consciousness. She took one look at Danny and started to freak out. "But you're the… you're the…" She fainted once again. Madalgo joined him to check on the woman.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Don't know. She seemed to be really shocked to see me. We should get her back to the hut so she can get some rest." Both men headed back to Danny's hut.

April, May, and June, the three thunder nyan nyan triplets were the first to greet Danny at the door.

"Master, what did you do to her?" they asked

"What are you talking about? Forget me and get a bed ready for her. Me and Madalgo…"

"MADALGO'S HERE!" they cried with excited looks on their faces.

"Yes, hurry and do what I said. Then you can bother Madalgo all you want."

Without any further questions, they turned to do what Danny told them to do. Once they were done, Danny put the woman on a spare bed they had. Maho came from downstairs to see the strange woman herself. She picked up the woman's glowing sword and started to play with it. She touched the blade and it shocked her. She dropped the blade and put the burned finger in her mouth. The woman started to wake up again. She quickly rose up and grabbed Danny by his collar.

"What is your name?" she demanded.

"Hey, calm down. I'm here to help."

"I asked you a question" she growled again. Maho started to get irate from her rudeness and stood ready if she tried anything. Danny too was starting to become angry of her actions.

"My name is Daniel Chambers. I protect the lands in this provenience."

"You're lying!" The woman held out her hand. The sword that Maho dropped flew up and into her hands. Danny quickly did the same to his sword and parried her strike with his sheath. Maho shot a dark blast at the woman. She swung her sword and it reflected back at Maho. Maho just managed to avoid it. In her distraction, Danny unsheathed his blade and brought it to her throat. The woman looked at the blade and held up her hands in surrender.

"That sword, it's the same one Matthias uses" she said.

"Who's Matthias? Who are you?" asked Danny.

"My name is Rosa. I'm here to protect the guardian from the four prophets of chaos…"