A Tale of Many an Adventurer- Joe's Story

Chapter 3

Joebushy- I do not own anything in this story except the Idea for the story line. Heck, I didn't even make up the world. Oh, and the Chris in my story is NOT the Chris from Chunkypuff3's Story.

Trapped. Right where he was. Being stared down by the infinite mass of blue. He tried to move, and tried, but Joe couldn't. He was stuck. He could only hope that Zach would come up with something. "Zach, come on. Help" "I'm still mixing" "WHAT could you be mixing? A potion that melts stuff" "Close enough. I'm mixing a fire potion. I think this thing is made out of metal." "Well, hurry. I can't move! It's coming at me" And indeed it was. The Rat beast, a mutated mega rat with blue eyes, same as some wolves Joe saw once, was charging at him. All of a sudden, The ground moved. Not the ground everywhere, but only the ground under Joe. There became a black field of magic around Joe. The Beast slashed at him. Impossibly, It hit the force field and bounced back. "Zach, What'd you do" "Nothing... What'd you do" "I just asked you- ahhhhhhh" It was held out due to the fact that Joe was moving- to the ceiling. He stopped there, about ten feet up.

Looking around, he saw something. It was a Boy, wand out. He was wearing a teal robe over his blue jeans. It was impossible to see his face, because he was in a dark corner and also due to the fact that expelling out of the wooden wand he was holding was a black beam, getting bigger at the end. The end was also just big enough for a person to be in. And a person was just what was. The boy set the wand gently down, making Joe go down with it, agenst the wall. He aimed the wand at the Rat. He then said in a familiar voice" Stoprian" The rat stopped. "No way." Joe said. "Yeah." the Boy answered. "Now, stop talking Joe. I'm gonna' pour this on it" Zach cut in. He poured the Fire Potion onto the rat- and it melted into a liquid. "Nice" the wondering magic man said. "Who are you" Zach said. " Man, can't you recognize me" "No." "My nickname around here is the Woodpecker. A name I earned in a castle magic tournament." "Now I recognize you. Your Jake"

"Got that right."

Jake was an 11-year-old boy and had semi-blond hair. He wouldn't be suspected to be a magic user, but then again, would Joe be suspected as a Healing mage? Anyhow, he was a little bit shorter then Joe, but not by much. He had a wooden wand with a crystal sphere on the end; the end he didn't point at a target.

Joebushy: I think you might need to know about the occupation of each character. Joe is a Healing mage. Joseph and Chris are both cavaliers. Zach is an alchemist, and Jake is a Magic user. Yep. I figured now is the time too new and refresh.

When Joe, Zach, And Jake walked into the tent, Joseph and Chris where packing up. Chris was the first to talk. " Hey... Whoa, Joe what'd you do, put up signs saying 'Do you know me'" "Nah. I'll tell you the whole story." "Well, not right now. We're goin' back into town. Joe, it's now time to find the Dukito Spear. And we are gonna' look 'til we" Zach butted in. "I heard it's in the Mountain town of Helioa." Jake then said" If we leave now, we can get there in three days. Since we are on an island, we're gonna need a five-person boat." Joseph pointed out that they would need food and a place to sleep. "Smart" Joe said. The five friends picked up Chris and Joseph's stuff, then headed toward town. But what they found was a horrible surprise.

The stone town of Exemap was in a state of emergency. Gigantic animals were terrorizing the whole place. Gigantic bears. "What'd we tell ya" Chris more said as a statement then a question. "I hear something" Joseph said"It sounds like laughter." And indeed it was. The team of adventurers listened intently. Over the loud screams of the town people, it was hard to pinpoint the location. They were all standing in a large ally, leading from the beach to the stone street. The ally was completely empty, except for people running out of the city. "Why are you running" Zach asked a running civilian. The person didn't answer. He just kept running. Someone else ran into Chris. He fell down, not to bad.

"Something's wrong. Way wrong." Zach said as he and his teammates ran toward the laughter. They were coming up to a dead end. "Hey, guys, how high can you jump" Chris asked. "Why" Jake asked back. "Jump" Chris commanded. The group jumped. Joseph stumbled. He got back up. His friends were looking ahead, stiff as stone. "What are you guys do- crap. That thing is huge." The thing in front of them was a polar bear, which seemed to be burnt. It also had two arrows sticking out of its body. "Weird" Jake said. Joseph seemed scared. "More then you may think" he said" There are no polar bears on this island. It must be strong, with much endurance." He turned to his friends. Something was missing. Someone was missing. "Joe! Where'd you go"

Joe hadn't been kidnapped, nor attacked. He was running, though. There was a large vegetated area on the island. And where there was vegetation, there was bound to be animals. Joe didn't know about the names of them, or what they looked like. He only knew that new worlds meant new animals. He ran through the town. But then he was stopped by a laughing man- with blue eyes. He looked like a very important man. Or, he would, at least, if he didn't have the eyes of a beast. "Stop, fool" the beast-man said. " I can't let you enter the Forest of Lynx. I will not let you past this offset. Now I must kill you." "Well, you could of told me this was a ' I would tell you but then I'd have to kill you' type thing" Joe said. Then the man said" I see and hear everything around here. That shot you made at me. I heard it. I hate jokes. And About me! I am a Mayer! A ruler of a Town full of insignificant people. I do NOT have a royal measurer! I am not to be taken lightly. I may be old, but no matter. You may not get in. No, never. Only over MY DEAD BODY!"

Joe looked around. Nothing. Nothing to beat the Mayer of Exemap, Guardian of the Forest of Lynx. But what was a Lynx"An animal" Joe thought. The Mayer was charging at Joe. Joe moved out of the way, and the man Turned. " Not as stupid as a rat, I see." The town ruler got mad. This time when he charged, he kept closed his eyes. "This gives me an idea" Joe thought as he dodged again. " Oh, Mr. Mayer, I have a question. Who really is your royal Measurer" That did it. The man with infinite blue eyes was just to mad. His eyes where glaring. For a moment, his eyes seemed to be red. Of course they weren't, although he was so mad they could have been.

The Mayer charged uncontrollably. Eyes closed, bound ahead. Joe was standing in the beast-mans' path. Just as the impact was about to occur, Joe jumped. The man ran, on a crash collision toward a building. But Joe wasn't ready for this next part. The mayor ran on, straight through the building. Joe started again toward the Forest of Lynx. There was a little amount of buildings around him. Little is worse then none. Much worse. The town ruler charged through a building marked Lynx control. It was destroyed in an instant. The man was now charging toward Joe. Fire was what was coming out of his speed. "If he were to fall now..." Joe thought. He was getting closer. Joe moved right, leaving his left foot where it was. The evil man ran into Joe's leg- and tripped. He fell down and scraped on the ground, still moving. When he stopped, I don't hate to say he was in oblivion.

Joseph and Chris were attacking simultaneously. Zach tried distracting, while Jake used elements of magic, like ice, fire, and earth. It was all useless. Nothing to do. Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. Impossibly, there was nothing this group could do to fend off the polar bear. They were all tired, hurt. " C'mon! You can do better" Joseph was just being somewhat cocky. He was as tired as the rest. There was no hope. Zach jumped up and down, and the blue-eyed polar bear looked at him. Perfect. Joseph and Chris charged. It scratched the Bear, but just as soon as he got the bruise, it went away. " Bull Crap" Jake said. The Polar Bear reared up on its hind legs. Jake got a little to close and- the bear did a swing kick. " Woah! How'd it do that" Chris yelled. Jake was agenst the wall, Trying to get up. He did succeed, although he was hurt, more as then the rest of the group.

Running. Joe was almost to the treelike. He leapt over a stump, and then entered the woods. He looked around. The trees were unlike anything he had ever seen before. Many colors of bark, so many exotic fruits. It was so magnificent that Joe didn't notice a giant, stripped, blue, cat-like creature. Joe kept walking. The creature stalked up on Joe. He walked on; not noticing anything he thought was out of the ordinary. But something was. Not to Kealato, but to Joe. To a person from earth. He would soon be the second person from our planet to own a proud, noble, hardworking creature... at least, for a while. He was about to become an owner of a Lynx.

Joe only got a little farther before seeing something out of the corner of his eye. It was a giant tiger-like creature. Joe turned around. Nothing there. He did a 360. Not a thing. He looked all around. But then he looked up. There, in the trees was a blue Lynx. Now a blue Lynx was only matched the rarity of a white Lynx.

There was less then a dozen of them left. The blue and white Lynx were both almost extinct. It pounced Joe. He was now on the ground. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Get off you crazy animal" Then the animal licked Joe. It licked him! How crazy. "You must be the Kealato equivalent of a cat, huh boy. " "RAWRRRRRR" "Not that equivalent, then." It shook its head no. "Smart, aren't you. But I have a problem. My friends are in trouble. I need your help. They're being attacked by a Polar Bear. I believe you can beat him and save my friends. Can you help me" It shook its head yes. "Then we're off" Joe said as he jumped on the back of his new Lynx friend

The Lynx growled as they went past the broken down Lynx Control building. "What is it boy" The Lynx walked toward the building. He used his Nose to poke at a sign. Joe got off him and walked about a step to read the sign. It said" The rules of Lynx owning;" Joe picked it up and smirked.

Joebushy- Wow. I just got the perfect idea for the next chapter. Watch and learn- your gonna' love it! Please, I want to see some reviews. So, REVIEW!