Chapter 10 Who are the Spirits?

Hey everybody. How's life treating you all? Good? I apologize that the next couple of chapters won't have much action in them, for they are tie in ones (if you know what that meants) but soon, an awesome and almighty chapter will hit the site, and all will rejoice. Sorry KHUnkown, for not submitting last chapter quick enough. To tell you the truth, I have been spending alot of time working on "Fighting Demons" my Zelda pretty much equivalent of this story. Go read it if ya got the chance. It is darker than this one, and has got like squat besides nonstop adventure.

After Kai and I finished talking, I left to go to the clinic and get my shoulder wound treated. When I entered, I expected Elli to give me a run down about the incident with her brother, but instead she seemed rather concerned about me.

"Hey Elli," I said as I entered.

"Is your shoulder okay?" Elli asked.

"I don't know," I replied. "I came here to figure that out."

Elli gestured for me to sit down in one of the chairs. I did, and took my shirt off. Elli took my arm in her hand, and began cleaning the cut with a cotton ball. It was a deep cut, and it burned as the alcohol rubbed into it. I winced as it burned, and began hoping that this would end soon.

"You shouldn't have picked a fight with him," Elli said as she continued. "Won is a dangerous, and dogmatic man. You should have known that he would do that to you."

"Oh," I said rolling my eyes. "So you can only accuse me of picking a fight? You can't drop any sympathy for being nearly murdered by a man with a Katana? If it hadn't been for Ann, and Doug, and Harris, I would be dead now."

Elli gave me a half smile, and began wrapping a bandage around my arm.

"In case you didn't know," I began, "that is not the first time Won has tried to kill me."

"What are you talking about," Elli said in disbelief.

I then told her about my experiences with darkness, and how Won had made the sun set too quickly I went on to explain the fight with the three clay manikins.

"Right then," I said. "When I spoke to him on the beach I was criticizing his attempts to kill me, and telling him how his efforts had put not only me in danger, but also Doug and Ann."

"Zach," Elli said in a strange tone. "You're joking right? What makes you think I could ever believe a story like that? Dirt rising from the dead?"

"Ask Ann," I said. "And Doug. They can both back up my story. Doug had to wake up the Doctor late that night, because Ann's heart stopped due to the attacks of the dirt creatures. And because of something else as well, I think. Luckily I knew CPR."

Elli stared down at me in disbelief.

"Ask the Doctor," I said. "He knows."

Elli finished tying the bandage around my arm, and I got up to leave.

"Oh, and by the way," Elli said as I opened the door to leave. I turned around to face her. Elli smiled. "Stu says hi."

I smiled back at her, and then closed the door. It was now time to go home. I wanted to get home before it got dark out. For now I recognized the darkness for what it was. But I still did not fully understand. The spirits came out at night. And anyone they saw who they didn't like... well... they attacked. But why night? Why did darkness matter at all? But the Harvest Sprites slept during the night and were awake during the day. Was it that the spirits patrolled the island during the night, while the Harvest Sprites took care of it during the day? Or was the answer darker than I expected.

But where did the spirits stay during the day? They wouldn't just fade out of our world. But wait. What if they were not of this world? What if they were otherworldly beings who had entered our world? Whatever the reason for all of this, I knew that eventually I would have to face the spirits. I wouldn't be able to run from them for ever. I had to learn exactly what they were. If my faith in God was correct, then God was the one true God, not the Harvest Goddess. If the Harvest Goddess truly was a God, then the Bible was wrong, which also meant that my faith was not correct. I had never had doubts in my faith being true, so how could these spirits of the island exist? They seemed to have so much power, as if they truly were the real rulers of the universe. But God was lord of the universe. I closed my eyes, and prayed.

"God," I prayed silently. "How can the Spirits be this powerful if you are truly the one true God? What are the spirits and the Harvest Goddess if they are not the ones I should be worshiping? Please tell me what you want me to do, and show me the truth. In Jesus' name. Amen."

I waited, to see if God would respond. He didn't. He was letting me think about it all. He probably wanted me to figure this out for myself.

'Keep your faith strong,' came the response. 'All will be revealed to you in good time. You must figure this out for yourself. And I must tell you something. Look down, NOW!'

I didn't understand what God meant about looking down, but I did anyways. I looked down at the grass, and saw nothing of interest. But then I felt something brush against my hair. I looked up, and was amazed to see an axe buried in the tree which was in front of me. Someone had thrown an axe at my head. God had told me to look down, and saved me from the axe. But I realized that the attempted murderer was still behind me. I ran for my life, leaving the axe buried in the tree.

When I got to my farm I immediately ran inside, and locked the door. I then locked all of the windows too, and nailed wooden boards over the window, sealing myself inside. I then took my sword, sheathed it, and put the sheath under my pillow so that the sword handle extended out from under my pillow. I was now a haunted and hunted man.


'You should have helped him back there.'

"But Zach is my friend," Cliff said. "I could never cause harm to him."

'He is your enemy. You have to realize this. You will have to face this soon enough.'

"I just wish there was another way."

'No. No other way. Look how he is poisoning the town. Now you are even defending him and his evil practices.'

"Am not!" Cliff shouted.

'But you are. You know that I am right about this. Look how Ann and Doug protected him on the beach. They are losing their faith because of him.'

"Yeah, but..."

'Its true. You saw them. Doug almost blasphemed the Goddess back there. Surely that is wrong.'

"Yes it is wrong."

'You see my friend? He is a negative influence on the town.'

"What do you want me to do? He is my friend."

'I understand this perfectly. It would have been better if I had warned you of who he was before you became friends with him. I admit it, some of this is my fault. Is there any way you can dislike this man?'

"Zach is an incredibly nice person. I doubt that I would ever be able to."

'That complicates things. We need a plan. We need a method for doing this. I will tell you if I come up with anything. You tell me if you come up with anything. But I'm afraid I can't stop the Spirits of the island from trying to kill him while they wait for us to come up with a way to get rid of him. The Spirits are angry. Very angry. Their wrath will fall upon the town like a typhoon. Merciless, and destructive. If you will not help them to try and destroy the enemy, then we must hurry and come up with a peaceful way to get rid of Zach.'


'How goes our work?'

'Everything is going as planned master.'

'Except for the one obstacle, right?'

'Of course. The new threat is strong. Stronger than the threats we have faced in the past.'

'We fought through all threats to the master plan. We defeated everything that... He sent against us. We endured. There is no reason why we can't endure through this.'

'We will defeat him. But how? I tried to destroy him directly. But... a girl. One of the town's people, she saved him. Curse her!'

'Then the second time when Darkfor brought the Caenumens out to destroy him, she interfered again!'

'She constantly gets in the way. And just when your servant was about to complete the job, she interfered again.'

'Yes, this is bad. But also good too, in a way. Remember after Darkfor sent the Caenumens after the threat? He and the girl's father ran outside to battle the Caenumens. You then entered the house to find the threat, unaware that he had gone outside. So you attacked the girl, and tried to remove her. To pull her out. Just as we wish to do to the new threat. The threat was most unhappy about this. He stopped the process from occurring, and saved the girl. He cares about her. He cares about her a lot. It is something called love. You know what love is, don't you?'

'Of course. Hah! Those pathetic humans. Following love around. Submitting to it. They think it is such a great thing. Luckily we have been able to taint its meaning with the powers of lust.'

'And what a great crusade that was.'

'Yes. But we can use this weakness of theres to our advantage. As we may be losing a servant, the girl, we must find a way to use this for our goals.'

'Of course. That is what I was thinking.'

'What of the new ally? How is he doing?'

'His prey is weak. Unfortunately. But luckily he is still being of service. He has shown me how to find prey for all of you.'

'Ooo. Yes. How much I desire to have prey. How I hunger for it. How I desire it.'

'Patience. For this to be achieved the master plan must be completed. And for the master plan to be completed, we must destroy the threat.'

'We will break him.'

'Yes we will.'

'Let us break the girl as well, since she has caused so much trouble for us.'

'Are you certain that that is a wise idea?'

'Her faith is dying. I doubt that she will help you much longer. All she has done lately is get in the way.'

'True. I care not what happens to her. But I don't mean target her. We must focus our attention on the threat. We will deal with her later. Once he is dead, or owned, perhaps. Do you think we could bend him to our own wills?'

'The threat is strong. He may resist this. But perhaps we could destroy his faith in the... in the...'

'Do not say that word!'

'I am sorry master.'

'I am unforgiving! That word! You know it symbolizes Him!'

'Yes, I do.'

'You will never mention that word, or that name ever! Got it?'

'Yes master.'

'Oh. How that word makes me shiver. I hate it! It just goes to show my... my...'

'Weakness compared to Him?'

'SILENCE YOU INSOLENT SPIRIT!'

'Forgive me Master.'

'I do not want to hear your pleas for mercy! I am merciless. Tell me now. Am I weak as you said?'

'N-No my master.'

'Good. I will speak no more of this. Begone.'

'Yes master.'

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"Blessed are those who preserve the forest, but still find a way to build the city. Blessed are those who do not choose on to die and the other to live, but find a way for both to survive."

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