#4 – Power Of Three: Part 1
Some monsters were chasing Kit into an unknown area. She wanted to transform but she could not find her pendant. Soon she was driven to a dead end with nowhere to run or hide. The monsters were creeping closer.
"PLEASE GO AWAY!" she yelled at the top of her voice. "Help… someone… help…"
One of the monsters with bloodshot eyes opened its mouth and was about to eat her. She closed her eyes and covered her head with her hands.
"Kit… KIT! Are you alright?" a voice asked. Kit snapped out of her nightmare. She bolted upright on her bed. She saw her mother and her golden retriever. It was licking her face.
"It was just a bad dream, girl… now go wash up and come down for breakfast!" her mother comforted, and then left the room. Her dog sat on her bed with its tongue out. Kit wiped off the sweat on her forehead and the saliva off her face. She closed her eyes for a second before going into the bathroom to wash up.
She glanced at the mirror for a split second then reached to turn on the silver tap of her pink sink. She rinsed her face thrice with the cold water and wiped it dry with her snow-white towel. She proceeded to change into her dance attire - a pink top and black Bermudas. She then checked her pink bag to see if everything needed was in it.
"Extra clothing, check. Water bottle, check. MD player, check. Song cassette, check! Pencil case, check… irrelevant." After that, she strapped on her watch.
On a usual weekday, Kit would have her breakfast with her family before leaving for school. That day was no exception. Normally, Kit would put on a restless and dull face during the morning. But her face was filled with so much happiness and hope that her family members were left amazed yet curious.
"Hmm…" her father started. Kit's family members exchanged glances before staring at Kit with food still in their mouths.
Kit's eyes widened and blinked twice. She put down her cup and returned them a quizzical look.
"Are you feeling okay, dear?" asked her mother worriedly.
"Yeah, you seem strangely… happy… What is that about?" added her father.
"Is that your new necklace?" questioned her elder brother dumbly, as he pointed at Kit's neck.
Their parents stopped questioning Kit and returned their son a sarcastic look.
"Hey, hey… cut it out!" Kit commanded and took a deep breath, saying, "I know you guys are concerned about me… but I can assure you one thing - nothing in my life has ever been better than what is happening now! So don't worry, I'm fine!" With that, she grabbed her pink bag and hauled it over her right shoulder.
"I wouldn't want to be late for my meeting with a new friend, so later!" she added, winking at them, then closing the door behind her.
Kit paced into Ramster Park and stopped under a remote shelter. She focused on her pendant and before she knew it, she had been teleported onto an unknown patch of grassland in Sheepersia.
"Oh greaaattt, where am I?" she asked no one in particular and began walking towards the forest she saw. Kit remembered Eddy asking her to meet in Sheepersia early in the morning. She did not know why but Eddy had mentioned that he wanted to ask a wise mage something regarding the warriors. She entered a grassy area and saw a familiar gigantic blueberry tree. Eddy was talking to Tasukoi under it. Eddy saw Kit and waved at her. She waved back, breathed in a large amount of air and paced towards them.
"Good morning!" Kit greeted them. "So, what's up"? Tasukoi smiled.
"And good morning to you too, Kit." Eddy replied. "I was asking Tas about the warriors. Well, just."
"What about the warriors?" asked Kit.
"Well… remember when you were transformed, you had a similar white circular net like mine attached to your back," Eddy replied. "And…?" added Kit briefly.
"Tas said the ice and thunder sheep warriors were siblings and they had some kind of combination attacks with their nets," answered Eddy.
"Oh, that's cool. So that was what it was all about," said Kit disappointedly.
"What was that…?" asked Eddy curiously. "Oh, nothing! Let's go for breakfast," replied Kit hurriedly.
"Wait, Kit," he added, then turned to Tas. "One more question, Tas. Why did Falcon kinda faint in the first and second battle?" asked Eddy.
"Regarding that, I was going to speak to him. But since you asked… the legendary sheep warrior of flames was the leader of the warriors. He possessed a great power that even he sometimes couldn't control - at first, that is. Although Falcon is the successor of his powers, he's not ready to control such a great power yet. He needs to take care," explained Tasukoi.
"I see. We'll remind him about that," said Eddy.
"All right, thanks for everything, Tas… What is your full name again?" asked Kit shyly.
"It is Tas-Su-Koi. You can just call me Tas, like Eddy does," Tasukoi replied and they laughed.
In the dark lair, Makutal and Skane were browsing through a black book. It was the Tome Of Darkness. The Tome Of Darkness was a book that contained information based on Wolfia's reign. Its true form was a black bat that knew no limit of mischief.
"That's her!" Skane exclaimed, upon recognizing the sketched image of a creature shown on the dirty-white page of a black thick book.
"YES! Replimika, the queen of shadow magic. After much effort chasing that damned bat, let's see what the book says about her," added Makutal.
"Replimika was a student of Lord Evo, the master of shadow magic. After mastering all of her teacher's skills, she fought and killed him as evil overwhelmed her righteous mind," read Skane.
"Then she destroyed Evis, a world that she once lived in. After joining Wolfia's army, Replimika assisted Wolfia in conquering several worlds of serenity. Until the six legendary sheep warriors destroyed her in Sheepersia," continued Makutal.
"Again with the warriors…" mumbled Skane sarcastically.
Just when they had finished reading, the book closed by itself. Then it turned into a black bat and flew away. Makutal and Skane were momentarily stunned and soon gave chase.
"WAIT!!! We have not read the chant yet!!!" they screamed. They continued to chase after the bat, which entered Wolfia's lair unknowingly. Wolfia raised her left paw and shot a beam of essence from her palm at the incoming bat. It fell to the ground with a thud, slight toasted, and materialized into the book. Skane picked up the book and flipped to the page where they had left off. Makutal started to chant spells in front of the cauldron, followed by Skane.
"Darkness…" shouted Skane.
"… Resurrection!" added Makutal.
They waited for a while, but nothing happened. Nothing strange appeared from the glowing liquid boiling within the cauldron. They exchanged puzzled glances.
"What happened?" Skane asked Makutal.
"Nothing," Makutal replied him.
"Something should have happened. What went wrong?" added Skane.
Wolfia snatched the book from Skane's claws and flipped a page. She looked furious.
"Well, what can I say? The two of you might have gotten stronger but your clumsiness and silliness remain," Wolfia exclaimed. "THERE'S ONE MORE PAGE YOU HAVE NOT READ, YOU BABOONS!"
"We're not baboons… we're-" Makutal replied, stopping abruptly when she saw the anger on Wolfia's face. Skane took back the book and read the page his queen had been referring to.
"Oh, it says we need a gremlin's teeth and two pieces of white gnomes' skin to start the ritual," Skane explained.
"And where do we get those?" Makutal questioned dumbly.
"REMEMBER THE DIMENSION OF FAIRIES WE CONQUERED? THERE, YOU BABOONS! THERE!" Wolfia exclaimed furiously. Skane and Makutal immediately vanished in purple essence.
"Those two are getting me nowhere," Wolfia growled, then sighed.
Meanwhile at Ramster Plaza... Falcon, Eddy and Kit were having their breakfasts.
"So, you guys went to Sheepersia. Why didn't you inform me?" asked Falcon.
"Well, 'cause you need to rest more. Besides, Tas told us you couldn't really control your power yet," replied Eddy.
"Yeah. You ought to take care," Kit advised, as she raised her arm to look at her watch. "Well, I'm going now. Wouldn't wanna be late for my dance practice. Dance competition next month."
"Take care and good luck!" replied Eddy.
"The stress!" joked Kit.
"Thanks for everything. Bye!" said Falcon.
"Bye guys!" said Kit, as she grabbed her bag and headed off towards Ramster High.
"So how're you doing?" asked Falcon.
"I'm alright. I'm just glad I was able to receive my power to assist you," replied Eddy.
"I'm still quite overwhelmed," Falcon said with a laugh. "New term, new FRIEND, and a new path in life…"
"And all in a day's work," continued Eddy.
"Yep! Sometimes when things happen, I would think I'm dreaming," said Falcon.
"Same here. I tend to think about things the bad way. Like why they happened to me, why at this point of my life? But I'll erase the thoughts immediately. Mom told me that when things happen, there's always a reason behind them," added Eddy.
"In this case, we're supposed to save Sheepersia," said Falcon.
"What do you think will happen to us, Falcon?" asked Eddy seriously.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Falcon curiously.
"What do you think will happen to us after we defeat Wolfia? What if she defeats us? What if we can't save Tasukoi's world?" rambled Eddy.
"You think too much, Eddy. All I know is that if we try our very best, we'll succeed in what we do," replied Falcon sternly.
"Hope so," said Eddy nervously.
Elsewhere, in a gloomy and isolated place in another dimension, Makutal and Skane scanned their surroundings, as if searching for something. "THERE THEY ARE!" shouted Makutal, as he released beams from his eyes to the ground. The earth shook and a few strange-looking beings appeared not far from the two demonic creatures. "GREMLINS! Looks like you can't hide from us after all!" growled Skane. "You feisty creatures, DIE!" Skane ran towards one of them and slashed across its face with his black claws, effectively knocking out its teeth. The ugly creature screamed before shattering into nothing. The other gremlins watched in despair. "Now, your turn," said Skane. "Don't bother," replied Makutal, picking up the teeth left by the fallen gremlin and both vanished in purple essence. The gremlins looked at one another, puzzled.
The demonic duo reappeared underground in the same dimension. A few short, bearded beings were dancing around a fire. "SURPRISE!" Makutal announced as Skane took a small brown pouch out and threw it at the beings. The pouched exploded into smoke and the beings fell into a deep slumber. Skane scrapped a piece of dirty-white skin off one of the gnomes. A few seconds later, the spot that Skane worked on earlier magically grew back. "See! I told you!" Makutal announced to Skane, chuckling triumphantly. Both of them vanished in purple essence.
They reappeared in Wolfia's lair. Wolfia looked at the duo expectedly.
"Well, how was it? Did they give you any trouble?" hissed Wolfia.
"Not really," answered Skane firmly.
"Now the ritual!" commanded Wolfia.
The demonic duo arrived at the glowing cauldron. Makutal threw the gremlin's teeth into it, chanting. Skane followed his chant and dropped the piece of gnome's skin in. There was a slight combustion within the cauldron. They stood steadily facing each other beside the cauldron for a few minutes.
"Darkness..." exclaimed Makutal.
"... Resurrection!" announced Skane.
To be continued...
Next chapter on icY LambChops: Rise Of Wolfia...
What did Makutal and Skane summon? While all the things are going on, Kit is being stalked. Who is this stalker and what does he want? What is the warrior's next threat?
Coming up next - Power Of Three: Part 2