"Tak you awake? Tak, Tak, TAK!"
Tak jumped out of bed when his name was screamed. He looked and saw Flora leaning on his window ledge.
"Flora! How long have you been there! How much did you see, was I drooling?"
"Ha, calm down, I just got here. Jibolba is looking for you, he's out in the jungle."
"Oh, thanks."
"See ya!"
"Bye."
Flora turned into a green ball and floated away. Tak stretched and grabbed his club as he ran out.
"Jibolba! Where are you!"
A hand shot out of nowhere, wrapped around Tak's mouth, and pulled him into the jungle. Tak started to struggle.
"Tak stop it's me, Jibolba. We can't draw attention to ourselves. Something feels wrong today, something… something bad is going to happen."
"Mmh mh mh mhh, mh mmh mh mhh."
"What?"
Tak grabbed Jibolba's hand and pulled it away from his mouth.
"What do you mean bad and where is Lok?"
"I don't know how bad and I don't know where Lok is. I went to go wake him up to start training and he wasn't there."
"Well, what do we do?"
"We're going into the village to see if Lok is there."
Tak gave a small groan. Jibolba didn't hear the groan, but he knew how much Tak hated to go into the village.
"We are just going in to find Lok. It won't take long, will be in and out before you know it, ok."
"Yeah, ok."
"Good, now keep up."
Jibolba started to run toward the village, Tak following at his heels. Soon enough, to soon for Tak, the village came into view.
"Hurry Tak! Tak? Tak, why did you stop?"
Tak had stopped at the entrance. Something didn't feel right. Something was missing, something was gone….
"Jibolba, where is everybody?"
"What? ….Hm, that's odd."
Suddenly screams and shouts could be heard.
"Run!"
"Ahhh!"
The villagers started to run towards the entrance. Above the crowd, a figure floated turning everyone into…
"Sheep! Jibolba, he's turning everyone in to sheep!"
"Hurry Tak, behind me!"
Tak ran to Jibolba, crouching behind him.
"I'm going to make a shield! Hold on!"
Jibolba started chanting creating a blue dome around him and Tak, but it should have gone around the village.
"Jibolba something's wrong, why-."
Tak stopped talking. Jibolba was using more energy then usual to create a small shield.
"Jibolba, what's wrong?"
"Can't… control…"
"Jibolba!"
The next thing Tak knew, something exploded and Tak blacked out.
…………………………………..
Tak woke up on his bed, he did not remember being moved. His head was pounding. He felt a wet piece of fabric on his forehead.
"Ow, what happened?"
"Tak, you awake."
Jibolba came into Tak's room with a bowl of water.
"Jibolba!"
Tak started to get out of bed, but Jibolba pushed him back in. Tak didn't object.
"You took a good hit. You'll stay in bed today, but tomorrow I need you help."
"Help, with what?"
"Of course you don't know. Well to put it plainly: the prophecy is taking place. That figure you saw was Tlaloc, an evil man who was chased out of the village years ago, when you were little. Apparently, he has come back for revenge. He has turned all of the villagers into sheep."
"Why didn't the Moon Juju stop him?"
Jibolba sighed. Tak knew this couldn't be followed by good news.
"Tlaloc, I believe, snuck in last night to Moon Juju's temple and stole the Moon Stones."
Tak could feel the color drain from his face. Without the Moon Stones, Moon Juju powers are reduced. They also give most Pupanunus juju power.
'That explains why Jibolba had a hard time controlling the shield.' thought Tak.
"Where's Lok?"
"He's tiring to control the sheep- I mean villagers- until you take over. But for now just rest."
Jibolba gave Tak a look telling him to go to sleep, because Tak was about to ask Jibolba another question. Tak fell scilent and laid down.
"Rest well Tak. You have a lot ahead of you tomorrow."
With that Jibolba left the room, letting Tak sleep.