Zure 6

The Legend of Atlantis, A Final Truth

Ralph sat in his cell. He knew he had disobeyed Machene, a crime against the messiah. Suddenly he heard footsteps. Machene Appeared in front of him. " Ralph, my child I understand why you did what you did but the reason I told you to stay put was to keep you out of harms way. You especially are important to me. Ralph I am going to release you from this cell but first you must tell me where your true loyalties lie. I know you doubt me now and you have reason to but I need to know if your loyalties lie with what we are trying to accomplish." Machene said softly.

"My loyalties lie with you as they would with my own family. Zure is my Family. I will not let anything threaten my new family ,least of all some snake faced freak like Voldemort or a sheltered pompous fool like Fudge." Ralph said with all his heart. " I could not stand to lose another one of my family, My lord permission to be frank, You are like a father to me." Said Ralph with the love in his heart at a peak. He did look up to Machene and cared for him and would follow him to the death.

" Ralph, I am honored that someone like you would give your life for Zure. You are among one of my most loyal even to the point of disobeying me occasionally. You will come to learn that true loyalty is almost indistinguishable from love." Machene said with a smile on his face. "Wait master. I have to know something though, Who is Balthozor? Why did you call him your brother?" Ralph blurted out. He had to know this. He just needed to hear the story from Machene himself.

" This story my young friend is an old one. I doubt even the Beedle and the Bard contains it. My boy have you heard the legend of the Atlantean Brothers?" Asked Machene. " Yes , Two brothers who went to war over the civilization of Atlantis." Ralph said. " But what does this legend have to do with the Brotherhoods war against the Protectorate and the Death Eaters?'' asked Ralph with a puzzled look on his face.

" Ten thousand years ago I led a peaceful yet powerful magical and techological empire known to the world as the Empire of Atlantis. I was its Emperor but the story begins with the trial of the Orichalcum Wand." Machene said pulling out his wand. Ralph looked at it. It was not made out of wood like most wands but out of metal. It seemed to almost shine with power." Who ever the wand judged worthy of its power would be immortal until its master found a new one worthy of the throne of Atlantis and would rule justly, Then It would be willingly handed down to that new master. I was the son of the emperor when it was his time to give up the wand. I passed the wands test and came to hold it. My brother was furious that the wand did not choose him. He then invented a dark magic called the Umbramagi. It was a form of Immortality that drew from the deepest shadows. It required that you give up your soul, but your mind would stay intact." " But wait , When dementors suck out the soul the conscousness goes with them why does it stay with Umbramagi? " Ralph Blurted out. " The soul is the force of all good in someone. Dementors also suck out the mind but Umbramagi is different, It feeds off all the good in a persons soul. It sucks that out leaving an evil unlike any other behind. My brother was corrupted and created an evil object of first magic called the Necronomicon. It had the power to restore souls to the physical realm. He raised an army of the most evil souls he could find and waged a terrible war on Atlantis. I was forced to fight back. The War of Atlantis lasted 100 years before finally I personally ordered a final Desperate attack on my brothers main camp. I was forced to battle my own brother. Seeing as I Could not kill him I used the power of some ancient Atlantean magic to seal him away. I was victorious but at a cost. You see my once proud people were destroyed in the fighting. Whats more those who did not die were scattered around the earth. I lost my home and my people in that war. All I want now is to rebuild that empire. Ralph I want you to have a big part in this. I want you to be the leader of the Hand of Atlantis. " Machene finished. " But I thought Graptor was next in line for the leadership position?" Ralph asked. "Graptor has some shortcomings. I do not feel he has the faith to carry this burdon. You on the other hand are willing to face even my greatest enemies. You and you alone have the power to lead the Brotherhood to victory. I shall let you out now, go find Allison she wants to talk to you." Machene said unlocking the cell door.

Ralph walked throughout the temple searching for Allison. Finally he found her in the briefing room. " Ralph sit down. This could be our most important mission yet." Allison said the anger in her voice escaping in a low hiss at the end of her sentance. She had yet to forgive him for disobeying her orders. " Brothers our greatest endeavor in this holy war is about to be realized, Your target is the White House in Washington DC. Today the American Department of magic falls and with it all Protectorate resistance in the American Continents. Allison Jentztch will lead this fight, She will continue this briefing." said the BSC. Allison stood up and waved her wand and at once an image of Washington DC came up. " Gentlemen our mission is to secure the muggle president and persuede him to see our point of view. This battle is to be a diversion from our prophets plan." Allison said as she waved her wand again and an image of an ICBM presented itself. " This weapon is a specialized Electromagnetic pulse that has been charmed to undo memory charms. We are launching this from the Cheyenne NORAD instillation. This device has the power to remove the magical barriers preventing muggles from finding wizarding population centers. This is a weapon that will affect the entire North American continent. Our job is to encourage the American President Anderson to reveal the truth of the magical world to the muggle world. We need to defeat the Department of Magics Aurors. Our BSC will hack the American Muggle Militarys Satellite Observation network and use it to pinpoint all wizarding settlements in North America. We also plan to hack the Global communications network and broadcast these images globally. We need to hold President Anderson long enough so that she can see the proof. With one of the most powerful muggle nations on our side this war will turn more in our favor and the veil of secrecy will finally be destroyed." Allison finished. " What are our major obstacles in this mission?" Ralph asked. He was determined not to fail Machene this time. " We are facing the Elite Division 5 lead by Auror Commander Kalista. He is a tough opponent. We have tried to defeat him before and he has constantly been able to beat us in the continent. He is not in the city but in an unknown location in a command post leading the aurors. Your Job is not to hunt him but break through his forces hold on the city whatever the cost. We do have one advantage here in this fight. Despite his efforts to keep his forces strategy a secret we have learned through our spy network that he has concentrated his defences around the Department of Magic building in the city center. While we assault the White House our spies on the inside of the Department of Magic will stage a coop to overthrow the Secretary of Magic. This will distract him from our true goal." Allison said. " The full force of the Brotherhoods elite Hand of Atlantis will be utilized for this assault." Said the BSC. " The Attack begins in 2400 hours."

Ralph prepared. He knew that everything rested on success in this mission. The Brotherhoods future and the future of the magical world hung in the balence. He would not fail this time. He would succeed in this fight for the honor of his friends in the Brotherhood.

As he lie in his bed Ralph contemplated the situation. He would be facing some of the most well trained aurors in the world. The United States was not just a leader in the muggle world but a leader in the magical world. It was one of the Founding members of the Protectorate and the reason Zure had to fight like terrorists to acchieve their aims. Its fall would give Zure a safe haven to mount its holy ambition. Ralph picked up the Zure Bible and one phase stood out to him.

"Magic Belongs to all. It is a Sacred power that should be used to better all of humanity just as technology is. The two combined have the power to usher in a new age of prosperity for the whole of mankind. Those who wish for oppression use them to hurt others but a true follower of Zure seeks to care for his brother be he muggle, centaur, elf, goblin or wizard."

Magic Belongs to all... that was what Zure was fighting for, not for supremacy but for that principle. Ralph now understood. He would fight to realize Machene's dream as if it were his own because it was his as well.

( The end of the zure part of the story is almost here and it will test our heroes to the limit. until then Spades 71392 out. )