PART THREE: PAST AND PRESENT

Ater that heart throbbing event Hunter leads his friends to his house. Along the way the Spider Riders begin to really wonder who he really is. They had always thought they understood his so well, until now. Now they are at the doorsteps of a small cottage.

Ages: Hunter(15) Corona(16) Igneous and Magma(21) Lumen(16) Sparkle(11) Aqune(16 1/2)

Lerik(17) Lerik and Hunter's Teacher( you'll find out the name later^^)(39)


"I thought I'd see you guys again soon." A voice came. It was the red headed boy, Lerik. He baded them to come in. As they entered Hunter pushed passed the crowd of spider riders and rushed towards a room. "Hunter-" Aqune and Corona concerly yelled and started after him. Lerik blocked their path. "Sorry girls, No can do."

"What!" Corona turned bright red. Maybe even reddier than the brightest tomato you can find on earth! "Hunter must be upset to runof like that. Why can't we go and comfort him." She yelled at him. Lerik just ingored her and told the rest to follow him to the living room. Corona turned even reddier, "Answer ,me!"

"The reason why is because I have already talked to him," said an unknown voice. They all whipped their heads back towards the voice. There was a man. He was not very young nor was he old. Their was a strange aura around him that made the spider riders get a veeling that they absoultley need to respect him. The aura felt as if he were an oracle. The feeling immedietly calmed Corona down. In fact she felt sooththing. "It'd be best if you did not disturb him. He is sleeping under certain conditions."

After the spider riders settled down in the living room and after Lerik served everyone some snacks and tea, the man began to explain.

"My name is Drake. It is a pleasure, really, to meet you all. I'd never though Hunter would be able to make friends. He's a loner with no purpose on earth, as he says it himself. But that's before he met you." He looked at Lerik for a moment and Lerik nodded. The red-headed boy left the living room and down the hall, into Hunter's room he went.

Drake began once again. "Hunter told me of the battle earlier. We all apologize for that-"

"You mean you sent those men to us!" Magma interupped.

"No child. I did not. Those were Darkrit soldiers. They destroyed Hunter's hometown about a year and a half ago. Hunter saw that you 'manicles' as you called them, did not respond to the outer world and stepped in to...kill those men in order to protect his one and only friends."

Sparkle didn't understand," But Mr. Drake, isn't Lerik Hunter's friend?"Drake shooked his head and said," Lerik is my son. The way he treats Hunter is his duty to protect him as an older brother-like figure. Lerik can be though of as an...well..a friendly classmate."

Drake continued his story," About a year and a half ago..Hunter's mother and father were brave and honored warrior and cleric to this town. They died serving Greenlord Village. I took Hunter in, but he stayed strong." He hesitated," Strong but indepedant. The war continued until about after 6 months, or should I say 1 year ago, the village began to crumble under the stress of the battles. Let me tell you all..." Drake suddely went stern, "This is a war. The mad king of the Darkrit kingdom wants power and slaves to make his country larger. Since you cannot do anything, but bring you spiders out, I suspect, Lerik, Hunter and I will do everything in our power to keep you alive this past 1-3 months. You told me the portal will not open till then, correct?" The spider riders did not like the sterness of this man's voice. But agreed and Lumen said, "Yeah we've no power, but the spiders..." Drake smiled and continued his storytale," Hunter left after I taught him some basic rules of swordsmanship and magic. I told him to go to arachnea and stay there for awhile to ease his mind." Then Drake glanced out the window. "Ahh perhaps Me and my son shall whip you all up some dinner? We have 2 guest rooms here. Stay as long as you need. I'll call for Lerik to start of the cooking. I'll stay by Hunter." He looked at Corona and said, "Remember, do not enter...let him and I catch up as a foster father and son."

-----------AFTER DINNER-----------

The spider riders cleaned themselves up and each went to their rooms( boy's and girl's room.) Sparkle began to cry as the battle sounds outside continued. Corona and Aqune conoted her. "I wonder.."Aqune asked. "How did this war last this long?"

"I don't know...."conona responded. "But I bet Hunter suffered lonely days...like...like we did..." Corona told her.

"Good Night, everyone" said Princess Sparkle's small and quite voice.

After that no one spoke.


I hoped you like it everyone...Please review..XD I'll be anxiously waiting.....thank you

To be continued in Chapter 4.....

BTW everyone^^ Drake has a very deep and ancient aura because he's a sage(magican) and he had put Hunter into a sleeping spell to let him rest a moment earlier. The soothing aura was the leftover magic..^^ tee hee^^