Chapter 3
They began to walk near the wield river, the sun was more than half way in the sky. Anwar was speed walking, as the other three were trying to keep up.
His thoughts were circling about in his head, what he was going to do to Valdo and what he was doing to Tia at this very moment. He imagined the worst and then shook his head, trying to not think about it.
Just then, he felt something in front of his foot and fell face first into the dirt.
He yelped on the way down, and got on his knees as he sat back up. He mumbled about tripping as the other three walked over.
"That's what you get for being in a hurry" Duran spoke, getting a whack to the back of the head from Rex.
Anwar turned up, sitting on his rear end now to see what he had tripped on. It was a book, it had been ripped in half, It was red with golden trimmings and an eye in the center.
"The book of Prophecy?" Anwar asked as he lifted it up into his hands. Heath walked over and looked over the sand dweller's shoulder.
"Half of it at least" he told Anwar as Anwar flipped threw the book, finding a few pictures and things he knew. Words he couldn't understand to save his life as he flipped threw.
He then found a page with a red headed person, horns and very large arm bands that covered his hands. He picked up the bookmark on that page, curiously wondering about it.
He then flipped to the page after, a similar person but with golden hair and a metallic shield around his eyes. Anwar shook his head, not understanding it at all.
He lifted himself up and sighed.
"Alright, lets start again without falling this time" Rex chuckled as Anwar walked away.
Anwar was holding the book in his right arm, making sure he had it safe. After walking for an hour or so, he began to hear two voices that he didn't recognize behind his head.
"Maybe we should tell him what happened" The first voice came out, it was screechy, child like and all.
"I doubt he can hear us" the second voice was manly, deep and wise.
They were on his left, he looked over and saw the two people that he had seen the bookmarks of. The horned boy and the blond blind man.
His eyes widened slightly as he blinked, staring at them.
The red one was the first one to notice, "...uh...Ur...I think he can see us" the red boy told the golden one.
Anwar remained silent as he walked, staring at them. Slightly unsure of what to say or what to do with them. The red boy flew in front of Anwar.
"Hey there...how's it going?" he asked as Anwar nodded, letting him know that he was 'good' and that he saw and heard them.
"Not much of a talker huh?" the boy asked as the golden one flew up in front of Anwar as he walked on.
"Please excuse us...we are two of the four spirits in the book of Prophecy, I'm Ur the lightning spirits an-" the golden one was cut off by the red boy.
"and I'm Rempo, the great fire spirit!" he yelled as made an pose for Anwar.
Anwar blinked and pulled down his scarf, talking lowly. "You guys are one of the ones who talk to Tia right?" he asked softly.
Rempo smirked, "So you do talk huh?" he chuckled and nodded, "You're Anwar right?" he asked as Anwar nodded.
"Yes that's right" he told them, "Is it true...Tia...was she.." Anwar tried to come up with the words.
Ur sighed and nodded, floating to Anwar's right, "Yes, Valdo took her..he ripped the book to get her to come with him. She has the other half, while we were left here" Ur explained to Anwar. "Valdo had feelings that she didn't share back so he took her for his own" he sighed, "Their probably in Waisen right now"
Anwar narrowed his eyes and stormed off again, getting a "Hey wait" from Ur and a "YAY" from Rempo who followed along.
Rex noticed Anwar's speed taking off and chased after him, "Hey, now you're rushing faster, what's going on?" he asked.
Anwar stopped and sighed, "The spirits of the book are talking to me..They told me that Valdo took her and ripped the book in two" he growled under his breath as Duran and Heath walked up.
Duran backing away slightly at the growl, "Okay Anwar, She'll be fine, she has the other half of the book" he told the sand dweller.
"That's right, we've seen her over come more difficult things than this" Heath told Anwar. "She'll be fine"
Anwar gulped once and nodded.
Rex leaned back slightly, "So...why can you talk to the spirits? Isn't the chosen one the only one supposed to talk to them?" he asked, pointing at Anwar.
Anwar blinked and looked to Ur and Rempo, who were floating on his left.
Rempo spun around in the air, "The book knows that you are the closest one to Tia, so it chose you to take the book back to her, as of right now, you are half the chosen one." Rempo laughed out and continued, "It chose you to give it back to the actual chosen one" he chuckled as Ur sighed and put his palm on his check to rest it there.
Anwar nodded and turned to Rex, "They said that since Tia and I are close, that this half of the book chose me to give it back to her" he told him.
Rex nodded and then smirked, "You know what, We need people to rise against Waisen, I'm sure it won't be a walk in the park" he nodded, "Duran and I will go back and tell everyone, you two go one ahead"
Duran immediately turned to Rex, "Why do I have to go back? I'm a hero, I should be able to go with Anwar" He told Rex, raising his voice at the uncaring Pick-pocket-er.
Heath sighed, "Duran, you and Rex are both from Rhoan, they'll believe you two before they'll believe us" he explained to the wannabe hero.
Rex nodded, "Then it's decided"
"Nothing's decided" Duran complained as Rex grabbed Duran's collar and dragged him away, Duran screaming and complaining along the way.
Anwar heard Rempo chuckle from behind him, "That wannabe is funny" he then heard a smack across the head from Ur, Rempo begin to complain to him about hitting him.
Anwar, Heath, Rempo and Ur continued on past the Wield River.
Anwar and Heath remained quiet, never actually getting a chance to talk before this. They were introduced by Tia, but other than that he's a former general from Waisen, that's all the sand dweller knew about him. Anwar sighed as he heard Rempo cough loudly.
"Damn...their sooooo Quiet...make them talk Ur" Rempo complained to Ur.
"I can't do that...humans can talk of their own free will if they wish it" Ur told Rempo, who groaned.
"Aww. Come on, you know we can start an awesome conversation about Tia-"
Ur shushed the fire spirit, "Hush you, Tia would kill us if we were to talk about her other suitors"
Anwar finally turned to his left, luckly, Heath was further back. He turned to the spirits, "Did you forget I could hear you now?" he asked as he eyed the two.
Ur grumbled and smacked the back of Rempo's head.
"HEY! What was that for?" Rempo barked as Ur gathered himself.
"Anwar..." Ur began, "I know you and Tia are lovers, I respect that...but there are a few others seeking Tia's affection as well" he began, blushing slightly.
Anwar raised a brow, "What do you mean?" he asked, lowly and harshly.
Rempo chuckled, "Like Valdo, Duran and even Heath over there are trying to get themselves known by Tia to become her lover" he told Anwar, spinning around in the air next to Anwar's head.
Anwar chuckled and shook his head, "Duran I've taken care of..." he smirked as Rempo stopped next to his head and cheered.
"YEAH! That fake dog barking trick was awesome!" he chuckled at the end like a child.
Anwar sighed and shrugged, "If Heath decides to try anything on my Tia, I'll kill him on the spot" he warned the two spirits.
Rempo chuckled as Ur grumbled, "Even after all Tia has taught you?" Ur asked.
Anwar turned his head back to the road and shut his eyes, "...Even if she hates me forever...I'll do it for her" he eyed the road, he shut his eyes, fearing that she would hate him if he ever killed one of her friends.
He sighed as they continued walking, a sign saying they were heading to the Ravine of Vulgazzo.
~End chapter 3~