I have returned! Again! For like the 11th time! Ah whatever.

I'm just letting you guys know that chapters will indeed be posted later due to freaking school but I will try my best to get them to you!

Anyways here's the next chapter!

Enjoy!

Chapter 11: The Guardians Angel

It had been a few days since the bomb had gone off and everyone is helping repair the city. Our heroes had been quieter than usual due to the death of their best friends. Even others who were usually the opposite of quiet were dead silent. They continued to repair the city in silence until Ambrose called an assembly and to come in a black suit/dress. It was a funeral. No one still found any signs of Connor or Gabriel. Everyone gave up after they weren't found with all the citizens of the city looking for them for around 5 days.

"Hello everyone. Thank you all for coming. Today we are here to honor those who sacrificed their lives in order to save every wizard in the spiral. Connor Frostbreath and Gabriel Fairymask. Let us have a moment of silence for them." There was a long pause before Ambrose continued. "Now if there is anything you'd like to say about the 2 please come up one at a time." He gave the stage to Seth who was the first one to go up.

"Gabriel was my best friend for as long as I could remember. He was always by my side when I needed him and helped me through losing my own father. He wasn't my best friend after all. He was my brother. Connor was like my guardian angel. He protected me and my friends since day 1. I didn't know him long but in the short time we knew each other I could tell he was a great person." He got off the stage because he couldn't continue remembering the good times with his friends. Everyone was on the verge of tears but a few others continued. Brianna went up and spoke.

"Even though I had known Gabriel for a short time, in that short time I learned he was a great guy. I had known Connor for a few years and I have to say, losing him was like losing a brother and a sister at the same time. I just wish I could thank him."

"You can thank me now." Everyone looked in the direction the voice came from. It was Connor and Gabriel! Connor had scratches and bruises everywhere. Only half of his black cloak remained and that half had a bunch of holes. His hood was completely off showing his blonde hair. His hood was off mainly because it was incinerated from the explosion. His smile seemed to have lit up the faces on everyone. Gabriel was holding Connor up by his shoulder. Gabriel was missing his entire shirt except for his sleeve on his left arm. He had many bruises and scrapes as well. They both had blood coming out of their mouths and looked very exhausted. Everyone had just stared at them in surprise and disbelief.

"Gabriel … Connor … is it really you?" Jack finally asked breaking the silence. His voice was much softer than usual.

"We aren't ready to die just yet guys." Gabriel smiled being reunited with his best friends. Their friends ran up to them to hug and help them out. They passed out soon after and woke up in a hospital bed.

"Guys they're waking up!" Jocelyn said to the others and they came rushing in.

"Oh my head, it feels like when we first came to Wizard City." Gabriel said. "How long were we out for?"

"About a week, we started to fear you guys might have never woken up!" Destiny said with glee.

"By the way how the hell did you guys survive that explosion?!" everyone was indeed curious about that question.

"Well" Connor started as he sat up. "The fact is we don't know the whole truth our selves. I remember Gabriel and I were hovering next to the bomb before it went off. As we put all our energy into a shield around the bomb to prevent the virus from spreading we started to fall. We didn't have enough energy to even float anymore and as we fell the bomb went off. But I remember someone catching me and another person catching Gabriel and leave very quickly. They were the fastest people I had ever seen. They even managed to out run the explosion itself! Even though my vision started to blur I could barely see a few features of our saviors. The one who caught me was a girl. She had long brown hair and bright yellow eyes. At least I think. My vision was so screwed up I can't remember much. She was definitely from the storm school though I know that."

"I think I remember those people to. The one who saved me was also a girl. I remember a few features about her. I remember she had long black hair with blue eyes, I'm not sure. I do remember passing by the shopping district though and I think they jumped off of the ledge."

"Yeah now I'm starting to remember that part to. I heard one of them say something. They said something that I can't remember. Then when they jumped a white portal opened up and they landed in an all white room. That's when I blacked out completely."

"I remember one last thing about that white room; it had some guy just sitting in front of a desk. He was facing us with his fingers locked in front of his face and he talked to our rescuers. That's when I blacked out."

Everyone was pretty lost by what they had just heard. A white portal on the ledge of the shopping district with some guy who was sitting at a desk inside? What did this mean? Was there some guy who just did us all a favor? Is he watching over even Ambrose, the head master of Wizard City? After Gabriel and Connor both healed enough to leave the hospital they all agreed to go to the ledge of the shopping district and discussed what this could mean.

"So they jumped over this ledge?" Seth asked

"Yeah, I don't know how but they opened up a portal through here. I wonder if we can open it." Connor said curiously.

"Well we can figure it out later. Right now we still have to help repair the city, after all this was basically our fault." A messenger then came running towards the group of fighters with a bag of telegrams. He reached into his bag and handed them a rolled up scroll with a red ribbon on it.

"A message from Head Master Ambrose he requests for your assistance immediately!" after that he ran off delivering more telegrams.

"What does it say?" Sabrina asked as Seth opened it. Seth read the note allowed. 'I request your help immediately! I'm sorry it's so sudden but it's about Malistare! I don't want this to spread so I didn't include many details in this letter. Please dispose of this letter as soon as you read it.' They all rushed over to the Headmasters office which was the first thing to be rebuilt. When they got there Ambrose looked quite worried and you could tell he had fear in his eyes. He was walking back and forth constantly before they had arrived.

"Ah at last everyone is here! I have important news I need to tell you about Malistare!"

"You mean that one guy who tried to kill us with his freaky looking dragons when we first came here?"

"Yes him. I have found recent news that he is in Krokotopia, the desert world we went to in order to escape the explosion!"

"But why us? We're not even powerful enough to defeat the wraith."

"But you are the ones who actually killed him." Ambrose did have a point there. The wraith was killed by his own bomb and since then fewer and fewer enemies are in the streets.

"What's Malistare even doing in Krokotopia anyway?"

"That's what I'm worried about. He's after an ancient artifact in that world that has mystic powers! If he gets his hands on it who knows what kind of damage he can cause!" No one had ever seen Ambrose like this before. He quickly gave them the spiral key and they all walked to the spiral door.

"Wow, whatever Malistare is after it can't be good if Ambrose is this worried." Destiny said as they entered Bartleby. They turned the key and opened the door only to find that they were already in the desert world. They got out through a door in the front of the chamber and saw multiple pyramids. It's true they had been there before but they had never paid attention to the world. A rather tall dog in what appeared to be a ranger uniform greeted the fighters quickly after they all got out of the chamber.

"Hello and welcome to Krokotopia! I am Sergeant Major Talbot of the Royal Expeditionary Force and who might you all be?" Everyone introduced themselves one by one but before they could say anything else Talbot interrupted them. "Connor Frostbreath is that you? I thought you had perished in the incident in Wizard City!" Everyone turned around to see Connor there standing in the back.

"Connor I thought you left when we went into Bartleby."

"I was about to but I know I have to keep a close eye on you guys. I'm not going to help you guys fight unless it's an emergency. I have orders to keep you safe not protect you from everything."

"I suppose that's fair, after all I guess it would be unfair if we had someone who helped save the spiral once already." Jack said but he didn't mind at all. He rather prefers it the way it's been. "Let's get moving guys. We got work to do."

"Right I have your first mission for you. I need you to help out Professor Winthrop in the Pyramid of the Sun. It's the big one right ahead." The group was off but Connor went back to Wizard City to help repair it.

In the dark room we see Malistare yet again looking through his red crystal ball.

"Looks like Ambrose fell for the bait after all! What a foolish old man, to be tricked by a mere rumor. I just need the super advanced army to stall much longer than usual. I still need a few months before everything will be in place. But while I'm at it I think I should have a little fun with these little pests before they become a real threat. Lieutenant! Report at once!" another dark figure came in but this time it was a boy kneeling before Malistare.

"You needed me sir?"

"I want you to make sure they don't leave Krokotopia too soon. Stall them for as long as possible do you hear me?"

"Yes sir." The dark figure quickly disappeared after that.

"Assassin, report at once!" Malistare yelled much more seriously this time.

"You needed me sir?" the girl was in the room yet again.

"I want you to keep an eye on these pests. Report back to me after every boss battle. In a possible time that I have perished I want you to kill these little brats as my last wish. Do you think you can do that?"

"Yes sir! I will not fail you!" She disappeared again.

"General! Get in now!" Malistare was taking no chances if he was about to use his general.

"You called?" It was another girl. She sounded much tougher than the assassin.

"I want you to prepare the army of Dragonspyre. Take your time and gather all of the toughest bosses first. Then go get the rest of the remaining one's. I want you to go from highest to lowest rank starting with the 2 helephants in the chambers below us."

"It will take some time, will that be alright sir?"

"Yes take all the time you need. Just make sure the toughest bosses and enemies are all in the army. Understand?"

"Understood, I'll be on my way now." She left Malistare to think by himself. He knows he will have to fight the band of heroes sooner or later but he needed time. If he obtained the time he needs then his greatest weapon will be unleashed. The Titan Dragon itself.

"So you are the new help around these parts hmm? Glad to have you here!" a member of the expedition force greeted them as soon as they entered. Dogs are quite excitable, maybe that's why these seem so excited when they talk.

"How can we help?"

"I need you to go into the Chamber of Fire at once! I heard Danforth had found a secret chamber somewhere inside. I'm certain he needs your assistance! The Chamber of Fire is located through that giant hole in the wall on my right but be careful! These enemies are not like the ones in Wizard City!" They all entered the Royal Hall and found a map on a table nearby.

"Ok so then … we have to find Danforth and he's stationed … right there!" they all ran off taking the map with them in search of the archeologist. Once they had reached him he told them everything about the Chamber of the Charmed.

"The Soul Keeper must be stopped! Even in the afterlife those poor manders still have to serve that greedy tyrant they call a king. You have to save them!"

"Don't worry, we'll help them out. Besides I always wanted to stop one of those tyrants I heard about from history class." Jack said with a smirk on his face.

"Let's get going guys! We have a king to kill." They all ran to the mystic chamber avoiding the other enemies. Everyone thought it was odd that most of the enemies they had seen were animals like crocodiles and salamanders. They had reached the chamber and broke the door open thinking he would be right behind the door. Turns out there was even more salamanders behind the door but they could see a hall way leading somewhere up ahead past them. The salamanders did not seem to notice the group. It was as if they couldn't see them at all. They walked right passed all the miserable looking manders then finally reached a giant open door. They saw a royal crocodile being treated like a king and served by the manders.

"Hey you! Freaky king guy!" Jocelyn shouted at him and he opened his eyes looking in the direction of the voice.

"Fools! You've disturbed the tomb of the Soul Keeper! My eternal rest will be no more! Your life will end here and you will all serve me, just as these manders do!"

"Don't be too sure. You have no idea what we're capable of." The arena formed and glowed under their feet after they both finished talking to commence the battle. Jocelyn was the first to strike this time and tried to damage him as much as she could by running up to him and kicking him in the face with a frozen foot. He didn't even flinch.

"Do you really think I'd be as easy to kill as Nightshade? I'm nothing like that fool. If you think you can just kill me just like that you have another thing coming!" Jocelyn jumped back seeing as ice attacks were useless Destiny tried to attack using electricity as a boost again. He blocked her punch with only the palm of his hand with no effort.

"This can't be good. If Destiny isn't quick enough to catch him off guard then we won't do any better."

"Maybe we can Seth, if he's an ice then that means my attacks will do double the damage doesn't it?" Jack came up with an idea that could weaken him enough for the others to finish the job but they would all have to attack at once just to do it. Everyone agreed to try it out in order to stop the greedy ice king.

"Are you done blathering or are you going to actually fight me now?" The soul keeper was growing impatient with our group of heroes. 3 of the fighters formed a triangular formation around the crocodile and jumped him from their positions. He managed to block all of their attacks with again little to no effort. "Do you really think you can just attack me with such a see through maneuver?" He then blocked Destiny's attack who was about to sneak up on him. Then blocked another hidden attack from Gabriel. "Come on now. You really didn't think I would fall for that kind of attack did you?" Gabriel just smirked at his remark. Jack was the third surprise attack from them. "This is getting old." The soul keeper tried to move his left arm to block but he couldn't! He was still blocking Gabriel's attack and if he moved his left arm one of them wouldn't hesitate to attack. He looked at his right arm and his legs, but they were all blocking the other wizard's attacks! He was cornered!

Jack punched him as hard as he could with his flaming hand. It nearly knocked him down but somehow he was still standing, holding his cheek.

"You little bastard! You're going to pay for that!" He called every minion he had and a giant gust of wind blew past them forcing them to shut their eyes. Once they had opened them they saw a giant ice mander with the king at the top controlling them! "Let's see if you can defend your selves against this!"

"This might take longer than I thought." Sabrina said.

Eh yea that's the end of the chapter. I just really wanted to post a new one on January 1st! Happy New Year guys!

For Moonlight blade: When I read that scene I actually had second thoughts of rewriting that part but it is something you guys didn't expect and that's what I love sometimes. Yes I do read reviews and I don't want to spoil if your characters are in or not. It's no fun to ruin surprises!

Until next time guys!

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