Hours away from Wizard City, let alone Kieran, The Armada approaches Dragonspyre...
"There is an old academy there, but, you already knew this didn't you Kieran...Never-mind that, you need to get there, and destroy the books!" Gamma says to Kieran, through the giant gem that projects the image of a Spiral Map in the Headmasters Tower.
"Why do I need to destroy the books?" Kieran asks, "If The Armada finds those books, they will be able to read them, and know ancient wizarding battle tactics that are still used today! If they got those, we would have no way of defend ourselves!" Gamma exclaims. "Damn...Doesn't sound good at all. Alright, you sound bothered, slightly more than usual, did something happen?" Kieran asks Gamma, "Yes...Magnus and Cedric, they where framed by a Man with silver hair and violet eyes." Gamma says grimly,"What!? How the hell did that happen?!" Kieran shouts. "Cedric was apparently followed down an alley, the man knocked him out, and said he attacked Cedric, who was the 'supposed' person that leaked the information." Gamma adds, "How did you get this information?" Wolf asks. "A Wizard named Alex came by, he said he saw what had happened and he knew who Magnus was, he said he saw him the other day during a duel with some other wizards." Gamma says. "I know him! I was the one that was dueling him!" Wolf shouts, "To make matters worse, no one believes him much at the moment, He used a simple recording spell with his Sapphire to show us what had happened." Gamma says. "Well, thats crafty.." Kane says. "Alright Gamma, Me and Orion will go to Dragonspyre, while Kane and Wolf can go back to Wizard City to try and help Alex." Kieran says "No. You must all go to Dragonspyre, Ill send several other wizards with you. If The Armada gets there before you, it will get ugly." Gamma says. "No, if you send any with me and Wizard City is counter attacked it'll be uglier. Keep as many people there as possible. Bye." Kieran cancels the magical projection to end his conversation with Gamma. "Alright, Bye Scar, I'll be back later Okay?" Kieran says. "Alright Its fine. Later," Scarlet walks back slowly to the house with Emmaline, who is fast asleep. "Lets go." Kieran says, the walk onto Orions boat. "Why not take world gate?" Orion asks. "If The Armada is there already they'll most likely be searching all over Dragonspyre, believe it or not, it'll be safer to just take the boat there." Kieran answers, "Fair enough, makes sense also, now that I think about it." Orion says, his ship sets course to Dragonspyre, and slowly disappears from the house.
Meanwhile back at Wizard City, the man with the Silver Hair and Violet eyes, takes out a Diamond and uses the magic runes to call an Armada official...
"There I did it. Magnus and Cedric are being brought Briskbreeze Tower which has been serving as the Prison in Wizard City currently, and I've also taken care Dante. He is in the prison deck of my ship. Ill send them to you later, and then you can have your fun with Wizard City." He smirks. "Fine. But to Be fair, we should kill you too, as you also are a Pirate and a Wizard." the Official says. "Aaww No need to label me, I don't know much magic anyway, and to be fair, Its only because I am a Bounty Hunter, and Assassin, It is perfectly legal for me." He smirks. "Fair enough, You needn't say more, Aegis." The Official says to him. "Thank you. I'll be taking my pay tomorrow, and if you try ANYTHING, There'll be hell to pay." He cancels the image and puts the diamond in his pocket. "Now. Just to stay hidden long enough to watch the fun parts happen." Aegis snaps his fingers, and a new cloak appears, he puts it on, and disappears.
Back to Kieran and Orion, the ship is slowly approaching Dragonspyre, as it passes several worlds...
"Hey Look! Its Marelybone!" Wolf shouts excitedly, "Yes Wolf. Its Marelybone." Kieran teases. "So the plan is to land at the academy and burn the books?" Orion asks. "Well that is the plan but I have another idea. Rather than destroying the books, why not just destroy the academy and run off with the books?" Kieran says. "Kieran while that would be a good idea I don't think it would work well." Kane says. "Hell, even Morgan wouldn't do that..And she does lots of crazy things, Kieran." Orion says. "Morgan is staying with Olivia back the Massive Fantasy Palace right?" Orion asks. "Nexus, I called it Nexus. I've already told you I made it a small city off Wizard Citys coast or whatever you wanna call it...Floating coast...island..cliff thingie..." Kieran mumbles. "Dragonspyre is only a half hour away by now. We should practice maybe?" Orion asks. "Sure. Alright, Kane you join Orion, Wolf you join me." Kieran says. "First ones to fall down or get disarmed completely lose!" Kieran says. With that being said, Kieran sprints to Kane and swings his sword, Kane dodges and shoots a silver ball of magic at Kieran, who merely deflects it with his sword, Kieran then does the same thing Kane did. "Oh C'Mon! Thats not fair! You can use like, Fire Magic! And Life! And Death! And Storm! And Balance! And Star! And Moon!" Kane says, sounding slightly emotionally wounded. "Hahaha, Fine Kane Ill only use fire, just hope you know it'll hurt more!" Kieran teases smiling evilly, Kieran points his sword at Kane, fire starts swirling around it, Kieran is about to shoot a fire ball, when Orion kicks the sword out of Kierans hand, and points the sparklock at his head. "I win!" Orion says happily, just after that Kieran kicks him over, and hits him with something hard. "Ouch! What the...A BOOK! A FREAKING BOOK, YOU HIT ME WITH A FREAKING BOOK! ARE YOU TRYING TO BRAKE MY- Oh I dropped my weapons. I'm dead." Orion says, He sits down right where he was standing and lies down, making his best impression of a dead face. "Nooo Orioooon!" Kane playfully shouts, He shoots another blast of magic at Wolf and hits him, sending him flying a few feet. Wolf hits the ground and drops his weapon, which was a spear. "Oh. I'm dead." He imitates Orion. "Now its you and me! Kane! I will defeat you No matt-" Kieran is interrupted as they enter a skyway, which makes the boat rock, which makes Kieran fall, and drop the book. Which means he lost. "Oh. That doesn't count! Because I fell because the boat moved! And...Yeah...the boat killed me didn't it?" Kieran jokes. They all stand up, but Wolf notices something. "Hey..Is that a small Armada ship? Attacking a house? Or trying to?" Kieran turns his head. "Oh, thats Keena's House. Looks like she is using Arcane magic to throw things at the cannonballs and make them explode in mid-air. Thats new." Kieran says. "There getting on her island, lets go there and help her out, and get to Dragonspyre!" Orion shouts. The boat goes toward Keena's island. "Alright who gave you people permission to try and blow up my house!?" Keena shouts, using some arcane magic to throw a giant obsidian pillar at a smaller lifeboat heading toward her house. "Seriously, I'm just minding my own business, decorating my house with stuff i bought, and now, I'm using it as weapons to blow up cannon balls!" Keena jokes to herself. "Anyway, you guys don't seem to be to bright. I'm guessing there clockwork golems." Keena answers herself. She Looks up at the main ship, just as Orions ship rams into it full speed. "What in the.." The Armada ship tilts, and several hundred Clock works fall out of it, heading straight toward the exit of the magic barrier, and fall into the oblivion of the Spiral. "Well...Thats new i guess. Hey! Don't touch that!" Keena pulls out a sword made with black metal, with black aura around it, and slashes the Clockwork in half. More march toward her, and she sighs. "Damn, you guys just don't know when to give up..." Kieran comes running and shoots several fireballs at the soldiers, obliterating them. "Hey Keena. Sorry we're late...We'll, its more like we were kinda flying by, and we kinda saw that ship, and it was kind attacking, and we were...yeah." Kieran says. "Well. Thats find, Mind helping me take out these last clockworks? Don't worry theres not much damage to the house. Besides my lawn. And Ill need a new worldgate." Keena tells Kieran. Wolf turns his head and see's several more Armada troops walking from the side of the house. "I swear...if they were in my house and broke anything.." Keena Mumbles. "I've got them," Wolf says. "Tempest!" A huge gust of wind comes out of now where, it starts to rain, and a giant puddle starts forming, Wolf moves his right hand and pulls out all the water from a small murkey pool and throws it at the Clockworks, throwing them off the edge. "Aw Hell Yeah! Eat that Armada scum! I just kicked yo-" Keena throws her sword at Wolf nearly cutting his head off, "My water! You moron it took ages to give it that murky look! And you used it to throw clockwork things off my island!" Keena shouts historically, "Ah whatever. It really wasn't that hard. I think I need a rest. And a new World Gate. Anyway thanks again Kieran, Its not going to take any time to fix up the place. I've got tons of resources to spare, let alone replace." She says. "I've just been having the oddest day, first some guy with Silver Hair tries to kill me, but I don't think he'll be trying that again, and then some guy with green eyes and white hair asked if i had any spare gold, I automatically assumed he was the guy from earlier and kicked him in the face, but realized it wasn't, so i gave him extra, then some younger kid asked if I could help him treasure hunt in some Sunken City since Grubb or whatever his name was is long dead. Then I got stuck in some issues in another world. And I have loads of tests for my classes to study for." Keena rambles on about all the random things that happened. "Well sounds easier than we have to do. We have to fight more of those guys, bent on banning magic, and we gotta go burn some books in Dragonspyre." Orion says. "Oh. Alright, sounds fun honestly. But, yeah. Tests. Ill probably see you guys later, And Kieran be sure to say at least 'Hi' every now and then, Good seeing you guys again!" Keena says. Kieran, Orion, Kane, and, Wolf, head back to the boat, where one Clockwork is lying down, and it has no legs, or weapons. "Just leave it there?" Orion jokes. "Nah." Kane kicks it off the boat, and they continue towards Dragonspyre.
Back at Wizard City, Magnus and Cedric are brought to Briskbreeze Tower, and locked in a small cell like room with a small window...
"Dammit! Let us out! We aren't the traitors! That man is! He's the one thats dangerous! There is going to be another attack! You have to get ready!" Magnus shouts to the guard on the other side of the door. "Listen, I know what happened, I heard it and saw you get chased, Before I could warn you it was to late, Headmaster Ambrose told me to keep this information as secret as possible, but then again, what kinda of friend would I be if I didnt help you outta that damn musky room!" The "Guard" says. "What Kinda friend? Hang on a second! Blaze! What in the heck are you doing here! Aren't you supposed to be with Kieran and Orion!?" Cedric asks, "I COULD Be with them, but I wanted to make sure Olde Town was okay, I heard of the incident upon arriving the other night, and decided to help personally. A Wizard Named Alex caught the scene with his gemstone, and showed it to Merle, He sent me here to get you out of here as fast as Possible. Konan was given a new ship, and she is on the far east side of Wizard City." Blaze explains, as he slowly burns the door to ashes. "Hurry. Only a few guards know of this information, if the wrong ones see us, its not going to be pretty." Blaze tells Cedric and Magnus. They run down the halls, hoping they can make it to where they and meet up with Konan, where-ever that is, before they get caught by guards, or worse, The Hooded Man...
(End of Eighth Chapter)