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Chapter 24: time and sandstorms
Deep in the dark abandoned corridors of the palace the group of guardians, seasonal and cupid marched with determination set in their eyes. they walked to where no one but the kings and queens are allowed, you may ask why the non kings and queens are walking in there as well?. The answer is simple because sometimes for the better good you need to break some rules.
They kept walking and walking twisting and turning and heading down deep under the palace till they reached a massive door.
This double door, no gate stood 30 feet high and 25 in width. On its right side was the inscription of what appears to be a sun shining with its magnificent glory, under it was the inscription of a flower and a green leaf. On its left side was the inscription of a moon under it was the inscription of a snowflake and a reddish orange leaf.
The four sibling of seasons stared at the gate, finally after weeks of searching only one key left. One key and they can keep that thing, that monster locked for more eons to come, one more key and it's all over.
"iz dis the place?" asked north in his think Russian accent.
"yes it is" answered jack "yes it is" he repeated in a whisper. It's been so long since he and his older brother and sisters came to this place. the last time was a day before….. .
"where does this leads to again mate?"
"we already explained that to ye stupid kangaroo" said Merida.
"yeah well, didn't hear you well"
"didn't hear us well!?, what's that pair of donkey ears doing on top of yer head then cotton tale, playing who twitches the most?" replied Merida
"hey hey you don't need ta… donkey ears?"
"I'm starting to think that those things are merely for show, don't all of you agree?" said Merida while oblivious to bunny's rising anger.
"DONKEY EAAAAARS!?"
"keep it down fur ball can't yer see I'm complaining"
"listen here sunburn I- ooooooohhh" bunny dazed as Rapunzel scratched a soft spot behind his ears to calm him down.
"are you calm now bunny?" ask the spring queen, bunny just sighed, but came back to reality soon after, and had an embarrassed look on his face.
"I'll explain again" said Hiccup " this gate is one of the 13 gates that leads to the realm ápeiro , which is the realm of all time. From there beings can freely travel trough time and space. You could say it's a natural time machine. And our father, the king father of time's main duty was to protect this realm and stop any intruders who wish to change the events of time but he allows time traveling to those who wish to observe the events in time only while keeping an eye on them, kinda like your previous job bunnymund but with more depth to it" the autumn king smirked and gave the pooka aside glance.
"how come I never met him in one of my stop the intruders of time missions?" asked the 6 foot rabbit.
"because he usually stays hidden when he senses your presence, it's easier for him that way and he saw that you could handle it on your own that's why he never interfered with you"
"you just said that the realm has 13 doors?" asked tooth
"yes it does, each can be entered from different places and each door is protected by powerful spells to keep intruders, who means harm, from entering the realm, but when that doesn't work, father usually send them back and erases their memories of this place if they agreed to get out peacefully or by killing them if they didn't choose peace. Thank goodness that no one tried to break in since father's 'break', well that is until… now." The last word was sad in a sad whisper
"so Minerva can use other doors to enter mother nature's realm?" asked tooth worriedly
"don't worry about that" assured hiccup "this gate has the most powerful spell of protection of all, only the kings and queens and whoever they give permission to can walk through this gate"
"vhy not use that on all gates?" asked North
"you are a wizard North, you should know how hard it is to cast such powerful and specific spells" said hiccup in a matter of fact tone.
"ah true, especially something complicated like dis" confirmed North, remembering when he was the bandit king and Ombric teaching him about magic. He felt nostalgic.
"are you all ready?" asked hiccup.
"yeah" most replied.
"here we go"
At the corner of his eyes bunny saw Jack and his sisters, he almost forgot about him. he has been quiet, too quiet it disturbed him. Jack never stayed silent or stayed still. There must be something wrong. And his sad look to his sisters while talking to him and placing their hand on his shoulder only confirmed it. Bunny was about to ask, when he heard the gates open. Slowly but surely the doors opened with a bright light blinding their sight. When they were fully open, hiccup looked back at the group and gestured towards the door. The others started to walk with determination and confidence.
The four sibling had a soft smile forming in their lips as they gazed at the realm it has been a while since they last came but it's still as beautiful as ever.
On the other hands, the guardians(all of them) and cupid, who never came her or saw the realm, had their mouth ganging in the air. Unlike mother nature's realm, which a balance of all seasons, this place-an ethereal desert- was a balance of time.
On the right stood the golden sun with the blue morning sky its rays reflecting from the soft sand. On the left stood the moon with the black night sky that is filled with twinkling stars. The guardians have lived for a long time and saw many things but never anything like they saw in the past weeks. Jack's home, Mother nature's realm, and Father time's they were all breathtaking.
The sibling turned their heads to their mesmerized friends and chuckled, there're still many things the group have not seen(with the exception of sandy maybe) including the three older siblings home.
"it's beautiful, isn't it" asked Rapunzel while smiling
"it's amazing" gasped tooth
"indeed it is" said north
Sandy nodded Enthusiastically.
"I'm glad yer like it, but we can't admire it forever, we have work to do" said Merida.
Suddenly the wind picked up speed. "this is bad" said hiccup
"what is mate?"
"a sandstorm is about to rage, we have to find shelter and fast. It won't help us if we got lost while searching for the key, so our best option is to wait for the storm to pass. Come on hope on" at the last part he gestured to toothless.
Since the door exists deep in the palace, North could bring his sleigh, so he has to ride toothless. North was more than happy to right the big reptile, Bunny on the hand looked at toothless like he was a predator waiting to eat him, so he refused to ride him.
"come on bunny, I know you hate flying but we don't have any choice" reasoned tooth.
"I know, I know but there has to be another way"
"well its either this or us carrying you amigo" said cupid while gesturing to himself and Jack.
"there is also Sandy, he can carry you with his dream sand cloud" said rapunzel
Bunny weighed his options sorting the pros and cons at each one. He liked neither one of them, if he chose toothless he will be comfortably sitting down, but he has to sit down on a large reptile that may or may not try to eat him. on the other hand if he is carried by jack and cupid he has to be carried by both hands, while the rest of him is dangling in mid air, but it was a chance to figure out what was bothering jack. Then there is sandy whosemode of transportation is the safest.
The pooka sighed and had his paw sliding on his furry face. "fine, I'll chose frostbite and lover boy".
All who heard that stared at bunny like he grew three heads.
"wha?"
"really?"
"yeah, why are you all so surprised?!"
"is just that….. we thought that you would choose Sandy instead" said tooth.
"ya point Sheila"
"you wouldn't be dangling, if you chose sandy"
"so?"
"so…. Eh whatever"
"come on we have to hurry" urged hiccup.
Due to their small discussion the wind had enough time to gain power to pick large amount of sand, they have to find shelter soon before they start losing vision. North climbed on toothless, Jack and Eros each held one of bunny's arm. Then they all took off. The wind started blowing faster and faster, sand was targeting their eyes and seep into their throats. They were having a hard time trying to stay next to each other.
"guys we have to stay together, don't let the wind blow you away" said hiccup.
"we're trying hiccup" said Merida.
"try grabbing to toothless"
The group tried but the wind became so strong it pushed then away. Tooth who was holding real tight to toothless started to slip away
"tooth" North yelled and jumped to reach her.
"no north" yelled hiccup but it was too late he and tooth were already gone, thankfully rapunzel and Merida were still holding tightly, but there was no sign of Jack and the rest. The autumn king could only pray that they're alright. Toothless couldn't keep flying strait anymore, the wind was blowing at him from every direction, he was losing control and fell with all who was holding to him.
"are you all okay" asked hiccup
" yeah" the girls replied.
"what about you toothless?" asked hiccup
The night fury nodded but was deeply sad.
"don't blame yourself bud, the wind was to strong"
"aye, he's right boy, we don't blame ya" said Merida before scratching his head. It seems to make toothless a bit better.
"it seems flying is out of the question now, we have to continue by foot" said rapunzel
The three siblings walked till they found a small cave.
"come on" said Merida "let's hide here till the storms die"
They all entered the cave and started to brush the sand off them.
Merida walked to the cave's mouth with sadness adorning her features, hiccup stood next to her.
"I hope the others are alright" said Merida with worry
Hiccup placed his hand on her shoulder. "don't worry M, they're tough, they'll be okay. We just have to trust them" and then he smiled. "isn't that right Punzie"
….. Silience….
"Punzie?"
Hiccup turned around to see what's wrong. Suddenly a plant protruded its way like a sword through his abdomen.
Merida looked horrified of what just happened and before she could say or do anything, a plant protruded through her abdomen as well. Blood started cascading from her mouth like a waterfall. She slowly lifted her head, and saw rapunzel smiling. Toothless was bind from head to toe with vines, some were wrapping around his mouth closing it shut. Other were wrapping around his neck and squeezing it.
"…..w-w-why?..." said Merida, and her world was engulfed by darkness.
Oh my god, why punzie why.
You'll figure out in future chapters
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