Author's Note: I am truly sorry that it took me this long to update. College has kicked my butt ever since I started. So without further ado, I present to you Big Time Fantasy.
Chapter 12: Logan's Fray
Logan POV
Lilka and I wandered through the halls of the Raypoint, through the stifiling heat. Sweat dripped down my face and made Lilka's hair turn a few shades darker. I thought about casting a blizzard spell, but I didn't want to waste magic, especially when I didn't know what lurked around the corner.
"I think it's this way." Lilka got us lost, she said that she remembered which way to go but I doubted it because we passed the same broken pillar for the fifth time in the last hour. I followed her through the one doorway that we hadn't gone through and into a room with a puzzle.
Twelve brightly colored symbols glowed on the floor, each one resembling a different guardian, I could only guess. Each symbol had a distinct color, and I couldn't figure out what to do.
"It's not that hard, once you figure it out. It took us an hour just to figure that we could step on them. It's a specific order….which I forgot." I slapped my forehead and sighed. We were stuck, and I couldn't figure out how to solve this puzzle.
"Well, each one represents a guardian, right?" She nodded and I continued with my idea. "Do you remember the order in which Tim visited the shrines?" Another nod, this would be simple, but Lilka always knew how to complicate things.
"But I only remember their names, not what they look like." Well, it was something, and something is always better than nothing.
She named the first guardian, and I had to figure out which symbol it represented, what a joy that was. Apparently each guardian had a specific 'type' like fire or water. So when Lilka said the first breathed fire, I guessed the red symbol. I described the symbol and she agreed, a fire bird.
This process repeated for the remaining eleven symbols; an aquatic turtle (water), a speedy tiger (wind), a mountainous lizard (earth), a pale girl (death), a dancing cat (time), a werewolf (desire), an outer space dragon (hope), a radiant goddess (love), a brave lion (courage), a frozen demon (ice), and finally a bright alien (light). Each representing a guardian from the ancient times, and after stepping on the final symbol the door opened.
More halls, and more dead-ends before Lilka walked into another puzzle, except the room was empty. So we continued across the huge room, walking toward the doorway on the other side. Upon entering the room, a bright red crystal floated above the hot burning lava.
'Before you can activate the Raypoint, you must pass my two challenges! The first awaits you in the previous room!' Lilka and I ran into the other room where a giant dragon waited for us. It roared and lunged at us, causing the both of us to jump out of the way.
We were on our own, because the huge dragon split into two smaller yet still huge dragons, one for each of us, more fun! Lilka began dodging the fireballs that the dragon shot at her, while I had to deal with my own problem.
I began casting defensive spells, creating a barrier that would last while I prepared the one thing that I needed to work, Ulitma. A spell that if casted incorrectly would surely backfire. So I needed to get everything in order, other wise I would fail.
I watched as the dragon kept attacking the barrier, when the other dragon started attacking my barrier as well, in hopes that it would fail. Lilka rushed over to my side and began pouring her magic into the barrier, obviously knowing what I was doing.
"You better hurry up! I can't hold it for much longer!" Lilka yelled before the barrier broke. Just as I completed the spell.
"ULTIMA!" A black hole appeared between the dragons, before exploding with a force that caused the dragons to disintegrate. Lilka sighed a breath of relief as I fell backwards laughing. I surely thought that I wouldn't be able to contain the sheer destructive power but somehow I managed to do it.
Lilka and I returned to the room with the glowing red crystal, and were ready to face our next challenge, no matter what we had to do.
'Logan, answer me this and the power of the Raypoint will be released. Why is studying and knowledge so important to you? What could you ever hope to gain by having all the answers?' Huh, that's all the second challenge was, just a simple question.
Even if I thought the question was 'simple' I still gave it some thought, I didn't want to mess this up. So I remembered when I had been asked what the capital of the United States was, back in the third grade. I said 'Washing Machine' because I honestly didn't know, and the class laughed.
"I strive for knowledge so that I won't ever encounter a problem that I couldn't solve, an answer that would never be just out of reach. I don't ever want to look like an idiot ever again!" With that the crystal glowed brighter before I heard a rumbling sound, the volcano was about to erupt. Lilka grabbed my hand before teleporting us out and onto the hill top, some distance away from the volcano, but close enough to see it.
"You will always have the answers Logan. No matter what anyone says." Lilka said with a kind smile while the ash rained down from above.
A/N: I am sorry if it sucked grammatically but I really hate English and all its rules. Also I am sorry it took so long to write and post. Have an excellent week because I won't be updating until then.
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