Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 22: Nightmare of the Past

Jasmine's Dream:

It was dark all around me. I was cold beyond believe with only my night clothes on, a light gray spaghetti strap shirt and a black pair of sweat pants. There was nothing on my feet to protect them from the cold water spilled out onto the floor along with its uneven surface. There was a cold breeze on my shoulders. It brought goose bums to the surface of my skin.

Where I was could have been anyone's guess, I knew I was in some kind of cave from the rocky walls that were surrounding me. The floor was spiked and pricked the very soles of my feet. I felt like was walking on nails. It was very dark; I could just barely make out the lines of the area around me from the ever so creepy blackness around me.

As I moved threw out the cave, I notice that there was a light coming from above, as bright as it was, seamed so far away. It at least lit my way. I moved further into the cave and saw a door before me. This door had a pattern on it like none I had ever seen before. Different markings were placed around in a circle, three on each side of the middle of the door. One that looked like a flame, another like a drop of water, the next a tree with a rock in front of it, then a tornado, then a power like space, and last a lightning bolt. As I stepped closer to the door, I saw that the lightning bolt lit up yellow when I pressed against the door, but it didn't budge.

You can't not enter yet, warrior of lightning and Chosen One. I heard a voice echo around me and in my head say. The other warriors, that of fire, water, earth, air, and spirit and the guardians must all be here with you in order for you to open this door, and find the secrets to your enemy that you so desperately want to know. I was then flushed into the darkness as the voice's last words echo threw my head. The Guardians and Warriors of the Six Elements are your way in, you are one, now find the rest. It was then that I woke up and tried to lower my heart rate.

Jasmine's Point of View:

I have to calm myself down or else the others will come in here worried like hell. I thought, I was trying to calm myself down to no avail. Midnight sensed my stress and looked up at me from her long night time nap. She meowed and walked into my lap, her calm and cute face, even when it was filled with worry, helped we calm down enough that wouldn't wake the others. It was the third one in the passed few days.

The team didn't know anything about my nightmares and how I felt, but I could feel that Annabel could sense my stressed being as I worked each day. It was time I looked in on this.

I turned away from Midnight who I pet in my lap now, and looked over at Cobi, sound asleep next to me. We have been sharing my room since we got together a little while ago, realizing that without each other, we can't do much of anything. I quietly grabbed my laptop and slipped out of my room with it in my hands. Midnight followed me and climbed up onto my shoulder again as she always did while I connected to the robot's data base and looked up information on these 'warriors and guardians of the elements'. And how was I one of them? If I remember correctly, Annabel had told me that I was only the Chosen One. Could she have not known, or is she hiding this from me?

The robot's data base came up with nothing no matter how many times I checked. I turned my laptop off and went into Gabriella's lab; she had many books here as she also did in her room. Maybe there was something on this here.

I search threw all of her books and still found nothing. I had few choices left, there were more books in Gabriella's room, but I had to pray that she was in Rover's room tonight or else I'm gonna get caught.

I hurried threw the hallways and opened her door a crack, and saw that her bed was empty, she was at Rover's. I breathed out a sigh of relief and ran into her room, looking threw the books she kept here. I ran threw all of her books, and still no luck. My last option was the most dangerous one. Annabel.

I placed back the books I looked threw that were on my lap and went to walked out of Gabriella's room, stopping dead in my tracks when I did. Annabel stood a few feet in front of me, her arms crossed and an unreadable look on her face.

"Is there any reason that you are up at this hour Jasmine?" Annabel asked me. I turned and walked away from her, I had to find that book.

That's right child. The voice that was in my dream said. Find the book at any cost, find it, and let your curiosity enrich you. I hurried into Annabel's room as the last book source on the robot. I tossed back the books that had nothing to do with what I wanted. I heard Annabel yelling after me, but I let her words not phase me as I moved threw the books, finally finding one that seamed to look like it would be of use. I opened it up to a random page and started reading.

The six elements are what keep the balance of everything together, they are everything, as well as they watch over. These elements are usually guarded by a guardian. All of these guardians, currents ones or future ones, are able to use a spell to send them to the dream world to find out about their future life as guardians, on rare occasions there is more then one guardian, and if by chance there is, there is one for every element.

You know the spell my dear. The voice once again lingered in my head. Let your voice carry it into these cold walls, let you team be one step closer to their destiny. It was all the drive I needed to say the words I heard in my mind.

"The Elements shall rise once more, fire, water, earth, air, spirit and lightning, hear my calling! Let the seal be broken and knowledge shall disperse within all our minds!" The spell echo off the walls of Annabel's room and everything went out of whack there. The lights started to flicker and shapes all around started to spin, I felt myself drift into the dark and I nothing more after that.

Cobi's Point of View:

When I woke up, all I saw was that we were all in some kind of dark cave. The rest of the team was all around me, except for Jazz. I quickly sat up, becoming dizzy in an instant. When I finally got to my feet, the rest of the team started to stir, sitting up and looking around.

"Where are we?" Olivia asked.

"That's what I'd like to know too 'Liv." I told her. "Has anyone seen Jazz?"

"I saw her before we ended up in this world," Annabel said. "It seamed that powerful force above us took control of her, using her desires against her, most likely threw her dreams that she didn't want us to worry about, so she kept them to herself and then this happens."

"Can you sense her Annabel?" Gabriella asked. Annabel shook her head.

"No, I have little power here; we'll have to find her by foot. Hyper Force, move out." We then followed after Annabel who led the way deeper into the cave. Olivia and Gabriella huddled close to Rose and Rover while June held onto the edge of my shoulder as we walked threw this cave maze. Midnight for once was not asleep. She stood awake and angrily on my other shoulder, trying to find her mistress' scent.

It was not much longer after then that we saw a bright light ahead, it was yellow in color. We raced toward it and found our leader. She had herself pushing the door in front of her with all of her might, a symbol above her glowing, but the door stood silently ahead of her. When I reached her, I tried to shake her out of it, but she refused to move.

Until that door is open, she will not rest. I heard a voice said, echoing off the walls of the cavern. When the other warriors of the elements and their guardians help her open the door, she will be released. The voice then died off and I turned to the team.

"Did you guys hear it too?" I asked.

"Yeah we did Cobi." Rover said. "We don't have a choice, but how do we find these other 'warriors of the elements and their guardians'? We have no way to get out of this cave and no way of finding help."

"But we can't leave Jazz either!" June cried. "We have to help her!" Without warning, June ran passed us and pushed against the door with Jazz, one of the two rings around the door began to glow a white color and so did June. "Common! Help her!" With no other options the rest of us ran at the door, pushing against it stone frame. It was then that all the marks on the door glowed brightly along with the rest of the team and me. It was then that the door finally gave way and opened. It swung wide open and Jazz fell to the ground. We ran to her side to help and she stiffly was able to get to her feet, while leaning on me.

"What happened?" She grounded as she tried to stand on her own, and I caught her in my arms before she fell.

"Don't you remember Jazz, the warriors of the elements and their guardians?" I asked her. She rubbed her temple and nodded.

"I remember that and waking up, then I wanted to find out more about them so I could get passed that door, and once I found the book in Annabel's room, I blacked out. I don't remember anything else beyond that." June grabbed her from me and brought her in a death hug.

"Don't you EVER scare me like that again Jazz, I can only take so much in my life before I break down!"

"Jasmine," Annabel said, floating up next to her. "Do you have any idea as to who did take control of you?" She had to think about it for a moment.

"My best guess would be the voice I keep hearing." She said. "It's the only thing I've been hearing for the past few days in my head, telling me about those warriors and guardians. I had to find them in order to open the door; I was the one of lightning. You guys must be the others if you were able to help me open the door."

"Now hold on just one second kid." Rover said sternly. "We already have enough on our plate as it is with stopping SQ, and now we have to add to that and protect the elements that run everything, EVERYTHING!"

"Rover clam down." Gabriella tried to sooth him. "This may be apart of our destiny, we have no choice but to look further into this, plus this could make us all stronger."

You are correct, warrior of water and ice. The voice once again echoed on the walls. We all turned to face at the room inside of the door we opened and saw a spirit, she glowed white in color, and looked extremely kind. I hope you can forgive me for possessing your leader, I needed you all hear so you could hear me out, after all, you might as well know my story if you are trying to destroy my evil self.

"Wait, so you became the Skeleton Queen?" Rose asked. The woman nodded and stepped forward to take Jazz's hand, bring all of us into the room behind the ghost.

This place was once my home, and where I met the Alchemist for the first time. She said, as the room turned into a tropical jungle with a single temple at the back. As you have guess, this is Renelle. Where I was once a guardian of the elements.

"You once were?" Jazz asked. "What happened?"

When I met the Alchemist many years ago, he wanted to study the power of one of the elements, which I allowed since the elements saw no threat in him. He studied the element of fire, taking a sample of its magic and placing it in one of his robotic monkeys, one know as Nova, giving her the power of fire in situations where she got very angry. When he was done with his research, he left. He promised he'd be back one day to take me when I was done training the next in line to take over for me since I no longer wanted to be the guardian. I waited for him for years and he never came. It was then that I found out that he had become the Skeleton King, and I was heartbroken. Not long after he had been killed for the last time, he sent out his dark power here to take over the power of the elements, this I couldn't let happen. I gave up my own body to protect them, handing off my guardian ship to my student and I became Skeleton Queen. I then became a ghost and watched as the dark one within my old body took control and as her first decree, she went after your father after you had been born, taking control.

"So he was controlled all this time." Jasmine said.

Yes he was. And I am so sorry that I could not stop it. Once I gave up my body to protect the elements, I had no more power, I was dead. I've been waiting for years to be able to tell you this, to get into your head, but I had to wait until you knew part of your own destiny before I could give you more information.

"Is there anything else you can tell us?" Annabel asked her. She shook her head.

No, as a dead spirit, I am not allowed to say anymore, my student, the current guardian will tell you what you need to know on Renelle, her name is Ronnie. Now leave, before you are trapped in the dream world forever. She then sent out a white light blinded us all and then when we woke up, we were back in Annabel's bedroom.

"Is everyone ok?" Gabriella asked.

"I think so." Olivia said. "Did all of that just happen?"

"It did." Jasmine said, holding the book open to the page she had been looking at before we had entered the cave. "And now we need to get to Renelle faster then ever. We need to find this Ronnie girl and find out our true destiny.

"On it kid." Rose said, running off to the command center.

"I think the rest of us should go back to sleep now." Annabel said. "We are all pretty tired after what happened.

"I agree with Annabel, Jazz you look paler then the ghost, lets get you to bed." I told her, picking her up in my arms.

"Alright Cobi," she whispered. "But I could have walked on my own." I walked back into her room and set her on the bed and got in next to her. Midnight came out from behind my next and curled into a ball next to Jazz's head.

"I know Jazz, now go to sleep, you need your rest." She nodded and curled into me, instantly falling asleep. And I soon joined her.

Witch's Note:

Hey people! I knew that this one is kind short but it was more a passing chapter to get to the next one, if anyone was paying attention at the end, you might have a hit to the next chapter.

Question of the Chapter: How do you think SQ is going to die, or even if she is going to die?

My Answer to the Question: I can't tell you, but I think you guys will like the ending result.

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