Chapter 19: More Orcs
Will finally managed to stand up grabbing onto her head and closing her eyes. After a few seconds the dizziness went away and so she opened her eyes slowly but before she opened them fully she noticed the mark on her hand. Before Will could say anything an orc stepped in front of the cave. He must have been the leader of the orc army. The orc has on a big Helm and has on more armor then the other orcs. The sword he pulled out is twice their size but he is able to hold onto it with one arm. With the other he pulled out a horn and blew into it and then took a few steps back. The armor could be heard clanking as the orc stepped back. The guardians and the two Vikings stood there ready for a battle. Soon more armor could be heard clanking and soon more then ten orcs could be seen running toward them. The group swallowed hard and waited for the time to attack when they were pulled back through a fold. The ones that weren't grabbed turned and followed the others through. The fold then disappeared and the only ones that have no clue where they are is the two Vikings. "Oracle, thank goodness you got to us. We were about to become mince meat." Irma said with a smile.
"Come Guardians we must talk, the others may come as well." Everyone then followed the Oracle into the room holding the guardians powers. "Your powers were disturbed for but only a moment. What happened girls?" The Oracle asked sincerely and sweetly. From the looks on the girls faces however told him that they aren't sure what happened. "Let me look at the heart Will." Will shied away ever so slightly and then slowly pulled out the Heart. "That explains the shaking that occurred. Do you know how the heart cracked?" The five guardians and Elyon nodded. The Oracle then took in a breath and sighed with relief. "Good, now how did it crack?" The Oracle asked.
"Phobos, he sent a magic bolt toward me and it hit the heart." Will said sadly and then bowed her head. "The bolt hit the heart." Will then let some tears slid down her cheeks and then felt a hand on her shoulder. When she looked back up, she was shocked to see the Oracle with a gentle smile.
"Don't worry will, unless this happens by itself and it shouldn't, or becomes thousands of pieces on the floor, then the heart will heal itself but it will take time. That mark on your hand, it will allow you to transform the girls but you can't go between worlds. The heart was damaged far too greatly. I will send you back to Meridian but first you must know that five portals have opened up. Go to them and make sure that everything is ok with them and that Phobos isn't there in any of them, also see if their world has opened up." The Oracle said pointing toward the two Vikings. The guardians nodded. "Now let me have the heart so that it can heal in peace." Will handed the Oracle the heart and then a fold opened up and the guardians went through nervously with the other three following behind.
Once they arrived back in Meridian they ended up behind the castle about half a mile away if not more. Then Hiccup and Astrid were heard arguing. Will and the guardians ignored them. "Let's just get them home as soon as possible." Will said and then looked at Taranee. "Taranee do you have anything that can help us?" Will asked knowing that Taranee had used something on her trips to keep track of things.
"I had a map but that is back home in my room. I don't carry it with me unless I know that I'll need it and I can't tell from looking at the portals face to face. We will have to go through and hope that one of these belongs to them." Taranee said seeing Wills depressed look on her face.
"Ok but lets get in, see what's going on and then get out." Will said and then turned to the two Vikings. "HEY, YOU TWO, GET OVER HERE!" Will screamed. The two then turned and ran over to Will. "We don't know which one of these is yours so you're going to go with us. I don't want to hear any arguing between you two." Will rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Now let's go before Phobos finds out we're here that is if he is here to find out." The group then ran toward the first portal and stopped. Will made sure that everyone is ready and then the group walked through. Once they reached the other side, all but Taranee opened their eyes widely at the world that they had stepped into.
The world is like a desert, very hot. Boulders, hills and even mountains covered the world. The only green life is many cacti of many shapes and sizes. The sky is as clear as a fresh pane of glass and the sun shone down so bright that they had to cover their eyes. After they finally grew used to the sun, they looked forward and found all types of structures, most of which are big. The one that stood out to them above them all is the tall spire in the middle. "This is the land of the orcs." Taranee said plainly. "I didn't like this place all that much. Last time I was here, I was threatened. You don't see them right now but don't worry, we'll see more orcs soon enough." Taranee looked to Will and Will nodded.
"So let us in on the world, how big is it and so on?" Will asked looking forward at the many structures and scenery in front of her.
Taranee thought for a moment and then answered Wills question. "So this place is far bigger then you think. You're only looking at the front of the wall of this city. Getting through this place will be practically impossible. That's why I'm glade to say that I know an underground entrance assuming that it hasn't been blocked off by now." Taranee said and then pointed to the left. "Over there is our entrance."
"Can't we just fly high enough over and" Will was then cut off by Taranee.
"Nope, I flew up just outside the wall and this city goes on for acres and acres. Before I even got the chance to be up in the air, about say one hundred and fifty feet, for five seconds I was being shot at. Flying above this place will be death to us all. No chance of going through the city either, at least not going from the top of the wall I reached the top and I was instantly grabbed and thrown off the thing. Underground is the only way to go sadly. I swore I would never go down there again." Taranee said sorrowfully.
"Sorry Taranee but we have to go and see if we can convince these orcs to change sides." Will said keeping focused on getting in and out ASAP.
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