Author's note: Ok folks I once again want to thank the people who favored and are following this story. I also want to thank the readers and the reviews for your support. For this chapter we will introduce two new characters (that I own) and also a few twists and turns. Fans of the original plot please don't hate me. Also, when Sieglolo talks its in be led and underlined. I'm going to try to fix that but for now till have to do. Please keep reviewing! GOODBYE AND GOODNIGHT!
Chapter 4 - Jenna Diancia and Sieglolo of the Land of Purity.
"STOP!" His voice echoed loudly through out sky.
A man who had the appearance of a dragon, who had long blue hair, with two horns and a jewel on his forehead and an elaborate necklace, along with blue scale-like armor over parts of his body and a long tail, was floating in the air. His face was full of rage, and his eyes were burning with deep hatred and anger. There was a sense of deep hatred coming from this man.
"You...You..." The man gripped his sword tightly, making his knuckles turn white. His sword had a guard around the hilt similar to that of the claw of a dragon with blue scales. "You fool! I won't let you do this! I won't let you die! I WON'T LET HIM KILL YOU!
The man was suddenly engulfed by blue flames. He yelled out fiercely in anger, but it sounded more like a dragon roar, then a human's scream.
"...I'm...I'm so sorry..." A woman whimpered.
There was someone else there. A woman. She was half human, half snake. She was a Lamia, who had large, black, dotted snake tattoos winding down both arms. Her eyes contained yellow irises with black, slitted snake pupils, and long, wavy, blonde hair. Her ears were large, pointy and black, and she also had fangs. She also had large breasts partly covered by black scales exposing most of her belly and wide cleavage. Her most noticeable physical trait was her long, black snake tail.
"I would...I would never hurt you..." She pushed her long hair behind her ears, shyly, and breathed empathically. "...But I have to do what must be done." The man's eyes widened in anger.
"Are you going to let him kill you?!Are you going to let him take you away from me?! So much so that you would attempt to hurt me in this way?!" He was yelling out in anger now like he had never done before, never had he heaped his molten rage upon anyone before, for it was never necessary.
The woman was silent. Her eyes were full of tears. She didn't want him to know about this, but some how, he still found out. The man saw her tears finally fall, filling him with a nasty satisfaction that should not have been there. It made his blood boil over, he once again yelled out in rage. His dragon roar made fear run wild in the woman's veins.
"Please understand, I have to do this." The woman pleaded.
"NO! I won't let you do this! I won't let him kill you!" The man yelled as he raise his sword to the sky, then a magical eight sided star symbol manifested behind him, and the blue fire that engulfed him grew.
"BALALARK SAIKA!"
A massive lighting bolt came from the sky, and strike the lady Lamia.
"Yeowza that hurt!" I shot up from bed.
I looked around at my surroundings. I was in my room in the Sindria Trading Company in Reim.
"Boy, what a horrible and strange dream." I said. "I never had a dream like that before."
"Are you alright Sapphire?"
I turned around and saw Ryubebe sitting on the self right above my bed.
"Ryubebe? What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I sensed great distress and fear coming from you. So I came right over to check and make sure you were alright."
"Really?"
"Yes. I feared that you were in terrible danger."
I sighed. "It was nothing really. Just a really bad nightmare."
"I see. Whatever that dream was about, it shook you up pretty bad."
"You're right. I can't stop shaking."
"What was it about?"
"Well, some dragon-like man was furious at this snake lady and he attacked here. Then I woke up."
"Hmmm? Interesting dream. A dragon man and a snake lady, interesting, very interesting."
"Do you have any ideas on what it could mean Ryubebe?"
"No, I'm afraid not. I can understand the snake lady. They were some sort of transformation many centuries ago in a far of land. But now that's something unheard of. Now a dragon man, that's something I definitely never heard of."
"Oh, I see..."
"Anyway, you should get some sleep Sapphire. You have a busy day tomorrow. Sinbad and his crew are heading to Sasan tomorrow, maybe we'll be able to find one of the other girls there."
"Ok, goodnight Ryubebe."
"Goodnight Sapphire. Pleasant dreams."
Morning came and Sinbad practically dragged me out of my bed. He had a stupid grin on his face, made him look like a complete and utter idiot.
"Come on Sapphire! Time to get out of bed, dress, and head towards the Sasan Kingdom!"
"Urgh!" It's been officially two years since I've been with Sinbad. Two long, very long, agonizing, years. Two years have I been in this world. I really did miss my home. My bed, my room, my house, my friends and family. I missed everything. But! The quicker I find out what I'm suppose to do! The quicker I can leave!
I changed my clothes and ran out the door to catch up to Sinbad and the others. We set sailed and we headed to a place where once again I had no idea where. I did not get any sleep last night because of that weird dream. I just couldn't get it out of my mind. Some part of me told me that it wasn't important, but the other part of me to me it was. I couldn't debate on which side was right. But one thing is certain, I had an uneasy feeling about the dream.
"Look! We're almost there, Sinbad!" Hinahoho said.
Hinahoho's voice brought me back to reality. We were almost there, but where?
Sinbad seemed pleased. "Yeah."
In front of us were several large mountain ranges. This was going to be fun. We dock at the port and Hinahoho, Ja'far, Sinbad, and I got off the ship and hike up a very long rock built staircase.
"Let's see, the Sasan Kingdom?" Hinahoho pointed to a map. "We gotta pass through the the mountains on foot."
"But what kind of business do we have there?" I asked.
"Sasan is known for producing the world's finest metal." Ja'far explained. "But they've always closed their doors, refusing to trade with other countries. However, they seem to have started trading with Reim recently. If we get ahead and figure out a working trade route, we could expect to make huge profits."
"But while we're gone, is it gonna be okay to rely on Vittel and Mahado to take care of the company?" Hinahoho asked. "Rurumu's there, but she's gotta look after our son. She can't be working."
"It'll be fine. Vittel supports the company as the accountant. Mahado's quiet, but he's a helpful man who's well-like by other employees. Plus...it'll be our first visit to this country. I should be present as the head of the company...right?" Sinbad smile at us. He looked like one of those characters in a tv show who's teeth sparkle. It was creepy...
"All right, let's go!" Sinbad cheered. Ja'far and Hinahoho shrugged and I sighed.
"You say that, but I know that you just want to go on a adventure." I sighed.
"It's an exciting feeling, isn't it?" Sinbad replied.
"Sinbad...you're going to be a kid forever...oh boy..." I sighed once more.
We finally made it to the summit. And we all were in awe at what we were seeing. It was a entire city built like a mountain on a mountain. And the entire thing was made out of metal. This was impossible and spectacular.
"We've arrive...at Sasan Kingdom, the land of purity!"
"Amazing." I said. This place was beautiful. The men and women looked beautiful in all the jewelry.
When I entered the city, my necklace glowed. It wasn't a bright glow, nor was it a dim glow. It just, shimmered.
"The summoning bracelet is here! And so is the wearer and her fairy guardian."
I turned around and saw Ryubebe sitting on a rock. Then he jumped on my shoulders and wrapped his tail around my neck. "Ryubebe, you mean one of the other girls is here? And what do you mean by fairy guardian?"
"For each girl, they have one fairy guardian. I am your fairy guardian, and the other two have theirs. Since your summoning necklace is glowing, that means that one of the other girls and their fairy guardian is here in this kingdom."
"Really? So I'll be able to meet someone from my home?"
"Yes. And I can tell, by the magical energy of the fairy guardian, it's the wearer of the summoning bracelet."
"Wow, that's amazing Ryubebe."
"Not really. For each fairy guardian we have our own special abilities. But we all share the same telepathic ability."
"So will you be able to contact them?"
"Sadly no, in older for us to contact one another, we would have to be able to meet first."
"Oh ok, I understand."
"Now that we know that the wearer of the summoning bracelet is here in Sasan, we much find her and her fairy guardian at all costs."
"But what about Sinbad and the others?"
"We have now time for them. But, if things go bad with Sinbad now, it could alter the fabric of Solomon's destiny for him. Which would really end badly for this world." Ryubebe nuzzled his nose on my cheek. "Stay with Sinbad an the others for now, then we can go find the one that summoner and her fairy guardian."
Ryubebe, what can you tell me about the Sasan Kingdom?"
"The Sasan Kingdom is a city-state constructed in ravines of high elevation. Sasan is also a religious country with devout fair in an scientists god. Any business with the "tainted" outside world was forbidden. That's how it can to be called "The land of purity."
"I see. Wait, won't Sinbad and the others be suspicious when they see you?"
"You're right, I suppose I should fix that." Ryubebe glowed white, then when the glow died down. Ryubebe now looked like a normal white cat. "There, I think this will suffice."
"Wow Ryubebe how did you do that?"
"Remember when I said that each fairy guardian has their own abilities."
"Yeah."
"Well I have my abilities, and the other fairies have theirs."
"What type of abilities do you have Ryubebe?"
"I have several abilities. Telekinesis, future sight, invisibility, some magical powers, and telepathy and shape shift which we all share."
"Wow. So can you shape shift into anything?"
"No, we can only shape shift into the animal we closely resemble. Since I closely resemble a white cat, I can shape shift into a white cat. That's all."
"Oh ok, I see now, and the other fairy guardians can shape shift into the animal they closely resemble."
"Exactly. Now that we got all that out of the way, we should catch up to Sinbad and the others. Before they start worrying about you."
"Right." I chased after Sinbad and the others, hoping that they wouldn't notice my absence yet.
I saw Sinbad and the others looking around the market place. Probably looking for a place to set up a market. I noticed, that the farther away I got from the gate, the dimmer my necklace glowed.
"There you are Sapphire!" Sinbad scowled. "Where were you?! I was worried sick!"
"Sorry Sinbad, but I found this cute white cat by the gate, and I couldn't just leave it all alone and defenseless." I replied. I scratched Ryubebe's ear. He purred softly.
"Well, he is kinda cute." Sinbad scratched under Ryubebe's chin. Ryubebe licked Sinbad's finger.
"Alright, you can keep him." Sinbad said. "Now come on, we got planning to do."
Sinbad and I walked to Ja'far and Hinahoho. Ja'far and Hinahoho also petted Ryubebe. Looks like his cover worked, what a relief.
"Now, we must secure a market no matter what!" Ja'far said.
"They're from the outside world." A man said.
"They're heretics of the tainted world." A women added.
People were avoiding us like the plague when they found out we were outsiders.
"Do not be associated with them." Then they all left.
"Outsiders are prohibited from interacting with our citizens unless they have permission." We turned around and saw a Sasan knight. With a very large javelin. "This way please."
The soldier to us to a building where a short man was writing some information. Ja'far asked if we could interact with citizens and set up a shop here.
"Rejected! Sasan does not conduct trade with the outside world. Please return to your country." The short man said.
"This may sound like a retort...but we're seeing metal and mineral resources in Reim that are imported from Sasan." Ja'far explained.
"I would not call that a trade. Those materials were supplied only to honor Sasan's friendship with the great Reim Empire. The Reim Empire has proven to have a deep understanding of our strong faith. Also, Sasan's resources are blessings from god. We'll never let heretics profit off of it." The short man said. "If you understand, I ask you to kindly leave."
"Ok we tried." Ryubebe meowed as I turned around and was about to leave, but Sinbad grabbed the back of my shirt collar and pulled me back.
"Then please tell us...how we can establish a friendship with Sasan, not as merchants."
The short man suddenly became very nervous.
"I strive to learn and understand the culture and beliefs of all countries in the world. What can I for your country? Please, tell me." Sinbad calmly asked.
The short man became intimated by Sinbad's calm-like intimation. It was scary.
"The people of Sasan welcome each other and never reject devout followers. If you have the will to establish a friendly relationship, visit the Sasan Knights." The short man explained.
Sinbad's golden eyes narrowed. "Sasan Knights?"
"Sasan Knights are a group of high-ranking churchmen who control the Sasan church. An absolute power that leads the nation."
We went outside and saw a group of people in blue armor being lead by their king I take it. Suddenly my necklace started to glow again.
"Look!" Ryubebe pointed to me necklace. "It's glowing! That means that the wearer of the summoning bracelet is here!"
I covered my necklace so that no one would notice it. Then I looked around to see if anyone else was doing the same thing to their wrists. Nothing. No one was even looking down. Everyone was only focused on the Sasan Knights.
"Ryubebe, what do you know about the Sasan Knights?"
"Well, besides the fact that the Sasan Knights are a group of high-ranking churchmen who control the Sasan church, who are an absolute power that leads the nation. The person within the group, the top ranking knight who protects Sasan is the Knight-King, Darius Leoxses. The country produces a vast natural resources of iron, gold, silver and other metals from the surrounding mountains, and its noted for having the world's highest quality. Because of its difficult terrain, the country itself can only be reached by foot. The Reim Empire introduced their beliefs of the Old Gods to the Sasan Kingdom. Because of this, the Sasan Kingdom exchanged their rich natural resources with the Reim Empire as offering and sign of friendship between two nations. Because of its religiously devoted culture, they viewed the outside world impure and became isolated to the rest of the world and broken off any trade with other countries except the Reim Empire."
"Wow, you know all that."
"Yes, it is a fairy guardian's job to inform you of this world. So that you won't draw suspicion toward yourselves. Now religion holds an important role in the Sasan Kingdom, they believed in the Old Gods which was introduced by the Reim Empire. Drinking alcohol is forbidden in this country, and the men of Sasan are not allowed to look at women in the eyes. And the people of Sasan, especially women wear concealing clothing, so they don't expose their skin. Even hair styles must be in accordance with religious teachings. Interestingly, all the men had their bangs covered their left face while the women covered their right face."
"Wow they have no alcohol here, and they dress modestly. Heh, I think I could live here someday. I never drank any alcohol or caffeine drink back in my world, nor did I wear clothes that exposed my skin to much. Heh, I think I could fit right in."
"Yes, I think so to." Ryubebe said. "Oh boy, looks like Sinbad's going to do something stupid."
I looked over to Sinbad, and I saw him trying to flag down the Knight-King. "This is going to end badly."
"Sapphire let's get out of here and find the other summoner and her fairy guardian before Sinbad gets us kick out."
"Yeah ok."
Then I turned around and walked away, hoping that Sinbad and the others wouldn't notice my actions.
Ryubebe and I looked through the Sasan Kingdom, my necklace glowed dimly in some places, but sadly we found no one who would look like a summoner. I didn't even have an idea to what one would look like anyway. My search lead Ryubebe and I to a place where "outsides" can eat. Sinbad and the others were already there. They told me what had happened.
*sigh* "I was afraid of that." I said. "Sinbad why do you always cause trouble like this? You're lucky they didn't kick you guys out."
"I underestimated how inflexible those Knights are." Sinbad replied.
"Of course they are! It's impossible to have direct conversations with them." Ja'far scolded.
"I'm actually surprised they haven't kicked you guys out yet." I added. Sipping my water.
"Next time, I'm determined to talk them." Sivas said.
"...You're hopeless..." I sighed. "But I advise you, not to provoke the Knights."
When I went to go get a drink of water, my necklace glowed again. Ryubebe looked at it, then looked around. There were no girls here at all, just boys and men. But my necklace was still glowing. I tucked it under my shirt collar so that no one would notice.
"Now, let's negotiate patiently." Sinbad said.
"Sinbad?" I questioned.
"Besides...their conservative attire is unfortunate, but the women of Sasan have a modest beauty within them. Just like Sapphire!" Sinbad pointed to me."
"Somebody just shot me already..." I muttered quietly.
"Women, eh?" Hinahoho said.
"You're all about them." Ja'far added.
"Hey there, traveler."
Someone tapped the table and we turned around. We a boy, who looked to be Sinbad's age, and a girl who looked to me my age.
"I have a favor to ask." The boy said. "Will you let me and my friend sit you with guys?"
"There are plenty of seats. You don't need to sit with us." Sinbad said.
My necklace started to glow brighter now. I got a better look at the girl the boy was with. She had a animal around her neck. A brown and white furred weasel. I looked closely at her wrist. She was covering up her right wrist with her left hand.
"Ryubebe..."
"Yes, maybe. I'm sensing a strong magical presence from the weasel. That might be them."
"You could sit with us. I wouldn't mind." I said.
"Really! Thank you!" The boy grabbed my hands with his. "Thank you so very much beautiful lady!"
Beautiful lady? Oh boy, another flirt. That's all I need...I looked over at Sinbad, and was it just me, or did be look angry
"Oooooh looks like someone jealous."
"Ryubebe...I don't that's-"
"Hey!" The waitress grabbed the boy's collar. "This is a foreigners-only facility! You're two are not allowed to enter!" The waitress yelled. The boy and a girl were scared. I have to admit, so was I. "How many times do I have to tell you two?!" The waitress shocked the boy around by the collar.
"We know, but please, how about a minute?" The boy asked.
"Yes please! You won't even notice were here." The girl pleaded.
"...this is awkward..."
"I won't allow it! Please be more aware of you position. You're the Knight-King's son!"
Knight-King's son! That boy is the Knight-King's! Wow, that's was unexpected. But, who's the girl with him?
"The son of the King!" Sinbad smiled.
The waitress calmed down, and explained the situation.
"This boy is the current Knight-King Darius's son, Mystras."
Mystras scratched the back of his head and smiled.
"And this young girl is his best friend, a recent follower and citizen of Sasan, Jenna Diancia, and her pet weasel."
"Hi, how do you do?" Jenna smiled. The weasel wiggled its nose.
She was my age, who had beautiful Ruby-like eyes with long, flowing red hair. Though she had some shorter part of her hair covering the left se of her face.
"If they find you two here, I'll suffer the consequences, too!" The waitress cried. "Please, you two must leave at once!"
"No! We've got strange-looking foreigners in town!" Mystras cried. "We won't leave until we hear stories about the outside world!"
"Mystras please, calm down. You're making a scene." Jenna waved her hand.
"No! I want to hear stories about the outside world!" Mystras cried.
"What are you saying? How can you violate the law while being a Knight?" The waitress asked.
"Don't be so tense, my lady." Sinbad took the waitress's hand. "They just want to listen to a few stories. It's a wonderful opportunity for us to speak with a Knight, too. Will you let this one pass?" Sinbad sent her a charming smile. The same one he sent me when we first met. And this woman fell right into his trap. The poor woman...
"Fine...just for a minute." She giggled.
"Thank you, my lady." Sinbad thank her.
"What have I ever done to deserve this punishment..." I muttered.
Sinbad and the others talked to Mystras, while I talked to Jenna. I decided that we should take our conversation outside. I pulled out my necklace from under my shirt, and Jenna removed her hand from her wrist. With nothing to cover them up, the necklace and the bracelet glowed.
"So you are the other summoner." I said.
"Yes. And you must be the one that I sensed early today." Jenna added.
"This is Ryubebe, my fairy guardian." Ryubebe changed back into his normal form.
"Hi. Like Sapphire said, I'm her fairy guardian, Ryubebe."
"Wow! He's cute." Jenna said. "And this is my fairy guardian, Sieglolo."
He weasel changed to his normal form. He changed into a red and white weasel who had a sickle blade for a tail, with a pink flower in its back right above its tail.
"Hello, I'm Jenna's fairy guardian, Sieglolo."
"Aaaaaaawe! He's adorable!" I said.
"So now that we found you, what do we do know?" Jenna asked.
"I don't know. Ryubebe, do you have any ideas?"
"Since we now found one of the other summoners and her fairy, we only have one more to go. Now all we have to do is take her and Sieglolo with us, and then we can find the other girl and her fairy guardian."
"But it won't be that easy. Sasan is very strict about people leaving. And the Knight-King is quite fond of Jenna because he thinks that she's a good influence on Mystras. And there will also be other dangers as well. Now that we have found one more summoner and her fairy guardian, the unknown dark forces will be able to find us more easily now then before. So we must keep our guard up at all time, just incase for an attack."
"Sieglolo..."
Mystras came out of the lodge. "Come one Jenna, it's time to go!"
"Alright Mystras, I'm coming." Jenna replied. "We'll talk more tomorrow Sapphire, I promise."
"Yes."
"Please be care Jenna and Sieglolo, the enemy maybe closer then we think..."
Sieglolo nodded and the Jenna rode off to Mystras, and the two rode off into the night.
.x.X.x.
"SAPPHIRE! SAPPHIRE!"
I turned around and saw Jenna on her horse rushing toward me. She stopped her horse at a screeching halt.
"Sapphire...it's an emergency! Mystras is officially leaving the Knights!" Jenna said.
"And that's a bad thing why?" I asked.
"Because for a Knight to resign is equivalent to a death sentence. There is only one way a Knight can resign and walk away with his life. And that is to fight the Knight-King!" Jenna cried.
"What!"
"Oh Sapphire, Darius will kill Mystras. Please we have to do something!" Jenna pleaded.
"Don't worry, let's go to the castle and see if we can change Darius's mind!" I replied.
I got a horse and Jenna and I rode to the castle. Hoping, praying that we'll be able to make it in time.
"Sapphire, Jenna, we must hurry if we don't Mystras might not make it."
With Ryubebe around my neck and Sieglolo around Jenna's, we rode off to the castle. That was, until Jenna's summoning bracelet started flashing.
"Jenna! Your bracelet is flashing!"
"You're right Sieglolo." Jenna and I stopped our horses in their tracks.
"Wait, what does that mean?" I asked.
"That means that there's danger nearby. Jenna's summoning bracelet has the ability to sense when danger is near by. Mostly when it's intended for her."
"So that means something dangerous it about to happen to us." Jenna added.
"Oh how right you are my dear."
Jenna, Sieglolo, Ryubebe, and I looked around to see that standing above all of us was a lone figure on top of a tower. The figure then jumped down to come face to face with me. Suddenly the horses became startled by then man who wore black dragon armor, and then they threw us off. Jenna and I landed on our butts and hard. The man proceeded to remove his helmet revealing his dead white face underneath along with silver hair and had the dragon-birth mark of fire on his forehead and finally, those blood red eyes that were full of an unknown intent sent shivers down my spine. Then a gust of cold breeze brushed past Jenna and I.
"Who-Who are yo-you?" Jenna stuttered, pointed at the strange man in front of us. "What-What do you want?"
The man only turned his head slightly to stare at Jenna with a bored expression, "It's simple. I want you dead!"
And with a wave of his armored hand, the scenery around us changed. We were being transported to another world. The place we were now, was not the Sasan Kingdom. The sky was dark multi-colors, black, gray, purple, red, all hideous colors. And the land was no better. Instead of a lush green grass, it was also dark multi-colors. Random objects were floating in the air. Rocks, chunks of land, pieces of buildings, this place was right out of a nightmare.
"Wha-What is this place?" I asked, trembling in fear.
"This place, will be your grave." The man said with a smirk as he walked towards me slowly as an black aura surrounded the man which started to expose all of us to an immense and extremely dangerous spiritual pressure.
"Sapphire you must be careful! I'm sensing immense and extremely dangerous spiritual pressure coming from this man!"
"Heh, you're pretty smart kitty. But that'll do you no good." The man laughed. And with a wave of his armored hand, a huge storm bloomed over our heads shocking all of us and then suddenly multiple lighting bolts came raining down from the sky.
"Sapphire, Jenna. RUN!"
Jenna and I scattered as best we could. But everywhere we went, it was raining lighting bolts.
"Maybe this is the man from my dream...no it couldn't be. The man in my dream was a blue man-dragon. And he had sword that shot one big blue bolt of lightning."
"Alright, just who are you?!" I asked, running away as fast as I could. "What do you want with us?!"
The man encased in armor causing all of this, magically appeared right in front of me, then he grabbed my hand and pulled me towards him, so much so that I could see the malicious intent in his eyes. "My name is Zadimus, Zadimus Trevils. I am a loyal servant to my master."
"Who's is your master? And why do you want us dead?" I asked.
"That is none of your concern." Zadimus smirked as he let go of my hand, and instead, placed his black armored hand on my cheek but Ryubebe attack Zadimus with a fireball, which seemed to agitate him.
"You know, you're getting a little annoying you little fur ball. I guess I'm going to have to take care of you first." Zadimus smirk
"No I won't let you touch him!" I shouted as I tried to pick up a rock, but my attempt was hindered when he grabbed my arm and twisted it, resulting in me letting out a scream of pain.
"AAAAAAAAH!" I screamed as Zadimus twisted me arm. Never had I ever felt this pain before.
"You know, now that I get a good look at you. You're pretty cute." Zadimus smirked, and placed his black armored hand on my cheek. "I think I might be falling in love with you." Zadimus said as he leaned in to try and kiss me. I prepared myself for the worst.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!"
Ryubebe fired a water blast this time. This time, Zadimus really got angry. Sieglolo also attack but he shot out multiple diamond shards.
Zadimus released a powerful magical blast that erupted from him. It blew Ryubebe, Sieglolo, Jenna, and I away.
"You two fur balls are REALLY getting on my nerves now!" Zadimus said. He raised his hand up high and he summoned a massive fire ball and it fell to us.
When the smoked cleared, Ryubebe and Sieglolo was seriously hurt, and Jenna and I were not better off. Jenna was covered with burns, and both my legs were broken and I had some scars. Ryubebe and Sieglolo were bleeding out, and their white fur was getting soaked with their blood. We could barely move...
"I...can't move..." I managed to stammer out through the pain running through my body.
"Me...too..." Jenna said, trying to force herself up.
"Jenna..."
"Sapphire..."
"HAHAHAHAHA! NO ONE CAN STOP ME!" Zadimus laughed. He walked over to Jenna. "I think I'll kill you first."
Jenna scowled at him, but Zadimus just gave her a bored expression. "You know, your not as cute or as pretty as your friend."
Zadimus pulled out a sword, and was about to stabbed Jenna.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!"
Jenna braced herself for the attack, but then, her bracelet glowed brightly, and she was suddenly wrapped in a ball of light. When is glow was gone, Sieglolo was healed and so was Jenna, but her body...changed?
The person I was looking at was not the Jenna I remember. And Zadimus was also surprised at Jenna's inhuman transformation.
Jenna was half human/half spider. Her upper body is that of an attractive young woman with large breasts and she had an extremely pale and flawless complexion, making it appear like she's almost constructed entirely out of porcelain. She had six pupil-less, monochromatic red eyes and her teeth were all fangs. Instead of her long red hair, it became of black, worn in an upwards manner with two long strands that frame either side of her face. Her most noticeable physical trait was the lower half of her body, which is that of a giant spider adorned with a large red hourglass design on its back like a black widow spider. She had a black carapace covering her arms from the shoulders down, and gauntlet-like plating on her hands that end in sharpened points. Her fingers were also very long.
Her attire was a black dress like top that ended in eight small trailing pieces of fabric like the legs of a spider. A narrow black band encircled her neck featuring a small spider emblem that lies at its front and eight extensions that protrude outwards upon the back, with four emerging from either side. Spider web netting branches the gap between the band and the dress, extending downwards from the aforementioned spider emblem. Two large "sleeves", separated entirely from the top, were worn on her arms, ending just after her elbows. Each of these "sleeves" also display four protrusions, appearing at the ends of the significant amount of overhanging fabric. She also wore two spider earrings that hanged downwards from her ears. I also noticed her summoning bracelet was glowing red.
"Jenna! What happened to you!" I said.
"Jenna looked at herself and screamed. "OH MY GOSH! I'M A HUMAN SPIDER LADY!"
"Jenna, calm down! There's nothing wrong trust me."
Sieglolo calmed the frightened Jenna down.
"Your summoning bracelet sensed you we're in danger, so it used its powers to transform you into what you are now."
"Ok...ok...I'm calm...I'm calm..." Jenna panted. "Alright, what do I do?"
"You can start with healing both Sapphire and Ryubebe."
"How do I do that?"
"Your summoning bracelet as an ability called a healing factor. That can heal any injury and illness."
"Ok. Got it." Jenna walk over to us on her eight large spider legs.
She pointed the bracelet at us and Ryubebe and I were covered with a soft glow, and our wounds suddenly healed. Then my necklace started to glow.
"Sapphire! Your necklace is glowing! That means it's your turn to transform!"
"Transform?! Into what?!"
"You're about to find out!"
My body was engulfed in a white light and I could feel my body starting to change. When the light faded, Jenna and I were in awe. I had transformed in a half human/half snake. A Lamia. I had large, black, dotted snake tattoos winding down both arms. My eyes contained yellow irises with black, slitted snake pupils, and long, wavy, blonde hair. My ears were large, pointy and black, and I also had fangs. I also had large breasts partly covered by black scales exposing most of my belly and wide cleavage. My most noticeable physical trait, was my long, black snake tail.
"I'm half snake! And Jenna's half spider!" I hollered.
"There's not time to be worrying about that! Zadimus might attack again!"
Jenna and I got into an attack formation and ready ourselves for his next attack. Zadimus was surprised about what had just happened, almost as much as we were. But instead of attacking us he just sigh and gave us a look of annoyance.
"Listen here ladies! I'll be back for you! Especially you, my little jewel!" Zadimus said, pointing at me with a smirk on his face. "So when we least expect it, expect it!"
Zadimus appear and was about to kiss me on the lips, but I tilted my face, just before he could kiss me on the lips. So, he accidentally kissed my cheek.
"Eeeeeeek!" I shrieked. "You-You kissed me!"
"Yeah, nice wasn't it. I was actually aiming for the mouth, but I'll get that next time. I got to run, but don't worry. We'll be running into each real soon." Then Zadimus flew up into the sky and vanished.
Jenna and I returned to our normal forms, and the scenery around us changed back to normal. Jenna and Sieglolo were happy the everyone was ok, and that everything was back to normal. But I was still concerned on what had just happened. I had a kiss on the cheek by a boy, who was one, evil and two, not my type, and three...isn't he trying to kill me?
"Oh no!"
We all looked at Sieglolo.
"What's wrong Sieglolo?" Jenna asked.
"We completely forgot about Mystras and the fight with his father!"
"...EEEEEEEEEEH!" We all said.
We all rushed to the castle, apparently thought we were transported to a different realm. Time here as still gone by, we finish about half a day. If we didn't hurry, we might not be able to save Mystras! Suddenly we heard a load blast sound. We turned around and saw that the large mountain next to Sasan had a gigantic, perfect circle hole right threw it!
"...EEEEEEEEEEEEH!" We all said again.
"Ryubebe, what's going on?!" I asked.
"You got me Sapphire. I have no idea what just happened."
"Well can you at least us what all that with that guy Zadimus was all about?"
"Yes, that I can explain. Do you remember, when you first got contacted by our master, and when you first got your necklace?"
"Yes...I got bitten by a black snake." I replied.
"Really Sapphire? I got bitten by a black spider when I found my bracelet." Jenna said.
"Yes. Those creatures were being created by our master to give you your powers."
"Our powers?" Jenna and I asked.
"Yes. You have magical powers. Your what we would call "magicians" but your not really, that part is hard to explain. But any how, your summoning necklace and bracelet have magical powers. You already know two of Jenna's powers. Danger warning and healing factor. But our master didn't tell us what else you have. That is something you have to find out for yourself. And like we said before, there is an unknown evil at work here, and it looks like Zadimus it working for it. We don't know, if there are others like him. We have to be more careful from now on."
Jenna and I were still rushing to the castle. We knew that if we didn't make it in time Mystras would die. I could tell that Jenna was really worried about Mystras.
Wait...I wonder? Does she have a cru-*BANG*
"Ow."
I bumped right into the wooden door. Head first, right into a hard, solid, wooden door. "Ouch..."
"Ouch...that sounded painful." Jenna said.
"It hurts more then it looks...oy." I replied.
"Here let me help with that." Jenna used her bracelet to heal me. It worked.
Jenna was about to rush into the castle, when a familiar group came into view. It was Sinbad and the others, and Mystras was right besides them. He was a little best up, but just fine.
"Mystras!" Jenna ran to Mystras with a smile on her face and tears in her eyes.
Mystras welcome her with open arms. They share a wonderful, warm embrace. Jenna was crying in Mystras arms and he held her tight, comforting her.
"Oh Mystras...*sniff sniff*...I was worried sick..." Jenna sobbed.
Mystras stroked her head lightly. "I know Jenna, I know. But don't worry, I'm alright."
Jenna continued to cry in Mystras arms for the next 15 minutes. But the other didn't mind, especially Mystras. Sinbad walked over to me.
"Those two make a cute couple." Sinbad smile.
"Yes I agree." I replied, smiling at Sinbad. He blushed. Then he regained him composer.
"Mystras is now free to leave to leave Sasan." He said.
"Really? That good." I said. "Sinbad. Is it alright if Jenna comes to? I sort of invited her."
"Sure! I wouldn't mind that at all!" Sinbad smiled brightly.
"Sinbad! You leave Jenna alone!" I scolded. "She, already has someone else."
I looked at the couple once more. Those two were perfect for each other. "Huh. So she really does have a crush on him after all." I muttered. Then I scratched Ryubebe's chin.
It was now sunset, and Mystras and Jenna had said their goodbyes to their families and friends. And with that we left the Sasan Kingdom. But, we were stopped by a certain someone's little brother.
"Brother, wait!" Spartos ran to his brother crying. "Why are leaving without tell me?"
"Spartos."
"I heard from father. You were promoted to Knight and lacing Sasan for your duty. You never tell me anything. Am I a nuisance to you?"
Mystras stroked Spartos's head. "That's a misunderstanding, Spartos. I've just been overwhelmed with my own issues. I couldn't manage to do things for you."
"Mystras. You didn't want to cause any harm to your brother's future with your rebellious nature. That's why you kept the distance, is what you really want to say." Jenna stated.
"Brother. Brother, no matter what anyone thinks of you, you were always curious and aimed for the outside world. You always worked hard towards it! And never gave up. I know that about you. I respect you from the bottom of my heart. Now you're leaving...I feel...lonely." Spartos cried.
Mystras kneeled done in front of Spartos. "Don't worry, Spartos. We'll meet again. When you grow up and become a great Knight, let's travel the world together. You'll be assigned the same duty as me. So, don't cry. You can't become strong if you keep crying." Mystras smiled.
We all left the Sasan Kingdom behind, Spartos waved to us goodbye.
"He's such a cute child." I said.
"Yes he is. And I hope to have kids like him someday." Jenna smiled.
We all headed to the shore, where our ship was waiting there for us, and three new members to our crew. Mystras, Jenna, and Sieglolo.
"So, where are we headed for now Sinbad?" I asked.
"We're headed to the Artemyra Kingdom! Ruled by a warrior Queen!" Sinbad explained.
"Women...women...women..." Mystras stuttered.
"It's the outside world great!" Sinbad said to Mystras. He gave him the charm look.
Mystras nosed bleed. "Yes!"
Greeeeeeat. That's all we need. Another lady-killing flirt.
"Jenna, tell me, how to you put up with this?" I asked her.
"Sorry, but I've know Mystras as long as you've known Sinbad. Remember, we both arrived in this world at the same time." Jenna said.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." I shrugged. "Oh well."
As we all headed towards the boat. I heard Zadimus's evil laughter. Apparently Jenna and I were the only ones. We turned around, and didn't see him, but we heard him.
"We will meet soon my little jewel. And I can't wait to make you mine!"
Jenna and I were silent. We have solved one mystery of why were were here. But two more mysteries appeared. And now, Jenna and I have to be more cautious now. Because now we have an enemy, and we knew that he would keep his word.
Alright, thank you for reading this and I hope you all enjoyed this. Please leave reviews and tell me what you think. Thank you and Goodbye and goodnight!