You flew overhead of the Thunder Tank in the desert, still trying to locate the stones. During this whole travel, after leaving the Berbil's village you still tired to figure out what happen to your magic. Trying to get it to work, but nothing came.
It just made no sense to you, it was like it was cut off from you. All you could use was your cloth, you became very distraught over it. As well, with your time and treatment from the Conquedor.
You barely got any sleep at night, because of those hours of treatment, brought of memories from time with your father. When ever you looked in the water or something that showed your reflection, you could not look at yourself. If you did, you got really depressed. Everytime you felt like running your fingers through your hair, realizing it was not there anymore, now cut to a short pixie style.
No one brought it up at all, the twins where worried about you. You would now walk off by yourself away from everyone, and when you guys traveled, you choose to not ride with them.
The twins look up at you, they did not like seeing you like this. Amun looks up as well, he was sitting in WilyKit's lap. He curls up in her lap, she looks down at him.
Petting gently"She'll be ok, Amun."
"Yeah, don't worry."WilyKat tells him with a smile, but it fades, as he looks back up at you.
You had your hood on, you did not have to look down to feel the twins eyes on you. But you look down anyway, to see two vehicles detach from it, as they race away. You watch them go, next you see a yellow blur. That was Cheetara, and the ones in the vehicles had to be Tygra and Lion-O. All three of them where racing.
Itching to join them, you did not. But you soon had no choice, as now the Thundertank joined in the race. Going faster you had to hurry up and keep up with them. Going down a bit, till you where on the side of them. The twins see you.
"Zahra!"they say your name excited to you.
Panthro looks at you out of the corner of his eyes, then turns back to drive with a smirk. You turn and look the twins, giving them a slight smile.
"A bit slow."Panthro tells you, once he said that he presses to go much faster. The twins, smile as they wave at you, sighing to your self. You speed up more. Speeding up so fast,you pass them not really even pay attention to that.
"Whoa, look at her go!"WilyKit was amazed.
"That;s our sister."WilyKat says proudly.
Looking up ahead you see Cheetara and guys still going. Speeding up more you get to them. Cheetara, sees you. She smiles at you while she ran.
"Nice of you to join."she tells you.
The guys see you as well, you just looked straight ahead, as you started to pass Cheetara. She smirks at this, she speeds up as well.
You could hear her coming, as you turn to see her. She smiles at you, you where about too, when your eyes widen. As something caught your eyes in the air.
Quickly you take out your bow, as you aim it, to what seem like at Cheetara. This surprised her, but you did not. As you fly up, she looks to see why. Her eyes widen at what she see.
Missiles where coming at you guys. Pulling back on your bow, you fire at the missiles. To find that you had not fired a energy arrow.
"What!?"this surprised you.
By the time you snapped out of it and looked up, you had to dodge the incoming missiles. You narrowly dodge them as you hurry up back down. The others below dodge them as well. You cursed yourself right now, for not having anything to stop these missiles. Though you could not worry about that now, you had to keep dodging them.
Following Cheetara and the others, you guys wave your way through some trees as the missiles blew them up. Twisting and turning everyone was able to dodge them safely.
Coming to a stop, you land on down just fine. Lion-O and Tygra get out, while the Thundertank was the last one to come.
"Check this out."Lion-O points out, making everyone look at a giant stair way, that led up to something. The twins, Snarf and Amun make their way over to it. You where slightly amazed more so by the how big it was.
"Let's go!"WilyKat yells, as he waste not time with WilyKit, Snarf and Amun. As the start to climb the stairs, you go and follow them. The others soon follow.
It took sometime to get up those steps, but once everyone reached the top. There was huge temple at the top.
"Everything is so big."Lion-O
"Even the residents."Tygra points, looking you see a group of giant elephants all sitting down, and they where meditating.
"Hey Zahra, their meditating."WilyKat tells you.
You just nod your head, as everyone makes their way over to them.
Lion-O clears his throat"Excuse."he calls to them, they did not respond, he then shouts to get their attention. Which it did.
The residents turn and look down at everyone."Heh, sorry"Lion-O tells them"I am Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats."
"I am Aburn,"the elephant with a bit of reddish brown introduces himself to Lion-O"and you are?"
"Umm, names Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats."Lion-O tells him again.
"Welcome Lionel."Aburn.
"Lion-O"Lion-O corrects him.
"How can we assist you?"Aburn asked
"We're looking for a magical stone."Lion-O
"We believe it's somewhere in your village."Aburn asked.
"Kinda forgetful isn't he?"WilyKat to his sister.
"I think he's cute"WilyKit says dreamy.
"Aburn, we're looking for a stone that looks like this."Lion-O shows him, by tapping on the stone of the sword.
"When did you lose it?"Aburn asked him.
"We didn't lose it."Cheetara tells him
"So you have it?"Aburn
"No where looking for it."Tygra
"And what is exactly you are looking for?"Aburn
Panthro sighs"Ah, you've got to be kiddin me."
He then looks to see another elephant much older looking then Aburn come over.
"I can't remember the last time I saw a cat in these parts."he says.
"Yes, Anet."Aburn"They are looking for, ah what was it you where for again?"
"The stone!"everyone yells upset, but you says.
"If it is the spirit you seek, then you've come to the right place"Anet tells everyone"Or we did, once, maybe. I'm afraid our memory is not as good as our size. But please, feel free to have a look around."
Lion-O does as such, looking around as he stood there."No, No not with those eyes. With that one."Anut points to the one on the sword."Yes, I can sense it's power. Come with me."He tells Lion-O.
The rest of you just watch him leave. Taking you bow off your back, you look at it. Clenching it tightly, you remove yourself from the group.
"Zahra, where are you going?"WilyKit asked you, as she and her brother start to follow you.
"Stay."you tell them, they stop in their tracks watching you leave.
Once you felt you where far away from them, you come to broken down temple. Holding your bow, you pull back on the string as you look it. There was no energy coming for it. You do it again, and again. But still got nothing. This frustrated you, just as you where about to throw it down.
When you hear Lion-O yelling his famous call. Quickly you hurry up and make your way over there. Making it back to the where everyone was, you see a huge swarm of wraiths stealing the food that belonged to elephants.
Lion-O and the others where fighting them off to stop them. Knowing your was useless, you still attack them by swing your bow at them. You knocked a few of them down.
"Zahra, try to get them in the air."Panthro tells you.
You do as he says, you run and jump up. Only to get stung and fall back down hard to the ground.
*What!?*you where now in total shock. You could not even use cloth's magic now !
Looking up at Wreiths you watch as they get away with two baskets. Grabbing your shoulder you stand up, as you just watch them fly away. Clutching your shoulder tightly, till you felt the pain. Winching at it, you fall down on one knee.
"Zahra!"the twins see you in pain, as they run over to you, with Snarf and Amun.
"Are you ok?"WilyKit asked you worried.
"What happen?"WilyKat"Why didn't you fly after them?"
Hearing him say that, you snap. As you get up quickly as you yank away from them. Still holding onto your shoulder, the twins look up at you hurt a bit by your action.
You saw the look in their eyes, you where about to say something. But the pain your arm made you stop.
One of the female elephants came over to you, as they led you away"Come with me."she tells you.
Taking you away from the others, you look back at your brother and sister, their tails dropped, as well their eyes. Something hard just sunk in you.
With the female elephant, she tended to your wound. She was able to apply something that stopped the pain.
"There you go, much better."she tells you with a smile.
"Thank you."you tell her.
"What is wrong?"she asked you, you look up her. She smiles down at you.
"..."you did not say anything, as you look away.
"Come."she tells you, you follow her. Neither of you said anything. She finally comes to a stop, making you bump right into her. She turns around looking down at you."These should work." as she steps aside.
You look as your eyes wide, there infront of you. Was a magnificent waterfall coming down into gentle body of water, your eyes never left it. The female elephant still looked at you.
"This place is very serene, please go and enjoy."she tells leaving you.
Snapping out of it, you look around to not find her there. All you could hear was nothing but sounds of nature. Turning to look back at the waterfall. There was something calling you to it.
Without a second thought, you get undress as you go into water. Once you got in there, something over came you. It was like the water was some how soothing to you, you got very relaxed, as you swam in it.
With the others, each of them where doing their own thing. As for Tygra he was just sitting down, looking at his gun. He sighs, something was troubling his mind right now.
"What are you doing?"Panthro comes over to him.
Tygra looks up at him"Sitting."
"Looks like it to me your thinking more so."Panthro as he sits down next to him."Whats on your mind?"
"Nothing."Tygra tells him, as he looks back at his gun.
Panthro grunts"What happen to happen to her. There ain't nothing you can do about it. Just give her some space."
"Excuse me?"Tygra looks at him.
"Zahra, I know that's what your thinking about. It's what everyone is here."Panthro tells him, he turns and looks at Tygra with a serious face."Look, no matter how hard any of try to experience the pain she felt, when she was caught. We can't. We're not her. She is not going to talk about with anyone. That much I know. I can tell she not to big on the touchy side. So she keeps it to herself. That way she can deal with herself."
Tygra did not say anything, Panthro knew he was right about you. And so did Tygra, infact everyone did. That was what made them all worry more about your recovery. Getting up, he leaves Panthro.
"Going for a walk."he tells him.
Panthro just watches him, as he shakes his head.
Tygra walked through the village, his mind still on what Panthro. As well, he was worried about you. Ever since you left the Berbils village. You had not been the same. You seem just a bit jumpy at things. And what weighed on you the most was the lost of your powers. He noticed, when you could not fire your arrows, he noticed when you try to meditate you could not stay focused, he knew you where trying to understand why your powers where gone, and he saw how you could no longer use your cloth to fly.
All this you carried with you, he knew you where putting yourself down, with the lost of your powers. You where seeping deeper and deeper into depression. He knew you cried on your own, when you left the group for hours and hours. At times he would follow you. Watching you weep at your own relfection in the water. And so many times he did nothing but just stand there and watch you.
"Anol shalom
Anol sheh lay konnud de ne um shaddai
Flavum
Nom de leesh
Ham de nam um das
La um de
Flavne…"
That song caught his ear, he stops walking. As he looks around, he could hear it in the wind, through the planets. Listening carefully, he starts to follow, as it guided him to open clearing, there was huge what seem like a lake, with a waterfall coming down.
But it was what was in that waterfall, what took his breath away. It was you, sitting on rock as the waterfall hit you. You where happy, as you let the water run down your body, while you sang.
"Anol shalom
Anol sheh lay konnud de ne um shaddai
Flavum
Nom de leesh
Ham de nam um das
La um de
Flavne…
We de ze zu bu
We de sooo a ru
Un va-a pesh a lay
Un vi-I bee
Un da la pech ni sa
(Aaahh)
Un di-I lay na day
Un ma la pech a nay
Mee di nu ku
La la da pa da le na da na
Ve va da pa da le na la dumda
Anol shalom
Anol sheh ley kon-nud de ne um.
Flavum.
Flavum.
M-ai shondol-lee
Flavu…
Lof flesh lay
Nof ne
Nom de lis
Ham de num um dass
La um de
Flavne…
Flay
Shom de nomm
Ma-lun des
Dwondi.
Dwwoondi
Alas sharum du koos
Shaley koot-tum" as you sang, your voice echoed through the wind and trees. It was as if your voice it's self was controlling, what was going on around this area.
Tygra looked at you, but you did not see him. Your eyes looked down at the water. They showed him something he had never seen with you. They seem so calm and peaceful. As you sang, you did not pay attention to Tygra as he watched you, and you did notice him.
Till you turned around. To find him extremely close to you, it look like he was in a trace, but it was hard to tell. As his eyes looked right into yours, he smiled at you softly. It was not hard nor cocky. It was a soft one, a content one, a accepting one. He closes his eyes, as if he could still hear you song through the trees and wind.
He gentle touches his forehead with yours, you just looked at him. He still kept his eyes closed, you then slowly start to move your hand, which grabs it gently. Pulling it back slowly. He then shakes his head no at you.
You understood why, as you start to slowly ball up your fist, but he would not let you, he linked his fingers with yours, this caught you off guard. Making you look at it, your whole body started to shake, and it was not from the water. You tighten your eyes, only to have water from the waterfall come from your eyes, as the drops fall into the water. Causing a few ripples.
"Shhhhhhhhhhhh..."Tygra tells you calmly"Shhhhhh..."
His voice was so calm and gentle, that you did stop trembling. Finally relaxing, you let your forehead rest on his. As you both stayed like that, listening to wind carry your song.
Elsewhere, with the twins, WilyKit had begun to play her flute, soon other elephants joined in with her. As they became their own band, Amun and Snarf joined in with them. Making their way to middle of the whole village, petals floated around them. WilyKit and her brother where having a great time.
As WilyKit played more and more, she heard someone join through singing. She looks up quickly, as well the others to see you. She was surprised to see standing there singing while she played her music. You smile at her, she understood as she kept playing, while she played, you kept up with her with your high note. Standing behind you was Tygra who just smiled at the way you and WilyKit connected.
You both where in-sync, till it mixed together, that it was hard to tell who was singing and playing. The tone got louder and better. Till it broke a few statues. Which made her stop, as well you.
"What just happen?"she asked.
"Seems where all where in perfect harmony."Aburn tells her."A very powerful force."
WilyKit looks down at her flute"Wow"her eyes lite up. She then looks up at you coming over"Zahra, we all where in perfect harmony."she tells you excited, as she comes over to hug you.
WilyKat comes over as well."Both of you, forgive me for the way I had acted."you tell them"I did not mean to snap at you. You are my family, a-"
"It's ok."WilyKat tells you, you look at him. He gives you a toothy smile, along with his sister.
"We know your still thinking about what happen with your powers."WilyKit tells you.
"And if counts, we still think your a really cool older sister."WilyKat tells you."Even without them."
You look at them both, as they smile at you. You smile back at them as you nod your head."Alright."
Tygra watches as the three of you do a family hug. He smiles to himself, the three of you break it as you talk with them, they cheer as the three of you walk off with Amun and Snarf following behind.
For the rest of the day, you spend it with the twins. It felt good, it helped to take your mind off your main concern. As night came, Lion-O came back, he and the others where looking over the side at something that was causing the ground to shake. WilyKat hurries over there.
You get there as well, just as Anet suggested meditating. Looking over the side, there was a huge rock like monster making it's way up the side of the temple.
"Let's move"Lion-O tells everyone, as he runs out the temple the others follow him, but the twins, Snarf and Amun.
"..."you look down at everyone, as they try to fight off the monster only for it to rebuild it's self.
Pushing away from the wall, you hurry up out of the temple, as you hurry up to get down to the others, picking up some rocks you throw them at the monster. Who turns to see you. The others do as well.
"Is she crazy?!"Panthro yells"Move!"
The monster brought up it's fist as it crashes it down, where you stood. But you move just in time, but the ground beneath you started shake. You quickly hurry up the steps, to some more stable ones. Just as you turn around, you see the monster seal away the others, in rock prison. Turning you hurry up back to the temple. Once you reach it, the giant's hand comes over you. Making you stop, as it shakes the ground more.
You look around to see WilyKat with Snarf, by a tree. You hurry to make your way there.
"WilyKat, are you both alright?"you asked him.
He nods his head"Where is WilyKit?"
"Meditating."he tells you as he points, you look and see here over there with the elephants, the monster was destroying the place, it was getting closer to her and the elephants, wasting no time you make your way over to her. Amun was right by her, meditating as well.
Just as you where about to touch her, she starts to play her flute again. Soon the elephants join in with her. The monster was getting closer, you stand infront of her.
"Harmony Zahra"she tells you.
You turn and look at her,as she kept playing. Opening your mouth, you join her. Though your voice was a cracking till you calmed down. As the tone got louder so did your voice. The monster got closer and closer. Just as it was about to attack, the music started to make it crack as it falls apart, destroyed.
Everyone stops playing, as they look at the rubble of rocks left from the monster.
Turning to look at WilyKit, she smiles at you. You nod your head at her. But she comes to hug anyway. Which you take.
The next morning, the elephants where cleaning up the mess, while you and the group stood with Anet and Aburn. Who explained to Lion-O about looking at the big picture inorder to see things.
You place a hand on each of the twins, as they look up at you with small smile. Anet had Lion-O try it once more with the sword which he did.
"The stone, it's in the hut. The stone is in the hut."he says.
Which came to a shock to everyone, not wasting anytime. Everyone hurries to make their way over there. Opening it, there was nothing there at all. No stone, no nothing.
"I don't understand?"Lion-O comes out of the hut
"Perhaps a different approach is in order."Anut"Go to the forest of Magi Oar, one of the most enchanted places on all of Third Earth, there the power of the sword will be amply and your connection with it."He then turns to you."And it will help you understand something newer."
You look at a bit confused."Where is this place?"Lion-O asked him.
"Umm, isn't..."Anut, as he looks at Aburn
"I was just there"Aburn, as he looks away trying to remember.
Everyone groans, as they wait for the both of them to remember about the location of this place.
