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Chapter Thirteen: Rise Of The Fabler (Part 3)

Jamie looked at the Elder Spirits in the room and gasped, he had never believed such power existed, let alone that he could control it. He looked up at the window, thinking of all the strength he now possessed,

"Jamie, The first hour of a spirits life determine, who they are…. Good or evil, Strong or weak, Power-Hungry or not" Manny told him,

"I know who I want to be" Jamie told him, "I'm going to help Jack"

With that Jamie ran out of the door, heading for the battlefield, as he arrived, he gasped again, Natura, Galactica and Father Time were all on the ground, a weak looking Jack, Reece, Dawn and Rose standing to defend them, the Tricksters were all advancing on the weakened Seasonal Rulers.

"You are Pathetic, weak, I am doing the world a favour by ridding it of the likes of you!" Trickster-Wynter told them, raising his sword, ready to strike down them all,

"BACK OFF!" Jamie roared, walking forward, a sword glittering in his hand

"The child, let slaughter him!" Trickster-Natura cackled jumping over the spirts and walking towards Jamie, he looked down at his book, smiling as a Picture of the Trickster appeared, along with his weakness',

The Cold and Light.

Jamie smiled, calling on the strength of the stars, he pointed his sword at Trickster-Wynter and fired, the Pure power of the attack tore through the Trickster, Destroying it.

"To ME!" Trickster-Natura called diving towards Jamie, who suddenly realised, he knew nothing about Sword combat, he raised his sword but it was swiftly knocked out of his hand, he ducked avoiding an attack from Trickster-Time before noticing an attack coming at him from Trickster-Natura.

He knew he wouldn't be able to avoid the attack, and his weapon was 50 feet away, he closed his eyes and readied for the inevitable death that was coming, but he heard clattering, he opened his eyes and saw a sword blocking the attack, looking up at its owner, he smiled to see Jack standing there, his hair stained pink, his skin far too pale for Jack to be healthy.

He saw Jack flick the blade away from Jamie, standing infront of him, as his Guardian.

"You shall not lay a hand upon him!" Jack scowled, holding his blade ready, his staff in his other hand.

Jamie stood up and jumped for his weapon, pointing it at the remaining Tricksters, "Moon Blast!"

With that one attack, the Tricksters all were destroyed, leaving only the original, who collapsed.

"Trickster, you have been defeated, now, Leave this realm and this Spirit alone, or forever shall Grim hunt your soul till he can claim it as his own!" Manny roared, a rarely shown grip of anger upon his face.

"I shall, for now, but I will be back, you can count on that, The Breaking has already begun… just you wait" The Trickster growled, as he faded,

"Well, that went well…. We should leave this dream now." Natura smiled, Jamie noticed that she was walking with a limp, a small cut upon her leg.

Jamie felt a tug as he and all the other spirits left his world of dream's re-awakening in the real world, all their injuries still present,

"I need to get the South Pole, heal up a bit" Jack told them, nodding to them winking to Natura who nodded. He limped until the wind picked him up and took him away,

"I'm heading to the Sahara" Reece nodded,

"The Amazon is my destination!" Dawn nodded,

"And I'm going to the Atlantic" Rose smiled,

The Three flew off and Natura turned back to them,

"I'm going to the Tree of life, I'll alert you when the Court of Nature is ready for action" Natura told them, flicking her cloak around and vanishing.

"Dat was a tough fight young Jamie, you will do good as spirit!" North told him,

"Thanks North" Jamie smiled,

"And as a Guardian" Manny told them, "North, I believe it is time for the Oath..."

(The Nature Court)

The Five spirits landed down, each still weakened from the fight earlier,

"Now that the Trickster is dealt with, we have bigger Fish to fry" Natura told them,

"The Shepard's shall be dealt with, their power is limited, yet ours is as not" Jack nodded,

"There is a secret I have kept from you" Natura told them, "Many Millennia ago, myself, Manny and Galactica were at war, not with the Trickster, but one another and our battlefield was Earth, I created three creatures of unimaginable power, Artous, Lastros and Watros, Each holding the power of the air, Sea and Land at their command, they could win a war with a flick of their little finger, but after we realised how powerful they truly were, the three of us united, and bound their power into four separate elements, Frost, Fire, Wind and Lighting, The base power of the four seasons, the withered husk's that had a fraction of that power... we split them into four, forcing them to watch as a new series of rulers took the throne of the season's... never to rule, only to guide"

"So the Sheppard's?" Jack asked,

"Are what's left of Artous, Lastros and Watros... but each of them had an army... we divided them into four, one for each of the Rulers to command, but the Sheppard's could still access some of it, encase of dire emergencies" Natura told them,

"So its not just going to be the four of us, against the four of them?" Reece sighed,

"No, Not by a long way... But I can give you a gift, an increase of power" Natura told them, "Jackson Overland Frost, I name you King Of Winter. Reece Aster Summers, I name you King of Summer. Rose Holly Autumns, I name you Queen of Autumn. Dawn Abigail Springs, I name you Queen of Spring."

"Don't we have to Bond with a spirit to become a King or Queen?" Dawn asked,

"Normally, however I have chosen to promote you without bonding, you can now can also change your appearance slightly... Beard, hair growth, mortal things" Natura smiled,

"We wont age though?" Jack asked, "Although it can be a pain being stuck at 18, I kinda like it"

"No, but let us think of this later, we have a war to plan for..." Natura nodded,

And DONE!

I'm skipping the War... or most of it...

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