A New Beginning
Previously: "I see – wait, you're not supposed to be on this side of the veil. Tell me how did you get here?" He asked aloud with concern in his voice. Will decided that she had, had enough of his little games.
"I was minding my own business on the way home from school and behind me, a blue swirly thing came from nowhere and a half – snake – half – man thing kidnapped me and knocked me out. When I woke up I was tied up in roses and Prince Phobos ordered for me to go in the oubliette. And that's all I remember" Will frowned deeply.
Chapter 2
Meridian…
Down in the oubliette, Will and Caleb weren't getting on too well.
"Okay, so let me get this straight. You were walking home from school alone, and a large portal opened from behind you. You turned around to see that Cedric was here, and before you knew it, he had taken you back through the portal with him." Caleb confirmed. Will merely nodded her agreement.
"Why are you here?" Will briefly asked Caleb, who had now turned around to face her.
"I am the Rebel Leader. My friend and I were here to get some weapons: swords, bows and arrows, gunpowder, things like that. He just about managed to flee, but I was unlucky."
"What's going to happen to us?" Will asked in a steady, but quiet voice.
"As we are in the same oubliette, we have the same fate as each other. Our ruthless king enjoys watching people suffer in pain. He also likes his entertainment, A.K.A. us. He will release venomous insects all over our exposed flesh and watch us try to escape their grasp. If we are still alive after that, then he himself will personally hack us to death." Caleb calmly explained. Will shuddered.
"Well, I for one am not going to go down without a fight. I'll attack him before he gets the chance to kill me. We have to leave this place now" She said.
"As if I didn't know that already!"
"Well, I'm sorry for trying to be positive!" Will snapped.
"No amount of cheerfulness is going to help our situation!"
"That's right, you feeble weaklings!" came an echoing, deep laugh from above.
"SHUP UP YOU ASSHOLE!" Will yelled, and surprisingly, the owner of the voice listened.
Caleb smirked, clearly satisfied that the guard got what he deserved.
Just then, a short, green bogie – like thing with cat ears and bulging yellow eyes came out from the shadows. He had a huge smile, one that you could see his yellow rotting teeth, with saliva dripping down his large mouth. Will soon realised that the horrible odor was coming from him.
"Who disturb Blunk from his sleep?" he yawned, revealing his disgusting breath. That was all it took for Will to scream and helplessly jump into Caleb strong arms. He realised that the girl in his arms was a lot lighter than she looked.
"W…What is that…that Thing?" she whispered into Caleb's ear. To him it was amusing watch a terrified Earth girl scream at the sight of a harmless creature.
"Oh don't worry. That's just a Passling… It won't hurt you…" he watched as her face slowly reddened.
"Oh…"
"What I don't understand is why she is here. Phobos may be heartless, but he only puts people in places like these if they are of any threat to him." Caleb thought aloud to himself.
"I am still here you know!" said Will.
"Hmm, if you say so" said Caleb, once again lost in thought.
"So what are we going to do?"
"I have no idea. I've tried digging, climbing, everything!" He said, throwing his arms in the air in frustration.
"Digging? Seriously? Here? Some Rebel Leader you are?" Will muttered, though loud enough for Caleb to hear.
"Yeah? Well who are you?"
"Nobody. Just nobody"
Silence.
"Anyways, who is Phobos?"
"Prince Phobos is an evil tyrant who rules Meridian. He is not the real ruler of Meridian, he has a sister. Anyway, Phobos plans to take over the dimensions and worlds. The Rebels and I don't like that way Phobos is ruling Meridian – Heck, we don't even like Phobos himself. We are the people who are fighting for justice. We are waiting for the new generation of the Guardians to help us."
"In your dreams loser!" came the voice from before.
"How do they hear us from all the way up there?" He asked and Will shrugged. "Alright, where was I? Oh yeas! And with their help, we may finally win!"
"I think someone's been watching a bit too many sci-fi movies."
"Sci-fi? What's that?"
"Never mind." Will had a look of pure annoyance on her face.
"You don't believe me do you?"
"Of course not! I mean seriously – other worlds, dimensions, Guardians?"
"Well what do you think this is then?"
"I don't know? An episode of 'You've Been Framed' or something?"
"Well I'm not lying."
"And I'm not stupid!"
After a while, Will and Caleb found themselves side by side, handcuffed with ropes and on their knees in front of Prince Phobos and Cedric. Phobos had a large, evil smile across his face, while Cedric was beside him in his snake form.
They were in the same room Will had been in earlier before. There were absolutely dozens of the flesh – eating insects, and the only thing separating them from Will and Caleb was an invisible barrier.
"Oh. My. God. We are so dead." Will thought in her head. Her life would never be the same after this.
"This is the end. I'm sure the Rebellion will find a new leader, Aldarn maybe, and they'll stop Phobos once and for all." Caleb was thinking in his head.
"Hmm. Here you are an innocent little Earth girl and the Rebel Leader himself. Here you are facing the Dermestids. Cedric, remove the ropes. Now, entertain me."
As soon as Cedric had taken the ropes off their hands, the Dermestids had been released. Will was absolutely petrified and Caleb was ready to run, but he saw that Will wasn't moving so he grabbed her hand and urged her to run.
"Come on. We might still have a chance!" he said. Will managed to snap out of her shock and she and Caleb began to run around the room. She remembered a game she would play with her friends: they had to run or the insects would eat them alive, now it was coming true. This was her life on the line.
The pair weren't running for long, because soon enough the insects had them cornered against a wall. Will was on her hands and knees again, but as soon as her hand had touched the cold, stone floor, the insects had stopped moving. From behind her, she could hear Caleb sigh in relief.
Slowly, Phobos got down from his throne and began walking towards them both, swiftly dodging the insects.
"Well, well. It seems you have survived. Dear Rebel, you are just so hard to catch. Well, this is the end for you both."
"I won't go down without a fight Phobos!" Caleb shouted, pulling a dagger out from his belt. With that, Phobos flicked his wrist and Caleb fell to the floor. Will gasped and looked back at the Rebel, whose eyes were slowly opening. She went over to him and helped his up.
Just as Phobos lifted his hand, Will did the same and a bright pink energy shot Phobos in the chest, sending him flying into the wall, as well as knocking out every other person in the room.
"Come on. This is our chance to escape" Caleb whispered in Will's ear and she nodded. The two of them ran quickly out of the room only to find there were two guards standing outside. Luckily, Caleb attacked them and they were lying helplessly on the floor.
On the outskirts of the village, there was a portal humming loudly.
"On the other side of this portal will be Earth. You better go now." Caleb told Will. She hesitated.
"What about you?" She asked concerned.
"I'll go back to the Rebel hideout. Let them know that I'm not dead." She nodded in thanks and Caleb watched ad she stepped through.
He felt as though he recognized her from somewhere long ago, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. She must've been someone important. Cedric doesn't normally kidnap people for the sake of it. Who was she?
Back in the castle, Phobos was waking from his slumber. Cedric was next to him in his human form. The memories came back and left him irritated. Now Cedric was beginning to wake.
"Cedric! Where are they?"
"My Princccccccce. They have escaped."
"We must find the girl. She is a great threat to us." Phobos said, obviously panicking
"Would you like, me to get her massssssssster?"
"No. Let's wait a while. We'll soon have her in our grasp. Muahahahahahahahahahahaha"