Dungeons and Dragons
The Die Master
Chapter 4: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle
"You're really gonna get it now, you smug little midget!" Eric shouted as he ran toward Dungeon Master.
Hank quickly ran in front of Eric and tripped him. He then turned to Dungeon Master and said, "Alright, we want answers, and we want them now! First, what happened to Bobby and where is he now?"
"He is gone now, but he will soon return," Dungeon Master replied simply.
"Enough with the riddles! Tell us now!" Eric said as he got up.
"Fine, I'll tell you plainly, but I doubt you'd understand it that way either. Booby is in all essence dead, but Mallacar will bring him back to you."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Diana asked.
"Wait," Presto said in a shocked tone, "I think he means that Mallacar has the power of life and death!"
"Knock it of Presto!" Eric said.
"I'm not joking guys. Dungeon Master said he'd tell us plainly, and that means no riddles, so that has to be what he means."
"Correct, young magician," Dungeon Master said.
"Hold on! How do we know that Mallacar will-?" Eric began, but when he turned from Presto to Dungeon Master, he was gone. "What! How could he leave us at a time like this?" Eric exclaimed.
"I just hope he's able to keep Sheila from being reckless and getting hurt," Hank said.
"So what do we do now?" Presto said.
"Get Mallacar of course! That was a dumb question!" Diana said.
"Relax Diana, save it for Mallacar. We need to beat him, or else we'll never see Bobby again," Hank said.
Dungeon Master appeared in the shadow of Venger's castle. Looking around, he said, "Thief, I give you permission to do whatever you feel that you must do," and vanished.
His words did not fall on deaf ears.
Bobby opened his eyes, and found himself lying flat on his back. He slowly got to his feet, feeling surprisingly calm and relaxed. When he lifted his eyes, he saw that around him were six men, who were clearly wizards. They all wore robes very similar to Mallacar's except the were different colors. They were orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The wizard with the green robe really attracted Bobby's attention.
This one was the youngest of the group, and what's more, was that he rode upon a full adult unicorn.
"So, you are a victim of Mallacar's evil power," the green wizard said.
Bobby nodded, "Yeah, but, who are you guys?"
"Together with Mallacar, we were the creators of the Realm of Dungeons and Dragons," the violet wizard said.
"We created it as an arena to see which of us was the most powerful," the green wizard said.
"However, Mallacar betrayed us," the orange wizard said.
"He cheated," the yellow wizard said.
"And killed us all," the indigo wizard said.
"You mean, you guys are ghosts?" Bobby said nervously, "Am I ghost too?"
"For the moment, yes, but I will see to it that Mallacar, shall we shay, restores you to your normal form," the green wizard said with a sly grin.
"What does that mean?" Bobby asked.
"You'll find out soon enough," the green wizard said as he ran his hand through the unicorn's mane, "In the meantime, I believe that we should inform you about the true role you and your friends fill in the Realm."
"What do you mean?" Bobby asked.
The violet wizard, apparently the oldest, asked Bobby, "Do you know what reincarnation is?"
"Uh. . no. . ." Bobby replied.
"Well then, listen closely, and one thing you must remember, is that in reincarnation, gender is meaningless. . ." the violet wizard said sagely, and he began to explain things to the young barbarian.