Chapter 18 The Unique Task

Note: To understand this Chapter better, you should have read the whole of Saga 1.

A mysterious place, no definite time

"Um, Aslan, where are we?" Max asks. They are in a place with huge pools of water, where the trees grow so thick that the sky cannot be seen, yet the light seems to be able to penetrate the canopy. It is a silent place filled with guinea pigs. Max has a feeling of Drowsiness while in it but Aslan seems to be able to support him.

"This place is known as the Wood Between the Worlds…" The Lion said "This place would serve as a place to go to others world. Your world is part of that. Come, I'll show to you the largest of them all, the pool that represents the world where you all came from, the Middle Dimension…"

As they are walking among the woods and pools, Max noticed not one, not two, but four pools without water in it.

"What do the dry pools represent?" Max asks the Lion.

"Those pools represent the worlds that already ended." The Lion said "One of them represent the world of Charn, the other the world of Narnia. One of them represents the world that mirrors the things that I will soon do to the Middle Dimension due to wickedness and the other is like your world, whom I ended after following the wickedness of other dimensions."

"You mean…" Max suddenly asks "…our world could also end?"

"Indeed." The Lion said "However, all of this pools are fueled by the lake of the Middle Dimension, where all of you came from. When an author decides to end a certain world, it will definitely end that world. However, once the pool in the Middle Dimension ended up, so will all the pools to the other world…"

The Lion led him to a massive pool, twice larger than the others. The feeling on that pool is so drowsy that if it were not for Aslan, Max could have already been asleep.

"My son…" Aslan said "This is the pool where your world came from. Right now, this world is experiencing evil far beyond all the other pools combined. A time will come that this pool will dry up and all the other pools will soon follow. Right now, someone out there is trying to spread the message of my coming thru your lives. That is one of your purposes that I assigned for you…"

"Do I have a chance to visit that someone?" Max asks.

"No…" the Lion replied. "It is because it will cause dissention and trouble. I made a rule that only no one in that world could exists in your world. The only way that they could interact with you is by making an alternate self, and doing that could cause the soul of that person. Come, I'll show to you the pool on which you and your friends would go…"

"Hmm… could anyone check the time? My watch doesn't work in this place…" Barry said. They are near 2 pools with a shallow neck of water in between.

"I really do feel drowsy…" May said. Drew is seen sleeping due to the quietness of the place. Paul is seen standing near a nearby tree, leaning on it.

"Well, at least someone is not yet drows…" Barry noticed that Paul is also asleep. May also went asleep due to the quietness of the place, laying near the grassy field.

"Greetings…" the Lion said "I told you to believe and not sleep. Rise up, O Sleepers."

"What…" May shouted and stood up.

"Huh?" Drew also woke up. Even Paul woke up and stood straight on his feet.

"Barry, you did a great job…" the Lion commended Barry for waking up that long.

"Well, your Majesty…" Barry replied "I just did what I'm supposed to do… to just believe…"

"We're so sorry for sleeping…" Drew said "It's so quiet in this place and I can't stop sleeping…"

"You must have learned to not sleep…" the Lion said "…it is because your tasked on the other world I'm sending you is a difficult one."

"What do you mean, your Majesty?" Paul said "How difficult is that task?"

"Well, you could count on us your Highness!" Barry excitedly said.

"Your task is to find and warn the other world that they will be invaded. They are the world which helped you before. Warn them that their interdimensional capabilities will allow them to invade your world. I closed the portal that allows them to enter your world thru their base dimension using sorcery and magic. They will actually use the invasion in Dimmsdale, California as a diversion to steal that capability and enter your world thru Unova using that capability in their base dimension…"

"Why do they want to attack our world anyway?" Max asks the Lion.

"It is because of the power of the Tree of Beginning…" the Lion said "It has the power to connect to other worlds and to duplicate a mortal being. Imagine of two Darkness working alongside each other…"

"You've got to be very serious…" Paul said "Why haven't you assign Ash for that?"

"I've assigned him, Dawn, Misty, Brock, and Kenny to warn their world of that invasion because it will happen if they manage to acquire it. Do not worry if they didn't listen to you. If you didn't do your job, their guilt will fall to you but if you did yet they didn't listen, their guilt will be theirs alone."

"Well, how are we able to that that anyway?" May said "We are going to hold placards saying 'Your world will be invaded by a Darkness'."

"That is the reason why I imparted to you wisdom…" Aslan replied "My Spirit that lives in you will teach and guide you what will you say. Never fear, my Spirit is not a Spirit of Timidity but a Spirit of power, love and self-control. He will teach you on how to do that."

"But how are we able to eat there? We are going there with nothing but ourselves!" May continued.

"Why, May do you still not believe?" the Lion said "I am the Provider and I have already prepared a place for you to live, to eat, and to sleep. I've provided you your daily bread and your clothes to wear. One of My followers in that world has done all those things, anticipating your arrival. He was ridiculed in that world just to serve Me and you. I want you do respect him and to treat him as you would treat each other.

"Yes you're Majesty." All of them said.

"Good. Now stand on the pool and I'll lead you to that place…" The five stood on the shallow pool. Aslan blew out a warm wind from His mouth and they seem to be sinking down the pool. May, Max, Drew and Barry wanted to go to a panic state by they can't do that. They are now all underwater and yet they still can breathe. They now found themselves stepping in dry land and the waters receded. They found themselves in a bright morning alley and in front of them is a mysterious man in a formal dress.

"Well, perhaps you are the guests I'm seeking…" the man said "The Lord's Spirit led me to this place…"