A.N: Hi! Who knew I'd have more time today to write another chapter? I would love it if when people read this they would review it, I've got none so far :-(, so please, if you only want to say "good!" or "you are very talented" or even "you have the writing talent of a two year old flamingo!". I'd love it, feel free to ask questions as well and I'll try my best to reply next time I post a chapter. That said, on with the story!
3. Preperation. Carmen.
"So, when are we heading off?" I ask. The Proxian in me can't wait to climb the lighthouse.
"Wait a second! We need to show you all one more thing, well, make that a few." Felix says, cryptic as ever. "Stay here." We sit in silence until Felix returns, wondering what it is he wants to show us.
"All right then guys, these have been saved for your 19th birthdays. Jason, yours is a month away so you would be getting I soon anyways but lucky Carmen and Thomas! you get your pressie two years early and now we have to buy you a new one! Great! Now, back on track, I think that they may come in handy now." He tells us. He then turns to Jason. "Jason, I carved this bow for your mother during our travels, it is made of enchanted wood, the string from a vine. The arrows are made from trees near the Venus lighthouse. They will never break unless crushed by extreme power, when we saw how much progress you made with the bow we decided to keep it for you. It is called the vine bow. And it is now yours." He says and Jason takes it out of it's immaculate case. It is a bow that has been painted dark green with a yellow design going across it. The quiver is a paler green with a picture of a beautiful flower on it. The arrows glow with power and you can see that is has leaves instead of feathers at the rear of each arrow. Jason is speechless, he straps the quiver over his back and puts the bow in a safe position on his lap.
"Thanks dad, it's amazing." He says. Felix then turns to Tom. "Tom, your weapon was made by your aunt Jenna as a gift to mom when our adventure finished. She forged it in the Jupiter lighthouse and when it was finished and painted, she took it outside in a storm, it was charged by lightning and now it glows with elemental power. She named it Thor's Staff, because it flows with lightning power." Tom stares wide eyed at the weapon in it's case. It has a black handle with a lightning bolt painted on. It's head is a purple cloud with a white design depicting a gust of wind in the centre. He runs his hand up and down it, marvelling at it's smooth touch, he then takes it out to test it's balance. Judging by the apparent easiness to hold it must have the perfect balance, Tom and Sheba are similar in stance so it doesn't surprise me.
"Thanks mom, for letting me have this." He says, smiling. Finally, Felix turns my way. I get excited as I know what's coming next. "Carmen," he begins, I stare at him expectantly. "Your mother told me while she was dying that she wanted you to have your father's axe. It was made using the power of the Mars lighthouse. She gave me it just before she passed away. I haven't had this for long. But now it gets returned to you. It is called the burn axe, and it is immensely powerful." He hands it to me. I look at it. I never knew my father, he passed away from a terrible illness when I was young. My mother died three months ago, during the eclipse. We drove the monsters out of Prox and had only three casualties in the battle. My mother and Felix were on watch duty when a pack on Fenrirs attacked. Struck a fatal blow to my mother before Felix could fight them off. Her loss saddened me greatly. I am very grateful to Felix and Sheba, they took me in after my mother died. Thinking about it now has brought tears to my eyes. I thank Felix and examine the axe, it is a mixture of reds, oranges and yellows. It has been designed so that when you move it the head seems to glow with a bright flame. I hug it close to my body. It feels warm to the touch. Felix speaks again. "Well kids, glad you like the weapons. You have to get ready now if you want to get a good sleep before tomorrow. Check you have your djinn and supplies before you go to bed. We'll eat breakfast at dawn so you can have plenty of time to climb the lighthouse before nightfall." We all nod and head towards our rooms to pack our things.
"Night kids, don't forget to pack your spare armour!" Sheba tells us. I grin, Sheba is a typical mother. But she is a great one. I get to my room and pack my few herbs, vials and one precious phial of water of life. Then I get into bed and hope sleep comes quickly.
I walk downstairs at dawn with my things. My djinni Vulcan sits on my shoulder. He's still asleep. I don't wake him, as soon as he smells food he'll be up. Jason sits rummaging his supplies, his djinni Viridi helping him. She reads items off a list while he checks them. They are a good team. Striker, Tom's djinni, flies around Sheba's head, she's holding the sugar and Striker can't get enough of that, it's probably why he always zooms around like a crazed pixie (They are violent!). Felix puts a cup of tea in front of me and Tom passes me the bacon and sweet Proxian Nix Fruit. Jason gives me a slice of bread and Sheba hands me the butter tray. I thank them all and butter the bread. Then I mash up some of the Nix berries and drizzle the sauce on top of the bacon (it sounds gross but it's lovely). After I have eaten my fill I do a final check of my supplies. Everything is there. I'm in charge of carrying the group's camping materials. Tom is the best medic so he takes the extended medical kit (antidotes and such). Jason is our cook so he will take the food. We also take 500 coins each and a small supply of attack items (spark shurikens/bramble seeds/etcetera) which are split among us.
"Is anyone going to eat them?" I ask, gesturing towards to Nix berries.
"No, you take them Carmen, we know they're your favourite." Jason says. I thank him and place them in my pack, wrapping them up to prevent them spoiling. That done, we enjoy each other's company until it is time to go.
"Bye kids. Look after yourself on the journey up the lighthouse! Remember Carmen, your teleportation may not work perfectly but as long as your not disturbed you should be fine." Sheba says. The parting must be so hard for Jason and Tom, still sad for me, but much more so for the boys.
"Bye mom. Love you." Jason says. They hug and then we turn away and begin to walk towards the gates leading to the lighthouse. As we stand before the lighthouse I feel a surge of power surge through me. I can tell that it is Mars energy, amplified by my Light of Prox psynergy and Burn Axe. We go inside and start climbing. The few monsters we do encounter are easy to defeat and the worst wound is a cut across my forehead which Jason fixes easily with a Cure. We finally get to the top. The view of Prox from here is amazing. The red light from the beacon reflecting off of the white snow makes the perfect scene.
"Come on Carmen! We need to use your light of Prox to get to Patcher's Place, dad marked it on the map." Jason called to me. I nodded and run over to him and Tom. I get ready to cast Light of Prox, just before I do, I hear a growl coming from behind me. I stop and grasp my axe. I hear Tom casting psynergies to raise our power and defence, Jason pulls an arrow from his quiver, I turn slowly and see a giant dragon bearing down on us.
A.N: hope you liked it. Sorry, I know I promised a battle but I then decided to put it in the next chapter. Please comment on the chapter, love to hear your opinions on the weapons. Bye! Ps: review review review please!