Sorry for not updating for while. I've been having an off week trying to get ready for school and a new schedule. So since it's a new year, I won't be updating as often as I'd like. I'll try do a new chapter every Friday or every other week... it just all depends on my schedule. -GG
Chapter 6: The Council House
"North, where are we," Jack asked. They stood on the steps of a cream colored building, in the middle of nowhere. The streets around them were clear and empty, no other buildings or people were in sight. The land was foreign to Jack and by the looks the other season spirit wore showed that the land was foreign to them also. The building in front of them looked a lot like a modern day court house. Bright light help illuminate the night sky. Hanging from the roof were four different banners. The first banner was yellow with a golden sun, then there was a green banner with a dark colored flower, the next one was blue with an ice colored snowflake, and then there was a red banner with a brown maple leaf stood last. The order of the banners reminded Jack of the book cover. The pattern was the same, just this time it seemed more significant. "Well Jack," North's booming voice snapping the frozen teen out of his thoughts, "We are at the Council House."
"The what," Jack asked, things still weren't clicking with him.
Aster rolled his eyes, "Oi mate, we're at ta Council House. It's where The Big Four live and work."
"We're here to look for clues on how to stop The Omegas," Tooth added.
"Yes, and we don't how time to waste, so come," North said as he entered the building, the others followed suit. The inside of the building was much smaller than the outside. A small table and some chairs were in the middle of the room. While a bookcase stood on the east wall and four different doors stood on the west wall. The doors had the exact same symbols and colors as the banners outside, and they were in the same order. "Okay, this is more than a coincidence," Jack muttered to himself. He turned his head to voice his concern, when he realized he was standing there alone.
The others had branched out searching for clues through discarded papers and books. "I guess I'll tell them later," he said as he walked over the Hiccup. As the pasted Merida and Rapunzel he noticed that they were closer than it seemed. Looks like some people are getting along quiet well, he thought. Hiccup was at the bookcase, flipping through random books. He couldn't find anything important. Just then he saw Jack coming over. "So you decided to come and help, instead of staring off into space," he smirked.
Jack rolled his eyes and said, "Ya, it looks like you guys need more help." Now it was Hiccup turn to roll his eyes and nudged Jack with his arms. This earned him a small blush from the teen. After a minute of awkward silence the two decided to go back to searching around the room together.
Hours passed, but the group couldn't find anything. Time was running out, if they didn't find anything soon then all hope to stop the group would be gone. "Oi, all this information is useless, mate," Aster growled as he sat down at the table.
"Ta rabbit's right. We can't find anything here," Merida agreed.
"Guys wait, I think Jack and I found something," Hiccup called out. The two spirits had their noses suck in a book. It looked more like a journal, with its small size and with a leather cover. "What is it," Tooth asked, as she and the others quickly moved over to the two boys.
"This is Silver's journal," Jack stated.
"It tells us how to stop them." They moved over to the table and sat down, flipping through pages filled with information on the Omegas and Council.
They read page from page, calmly sitting in the quiet environment. Rapunzel was the first to speak, "So, Silver wrote everything down, like he wanted someone to find it."
Jack nodded his head acknowledging the possibility.
Merida looked at the group in disbelief, "He knew that they wouldn't make it… he knew that there would be another Big Four."
North rubbed a hand through his beard and said, "The legend goes say that Silver was the wisest of the group."
Hiccup shook his head, "It seems so and look he even wrote down the poem they used to send the Omegas away," he said pointing to the page. Written on the page in faded ink was poem with four lines. Each line was highlighted in a different color.
Now we will send away the darkness and replace it with light.
There will be no despair tonight.
We shall not help spark the flame.
We must send away all fear and end this game.
The order of the colors, they were different from what Jack has seen. The first line was in green, then red, then yellow, and lastly blue. "That's different," he whispered.
"What," the Viking teen asked, looking up.
"The order, of the poem, it's different from the other colors."
Merida raised an eyebrow and looked at Jack, "What do ya mean frosty." Jack let out a breath and decided to fill them in on the symbol and color patterns he had noticed before.
"So, ya think that ta poem's written wrong," Aster asked sounding doubtful.
"Maybe… it seems right to me," Jack shrugged. While the others tried to figure things out. Gears turned in the dragon trainers mind. All of a sudden the strings started to connect.
"The poem is written correctly," he blurted out, silencing all conversations around him, "The old Council members, just said the wrongs lines."
(What do you mean, Hiccup.)
"I mean... Jack says that there was one certain way on how the colors and symbols were arranged. That means since the poem seems like it was written correctly… then maybe the lines highlighted were wrong.
Merida and Rapunzel still looked confused, "Care, to explain," they asked.
"Ya, each color represent a Council member. Yellow for Spring, Green for Summer, Blue for Winter, and Red for Fall. Each line in the poem was meant for a certain season to say. Since the Omegas weren't put for an eternity, the order they had was wrong."
Jack's eyes widen as he realized what Hiccup trying to say, "So that means we need to find the right order."
The male nodded his head, "I think I can figure the order, but I'll need some help," he said taking a glance at Sandy and Jack.
North clapped his hands and looked around the group, "Wonderful, we shall go to workshop, so we can continue this." They all stood to leave, but stopped dead in their tracks.
A black cloud of smoke and dust filled the room and a sinister laugh could be heard. A trail of fire formed around the globe and a faded white light was the only thing left that could be seen.
The Guardians huddled up into a circle and drew their weapons. "What's going on," Jack asked. He stood in front of Hiccup who held a shield in one hand and their only source of information in the other.
"So… these are the new Council members," a dark voice called from the smoke as it cleared, revealing the one group they weren't ready to face yet.