Jesse opened the doors, making Dan exclaim,
"What was that!?" from the other room. Jesse grabbed the swiftness potion Ivor had taken along.
"Get everyone escorted as soon as possible." she commanded, before downing the potion. "I'm lighting this damned place on fire for good after I get whatever Garrett wants me to get."
"Wait, escort everyone excluding Cassie, or-"
"What? You're going to leave me in here?!" Cassie exclaimed as Jesse left. Lukas ignored her, and looked at Ivor and Petra.
"I'm going to look for Sparklez real quick, alright? You get everyone out." He began to run towards the library.
"What's going on?" Stampy asks, as the zombies begin to catch fire behind Ivor and Cassie's eyes widen.
"Come on, we better leave this place unless you want to be roasted alive!" Petra held her arm out, as if showing the way to the door. When no one budged, she groaned and began yanking people out. Lukas came back with Sparklez.
"Got everyone?"
"Had to yank them out, but yes!" Ivor called, and Lukas cups his hands around his mouth.
"Set it all on fire!" he shouted to the top of his lungs. Jesse sped right past them, setting all the trees on blue fire.
"Is she using a Potion of Swiftness?" Stacy asks over the noise.
"Yeah!" Petra nods, as the fire roared. The fire sounded silent, and it roared again. Jesse began setting the wooden blocks on fire. Once a whole section of the house was covered in fire and burning, it seemed to open a doorway, because the familiar figure of Garrett stepped out. He began to burn the zombies, who eventually died in less than a few seconds with all the advanced fire.
"Is that Garrett?!" Sparklez exclaimed, looking back at Lukas. Cassie Rose seemed pissed. She glared at Garrett, who stepped towards them and scooped her up, throwing her out of the scene altogether.
"Take your BS somewhere else, Cas. I ain't having no more of it tonight." Garrett growled, ripping off a chunk of the house and throwing it down at the zombies below them.
Within a few minutes, the zombies were all dead and gone.
"What just happened." Lizzie commanded. A lot had happened in the past five minutes because the author is just so freaking lazy and wants to end this story. *sigh* I'm disappointed in myself too, I know.
"Garrett's not totally dead." Jesse chuckles awkwardly as the man on fire shrunk to a normal size.
"Jesse, quickly, before the potion wears off, get all the books from my inventory- over there!" Garrett pointed to a pile of stuff that was disappearing. There were still three books left. Jesse rushed over and grabbed them. "Open the one that says Mini Atlas." he commanded her. Jesse nods, tossing Lukas the one that read 'Mini Atlas' on the front cover. He was a much faster reader than she. Not that she couldn't read, of course.
"Woah… so to go home, we had to find the portal with white and blue entrails."
"It was that one this whole time?" Petra exclaimed.
"Yeah, seems like it."
"But wait!" Garrett stopped them. "You have to help my people first, remember?"
"Well, what's wrong with your world?"
"You must get them out. Maybe take them to your world. Fire is one of the leading elements, alongside Ice and Water. Without one of the three leading elements, the whole world is going to fall."
"What are the other two books for?" Ivor asks, taking one from Jesse's grasp.
"One is just full of letters to those who died in my world. Give me that-" Garrett reached out and grabbed it, burning it to a crisp.
"Uh, you see what you just did there, right?"
"Yeah- that was intentional." Garrett shook his head. "Anyways, that last book- give it someone by the name of Raine. She's the water element. It's got some rather important information in it."
"Oh really-?" Ivor began to open it, but Jesse took it from him. She knew it seemed to be rather personal.
"Look, go to that makeshift portal. There's a trap that'll take you to the real one." Garrett pointed at the said golden skull portal. "I'll meet you down there."
"I'll see you guys real soon?" Dan looked amongst the group.
"Yeah. Soon." Lukas nods.
"Not big on goodbyes, so see ya." Stacy turned and left. Just like that. Lizzie waved and joined her friend, and Dan rushed to keep up.
"Byyyyyyyeeeeeeeeee!" Stampy trailed, as the Order make their way to the makeshift portal, leaving Garrett and Sparklez behind.
"So you kinda were alive." Sparklez asks, looking up at Garrett.
"Yeah. And I'm staying in this world for good."
"What? I thought you had a home to go to!"
"I can only traverse between fires in one world. I can't go between worlds." Garrett shook his head. "So, make a fire pit?"
"Yep." Sparklez just laughs, and Garrett worked to make himself real for a few moments. Sparklez gave Garrett a hug, a brotherly one, of course. The two remained like that.
"Now I know where I remember you from." Garrett couldn't help but to grin.
"Where?"
"My brother. He had died while saving an unconscious me from a cave. You sure do look like him. His name was Jordan."
Garrett and Sparklez had parted, so Garrett could help Jesse and the rest of the Order home while Sparklez walked home. Jesse and the gang were pretty much trapped on the bridge, but they were helped out when Jesse tossed her friends the lever. They stand in front of the portal and Jesse decides to say goodbye to Garrett and thank him for the help he's given them all.
"Dang. Stuff went down rather quick…" Lukas pointed out as Jesse pulled out the flint and steel.
"Yes. We got out there rather quick if it weren't for Garrett's suicide."
"Why, though?"
"He must've been threatened by Cassie or something." Petra shrugged, leaning against the wall.
"Hey, I heard you talking about me-" Garrett sprung from the ground as soon as the fire was lit, making Jesse jump back, startled. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you." he apologized as Lukas helped her up.
"Hey, we pretty much figured it all out. Soooooo, thanks." Petra gave Garrett a salute. Ivor laughs.
"That was quite the ride, though." Ivor grins.
"Yeah. You die and end up being a ghost." Lukas chuckles.
"Don't get all cocky now- I think this only happens with elemental masters. Sorry." Garrett shrugs. "But yeah, it sure was a ride. You can feel free to keep the portals book, but don't forget about giving my journal over to Raine, alright?" he pointed his finger at them all.
"We'll do as you asked, Garrett. Don't worry."
"If you're having trouble finding Raine- she's the water elemental. You'll know it when you see her. Or, if they say she isn't around, give it to Zoey. She's the ice elemental." Garrett quickly explained as Jesse lit up the portal.
"And I'm guessing it's goodbye, now?" Ivor raised an eyebrow. Garrett linked his hands behind his back, shrugging.
"Seems so. It won't be forever, I hope?"
"Naw, we'll pay you all a visit." Garrett laughs.
"Good."
Jesse allowed Petra, Ivor, and Lukas to go first. When she looked behind her at Garrett, Garrett gave her a smile and a wave. Jesse smiles and waved back before entering the portal.
Garrett smiles at the portal. He was happy no one else died. It was only him and hopefully Cassie Rose who had died that night. The man of fire slinked into the ground, disappearing from the wretched area and never coming up again until Sparklez and his group of friends set up a fire.
Jesse landed back on the cool stone floor of the portal hallway. The portal with the white and blue entrails stood out so clearly. But an explosion a little down the hallway distracted her. Lukas's eyes widened as he noticed the explosion came from the area where Garrett's portal was supposed to be.
"Come on, we better help whoever's there!" Petra exclaimed, leading the sprint down the hallway. They all arrived to find a woman with brown hair and blue streaks, holding onto a child with brown spiked hair. Next to her, pacing, was a man with blond hair.
"Are you all okay?" Jesse asks, slowly approaching as the others came to a stop behind her. The blond hair man looked at her, then stood in front of the woman and child quickly.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Jesse." Jesse introduced herself. "And my friends are all back there. Petra, Ivor, and Lukas."
"I'm Zane, and this is Raine. The kid is Ash." the blond spoke after a moment of contemplating. Jesse's eyes widened, looking back at her friends. Petra gave her a motion that said 'Give her the book!' Jesse looks down, then nodded, taking out the journal.
"Garrett said he wanted his journal to go to Raine." Jesse revealed it to the others. "No one opened it- we respected the privacy." Zane glanced back down at Raine, then stepped out of the way for Jesse to give her the journal.
"He's dead, isn't he?" Raine asks, a very blank look on her face as she stared straight into the wall, where a damaged portal stood. It was no longer activated.
"Raine, I-I'm so sorry." Jesse began, as Raine took the book. "He died to save me and my friends. He died to save innocent people from being brutally murdered in a mansion." she explained, and Jesse looked down at the kid.
"Wh-where's papa?" he asks, looking up at Jesse with a fearful expression on his face. Jesse's eyes widened, looking back at Petra. Garrett was married and had a kid. But he never mentioned them.
"Papa's in a better place now, baby." Raine sighs, setting the book by her legs as she pulled her son closer.
As Jesse comforted Garrett's family, Zane went over to the others.
"How long have you all be travelling through these portals?" He asks as he approached.
"Quite a while, actually." Ivor replied. "We're about to head home."
"Really?"
"Yes. Garrett gave us this book about Portals it's helping us find our way home."
"I'm assuming Garrett didn't get to carry out his mission in finding the Order of the Stone?"
"He did, actually." Petra nods. "We are the Order of the Stone." Zane just chuckles rather coldly.
"Well, he was a little too late-"
"Zane, it wasn't Garrett's fault that the world's fire lost control." Raine stood, walking up with Jesse and little Ash. "He's gone."
"You mean-"
"Yes, he's dead." Raine nods, holding onto the book.
"Hey, since your world it pretty much burnt to a crisp now-" Ivor began, making Lukas stomp on his foot.
"-You can stay with us in our world." Jesse offered. Zane chuckles, shaking his head.
"No, honestly, it's fine-"
"We insist. We were supposed to help you, right? Let's go!" Petra motioned towards the portal and Lukas led the way.
"Well, yes, but we don't want to be a burden." Raine encouraged.
"You won't! I'm sure surviving in our world is much similar to surviving in your world." Lukas gave them a grin.
"You sure?" Zane glanced at each and every one of them.
"Of course!" "Yeah, you wouldn't be a problem!"
"Alright…" Zane shrugs, looking back at Raine, who nodded.
"Awesome, let's go!" Ash had totally forgotten what had happened to his father and he dragged his mother along out of the portal.
"Thank you. We owe you so much." Raine planted her feet as she passed Jesse.
"Don't worry about it." Jesse shook her head, and Lukas and Petra jumped in through the portal. "Just go through the portal. It's quite easy." Jesse gave Raine a smile. Raine nods, and went through the portal after Zane did so. She had little Ash with her. Jesse followed, leaving Ivor to be the last.
Ivor turned to you, and winked.
"Adventure!" he exclaimed, before going through the portal.
And that's 'Soul Of A Firepit.' I hope you all enjoyed this last chapter! What'd you think of the twist? I decided to change some things last-minute, like the Ships and the Rating. Sorry if it got a little confusing.
Anyways, I deeply apologize if this seems like I didn't work on it. I mean, I tried, you know? Like I probably said before- I'm not as interested in this story now as I was back when I first published the first few chapters. But hey, this was a nice long chapter to end it off, huh?
Thank you all so much for reading and I will see YOU, in another story (that will not be a part of this series)...
CIAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!