Chapter 16: The Five Guardians

After Miecyzslaw had finished with Weaponry, she went to go find Alainia, Lurik, and Codie. She found them out by the tree next to the lake. She was then surprised to find that Pier was with them.

"What are you doing out here?" Miecyzslaw asked him when she got to the tree.

"What?" Pier looked startled and started messing with his blonde hair. "I don't get a hello?" He stood up and the two of them gave each other a friendly hug. "I'm so glad I'm hanging out with you guys again. I don't know how much longer I could stand all of Zoe's posse trying to be exactly like her." The group started laughing for Zoe and her posse just came marching out of the castle and the posse was making a bad attempt in trying to copy how Zoe walked exactly.

"Alainia," said Miecyzslaw walking over to the tree. "Did you tell them what we heard in the Council room yet?"
"No," she said. The three boys turned and looked at her. Taking a deep breath, Alainia started to explain what they were going to do. "You all know that I'm supposed to be queen just like my mum was." They all nodded. "Well, Satasan is still alive and he has been building an army for the past seven years. In that time, he now has enough winged demons, goblins, and who knows what else to take down the entire Guardian castle. In the Council room, Missy and I heard that the only people that can beat Satasan are us five."
"Actually," interrupted Miecyzslaw. "It was supposed to be me and Alainia, but they think that you three should be involved."  Alainia looked at her. "Sorry, continue."
"Anyways," she started again. "I think that we should go to the library and start preparing for the Battle that we're going to fight in. Jason and Bjorn are supposed to be on this stationary cloud with us and help us with the Battle. Jason said he's destined to die in the Battle and I think that this might be true because he's the youngest trainer ever and everything."
"That stinks," said Codie and Lurik at the same time.
"But it would be a good idea if we went to the library and read up all the battle formations, how to read and use runes, how to use swords and magic, and, of course, we need to freshen up on our water ball skills."
"And you and Lurik should work on your fire ball throwing," said Pier. "That way you can burn the goblins and winged demons and not just soak them to slow them down. Your fire balls could actually kill them."
"Yeah," piped up Lurik. "It's been a while since I've played with fire." The ground suddenly shook.
"What in the world?" shouted Codie. The rumbling came again. "Is there something wrong with the cloud?"
"I think the merpeople are making a storm!" shouted Miecyzslaw over the rumbling. "It's thunder!" And sure enough, they saw lighting pass overhead and a great big rumble followed. The group all covered their ears.
"Why are they doing this?!" called Alainia.
"I don't know!" called Miecyzslaw back. "But I'm going to find out!" and she ran straight into the lake and dove down into the depths once again. She swam as fast as she could and her breathing quickened with every stroke. Closer and closer she got to the underwater palace. It was just as she had remembered it. However, there was something a bit different. As Miecyzslaw swam over the gate and started to swim towards the castle, she saw that everything was diserted. Entering the castle, she ran for the throne room where she was hoping Bjorn's mother would be there.
"Hello?" she called out. "Is anyone there?" There was no answer. Cracking the door a little bit, she peeked inside. There was nobody in the throne room. "Where is everybody?" There was another rumbling, but a little louder. Walking up to the throne, Miecyzslaw looked around. Behind the throne there was a door that was shaking villontly. She opened it and looked inside the door and saw a clear window on the floor looking down on the world below. At the moment they were over an ocean.
"Wow," breathed Miecyzslaw. "I didn't think there would ever be something like this underwater." She looked around hoping to find some trace of the merpeople, but they were no where to be seen. Where could they have gone? She pictured a bunch of people with different colored tails lying dead on the sea floor. Some of them were bleeding or crying out in pain, but none of them were going to survive. Miecyzslaw shivered.

Thinking that she wasn't going to find anybody, Miecyzslaw made her way out of the castle and back up to the surface. The rumbling was still happening, but it wasn't as loud anymore. Looking up, she saw the whole group was looking at her.

"Did you find anything?" asked Pier. Miecyzslaw shook her head.

"There was nothing down there," Mieyzslaw tried to say calmly. "It was almost as though that the castle was a ruin and that the merpeople had become extinct. It was so weird. And then there was a room that I hadn't noticed before. It was behind the throne and it was really mysterious. There was a window floor that looked down below. I didn't think there would be something like that underwater, but this was strange. It felt as though the room was the one that was shaking, not the cloud."

"The room was shaking?" asked Alainia and Codie at the same time.

"How can that be?" asked Lurik. "Rooms can't shake...can they?"

"As far as I know," said Miecyzslaw. "In a world like this, it seems possible."

"Has anyone noticed that the rumbling has stopped?" asked Pier. And sure enough, there was no more rumbling and no more lightening. Pier and Alainia exchange glances. "Come on. If we're going to be ready for this big battle, we're going to need to get to the library." So the group got up and headed for the library.

Once they got there, Miecyzslaw went straight to the section about underwater creatures. Skimming the bookshelf, she finally found a book about merpeople. She searched through it and finally came up with something about the room. It said:

"Usually, the queen of the merpeople will have what is called The Room of the Living. The Room of the Living is a secret room that the queen may use whenever her people are in trouble to escape to the world below the cloud lakes they live in. The room will usually have a window on the bottom as though it were a floor and only merpeople can pass through it..."

It continued on and on. Apparently this Room of the Living was really important. Putting the book back on the shelf, Miecyzslaw went to go find the others. She found them gathered around a table each reading a different book. Randomly, she picked a book from the shelf and sat down next to Codie who was pouring over three different books which only contained runes.

"That a good book?" asked Miecyzslaw looking over his shoulder reading the page he was on. He looked up and smiled.

"I'm trying to figure out different combinations I can use with my water ball techniques," Codie explained. "Did you know that if I make the water ball spin fast enough I can make it into a water rope and use it as a whip?"

"Wow," said Lurik. "Alainia and I might be able to do that with a fire ball too, but we might want to check it out first, just in case." He nudged Alainia in the ribs and she whacked him in the stomach. When they were eight years old, Alainia had accedently set a tree on fire and Codie, Lurik, and Pier had to put it out together.

"Um," Alainia began. "Now that we're a group again, I thought maybe we should give ourselves a name."

"Yeah?" said Pier. "Like what?"

"I don't know," Alainia closed the book on different fighting stances. "I was hoping one of you guys would come up with an idea."

"How about this," said Codie. "The Royal Council. That way we sound more powerful than the Council of Races."

"Nah," Alainia waved her hand at him. "That sounds too...formal."

"I got one," piped in Miecyzslaw. "How about the Dragon Riders?"

"But not all of can ride our dragons yet," said Alainia. "And plus, I think there's a book called Dragon Riders."

"Here's a good one," said Pier. "The Five Guardians." The group nodded in agreement.

"Yeah," Alainia sat there thinking for a little bit. "I like that. It's not too formal and it doesn't sound like some story title."

"The Five Guardians it is," said Codie.

To be continued...

1:38 PM - Dec. 13, 2007 - post comment

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awsome

blogwriters668 - 5:58 PM - Dec. 13, 2007

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Cool!

Nice story!! Can't wait to read the next story!!

God Bless,
~*Mandie*~


~Merry Christmas~!!

Gratitude - 9:37 PM - Dec. 13, 2007

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Really good story, but Tyler does not act like that

Makenzie - 9:29 AM - Dec. 15, 2007

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Hey Becca!

Just thought I'd stop by and say.....

Merry Christmas!!!! I hope you and your family have a wonderful and blessed one as you celebrate Jesus' Birthday!

~Merry CHRISTmas~
~*Mandie*~

Gratitude - 10:07 AM - Dec. 24, 2007

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Hey

I just wanted to stop by and say......

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
I hope this year brings you and your family Happiness and Joy!
God Bless,
~*Mandie*~

Gratitude - 2:51 PM - Dec. 31, 2007

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