Chapter 3: The Race to the Eastern Sea

Chapter 3: The Race to the Eastern Sea

Sophia and Royon start to head back to Aisnoir in order to save Kyro and Keru from Ion and his goons. They know that they are going to have to get captured and outsmart them in order to make it out safely. Little did they know they had someone following close by to make sure they are not harmed? This mysterious cloaked man is hidden very well by the elements and will prove to be a very powerful ally. Ion knows that he is going to have to outsmart Aero in order to carry out his plan to bring their mother back and control of the entire kingdom.

“Aero won't be able to outsmart me, I will gain control of this land and plummet into darkness.” Ion thought

“Master we have discovered that Royon is coming to us so maybe we will be able to carry out the plans ahead of schedule being he also carrying your brother’s sword as well.” Death Strike said

“Bring the boy to me and kill who ever accompanies him. I want the boy as comfortable as we could make him being he is the guest of honor and will be the one who is going to plunge this world into darkness.” Ion said

“Very well master!” Death Strike said

“You here that boy, your friend is coming to me and I will gain control of this land very soon especially when I bring my mother back from the grave.” Ion said

“Royon will never join you or release your mother. He will be the one who will destroy you once and for all, even if I do something that will cause him to tap into his powers.” Kyro said

“Do you really think the boy will be able to stand up against my mother? I don’t have enough power to take on the boy when he is at full power but he won't be able to defeat my mother for she carries power beyond anyone on earth.” Ion said

Meanwhile in the desert waist land we find Sophia and Royon walking when a ferocious sand storm arises making it very hard to walk let alone see. They start to be attacked by gigantic sand worms and Death Strike. About 10 minutes later Death Strike finally captured Royon and Sophia and brought them to Aisnoir to be questioned.

“Well, well, well its Royon is it? Well I understand that you are here to save your friend Kyro. Now he has provided some very valuable information to me and I am now having him tortured. Now as far as the oldest teen I see he tried to protect him and he ended up loosing. He is being tortured and is almost dead; I don’t think he will survive the night. That’s what he get’s for going against me. Take these 2 to the lower dungeon and make sure they don’t escape.” Ion said

One of the nightmare soldiers took Royon and Sophia to the bottom of the dungeon where they both waited for the right time to strike. Sophia and Royon were both discussing how they were going to free Kyro and Keru from the grips of Ion and his minions.

“I think we should go after Keru first for he is closer and he is in worse shape than Kyro.” Sophia said

“I don’t think that is a good idea because something is wrong with Kyro and besides he is my friend.” Royon said

“I know Kyro is your friend but you can't risk putting him in danger yet, if you just storm in there with out a plan they could end up hurting him or even killing him.” Sophia said

“So it is alright for us to risk Keru but not alright to risk Kyro when they both are in danger.” Royon said

“No it is not alright to risk either one but don’t forget Keru tried to protect Kyro and he is currently in more danger than Kyro is at the moment, that is why we should go after him first.” Sophia said

“I don’t care right now the only reason I am here is to save my friend from Ion.” Royon said

“I want to save him to for he is my youngest brother, I had sent him along with you to the care of Abel 10 years ago to protect you 2 from my other brother Death Strike.” Sophia said out of anger

“YOU ARE RELATED TO THAT MONSTER AND SO IS Kyro! Does he know that part of his family is evil?” Royon asked

“Yes we are related and no Kyro doesn’t know anything about our family or that he has a brother and 2 sisters in which one died by the hands on her brother when he attacked the family. Death Strike killed our parents and his sister because Ion corrupted him and turned him against us all. I knew that I had to get you and Kyro away from him before he killed you 2 so I brought you to Abel for protection.” Sophia said in shame of her family’s past

‘The more the reason to get Kyro away from Death Strike and Ion, if you feel so strongly on rescuing Keru go ahead I am going to go save my best friend.” Royon said

Royon ran back to where he knew Kyro was and Sophia cursed underneath her breath and went to save Keru from the torture chamber. Meanwhile Death Strike is watching over Kyro and planted the dark seed into him in order to carry out the plan.

“Don’t worry little brother you soon will join me to turn this land into a dark empire.” Death Strike said to the sleeping boy

Royon rushes into the chamber where Kyro and Death Strike was and tapped into his powers and blasted Death Strike sending him flying across the room. Royon then grabs his best friend and goes to look for Sophia and finds her in the middle of a battle with Stephen. Royon then sets his brother down and joins into the battle with Stephen. Stephen managed to use his power and directed it to Kyro hoping to eliminate him once and for all but Royon jumped in the way of the blast sending him into the wall. Death Strike then joins with Stephen to help out with the battle. A mysterious cloaked figure taps into his power and blasts both Death Strike and Stephen into the wall then grabs Kyro and Keru leading the way out of the castle.

Death Strike manages to recover and goes after them and before Royon leaves he then sends out a dark seed into Royon and it nearly made him faint. Royon made it out side and told them that he was hit by something and they all started to head away from the castle.

“My name is Haven and I was sent here from my master to help out in this war and the elves are at your disposal. We will assist to restore peace like we did during the first war and we will assist again in this war as well.” Haven said

‘Well I think we should be heading far away from this area as we can, right now we are in great danger and I recommend that we use speed and the elements to disguise us from the attacks. Right now we want to head to Airoil Lake and meet up with our friends who are waiting upon our return”. Sophia said

“You are a smart girl keep your bow and arrows at alert and we shall make our way to Airoil Lake.” Haven said

Haven, Sophia, Royon and the 2 fallen boys heads to Airoil Lake and while they are there they head through the southern region to use the trees as their disguise. In the middle of the journey Royon collapses from exhaustion and from the dark seed that struck him in the back. They end up making camp in the middle of the woods and Haven then inspected the boys to see where the problem was in both Royon and Kyro.

“I think I have found where the problem is; do you see this black spot in the middle of Royon’s back?” Haven asked

“Yeah what is it?” Sophia asked

“It is a dark seed, a very powerful and ancient dark magic that slowly paralyzes its victims and then sends black vines through out the body slowly turning them evil and it is painful for the victims especially if they are very powerful. We have to hurry and cleanse them in the eastern lake or they will be too far gone and we won't be able to save them.” Haven said

‘Well let’s start to move we don’t have much time before they are under Ion’s control.” Sophia said

“I will take Kyro and Keru and head to the eastern lake, do you mind taking Royon and try to keep up for I am going to be using high speed.” Haven said

“Just go, don’t worry about me I will get Royon there safely.’ Sophia said

Meanwhile in Ion’s castle we find both Stephen and Death Strike in Ion’s Chamber getting yelled at for their failures.

‘How hard is it to stand up against 2 children who are knocked out one child who barely could use his powers and an annoying girl who shouldn’t have been a problem? You 2 have more power and you still managed to get knocked out.” Ion yelled

“Master I managed to infect my brother before I was blasted and knocked out the first time. I also managed to infect that boy Royon before he escaped and I passed out the second time.” Death Strike said

“Well at least it was not a total waist but I should have been able to control their powers and use them at my will not allowing them to escape.” Ion said

“Master there was a mysterious cloaked figure who interfered and Death Strike over here was no help.” Stephen said

“If it wasn’t for me you would have been dead by now and I was the one who implanted the dark seeds into them.” Death Strike said

‘It is not hard to insert a couple of dark seeds into them.” Stephen said

“Well if it is not hard to do that then what did you do besides get blasted.” Death Strike said

“ENOUGH YOU BOTH ARE A BUNCH OF NO GOOD IDIOTS WHO BOTH FAILED AND IF IT WASN’T FOR DEATH STRIKE THEN I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS IN CONTROLING THEM. Now Aria please come in and give me a status report.” Ion said

“The southern hemisphere is falling and you will be able to control it with in a couple of days.” Aria said

“Very good now all 3 of you leave me at once!” Ion said

Stephen and Death Strike left then Aria followed we find her talking to her self under a split personality through the mirror.

“Well brother enjoy following Ion for it will be your down fall, you better make a decision because once Ion releases his mother she will kill no matter what side you are on.” Aria said

“You are still playing a rogue spy I see, well soon you will get caught and when that happens you better be prepared.” Arianna said

“You think that they will be able to win against the boy and my twin brother.” Aria said

“Well I am just your voice of reason; I am only here to ensure your own existence now what ever side you choose I will still nag at you but like you said you will have to choose and I know you will be able to reunite your family even though they all think you are dead. Even your brother doesn’t suspect that you are in fact Arianna.” Arianna said

‘He will soon and I hope that when he does he will find the light because I have seen his down fall and it is when the queen of darkness is revived.” Aria said

Meanwhile we find Haven and Sophia making their way to the eastern lake where they will find their friends in the midst of a battle. Several rogue monsters attacked them while they were waiting for Royon and Sophia’s return. Royon then wakes up and is enraged at the fact that these creatures are attacking his friends and without realizing that he is doing so he taps into his powers and destroys the rogue monsters causing the dark spot on his back to start to spread into black veins stretching through his back and causing him severe pain. The pain comes to much for him making him pass out which stops the veins from spreading.

Haven then explains what happened to both Royon and Kyro while they were in Ion’s dark castle. Abel then uses a powerful herb to slow the process of the dark seed from spreading but it has no effect on Kyro for the dark seed nearly engulfed his back. Scott then takes all 3 boys onto the ship as Night Hawk and Karo appears behind them telling them about the southern hemisphere and how it is nearly destroyed.

‘I must get back to the southern hemisphere I shall return soon.” Haven said

“You can't the southern hemisphere is no longer there, all the elves moved out of the southern hemisphere and are now in the northern hemisphere. This lake and the northern hemisphere are the only regions that have not been destroyed.” Karo said

“What about the other people in the southern hemisphere, where are they?” Haven asked

‘Our people tried to protect them but our magic was not enough to save them.” Karo said

“We managed to save some of the races from the south but right now they are in the northern hemisphere and that is where we are heading, we heard about the 2 boys and I will help cleanse one of them. Which one is worse off; I will take him to the center island and cleanse him there.” Night Hawk said

‘Kyro is far worse off than Royon and Royon should be easy to cleanse and I will take him for I am not as skilled as you when doing this.” Haven said

Night Hawk took Kyro and Sophia said she was coming as well and they went to the island in the middle of the lake to cleanse him. The ship took off and they all started to head to the northern country in order to join the survivors and build an army to fight against Ion and Aisnoir. We now find black clouds rolling over the lake and Scott predicted a White Squall approaching and they would have to sail through is.

“I predict a very nasty storm approaching and we must prepare for it.” Scott said

“How nasty of a storm is it?” Abel asked

“I sense a White Squall approaching rapidly and we must tie anything we might loose down and we don’t have long before the storm hits. We have about 3 days before we enter the storm.” Scott said

‘Well let’s start preparing for the storm.” Abel said

They all start to tie things down and by the third day the winds rapidly increase and is ranging from 50 to 100 miles per hour which is causing the water to become very violent tossing the ship back and forth and then causes Tora to get thrown over board and pulled underneath the water.

“We must save her; I am not leaving her behind.” Royon said

“It is too late for I don’t know where she is in this storm.” Haven said

‘Then I will do it for I love her.” Royon said

“Royon no it is too dangerous and you could be killed.” Scott said

“I don’t care we are not going to abandon her because of a storm. What if it was me in there would you jump in and save me?” Royon asked

“Yes of coarse because you are the one who will end this war.” Haven said

“Then why not her, she is apart of this crew and we are leaving her behind. If you won't save her then I am going to.” Royon said

‘No Royon it is too dangerous.” Scott said

“I don’t care!” Royon said

‘Let him do it I know he is a very good swimmer and I have faith in him.” Abel said

Royon removed his sword and armor and then dove into the lake and into the choppy water. 5 minutes later Royon resurfaces with an unconscious girl and was pulled aboard the ship and Karo then restored the life back into Tora. Meanwhile at the island the storm hasn’t reached them there yet and both Sophia and Night Hawk tried to hold off a raging little boy who had a lot of strength, anger and rage.

‘Kyro please we are here to help you, please stop this and allow us to help you.” Sophia pleaded

“You BITCH you did this to me and you will pay.” Kyro said as he hit Sophia so hard she nearly started to cry.

“That is it I am not going to take you hitting me, you want to fight then take this.” Sophia said as she punched Kyro square in the nose causing it to bleed.

When Sophia punched Kyro in the nose it only caused more rage and with the rage the black veins were spreading more and nearly covered his body. As the black veins spread it caused Kyro so much pain and that caused more rage. Kyro and Sophia went at it for Sophia was enraged at the sight of her baby brother and knew this was Death Strike’s fault. She then pulled out her sword that glowed a bright light blue and was about to drive it into Kyro to end the darkness in his heart when Night Hawk prevented her from doing so.

In the process he managed to knock Kyro out and then tied him to a tree and then both Sophia and Night Hawk took shelter in a cave and then protected it from the elements. The storm raged on and hit the island so hard that the entire island was under water except the top of the tree Kyro was tied to. Kyro screamed in pain for the darkness was starting to leave his body and then about a day later Kyro turned back to normal but was low on energy and suffered still from the dark seed that is in him. The dark seed has no control over him now but he still felt the pain it caused him and he will carry it with him for life. Sophia and Night Hawk packed up everything and started to head to where the others were. 3 days later they all finally caught up to the ship and warned them about Ion’s Army trying to break into the lake and are succeeding.

“We must protect the lake from the dark forces from entering for if they access the lake then we will have no source of water ways. Royon must tap into his powers and protect the lake with us.” Night Hawk said

‘I don’t think it is wise for he can't control his powers yet he could end up killing us in the process.” Scott said

“He is the only one who has enough power to strengthen the seal that protects the lake and we will be using our powers to make sure he doesn’t loose control either.’ Haven said

“We have about a day before the barrier is shattered and they have control of the lake.” Night Hawk said

“It is too risky for him to tap into that much power when he can't control it yet.” Scott said

“I believe in him and I know he will be able to strengthen the seal. I won't let him loose control for I balance him out.” Said a weak Kyro

“Abel what do you think?” Scott asked

“I think it should be up to the boy, for he is the one in the end will have to make the decision anyways.” Abel said

“Fine we will let the boy decide.’ Scott said angrily for not having someone to agree with him.

‘Royon we need you to come here and help us out.’ Abel said

“Yes Abel how can I help?” Royon asked

“You are going to have to make a decision in which is very risky either way. You are the only one who has enough power to strengthen the barrier around the lake to prevent the nightmare soldiers from shattering it and breaking through. Now you don’t have to if you don’t want to or you can try to tap into all of your powers to strengthen it. Haven, Karo, Night Hawk, and Kyro will use their power to assist you in doing so if you decide to use that power.” Abel said

“What will happen if the nightmare soldiers break through the barrier?” Royon said

“We will loose the lake as a water source and we won't be able to control it anymore.” Haven said

“I will do it now what do I have to do in order to strengthen the barrier?” Royon asked

Haven, Night Hawk and Karo surrounded Kyro and Royon saying 3 different chants while Royon concentrated on his powers he started to glow a bright white and then started to chant to strengthen the barrier. Kyro was focusing on keeping his best friend from loosing control. About 10 minutes later Royon was able to strengthen the barrier and the only way to break is if Royon dies or becomes evil. Meanwhile both Stephen and Death Strike were focusing on destroying the barrier but they lacked the power to destroy the barrier. They then returned back to Ion and told him the news and he was not happy with then so he fired a powerful attack at them to punish them but not powerful enough to kill them.

“You insolent fool I told you to capture the lake and whoever is on the lake to prevent them from reaching the northern hemisphere and you couldn’t do that. I gave you enough power to shatter that barrier and you couldn’t even do that. You 2 are worthless and I will not go easy on you next time you fail me.” Ion said

Both Death Strike and Stephen left the chamber knowing they can't mess up any more or they will end up dead. Ion then reduced them to guard duty so they won't screw up anymore. Aria was still at the eastern sea knowing that she would have to report soon but she was hoping that Death Strike & Stephen wouldn’t come back but she knew that it wouldn’t happen the way she wanted it to go. A half hour later Death Strike and Stephen returned and she knew she would have to break down the barrier.

“I am going to have to steal your powers and energy in order to allow us to pass through the barrier.” Aria said

“What? No we will destroy the barrier without you so bug off.” Stephen said

“Fine have it that way but I can bet that Ion will not be happy about this information that you failed him again.” Aria said

Stephen and Death Strike shuddered at the thought of Ion again and then they finally agreed to the idea. Aria then started to concentrate and in the process she weakened her companions and shattered the barrier to the eastern sea. With in a few moments later they started to make their way to where Royon and his companions were. They attacked the ship knowing that they would finally be able to destroy those pests once and for all.

“What is going on?” Royon asked

“We are on the ship still and the dark army is making their way to where we are. We have to go faster in order to make it to the northern sea before they destroy us.” Haven said

Night Hawk, Karo, and Haven start chanting over and over to call upon the wind to help them increase their speed in order to avoid being destroyed but it didn’t help for the dark army was tailing them.

“We have to abandon the ship and get to the northern region fast.” Night Hawk said

Slowly they all abandon the ship and started to sneak out of the danger but Night Hawk and Royon stayed behind to provide cover for their friends and when a giant blast came and destroyed the ship but they were able to get off the ship just in time.