Oh thank the gods, I can finally update! Sorry it took so long but I'm
having those awful exams at the moment so I don't have much time to write.
Messages to some reviewers:
- Melon3: Sorry to disapoint you but all the character names and personality's are trademarks (see added disclaimer in chapter 1) I have only made the plot.
- FIRESTARTED I HAVE NO SHAME SO SUE: I would love to have a long discussion with you about wether or not the series is gay, but please note that the review section is not a public forum. If you are writing a review, please make sure that it is about my story. (feel free to say that my writing sucks, becasue it propably does, but dont start discusions on the series.)
To Recap: Eldred went to the ethereal realm to speak with the gods. They are curious about the strange young man who called himself Merlock. Persephone has dispatched Eldred to find him and bring him to the ethereal realm.
Chapter 3: Home sweet Home
With a smack Eldred crashed on the top of the small hill where he had desperately fought against the Ragman not so long ago. "Damn it," he mumbled while crawling back up to his feet. "Yes well, you should practice your landing a bit more perhaps." "Shut up Zyzyx, you know I hate to teleport." "It wouldn't be that annoying if you just practiced it a bit more." "Oh save me the lectures please! Now, the last time we saw him he went into that wood." Eldred pointed to a dense forest. "Strange, I sense an unusual amount of magical energy here." "It is the Daven forest," Zyzyx explained. "This forest is the home of the Fylyds, a race of holy warriors dedicated to the goddess." "Ah, that explains."
Eldred started moving towards the forest and Zyzyx followed him. After an hour they reached an open spot. Zyzyx suddenly spoke up: "I have a bad feeling about this." "Why, what is wrong?" Eldred asked. "This looks like a good place for an ambush." "I don't see anything unusual," Eldred said, determined not to let some delusional imp preventing him from doing his duty. "Let's go." After a few minutes however Eldred once again had to acknowledge that Zyzyx was right. In a matter of seconds they were surrounded by men armed with bows and short swords. "I hate to say I told you so." Zyzyx mocked. "Then don't." Eldred grumbled.
"Halt!" shouted one of them, apparently the leader, "What is your purpose here?" "I am here on behalf of Persephone, stand down!" Eldred spoke, as if he were in charge of the large body of men surrounding them. "If you truly are a servant of our goddess then speak up, why do you trespass in this holy forest?" "A stranger passed through these woods not long ago, and it is my task to find him and bring him to the ethereal realm." "Aye, a stranger did indeed pass through here not long ago." The leader then turned to his men, "It is alright men, they are not hostile, stand down." The fylyds immediately followed his orders.
"Where is he now?" Eldred asked. "He did not appear to be hostile," the fylyd leader replied, "so we allowed him to trespass. He assured us that he meant no harm and was only looking for some shelter for the night. He went into the direction of the lake in the centre of the forest to catch some fish for his evening supper." "Where is that lake?" "About an hours walk south ways." "Right, well we don't want to disturb you any further so we will take our leave now, thank you for your help." "Then we wish you good luck, and may the goddess preserve you. Strength and honour!" The fylyd leader saluted by turning his right hand into a fist and holding it to his left chest. This was the traditional fylyd way of saying goodbye. "Strength and honour!" Eldred replied, and started moving south ways towards the lake where he would find the person he was looking for.
After an hours walk they arrived at the lake, but there was nothing there. "Well, it looks like he has moved on already," Zyzyx said. "Well he can't be far.... Hush!" "What is it?" "Listen!" Someone was singing. "Its coming from there," Eldred pointed towards an open spot between the trees. When they arrived there however, they could not see anyone. "Look!" Zyzyx suddenly exclaimed. At the base of a large oak sat an owl. This was of course not unusual but in this case the owl wore glasses and was reading a book. Hearing Zyzyx shouting the owl looked up. "Oh, good heavens, I'm sorry, I did not hear you coming," the owl spoke. "It speaks!" Zyzyx exclaimed with astonishment. The owl frowned. "Yes of course I can speak!" "Zyzyx!" Eldred exclaimed, "Forgive us, we did not want to be rude, it's just that we have never seen an talking owl before." "You know," the owl spoke, "that is the second time today that someone is surprised to hear me speak, it's getting a bit annoying. Anyway, how can I help you?"
"We are looking for someone who calls himself Merlock, he must have passed by here not too long ago," Eldred replied. The owl frowned, "Merlock you say eh? What do you want from him?" "You know him?" Eldred asked. "Yes, he happens to be my master and my best friend." "You are his familiar then?" Zyzyx asked, pleased to meat a colleague. "Yes," the owl replied, "and again I ask you what it is that you want from him?" "We mean your master no harm," Eldred said, "we have been send by the gods, they want to speak with him. "Gods?" the owl asked. "Yes, this world is dominated by the five Devine ones." "How peculiar, this must be the first time we visited a world where gods exist." "Would you be so kind as to show us where we can find him?" "Yes of course, by the way my name is Archimedes." ()
(authors note, I know, I know, Bindi is not appearing in this story for the simple reason that I hate that meddling pink little cretin. As long as I am the author of this story she will be banned from it, Muhahahaha.)
The owl led them to another open spot where Merlock was buisy gathering logs to make a fire. "Master, there are people here to see you," the owl said. "Well hello again," Merlock said, "I am affraid that I cannot offer you any tea or so because I have not quite finnished installing myself here." "No that is fine, Eldred replied, "Actually we did not come here to visit you." "Oh", Merlock said, "that's a pity. I assume that you have other reasons to be here then." "We have been ordered by the gods to find you" Eldred explained. "Gods?" Merlock looked surprised. "Yes, they told me that this world is ruled by five divine forces" Archimedes said, "how absurd." "Hmm," Merlock said, "I have never had the honour of meating a real god, much less five of them." "Well anyway, they want to speak with you, so they ordered us to find you and bring you before them." "Well, since they are the rulers of this world I will respect their wish. Let me get my belongings and then we can go." Merlock fetched his cane and his cape while Archimedes took his place on his shoulder. "Allright, lead the way." "Hold on to me", Eldred said. "Excuse me?" "We can only reach them by teleportation so you will have to hold on to me." "Ah, alright", Merlock said while grabbing Eldred's shoulder. "Hold on, here we go." With in the blink of an eye, Merlock, Eldred, Zyzyx and Archimedes were gone.
As soon as Merlock felt hard ground underneath his feet, he inmediately sank to his knees. He could not see anything and he felt like he was going to faint. Then someone grabbed him by his shoulder. "Don't be affraid," Eldred's familiar voice said. "W-What is happening?" "Your body is not used to teleportation yet, you will feel better in a moment." After a few minutes, Merlock's sight recovered and he felt less dizzy. "Now you understand why I hate teleporting", Eldred smiled. "Feeling better?" "Y- Yes", Merlock said while Eldred helped him back on his feet. He hated feeling helpless and weak.
After a few more minutes Merlock felt srong enough to walk. Eldred lead him to the small valley where the god's had their meetings. Everyone of them except Charnel was waiting for them. "Good to see ya," James said with his farmer-like accent, "This the one that messed up that ragman blighter?" "Aye, this is my friend Merlock." "Be welcomed here stranger," Persephone said. "The honour is all mine", Merlock said while making a graceful bow. "You are new to this world, but you are already competing with the forces of darkness, and we are very grateful for your vigilence." Persephone spoke. "I did not want to put up a fight, but I could'nt bare to see those innocent people suffer. So I had to use my powers against that other wizard." "And your powers are superb", Stratos said, "tell me, why does one so powerful come to this world? "One would think such a person would have a reason." "I was send by the people of my homeworld to explore the other worlds and realms in this universe,"Merlock explained, "that is why I am here." "So you are an explorer then eh?" Pyro asked. "Yes." "But still you have saved many of my followers", Persephone said", Those who fight our enemy's must be rewarded. Choose whatever you like. "Permission to explore this world is all that I ask." "Well, I dunno 'bout the others, but if you wanna visit my lands, go ahead." James said. "Well, I think that most of us would be eager to help you with your task, right?" Stratos said. "Exploration and discovery is a keyword in my book," Pyro said, so feel free to visit my realm." "If it is the secrets of this world that you wish to unfold, then I shall help you all I can." Persephone said. "I thank you," Merlock said, "and I look forward to visit each realm, and learn of its secrets." "Then go with Eldred, he will take you back to the Daven forest so you can start your travels." Merlock bowed, and then moved towards Eldred, Zyzyx and Archimedes. He grabbed Eldred's shoulder and thefour of them teleported away.
Meanwhile, one of Stratos's followers gated in. "We must act with discretion now," Stratos whispered to his follower", nobody may know that...." "Err, what's that your mumblin Stratos?" James asked. "Oh, nothing of any importance, just some reviewing some defensive strategies."
Well, that was chapter three. I know that it is terribly cliched, and I sure hope that the next one will be better. Please don't flame me. My English isn't that good and it is my first fic.
It is also time to make a poll. I'm going to let you decide how to continue. You have two options:
Make a detailed report of Merlocks travels (chapter will be long and decriptive),
or 2) Just get on with the story.
It is your choice.
Please R&R.
Messages to some reviewers:
- Melon3: Sorry to disapoint you but all the character names and personality's are trademarks (see added disclaimer in chapter 1) I have only made the plot.
- FIRESTARTED I HAVE NO SHAME SO SUE: I would love to have a long discussion with you about wether or not the series is gay, but please note that the review section is not a public forum. If you are writing a review, please make sure that it is about my story. (feel free to say that my writing sucks, becasue it propably does, but dont start discusions on the series.)
To Recap: Eldred went to the ethereal realm to speak with the gods. They are curious about the strange young man who called himself Merlock. Persephone has dispatched Eldred to find him and bring him to the ethereal realm.
Chapter 3: Home sweet Home
With a smack Eldred crashed on the top of the small hill where he had desperately fought against the Ragman not so long ago. "Damn it," he mumbled while crawling back up to his feet. "Yes well, you should practice your landing a bit more perhaps." "Shut up Zyzyx, you know I hate to teleport." "It wouldn't be that annoying if you just practiced it a bit more." "Oh save me the lectures please! Now, the last time we saw him he went into that wood." Eldred pointed to a dense forest. "Strange, I sense an unusual amount of magical energy here." "It is the Daven forest," Zyzyx explained. "This forest is the home of the Fylyds, a race of holy warriors dedicated to the goddess." "Ah, that explains."
Eldred started moving towards the forest and Zyzyx followed him. After an hour they reached an open spot. Zyzyx suddenly spoke up: "I have a bad feeling about this." "Why, what is wrong?" Eldred asked. "This looks like a good place for an ambush." "I don't see anything unusual," Eldred said, determined not to let some delusional imp preventing him from doing his duty. "Let's go." After a few minutes however Eldred once again had to acknowledge that Zyzyx was right. In a matter of seconds they were surrounded by men armed with bows and short swords. "I hate to say I told you so." Zyzyx mocked. "Then don't." Eldred grumbled.
"Halt!" shouted one of them, apparently the leader, "What is your purpose here?" "I am here on behalf of Persephone, stand down!" Eldred spoke, as if he were in charge of the large body of men surrounding them. "If you truly are a servant of our goddess then speak up, why do you trespass in this holy forest?" "A stranger passed through these woods not long ago, and it is my task to find him and bring him to the ethereal realm." "Aye, a stranger did indeed pass through here not long ago." The leader then turned to his men, "It is alright men, they are not hostile, stand down." The fylyds immediately followed his orders.
"Where is he now?" Eldred asked. "He did not appear to be hostile," the fylyd leader replied, "so we allowed him to trespass. He assured us that he meant no harm and was only looking for some shelter for the night. He went into the direction of the lake in the centre of the forest to catch some fish for his evening supper." "Where is that lake?" "About an hours walk south ways." "Right, well we don't want to disturb you any further so we will take our leave now, thank you for your help." "Then we wish you good luck, and may the goddess preserve you. Strength and honour!" The fylyd leader saluted by turning his right hand into a fist and holding it to his left chest. This was the traditional fylyd way of saying goodbye. "Strength and honour!" Eldred replied, and started moving south ways towards the lake where he would find the person he was looking for.
After an hours walk they arrived at the lake, but there was nothing there. "Well, it looks like he has moved on already," Zyzyx said. "Well he can't be far.... Hush!" "What is it?" "Listen!" Someone was singing. "Its coming from there," Eldred pointed towards an open spot between the trees. When they arrived there however, they could not see anyone. "Look!" Zyzyx suddenly exclaimed. At the base of a large oak sat an owl. This was of course not unusual but in this case the owl wore glasses and was reading a book. Hearing Zyzyx shouting the owl looked up. "Oh, good heavens, I'm sorry, I did not hear you coming," the owl spoke. "It speaks!" Zyzyx exclaimed with astonishment. The owl frowned. "Yes of course I can speak!" "Zyzyx!" Eldred exclaimed, "Forgive us, we did not want to be rude, it's just that we have never seen an talking owl before." "You know," the owl spoke, "that is the second time today that someone is surprised to hear me speak, it's getting a bit annoying. Anyway, how can I help you?"
"We are looking for someone who calls himself Merlock, he must have passed by here not too long ago," Eldred replied. The owl frowned, "Merlock you say eh? What do you want from him?" "You know him?" Eldred asked. "Yes, he happens to be my master and my best friend." "You are his familiar then?" Zyzyx asked, pleased to meat a colleague. "Yes," the owl replied, "and again I ask you what it is that you want from him?" "We mean your master no harm," Eldred said, "we have been send by the gods, they want to speak with him. "Gods?" the owl asked. "Yes, this world is dominated by the five Devine ones." "How peculiar, this must be the first time we visited a world where gods exist." "Would you be so kind as to show us where we can find him?" "Yes of course, by the way my name is Archimedes." ()
(authors note, I know, I know, Bindi is not appearing in this story for the simple reason that I hate that meddling pink little cretin. As long as I am the author of this story she will be banned from it, Muhahahaha.)
The owl led them to another open spot where Merlock was buisy gathering logs to make a fire. "Master, there are people here to see you," the owl said. "Well hello again," Merlock said, "I am affraid that I cannot offer you any tea or so because I have not quite finnished installing myself here." "No that is fine, Eldred replied, "Actually we did not come here to visit you." "Oh", Merlock said, "that's a pity. I assume that you have other reasons to be here then." "We have been ordered by the gods to find you" Eldred explained. "Gods?" Merlock looked surprised. "Yes, they told me that this world is ruled by five divine forces" Archimedes said, "how absurd." "Hmm," Merlock said, "I have never had the honour of meating a real god, much less five of them." "Well anyway, they want to speak with you, so they ordered us to find you and bring you before them." "Well, since they are the rulers of this world I will respect their wish. Let me get my belongings and then we can go." Merlock fetched his cane and his cape while Archimedes took his place on his shoulder. "Allright, lead the way." "Hold on to me", Eldred said. "Excuse me?" "We can only reach them by teleportation so you will have to hold on to me." "Ah, alright", Merlock said while grabbing Eldred's shoulder. "Hold on, here we go." With in the blink of an eye, Merlock, Eldred, Zyzyx and Archimedes were gone.
As soon as Merlock felt hard ground underneath his feet, he inmediately sank to his knees. He could not see anything and he felt like he was going to faint. Then someone grabbed him by his shoulder. "Don't be affraid," Eldred's familiar voice said. "W-What is happening?" "Your body is not used to teleportation yet, you will feel better in a moment." After a few minutes, Merlock's sight recovered and he felt less dizzy. "Now you understand why I hate teleporting", Eldred smiled. "Feeling better?" "Y- Yes", Merlock said while Eldred helped him back on his feet. He hated feeling helpless and weak.
After a few more minutes Merlock felt srong enough to walk. Eldred lead him to the small valley where the god's had their meetings. Everyone of them except Charnel was waiting for them. "Good to see ya," James said with his farmer-like accent, "This the one that messed up that ragman blighter?" "Aye, this is my friend Merlock." "Be welcomed here stranger," Persephone said. "The honour is all mine", Merlock said while making a graceful bow. "You are new to this world, but you are already competing with the forces of darkness, and we are very grateful for your vigilence." Persephone spoke. "I did not want to put up a fight, but I could'nt bare to see those innocent people suffer. So I had to use my powers against that other wizard." "And your powers are superb", Stratos said, "tell me, why does one so powerful come to this world? "One would think such a person would have a reason." "I was send by the people of my homeworld to explore the other worlds and realms in this universe,"Merlock explained, "that is why I am here." "So you are an explorer then eh?" Pyro asked. "Yes." "But still you have saved many of my followers", Persephone said", Those who fight our enemy's must be rewarded. Choose whatever you like. "Permission to explore this world is all that I ask." "Well, I dunno 'bout the others, but if you wanna visit my lands, go ahead." James said. "Well, I think that most of us would be eager to help you with your task, right?" Stratos said. "Exploration and discovery is a keyword in my book," Pyro said, so feel free to visit my realm." "If it is the secrets of this world that you wish to unfold, then I shall help you all I can." Persephone said. "I thank you," Merlock said, "and I look forward to visit each realm, and learn of its secrets." "Then go with Eldred, he will take you back to the Daven forest so you can start your travels." Merlock bowed, and then moved towards Eldred, Zyzyx and Archimedes. He grabbed Eldred's shoulder and thefour of them teleported away.
Meanwhile, one of Stratos's followers gated in. "We must act with discretion now," Stratos whispered to his follower", nobody may know that...." "Err, what's that your mumblin Stratos?" James asked. "Oh, nothing of any importance, just some reviewing some defensive strategies."
Well, that was chapter three. I know that it is terribly cliched, and I sure hope that the next one will be better. Please don't flame me. My English isn't that good and it is my first fic.
It is also time to make a poll. I'm going to let you decide how to continue. You have two options:
Make a detailed report of Merlocks travels (chapter will be long and decriptive),
or 2) Just get on with the story.
It is your choice.
Please R&R.