Calm Before The Storm
"And that's how we found our way home after weeks of searching! The Order of the Stone was triumphant in their adventures! And made sure that anyone in need would be rescued without hesitation!" Jesse finished. She was telling a story to children in the library.
"Wow!" a little girl gasped. "You seriously did all that? I wanna be just like you when I grow up!" she giggled.
"As if! Dori, I'll be a famous hero! And you'll be my rival!" a boy laughed. Dori, the girl, frowned.
"I'm sure you'd all make fine heroes! But it takes more than that; to be a hero, you need bravery, kindness, honesty, justice and most important of all, friendship. Without someone by your side, you won't be able to climb a steep hill that blocks your path." Jesse advised.
"She's got that right." Lukas came in. "If we didn't have each member of our Order with us, we wouldn't be as functional as we are whole."
"But Axel and Olivia were gone for a while." a girl reminded.
"Maybe. But ultimately, we need each other to be the Order Of The Stone. Axel and Olivia helped us in the Games. I wouldn't have been here in the first place if we weren't a team." Jesse explained.
A girl put her hand up.
"Jesse, have you ever kissed somebody else in the Order?" she asked.
"Ew! Miku!" a group of kids cringed.
"What? I just want to know!" Miku blushed.
"Well... nobody in the Order has had a kiss yet, but who knows in the future?" Lukas laughed, rubbing his neck. Jesse smiled.
"That's it for today! We might be back soon though!" Jesse got up from her seat as the kids groaned.
"But Jesse! We want to hear more stories!" one of the boys groaned.
"What is there to tell? I just told you pretty much all our adventures! Also, your parents will be waiting!" Jesse reminded. All the kids filed out.
"Wow. So, what now?" Lukas asked. "I mean, we don't have anything else planned for the day, so what do we do?".
"Jesse! Lukas!" Olivia came running up to them. "I found something amazing! Apparently there's a temple that holds a map. This map leads to a special hidden artefact that has the ability to alter reality!" Olivia was on the brink of fainting again she was so excited.
"Altering reality? That's something that really shouldn't end up in the wrong hands..." Lukas nodded.
"And besides; how long has it been since we raided a temple? Sure we went on that crazy adventure with the Portal Network and Old Builders, but some good old looting is fun!" Axel agreed.
"Then I guess we're heading for the map! Olivia, lead the way! Wait... where's Petra?" Jesse asked.
Petra suddenly came up the library hall.
"We have a problem." she looked anxious.
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"Whoa. What on Earth could have caused this?" Jesse breathed at the sight.
A huge crater that smelled of smoke was in the center of town. Some of the surrounding buildings were also damaged lightly on the walls.
"Something big, that's for sure." Olivia observed the hole.
"It appeared this afternoon! Nobody knows what caused it." a townsperson explained.
"We need to find out what it was. Come on. We'll go to that temple afterwards." Petra sighed.
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"So we asked around, and nobody really knows what happened. All we got is that the hole appeared and smelt smoky, like there was a fire. But there was no sign of any way it could catch fire..." Axel frowned when they all gathered back at the scene.
"Maybe somebody lit a TNT here by accident and didn't admit it?" Lukas shrugged.
"Maybe. Look, we should fix it and get going. The sun is going down soon and I was hoping we could hit that temple today." said Olivia.
"OK. Let's go then." Jesse nodded. However she looked at the hole. "It's really ginormous..." she told herself.
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"So what is this 'artefact that can alter reality'?" Petra raised an eyebrow as the walked through the ruined halls. "I don't exactly know. However it's amazingly powerful. You need five keys of some sort to retrieve it from it's place." Olivia explained. "And where is that?" Axel asked. "The map is supposed to reveal it. Now we just need to find the central chamber..." Olivia looked ahead.
"Not if we find it first!" a voice cried.
"Fionn, shh!" another hissed.
"Whatever. The so-called Order of the Stone couldn't handle magic like this!" somebody else laughed.
Jesse withdrew her sword.
"Who's there?" she called out.
"Only five heroes who will kick your butts!" the first voice cried. A shadow was seen dash across the halls.
"Come out and fight, cowards!" Petra cried, drawing her own sword.
Silence.
Then Olivia sniffed and sneezed.
"Ashes?" her eyes widened.
"Hiiiiiiyaaaaah!" a voice gave a war shout and kicked Axel in the face from above.
The figure had a cloak disguising their identity, but they were definitely female by the way they giggled slightly.
"Eily, Steven, now!" she called.
"Got ya now, punks!" a male voice laughed.
Suddenly the Order couldn't move.
"What's wrong?!" Lukas panicked.
"Have fun being stuck for a while! Should wear off after we're gone!" the male ran off with his companions.
"Freeze them, Jacob. Just in case." a female figure nodded.
A person raised their hands. Icy wind flowed from them like magic, and it froze the Order's feet and legs to the ground.
"You'll pay for this!" Jesse screamed as she tried to break free from whatever grip had them.
"As far as we are concerned, that Quill is ours." someone retorted, and the first girl figure came running with a book in her hands.
"The book!" Olivia gasped.
"See ya, Order of the Stone. And tell your mentors that I said hi." the second female said and the five ran out of the temple.
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"What now?" Lukas sighed.
Axel was struggling like mad.
"How did they do all those things?" Jesse asked.
"I don't know. It's interesting. But those thieves won't get away with this." Olivia agreed.
"Sorry I had to do this... again." someone sighed.
Then Jesse saw nothing but black and felt a pounding pain in her head.
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Whoo.
Finally.
As you can see, this is a little different.
Note: Yeah Eily's appearance is permanent now. Her hair won't change.
Also this may contain lots of songs and a bit of OC X Character, OK?
If you're fine with that, then let's continue!
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