Chapter 3- betrayal, capture and the truth
In his office, Lord Power felt that Mithryan had been found and was in the hands of a young teenager. She was going to know of his existence soon. He had to get Mithryan in his hands. He grabbed,"AB2169? Send out our fleet to capture Evelyn's best friend. Bring her to me!"
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At school Evelyn and Alfie noticed Rayne was missing. She would have texted them to say she was ill or on holiday. This was bad.
The sky turned dark, all students around them vanished and a ghost flew down towards them...
"Who are you?" Stuttered Evelyn. "AB2169," he replied his voice deep," I'm here to deliver a message to you two."
He disappeared and all that was proof he was ever there was a note. It read:
DEAR EVELYN AND ALFIE,
IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE RAYNE AGAIN BRING YOURSELVES AND MITHRYAN TO MY PALACE TODAY. OTHERWISE, SHE WILL NEVER RETURN.
SINCERELY, LORD POWER.
Evelyn and Alfie looked at each other in shock. They had to rescue her.
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Meanwhile, Rayne was strapped onto a dark throne with Lord Power in front of her.
"My friends will be here soon and you'll be sorry you ever kidnapped me!" She snapped.
"Who even are you anyway?"
"I'm Lord Power to most people but to some I'm Tristan Power." He replied. "WELL, TRISTAN, I hardly feel welcome." CLICK!!! The straps loosened and Rayne was free! "Well thank you Tristan, maybe you aren't so bad after all." She paused," you say your name is Lord Power, huh Tristan? What do you have power over?"
"Well I'm Lord of Ghosts and Evil Spirits but you see they are dead and boring so I want to take over the world."
"That's good since you are really nice."
"Oh! You must be so thirsty," he exclaimed at her raspy voice," drink this!" He handed her a rainbow coloured liquid in a white sparkling cup-his own special dark drink.
This ws Whytespelle- a powerful concoction that would make the person think that the maker was pure good no matter how bad they really were. So Rayne was given Whytespelle and immediately it took hold of her.
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"What's a Mithryan?" Alfie asked,"and why does that guy want it, Evelyn?"
"I don't know but what I do know is that there was a dreadful battle over it." Answered Evelyn.
"Let's go to the library- maybe they will have something about it," suggested Alfie.
So Evelyn and Alfie headed to the library and got an old scroll by Luke Power, Tristan's ancestor.
The scroll said:
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It was a normal day and I was walking home- alone. Just then the heavens opened and the clouds spelt the word 'Mithryan'. A multicoloured gem (Mithryan) flew down towards the gobsmacked me. I took it feeling I had been blessed. Soon after, I trekked home; feet hurting. I cried out loud,"I wish I could get home quicker!" A flash arrived and when my vision cleared I found I was right outside my house. Mithryan was a wish granting gem- it can grant ANY wish evil or good. And soon everyone found out about Mithryan and fought a battle; I was lucky enough to be a survivor but I lost Mithryan...
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Evelyn's face turned pale when she saw a colourful picture of it. It was the gem she found in the abandoned field... the gem that had caused Rayne to be captured... the very same gem that was in her pocket this second...
She brought it out and it was Alfie's turn to turn pale. Hands shaking she put it on the table in front of Alfie screaming," THIS IS ALL MY FAULT!" and fled from the room. Alfie found her sometime later sobbing. "Come on Evelyn we can't help Rayne by crying," Alfie encouraged her. "But how will we get there?" She asked negatively. Again the sky turned dark but this time storm clouds wrapped around them and lifted them off the ground. They landed in a horrible place with hardly any greenery. It was a huge dark castle with ghosts flying about it and a lava moat surrounding the castle.
The only plants were two trees but even they looked creepy. Alfie was shaking with fear. Out of the blue, he screamed a scream that could shatter glass if any was nearby. It was so long and loud that Evelyn had to cover her ears. "What?!" She yelled. "T-there!" He stuttered, pointing. Evelyn looked but the monster had disappeared into the red, scorching hot lava. "I can't see anything!" She exclaimed. "I saw a white snaky thing with bright red eyes," he shouted back. "Well there's nothing there now- you're obviously hallucinating or your eyes and mind are playing tricks on you," Evelyn said wisely. She turned her back on Alfie for one second and when she looked back, where Alfie had been standing was nothing- Alfie had vanished!
Evelyn screamed his name as loud as her lungs could manage but he still didn't appear from the bubbling hot lava. He didn't even reply...
Evelyn was so engrossed with trying to find Alfie that she didn't notice one slightest bit that a ginormus white lava serpent rise up behind her...
But Evelyn heard a strange hissing noise behind her and she slowly turned round to come face to face with the beast. First she froze and then let out a piercing scream much more dreadful and highpitched than Alfie's. The creature was so ugly and monstrous that she thought she might faint.
The lava serpent looked at this cute, innocent, little girl. Without warning, he pounced and made Evelyn step back into the red hot lava. She wailed as she raced through the air going 199 miles per hour. SPLASH!!! She plunged headfirst into the lava moat.
In her dying thoughts, she thought 'some rescuers we are'. Then she quickly remembered that Mithryan was in her pocket. She moved her burning hand and her fingers closed on the gem. She thought 'I wish I was out of this lava.' At once a flash arrived like the scroll had stated. BOOM!!!!!! Evelyn shot out the lava like a bullet. The lava serpent looked in amazement- the little shrimp had survived! Evelyn ran rapidly across the rope bridge.
The lava serpent swam after her, desperate to finish her off and take the gem to his master. Evelyn soon found out it was useless to run.
She turned around, ready to fight. Magically, she wished for a sword. BAM!!! Just like before, Mithryan granted her wish. The lava serpent shook with fear, he hadn't expected the little shrimp to fight him back!
One would survive and drink in their victory whilst the other would be no more... The lava serpent stopped shaking, determined that he would win. Evelyn was thinking the same dark thoughts.
All of the sudden, the lava serpent jumped on the bridge blocking her escape. It ran towards her but she fell to the ground and slid underneath it. She stabbed at its belly (where the heart was) it let out a earsplitting yell and it fell to the ground, as dead as a stone.
There was no time to celebrate as a horde of ghosts swept down towards Evelyn- in the lead was... "AB2169 reporting, Lord Power wants you." Soon Evelyn was in front of Lord Power.
Without warning, she burst out," well do you think that it is necessary to try frighten me almost to death then try murder me with a stupid beast!" She paused, gasping for breath, then continued before Lord Power could offer any kind of explanation, "if you're mad at me for killing your lava serpent I don't care. Now where's Rayne?!" Evelyn drew her sword.But a pretty voice said," easy sweetheart I'm right here."
Rayne appeared smiling that looked to the ghosts a devious smile like she was ready to devour her victim. "So Rayne, Evelyn and Alfie have come to 'save' you from me. First I need Mithryan," Lord Power declared.
Evelyn gave Lord Power Mithryan and he smiled darkly. "Do Rayne, now's the time to make up your mind. Who do you like better me or them?" This was all part of the plan...
"I choose Tristan, he was nicer to me than you've ever been. I was just an opportunity for you to become popular!" Spat Rayne full of rage and hate.
A dark flash arrived and when it had cleared Rayne looked completely different and evil.
"GOODBYE, enemy!" Rayne shouted and floinced out of the room.
"Alright Lord Power or Tristan, give me back Mithryan!" Demanded Evelyn. "No" replied Lord Power," a deal is a deal."
"I'm not leaving here without Rayne!" Evelyn cried even though she knew Lord Power was right- Rayne was evil now like him.
"Fine, I'll give you what your heart desires," he smiled at Evelyn in a sickly way. Then he looked at the gem in his hand," I wish that Evelyn will replace what she killed and that only me or a ghost can give you permission to leave here."
BAM!!! Evelyn looked to see that she was floating in mid air. An invisible hand picked her up and threw her at the lava moat. She tried to scream, but it came out as an angry roar. With a tremendous splash, she fell into the lava as a lava serpent.
Lord Power smirked," at midnight you will not be Evelyn but Lavafang, my pet- Mwa ha ha ha ha!!!"
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