Everyone was in the treehouse, exploring it while Zinti, Koda and Bella were chasing around the place, laughing as the adults watched them, smiling at the cuteness. Daria entered and noticed the kids playing which made her smiled.
"Seeing those three playing reminds me how you three use to play with my son" she commented, referring to Max, Twitch and Spike back when they were kids and use to play with Timber. The three smiled fondly at the fun memories they had as kids.
"So why are you looking for the guardian?" She asked them curious as her son Timber listened curiously while making some juice.
"Well, there is this sorcerer name Apachi. And he's looking for the Elemental amulets" he explained serious.
Timber finished the juice and handed one to Leena who nodded to him grateful. He turned to his old friend "Why does Apachi want the amulets?" He asked curious as he walked to the kids to give them their drinks, which they drank eagerly.
Max shook his head "We don't know. But something tells me it has to do with vengence" he explained as Timber went to Tazer and Adira. The fox was about to take his cup but Adira took the one he was reaching. He turned to her glaring while she just drank her juice calmly before she playfully stuck her tongue to him.
The fox rolled his eyes and went to take the cup. But the moment he went to grab it, his eyes stared at Timber's choker, the green jaded leaf shape charm with the designs carved into it shimmered. But the fox's eyes widen when he realized that this choker greatly resembled the necklace Alghazal wore.
Timber noticed where his gaze was and got nervous and the wolf quickly walked away. The fox stared at him surprised but it changed to suspicious.
"Then that means Apachi might show up during the festival. That's the only time Alghazal shows up" Timber explained but mentioning the festival reminded Zinti something.
"Doesn't the festival celebrate some battle that Alghazal won? What was that all about?" She asked curiously and Daria smiled at the question. "I know exactly how to answer that question" she said confident as she walked over to a table with some potions and plants. Everyone watched curiously as the she wolf put some plants in a bowl and smushed it together.
Her hand grabbed the mixed plants, now this slimy, squishy goop. Then, it started to glow in her hand.
Daria walked up to the wall and threw what was once mashed up plants now became bioluminescence that stuck to the wooden wall and they moved around, trying to form something.
Everyone awed at this glowing plant life and gathered around. Daria turned around smirking at them with her arms on her hips.
"Let me tell you the story of the Blazing Stag and the Flora Deer" she told them all, turning back to the wall as the glowing plant life formed a a glowing green picture of a deer.
"Alghazal started as a healer, caring for both the inhabitants and the wildlife of the jungle" she said as the plant life moved, showing Alghazal tending to some hurt animals and caring for plants.
"While the inhibitants and Alghazal were good friends, they didn't know that he was able to feel the power and magic of nature and was able to harness it" the pictures moved showing Alghazal summoning green and pink magic.
"He chose to hide it from others and waited for the right moment to show his powers. It came when the jungle was in great danger" she said as the algae formed another deer but this one was red and black and the way the fur looked was more wild.
Everyone sensed something bad was going to happen in the story. The red deer looked more intimidating and aggressive.
"Alghazal had a rival. His name was Lièhuǒ. He was a master of fire magic. He was impatient and short tempered which resulted in his fire magic to be uncontrollable. Because of the lack of control and the destructive results it brought, it made others fear him" the bioluminescence showed Lièhuǒ summoning fire magic and throwing it which chased and frighten the other inhibitants.
"It got worse when he and Alghazal did the Jungle Rite. In an attempt to win, he used fire magic to slow Alghazal down but that just put him in more trouble and he lost" she explained as the algae showed Alghazal and Lièhuǒ racing. The red deer hurled fire magic on a tree to fall and block the green deer but Alghazal was more quicker and it instead blocked Lièhuǒ.
Daria's face went solmen " Lièhuǒ decided that if nature was the only thing that everyone loved, then he might as well destroyed it so that the only thing that remains is fire and fire only" the bioluminescence changed to Lièhuǒ looking furious and setting the jungle on fire with all the animals running away.
"Despite his fears of how others will react to his powers, Alghazal couldn't stand there and do nothing. So he unleashed his magic and battle Lièhuǒ. It was a very fierce battle. The forest was illuminated by the magic of both fire and nature" the bioluminescence showed the two deer fighting eachother with there magic, the plant life illuminated as everyone awed at it.
Timber chuckled at his friends' amazement to his mom's impressive story telling. If there was one thing that his mom was good at besides healing, it was story telling. Something that was always so fun during his childhood.
"In the end, Alghazal won. Lièhuǒ was defeated. After the battle, Alghazal used his magic to restore the jungle and from then on became its protector" Daria finished her story as the bioluminescence showed Lièhuǒ disappearing and Alghazal restoring the jungle as it illuminated.
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Max Adventures: Elemental Guardians Episode 4: Protector Of The Wilds
AdventureBack home in the jungle, Max and his friends continue their search for the Nature Guardian and his heir while reuniting with an old friend from Max's childhood. There's also the Festival of the Sakura Blossom and Koda is doing his Jungle Rite. But...
