The Stonekeeper...

9

Your P.O.V
"So many skeletons. Who were all these people?" Emily asked. "Travelers." A tiered, old voice replied. Emily jumped and I laughed. "Just like you. They all came here looking for the same thing. The fruit that can cure any poison. An elixir for all things. Imagine the power it those who controlled it. Many have killed their companions to have it for themselves. Undoubtedly, this is what you seek as well..." The tree explained.

"I--" Emily was cut off. "Brother Malken!" Another free said. "I sense something different about the young girls. Don't you?" He asked. "Yes...yes...different indeed." The first one said. "Why did all these people die?" Emily asked. "They picked the wrong fruit, Emily. They're some fruit that give life but can also take it away like these elves. Only a few succeed in finding their prize." I replied. "That is correct young one." Brother Malken said. "Leon Redbeard. It has been a long time, my friend" Brother Malken said to Leon. "I promised that I would return." Leon replied. "Yes. And now you believe these girls to be the ones we're looking for?" Brother Malken asked. "I am certain of it." Leon replied. "Very well. Show us." He said.

"Emily, Y/n, choose a fruit and eat it." Leon said. I jumped and looked at Leon like he scared me. "But how do we choose the right one?" Emily asked. "Alright, Leon Redbeard has lost his mind." I said and he looked at me. "Just do it." Leon said and I sighed. I closed my eyes and I searched for the life force in the fruit. "None of these." I said and sensed one that was on a different tree. I picked it and looked at it. I held it in my hands and ate a bit. "Y/n! Emily!" Miskit yelled out. Emily made a disgusting face and I laughed. "I guess I got a ripe one, hah." I said and Emily glared at me. "Taste like dragon fruit. Dragon fruit tastes like kawaii fruit." I said and walked over to the others.

"Leon is right. You young lady's have a gift." Brother Malken said. "There is more where that came from. Please feel free to harvest them." He said and I smiled. "Leon, is this enough to cure our mother?" I asked. "Yes." Leon replied and I smiled at Emily. "Then this is all we need. Thank you for your help." Emily said. "No. Thank you, young stonekeeper's. And good luck." Brother Malken replied with a smile. "What are you doing? We should take as many as we can! What if we lose one? And just imagine what we could do with more!" Miskit said. "If we take more than we need, we're bound to cause more trouble." Emily replied. "I agree. We told you that we're here to save our mom." I said to Miskit. "But...but...at least get a fresh one!" Miskit said. "I already got a fresh one." I replied. "SH!" Leon said and looked out. I sensed someone near by.

"What is it?" Miskit asked. "I saw something move out there. We need to leave now." Leon replied. "I sense something. Leon might be onto something." I said to Emily and she understood. Leon ran to Brother Malken and said goodbye to him. "Let's go. We'll be harder to track in the night." Leon said and we started to follow. We walked down the mountain, I noticed Emily looking at a tree. I placed my hand on her shoulder and she sighed. "What's wrong, Em? Did you see something?" I asked my sister. "No. It's nothing." Emily replied. Then Emily started to fall because the mountain side beneither Emily started to crumble and roll down the mountain. I grabbed Emily's hand before she fell to her death. "Thanks N/n!" Emily said. "Don't mention it, Em. I'm not going to let you die on this mission." I replied and used my amulet to help her up.

"Well, look at that!" Miskit said. "You guys worry to much." Emily said and I smiled. "It's good that your confidence is up. But you'll need to be more careful." Leon said. "We still have a long way to go." I said and we kept walking. I smelt smoke and looked behind us. I saw a light in the distance and stood there. "Hey, the forest is burning." Miskit said. "The elves were right behind us." I growled. "We have to go back." Emily said. "No. There's nothing we can do to help. The elves are close, so we must hurry." Leon replied. "He's right. If we did go back, we'd be too late." I said to Emily and she sighed. "Let's go." Miskit said. I sensed Emily talking to her stone while we walked. We kept walking and we heard a stick snap. "Did you hear that?" Miskit asked. I nod and looked at Emily. "Emily, stay close." I said and she nodded.

"In the trees..."Miskit said. "They're here." I said and my amulet was glowing. We saw a shadow in the fog. It emerged out of the fog and trees and it was an elf. The same elf that was with the other one. "I'm scared..." Emily whispered. "Stay focused." Leon said. A creature came out and growled at us. "Remember, retain control of your power. The more energy you use, the stronger the stone becomes. You must not let it take over." Leon said to Emily. "I won't." Emily replied. "Kill them." The elf ordered and the creature ran towards Emily. I shielded her and smiled. "Attack it." I said and she nodded. The creature snapped at us and we dodged. "Emily! Together!" I said and we attacked the creature together, making it yelp and it turned to dust.

The elf walked towards us and attacked us. I shield us and Emily was talking to her stone. When the elf stopped attacking, I attacked him, knocking him down to the ground. The elf got up and attacked Emily. "No!" I shouted and attacked the elf again. Emily was down and trying to regain control of her stone. Leon threw his sword at the elf and he blocked it. Miskit ran to Emily and looked after her. "Emily, get up! Get up now!" Leon shouted. The elf picked up a sword and looked at us. "Emily, please!" I cried out and Leon was kicked in the face and on the ground. The elf grabbed me with his amulet and threw Miskit away. He pointed the sword at her face and I growled. "No! Not my sister! Please!" I begged. The elf threw me away and I was knocked back. I pumped into someone and they helped me up.

I looked at the person and it was the elf from before. "Stay here." He said and gave me Emily's staff.

Trellis's P.O.V
I helped the h/c girl up and she was in pain. She looked at me with those e/c eyes and was surprised to see me. I gave her, her sister's staff. "Stay here." I said to her and walked to face Lugar. He was about to attack the other female stonekeeper when I attacked him on the back. He yelled out in pain and looked behind. "Little worm, what do you think you're doing?!" Lugar asked me. "What I know is right." I replied and swang my sword and hit the ground, making the ground light up and attack Lugar.

"What makes you think you can defeat me?" Lugar asked. "Because the king taught me everything he taught you." I replied. I looked back to see the h/c walk over to me. "He's hiding something." She said softly. "No. Not everything." Lugar said and his amulet was taking control. "I think that guy is giving into the power of his amulet." The girl said and I looked up and Lugar was going insane. Lugar was transforming into a giant. His clothing was ripped off of his body, his amulet glowed like the sun and his eyes were full of anger. "Oh boy." She said. "Yeah, oh boy indeed." I replied and held my sword ready to fight.