The Blessed Stones <Complete>

The Cathedral in the Sky

Tyde and Evelyn had finially made it out of the unforgiving wastelands, charred by the heat of lava. Now, they walk on the path to retrieve the fourth stone. Their new surroundings were more beautiful than anything Evelyn had seen before. A meadow as green as emerald, a sky as blue as sapphire and flowers and roses as red as ruby. Plateau's rise above them, with slopes to get up them. Even the creatures are beautiful, butterflies and other various insects scatter the land, and dear use it as a safe haven in the world.

Evelyn grows tired of walking and begins asking questions.

"Tyde, how far are we from the next cathedral?"

"Closer than you may think." He riddles.

Evelyn clenches her fist, "this isn't the time for puzzles Tyde!"

"Just... look up!"

Evelyn does what he says and above them is a big island, floating in the air.

"We're supposed to get up there? How!" She stamps her foot on the ground.

"I don't know, but the residents there must have a way, so we'll just have to find out how they do it," he suggests.

"We don't have time for this!" She says.

"We have no choice but to make time, look, lets split up, we'll find a way faster that way."

The annoyed Evelyn agrees and they both walk off in different directions.

It takes some time, but Tyde finally discovers a small cavern in a cliff face, hidden behind some rocks. When he goes inside, on the ground theres a circle that seems to be for some kind of ritual. Not far from it theres a workdesk with a book, and a pot full of small white pearls. Tyde picks one up and examines it in his palm before putting it away in it's pocket. He starts flicking through the pages of the book until he finds a page that explains how the small gems are used.

'To use a Windpath Pearl, you must throw, or launch it to the place you wish to go. The Windpath Pearl will break down your body structure and turn you into air which will then become wind that travels quickly to the place the stone landed. A pearl can only be used once.'

"Air magic really is... amazing..." says Tyde after letting out an awe-inspired gasp. He exits the cave and scans the meadow for Evelyn. When she catches his eye, he waves her over.

"What did you find?" she asks as soon as she reaches him. Tyde turns out his pockets and presents Evelyn with the Windpath Pearl in his palm.

"This will essentially teleport us to where ever it lands when it's thrown, we just need to get it up there somehow," he explains, pointing his finger up to the floating island. Evelyn grabs her bow from behind her back, "Gimme," she says while snatching it from Tyde. She uses her cutlass to cut off a piece of her shoe-lace and attaches the pearl to an arrow with it.

"Will we ever run into a problem your brain can't solve?" He asks.

"Doubt it," she answers, "hold on to me."

She draws the arrow in her bow and shoots it up to land on the island. A couple of seconds later, they dissappear and reappear on top of the island in front of the cathedral.

On the island, they don't have much time to look around. They instatly get attacked by another mythical beast, this time, in the form of a griffon. It has the head, of a ferocious lion, and front paws to match it. From the middle of its body, it becomes an eagle with fierce talons and huge wings. It instantly takes flight and swoops down. It grabs Evelyn in its talons.

"Evelyn!" Tyde screams.

Evelyn grabs her cutlass and stabs the creature in the talon. It lets go of her, and she clings to the handle of her cutlass for life. She climbs up onto the creatures back, using its feathers and her cutlass to help her. She tries to climb up to it's neck so she can end the battle quickly. Her luck runs out and the beast lands and uses its wings to shake her off. Evelyn regains her footing and takes a fighting stance next to Tyde.

"Tyde, drench it's wings, render them useless!"

Tyde holds his arms out in front of him, and out of his palms come a surge of water, that the feathers of the wings absorb completely, rendering the beast unable to fly. It roars, ferociously and makes a charge for them. Tyde puts up his water shield and tells Evelyn to get behind him. The lions face slams straight into the shield, making it growl out of pain. Tyde then pushes his shield forward which forces the beast back and pushes it off of the edge. They walk over to where the beast fell from to look at the ground below. A crash is heard, followed by a shimmering light that consumes it.

"Is it just me, or are those guardians getting easier each time?" asks Evelyn.

"It's not that their getting easier or weaker, it's that we're getting stronger as a team!" He winks at her. "Anyway, you know what comes next... good luck, Evelyn."

Evelyn nods at her friend, and enters the Cathedral, alone.