Black Strings: Threads of Revenge

The World of Spirits

As the morning sun rises, Bumbledor awakes. "Morning, Bumbledor," Tommy whispers. Bumbledor buzzes a "good morning."

Black spirits are quite different from half animals and humans. Just a few more pages; and I'll get to the chapter about their rituals. Tommy looks up at the sky. It's 6 a.m. and they are still asleep. Tommy looks over at the fire. The fire is out. That's all I need to know that it's time to get going. "Hey, Bumbledor, can you wake up Toby and Rain?" Tommy asks. As Tommy asks, Bumbledor flies over to Toby and Rain to wake them up. Tommy closes his book as he stands. He grabs his backpack and slides the book inside.

"Hmm?" Toby groans. "Good work, Bumbledor." Tommy smiles. "You going to help Bumbledor wake Rain up?" After a little bit of trying, Rain wakes up. Tommy grabs a glass bottle full of honey out of his backpack. "Hey, Bumbledor, do you want some honey?" Tommy asks. "What time is it?" Rain asks. "About 6 am. Why?" Tommy questions. "Just wondering. By the way, why are we up at 6 in the morning?" Rain asks. "Because the fire is out. When it goes out, it's time to get going," Tommy informs. Bumbledor flies over to Toby. Tommy closes the glass bottle and returns it to the backpack. "Did you just give a bee honey?" Rain speculated. "Why would I not?" Tommy testified. "I don't know. Death! For the bee!" Rain shouts. Tommy ignores Rain. Doesn't Rain know bees eat honey?

Then they begin the long walk to Snowbank City once again.

"Are you not scared about getting jumped?" Rain asked. "Nope," Tommy answered. "How come?" Rain questioned.

"I know my reflexes will make me punch them before they even get a chance to hit me." Tommy chuckles. "Paired with my hearing, of course." You could see Tommy become more alert. "What is it, Tommy?" Toby asks. "I hear something," Tommy replies. "What do you mean?" Rain asks. "We're not the only ones here," Tommy informs. That's when someone phased through Tommy. "And that is what happens when you go through a portal in the ground." Said the unexpected spirit. "Are they a Starlight? They have a tail." Rain asked.

"No, they are a black spirit. They phased through me." Tommy clarified. The spirit appears in a different spot from where it was moments ago. "Of course, I have a tail. I'm a lucky black spirit." The spirit said.

"How did you get here?" Tommy asked. The spirit bowed and said, "I went through a portal." "What's with the bow?" Toby asked. "It's a habit I have because I'm a part of the spirit council." The spirit began to explain. "Spirit council?" Toby asked. "Yes." The spirit said.

"I'm Tommy." Tommy introduced himself. Rain gives a look that said, "The fuck is he doing?" to Tommy. He just interrupted their conversation. "Trix, the 13th spirit council." The spirit responds. "I'm the spirit of unique spirits." Trix proceeds to float away. "Hey, wait a second!" Tommy calls out to Trix as he catches up with him.

Tommy grabs Trix's wrist and stops him. Trix looks back at Tommy and mutters, "How the fuck-?" "What is it?" Tommy asks as he cuts Trix off. "Your vibes." Trix began. "They are unlike any other person or spirit." Tommy tilts his head like a curious puppy. Trix pulls his arm back, making sure it phases through. Then Trix disappears.

"I wonder what he meant." Tommy ponders. "It's impossible to touch a spirit as a living person!" Rain yells, chiming in. Tommy nods. "How did you do that?"! Rain asks. "I got no clue." Tommy shrugs. Tommy pulls out the book he was reading earlier and flips to the page he left off on.

Book excerpt:

"Black spirits and all other spirits can sense the 'vibes' that others give off (never their own). They can tell things such as: who's who (if they know the person well enough), how powerful a person/spirit is, and what spirit class someone is or if someone is a spirit. WARNING: black spirits tend to get scared if someone is more powerful than all of the powerful black spirits."