The Realms

chapter 8

{Act 2- Lukewit}

A bright light flashes and the group is in Lukewit, Shawn falls to the ground almost injured. "Shawn are you alright!?" Destiny says coming to his side. "Yes, sorry I just used a much more complicated teleportation spell." Destiny helps Shawn up, Shawn dust himself off. "Alright let's go we have people to meet.

Shawn and the others walk through Lukewit, Shawn was on high alert as he notices the staring of the people. They were all staring. "Somethings not right..." Shawn mumbled.

A blade comes down right in front of shawn he stops inches away. "So you must be the wizard, she talked about" a raider said standing on a box. "You all have quite the bounty on your heads" Shawn pushes the blade down. "Bounty?" He says confused.

More people surround them. "Yeah some lady in red appeared and put a hefty amount of cash on your head" the raider said with a grin. "It was a trap..." Shawn said he tells the four to get close to him.

The four huddle up, Lukas draws his blade. Kim panics behind Jasper. Destiny holds the spell book close to her. "We need to leave now!" Shawn said sternly. Shawn raises his hand on Flud motion, water erupts from the ground and launches the raider back, the water freezes over and incases some, trapping them.

Shawn gets ready to cast the teleportation spell again. As everything was happening again the sigil the floating items, a chained spear breaks through the I've and wraps around Shawn. The spell was all ready to far in its activation phase.

Shawn knew he wouldn't be escaping he looked to the four. "Stay safe you four!" He shouts. Lukas was about to reach out but with a flash, he stumbles forward into an open street, Lukas closes his hand and looks around seeing demons, they stare at the four.

{Act 2- house of flames}

"Mommy who are they?" A little boy asked his mother. The mother pulled him closer to her. "don't worry about them just continue walking." The mother says taking her child and leaving.

Lukas looks back to the others and within an instant a blade is pointed to his neck. Lukas stumbles back a little. "Wow okay..." Lukas draws his blade. He stares at the person in front of him.

A woman stood there keeping the balde to Lukas's neck. The woman tensed up the blade gets closer to Lukas's neck.

"Wait, we can expla-" Destiny gets pushed back when she tries to get close. Kim catches her. Lukas didn't like that, he grabbed the balde not even caring that he had just cut his hand.

"You're all under arrest..." The woman said sheathing her balde.  "Sorry, Alice but these hell flame is taking over this confrontation" a demon in a horse said as he stopped in front of them. "I have this under control there is no need for the Josie of hell flame to intervene"

"Orders from the king unless you want to chat with him, I would advise you to step away..." The tension between the two was noticeable, the four just looked back and forth between the two.

"Plus the house of kiniko would like to chat with you on your recent intermissions, well take the rest of this confrontation like stated before" the woman leaves, jumping onto a building and jumping away.

The demon on the horse looks to the four. "sorry about her, she's not the most welcoming to outsiders..." The man clears his throat. "Welcome students of Shawn to Excupse, the kingdom of demons the king has arranged a meeting with you si- wait there only four where's Shawn, and Kai?"

The four explained what happened all of them frantic and all over the place but the man was able to understand. "Hmmm... So Lukewit double crossed you and took Shawn, well this certainly changes some things I'll have to chat with the king to figure something out but for now I'll be your guide" the man said with a cheerful smile.

"Uh shouldn't we be worrying about the war..." Kim said from behind Destiny. "Yes but as our guest we must attend to you all first, plus I'll just chat with the king later to figure some things out" the demon showed them around from stores to homes to parks to other buildings.

"Question, you said house of hell flame and house of kiniko back there what that's about?" Jasper sakes popping up next to the man. "oh the kingdom is separated into three houses, for the two different types of demons, you have your horned demons and in hell flame, your fox demons in kiniko, the two houses don't really get along unfortunately but we're hopeful that will change."

"Why is something happening?" Destiny wondered. "Yes, an event that always brings both houses together we're hopeful this will help" The man continues showing them around. "Wait what's your name?" Destiny asked. "The names Steven, my apologies for not introducing myself"

"Well thanks for helping us back there, things have been stressful lately" Destiny said scratching the back of her head. "no it's fine, were really inviting of guests I'm not sure what got into Alice..." Steven sighs.

"Shes always been odd standing out even in her own house, but this, this is completely new even for her" Steven started mumbling stuff. Destiny looks back to the others there staring back at her and just shrug.

They reach the castle. Steven looks up at its massive size, he takes a breath. "Even after seeing it for years it still takes my breath away to see, such a large and powerful building telling the stories of our ancestors and history" Steven places his hand on the castle wall and presses his forehead against it.

Steven pushes away from it. He exhales and looks to the doors. "welcome to the castle the fortress of Excupse" Steven walks over to the door and pushes it open the large wooden doors creak open. The four follow behind. Steven continues walking down the red carpet before stopping and kneeling.

"My lord..." Steven says, the four look up, seeing a demon his horns were long and twisted almost like goat horns, piercing red eyes, that seemed to stare into your soul, a crown littered with rubies.

"Welcome... Chosen"

Chapters will be shorter form now on.