The Four Kindomes

1) The Amaulet

I wake up to the sound of banging and look over to the clock.  "who could possibly be at the door at seven in the morning on Saturday?" I wonder as i get out of bed.  i look out the window and find my friend Jason pounding on the door.  

"Nico I know your in there open up I finally found it!" he yelled through the door clutching a very old looking book in his hands.  clueless of what he was talking about I open the door recoiling at the sudden brightness of the morning, why couldn't he have come on a cloudy day?  "what are you talking about this time Jason?" i asked.  

"don't you remember, I told you I  would find away to help mom and I found a way!! it's in this book"he said breathlessly as if he ran from his house or....... The library! but there was no way the guard would let him stay there all night  "where did you come from ?"I asked suspiciously.  he gave me one of the famous mischievous smiles that we liked to give the teachers when we did something bad, like put our infamous blue cheese bomb on top the classroom door before she came in. 

"  I hid in the bathroom until the guards left, and it was worth it hidden in the closet behind the librarian's desk was this." he said hefting up the old book in his hands  "now let me in so i can call Misa."  he shuffled passed me  towards the phone leaving me at the doorway as the feeling of dread settled over me,  the night before he told me and Misa about his mother dying of cancer and had vowed to find a way to save her but he said he would find a way to cure her of it when Misa pointed out the only way to do that was magic he got quiet the after a long moment said he needed some time to think.  could he have found some way?  Jason was pretty smart and wasn't one to tell a lie but still...

Misa showed up ten minutes later  by then I changed into  a pair of black jeans and a  shirt my short dark hair barley managing to hang in my eyes.  Misa wore white shirt and blue jeans her longish  hair pulled back in a pony tail.  she stepped inside and for some reason i chose that moment to compare the three of us to each other,we had almost nothing in common .  Misa was sweet and gentle with caring hazel eyes  but could be wicked when she was upset. Jason with his short blond hair  and intense blue eyes was  serious  but enjoyed a good joke or prank.  then there was me quiet and dark but caring when it came to my friends with sad green eyes that seemed to look straight into your soul.  there was nothing that connected us, nothing in common yet we got along so well. I was ripped back into reality when Jason said "here it is" as he opened the book to page three chapter one the title read The Amulet.  

"what is it?" Misa asked staring in wonder at the old yellowing pages then started to read the chapter out loud "back in the days of the  beginning the four horsemen, death, famine, war and conquest  created four kingdoms in hopes of taking control of the world.   Each of the horsemen, secretly loathing one another, undid the others work.   conquest reversed death , death brought peace to lands , famine stopped war and war ended hunger one fateful night the four of them confronted each other and a terrible battle was fought and at the end of this battle which tore away the earth, burned down trees and slashed away the sky, an amazing gift was created, the amulet of santrugontra. that had the ability to undo the work of any of the four horsemen. "  her eyes widened as she read the last line.  "do you really think it exists? this could be a trick or something"

" I don't think so.  I verified the book its genuine, plus i have  looked up the story they all say the same thing more or less.  And they all say one thing exactly the same thing "  

"and whats that ?" i ask mystified by the story.

"that its in deaths kingdom and to enter the kingdom you have to go to the well of souls which is in the black forest  just outside of town."

As we packed up  to head into the woods I looked back at my house and wondered why i answered the door and let in this new mission into the woods.