Behold, The One {Book 1 Of The Behold Series}

~Chapter 4~ To Celestial Kingdom

Recently on Behold, The One:
Alexander, Oceana and Gaia leave the Sky Tribe and make their way to their original stop, the Jewel Empire. They don't know what monsters or dangers await, they just go for it. Celestine gave the trio four useful items before they left and the three are on their own once again.

Chapter 3's ending:
"Till we meet again." And with that, the trio set off. How soon will the five of them reunite again and how soon were they from battling monsters?
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   Sliding under, Alexander dodged yet another attack. Both he and the enemy were using swords, charging at each other. They parried each other's attacks and it didn't look like either of them was going to win any soon.

   "Alexander Blaze, I suggest you surrender." The enemy hissed.

   "I'll say the same for you!" He snapped, snatching the enemy's sword away from him.

   They paused for a moment, simply to catch their breath before continuing again.

   Meanwhile, Gaia was shooting the few guards after Oceana. They seemed to give chase to the mage. Upset that she could not help, Oceana decided to use her magic to attack as well. She controlled the water, flinging it as an attack and using it to trap some of the soldiers of the enemy.

   "Tell me, who are you?" Alexander demanded as he glared at the enemy's leader.

   The enemy gang laughed sarcastically. Without even doing anything, the enemy's leader evaporated into thin air. Using the smoke to their advantage, the other soilders ran away.

   "Well that was weird." Alexander commented as he got back on his horse, Flare.

   Gaia got on his horse, Terra, and Oceana got on her horse, Dewdrop, as well. The trio had bought horses from a stable on their way to the Jewel Empire. Riding horses was way better than walking.

   Alexander placed his sword back into its sheath as they made their way to the Empire.

   If Celestine were there earlier, she would have been able to force that guy to reveal his true identity... Wait, why am I thinking of her now? Alexander thought as he shook his head sideways.

   On their way, they had been attacked. Alexander had managed to remain unscathed thanks to the necklace Celestine gave him. He always kept the key and the whistle with him in his pocket, along with the Sky Pearl. Well, he kept it in the inner pockets of his white-coloured cloak. That was very important to him since he needed to give something to his father to prove himself worthy of the throne.

   "How long are we from the Jewel Empire?" Alexander asked, sounding exhausted.

   After taking a look at the map, Oceana did her calculations with her ever so familiar maths. After getting her result however, she groaned.

   "About another two to three days, Prince Alexander." She said with articulation.

   Gaia sighed as he took a glance at the map. After a while of thinking, his imaginary "Light bulb' lighted.

   "Perhaps going to the closest Kingdom would make more sense? The nearest stop is the Celestial Kingdom up ahead. We should we able to reach by nightfall." He suggested, hoping that Alexander would agree.

   Alexander considered Gaia's suggestion, it was a good one indeed. If we do that, we could save time commuting. Why didn't I think of that before! He pondered.

   "Alright, let's set a course for Celestial Kingdom!" He declared as they made their way to the kingdom.

   Electra mentioned that there will be monsters that would appear on the way to Celestial Kingdom. They had poisoned some people in the Sky Tribe recently, causing them to pass away. I hope we don't suffer the same fate. Oceana fretted as she shivered at the thought that something bad were to happen.

   As she feared, the trio saw giant tree-like monsters approaching them.

   "Electra told me something about this. Those are Tree Giants, mutated giant trees. We need serious help." Oceana informed Alexander, who was in charge.

   "Okay, uh... what do we do?!" Alexander asked, anxiety building up.

   The trio thought about for a while until Alexander felt like something pulled him up. He looked up to see one of those Tree Giants grabbing him by his shirt.

   "The whistle!" Oceana shouted so that Alexander could hear her from the far distance.

   Seconds later, the realisation hit him as he took out the Sky Tribe Whistle and blew it. Almost immediately, Celestine was seen at the scene.

   "Holy mama, what trouble have you got yourselves into this time?" She teased.

   Gaia and Oceana sighed as they hung in the air. Electra did not even spare a moment to think before slashing the Tree Giant with Gaia in its grasp with her whip.

   The Tree Giants tried to run with Gaia, Oceana and Alexander but they didn't know who they were messing with.

   "Electric Boost, you down and I up." Celestine instructed as Electra nodded in agreement.

   Using her whip, she made it into a spring platform which launched Celestine into the air. She formed big archangel wings on her back and flew down as she stabbed the Tree Giant holding Alexander. The tree giant broke into several branches, leaving Alexander on top of the pile.

   Electra stayed on the ground, tripping the giant which had Gaia in his grasp. This giant suffered the same fate as the first one, broken into pieces. Now the question was, where was Oceana?

   Celestine landed on the ground, wings disappearing. Her sword evaporated into dust, disappearing as well. A gust of wind blew, blowing her long wavy hair behind her. The sun was starting to set but Oceana was no where in sight.

   "Where is Oceana?" Electra asked, worried.

   The four of them looked around to see that nobody was around. They did however, notice one Tree Giant at a long distance away from them.

   "The Tree Giant must have still got Oceana with her, let's go get her!" Gaia suggested as he started walking but pulled back by Celestine.

   "The sun is already going down soon. You should go and have some rest in the Celestial Kingdom." Electra suggested.

   Alexander was about to protest when Celestine chimed in.

   "Electra's right. But first, take them to one of the hotels in there. After that if you want, look for Oceana with me."

   Electra felt like arguing but she knew Celestine was right. She led Alexander and Gaia to safety back at Celestial Kingdom.

   Now that she knew they were safe, Celestine could hunt the Tree Giant down. You're going down Tree Giant.