The Protector (Niall Horan)

Chapter 3 - The start of an adventure

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Chapter 3 – The start of an adventure  

I flew back to the apartment where the lads are. Hopefully I’m not too late, I flew as fast as possible and in a few minutes I was home. I landed on the balcony and ran inside, my wings disappeared in my back when I entered the living room.

I looked around in complete horror.

It was like the room was attacked by a hurricane, everything was everywhere. I’m not exaggerating. I’m in big trouble. I’m their protector for God’s sake, and I failed. I fell to the floor, I only didn’t fail as an angel but also as a friend. I felt a few tears roll don my cheek, I quickly wiped them away.

Then I felt something, magic.

I quickly stood up and turned towards the direction where I felt the magic came from. I saw a clear white light, inside the light I saw the silhouette of a person.

When the light was gone I saw a good friend of me. His hair was a bit longer and curly then I remembered from the last time I saw him. He smiled a dimpled smile and I looked in bright green eyes. On his back where clear white wings.

“Jack? What are you doing here?”, I asked my friend, Jack, “I felt something was wrong and I thought why not look myself. So what’s wrong Ni?”, he replied while tilting his head to the side, his Irish accent clear in his voice. “Honestly I don’t know, I stretched my wings and in some place in London I never was before I heard a strange and evil voice, when I came back Liam, Louis, Harry and Zayn where gone”, I explained. When I started talking about the voice Jack’s face became serious, “That voice, can you tell something about that?”, he said next with a frown. I started to explain everything to him. When I was done it seemed that he was in deep thought, “I have a bad feeling about this”, he said in a whisper more to himself.

He looked up and looked me death serious in the eyes, with that Jack is like Louis. Most of the time he’s extremely loud, immature and a prankster but if he is serious you better listen to him, “I think that voice belongs to a creature from the ancient times, long before the angels and humans”, he said. Ancient times? What’s that supposed to mean? “What are the ancient times?”, I asked, my curiously getting the best of me. He gave me a weak smile, “I can’t tell you Niall, I’m sorry. But we have to save them, that’s for sure”, he said while giving me an apologetic look.

“It’s ok mate, I understand. Where do we find them?”, I asked next. Wow, I seem to ask a lot of questions.

Jack gave me a look and I immediately knew I didn’t like the answer, “We have to go to the underworld”, he said. Underworld? Really? That even doesn’t exist! I couldn’t help to burst out laughing, when I calmed down a few minutes later I saw that Jack looked at me death serious and a bit irritated, “I’m serious Niall. This isn’t a joke”, he said. I rolled my eyes and huffed, “The Underworld doesn’t exist Jack. They can’t be there”, I said to him, now it was his time to roll his eyes, “Niall we are angels, the Underworld exist. Same with Hades, the God of the death, ruler of the Underworld”, he told me. My eyes grew wide, I know Jack for like my whole life and he never jokes this long with the same joke. He speaks the truth, “You sure? Why didn’t I know of the Underworld before?”, I asked, feeling slightly offended. He sighed, “The Underworld is something most angels don’t know about. We don’t tell them because the least you know how saver you are”, he explained I narrowed my eyes at him.

Wait.

How does Jack know?

“Uhm, Jack. How do you know all this?”, I asked him. I saw his muscles tense and his wings twitch. “I once was in the Underworld, a long time ago. Hades kidnapped my sister, why I don’t know. I travelled to the Underworld to bring her back”, he said. I tried to look him in the eyes but he kept avoiding mine blue eyes, which means he kept something from me, “I know you long enough to know that there’s something you don’t tell me. What is it”, I said sounding harsher than I mean to be, “How do you know the Underworld is real?”, I added, and this time I looked him in his green eyes who looked unsure, he gulped, “Niall. Believe me if I say this, you don’t want to know. It’s the best if you don’t know. That is a story for later. We have to travel to the Underworld to save Harry, Liam, Zayn and Louis”, he said looking me stern in the eyes.

I nodded, I know him very well. He’s pretty stubborn; if he has set something in his mind it’s impossible to change his mind. So I let it drop, for now at least. Jack is right; we have to save the lads. A question popped to my mind, “What does Hades even want from them?”, I asked, Jack shrugged his shoulders, “I don’t know”, he said looking a bit sad. I nodded and ran towards Louis’ room.

“Niall! Wait! Where are you going?!”, Jack yelled after me, I heard his footsteps following me, “We go to the Underworld, at least I need a shirt”, I explained while walking inside Louis’ room. I’m sure Louis don’t have a problem if I rent one of his shirts, “Why Louis’?”, Jack questioned, I turned to look at him, his wings are disappeared and he looked confused, “Louis is the closest to my height, and I don’t have the time to search for my shirt”, I explained while I opened his closet. I looked inside and grabbed a plain white shirt.

I looked at my back in a mirror in Louis’ room, I looked at my two big scars close to my shoulder blades. They were a black colour, that’s the place my wings appear and disappear. I pulled the shirt over my head and turned back to look at Jack who was playing on his IPhone, eyebrows knitted together in concentration. “Jack! We don’t have time to play let’s go!”, I yelled at him making him jump a few feet in the air.

He quickly put his phone back in his pocket and mumbled a sorry. I rolled my eyes.

We walked towards the front door, in the progress I put my phone and wallet in my pocket. I can need them, you never know, “Can we maybe stop somewhere for food? I’m hungry”, Jack whined and I chuckled. Which remembered me, I’m also a bit hungry.

“No, first we need to find our friends”, I said, Jack looked at me like I just went insane. If I have to be fair my words also surprised me a bit. “I’m just worried about them, that’s all. I can’t really think about food at the moment”, I said honestly. Jack nodded, understanding, “I get what you mean, they are also my friends, we are going to save them”, he said.

When I looked at him I saw a fire burn inside his eyes. I smiled, that’s something I love about Jack. He can be incredible stubborn, immature and if he want to sarcastic. But when you need him he can be serious and give great advice. He always knows what to do. He had a pretty rough past but that made him the selfless, caring and strong person I know. He never gives up, he always keeps fighting. Something we really can use now.

A smirk appeared at his lips, “Want to join me on an adventure?”, he asked me, I tilted my head to the side, “What adventure?”,  I asked curiously, “An adventure to travel to the Underworld and save our friends”, he said.

Why not?

“Let’s go buddy!”, I yelled and he laughed.

We walked out of the front door towards the elevator, I pressed the button and we walked in.

A few minutes later when we were outside a question popped to mine, a very important one.

“Where is the Underworld?”, I asked.

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About the Underworld and Hades... I’m very into the Greek Myths. That’s the reason for that.

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-          Jack the Irish leprechaun