The Rage of Earth (Book 2)

Chapter 3

Kenya was easier to find than Gloss thought. In fact, she was speaking to Link just outside the courtyard. Gloss hated to ruin the conversation, but the trouble at hand was very important, and who knows who had stolen the spell books of Arendelle?

"Link! Kenya!" She shouted, gasping for breath. "Arendelle... the spell books... they-"

"Whoa!" Kenya said, putting her hands on Gloss' shoulders. "Calm down. Take your time. Then tell us what's happening."

Gloss took several deep breaths before clearing her throat and speaking.

"The spell books within Arendelle have gone missing," she said.

"What?!" Link and Ken said in synchronization.

"How?" Ken asked. "I thought the barrier spells were too powerful for any mortal to destroy!"

"They are," Gloss replied. "But somehow someone or something found the weakness within the magic." She looked to Link, who had a look of scrutiny on his face. He was in thought. "What's happening in your mind, Link?"

"Dalton was just speaking about this today," he said. "He said he found some strange dust when he went into the magic library."

"Dust?" This made the Angel even more confused. "What kind of dust?"

"I'm not sure. Not exactly a wizard. But he did say that it's glow made it seem... vicious in a way. He also spoke about certain hunters going missing."

"Missing? Are there any clues as to where they might have gone?"

"As he has told me, nothing. It's like they vanished out of thin air. But he did say that most of them went up north towards Corinth to hunt for more 'exotic' animals."

Gloss thought for a moment while her wings flapped. Dust, stolen books, plant-like creatures, hunters going missing... what does it all mean? She looks to Kenya who was already grabbing her sword and putting on her belt.

"Way ahead of you, sis," she said. "Time to explore?"

"You bet it is," she replied. "You gonna join, Link?"

"Is that even a question?" He said, putting his shield on.

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After retrieving Ash and Zelda, the five were kneeling in front of the queen, arms in front and behind them as the made a V-shape in their positions. The queen smiled at them all, telling them to rise and saying it wasn't necessary for them to be so formal with her. However, they still kept their stance.

"As you all have heard," she began. "Many of the precious books of magic and spells and hunters have gone missing over the past few days. It is vital for you five to get them back, for those books have many years of techniques and powerful magic within them and those men and women's lives are important. I pray that you all come back safely from your journey."

The queen then went up to Gloss and touched her shoulder. The Young Angel looked up to the queen, who was giving her a small smile. Gloss stood up, listening to what Her Highness was saying to her.

"Gloss..." she said softly. "I fear this may have to do with something about the world having an imbalance. I had a dream that there were these animals taking humans prisoner until they have paid off for what they have done wrong."

Animals taking humans prisoner? Gloss thought. I should speak to Brenner and Hazlitt about this all.

"I'll keep my eye out, Your Highness," she said, smiling back. "I've never let you down, and this will not be the first time I do."

The queen gave Gloss another smile before dismissing the group. This gave Gloss more time to think. She was wondering where she could find her two animal companions. While it was true that she could easily speak to them and try to find out where they were, the last time she had spoken with them was in the forests up north. There would be no way for her to make it there in less than a day...

Not unless she flew.

Gloss stopped in her tracks and looked to the skies. The clouds were going on the direction of the sun. And the sun goes west. Everyone looked at Gloss, stopping to see what she was going to do. Gloss then took a deep breath and flapped her wings to full expansion.

"Zelda," she said. "Want to join?"

Zelda looked at her friends oddly, wondering what she was talking about. Gloss looked her in the eye and spoke.

"I have animal companions up north. They might know of what is going on with not only the dust, but they may also know about the hunters going missing."

Zelda's eyes widened as she held onto Gloss' hand tightly. With that, Gloss prepared her wings for takeoff. Flapping them a little and getting them use to the wind speed, she took off with Zelda holding on for her life.

"Where are you going!" Ash yelled after her. "What's going on?"

"You guys stay around the area to look for any of the hunters," Gloss replied. "Look through the forests up ahead, but don't go into the northern forests until Zelda and I have returned!"

And with that, the two flew towards the northern forests. All Gloss hoped was that there was an answer for the missing hunters and books.

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A/N: AHHHHHHH! It feels so good to have my writer's mind back! I've gotta admit I really missed this book a lot. I missed this series! I forgot how much I loved writing it! But now we see everything coming together huh? Well I don't like spoiling things so I'll just leave it off here. Cheers~