(Zane x reader) The Divine Chronicles Book 1: Change

Chapter 21: A Plan

"Y/n, why can you just see that he's not the person he used to be? THAT'S NOT ZANE! not any more." Garroth yelled at my back. We were in the guard tower discussing the matter ofZane.

Garroth was against it as was most everyone else, even my own brother, anger coursed through me as I clenched my hands into fists, feeling my nails dig into the skin of me palm. I spun around to face him "YES HE IS! THAT'S STILL ZANE! HE'S STILL IN THERE! WHY CAN'T YOU SEE THAT?! HE JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED!" I yelled furiously. "He's just...broken" I said the last word falling off into a whisper. I spun on my heel, grabbing my sword and, angerly stomping towards the door. "He just needs someone to help pick up the pieces" I said slamming the door on my way out so hard it caused the frame to shake.

Furiously I tightened my grip on my sword, my knuckles turning white. Zane wasn't evil he was just...lost. and I'm going to do everything in my power to help him find his way back home. Even if it costs me my life. It wasn't my happiness I cared about, it was Zane's. Even if I had to give him every ounce of happiness that I had leaving non for me, I would. Even if it would leave me an empty shell I didn't care, I would do it if it meant he got to live on happily, what else did I have if I didn't have him? This was all my fault and I intend to fix it. I looked up noticing I was standing at the ocean edge. I sat down in the sand, resting my arms on my knees. My hair floated around me as the wind lifted it.off my shoulders.

When we got back from okasis Garroth was livid, "How could you be so careless?" He had yelled angerly. I knew he cared about me and he was just worried but he had a funny way of showing it. Garroth thinks of me as a littel sister, honestly I think I'm the closest thing to family he's got left. I tried to explain to him my plan about trying to help Zane to try to fix things when we got back to the guard tower but that only made things worse. I don't care if I had to do it alone, I was going to help him, no matter what.

It was my fault, and I needed to be the one to fix it, even if I had to do it alone. I had made up my mind, but the question was how? Where would I even start? being by myself would make it especially hard. Aphmau, Garroth, Laurence, and Dante were all verry against the wole plan, and I didn't even bother with Katelyn. I didn't trust her anyway, and I didn't want to bring Danny into it. I decided to leave at night under the cover of darkness - thats when I did all of my running away- but I wasn't sure were I was even supposed to start, I guess we would cross that bridge when we got there.

I had remembered reading about an Island that was home to the greatest library in all the world. The library was supposed to hold secrets to unlocking powerful magicks, but there was a small problem, no one knew where the island was, and as for the library there were all sorts of legends and stories about all the dangers, one story told about how a group of wyvrens lived in the library said to protect it from unwanted visitors. An other story was that the library was destroyed in one of the many battels between the divine warriors and the things they faught. I figured there could be some way I could find some information on how to help Zane, I knew he was still zane but he had deffinatly been corupted and it was obvious that my words alone wouldn't be enough to save him, so what was I going to do? and I needed to find a way to restore Danny's memory, Hyria said that only the power of a divine warrior was strong enough but there had to have been another way, right?

With a sigh I stood up from my place on the sand, with a new plan in mind. No one was supposeed to know were the island was but some one just might have a map, Hyria.

I looked at my fairy companion who floated next to me, "alden, do you think you could send a message to hyria for me?" I asked and he happily agreed as he danced in the air excited. "Ask her if she has any information about the lost island." Alden gave a quick jingle before disappearing.

I stood up from my place on the sand as Alden made a reappearance. He projected a message of Hyria before I got the chance to ask. "The lost library? Hmm I wonder what your interest is in that place? I'm sure I can guess. But yes I do have some information as to where you can find it. If you stop by my cottage we could discuss it." The message ended and I was left staring at Alden's small glowing body. "Well it looks like we have ourselves a mission" I said. Alden's glow intensified "a possibly dangerous one at that." I nodded before turning to head back to my house.

I would go to Hyria's that night, and set out on my journey once I got the information I needed.

So there was my plan.

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When night finally fell I grabbed my satchel that Hyria had given me when I first left v/n, and my cloak I had hung by the door, wrapping it around myself and snapping the gold button in place. I sheathed my lightly glowing sword on my hip and exited the house, with Alden close behind.

I had bearly made it down the cobblestone path when I heard a voice behind me causing me to stop, "so you're just gonna leave again with out telling anyone?" A familiar choice said from behind me. I turned, seeing my dark blue haired friend standing, with her arms crossed, glaring accusingly at me.

I opened my mouth to reply but closed it, slumping my shoulders in defeat. I rubbed my forehead "yes,"

"And where are you going?" Danny questioned. I let others a heavy sigh before replying, "I'm going to get some information from Hyria about the lost island." Danny's eyebrows knitt together, "why?" I paused, "because I think there might be some information at the library that could help us. "But isn't the library just a legend?" I shook my head, "no I remember studying about it,"

"Of corse you do." I rolled my eyes at the comment before continuing, "it's real, or at least it was. I'm not sure if it's still around, there are a lot of diffrent things I've read about what happened to it."

"And how are you planning to get there?"

"I figured I would cross that bridge when I got there."

"Do you ever think anything through?"

I paused, and thought for a minute, "no." I said matter-of-factly. Danny chuckled. "Well I'm comming with." I shook my head, "no it could be dangerous-"

"Exactly why I'm comming" she cut me off, "did you really think I would let you go by yourself?" I sighed, "well then get your stuff, and we'll go." Danny smiled obviously happy I wasn't going to fight with her about it. I was a bit glad that she wanted to come, I could use the company, besides of corse Alden.