Keeper of the World

The 12 Guardians

We had walked for 2 days in silence, I guess the man had many things he needed to think about, or he was just really stupid. Though he seemed to be in a happy mood. The forest started to clear, it wasn't quite as damp and smothering, and it didn't take long before we came upon the base of a huge mountain. Like a gray wall suddenly emerging from the forest, was it really natural, it was so straight and smooth, like a man made wall out of stone.

I got a small tingling feeling in my stomach, is this our goal.

"We have arrived." The man said looking over at me with a smile.

"What exactly is it we have arrived to." A curious look on my face, I was filled with anticipation as to what we would be doing here.

"Oh you will see,  soon, really soon." A even bigger smile spreading across his face as he approached the smooth stone wall, planting his hand on it.

I was standing right next to him, and noticed how his eyes turned green, and then a blue circle as if it was being carved into the rock formed slowly around his hand. Lines spread from the small circle out and formed another, bigger one and then strange markings started to appear between the lines going from the small circle to the bigger one. When the last marking appear the symbol gave up a small bright flash, then started spinning, the man releasing his hand, putting it on my shoulder.

"This was the entrance to the school I went too, we shall conduct our training in here, follow me."

"Wait what training, oh is this what pregnant means, are you gonna make me pregnant?"

The man stopped as he was pushing me into the tunnel at first, then started laughing so much he had to hold himself against the wall.

"No Amadi, the power you have, I will teach you how to use it. And this is where we will train. When I was a child I also trained here."

"How.. I didn't tell you my name." Is the white man reading my mind, is that a thing, I should learn that thing.

He kept pushing me in front of him, still chuckling a little.

There was now a door opening in the side of the mountain, blue lines tracing the outline of it, a dark path stretching inside, maybe I should be scared, turn around and go back to the safe life of the village. But I didn't feel too scared, for some reason I kind of trusted the crazy white man.

"Seems like the lighting in this place has stooped working, wait let me walk first, would be silly if I pushed you of some edge, killing you after walking all this way would be so annoying." I felt the man take my hand, pulling me deeper into the mountain, the darkness being so thick it seemed to be swallowing noise too, the hallway we were walking through being absolutely quiet.

"Ah here we are." The man stooping in front of me, if he didn't say anything I would have walked right into him. More blue lines started to appear again on what seemed to be a wall in front of us. The man yet again touching it with his hand, the lines seeming to be emerging from his hand.

Another door opened for us, but behind this one it was brighter, there seemed to be light coming from ahead of us. I cringed slightly from the light, shading my eyes, before my they adjusted.

The man walked ahead fast, seeming just as eager as I was, I ran after him and caught up as he stopped looking at something.

As I reached his side I noticed we were standing in the middle of a round space , like a bubble in the middle of the mountain, the cupolas sides and roof being completely smooth, but the roof seemed transparent, somehow light shining through it, giving the room a nice bright atmosphere.

There where new paths all along the side of the round room, there were so many, I hope the man knew where to go.

"This used to be the greeting hall, the first thing you saw when you came back from a mission. There were wooden stands here with various merchandise you could restock on if you needed to head right back out again. The walls used to be lined with cloth, bearing the sigil of the guild." The man was standing still for a wile just looking up into the roof which was shining with a warm bright light.

He put on his blazer, buttoning one button, and then his clothes started changing color, and I stood there amazed as it was now a completely new outfit.

He was now almost all black small lines off dark blue and silver here and there. Thick brown leather boots ending a little below the knee, held on with steel clasps on the side, all the clasps being elaborate artwork, looking like some sort of sigil. Black loose trousers that where hard to see, the tunic he was wearing going down to mid thigh, it being cut in front back and sides for mobility.

A thick leather belt at his waist, fastened in the back with the same steel clasps as on the boots, but a bit bigger, all sorts of knifes being fastened in it. The tunic being short sleeved stopping at his shoulders, but covering his head and face with a hood, the face being completely black even though light was falling on it, like some illusion. His arms being covered with another black shirt worn underneath, his wrists being protected with thick leather wrist guards, again steel sigils as clasps on both. The same sigil on his back in silver and blue.

"I, the last Guild master of the 12 guardians welcome you, Amadi to your new home. Lets begin your training." His voice firm, arms crossed over his chest, i smiled at him, yep I so should have run when I had the chance.