Skobex's Return

Chapter 5

Christopher had found a few books in the basement that he decided to skim through. One of which was a small notebook, slightly larger than his hand. After reading the first couple of pages he realised he was reading some sort of diary. It made reference to Skobex and mentioned things about preparations.

As he flicked through he realised that this notebook was a recount of the events that occurred between this person, the Lich as well as Cinderash.

He felt as though he'd hit the jackpot. He ran to tell Anastasia who was still in the basement.

Once he arrived he noticed she was holding something in her hand. He was about to talk but was interrupted by the sound of metal hitting a concrete floor.

'Is everything alright, Anastasia?' He asked concerned.

'No... that sword. It's... it's almost as though it showed me something.'

'What did you see?'

'Not a lot, it's a bit of a blur at the moment.'

Christopher didn't press her. He showed her the notebook, explaining to her this amazing find.

They looked for hours through all the boxes not finding much more that could help them. They both sat at the table and looked through the things they found.

Christopher flipped open a leather bound book, about double the size of the notebook he'd found earlier. After reading a few pages, he realised what he was reading. Anastasia glanced over to what Christopher was reading.

'How are you reading that?' She asked.

'I am?' He replied, confused by her question.

'It's just because I can't read any of it, it's all in different symbols I'm unfamiliar with.'

Christopher had another glanced at the pages in front of him. He did see all the symbols on the pages but he understood what they meant.

'As long as you can read it,' she continued. 'Anything helpful?'

'Spells. Lots of them.'

Juliana stopped Anastasia and Christopher after a while, telling them to get some rest since they were going to need it.

The truth was, Anastasia remembered vividly what she saw whilst holding the sword earlier. Now that she was alone the scene kept replaying in her mind. She knew she couldn't block it out anymore.

She was standing in the middle of the field located in the centre of Cinderash. As she looked around she saw green grass transforming into the unnatural grey colour she saw today.

There was also creatures heading straight towards her. It looked as though it was a skeleton but it still had some skin over various parts of their bodies. Grey clothes were plastered over the top part of their body with the bottom of them looking as though it had been chewed up by a wild animal. The bottom half of their bodies, instead of legs, disappeared behind black smoke. The black smoke shifted between looking like two shadowy legs and a tiny, dark tornado. She wasn't sure what they were but she felt terrified.

These creatures were approaching her, fast. She unsheathed the sword and charged at them.

Anastasia gasped and looked around, calming down when she realised she was in her room. It looked so real to her, she couldn't tell if it was some sort of trick or not.

That very sword that she used in the vision was sitting in its box on the floor at the foot of her bed. As much as she didn't want to have another one of those visions, she felt tempted to. Anastasia wanted to see what happened next.