The Truth of Spectre and the Darkest Days

Chapter 6: The Vault Of Power

*Set After the news of Jane*

Spectre had hardly had any sleep over the night as he paced back and forth across the room thinking about things Why Katelynn why, of all the people why did you join her my very own sister, if i can't trust you who can i trust, i can't leave the timeturner here as even someone in this hideout could be working for Anya Is Ivy or someone who's already dead really working for her like Jane or Iris. That's it the time turner can't stay here but who can I trust with it, suddenly he remembered the legendary vault keepers who had protected all powerful artifacts and treasures away from Dark witches and wizards, and he just so happened to be friends with one of them, that's it I will give it to Zachary With that decided Spectre Quietly packed a bag and put the time turner in his pocket then apparated to Zachary's House.

Arriving at the house of his friend Zachary, he saw overgrown plants covering the doors and house which was weird as Zachary alway took such pride in his garden, worried that anya may have got to him already he burst through the door and rushed through the entire house looking for signs of an attack, however he saw nothing not even 1 item out of place however the dust had settled everywhere which suggested that the house had not been used in years, suddenly Spectre felt a presence enter the room Spinning around he was meet by Zachary and 2 other people who he didn't know.

Zachary turned to the 2 strangers and said "put your wands down this is my old friend Spectre" the 2 strangers hesitantly lowered their wands but kept them in their hands ready for if they needed them, Zachary then turned to Spectre and said "it's been a long time Spectre how are you and where is Jane Iris and Katelynn, why are they not with you." Spectre looked into Zachary's eyes before replying "Katelynn has joined anya and she murdered Jane using poison, and Iris was hit by the Killing Curse and who are those 2?" he asked pointing to the 2 strangers. Oh these two that one there is "Melody she's a Healer who i meet on one of my adventures where i was poisoned and would have died if it was not for her" Said Zachary as he pointed at the woman standing next to him, and the Young man is Benjamin he is a master with plants and using them to set traps, he can also make the greatest potions using Mandrakes and other plants and there is even a rumour that he has made a spell that will turn his voice into a Mandrake cry which will knock out even the toughest person but after using it he passes out."

Spectre looked at the 2 in front of him then turned to Zachary and said "so can they be trusted as I need to hide an item that may hold the power to save everyone," With that Spectre pulled the time turner out of his pocket to show it to Zachary, "Spectre that's a time turner i thought they were all destroyed where did you get this from and yes I trust them both of them with my life in fact many times they have saved my life."

Well we must go before the others wake up as not sure if i can trust them anymore Spectre said, Spectre then grabbed Zachary's arm as he was unsure where they were heading to, there was a flash once Spectre's eyes cleared he saw they were standing outside of a cave Spectre looked at Zachary with a look of fear, and said "you won't believe this but i think i just seen a ghost and it enter that cave he said pointing to the cave entrance in front of them. They all turned to look but none of them other than Spectre could see him, "it must be the stress Spectre come Dear let's head in and i will whip up a potion to help you" Melody said. With that they headed into the cave which was locked with blood magic, as they went in Spectre could have sworn he saw a shadow leap into the cave before it closed but dismissed it to him being tired.

*3 weeks later*

Spectre had started to finally for once relax and had started to get really close with the other 3, they were now like a well polished machine the warrior, the adventurer, the healer and the Plant king, just as Spectre was finishing his owl to Ivy to tell her he was okay and not to look after him he headed to the owlery to get one of the owls to deliver, suddenly he felt a presence behind him in one swift movement he was facing the person with his wand drawn and a dagger in the other hand, "Oh it's just you Banjoboi you should know better then to sneak up on me, even more now that Zachary has been teaching me how to handle this magical dagger," Spectre then lowered the wand and transfigured the dagger back into a ring "did you want something Ben or where you just coming to see me." "I wanted to come and see you as your been very quiet today and I was concerned so I thought I would come and see you" Benjamin replied, Spectre had said he was feeling brilliant and would be up in time for the lesson today it was his turn to teach, you see they had started a structure so that they would be ready for anything Spectre taught them wand play and Dueling, Zachary taught weapon play and stealth, Melody taught healing magic and benjamin taught potions.

After they watched the owl fly away with his letter, Spectre and Ben headed up to the main room, Spectre walked in to see Zachary and Melody sparring, at the moment Melody seemed to have the upper hand, she was using a Magical Dagger just like mine and had her wand that was made for dueling, whilst Zachary had just picked knuckle dusters and his normal wand, Melody struck towards Zach with the dagger fainting right before striking with Stupefy, however Zach had seen it coming and jumped over the strike using melody like a springboard, flipping around he landed behind her and said "Incarcerous" and watched as rope flew from his wand hitting Melody and tying her to the wall, Zach then ran at her and swung his fist towards her face, stopping just inches away from her nose, however no one noticed his wand at her belly as he whispered a spell smirking, Sorry dear don't hate me, out of nowhere Melody started to sing and it was the most beautiful thing Spectre had ever heard, Spectre noticed Ben leave from the corner of his eye, 5 minutes later he walked back in with a potion that he poured into Melody's mouth and she then passed out.

After watching that Duel they all decided to go and have something to eat, they were chatting away when suddenly Spectre felt a rumble and turned to the others, someone is in cave Spectre shouted, with that he turned the ring into a dagger and pulled his wand out, then darted towards the sound, as Spectre turned the corner he saw someone he never thought he would see again Standing there next to 4 of anya's follows was Arluin himself, Arluin started laughing before saying to Spectre "What you surprised to see me" Spectre readied his weapons before replying "I killed you, when I left you were inches away from death there was no way you could have survived that"

Arluin smiled at Spectre before he let out a devilish laugh that echoed throughout the entire cave, "That maybe the case however just as you left Anya appeared and she saved me, she promised my heart's desire if i do one thing for her, she want's me to kill you."

*Benjamin's POV*

Benjamin had watched Spectre bolt out of the room when he heard a sound coming from the other entrance. Jumping up he shouted to Zachary and Melody "Looks like they're coming in from both ends, we should split up someone should go help Spectre and the other two take the other exit." Zachary lips curled up in a menacing smile as he said "It will be the intruders who will need help not Spectre lets deal with the other entrance first then we can help Spectre, Benjamin how's the plant's going and Melody have you got the potions" Once they checked they had everything ready they headed out to ambush the intruders Benjamin being an animagus turned into a mole and burrowed underground setting trap using some baby Mandrakes Rigged to be pulled out when they stepped over the trip wire and some devil's snare that would tie them up. After just a few minutes of waiting Ben felt the ground shaking as 9 of anya's follows ran down the corridor looking for the protectors of the cave however Ben and the others had trained for this, for many years, as the follows start to get closer to Ben he decided it might be a good idea to check that his earmuffs where on correctly before the Mandrake trap went off. Suddenly Ben heard bodies falling to the ground and knew that the Mandrake's had worked burrowing out of the ground he saw 7 Wizards all passed out, turning back into a human he walked up and collected their wands and then proceeded to tie them all up, hearing a noise behind him he spun around just in time to notice 8 more marching through the cave, God Anya must really want these items to send so many followers, but she could send 200 for all i care they're not getting to the vault even if it cost me my life Ben thought. As he saw Zach drop down and engage the 8 WIzards who had now been tied up by the devil's snare watching as the life faded from their eyes as Zachary worked with his wand and Scythe. Benjamin prepared himself for the next wave as he knew that Anya wouldn't send so few................