The Hunt for the Power Stones

Chapter 52 - Nathaniel's History

A new day has risen for our heroes after having one of the best nights rest of their life. They all got together at sunrise and had sat together at a nearby table. "I'm telling you guys right now after we're done, I will never leave my bed," said James, "Yea that was a really good sleep, can't argue with that" replied Nathaniel. Malik had also had a good night's sleep but not before doing a little bit of research. He did not want to be unprepared for the next stone, He knew how much effort his friends have put into this Journey and it was crucial for them to be on guard and prepared. Malik had been reading up on the last stone, He had learned of its abilities and strengths and weaknesses.

"How about you Malik, How did you sleep" asked Gabriel, "Absolutely Incredible, I had a chance to look through some of the notes your Grandfather wrote down for me, he claimed that out of all the stones the final stone (Malik opens the book for them all to see) was one of the most unique stones, as this final stone belonged to the Great Dragon's twin brother. "What?" replied Gabriel. " The final stone that was in my possession is the Earth Mimicry Jade Stone. This stone was very special as unlike all the other stones, King Valentino saw some actual real use to this. Long ago King Valentino hard ordered for the Mage to hand over the Jade stone, He knew of its abilities and wanted to put it to good use, One of the other reasons why Columbus is such a highly protected and strong kingdom is not only because of their loyal Knights but also due to the defense surrounding the Kingdom.

King Valentino had ordered his Most Trusted Loyal Knight Ruben, Ruben was, in fact, Nathaniels older Brother. Ruben had given up his life to serving the King in any way possible. Ruben was tasked to take hold of the Earth Mimicry Jadestone and consume its abilities. He was instructed to use his new powers only for good and began building giant earth rock pillars to emerge from the ground, Once Ruben took the stone he had a special connection to the ground and could feel that he could communicate with it too. Ruben spent several days working on the defenses around Columbus building it up while other Kingdoms tried to attack. One day Ruben had done his usual rounds of reassuring the defenses were safe when he was ambushed by not a human but by Morpheus.

The King Instantly heard the Roars of the Giant beast and looked outside of his room the Dragon attacking Ruben, Ruben had transformed into his earthly form, and from head to toe he was changed. What the King didn't know was that Servic had asked Morpheus to attack Ruben to steal the stone. Ruben Unfortunately defended the Kingdom as best as he could, he performed Massive heroic feats, threw giant boulders at the Dragon but Morpheus was too fast and Strong. Morpheus Blew his purple flames over and over and over again. It got to the point Ruben just couldn't handle the heat, he began melting and his earthly form was disintegrating. Morpheus was winning the fight, Malik and the other soldiers including the mage had gone out to help but they were too late, Morpheus had done too much damage and could not be helped. Ruben died moments later in the arms of his younger brother Nathaniel. This was the moment Nathaniel swore to kill that monster for what he did to his brother. This is also why he is the keeper of the stones while on their Journey, Nathaniel knows how dangerous and powerful they are and never wants anyone to die because of them. Except for Morpheus and Servic.

We return back to our Heroes at James's Home town, After Explaining what the Stone does Malik stood up and gave his friends new robes and clothing to wear, they each got a piece of chest armor with a Symbol imprinted on it. He had asked one of the metal workers in the town to create and design these pieces. We are Columbus's Protectors and its time Servic realizes who he has messed with. They all put the armor on and new clothes and began planning for the next attack.