14 April 2012
"So we just gotta enter this forest right? It's in here?" said Allen. "That's certainly the gist of it to get the muguffin. The sacred Garnet, correct?" said Risa "Yeah. But before we actually head in, a good sturdy weapon would be good right about now, something tells me this is Reversed central..." said Allen "You're definitely right. Which means I call that stick over there." Risa said is she walked over to a long stick that was stabbed into the ground, it was sharp on one making it an ideal weapon for stabbing. "Damn it," said Allen "but when I'm in trouble you better save me." "Of course Allen," Risa said "when have I ever let you down?" "Well there was the week before when you forgot to bring the money to pay for the food we ate at that restaurant." "We could have been perfectly fine if you just followed my plan and threw the fork at the fire extinguisher, but noooo, you have morals." explained Risa. "Just watch my back okay?" said Allen. "I know, I know..." said Risa.
The forest was dark from the trees blocking most of the sun that came in, so dark you could barely see four feet in front of you. "Just remember to stay close," said Allen, "I'd hate to have either of us dead..." Risa was silent, she walked steadily looking behind Allen, while Allen was the eyes in the front. The two walked for a while then came to a post stuck right in the middle of a fork in the path.
'Restore peace to the area.'
"But how do we do that?" asked Allen "grrrrrrr..." "Risa, please don't do that or I just might have a panic attack..." "That wasn't me though Allen..." "Then what was tha-" "ROOOOAAAARRR!" "AAAAAHHHHH!!!" they both screamed as they began to run away. "What the hell Risa?! You were supposed to be watching my back!" said he. "You said nothing about the sides!" said she. "Did I have to explain everything?!" said he. The beast's foot steps began to sound like they were getting closer and closer. "What the hell is it?!" Allen yelled "How should I know?! It's too dark to see the damn thing!" Risa said. "TREEEEEEE!!!" Allen exclaimed as they noticed the incoming tree, they went split directions fast enough so that the beast crashed into the tree. "Did we get it?..." asked Allen. "Might as well finish it off here right?" said Risa as she looked at the stick The two walked up to the beast, it was a Reversed meant to look like a lion "It's certainly Reversed if the male is hunting this time around..." said Risa as she positioned the stick to stab the lion directly through the head. She raised the stick, and soon after delt the final blow. The lion had dissipated shortly after leaving the stick perfectly clean. "Welp, the deed is done" said Risa. "Let's just find that temple before we start relaxing..." said Allen So the two started walking again and decided to start a little conversation. "Do you think the city is alright? I'm starting to get a little worried..." Said Risa. "They should be fine, King has the white sword but even then there will be some casualties. It's strange though, the League of Damned were supposed to call war on us before attacking and yet the citizens were told no such thing of their arrival, no evacuation plan, no bunkers, nothing." said Allen. "Maybe they did this on purpose," said Risa, "to get the jump on us?" "They've never done this before... Not for the past hundred thousand years... Something must have changed. Maybe it has to do with that time traveler boy." said Allen. "Oh yeah," Risa began, "what was up with that time travel stuff the Elders were talking to you about? The least you could do is tell me." "This boy appeared from out of nowhere in a great flash. But he left shortly after he defeated the Reversed I was fighting. He had the white for some reason, saying it was passed down from generation to generation." explained Allen. "Do you know his name?" asked Risa. "No," Allen replied, "He left before I could ask. I'm beginning to think he's behind what's been going on here, considering that King and the council know him too, this boy has obviously been around..." "Hey, we're here!" said Risa. The forest temple stood there with a great big door covering the entrance. "How do we get inside?" Said Allen. "Maybe it has to do with that post we saw earlier." said Risa. "But what do we bring peace to?" said Allen as he stepped on a platform. The platform, and a dozen other symbols circling it, lit up suddenly. "What did I just do?..." Allen was standing amidst the light show that was occurring at his feet. Then a lightning bolt struck Allen, surging through his body. What Allen felt wasn't pain, but warmth, an energy that was being given to him. The bolt did its deed and Allen fell to the floor. "Allen! Are you alright?!" Risa yelled as she ran up to where he landed. "*cough*, *cough* yeah... I'm fine... Actually, I feel a little better than fine... Hand me that stick." Allen said as Risa gave him the stick she was carrying. Allen began to focus on the door for a few seconds tightening his grip on the stick. "Please, just let this work!!!" Allen exclaimed as he slashed at the door. The stick slid through the rock with ease, somehow cutting the door in two. The pieces fell revealing the entrance to the forest temple. "How did you know to do that, and how did you even know that would work?" Risa asked. "I'm not sure," Allen explained, "when the lightening struck me I got a vision showing me that my slashes were stronger, there were some whispers but they were too distant to understand." "So basically," Risa said, "the lightening bolt gave you super powers?" "I guess?..." Allen said as he shrugged. "But what did the post have to do with this? 'Bring peace to the area' it didn't open the door." Risa explained in bewilderment. "We can try and figure that out when we actually have the sacred Garnet in our hands. I have a feeling this power slash is gonna help us a lot." said Allen as he began to walk towards the entrance. "Right behind ya partner." Risa said cheerily as she followed behind him.
The forest temple was a very weird temple. The air is damp, the walls were sticky and a large amount of creatures, including the Reversed, infested it. "So where do we go from here captain?" Risa said in a sarcastic voice. "Captain?" Allen questioned. "Well, considering that you have the power to slash through giant rocks, I think that's good enough to deem you the title captain." said Risa "It's not really much of a power," Allen explained, "It does drain quite a bit of my energy, and I'm not sure if it works on everything, and mainly because this stick is our only weapon, I'd say it's best not to try our luck and power slash everything we see." "You're certainly taking a liking to calling it the 'power slash.'" said Risa. "I don't know, the name just fits really well." As they walked they came across this giant tree blocking the path. "I'm assuming this is the part to see if you've actually listened when you heard the technique." Said Risa, "Go ahead captain, chop this baby down." Allen mearly grumbled as he walked up to the tree and got into a ready stance. "Alright... Let's do this... RAH!!!" With a quick slash the tree was cut down with a clean cut slab in the center. "Captain, you never fail to impress the women." Risa said jokingly. "Let's just get a move on, we can have our witty banter after the sacred Garnet is in the council's hands." and so they continued through the temple. As the two rounded the corner, a giant spider dropped down from the ceiling. This spider just so happens to the Reversed symbol on it's back. "Reversed! Stand back Risa!" Allen demanded. Risa heeded his demand and stayed behind him. The spider seemed to have patience as it waited for it's opponent's move, but the spider seemed to lose it as it took a stance to ready a strike. "come on..." Allen mumbled. The spider lept at the pair. "DODGE!" Allen exclaimed. As they dodged the attack, Allen quickly hopped onto the spider's back. The spider began to buck wildly. "Take... THIS!" Allen yelled as he stabbed the spider directly in it's head. The beast fell with a thud and soon dissipated. "Well that takes care of that..." Risa said. "We should probably hurry before more Reversed show up..." said Allen. And so they continued onward until they arrived at a large and open room. At the end of the room the sacred Garnet was in view. "There it is! Let's just get it, and get out of here." Risa said as she ran towards the gem. Allen followed behind her but noticed the gigantic spider that was attached to the ceiling. It was much larger than the other's that have appeared earlier. "Risa wait!" Allen yelled as he rushed towards here. Risa turned around and saw the giant spider, The spider seemed to wake up and began to fall down so as to crush Risa. "Don't worry, I'll save you!!!" Allen yelled as he pushed Risa out of the way of the spider's range. "Get the Garnet, I'll take care of the monster." Allen commanded "Okay, don't worry about me, you take care of the Reversed, I'll just stay back here." Said Risa. "Hey you!" Allen shouted. "Over here!" Allen threw the stick like a spear and it landed square in the monster's eye. The monster jerked back and forth in pain for a few seconds and then focused it's attention on Allen. Allen no longer had a weapon so the most he could was run and get the monster to destroy a few pillars, but it did not phase the beast and it was too smart to run into the wall. Allen was cornered by the beast. Allen didn't know what to do. It was at this time when Allen began to hear a voice in his head.
"Remember Allen, the fate of our world rests in your hands."
Allen did not recognize the voice. It seemed strange to him that it knew his name. Allen looked back to his right hand and noticed that his hand was holding the White sword.
"Allen, your sword will reveal certain symbols. These symbols will guide you to your solution..."
"Oh really?" Said Allen. "Take this!!!" Yelled Allen as he slashed at
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