The former teacher stood clear in the middle of an open land. No longer human, he had a serpent’s tail, legs of a goat, red skin, a mane like a lion, and fangs that dripped with hunger.
"I…. I can’t let you continue this once beautiful planet!" shouted the blond girl.
"Your time is up! We’ll make you pay for this!" shouted the second girl.
Concentrating hard, the boy caused clouds to quickly appear. And with a gesture, a huge bolt of light slashed out of the sky. But the monster was quick, and dodged that bolt with ease.
"That’s it! You die!" shouted the second girl. "I call upon ice to freeze this beast!" Again the sky got dark, but this time the dust around the beast’s feet swirled. Then the bottom half of the monster was frozen in a giant ice crystal.
"Yay! You got it! Wahoo! Wow, that was
great!" cheered the other girl, with her back to the monster. "Yay! Yay!
Yay!"
There was a hint of movement from the monster,
and with lightning quick reflexes, the boy shoved his friend to the ground.
The monster had the area where she had been standing coated in some sort
of venom.
"I shall toast you for that!" the one who had been saved shouted. "Someone could have gotten hurt!"
An explosion of fireballs burst from her outstretched hands. "Oh no! That didn’t even singe it’s fur!" she exclaimed with freight.
"Let’s get him away from that forest, we’re too close, and it might get destroyed! Follow me!" shouted the ice handler as she ran at full speed southward. The other two followed without hesitation, the monster close at their heels. They ran straight, but somehow ended up in a dead end of a canyon.
"We’re stuck! What now genius?" exclaimed the other of the two females.
The boy wheeled around to face the beast. It grew a large horn from its elbow, then pulled that off and held it in its hand. Sword against horn, the two dueled while the girls tried to come up with a plan.
"That’s it! Let’s blast him one!" shouted the blond-headed one, decisively.
The sky got dark, a cold wind blew, and all of a sudden the monster was frozen again. A huge burning blast shot from the sky and hit the monster.
Unfortunately, the blast melted the ice and only managed to singe a small part of its fur.
The beast was mad now. With arms outstretched it called upon a strong harsh wind. The girls were blown against the canyon walls, but the boy’s will was strong and he fought to keep his balance. He knew he had to conquer the beast, or all was ruined. He rushed toward the monster. The wind stopped and the girls slumped to the ground unconscious. Again the sword and the horn clashed. With an evil tooth-full grin, the monster called upon a spear-pointed rock and sent it through the boy under his shoulder bone.
The fire user came to and was focusing her power on helping her fallen companions. The ice user slowly came to, and both sent their power to get the boy to his feet.
"He can’t die…he’s our only hope!" gasped the fire girl.
Slowly the powers went aglow around the boy. He opened his eyes, which were now full of a glint of fire. He had a bright aura and he charged at the monster with a new strength.
At that moment, the girls gave him all their
remaining strength and they dropped back down to the ground.
The boy closed his eyes and threw his sword
straight up. With a few gestures a lightning bolt struck the sword,
which then caught on fire. The beast stared at this, confused.
A giant ice crystal extinguished the flame, to reveal a now bright red
blade. A blade now forged of a stone that could only be matched by
the brightness of the sun its self.
Sword back in hand, with a burning of power
in it, the boy possessed an even greater force. He jumped into the
air and drove the sword straight into the beast.
The beast took one last pitiful swipe at the
boy and fell to the ground. When the beast died, the seed came out
and was stored away in a magically sealed pouch around the belt of the
boy. With the monster dead, the powers drained from the boy, and
he collapsed to his knees, holding the area where he had been wounded.
The pain of his wound just now reaching him again.
When the girls came to, their powers regained, they took the extremely weak boy back to the forest. There, they found medical help, but a new problem aroused how to get home. For all transportation had been destroyed.
---End of Part 2---