Chapter 30 - Heroes never die -

The group was standing in the cage where Carrierbombs ran around. Well, where they usually ran around. Souleater lied on the ground. The Unknown Girl was bent over him. Souleater breathed deeply. "W-what happened?" asked Neocro. The girl talked, without looking to the group. She was busy with trying to heal the wounds of Souleater. "The Meteonyker managed to grab him with his claws. It was my fault." "It was not." interrupted Souleater. The Unknown girl ignored Souleater. "I was standing too close to the Red Meteonkyer. The Meteonyker noticed that and tried to attack me. Souleater was able to push me away though. So he grabbed him instead and trew him away." "But... someone has to kill the Meteonyker!" said Sven. "It'll destroy Darken, it's still there, right?" "It is." said the Unknown Girl. "Aren't there any heroes around?" asked Smoer. Souleater groaned. "No, only you." "Huh, who?" asked Lari who looked around. "You, brave Larimar, you and your friends." "Wait, what?" asked David. "You ain't going to put them in that danger Souleater." Souleater looked to his old friend. "I know they're your friends David, but they didn't manage to help you with finding all the secrets about Hambas." David looked shocked to Souleater. "They're no Heroes, Souleater. I'm not either." Souleater tried to get up but the Unknown Girl pushed him back. "Why aren't they Heroes?" David didn't reply. "Souleater, we managed to do alot." Said Lari. "Like Mas Mines, Ivilis, Dekane Mines. We survived the storms of Azria and we traveled trough Madrigal with a group behind us who wanted to kill us just to save one of us. It doesn't mean that we're already accepted by the Gods to be a True Hero." Souleater tried to smile. "I thought you were smarter... David, don't you remember the day my father died?" "I do..." murmered David. "Don't you remember how I lifted the sword of my father? I was neither a Hero, neither close to it. The Gods never accepted me as a True Hero." David looked curiously to Souleater. "Why could you lift that sword then?" "Cause you accepted me as a True Hero, David." Everyone shocked. "so, if David accepts us as True Heroes, we'll be True Heroes?" asked Lari exited. "Yes." said Souleater. He closed his eyes. "I tought you'd find that out on your own David, but it seems like you needed the help of Laola." David looked to the ground. "It's time to lift your head for me, David. You got more in you as you ever accepted from yourself." "Even if I make them True Heroes, I won't be able to help them with this task." "You can, David." said Souleater. "What...? How? I can only get high damage with moments, I can't decide that. And without that high dammage I'm useless." Souleater didn't answer. "David." The Unknown Girl lifted her head. "You can choose when you do that damage. Like you chose to resque me... Back in Saint Morning..." "What... Are you the Assist I once saved as a kid?" asked David. The Unknown Girl nodded. She smiled. "How do I control this... power...?" asked David. "It's controlled by feelings. If you feel anger, sadness. If you feel the need to protect friends or protect others." Everyone looked surprised to Smoer, cause she spoke the words.

Sam started to buff everyone. David sat on the ground with his eyes closed. When Sam was done buffing everyone, David opened his eyes. He put his hand on Lari her head. Then he asked the Axe of Toro and reached it to Lari. "Take it." Lari grabbed the Axe. "Try to use a skill." said David. Lari walked away from the group and smashed the Axe on the ground. A big circle appeared. Lari looked surprised to the Axe. "I'm... A Hero..." David put his hand on all heads of his friends. Smoer, MrBored, Sven, Neocro, Sammz, Foloya, ... "Don't." said Toro when David walked to him. "Don't make me something I already am." Toro lifted his Axe in the air and walked to the entrance of the cage. Everyone looked surprised, except Neocro. She smiled. "Time to save the city." said Larimar. She left the cage and the others followed. At last David looked one more time to Souleater. "Are they really Heroes now?" Souleater smiled. "Not Heroes, but a True Hero in each of them their heart. That's what counts." For the first time in his life David understooth exactly what Souleater meant. He walked out of the cage and stopped with his friends who were staring to the Meteonyker. David looked to Neocro who grabbed the hand of Toro. Sam nodded smiling to Lari. Sven and MrBored hit eachother on their back. Foloya tried to shoot an arrow to Toro, but Smoer hold her. David walked to Smoer, grabbed her hand. "Guys." said Neocro. "We' faced already a lot things. We've been through a lot things. We all know that we're the strongest group in Madrigal. Not power, but friendship. I'm sure we'll be fine as long as we face the Meteonyker together." The others nodded. "And Heroes never die!" shouted Larimar out loud. The group smiled. Side by side they ran to the Red Meteonyker. All running with one same tought in their head. Heroes never die...

Chapter 29 - ... -

I stopped writing at this point. Still, I wanted to finish the story, so I did write an end. Read chapter 30!

Chapter 28 - The end of a Hero -

David and Souleater sat on the Sain City Hall. They were talking about their past adventures together. Mas mines, Ivilis, Dekane mines, Azria, ... "Remember the small dwarves in Dekane?" asked Souleater. "Yeah..." said David. They really didn't seem to like outsiders." Souleater smiled. "Well it's kinda obvious if you live your whole life in a mine without any sunlight..." David nodded agreeing. "Too bad the Blue Meteonyker wasn't there anymore." "My father took care of it a while ago, it was just too dangerous." "Wouldn't it be cool if we became together a Hero later?" asked David. Souleater looked surprised to his friend. "You know you'll never be a Hero, but a God." David stared to his feet. "I don't want to be a God, I want that others admire me for my powers." Souleater shook his head. "So you still don't want to be a God... I wish I could make you understand you should be a God." Sudden Souleater looked to the fields of Saint Morning. "David..." David looked up too. They saw alot people running to the city. "What's happening?" asked David his friend confused. Souleater got up. "There must be something that scares them." "But what...?" asked David. "We'll know soon enough." After the words of Souleater they saw the reason of the screaming and running young heroes. "... A clockworks." said David. "I'll go get my father. Stay here, don't go to it!" David obeyed. After all his time with Souleater he noticed that Souleater his decisions where always right. He also knew Souleater cared enough about David that he wouldn't want to bring him into any danger. While Souleater jumped on his board and flied to the houses of Sain City, David looked over the fields again. The Clockworks walked slow but it didn't mean that he wouldn't reach the city soon. Souleater his father had to come fast! David watched anxious to the running people. They couldn't handle one hit of the Clockworks. He used his laser and swinged with his arms. His feet came on the ground and the ones who were close to it flew away to fall dead on the ground. David made fists of his hands. He was mightless against this power. David wished he was a Hero so he could end this. Sudden he saw Souleater running with his father out of the city gates. David jumped on his board and landed near them. Together they ran into the direction of the Clockworks. Out of breath they stopped running on some hills. The father of Souleater looked to his son and his friend. "Stay here, don't dare to come closer. I have to protect the city." Souleater and David nodded and stared how the father of Souleater ran to the Clockworks. He managed to avoid the lazer of the Clockworks, then he ran under it, avoiding the big feet and arms of the Clockworks. David looked to Souleater who looked to the fight of his father with the Clockworks. David took a deep breath, he knew it'd be alright. The father of Souleater killed already a lot of those things, this won't cause more trouble as the previous ones. Still, David was scared. Souleater talked on their travels alot about his father. Souleater talked admiring with alot proud about his father. If his father would die...

The fight passed slow. Every minute was like an hour for David. But the father of Souleater was doing well. The Clockworks was getting weaker, you could even see that from the distance where David and Souleater were hiding. "It's almost over." said David. Souleater shook his head. "Even when it dies... Alot people died. It won't be over for a long time." David had to agree with Souleater. He sighted. This world needed more Heroes. Why did he have to become a God? As Hero he'd be able to protect the people around him. Sudden David heared a scream. It took a while to notice the scream didn't come from the Clockworks, neither from Souleater's father. It was Souleater who screamed. Tears welled up into Souleater's eyes while he stared full anger to the Clockworks. David looked into the direction Souleater was staring. For a moment he couldn't breath anymore. The Clockworks was still on his leggs, but under one of those leggs... Lied the body of Souleater's father. "No!" screamed Souleater. He ran to the Clockworks. David was too shocked to even hold his friend. The Clockworks lasered to Souleater, but he was experienced. He avoid the laser just like his father did. Then he ran to the legg where his father was lieing under, he grabbed the Bloody Sword of his father. David knew that normaly Souleater wouldn't be able to use the Bloody Sword but for some reason Souleater managed to lift the sword and hit the Clockworks with it. The Clockworks was confused by the powerful hits of the young kid. When the Clockworks died, Souleater kneeled with the body of his father. David managed to move his feet and walk to Souleater. Souleater his eyes stared to the face of his father. He didn't cry. "El..." tried David. "I'm so sorry." Souleater didn't answer. "I know your father meant alot to you..." Souleater got up and stared to David. David noticed that the eyes of Souleater changed. He didn't look like a friend anymore to him. "Meant...?" asked Souleater. "He still means alot to me. It's not cause his body died that he is dead!" screamed Souleater. David looked afraid to his friend. "El... Calm down. I know it's hard to bare this... But know that I'm here for you. I understand your feelings." Sudden Souleater smiled. "You understand my feelings?" David got scared. "I-I do..." "You don't!" Screamed Souleater. "If you have any idea where I'm going trough then you'd know that you should be a God." "B-but..." tried David. "If there were more Gods, there would be one here to help my father killing this Clockworks. If there were more Gods there wouldn't even be Clockworks! If you just don't want to be so stubborn and start to learn what beeing a God actualy is, if you gave up the selfish idea of beeing a Hero then this didn't happen." "You can't blame me for this!" said David suddenly angry. Souleater smiled. "I don't, but you could've saved my father if you took the path of a God and not of a fake Hero." David didn't know what to say anymore. "Go, David." David left.

Chapter 27 - Azria: It's real -

"Muriel!" Smoer turned her head. Lisa ran to her. "Mind that I come this afternoon to finish our project?" "Sure, come when you want." "Cool! I'll get some lunch, take my stuff and come to you then." Smoer smiled and drove away with her bike. When she arrived at home she ran upstairs and put her computer on. Flyff opened. David her eyes looked into hers. "Good afternoon." said David. Smoer blushed. Then she shaked her head. David was an online character, nothing more. "I'll be offline this afternoon." said Smoer. "Working at that project again?" asked David. Smoer nodded. "It's the last time, we should be finished after today." "At what hour is that classmate coming?" asked David. "I... don't really know. She said she'd get lunch and come." David took Smoer her hand. "Time enough to take a short walk then." David and Smoer walked over the hills of Azria. They talked about everything that came up in their minds. Again, Smoer felt great. David was great to talk with. She felt finaly a sort of... happiness. Smoer smiled and let the sun light her face. Sudden the doorbell rang. "David, I think my classmate arrived." She heared her mom opening the door and then she heared someone walking on the stairs. Smoer realised that she didn't had time to close Flyff before Lisa came in her room. "I'm on follow. I can't close Flyff anymore." said Smoer fast, then she turned off the screen. On that moment Lisa came in her room. "Hi!" said Lisa. Smoer felt relieved. Lisa didn't see what she was doing on the computer. Smoer didn't know why she wanted to hide that she played Flyff, but it felt better to hide it. Smoer left her computer and worked on the project with Lisa. The afternoon passed fast, and the project got finished. "Muriel, maybe we can add some extra information, like funny facts, at the end of our project. It's not dinnertime yet so I can stay a bit longer." "How will we find that extra information?" asked Smoer. "I'm sure we'll find something on the internet. Mind that I use your computer?" Smoer hesistated. "Well..." Lisa got up and walked to Smoer her pc. Then she put the screen on. Smoer hold her breath. "Cool." said Lisa. "Flyff isn't it? I play that game too!" Smoer looked surprised to Lisa. "Really?" Lisa laughed "Yes!" Sudden she hesistated. "Weird... I know Infinty too." Lisa put herself down. "And the others who walk around there..." Smoer came closer to the computer. Lisa turned quiet. "Y-you... You are Smoer?" asked Lisa quiet.

Smoer was quiet for a while. Sudden all puzzlepieces came on their place. Every afternoon that she was offline, Neocro was gone for schoolwork too. Neocro always came back 5 minutes after Lisa left Smoer her house. "Neocro..." murmeled Smoer. The two girls looked to eachother, both a bit confused. Sudden Lisa started to laugh. "Well, what a coincidence." smoer didn't know how to react. Neocro, a girl who she has been friend with for a long time in this game, was someone from her class. Someone where she has spended alot afternoons with, working on a project, without knowing who her true self was.

Neocro appeared on the hill. Smoer saw her but turned her head. Everyone greeted Neocro, except Smoer. "Smoer, Neocro is there!" said MrBored when he noticed Smoer didn't great Neocro. "I know..." said Smoer. She looked to Smoer and the two girls started to smile. "I met her already today." The others didn't get what was going on. It didn't look like the girls were goingt to tell it either. "Let's keep it secret for a while." said Neocro when she left. Smoer agreed with her. It was already a secret for so long, there was no need to tell it yet. Neocro started to train, like all the other members of Twilight Dentifrice. Lari didn't say any word about going to Ghosts of the forgotten Princes. Sven decided to take that job for him. "When are we going to the Princes?" complained he. "There is no hurry, Sven." said MrBored calm. "This monsters still give alot experience." "I'm just tired of this place, we've been here already for so long." "And you'll spend even a longer time at Princes." said Toro who sat aside. Sven groaned. "I didn't know that the path to be a True Hero was that boring." Toro laughed. "That's what you make from it." "Hi David," said Neocro. "Tell us more about your past. That makes the training less boring." David nodded.

Laola walked unsure to David, scared to scare David again. "David... I'm a Hamba." David took a deep breath. He had an idea from what was coming. "Hambas have alot tasks on earth. If they don't complete them, they can't turn into a real God." Laola hesistated. "One of those tasks is... to help a younger Hamba." David shook his head. The part that was coming was the part he didn't want to hear. "I found you, David. A young Hamba that needs help. You need a teacher and... I need you." David closed his eyes and shook his head even heavyer. "I'm not a Hamba!" screamed David. Laola sighted. "I'm going to be a Hero, a True Hero! Just like Souleater!" "David... You're chosen to be a God. Take that chance." tried Laola. "No!" screamed David. "I want to be a Hero!" "But you can't..." said Souleater. David turned his head to Souleater. "What do you mean with that?" Souleater stared into the fire. "Like Heroes can't be Gods, Hambas can't be True Heroes..." "You are lieing!" shouted David. "Laola, tell him he's lieing!" "He found it out himself. He wants to be a Hamba." David looked to Souleater and Laola. "Why are you doing this to me?" asked David. "We're just telling you the truth, David." said Laola. "There is nothing to change about this. You'll be a God and Souleater will be a True Hero. Fate has chosen that." David sighted. So he was a Hamba, he'd never be a True Hero. "What now?" said David after a while. "Let me teach you, David." David sighted.

"You story doesn't motivate the training." said Sven. Lari glared at him. "I got another way to make you train slower." A net appeared out of her sword and landed over Sven. Sven sweared. "Want to see my Asal?" Lari laughed. "Try first to come here." Smoer smiled. It took Lari just one day to recover from the storm. She was back the old one now, except that she didn't complain anymore about going to Princes. Smoer looked to David. He sat near Toro now, staring to the ground. Smoer sighted. David told them something right now that he never told them before. He doesn't, or didn't, want to be a God. He wants to be a True Hero, like they all want. And now she also understooth why he told her that she was a Hamba. He needed to find a young Hamba, to teach. For once Smoer wished she wàs a Hamba, so she could help him. But deep in her heart she knew she wasn't. She never did unexpected high dammage. She also never fainted. The only thing that could link her to a Hamba was the fact that she knew alot. But that was cause she liked to read, and learn. Sudden she felt like someone was looking to her. When Smoer turned around she saw Neocro. As soon Neocro saw that Smoer saw her, she turned her head back to the monsters. Smoer sighted again.

Neocro saw Smoer looking worried to David. Smoer was real, she was a real person. She met her, too. The others around her, they were real too. Sam, Lari, Sven, MrBored, Toro, Foloya, ... David. Yes, David too. Altough he was a God. Who decided this? Who decided that David would be a Hamba and Souleater a Hero? Then Neocro looked to Toro. Toro, he was a real person too. Neocro smiled. This people around her, they were friends ingame but... also real friends cause they were all real people, like her and Smoer. Neocro swinged her yoyos to a Mutant Augu. Madrigal was a mysterious world, and she was proud to live in it. Sudden she heared Sam shouting. "Run, Lari. You took too many monsters!" "I'll be fine!" shouted Lari back. "I can't keep on healing on this speed, Lari." said Sam back. Lari growled. "Fine, Foloya? Mind helping?" As soon she said that, fire arrows flied to the monsters who where running after Larimar. Sam smiled. Lari was easier after the storm. She listened more to her. The monsters died. 'Level up!' Appeared on Sam her screen. Sam smiled. This place was good.

David stared to the book in front of him. He sighted. This was already the seventh day that he had to read books. All the time he had to read books. Life as a Hamba was boring. He sighted and watched outside the window. Sudden he started to smile. Souleater was coming. David jumped of his chair and ran to the door to greet his friend. When he wanted to open the door he hesistated. He heared Laola and Souleater talking. "I'm going to Mas Mines. My father will be busy in Darkon 3, near volcano, and he told me I couldn't go with him. He said I should try to find things out on my own." "Your father is a wise man. Will you take someone with you?" asked Laola. "I don't know..." said Souleater. "I can't find someone who I want with me. The others of my age are mostly not as strong as me. And I don't want to take someone older as me with me, cause they'll feel like protecting me." "That's right..." said Laola. "You'll have to go alone then." said Laola. "No!" said David. He opened the door and ran outside. "I'll go with you!" The two looked surprised. "Were you listening at the door, David?" asked Laola. "Please, can I come with you, Souleater?" asked David, avoiding Laola her question. Souleater smiled. "Don't you have to read books?" David glared. "Is everything about beeing Hamba reading books?" "No." said Laola. "It's also knowing your world. If Souleater agrees, you can go with him." "And I agree." said Souleater. "I'd like to have someone wise near me." David smiled happy.

Chapter 26 - Azria: Night during daytime -

A voice sounded loud trough Azria. "I made it!" shouted Larimar. The others looked up. "Congratulations!" said MrBored. Lari walked to Sven. "I beated you!" said Larimar happy. Sven glared to Lari. "It's not cause you made level 90 faster as me that I'm less strong." "Oh, I'm definately stronger as you Sven." said Lari. "What's happening?" asked Neocro. Sam looked over her shoulder. "Oh, welcome back Neocro. How was it with the Mammoths?" Neocro smiled. "It was cool." Lari turned around too. "I'm level 90!" "Congratz, Lari." said Toro. "Now I want to get out of this place." said Lari. "What?" asked Sven. "Where do you want to go then? Azria is amazing!" "I want to stay in Azria. But other monsters." said Lari. "David, tell me where I can go." David looked up to Larimar. "If you really want to go to diffrent monsters then you should head to Ghosts of the forgotten Princes, but I'm not sure if you can handle them yet." "Sounds awesome." said Lari. She ran towards the hill. "Let me put my new armour on and then we can go! Come Sam." Sam looked hesistating to Lari. Neocro shaked her head. "Lari... Don't push Sam that far. Just, stay here for a while till we can go too." Lari turned. "If you don't want that Sam goes alone, then come with us?" Neocro growled. "Can't you have patience for one time?" Lari lifted her shoulders. "I'll wait till tomorow morning."Then she disappeared in the tent. Sam sighted and looked opologizing to Neocro.

That day the others trained hard so they could follow Larimar to the Princes. There was no way to stop her. "Toro, please." said Neocro while she trew her yoyos to an Augu. "If we don't manage to level today, please go with Sam. She can't handle it alone." Toro was playing with his axe. "What about you then?" Foloya shooted an arrow to Toro. Toro sweared and pulled the arrow out of his helmet. "Quit that, Foloya." Foloya laughed. "If you go with Sam, I go too!" said Foloya. "I can't handle one day without annoying you." "Before you entered this group you were fine with meeting me once a week." said Toro angrly. Neocro smiled when Foloya and Toro continued discussing. Smoer walked to Neocro. "You shouldn't worry that much about Sam, Neocro." Neocro sighted. "I don't get why she stays with Lari. She's not even nice to her." "Sam made a promise to Lari." answered Smoer. "Like I made the promise to protect Sam with my life." Smoer trew a magic ball out of her wand. "We all should protect eachother as a group." "Then why is Larimar putting Sam in such situations?" complained Neocro. MrBored slashed his swords into an Augu that tried to attack Neocro from behind. "You two shouldn't forget to make fun. That's where Lari is good in. She doesn't think about safety, only about fun." "And I'll have fun killing her one day." said Sven. The others laughed. The day passed. Only MrBored and Sven didn't manage to reach level 90 that day. Smoer and David decided to stay with them while Lari, Sam, Neocro, Foloya and Toro would head to the Princes. Toro would guid them. David continued his story before they fell asleep.

While David ran trough the forest he tried to remember where to go. He had no Blinkwings with him, neither a way to fly. If he wanted to get out of this place he would have to run. Run, run and run. David shocked when he saw a monster with a big mask in front of it's face. He ran scared to the other direction. He had not even an idea where to run to. Sudden he arrived at a lake. In the lake there were trees. David stopped running and tried to get his breath back. Then he looked to the trees in the lake again. David shocked. The trees... They were moving. He wanted to run back but then he saw the monster with the big mask running towards him. David looked with big eyes around him. Why did he want to come with Laola? He jumped in the lake and swam to the other side, trying to avoid the trees. Then he continued running. His new Magician clothes where wet but he didn't notice. David only wanted to get out of this place. Sudden he ran out of the forest. His eyes got even bigger. Fire... The ground was filled with fire. David put himself down. Why did he came here... He tried to hold his tears. He tried to think to what happened. What did Laola want from him? Why did she need him? He sighted. Sudden he heared voices. He lifted his head. He saw 2 people appearing on board. David put himself on his leggs again and started to scream. "Please, help me!" The boards slowed down and flied to David. David held his breath when he saw who he called. It were 2 knights. One big one in a bloody red armour, with a bloody red sword. The other one looked like his age but his eyes looked strong. "What's wrong?" asked the biggest Knight. "I got lost." said David. "I don't know how I can get back." The younger one looked curiously to David. "How did you get here?" David hesistated. "A... w-woman. She brought me here." The bigger knight smiled to the smaller one. "El, I have to keep going. I think you know where to take him. I'll pick you up later." The smaller knight nodded. "Bye, dad." The Knight in the bloody red armour flied away. The other Knight looked to David. David took a chance to also look carefully to the Knight. He was wearing a yellow armour and he held a big sword in his hands. The Knight put his helmet off and reached his hand to David. "I'm SouleaterEl. Nice to meet you." David shaked the hand of Souleater. "I'm Infinty." Souleater smiled. "David, right?" David looked shocked to the Knight. "How do you know my name?" The Knight laughed. "The woman who brought you here told me alot about you." David shaked his head. "I don't understand..." Souleater smiled. "She'll explain you if you give her a chance. I was on my way to her, I'll help you back to her house." David took a step backwards. "I don't want to go back!" "Fine." said Souleater. He lifted his shoulders. "Then you stay here." He walked away. David looked angry how Souleater walked into the forest. "Wait... Please wait!" He ran after SouleaterEl.

The next morning Lari, Sam, Neocro, Toro and Foloya headed back North, to the bridge where they came into Azria. David, Smoer, Sven and MrBored stooth on the hill and waved untill the others disappeared into the light fog that lied over Azira. Smoer sighted. "It's not a good time for them to travel." MrBored looked to Smoer. "Why isn't it?" "There is a storm coming." said David. "How can you both know such stuff..." sighted Sven. "I wish I had such powers too." David laughed. "Look to the sky, son of the Mayor of Sain city. The sky is dark. Everyone should know that there is a storm coming." Sven blushed and ran off the hill to kill Mutant Augus. "Storm or not, I don't want Lari to think she's stronger as me." MrBored ran after him and joined the training. David grabbed Smoer her hand. He tried to look into her eyes. He sighted. "Smoer... They'll be fine." Smoer looked to the ground and shaked her head. "Lari will not listen to Toro." "You can't know that." said David scolding. Smoer looked hurt to David. "Why can't I... I'm sure that Lari won't listen to Toro." David smiled. "Smoer... I know you're smart but Hambas just can't see the future." Smoer shocked and let go David his hand. "Did you just say I'm a Hamba?" David hesistated. "Well... You got everything Hambas got too." Smoer got angry. "David, I'm not a Hamba. I just know my friends." Then she ran off the hill, her wand in her hands. David felt guilty.

Toro leaded the group carefully to the bridge. The way seemed to be longer as it used to be when they walked from the bridge to the Mutant Augu spawn. "Are you sure you're walking into the right direction, red thing?" "It's not 'red thing'" said Foloya. "It's red peanut!" Toro clanshed his teeth on eachother. "I spend alot time in this land, Larimar. I know where I'm going, I know I'm walking into the right direction." "He's lieing." warned Foloya. Neocro grabbed Toro his hand. Toro sighted and didn't comment on Foloya. Neocro turned her head to Foloya and smiled. "He does actualy look like a red peanut. It's something you can't deny." Lari laughed. Wind blowed around them. Sam looked worried to the sky. "Toro..." Toro turned his head to the sky and stopped walking. "I know, Sam. We should make fast a camp and hide for the coming storm." "Whaaaat?" shouted Lari, sudden angry. "I don't want to hide! I want to kill monsters!" Sam looked shy to the ground. "We should hide, Lari." Lari glared to Sam. "I don't want to hide. If you want, you can hide. But I won't go hide for a storm." Toro shaked his head. "Lari, the storms in Azria are dangerous." "If you think so, Mr Red Peanut, then go hide. But I'll go on." Toro got angry. "I don't THINK so Lari, I KNOW it." Lari laughed. "Sure, Toro." Lari started to walk, passing Toro. "Stay here!" shouted Toro. Lari turned and looked to Toro, then to Sam. "Sam?" Sam nodded and walked after Lari. Then they both disappeared in the fog. Toro made fists from his hands. Neocro looked in front of her. "I have to go after them." She wanted to start running but Toro trew an arm around her. "I... I can't let you go." Neocro looked shocked to Toro. "But Sam..." Toro his eyes looked sad. "The storms... They kill people. I can't let you die." Neocro hero eyes got big. "But Sam is there!" screamed Neocro. Toro looked to Neocro. "That's why I'll go after them, while you put yourself safe in a tent with Foloya."

"Smoer, MrBored, Sven!" shouted David. The 3 heads looked to the top of the hill. "Come hiding, the storm is going to start." The 3 looked to the sky and ran to the hill. Sven and MrBored disappeared fast into the tent. When Smoer passed David, David grabbed her hand. "Smoer... I..." "I'm not a Hamba." said Smoer. David shaked his head. "I know, I'm sorry. I just hoped for it..." "Hoped?" asked Smoer curiously. David nodded. "It's something that'll become clear when I talk more about my past." Smoer nodded. "I'm sorry." said David again. Smoer smiled. "Everyone makes mistakes." A hug made David forget to feel guilty.

Lari tried to look around her, to see if she was going into the right direction. But she couldn't... Everything around her was white, she barely could see Sam, who was standing right beside her. She looked scared. Lari had to swallow. Maybe she was wrong this time. "Lari." said Sam. Lari almost couldn't hear her. The wind blowed her voice away. "Can we go hide now?" Lari swallowed again. "Yes, we should turn back to find Neocro, Toro and Foloya." But... Where was back? Snow flied against her armour. She started to get cold. "Let's walk into that direction, Sam." said Lari, trying to sound sure of herself. Sam nodded once and wrapped her arms around herself. "Why isn't she swearing at me?" tought Lari. "She should be angry at me, angry cause I put her in this danger." She tried to walk. But it went slow. The wind pushed her back, and she couldn't see how far they already walked. Hill after hill, passing trees. The land of Azria seemed to be endless. Lari closed her eyes and realised that if she'd open them or not, it wouldn't make any diffrence. When she opened her eyes, Sam was looking at her. Lari didn't know what to say to her. Sudden Sam smiled. "Lari, I'm happy you're here by my side. I'm sure you'll do the right thing." Lari almost freaked out. She wanted to scream, but she couldn't. Her hands turned into fists. "Whatever will happen, I'll protect you." Then she took Sam her hand. "Let's continue walking, we have to find Toro." Together they fought against the wind, the storm. Sudden they heared a diffrent noise behind them. Lari turned but saw nothing. Now the same noise came from another side. This time they saw a shadow in the fog around them. Sam squeezed in Lari her hand. Lari felt how scared she was. More shadows appeared. They became bigger and the noise got louder.

"It's the sound of elephants." said Sam scared. "Mammoths." murmeled Lari. The storm made them turn around, and let them walk to a Mammoth spawn. Lari let go Sam her hand and grabbed her axe in her two hands. "Buff me." commanded Lari. Frozen from the cold snow around her, Sam started to buff Lari slow. Lari used some of her own skills and glared to the shadows. "Come here, Mammoths. I'll kill you!" One Mammoth came close enough so Lari could hit it, but before her Axe reached the Mammoth. The Mammoth fell down. "What...?" said Lari surprised. "Stay behind me, Lari! Keep Sam close with you." Sam and Lari looked surprised to Toro who was standing near the dead body of the Mammoth. "Toro...?" asked Sam surprised. "Behind me!" said Toro. For once, Lari listened. She grabbed Sam her hand and stooth behind Toro. More Mammoths came closer. Toro tried to keep them away from him. He swinged with his sword. Lari wanted to help him, but she knew she was too weak to handle this kind of monsters. So she stared scared to Toro who tried to kill all the Mammoths who ran angry to them. Toro growled. He knew he wasn't able to handle this huge amount of Mammoths for a long time. While snow still crashed against his armour, he sweated inside of it. He had to keep going, to protect this two young girls. Sudden something crashed into his helmet. For a moment he was scared it was a Mammoth, but when he turned he saw no Mammoth. When he touched his helmet he felt an arrow. "Foloya...?" screamed Toro. "Oops, sorry peanut. I can't see that well in this storm. I guess I missed the right target." Toro swinged his sword around him again. "Foloya, I told you to hide!" screamed Toro. "You ain't helping me with shooting arrows at me." Sudden the Mammoths around him stooth in fire. "I got the right target!" shouted Foloya happy. When Toro looked to the Mammoths he saw that they got attacked by a rain of fire arrows. A huge amount of arrows. "How... How can you shoot that huge amount of arrows?" asked Toro surprised, trying to catch some breath when the Mammoths finaly didn't try to kill him anymore. "Cause Neocro helps me!" said Foloya. "Neocro..." said Toro. Sudden the Mammoths came closer again. Toro swinged again his sword around him, but this time it was easyer. The Mammoths got already hurt bad by the arrows. The fight didn't last long anymore. The Mammoths died.

David walked unsure near Souleater. "Can't you just bring me back to Sain City or something?" Souleater laughed but didn't answer. David looked curiously to Souleater. "That red Knight who was with you..." "My father." said Souleater proud. "Yes... Is he a Hero?" Souleater looked to David. His eyes looked powerful into David his eyes. "My father is a True Hero. One day I'll be one too." David nodded. "Me too, I'm going to be a Hero too." Souleater smiled. "You sure have to learn alot then, young David." David got annoyed. "Like you don't... You don't look that old either." Souleater didn't reply. They walked around the water where David got scared from the 'walking trees' when he ran out of Laola her house. He still didn't felt comfortable when he saw the trees moving. But he noticed no fear in Souleater. "Where did you come from, when you found me?" asked David. "I helped my father killing a Clockworks who appeared in Deathwalderness." "What's a Clockworks?" asked David curiously. Souleater laughed. "Come, I'm sure Laola is waiting on us." He ran to the little house that was hidden near a big tree. David ran unsure after Souleater. When he entered the little house he saw Souleater talking exiting to Laola. Laola just smiled. Then her eyes looked to David. "Welcome back, David." said Laola quiet. David just nodded. He didn't move from his place at the door. Ready for running outside again. While he listened with one ear to Souleater his story, he looked to the fire. He noticed he got pretty cold. His clothes were still wet. "Come sit in front of the fire if you want, David." said Laola. David shocked but accepted Laola her offer with alot pleasure. When he felt the warmth of the fire over his body, he felt pretty comfortable. Almost as comfortable as beeing home. David shocked again, this could never be a home for him! Sudden Souleater and Laola got quiet. David looked behind him. The two were staring at him. David felt uncomfortable again. What did they want from him? Laola sighted. "El... I guess I have to try to talk to David again." Souleater nodded and wanted to walk outside. David jumped on his leggs. "No! Let him stay, please." He was sure he'd feel worse if he was alone with Laola again. Souleater looked to Laola, who nodded, and put himself down in a sofa. David looked relieved

Lari followed quiet Toro, Neocro, Foloya and Sam back to the Mutant Augus. The morningsun was shining over Azria. The storm was gone. When Lari walked into the storm with Sam, trying to reach the bridge to cross the big river that splitted Azria in two parts, she lost track of directions and ran pass the Mutant Augus to a Mammoth spawn. Lari sighted, this adventure of her turned out good but it was close to turning out bad. She putted Sam in a huge danger last night. She decided for herself to think a bit more next time. Smoer and David stooth on the hill when the others arrived in the Mutant Augu valley. MrBored looked surprised. "Already back from the Princes?" "Sort of." said Toro. Sven smiled when he saw Lari. "Hi Lari! I'm also level 90 now. Let's go together to Princes now!" Lari shaked her head. "I prefere staying here for a while." Sven didn't know what he heared. "Lari... The Princes!" "Yes, yes." said Lari, and she started to kill Augus. Sven stared to Lari for a while until Sam gave him her buffs. Happy with the Ringmaster buffs Sven continued his training. Neocro, Toro and Foloya climbed on the hill to Smoer and David who were waiting there. "Why are you already back?" asked Smoer when the tree came on the top. Toro nodded. "The storm..." "Let me guess... Lari didn't listen when you told her to hide for the storm." Toro nodded again. Smoer looked to David. David smiled.

Chapter 25 - Azria: The land of future and past -

"It's cold here." said Lari. Sam sighted. "I told you so to take warm clothes with you." "So where are we going now?" asked MrBored. The group stooth in the middle of a bridge that leaded over a river. Everywhere around them there were white hills. Snow white hills. Sometimes a tree popped up out of the hills. "Are you sure that there are monsters here?" asked Sven. "First we should make a camp near the place where we are going to train." Said Toro. "And... Where are we going to train?" asked Foloya. David turned his face to the south. "Somewhere there. A Mutant Augu spawn should be hiding behind that hills there." "Mutant Augus?" asked Sven. "Mutant Augus used to live in the river but there they couldn't find enough food so they headed towards land to find better food to eat." said Smoer. "I wish there were more trees here..." sighted Foloya sad. They walked over the bridge to the south. It was very quiet in Azria. You could only hear their feet on the fresh snow that made a crackling sound. The wind blew soft. "I'm still cold." said Lari sudden. "Maybe you should ask Sven for a hug to warm you up." said Neocro. "You're lucky that I'm too frozen to swing my sword to you." "If you do that then my axe will hit you before your sword has even a chance to hit Neocro." said Toro. "I really want to try that out." said Lari. "Don't Lari," said MrBored annoyed. "Save your powers for the training that we'll do today." Lari smiled. "Yes, finaly we can fight again against monsters." The group passed some hills with a tree on it. Foloya used her fastwalker and disappeared into the tree. A bit later she popped up on the top. ";Hi, are that there Mutant Augus there?" asked Foloya. "I see weird blue monsters there." "That are normal Augus probably." said Smoer. "We're still close by the river, mutants live further from the river." The group continued walking. "Is it still far?" asked Lari. "We should be close now." said David. Foloya ran away again with her fast walker and disappeared in another tree. "David is right I think, I see the same formed monsters like I saw before but this ones are yellow!" Neocro used also her fastwalker and climbed on the hill. "Woaw," said Neocro. "This are alot monsters..." "I want to see them too!" shouted Lari from the bottom of the hill. "Come here then!" laughed Neocro. Lari started to run on the hill. "I wish I had a fastwalker skill like you do..." said Lari when she reached the top. When she saw the huge spawn of Mutant Augus her eyes started to sparkle. "So... many... of them..." The others came on the top too. Everyone was impressed by the huge spawn, except David and Toro. They saw this already before. "Sam, buff me please! Let's start training." commanded Lari. Sam swinged her stick to buff Lari. Then they ran down the hill to start an AoE. The others started to build the camp.

This was how their first day in Azria started. When the camp was set up Sven, MrBored, Neocro and Foloya ran to the monsters too. Toro followed the group and tried to fight again, altought the monsters were way too weak for him, he had to practice again after he got hurt by the Blue Meteonyker. Toro smiled when he heared the surprising voices of the fighters when they saw the drops. The Mutant Augus dropped alot more money as the monsters in Madrigal did. Also, they dropped alot items. Everyone was in a great mood cause that. David and Smoer sat on the hill near the camp and watched over the valley. They hold eachothers hands and talked. After a few hours Neocro put herself down. She trained for a long time now and she wanted to take a break. Toro put himself near her. "So, how do you like it here?" "It's amazing here." said Neocro. Toro smiled. "I think everyone thinks like that." Neocro nodded. "They are so happy with the money, items and the great experience you can get here." "Yes, that's how Azria monsters are. They don't mind giving alot to their killers." said Toro. "But not only they are happy, look to Smoer and David." Neocro looked up on the hill to the camp. Smoer and David were talking and smiling. Toro got up. "Want to go take a walk with me trough Azria?" Neocro smiled. "Sure!" Toro reached out his hand to Neocro. Together they walked away.

"Tell me." Smoer looked to David. "Tell you what?" asked David. He looked over the white hills of Azria. "Tell me your story David." David looked curiously to Smoer. He smiled. "Fine..." David took a deep breath and stared to the blue sky. "My story started a few years ago. I made a characted and started to hit the poor Aibatts. I knew already from the beginning that I had to choose for a job with intelligence. I could choose between Assist and Magician. Beeing a helper or concentrate full 100% on my intelligence. When I reached level 15 I was sure that I would choose for Magician. I did the Quests that should lead me to reach my first Job. Then I took a Blinkwing back to Sain City." Smoer closed her eyes. The story of David started.

Today was the day. He arrived by the magician trainer, out of breath. 'You are now a Magician!' appeared on David his screen. David smiled, but his smile disappeared pretty fast. Black spots appeared in front of his eyes. David felt how the ground came closer. Everything turned black.
When David woke up again, he felt a hand on his fronthead. He opened his eyes. An old woman was leaning over David, she was wearing pink clothes. David wanted to get up but the woman pushed him back on the ground. David realised that he should be scared. He was only 12 years old, alone and a strange old woman was leaning over him. But... He couldn't be scared. He stared to the woman who cave him a bottle. Without asking questions he drank the bottle empty. Inmidiately he felt stronger. David got up. "Thank you." said David. The woman gave no reaction, she just smiled. "Can I ask you who you are?" asked David. The woman her lips moved. "Laola." said the woman quiet. Then she turned around and walked calm away. "Hi!" shouted David. The woman stopped and turned her head to David. "We'll meet again, David." Then she disappeared into the crowd of Sain City. David stared confused to the place where she disappeared. He hadn't told her his name.

"Where were you?" asked Lari. "Walking around..." said Toro. "Alone?" asked Sven. "I went with Neocro." said Toro. Everyone looked around. "Did you lost her on your walk?" asked Lari. "Oops..." said Neocro. Sudden she was standing near Toro. "I keep forgetting about Dark illusion." Foloya laughed. "You should be happy that you are here, Neocro. I wouldn't trust Toro in a place like this. He might've gotton lost." Toro glared. "We stayed close, I wanted to be close for if something happened." "What can happen here..." asked MrBored. "It's so peaceful here." David and Smoer came closer. "This is how it looks." said David. "The storms come without any warning." Sam, Sven and MrBored looked scared to the sky. "You shouldn't scare them, David." said Toro. "The storms mostly come at night." "Early night." said Smoer. "We should better hide in our tents." Smoer turned around and climbed on the hill. David followed. The others looked surprised but followed the two Magicians. When everyone finaly managed to get in the tent, even Larimar who wanted to continue training, Sven made a little fire in the middle of the tent. "Want me to continue?" asked David while he put himself down near Smoer. "Continue what?" asked Neocro. "He's telling about his past." said Smoer. Everyone looked to David. "Continue!" said Sven. David laughed. "Fine, fine."

David walked trough the shops in Darken, searching. Sudden he started to smile when he saw a boy of his age. The boy was busy selling alot items. "Nami!" shouted David. Namikazu looked to the direction of where he heared his name. "David!" shouted Nami when he recognised his friend. "Or do I have to say, Magician Infinty?" The boys laughed. Sudden Nami handed over a small bag of money to David. "Go buy new clothes and weapons." He winked. David looked thankful to Nami and ran away.

David walked proud trough Saint Morning. Training went great and he never fainted anymore. He passed Pumpkintown and walked into the direction of Giggle Boxes. He'd spend the whole day training there. When David saw the first Giggle Boxes appearing, he saw also something else. There were standing 3 bigger boys, who looked also pretty strong, around a girl. Anger took slowly control over his mind when he saw that the boys were hitting the girl soft and pulled at her, what looked like brand new, clothes. When David came closer he made his voice sound louder. "Leave her alone." For a moment David was shocked from how strong and commanding his voice sounded. Was that really him? The 3 boys turned and looked to David. The girl felt on the ground. "And who are you, little?" asked one of the boys. "I'm Infinty. Let her go." said David, repeating what he said before. The 3 boys started to laugh. "What are you going to do about it, 'hurt' us? Or wait! You'll hypnose us with your 'commanding' voice" They boys started to laugh even louder. They are right, tought David. What could he do exactly? He didn't know that many skills yet. "I'll use my staff and use one of my powerfull spells." said David, hoping that the boys couldn't hear the fear in his voice. One of the boys started to walk to David. "Listen to me, little, ..." A magic ball hit the boy and he got trowen on the ground. David looked surprised to his Staff and then to the boy. The 2 other boys ran to his friend. "He's dead!" said one surprised. The second one got up and ran to David. But even before he could hit David with his big axe, David fainted. Everything was black in front of his eyes.

The members of Twilight Dentifrice sat sleepy into the big tent around the campfire that Sven made. When David refused to tell more that evening, they talked about alot random subjects. Sudden Lari took the attention. "We will be level 90 soon if we keep training as good as now." Sven nodded. "Level 90 is fun!" "Why?" asked Sam. "We can wear new sets at level 90." said Lari. "But we don't have alot money..." said MrBored. "Guys, watch to your items that you found today and tell me what you got." MrBored took out some boots. "Rasra boots." "Good," said David. "You can give them to Neocro." MrBored trew the boots to Neocro. "I have a Dayst helmet." said Lari. "That's for MrBored." said Toro. "I got a Weeshian helmet! It looks like it's for Lari." said Sven. Lari opened her hands and smiled to Sven. "10 millions and it's yours." said Sven. "What?!" asked Lari. "That's not fair. Trow me the helmet!" The others started to laugh. They kept taking out items of their inventory. Lari got all Weeshian parts. MrBored got all Dayst parts. Neocro got all Rasra parts. Sven all Akent parts and Smoer got all Gynas parts. "Why does Sam get nothing?" asked Lari. "Sam will be fine with her Flury set until level 105." said David. The sets weren't complete but there were alot days to go to find the other parts. That night there was a storm outside, but no one noticed.

The next morning David also ran of the hill to start training with the others. Smoer walked by his side. Everyone looked scared when David started to take alot monsters. "Don't die!" said Toro. "I might start to smile then." Neocro punched Toro. But David didn't die. His windfield made the monsters run slower so he had time to run and do his spell again. It took pretty long but he killed alot monsters. "Isn't that really really tiring?" asked MrBored between killing 2 Augus. Smoer shaked his head. "He keeps his mind and body in control. That makes it not tiring for him." MrBored made a weird face. Lari laughed. "I don't like that spirital stuff either Bored, I'm much more happy to face this monsters with my own strenght power!"

Days passed by in Azria. Everyone managed to get his or her full level 90 set after already a few days. Now they only had to get level 90 to wear it. The young Heroes of Twilight Dentifrice trained hard during the day, even Smoer and David. They were all busy becoming a true Hero, except David who was becoming a 'God'. Toro watched mostly. His wounds got healed. Sometimes he stayed away for a day with Neocro. They went to a spawn of Mammoths closeby.

"I want to go too!" said Lari angrly. "Ofcourse, Lari. And then I have to run behind you to save you. I prefere going with Neocro. Thanks." Foloya laughed. "Did you say that you'd save Lari? I think Neocro goes only with you to save you." "Foloya..." said Toro suddenly serious. "It's not your duty doing this..." Foloya stopped laughing. "What do you mean?" "It's not your duty, making fun of me." Foloya walked to Toro and pat on his back. "I know, peanut, but someone has to do it..." Toro sighted. Foloya laughed and started to AoE monsters again. At evenings David continued his story. It was becoming a habbit that David told about his past while they sat all close by eachother around the campfire. The voice of David calmed everyone down. When David ended they mostly fell asleep. Then the storms outside started, the storms that no one noticed.

David groaned. Laola was leaning over him. Without hesistating David grabbed the bottle that Laola reached him. "Do I only see you when I faint?" asked David. Laola smiled. Then David looked around him and remembered what happened before he fainted. "T-the boy... I k-killed him..." Laola put her hand on David his shoulder. "Don't worry. The girl you tried to protect told me what happened. Still, it's not good to attack other players, David." "But... How did I kill him?" asked David. Laola reached her hand to David and pulled him up. "David... Maybe it's time you come with me." David looked unsure to Laola. "Where are we going then?" "To my house." said Laola. She gave a Darkon Blinkwing to David. David looked to it. He hesistated. "Darkon... I'm not strong enough." "I'll be with you." said Laola quiet. That was enough for David. Laola would be with him. It felt alright.
A bit later he arrived in Darken. Laola took his hand and leaded him trough the crowd. She leaded him to the north of the small city. Then she took a broom out of her bag. "Come, jump behind me." David looked to the small broom. "I never flied before." said David. "That's why you have to come on my broom." said Laola. David hesistated but climbed on the broom, behind Laola. "Trow your hands around me, David. I don't want to lose you while flying." She pushed her feet on the ground and trew herself in the air. David looked shocked around him. It was new for him. Laola moved her broom to a cage. "Is it save to fly in a cage?" asked David. "I'm with you, David. Nothing can happen." David swallowed. Laola and David flied trough a big gate, trough a labyrint of plants untill they reached another gate. Laola slowed down. They reached a forest with high trees. The air felt fresh, so clean. David breathed. This was a nice place. It also didn't surprise David that Laola landed near a big tree. He knew Laola would live on a place like this.

David entered Laola her house. It was small. The walls were filled with books. Only one wall had a place for a small fireplace. David looked curiously around. Why did Laola took her to a place like this? Why did she take him to this place, why him? Laola pointed with her wand to the fireplace. The wooden blocks started to burn. Then she pointed to a sofa. "Please, sit down." David felt uncomfortable. why was he here...? Laola walked past the walls, she seemed to search a book. Suddenly she took a book out of the wall and walked to David. "David... Please read the first page." David looked to the book. Why was he here, why did Laola gave her a book, why... He opened the book and started to read. 'Introduction. There exist many legends in Madrigal. Some are just fantasy, some are true. This legend is a truth. It's the legend of the Hamnas. Hambas are halfgods. All new Heroes in Madrigal get the task to become a true Hero to protect Madrigal. Only a few get another task. Their task is to become a God. Those few of us got called Hambas. They get born in Madrigal and their life in Madrigal is a big test. A test to proove if they can be a God. While their body gets really old their mind stays youngh. Their brain absorbs every kind of information that they can get. When their bodies die, and their spirit is ready, they can start their job as a God.' David looked up. "I've heared this before." said David. He stared to the fire. "But... I can't remember when, or where..." "I tought so." said Laola. She smiled. "Why do you look so happy?" said David. "I found you, David." "What do you mean...?" asked David. He was totaly confused by this situation. "I want to go outside." said David. "You're the one I've been looking for, for years, David." David let fall the book and stooth up. He walked to the door. Loala put her hand on his shoulder. "Please... Wait." David looked to Laola. "I want to go outside." Loala didn't let him go. "I need you, David." said Laola. "Please... Let me go." Laola swallowed. Then she let her hand go. "Come back when you want, David. I'll tell you everything you want to know. I'll help you with everything. I'll do everything for you. Just, please, come back." David looked to the ground and walked outside. When the door closed behind him, he started to run.

Everyone was quiet. No one dared to say a word. David stared into the fire. Smoer put her hand on David his shoulder. Then she looked to the others. They got what Smoer meant and grabbed their blankets to sleep. They all fell fast asleep, except David. He stared the whole night to the fire.

Chapter 24 - Call from real life -

Smoer stretched her legs. She yawned. On the computerscreen she saw the mayor of Sain City. She managed to get Azria tickets for everyone from Twilight Dentifrice for a cheap price. She gave the tickets to Sven and his friends, as a gift. Smoer smiled. She was so happy that she met this group. Everyone was so special and diffrent. She liked them all. Without them, her Flyff-life would be so boring. Probably she quit this game too without meeting Sam, Lari and Neocro at the cranes. It was weird, tought Smoer. They were all people like her, playing a game behind a computerscreen. Were they also how they are ingame in real life? Was Lari also an active girl in real? Was Sam also that shy? And what about David? He was a Hamba in this game... She heared Toro saying it. Laola learned Smoer about Hambas. Everything she learned leaded to that David was a Hamba, and herself? How could someone be a God in a game and a normal kid in real life. Kid... Maybe David was an adult? Maybe David wasn't a real person? She didn't know. The idea that David wouldn't be real made Smoer a bit sad. It would be nice to know someone like David in her life behind the screen. The group just never talked about their other lives, the lives at the other side of the computerscreen. "Triiing." Smoer looked around her. She found her phone near the keyboard. "Hello?" "Hi Muriel!" said the voice at the other side of the phone. "Oh, hi... Who is this?" "It's Lisa. You told me to call you." Smoer blushed. As soon she came home she forgot about school. On school the teacher gave them a project to work on with 2. Smoer her partner was Lisa. "Are you still there?" asked Lisa. "Oh, yes. Sorry." "Is it ok that I come to your place to work at the project?" Smoer gave her adress and looked back to the computerscreen. "Yes, see you soon." She put her phone away.

Everyone received their Azria ticket. Larimar, MrBored and Sven were very exited to go. "Where are those ships?" asked Lari. "I can't wait to kill monsters." "Ehm..." said Sam quiet. "Can we leave tomorow? I have a big test tomorow and..." Lari sighted. "Why do you have to study right now?" "Let's go tomorow." said Neocro. "Yes, go support Sam again." said Larimar angry. "I have to work for school too." said Neocro calm, ignoring Lari. Toro smiled. "That's ok. Go study you two. I'll take the rest to the arena so we can test how strong we are against other players." "Sounds cool..." said MrBored. "Yes," said Sven. "Now I can kill Lari without doing a crime!" "You, killing me?" laughed Lari. "We'll see who kills who..." Sven turned his knuckle around. "I'll annoy Toro in the arena then," said Foloya by shooting fire arrows in his ass." Toro sighted. "Do you really have to?" Foloya smiled. Toro shaked his head. "Fine then... Don't cry when I kill you. Anyway. David and Smoer, are you comig too with us?" David coughed. "I prefere staying out of the arena..." "Why?" asked MrBored curious. "It was amazing how you blocked the hits of the Blue Meteonyker. With those skills you could own everyone on the arena!" "You did whàt?" asked Toro. "I think I go study a bit more in the library. Do you want to come with me, Smoer?" "I... have also some schoolwork to do. I'm sorry." David nodded, turned around and walked away. Toro watched how David disappeared into the building where all the books of Sain City where hidden. He took a deep breath and walked into the direction of the arena. MrBored, Sven, Lari and Foloya followed. Smoer, Neocro and Sam logged out.

Toro was standing at the side of the arena. He saw MrBored and Sven running after Lari, trying to kill her. Foloya ran around them with her walkspeed skill and tried to slow MrBored and Sven down with her ice arrow. When Foloya saw Toro was watching to them she waved. "Aren't you coming in Toro?" Toro shaked his head. "Scared of me nubby?" laughed Foloya. Toro grabbed his axe. "Want me to show how scared I am?" Foloya giggled and ran after MrBored and Sven again. Toro smiled. Suddenly a group of higher levels killed Sven and MrBored. Lari turned around and ran to the group higher levels. Toro couldn't hear what she was saying but the higher levels were laughing with her. Toro ran into the arena. Lari was standing in front of a Billposter who seemed to be a lower level as the ones behind him. Foloya was standing behind Lari. The Billposter laughed. "Do you have problems with me?" Lari looked angrly. "I have alot problems with you and... Why did you kill them?" "Do I need a reason for that?" asked the Billposter. He and his friends laughed. "If you didn't need a reason then I don't need a reason to kill you!" said Lari. She lifted her sword. Lights surrounded her. The Billposter laughed again. "Does that sword actualy does any dammage?" Lari tried to run to the Billposter but... Toro hold her. "What's your problem kid?" asked Toro. "You got friends!" said the Billposter to Larimar. Sven and MrBored pressed lodestar and standed near Larimar now. "She has more friends as you, Zirion." said Sven. Zirion looked up. "Well, well... Our little Sven looks stronger!" Toro looked to Sven. "Do you know this kid?" "It's Zirion..." said Larimar. Zirion took a look to Toro. "So, you must be that new friend of them. I tought you got killed by the Blue Meteonyker that I put in Dekane mines." "What..." said MrBored. "Did you do that?" Zirion smiled. Toro lifted his axe in the air. "I would like that you leave my friends alone, Zirion. Or I'm going to use my axe." One of the friends of Zirion started to laugh. "Aren't you Toro? That kid that runs behind Souleater but can't be a Hero like him? I don't think we need to be afraid from something like you." This were words that Toro didn't like to hear. "You made him angry..." said Foloya quiet. Toro pushed Lari, Sven, MrBored and Foloya back. Then he punshed his axe on the ground. A big AoE circle appeared. Zirion and his friends got pushed away a bit. Toro repeated his AoE for a few times. Then he quit. He looked up to Zirion who lied on the ground. "Don't mess... With ANY of the Twilight Dentifrice members." Then he turned around and wanted to walk away. Lari, Sven, MrBored and Foloya turned around too and followed Toro. Zirion growled. He got up and grabbed his knuckle in his hand. He headed towards Toro. "Hi Toro! Want to see my new skill?" Toro turned around. He saw Zirion take the pose of Asal. He was too late to do something now. The knuckle of Zirion got closer. Suddenly a big fog cought them all. The expecting Asal didn't arrive Toro. Foloya grabbed Toro his hand and pulled him out of the arena.

The doorbell rang. Smoer closed her MSN and turned her computescreen off. She ran of the stairs and opened the door. Lisa smiled. "I found it pretty fast. It's really not that far away from my house." Smoer smiled too. "Let's go to my room, there we can work without getting disturbed." The door from the living room opened. Magali stared with big eyes to Lisa. "Lisa kneeled in front of Magali. "And who are you?" Magali murmeled something. "Her name is Magali." said Smoer. Then she said to Magali: "Go back to mom." Magali nodded and ran away. "Funny, I know someone else with a little sister with the same name as her. I like the name." They walked to Smoer her room and worked at the project. When they were finished for the day Lisa got up. "I should head home, dinner will be ready soon." Smoer nodded and let Lisa out.

Toro looked angry to David. "Why did you do that?" David sighted. "Don't tell me you're angry now cause I saved you..." MrBored looked admiring to David. "I knew you could do it..." "Do what?" asked David. "You killed all that high levels and Zirion!" said Sven. "It's the arena... I don't need to get saved there." Sudden Smoer and Neocro appeared at the group. They smiled. "We're back. We heared your voices so we came walking into this direction." said Smoer. Then she saw the angrly faces of David and Toro. "Don't tell me you were having a fight again..." Neocro sighted. "David saved Toro in the arena when Zirion wanted to do asal." said MrBored. "Zirion..." murmeled Smoer. "Not only that." said Toro angry. "He also killed the high levels around Zirion. Just with one winfield." "What's wrong with that?" asked Neocro. "Don't you get it? He's not like you. He's not around level 90 like you are. He looks like it but he's not. Also, he's a Hamba." "Are you there again with your Hamba theory?" asked Neocro angry now. "Who cares if he is one! And if he doens't say his real level then he has a reason to, like I had. Also, Lari, Sam and Smoer accepted me when I apoligzed. Why wouldn't you accept David how he is?" The group was quiet. Neocro turned
to David now. "And if you keep your secret for us, then that's fine. But don't forget none of us has a secrets for you." Neocro ran away to Sain City The others stared how Neocro disappeared into the city. "Well..." said Smoer. "She's right." said MrBored. "You also accepted me in the group." "And me..." said Sven. "Why wouldn't you accept David like he is, Toro?" "I'm going to take a look if Sam is back..." said Lari. "And I'm going to look where Neocro is..." said Sven. Lari and Sven walked away, Foloya and MrBored followed them. David
and Toro were alone now.

A bit later David and Toro walked into Sain City. At the main square they saw the group sitting near the fountain in the middle. "We talked..." said Toro. David nodded. The others looked up curiously. "And...?" asked Larimar. "Where is Neocro?" asked Toro. Sven lifted his shoulders. "We couldn't find her. We only found Sam." Sam smiled. Toro and David greeted her. "Where can she be?" asked Toro. "Here..." said a voice. Sudden Neocro appeared. "I was in Dark Illusion..." "She was with us, Toro. She was listening all the time to our conversation." said David calm. "Couldn't you tell..." asked Toro annoyed. "If I told you then you would have acted diffrent like you did now, so I decided to not tell you." Toro sighted and looked to Neocro. "Could you forgive us? We'll try to not fight anymore..." Neocro smiled and hugged Toro. "I take that as a yes." said Toro smiling. Then David took the attention. "I... Have to tell you something." "Finaly..." murmeled Lari. Sven hit her on her armour. For one Lari ignored it. "Like Toro let fall a few times, I'm a Hamba." "Cool!" said Lari. "Now we have a God in our guild, isn't that awesome?" David was surprised by Lari her reaction. "A half-God actualy and I don't know if I can handle the task of a God..." So, now we never have to be afraid anymore that we can die cause you'll protect us?" asked MrBored. "Well..." said David. "My powers aren't complete yet. So the actions I did like in the arena or with the Blue Meteonyker were with a bit of luck with the timing. I'm like you just around level 90 but sometimes I'm like a full trained Hero. That's why I'm scared to use my powers. I prefere to train alone with no one around so others can't see who I really am." David looked nervous to Smoer. She just smiled. "So... Aren't you going to kick us out of the guild now?" asked Toro. Everyone shaked their head. "You have to do more to escape from us." said Larimar. She got up. "When are we going to Azria?" David and Smoer walked away. "It surprises me that you could keep this as a secret for us for that long." said Smoer. David looked to the ground. Smoer took his hand. "I knew what you were David." David looked up. "How?" "I don't know." said Smoer, she smiled. "I'm happy to have you by my side."

Chapter 23 - Twilight Dentifrice -

Neocro and Toro left the hospital. Toro walked already alot easyer and didn't need help anymore from others. The others ran to them. "Is Toro finaly better?" asked Sam. Foloya laughed. "He might walk better, in his head he's still mad. Toro sighted. "He's almost perfect again." said Neocro. "But we think we can leave the town." "Woohoo!" screamed Lari. Some young heroes looked surprised to he weird knight. "Can we finaly go to Azria now?" "Yes we can, Larimar." said Toro. Sven and MrBored began to smile too now. Sam hesistated. "I hope it's not that dangerous... I'm getting afraid of our adventures." "Don't worry Sam." said Neocro. "I'll protect you from dangerous monsters and Larimar." "What? Why from me?" "I'll get David and Smoer." said MrBored, and he ran away. "And I'll warn my mom!" said Sven. "You don't need to." The mayor walked to the group young heroes. "Larimar managed to get my attention with that screaming of her. Are you going to leave again?" Neocro nodded. "We would like to go to discover Azria." "That sounds like a good idea." said the mayor. "But then you need to try to get some Azria tickets first." Larimar her face turned from a smile into a big question. "Tickets?" "Azria is an island." said Smoer. She came closer with David and MrBored. "It's covered by snow. An icecold river splits the island in 2 parts, north and south. Long before the first Heroes entered Madrigal, the island was born. Before the Heroes came, no one could enter the island. When the first Heroes were born and when they discovered the island, they said that Azria was as cold as the heart of Shade. Thanks to the Heroes we can all enter the island without troubles." "All you need to do is to pay a ticket for a ship to Azria." continued David. "A ship?" asked Sam. "In the north of Sain City, on the hill, you can go with a flying ship to Azria." said Toro. "So, that's where those ships are for, mom always told me they went to a far destination." The mayor smiled. "I didn't want that you would go there, but with this friends you'll be fine." "I'll take care of him!" said Larimar, she poked Sven. Sven pushed Larimar away. "I don't need someone to take care of me." Lari laughed. "Without me you were still a silly boy." She ran fast away when she saw Sven his face getting angry. Sven ran behind her. MrBored sighted. "Do those two always have to fight?" The mayor shaked her head but smiled. "I'm serious, he's on his place with you kids. I'm happy you take care of him." She took 2 cloaks out of her bag. "Toro, you saved my son by risking your own life I heared. You might be not a true Hero yet, but you deserve this cloak more than anyone else." The mayor handed over the cloak to Toro. Toro hesistated but when he saw Neocro and Sam smiling proud, he took the cloak from the mayor. "Thanks." Then the mayor gave another cloak to Foloya. "You were with Laola unill she started to fight with the Clockworks. It's not cause you could't help her that you didn't deserve this. Foloya looked sad. "I wish I could have hold her atleast." Sam put her hand on Foloya her shoulder. "We all wish that we could have done that." Foloya tried to smile and took the cloak. "Thanks, I'll proove myself as a Hero, I promise." Toro wrapped his cloak on his back. "If I can't be a Hero, why you can?" Foloya lifted her head. "Cause I'm a girl, and you are a red peanut." Toro glared but he could hold himself this time.

Lari and Sven came back, gasping from the hard running. "Before you leave..." said the mayor. "I want you to give you the chance to make a guild." Sven his eyes sparkled. "A guild!" The mayor nodded. "It's like a confirming that you'll stay together as one group." "Cool..." said MrBored. Toro sighted. "If Foloya joins too I really don't know if I want to join that guild... Staying forever with Foloya will be the reason of my death!" "Who said you could join our guild?" asked Neocro. Toro hesistated. "I... Oh well... I don't have to..." The others started to laugh. "All we need now is a name." said Sven. All the heads turned to Smoer and David. The 2 looked around the group. "Why do we have to come up with a name?" "You two probably know a word with a meaningful explenation." said Lari. "Yes!" said Sven. "Like, true heroes!" MrBored sighted. "That sounds so wanna-be..." "What about Dentifrice?" asked Neocro. The group got quiet. "That sounds pretty cool." said MrBored after a while. "What does it mean?" asked Sam. Neocro looked to Smoer. They both smiled. "It's... Just a word." said Neocro. "Twilight..." said David. He watched to the air. Everyone looked up. The air was orange coloured. Black clowds floated around. "Twilight Dentifrice..." murmeled Smoer. Everyone was agreed with the name. From now on the group would travel under the name Twilight Dentifrice, a group that'll stay togeter as one. Side by side... even when they meet twilight.

Chapter 22 - Sain City hospital -

When they arrived in Saint City, Sven leaded them to the hospital. It was a house near the main square of Saint City, across the Saint City quest office. While Sam and Neocro helped Toro inside, Sven and MrBored ran to the Mayor. David, Smoer, Lari and Foloya put themselves outside the building, watching the crowd. At the quest office, Lancomi, the head of the quest center in Sain City, was disucssing with a young hero. He wanted to give her the wrong quest items. If they weren't that sad, they would have laughed with this situation where Lancomi was in. She tried to explain time after time what she needed. The boy didn't get it. "Are you planning to go to Azria after Toro is better?" asked Foloya. "Yes!" said Larimar. "Toro promised to Larimar to take her to Azria, probably we'll go with them." "Not for long then..." said David. "Why not?" asked Larimar. "We need money for new equipment for you. The sets you need now are not as cheep as the ones you got now." "So how will we earn money?" asked Larimar. "The best thing to do is giant hunt in Darkon 3." Answered David. "Cool." said Larimar. Sudden MrBored ran to them. "Come, SouleaterEl is here! He has some news." They ran to the Mayor. SouleaterEl and the Unknown girl were standing near her. Sven was listening carefully. When Souleater saw that the others came closer he greeted them. "I have news about the Blue Meteonyker." said Souleater. "Is he alright?" asked Smoer. Souleater nodded. "The real Blue Meteonyker is still with his brother, the Green Meteonyker. The Blue Meteonyker that we saw wasn't the real one." "What..." said David. "When you left we continued making the Meteonyker weaker. But... Only his HP got lower, he didn't became weaker. Then I realised that there was something wrong. We ran back to the Pink Roaches room and send a message to the Gods to tell about this situation. We received at night a message back. The message told that the Blue Meteonyker was still with his brother. With other words, this was a fake one." "How can a monster be fake?" asked MrBored. "Hackers, scripters." said Sven. He looked angrely. "Anyway, we killed the monster and came back to Saint City. How is Toro doing?" "We just brought him to the hospital." said Larimar. "He'll be fine." said David. "Lucky, then nothing bad happened. But, how does it come that you are that late here?" "We went to Laola... We tought she could help Toro." said Smoer. "But when we came there..." continued Larimar. David stared in front of him. "The forest was burning, Laola died in a fight with a Clockworks." Souleater looked shocked.

Souleater stood at Toro his bed. "There just need to be more Heroes Souleater... There are not enough Heroes to defend whole Madrigal for danger." Souleater sighted. "True... But why did you went to Dekane? If you stayed with Laola nothing would have happened." "I received a message." said Toro. "It said there was danger in Dekane Mines, so I went taking a look. This little kids wanted to go with me. I agreed if they stayed in the Pink Roaches room." Lucky that Larimar was outside, else she would have gotten angry when Toro said 'little kids'. "Who send that message?" asked Souleater. "I don't know..." Toro took the message out of his bag. Souleater took it and started to read. "This message is probably send by the one who spawned the Blue Meteonyker... We have to catch him." Toro nodded and wanted to get up. Sam pushed him back. "No! You stay here till your wounds are healed." "And then you will show us Azria, like you promised." continued Neocro. Souleater laughed. "You are in good hands, Toro. I'll leave Saint City again and I'll search who send this message. Take a good rest, you deserve it."

The days passed slowly by in Sain City. The city was big but there was not alot to do. Neocro noticed that not only Larimar got inpatience, but MrBored and Sven too. Neocro sighted and opened the window of Toro his room in the hospital. She watched over the main square of Sain City. There down, Lari was playing a sort of runninggame with Sven, Foloya, MrBored and Sam. Smoer and David weren't with them. They were in th library, like all past days. There they read big books. Neocro once saw one of those books. They were that huge that Neocro tought she wouldn't even be able to read it if she had her whole life as time to read it. Lari joked sometimes that Smoer and David did more as only reading in the dark corners of the library, but Neocro shaked everytime her head. They were not like that. "We should leave the city this week." Neocro shocked. She didn't notice that Toro was standing near her. She was that busy with thinking about this situation. "Sorry." said Toro when he noticed that Neocro shocked. Neocro shaked her head and smiled. "You aren't ready yet for an adventure and we don't want to leave you." Toro stared out of the window. A little smile played on his face. "Azria is a beautiful land, and quiet. I didn't told that to Lari yet. There is almost no danger. The monsters are weak. There is no danger except snowstorms, but they mostly happen at nights." Neocro laughed. "I tought Azria was some dangerous dungeon like the things we did before." Toro shaked his head. "Don't you think we could leave then?" Neocro nodded. "Let's ask the others."

Chapter 21 - Back to Laola -

They spend the night outside Dekane mines. The next morning Sam checked Toro his wounds. "I can't heal them all, I don't have the power yet." David came closer and took a look at the wounds. "We should go back to Laola, she can heal him completly." "So, that's it!" shouted Lari. "How do you mean?" asked Sven. "We can finaly go back on adventure and you 3 ruin it. Now we can go back to those swamps getting eaten by musquitos." MrBored glared to Larimar but said nothing. He knew they did something wrong. Toro pushed himself up. Everyone saw he had pain. "Lari... No one told you that you have to go with me." For a moment everyone was quiet. Neocro jumped up. "Ofcourse we go with you. Without us you wouldn't have been in such troubles." Toro smiled. "Are you sure? I mean, I won't be able to go all alone but if only one of you go with me, then I'll be fine." Smoer shaked her head. "We'll go with you. If you are back alright we'll go on another adventure." Lari was quiet. "I don't want to go back to Laola." "And what if I promise that I'll take you to Azria after I'm back ok?" said Toro. Lari her eyes started to shine. "Azria...? Sounds like a dangerous place!" Smoer and David looked to eachother and smiled. "Very dangerous, Larimar." said David. Lari took a blinkwing out of her bag. "Come, Toro needs to get healed fast." The others laughed. Sam and Neocro helped Toro on his leggs. Then they all took a blinkwing to Darken.
A boy stepped out of the shadow of the entrance of Dekane mines. He sweared. "They just nèver die!"

The 8 came in Darken city. Toro put himself down near the bank to rest while the other looked around in the shops. When Toro felt like he would be fine they step slowly to the north of the city. They walked trough the cave that leaded to the big gate of Darkon 3. Sometimes they had to stop to give Toro some rest. When they finaly reached the gate they jumped on their boards. When everyone was sure that Toro wouldn't fall off it, they flied trough the labyrint of plants and hills where the Hoppres were hidden. Smoer looked to the sky. There was smoke in the air. And behind the hills, that seprated Celindir from the big forest, the air was red. Smoer flied near David. "Why is the sky red?" David his eyes looked scared. "Fire..." He started to fly faster. Smoer followed him. The others stayed around Toro.

Smoer saw David standing in the gate that leaded to the forest. He held his breath for a moment and ran trough the gate. Smoer jumped off her broom. David disappeared into the direction of Laola her house. When she reached the gate she couldn't believe her eyes. After she took time to take a deep breath she ran after David. The others reached the gate a bit later. Neocro and Sam walked near Toro so he could lean on them. When they walked trough the gate they shocked. The forest... It was burning. Everywhere lied broken trees. There was alot smoke and it was difficult to breath. This was once a place with fresh air. This was once a peaceful place where high trees made the sky. "What... What the hell?" said Larimar. Toro walked forward. "This can't be..." "Laola!" said Neocro. "We have to go to her house!" Toro tried to run but the pain held him. It took a while before they finaly reached Laola her house. Again, they couldn't believe their eyes. The house wasn't a house anymore. It was broken and on fire. There was David, on his knees and hands on the ground. Smoer was standing near him, her hand on his back. At the side sat Foloya. They all remembered her as a happy girl. She looked sad now, really sad. Sam, Lari, Neocro, Sven, MrBored and Toro came closer. "What... What happened?" asked Sven. No one answered. David got up. "We have to find Laola." Foloya shaked her head and walked to the young heroes. "She... She ran behind the clockworks." "In what direction did she run?" shouted David. Foloya pointed to the place where Antiqueries walked around. "David... Don't go... It's already too late." said Foloya before David ran away. But he didn't listen. He ran to the direction where Foloya pointed to. Smoer, Lari, Sven and MrBored followed. Sam and Neocro stayed behind with Toro who was too tired to walk. After running for a while they found a dead clockworks between some heavy burning trees. David ran around the clockworks. Trying to stay far enough from the fire. "Laola? Laola!" He kept shouting her name but no one answered. The others looked around. There happened a big fight here. Alot broken and burning trees. Foloya came closer. "She's dead." Smoer stepped backwards. "It can't be..." "Please tell me it's a lie." David came closer. "She's dead damned!" shouted Foloya. David standed in front of Foloya, watching down on her. "Don't say such things. She was a Hamba, almost a God. Gods can't die!" Foloya looked to the ground. "I wish it was a lie. She died trying to stop the clockworks. The clockworks and her died at the same time. Her body disappeared... I couldn't help her, I'm not strong enough for a Clockworks." David stepped away. "No... I need her..." Sven walked closer to the clockworks. "Why do you need her, David. You seem to be a Hero. I saw how you blocked the Meteonyker his hits..." David stared to the ground. "I'm not a Hero." "Then what are you?" asked Larimar. "Even Toro couldn't handle it's hits." David looked to Smoer. Smoer took a deep breath. "David is... well was the pupil of Laola, a Hamba." Lari sighted. "What's all that stuff with those Hambas?" "David said that Gods can't die, but they can. So there need to come new Gods. They get trained by living a humanlife long in Madrigal. They have to learn alot about life to fill the task as a God. But they can die..." "How?" asked MrBored. "Like this." said Smoer. "Monsters, other Gods or just Heroes." Sven stepped away from the Clockworks. "How can a Hero win from a God, aren't they really powerful?" Smoer smiled. "You should listen more to Larimar sometimes." "Heroes never die..." murmeled Lari. "Gods do..." continued David.

They sat near the ruins of Laola her house. No one was talking. After they watched how the Clockworks disappeared, then they walked back to the house of Laola and told the others the bad news. Toro was really shocked since he always found peace with Laola. She was good to talk with when he didn't know what to do anymore. He lost something really worthful. But that's what everyone was thinking. Sam looked worried to Fabio. He had pain but he tried to hide it. "We should go search other help for Toro..." said Sam quiet, breaking the silence. The others agreed. "Where can we go to?" asked MrBored. "To Saint City." said Sven. "They have a sort of hospital there." Neocro and Sam helped Toro on his leggs. Smoer looked around. "David, Foloya... I don't know if you want to but... Feel free to come with us." David nodded. Foloya smiled. "Thanks, I lost my dear woods. I don't know where I have to go now." Toro looked to Larimar who was sweeping around with her big sword. "Larimar... Once again, you don't have to go with me. I'll be fine with only Neocro and Sam their help." Lari shaked her head. "You should keep your promise and get better soon, then we can go to... Azria!" Her eyes sparkled. "A new adventure..." David and Smoer looked to eachother. David smiled. Then they took all a blinkwing to Saint City. After the accident when they left Mas Mines, they always made sure that they had enough blinkwings with them.

Chapter 20 - Dekane mines: Danger -

Toro reached the Pink Roaches room right at the time where the 7 were fighting, with eachother. "I want to stay here!" said Lari. "Training is good here, and nothing dangerous happened." Sven was standing in front of Lari. "If you stay, then stay. I'll leave. I don't want to die from that... Whatever there is." Sven stepped away. Neocro held him. "If Lari stays, then Sam stays too. I'll stay too then. I can't live with the feeling that I left Sam on a dangerous place like this." Toro ran to them. "You all have to leave." The 7 looked surprised. "Already done?" asked David. Toro shaked his head. He was out of breath from the running. "I think, that the problem is not at the end, but in the room near the Pink Roaches room." "Like I tought." said MrBored. Toro looked to MrBored. "Neocro heared weird noises from that room, and Smoer confirmed that there is a monster there." Toro ran to the gate. "What monster can it be?" asked Neocro. "A Blue Meteonyker." said Toro. Lari and the others were standing behind Neocro and Sven. Smoer shaked her head. "It can't be, the Gods send it away. I saw... I..." David put a hand on Smoer her shoulder. "Smoer is right, the Gods send it away. The Blue Meteonyker wasn't supposed to live here. Some Heroes locked him up here cause he caused alot trouble when he was free in Madrigal with his brother, the green Meteonyker. They are both sons of the Red Meteonyker. The Blue Meteonyker got crazy without his brother. The Gods brought them together in an unknown place." Toro shaked his head. "He's back, what else will be there?" David didn't reply. "So, are we going to kill it?" asked Lari. Sven glared at Lari. "It's probably way to strong for us, even for Toro." "Even if Fabio could kill it, it's not right." said Smoer. She called her fox and wrote a short message. The bounded the message at the fox and the fox ran away. "I send a message about this to Saint City. We'll wait on a response here. Meanwhile we can train. I'm sure that the Blue Meteonyker won't break out. He can't..."

Days passed. When it was quiet you could hear noises from behind the gate. But it was only quiet late in the night. The young heroes almost forgot about the Blue Meteonyker already. The training was good and they sang while fighting. They leveled more times aday. Toro and David sat aside. They didn't talk with eachother but watched the others training. On one morning Smoer her fox came back. He had another message with him. Smoer kneeled with the fox and grabbed the paper. She started to read the message out loud. "Don't enter the room, do nothing. We will come as fast as we can." It was signed by SouleaterEl. Toro sighted. "I messed up my task... SouleaterEl will come." Neocro put her arm around Toro his shoulders. "No worries, that thing is way to dangerous to handle alone. You would have needed help from someone else anyway. We are not strong enough to help you." Toro tried to smile.
In the late afternoon SouleaterEl arrived with the Unknown Girl. He nodded to Toro and walked to the gate. He grabbed a key out of his pocked and the gate opened. The young heroes were all standing behind SouleaterEl to see what was inside but the only thing they saw was another gate. Souleater waved with his hand. "Stay here, continue training. I come back when I'm done." Lari made a sad face. "I want to come with you!" Souleater turned to Lari. "I see you alot little girl, that means nothing good. I only come in danger. But you are brave, and that is good." He turned and entered the gate with the Unknown Girl. Then the gate closed.

Lari punshed her axe on the ground. "It's not fair! He says I'm brave but I can't go with them. I want to fight it!" Lari sat with David, Toro, Sam and Smoer in in the tunnel. They heared Sven, Neocro and MrBored training on the Pinkies. "Fighting isn't always fun." said Toro. "For one time I agree with you." said David quiet. Smoer sighted. "Is he going to kill the Blue Meteonyker?" Toro nodded his head. "I think he's just going to check if it's really there. If it's not the Blue Meteonyker he'll kill what ever there is. If it is the Blue Meteonyker he'll call the Gods, I think." They were quiet. All with their own toughts. Sudden Sam got up and ran to the end of the tunnel to look into the Pink Roaches room. "Guys, we have a problem." Lari, Toro, David and Smoer followed Sam. Neocro, Sven and MrBored weren't training anymore. They were gone...

Smoer, Sam and David ran to the gate that leaded to the end of the dungeon. Toro and Larimar looked to the gate where SouleaterEl disappeared. "I hope Smoer and David will find the 3 idiots..." said Toro. He sighted and opened the gate. They walked in a short tunnel and opened a second gate. What they saw there... Was amazing...

David, Sam and Smoer ran as fast they could. They passed the dwarf. "Oh, hi Infinty. Also on yourney in the Mines? You got some pretty girls with you this time." David kneeled near Kazen. "Have you seen other people here?" The dwarf looked to Infinty. "Lucky that you ask me questions more friendly as Toro." David shaked his head. "Please, tell me fast. I have no time." Kazen sighted. "Except that Knight, Toro, I saw no one. And I hope not alot more people will pass. I like to be alone here." He grabbed his shovle and continued digging.

SouleaterEl was standing in front of a huge monster, the Blue Meteonyker. Lari heared alot stories about Meteonykers but this was the first time that she saw one. "Wow..." murmeled Lari, impressed by the legendary monster. The Blue Meteonyker spread his wings and screamed to Souleater. The Unknown Girl healed. Souleater was hitting the monster. Toro looked around. He saw no one else in the room. He put himself down, sure that the 3 ran to the end of the mines and not to this room. Lari, still impressed, put herself down too. A bit later Smoer, Sam and David ran into the room. Smoer looked to the Blue Meteonyker and screamed. "No, no!" Souleater looked behind him. "Didn't I told you to stay away, get away from here, now!" Smoer ran forward. David held her. "Let me go, David. He's killing it!" David pulled her back. Souleater turned around and tried to invase a hit of the Meteonyker. "I'm just making it weaker so the Gods can bring it back to where it belongs." Sudden Toro saw 3 little heads behind a rock at the side of the room. What he also saw was that the Blue Meteonyker lost his attention on the Hero and saw the 3 little heads too. Toro jumped on his leggs and ran as fast he could to the rock where the 3 were hiding. He lifted his Axe and hit the Meteonyker who wanted to catch one of the 3 with his claws. The Blue Meteonyker screamed. This all happened in such a short time that the others couldn't give any reaction. The Blue Meteonyker looked to his new enemy now, Toro the Knight. Toro standed straight in front of the Meteonyker. For one second he was afraid but he knew this was the only way to save the 3 stupid kids. He hit the Meteonyker again, powerfully. Toro forgot only a few thing. He had no buffs, he was not a Hero yet and... The Meteonyker was strong. The Meteonyker moved his head to Toro, he opened his mounth and grabbed Toro with that. Toro let fall his axe on the ground. Everyone shocked. Souleater lifted his sword and attacked the Meteonyker. His powerful slashes made the Meteonyker release his prey. He moved his wings and tried to attack Souleater again. Toro flied trough the air and landed against a wall. He groaned from the pain. Souleater tried to keep the attention of the Blue Meteonyker on him. That was pretty hard with so many people around in the room now. David took Sam and Lari by their arms and ran to Toro. "Try to heal him a bit and drag him to the entrance." Sam and Lari nodded. Sam healed Toro while Lari grabbed him under his shoulders and tried to drag him away. The Meteonyker saw that his old prey got brought away and swinged his tail to girls and David. David held his staff in front of him and cought the hit. Sam looked scared to David but David didn't got hurt. It looked like he didn't even felt the hit. Then David ran to Sven, Neocro and MrBored. On his way to the 3 he picked up the Bloody axe of Toro. "Get away here, now!" The three, now really scared, hurried on their leggs and ran to the entrance. Once again, the Meteonyker tried to attack them but David blocked the hit. When he arrived at the entrance he made everyone leave. Souleater and the Unknown Girl where alone with the Meteonyker again.

Neocro, Sven and MrBored sat on the ground outside the entrance of the Mines. They stared to the ground. Sam tried to recover the wounds of Toro who lied on the ground. They left the Mines as fast as they could. Lari and Sam carried Toro and David leaded them. With the Keakoons and Blue Roaches he made alot fog. How they actualy passed the monsters, they didn't know. Toro opened his eyes. Sam smiled. "He'll be fine, I'm sure of that." David tried to smile and walked around. Sam and Lari sat near Neocro, Sven and MrBored. No one was in the mood to talk. Then David talked. "Why... Why did you enter that room." Neocro, Sven and MrBored looked to eachother. Sven started to talk. "I said to Neocro that I wanted to see the Meteonyker. Neocro and her friends defeated that Ivilish monster and rescued me from the Snakes in Mars Mines. Now I wanted to see something like that too." "I wanted the same, so Neocro finaly agreed with just taking a look." continued MrBored. "We only tought the story of the Bleu Meteonyker wasn't true... We didn't know it would be that dangerous." said Neocro. David sighted. Smoer got up and walked to David. "I understand them, I wanted to take a look too. I'm just smart enough to not do it but they are so young." Lari shaked her head. "Even I was smart enough. Weren't you afraid to die?" Neocro lifted her head and looked to Larimar. "You were the one that told me that Heroes never die." Toro pushed himself up. "Then I'm a Hero too." The others smiled. Toro survived.