The One

Fate of the Universe: Chosen Heroes!

Prince Ali Sekhemi and Laura Schnee

Laura had noticed that Ruby, Yang and even Yin were missing. In fact everyone had noticed. There was a mass search for them. Laura looked around slowly, she didn't know why but she felt like she was drawing closer. She kept looking around until she caught sight of a strange rip of some sort in the air. She approached it and held out her hand towards it.

"What is that?"

Suddenly the thing opened up. She had a feeling, whatever it was Ruby and the others would of gone through it. She sighed and shook her head. Without any further hesitation she entered the portal. She looked around as she found herself in a completely different place filled with solders. Quickly, without hesitation Laura placed a glyph on the floor and as she did a huge knight began to appear out of it. She did a back flip and landed on the shoulder as it rose up and held herself steady.

"What's going on here? Where am I? Where are my friends?"

She looked around and saw a man who looked rather angry coming out of the forest, he walked through the one of the portals, seemingly leaving. She turned back to the soldiers, getting ready to fight if he had to. A few minutes later, the same man had come back through the portal only this time, followed by even more soldiers, all headed for the forest. Something big was going on here and she wanted to know what.

Julia

Julia turned to Ruby and as expected she asked for the books again. She gave a sigh, well it was about time they left anyway. She looked around before looking towards Ruby real quick.

"I'm surprised you didn't notice you had shrunk, well, I shouldn't be really. Anyway everyone, please follow me. We're leaving."

She walked outside the City where there was nothing but desert and pulled the library out of her pocket. She threw it towards an empty area and suddenly the library grew in size. She rose her hand up and did the same spell as Kuro, just in reverse. Making everyone grow back to their normal size.

"Right then, who did you fight? Wasn't it Scourge? Follow me Ruby."

She walked to the Weapon File section of the library and looked to Ruby. The must of been thousands upon thousands of books here. She patted the table, indicating for Ruby to sit down.

"Now, we can't spend too long in here. I will give you some books now, then give you more later."

She sat herself down and spoke out loudly.

"Give me all files on Law Enforcer Weapons and Gear."

Suddenly about a thousand or so books and files appeared in front of them. She turned to Ruby with a soft laugh.

"There has been a lot of enforcers."

She turned back and spoke once more.

"Cut out all Law Enforcers who do not live in present day within Azroh."

Suddenly the files were reduced to just a handful. She grabbed them and piled them in a neat pile before giving them to Ruby. She stood up before waving her hand for her to follow. She walked out of the library and when Ruby was out, she shrunk it down again.

"They should satisfy you for now. We need to get going. We're leaving. We'll head towards Jeul, it's a simple town but past there is Salazo, City of Magic. Once we hit there, I'll guarntee we'll have more than a few problems but I know a few people who can help us."

There were in a large wasteland. She looked around and as she did she moved through slowly. Everything was dead. No plants, grass or trees were growing here.



"This place was a warzone. Of course, the Lalafell were forced to get involved considering it was right outside the city. Many died, and all because of a damn Law Enforcer. Do the slightest thing wrong and they'll take you in. Even if it's just littering. All crimes are taken extremely seriously here. Before the battle, this place was beautiful. Flowers blooming, trees, grass as far as the eye could see. An entire forest. Anyway, from here we continue forward until we reach the town. Just be careful though, creatures may attack us. They aren't like Rethynth who you can just sing to and they'll go to sleep. Here, we will actually need to fight, and if you need to, kill."

She gave a small smile and continued to walk. It was then that everyone would of heard a voice in their heads, it was almost like a whisper which made Julia look around in confusion.

'Be careful, you're in danger. Watch where you step and watch out'

Julia looked around but could see nothing. She blinked a few times and spoke slowly.

"Can anyone else hear that?"

She looked around once more before continuing to walk. Those who could see spirits would be able to see a dark spirit fox following them but Julia wasn't able to see it and just kept walking.



What she did notice however was a raven that was slowly flying overhead, she looked up and stared at it. As she did her eyes watched the area cautiously. Once they hit half way, the ground shook softly. It seemed like a earthquake that had only just reached them. So she ignored it for the time being. However as the ground shook again, and this time more violently Julia stopped.

"Is it me, or is the earthquake getting closer?"

As if to answer her question, the earth shook again this time it felt like they were in the middle of the earthquake, it shook so much that Julia fell on her backside. Quickly she stood herself up and started to run.

"RUN! MOVE! GET OUT THE WAY!"

She gained some distance between the last point where the earth shook before an giant worm with thick armor burst through the ground with a loud scream so loud it was almost deafening. It then dug back into the ground instantly and burrowed around the area. Julia let out a soft sigh before speaking once more.



"It's an Apocalypse Worm. Be very careful. There is nothing that can break through it's armour. It's too thick and the moment you make a dent in the armour it regenerates and fixes itself. Nobody has managed to kill one yet, I guess we'll be the first."

Julia felt the Apocalypse Worm about to shoot up again where she was standing, she immediately jumped back and the moment it shot up a huge spear made out of purple magic appeared out of nowhere and stabbed into it, however, it had armor over it's entire body, and the attack did nothing to hurt it. The worm looked to Julia and screamed loudly. It shot deadly acid at her which she rose a purple barrier to stop however the acid tore right through her magic, of course it did. She jumped back and then watched it as the worm buried under once more.

Kuro

Kuro followed Julia and listened to her about the wasteland. He looked around, shaking his head softly. He couldn't believe his eyes. How could a beautiful forest be turned into such a dead, dry area like this.

"This is the real crime. They are the criminals, not us."

Yoruichi step forward and sighed softly.

"It is no wonder they didn't want to fight in the Forest of Life."

She shook her head, disappointed before the two followed Julia. He heard a voice in his head and looked around before speaking up quickly.

"Yeah, I hear it."

He looked around but couldn't see anything. Yoruichi closed her eyes, runes appeared around them then she opened her eyes once more. She looked around and saw a dark spirit fox.

"I don't know about this, this thing seems dangerous."

Just then the fox called out once again in everyone's head.

'You can see me? Good. I mean no harm, I am a friend. I won't harm you I only mean to aid'

Kuro looked to Yoruichi before turning back to Julia. He wasn't sure what to think but for now, he wasn't going to trust it. His instincts told him that the thing was dangerous whatever it was. Just then he saw a raven in the sky. He looked up, watching it. He found it strange how it was the only raven, or even animal in the area but for now he ignored it. Kuro felt the quake and was immediately alert. By the time the second quake appeared he knew there was something going on. He grabbed Yoruichi and jumped back even before Julia made the call. He watched as a huge worm shot up. Julia's attack seemed to do nothing, and the acid it spat out looked as if it could melt through magic with ease. This was not good. He placed Yoruichi down and then placed his hands on the ground.

"Yoruichi, draw it out for me."

Yoruichi nodded and took a step forward. She closed her eyes and purple runes appeared all over her. A rune on her paw glowed the brightest. She opened her eyes and looked through the ground.

"Kuro, to you're left, three feet away."

She stamped her paw on the ground and a purple rune appeared where she had said. It glowed brightly before sending a beam down which shot at the worm but did nothing. Kuro got himself ready, waiting and when the worm shot up where Yoruichi said it would he rose his hands up and shouted.

"One, two, three! Fire Style, Fire ball Jutsu, ULTIMATE"

Suddenly, three giant fire balls appeared all around the worm. They combined together making one massive one that covered the entire area everyone was fighting in. He rose his hands and a barrier formed before slamming his hands down. The fire ball landed on the worm and exploded. Smoke shot everywhere and covered the entire area.

"That should do some damage."

He smiled, waiting for the smoke to clear when suddenly the worm appeared out of nowhere. It shattered the barrier and was inches away from biting Kuro as he jumped out of the way. That was when he noticed the same raven from before flying over for a second time. It roared loudly and began to fire acidic blasts. Kuro formed barrier after barrier, unable to do anything.

"I THINK I MADE IT ANGRY!"

Yoruichi stood forward and made a barrier as well but the worm screamed out, the frequency of it's voice changed until Kuro's and Yoruichi's head was hurting. It was obvious what it was about to do.

Yang

Yang followed Julia and listened to her about the wasteland. It was disgusting how the Law Enforcers could do such a thing. Yang was just speechless, shaking her head slowly. She didn't know what to say. She heard the voice in her head and looked around. She couldn't see anything but hearing what Yoruichi said she gave a quick nod.

"I don't trust it, whatever it is. If it's a friend, it won't hide from us."

She looked around once more then she continued on following. It was then that she saw a raven in the sky, even she found it a little strange but didn't pay it any mind other than that. She was on edge when the second quake hit and jumped back when Julia warned everyone. She smiled brightly seeing the worm. Now this looked like a tough fight. She watched as Kuro and Yoruichi worked together and ran towards there they pointed out where the worm would appear. As soon as it popped out Yang jumped in the air, using her Kinetic Powers, she increased her speed and power with every punch.

"This should work!"

She smashed her fists into the worm until she saw one huge fire ball above her and the worm. She jumped up at the worm ad kicked off it, landing in the barrier. When the wormed attacked Yang shot out her shells, using her powers to smash into the worm light a rocket but it didn't do much damage and what damage it did do was quickly healed. It was then that Yang noticed the raven flying over in the corner of her eye but she was too busy focusing on the worm to pay attention to it and she didn't even register it. All of a sudden the worm screamed and her head began to hurt.

"YIN! QUICK! DO SOMETHING!"

She held her hands to her ears as she fell to the floor on her knees.

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Cs
Name: Laura Schnee
Gender: Female
Age: 10
Species: Human
Appearance:


Personality: Laura is a smart and confident girl, she is often preparing for the worst but is open to possibilities of things going well or different form how she expects. Laura is kind and will help anyone who she can but she can and will fight to survive. She is extremely skilled when it comes to fighting. She is the kind of person who doesn't back down from a fight. Like most of her family, she will tell everyone as it is.

Bio: Laura was exceptional skilled in combat and her abilities, so much so she got into Beacon Academy a lot sooner than expected. She only proved her skills even further whilst working in her team and after being accessed, Laura was announced the leader of her team which was called Team Lava.

Power: Able to create and control Glyphs of all kinds. These include Summoning Glyphs.
Family:
Friends:
Sentimental Attachment:
Weapon: Duel wielded swords with dust within the hilts.
Other:

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Scourge

Scourge watched as a girl telported to him and he listened to her but did not answer her instead the gear in his eye shifted. He watched as she went to attack although he was seeing far faster than the human eye could see with the gear. He could see the attack before it had even happened and so he moved back casually, avoiding the hammer and the cape attacks then quickly dodged the debris. He then watched as she jumped back and began to shoot at him. Scourge gave a cunning smile and able to dodge every single bullet just by simple dodging. When she was done he pulled out his sword and the gear shifted within the sword. Quickly the sword shifted, span and rotated until it became Ruby's Hammer, an exact copy. He held it tightly and was about to attack when everyone began to threaten the forest. He turned to Ruby and held out the hammer. It shifted and changed until it became a staff. He rose it up and teleported next to Mordred's side.

Sai

Sai watched as he was attacked by a sound wave and gave gave a bright smile. He pulled out his flaming swords and spun around quickly, making a tornado of blue fire. The sound wave cut through it like butter, when it did Sai appeared behind Yin. He was about to attack when suddenly the entire forest was being threatened. He stood back slowly, and then jumped back to the other enforcers. It was not a good idea to attack right now.

Mordred

Mordred watched as things quickly got out of hand. The entire forest was being threatened by these villains and there was nothing he could do right now, nothing none of them could do right now. He sighed and closed his eyes softly. He hated it but he had to let them go. At least now he knew what to bring next time.

"You are sicken me. You're all monsters, every one of you. We shall leave for now, but believe me when I say we are not done. You are all criminals, we shall be back and we will kill you. Everyone, gather around!"

With that everyone gathered around. The Lalafell Law Enforcers as well as Villagers used their magic, and quickly enough, they all disappeared.

Julia and Sekhemi

Julia watched as the Law Enforcers and Lalafell retreated. She gave a small sigh. She floated down softly and looked around. Slowly she walked to Sekhemi and crouched down to him.

"He'll live."

She stood up slowly and looked around once more but then Sekhemi slowly got himself up with a angry look on his face, his fist clenched up tightly as he stared at everyone.

"Of course I'll live! No thanks to you!"

Julia turned to Sekhemi then the others before speaking again.

"We must leave this forest quickly. We shall quickly pass through the Lalafell City, the Law Enforcers wouldn't want to fight us there, and besides, even if they did Chief Yoal wouldn't allow it. You don't have to worry about him either, he'll let us through. Despite him attacking us, he didn't want to. He is an ally but he couldn't put him and his village in danger for us. However, due to us being official criminals now, we won't be able to spend any time to rest there. It will be straight in, and straight out. Sekhemi, I will lead guide you to the exit first, you're leaving, now. I cannot have you on this mission. Not only did you endanger one of my comrades but you endangered this entire mission."

Sekhemi spat on the floor and walked over to Aladdin.

"Don't bother, I'll show my own way out. Come on Aladdin, we're leaving, now!"

He walked back through the forest, not looking back to see if Aladdin was following. Julia watched him, making sure he was going the right way, he was. He seemed to be headed for the portals. She sighed, and then turned back to everyone else with a smile and nodded to them. With that, she began to walk further through the forest for about five minutes. After walking through the forest for some time they reached the gate to the city. She held out her hands and the gate slowly opened. She stared in through the gate for a moment before slowly turning to the others.

"Welcome to Ishaena, the city of the Lalafell. Please, try to do your best to watch where you step, and do your best to not draw attention to yourselves any more than we already have."

She walked in slowly and as soon as she entered all the Lalafell stopped what they were doing and began to stare at the giants. Some would begin to whisper among themselves while others slowly hid in their houses. There had never been any outsiders entering the city before. In the middle of it all was a large glowing tree surrounded by magical flowers of all kinds. Julia looked around before noticing Chief Yoal walk up to her.



He looked around at everyone before speaking softly.

"They're gone, but you can't stay here. However, do you care to explain?"

Julia looked to the remaining companions she had for a moment in silence before looking back to the man. She let out a soft sigh before speaking to him.

"These are forigners, Chief Yoal. I summoned them here myself not long ago to help me solve this problem. Everyone helped me settle Rethynth down. He will be fine for now but if something isn't done soon things will get a lot worse. Of course we can't do nothing if Law Enforcers are constantly trying to stop us."

Yoal looked to the them all again before shaking his head with a disappointed look. It was then that he looked back to Julia with wisdom in his eyes. He looked around the village to see many Lalafell had gathered now. They looked fearful of Julia, no Lalafell had ever committed a crime so serious before. He looked back to her and gave a soft nod.

"We won't tell anyone that you were here. Don't worry about the Forest of Life, we'll take care of that. You just do whatever you need to do and quickly too. There isn't much time Julia."

She gave a small bow and watched him leave. She knew she could trust her own kind to keep her criminal activities a secret. After a small sigh she turned to her friends.

"Right, whenever everyone is ready we can move on. We've only got a few minutes however."

For now, she waited until everyone was ready.

Kuro

Kuro watched as law Enforcers came and he found the punishments stupid. He gave a smile at the current plan, scare them off. It would work. He placed his hands on the ground and purple runes appeared on the tree. These runes were popular among terrorists.

"You have to think, of all of us threatening the forest, you know at least one of us wouldn't be bluffing."

That was when Yoruichi came down and she smiled brightly.

"Don't underestimate us because of our race, we're as dangerous as anyone."

The two watched as the Law Enforcers left. Then watched as Sekhemi was banished. He sighed and Yoruichi jumped down. The two knew that nobody meant what they said, it was a solid plan. When Julia began to lead the two followed. It didn't take long before they reached the Lalafell City. Kuro smiled brightly, and looked inside. He rose his hands and magic sprinkled over everyone. Suddenly they all shrunk to Julia's size. This would help at the very least. He then turned to the Lalafell, even talking to the chief.

"You know, we were all bluffing when we threatened the forest. We're here to save the world, not destroy it but I understand your concern. We already sent off the one who threatened the forest in the first place back home."

Chief Yoal looked to Kuro for a moment before giving a nod, not saying anything. Kuro sighed, looking to Yoruichi who shook her head. It couldn't be helped. They just had to move on.

Yang

Yang watched as the forest was threatened but she knew the threats were bluffs. It was no surprise when the Law Enforcers left, or when Sekhemi was banished. She followed Julia until she got into the Lalafell City. Her eyes widened in wonder at the beauty of it. Then she was immediately shrunk by the Neko Prince but that made the place look even more beautiful.

"Wow, this is amazing! No wonder you all love being so small. I could be like this forever. This city looks huge when you're this size."

She smiled, her eyes flashed with excitement. She loved exploring new areas. She couldn't get enough of exploration. She turned to the Chief as Kuro tried to talk to him but he was utterly ignored.

"Kuro, ignore him. He isn't worth it, we got a mission to do."

She smiled and patted him on the shoulder, trying to comfort him.

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Sekhemi and Yang

Sekhemi watched and listened as everyone began to shout at him, Ruby and Yin even went to attack him. He clenched his fist tightly and jumped away to the left, shooting fire out of his feet to try and avoid their attacks, however the moment he did Yang, who had jumped forward toward him punched him in the face and sent him flying back. Not only was did both attacks catch him, cutting him Sekhemi smashed his back into the tree. The dark fire had already disappeared due to Raven's intervention. Yang stood forward and shouted at Sekhemi.

"Next time don't try to kill us all!"

Yang clenched her fist, in a bad mood now. She felt sorry for whoever the decided to try and start a fight with them next, because she needed to let off some steam. Sekhemi's body was covered in black fire which rapidly began to heal his injuries as he breathed shallowly.

Kuro

Kuro watched as Sekhemi set the forest ablaze. He couldn't believe how crazy he was! There was a silver flash and he felt himself being drained of magic. He fell to his knees closing his eyes. Then he slowly looked to Yoruichi sat upon his head who didn't seem to be much affected by the silver flash.

"Yoruichi, are you alright?"

Yoruichi gave a quick nod as she looked around, seeing multiple people having the same reaction as Kuro before looking back to him quickly and nodding once more.

"Yes, as long as you are safe Prince Kuro."

Kuro slowly got himself up and gave a nod. He looked around and noticed that the situation with Sekhemi was being handled. He felt his magic returning and gave a small smile, good it was only short lasted. He looked at the Guardian and how multiple people were trying to calm him down. His job for now was to help Yoruichi protect everyone. He closed his eyes making sure the barrier around everyone stayed strong so the meteors couldn't do any major damage.

Julia

Julia watched as everyone got into action right away in trying to fight off the Maidens and calm down Rethynth, it was starting to work. She was about to act when she froze, her eyes widened when she saw meteors, however they only affected the Maidens, good. It was Sekhemi, the one who she didn't even mean to summon who decided to set the forest ablaze. With her pure shock and horror she was frozen for a moment. Luckily the situation was being handled. There was a silver flash and Julia felt herself being drained for a moment. She felt weak and dazed, and she couldn't do anything so for now she had a few words to say, turning to Sekhemi, she shouted at him.

"I can't believe you are that stupid! In fact, calling you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! We are in the Forest of Life! I just told you that, twice actually and your great idea is to set it on fire? I swear, are you secretly working for the bad guys? Let me put this as clear as possible to you so you understand. Forest of Life dies, Guardian of Life dies, Guardian of Life dies, Tree of Life dies, Tree of Life dies, world dies, world dies, everything dies. Guardian of Life dies, Tree of Life dies, Tree of Life dies, Forest Of Life dies and then finally world die once again. If world dies, everything dies. Do you understand now? You can use your magic fire when we actually need it, not when we are in the Forest of Life, you dumbass."

Julia just screamed in anger before letting out a soft sigh. She turned to Rethynth who was maddened still, even after Angela's song and the illusion magic. Rethynth was still rather angry and out of control. Wonder why? It was then that Julia added her own voice to Angela's. After all, Lalafell were the protectors of the Forest of Life, the protectors of the Tree of Life and the Protectors of the Guardian of Life. They were all connected emotionally. She could feel his pain, his fear, his despair. Julia walked up to the Tree of Life and placed her hand on it. Her eyes closed and her hand glowed green. It was then that she sang the ancient song of healing.



As she sang Rethynth let out a loud roar but she continued to sing using the power of the Tree of Life itself to heal him. Now, even animals gathered around to watch. Birds tweeted the song while wolves howled the tune. Everyone was doing their part. It calmed him down almost completely but it didn't put him to sleep as she intended.

"Rethynth please rest for now."

She then turned to everyone else when he laid himself down and tried to rest and relax. The tree warriors sunk back into the ground as he did.

"He needs his rest while his soul is healed. I believe the cracks in reality are causing him to lose himself. He would be able to feel their darkness through the cracks, even if nothing comes through them. He is able to do this because he is connected to all life on this planet which means he is connected to all worlds and universes also. So it could also be the fact that he can feel other worlds, and the panic and fear of others is driving him to attack. Whatever it is, we must continue on to Ishaena, City of the Lalafell. We cannot stay here too much longer, we've drawn way too much attention to ourselves than I'd like. We can come back later and speak to him when he has rested."

She walked up to Rethynth and placed her hand on his head. Her hand glowed green and she spoke once more.

"Rest Rethynth, my dear friend. We will speak soon, I promise."

Just as she was about to get going, it was then that a group of others appeared in front of them. Julia's eyes widened quickly and she stood back. Please, no, not now! Why did they have to come now?!

Lalafell

Bane

Chief Yoal

Law Enforcers

Lalafell

Scourge

Lilith

Skywing

Nova

Mordred

Kitsune

Misuki

Aizen

Daemonfeuer

Brick

Sai

Sliver

Bone

Blake

Reptile

Dragonborn

Elizabeth

Draco

Crunch

Salamance

Khajiit

Fang

Taigra

Taigress

Roegadyn

Stone

Destro

You cannot instant kill any of the NPCs. If you wish to try to kill them then you must do a battle post. We can either do a co-post together on whoever you are attacking or just mention me when attacking and I'll respond.

It was the Lalafell Sorcerer, Mordred who stood forward and looked around the forest before looking towards Julia. After a quick analysis he spoke up.

"Julia, I assume you summoned these foreigners, correct?"

Julia sighed before giving a soft nod.

"It was either that or let the world be destroyed."

Of course, she couldn't say much considering Sekhemi threatened the Forest of Life and everything in it. Mordred spoke up once more.

"Julia, you are under arrest for bringing foreigners into Azroh. This is punishable by death. All foreigners summoned, you will be arrested for entering the world of Azroh. Punishable by death. All of you have threatened the Forest of Life, Guardian of Life and the Tree of Life and thus threatening the world and all other worlds. This is punishable by death. Your execution date is today, starting now. All Law Enforcers, do not harm the Forest of Life, apprehend the criminals quickly. If you see a chance to kill them, do so."

Julia stood back once more. Damn it, this was why she didn't want to draw too much attention to herself, thanks Sekhemi, thanks a whole fucking lot. Before the Law Enforcers took action Cheif Yoal stepped forward.

"I knew you were serious on your study on these cracks but I never thought you'd be willing to become a criminal for it. Julia, Lalafell or not I am afraid I will have to fight you, in order to protect the Forest of Life. I could sense the damage Julia, I could feel it. These people are dangerous. When I called the Law Enforcers, I never expected to see you. I'm sorry it has to be this way Julia."

Julia let out a soft sigh and stepped forward.

"Some of these people may not be the best, but right now it's all we have. If you kill us the world will die anyway! Let us do our job, we can leave the forest."

As to answer her question, Bane grabbed his spear and the moment he did, everyone else did too. It was obvious, they weren't getting out without a fight but Mordred held out his hand and spoke once more.

"If we let you roam about the world doing whatever they please, then we are worse criminals they are. I will tell you what. I will give you all one and only one chance. Come with us peacefully, surrender to us. We do not want to fight in the Forest of Life, maybe just maybe, if you surrender now your punishment MIGHT be overlooked, but I can not promise anything."

Julia gave a little laugh, making it clear to everyone she didn't believe a word he had said. Julia grabbed Red from the top of her head and placed him down on the floor. Then she slowly looked around to see what everyone else did, or what their thoughts were. She wanted to avoid a fight is possible, but their options weren't looking good.

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Julia

Julia was stopped by Ruby and she gave a small smile as she spoke, she seemed really interested in these books. She was about to speak when suddenly she was picked up and shaken. Her eyes widened and quickly Julia teleported away.

"NEVER pick me up again! Do you know how offensive that is? I will give you the books but later. We have more important things to deal with right now."

Julia continued on walking quickly through the forest although she quickly realised something about the forest was different but she couldn't put her finger on it. She slowed down and looked around some more. Something was very off here in this forest. The once so peaceful forest made her feel on edge, like something was watching her. It was then that she stopped completely and held out her hand, creating a purple force field to stop the nine from going on any further.

"Change of plans. We're going to visit the Guardian of the Forest, Rethynth. Stay on guard, there's something about this forest I cannot put my finger on. We could be headed for a fight. If something happens and we end up fighting, protect the forest with you're lives! I will warn you now, the forest is connected to everything. If the Forest Guardian dies, the Tree of Life dies, if the Tree of life Dies, the Guardian of Life Dies, need I go on?"

Her voice spoke with concern and urgentcy and with that the purple barrier disappear. She wanted to make sure everyone understood clear as day, after all some of these people she didn't even know. She took a sharp left turn to go deeper into the forest. After a few minutes walk she came to a large tree that shot up for miles until it reached the clouds. This was the Tree of Life! Protecting it was a large green dragon.





Julia signalled everyone to stay back, even putting up a purple barrier once more.

"He knows me. Our bond is far stronger than any Lalafell in the village. There is something wrong with him, something that is disturbing him. I can feel it, he's not himself. I will go first, be very careful."

Slowly she walked to the dragon and spoke to him.

"Rethynth I need to speak to you. Are you able to talk? Are you safe? Is the Forest of Life safe?"

The dragon's eyes shot open and at that moment Julia fell back in fear. It was clear as day now. The eyes of the dragon were filled with hate and bloodlust. Something was affecting the guardian. Suddenly he roared out loudly and his warriors rose to the ground. Quickly Julia stood up and ran to the barrier. She turned to face the dragon before undoing it.

"Remember! Do not kill the Rethynth, whatever you do! He is connected to the Tree of Life, if he dies, the entire forest dies and our mission fails! Only attack the forest maidens!"

Now she shouted, this was an urgent matter that could not be dealt with a heavy hand and intent to kill. This was a very serious and delicate situation.



Kuro

Kuro found it funny really as he watched Ruby. They were all obsessed with one thing or another. He looked at each person, naming those that he knew of before giving another soft laugh. He turned to Raven who had spoken to him and gave a soft nod.

"It's funny really, everyone here has some sort of obsession. Yin with his obsession for fights, Yang with her obsession with adventure, Ruby with her obsession for weapons, then there is my obsession with magic, and perhaps you're right Raven but I got a feeling that this isn't the best time to talk."

Yoruichi nodded silently, clearly focused on something else. They kept walking in the forest though he felt on edge before Julia put up the barrier. Something just didn't feel right for some reason. He looked to Yoruichi who looked to him with concern in her eyes. She felt the same way, didn't she? When Julia rose the barrier to warn them and give them clear instructions Yoruichi and Kuro nodded. It was Yoruichi who spoke up first.

"Yes, we feel it too. We weren't sure what it was but we knew something felt off."

Kuro and Yoruichi looked to each other and slowly followed. Julia until they came across the Guardian of the Forest, an ancient looking dragon who resembled the forest perfectly with it's coloration although even he was able to sense something was wrong when the dragon awoke. There was a sense of dread that filled him and even Julia felt it. This clearly wasn't normal behavior for him. When the barrier released Kuro quickly held his hands together and closed his eyes. His hands glowed brightly before quickly moving to each of the Forest Maidens. As soon as the light touched them the Maidens exploded. He then did a flip and jumped back, making sure he was behind everyone. He landed swiftly and shouted out loudly.

"Yoruichi, let's do the Duo Cat Combo!"

He pressed his hands on the floor and as he did, a rune appeared on each and every Maiden that was summoned, as soon as the rune appeared Yoruichi's eyes glowed purple while purple runes appeared all over her fur. She jumped up high in the sky and held out her paws.

"When demons rise and heaven cries, the fires of Heaven shall smite the unworthy, judged from a god's eye let thee begone!"

With that the sky turned red and flaming meteors shot down, smashing into the maidens. A few headed straight for the guardian but those that hit him, instead phased right through him. Yes, with this spell only the marked could be hurt by the fire. Yoruichi landed in front of Kuro and watched as fire rained down. Rethynth roared angrily and flew up into the sky. His wings opened out wide, blocking out the sun. With one roar the targets switched from the Maidens to all those from the outside world. Kuro eye's widened quickly, this was bad. He held out his hand which glowed golden as he channeled but nothing. This dragon had all the life of everything flowing into him, he couldn't win a direct magic battle.

"It won't work! We won't win against the Guardian, he's too powerful, we need a way to stop his rampage!"

Yoruichi jumped in the air and landed on Kuro's head. She closed her eyes and a purple rune appeared on her forehead. With that a huge golden barrier surrounded everyone, protecting them from Kuro's own attack. She spoke through everyone's mind.

"I can use our magic to protect us, but it seems any spell cast by the Guardian of Life we cannot counter."

She kept her eyes closed but had a perfect vision of the battlefield, she was conencted to Kuro, she could see everything he could see now.

Prince Ali Sekhemi

Sekhemi listened to Julia, not really caring much about the forest honestly. He was more interested in the potential fight. He found Ruby utterly pathetic, but said nothing for now. When they finally met the Guardian he watched closely and just as he hoped the Guardian started a fight. He smiled, seeing Kuro's attack, he could top that before things quickly turned sour as the Guardian quickly turned Kuro's attack against him. No magic huh? He had a way around that. He heard Yoruichi's voice in his head before laughing softly. They underestimated him, he was PRINCE ALI SEKHEMI! He grabbed his golden knuckle dusters and placed them on. Then a black fire covered his hands quickly. As he walked out of the barrier, the black fire spread to his entire body. As soon as a meteor approached him Sekhemi punched it as hard as he could, making it explode. He then began to sing with a grin on his face.



Sekhemi punched, kicked and even shot out dark fire explosive bombs at the Maidens, burning them alive, however this also set the forest on fire all around the Tree of Life. It seemed Sekhemi didn't care what was set on fire and what wasn't. He was laughing as he fought, the meteors not affecting him at all as the black fire surrounding his body weaponised and defended him.

Yang

Yang also felt the uneasiness of the forest. She laughed a little at Ruby though, finding her begging for the books pretty funny. Kuro was right actually, they each had they own obsessions. Still there was no time for that right now. She listened to Julia and gave a quick nod. When they finally met the Guardian she watched it warily. It wasn't long before the battle began and things were already going to shit. She was about to shout at Kuro for using a fire attack IN A FUCKING FOREST but she didn't need to however as it became obvious that the fire had no affect on the Guardian or the forest itself, just the Maidens. Then the marked turned on her and her companions and she instantly knew what that meant. She looked up but before the meteors could hit a golden barrier rose up. She listened to Kuro and Yoruichi and gave a soft nod. It made sense. Then things went worse, some stupid fucking asshole, Sekhemi apparently was setting the entire forest on fire! She closed her eyes for a moment, and when she opened them they were red.

"What the HELL are you doing? You're going to kill us all!"

She looked around at the burning forest and then looked to the Guardian who screamed in pain, this was bad, no this was worse than bad. The forest was on fire and if it wasn't stopped they were all dead!

"Somebody has to put out that fire otherwise we're all dead!"

She couldn't believe Sekhemi was being such a asshole. Yang jumped out of the portal and went to punch Sekhemi straight in the head when the black fire around him quickly took shape of a shield and blocked her attack, then it took shape of a fist just as Yang hit the shield and punched her in the gut, sending her flying back and burning her stomach. She coughed a little before getting back up slowly. Her eyes were pure red, she was really getting pissed. She quickly rolled out of the way of a meteor and then got herself back up. Sekhemi was going to kill them all!

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Julia

Julia gave a soft nod as she listened to the questions. She looked to the cracks once more and knew, even if the spell Rogue used wouldn't last forever it was better than nothing. She held out her hand and closed her eyes, focusing her magic. As she did the cracks turned to portals, she then closed each and every portal. She looked to everyone else to finish up the questions.

"Yes, there is an entire library section on weapons, not just one book. The library can tell the future, but the moment you came here and became involved with this mission, your future became uncertain due to the cracks in reality so no, right now there is no such information that can helped sadly. Now, let's get going. Our first stop, Forest of Life. We have to pass through there in order to get to Ishaena, city of the Lalafell."

She turned and walked into the forest, turning back to make sure everyone was following, then turned back to the forest. The forest was a huge place, and it was lucky that she knew exactly where to go.

Prince Kuro

Kuro and Yoruichi listened to Julia, giving a nod at her answers. When Julia began to walk off, neither of the two hesitated in going. After all, the world needed saving and Kuro knew that if he didn't help and all was lost, he would blame himself even if it was for a second before existence was ended everywhere. Yoruichi eyed the forest slowly, the Forest of Life, which meant the Tree of Life was somewhere here. She continued to walk slowly alongside Kuro. The two was taking everything in, so far the forest looked good and healthy. That was one thing at least although right now they weren't very far in. Hopefully it would stay the same though as the ventured through. There was one thing he would point out however not that there were no more questions.

"Oh, just one thing Julia. There is no need to call me Prince. Here, I have no authority and besides we need to be all equals if we are to work together. I am no different than you, still flesh and blood."

Yoruichi looked to Kuro and shook her head quickly.

"No, Prince Kuro. You are still a royal. She is right to call you by your title as I do, but let us focus on more important matters for now."

Yoruichi knew Kuro wasn't going to change his mind and she had more worried to focus on for now.

Prince Ali Sekhemi

Sekhemi sneered at Julia at her answer. She certainly looked like a child but fine, he had no choice to listen to her, for now. He listened to all the other questions, but none of them really concerned him. He was interested in the Law Enforcers but they would give him a challenge. He gave a smile and walked into the forest, following Julia. So, this was the Forest of Life then? He shrugged, not really caring. As long as he got to exercise and fight something, that was all that mattered.

Yang

Yang listened to Yin and gave a small laugh, he clearly didn't see the irony in what she said, so she thought she would be kind enough to point it out to him.

"Excuse me, but you are one to talk Yin. You care more about fighting than you do about the actual problem. Now, let's get started! I've always wanted a chance to explore a whole new world."

She smiled brightly, even she did not see the irony there. She followed Julia quickly into the forest, her eyes widening in excitement and wonder as she looked around the Forest of Life, it was so beautiful.

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Kuro

Kuro listened to all the questions, and he gave a soft nod. Most of the questions had been answered, and he struggled to think of any more. He turned to Yoruichi who was paying close attention, watching her to see if she had any questions of her own and it seemed she did as she stepped forward.

"I have a question for you. Why us specifically? What makes us any better to stop these cracks than anyone else and another question, if these cracks are so dangerous then why are people coming through them? I assume it is because these cracks are small, and stable, would I be correct?"

She sat back down and stared her violet eyes at Julia, waiting for the answers to be given.

Sekhemi

Sekhemi listened to Julia and gave a soft laugh. Sure, the cracks were dangerous but he was more interested in the 'being hunted' part. He hoped that whoever would be hunting them would be strong, in was always in for a good fight, still he had just one question to ask.

"What exactly puts you in charge? For one, you're a mere child! I think I should lead this pathetic lot, only I could lead them to victory!"

He gave another laugh and waited for his answer.

Yang

Yang listened to the questions given and gave a soft nod. She saw Ruby and smiled brightly. She was glad that she had come, however now that she was here she too was a criminal. She looked to Ruby and quickly ran to her.

"Ruby, what are you doing here? This place isn't safe."

She worried for Ruby, she had always worried. She looked to Julia, wanting to know the punishment now more than ever, however even though she had ran to Ruby, her sister had ran straight past her towards Julia, and Yang had no time to stop her.

Julia

Julia looked around at everyone seeing that they were still confused, there were a lot of questions being asked, and more and more people were coming through, one of them was Aladdin, who she quickly smiled at. The other, she didn't know and had attempted to run straight into her. Julia opened her eyes widely, she quickly teleported out of the way before sighing softly. Upon hearing the questions Julia slowly turned to the Library of Knowledge in concern before turning back to everyone seriously.

"Firstly I am NOT a child. I'll have you know I am twenty years of age! Lalafell are naturally small and why me? I lead because I am the one who summoned you. I am from this world, I am the librarian of the Library of Knowledge, I know more about the situation here, more about this world we live in and how to survive it. I have friends and connections who can help us, I know where we need to go. That is why I am leading you, another reason why you are NOT leading us is for one, I didn't even want to summon you! Next, heaven and hell would be affected, but they would be the last to go. You see, in this world we have the Tree of Life which we Lalafell protect with our lives. If the Tree of Life dies, so does the World Tree and thus, heaven and hell. Essentially, if this world dies, nothing will exist. The more important question, if the library of knowledge was sucked into the cracks, all knowledge would be lost and that would not be good at all. However, these cracks are tiny compared to most so it would take a good few hours for them to become too dangerous. That doesn't mean we should do nothing however, we will have to deal with it before we leave. These 'hunters and huntresses' as you call them are Law Enforcers. They are extremely dangerous, ruthless even when chasing down criminals. To petty thieves to cold hearted murder. They don't hold back unless they are endangering the tree of life, or unless you go willingly. The punishment for this crime however, I'm afraid to say that it is execution, however theoretically we called erase the law so it never exists but the book of laws isn't within the library. Instead it is within the Grand Courthouse. As for who or what's causing it, I assume from all the research I have done, that it is a natural cause. I really hope that someone isn't causing this but if it isn't natural, we need to stop whoever is doing this quickly. Now, why you? I chose you because each and every one of you have some sort of combat experience. You are all willing to work in a team if you have no other choice, and you are willing to do whatever it takes to survive. You also have the means to do so in this specific world. You were all perfect choices. Before you ask, I read all your files, from birth to your current selves in the Library of Knowledge, and you are correct that these cracks, for the moment are stable but there can and most likely become unstable in due time, becoming more and more dangerous as time passes."

Julia turned to the cracks, staring at them then turned to the library. She needed to work out a way to keep it safe. After a moment, she gave a small smile. She placed her hand on the building and with that, it shrunk to pocket size. She grabbed it and placed it within her pocket before turning back to the others with a nod. They would have to just take the library with them, she didn't plan on such a thing but at this point plans were changing.