commit 166262ee1b69ddaff2a988005357f68979dacdf7 Author: Noah Petherbridge Date: Thu Apr 15 17:15:59 2021 -0700 Initial commit diff --git a/Flash/chars.swf b/Flash/chars.swf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..973b8ec Binary files /dev/null and b/Flash/chars.swf differ diff --git a/Flash/story.swf b/Flash/story.swf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cca66a3 Binary files /dev/null and b/Flash/story.swf differ diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/01-LNR.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/01-LNR.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d011b16 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/01-LNR.txt @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@ +Synan sits in his back yard looking at + +the sky. He then sees a comet-like object fall + +into the atmosphere and stops in the clouds. + +He doesn’t pay too much attention to it, though. + +The next morning, Synan wakes up and eats + +breakfast. + +“Synan, will you go shopping for me + +in town? Here’s $20.” + +“But mom, I want to go check out that + +comet!” + +“Tough.” + +“But it didn’t come down yet!” + +“It probably did--you weren’t out there + +long enough.” + +“...!” + +“You can look at it on the way there. + +Now go, Synan, or you’re grounded.” + +“Oh, okay.” + +Synan leaves the house and walks through + +the fields toward Vatican City. The comet is still + +in the clouds. + +“Weird...” Synan says. Synan only knows + +a few people in the neighborhood. A friend from + +school, Zoe, has been missing for four days. + +Synan enters the city. He goes to the + +first shop. As he enters, a shady old man standing + +behind a counter greets him. + +“Hey Synan! Nice to see you!” + +“Oh, hi. Do I know you?” + +“Actually, no. I’m a friend of your mother’s.” + +“Oh okay.” + +“Well, I wanted you to check out my new + +invention. I call it the ‘Warp Marble’. Why? You’ll + +understand when I’m done.” + +The old man leads Synan to the back room. + +“Watch...” he says after a short pause. The + +old man pulls out a red glass marble. In the center + +of the marble is a white thousand-point star shape. + +The old man throws the marble toward a + +rat in the corner. It hits the rat and bounces off. A + +white beam shoots out of the center and hits the rat. + +The rat lights up white and shape-shifts to the rest + +of the beam. The beam is sucked back into the marble. + +The marble hits the ground and bounces back into + +the old man’s hand. + +“Now watch...” The old man says. + +He then throws the marble back to the ground. + +It bounces up and the process is reversed. The + +marble hits the ground and bounces back into + +his hand. + +“You’re mother will love these! Here’s + +ten of them.” + +“Thanks.” Synan takes the ten marbles + +and leaves the store. A crowd ahead runs through + +the streets screaming, as if they’d seen a ghost. + +Synan goes on to investigate. As he leaves the + +city, the exit furthest from his home, a short + +monkey-like creature approaches him. As Synan + +looks down, the monster looks up at him. Its + +head is half the monster’s height, and its eyes cover + +its whole face. Its head is shaped like two balloons + +merging. Frightened of it, Synan kicks it right in + +the face as a reaction. The creature runs away + +holding its face. + +“Take that you ugly thing!” + +Synan walks on. He soon sees a monster + +about his size--the height of an eleven-year-old, + +about 4’ 3”. + +“You have been banished to The Land + +of No Return, Synan, under orders of Lord + +Wizeman!” + +“What? Why?” + +Before the monster can respond, a large + +shadow appears over Synan. He looks up, and + +sees that the comet is above him. Soon enough, + +Synan is paralyzed and floating toward the island, + +unable to speak or move. Is this what happened + +to Zoe? + +Synan awakes on land of purple soil. + +He is in a small area with three walls and two + +guard towers, complete with a guard wearing + +dark purple uniform. Synan gets to his feet and + +looks at the side without a wall--the edge of this + +obviously floating island. Synan stares at the + +world he left behind. The guard behind him speaks, + +“Oh, so you’re awake.” + +“Where am I?” + +“I’m getting to that. Well, you have been + +out a long time. Three days now.” + +“Three days?” + +“Welcome to The Land of No Return, + +Synan.” + +‘The Land of No Return?’ Synan thinks. + +‘Maybe this is where Zoe vanished to. Obviously, + +because, if you don’t return from here, that explains + +it’ diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/02-JAMES.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/02-JAMES.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8752550 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/02-JAMES.txt @@ -0,0 +1,265 @@ +“Welcome to The Land of No Return, Synan.” + +The dark guard says. + +“The Land of No Return?” Synan answers. + +The guard ignores his question. + +“Please remove any mirrors or throwable + +objects.” + +“What for?” + +“You’ll see. The monsters here HATE to + +look at themselves, and the throwable objects + +can be thrown at their large eyes.” + +“I don’t have anything.” + +“Good.” The guard opens the gates. Synan + +walks through. “Hey, kid. Never look back, or + +you shall join the monsters.” The guard warns. + +“Okay, but how?” + +The guard ignores Synan and closes the + +gate. Synan stands on a three-way intersection. + +The pathway on the dark purple island are light + +purple. To the left is a large river of lava between + +a small pillar of mountains on the edge of the island + +and a large volcanic mountain, to which the entrance + +is in front of Synan. And to the right, Synan sees a + +small circular structure and a large forest a little + +further. + +Synan decides to go to the right, toward + +the forest. A voice behind him says, “Synan! Is + +that you?” + +Synan turns around and sees someone + +from school. One of his worse enemies: Syrus. + +Synan thinks Syrus is a poser wannabe. Synan’s + +hair is dark and slightly messed up, mostly combed + +forward, but Syrus has blond hair, messed up like + +Synan’s. + +Syrus looks at Synan. “I see you have + +some of those ‘Warp Marbles’ as well. We + +both have ten open marbles now. Let’s have + +a contest. Let’s see who can capture more monsters. + +Our meeting place will be at the castle on the + +other side.” + +“I’ll take the right.” Synan says. + +“I don’t think so, Synan. You’re taking + +the left side, near Hell’s River.” + +“No fair!” + +“You want to make something of it?” + +Synan sighs, “Left it is.” + +“Good. I thought you’d see it my + +way.” + +Syrus begins walking down the + +path on the right, toward the forest. Synan + +thinks, ‘..or maybe I can cut right through + +the island!’ Synan walks up to the red doors + +of the volcanic mountain in front of him. They + +are locked. Synan cuts through the field toward + +the left path, so as to not look back toward the + +monster following him. + +Shortly after, Synan comes to the + +river of lava. Crossing the lava is a long narrow + +board that is nailed to another about halfway. + +When Synan steps on it, it sags toward the lava. + +Synan tries to take it slow going across. + +Half way out there, Synan hears a + +crack. He speeds up, hearing much more, + +louder cracking. He’s about five feet away + +from the other side when the entire bridge + +collapses. Hanging from the left side of the + +river, Synan is surely doomed, for there is + +nothing within reach that Synan can hang on to. + +A hand at the top grabs Synan’s + +wrist. Another hand grabs the other one. + +They feel like human hands. Synan is pulled + +up the side of the river canyon. Synan turns + +to look at his rescuer. It’s a girl Synan’s age. + +It was Zoe. + +“Zoe?” Synan says. + +“Yes?” + +“Uhh...Thank you.” + +“No problem.” + +“So how did you get here?” Synan + +asks. + +“Some ‘Ico’ monster said I was + +chosen to go to The Land of No Return. + +I’ve only been walking around here a day + +now. Haven’t gone too far, though.” + +A voice comes from the distance, + +“Who goes there?” + +Synan and Zoe stand and look in + +the direction the voice came from. + +“Show yourself!” Synan yells. + +A figure walks out of the shadows + +by the volcanic mountain. He looks like + +a half-monster half-human. He has a yellow + +helmet with a red diamond-shaped ruby. + +His head underneath is short, with long, + +demonic eyes stretched across it. + +The rest of his body seems normal. + +“So. I see you two made it across + +the Hell’s River, eh?” He says. + +“Who are you?” Zoe asks. + +“My name is James. And you must + +be Zoe, here with Synan.” + +“How do you know our names?” + +Zoe asks. + +“Everyone here does. We get + +our sources from Veronica. She knows + +everything.” + +“Veronica?” Synan asks. + +“That’s what I said. But you + +won’t ever meet her, because I’m here + +to stop you two!” + +Synan and Zoe prepare for + +battle. James screams a while and then + +a golden flame-like power field appears + +around him, like his whole body is just + +a flame. + +“You’re outnumbered, James!” + +Zoe yells. + +“But I have more power than + +fifty men. I am a mega-monster!” + +“A mega-mo--?” Synan is + +interrupted when James suddenly + +attacks him. Synan is launched into + +the side of the volcano. Zoe gets hit, + +too, and thrown into the volcano. + +“Ha. You kids are no challenge + +at all to me.” James says. James is + +about twelve, a year older than Synan + +and Zoe. James flies over the volcano, + +cutting through the middle of the island. + +“Come on, Synan.” Zoe says + +wearily, “I have a camp set up ahead.” + +They go to a campground with + +some other survivors, and sent to a small + +medical lab. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/03-ICE.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/03-ICE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0e98f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/03-ICE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ +Synan and Zoe are soon fully healed. + +They hang out at the camp for a while later. + +Soon, Synan says, “We need to get back out + +into The Land of No Return. I’m in a competition + +against Syrus to catch more monsters than he + +does. So we need to get out and catch them.” + +“I have ten marbles,” Zoe says, “But I + +only have one monster.” + +“You already have one? Cool. What one + +is it?” + +“It’s name is Clawz.” Zoe reaches into + +her pocket and pulls out a red marble. She drops + +it and it bounces off the ground, releasing a + +lizard-like monster. This monster can stand on + +its hind legs. It is all red with an orange belly + +that goes between its legs and up the bottom + +of its long tail. It has circles on the heels of its + +feet which are also orange. The monster sits + +on the ground cleaning itself. + +“Nice monster!” Synan says, “Where’d + +you find it?” + +“Inside the volcano. Before the monsters + +kicked me out.” + +“We need to find more monsters. This + +is the first one I’ve seen so far.” + +“Okay. Let’s go.” Zoe says. + +They leave the camp and get back to + +where they were fighting James. Two dead monsters + +are here--the ones that were following them. They + +are brown and were carrying a purple eyeball + +with spirals on it. Their eyes are in the front. Their + +hands are on top of their head like antennas. + +“Well, that battle got these monsters off + +our back. I wonder where James is now...” Zoe + +says. They walk on down the path toward the left. + +James watches them from a rock on the volcanic + +mountain. + +Synan and Zoe come to a dark blue mountain + +near the edge of the island. They’re coordinates now + +are 9:00. They started at 6:00, so they are about + +one-fourth around the island. The door to the cave + +is ice-blue. The door is locked. Next to it is a small + +monster about one foot tall. It is round, with tiny + +pointy legs. It’s eyes circle it like a belt. On it’s head + +is a silver horn. + +“What do you want, humans?” It says + +threateningly. Clawz is still out of its marble. + +“Can we enter the cave? We need to + +capture monsters.” Synan says. + +“Well too bad!” + +“Let us in! Or we’ll kill you!” + +“Wish I could let you into the cave, but + +I don’t have the key to the Ice Barrier.” + +“Ice Barrier?” Zoe says. + +“Yes. There are seven barriers on this + +island. The Fire Barrier opens the red door to + +the volcano. The Ice Barrier opens the blue door + +on this cave. The Earth Barrier opens the door + +on the mountain ahead. The Star Barrier opens + +the door to Wizeman’s Fortress. The Thunder + +Barrier opens the door to the Lightning Palace + +on a floating island. The Flower Barrier opens + +a door to Monk’s Hidden Garden, and the + +Warp Barrier can warp you clear way across + +the island. That’s all I know. I think the Warp + +Key can be used for some other things, though.” + +“Well, where is the Ice Key?” Zoe asks. + +“Last I knew, the Monks took it to their + +Hidden Garden.” + +“Where is that?” Synan questions. + +“From here, its on the other side of the + +volcano. The entrance goes into the volcano from + +Monk’s Garden. The Ice Key is inside the Flower + +Barrier. When they stole our key, we stole their + +key.” + +The monster holds out a silver key. It’s + +handle is a colored metal flower. It’s pedals are + +yellow, and the inside is a light orange. “Oh, I + +almost forgot to mention my name. My name is + +Prisem. Well, here’s the Garden Key. You better + +bring the Ice Key back with you.” + +“We will.” Synan says. They take the key + +and go on. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/04-BOOK.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/04-BOOK.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ddbcc9b --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/04-BOOK.txt @@ -0,0 +1,265 @@ +Synan and Zoe walk on with the Garden + +Key that Prisem gave to them. A little further + +down the path, and the pathway splits into two: + +Forward and to the left. To the left, there is a + +large circular building. There is no roof, and the + +top is lined with large arches. In each arch is + +a music pedestal, with a book in each. Every + +book is closed. + +Synan and Zoe walk into the building. + +In the center is a girl, about twelve years old. + +She sits at a desk, writing. The girl notices them + +come in, and slides a book to the end of the desk + +closest to Synan and Zoe. Zoe takes the book. + +The cover is brown leather. In gold, a title is + +across the front. It reads “Book Temple”. Zoe + +opens it. + +“Here is where the second victim of + +The Land of No Return, after James, writes + +books of power for uses by Lord Wizeman. + +This book temple was created as a studio for + +Sarah, a twelve-year-old bookwriter. These + +books of power vary from books that transport + +you from place to place or world to world. They + +can also summon demons from the other world + +to wreak destruction among the Earth which we + +are so powerfully taking over.” + +Zoe turns the page. + +“If anyone whosoever uses any of these + +books for their own purpose, they’re misdeeds + +will not go unpunished.” + +That’s the end of the book. Zoe places + +the book back on the desk. Synan is no longer + +in the temple. Zoe talks to Sarah. + +“Can you make us a book to warp to + +Monk Garden?” + +“No.” + +“Why not?” + +“You read the book. You cannot use + +these books for your own purposes.” + +“Please?” + +“No.” + +Synan comes into the room. “All right, + +girlie. Get us a book to Monk Garden.” + +“Like I just told your girlfriend, no.” + +“My girlfriend?!” + +“Either way. I don’t want you two to + +get into trouble with Lord Wizeman.” + +“But we’re stuck in this small quarter + +of the island!” Synan yells. + +“We are?” Zoe says. + +“Yes. We can no longer cross Hell’s + +River, and the Earth Barrier is all that’s ahead, + +which is also locked.” + +Sarah listens, “Okay. I’ll give you the + +book. Link at your own risk.” + +“Link?” Zoe asks. + +“That’s another word for Warp. The + +warp books link from your location to the + +location you’re going, so we just say Link.” + +Sarah opens a drawer in her desk + +and pulls out a book with a purple leather + +cover. In gold on the front says “Monk + +Garden.” Synan takes the book and opens + +it. On the first page is a small window. In + +the window is a camera view circling around + +a small clearing in the forest. There are black + +doors on the side of the volcano. + +“Touch the window to link.” + +Synan touches the window and vanishes, + +pixel-by-pixel it seems, but at a remarkable fast + +rate. The book falls a little and lands in Zoe’s hand. + +“Oh wait! Take this book with you. It’s + +a book to return here.” Sarah gives Zoe another + +purple book that reads, “Book Temple”. Zoe + +holds it under her arm and uses her free hand to + +press down on the picture of the Monk Garden book. + +Zoe vanishes. To her, since she is transporting pixel- + +by-pixel, half of her is at point one, half and point two. + +Her vision is slowly transported to point two. + +Zoe quickly joins Synan at the garden, holding + +the purple Book Temple linking book. They went clear + +across the island. There a many monks here. Zoe lets + +Clawz out to battle them. Soon, they have a Monk + +unconscious. Synan throws a marble and catches the + +Monk. Another Monk says, “Hey! That’s an Ideya + +Marble! How’d you get it?” + +“So old guy on Earth.” Synan answers. + +The monk notices the Flower Key in Zoe’s + +pocket. “You brought the Flower Key! Hey guys! + +The Flower Key is back!” + +“It’s not for you! Not unless you give + +us the Ice Key!” + +“Oh. Give us the key and we’ll get you + +the Ice Key!” + +“I don’t trust you. Come on, Synan!” + +Zoe walks up to the black door and + +opens it. A few petrified Monks run out as the + +door opens. “Oh, thank you for releasing me, + +humans!” The say. + +Zoe and Synan walk inside. The doors + +close, but its not dark. There is a faint red glow + +lighting up a beautiful underground garden. + +They walk down a staircase and enter a small + +room with a window looking out upon the lava + +in the volcano. Sitting here is a Monk sweating + +like a dog, using the Ice Key to cool himself + +off. + +“Give us the key!” Synan yells. + +“No way!” The Monk replies. + +“Why you cotton-picking little--” + +“Hold on.” Zoe interrupts. + +“What?” Synan says. + +“Nothing.” + +“Anyway, Monk, give me the + +key or suffer!” Synan says. + +“By who? You? Wahahaha!” + +“Yes!” Synan picks the Monk + +up by its tail. It scratches Synan across + +the face. In pain, Synan whips it out the + +window into the lava. Zoe takes the key. + +“Synan. It’s time to return to the + +Book Temple.” Zoe says. + +“Right.” + +Zoe holds out the book. Synan warps. + +Syrus comes up behind Zoe. “Zoe. Can I + +warp back, too?” + +“No way!” + +“Well, too bad. You’ll drop the book + +when you warp. Then I can pulverize Synan!” + +Zoe holds the book above the lava to + +warp. When she’s gone, the book falls into the + +lava. + +“Damn you!” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/05-CRYSTAL.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/05-CRYSTAL.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d9b998 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/05-CRYSTAL.txt @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +Synan and Zoe warped back into the + +Book Temple. + +“Synan! I saw Syrus!” + +“What did he want?” + +“He wanted to pulverize you!” + +“Crap! So does he have the book now?” + +“No. I let it fall into the lava.” + +Sarah stands up. “You better not have!” + +“Oops.” Zoe says. + +“Oops is right! I spent a long time on that + +book. It takes forever to get the things to work!” + +“We’ll repair it.” + +“Zoe, come on! Let’s get the Ice Key to + +Prisem!” Synan yells. + +“Okay. I’ll catch up.” + +Synan runs out of the building. Zoe hears + +a warping sound. Syrus appears. + +“Zoe. Where is Synan now?” + +“Umm...” Zoe signals to Sarah behind her. + +Sarah hands Zoe a book. + +“He went into this book!” Zoe holds the book + +forward. The cover reads, “Monster Village” + +“He’s cheating! He went there to capture + +more monsters than me!” + +Syrus steals the book and links. + +“Sarah, where did that book go anyway?” + +“To the entrance of the island. It was a trick.” + +“Oh.” + +“Now I need to get that book back that you + +almost left in the lava. I shall be gone a few days.” + +“Okay.” + +“So I’m gonna have you leave.” + +Zoe leaves the temple. Large gates close + +behind her. Sarah picks up the trap book and sets + +it on her desk. Then she picks the Garden Book off + +the floor and links. Zoe runs to catch up with Synan. + +At the blue cave, Zoe unlocks the door. They + +walk inside. The walls are lined with diamond-shaped + +monsters. They are like glass, full of small eyeballs. + +Prisem says, “Those are called Crystal.” + +“Cool!” Synan throws an Ideya and catches + +one. “Now I surely have more monsters than Syrus!” + +Synan and Zoe walk deeper into the cave and + +go underground on a ramp. They get into a small clearing + +with three exits: One leads to Crystal Cave, one to the + +north and one on the right. A voice comes from + +behind them. James. + +“You violated the rules of the book temple.” + +“Oh well!” Synan says. + +“And so now you are going to pay.” + +“Not this time!” Zoe yells. + +Zoe realeases Clawz, and Synan releases + +Monk and Crystal. James and the monsters fight + +each other. Monk and Clawz use Crystal as a + +shield when James does missile attacks. Clawz + +uses Fireball as his missile attack, and Monk only + +does melee attacks. Soon, James loses the battle. + +“Yes!!” Zoe yells. + +The monsters’ levels increased from defeating + +a mega-monster. Prisem soon arrives. “Thank you + +for getting me the key. I’d like to join your team.” + +“You get this one, Zoe.” Synan says. + +“Okay. You’re on the team from now on.” + +“Cool! I like you!” + +“Do you know your way around here?” + +Synan asks Prisem. + +“Yes. North leads to the basement of the + +Book Temple, the left goes to Emerald’s Crater, + +in the volcano.” + +“Let’s go to Emerald’s Crater. Maybe + +we can get even more monsters!” Synan yells. + +Zoe, Monk, Crystal, Clawz, and + +Prisem agree. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/06-VOLCANO.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/06-VOLCANO.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..436c526 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/06-VOLCANO.txt @@ -0,0 +1,183 @@ +Zoe and Synan walk with Prisem down + +a dark hallway. Prisem is sure it leads to the + +volcano. After a short while, the pass a locked + +wooden door. + +“That door goes up to Skyber’s Fortress.” + +Prisem says. + +“What is a Skyber?” Zoe asks. + +“A thunderbird.” + +“Is the Thunder Barrier up there?” Synan + +asks. + +“Yes. Now let’s get moving.” + +They walk on a little further and the dark + +hallways light up red. Soon, they are in a room of + +unbearable heat. In the center is a large rock + +hanging by four powerful chains. On the rock are + +monsters that look like combinations of Prisem and + +Crystal. + +“This must be Emerald’s Crater.” Zoe says. + +“Yeah. It is, and those things out there are + +Emeralds.” + +In Emerald, Crystal is on top, held by + +Prisem’s electricity. They walk along the pathway + +around the side to a bridge that goes to the + +rock. They slowly cross the bridge and talk to the + +Emeralds. One Emerald decides to join Synan. + +Now Synan has Monk, Crystal, and Emerald, + +and Zoe has Clawz and Prisem. + +A shadow covers the rock. Synan and + +Zoe look up through the opening of the volcano. + +A large floating island hovers slowly across the + +top. + +“Prisem. What is that?” Zoe asks. + +“That’s called Sky Island. The Lightning + +Palace is on it, where you will need the Thunder + +Key.” + +“Cool...” Zoe says looking at it. + +In the dark shadow, James swoops + +down from the sky. He lands in front of them. + +“All right, kids. This time, you will NOT + +win!” + +“You and who’s army?” Zoe says. + +“Ico is here with me.” + +“Ico?” Synan asks. + +“That’s the monster who warped us here.” + +Zoe whispers. + +Up in the sky, the monster that warped + +Synan to The Land of No Return falls and lands + +next to James. Ico is all blue. His head is a sideways + +oval, divided down the horizontal middle. On the + +bottom of the divide is a cyclops eye. On Ico’s + +breastplates are black stars. Ico’s arms and legs + +are blue, with gray diamond-shaped elbowpads + +and kneepads. On its belly is a red W shape + +stretched across the front and back. Ico’s shorts + +a also gray. + +“Synan. Wizeman sees how long you + +and Zoe are lasting here. Much longer than + +expected. So I was commanded to defeat + +you.” Ico says. + +“Not a chance!” + +Synan’s Monk, Crystal, and Emerald + +with Zoe’s Clawz and Prisem, and all the + +Emeralds here team up to defeat James and + +Ico. Ico gets nearly defeated and flies away. + +James cowers out and follows. + +Afterward, Synan and Zoe leave the rock + +and go through a different tunnel away from the + +crater. They soon get to an underground village. + +There are lots of red cyclops monsters here. + +There is a space around their eyeball + +in the middle. They are shaped like an oval outline. + +On the upper-left and right sides sprout wings. Its + +feet are along the bottom. They have a horn at + +the very center-top of their heads. + +“Welcome to Mr. I Village!” Prisem says, + +mocking a tour guide. + +“So. I’m assuming these things are called + +Mr. I.” Zoe says. In the roof of this underground + +village is a small hole where the sky can be seen. + +A Mr. I approaches them. + +“So. I take it you two took the hard way + +to get here. Take this key to get here more + +easily next time.” + +Mr. I gives Synan the Fire Key. Zoe + +still has the Garden Key and Ice Key. The Fire + +Key is red metal with a three-pointed flame + +symbol on the end. Now that they notice, the + +Ice Key is blue metal with a symbol at the + +end too. Its symbol is a small circle with lines + +extending from each end. + +“Well, now we have two of the elemental + +keys. Two to go!” Prisem says. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/07-TEMPLE.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/07-TEMPLE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e521778 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/07-TEMPLE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +Synan and Zoe leave Mr. I’s village. + +In the crater, Sky Island finally passed over. + +Prisem leads Synan and Zoe back through + +the tunnel to Crystal Cave. So far, Synan and + +Zoe have the Garden Key, as well as two + +of the four elemental keys: Fire and Ice. + +Soon, they get back to the “crossroads” + +of the cave--Where you can go to the basement + +of the Book Temple, or go to the volcano, or + +go to Crystal Cave. + +“Let’s get back to the Book Temple!” + +Zoe says. Another Prisem runs down the stairs + +from Crystal Cave. “The Book Temple is still + +locked up.” + +“Oh. Then let’s get in through the + +basement!” + +“That might work.” Synan says. + +They go down the path to the basement of + +the Book Temple. Shortly after, they are there. The + +basement is full of little mechanisms. One looks like + +an ink producer. It must make the magic ink. Another + +machine makes the books and pages. Zoe and Synan + +climb up a ladder under a trap door. They got into + +the Book Temple. + +“We’re here. Where’d she go?” Zoe says. + +“I believe her name was Sarah.” Prisem says. + +“Whatever. She’s not here though.” + +“Then let’s use the books!” Synan says. + +Zoe opens a drawer in Sarah’s desk. It is full of books. + +All the books are of purple leather, and golden words + +on the cover. One catches Zoe’s eye: Skyber Fortress. + +In the picture, Zoe sees Lightning Palace on Sky Island. + +“Synan! Let’s use this one!” + +Zoe and Synan gather up their monsters. Synan + +goes in first, then Zoe follows. + +They are soon standing on a tall stone tower, + +like a plateau. There are many birds flying around. From + +a bird perched ahead of them, they can be described. + +The birds are all brown. They have long beaks, + +from which their eyes stretch away from. They have black + +diamond shapes on their foreheads, and three feathers + +sticking up on top of their heads. Since there are no other + +monsters here, they must be the Skybers, the birds of + +lightning. There are many other plateaus around here, all + +linked with bridges. This area is on top of the volcano, + +closer to Crystal Cave. On the right side, the + +entrance to Emerald’s Crater is visible. Synan + +and Zoe go into one of the structures, one that + +looks like a castle. Inside is a tougher looking + +Skyber. It is wearing a crown and a black + +bandanna around its neck. The Skyber speaks, + +“Let me guess. You came here for the + +Lightning Key.” + +“How’d you know?” Zoe wonders. + +“Let me see all the monsters you have + +captured.” + +Synan and Zoe release their monsters. + +“Good. Now I know you are not on + +the side of evil..” Skyber finally says after looking + +at Zoe’s Clawz and Prisem, and Synan’s Monk, + +Crystal, and Emerald. + +“Well. Here’s the Lightning Key.” Skyber + +gives Synan a key of yellow metal. Its end has a + +jagged lightning bolt symbol. + +“I’ll have some Skybers fly you up to + +Sky Island.” + +Synan and Zoe leave and some Skybers + +grab them and carry them off the ground. They land + +on the floating island. All that’s here is a stone + +temple. Synan unlocks the door and enters. In the + +center is a green pyramid-like crystal. When they + +approach and look through it, the side in the ground + +mirrors the side above. Along the walls are all kinds + +of writing. Zoe reads them aloud. + +“The Land of No Return: A small anti-world + +that originated from The World of No Return, a + +planet just outside Pluto’s orbit, the planet that humans + +call ‘Planet X’. The Land of No Return’s purpose was + +to capture those simple minded humans so that one of + +our most trusted monsters, Twilite, could morph them + +into more monsters, only the common ones, like Monk + +or Prisem.” + +Zoe continues reading. + +“The most powerful monsters on our island are + +Veronica, the ‘queen of the rock’, at level 1,000. Then + +there is the rare Myst, at level 5,000. The most powerful + +monster is yet to come. He was a boy from Earth, being + +genetically-engineered in Wizeman’s Fortress. This human + +is weak, but he has the power to become Deity, the most + +powerful being in the universe at level 1,000,000.” + +Zoe tries to read more, but the words are blurred. + +“Well, Synan. We’ve learned a lot here. There’s + +nothing more to do. Let’s go now.” + +“Oh okay. Right. We need to get the Earth Key + +still!” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/08-EARTH.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/08-EARTH.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1eb40d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/08-EARTH.txt @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +Synan and Zoe get a transport from Sky + +Island with help from the Skybers. Back on the + +center plateau on Skyber Fortress, Zoe notices + +that Sarah is back in the Book Temple. Synan notices, too. + +Synan walks into the throne room of the king of the Skybers. + +“Uhh, excuse me. Can Zoe and I get a ride back to the book temple?” + +“No.” The king replies. + +“What? Why not?” + +“Because I have a Linking Book to get you back there.” + +“Oh okay. Can we use that?” + +“Of course. Go find Zoe first.” + +Synan leaves and shortly returns with Zoe. They + +Link into the book and are back in the book temple. + +“Welcome back.” Sarah greets them. + +“Hi Sarah!” Zoe says. + +“So...” Synan says. + +“Oh yeah. Sarah, is there a book to get inside the + +Earth Barrier?” Zoe asks. + +“No. The ‘Earth Barrier’ is the green door. You mean, + +a book to get inside Illusion Cave, right?” + +“Umm... yeah, I guess.” Zoe says. + +“But, I don’t have a book like that. If you want, + +I can make one. It won’t take any later than a month.” + +“A month?!” Synan and Zoe say together. + +“We can’t wait that long!” Zoe yells. + +“Chill. I have the Earth Key here.” Sarah tells them. + +“......... You mean you had that key the entire time?!” Synan questions. + +“No. I got it from those Monks. They seem to collect these keys. + +They wouldn’t give me the Warp Key, though.” + +“You mean those Monks also have the Warp Key?!?!” Synan asks. + +“Yes.” + +“So... can you give us the Earth Key?” Zoe asks. + +“Sure.” Sarah gives them the Earth Key. + +“Okay! Time to get to that cave!” Synan yells. + +“See ya later, Sarah!” Zoe and Synan leave. + +They soon come to the cave, Illusion Cave. A lime- + +green door is bolted to one side. Synan fits the key into + +its hole. The door slowly opens. The blackness inside--It is + +so black, that the light shining in from outside is sucked too + +far in for effect. + +“Whoa. I wonder what could be in there...” Zoe asks. + +“Let’s find out.” + +Synan and Zoe take a few steps into the blackness. + +The green doors slam and lock behind them, leaving them + +in complete blackness. + +“What if we get lost in here?” Synan + +wonders, worrily. + +“I know!” Zoe yells. Her voice echoes + +through the dark hallways. + +Zoe appears to be throwing something. + +Soon, a bright flash shows what she threw: an + +Ideya Marble. The flash becomes a--Skyber! + +In the dark, the Skyber’s black crystal glows + +a lightning-yellow. It lights up the hallways. + +“Good idea, but, where did you get + +that Skyber?” Synan says. + +“I got it while you were talking to the + +king of the Skybers.” + +“Oh.” + +They walk on down the hallway. + +At several places, there are intersections that + +split off into different directions, most lead to + +dead ends. They pass by one intersection and + +Zoe looks down the hall to the left, Skyber + +perched on her shoulder. + +“Synan...look at this...” + +Synan and Zoe look down the tunnel. + +Along one wall there is a little girl curled up in + +a ball. She is about six or seven years old. + +Zoe goes in to help. + +“Hi, my name is Zoe. What’s yours?” + +“...Elsie” + +“Okay. What are you doing in a place + +like this?” + +“I got lost. My family is probably worried + +about me.” + +“Which way did your family go?” + +The little girl points down the hallway. + +“Well. We’ll help you find them.” + +“Okay.” + +Elsie stands up. The three begin walking + +down the hallway. Elsie jumps on Synan’s back. + +“Give me a piggy-back ride!!” + +“Umm okay.” Synan says. Zoe smiles + +mockingly at Synan. + +They walk down millions upon millions + +of twisting, turning tunnels. They turn down one. + +Synan and Zoe look at eachother for a second, + +not paying attention to the hall ahead of them. + +Elsie covers her eyes. + +“What?” Zoe says quietly. Zoe and + +Synan look forward. There is a little ghostlike + +monster about eight feet ahead of them. + +It’s head is shaped almost like a + +hornet’s. The top of its head is round with + +tiny, catlike ears. It has large eyes. In its misty + +form, they almost appear blue. Its body is + +almost like a cat’s, except it has larger claws + +on its hands, but none on its feet. None in + +appearance, anyway. Its tail is about as long + +as it is tall. + +It makes a high-pitched sound and + +turns to fly away. It is soon gone in the + +darkness. + +“What the h--?” Zoe covers Synan’s + +mouth before he can finish. Zoe whispers, + +“Don’t swear around the kid!” + +“Okay.” + +“What was that thing?” Elsie asks. + +“I’m not sure. It looked like a ghost.” + +“I hate ghosts!” Elsie cries on the + +thought of being lost in a haunted maze. + +“Great going, Synan!!” Zoe smacks + +the back of his head, “You made the kid cry!” + +“Oh boy.” + +“Well, try to shut her up!” Zoe yells. + +“You’re the only one who knows how + +girls act! You shut her up!” + +“Well I didn’t make her cry!” + +Zoe and Synan keep fighting. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/09-ILLUSION.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/09-ILLUSION.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ce92eb --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/09-ILLUSION.txt @@ -0,0 +1,229 @@ +Zoe and Synan eventually quit fighting. + +Elsie is sitting against a wall, still crying. + +“Elsie. I’m sure it wasn’t a ghost we + +saw. I bet it was just another monster.” + +“I hate monsters too!” + +Elsie is getting worse. + +“Oh, did I say monster? I meant + +Animal. It was probably Skyber’s stone + +that made the monster appear clear.” + +“Yeah, you’re right.” Synan + +says. Elsie finally stops crying. + +“Did we make her stop?” Synan + +asks. + +“Uhh, no. She fell asleep.” Zoe + +answers. + +“Oh great. Now we need to carry + +a sleeping kid around with us.” Synan asks. + +“Looks like it.” + +“Can’t we just use an Ideya?” + +“No! You don’t capture humans in + +those things!” + +“Uhh, oh yeah.” + +Synan ends up having to carry the + +sleeping body around the tunnels. “Man, + +this sucks.” + +Over Synan’s shoulder, Elsie opens + +her eyes and winks at Zoe, then closes them + +again. Zoe slightly laughs. + +“What’s so funny?” + +“Oh nothing...” + +“Riigghht...” + +Synan and Zoe come to a lit up room. + +Inside, there are large piles of gold everywhere. + +Zoe notices an odd metal device dangling from + +the ceiling. Elsie suddenly springs to life and + +runs through the piles of gold. + +“Ohh, I get it. Elsie was faking.” Synan + +says. + +Synan goes through a pile of gold. + +He sees a weird golden knife. + +“Zoe, look at this.” + +No answer. + +Synan turns to where Zoe was. She’s + +not there. + +“Elsie?” + +“Yes?” + +Elsie is behind Synan on the pile of golden + +artifacts. + +“Where did Zoe go?” + +“How am I supposed to know? I’m only + +seven.” + +“Age has nothing to do with that question!” + +“Sure it does.” + +Synan looks across the room for Zoe. He + +turns back to talk to Elsie. She is gone, too. + +“What’s going on here?” + +“Nothing is. Why, do you think this is, how + +shall I put it, weird?” A voice says. + +“What?!” Synan turns to the voice. Nothing + +is there. + +“So, Synan. I was assuming you were the + +most powerful of the group. What were you doing + +hanging around a bunch of girls anyway?” + +“They’re my friends.” + +“Oh sure they are.” + +“You want to fight me?” + +“With honor.” + +Synan gets punched in the face, flying back + +into the pile of gold. Synan grabs a golden cylinder + +and throws it in the direction the punch came from. + +“Ahhhhh!!” It screams. + +Synan gets up and punches. He misses. He + +is then elbowed from behind. + +“What are you?!” Synan asks. + +“Another human like yourself.” + +“That can’t be true!” + +“Oh, but it is. I am a master of illusion. Watch + +this.” + +Synan is engulfed in flames. Synan doesn’t + +feel any pain whatsoever. + +“What?” + +A giant axe on a chain appears about thirty + +feet from Synan. It swings on the chain. Synan can’t + +tell if its real or not, so he ducks. The axe passes him, + +then swings off its chain and slices through Synan. + +Synan looks down, and there is a giant slit on his + +stomach. Blood is gushing out of it. Synan crouches + +in pain. + +“Ha ha ha. I thought you were stronger than + +that.” + +“Show yourself!” Synan screams. + +A figure of a person appears. It is clear, + +bending the light, almost like molded glass. + +The glass turns into mirror-like material, + +reflecting everything. The mirrors fade and the + +person standing in front of Synan is--Zoe. + +“Zoe?” + +“You weak minded child. It is also a + +hologram.” + +Zoe lights completely white and and when + +the light fades, it is the most horrible sight Synan + +had ever seen. It looks like a demon. Its skin is + +all read, its got bat-like eyes, wings, and webbing + +between its fingers. + +Synan covers his eyes. When he looks + +again, nothing is there. + +“Once again, that was a hologram.” + +“You coward!” + +“A coward I am not. Perhaps I’ll let you + +get a little stronger before you fight me again.” + +A door appears in front of Synan. Something + +pushes Synan through it, and then the door closes. + +Synan is outside. Here with him is Zoe and Elsie. + +“What happened?!” Zoe yells. Synan looks + +like he got beat up. The cut in his stomach: gone. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/10-CASTLE.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/10-CASTLE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ecd354f --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/10-CASTLE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ +Zoe, Synan, and Elsie walk down the + +fuchsia pathway that leads away from the + +cave’s exit. + +“So, Synan, what really went on in + +that room?” + +“Some invisible guy pulverized me.” + +“Was it Syrus?” Zoe laughs. + +“No. I don’t know who it was.” + +Elsie is riding on Synan’s back again. + +Skyber is back in its ideya. + +So far, Zoe’s monsters are Clawz, + +Prisem, and Skyber, and Synan’s are + +Monk, Crystal, and Emerald. + +Elsie looks back. “Look!” + +Zoe and Synan look back. On top + +of the cave is the mist-like monster they + +saw in the cave. + +Zoe looks forward. “Synan, look!” + +Synan looks forward. Ahead of them + +is a large castle surrounded by a lava moat. + +Elsie gasps and jumps off Synan’s + +back. Elsie runs toward the side of the volcano, + +to a small camp site. There are two people + +already there, a man and a woman. They must + +be Elsie’s parents. + +“Thank you, Synan and Zoe, for + +bringing me back to my parents.” + +Elsie’s parents walk over to meet + +Synan and Zoe. + +“Hi. My name is Logan, and my wife’s + +name is Alisha.” The father says. + +“We’re Synan and--” Synan says. Zoe + +interrupts, “And Zoe.” + +“Nice to meet you.” The mother says. + +“Here, Elsie. Take this book. If you + +touch its picture, it will bring us to you, whenever + +you want.” Zoe says. + +“Thank you.” + +“You’re welcome.” + +“Well, its been nice meeting all of you, + +but we gotta go now.” Synan says. + +Synan and Zoe get back on the path + +and continue toward the castle. When they arrive, + +they see a familiar face sitting on a nearby rock + +playing GameBoy. + +“Syrus!” Zoe says. + +“It’s about time you got here, Synan.” + +“What?” Synan says. + +“I’ve been waiting for quite some time + +for you to arrive.” + +“Yeah, well, we had to help Elsie get + +un-lost.” Zoe says. + +“Zoe. I’m not talking to you, am I?” + +“...” + +“So anyway, Synan. What monsters + +do you got?” + +Synan releases all his monsters. Monk, + +Crystal, and Emerald. + +“Ha, ha, ha. Those have to be the + +weakest monsters!” + +Zoe releases her Clawz, Prisem, and + +Skyber. + +“Oh, so you got a Clawz. That’s a + +rare one-of-a-kind monster.” Syrus mocks. + +“But look at MY monsters!” + +Syrus throws TEN Ideya Marbles. + +Out of each one comes a monster. Ten + +monsters: Monk, Blue Orb, Wizeman, + +Jr. Ico, Emerald, Mr. I, Skyber, Octa, + +Octo, and Jelly-Fly. + +Synan’s mouth drops open. + +“And look. Ever seen one of + +these?” Syrus holds out what appears + +to be an Ideya but its blue instead of red. + +“These things will capture any monster + +without fail!” + +“Whoa!” + +“So, Synan. Ready to battle? You + +can use Zoe’s monsters too, if you think it + +will help. All my monster are level 58/100.” + +“Forget it, Syrus.” + +“Why, are your monsters at level + +3. Oh, no, that was too harsh. I meant to + +say negative 3.” + +“Hey Syrus! Close your eyes and + +press this little square down.” Zoe holds + +open a linking book. Syrus falls for it and + +links all the way back to the guard towers. + +“Sucker.” Zoe says. + +“So, this must be the castle of Lord + +Wizeman.” Synan says. + +“Yep. Must be.” + +Zoe releases Skyber and it + +carries Synan and Zoe over the wall of + +Wizeman’s Fortress. Inside the courtyard, + +they hear a linking sound from outside. Syrus’ + +voice yells “Where did you go you brats?!” + +Zoe and Synan try to stop laughing. + +“Looks like he also had some linking + +books.” Zoe says. + +“That’s odd. Syrus has been to every + +place on the island, but we never saw him anywhere.” + +Synan says. + +“Yeah. It is weird, isn’t it.” + +Zoe and Synan walk to the center tower. + +They walk up the winding staircase to the top floor: + +Wizeman’s Keep. Zoe slightly opens the door to peek + +in. She hears a conversation going on so closes the door + +so that it is just open enough to hear what they are saying. + +The voices inside sound like Ico, Sarah, James, and the + +last one must be Wizeman himself. + +“What is Sarah doing all the way here?” Zoe asks. + +“I don’t know, but it looks like we’re going to find + +out.” Synan says. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/11-WIZEMAN.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/11-WIZEMAN.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31370d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/11-WIZEMAN.txt @@ -0,0 +1,229 @@ +Zoe and Synan continue eavesdropping on + +Wizeman’s meeting. Wizeman speaks. + +“Sarah. You’ve been to all the briefings. I + +specifically told all of you to destroy Synan, Zoe, and + +Syrus. Yet, they somehow escaped. At least James + +put in an effort to follow his orders. You, on the other + +hand, gave them access to your books.” + +“Yeah, Sarah!” James comments. + +“Seal it, James!” + +“Sir.” + +“So anyway, Sarah. Your misdeeds will not + +go unpunished!” + +“Yes sir.” Sarah replies. + +“We are going to link you into the Cage of Doom. + +You know, the black cage dangling over the lava in the + +volcano.” + +Sarah is silent. + +Zoe notices a book fell from its pedestal next + +to the door. Zoe opens it. It shows a black cage over + +the lava. Zoe hides the book and puts a different book + +in its place. + +Wizeman comes over to the book. Synan + +and Zoe scrunch against the wall. Wizeman picks up + +the book and walks back to the table. + +“Now, Sarah, Link into the book.” + +Sarah notices its a different book. Sarah warps. + +She warped to the Book Temple. She knows it was + +Synan and Zoe that helped her. + +The meeting is soon over. Everyone walks to + +the door. Synan and Zoe put one of their hands together. + +Between the other hands, they have an ideya marble. + +They but their other hands together and get warped + +inside. Soon, they hear the silence in the halls. They + +decide to return. + +They warp back, Zoe sitting on Synan. + +Zoe thinks for a second. + +“Ewe!!” Zoe jumps off Synan. + +Synan is clueless. Wizeman heard Zoe scream. + +Wizeman pulls the door open. Synan is against one wall + +and Zoe on the other, still appearing to be disgusted. + +It was obvious that Zoe was faking her disgustedness, but + +Synan was silent. + +Wizeman pulls the two into the Keep. + +“So. You two are the ones I was trying to annihilate, + +huh?” Wizeman is a combination of a few of the monsters. + +His head looks like an upside-down Monk head, + +with the wings and horn of Mr. I. Under Monk’s + +head is the top half of Prisem, upside-down though. + +The lightning beam from Prisem is connecting to + +Crystal, and lining the beam are four eyeballs with + +spikes on each side like an X-Y axis. They are the + +defense of Spyke. There is a purple stone with a + +black star on Wizeman’s forehead. + +“So, it looks like I’ll have to finish you two + +off.” + +Wizeman prepares for battle. A dark blur + +flies out of Wizeman’s purple stone. The black + +star is now gone, and in another place getting + +larger. It soon takes the form of a monster. + +It’s head is rounded and its body is like + +a human’s, with claws on its hands and feet. It + +has a thick, lizard-like tail. + +The blackness of this monster turns into + +a thirteen-year-old girl. She has dark hair and + +a purple T-shirt and shorts. + +“Wizeman! You have no time to battle + +these weaklings!” + +“What do you mean, Veronica?” + +Zoe and Synan remember reading that + +Veronica was the third most powerful being in + +the universe. + +“Sage is ready. Give him the command + +to destroy Earth, or he’ll get restless and destroy + +the entire universe!” + +“Synan,” Zoe whispers, “remember, Sage + +can turn into Deity, with a power level of one + +million!” + +“I know.” Synan whispers back. + +“So, Wizeman. Give Sage his orders quickly.” + +“But I have to fight these kids first!” + +“I hope you know what you’re doing, Wizeman.” + +“You better. I know what I’m doing.” + +Veronica turns into a shadow again and sinks + +through the floor. + +“So, kids. You want to die now, or get your + +planet blown up?” + +“Uhh....” Synan is speechless. + +“Too bad! You’re gonna die now!” + +Wizeman is about to attack and then the castle + +starts to rumble. Wizeman steps back. The floor under + +Wizeman cracks, and a large beam flies out of the + +floor, defeating Wizeman. The beam goes through the ceiling. + +“Synan! We better get out of here!” + +“Let’s go!” + +Synan and Zoe run down the crackling staircase. + +The stairs shatter and they fall down to the staircase below + +them. They finally escape the collapsing castle. + +Up in the air is a kid, about fifteen years old. The + +sky is dark. + +Veronica, in the human form, appears next to Synan. + +“Looks like Wizeman made the wrong decision. Our + +universe is at stake now.” Veronica says. + +“I’m assuming that is not a good thing.” Zoe says. + +“No. Sage will morph into Deity and destroy the + +entire universe.” + +Synan and Zoe are silent. + +Sage is wearing a long red cape, covering his + +body to his feet. His hair is brown. His clothes underneath + +the cape are black. + +Sage begins the transformation process. + +“This looks like the end.” Zoe says. + +“It’s been real nice knowing you this well, Zoe.” + +Synan says. + +Zoe looks at Synan. “What?” Zoe replies. + +Synan is silent as he watches Sage transform. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/12-SAGE.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/12-SAGE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f788b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/12-SAGE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,243 @@ +Synan, Zoe, and Veronica stand near the + +volcano in front of the collapsed castle, watching + +Sage’s transformation. + +“I suggest you run, kids! Run while you + +still can! I’m assuming your death will be less + +painful if you’re further away from Deity.” + +Veronica warns. + +Synan and Zoe run back the way they + +came. They run to Logan’s campground. + +Elsie greets them. + +“What’s happening?” Elsie asks. + +“Sage over there will soon transform + +into Deity, and then the universe is doomed!” + +Synan says. + +“What’s the safest way out?” Elsie + +asks. + +“The safest way, would probably be + +the half of the island we are familiar with. + +We’ll have to go back through Illusion Cave.” + +Zoe says. + +“What about the books?” + +“We lost the books. The last book + +we had is inside the castle. The castle is gone + +now.” Synan says. + +“As I can see.” Elsie adds. + +Elsie and her parents, Synan, and + +Zoe run for the exit to Illusion Cave. + +They get to the exit and run inside. + +The first room they enter is the Gold Room. + +A voice greets them. + +“Welcome back, Synan!” + +“Who are you?!” + +“My name is Joseph. Want to know + +what I look like?” + +“What?” + +“Well too bad! So, have you returned + +to fight me again?” + +“No. The island, no, the universe is + +in danger.” + +“Well, duh!” + +“So, we’re trying to escape.” + +“You cannot escape the universe.” + +Joseph laughs. + +“Whatever!” The group runs past + +where Joseph assumedly is. They run through + +the winding corridors toward the other side + +of the cave. + +They run further down, toward the + +Book Temple. They all enter. Sarah is not + +here. On the desk, there is a book with a + +note taped to it. The note reads, + +“I left this universe in a retreat to + +the other world. If you are wise, you should + +follow. I entered this black book.” + +Synan picks up the book. The picture + +is very dark, and hard to see anything. + +“Should we go, or stay to stop Deity?” + +Zoe asks. + +“I have a plan.” Synan says. The island + +is rumbling. + +“Elsie. You and your family, enter this + +book.” + +“Okay.” Elsie and her parents enter the + +book. Synan looks through the desk for a book + +to Earth. He soon finds it. + +“Zoe. Are you staying or going?” + +“I’ll stay.” + +“Alright, then. Enter this book to Earth.” + +“What about you?” + +“I’ll follow.” + +Zoe warps. Synan picks up the black + +book and then warps into the Earth book. + +Earth is rumbling when Synan arrives. + +They run through the city getting everyone into + +the other world. When the city is empty, Zoe + +warps. Synan soon follows. + +They all meet up in a dark cave in the + +other world. + +“Synan. I think this was really the + +Netherworld!” Zoe says. + +“Shh! You’re going to scare Elsie!” + +Synan whispers, “and besides, I brought + +the book to get back.” + +James appears in a hallway. He walks + +toward the large group of people. + +“So, I guess you two made it alive + +after all.” James says to Synan and Zoe. + +“James. You can help us save the + +universe!” Synan says. + +“Oh really. How would that be?” + +“Sage has not yet transformed. He is + +still human. You can use your mega-monster + +powers to stop him before it’s too late!” + +“...You got a point.” James says. + +“Then will you help us?” + +“Sure. Include me in the group.” + +“Alright. Let’s get back to the island!” + +Sarah walks in. She has a linking book + +back to the island. + +“Okay, everyone. Use this linking book + +to get back to Earth.” Synan tells the Earth people. + +“Warp back when the sky lightens up + +again.” + +“Okay.” + +Zoe, Synan, James, and Sarah warp + +back to The Land of No Return. + +They run to the site where Sage was + +seen last. + +“Now!!” Synan yells. + +James fires a laser beam up at the + +transforming Sage. + +“No! Don’t!” Veronica yells. + +The beam hits Sage. + +“What?” Zoe asks. + +“You’re just going to piss him off! If + +that happens, he’ll get worse and attack the + +refuge world!” + +“Uh-oh.” James says. + +“Look! He’s about to finish! Run + +for your lives!!” Veronica yells. + +“I hope we didn’t piss him off too + +much!” Zoe says. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/13-PORTAL.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/13-PORTAL.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1a921d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/13-PORTAL.txt @@ -0,0 +1,211 @@ +Synan and Zoe run from the site where + +Sage is about to finish his transformation into + +Deity. Zoe summons Skyber to fly them over + +Illusion Cave. Synan sees the mystical monster + +from inside the cave slowly following them, + +keeping it’s distance. Skyber drops Zoe and + +Synan in the Book Temple. Sarah and James + +are already there. + +“How did you get here so fast?” Zoe + +asks. + +“It’s called a linking book!” + +“Oh yeah, right.” + +“We need to get away from this world + +before Deity destroys it!” Synan says. + +“Synan. I know how to stop Deity.” + +Sarah says. + +“How?” + +“In the other dimension, there is a + +powerful rock called the Star Stone. If each + +piece of the stone is united, you will have + +more power than Deity, and you will be + +granted one wish.” + +“Really...” Synan says, skeptically. + +“Really. Use this book to enter the + +Warp Room inside the volcano. The warp + +will get you to the other side.” Sarah says, + +and gives them a purple book. + +The title reads “Warp Chamber” + +Synan and Zoe warp. They soon + +enter a dark and gloomy room. A small + +square-shaped hole in the top allows red + +light from Emerald’s Crater above. A + +book to get to the Book Temple lies on + +a pedestal behind them. Ahead of them is + +a large circular stone structure with a silvery + +film-like material. + +Sarah warps into the room behind them. + +“I forgot to tell you something!” + +“What is it?” Zoe asks. + +“When you get to the other side, you + +will meet an undead monster. He is Unamed.” + +“Unnamed?” Synan asks. + +“No, his name is Unamed.” + +“Right...” + +“So anyway, he’ll guide you to the + +other dimension.” Sarah mumbles under her + +breath “I hope...” + +“What do you mean ‘guide’”? Synan + +asks. + +“You don’t just instantly get warped to + +the other side. You have to go through the Gap. + +It’s a complex maze. The maze is called the + +Eternal Corridor.” + +“Eternal?” Zoe asks. + +The ground in the room rumbles and the + +book to Book Temple falls off it’s pedestal. + +“I must return now. Please help us stop + +Deity. Find the Star Stone and get back here + +immediately!” Sarah says. + +“Alright. We will.” Synan says, almost + +too confidently. + +Sarah picks up the fallen book and warps + +back. + +“Okay, Zoe.” Synan says. + +“You go in first.” + +“No, you go in first!” + +“I told you to first!” + +“Well, you’re the girl so you go in!” + +“Well, if you’re brave enough, you’ll go + +in first.” + +“Alright. We both go at the same time.” + +“Okay.” + +Synan and Zoe hold hands and walk into + +the silvery water. + +They are soon standing in a large twisting + +tunnel. The floor is moving up toward the ceiling + +and the ceiling is moving toward the floor. They + +slip on the spinning tube. + +Synan gets up and starts pacing on the + +middle of the tunnel. Zoe is still slipping around + +on the tunnel’s wall. + +The entire area is multicolored and constantly + +changing. Synan looks up and down the tunnel, + +but sees nobody. + +“Are we the only one’s in here?” Zoe asks. + +“I think so.” + +“Umm... maybe you should think again.” Zoe + +looks down the tunnel. An odd squid-like monster + +comes flying toward them. They run away from the + +monster. They come to a room. The walls are lined + +with more spinning tunnels. They just came out + +from one of six in the room. On the floor and + +ceiling are also some spinning tunnels that go vertically. + +The monster is still after them. + +It’s head is round, but pointy on the bottom + +and goes to a sharp point on the top. It has six long + +thick tails with three red stripes spread across each + +one. The end of it’s tail is like a metal spike. + +Zoe and Synan decide to turn down another + +tunnel. Two more monsters are coming from it. They + +are soon surrounded. Zoe steps back and slips down + +into the tunnel on the floor. Synan tries to help her get + +up, but the spinning wall of the tunnel pulls him down, + +too. They fall down the tunnel and soon enter another + +room identical to the one they were in, but less squids. + +They continue falling through millions of the same room. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/14-GUIDE.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/14-GUIDE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d07693e --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/14-GUIDE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,215 @@ +Synan and Zoe continue falling into the + +endless expanse. Somebody catches them and + +brings them into one of the rooms. Synan and + +Zoe look at their rescuer, and aren’t too + +delighted with what they see--a dead person. + +Synan and Zoe scream and almost fall + +back down the tunnel, but the thing pulls them + +back. It is wearing dark purple, torn up clothes. + +It’s arms look like a dead person’s. Under it’s + +hood in the darkness glows two red eyes. It + +is holding a dimly lit lantern. + +“H-h-hi...” Synan says, frightened of + +the thing. + +“Hello, I am Unamed. I have been dead + +here now for fifty seven years, fourteen months, + +and twenty-two days. Oh, and as of right...now, + +three hours, forty-six minutes and thirty seconds.” + +Zoe and Synan have a look of dread on + +their faces. + +“So anyway, did Melissa send you?” + +“Melissa? Who’s that?” Synan asks. + +“Duh! She’s the book writer from + +The Land of No Return!” + +“Uhh, I believe that would be Sarah.” Zoe + +says. + +“Oh, that’s right. Melissa was the book + +writer from the good old golden days. Why when + +I was your age...” + +“Please. We don’t need another old timer + +story. Just guide us to the other side.” Zoe says. + +“No, no, no. You have to hear my story.” + +Synan and Zoe have an evil look in their + +faces. + +“I had to walk twenty miles to school + +through ten feet of snow up hill both ways.” + +“Yes, yes, yes. We heard ALL the stories + +of the ancient Aztecs.” + +“Fine. Be rude. You can find your own + +way to the other side.” + +“No! We were just kidding!” Zoe says. + +“Oh, alright. I’ll get you to the other side.” + +“Yea!” + +Unamed guides them through millions of + +winding tunnels. + +“Where are all those squid things at?” Zoe + +asks. + +“Squids? Oh, I know what you’re talking + +about. Well, I’ve been here a number of times. I + +know their normal patrolling pattern. You shouldn’t + +have to worry about them.” + +“Okay, good.” + +They continue down more tunnels. The + +guide turns them down one tunnel and a large squid + +monster is there to greet them. + +“Uh-oh.” Synan says. + +“Let me fight this thing!!” Zoe throws an ideya + +marble. + +“No, don’t!” The guide yells. + +Clawz appears out of the marble and does + +a flame-thrower attack on the beast. + +“What?” Zoe says. + +“In each one of those tails is a powerful poison. + +The poison contains every single disease and virus known + +to your dimension and Jackal’s dimension!” + +“Jackal’s?” Synan asks. + +“Yes. The other dimension has been taken over + +by Jackal.” + +Synan is silent. + +“Who is Jackal?” Zoe asks. + +“I don’t know. He’s more powerful than the monster + +you know as Deity.” + +“Really?!” Synan says. + +“Yes. This squid here is more powerful than Deity. + +This squid has a power level of 9,999,999.” + +“Wow!” Zoe says. + +“It’s elemental types are, from main power to least + +power, Water, Psychic, Earth, and Fire.” + +“Wicked!” Synan says. + +“So, anyway. I don’t think this thing here is going + +to kill us. Let’s move on.” + +As Unamed is about to move, the squid whips + +a tail forward and pierces him. The other five tails follow. + +Zoe covers her eyes. One tail stops and stabs + +Clawz. After Unamed is assumedly dead, the monster + +stabs Clawz over and over. + +Clawz drops to the ground, lifeless. Zoe opens her + +eyes. + +“Noooooo!!!!!!!” + +The squid seems quite satisfied and moves on. + +Unamed gets back up. Clawz slips down into + +the spinning tunnel in the floor. Zoe watches in + +horror as her first monster ever plummets deeper + +and deeper in this eternal abyss. + +Zoe turns to Synan and mourns for the + +dead Clawz. Unamed looks down the spinning + +tunnel at the lifeless corpse of Clawz. + +“We have to go, Synan and Zoe.” Unamed + +says. + +“Okay.” Synan answers. “Zoe?” + +Zoe is asleep. + +“Alright, Zoe. I figured out when Elsie was + +faking it. It’s not going to work for you!” + +“Synan... she really is asleep.” + +Synan sighs. Unamed begins walking. Synan + +ends up carrying Zoe like he did Elsie in Illusion + +Cave. + +“The portal to the other side should be right + +ahead.” Unamed says. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/15-JACKAL.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/15-JACKAL.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0a97bf3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/15-JACKAL.txt @@ -0,0 +1,265 @@ +Synan, Zoe, and Unamed continue + +walking through the Gap. After the brutal + +death of Clawz, Zoe is very quiet. + +“The exit should be right up ahead, + +guys.” Unamed says. They turn and walk + +down another tunnel. + +“There’s the exit!” Unamed says. + +“But, nothing’s there.” Synan says. + +“Exactly. The exits are always hidden.” + +“Oh.” + +“Come on. Walk through and get + +to the other side.” + +Synan and Zoe walk down the hall + +and soon vanish. They appear in the same room + +that they left. The book to get back sits on + +it’s pedestal ahead of them. + +“I don’t get it. We’re back where we + +started.” Synan says. + +Zoe just shrugs and picks up the book and + +warps. Synan follows. + +They both meet up in the Book Temple + +again. + +“Sarah!” Zoe says her first word in quite + +some time. + +“Zoe, I thought you and Synan were captured + +by Jackal.” + +“Who the hell?” Synan says. + +“You know, Jackal! The one who defeated + +Deity and took over the island!” + +“Jackal?” Zoe says. + +“Yes. So, how’d you escape?” + +“Well, we’re from the other dimension which + +Deity is about to destroy.” Zoe says. + +“And we need the Star Stone that only exists + +in this dimension.” Synan adds. + +“The Star Stone? I thought that was in your + +dimension.” Sarah says. + +“Our dimension??” Zoe says. + +A dark shadow appears at the gate to the temple. + +The shadow takes the form of Veronica. + +“Alright, Synan and Zoe. You thought you were + +going to get the Star Stone, right? Ha, you can’t fool me. + +I know everything!” + +“Then what happened to my Clawz?” Zoe says. + +“Your claws? What, did they break? Hahaha...” + +“You don’t know anything!!” Synan says. + +“Oh, okay. Three of the Star Stone halves are + +in your dimension. One is with me. The last one is with + +Jackal.” + +“Take us to Jackal!” Synan says. + +“I don’t know, Synan. If Jackal defeated Deity, + +it might not be too wise...” Zoe says. + +Sarah throws a book at Synan’s face. “There!” + +Synan opens a book. Inside is what appears to + +be the location of Wizeman’s Fortress, but there is a + +giant crater that goes out to where the lava moat was and + +in the center floats an island. Sky Island. But the Lightning + +Temple is now a small Castle. + +Syrus warps into the Book Temple. + +“Hey Synan!” + +“What are you doing here?!” + +“Do you think I could miss an adventure like this? + +No way!” + +“Why did you follow us?” + +“Because I could. I captured a really powerful + +monster back there in the Gap! Beat that, Synan! I bet + +you couldn’t even fight one!” + +“What monster is it?!” Synan yells. + +“I ain’t telling you!” + +“You better tell us!” Zoe yells. + +“Hey Zoe. Could you mind NOT entering our + +conversations uninvited?” + +Syrus takes out a purple book and warps. + +“Ha!” Sarah says, “That book must’ve been + +from your dimension. He just warped his little ass back + +there!” + +Synan and Zoe enter the book to Jackal’s Castle. + +They arrive next to the large crater. + +“Synan, I don’t think this is a very good idea.” Zoe + +says. + +“We’re going to have to fight Jackal eventually to + +get that stone. Might as well be now.” + +“Okay. I hope you’re right.” + +“...me too.” Synan says. Zoe summons Skyber. + +Skyber flies them over the castle wall and into the + +courtyard. + +“Looks like this is the place...” Synan says. + +“Hey, look over there! In the corner!” Zoe yells. + +In the corner sets a pile of golden treasures and jewels. + +“Wow!” Synan’s eyes get real big as he dives into + +the pile. + +“Synan, wait!” + +“Come on, Zoe! It’s fu--” Synan chokes + +on one of the jewels. He manages to recover it. + +It is a small purple stone, about the shape of a + +cube. It’s edges and corners are rounded. + +“Cool!” Synan says as he pockets the + +jewel. Zoe pulls Synan out of the gold. They + +both stand at the entrance to the tower. Synan + +slowly opens the creaky door. Rust particles break + +off the old hinges as the door makes its way open. + +Inside is a familiar object: The green crystals that kept + +Sky Island floating. + +Along the walls are all the writings from the + +Lightning Temple. A locked gate prevents them from + +going higher in the tower, so they decide to go lower + +instead. They soon get to a small underground cavern. + +Steel bars are placed in the ground covering smaller + +caves. + +“Hey! Over here! Get us out!!” A voice says. + +Synan and Zoe go to the cage. The people inside look + +exactly like Synan, Zoe, and James. + +“James?” Synan says. + +“How do you know my name? Oh wait, everyone + +does! I was a real famous villain here. For a time, at least.” + +“Where is the key?” Zoe whispers to the Synan + +inside the cage. + +“I don’t know. Maybe Jackal has it.” + +“Jackal again. How powerful is Jackal?” Zoe asks. + +“More powerful than Deity, that’s all I know.” + +Synan notices that the Synan inside the cage has + +a necklace on. It’s a purple stone almost identical to Synan’s, + +but there is black leather holding it in place. + +“What is that purple stone?” Synan asks. + +“Hello! It’s called a Dark Stone! James has one. It + +gives you mega-monster powers. I still can’t figure it out, + +though.” + +“Dark Stone... Isn’t that what Wizeman had?” Zoe + +asks. + +“Wizeman had one. That’s how Jackal escaped into + +the world.” James says. + +“Well, we’ll try to get you out of there!” Zoe says, + +“Come on, Synan. We need to find Jackal.” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/16-TRICKSTER.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/16-TRICKSTER.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c0ef324 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/16-TRICKSTER.txt @@ -0,0 +1,243 @@ +Synan and Zoe leave the dungeon and go + +upstairs. They soon get back to the main lobby. + +They continue walking. They pass many rooms + +that’s purpose is unknown. The stairway comes to + +an end. + +“What happened?” Zoe asks. + +“I don’t know. The staircase just ended.” + +“Hey, look!” + +In the darkness, a small green glowing + +object shows in one of the shadows. Synan + +touches the green light. It presses into the wall. + +The entire wall opens into the ceiling + +quickly. Synan and Zoe run through and it + +slams behind them. + +Synan and Zoe look forward into the + +room. It seems to go on forever. All the terrain + +is red and black, like a checkerboard. + +There are millions of steep pointy hills + +everywhere. A pitch black street navigates through + +the unknown land. They black pathway soon + +fades into the ungodly ground around it. + +“What is with this place?” Synan says. + +“Really. I didn’t think the castle tower + +was wide enough to hold such a landscape.” + +“Hey, what’s that?” Synan points toward + +one of the hills ahead of them. + +This hill is unlike the rest of them. This + +hill has a less pointy top, like a plateau. Atop the + +hill is a golden chair, like the throne of a king. + +Three floating objects circle the chair. + +They are like golden pots, but are filled with + +fire. Blue fire. + +“Uhh, hello!!” Synan yells. + +No answer from the mountain. + +“I don’t think they’re up there...” Zoe + +says. + +An evil jester-like laugh echoes through + +the area. Zoe and Synan glance back and forth, + +fully alert. + +“Synan! Up in the air!” Zoe yells. + +Synan looks up. In the sky above the + +throne is a head above a cape. The head has + +a purple face, and a red jester hat with four + +spikes. Three black stripes stretch down each + +spike. Golden bells dangle at the ends. + +The monster drops his cape, but it still + +hovers around his body. He doesn’t have a + +body. Purple hands and feet also float around. + +“Who are you?!?!” Synan yells. + +“I... am Jackal!” The monster responds. + +“So, you’re Jackal.” Zoe says. + +“But, what are you?” Synan asks. + +“The Evil Trickster from Beyond!” + +“What the hell?” Synan says. + +“Oh, I’m sorry. What part of that don’t + +you understand?” + +“Uhh...” Synan pauses. + +“Now, I assume you want a demonstration + +of my power. I have as much power over this world + +as a human has over their dreams. If they’re lucky + +to control it that well, anyway.” + +Synan is silent. + +“You’re bluffing!” Zoe yells. + +“Bluffing, am I? I am the creature that + +disrupts your games, exposes your schemes, and + +spoils your dream pleasure.” + +“Liar!” A voice says, “You just described + +The Shadow! Not The Trickster!” + +Synan and Zoe cannot identify where it + +came from. + +Jackal holds his hand flat. A clearish rectangle + +appears in front of it. The translucent object becomes + +solid and looks like a card. The Ace of Hearts. The + +card leaves Jackal’s hand and flies over the landscape. + +Synan and Zoe soon see who it was. + +He looks like a ten-year-old boy. He is + +standing on a hilltop. A Dark Stone is around his + +neck on a leather necklace. A golden flickering + +flame soon appears around the strange kid. He + +holds out his hand and catches the razor-sharp card + +with ease. + +“Who do you think you are?” Jackal asks. + +“My name is Kail. I have come from the + +future.” + +“Why? Have I really taken that much power + +over the world?” + +“No. Sage’s current condition here is fatal.” + +Zoe whispers to Synan. + +“Fatal? Jackal must have alot of power after + +all.” + +Synan nods. + +“Sage is also from the future. Forced to + +the past, he was enslaved by Wizeman. Passed + +by as a ‘science experiment’.” + +“There is nothing you can do here, + +Kail.” + +Veronica appears in human form next + +to Kail. + +“Jackal. This intruder has entered our + +world from the future. I am sorry I could not + +terminate him immediately, but his power level + +surpases mine by twenty-five fold.” + +“Ahh, so this kid has spunk, eh?” + +“A little too much if you ask me.” Veronica + +says. + +“Let’s take care of him then.” + +Synan notices something about Kail. + +Through a rip in Kail’s shirt from a battle before, + +there is a mark under Kail’s shoulder. + +“That mark...” Synan says. + +“What about it?” Zoe asks. Jackal flings + +four cards at Kail. He deflects each one. + +Synan lifts up his right sleeve. Zoe sees + +an identical mark on Synan as the one on Kail. + +“What’s with the marks?” Zoe asks. + +“Everyone in my family has the mark. + +It’s something in the DNA.” + +“So, what are you suggesting?” + +“I’m not sure...” + +Kail finally gets slit with a card. Right + +across the cheek. + +“Kail.....” Synan says quietly. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/17-ESCAPE.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/17-ESCAPE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ddecc2a --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/17-ESCAPE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,249 @@ +Kail finally gets slit with one of + +Jackal’s cards. + +“I’ve had enough of you humans! + +Prepare to suffer!” Jackal yells. + +The entire terrain gets a bluish tint + +to it. Veronica warps away, and everyone + +begins to float off the ground. Synan looks + +up and sees a faint shimmering glow from + +above. They are underwater. Zoe, Synan, + +and Kail swim upward toward to the surface. + +The surface only gets further and further away + +from them. + +Synan finally runs out of air. He + +soon realizes that he can breathe under the + +water. Zoe and Kail soon realize too. They + +can also speak perfectly under the water. + +“Let’s get to the exit!” Zoe yells. + +“This way!” Synan says. Zoe, Synan, + +and Kail swim along the dark path under the + +water. The path just comes to an end, nothing + +ahead but more odd-shaped mountains. + +“The exit isn’t here!” Zoe yells. Kail + +swims over to Synan. + +“Synan. I know how to use the Dark + +Stone. Since we both have one, we should + +stand a pretty good chance against Jackal.” + +“How do you use it?” + +Kail touches Synan’s forehead. Synan + +soon gets a golden flame around him. + +“Wow... how did you do that?” + +“I made you power up to a mega-monster.” + +“How?” + +“You are not meant to learn how to do + +it yourself yet.” + +“How do you know that?” Synan asks. + +Kail powers up and flies through the + +water back toward Jackal. Synan follows. + +“Okay, then I guess I’ll wait here then...” + +Zoe says. + +Synan and Kail begin fighting Jackal. + +Synan notices that Kail has the same fighting pattern + +as him. + +A portal opens up behind Zoe. Two hands + +pull her through. A dark flash flies out of the portal + +and abducts Synan and Kail. The portal closes. + +Veronica stands with Zoe, Synan, and + +Kail. + +“Great job you little jerks! You just + +pissed off Jackal!” Veronica says. + +“Is that a bad thing?” Zoe says. + +“You bet it is! Listen, I don’t want any + +of you to get hurt. Kail: Go back to the future. + +You were not meant to be here. Synan and + +Zoe: Go back to your own dimension.” + +“But we need the Star Stone! We + +cannot go back untill we have it under our + +posession!” Synan says. + +“Screw the Star Stone!” + +Synan and Zoe float up into the air and + +soon vanish. They appear in the Warp Room. + +“She can’t do that to us!” Synan yells. + +“The book! We can get back!” Zoe says. + +Zoe runs to the book pedestal. Nothing is there. + +The cave begins to rumble. Small drops + +of lava drip down the small hole in the ceiling. + +“We have no choice, Zoe. We have to + +go through the portal.” + +The silvery vortex flickers on and off + +for a while and then stays on for a little longer. + +“The portal is closing. We have to go + +now!” Synan yells. + +Zoe and Synan jump into the portal + +just before it shuts down for good. They soon + +arrive back in the Gap. + +Unamed is here waiting for them. + +“Unamed! I’m glad to see you!” Zoe + +says. + +“You better be. I haven’t seen any of + +you at all.” + +“What do you mean? You guided us + +yesterday.” Zoe says. + +“Oh, no. That must’ve been another + +Unamed.” + +“So, will you guide us back?” Synan + +says. + +“Ahem...” + +Synan and Zoe are silent. + +“I will be the guide on your way, + +But coming back, I won’t play. + +If to the other side you wish to go, + +Then follow me and don’t be slow!” + +Unamed begins to hover away from + +them. Zoe and Synan follow closely. As they + +walk down one twisting tunnel, Zoe looks back + +and sees the squid-like monster. Probably the + +same one that annihilated Clawz. + +“Synan...” Zoe tugs on his shirt. + +“What?” + +The monster flies past them and stabs + +Zoe, then continues flying. + +“Ahhhhh!!!” Zoe screams in pain. She + +was stabbed in the left shoulder. Unamed just + +continues flying forward. + +“We have to get going before we get + +lost!” Synan yells. Zoe slides down the side + +of the tunnel. + +“I can’t get up. I’m paralyzed.” + +Synan picks up Zoe and runs to + +catch up with Unamed. They soon reach the + +other side of the Gap. + +Sarah greets them in the Warp Room. + +“Welcome back! Veronica told me + +you were returning.” Sarah says. James stands + +in a cold shadowy corner and watches. + +“Zoe got stabbed by a squid!” Synan + +says. + +“Oh... the squid... It’s name is Snip.” + +“Yeah, I bet. We have to help her + +immediately!” + +“This way!” Sarah takes Zoe and + +warps through the book. Synan watches as + +James vanishes into a cloud of dust. Synan + +follows them through the book. + +“Will she be okay?” Synan asks. + +“I cannot be sure...” Sarah replies. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/18-KAIL.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/18-KAIL.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9525b56 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/18-KAIL.txt @@ -0,0 +1,219 @@ +Synan sits on the hard stone floor next + +to Zoe. + +“I have an idea. It’s an Ideya, actually.” + +Sarah says as she drops an Ideya marble onto + +the floor. Out of the bright whiteness comes a + +pink jelly-fish flying in mid-air. + +“Jelly-Fly, heal Zoe.” + +Jelly-Fly flies over to Zoe’s lifeless + +body and sprinkles pink powder over her. + +Synan looks up into the sky. The + +stars a visible. Stars?! + +“Sarah... what happened to the sky? + +I can see the stars again.” Synan asks. + +“Oh, Deity has been stopped without + +the use of a Star Stone. I am not sure how, + +exactly, but... just seconds after you and Zoe + +left the sky returned to normal and the island + +was stable again.” + +Synan gets a ticked look on his face. + +“You had us enter a portal to the + +unknown, follow a dead guy, have a severe + +death of Zoe’s monster, have to face a trickster + +from beyond, and then have to follow a poet + +back, and then Zoe gets poisoned by Snip! + +And just seconds after we left, everything was + +just peachy again!” + +“Umm, well, yeah. Pretty much.” Sarah + +responds. + +“Alright, then make yourself useful. + +Send me to where Veronica is.” + +“Okay, use this book then.” Sarah hands + +Synan a purple book. Inside is a picture of the + +wasted castle. Synan warps. + +Standing near the ruins, Synan sees + +Veronica. Veronica is in the human form sitting + +next to Sage. + +“Veronica... how did Deity get stopped.” + +“I stopped him.” + +“You did not!” + +“Did too.” + +“But Deity is way more powerful than + +you are.” Synan says. + +“Well, I still beat him.” + +Synan walks over to Sage’s body. + +Synan opens Sage’s cape and pulls up the + +black sleeve underneath. As Synan suspected, + +Sage has the same mark as Synan and Kail. + +“What do you know about Sage?” Synan + +asks. + +“Well, Sage was captured from the future + +and then Kail came back to rescue him.” + +“I saw Kail in the other dimension.” + +“Well he’s here on this island right now.” + +“He is? Where is he?” + +“I last saw him near Emerald’s Crater. + +I told him that you were in the Warp Room near + +there.” + +“Alright.” Synan says as he finds a book + +from the rubble and links to the Book Temple. + +“Sarah. Get me a book to Emerald’s + +Crater.” Synan says. Zoe sits up. + +“Synan...” Zoe says. + +“Yes?” + +“I saw Kail... he took the crater book + +and... left...” + +“What?!” + +“That’s true,” Sarah says, “Kail stole + +the book to Emerald’s Crater. I don’t know + +where it is.” + +“Who’s side is he on?” Synan asks. + +“I am not sure.” Sarah replies. + +“Then I guess I have to take the long + +way to Emerald’s Crater.” Synan says. + +“I’m coming too!” Zoe says, trying + +to stand. + +“No, Zoe. You need to heal some + +more. Let Synan go alone.” Sarah says. + +Synan leaves and runs toward Crystal + +Cave. The doors are wide open. + +“That’s odd... These doors are + +supposed to stay shut.” + +Synan runs in and goes down through + +the underground tunnel. Synan takes a right + +toward Emerald’s Crater. + +Synan soon arrives in Emerald’s Crater. + +Nobody here but a bunch of Emerald monsters + +on the rock chained to the center. Synan sees + +the entrance to Mr. I’s village. The gates are + +closed. On the other side of the ridge a hole + +has been busted through the wall. Synan walks + +through. + +He is now inside Monk’s Secret Garden. + +Nothing here but a bunch of monkeys. A small + +Monk approaches Synan. + +“Hi, what are you doing here?” + +“I’m looking for Kail. Have you seen + +him?” + +“Kail? I’m not sure. But a human just + +busted in here a while ago.” + +“Where did he go?” + +The Monk points toward to Flower + +Barrior. Synan walks out. Monk follows. + +“He ran down that path way.” + +Synan walks down the pathway into + +the forest. The path splits up into six different + +pathways. + +“I lost him!” + +Sarah comes up behind Synan. + +“I finally found you.. You gotta come + +back with me... now!!” Sarah says. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/19-CLAWZ.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/19-CLAWZ.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..75f7eab --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/19-CLAWZ.txt @@ -0,0 +1,229 @@ +Synan links back to the Book Temple + +with Sarah. + +“Zoe’s gone!” Sarah yells. + +“Where did she go?!” + +“I don’t know. I just came back from + +the castle and Zoe wasn’t here.” + +“Zoe!” Synan calls. + +No reply. + +“Hey, look!” Synan goes through the + +blanket Zoe was sitting on. A purple book is + +found. In the window is a small temple in the + +forest. “Maybe she went into here!” + +Synan links. A small temple surrounds + +him now. Synan goes through the exit and down + +a long pathway. + +“Zoe!” Synan calls through the forest. + +No answer. + +Synan follows the pathway farther. + +It splits into six again. + +“Synan!” + +Synan turns and sees Syrus. + +“I just got another really rare monster. + +It was in poor condition but I fixed him up + +with my Jelly-Fly.” + +“Can I see your new monster?” Synan + +asks. + +“No way! It’s real powerful to survive + +the attack it went through.” + +“Please?” + +“No!” + +“Can you at least tell me what it’s + +name was?” + +“Uhh, I think it started with a...NO!” + +“Freak.” Synan says. + +“Well, I have to get going. I’m searching for the elemental barrier keys.” + +“Oh, look all you want. I have all of them.” + +“Give me the keys!” Syrus yells. + +“Give me your new monster!” + +“No! Give me the keys!” + +“You’ll only get them if you give me your monster.” + +“Forget about it then.” + +“Good. Have you seen Zoe?” + +“Zoe? Yeah, she was with Veronica a while ago.” Syrus replies. + +“Veronica? Where did they go?” + +Syrus points. “That way.” + +“Okay.” Synan walks down the pathway + +that Syrus pointed to. The pathway goes right into + +the side of the volcano and ends. + +“What the...?” + +Synan looks for any secret switches or + +anything. A person walks up behind Synan. + +“Hey, Synan!” + +Synan turns around. The person he is + +looking at is... Kail. + +“Kail?” + +“That’s right.” + +“How do you know my name?” + +“Somebody told me.” + +“Who?” Synan asks. + +“I don’t know.” + +“Okay.” Synan looks at the mark on + +Kail’s shoulder. Synan points to it. + +“What’s that?” + +“That’s my birth mark-- I mean, burn + +mark.” + +“Really.” + +“Yep.” + +Synan lifts up his sleeve to reveal the + +same mark. “That’s funny, I have the same + +mark. I don’t recall ever being burned.” + +“Oh, umm, well, you see....” + +“Who are you? Tell me the truth.” + +“That is not important now. You’ll + +find out some day.” + +“Kail! Tell me!” + +“No!” + +“Yes!” + +“I said no! Now if you’ll excuse me, + +I have to get back to my time machine.” + +“Time machine?” Synan asks. + +Kail pulls a rock from the mountain. + +A hidden passageway opens. Kail walks + +inside. Synan follows. They soon come to + +a lit-up room. Around a stone cylinder stand + +Zoe and Veronica. + +“Zoe!” Synan runs to Zoe. Kail is + +confused. + +Syrus walks into the room. + +“Hey, Syrus!” Veronica greets. + +“Hi.” + +Zoe notices Kail standing in the shadows. + +“Synan, why is Kail here?” + +“He led me in. He said his time machine + +was in here.” + +Veronica turns to Kail. “Oh yeah, Kail. + +About your time machine: The Monks pulverized + +your time machine.” + +“Damn those things!!” Kail yells. + +“Watch your mouth!” Zoe says. + +“I can warp you back to the future if you + +want, Kail. I’m sure your parents miss you.” Veronica + +says. + +“But I can’t return without Sage.” + +“Synan and Zoe will understand.” + +“What?!” Synan and Zoe say together. + +“They are Kail’s parents... oh wait...” + +Kail punches Veronica in the arm. + +“Great going!” he yells. + +“All right. I’ll brainwash these two, and send + +them and Syrus back. I’ll send you to the future, + +and...” + +James appears. + +“...and free James.” + +“Alright!!” James yells. + +“Prepare yourselves, guys.” Veronica says. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Synan/20-RETURN.txt b/Originals/Books/Synan/20-RETURN.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8e476bd --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Synan/20-RETURN.txt @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +Synan, Zoe, James, Syrus, Veronica, and + +Kail stand around the cylinder, hands joined. + +“I will now send Synan, Zoe, James, and + +Syrus to Earth. I will return Kail to the future.” + +Veronica says. Before anyone realizes what happened, + +Synan, Zoe, James, and Syrus sit in a grassy field + +back on Earth. + +“We’re back!” Zoe yells. + +“Yes! We survived!!” Synan adds. + +“I haven’t been on Earth for years.” James says. + +“Kids...” Syrus says. + +They walk to the city. The place is much more + +lively this time of day. What time is it? + +Zoe and Synan walk into the Ideya Shop. + +“Hey, kids! Welcome back!” + +“Umm, hi.” Zoe says. + +“Hello.” Synan says. + +“So, did my Warp Marbles help you at all?” + +“You have no idea.” Synan and Zoe say + +together. + +“Well, I’m sure I do have some idea.” + +“Nope. None.” Synan says. + +“What do you mean?” The old man says. + +Zoe points out the window. The old man + +looks out. + +“Oh, that’s The Land of No Return. I’ve been + +there before. What, do you think I invented those + +marbles?” + +“You acted like it.” Synan says. + +“Hey, look at all this.” Zoe says, standing by + +a newspaper rack. All the head lines are covered in + +stuff about The Land of No Return. + +“Floating island puzzles investigators” + +“Strange monsters beam down and attack + +civilians.” + +“The entire thing is a hoax -Vatican Police” + +Synan picks one up. It reads “Three missing + +kids are reported to have been beamed to the + +floating object.” + +“Looks like people will believe our story + +after all.” Zoe says. + +“You bet they will.” A girl walks into the + +shop. She has blond hair and blue eyes. + +“I’m Sarah Croft, bookwriter of Vatican + +City.” She shakes Synan’s hand. + +“Sarah....” Zoe says. + +“I have written a story based on you two. + +I have all the descriptive facts about you.” + +Zoe gets a worried look on her face. + +‘Does she know that I like Synan?’ Zoe thinks. + +“Yes, she does, Zoe.” A thirteen-year-old + +girl walks up behind Zoe. + +“What? Can you read my thoughts?” Zoe + +asks. The girl replies. + +“Yes, Zoe. I know you like Synan. I’ve always + +known. You liked him since first grade.” + +“Zoe?” Synan asks. + +“No! Stop it! It’s not true!” Zoe yells. + +“Please, Zoe. Stop it.” She says. + +“Make me then.” + +“Ahem... allow me to introduce myself. My + +name is Veronica. I know everything there is to know + +about everything, including your little secrets about + +Synan.” + +Zoe’s face is beet red. + +“Hehehe!” Synan says. + +“Oh my. I gotta go, a future boy is returning + +again. He’s after Sage.” Veronica says. + +“Kail, right?” Synan asks. + +“How did you... oh wait, I forgot to brainwash + +you. Well, I really gotta go!” Veronica vanishes in a + +flick of light. + +Synan and Zoe go back to the neighborhood. + +Synan and Zoe first go to Zoe’s house. Zoe’s mom + +greets them. + +“Zoe!” The mother says, “Where were you?? + +You have been gone for days!” + +“The Land of No Return.” Zoe answers. + +“The what of what?” + +“The Land of No Return. We have a professional + +book writer making a story about our quest.” + +“Oh. And is this the boy you always talked about?” + +The mother says, looking at Synan. + +“Mom......” Zoe gets red again. + +“He’s cuter than you said he was.” + +“Okay. Well, I’ll be back.” Zoe says. + +“You promise?” Her mom says. + +“Yes.” + +Synan and Zoe leave the house. They walk over + +to Synan’s house. + +“Hey, Synan. I thought you were going + +to go shopping for me.” Synan’s mom says. + +“Yeah, well. I didn’t.” + +“Then you better go and finish shopping.” + +“Okay. Whatever.” Synan and Zoe go + +outside. + +“I don’t feel like shopping. How horrible.” + +Synan says. + +“Awe....” Zoe says. + +Synan looks evilishly at Zoe. + +“Then let’s go somewhere.” Zoe says. + +“Like where?” + +“Follow me.” Synan follows Zoe. They + +stop by some boulder just outside the city. Synan + +looks at The Land of No Return. A helicopter flies + +to it. + +“Synan...” + +“Yes?” + +“Will you...umm...” + +“What...?” + +“Go out with me?” + +“Sure.” + +Zoe seems relieved. + +“Okay. Good. I was too embarrased + +today, so I thought I should go and ask.” + +“Oh.” + +Zoe sees a group of Monks throwing + +helicopter parts over the edge of the island. + +“Take that you dirty humans!” a Monk + +yells. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/21-SYRUS.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/21-SYRUS.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..73bad25 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/21-SYRUS.txt @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ +Syrus lives in an apartment building in Vatican + +City. He spends all his time walking around town + +with his friends. + +Syrus walks by a small building. The name of + +the building is a strange word: “IDEYA.” As Syrus + +walks by, a voice comes from inside the building. + +“Syrus, come here!” + +Syrus walks into the shadowy building. A + +dark, shady old man in a black tunic is inside. + +The old man speaks. + +“Have you seen Synan lately? He wants me + +to keep him up-to-date on my newest inventions.” + +“No, I haven’t seen him. Sorry.” + +Just after Syrus finishes talking, a girl from + +school enters the room. She is just one year younger + +than Syrus. She has brown hair and brown eyes. + +Her name is Zoe. + +“Actually, Synan is on vacation,” Zoe says, + +“He’ll be back in about four days.” + +“And you would care because...?” Syrus + +asks. + +“It’s none of your business why I would + +care where he’s at.” + +“Yeah, okay. You fifth graders are weird.” + +Syrus walks toward the door. The old man stops + +him. + +“Syrus, before you leave, do you want to + +see my new invention?” The dark figure says. + +Syrus folds his arms as he listens. + +“I call it the Ideya Marble.” The mysterious + +old man pulls a Red and Shining object from the + +pocket on his tunic. “These will absorb the atomic + +makeup of an object it touches. The object will + +then be returned when the marble hits the floor + +again. I’ll give you ten of them.” + +The old man gives Syrus ten of the red + +marbles. He also gives ten of them to Zoe. Syrus + +leaves the building. Zoe also leaves. As Syrus + +walks down the sidewalk for a little while, he + +hears a scream from behind him. Zoe screamed. + +Syrus turns around and runs toward the + +sound. He gets to the edge of the city and sees + +Zoe and some kind of blue alien. Zoe is being + +lifted off the ground and toward the sky. + +Syrus jumps at the blue monster but + +instead gets caught in the trap that Zoe is in. + +As they float to the sky, Syrus loses + +consciousness. He regains sight after what + +seems to be not very long at all. He is looking + +straight up at a starry sky. + +Syrus sits up and looks around. He is + +in a fenced-in area. The ground is all purple, + +and on one side with no fence is the edge of + +a floating island. Syrus crawls over and looks + +off the edge. They are miles away from the + +Earth. Syrus stands up. + +There are two guard towers. Syrus + +sees Zoe leave just as the gates close behind + +her. Syrus runs toward the gates. + +A shadowy guard stops him. “Please + +remove any mirrors, slingshots, or throwable + +objects.” + +“Why do you need a mirror? Do you + +want to break it??” Syrus comments. + +“Just do it or die you little punk!!” + +“Screw you! What kind of law are + +you under her?” + +“Wizeman’s law. Now give me the + +requested objects.” + +“Never.” Syrus brushes the purple + +dirt off his jeans. + +“Then you shall feel the wrath of + +The Land of No Return!” The guard pulls + +out a small radio reciever and begins + +speaking into it. + +“We have a 24-14 crisis here. + +Spyke-012334 requesting backup.” + +Syrus gives the guard the finger. + +Before he can put it back down he is + +blasted fifteen feet away. A figure slowly + +hovers toward the ground. Suddenly a + +slight scream occurs as a golden-yellow + +flame appears, lighting up the person. + +He looks like he’s 12, maybe 13. He’s + +wearing a white T-shirt and blue shorts. + +On the shirt is a stretched “W” in red. + +He has a short head under a + +yellow helmet. His evil eyes are + +stretched along the bottom of the + +helmet. + +“Syrus, I presume? I am James. + +Having trouble already, are we?” James + +says, his shirt rustling as the golden + +energy blows by him. + +“How do you know my name?” + +Syrus asks, climbing back to his feet. + +“Believe me, I have my + +sources.” James’ energy field vanishes. + +James walks over to Syrus and searches + +him, revealing ten ideya marbles. + +“He’s clean.” James gives the + +marbles back. The gates open and James + +shoves Syrus through. James slowly lifts + +off the ground mumbling “Man, you’d + +think his three-day nap would be helpful.” + +“Three days?!” Syrus yells, almost + +too loudly. James continues floating away, + +as if he didn’t hear Syrus at all. + +Syrus hears the guard speaking, + +“Please remove all slingshots, mirrors, or + +throwable objects.” He then hears a + +familiar voice “I don’t have any.” It’s Synan! + +Syrus decides to wait here for + +Synan. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/22-BET.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/22-BET.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..10a1b34 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/22-BET.txt @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +Syrus decides to take a look around at + +his surroundings. He is standing on a four-way + +intersection. On the dark purple soil are light + +purple, almost magenta, pathways. One + +pathway leads to the left, where Syrus can see + +a lava river coming from the mountain in the + +center of the island. + +To the right, the pathway leads into + +a dense forest. To the north, the pathway + +goes into the mountain, to a large bright + +red door. The door appears to be locked. + +Finally, down the southern pathway, + +is the guard house area, where Synan is + +walking towards Syrus. Synan dosen’t seem + +to notice Syrus at all, and cuts through the + +field going towards the right. + +“Synan! Is that you?” Syrus shouts. + +Synan has dark, messy hair. Syrus’s is + +blond, kinda messy from sleeping for three + +days on it. + +“I see you have some of those ‘Warp + +Marbles’ as well. We both have ten open + +marbles now. Let’s have a contest. Let’s see + +who can capture more monsters. Our meeting + +place will be at the castle on the other side.” + +Syrus says, confindently. + +“I’ll take the right.” Synan says. + +“I don’t think so, Synan. You’re taking + +the left, near Hell’s River.” + +“No fair!” + +“You want to make something of it?” + +Synan sighs, “Left it is.” + +“Good. I thought you’d see it my way.” + +Syrus begins walking down the pathway + +to the right. As he nears the forest, he sees a + +small tower-shaped building. Syrus steps inside. + +The doors close behind him. A sharp, + +computerized voice comes on the speakers. + +“Warp Stone, please.” + +Syrus dosen’t have a ‘Warp Stone’. + +He remembers his Ideya Capture, how old + +man Shady had his name for them, Warp Marbles. + +Syrus puts an Ideya Marble in the + +bowl-shaped slot. The voice comes on again. + +“Insufficient amount of Warp Stone. Please + +make sure that you have a valid source of the + +ore, and that the stone is not currupted.” + +The doors open and let Syrus out. + +Synan is already long gone. Syrus looks + +over toward the lava river. Synan and Zoe + +are sitting on the other side. Syrus continues + +on walking toward the forest. + +Syrus enters the forest. ‘Synan took + +the easy way! He probably already has his + +first monster! I need to find one!’ Syrus thinks + +to himself. + +Syrus looks around the forest. Unlike + +the rest of the island, the pathway here is + +brown, normal dirt. There is also a lot of grass + +growing around here. The trees and bushes are + +so densely packed together. It was getting late + +now, and the forest is so dark. Syrus sees + +a faint glimmer of light, reflecting off the moon. + +Syrus takes a close look at the light. + +It is a monkey-like monster with oversized + +eyeballs. A monster! Syrus throws an ideya + +marble at it before it knows what happened. + +The marble bounces off as a blinding + +light exits from it. The light engulfs the monster + +into a large ball of light. The light then returns + +to the Ideya Capture. + +“These things really work!” Syrus + +says. + +Syrus decides he should probably + +make camp for the night, but he can’t stop + +finding monsters to capture. He continues on + +down into the forest. + +After a while of walking, Syrus gets + +into such a deep section of the forest. The + +leaves overhead are covering up all the + +moon light. Syrus is left in complete darkness. + +Syrus continues on. He comes to + +a four-way intersection. He turns to the left. + +This pathway seems to go back in the opposite + +direction he was coming from. It goes straight + +into a solid wall of the mountain. + +A child is standing here at the end of + +the path. He is about ten years old. He looks + +suspiciously like Synan. + +“Hey! Thought you’d cheat and + +follow me, did you? Nice try!” + +The boy answers, “Who are you? You + +obviously are mistaking me for someone else. + +My name is Kail.” + +“Kail, huh? What are you doing out + +here?” + +“I am searching for my brother Sage. + +Have you seen him?” + +“Sage? No, I haven’t seen him.” Syrus + +answers. + +“Oh, okay. Do you know Synan?” + +Kail asks. + +“Synan? Yeah, he’s here on this island.” + +“Oh, that’s not good. This is all wrong. + +Synan isn’t supposed to be here!” + +“Why? What’s wrong with Synan?” + +Kail ignores Syrus and runs down the + +pathway and disappears into the darkness. + +Syrus chases after him. “Wait! + +Kail, come back!” + +Syrus runs into the four-way intersection + +and crashes into somebody, knocking both + +of them down. Syrus gets up quickly. + +“Kail! What made you stop?” + +“Kail? What do you want with Kail?!” + +The person stands up. In the faint moonlight + +Syrus sees that this person is a girl. She is + +around 12 or 13. + +Syrus obviously just mobbed the + +wrong person. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/23-HUT.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/23-HUT.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3b5a45 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/23-HUT.txt @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ +Syrus just knocked down the wrong + +person. It obviously wasn’t Kail! The person + +gets up to their feet. In the gloomy moonlight, + +Syrus can barely make out who it is. The person + +is a girl, a little taller than Syrus is. She has + +brown hair, maybe black, but he can’t really + +tell in the dark. The girl speaks. + +“You should watch where you’re going!” + +“Sorry. Did you see a boy run past + +just now.” + +“I don’t know. Who are you looking for?” + +“Kail.” + +“Oh, yeah, he just went by here. My name + +is Veronica Creel. What’s yours?” + +“Creel? Are you related to Synan?” + +“Oh, so you know Synan. You’re Syrus, + +right?” + +“Yeah.” + +“So Synan is here. Kail is probably afraid + +Synan will ruin his plan.” + +“What is his plan?” + +“Kail came to find Sage. Did he tell you + +that?” + +“I don’t remember.” + +“Anyway, he’s heading to the castle.” + +“Oh really.” + +“Yep. Well, I’d like to stay and talk, but + +I have things to do. See you later, Syrus!” + +Veronica turns and runs down a pathway. + +“Wait!” Syrus runs after her. After a short + +while of walking, the trail ends at a small stone temple. + +Syrus walks inside. There is a purple book here. Syrus + +opens the book. Inside is a small panel where Syrus + +sees a rotational view of a circular golden building. + +Syrus’s hand is attracted to the picture, + +drawn to it. When his hand almost touches, tiny golden + +sparkles appear in the space between his hand and the + +picture. Startled, Syrus jumps back. The book vibrates + +and slams shut. Syrus turns and runs out the door. + +He is back in the intersection in the forest. + +To his left is the entrance where he entered the + +forest. Ahead is the dead-end at the mountain where he + +met Kail. To the right is another pathway. + +Syrus walks down the pathway to the right. He + +walks for a few minutes in the darkened forest. He can + +hardly see a thing! + +Syrus comes to a smaller intersection. He + +can go straight forward or go down a pathway to + +the left. To the left, Syrus sees a faint light and some + +voices and quiet music. Syrus decides to walk down + +that pathway. + +As he continues down the path, the light and + +music grows louder. He shortly arrives in a small clearing + +next to the mountain. Syrus takes a look around. + +At the top of the mountain, there is reddish + +smoke exiting from the volcano. He is in a small clearing + +in the forest. On the side of the mountain is a black + +doorway with a large keyhole. In the middle of the + +clearing is a bonfire with Monks gathered around it. + +“Wow, a garden full of Monks!” Syrus says. + +A Monk notices him. + +“Halt! Who goes there?” + +“Syrus.” + +“We don’t know any Syrus! Send him to the + +volcano!” + +“No, wait!” + +“Wait? Why?” + +Syrus drops an Ideya Capture. The monk he + +captured earlier appears. + +“Oh, you’ve returned one of our Monks! I + +guess you can stay here for as long as you want. The + +specific monster you captured always wanted to explore + +the island. He might want to stay with you when you decide + +to leave.” + +“Okay, cool.” + +Syrus wanders around the clearing. There’s not a + +whole lot of interest around here. Up in the trees surrounding + +the clearing are millions of wooden bridges and treeforts. + +Syrus assumes that’s where the Monks live. + +Syrus spots a rope ladder. He goes over to the + +ladder and climbs up. He climbs to a wooden platform about + +twelve feet from the ground. He begins to crawl across one of + +the bridges to make sure it’s safe. To his surprise, these + +bridges are sturdier than he expected! He stands and crosses + +the bridge. He comes to one of the treeforts. The doorway is + +very small! Syrus begins to crawl into it. + +“Hey!” A Monk yells from below, “Syrus, that hut + +is empty. You can stay in it tonight.” + +“Okay.” + +After Syrus is inside, he realizes he couldn’t sleep + +in something so tiny. He’s practically curled in a + +ball next to a small window. These huts are so + +small! diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/24-KODA.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/24-KODA.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..73d900d --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/24-KODA.txt @@ -0,0 +1,235 @@ +Syrus couldn’t get any form of sleep + +inside those small Monk cabins. Drowsy, + +Syrus wakes up. It’s a little chilly outside in + +the morning. It’s just after dawn. + +Syrus crawls out of the hut. His back + +and neck are sore. Syrus joins the Monks + +down at the garden. The Monks are very + +talkative in the morning. They are speaking a + +strange foreign language. A word commonly + +used when a Monk joins them is the word + +“Shorah.” + +Syrus slides in closer to the Monks. + +They are gathered around a barely lit fire + +eating strange exotic fruits and berries. A + +Monk looks up at Syrus. + +“Shorah! Thoe kenem?” + +“What?” + +“Oh, sorry. You’re not from around + +these parts, are you? We are speaking in + +the Veronican language. Some of us call it + +the Monsterish language, but it’s the main + +language around here.” + +“Oh.” + +“Yep. I’ll teach you the basics. The + +word ‘Shorah’ means ‘Hello.’ Thoe kenem + +is ‘How are you?’” + +“Okay. Shorah, Monk! Thoe kenem?” + +“Good. You’re catching on.” + +“Heh, okay.” + +“If you want something to eat, go into + +the forest and pick some berries.” + +“Okay.” Syrus gets up from the group + +and walks into the forest. He picks a few berries + +and fruits. Syrus hears a strange sound come + +from the garden. He can’t explain what it + +sounds like. + +Syrus goes slowly to the garden. He + +hides behind some bushes and watches. He + +sees two humans in the garden. Synan and Zoe! + +Zoe is holding a purple book, like the + +one Syrus saw in the temple. Zoe is also carrying + +a key. + +Zoe uses the key to unlock the door + +in the volcano. After Synan and Zoe vanish into + +the darkness of the mountain, Syrus moves in. + +As he enters, a few, maybe three or four, Monks + +run out. + +Syrus sneaks inside. The garden inside the + +volcano looks even better than the one outside. + +Syrus hears Synan’s and Zoe’s voices. Soon, he + +hears the strange sound again. He begins to run, + +and sees Zoe holding the purple book. Synan is + +gone. Syrus walks up to Zoe. + +“Zoe. Can I warp back, too?” + +“No way!” Zoe yells. + +“Well, too bad. You’ll drop the book + +when you warp, then I can pulverize Synan!” + +Zoe holds the book out over the lava. + +Zoe glances mockingly at Syrus. Zoe looks + +back at the book and puts her hand on the + +animated panel. Soon, she vanishes and the + +book falls into the lava. + +“Damn you!” Syrus runs toward where + +Zoe was standing. He looks through the odd-shaped + +hole where Zoe dropped the book. + +“There!” Syrus sees the purple book. + +It’s closed. It is balancing on a small ledge. One + +wrong move and it will fall into the lava. Syrus + +looks around through the hole on the wall. Above + +him in the crater-shaped area he sees a giant massive + +rock held in the center by chains. + +There is a rope bridge connecting the rock + +to the platforms around the side. On the bottom of + +the rock is a pure black cage. + +Syrus is startled when he hears the flapping + +of wings. Shortly after, a strange gray monster + +flies down to the other side of the river. It has an + +oddly-shaped head with a horn in the middle. It + +has wings extending from it’s shoulders, flapping + +softly to keep the monster in the air. + +It looks at Syrus for a few seconds, + +studying him. It then flies lower. It’s wings flap + +a gust of air, knocking the book off of the + +ledge. Another one of these peculiar monsters + +flies down swiftly and grabs the book with it’s + +arms. + +It flies up to the window. Syrus attempts + +to communicate with them. + +“Excuse me. Can you hand me that + +book?” + +“This book? Well, it did fall into the + +volcano, you know. We’re the guardians + +of the volcano. This book is our property.” + +“Then, who are you?” + +“We’re of the Koda species. We + +know more about the volcano than Mr. I + +even.” + +“Who?” + +“Oh, I guess you haven’t met Mr. + +I yet, have you? Oh well.” + +“Just give me the book!” + +“Why should I?” + +“Because... It’s mine.” + +“Oh? Then why did you let it fall + +into the volcano?” + +“A, umm... a Monk kicked me + +and I accidentally dropped the book into + +the volcano.” + +The two Kodas glance at eachother. + +They then look back at Syrus. + +“Okay then. Here, kid. You can + +have it then, if it’s yours.” The Koda hands + +Syrus the book. In golden text, the book + +title reads “Book Temple.” + +“Thank you, Koda.” + +“Yeah, don’t mention it. Now get + +away! This volcano is my territory!” + +“Okay.” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/25-EMERALD.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/25-EMERALD.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7d0945d --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/25-EMERALD.txt @@ -0,0 +1,235 @@ +The Kodas fly away. Syrus has the purple + +book now. The golden text reads “Book Temple.” + +Syrus opens the book up. On the first page is a small + +panel where Syrus sees a rotational view of a + +circular temple. + +Syrus holds his hand over the panel. Soon, + +small golden sparkles appear between the panel + +and his hand. He is suddenly warped to the center + +of the building he saw in the book. In front of him is + +a girl seated at a desk. She has long blonde hair. + +Also in the room is Zoe. Syrus looks at Zoe. + +“Zoe. Where is Synan now?” + +“Umm...” Zoe makes a signal to the girl + +behind her at the desk. The girl hands Zoe a + +book. “He went into this book!” + +Syrus takes the book. The title reads + +“Monster Village” + +“He’s cheating! He went there to + +capture more monsters than me!” + +Syrus steals the book and links + +through it. He appears at the entrance to The + +Land of No Return. + +“Damn kids.” Syrus says. He rubs his + +eyes and looks around. He sees the bright + +lava-red doors on the mountain. One of them + +is open, and closing slowly. Syrus runs for the + +doorway and makes it inside just before it closes + +and locks behind him. + +He is in a small cave. There are lots of + +smaller caves carved around the walls of this + +place. There is also a most unusual monster here. + +It’s body is mostly an oval. The oval + +is hollow, but holds a small eyeball inside. Syrus + +can’t explain how that works. Unlike Koda, + +this monster is red and doesn’t have any arms. + +Syrus walks up to one of them. + +“Hello. Who are you?” + +“Mr. I. We’re expert volcanologists.” + +“Really?” + +“Yep.” + +“What about Koda?” + +“Well, they’re the only things smarter + +than us, but you get the idea.” + +Syrus takes out an Ideya Marble. He + +tosses it at Mr. I’s red skin. It bounces off and + +falls to the floor. + +“What?” Syrus says. + +“It appears that your Ideya Capture + +is already in use. Did you capture another + +monster in it?” + +“Yeah, I captured a Monk...” + +The red marble glows white. A bright + +beam exits the marble and flies away. It flies + +down a passageway to a room that’s glowing + +red. After a few minutes, the beam returns. + +Syrus picks up the marble and drops + +it. A Monk appears. + +“Oh, so since this marble was used + +and it’s monster was away, it sent a beam + +out to hunt down that monster.” + +“Yeah.” Mr. I says. + +Syrus takes out a different marble. + +He captures Mr. I with it, and then returns + +Monk to it’s own marble. + +Syrus walks down the tunnel that + +the beam followed. Soon, he’s in a large + +cave that’s lit-up red. He suddenly + +recognizes this place. It’s the room he saw + +earlier, when he looked out the window. + +He is in this room, but he’s on + +the ledge that he saw earlier. He quickly + +spots the rope ladder and crosses it. + +The island drops a couple of + +millimeters as Syrus steps onto it. The + +strange micro-island is held up by large + +black chains. + +Scattered across the rock are + +strange monsters, or combinations of + +monsters. On the bottom is a red, + +circular-shaped monster. Connected + +by a beam of electricity is another + +monster, shaped like a three-dimensional + +diamond. The diamond appears hollow, + +but it’s filled with millions of eyeballs. + +Syrus takes out an Ideya + +Capture and throws it towards one + +of them. + +“Man, this island is just full + +of these monsters!” + +The monster is captured and + +the Ideya comes back to Syrus. + +A Koda comes up behind Syrus. + +“In case you didn’t know, that was + +an Emerald that you just captured. Is that + +your first monster?” + +“No way! It’s my third! I’m not + +as naive as you think!” + +“Oh, okay, kid. Your third then.” + +“Shut up, Koda!” + +Syrus takes out an Ideya Capture + +and whips it at Koda. Koda holds his + +hands together at the wrists and launches + +a fireball. The force of the fire launches the + +Ideya back at Syrus. Syrus catches the + +marble. + +“We’re not so easy, Syrus. Not + +every monster is as easy to catch as the + +ones you have. Let me guess: your three + +monsters include Monk, Mr. I, and + +Emerald, right? Ha! They’re probably + +the easiest to catch. + +“Oh yeah? I guess I should try + +to capture harder monsters then, huh?” + +Syrus says. + +“Ha! Don’t make me laugh! + +Somebody like you can’t hardly even + +catch a cold!” Koda flies away, + +laughing mockingly. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/26-SKYBER.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/26-SKYBER.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb2f699 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/26-SKYBER.txt @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +Syrus stares as Koda flies away. A + +dark shadow suddenly covers the rock beneath + +Syrus’s feet. Syrus looks up and sees an island + +hovering by itself, much like The Land of No + +Return. + +“That island has to have some kind of + +rare monster on it!” + +Syrus throws an Ideya at the floor, + +releasing Mr. I. + +“Mr. I, fly me up to that island!” + +Mr. I takes flight. Syrus grabs his + +feet and Mr. I flied him up to the island. + +As they fly out of the volcano, Syrus + +looks back down. He is at a dangerous height. + +He sees Synan and Zoe being led by the + +bottom half of an Emerald. + +“Hey, that Emerald is only the bottom + +half! What’s up with that?” + +“Emerald is made up of Prisem and + +Crystal. That monster is Prisem.” Mr. I answers. + +“Oh.” + +Soon, the heated fog from the volcano + +covers Syrus’s view of them. + +Mr. I drops Syrus onto the island. Syrus + +is disappointed. All that was on the island was + +a small temple. Syrus decides to go in and + +have a look. When Syrus tries to open the + +yellow doors, he fails. + +“The doors are locked!” Syrus yells. + +“They would be. You need the Lightning + +Key. The Skybers might have it.” + +“Skyber?” + +“Yeah. Their fortress is right over there.” + +Syrus goes to look. On top of the volcano, + +next to the mouth, are lots of tall, narrow towers. + +There are lots of birds flying around. + +“Skyber,” Mr. I says, “is a lightning bird. + +If you ever enter Illusion Cave over there, you’ll + +need a lightning monster. That cave is so dark, + +you can’t see a lit match even if it’s touching you + +face. Only lightning is bright enough to light the + +way, although it would still be pretty dark and + +gloomy.” + +“Oh. I should get one.” Syrus says. Mr. I + +flies up into the air. Syrus grabs onto Mr. I’s feet + +and they fly down to one of the towers. + +They land, and Syrus looks around + +at the monsters. They look a lot like small + +wood ducks. But, the Skybers have a + +black diamond on their heads. + +“This is awesome!” Syrus throws + +up an Ideya Capture and hits one of the + +Skybers. The bird is captured and the + +marble falls to the ground. The bright + +glow still hasn’t faded. The bird then + +escapes from the marble. + +“Koda was right.” + +Mr. I comments, “You may + +have to fight the Skyber to weaken it.” + +Mr. I does a fireball attack + +and hits the Skyber. The bird falls down, + +injured. Syrus tries capturing it again, + +and this time he’s successful. + +“Yes! I have a Skyber!” + +Syrus wanders around the fortress. + +All these towers are connected by bridges. + +Syrus gets to the center. The building on this + +tower looks more significant than the rest. + +Syrus enters. + +Inside are a few Skybers, and + +in the center is another one wearing a + +golden crown. + +“Hello there, stranger! I am the + +king of the Skybers!” + +“Oh, hi. Have you seen the + +Lightning Key?” + +“Lightning Key? No, I think I + +misplaced it somewhere.” + +“Oh, okay.” Syrus says, disappointed. + +Syrus and Mr. I leave. Syrus looks at the + +volcano. + +“Hey, look!” Syrus sees James + +fly into the mouth of the volcano. Ico is + +following him. + +Mr. I walks over to Syrus. “Looks + +like James has someone to take out down + +there. I guess Ico wanted to help.” + +“How do you know?” + +“I was watching over the island just + +a while before you found me. I saw two kids, + +Synan and Zoe. I noticed them enter the volcano + +as we were leaving, so I’m assuming James is + +after them.” + +“Ha! Synan gets to meet James!” + +“No, Syrus. He met James earlier. + +He and Zoe were fighting James just after they + +crossed Hell’s River.” + +“Yeah, okay. Hey, look!” Syrus runs + +to the other side of the tower. He notices a small + +group of humans walking into a cave with Green + +Doors. + +“Yeah, I know them. The little girl is + +Elsie. The other two are her parents, Logan and + +Alisha.” + +The green doors close behind them, and + +they disappear into the darkness inside. + +“And that is the Earth Barrier,” Mr. I says, + +“but I don’t know how they got it opened. Sarah + +has the key.” + +“Who’s Sarah?” + +“She stays in the Book Temple down there.” + +“Oh, yeah. I saw her when I followed Zoe + +through that Linking Book.” + +“Yep. That’s her.” + +“Oh.” + +“Hey, Syrus. You’ve seen the Linking Books, + +but have you ever seen a Mystery Book?” + +Syrus walks closer to Mr. I, who is holding + +what looks like a linking book. + +“No...” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/27-CAPTURE.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/27-CAPTURE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb43752 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/27-CAPTURE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,207 @@ +Syrus walks closer to the book Mr. I + +holds in his hands. It looks in every way like a + +normal Linking Book, except... the letters on its + +cover are written in silver, not gold. The title says + +“Mystery Book.” + +“So what is a mystery book?” Syrus asks. + +“A Mystery Book? You never know what + +they’re gonna do. They could warp you to any + +location, they could bring evil demons into the world. + +You never really know.” + +“Cool!” Syrus snatches the book and opens + +it. The image inside is fuzzy and you can’t make out + +anything in it. Syrus puts his hand on the picture and + +links away. He appears in a forest. He’s not quite + +sure where he is. Syrus looks around. It is a dark, + +thick forest. A fog is blowing through. Syrus walks + +through the woods for a little while and soon comes + +to a place where the path splits into four. + +To the left and straight ahead is just more + +forest. Syrus looks to the right and sees the end of + +the forest. Syrus decides to go to the right. Soon + +enough, he is out of the woods. + +When he gets out, he looks around. He sees + +the edge of the Volcano of No Return. He finally + +made it to the other side of Monk Forest! Syrus + +takes out an Ideya Capture and drops it. Mr. I + +quickly returns to him. + +“Okay, Mr. I. Where am I now?” + +“You’re in the intersection between Monk + +Forest and Orb Lake. Hey, what’s that??” Mr. I + +points to a small bush just at the edge of the forest. + +Syrus goes over to investigate. The monster looks + +just like a tiny Ico. + +“Hey there little guy!” Syrus says. The tiny + +creature gets up and runs for its life. Syrus whips + +an Ideya Capture at it and knocks it unconsious. + +The monster is then sucked into the marble. + +“Yeah! I got an Ico!” + +Syrus releases Ico from its Ideya Capture. + +“Hey Ico! What’s up?” + +Ico is being really quiet. + +Mr. I suggests, “Maybe Ico is really + +scared of something. He’ll eventually get over + +it.” + +“Okay, good.” Syrus puts Ico back in + +his Ideya Capture and continues walking down + +the fuchsia pathway. + +Shortly, they arrive at a large lake of + +crystal clear water. There is a long rope-bridge + +stretched across the lake. Syrus walks about + +half way across the bridge and stops to look + +around. It appears there are many life forms in + +the water, travelling around. Syrus looks closer. + +Syrus spots a monster that looks very + +much like a large tadpole. Orbiting the lake, + +hovering above the water, are millions of little + +glass balls full of a yellow electricity. + +“What are all these things?” Syrus asks. + +“The tadpole one,” says Mr. I, “is called + +Octa. And it’s evolved form,” Mr. I points to a + +large rock sticking out of the water, “the octopus- + +like one, is Octo.” + +Syrus looks at Octo. Octo looks like a + +strange four-tentacled octopus. It has two long + +eyes and a unibrow-like thing, and a small red + +circular crystal on its forehead. + +Mr. I continues, “Those monsters that + +are orbiting the lake are called Orbs. And look + +at that one!” Mr. I points out an Orb that is + +colored blue instead of yellow. “That is a very + +rare monster, called the Blue Orb. Only one of + +them is born every 100 years.” + +“Born? How in the he--?” + +“Shh! No questions!” + +“Heh.” + +Mr. I continues, “And that pink jelly-fish + +thing flying through the air is named Jelly-Fly. It + +has the greatest healing powers of anything on + +Earth, or in space, or anywhere, really.” + +“Sweet! I gotta catch one!” Syrus whips + +an Ideya Capture into the water. It captures an + +Octa and returns to his hand. He takes out another + +Ideya and whips it into the water. It dosen’t capture + +anything and returns to his hand. + +Syrus then throws an Ideya Capture at + +an Octo and captures it. Syrus then spots the + +Blue Orb. He wants to make sure he gets it, so + +he’s very slowly calculating when and where he + +should throw the Ideya. Soon, he throws it and + +he captures the Blue Orb! + +Syrus then tries to capture the Jelly-Fly + +hovering around them. He whips an Ideya up at + +the Jelly-Fly. The monster swerves to avoid the + +marble. + +“Damn!” + +The Ideya Capture then starts to fall from + +the sky, hitting Jelly-Fly on its way down. + +“Good job, Syrus!” Mr. I says. “You’ve + +used up nine of your ten Ideya Captures already!” + +“Yeah, and it’s only my second day too!” + +Syrus looks ahead and sees Wizeman’s + +Castle. + +“And it looks like I’m going to win the little + +bet I made with Synan, also!” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/28-BLUE.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/28-BLUE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..185687f --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/28-BLUE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +Syrus and Mr. I start to walk the + +rest of the way down the bridge over Orb + +Lake. Syrus looks to his left, at the volcano. He + +sees a cliff up there with a circular building. + +“Mr. I, what’s that?” Syrus asks. + +“Did you see the teleport chamber on + +your way into the island? Well, it teleports you + +up to that cliff there. Then you jump off into the + +water.” + +“That reminds me, is this water safe for + +swimming?” + +“You bet it is!” Mr. I says. + +“Great! Let’s go swimming!” + +“Umm, sorry Syrus, but I kinda have a + +thing against water.” + +“Oh, that’s right, you’re a fire type, aren’t + +you?” + +“Hehe, yeah.” + +“No problem.” Syrus says. “What is a + +problem is that I don’t have a swim suit.” + +“So what are you going to do about that?” + +Mr. I asks. + +“I’ll just swim in my clothes.” Syrus releases + +all his water monsters as he jumps off the bridge into + +the lake. Syrus swims around for a while and then + +attempts to open his eyes under the water. Unlike + +most water, this water is so clear that seeing underwater + +is just as clear as seeing above water! + +Syrus swims around under the water and + +spots a Blue and Shining Object. Syrus swims over to + +it. It is wedged between two rocks. Syrus tries to get + +it loose for a while and then swims up to the + +surface. + +“Octo! Give me a hand down here!” + +Octo jumps into the water and swims to + +Syrus. Syrus dives down to the blue stone again, + +Octo following him. + +“Oh, is that what you need help for?” Octo + +says. Syrus can’t talk underwater, so he just nods. + +Octo uses his strong tentacles to pull the two rocks + +apart. Syrus grabs the blue stone and swims up to + +the surface. + +“Hey Mr. I! Look what I found!” Syrus yells. + +“Let me see that!” Syrus throws the stone + +up to Mr. I. It hits Mr. I and falls onto the bridge. + +A large white beam flies out of the strange + +rock and a monster appears. Syrus quickly + +climbs out of the water by hanging onto Blue + +Orb as it flew up. + +“What is that thing?!” + +The strange new monster standing + +in front of Syrus is like nothing he’s ever + +seen before. It looks like a combination of + +several monsters. Its head is similar to a + +Monk’s head, but upside-down. Out of the + +head are large red wings, like Mr. I’s. + +Below the head is what looks like an + +upside-down Prisem. Connected by a lightning + +beam from Prisem is Crystal. Orbiting the + +lightning are four eyeballs with spikes in them. + +“Lord Wizeman!” Mr. I says, bowing. + +“Wizeman, huh? Then what was he + +doing CAPTURED at the bottom of the lake?” + +Wizeman tries to speak, “Yes, I am + +not Lord Wizeman. I am just an ordinary + +Wizeman. You can make Wizeman monsters + +by just owning each of the monsters that + +makes me.” + +“Okay, Wizeman. How’d you like + +to come with us?” + +“Beats being captured.” + +“Okay. I’m going to transfer you over + +to a red Ideya marble.” + +Syrus captures Wizeman in the red + +Ideya Capture. + +“So, Mr. I. What exactly was that + +blue stone anyway?” + +Mr. I answers, “Well, if you actually + +take time to look at it, it’s an Ideya Marble, + +except it’s blue colored. The blue Ideya isn’t + +an Ideya Capture, it’s called a Greater Ideya. + +Unlike the Capture, the Greater Ideya has a + +lesser chance of failing to capture a monster. + +A very useful item, but it’s kinda rare.” + +“Cool! What untill Synan sees this!” + +“You’re really into beating Synan at + +everything, aren’t you?” + +“You know it!” + +Syrus and Mr. I finish walking down + +the bridge. When they get close to the end, + +a voice yells to them. “Halt!” + +Syrus looks and sees the guard he + +met when he first arrived on the island. + +The guard speaks, + +“Where do you think you’re + +going, Syrus? You’re not allowed to see + +Lord Wizeman! Now turn around and go + +back where you came from!” + +Syrus gets an idea, and releases + +Wizeman from the Ideya Capture. + +“Lord Wizeman! Please forgive + +me!” + +“But I am not Lord--” Wizeman + +tries to say, but Syrus elbows him to make + +him stop. + +The guard glows all white and then + +seperates into five circles, all the same size + +except one is a bit larger. The glow goes + +away and Syrus sees a strange monster. It + +is just one large eyeball surrounded by four + +smaller eyeballs, each with four spikes in + +them. + +“Spyke,” Wizeman says, “You’re + +supposed to be guarding the island, not + +guarding my castle,” Wizeman says, starting + +to play along. + +“Yes, Wizeman!” Spyke floats away + +down the path. + +“Now, where were we?” Wizeman + +asks. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/29-DREAM.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/29-DREAM.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4a49888 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/29-DREAM.txt @@ -0,0 +1,215 @@ +Syrus, Wizeman, and Mr. I continue + +walking toward Wizeman’s Castle. It is about + +a quarter-mile away from them. The castle is + +really large. It appears that it is night time out + +now. The ground is such a dark purple, and a + +very dark shadow is cast all over the island. + +Everything is so quiet out here. The only sounds + +are those that come from Syrus and his monsters + +scuffing their feet along the light purple pathway. + +The only light on the island is coming + +from the stars and from Earth’s moon. There is + +a faint red glow from the volcano, and the glow + +of the lava moat around Wizeman’s Castle up + +ahead. They finally arrive at the castle. + +“Well, we’re here.” Syrus says, breaking + +the dreadful silence. “Let’s break in.” + +“Syrus, it’s very late. Maybe we should + +camp here untill the morning.” Mr. I suggests. + +“Okay, but what if Synan catches up?” + +“You already beat him to the castle. + +What are you worried about?” Wizeman asks. + +“Good point.” Syrus says as he slowly + +sinks to his knees in the soft purple dirt. Syrus + +lays down, and before long, he is asleep. + +Suddenly a voice says his name, “Syrus!” + +Syrus quickly sits up. Mr. I and Wizeman are + +asleep on the ground around him. Syrus looks + +around to see who said his name. In front of him + +is the shadow of a human. The figure steps into + +the light of the lava at Wizeman’s Castle. It’s + +Zoe! + +“Zoe?” Syrus says, sleepily. “What are + +you doing here?” It is still really dark out, maybe + +even darker than it was when he fell asleep. + +“Come with me.” Zoe starts to walk + +away. Syrus jumps to his feet and follows her + +into the darkness. Zoe walks into the shadows + +of the volcano, toward another human. + +“Watch this, Syrus.” Zoe says. Soon, + +the other human quickly lights up in a golden + +flame. It’s Synan! + +“Synan! You’re... you’re...” + +“A mega-monster.” + +“No way! How??” + +A creaky, leathery finger lands on Syrus’ + +shoulder. Syrus quickly turns around to see + +the most ugly thing ever! It looks like it’s dead, + +wrapped in a torn purple cloak, carrying a + +lantern. Syrus can’t see his face, but his arms + +are so scrawny and leathery. + +Syrus screams and backs into Synan. + +In an instant Syrus is in a very bright room. + +A tunnel, actually. The tunnel is circular and + +spinning. The dead monster stands taller. + +“I’ll be your guide on your way, + +But coming back I won’t play. If to the other + +side you wish to go, than follow me and don’t + +be slow.” The dead creature says as he begins + +to float away. Synan seems to have lost his + +mega-monster power suddenly and he and Zoe + +run off after the monster. Syrus gets up and runs + +after them. + +The three of them suddenly stop but + +Syrus keeps running. He didn’t stop in time. + +Suddenly Syrus falls into the floor through another + +spinning tunnel, only vertical and not horizontal. + +Syrus screams his lungs out as he falls deeper + +and deeper. He can’t tell when he’ll ever stop + +falling. + +Syrus keeps falling through millions of the + +same room. Square rooms, with a horizontal + +spinning tunnel on each wall, as well as vertical + +tunnels in the ceiling and floor, those of which + +Syrus is falling through. + +Syrus falls through a room where he sees + +Zoe hugging Synan, crying into his shoulder, as + +the dead monster watches. Syrus falls through a + +few more rooms and sees another dead monster. + +This monster looks like Clawz. Mr. I was talking + +about Clawz as Syrus was falling asleep. + +Clawz looks dead and rotting. Syrus + +gives a louder scream as he falls even faster than + +the monster’s dead corpse. Suddenly Syrus falls + +through the last room and sees The Land of No + +Return below him. + +He hits really hard at the exact point he + +fell asleep. + +“Syrus, wake up!” Syrus gets up, frightened. + +“It was just a dream.” Syrus says, relieved. + +Then, the dead corpse of Clawz crashes right in + +front of him. Syrus screams as he wakes up. + +“Syrus, are you okay?” Wizeman + +asks. + +“I’m fine.” Syrus feels around the + +ground for any sign of a dead Clawz. + +“I just had the worst nightmare.” + +Syrus says. + +“Yeah, we noticed. You were + +screaming in your sleep.” Mr. I says. + +It is now morning. The island is + +bright. Syrus looks over to where Zoe and + +Synan were standing. Nobody is there. + +“Are you sure you’re okay?” Mr. + +I asks. + +“I’ll be fine.” Syrus gets up and looks + +at the castle. “Let’s not break in quite yet. + +I have a feeling we’ll be meeting Synan and + +Zoe really soon.” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/30-SYNAN.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/30-SYNAN.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f911fa4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/30-SYNAN.txt @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +Syrus is sitting quietly on a rock + +near the castle, thinking over what he + +dreamt about. Syrus takes out his + +Gameboy Color out of his pocket and + +turns it on. As he begins playing, he + +senses Wizeman and Mr. I over his + +shoulder watching. + +“You guys got a problem?” + +They quickly go and act like + +they weren’t watching. As Syrus continues + +to play, they come back. Syrus takes out + +two Ideya Marbles and drops them. The + +monsters are sucked in. + +“Takes care of them.” + +Syrus begins playing his Gameboy + +in peace. The MystSages logo appears on + +the screen. The logo disappears and then a + +Vortex logo appears. Then the text “presents” + +Just as Syrus was about to actually + +PLAY the game, a voice speaks to him. + +“Syrus!” + +It’s Zoe. Synan is with her, too. + +“It’s about time you got here, Synan.” + +“What?” Synan asks. + +“I’ve been waiting here for quite some + +time for you to arrive.” + +Zoe says, “Yeah, well, we had to help + +Elsie get un-lost.” + +“Zoe. I’m not talking to you, am I?” + +“...” + +“So anyway, Synan. What monsters + +do you got?” + +Synan releases all his monsters: Monk, + +Crystal, and Emerald. + +“Ha ha ha! Those have to be the + +weakest monsters!” + +Zoe releases her Clawz, Prisem, and + +Skyber. A chill goes through Syrus as he + +remembers that dream about Zoe and the + +dead Clawz. + +“Oh, so you got a Clawz. That’s a + +rare one-of-a-kind monster.” Syrus mocks, + +hiding his fear. “But look at MY monsters!” + +Syrus releases all ten of his monsters. + +Monk, Blue Orb, Wizeman, Jr. Ico, Emerald, + +Mr. I, Skyber, Octa, Octo, and Jelly-Fly. + +Synan’s mouth drops open. + +“And look. Ever seen one of + +these?” Syrus holds out the Greater + +Ideya. + +“These things will capture ANY + +monster without fail.” + +“Woah!” + +“So, Synan. Ready to battle? You + +can use Zoe’s monsters, too, if you think + +it will help. All my monsters are level 58/100.” + +“Forget it, Syrus.” + +“Why? Are your monsters at + +level 3? Oh, no. That was too harsh. I meant + +to say negetive 3.” + +“Hey Syrus! Close your eyes and + +press this little square down.” Syrus does + +it and soon is linked to another location. + +Syrus appears back at the entrance to the + +island. In anger, he whips his Ideya Marbles + +into the ground, returning all his monster. + +“Wait a minute.” Syrus releases + +Mr. I. “Fly me back to the castle.” + +Mr. I says, “I can’t do that. It’s + +just too far for me to fly. Sorry.” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/31-DEITY.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/31-DEITY.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b58240 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/31-DEITY.txt @@ -0,0 +1,239 @@ +Syrus stands near the gates of the + +mysterious island. Mr. I begins flapping his + +wings and takes flight. Syrus hangs onto + +Mr. I’s feet and he lifts off of the ground. + +Mr. I and Syrus slowly ascend from the island + +and rise over the volcano. Through the red, foggy + +smoke, Syrus can see Wizeman’s Castle. + +“Go!” Syrus says. Mr. I begins to soar + +over the mountain. Syrus looks down and notices + +that the ground is shaking. + +“Mr. I, what’s going on?” Syrus says. + +“I’m not sure... wait! It must be + +Sage!” + +“Sage? You mean that person that Kail + +was looking for?” + +“Yes. Kail didn’t tell you much about + +Sage. Or Veronica, even.” Mr. I says. + +“Yeah. The only thing I’ve noticed is that + +they all have Synan’s last name.” Syrus says. + +“There is much more than that, but I + +can’t explain it now.” + +They are now floating directly over the + +crater in the volcano. Syrus looks ahead and sees + +that the castle is shaking more violently than the + +rest of the island. The walls of the castle crack + +and begin to collapse. + +Syrus looks closer at the castle. Suddenly, + +a huge beam of light shoots up through the center + +of the castle. The castle begins to explode from + +the top out. Bricks and debris are flying away from + +the castle. Soon, the center tower in the castle + +is completely annihilated. The four guard towers + +are also badly deteriorated. + +The rocks from the castle are flying away + +at an amazing speed. Mr. I and Syrus dodge most + +of them. One rock is flying straight toward Mr. I. + +Mr. I is almost bashed in the face by it. Syrus takes + +out Mr. I’s Ideya Capture and returns him to it, + +leaving Syrus falling toward the mountain below. + +Syrus hits the rocks on the volcano hard, + +and begins to roll and tumble down the mountain. + +A big rock petruding from the mountain’s surface + +saves Syrus’s fall. Syrus has an almost-perfect view + +of the castle from here. + +Syrus looks around, towards the castle. + +In front of the castle, Syrus sees Synan and Zoe. + +Another girl is with them. Veronica! + +Veronica looks up at the mountain, at + +Syrus. How did she know he was there? + +Syrus looks up into the beam of light. A + +boy, maybe 15, is hovering up there. He is wearing + +a blood-red cape. His hair is brown, and the clothes + +under his cape are black. + +“So, this is Sage.” Syrus says. He moves + +closer to where Synan and Zoe are, so that he + +can hear them. + +Zoe says, “I’m assuming that is not a good + +thing.” + +“No,” Veronica answers, “Sage will morph + +into Deity and destroy the entire universe.” + +Syrus listens to that statement. ‘Sage will... + +morph? Into Deity?’ Syrus could already sense the + +strength and evil in Sage. But that’s not even his + +full form. + +Syrus looks up at the evil man in the sky. + +‘How can he be human?’ Syrus thinks, ‘I have + +never seen any human with that kind of power. + +Well, James is an exception, but he probably + +isn’t human either.’ + +Syrus hears footsteps behind him. Syrus + +sits up and looks. Kail is standing there. Kail + +crouches down behind the rock with Syrus and + +watches. + +“Kail.” + +“...What?” Kail responds, after a short + +delay. + +“Is that what you were searching for?” + +“Yes. I was hoping to rescue him before + +Veronica could give him that kind of power.” + +“Veronica made him what he is?” Syrus + +asks, skeptically. + +“Yes. They used several magic stones + +on him.” + +“Magic stones?” Syrus asks. + +“Yes. There are several kinds of magic + +stones on this island. They all do different things.” + +“Go on.” Syrus says. + +“Well, the Dark Stone gives a human + +or monster the mega-monster power. James has + +one. Have you met James?” + +“Yeah.” Syrus answers. + +“Well, James has a Dark Stone. That’s + +what makes him have a yellow flame and give + +him his power. They trained Sage with the + +Dark Stone, so that he could move up to the + +Ultra-Monster level. That is where Veronica is.” + +“Veronica is Sage’s brother. My sister. + +Since Sage is older than her, she decided to + +put Sage through even more training. Sage + +eventually graduated to a Hyper-Monster. + +That’s even more powerful than Veronica.” + +“At the hyper-monster level, Veronica + +decided that Sage could stand the power of + +the Light Stone. The Light Stone has so much + +power that a normal human would most likely + +spontaneously combust if they tried to use it.” + +Syrus comments, “You know, for a + +ten-year-old, you sure have a big vocabulary.” + +“Yeah, well. No interruptions. So + +anyway, with the Light Stone, Sage got even + +more power. He then went beyond the level + +of a hyper-monster. At that point he had + +enough power to destroy several universes.” + +“Veronica then gave Sage the magical + +stone of Deity. At Sage’s power level, he + +could easily stand the stone’s extreme powers. + +And that’s where we are now.” + +“Where are we?” Syrus asks. + +“Watching Sage transform into a + +being too powerful for even him to control.” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/32-RETREAT.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/32-RETREAT.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..73cc158 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/32-RETREAT.txt @@ -0,0 +1,203 @@ +Synan and Kail continue to watch up + +on the mountain. Syrus hears Veronica. + +“I suggest you run, kids! Run while you + +still can! I’m assuming your death will be less + +painful if you’re further away from Deity.” + +Syrus observes Synan and Zoe run + +back the way they came. Veronica looks up + +at the volcano. Kail ducks down out of view. + +“Syrus and Kail! You’d better run + +too!” + +“Dang, she caught me!” Kail yells. + +“You knew I would,” Veronica says, + +“Now get going. Now!” + +Syrus and Kail jump down the + +mountain and land at the bottom. They start + +running after Synan and Zoe. Syrus and Kail + +run around the curve of the mountain and see + +Synan and Zoe. Synan and Zoe are now with + +three other people. They are the people that + +Mr. I told Syrus about: Logan, Alisha, and + +Elsie. + +“Wait up!” Syrus yells. They don’t + +hear him. Syrus and Kail keep running after + +them. Synan’s group runs through a lime + +green door. Syrus runs after them. They + +follow Synan into a room filled with gold. + +A voice says, “Welcome back, Synan.” + +“Who are you?” Synan asks. + +“I’m Joseph. Want to see what I + +look like?” + +“What?” + +“Well too bad! So, have you returned + +to fight me again?” + +Syrus dosen’t know where the + +voice is coming from, or who said it. + +“No. The island, no, the universe is + +in danger.” + +“Well, duh.” + +“So, we’re trying to escape!” + +“You cannot escape the universe!” + +Joseph laughs. + +“Whatever!” Synan yells. The group + +runs past where Joseph assumedly was. Syrus + +and Kail start running after them, too. The + +group quickly escapes the maze and makes + +their way to the Book Temple. The group runs + +inside. Syrus and Kail watch them from outside. + +Sarah is not at the temple. Synan picks + +up a note off of the desk, and reads it aloud: + +“I left this universe in a retreat to the + +other world. If you are wise, you should follow. + +I entered this black book.” + +Synan picks up the book and opens it. + +Syrus can’t see anything from outside the temple. + +“Should we go, or stay to stop Deity?” + +Zoe asks. + +“I have a plan.” Synan says. The island + +is rumbling. + +“Elsie. You and your family, enter this + +book.” + +“Okay.” Elsie and her parents enter + +the book. + +“Zoe. Are you staying or going?” + +“I’ll stay.” + +“Alright, then. Enter this book to Earth.” + +“What about you?” + +“I’ll follow.” + +Zoe links through the book. Synan follows. + +Syrus and Kail run inside and they link through + +the black book that Elsie went through. They + +appear in a dark cave. + +“Man, is this the netherworld?” Syrus + +asks. + +“Yes, it is.” A voice says. Syrus turns + +around. It’s Sarah. + +“Oh, Sarah. The keeper of the book + +temple, right?” + +“Yes.” + +“Why did you leave first? You’re + +supposed to stay in the temple untill the last + +possible time.” + +“Whatever you say, Syrus.” + +Lots of people begin linking into the + +dark cave. Everyone that Syrus knows from + +Earth is in here. Lastly, Synan and Zoe arrive. + +“Synan, I think this was really the + +Netherworld!” Zoe says. + +“Shh! You’re going to scar Elsie.” Synan + +whispers, “and besides, I brought the book to + +get back.” + +James appears in the hall way and walks + +toward the group of people. James, Synan, and + +Zoe start talking amongst themselves. Something + +about James using his mega-monster power to + +stop Sage before he transforms. + +Sarah hands Synan a book. “Use this book + +to get back to Earth,” Synan tells the Earth people. + +“Warp back when the sky lightens up.” + +“Okay.” They all reply. + +Synan, Zoe, James, and Sarah link through + +a book to The Land of No Return. + +“I wonder what they’re up to.” Syrus says. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/33-SNIP.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/33-SNIP.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1298f06 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/33-SNIP.txt @@ -0,0 +1,229 @@ +Syrus and Kail pick up the book that + +they used to link to The Land of No Return. + +The image on the first page shows the Book + +Temple. Synan, Zoe, James, and Sarah are + +there. Sarah appears to be talking to Synan + +and Zoe. Sarah hands Synan and Zoe a book. + +They open it and disappear. Syrus then links + +to the Book Temple. Kail follows. + +“Sarah! Where did they go?” Syrus + +asks. + +“They went to the portal to the other + +realm to retrieve the Star Stone, to defeat + +Deity.” Sarah answers. + +“Give me that book!” Syrus takes + +it and warps. As he is warping, Sarah looks + +up at the sky. + +“Oh, look, it appears Deity has been + +stopped.” Sarah says. + +Syrus disappears through the book. + +The sound of Linking has deafened Syrus, + +so he didn’t hear Sarah. + +Syrus appears in a dark and gloomy + +room. Without time to look around, he + +dashes for the portal. Syrus hears a voice + +behind him. + +“Hey!” It was Zoe’s voice. Syrus + +runs into the portal. (Synan did not include + +this event in his journal). + +Syrus appears in a circular, spinning + +tunnel. Syrus remembers this place. His + +dream! + +Syrus gets the chills and freezes. + +His dream, nay, nightmare is coming true. + +Syrus is tapped on the shoulder, like in + +the dream. He jumps and looks behind him. + +That undead creature from his dream is there. + +“Hello. I am Unamed.” + +“That’s.... nice....” Syrus says, scared + +to death. + +“Ahem...” Unamed clears his throat. + +“I will be the guide on your way, + +But coming back I won’t play, + +If to the other side you wish to go, + +Then follow me and don’t be slow!” + +“Wow, a poet. Who’d have thought?” + +Unamed begins to float away. + +Syrus runs after him. + +“Unamed, where are you + +taking me?” Syrus asks. + +“To the other world. That’s + +my job, to lead people through the + +Eternal Corridor.” + +“Oh.” + +“Also, I’m keeping you away + +from Snip. In the Eternal Corridor, + +Snip has unlimited power. He’s very + +difficult to capture, too. A level 5 + +Snip in one of the two worlds is equal + +to a level 2,000 Snip in this world.” + +“Wow, that’s powerful.” + +“Yep. And using that analogy, + +all the Snips in this world would be + +level 200 in yours.” Unamed says. + +“Let’s see... 200 divided by + +5 times 1,500...” Syrus tries to work + +it out in his head. + +“80,000. Most of these + +Snips are around level 80,000.” + +Unamed says, without any effort. + +“Wow, you’re smart.” Syrus + +compliments. + +“Well, that’s what you do + +when you’ve been dead for over a + +century.” + +“What?!” Syrus is filled with + +dread. + +“Now, moving on, we need + +to get you to the other side.” Unamed + +says. + +They turn down another + +tunnel. What’s there to meet them? + +Well, what else would you find in this + +world, but Snip! + +Snip is a large, gray, squid-like + +monster. He has six gray tails, with three + +red stripes on each, and steel points on + +the tips. + +“Unamed, I thought we weren’t + +going to see any of these!” + +“Hey, I can’t make promises, + +but I know we’re expected to see less + +of them in the outskirts of this place.” + +“How can you call this area the + +outskirts? If this place is bigger than our + +universe, --” + +“Much bigger.” + +“Yeah, whatever, but you can’t + +call it the edges like that. For all you + +know we could be in the center!” Syrus + +argues. + +“Well, these Snips have regular + +orbiting patterns.” + +“Okay.” + +“Snip has six tails, as so. In each + +one contains every poison known to + +each dimension. That includes all the + +incurable fatal viruses of your world.” + +Snip stabs Unamed with one + +tail. The other five attack too. The six + +tails are attacking repeatedly. Satisfied, + +Snip flies away. Unamed gets back up. + +“I hate it when that happens!” + +“I bet.” Syrus comments. + +“Well, where were we?” Unamed + +says. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/34-CLAWZ.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/34-CLAWZ.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4bcb8e --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/34-CLAWZ.txt @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +Syrus and Unamed continue on. + +They’ve encountered a couple of Snips + +up to this point. + +“So, Unamed, what kinds of + +monsters are in the other world?” Syrus + +asks. + +“Mostly the same as in your + +world, kid.” + +“Okay. I only have one Ideya + +Capture left.” Syrus says. + +“Let me see that. That’s not + +an Ideya Capture, it’s a Greater Ideya.” + +“Oh, yeah. I forgot.” + +“How could you forget? Where + +did you find it?” + +“Under water.” + +“Ha! Figures. Some unsuspecting + +swimmer probably dropped it. Was + +anything inside?” Unamed asks. + +“Yes, Wizeman was inside.” + +“Wizeman? Your Lord Wizeman + +was inside?” + +“No, not Lord Wizeman. Just + +another Wizeman.” + +“Oh.” Unamed says. Distracted + +from talking, Syrus slipped into a hole in + +the floor and started to fall. Syrus screams + +for help. Syrus just keeps falling through + +millions of the same room and tunnel. He + +sees several Snips on his way down. + +Syrus has gotten used to the fall + +by now, so he stops screaming. Syrus + +falls through a room and sees Zoe hugging + +Synan, crying. + +‘This is just like that dream.’ Syrus + +thinks. Synan and Zoe don’t see Syrus. + +They are facing away from him. + +‘Then that means...’ Syrus looks + +down and sees a pathetic clump of an + +orange monster covered with blood and + +a purplish poison. Syrus catches up with + +the monster. He detects that it is still alive. + +Syrus takes out his Greater Ideya + +and captures Clawz. Shortly afterword, + +Unamed catches Syrus out of mid air. + +“Thanks, Unamed!” Syrus says. + +Syrus releases the nearly-dead Clawz. + +It’s breathing is pathetic. Syrus releases + +Jelly-Fly. + +“Jelly-Fly! Heal Clawz!” The + +jellyfish flies over Clawz and sprinkles + +some pink healing spores over Clawz. + +Soon, Clawz gains his strength back. + +“Hey, Clawz! It’s me, your + +trainer!” Syrus says. Syrus dosen’t + +expect Clawz to believe him, but + +apparently Clawz suffered amnesia + +from the attack. + +Clawz gets up and runs to + +Syrus. + +“Heh, heh, heh. I got another + +rare monster.” + +Syrus returns Clawz to it’s + +Greater Ideya. + +“Syrus, I’m happy for you + +catching your pathetic new monster, + +but we really have to get going!” + +“Okay. Wait, how did you + +get down here so fast?” + +“I have my ways. Now let’s + +go!” + +Syrus follows Unamed. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/35-UNAMED.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/35-UNAMED.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff847f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/35-UNAMED.txt @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +Syrus and Unamed have been walking + +all night. It was all night according to Syrus’s + +watch, anyway. Time doesn’t seem to fly by in + +this place. Unamed faces Syrus down one last + +tunnel. + +“This is the exit, Syrus. Walk down + +this tunnel.” + +Syrus does what he’s told, and slowly + +walks down the tunnel. Suddenly, a bright + +flash comes over Syrus, and he appears back + +in the dark room which he left. + +“This is the other dimension!” This + +time, Syrus actually takes time to look around + +the room. There is a square-shaped hole in + +the ceiling, allowing a faint red glow from + +Emerald’s Crater to light up the room. On the + +wall opposite the portal is a pedestal with a + +book on top. + +The book is opened. “Synan and Zoe + +must have gotten here already.” Syrus puts + +his hand on the picture and warps into the + +Book Temple. The sky is back to normal. Syrus + +can see stars again. This must mean that he + +is in the other world, where Deity wasn’t wound + +up. + +“Syrus!” Sarah is sitting at the desk. + +“What are you doing here?” + +“Err, umm...” Syrus clears his throat and + +talks in his best voice. “My name is King Syrus. + +I have come from the other dimension to rule + +over this world!” + +“Syrus, hello? You’re FROM our + +dimension!” + +“What?” + +“I can tell by looking at you. The humans + +in this dimension have a slightly different look to + +them.” + +“What?? Unamed sent me back to where + +I came from?” + +“Oh, so you met Unamed. Yeah, I told + +him to send you back here.” + +“Damn incarnation!” Syrus curses. + +“Swearing won’t help any, Syrus. I know + +Synan and Zoe can completely handle whatever + +happens to them.” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/36-GAMEBOY.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/36-GAMEBOY.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..02ac977 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/36-GAMEBOY.txt @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +Synan has been sitting against a wall + +in the Book Temple for a few hours. Sarah + +has been sitting at her desk writing studiously. + +“Sarah, can I get up now?” Syrus asks. + +“No, you can not.” Sarah says. + +“Why not?” + +“You know why. Never swear in my + +temple again.” + +“Come on, Sarah.” + +“No. Now just sit there and be quiet.” + +Syrus is really bored. He’s been doing + +nothing but complaining all this time. Syrus takes + +out his Gameboy and starts playing. Sarah can’t + +hear the sounds from the Gameboy. + +Syrus is playing a game made by + +MystSages, inc. The game is called Cain’s Quest. + +It is about a kid who is mistakenly sent to a + +strange island. Syrus hasn’t gotten very far into + +the game yet. + +As Syrus continues playing, he notices + +some major similarities between this game and + +real life. Sarah looks over at Syrus. + +“Are you playing Cain’s Quest?” + +“Yeah.” Syrus answers. + +“Did you know that Veronica wrote + +the plot for that game?” Sarah asks. + +“She did not.” + +“Bet.” + +“Okay, how did she?” + +“She knows everything, remember. She + +wrote that plot about what was going to happen + +in the future. When you’re done with your quest + +on The Land of No Return, you beat that game + +and see for yourself.” + +“Sarah, I swear you’ve lost it.” + +“Hey! No swearing! Now you have to + +stay there for ten more hours.” + +“Uggh!” + +“Don’t start with me!” + +Syrus sits, quietly playing his game. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/37-LOST.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/37-LOST.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cb21487 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/37-LOST.txt @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +Syrus sits quietly playing his Gameboy. + +Ten hours fly by quickly. Sarah looks over to + +Syrus. + +“Okay, Syrus. You can leave now.” + +“Finally!” Syrus gets up and runs out + +of the Book Temple. He turns back and looks + +at Sarah. + +Syrus starts swearing at Sarah. + +“Shut up, Syrus.” + +Syrus walks away from the Book Temple. + +“Ah, now to explore this half of the + +island.” Syrus starts walking down the purple + +pathway in the opposite direction of the Illusion + +Cave. Syrus soon arrives at an ice-blue cave + +sticking out of the ground. + +Syrus walks over to the blue doors on + +the cave. A bunch of Prisems are standing here. + +“Halt! What is the super-duper-extremely- + +magical-password?” Prisem says, trying to sound + +powerful. + +“How about,” Syrus says, “Let me in + +before I punch the living hell out of you!” + +“Fair enough.” Prisem says and unlocks + +the door. Syrus walks inside. It is dark inside, + +and the walls are lined with Crystals. They all + +gaze at Syrus with their gigantic eyeballs. Syrus + +gets the chills, and walks more slowly. Shortly, + +Syrus loses it. + +“STOP STARING AT ME!!!” Syrus + +screams. His voice echoes off the walls. “WHAT + +IN THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?!” Syrus + +yells. Again, all he hears is his own echo. Syrus + +is going crazy. “I HAVE TO GET OUT OF + +HERE!!” Syrus turns around and tries to get + +the door open. It is locked. Syrus screams. + +“HELP ME! I’M BEING STARED + +TO DEATH! STOP LOOKING AT ME!!” + +Syrus is spinning around with insanity. + +His foot slips on the stairs and he falls down. + +Syrus tumbles down the stairs, into complete + +darkness. Syrus gets up. Up the stairs he sees + +the dull blue color of Crystal Cave. Down + +another tunnel he sees a red glow. + +Syrus gets up and runs down toward + +the red glow. He’s still going crazy as he runs + +toward the ‘light.’ + +Syrus shortly arrives at the source + +of the red light. He is in Emerald’s Crater. He + +sees a small hole on the other side of the platform + +he’s on. He runs around the crater toward the + +hole. He crawls in and finds himself in Monk’s + +Hidden Garden. He runs through and sees the + +black door. + +Assuming it’s locked, Syrus kicks + +the door. It easily flies opened, as well as two + +Monks guarding from the other side fly into + +the air. Syrus gets out to the Monk Garden. + +His insanity soon leaves him. + +“Ah, freedom!!” diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/38-MONK.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/38-MONK.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15561a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/38-MONK.txt @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +Syrus is in Monk Garden, slowly + +regaining his sanity. After his sanity comes + +back, he decides to show off to the Monks. + +“Hey, Monks! Remember me? I’m + +Syrus!” + +“Nooo, we forgot!” One Monk says + +sarchastically. + +“Well, remember how I was so + +pathetically pathetic last time you saw me? + +Well, look what monsters I have now!” + +Syrus starts by releasing his Monk. + +“Oh, a Monk? Big deal! We have + +those!” + +Syrus ignores the remark and then + +releases another monster: Octa. + +“Ooh, he made it to the lake! We + +should congratulate him!” + +Syrus releases Octo and Jelly-Fly. + +“Like we said, he made it to the + +lake.” the Monks comment. + +Syrus releases Blue Orb. “Look + +at this, guys!” + +The Monks seem amazed for once. + +Syrus continues and releases Ico and + +Wizeman. The Monks are really impressed + +now. Syrus lets Mr. I out, and then Skyber, + +and then Emerald and Clawz. + +The Monks are really awed at what + +Syrus has captured. + +The Monks comment, “And here + +we thought you’d never make it as an + +LNR trainer.” + +“A what?” Syrus asks. + +“We thought you wouldn’t know. + +A trainer is a human who captures these + +monsters and trains them, so that they + +become powerful.” a Monk answers. + +“And what else do these trainers + +do?” + +“The trainers compete in arenas. + +We have one on this island. It is deep below + +the ground. The only way to get to it is through + +the Illusion Cave, or there’s a more dangrous + +route through Emerald’s Crater.” + +“Oh, really.” + +“Yeah. A lot of the best trainers + +in the world go there. You should go. Your + +monsters are pretty strong, especially Clawz. + +How did you make Clawz that strong?” + +“Well, you see, umm, I don’t really + +know.” Syrus says, knowing he didn’t raise + +Clawz, and that he stole him. + +“Oh, I see. He dosen’t want to give + +away his secret! Smart choice, my man!” A + +Monk pats him on the back. It’s kinda hard + +to do that, considering the Monk has to climb + +up on him first. + +The king of the Monks approaches + +Syrus. “Well done, Syrus. You certainly have + +come a long way since that kid that we were + +keeping at camp for a night. Great job, kid. + +You’re in our Monk Confederation from now + +on.” + +“Thanks.” The King Monk leads + +Syrus over to a small red flower by the edge + +of the garden. + +“Syrus, this is the Peculier Flower. + +We have no idea what it does, but we know + +it’s poisonous.” the Monk says. They are + +obviously giving Syrus a tour of their garden. + +Synan busts out of the black doors + +and runs through the garden, into the woods. + +“That’s funny, what’s Synan doing + +here?” Syrus says. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/39-TIME.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/39-TIME.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4584d4b --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/39-TIME.txt @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +Syrus runs into the forest after Synan. + +Synan is gone. Syrus steps on a small purple + +book in the ground. Syrus picks it up and looks + +through the window. The picture is fuzzy. Soon, + +it goes pure black. + +“Huh, I must’ve torn the pages or + +something.” Syrus throws the book into a nearby + +bush. Syrus walks down one of the pathways. + +He sees Synan run out ahead of him. + +“Synan!” Syrus yells. + +Synan looks at Syrus. + +“I just got another really rare monster. + +It was in poor condition but I fixed him up + +with my Jelly-Fly.” + +“Can I see your new monster?” Synan + +asks. + +“No way! It’s real powerful to survive + +the attack it went through!” + +“Please?” + +“No!” + +“Can you at least tell me what its name + +was?” + +“Uhh, I think it started with a...NO!!” + +“Freak.” Synan says. + +“Well, I have to get going. I’m searching + +for the elemental barrier keys.” + +“Oh, look all you want. I have all of them.” + +“Give me the keys!” Syrus says. + +“You’ll only get them if you give me your + +monster.” + +“Forget about it, then.” + +“Good. Have you seen Zoe?” + +“Zoe? Yeah, she was with Veronica a while ago.” + +Syrus replies. + +“Veronica? Where did they go?” Synan + +asks. He’s falling for it! + +“That way!” Syrus points. + +“Okay.” Synan begins walking in that + +direction. Syrus slowly follows him to see what + +happens. + +Syrus sees Synan. Kail walks up to Synan + +and they start talking. Syrus is listening. The last + +thing he hears is about a time machine. + +Kail pulls a rock from the volcano and a + +secret passage opens. Synan and Kail walk inside. + +Syrus hears that Zoe and Veronica are inside. + +So, Syrus was actually right about where + +Zoe and Veronica went! Syrus runs inside + +before the door closes. James appears. Syrus + +joins the group. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Syrus/40-HOME.txt b/Originals/Books/Syrus/40-HOME.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..daa2f9c --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Syrus/40-HOME.txt @@ -0,0 +1,211 @@ +Synan, Zoe, James, Veronica, Syrus, and + +Kail stand around the cylinder in the center, hands + +joined. + +“I will now sent Synan, Zoe, James, and + +Syrus to Earth. I will return Kail to the future.” + +Before anyone knows what happens, + +Synan, Zoe, James, and Syrus are in a grassy + +field on Earth. + +“We’re back!” Zoe yells. + +“Yes! We survived!!” Synan adds. + +“I haven’t been on Earth for years.” James says. + +“Kids...” Syrus mocks. + +They walk toward the city. The city is much + +more lively this time of day. What time is it? + +Synan and Zoe walk back into the Ideya Shop. + +Syrus and James walk off on their own. + +“Hey, James! Wanna come to my house?” + +“Sure.” James replies. + +James and Syrus go to Syrus’s apartment. + +Syrus and his parents have a quick reunion and + +then Syrus and James go to Syrus’s room to play + +video games. Syrus has all the best video game + +equipment. He has things that aren’t even out yet! + +Systems more advanced than the + +Playstation 2 or the Dreamcast. Syrus’s dad + +works in the video game business. + +Syrus and James are playing a fighting + +game. A voice comes behind them. + +“Welcome back, Syrus and James.” + +They look back. There are two girls + +standing here. One blonde, and one brunette. + +The blonde speaks first. “Hi, I’m + +Sarah Croft. I know all about your quest on + +The Land of No Return, and I’m willing to + +write a book about it.” + +“And I’m Veronica Creel.” + +Sarah continues, “So, Syrus. Did + +you finish Cain’s Quest yet?” + +“No, not yet.” + +“Well, finish it. How much do you + +want to bet that I’ll prove that Veronica + +wrote that game’s script?” + +“Maybe later.” Syrus says. + +“Well, if you ever need to confess + +your stupidity to me, I work in town now. + +My Book Shop is at 3346 Fourth Street, + +right here in Vatican City. Stop by if you + +want to visit sometime, okay Syrus?” + +“Okay.” + +Sarah and Veronica disappear + +with a flick of light. James comments, + +“I think Sarah likes you.” + +Syrus gives James a long, + +blank stare. “Grow up, James.” + +“I know it, you know it.” + +“James. Seriously, stop it!” + +“No. Come on, ask her out!” + +“No!” + +“Yes!” James pulls Syrus + +off the floor and leads him out of the + +apartment. James drags Syrus down + +the street toward the address of 3346 + +Fourth Street. Sure enough, a Book Shop + +is here. + +The shop is entitled “Sarah’s + +Book Temple.” They walk in. + +“Hey, Sarah.” James says. + +“Hi guys. What’s up?” Sarah + +says. + +“Syrus here,” James shoves + +Syrus forward, “has a little confession to + +make to you.” + +“H-h-hi, Sarah.” Syrus says, + +nervous. + +“Hi, Syrus.” Sarah answers. + +“Ahem... Sarah, umm, will + +you go out with me?” + +“Sure, Syrus. I’d like that.” + +Syrus is suddenly relieved. + +“Wow, Syrus, for being such a + +tough guy, you almost choked back + +there.” + +“Heh, James: Leave!” + +“Okay, hehe..” James quietly + +leaves. A half-hour passes and then + +Syrus comes out of the library. + +“So, what happened?” James + +says. + +“None of your business, + +James!” Syrus says. + +Syrus looks down the road and sees + +Synan and Zoe walking toward them, holding + +hands. + +“Hey, Syrus! Guess what!” Zoe says. + +“Let me guess, you and Synan are + +going out now, right?” Syrus guesses. + +“Uggh! How’d you know??” Zoe asks. + +“It was pretty obvious, but guess what!” + +“What?” Zoe asks. + +“I’m going out with Sarah, the Book + +Temple girl!” + +“Good job Syrus!” Synan says, “Maybe + +now you can get FREE shipments of Hooked + +on Phonics!” + +Syrus punches Synan really hard in the + +shoulder. diff --git a/Originals/Books/Veronica/Original.txt b/Originals/Books/Veronica/Original.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4a386e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Veronica/Original.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1142 @@ +Table of Contents +============= +Chapter 1 : Into the Past +Chapter 2 : Locating the Tenth Planet +Chapter 3 : The World of No Return +Chapter 4 : The Compromise +Chapter 5 : Return to Earth +Chapter 6 : Formation of the Island +Chapter 7 : Birth of the Monsters +Chapter 8 : The Human Inhabitants +Chapter 9 : Sage Creel +Chapter 10 : The Lightning Palace +Chapter 11 : Creating the Deity +Chapter 12 : Deity’s First Strike +Chapter 13 : Stopping Deity +Chapter 14 : Restoring Sage +Chapter 15 : Back to the Origins +Chapter 16 : Return to the Island +Chapter 17 : Four Years Later +Chapter 18 : Preparation +Chapter 19 : The Jackal Arrives +Chapter 20 : The Master Ideya +Chapter 21 : The Eternal Corridor +Chapter 22 : Back to the Future +Chapter 23 : The New Future + +Chapter 1 : Into the Past + Veronica Creel is the daughter of +Synan and Zoe. She has an older brother, +Sage, and a younger brother Kail. Unlike +Sage and Kail, Veronica was born with +psychic powers. Since as long as Veronica +could remember, the world was ruled by +an evil trickster from beyond, who referred +to himself as The Jackal. + Veronica came up with the idea that +she could use her psychic powers to transport +herself into the past, to a time before The +Jackal has ever taken over the world. Veronica +and her family have been in hiding in the +Sahara Desert. It is one of the few places in +which The Jackal has not explored. + Veronica’s plan was that she would +go into the past and find a way to prevent +the world from being taken over. Veronica +climbs the sand dunes to the top of the highest +one. The sun shining over the desert is unbearably +hot. Veronica’s dark brown hair blows in the +wind. She climbs to her feet and stands stretched +in the air, arms toward the sky. Kail watches +from below the dunes. Veronica soon transforms--it +seems as if she is engulfed--in a pure black +shadowy form. The shadowy figure floats into +the air a few feet and then vanishes in a flick +of light. + Kail knew about Veronica’s plan, +and he knew what she was doing. He knew +that Veronica had decided to go into the past, +to try to save the future. + Veronica appears in an area that seems +much the same as the one she had left. Veronica +looks around, and discovers that Kail is no longer +at the bottom of the hill. The dark shadow had +disappeared, and Veronica now stands once again +at the top of the tallest sand dune, her hair flying +in the wind. Veronica had to think. + Veronica remembers that her parents +both had lived in Vatican City. A very small +place in Michigan that didn’t even show up on +any maps, nonetheless ever heard of by anybody. +She remembers Synan telling her that that is +the area in which Jackal had entered the world. +Veronica decided that is where she should go. + Veronica once again took the shadowy +form with bright purple eyes. She floated up into +the sky and dashed off toward the west. Her +shadowy form flew through the clouds at an +amazing speed. She traveled mostly through the +clouds as not to be seen by any humans in this +form. She was afraid to scare anybody. She was +afraid herself. + Flying through the clouds, it quickly +got dark. The sky was turning black as Veronica +pressed on toward Vatican City. By the time she +had finally arrived, it was black outside. There +were few lights still on throughout the entire city. +She stopped near the outskirts of the city and +landed, taking the shadowy form back into her +body. She decided to explore; to find something +she could use as a clue as to what to do next. + Walking along the side of the road, she +passed by many houses as she neared the main +city. She sensed the presence of Synan and Zoe +nearby. She couldn’t understand at first what it +meant. The senses drew her to two houses, side- +by-side. Veronica concluded that the people she +sensed were Synan and Zoe as children. Synan +Creel and Zoe Aidenn. + Veronica walked into the main city. It +was quiet, with few lights on and an occasional +car driving by. Veronica stopped by a local +library. The library seemed to be open still. The +sign over the door read “The Book Temple.” +Veronica entered. +Chapter 2 : Locating the Tenth Planet + Inside the library, there were few lights +remaining on. It seemed as though it was nearing +closing time for the library. Veronica walked to +the center and noticed a girl, about twelve years +old, organizing books. Veronica spoke to the girl. + “Excuse me.” Veronica says slowly, +breaking the dead silence. + “Yes?” the girl replied. + “I would like to study some geography +books here.” Veronica said. + “Go right ahead. Closing time is in an +hour. My name is Sarah. Sarah Croft.” + “Thank you.” + Veronica started searching the library +for books about the world of 1999. She would +also need information about the undiscovered +‘Planet X.’ Veronica remembers Sarah from +the future. Veronica picks up a book. Opening +it, she uses her psychic powers to flip through +the pages rapidly, absorbing the information on +each page. Returning the book, she picks up another +book It is labeled “The Science of Space.” +Veronica proceeds to absorb the information from +the book. She determined that Planet X seems to +be just outside of Pluto’s orbit, causing the planet’s +orbit to seem a bit awkward. + Having all the information she required, +Veronica starts going through other informational +books, gaining every bit of information about the +world of this time. Sarah noticed how Veronica +goes through the books. + “Hey!” Sarah yells. “What are you doing?” + Veronica looks back, startled. Sarah +had left a while ago and then all of a sudden she is +standing right here by Veronica, her blue eyes +shining with curiosity. Veronica replies, “Reading?” + “You have a very strange way of reading. +Are you a witch, or a psychic?” Sarah asks. + “Neither of those things. Forget what you +saw, Sarah.” + “What’s your name?” + “Veronica Creel.” + “Creel? It seems that I’ve heard that +name before. Somebody at school. Maybe it +was you?” + “I don’t know. Maybe a relative?” Veronica +replies, trying not to sound suspicious. + “Well, Veronica. It’s closing time. You’re +going to have to leave.” + “All right.” Veronica responds, starting for +the door. Sarah watches her, strangely curious of +her actions. + Veronica exits the library and walks outside +of the city walls. She now has all the information she +should need to begin her plan to stop Jackal. Taking +her shadowy form, Veronica travels into the air and +then jets into the sky, like a demon into the heavens. + Veronica, in her shadowy form, doesn’t +require food, oxygen, or water. She pauses in +outer space, by the moon. Veronica determines +the direction of Planet X and jets off into that +direction. + On her trip through outer space, she +begins to think more of her plan. She plans to +take a piece of Planet X, about three miles in +diameter, and hover it above Vatican City to +monitor its progress. She finally gets to the +ninth planet, Pluto, after what seemed to be +days. Landing on the planet as a shadowy +monster, she looks around to find any sign of +Planet X. In the far distance, Veronica sees +a light that is flashing a purple-blue or a +blue-purple. + Veronica hovers cautiously into the +direction of this light. She soon discovers +that it is actually a planet. A strange planet. +The ground appears to be a purple color, +with blue water. Veronica has found Planet +X, and is the first to do so in this time era. +Chapter 3 : The World of No Return + Veronica begins to be slowly pulled +into the gravity of Planet X. She eventually +starts flying to the planet, hurling in the +hundreds of miles per hour right into the +surface. The tries to fight the planet’s gravity +but fails. She flies directly into the courtyard +of a castle, leaving a huge gaping hole in the +ground. + Veronica rolls over, dazed, and looks +into the sky. Her shadowy form has left her. +Veronica tries with all her power to stand. +She grabs all the loose rocks and stones +around her. All different colors, most of them +a dark purple or dark brown. One of them is +a lighter, clear purple rock. + Straining with all her might to stand, +a sudden golden-yellow flame appears around +her body and she is suddenly fully energized. +She now has a little bit more power than before. + She looks at the clear-purple rock +glowing in her hand. She assumes that this rock +is the source of this new power. Veronica looks +around the courtyard. The walls are in a square- +shape around a large tower in the center. There +are four towers in each of the corners. She enters +the center tower. + The circular room is completely empty, +with a staircase circling upward in the tower toward +the top, where it goes higher than the ceiling of this +large room and ends suddenly. With her new-found +golden strength, Veronica flies up toward the top +of the staircase. + At the top of the stairs, there is a door that +goes into a room above the one she was just in. +She slowly pushes the door open and walks inside. + Inside the room are bright lights and blood- +red carpet. There is a person in here who appears to +be a king of some sort. He is dressed in the darkest +robes and wearing a very reflective golden crown, +lined with jewels of all sorts. The face inside the robes +is shadowed, only the glowing yellow eyes visible. +Chapter 4 : The Compromise + The king-like figure notices Veronica’s entrance. +As Veronica takes a second look at the creature, it +begins to speak. + “Ah, so you are the object that was hurled +into my castle. My name is Atis. I am the king of The +World of No Return. What is your name, stranger?” + Veronica, now weary by the pull of this planet’s +gravity, even in her super-powered form, tries to speak. + “I am Veronica Creel. I have come from the +future on a mission to save my planet from a very +powerful monster called The Jackal.” + “The Jackal?!” the king says, startled. “So, I +guess that he WILL eventually conquer the universe.” + “Well, If it is okay with you, I would like to +use a three-mile section of this planet to monitor the +Earth from the sky.” + “Ah, yes. You can have your demands. We +at the World of No Return know that if Jackal has +conquered your planet that he will eventually make his +way here. Take what you need and try to save the +universe!” + “Thank you, Atis.” + “I will have your Land of No Return ready +by tomorrow morning. That should only be about +ten hours away.” + “Ten hours?!” Veronica yells. + “Yes. The night is half over as it is. +Well, I see that you have discovered a Dark +Stone. That gives its bearer a golden-flame +strength. Unfortunately, as a human, the +golden-flame form, or Mega form, will not +help you against the gravity of this planet. +I will give you a Stone of Shining. That will +boost you up to the next level.” + The king throws a clear cyan-colored +stone. On contact, the flame around Veronica +flashes a blue color and Veronica is powered +up with even more strength. That should last +her through her ten-hour wait. +Chapter 5 : Return to Earth + Twelve hours later, Veronica is traveling +through outer space back toward Earth; riding +on her new possession, The Land of No Return. +This island as it is is barren. There is a canyon, +a small forest, and a huge volcano in its center, +with a rock structure branching from its side. +There is also a small blue cave on one side, and +a river filled with lava. + The island is floating slowly toward the +Earth. Veronica will have to wait patiently to +continue her plan. +Chapter 6 : Formation of the Island + After six weeks, The Land of No Return +finally reaches the Earth’s atmosphere. Veronica, +back in her normal form without any powers or +magic flames, steers the island to enter the +atmosphere above Vatican City. It is once +again night time over the city. Veronica needs to +go to work quickly and prepare the island. + With her psychic powers, Veronica +fills the canyon with water and creates a bridge +over it, she puts a bridge over the lava river, +and creates Elemental Barriers. One on the front +of the volcano as the Barrier of Fire; one on the +blue cave as the Barrier of Water; one on the rock +structure as the Barrier of Earth; one on a smaller +floating island on a temple as the Barrier of Thunder. + At the north end of the island, Veronica +creates a moat of lava surrounding an island, where +she forms a castle that resembles the one she saw +on Planet X. It is now time to breathe life into this +island. + With her powers, Veronica begins to create +monsters to rule over the island and defend it. +Chapter 7 : Birth of the Monsters + Veronica first creates monkey-like creatures +with large eyes. These will be called Monk, and they +will inhabit the forests and be the guardians of it; and +they shall not allow passers-by to reach the castle. + Veronica then creates a red oval-shaped +monster belted with eyes, and she called them the +Prisems. They will be the protectors of the Water +Barrier. And their focus? Veronica created a diamond- +shaped monster to be called Crystal. They will live +inside the blue cave, and it will now be named Crystal +Cave. This will attract the Prisems, as when these +monsters are combined, they will become Emerald, +a completely new monster. + The volcano will be the attraction of Emeralds. +It will be called Emerald’s Crater. Veronica created +Koda, a gray dragon-like soldier who will be the +guardians of the volcano. Veronica then created Mr. I, +who will be the guardians of the Fire Barrier. + Veronica created the lightning birds, Skyber +and Skybree, whom will be the guardians of the Thunder +Barrier. They will reside at the tops of the rock towers +rising from the volcano. For the lake, Veronica +created monsters that were like electricity in glass balls. They +were called Orb. Thus, the lake was called Orb Lake. + Also for the lake were created Jelly-Fly, whom +will be looked up to for its amazing healing ability. Also +will be the tadpole monster Octa, and it’s octopus evolved +form Octo. + As a major attraction for the rock structure, +Veronica created two one-of-a-kind monsters, named +Myst and Clawz. Veronica created a monster that will +follow explorers and threaten them to a life as a monster. +This monster will be called Twilite. + Veronica created a super-monster who will be +the combined form of Monk, Mr. I, Emerald, and Spyke. +The monster’s name is Wizeman. Spyke was a monster +orbited by spiky eyeballs. Veronica created Ico to be +Wizeman’s loyal assistant. Wizeman’s quarters would be +in the castle, and he would be the lord of The Land of No +Return. Thus, the castle was called Wizeman’s Fortress. +Chapter 8 : The Human Inhabitants + With all of the monsters completed, Veronica +would now need some humans to serve +her on The Land of No Return. Veronica +enters Wizeman’s Fortress and goes into +the meeting room. Using her psychic power, she +teleports into the room several humans. She +teleports in Sarah from the Book Temple, and +some people from the future: Joseph and James. +Joseph is a master of illusion. The three humans +are startled with their new surrounding. + Sarah speaks, “Veronica! I knew it, you +ARE a witch!” + Veronica gives Sarah a long blank stare. +“Right. Anyway, I have brought you three here for +specific purposes. Sarah, you will build a Book +Temple where you will write books of power for +uses by Lord Wizeman and myself. Joseph, you +will inhabit the rocky structure, hereby known as +Illusion’s Maze inside of Illusion Cave. James, you +will become a guardian of The Land of No Return. +Here is a Dark Stone.” + Veronica tosses a Dark Stone to James. + “Thanks, but, how do I use it?” James +asks, staring into the shimmering purple stone. + “I will teach you,” says Veronica, “as well +as I will teach Sarah how to write the magical books.” + Veronica continues. “Sarah, I will create +your Book Temple and teleport you there now.” + Sarah starts to fade and disappear. “Joseph. +Your illusion funhouse is already set up. It comes +with a cloaking machine and lots of fun tricks. Check +it out!” + Joseph fades and disappears. + “James. I suspect you will have a job to +do shortly.” Veronica tosses James a walky-talky. +The radio starts speaking: + “We have a 24-14 crisis here.Spyke-012334 +requesting backup.” + Veronica smirks at James. “That is Syrus. +He just arrived on The Land of No Return.” + “I don’t know how to use the Dark Stone!” +James screams. + “It is triggered by anger. Go and settle Syrus. +That should activate your powers.” Veronica laughs +and teleports James to the guardhouse of +The Land of No Return. +Chapter 9 : Sage Creel + Veronica looks over to Lord Wizeman. + “Wizeman. Do you think you can handle +things here? I’m going to return to the future for +a moment. I’ll be right back.” + Wizeman nods and speaks in five voices +at once, “Yes. I’m sure nothing will get too out-of- +hand while you’re gone.” + “Good. I knew I could count on you, +Wizeman.” + Veronica takes her shadowy form and +flashes away in a flick of light. She appears up +in the sky above a badly destroyed Vatican City. +The Land of No Return is below her, crashed into +the ground. + “Well, at least I know I changed the +future...somewhat. I need to get back to the +Sahara, or better... I can teleport what I want +to me!” + Veronica teleports her older brother Sage +to Vatican City. The Jackal senses the energy +used for this and notices Veronica hovering above +Sage. Veronica lands. + “Sage! I need your help!” Veronica yells +desperately. + “What is it?” Sage asks. + Veronica notices The Jackal coming toward +them, throwing razor-sharp cards in their direction. + “I’ll explain later! Let’s go!” + Just before about a hundred cards slice +right through them, they both disappear. + “Hmm...” Jackal says, “That was weird.” + Sage and Veronica appear back at Wizeman’s +Fortress. + “So, what’s going on, Veronica?” Sage +asks. + “I’ve made an important discovery!” Veronica +says. “I got this Stone of Shining and when it combined +with my psychic ability, it increased them. I now have +a full understanding of everything that has, is, and will +happen. I have located the Deity Stone!” + “What’s that?” Sage asks. + “I’ll start you out with a Stone of Shining. +You’ll then slowly move up until you’re strong +enough to use the Deity Stone. That will get you +powerful enough. That will help us stop Jackal in +the final fight!” Veronica says. + “Man, you’re crazy!” Sage mocks. + “Shut up, Sage! I have a training course +set up in the basement of this castle. Go there. +Meanwhile, I need to make a visit to Lightning +Palace and etch some information about this +island into the walls.” Veronica says. + “Why don’t you just use your psychic?” +Sage asks. + “I don’t know. It seems better if it’s +hand-written. Now go.” + “Whatever, Veronica.” Sage says, leaving +the room. Wizeman talks. + “He’s right, you know. With your psychic +power you can do almost anything with this island.” + Veronica looks at Wizeman dumbly. “You +think I don’t know that? I like to do things the +hard way....... Kail’s here. He must’ve followed me +with his time machine!” +Chapter 10 : The Lightning Palace + Veronica turns into a shadowy form and +flies out the window and down toward the forest. +She stops in an intersection of pathways and looks +around. It is very dark here. + Veronica hears talking coming from down +one pathway, and soon the sound of footsteps +running. ‘Here comes Kail,’ Veronica thought to +herself. + A shadowy figure runs out from the pathway +and steers past Veronica and continues running. + “That Kail. He can run but he can’t hide.” +Veronica says quietly and begins to follow him. +Just then, another shadowy figure runs out from +the same pathway and tackles Veronica to the +ground. The figure gets up quickly and talks. + “Kail! Why did you stop?” + Veronica replies, “Kail? What do you +want with Kail? You should watch where you’re +going!” + The figure, now clearly known that it is +Syrus, talks, “Sorry. Did you see a boy run past +just now?” + Veronica replies, “I don’t know. +Who are you looking for?” + “Kail.” + “Oh, yeah. He just went by here. My +name is Veronica Creel. What’s yours?” + “Creel? Are you related to Synan?” + “Oh, so you know Synan. You’re Syrus, +right?” + “Yeah.” + “So Synan is here. Kail is probably +afraid Synan will ruin his plan.” + “What is his plan?” + “Kail is here to find Sage. Did he tell +you that?” + “I don’t remember.” + “Anyway, he’s heading to the castle.” + “Oh really.” + “Yep. Well, I’d like to stay and talk, +but I have things to do. See you later, Syrus!” + Veronica turns and runs down a pathway. +She hears Syrus yell “Wait!” after her. Veronica +runs to the entrance of a temple and summons +a Linking Book that Sarah had just finished writing. +Veronica opens the book. + On the first page of the book is a window- +like panel that has an animation of an angle circling +the Book Temple. Veronica brings her hand close +to the book and golden sparkles appear. She is +sucked into the page and appears at the Book +Temple. + Veronica stands in the center of the Book +Temple. It is a golden-yellow, circular building with +arches. In each arch is a pedestal containing Mystery +Books. Mystery Books sometimes act as Linking +Books that teleport you to random locations. They +may also teleport monsters to you. Veronica walks +to the desk, where Sarah is writing. + “Sarah. Give me the Lightning Key and a +Linking Book to Sky Island.” + “Right away, Veronica.” + Sarah takes out a shiny yellow key with a +lightning-bolt symbol on the handle. She also hands +Veronica a purple-leather Linking Book that reads +“Skyber’s Fortress.” Veronica takes the key and +opens the book. + “Let’s see if it works.” Veronica presses +the panel and links to Skyber’s Fortress. She +turns into a shadowy figure and flies up to Sky +Island, a small floating island that orbits the mouth +of the volcano. Veronica unlocks the Thunder +Barrier and enters. + The walls are already written on. Veronica +adds a few extra lines by using her powers. When +finished, Veronica exits the temple and locks the +door, tossing the Lightning Key down to Skyber’s +Fortress. Veronica looks down at the Book +Temple. Synan and Zoe are down there. Zoe is +reading the introduction book of the Book Temple. + Veronica chuckles, still in her shadowy +form, and flies down to the castle. +Chapter 11 : Creating the Deity + Veronica walks down the stairs of Wizeman’s +Fortress into the basement, where the Deity Training +Room is located. Sage is down there experimenting +with the Stone of Shining. + “Sage! How far are you?” Veronica asks. + “Veronica, I can go PAST the blue-flame +stage! Look!” Sage powers up higher and the blue +flame turns purple. + “Good job, Sage. Keep practicing! I +have an idea. I’m going to summon Myst here. +Myst is more powerful than I am even, and I’m +almost to the purple-flame stage. + Veronica meditates for a moment. + “Done. I have contacted Myst and told him +to come. You will fight him, and it will make you +stronger.” + Sage continues trying to increase his +powers and fight the robots Veronica created for +him to train against. After about an hour, Myst +finally arrives in the room. Myst looks like a +cat-like monster with large claws and blue eyes. +Myst’s color is a very light pink, or opal. + “Myst. What took you so long?” Veronica +asks. + “My apologies, V-girl. I was on my way +out of the Illusion Maze when I saw it!” + “Saw what?” Veronica asks, challenging +Myst. Of course Veronica already knows what +Myst is going to say. + “I saw Synan and Zoe. They +had a little girl with them.” Myst says. + “Elsie. Synan and Zoe are getting closer +and closer to the castle. Myst! You will train +against Sage. When Sage’s flame turns into +a purple-orange color, give him the Deity Stone. + Veronica watches as Sage and Myst +spar. Veronica senses the presence of Synan, +Zoe, and Syrus outside. ‘The time is getting +closer. The time when I will meet my child +parents face-to-face.’ Veronica thought. + A half-an-hour goes by and Sage’s +flame finally turns a purple-orange color. + “Myst!” Veronica yells, “Sage is +ready. Give him the Deity Stone!” + “Yes.” Myst says, taking the stone. +Myst puts the stone on a necklace and puts +it around Sage’s neck. Sage is suddenly powered +up, and the flame turns pure white. + “Yes... Sage is finally going to become +Deity! Amazing! No human should be able to +use the stone and not be destroyed! Sage is +truly amazing! I shall alert Lord Wizeman right +away. Myst! Your job is complete.” + Myst vanishes into a cloud of fog and +floats away. Veronica turns into her shadowy +form and flies through the floor. +Chapter 12 : Deity’s First Strike + Veronica flies up through the top floor +behind Wizeman, and in her shadow form flies +over Wizeman’s head and turns back into a +human. It appeared as if she came out of the +Dark Stone on Wizeman’s forehead. Veronica +looks at Synan and Zoe, then back at Wizeman. + “Wizeman! You have no time to battle +these weaklings!” Veronica said, regretting it. +She knew that at this age, Synan and Zoe WERE +pretty much helpless. + “What do you mean, Veronica?” Wizeman +responds. + “Sage is ready. Give him the command +to destroy Earth, or he’ll destroy the entire +universe!” Veronica yells. She knows that Wizeman +won’t give the command. Veronica doesn’t +really want to destroy the Earth. + Veronica hears Synan and Zoe +whispering. Though she can’t hear them, she +knows what they’re saying. + “So, Wizeman. Give Sage his orders +quickly!” Veronica warns. + “But I have to fight these kids first!” + “I hope you know what you’re doing, +Wizeman!” + “You’d better. I know what I’m doing.” + Veronica turns into a shadow again +and sinks through the floor. Veronica flies through +the wall and stands by the volcano and looks at +the castle. The ground begins to rumble fiercely, +and the castle cracks and begins to crumble. +Synan and Zoe make it out of the castle and +stand by the lava moat and watch. + Sage is up in the air above the ruins of +the castle. The sky is dark. Sage has a bright +white flame around his body. Veronica walks +up next to Synan and Zoe. + “Looks like Wizeman made the wrong +decision. Our universe is at stake now.” + “I’m assuming that is not a good thing.” +Zoe says. + “No. Sage will turn into Deity and destroy +the entire universe.” Veronica continues. Synan +and Zoe begin talking amongst themselves. As +they do so, Veronica looks back. She sees Syrus +and Kail up on the volcano, watching. Veronica +looks back at Synan and Zoe. + “I suggest you run, kids. I’m assuming it +will be less painful if you’re further away.” With +that, Synan and Zoe begin running. Veronica looks +back again, and Kail tries to hide. + “Syrus and Kail! I suggest you run, too!” + “Dang!” Kail yells, “She caught me.” + “You knew I would,” Veronica says, “Now +get going. Now!” + Syrus and Kail jump down from the +volcano and start running after Synan and Zoe. + Veronica looks back up at Sage, waiting. + “So, Sage. Think you’re going to turn into +Deity now, do you? I don’t think so. You’re not +going anywhere. Not yet.” +Chapter 13 : Stopping Deity + It has been about an hour since Sage +had started his transformation. He still hasn’t +become Deity yet. It is not in his power to +complete the transformation. James appears +as a Mega-monster and fires a blast of energy +at Sage. Veronica flies up and deflects it. + “James!” + “What are you doing?!” James says. + “Sage lacks the ability to complete +transformation. When you return, tell the +kids that you angered Deity even more, okay? +Don’t tell them. Keep it a secret.” Veronica +says. + “All right.” James says, and teleports +back to the Book Temple. + “Sage. That was the last distraction. +Run out of energy or something already.” + Sage finally runs out of energy, and +falls, not completing the transformation. +Chapter 14 : Restore Sage + Sage has been out of energy for +a few hours. Synan links in next to Veronica +and runs over to the ruins of the castle. + “Veronica,” Synan says. “How did +Deity get stopped?” + “I stopped him.” Veronica lies. + “You did not!” + “Did too.” + “But Deity is way more powerful than +you are.” + “Well, I still beat him.” + Synan walks over to Sage and +pulls up Sage’s sleeve, revealing a mark on +Sage’s shoulder--the same mark that Synan +and Kail have. + “What do you know about Sage?” +Synan asks. + “Well,” Veronica says, “Sage was +captured from the future and Kail came back +to rescue him.” + “I saw Kail in the other dimension.” + “Well, he’s here on this island right +now.” Veronica says. + “He is? Where is he?” + “I last saw him near Emerald’s Crater. +I told him that you were in the Warp Room near +there.” + “All right.” Synan says as he locates a Linking +Book from within the rubble and links. + “Time to execute the next phase in my plan... +Getting these little parents OFF of the island! I +can’t finish my plan with them here!” + Veronica summons a Jelly-Fly to begin +healing Sage. Meanwhile, Veronica gets up +and walks toward Orb Lake. She is headed +toward the forest. +Chapter 14 : Capture Zoe + Veronica enters Monk Forest and hides +in the bushes. She sees Synan running through +the forest, trying to catch up with Kail. Sarah +links in behind him. + “Synan,” Sarah says, out of breath, +“You have to come back with me.. Now!” + Synan and Sarah link back to the +temple. Zoe is missing. She left to follow +Synan. Zoe will be here soon. + Sure enough, Veronica sees Zoe +wander into the forest out from Monk Garden. +Veronica comes out of hiding and confronts +Zoe. + “Zoe. Are you looking for Synan?” + “Yes... why?” + “I think I can help you. Follow me.” + Veronica leads the way through the +forest. Syrus is standing at the same intersection +in which they first met. + “Veronica! What are you doing here?” +Syrus asks. + “What are YOU doing here?” Veronica +replies. + “I’m waiting for Synan. I have yet to +get a good monster battle in.” + “Oh really.” Veronica says. “You’ll +have to wait a while.” + Veronica continues leading Zoe down +through the pathways. They go down a path +that leads into the side of the volcano. Veronica +pulls a secret switch in the mountain and a door +opens up. Veronica leads Zoe inside. + Veronica and Zoe stand on two sides +of a round cylinder-shaped rock in the middle. +Veronica teleports James here. +Chapter 15 : Back to the Origins + Synan and Kail come in through the +secret passage. It is now time to return them +all back to where they belong. + “I will now return Synan, Zoe, James, +and Syrus back to Earth. I will return Kail to +the future.” + Veronica pretends to erase their minds +and teleports them back to where they belong. +Veronica teleports to the Book Temple to get +Sarah. + “Sarah. Come back down to Earth!” + Veronica and Sarah teleport back to +Earth. They enter the Ideya Shop where a +shady old man sold Ideya Captures to Synan, +Zoe, and Syrus. They wait in the corner. + Synan and Zoe enter and have a short +conversation with the old man, and then go to +reading the newspapers. All the articles contain +things about The Land of No Return. + Zoe says, “Looks like people will +believe our story after all.” + Veronica elbows Sarah. Sarah walks +forward. “You bet they will. I’m Sarah Croft, +book writer of Vatican City.” Sarah says, +shaking Synan’s hand. + “Sarah...” Synan says quietly, his memory +partly erased. + “I have written a story about you two. +I have all the descriptive facts about you.” + Veronica reads Zoe’s mind. She knows +Zoe already likes Synan. + “Yes, she does, Zoe.” Veronica says. + “What? Can you read my thoughts?” +Zoe asks. + “Yes, Zoe. I know you like Synan. I’ve +always known. You liked him since first grade.” + “Zoe?” Synan says. + “No! Stop it! Its not true!” Zoe yells. + “Please, Zoe. Stop it.” Veronica says. + “Make me then.” + “Ahem... allow me to introduce myself. +I am Veronica. I know everything there is to know +about everything, including your little secrets about +Synan.” + “Oh, my. I have to go. A future boy is +returning again. He’s after Sage.” + “Kail, right?” Synan says. + “How did you... oh wait, I forgot to brainwash +you. Well, I really have to go!” Veronica vanishes in +a flick of light. Kail wasn’t really returning. Veronica +had to go see Syrus. + Veronica and Sarah are in Syrus’s apartment. +James is here. + “Welcome back, Syrus and James.” + Sarah talks. “Hello. I am Sarah Croft. I know +all about your adventures on The Land of No Return, +and I’m willing to write a book about it.” + “And I’m Veronica Creel.” Veronica says. + “So, Syrus. Did you finish Cain’s Quest +yet?” + “No, not yet.” + “Well, finish it. How much do you want +to bet that Veronica wrote the game’s script?” + “Maybe later.” Syrus says. + “Well, if you need to confess your +stupidity to me, I work in town now. My Book Shop +is at 3346 Fourth Street, right here in Vatican City. +Stop by if you want to visit sometime, okay Syrus?” + “Okay.” Syrus says. + Veronica and Sarah vanish and appear in +her book shop. + Veronica says, “Syrus likes you, Sarah.” +Chapter 16 : Return to the Island + Veronica leaves Vatican City and flies back +up to The Land of No Return, in her human form. +She gets up to the guard towers and lands. Spyke is +here, disguised as a guard. Veronica talks to Spyke. + “Spyke. From now on, we aren’t taking any +more visitors. We are running out of time. The Jackal +will arrive in five years.” + “Yes, Veronica. What do you want me to +do?” Spyke asks, obediently. + “You will stay here and guard the entrance +to the island. In four years, I will give you further +instructions.” Veronica says, flying away from the +guard towers. Veronica flies over the volcano and +into Wizeman’s Fortress. Wizeman is here. + “Wizeman,” says Veronica, “I have +finally gotten the kids off of the island. We +have five years until The Jackal arrives. We +need to begin training NOW!” Veronica yells. + “Yes, I know Veronica. Sage is down- +stairs training. I suggest you do the same.” +Wizeman says. + “Yeah.” Veronica says. Veronica +powers up to her blue-flame form, and then +the flame turns purple. “Time to get going.” +Veronica turns into a shadowy form and +sinks through the floor, into the training room. +Myst and Sage are here. +Chapter 17 : Four Years Later + Four and a half years later, Veronica +is now a very powerful fighter. Sage is still +a million times more powerful, however. Myst +has also improved a lot. Veronica talks with +Wizeman. + “Wizeman. I think now is the time. +The Jackal will be here in six months, and +we still don’t have what it takes to defeat +him.” Veronica says, worried. + “Veronica. Jackal is immortal. It +doesn’t matter how powerful you are, he’ll +slowly wear you down.” + “Yes, I know, but being more powerful +anyway should help a great deal in defending +against his attacks. It should buy us lots of time.” + “Yes,” Wizeman says, “But how will +you actually go about saving the world? Your +powers aren’t great enough to imprison an +immortal!” + “Imprison.... Wizeman, you have +given me a great idea!” Veronica yells. She +forms a black glowing marble in her hands. It +is the Master Ideya Capture. Unlike the red +Ideyas, the Master Ideya will capture anything +without failure. + “If I can capture Jackal with this thing, +then we can banish him to the Gap between +dimensions. I might need the help of Synan and +Zoe. I’ll be back.” Veronica takes the form of +the shadow and exits the castle and travels +down to Earth. + Veronica first goes into the Book Temple. +Sarah Croft is inside. She is now sixteen years old, +and making tons of money from selling books about +The Land of No Return. Synan and Zoe, both fifteen, +are here also. + “Synan, Zoe,” Veronica says, “you have to +help me.” + “What is it?” Synan asks. + Veronica looks around. “It may sound crazy +to you two, but I am your daughter.” + “What?!” Synan and Zoe yell together. + “I came from the future. In my time, the +world has been taken over by The Jackal. You +two met him, he lives in the other dimension. I +devised a plan to come back into the past and +try to prevent Jackal from getting a chance to take +over.” + Veronica continues, “I have come to the +year 1999. It is now halfway through 2003, and +Jackal will arrive in six months. I need your help.” + Veronica pulls out the Master Ideya and +talks, “This is a Master Ideya. It will capture +ANYTHING without the slightest chance of +failure. While Sage and I distract Jackal, you two +will try to sneak up on him and throw this marble +at him. If he sees it coming he’ll block it.” + “So, what do we do now?” Zoe asks. + “Right now, you must come with me to +The Land of No Return. You will stay there for +six months and prepare for Jackal to arrive.” + “Okay.” Synan and Zoe say simultaneously. + Veronica teleports the three of them, and +Sarah, to The Land of No Return’s Book Temple. +Chapter 18 : Preparation + “Sarah,” Veronica says, “You will prepare +a series of Linking Books and spread them around +the island. Here is where I want them.” Veronica +says, handing a list to Sarah. + “Synan and Zoe,” Veronica says, “You will +stay here in the Book Temple. I will give you both +Stones of Shining. The Stone of Shining is much +easier to work than the Dark Stone. Synan had a +Dark Stone but never found out how it was used. +The Dark Stone is activated by anger.” + “Oh.” Synan says, receiving the Stone of +Shining. Veronica gives a Stone of Shining to Zoe +also. Immediately Zoe gets a blue flame around her +body; Synan’s flame turns yellow for a second, and +then blue. + “Well, Sarah. Get on it.” Veronica says. +Sarah grabs a handful of Linking Books and teleports +away through another one. + “Synan, Zoe. I have to go to the castle and +train. You two stay here and practice your new +powers. I will send James over to watch you two.” + “Already here!” James yells, falling from +the sky. “Well, look, it’s Synan and Zoe.” James +is now sixteen years old, and looks more muscular +than the last time they met. + Veronica turns into her shadowy form and +flies away toward the castle. In the sky, Veronica +can see Sarah linking to the various places, leaving +Linking Books behind. +Chapter 19 : The Jackal Arrives + Synan and Zoe have been training with +James, and are both now at the purple-flame +stage of power. Sarah has been watching. Veronica +appears. + “The time has come. Jackal is due to +arrive shortly.” Veronica says. + Synan looks over, “Is he coming through +the Warp Ring?” + “No,” Veronica says, “I would also assume +that is where he’s coming from, but no. He has +been waiting just outside in the Gap. Waiting for +a tear in this dimension. The tear is going to happen... +now!” + Up in the sky, a giant fissure is torn out +of the stars. Inside are flashing purple lights and +strange patterns. Out from the fissure comes Jackal, +the evil trickster from beyond. Jackal has the head +and hat of a trickster, no body, and he has hands +and feet hovering there. Attached at his back is +a large yellow cape with orange designs on it. + “Well, well, well.” Jackal says, “I didn’t +expect there to be a welcoming crew waiting for +me. Ahem... I am The Jackal, an evil trickster from +the Dream World! I have come to invade the +real world.” + Veronica and Sage power up, Sage to +a purple-orange flame and Veronica to a bright +purple. Veronica signals to Synan and Zoe. +Zoe pulls out the Master Ideya to make sure +she has it, and quickly puts it away. Synan takes +a Linking Book from the desk, and they link. + “Now, Sage!” Veronica yells. Sage’s +flame turns white, and he begins his transformation. +Veronica begins battling Jackal while Sage +finishes transforming into the mighty Deity. + Synan and Zoe link to Monk Forest. +Jackal senses the power of the link, and looks +over in that direction, only to be punched by +Veronica. + Synan and Zoe link from the forest +to the castle, again confusing Jackal. Jackal, +not paying attention, is attacked again. Synan +and Zoe link to the guardhouses of The Land +of No Return, once again leaving Jackal +vulnerable. Synan and Zoe finally link to +Skyber’s Fortress. Jackal is tricked once +again, and by now is getting the idea that +he should be ignoring the forces. + Jackal, Veronica, and Deity fight +fiercely in a powerful battle. From Skyber’s +Fortress, there is a zip cord connecting back +down to the Book Temple. Zoe grabs the +cord and slides down, the Master Ideya in +her pocket. + Reaching the floor of the Book +Temple, Zoe reaches for the Master Ideya +and readies it. Jackal is still preoccupied +with Veronica and Deity. Zoe pulls her arm +back and throws the marble forward. + The marble hits Jackal, but he +doesn’t notice it. The black marble bounces +off of Jackal and the white star shines brightly. +Jackal feels the energy of the Ideya and +jerks around quickly. + Jackal flies to the side, dodging +the white rays of the Master Ideya. The +rays curve and follow Jackal. Jackal flies +away, and the beams of light follow him. + Zoe catches the marble and walks +after Jackal with it. Jackal screams and +flies over Skyber’s Fortress, where Synan +grabs his foot. + Being able to spare that body part, +Jackal continues flying. The white beam taps +the foot and sucks it in. The rest of Jackal’s +body parts and his cape are then sucked +quickly toward the marble, with more force +than the gravity on The World of No Return. + Jackal’s figure is consumed with a +glowing white light and he is sealed within +the dark glow of the marble. Veronica and +Deity catch up to Zoe, and Deity returns to +being Sage again. +Chapter 20 : The Master Ideya + “You did it, Zoe!” Veronica yells. +“You have captured Jackal! Now, we have +to be careful and not jerk the marble quickly. +It will, as any Ideya does, release Jackal +from itself. Give it here.” + Zoe hands the marble to Veronica, +and Veronica places it inside of a white +box filled with black velvet. + “We have to get rid of this marble, +but we can’t destroy it. If the Spirit Capsule +deep inside the marble is corrupted, Jackal +can return. I have an idea.” Veronica says, +leading Synan, Zoe, and Sage into the Book +Temple. + “Sarah!” Veronica yells, “Get us a +book to the Warp Ring!” + “Right away!” Sarah responds, +handing a purple book to Veronica that +reads ‘Warp Ring.’ + “Sage, stay here. We won’t be +gone long.” Veronica says. + Veronica, Synan, and Zoe link +through the book. They are back in the +Warp Room. It is a square-shaped room +with a small square hole in the ceiling, where +the faint red light from the volcano shines +through. The Warp Ring is here--a large, +stone ring with a film portal in its center. +The three enter. +Chapter 21 : The Eternal Corridor + Synan, Zoe, and Veronica are in +the Eternal Corridor. Each room has six +spinning tunnels going in each direction, and +a tunnel in the floor and ceiling. Each tunnel +leads to an exact replica of the room they +are in. Thus, called the Eternal Corridor, in +the Gap between Dimensions. + Veronica, Synan, and Zoe stand +around the tunnel in the floor. Veronica +takes out the Master Ideya and holds it +over the tunnel, and then drops it. It falls +quickly downward. + “The marble will fall for the rest of +eternity. Let’s return.” Veronica says, and +Synan and Zoe follow her back to their +dimension. Veronica turns around and powers +up to her purple-flame form and fires an +energy blast at the Warp Ring. + “No longer will anything be able +to come or leave this dimension through the +Warp Ring, and the Star Stone shall never +be completed.” Veronica says. There is a +Linking Book here. Synan, Zoe, and Veronica +link back to the Book Temple. +Chapter 22 : Back to the Future + Synan, Zoe, James, Sarah, Veronica, +and Sage stand in the center of the Book +Temple. There is also a new person there, a +man that none of them have seen before. It +is Joseph, the Master of Illusion. + Veronica speaks, “We have put a +stop to Jackal and saved the future. Synan, +Zoe, I will leave these memories in your head. +Do me a favor: when you have your first son, +his name is to be Sage Creel. Your daughter +will be me, Veronica Creel. Your youngest +son will be Kail Creel.” + “Alright.” Synan says. + “Now, I need to return to my own +time. Here in the past, I was unable to gain +any more years. I am still a thirteen-year-old, +and Sage is fifteen.” Veronica says, “Synan, +Zoe, Sarah. You need to go back home. James, +Sage, Joseph. You will return to the future +with me.” + Veronica puts her arms into the air +and does a psychic teleportation and returns +everyone to where they’re supposed to be. +Chapter 23 : The New Future + Veronica and Sage appear in the sky +above Vatican City in the year 2020. The Land +of No Return is still floating in the sky nearby, +still running smoothly under orders of Lord +Wizeman III. Vatican City is not destroyed, +in fact its better than it was in 1999. Sage and +Veronica land in the city and walk around. They +soon find Kail wandering the city. Kail shows +them where Synan and Zoe live. Veronica and +Sage enter. + “Veronica! Sage!!” Zoe screams as +they enter. “Welcome back! I see you were +successful at your mission, eh?” + “Umm, duh!” Veronica says, sarcastically. +Sarah is here in the living room. She gets up +and speaks. + “Veronica, Sage, Kail. You three had +an amazing adventure, and I’m sure you have +a whole story to tell. I will write a book all about +it. It will be called The Book of Veronica, as she +is the main hero.” + The world of 2020 is finally saved. +Veronica Laura Creel has prevented Jackal’s +attack, just like she set out to do. + +LNR Universe : Welcome to Our World! +~Take a trip into outer space, to the world where monsters rule... +The Land of No Return!~ + +http://www.lnr.cjb.net/ + + +Copyright © 2002 Cerone J. Kircle diff --git a/Originals/Books/Veronica/Veronica.md b/Originals/Books/Veronica/Veronica.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4a386e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Books/Veronica/Veronica.md @@ -0,0 +1,1142 @@ +Table of Contents +============= +Chapter 1 : Into the Past +Chapter 2 : Locating the Tenth Planet +Chapter 3 : The World of No Return +Chapter 4 : The Compromise +Chapter 5 : Return to Earth +Chapter 6 : Formation of the Island +Chapter 7 : Birth of the Monsters +Chapter 8 : The Human Inhabitants +Chapter 9 : Sage Creel +Chapter 10 : The Lightning Palace +Chapter 11 : Creating the Deity +Chapter 12 : Deity’s First Strike +Chapter 13 : Stopping Deity +Chapter 14 : Restoring Sage +Chapter 15 : Back to the Origins +Chapter 16 : Return to the Island +Chapter 17 : Four Years Later +Chapter 18 : Preparation +Chapter 19 : The Jackal Arrives +Chapter 20 : The Master Ideya +Chapter 21 : The Eternal Corridor +Chapter 22 : Back to the Future +Chapter 23 : The New Future + +Chapter 1 : Into the Past + Veronica Creel is the daughter of +Synan and Zoe. She has an older brother, +Sage, and a younger brother Kail. Unlike +Sage and Kail, Veronica was born with +psychic powers. Since as long as Veronica +could remember, the world was ruled by +an evil trickster from beyond, who referred +to himself as The Jackal. + Veronica came up with the idea that +she could use her psychic powers to transport +herself into the past, to a time before The +Jackal has ever taken over the world. Veronica +and her family have been in hiding in the +Sahara Desert. It is one of the few places in +which The Jackal has not explored. + Veronica’s plan was that she would +go into the past and find a way to prevent +the world from being taken over. Veronica +climbs the sand dunes to the top of the highest +one. The sun shining over the desert is unbearably +hot. Veronica’s dark brown hair blows in the +wind. She climbs to her feet and stands stretched +in the air, arms toward the sky. Kail watches +from below the dunes. Veronica soon transforms--it +seems as if she is engulfed--in a pure black +shadowy form. The shadowy figure floats into +the air a few feet and then vanishes in a flick +of light. + Kail knew about Veronica’s plan, +and he knew what she was doing. He knew +that Veronica had decided to go into the past, +to try to save the future. + Veronica appears in an area that seems +much the same as the one she had left. Veronica +looks around, and discovers that Kail is no longer +at the bottom of the hill. The dark shadow had +disappeared, and Veronica now stands once again +at the top of the tallest sand dune, her hair flying +in the wind. Veronica had to think. + Veronica remembers that her parents +both had lived in Vatican City. A very small +place in Michigan that didn’t even show up on +any maps, nonetheless ever heard of by anybody. +She remembers Synan telling her that that is +the area in which Jackal had entered the world. +Veronica decided that is where she should go. + Veronica once again took the shadowy +form with bright purple eyes. She floated up into +the sky and dashed off toward the west. Her +shadowy form flew through the clouds at an +amazing speed. She traveled mostly through the +clouds as not to be seen by any humans in this +form. She was afraid to scare anybody. She was +afraid herself. + Flying through the clouds, it quickly +got dark. The sky was turning black as Veronica +pressed on toward Vatican City. By the time she +had finally arrived, it was black outside. There +were few lights still on throughout the entire city. +She stopped near the outskirts of the city and +landed, taking the shadowy form back into her +body. She decided to explore; to find something +she could use as a clue as to what to do next. + Walking along the side of the road, she +passed by many houses as she neared the main +city. She sensed the presence of Synan and Zoe +nearby. She couldn’t understand at first what it +meant. The senses drew her to two houses, side- +by-side. Veronica concluded that the people she +sensed were Synan and Zoe as children. Synan +Creel and Zoe Aidenn. + Veronica walked into the main city. It +was quiet, with few lights on and an occasional +car driving by. Veronica stopped by a local +library. The library seemed to be open still. The +sign over the door read “The Book Temple.” +Veronica entered. +Chapter 2 : Locating the Tenth Planet + Inside the library, there were few lights +remaining on. It seemed as though it was nearing +closing time for the library. Veronica walked to +the center and noticed a girl, about twelve years +old, organizing books. Veronica spoke to the girl. + “Excuse me.” Veronica says slowly, +breaking the dead silence. + “Yes?” the girl replied. + “I would like to study some geography +books here.” Veronica said. + “Go right ahead. Closing time is in an +hour. My name is Sarah. Sarah Croft.” + “Thank you.” + Veronica started searching the library +for books about the world of 1999. She would +also need information about the undiscovered +‘Planet X.’ Veronica remembers Sarah from +the future. Veronica picks up a book. Opening +it, she uses her psychic powers to flip through +the pages rapidly, absorbing the information on +each page. Returning the book, she picks up another +book It is labeled “The Science of Space.” +Veronica proceeds to absorb the information from +the book. She determined that Planet X seems to +be just outside of Pluto’s orbit, causing the planet’s +orbit to seem a bit awkward. + Having all the information she required, +Veronica starts going through other informational +books, gaining every bit of information about the +world of this time. Sarah noticed how Veronica +goes through the books. + “Hey!” Sarah yells. “What are you doing?” + Veronica looks back, startled. Sarah +had left a while ago and then all of a sudden she is +standing right here by Veronica, her blue eyes +shining with curiosity. Veronica replies, “Reading?” + “You have a very strange way of reading. +Are you a witch, or a psychic?” Sarah asks. + “Neither of those things. Forget what you +saw, Sarah.” + “What’s your name?” + “Veronica Creel.” + “Creel? It seems that I’ve heard that +name before. Somebody at school. Maybe it +was you?” + “I don’t know. Maybe a relative?” Veronica +replies, trying not to sound suspicious. + “Well, Veronica. It’s closing time. You’re +going to have to leave.” + “All right.” Veronica responds, starting for +the door. Sarah watches her, strangely curious of +her actions. + Veronica exits the library and walks outside +of the city walls. She now has all the information she +should need to begin her plan to stop Jackal. Taking +her shadowy form, Veronica travels into the air and +then jets into the sky, like a demon into the heavens. + Veronica, in her shadowy form, doesn’t +require food, oxygen, or water. She pauses in +outer space, by the moon. Veronica determines +the direction of Planet X and jets off into that +direction. + On her trip through outer space, she +begins to think more of her plan. She plans to +take a piece of Planet X, about three miles in +diameter, and hover it above Vatican City to +monitor its progress. She finally gets to the +ninth planet, Pluto, after what seemed to be +days. Landing on the planet as a shadowy +monster, she looks around to find any sign of +Planet X. In the far distance, Veronica sees +a light that is flashing a purple-blue or a +blue-purple. + Veronica hovers cautiously into the +direction of this light. She soon discovers +that it is actually a planet. A strange planet. +The ground appears to be a purple color, +with blue water. Veronica has found Planet +X, and is the first to do so in this time era. +Chapter 3 : The World of No Return + Veronica begins to be slowly pulled +into the gravity of Planet X. She eventually +starts flying to the planet, hurling in the +hundreds of miles per hour right into the +surface. The tries to fight the planet’s gravity +but fails. She flies directly into the courtyard +of a castle, leaving a huge gaping hole in the +ground. + Veronica rolls over, dazed, and looks +into the sky. Her shadowy form has left her. +Veronica tries with all her power to stand. +She grabs all the loose rocks and stones +around her. All different colors, most of them +a dark purple or dark brown. One of them is +a lighter, clear purple rock. + Straining with all her might to stand, +a sudden golden-yellow flame appears around +her body and she is suddenly fully energized. +She now has a little bit more power than before. + She looks at the clear-purple rock +glowing in her hand. She assumes that this rock +is the source of this new power. Veronica looks +around the courtyard. The walls are in a square- +shape around a large tower in the center. There +are four towers in each of the corners. She enters +the center tower. + The circular room is completely empty, +with a staircase circling upward in the tower toward +the top, where it goes higher than the ceiling of this +large room and ends suddenly. With her new-found +golden strength, Veronica flies up toward the top +of the staircase. + At the top of the stairs, there is a door that +goes into a room above the one she was just in. +She slowly pushes the door open and walks inside. + Inside the room are bright lights and blood- +red carpet. There is a person in here who appears to +be a king of some sort. He is dressed in the darkest +robes and wearing a very reflective golden crown, +lined with jewels of all sorts. The face inside the robes +is shadowed, only the glowing yellow eyes visible. +Chapter 4 : The Compromise + The king-like figure notices Veronica’s entrance. +As Veronica takes a second look at the creature, it +begins to speak. + “Ah, so you are the object that was hurled +into my castle. My name is Atis. I am the king of The +World of No Return. What is your name, stranger?” + Veronica, now weary by the pull of this planet’s +gravity, even in her super-powered form, tries to speak. + “I am Veronica Creel. I have come from the +future on a mission to save my planet from a very +powerful monster called The Jackal.” + “The Jackal?!” the king says, startled. “So, I +guess that he WILL eventually conquer the universe.” + “Well, If it is okay with you, I would like to +use a three-mile section of this planet to monitor the +Earth from the sky.” + “Ah, yes. You can have your demands. We +at the World of No Return know that if Jackal has +conquered your planet that he will eventually make his +way here. Take what you need and try to save the +universe!” + “Thank you, Atis.” + “I will have your Land of No Return ready +by tomorrow morning. That should only be about +ten hours away.” + “Ten hours?!” Veronica yells. + “Yes. The night is half over as it is. +Well, I see that you have discovered a Dark +Stone. That gives its bearer a golden-flame +strength. Unfortunately, as a human, the +golden-flame form, or Mega form, will not +help you against the gravity of this planet. +I will give you a Stone of Shining. That will +boost you up to the next level.” + The king throws a clear cyan-colored +stone. On contact, the flame around Veronica +flashes a blue color and Veronica is powered +up with even more strength. That should last +her through her ten-hour wait. +Chapter 5 : Return to Earth + Twelve hours later, Veronica is traveling +through outer space back toward Earth; riding +on her new possession, The Land of No Return. +This island as it is is barren. There is a canyon, +a small forest, and a huge volcano in its center, +with a rock structure branching from its side. +There is also a small blue cave on one side, and +a river filled with lava. + The island is floating slowly toward the +Earth. Veronica will have to wait patiently to +continue her plan. +Chapter 6 : Formation of the Island + After six weeks, The Land of No Return +finally reaches the Earth’s atmosphere. Veronica, +back in her normal form without any powers or +magic flames, steers the island to enter the +atmosphere above Vatican City. It is once +again night time over the city. Veronica needs to +go to work quickly and prepare the island. + With her psychic powers, Veronica +fills the canyon with water and creates a bridge +over it, she puts a bridge over the lava river, +and creates Elemental Barriers. One on the front +of the volcano as the Barrier of Fire; one on the +blue cave as the Barrier of Water; one on the rock +structure as the Barrier of Earth; one on a smaller +floating island on a temple as the Barrier of Thunder. + At the north end of the island, Veronica +creates a moat of lava surrounding an island, where +she forms a castle that resembles the one she saw +on Planet X. It is now time to breathe life into this +island. + With her powers, Veronica begins to create +monsters to rule over the island and defend it. +Chapter 7 : Birth of the Monsters + Veronica first creates monkey-like creatures +with large eyes. These will be called Monk, and they +will inhabit the forests and be the guardians of it; and +they shall not allow passers-by to reach the castle. + Veronica then creates a red oval-shaped +monster belted with eyes, and she called them the +Prisems. They will be the protectors of the Water +Barrier. And their focus? Veronica created a diamond- +shaped monster to be called Crystal. They will live +inside the blue cave, and it will now be named Crystal +Cave. This will attract the Prisems, as when these +monsters are combined, they will become Emerald, +a completely new monster. + The volcano will be the attraction of Emeralds. +It will be called Emerald’s Crater. Veronica created +Koda, a gray dragon-like soldier who will be the +guardians of the volcano. Veronica then created Mr. I, +who will be the guardians of the Fire Barrier. + Veronica created the lightning birds, Skyber +and Skybree, whom will be the guardians of the Thunder +Barrier. They will reside at the tops of the rock towers +rising from the volcano. For the lake, Veronica +created monsters that were like electricity in glass balls. They +were called Orb. Thus, the lake was called Orb Lake. + Also for the lake were created Jelly-Fly, whom +will be looked up to for its amazing healing ability. Also +will be the tadpole monster Octa, and it’s octopus evolved +form Octo. + As a major attraction for the rock structure, +Veronica created two one-of-a-kind monsters, named +Myst and Clawz. Veronica created a monster that will +follow explorers and threaten them to a life as a monster. +This monster will be called Twilite. + Veronica created a super-monster who will be +the combined form of Monk, Mr. I, Emerald, and Spyke. +The monster’s name is Wizeman. Spyke was a monster +orbited by spiky eyeballs. Veronica created Ico to be +Wizeman’s loyal assistant. Wizeman’s quarters would be +in the castle, and he would be the lord of The Land of No +Return. Thus, the castle was called Wizeman’s Fortress. +Chapter 8 : The Human Inhabitants + With all of the monsters completed, Veronica +would now need some humans to serve +her on The Land of No Return. Veronica +enters Wizeman’s Fortress and goes into +the meeting room. Using her psychic power, she +teleports into the room several humans. She +teleports in Sarah from the Book Temple, and +some people from the future: Joseph and James. +Joseph is a master of illusion. The three humans +are startled with their new surrounding. + Sarah speaks, “Veronica! I knew it, you +ARE a witch!” + Veronica gives Sarah a long blank stare. +“Right. Anyway, I have brought you three here for +specific purposes. Sarah, you will build a Book +Temple where you will write books of power for +uses by Lord Wizeman and myself. Joseph, you +will inhabit the rocky structure, hereby known as +Illusion’s Maze inside of Illusion Cave. James, you +will become a guardian of The Land of No Return. +Here is a Dark Stone.” + Veronica tosses a Dark Stone to James. + “Thanks, but, how do I use it?” James +asks, staring into the shimmering purple stone. + “I will teach you,” says Veronica, “as well +as I will teach Sarah how to write the magical books.” + Veronica continues. “Sarah, I will create +your Book Temple and teleport you there now.” + Sarah starts to fade and disappear. “Joseph. +Your illusion funhouse is already set up. It comes +with a cloaking machine and lots of fun tricks. Check +it out!” + Joseph fades and disappears. + “James. I suspect you will have a job to +do shortly.” Veronica tosses James a walky-talky. +The radio starts speaking: + “We have a 24-14 crisis here.Spyke-012334 +requesting backup.” + Veronica smirks at James. “That is Syrus. +He just arrived on The Land of No Return.” + “I don’t know how to use the Dark Stone!” +James screams. + “It is triggered by anger. Go and settle Syrus. +That should activate your powers.” Veronica laughs +and teleports James to the guardhouse of +The Land of No Return. +Chapter 9 : Sage Creel + Veronica looks over to Lord Wizeman. + “Wizeman. Do you think you can handle +things here? I’m going to return to the future for +a moment. I’ll be right back.” + Wizeman nods and speaks in five voices +at once, “Yes. I’m sure nothing will get too out-of- +hand while you’re gone.” + “Good. I knew I could count on you, +Wizeman.” + Veronica takes her shadowy form and +flashes away in a flick of light. She appears up +in the sky above a badly destroyed Vatican City. +The Land of No Return is below her, crashed into +the ground. + “Well, at least I know I changed the +future...somewhat. I need to get back to the +Sahara, or better... I can teleport what I want +to me!” + Veronica teleports her older brother Sage +to Vatican City. The Jackal senses the energy +used for this and notices Veronica hovering above +Sage. Veronica lands. + “Sage! I need your help!” Veronica yells +desperately. + “What is it?” Sage asks. + Veronica notices The Jackal coming toward +them, throwing razor-sharp cards in their direction. + “I’ll explain later! Let’s go!” + Just before about a hundred cards slice +right through them, they both disappear. + “Hmm...” Jackal says, “That was weird.” + Sage and Veronica appear back at Wizeman’s +Fortress. + “So, what’s going on, Veronica?” Sage +asks. + “I’ve made an important discovery!” Veronica +says. “I got this Stone of Shining and when it combined +with my psychic ability, it increased them. I now have +a full understanding of everything that has, is, and will +happen. I have located the Deity Stone!” + “What’s that?” Sage asks. + “I’ll start you out with a Stone of Shining. +You’ll then slowly move up until you’re strong +enough to use the Deity Stone. That will get you +powerful enough. That will help us stop Jackal in +the final fight!” Veronica says. + “Man, you’re crazy!” Sage mocks. + “Shut up, Sage! I have a training course +set up in the basement of this castle. Go there. +Meanwhile, I need to make a visit to Lightning +Palace and etch some information about this +island into the walls.” Veronica says. + “Why don’t you just use your psychic?” +Sage asks. + “I don’t know. It seems better if it’s +hand-written. Now go.” + “Whatever, Veronica.” Sage says, leaving +the room. Wizeman talks. + “He’s right, you know. With your psychic +power you can do almost anything with this island.” + Veronica looks at Wizeman dumbly. “You +think I don’t know that? I like to do things the +hard way....... Kail’s here. He must’ve followed me +with his time machine!” +Chapter 10 : The Lightning Palace + Veronica turns into a shadowy form and +flies out the window and down toward the forest. +She stops in an intersection of pathways and looks +around. It is very dark here. + Veronica hears talking coming from down +one pathway, and soon the sound of footsteps +running. ‘Here comes Kail,’ Veronica thought to +herself. + A shadowy figure runs out from the pathway +and steers past Veronica and continues running. + “That Kail. He can run but he can’t hide.” +Veronica says quietly and begins to follow him. +Just then, another shadowy figure runs out from +the same pathway and tackles Veronica to the +ground. The figure gets up quickly and talks. + “Kail! Why did you stop?” + Veronica replies, “Kail? What do you +want with Kail? You should watch where you’re +going!” + The figure, now clearly known that it is +Syrus, talks, “Sorry. Did you see a boy run past +just now?” + Veronica replies, “I don’t know. +Who are you looking for?” + “Kail.” + “Oh, yeah. He just went by here. My +name is Veronica Creel. What’s yours?” + “Creel? Are you related to Synan?” + “Oh, so you know Synan. You’re Syrus, +right?” + “Yeah.” + “So Synan is here. Kail is probably +afraid Synan will ruin his plan.” + “What is his plan?” + “Kail is here to find Sage. Did he tell +you that?” + “I don’t remember.” + “Anyway, he’s heading to the castle.” + “Oh really.” + “Yep. Well, I’d like to stay and talk, +but I have things to do. See you later, Syrus!” + Veronica turns and runs down a pathway. +She hears Syrus yell “Wait!” after her. Veronica +runs to the entrance of a temple and summons +a Linking Book that Sarah had just finished writing. +Veronica opens the book. + On the first page of the book is a window- +like panel that has an animation of an angle circling +the Book Temple. Veronica brings her hand close +to the book and golden sparkles appear. She is +sucked into the page and appears at the Book +Temple. + Veronica stands in the center of the Book +Temple. It is a golden-yellow, circular building with +arches. In each arch is a pedestal containing Mystery +Books. Mystery Books sometimes act as Linking +Books that teleport you to random locations. They +may also teleport monsters to you. Veronica walks +to the desk, where Sarah is writing. + “Sarah. Give me the Lightning Key and a +Linking Book to Sky Island.” + “Right away, Veronica.” + Sarah takes out a shiny yellow key with a +lightning-bolt symbol on the handle. She also hands +Veronica a purple-leather Linking Book that reads +“Skyber’s Fortress.” Veronica takes the key and +opens the book. + “Let’s see if it works.” Veronica presses +the panel and links to Skyber’s Fortress. She +turns into a shadowy figure and flies up to Sky +Island, a small floating island that orbits the mouth +of the volcano. Veronica unlocks the Thunder +Barrier and enters. + The walls are already written on. Veronica +adds a few extra lines by using her powers. When +finished, Veronica exits the temple and locks the +door, tossing the Lightning Key down to Skyber’s +Fortress. Veronica looks down at the Book +Temple. Synan and Zoe are down there. Zoe is +reading the introduction book of the Book Temple. + Veronica chuckles, still in her shadowy +form, and flies down to the castle. +Chapter 11 : Creating the Deity + Veronica walks down the stairs of Wizeman’s +Fortress into the basement, where the Deity Training +Room is located. Sage is down there experimenting +with the Stone of Shining. + “Sage! How far are you?” Veronica asks. + “Veronica, I can go PAST the blue-flame +stage! Look!” Sage powers up higher and the blue +flame turns purple. + “Good job, Sage. Keep practicing! I +have an idea. I’m going to summon Myst here. +Myst is more powerful than I am even, and I’m +almost to the purple-flame stage. + Veronica meditates for a moment. + “Done. I have contacted Myst and told him +to come. You will fight him, and it will make you +stronger.” + Sage continues trying to increase his +powers and fight the robots Veronica created for +him to train against. After about an hour, Myst +finally arrives in the room. Myst looks like a +cat-like monster with large claws and blue eyes. +Myst’s color is a very light pink, or opal. + “Myst. What took you so long?” Veronica +asks. + “My apologies, V-girl. I was on my way +out of the Illusion Maze when I saw it!” + “Saw what?” Veronica asks, challenging +Myst. Of course Veronica already knows what +Myst is going to say. + “I saw Synan and Zoe. They +had a little girl with them.” Myst says. + “Elsie. Synan and Zoe are getting closer +and closer to the castle. Myst! You will train +against Sage. When Sage’s flame turns into +a purple-orange color, give him the Deity Stone. + Veronica watches as Sage and Myst +spar. Veronica senses the presence of Synan, +Zoe, and Syrus outside. ‘The time is getting +closer. The time when I will meet my child +parents face-to-face.’ Veronica thought. + A half-an-hour goes by and Sage’s +flame finally turns a purple-orange color. + “Myst!” Veronica yells, “Sage is +ready. Give him the Deity Stone!” + “Yes.” Myst says, taking the stone. +Myst puts the stone on a necklace and puts +it around Sage’s neck. Sage is suddenly powered +up, and the flame turns pure white. + “Yes... Sage is finally going to become +Deity! Amazing! No human should be able to +use the stone and not be destroyed! Sage is +truly amazing! I shall alert Lord Wizeman right +away. Myst! Your job is complete.” + Myst vanishes into a cloud of fog and +floats away. Veronica turns into her shadowy +form and flies through the floor. +Chapter 12 : Deity’s First Strike + Veronica flies up through the top floor +behind Wizeman, and in her shadow form flies +over Wizeman’s head and turns back into a +human. It appeared as if she came out of the +Dark Stone on Wizeman’s forehead. Veronica +looks at Synan and Zoe, then back at Wizeman. + “Wizeman! You have no time to battle +these weaklings!” Veronica said, regretting it. +She knew that at this age, Synan and Zoe WERE +pretty much helpless. + “What do you mean, Veronica?” Wizeman +responds. + “Sage is ready. Give him the command +to destroy Earth, or he’ll destroy the entire +universe!” Veronica yells. She knows that Wizeman +won’t give the command. Veronica doesn’t +really want to destroy the Earth. + Veronica hears Synan and Zoe +whispering. Though she can’t hear them, she +knows what they’re saying. + “So, Wizeman. Give Sage his orders +quickly!” Veronica warns. + “But I have to fight these kids first!” + “I hope you know what you’re doing, +Wizeman!” + “You’d better. I know what I’m doing.” + Veronica turns into a shadow again +and sinks through the floor. Veronica flies through +the wall and stands by the volcano and looks at +the castle. The ground begins to rumble fiercely, +and the castle cracks and begins to crumble. +Synan and Zoe make it out of the castle and +stand by the lava moat and watch. + Sage is up in the air above the ruins of +the castle. The sky is dark. Sage has a bright +white flame around his body. Veronica walks +up next to Synan and Zoe. + “Looks like Wizeman made the wrong +decision. Our universe is at stake now.” + “I’m assuming that is not a good thing.” +Zoe says. + “No. Sage will turn into Deity and destroy +the entire universe.” Veronica continues. Synan +and Zoe begin talking amongst themselves. As +they do so, Veronica looks back. She sees Syrus +and Kail up on the volcano, watching. Veronica +looks back at Synan and Zoe. + “I suggest you run, kids. I’m assuming it +will be less painful if you’re further away.” With +that, Synan and Zoe begin running. Veronica looks +back again, and Kail tries to hide. + “Syrus and Kail! I suggest you run, too!” + “Dang!” Kail yells, “She caught me.” + “You knew I would,” Veronica says, “Now +get going. Now!” + Syrus and Kail jump down from the +volcano and start running after Synan and Zoe. + Veronica looks back up at Sage, waiting. + “So, Sage. Think you’re going to turn into +Deity now, do you? I don’t think so. You’re not +going anywhere. Not yet.” +Chapter 13 : Stopping Deity + It has been about an hour since Sage +had started his transformation. He still hasn’t +become Deity yet. It is not in his power to +complete the transformation. James appears +as a Mega-monster and fires a blast of energy +at Sage. Veronica flies up and deflects it. + “James!” + “What are you doing?!” James says. + “Sage lacks the ability to complete +transformation. When you return, tell the +kids that you angered Deity even more, okay? +Don’t tell them. Keep it a secret.” Veronica +says. + “All right.” James says, and teleports +back to the Book Temple. + “Sage. That was the last distraction. +Run out of energy or something already.” + Sage finally runs out of energy, and +falls, not completing the transformation. +Chapter 14 : Restore Sage + Sage has been out of energy for +a few hours. Synan links in next to Veronica +and runs over to the ruins of the castle. + “Veronica,” Synan says. “How did +Deity get stopped?” + “I stopped him.” Veronica lies. + “You did not!” + “Did too.” + “But Deity is way more powerful than +you are.” + “Well, I still beat him.” + Synan walks over to Sage and +pulls up Sage’s sleeve, revealing a mark on +Sage’s shoulder--the same mark that Synan +and Kail have. + “What do you know about Sage?” +Synan asks. + “Well,” Veronica says, “Sage was +captured from the future and Kail came back +to rescue him.” + “I saw Kail in the other dimension.” + “Well, he’s here on this island right +now.” Veronica says. + “He is? Where is he?” + “I last saw him near Emerald’s Crater. +I told him that you were in the Warp Room near +there.” + “All right.” Synan says as he locates a Linking +Book from within the rubble and links. + “Time to execute the next phase in my plan... +Getting these little parents OFF of the island! I +can’t finish my plan with them here!” + Veronica summons a Jelly-Fly to begin +healing Sage. Meanwhile, Veronica gets up +and walks toward Orb Lake. She is headed +toward the forest. +Chapter 14 : Capture Zoe + Veronica enters Monk Forest and hides +in the bushes. She sees Synan running through +the forest, trying to catch up with Kail. Sarah +links in behind him. + “Synan,” Sarah says, out of breath, +“You have to come back with me.. Now!” + Synan and Sarah link back to the +temple. Zoe is missing. She left to follow +Synan. Zoe will be here soon. + Sure enough, Veronica sees Zoe +wander into the forest out from Monk Garden. +Veronica comes out of hiding and confronts +Zoe. + “Zoe. Are you looking for Synan?” + “Yes... why?” + “I think I can help you. Follow me.” + Veronica leads the way through the +forest. Syrus is standing at the same intersection +in which they first met. + “Veronica! What are you doing here?” +Syrus asks. + “What are YOU doing here?” Veronica +replies. + “I’m waiting for Synan. I have yet to +get a good monster battle in.” + “Oh really.” Veronica says. “You’ll +have to wait a while.” + Veronica continues leading Zoe down +through the pathways. They go down a path +that leads into the side of the volcano. Veronica +pulls a secret switch in the mountain and a door +opens up. Veronica leads Zoe inside. + Veronica and Zoe stand on two sides +of a round cylinder-shaped rock in the middle. +Veronica teleports James here. +Chapter 15 : Back to the Origins + Synan and Kail come in through the +secret passage. It is now time to return them +all back to where they belong. + “I will now return Synan, Zoe, James, +and Syrus back to Earth. I will return Kail to +the future.” + Veronica pretends to erase their minds +and teleports them back to where they belong. +Veronica teleports to the Book Temple to get +Sarah. + “Sarah. Come back down to Earth!” + Veronica and Sarah teleport back to +Earth. They enter the Ideya Shop where a +shady old man sold Ideya Captures to Synan, +Zoe, and Syrus. They wait in the corner. + Synan and Zoe enter and have a short +conversation with the old man, and then go to +reading the newspapers. All the articles contain +things about The Land of No Return. + Zoe says, “Looks like people will +believe our story after all.” + Veronica elbows Sarah. Sarah walks +forward. “You bet they will. I’m Sarah Croft, +book writer of Vatican City.” Sarah says, +shaking Synan’s hand. + “Sarah...” Synan says quietly, his memory +partly erased. + “I have written a story about you two. +I have all the descriptive facts about you.” + Veronica reads Zoe’s mind. She knows +Zoe already likes Synan. + “Yes, she does, Zoe.” Veronica says. + “What? Can you read my thoughts?” +Zoe asks. + “Yes, Zoe. I know you like Synan. I’ve +always known. You liked him since first grade.” + “Zoe?” Synan says. + “No! Stop it! Its not true!” Zoe yells. + “Please, Zoe. Stop it.” Veronica says. + “Make me then.” + “Ahem... allow me to introduce myself. +I am Veronica. I know everything there is to know +about everything, including your little secrets about +Synan.” + “Oh, my. I have to go. A future boy is +returning again. He’s after Sage.” + “Kail, right?” Synan says. + “How did you... oh wait, I forgot to brainwash +you. Well, I really have to go!” Veronica vanishes in +a flick of light. Kail wasn’t really returning. Veronica +had to go see Syrus. + Veronica and Sarah are in Syrus’s apartment. +James is here. + “Welcome back, Syrus and James.” + Sarah talks. “Hello. I am Sarah Croft. I know +all about your adventures on The Land of No Return, +and I’m willing to write a book about it.” + “And I’m Veronica Creel.” Veronica says. + “So, Syrus. Did you finish Cain’s Quest +yet?” + “No, not yet.” + “Well, finish it. How much do you want +to bet that Veronica wrote the game’s script?” + “Maybe later.” Syrus says. + “Well, if you need to confess your +stupidity to me, I work in town now. My Book Shop +is at 3346 Fourth Street, right here in Vatican City. +Stop by if you want to visit sometime, okay Syrus?” + “Okay.” Syrus says. + Veronica and Sarah vanish and appear in +her book shop. + Veronica says, “Syrus likes you, Sarah.” +Chapter 16 : Return to the Island + Veronica leaves Vatican City and flies back +up to The Land of No Return, in her human form. +She gets up to the guard towers and lands. Spyke is +here, disguised as a guard. Veronica talks to Spyke. + “Spyke. From now on, we aren’t taking any +more visitors. We are running out of time. The Jackal +will arrive in five years.” + “Yes, Veronica. What do you want me to +do?” Spyke asks, obediently. + “You will stay here and guard the entrance +to the island. In four years, I will give you further +instructions.” Veronica says, flying away from the +guard towers. Veronica flies over the volcano and +into Wizeman’s Fortress. Wizeman is here. + “Wizeman,” says Veronica, “I have +finally gotten the kids off of the island. We +have five years until The Jackal arrives. We +need to begin training NOW!” Veronica yells. + “Yes, I know Veronica. Sage is down- +stairs training. I suggest you do the same.” +Wizeman says. + “Yeah.” Veronica says. Veronica +powers up to her blue-flame form, and then +the flame turns purple. “Time to get going.” +Veronica turns into a shadowy form and +sinks through the floor, into the training room. +Myst and Sage are here. +Chapter 17 : Four Years Later + Four and a half years later, Veronica +is now a very powerful fighter. Sage is still +a million times more powerful, however. Myst +has also improved a lot. Veronica talks with +Wizeman. + “Wizeman. I think now is the time. +The Jackal will be here in six months, and +we still don’t have what it takes to defeat +him.” Veronica says, worried. + “Veronica. Jackal is immortal. It +doesn’t matter how powerful you are, he’ll +slowly wear you down.” + “Yes, I know, but being more powerful +anyway should help a great deal in defending +against his attacks. It should buy us lots of time.” + “Yes,” Wizeman says, “But how will +you actually go about saving the world? Your +powers aren’t great enough to imprison an +immortal!” + “Imprison.... Wizeman, you have +given me a great idea!” Veronica yells. She +forms a black glowing marble in her hands. It +is the Master Ideya Capture. Unlike the red +Ideyas, the Master Ideya will capture anything +without failure. + “If I can capture Jackal with this thing, +then we can banish him to the Gap between +dimensions. I might need the help of Synan and +Zoe. I’ll be back.” Veronica takes the form of +the shadow and exits the castle and travels +down to Earth. + Veronica first goes into the Book Temple. +Sarah Croft is inside. She is now sixteen years old, +and making tons of money from selling books about +The Land of No Return. Synan and Zoe, both fifteen, +are here also. + “Synan, Zoe,” Veronica says, “you have to +help me.” + “What is it?” Synan asks. + Veronica looks around. “It may sound crazy +to you two, but I am your daughter.” + “What?!” Synan and Zoe yell together. + “I came from the future. In my time, the +world has been taken over by The Jackal. You +two met him, he lives in the other dimension. I +devised a plan to come back into the past and +try to prevent Jackal from getting a chance to take +over.” + Veronica continues, “I have come to the +year 1999. It is now halfway through 2003, and +Jackal will arrive in six months. I need your help.” + Veronica pulls out the Master Ideya and +talks, “This is a Master Ideya. It will capture +ANYTHING without the slightest chance of +failure. While Sage and I distract Jackal, you two +will try to sneak up on him and throw this marble +at him. If he sees it coming he’ll block it.” + “So, what do we do now?” Zoe asks. + “Right now, you must come with me to +The Land of No Return. You will stay there for +six months and prepare for Jackal to arrive.” + “Okay.” Synan and Zoe say simultaneously. + Veronica teleports the three of them, and +Sarah, to The Land of No Return’s Book Temple. +Chapter 18 : Preparation + “Sarah,” Veronica says, “You will prepare +a series of Linking Books and spread them around +the island. Here is where I want them.” Veronica +says, handing a list to Sarah. + “Synan and Zoe,” Veronica says, “You will +stay here in the Book Temple. I will give you both +Stones of Shining. The Stone of Shining is much +easier to work than the Dark Stone. Synan had a +Dark Stone but never found out how it was used. +The Dark Stone is activated by anger.” + “Oh.” Synan says, receiving the Stone of +Shining. Veronica gives a Stone of Shining to Zoe +also. Immediately Zoe gets a blue flame around her +body; Synan’s flame turns yellow for a second, and +then blue. + “Well, Sarah. Get on it.” Veronica says. +Sarah grabs a handful of Linking Books and teleports +away through another one. + “Synan, Zoe. I have to go to the castle and +train. You two stay here and practice your new +powers. I will send James over to watch you two.” + “Already here!” James yells, falling from +the sky. “Well, look, it’s Synan and Zoe.” James +is now sixteen years old, and looks more muscular +than the last time they met. + Veronica turns into her shadowy form and +flies away toward the castle. In the sky, Veronica +can see Sarah linking to the various places, leaving +Linking Books behind. +Chapter 19 : The Jackal Arrives + Synan and Zoe have been training with +James, and are both now at the purple-flame +stage of power. Sarah has been watching. Veronica +appears. + “The time has come. Jackal is due to +arrive shortly.” Veronica says. + Synan looks over, “Is he coming through +the Warp Ring?” + “No,” Veronica says, “I would also assume +that is where he’s coming from, but no. He has +been waiting just outside in the Gap. Waiting for +a tear in this dimension. The tear is going to happen... +now!” + Up in the sky, a giant fissure is torn out +of the stars. Inside are flashing purple lights and +strange patterns. Out from the fissure comes Jackal, +the evil trickster from beyond. Jackal has the head +and hat of a trickster, no body, and he has hands +and feet hovering there. Attached at his back is +a large yellow cape with orange designs on it. + “Well, well, well.” Jackal says, “I didn’t +expect there to be a welcoming crew waiting for +me. Ahem... I am The Jackal, an evil trickster from +the Dream World! I have come to invade the +real world.” + Veronica and Sage power up, Sage to +a purple-orange flame and Veronica to a bright +purple. Veronica signals to Synan and Zoe. +Zoe pulls out the Master Ideya to make sure +she has it, and quickly puts it away. Synan takes +a Linking Book from the desk, and they link. + “Now, Sage!” Veronica yells. Sage’s +flame turns white, and he begins his transformation. +Veronica begins battling Jackal while Sage +finishes transforming into the mighty Deity. + Synan and Zoe link to Monk Forest. +Jackal senses the power of the link, and looks +over in that direction, only to be punched by +Veronica. + Synan and Zoe link from the forest +to the castle, again confusing Jackal. Jackal, +not paying attention, is attacked again. Synan +and Zoe link to the guardhouses of The Land +of No Return, once again leaving Jackal +vulnerable. Synan and Zoe finally link to +Skyber’s Fortress. Jackal is tricked once +again, and by now is getting the idea that +he should be ignoring the forces. + Jackal, Veronica, and Deity fight +fiercely in a powerful battle. From Skyber’s +Fortress, there is a zip cord connecting back +down to the Book Temple. Zoe grabs the +cord and slides down, the Master Ideya in +her pocket. + Reaching the floor of the Book +Temple, Zoe reaches for the Master Ideya +and readies it. Jackal is still preoccupied +with Veronica and Deity. Zoe pulls her arm +back and throws the marble forward. + The marble hits Jackal, but he +doesn’t notice it. The black marble bounces +off of Jackal and the white star shines brightly. +Jackal feels the energy of the Ideya and +jerks around quickly. + Jackal flies to the side, dodging +the white rays of the Master Ideya. The +rays curve and follow Jackal. Jackal flies +away, and the beams of light follow him. + Zoe catches the marble and walks +after Jackal with it. Jackal screams and +flies over Skyber’s Fortress, where Synan +grabs his foot. + Being able to spare that body part, +Jackal continues flying. The white beam taps +the foot and sucks it in. The rest of Jackal’s +body parts and his cape are then sucked +quickly toward the marble, with more force +than the gravity on The World of No Return. + Jackal’s figure is consumed with a +glowing white light and he is sealed within +the dark glow of the marble. Veronica and +Deity catch up to Zoe, and Deity returns to +being Sage again. +Chapter 20 : The Master Ideya + “You did it, Zoe!” Veronica yells. +“You have captured Jackal! Now, we have +to be careful and not jerk the marble quickly. +It will, as any Ideya does, release Jackal +from itself. Give it here.” + Zoe hands the marble to Veronica, +and Veronica places it inside of a white +box filled with black velvet. + “We have to get rid of this marble, +but we can’t destroy it. If the Spirit Capsule +deep inside the marble is corrupted, Jackal +can return. I have an idea.” Veronica says, +leading Synan, Zoe, and Sage into the Book +Temple. + “Sarah!” Veronica yells, “Get us a +book to the Warp Ring!” + “Right away!” Sarah responds, +handing a purple book to Veronica that +reads ‘Warp Ring.’ + “Sage, stay here. We won’t be +gone long.” Veronica says. + Veronica, Synan, and Zoe link +through the book. They are back in the +Warp Room. It is a square-shaped room +with a small square hole in the ceiling, where +the faint red light from the volcano shines +through. The Warp Ring is here--a large, +stone ring with a film portal in its center. +The three enter. +Chapter 21 : The Eternal Corridor + Synan, Zoe, and Veronica are in +the Eternal Corridor. Each room has six +spinning tunnels going in each direction, and +a tunnel in the floor and ceiling. Each tunnel +leads to an exact replica of the room they +are in. Thus, called the Eternal Corridor, in +the Gap between Dimensions. + Veronica, Synan, and Zoe stand +around the tunnel in the floor. Veronica +takes out the Master Ideya and holds it +over the tunnel, and then drops it. It falls +quickly downward. + “The marble will fall for the rest of +eternity. Let’s return.” Veronica says, and +Synan and Zoe follow her back to their +dimension. Veronica turns around and powers +up to her purple-flame form and fires an +energy blast at the Warp Ring. + “No longer will anything be able +to come or leave this dimension through the +Warp Ring, and the Star Stone shall never +be completed.” Veronica says. There is a +Linking Book here. Synan, Zoe, and Veronica +link back to the Book Temple. +Chapter 22 : Back to the Future + Synan, Zoe, James, Sarah, Veronica, +and Sage stand in the center of the Book +Temple. There is also a new person there, a +man that none of them have seen before. It +is Joseph, the Master of Illusion. + Veronica speaks, “We have put a +stop to Jackal and saved the future. Synan, +Zoe, I will leave these memories in your head. +Do me a favor: when you have your first son, +his name is to be Sage Creel. Your daughter +will be me, Veronica Creel. Your youngest +son will be Kail Creel.” + “Alright.” Synan says. + “Now, I need to return to my own +time. Here in the past, I was unable to gain +any more years. I am still a thirteen-year-old, +and Sage is fifteen.” Veronica says, “Synan, +Zoe, Sarah. You need to go back home. James, +Sage, Joseph. You will return to the future +with me.” + Veronica puts her arms into the air +and does a psychic teleportation and returns +everyone to where they’re supposed to be. +Chapter 23 : The New Future + Veronica and Sage appear in the sky +above Vatican City in the year 2020. The Land +of No Return is still floating in the sky nearby, +still running smoothly under orders of Lord +Wizeman III. Vatican City is not destroyed, +in fact its better than it was in 1999. Sage and +Veronica land in the city and walk around. They +soon find Kail wandering the city. Kail shows +them where Synan and Zoe live. Veronica and +Sage enter. + “Veronica! Sage!!” Zoe screams as +they enter. “Welcome back! I see you were +successful at your mission, eh?” + “Umm, duh!” Veronica says, sarcastically. +Sarah is here in the living room. She gets up +and speaks. + “Veronica, Sage, Kail. You three had +an amazing adventure, and I’m sure you have +a whole story to tell. I will write a book all about +it. It will be called The Book of Veronica, as she +is the main hero.” + The world of 2020 is finally saved. +Veronica Laura Creel has prevented Jackal’s +attack, just like she set out to do. + +LNR Universe : Welcome to Our World! +~Take a trip into outer space, to the world where monsters rule... +The Land of No Return!~ + +http://www.lnr.cjb.net/ + + +Copyright © 2002 Cerone J. 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13-Octo.png + +![13-Octo.png](./13-Octo.png) + +## 14-Jelly-Fly.png + +![14-Jelly-Fly.png](./14-Jelly-Fly.png) + +## 15-Skyber.png + +![15-Skyber.png](./15-Skyber.png) + +## 16-Myst.png + +![16-Myst.png](./16-Myst.png) + +## 17-Synan-Creel.png + +![17-Synan-Creel.png](./17-Synan-Creel.png) + +## 18-Zoe-Aidenn.png + +![18-Zoe-Aidenn.png](./18-Zoe-Aidenn.png) + +## 19-James-Seth.png + +![19-James-Seth.png](./19-James-Seth.png) + +## 20-Sarah-Croft.png + +![20-Sarah-Croft.png](./20-Sarah-Croft.png) + +## 21-Syrus-Kirsehn.png + +![21-Syrus-Kirsehn.png](./21-Syrus-Kirsehn.png) + +## 22-Sage-Creel.png + +![22-Sage-Creel.png](./22-Sage-Creel.png) + +## 23-Deity.png + +![23-Deity.png](./23-Deity.png) + +## 24-Jackal.png + +![24-Jackal.png](./24-Jackal.png) + +## 25-Veronica-Creel.png + +![25-Veronica-Creel.png](./25-Veronica-Creel.png) + +## 27-Elsie-Korso.png + +![27-Elsie-Korso.png](./27-Elsie-Korso.png) + +## 28-Logan-Korso.png + +![28-Logan-Korso.png](./28-Logan-Korso.png) + +## 29-Alisha-Korso.png + +![29-Alisha-Korso.png](./29-Alisha-Korso.png) + +## 30-Unamed.png + +![30-Unamed.png](./30-Unamed.png) + +## 31-Snip.png + +![31-Snip.png](./31-Snip.png) + +## 32-Koda.png + +![32-Koda.png](./32-Koda.png) + +## 33-Skybree.png + +![33-Skybree.png](./33-Skybree.png) + +## 34-Skysen.png + +![34-Skysen.png](./34-Skysen.png) + +## Evolution.png + +![Evolution.png](./Evolution.png) + +## Flash.png + +![Flash.png](./Flash.png) + +## Types.png + +![Types.png](./Types.png) + diff --git a/Originals/Characters/Types.png b/Originals/Characters/Types.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0b1420a Binary files /dev/null and b/Originals/Characters/Types.png differ diff --git a/Originals/Characters/mk-readme.sh b/Originals/Characters/mk-readme.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000..1c6f00d --- /dev/null +++ b/Originals/Characters/mk-readme.sh @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +#!/bin/bash + +rm README.md +for i in *.png; do echo -e "## $i\n\n![$i](./$i)\n" >> README.md; done diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..05ad0d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# The Land of No Return + +Originals: + +* Stories + 1. [The Book of Synan](Originals/Books/Synan) - chapters 1 to 20. + 2. [The Book of Syrus](Originals/Books/Syrus) - chapters 21 to 40. + 3. [The Book of Veronica](Originals/Books/Veronica) +* Images + * [Characters](Originals/Characters) + +Original website viewable at: https://www.kirsle.net/memories/lnr/