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Synan and Zoe leave Mr. I’s village.
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In the crater, Sky Island finally passed over.
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Prisem leads Synan and Zoe back through
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the tunnel to Crystal Cave. So far, Synan and
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Zoe have the Garden Key, as well as two
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of the four elemental keys: Fire and Ice.
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Soon, they get back to the “crossroads”
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of the cave--Where you can go to the basement
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of the Book Temple, or go to the volcano, or
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go to Crystal Cave.
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“Let’s get back to the Book Temple!”
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Zoe says. Another Prisem runs down the stairs
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from Crystal Cave. “The Book Temple is still
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locked up.”
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“Oh. Then let’s get in through the
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basement!”
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“That might work.” Synan says.
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They go down the path to the basement of
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the Book Temple. Shortly after, they are there. The
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basement is full of little mechanisms. One looks like
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an ink producer. It must make the magic ink. Another
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machine makes the books and pages. Zoe and Synan
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climb up a ladder under a trap door. They got into
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the Book Temple.
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“We’re here. Where’d she go?” Zoe says.
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“I believe her name was Sarah.” Prisem says.
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“Whatever. She’s not here though.”
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“Then let’s use the books!” Synan says.
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Zoe opens a drawer in Sarah’s desk. It is full of books.
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All the books are of purple leather, and golden words
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on the cover. One catches Zoe’s eye: Skyber Fortress.
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In the picture, Zoe sees Lightning Palace on Sky Island.
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“Synan! Let’s use this one!”
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Zoe and Synan gather up their monsters. Synan
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goes in first, then Zoe follows.
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They are soon standing on a tall stone tower,
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like a plateau. There are many birds flying around. From
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a bird perched ahead of them, they can be described.
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The birds are all brown. They have long beaks,
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from which their eyes stretch away from. They have black
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diamond shapes on their foreheads, and three feathers
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sticking up on top of their heads. Since there are no other
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monsters here, they must be the Skybers, the birds of
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lightning. There are many other plateaus around here, all
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linked with bridges. This area is on top of the volcano,
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closer to Crystal Cave. On the right side, the
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entrance to Emerald’s Crater is visible. Synan
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and Zoe go into one of the structures, one that
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looks like a castle. Inside is a tougher looking
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Skyber. It is wearing a crown and a black
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bandanna around its neck. The Skyber speaks,
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“Let me guess. You came here for the
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Lightning Key.”
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“How’d you know?” Zoe wonders.
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“Let me see all the monsters you have
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captured.”
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Synan and Zoe release their monsters.
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“Good. Now I know you are not on
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the side of evil..” Skyber finally says after looking
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at Zoe’s Clawz and Prisem, and Synan’s Monk,
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Crystal, and Emerald.
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“Well. Here’s the Lightning Key.” Skyber
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gives Synan a key of yellow metal. Its end has a
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jagged lightning bolt symbol.
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“I’ll have some Skybers fly you up to
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Sky Island.”
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Synan and Zoe leave and some Skybers
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grab them and carry them off the ground. They land
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on the floating island. All that’s here is a stone
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temple. Synan unlocks the door and enters. In the
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center is a green pyramid-like crystal. When they
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approach and look through it, the side in the ground
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mirrors the side above. Along the walls are all kinds
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of writing. Zoe reads them aloud.
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“The Land of No Return: A small anti-world
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that originated from The World of No Return, a
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planet just outside Pluto’s orbit, the planet that humans
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call ‘Planet X’. The Land of No Return’s purpose was
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to capture those simple minded humans so that one of
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our most trusted monsters, Twilite, could morph them
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into more monsters, only the common ones, like Monk
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or Prisem.”
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Zoe continues reading.
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“The most powerful monsters on our island are
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Veronica, the ‘queen of the rock’, at level 1,000. Then
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there is the rare Myst, at level 5,000. The most powerful
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monster is yet to come. He was a boy from Earth, being
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genetically-engineered in Wizeman’s Fortress. This human
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is weak, but he has the power to become Deity, the most
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powerful being in the universe at level 1,000,000.”
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Zoe tries to read more, but the words are blurred.
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“Well, Synan. We’ve learned a lot here. There’s
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nothing more to do. Let’s go now.”
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“Oh okay. Right. We need to get the Earth Key
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still!”
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