Guardian: Protectors of Light
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James started as he woke up from his dream. What had just happened?
Had he-? He wasn’t exactly sure what he’d seen. Had it really been him? The Master himself?
James had no idea what the Master truly looked like, after all, so he didn’t really know if it had been him. But that girl had kept calling him “Master...” So he was pretty sure that it’d been him.
Take them down one by one... Did that mean the Master wanted to separate them? Or wasn’t he talking about the Guardians? But if he wasn’t, then who was he talking about then?
Somewhere far way from there
“Gabriel! Gabriel!”
Two girl’s feet dressed in boots rushed across the forest ground. The little girl was carrying a crossbow, since entering the Twilight Forest unarmed wasn’t the best idea. A midnight blue cloak fluttered behind her, while she wore the hood over her head.
She stopped at Gabriel’s tree house and looked up while shouting his name repeatedly.
“Gabriel! You’ve got to come! And quick!”
A hatchet in the floor close to the tree trunk opened and Gabriel’s head appeared in the hole. “Rikki?” he said.
“What’s going on?”
Rikki shook her head. “No time to explain! It’s time, brother! Get your bow and arrow! And don’t forget Madeleine’s sword!”
Gabriel nodded and went off to get his weaponry. He came back shortly after, also dressed in a cloak. Except while Rikki’s cloak was dark blue, Gabriel’s had a golden colour.
“Where’s Madeleine?” he asked, waving the sword around in his left hand. He carried a silver bow and arrow carrier over his shoulder.
“Where’s Madeleine?” he asked.
“I’m here,” Madeleine said, as she approached the brother-sister-duo. Her usual green robe had been replaced by a dark green cloak.
Gabriel noticed her hair had been braided up as she took the sword from him.
“What’s the matter, Madeleine? Is it finally happening?”
Madeleine nodded. “She’s back. And she’s made some serious threats against us. We’ll have to find her and take her down.”
“And you’re letting her go?” Gabriel said, while pointing at his little sister.
“Come on, Gabriel! I can take care of myself!” Rikki objected.
“You’re thirteen!” Gabriel shouted. “I don’t want to lose you, Rikki! Not again!”
“You won’t, Gabriel,” Rikki said. “I promise.”
Gabriel grunted. “I can’t believe I’m going to say this,” he said, “but all right. You can come.”
He then looked at Madeleine. “How about Timothy? Don’t we need to get him too?”
Madeleine shook her head. “No,” she said. “He’s guiding the Guardians to the Land of Void. We can’t risk anything happening to them there now.”
Gabriel nodded. “Understood.”
“Well then, Gabriel,” Madeleine asked, “are you with us?”
“Yes,” Gabriel said, while nodding again. “I’m with you. Always. Just like I was a thousand years ago.”