When Cithians Attack
Chapter 21 a new sayis
Pedro and I joined hands as he turned us into green orbs and we flew up into a white portal. We appeared in front of the Hall of Sayis Dragons and when Pedro opened the doors, I sat down at my
class table as he stood in front of all of us.
“Jaren James has been forced to become the new Darkomega. I need a person who’d willingly lay down their life for another. The Sayis Council says that they have an open spot in the Servants of Light. And, the person who can demonstrate true sacrifice will become the next Gator Sayis.”
Chaser stood up.
“dad, I’ll do it. I’m willing enough to lay down my life for Skyrid. I owe him for saving my life.”
“I know you owe him. But, we’ll discuss this later,Son.”
Pedro left out the door with his arms crossed. Chaser ran after him.
Jared rose up from his seat.
“After the feast Fader and I will be teaching all of you how to turn into your mythical forms.”
Instant conversation broke out among my table. And, everybody talked about what their Mythical Creature Forms could look like.
“Maybe I’ll be a Dragon.”Parser said
“That would be cool.”I said
“I think mine will be a Phoenix.”William said.
“It may be.If it was, it would be so amazing.”I said
Chaser came back in with his Father. He rolled his eyes in ignorance. They both separated. Pedro went back up to the Teacher’s table. Hesitating, Chaser came and sat down at my table. His face was bright red and tears were running down his cheeks.
“What’s the matter?” I said
“I don’t wanna talk about it.”
“Hey, Chase. We’re talking about what we think our mythical Creature Forms will be. Wanna join?”
“No. Not right now.”
“Silence!”Jared said
Everyone went silent.
“There have been rumors going around that Furliceo has been captured. These rumors are true. And, his spot as Darkness Sayis has opened for grabs. Any one of you could become the most feared out of everyone. So, watch who you hang around. And without further ado, let the feast begin.”He said, shooting orbs of light at the tables as food appeared. There was turkey, stuffing, chicken, fried okra with jalapenos, shrimp, mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes with marshmallows. I chose the stuffing, okra, a chicken leg and shrimp as we all sat down.
“Chaser, why’d you offer to be a Sayis?”Nester said
“I need to repay Skyrid for saving my life.”Chaser said
“But, is that worth risking your own life?”Nester said
“Yes.” Chaser said
“Bro, there is no reason to risk your life.”Caitlyn said
“I don't care. I'd die to end this war.”Chaser said
“Chase, even if you get nominated for the spot, you’ll still be up against three other people. So, you’d have a slim chance at winning this thing.”Parser said
“Are you sure you want to do this? You just had a fight with your dad over it.” I said
“I’m sure. My dad can think what he wants.”
“dad just wants the best for you. He has tried his best to get you to believe in Kursta and Bradley, but you have been resisting him for some reason.”William said.
“I don’t think They’re real. Much less, Gods.”
“Who do you think gave you your powers?” William said.
“My dad. He is a warrior after all.” Chaser said.
“William's right. Kursta gave you your powers. You should believe in him for that very reason.”I said
“This is my Life. I chose how to live it. So, don’t fuss at me. I have made my choice.”Chaser said
Fader rose.
“I presume all of you done. So, all of you need to follow me to class.”
Fader led everyone but me out of the Hall of Sayis Dragons as Pedro came up to me.
“Skyrid, I need to see you.” he said
“Why?”
“There’s a message for you in Jared’s office.”Pedro said
Pedro took my hand and led me to a Golden Pedestal. He touched it as we turned into blue orbs. I saw everything in doubles as we were sucked into a green portal. Materializing, we appeared in a room with a desk and three chairs. Two in front of the metal desk and one behind it.
A black magnet was stuck to the desk. Jared’s name was carved into it. Pedro and I sat down in front of the desk. Jared came into the room. He sat behind the desk and looked into my eyes.
“Slyer, don’t overreact. But, we have some news about your dad.” he said
“What about him?”I said
“He’s been taken by Bloodshed.”Pedro said
“I gotta save him then.” I said
“Your dad wouldn’t want that. He wants you to finish your training.” Jared said
“He needs to be saved. I can’t just leave him there!”
“Skyrid, the Helios can only be activated...”Pedro said
“I know. By true sacrifice. But, I can’t just stand here.”
“Skyrid Crop, your dad can handle himself! You need to worry about mastering your powers!”Jared said
“No. I have to save him!”
I stood up and clenched my fists.
“Calm down! We both know that you can’t do it.”
“And why not?”I said as tears streamed down my cheeks.
“You can’t save him if you get imprisoned too, can you?”Jared said
“No. But, who’s saving my dad if I don’t do it?”
“The authorities will find him. In the meantime, you can’t tell anyone he’s gone.”Jared said
“Why?”
“We don’t want to cause an uproar.”Jared said
My eyes widened.
“Fine! But if Bloodshed has taken him, they know another way to activate the helios part, don’t they?!”
I stepped back.
“No, I don’t think they have...”Jared said
I stepped forward.
“Have what?”
“Don’t worry. It’s not possible, Slyer.”Pedro said
“It is. Zeddark told me that I could activate it.”I said
“That is true. But, they’re just trying to lure you to them.” Pedro said
I punched Jared’s desk. The books scattered all over his desk crashed to the floor.
“Look at me, Skyrid.”Pedro said “You’ll get your chance to fight against them.”
“No, I won’t if I don’t go searching for my dad.”I said
“If you do that, it’ll be a bad thing.”Jared said
“How so?”I said
“They could capture you. So, it’s too much of a risk.”Pedro said
“Pedro, I have an entire army on my side and you’ll think I’ll be captured?”
Pedro went silent.
“I decide to go find my dad then!”I said
“No, you can’t! You’re not ready to fight Bloodshed alone!”Pedro said
“He’s right, Skyrid. You aren’t.”Jared said
“I beat Kodyack, didn’t I?”I said
“Yes. But, he was possessed. So that made it easier for you.”Pedro said
I sat down.
“What about my dad?!”
“The Sayis’ and police are out looking for him and they’ll find him.” Pedro said.
“They are?”
“Yes. Are we done here, Skyrid?”Jared said
I went silent.
“Good. Then we’ll take you to class.”Pedro said
Jared and Pedro took my hands as a white portal appeared. We all went into it and disappeared.
Materializing, we appeared in Kaiser’s classroom. Everybody was getting ready to battle. Chaser was in his warrior form and Anna was standing with him on their battlefield. I blended into the crowd as Pedro, him and Jared stood in front of us.
“Today you’ll learn how to turn into your Mythical Creature Forms. Anna and C
haser will have the first fight.”Pedro said
Anna threw a light brown-colored orb into the air and Chaser ran towards it. Catching it, he grew a serpent for a tail. His head turned into a lion’s head as he got a mane and a Jaguar’s head and a cheetah’s head appeared on each of his shoulders. He got in a crawling position as lion hair appeared on his body and his shredded clothes were thrown into the crowd. His hands and feet turned into eagle claw as Anna shot a beam of light into the air.
Armor started appearing on Anna. A dodger-blue helmet formed onto her head as flavescent plates appeared on her shoulders.
Light green armor mixed with specks of white appeared on her arms and hands as Dark Purple armor appeared on her chest. Blue-Green armor then covered the rest of her body. Anna threw a light beam beam at Chaser as he jumped into the air to dodge it. Immediately, griffin wings grew out of his back and he flew towards me. Chaser tried to pull himself back, but his wings kept pulling him forward as Anna hit him with a beam of light and threw him against the wall.
His mythical creature form started fading out as we all were rushed out of the room by Jared.
Once we were outside the door, Jared stood in front of us.
“What happened today is an example of fighting against your powers. Your powers are something that’s inside of you and if you fight against them, it’s like fighting against yourself because you won’t ever win that way. You’ve got to let your power flow through you.”
“Mr. Riker, when you’re in that form, you are being controlled by two other brains. It’s not something that’s easy to control.”I said
“It is if you’ve accepted having powers and Chaser hasn’t.”
“Of course he hasn’t. We were all shocked when our malfunctions happened. We thought we were just normal people. Warrior powers are something that you have to learn how to accept and control or they’ll take you over.”Parser said
“He’s right, Jared. It’s the reason why Furliceo is evil. His powers have taken over him.”Nester said.
“It doesn’t matter. But to have good control of your powers, you have to accept yourself as you are. You have to be proud of who you are basically and it’s one of the hardest things to achieve.”Pedro said
“It looked like to me that he was trying to resist the urge to pounce at me.”I said
“Yeah, what if...”William said
“What? You think someone forced him to do it?”Jared said
“No. But he hasn’t accepted himself as he is yet because, he hasn’t learned how to have faith and confidence in Kursta and himself.”Caitlyn said.
Kaiser opened the door. Chaser was in a blue dress shirt with squares on it and blue wrangler jeans. The dress shirt also had the top two buttons unbuttoned to show a red shirt. He ran towards me.
“I’m so sorry, Skyrid. I tried to resist my powers, but I couldn’t for some reason.”
“I know. It doesn’t make sense.”I said.
“Maybe your powers were tampered with.”
“What’d you mean?”
“Someone messed with your wrist power rings, maybe.”
Chaser covered his gaping wound. Blood was pouring out of his wrists.
“Chase, you’re hurt.”
“Don’t worry about me, Skyrid.”
“How’d you get the cut?”
“Kaiser tried to cut out my power rings because I hit him with a orb of light.”
“Kaiser did this to you? Why didn’t you tell anyone?”
“I was just so scared.”
I touched his wrists. Chaser’s wrists healed as I touched them.
I stared at Chaser.
“What?”
“The Healing Warrior can only heal things caused by warrior powers. You lied to me! Somebody hit you with their powers, didn’t they?!”
“Yes.”
“Who was it?”
“Kama.”
“Why?”
“I accidentally hit him with an orb of light.”
“You’re not telling me everything, Chaser, are you?”
“I am. Leave me alone about it.”
We all went silent as I saw Kodyack coming down towards us.
“Nancy has escaped! She’s gone!” He said
“What?! How?”Pedro said
“Apparently Drayer has betrayed us all. He let her go free.”Kodyack said as he looked down at the floor. I looked at Chaser.
“Chaser, Drayer’s a guardian.”
“More like a betrayer.”
“He helped her!I said
“Yes.”Kodyack said
“No one panic! I’ll summon the rest of the guardians.”Pedro said.
As Pedro’s wrist rings glowed green, five orbs of all different colors appeared and materialized into Shais, Natasha, Lane, and two other guardians. One had sapphire armor on with a long blue staff that a flame in the middle in their right hand. And, the second had light red armor that had specks of light green armor blended into it on his body with a thick redwood staff that had a griffin and a gray pegasus carved into the top of it and she had her brown hair in a ponytail.
“Sir, what seems to be the problem?”the sapphire one said.
“Nancy has escaped, Napier Jones.”Pedro said
“I know. We were trying to find her. Drayer is obviously in an alliance with her.”Napier said
“But, I want you to take these students to their dorms.”
“Alright. Shais and I will take all the Servants of the Sayis’.”the pony-tailed one said
“Good idea, Drakia. You can protect them while the rest of us handle the Dragons of Light .”Lane said
“I’m sorry, but I have to be one to fight Drayer and Nancy.”Natasha said
“No you don’t. Skyrid and I will help you.”Chaser said.
“You can’t do that, you two!”Jared said
“Why not? Nancy’s powers have been suspended. So we’ll only be fighting against Drayer.”
“What do you have that the Guardians don’t have?”Natasha said
“We have Mythical Creature Forms. None of the Guardians have them.”
“You’re right. You can come. But, you’ll be my reserves.”
I watched Shais’ group go into a blue portal as a ruby-colored portal appeared and Lane’s group went into it as it disappeared. Pedro, Jared, and Kaiser wished us good luck as they all went into the blue portal. We all watched it disappear.
“Be warned, Skyrid and Chaser, Drayer’s power exceeds the rest of ours. So don’t underestimate him.”
“We understand, Natasha.”Chaser and I said in unison.
Walking down the long corridor, we saw Nancy and Drayer coming towards us. Drayer looked at me and threw an orb of Darkness at me as Chaser jumped in front of me and it hit him in the chest.
“You hurt him!” I said, running up to him.
Natasha threw a beam of light at Drayer and threw him across the hall as I touched Chaser’s chest and healed him.
“You saved my life. Why?”
“I want to pay my debt to you.”
Drayer got up and I stood.
“I challenge you to a battle, Skyrid.”Drayer said.
‘“What for?”
“You’re weak. I’ll win easily.”
Chaser rose.
“Don’t do it! He’s...”
“I’ll fight you to prove that I’m willing to stand up for my Friends.”
I turned into my warrior form and threw a light brown beam at Drayer. Turning into an orb with cracks in it, I flew above the beam. Jumping up into the air, I turned into my Mythical Creature form and my lion head roared at him. Drayer threw two red beams at me. I flew above them and threw an orb of light at him.
Leaning backwards slowly, Drayer dodged it. He hit a beam of lava and a beam of fire against each other. Exploding, they threw both of us across the room. A pain in my back came on as I fought it and flew up. Drayer got up and threw a beam of darkness at me and I threw a beam
of light at it. Moving my hands back and forth, I watched as Drayer did the same.
I pushed my beam harder as sweat poured down my face and threw Drayer across the hall again. He tried to get up, but couldn’t.
Nancy ran down the hall as Chaser ran after her.
“You’ll never catch me again!”She said, looking back at us.
Chaser hit her with a beam of light and she was knocked out.
“Good work, you two. Now, let’s get them back where they belong.”
Natasha shot a fluorescent orb at them. They were sucked into it. She opened a yellow portal. We all watched Nancy and Drayer get sucked into it. It closed.
“You two did excellent. But, we have to get you to your dorm.”
“Why?”
“Chaser has shown true sacrifice by saving your life.”
Natasha opened another portal. It was chalk white as we all stepped into it . We appeared in our dorm. Drakia was standing in front of us and Shais was standing beside the right side of the couch.
“Sit down, Skyrid and Chaser.”Shais said
We both sat down among the crowd as Shais, Drakia, and Natasha stood in front of us.
“Chaser has demonstrated true sacrifice. So, Adagar has informed us that he is nominating him to be the next Gator Sayis.”Drakia said
We all clapped our hands and I stood up.
“What about the other three Nominees?”I said
“They’ll be chosen at the ceremony later on this evening.” Shais said
“Where’ll that be?”
“The Hall of Sayis Dragons.” Natasha said
Everybody in the group went into instant conversation.
“Are the Sayis’ really coming?” Parser said.
“These Sayis’ are legendary! I can’t believe they’re coming!” Nick said.
“Neither can I!” I said.
“Maybe one of us will become a Sayis.” Chaser said.
“It’s possible.” Nester said.
“Silence!”Shais said
The conversations stopped.
“When the Sayis’ get here, I expect you all to be on your best behavior.”
“What happens if we’re not?”Nester said
“You’re powers will be suspended for a week. The Sayis’ don’t like to be disrespected. ”Shais said
Nester went silent.
Two hours later, Shais touched the pedestal on top of the fireplace and we all turned into gray orbs. Flying up through a white portal with blue specks mixed in, we appeared in the Hall of Sayis Dragons and materialized onto our seats. The double doors opened as 17 people walked in. They were the seven Sayis’and the Sayis Council and they walked to front of everyone. Adagar walked in front of them.
“Chaser Jerricus, please come forward.”Adagar said.
Chaser got out of his seat and walked down towards Adagar.
“You have been nominated by me to become Gator Sayis, because of your selflessness with Skyrid. Now Vogler, you may choose your nominee.”
I saw that Vogler was a white man in denim-blue jeans and a yellow shirt that had brownish orange eyes and flaming red hair as he stood beside Adagar.
“My nominee was a very hard pick. But, I decided to go with the person who has helped everyone in this war. Annathea Fox, please come up here.”
We all cheered for Anna and Chaser as Vogler silenced us and Kiraces came forward. He was wearing a red leather vest and light blue shirt. His ashy brown hair was scattered all over his face along with a small white beard and baby-blue eyes.
“My choice will reflect the person who has lead everyone in this war since it began. Mr.Riker, will you come forward?”
Jared got up from his seat and stood beside Chaser and Anna as we all cheered him on. Tovar IV came forward and silenced us. He was wearing a white gown, had gray hair and deep vivid green eyes.
“The final choice of the night is someone who defended Chaser in a verbal confrontation. Parser Jerricus, get over here!”
Parser got out of his seat and joined the group of nominees. Richard came forward and looked at all of us.
“Now, round 1 will happen. Representatives, you can’t pick your own nominations, but please cast your votes in front of everyone now. Kiraces, you’re first.”Richard said.
Kiraces stepped forward.
“I choose Anna. Tovar, you’re next.”
“I have chosen Chaser Jerricus as my vote.Vogler, you’re up.”
“Chaser is my vote. So Adagar, please cast the last vote.”
“Jared Riker.”
Richard raised his eyebrows.
“Since Parser has gotten no votes, he has been eliminated. And now, the other elimination will be chosen by having a second round of voting between just Anna and Jared. Vogler, you’re first.”
“I’m voting for Jared.”Vogler said
“Alright. I’ll vote for Anna again then.”Kiraces said.
“Mine is Anna.”Tovar said
“Annathea’s my vote.”Adagar said
Richard stepped in front of them.
“Jared, you’ve been eliminated. So, the last round is between Chaser Jerricus and Annathea Fox. Casting the first vote is Tovar.”
“Chaser.” Tovar said
“Anna.”Kiraces said.
“Anna.”Adagar said
“Chaser.”Vogler said.
Richard shook his head.
“My vote is for Chaser. Congratulations, you’re the next Gator Sayis.” He said.
“If all of the nominees will sit down, I have a very good announcement to tell everyone.”Adagar said.
Adagar looked at all of us as the nominees all sat down.
“As you all know, Furliceo Woolsley was put in prison recently. So, we have chosen a new person to fill his spot. Nester, come on up here!”
Nester came up to the front of everyone with no words. Richard opened a green portal.
“Skyrid and Chaser, please come with us.”
Chaser and I got up and walked into the portal along with Nester, all the Sayis’ and their Council Members. The portal closed.