Quest for the Crystals chapter 51

Ok we're getting to the deep stuff...

Oh yea the uh thing I mentioned in the last chapter, well that dosn't get answered till the next book.....

Enjoy Featherheads!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chapter 51 A Message From The Maker 

They were in the midst of a war, a war that would decide the fate of all of Aerwiar. Janner had now returned to the state that he was in before he was shot down by Opal’s power, he was able to push himself up from the ground and stand up. He was still a little woozy from the blast, but other than that, he was fine. 

“Let's do this!” he said, with a new sense of confidence but also a new sense of worry for he still didn't know what the memory meant. But he knew they couldn't focus on some strange memory in which he had no idea if it was even true. The thing that he had to focus on right now was stopping Queen Opal once and for all. 

“So what are we going to do?” Kalmar asked, hopefully, before he saw the look of determination on his brother's face. A look that he had seen a lot in the past 2 years. A look he knew meant that no matter what happened, Janner was not going to give up.

 “What we are going to do is play to our strengths and we use her weaknesses.” 

“She's Queen Opal! What weaknesses does she have?” Kalmar asked, thinking this was a ridiculous thought. 

“Well not much yet, but I'm sure we'll figure something out. Right now we play to our strengths. We have a lot of  strengths between us all, Annierians, and even Biolumines, Ember Islanders and Emerald Kingdomians. We have magic apparently from the elves, we have Marina who has telekinesis which has already proven extremely helpful, we have Gracie's fire powers, and we have our own strengths. Kal, you're extremely fast, Leeli you can spin a song like no one else and Sara you can solve pretty much any scientific problem with nothing but things inside our pockets. Mr. Reetep you know everything about books, Uncle Artham you're a Throne Warden like me and you have wings and claws. Mama and Papa, you are the High King and Queen of Anniera, Grandpa, don't even get me started, you have a lot, as you were a pirate.” 

“Ay that I am, I was Scale Rider, they called me” Podo said, chuckling at his days when he was young and rode the sea like a madman. 

“Don't forget about you, you're one of the best Throne Wardens I've ever seen. No offense Uncle Artham, plus you are brave and you come up really crazy but most of the time your plans work.” Kalmar said 

“Thanks Kal!” He smiled and then put his hand in the middle of them. They put their hands all on top of each others’ hands and they cheered!! 

“For Anniera!” 

This time was like no other, they were actually doing really well! Everyone was playing to their strengths which was a wonderful idea. The Biolumines were using their water powers to try and short circuit the Fangs and the trolls. Janner wondered why he hadn't thought of it sooner. While this actually worked, the Biolumines used powers mixed with Marina’s special telekinesis so that she could move the water from their hands to the specific spot on the Fangs and some of the trolls though the trolls were harder to short circuit. 

The only problem was every time that they thought they were almost done, just when they thought they had won, Opal pulled out another batch of Fangs, trolls, and even dragons! 

“Where is she getting them all?” Kalmar said, tired of fighting metal Fangs and metal trolls and dragons. 

“She's had what? like 15 years to come up with all this. She probably made about 8 million in preparation!” Leeli said. 

“Not helpful, Leeli!” he said back to her, frowning.

Marina had just knocked out the last troll when something came rushing over the hill. Something bigger, scarier than they've ever seen before. Janner debated on if this thing was scarier than when Gnag merged with Yurgen. He couldn't quite tell, so he put it at the same level as the Yurgen merger. Rising up from the hill, was a gigantic, I mean bigger than Castle Rysen and the Dark Castle Darkness combined, was a gigantic Titanium Dragon! Its eyes looked like they were made out of rubies and dark green magic glowed around them, and its claws were as long as tree branches. Its tail swished behind it, destroying everything in its path, but the scariest thing about it was when it roared it was a sound like thunder clapping. When it opened its mouth, Janner could see its teeth. Its teeth were the sharpest thing he'd ever seen in his life, and up spewing from the dragon's mouth was a greenish blue flame. The same bluish green flame that Opal had as her power. 

“We're doomed,” Kalmar said, dropping his sword.

 “There's always a way, there is always a way," Janner said, trying to think of something else to say besides what he was saying, but honestly he didn't think there was always a way in this circumstance. 

“How is there always a way? How can you possibly be saying that at a time like this? There is always a way! we might as well just give ourselves up to Queen Opal!!” Kalmar said, depressed at their situation. “We can't give up! Come on, we have worked so hard to get here. I mean think about it, 2 years ago we thought we were normal kids living in Glipwood. Now, we're here fighting an evil queen who has metal everything that we could ever dream of or ever have nightmares about. And we're just going to give up?!” Leeli asked, disappointed with her brother's suggestion 

“I'm not saying we give up, I'm just saying we stop trying to stop her.” he said, realizing that this was in fact the exact same thing. 

Then something happened that happened to them before, but this time it felt so good that it happened. They really needed it now, at a time like this. For at the moment that they were all discussing this, a gold swirling magic came around them. It swirled around them and made a sound like someone was singing “Oooooooh, Oooohhhhhhh!” that wrung inside their minds. It sounds crazy but in that moment, time stopped, literally. All time stopped around them, but they were still in motion. A voice rang out inside their minds, one that they had heard before but in this moment was so refreshing, like cold clear water when you're thirsty. 

“Jewels of Anniera!” the voice said, “Don't be discouraged by your situation. I know Opal, she is not all evil. I know it may be hard to believe that, but it's true. There's good in all of us, but sometimes the darkness can enter your lives and corrupt the light. The darkness will shove the light into the darkest, littlest corner in your mind and make you even forget that it's there. I have something I need you three to do and you need to listen carefully. Don't defeat Opal. Only defeat her powers, so you can take her safely to  the Golden Kingdom. Take her to the First Falls, you'll know why when you get there. Remember, my children, no matter what, I love you. Even in your darkest moments, even when it feels like you're all alone, I'm with you. No matter where you are, no matter where you go, no matter what you do in your life, I am with you and I will always be with you. Now go young ones and do as I told you.” The Maker said, as the golden magic stopped swirling and time went back to itself. 

“D…did you hear that?” Janner said shakily. 

“Loud and clear.” Kalmar said, but Leeli was thinking about something that she heard that they both didn't. 

“So how are we going to defeat her powers, but not her, and bring her to the First Falls without her trying to kill us?” Kalmar asked.

“Well we could…” Janner started, but Leeli interrupted him and said 

”No, The Maker told me how we defeat her. He told me a song and I'm supposed to sing it no matter what happens, to just keep singing it. He told me that it would be hard for us when I sing the song because.. it's going to show Opal what happened in her past, specifically what Papa did to her.. and because we're the Jewels of Anniera, we're going to see it all.” she said sadly, as she swallowed hard. 

“Oh, well, if The Maker told you to do it, then that's what we are going to do.” Janner said, as he nodded his head at this and Leeli went through all the lines that The Maker had told her in her head.

“Mama, Papa, Uncle Artham, Mr. Reetep, Grandpa, change of 

plans. We had another message from The Maker and He told Leeli to sing a specific song, because we need to defeat Opal's Powers but not her, and then take her to the First Falls.” Janner explained. 

“Why do we need to take her to the First Falls? She was already there.” Nia asked. 

“He just said we'll know why, when we get there.” Kalmar answered. 

“Well, there is only one thing to do then” Esben said as he put on a kingly face which Janner had never seen before. Even though Esben still looked rugged and worn out and depressed, at least on the outside he wore a face that Janner had pictured him looking like all his life. 

“Okay, everyone let's do this!” Janner said, as he and Kalmar stood around guarding her from the Fangs and creatures, as Leeli gathered all of her thoughts.