Joseph and Jaye stepped through the
spirit gate that was placed before them. Both friends pushed open the little
gate door and walked through only to find that they hadn’t been transported
anywhere, they were still in the field. The spirit giggled in a squeaky voice.
“Just a joke guys, ok ok. Here you go” said the spirit who then snapped its
fingers and the two friends were whisked away to the spirit world. Joseph felt
like he was riding a roller coaster through an endless number of loops. Joseph
then felt like he was free falling at one point, gaining speed as he hurtled
toward the ground like an meteor.
Two green streaks of light flashed
across the sky over the autumn land deep in the spirit world. The two green meteors crashed hard into the
ground below, shaking the surrounding area. Joseph and Jaye shakily climbed out
of the crater they created. Joseph didn’t know how he survived the fall but was
glad the ride was over.
The autumn land was beautiful.
Golden sunlight lit up the forest, each tree had various colors of autumn.
Different shades of orange, red, and yellow, every shade from bight shining
color all the way to the deep rust color the trees get at the end of Fall.
The grass that spread over the land
was different shades as well, deep green, pale green and yellowish. In front of
the friends was a stream that sparkled with reflective sunlight, the water
looked cool and fresh. The air was chilly but not overly cold. The smell of
wood smoke lingered in the air and a cute little cabin sat in the distance.
“I thought this place was under
attack?” Joseph said. “Maybe they took a break from destruction to get a
coffee” Jaye suggested. “Or the spirit sent us to one of the few remaining
locations in the autumn land that haven’t been destroyed yet” Joseph said. “OR!
The spirit was lying about destruction and the special relics he gave us are
just junk he found” Jaye said with a sly grin.
Joseph held his staff out in front
of him, pointed it at the water and focused on trying to use it. A burst of
wind shot from the top of the wooden staff shaking the little autumn leaves
that grew from the top of it. The wind rushed forward several feet and stirred
up the water before disappearing into the air. Then the staff let out a little
burst of flame, small and mostly harmless. “Ok, so I have to work on this. At
least we know the staff is real” Joseph said proudly.
The two friends began to talk
through the autumn forest, listening and watching for any signs of fighting or
destruction. Clouds began to form, blocking out the sunlight. Rain started to
fall on the land transforming the bright and colorful forest into a sleepy
rainy forest. The friends could hear the sound of rain hitting the trees and
splashing into the river. Their hair and coats were damp from the rain. The air
felt a bit chillier and Joseph wished he had brought a heavier coat.
The rain continued and the friends
were getting cold. “Hey how about a swig of that flask we got?” Asked Jaye
Williams. “You are always looking to eat or drink something! But yeah, it might
warm us up” said Joseph. Joseph opened the leather water skin and took a small
sip then handed it to Jaye who took a sip and gave it back. The liquid tasted
like hot chocolate or coffee, or a mix of the two with some kind of Fall spice
in it. Whatever it was, it tasted good and the two immediately felt warmer.
The air continued getting colder as
the friends pressed on and soon each breath was visible. Joseph spotted frost
on the tops of the trees and some of the Fall trees even looked like they were
dying from sudden frost shock. “Get ready, this can’t be natural to this area”
Joseph said. Jaye nodded and pulled out the pumpkin and concentrated. The hand
sized pumpkin transformed into a large one-handed sword. The blade was jagged
and curved like a cutlass, the handle was black with a leather grip and the
hilt was made of an orange metal and had little pumpkin shapes at each end of
it. The pommel of the sword was also a pumpkin shape. “Whoa! I wonder if I
would offend anyone if I carved a pumpkin with a pumpkin sword” Jaye said with
a quizzical look. “Focus” Joseph replied.
The air was icy cold and each
breath in felt like tiny daggers in their lungs. Two trees collapsed on each
other, then an icy figure approached from behind the trees. “If the Patches
just came out to settle his debt, we wouldn’t have a problem!” Yelled Glacious the ice spirit. “Hey! Stop
destroying the forest! Some of us love autumn. Take your grudge somewhere
else!” shouted Joseph as he aimed his staff. The rain continued but all of the
rain falling in the radius around Glacious was turned to snow. Snow and rain
littered the soon to be battlefield as the two friends held their weapons out,
ready to fight.
“The coward sent fighters in his
place?” Glacious howled, his voice was loud and furious like a blowing winter
wind that shakes the house and slams the shutters. Before another word could be
exchanged Glacious put out both of his hands and launched a beam of frozen
energy.
Jaye held out the golden maple
leaf, which conjured a shield around the two friends. The shield was
translucent and made of rushing wind. The winter blast hit the shield. Part of
the blast was absorbed into the shield but the rest of it went right through
and hit the two friends. “You cannot stop the fury of winter with wind. Whoever
sent you, has sent you to your death” Bellowed Glacious as he marched closer to
the friends.
Joseph and Jaye crumpled to the
ground from the shock of the ice blast. Their skin felt like it was burning and
their hearts raced. “I’m glad we took a sip of that flask before. Otherwise
this might feel worse” Jaye said as he struggled to stand. “Maybe a little more
will help!” Joseph added as he tried to regain his balance. Joseph pulled the
flask from his bag and took a big gulp, then handed it to Jaye who also took a
large gulp.
The feeling of cold and the threat
of frost melted away. The air felt like a pleasant Fall day and the snow
falling around them felt no colder than tap water. “alright, now that we are
warmed up, lets give Glacious a little warmth” Said Joseph as he pointed his
staff at Glacious and let loose a flame blast with all of his might. A
flamethrower like flame erupted from the staff scorching everything in its path
and engulfing Glacious.
The flames died down and Glacious
was still standing. He had an icy wind shield flowing around him but he looked
injured from the fire. The ground was scorched in the wake of the flame attack.
“My turn” Jaye said as he charged
forward. Glacious let loose another arctic blast. The freezing air did nothing
more than make Jaye feel a little cold and the wind wasn’t enough to do
anything but slow him down. Glacious gave a smug grin assuming Jaye had died in
the usually fatal arctic blast. When the wind and ice died down, Glacious saw
Jaye charging forward unhindered. Jaye slashed with his sword like a maniac.
Each cut from the sword left these glowing blue wounds on Glacious. Since the
sword was enchanted and not a physical weapon it could harm spirits. Jaye
didn’t know any of this, he just wanted to slash someone with his new sword.
Glacious realized his cold powers
wouldn’t be enough this time, so he formed sharp icicles all along his arms and
shoulders then swung his icicle covered arm at Jaye. Jaye Williams jumped back,
his sword disappeared from his hand and transformed into armor. The enchanted
pumpkin could sense its owners intentions and could transform back and forth in
a moments notice. Jaye was hit full force by the strength of Glacious and his
dagger like icicles. The attack sent Jaye flying but the armor protected him
from being impaled. The armor was orange and black with a little smiling
pumpkin face on the belt buckle.
Jaye slowly got back to his feet.
As Joseph charged forward with his staff he launched earth tremors under
Glacious’ feet causing the spirit to stumble. Then while he was off balance
Joseph launched a whirlwind from his staff then followed it up with a flame
burst. The flames engulfed the whirlwind and flew straight at Glacious. The icy spirit didn’t have time to react,
once the tremors died down he looked up to see a flaming whirlwind come
straight at him. The wind hit Glacious and whirled around him for several
seconds inflicting massive fire damage against him.
Joseph Stephens collapsed from
exhaustion. The staff had drained his energy and he was out of the fight. Jaye
stood between Joseph and Glacious. The ice spirit was severely injured and
looked like a human ice sculpture. He was more solid than before and lost his
appearance of being a being of floating ice and snow.
“Give up! You can’t attack me
without being impaled on my spikes and your friend is down” Glacious yelled,
his voice strained light a dying wind. “I brought something with me. Something
I keep around for when I need to wreck fools. It’s the weapon that hurt the
spirit of winter itself, the kingslayer, the one and only, CLAW HAMMAH!” Jaye
yelled. He pulled an ordinary looking claw hammer from the inside pocket of his
jacket and lunged at Glacious.
Glacious turned both arms into
spikes and stabbed them out at Jaye. Jaye swung down at the ice spikes and
shattered them with his majestic hammer that he bought on sale at Tuscany Sam’s
hardware depot. The hammer shattered the spikes. Then Jaye swung again, this
time the hammer striking Glacious on the head. The attack sent cracks through
Glacious and caused him to fall backward. The spirit hit the ground, his blue
aura began to fade and his brittle icy body looked like it was one strike away
from shattering completely. “I give! I will never bother you or Patches ever
again” Glacious pleaded.
Jaye’s eyes went dark as he stood
ominously over the fallen ice spirit. Jaye’s shadow was cast over Glacious as
Jaye spoke with a deep grumbling voice “There will be no mercy for those who
oppose Autumn” Jaye said as he lifted the claw hammer above his head. Glacious
prepared for oblivion but then nothing happened. “Juuuust kidding, Boyo!” Jaye
said with a goofy grin. “HA! I took a picture of your stupid face with my
phone. Now get outta here or I’ll show everyone how much of a big cry baby you
are!” Jaye said then walked off to check on Joseph. Glacious was stunned by the
turn of events. He had never met anyone like Jaye Williams before nor anyone as
strong and dedicated as Joseph Stephens. Then a single frozen tear slid down
Glacious’ face. “I’m not a cry baby” he said in a pouting voice.
The day one won and Glacious was
defeated. As the ice spirit disappeared, escaping back to the winter lands,
Joseph was slowly waking up. “I have to be more careful with this staff, it
knocked me out” Joseph said. “Thaaaats what she said” Said Jaye. Joseph
grimaced at Jaye before letting out a small smile.
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