Joseph
Stephens sat on a large rock in the middle of a field. The field was covered in
green grass that was slowly changing shade from the cold autumn air. The wind
blew through the field, shaking the grass and mess up Joseph’s hair.
Jaye
Williams walked through the field wearing a thick fall jacket that was gun
metal gray and had too many pockets. He made his way to the rock where Joseph
sat. the last few rays of sunlight shone down on the field as the day gave way
to night. The air was crisp and the lingering smell of wood smoke wafted
through the air.
Joseph wore
a slick rain proof green jacket and sported a pile of messy brown hair on his
head, bushy eyebrows and brown eyes that showed ages of experience. “Hey Poncho
man Jones” Said Jaye as he approached. Joseph’s contemplative look faded into a
grin “What IS up, Jim Jams the Jam man?” Joseph shouted into the air without
turning to greet his friend.
Jaye
laughed then sat down on the rock next to Joseph. The two friends sat back to
back on the rock. “So why are we here?” Jaye asked, trying to shout over the
increasingly loud wind that blew past them. “Usually weird stuff finds me when
I try to live a normal life. THIS time, we are out to find something weird
first. Then we can get more normal life stuff done without the distraction.
Make sense?” Joseph explained, shouting into the wind and still face away from
Jaye. “No it doesn’t, but I like the part where we find weird stuff. I got a
few ideas already. Eheheheh” Jaye said with an alarmingly evil chuckle. Jaye
patted the breast of his coat. Hidden away in the inside pocket of his coat was
a surprise that he kept with him in case of emergencies or weird events, or
when he was bored.
The two
friends talked by facing away from each other and shouting into the wind, this
strained their voices and hurt their throats. But instead of turning around and
trying to save their voices, they ignorantly continued shouting like apes.
As the two
baboons howled into the wind a streak of light was seen flashing across the
sky. It was a bright green light and only was visible for a second. Then a few
seconds later the light was seen again but closer. The light grew closer and
closer until the two friends realized the source of light was hurling towards
them like a meteor from space.
Though they
weren’t smart enough to save their voices, they were smart enough to move away
from the impact zone of the green light meteor. The light shot straight at
them. The two friends ran for cover and escaped just in time to watch a blast
of green light hit the rock they were sitting on and explode into rubble.
The ground
shook and a large locked treasure box rose up from the crater made by the green
light. Green wisps burst from the ground and surrounded the treasure chest.
They wisps carried the chest to solid ground then dropped it with a loud thud.
Then the wisps swirled around like a mini tornado until they formed a human
shaped creature made of green light.
“I’ve seen weirder” Jaye said
casually. “No way yo-“ Joseph started to say, then remembered that they both
had seen weirder things in the past. The two friends stood up from behind the
mound of dirt they were hiding behind and approached the green light being. “I
got a letter telling me to come here, it was signed a ‘friend’. Is that your
doing?” Joseph asked.
“Why didn’t you tell me about the
letter?” Jaye asked faking a sad expression. “Would it have changed your
decision to come to the field?” Joseph asked. “No, probably not. I didn’t have
anything going on and my favorite show “baby clubbers” isn’t on till tomorrow
night” Jaye replied.
The green being spoke, its voice
was soft and quiet. It sounded completely harmless and a little silly. “Listen
you guys, I’m very serious about what I am about to tell you. Like really
really serious. So listen” said the Green light being in his silly little
voice. Jaye and Joseph tried not to laugh.
“I sent you the letter because the
spirit of autumn is being attacked in his own land. In the spirit world we all
have a little kingdom of our own design, its really really cool you guys.
Anyway the elemental brothers Ignitious and Glacious are wreaking havoc in the
autumn lands. They are spirits of fire and ice and I guess they got into a
fight with the spirit of autumn over a card game or something” the green spirit
explained.
“I don’t normally like helping but
I see you have a treasure chest. Maybe you could use that to bribe us with?”
Jaye said bluntly in his best attempt to be subtle. He failed at subtly.
“Y-yeah man, totally. I was actually already going to give you the stuff in the
chest. Just slow your respective rolls, if you please” said the green spirit,
its tiny voice trying to sound serious but worked as well as if a kitten tries
to act tough.
“Since the autumn lands are in huge
disarray I took several of the Fall relics and brought them here so they
wouldn’t be destroyed” Explained the green spirit. The humanoid green light
pointed at the treasure chest, its hand broke off from the writst, turned into
a green light wisp and went into the keyhole of the lock. The lock broke open
and the treasure chest creaked as the lid was floated open by the wisp which
was now in a hand shape again. “Still not the weirdest thing” Jaye muttered.
Joseph ran over to the treasure
chest and looked inside. The relics of the autumn land included the following:
A golden maple leaf the size of a catchers mitt, a pumpkin the size of a base
ball, a staff made from the branch of an oak tree with orange, red and yellow
leaves decorating the top of the staff, and last was a leather water skin
filled with warm liquid. Joseph gathered all of the items into a large sack and
walked to the green spirit. “This is great, but what does this stuff do?” asked
Joseph.
The spirit replied in a very
excited soft little voice. “The golden leaf can create a temporary shield of
wind that can block most physical objects. Anything that can be swept away but
a rushing hurricane wind will be repelled by this wind shield. The staff can
shoot fire, send out controlled bursts of earthquakes and send out blasts of
wind that can send spirits and creatures flying. Both the leaf and the staff
will tire you out to use. They are magic and drain your energy. So don’t use
them all the time or you will be too tired and warn out to fight. The Pumpkin
doesn’t consume your energy but it can turn into armor or a weapon at will and
the Water skin has a hot beverage that keeps you warm against even the harshest
cold” The green spirit explained.
“Dibs on the destruction staff!”
Jaye shouted. “NO!” Joseph shouted back in alarm. He didn’t want to think what
would happen if Jaye got something that could shoot flames. He would probably
burn down the forest then exhaust himself and collapse before they even found
the elemental brothers.
After several games of
rock-paper-scissors and much arguing, Joseph ended up with the Staff and the
flask and Jaye took the pumpkin and leaf. With their equipment settled and the
two ready for adventure the green spirit opened a gateway to the spirit world.
A literal metal gate appeared out of thin air. The metal was polished steel and
the gate was about three feet tall and had a swinging door. It looked like a
little steel garden fence. “This is it? To the spirit world?” Joseph asked
hesitantly. “Of course!” Said the spirit in a pouty voice “Come ON guys this is
serious business. Like super serious you guys!” The spirit added.
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