《Seeker’s Crystal》 Chapter 1 ¡°Hey thanks for taking me to the next town it can be really dangerous going on my own¡± said Leafa as she smiles to the two guys taking her. ¡±it¡¯s no problem at all¡± coming from Balaam ¡°yea you don''t need to worry at all, anything that tries to take us on we¡¯ll just push them out the way¡± said Barbados as he stands proudly with the sword on the armoured shoulder. As they walk down the grassy path a man wearing a ripped up grey cloak and a great sword on his back lifts his left hand covered in bandages and points to the girl and the two guys. ¡°hey what are you pointing at!?¡± Barbados yells at the guy in the cloak. The man starts to walk forward towards them ¡°Barbados?¡± Balaam said wimply to Barbados ¡°Right!¡± said Barbados as they both draw their weapons Barbados having a sword and Balaam holding a dagger they charge at the man. The cloak man ducks under Balaam¡¯s attack and jumps over Barbados¡¯ sword doing a flip in the air to land and facing their backs the two try to turn around as quick as they can but see the cloak man raise his right hand as they can see it is a robot hand with a crystal in it they stop, looking like they¡¯ve seen the end of their days. The cloak man put his left hand on his right arm, with this the crystal starts to glow brightly and just like that a beam of light come out and strikes the two guys turning them into stone with the shocked look on their faces. ¡±no not again why does this keep happening why?¡± crying her eyes out on the floor said Leafa with the cloak man not caring at all as he walks over to the two stoned guys. Leafa get up and runs to the cloak man grabbing his cloak and yelling ¡°why please why did you only petrify them why do I deserve to live¡± he goes to push her away as she pulls off the cloak and grabs his arms. The cloak man has a shocked look on his face and Leafa drops to the floor screaming in pain with her hands grabbing her head through her eyes she is seeing multiple Images of the world being made the gods and all the wars that have happened to this point all this happening over a few seconds and at the end she sees 8 crystals in a circle with the silhouette of a woman before coming back to the real world seeing the cloak man have a shocked look ¡°err what was that what¡¯s going on?¡± Leafa said as she got up rubbing her head ¡°no way how are you alive?¡± thought the cloak man ¡°who said that just now?¡± Leafa said as she looks around for anyone else ¡°wait she can hear me? Hey young lady can you hear my thoughts?¡± thought the cloak man ¡°hear your thoughts? Wait your mouth wasn¡¯t moving how can I hear you then?¡± said Leafa ¡°those damn gods so this was their damn trick that they meant. Anyway, you are hearing my thoughts as I think them right now. My name is Take Hagane I happened to save your life right now those two they are bandits they are known for helping young women get to places for a low price at some point on the road they will wait till you¡¯re tired and have their way with you until you are no use to them anymore and straight up kill you and Take whatever you got¡±If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. Leafa gasp at hearing this ¡°is that true, oh god ¡­ thank you then I thought it was my bad luck happening again¡± said Leafa with a face looking like she¡¯ll be sick at any moment from thinking about that ¡°Umm Mr. Hagane why am I now hearing your thoughts¡± Leafa wonders as she looks at him, seeing if there were something allowing this to happen, and patting her head to try and feel if there were any sort of magic item there as well ¡°Truth be told I have no idea you''re the first one this has happened too I¡¯ve been cursed by the gods for my own mistake they took away my voice and my ability to touch anyone beside you anyone I touch in the past have all had a mental shutdown I wonder why you''re different. Maybe I should do some tests at my lab it could be your blood, did the gods send you to toy with me ¡­...¡± Take keep thinking about why this girl Leafa is special and what test he could do on her ¡°Ummm Mr. Hagane I can still hear your thoughts about tests¡± With an ¡®is this ok¡¯ smile on her face, wondering if she should get away from this weirdo or stay with him as he did just save her life and her escorts got turned to stone she has no way of getting to the next town safely now. ¡°Oh, really so you hear everything I will think about talk about having no space to think. Anyway, this stone spell won''t last all day they will turn back to normal if I don''t get them to prison soon and I¡¯d like you to come with me¡± As Take studies the stone bodies, he then faces Leafa with a scary smile on his old restless face while Leafa looks shocked from hearing that and seeing that face of his feeling like running away right now might be the best idea. ¡°Wait what do you mean come with you I didn¡¯t do anything wrong I swear [sob] please don''t send me to jail with them Mr. Hagane [sob]¡± as she starts to cry a little and shaking Take¡¯s arm begging not to ¡°Please call me Take and that not what I meant my lab is on the island the jail is on once I drop these two off we can head to my lab and if you wouldn''t mind allowing some blood test and some other ones to be done and see if I¡¯m able to ¡­. Anyway, it will help a lot of people I¡¯ve hurt in return I can pay you for your services of course¡± ¡°Thanks, but there¡¯s something you should know about me first if you want this to happen everyone I¡¯ve got involved with has had bad fate happen to them and even die knowing this I understand if you want to rethink your offer¡± Leafa¡¯s face turns sad with head going down and her hands together seeming like she¡¯s about to walk back slowly ¡°So that doesn¡¯t matter to me the worst has already happen to me nothing worse can happen now, if so I¡¯ll think of a way to fight it off¡± Take reaches for the bag that is on the left side just above the hip and pull 5 cube shape gems with runes on each one of them ¡°Now would you mind helping me and put these around a star pattern over there next to those two don''t worry they will still be like that for little while longer¡± They both place the cubes down in a star like pattern after doing so the gem runes start to glow and Take steps into the star ¡°Come on or you¡¯ll be left here don''t worry we help each other out okay¡± Smiling to Leafa, not so scary this time if as seeing his restless face fade away to a new welcoming one. Leafa feeling calm and happy from that smile she steps into the star as well grabbing his hand and then a flash of light happens and they are gone and the cubes are burnt out with a light smoke coming from all 5 of them and a burnt ground leaving a star shape with an outer circle as well A dark stoney room shows in the view as bright blue lighting shows sparking around the rocks then a big flash followed by a fog of smoke with two shadows in it, the fog lifts to a light smoke and we start to see Take and Leafa. ¡± *cough* *cough* wow, where are we?¡± Leafa said whilst looking around the room and seeing mostly rock but a dark green metal door with a white marble stone block around it. Take didn¡¯t think anything his thoughts where blank as he walks to the metal door. Leafa soon follows him as he opens the door a bright light blinds Leafa for a sec and when her eyes readjusted, she sees a beautiful city with a castle at the end but what was most important about this place was that it was right next to the clouds in the sky. Leafa was in the favoured city Hyka the city in the clouds ¡°welcome to my home Hyka¡± Take gestures a welcome to Leafa ¡°your home? This is where you live I hear only the rich live here or those who serve the royal family of Hyka¡± Leafa saying with a look of overjoying happiness on her face like this is a place where she would dream to go ¡°Well yes that is true but there is another way of getting up here thought some of them I would not recommend or you might just get shot down by my cannon. And before you ask I serve the family they¡¯re good friends of mine. I am the inventor here¡± Take thinks walking down the streets with Leafa next to him as there are walking a lot of town folk are trying to get as far away from Take it seems like they are afraid of him. While they keep walking Leafa thinks to herself that she isn¡¯t hearing Take as much anymore she wonders if the teleport might have made it harder to hear his thoughts again. ¡°Aww here we are this is my place/workshop here we will rest and start testing in the morning¡± Take gave a smile to Leafa while it was meant to be just a smile she saw it as an evil act about to happen to her, but she smiles back and looks up at the sign above the door it read Hagane Workshop Chapter 2 The door opens to a dusty old workshop of all sort of wonder the best way Leafa could put this into words was like this workshop is a place where magic was possible the advent tech that was in place in the shop was amazing. Take was probably the one that was appearing to make the city float as it does now there was also cool looking weapons and Armour with the look that they are able to transform itself in battle. But the one that stood out to Leafa most of all was the only one that looked broken in the store it was a big sword that looked like it had a big gun in the middle of it, but the lower part of the sword was hanging down almost like it was about to snap off and it was the only thing that wasn¡¯t shiny like the other weapons and had so much dust on it. ¡°let me show you to the guest room oh and I¡¯ll show you the kitchen on the way, but they aren¡¯t much to eat beside some bread and fruit I don¡¯t get much of a chance to go to the market and get some food¡± Take thought as they passed by the kitchen and walk down the hall that leads to an old wooden door on the left which has a sign on it reading out as storage next to it was a flight of stairs they both go up it.,Take in front of Leafa following just behind him. There are three doors one on the right and left then another one just down the hall facing them. ¡°the room on the left is the guest room it¡¯s a bit of a mess as I haven¡¯t had a guest for a while now but feel free to move stuff around to your liking. The door on your right is the restroom but there¡¯s no bath in there as its hard to get a lot of water to every house on Hyka but there is a public bath house just a few streets from here, and that door over there is my room. You may use this place as freely as you like just don¡¯t enter my room that is the one big rule I have in place here.¡± As Takes thought travels to Leafa she wonders why the only real important rule she was given was to stay out of that room. She didn¡¯t wonder much about it as she thinks that she is a guest in someone else place so it¡¯s only normal that he would have rules in place. ¡°ok I understand and Take thank you again for saving me¡± Said Leafa in a shy but thankful tone and her hand¡¯s by his with her finger moving around each other ¡°don¡¯t mention it I was just doing my job plus thanks to you something has happened and might hopefully open up a new path on my quest to cure myself from this damn curse and maybe give me an answer on how to¡­. Anyway we should get some sleep we¡¯ve got a lot of testing to do in the morning. Well good night¡± Take thought as he heads to his room only opening the door slightly and walking in so no one can see what is in the room. Leafa wonders to herself for a min thinking what could be in that room but then took her mind off it as her stomach growls thinking she hasn¡¯t had much to eat she runs downstairs into the kitchen and grabs some apple¡¯s hugging them as she runs up the stairs and enters the room Take showed her. It was a dark room with only the clear night sky with the full moonlight shining through the window there are blankets over everything the tables, chairs, drawers and some other stuff that has a weird shape to them. Leafa moves some of the stuff so she can sit and sleep for the night during that time of moving stuff around she has a sit on one of the wooden chairs and eats some of the apples. Leaving only the core of the apples on the table she gets up pushing the chair back but the back right leg hits something stopping the chair. Leafa goes to pick the item up and Takes off the blanket to find a pair of gauntlets still looking brand new she puts them on noticing they feel a lot lighter than the way they look they should weigh a ton to Leafa¡¯s slim body instead they feel light as a feather to her. She is able to move her hands so freely it is as if they were made for her she feels and then finds a button in the gauntlets she press it in the left hand gauntlet and it starts to transforms into an armour bracelet. Leafa does the same to the right hand she was amazed at what just happened but she couldn¡¯t see a way to get them to transform back but as her eyes started to get heavy she think to herself that it is getting late and falls on the bed and drifts off to sleep. [2 weeks later] ¡°Me and Take have learnt something about this power between us, we found out that half way between Islands which Take said is about 45KM is the limit that I can hear him, anything past that becomes hard to hear. And after a lot of blood test we have finally come to the conclusion that it is not my blood that allows this to happen and thank the gods for that I thought I was going to die from blood loss the amount Take was taking from me. Other than that I¡¯ve just been enjoying my life here thought I really need to get back to searching for him¡± Leafa wrote in her diary in the middle of the park on a wooden bench watching people go past her or making wishes at the water fountain.Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. ¡°Leafa I need you to come back right now I need your help with something¡± Take thoughts start coming into Leafa¡¯s head so that she can hear him ¡°arrr I better be going kinda hard that I can¡¯t tell him I¡¯m coming as his thoughts are only one way if we¡¯re apart.¡± She thinks to herself kinda giggling at the same time then picks up her diary and starts to leave the park and walks thought the town back to Take¡¯s place. Leafa arrives at Take¡¯s workshop she opens the door and sees Take and another woman. Take has all the gear on from when they first met, wearing a dark cloak with his claymore size sword on his back and showing his metal hand as well. The girl standing next to him is in the royal army a nice set of armour on the shoulder,chest,arms,wrist and legs with a blue striped cloth covering the rest of the body and the helmet is shaped in a way that looks like a two pointed horn at the back of it and with a visor that can be lifted up or down depending on the wearer, as for the lady herself she has brown skin with a dark black hair and some silver stripes in her hair as well, she is about 5ft5 just a bit smaller then Leafa and Take as Leafa is 5ft6 and Take is 5ft11. Leafa walks into the store room and says ¡°sorry I ain¡¯t interrupting anything am I?¡± the girl in the armour turns around and both of them look at Leafa. ¡°oh wow Take look a customer it¡¯s been awhile since I¡¯ve seen any new people in this place go you can serve her first thought that might be a bit hard for you ¡°the armoured girl said and nudging her elbow into Take¡¯s side with Take having a grumpy face on him and his arms crossed. ¡°oh no I¡¯m not a customer I¡¯m ¡­ I¡¯m his assistant, Yea that¡¯s right!¡± Leafa smiles as she finishes what she was saying. ¡°assistant you say well that must be harder didn¡¯t know you were looking for extra hands thought you do need one ha ha and a cute young girl as well you sly old dog didn¡¯t know you had it in you¡± the armoured girl said punching Take in the arm and Take just getting more angrier. ¡°Leafa please explain to Slivera about the power and can she get to the point of her being here please before I kick her out of here¡± Take thought to Leafa though the thoughts sound as angry as he looks right now. ¡°ok Slivera is it? Let me explain see we don¡¯t know a lot about what makes this work but about two weeks ago I grabbed Take and since I did that I¡¯ve been able to hear his thoughts that¡¯s what I kinda meant when I said I was his assistant . oh he also asks what are you doing here?¡± said Leafa ¡°wait she survived you touching her and now she can hear your thoughts?!¡± Slivera yells while looking at Take and pointing at Leafa. Take nods back at her symbol as she pull her hand back to her chest ¡°well let me introduce myself my name is Slivera Otheart I¡¯m the most powerful knight on the royal army and I¡¯m one of this guys only few friends some might say the best of best friends. Oh and I¡¯m here on business they have been attacks on villains in the southeast area we don¡¯t know what is causing it but most of them have massive holes in them. We¡¯d like you to see what¡¯s going on and find out anything and if the army will need to get involved¡± her tone of voice went from happy to business-like in a second like it was second nature. ¡°umm nice to meet you I¡¯m Leafa, oh Take just asked where should we start looking?¡± Leafa said. ¡°Windrow village, that seems to be where the first attack happened thought most of the repairs are under way thought, maybe see if anyone is around for questioning ¡°Slivera said to Leafa even thought it was Take asking the question. ¡°Leafa pack your bags we¡¯ll be leaving shortly make sure you have a nice amount of stuff we won¡¯t be back for a while I¡¯m guessing¡± Take thought to Leafa and she nods to him as she starts to head upstairs to grab her stuff. Take picks up a pen and paper and trying to hide his thoughts he writes a note to Slivera saying ¡±I need Leafa to take care of herself out there I can¡¯t guaranty her safety but she¡¯ll be handy if I need someone to talk for me¡±. Slivera replies ¡°maybe a short blade or a dagger, it¡¯s what we train most of the new troops with, as long as you teach her the basics she should be able to hold herself in a simple fight¡± Take nods and looks around his workshop thinking of what weapon to give Leafa.meanwhile Leafa is up in her room packing her things- spare clothes, some food, her diary, and just thinking ¡®what else?¡¯. Then she remembers that it¡¯s dangerous out in the world and grabs the gauntlets. She transforms them into the bracelet and wears them then heads back downstairs to see Slivera off with her waving her hand way in the air and cutely walks out of the door. ¡°Leafa over here I have something for you¡± Take hands her a sword in a wooden sheaf. Leafa pulls the sword out it is a short sword with a bronze guard and the blade shines with a white and silver steel not too heavy but not so light that it would break easily ¡°I¡¯ll try to teach you some stuff on our travels just so you¡¯re safe in case I¡¯m not there. I need you around to be my voice¡± thought Take Leafa puts the sword back into the sheaf and replies¡± thank you Take and ok I think that will be best too plus that Slivera woman is kinda right you can¡¯t really ask questions that well can you hehe¡±. Take scowls. Both of them went outside and lock the workshop up then head out to the docks for one of the airships to drop them off and set out on their quest.