“So what are the chances that my mom is here among us.?” “Very slim. Not all the people caught are in the same concentration camp.” “ “Yeah. I knew that . Doesn’t mean the spies who are caught aren't in the same one though.” Maybe. But that wouldn’t make sense because there are only about 50 prisoners of war in this camp.” “My uncle told me that only 250 Cithians were killed.” “Yes, that's true. But there have probably been about 1000 or more who have been caught not counting the number of SPS members who were caught.” “So you took down the death toll of all the cihtians who were caught versus killed but you didn't write down an estimate of how many spies were caught versus killed?” “We know how many people were caught versus killed that were spies. We just don’t know how many of them lost their memories.” “Wait , does that mean that it’s possible that there are spies who didn’t lose their memories?” “I wouldn’t get your hopes up .” “Why not ? There is a loophole to every
When we came upon the other side, we were standing in my classroom at Haystead. Alarms were going off and no one was in sight. It seemed as if a bomb had gone off. The classroom door swung open as my uncle and my dad appeared. My dad glared at me. “You must come with me while we still have a chance to save Jaren.” “So you heard what happened?” “Heard? It’s splattered all over the news. But I never thought my own son would be the one to put all cithians back in danger.” “Really? From what I heard from Uncle Kody you were a part of what caused us to be outlawed in the first place.” “True. But I didn’t think that the warning of the reawakening could actually happen. I mean that is why Haystead was established. We needed a way to make sure that if more people became cithians whether by injection or by being born with the powers that we could hide their malfunctions.” “Well, it still happened though.” “Okay Fine. We need to save Jaren though. So follow me to the car.” “I f
When we came out on the other side we were parked in front of a red brick castle. We got up and walked out of the bus and I looked at my dad. "Where are we?" "This is Gailems. A school for people like you and Jaren. A school for people who have fully gained their warrior powers." We walked up to the doors of the Castle. In the center of the doors was a circle with eight symbols on it. I looked at my dad. “Dad, what are those symbols for?” “They are the symbols for the Eight Sayis’. The four are for the Good Sayis’ or the Servants of Light and the other four are for the bad Sayis’ which are the Warriors of Darkness.You’ll learn more about them during your four years at Gailems.” The doors opened and two guards stood in front of us and both of them were dressed in blue armor. The one to the right glared at my uncle Kodyack. “You could’ve warned me before you brought both of them here!” “I’m sorry. We were being chased by Strikers.” “It’s fine. We have the Sayis’ rule
Long ago in the distant past, there was an ancient civilization called Cithians. They were formed in the 1300s by a king called Glenn Hatchett. They lived in secret in a village named Tarnstead behind a stone wall that separated them from the English. In 1442, this same civilization was outlawed after an Englishman named Jadon killed the wife of King Knagstar, Sheila and the Cithians broke out into war with the English.King Knagstar's most trusted servant and magician, Adagar Markson was given three precious items (steel, water, and fire) and was told to make a potion with these items. This potion was to be used to contact the Gods to rescue their people from sheer destruction at the hands of the English.Unexpectedly, when he did so, a dark circular cloud appeared and a beam shot down from it. A man dressed in black stepped out."Hello earthling, I am Jagik, king of the planet Yakob. How may I be of assistance?""Earthling? I am Adagar Markson, servant of King Knagstar of the cithia
We all sat down. I met a boy with eyes the color of fire. “I’m Chaser Jerricus, son of headmaster, Pedro Jerricus. I assume you’re the kid who reawakened the memories of the Strikers.” “Yes. But I do have a question. What are the symbols on the castle doors for?” “For the Sayis’ which are the people who founded this school to hide people with warrior powers.” “Who are the Sayis’?” “You’ve heard of the Sayis Council right?” “Yes. Well the people are representatives of each of the eight Sayis’.” “So what are the symbols for though?” “For the forms they turn into when they use their sayis powers.” “So what are the names of the sayis?” “Sedro Sayis, Light Sayis, Gator Sayis, and Minotaur Sayis are the Good Sayis’ or the Servants of Light. Darkness Sayis, Hydra Sayis, Cerberus Sayis, and Finally Qysterio Sayis are the bad Sayis or the Warriors of Darkness.” Pedro stood up again. “Our Caretaker, Gailyn Kames will now give you your room number and once you go to the ro
I hesitated for a moment. “What’s the healing diamond?” “I don’t know. I’ve only heard legends about it. Do any of you know anything about it?” Michael put his elbows on the table and his hand on his chin. “From what I can tell from the legends, it’s some type of power source that can heal multiple injuries at one time. But I’ve never seen it up close.” We all disconnected our pendants away from each other. I heard a hard knock on the door. It opened and Gailyn stood in the doorway. “Please follow me to the Halls of Battle.” We all got up and followed Gailyn. We came around the corridor until we saw a flock of students standing in front of a set of double doors. Pedro was standing in front of us. “We have reviewed the transcripts for all the first years. As I told you before, there are four ranks: 1. The power beam makers 2. The fusion beam makers 3. The Blacksmiths and finally the orb makers. Two of you will battle at a time. All students will be battling but only two
Pedro stood in front of everyone. “Our caretaker, Gailyn Kames, would like me to acknowledge the curfew of 10 at night. I would also like to warn you that the room holding the sword of Sayis” is forbidden unless you feel that it is necessary to use the sword to contact the Sayis’ and it is a dire emergency. Because of the way the battles went, 1st and 3rd years will be in the same dorm and 2nd years and 4th years will also room together. The first and third years will be called The Dragons of Light and Second and Fourth Years will be called the Servants of The Sayis’. Kodyack will take the first group to their dorm and Fader will take the other. My group and Fader’s groups left the room. We followed each other until we came to a clearing. In front of us stood several pedestals with different colored orbs. Fader and Kodyack stood in front of us. “Nester Green and Crystal Crop, I would like you to stand in front of us and explain what these orb pedestals do. “ Nester and Crystal
The next morning Pedro's voice came over the speaker. “All students please report to The halls of Battle for the initiation of our fifth injectee.” We all gathered around the orb pedestal as Nester put his hands on it. A portal opened and we were sucked into it. When we appeared on the other side, We all sat down as Headmaster Pedro stood in front of the battlefield. “Can I have all second years and above stand up?” All of the students that could battle stood up. “I will now reveal the fifth injectee. The double doors swung open as a boy in a blue shirt and tan jeans with blue eyes walked down to the Battlefield. “This is Jaren James. Because he is our fifth injectee and this is the first time in the history of Gailems that a fifth injectee has been chosen, Jaren will get the chance to battle who he chooses by drawing a name out of the hat on the right side of me. Jaren walked up to the hat. He turned around as he faced the crowd. “Nester Green.” Nester walked up to th
Janice dragged me to the castle doors by the collar of my shirt. My shirt ripped as I resisted and got up from the ground. She opened the doors and I saw a girl with flowing red hair and hazel blue eyes with a light brown sweater and dark blue jeans. She glared at me. “Wait, my partner is the hunted criminal Skylar Ridian Crop?” “Criminal?” “Yes. Your face is all over the news. The strikers are literally searching every house in the Village of Siraka for you right now!”“What about Jaren? Why isn’t his face all over the news too? I mean he is the victim in this incident.” “Algoona Middle school won’t disclose Jaren’s name or face. But the saddest part is that the two people who destroyed Siraka aren’t having their faces plastered all over the news and yet you are.” “I agree. It’s a total disgrace.But back to the point, why did the Sayis Council pick you and not a student to be my partner?” “It’s like Janice said. They want you to have the best chance possible in beating the capt
Kaiser looked out into the crowd. “We have had two more kidnappings. I know many of you have heard that Crystal was kidnapped recently. But I have even worse news. Kodyack Blues got kidnapped along with Headmaster Jerricus but only a few minutes apart. According to the camera footage, the first captor who took Kodyack, was a person in a red mask and guardian armor. So that confirms that we have a traitor in our midst...I rolled my eyes as everyone else murmured in the background. Kaiser pounded his fist on the pulpit. “I know this is shocking to you all but I have to discuss the Headmaster’s kidnapping too, so please let me talk!” The crowd went silent. “Thank you. Now, the captor who took our Headmaster, is a mystery because all that was seen in camera footage was a figure with a red mask with black spots on it in a red cloak with a black hood. This means I’m sorry but we have to put all students under the eye students that our own Fader Jacobs will appoint to watch over all of
I awoke to a room full of smoke. Kodyack’s bed was unmade and he was nowhere to be seen. I shot an orb of light into the air as the smoke dissipated and saw broken glass all over the floor. Beside me on my uncle’s nightstand was a piece of parchment. This is what it said:“Skylar Ridian Crop, I have taken the Warrior Master. When you fight me in 4 days , you better come prepared otherwise you will not get him back.”I dropped my jaw.It looks so much like my dad’s handwriting. But if it is my dad, why would he do this? Things just don’t match up here. My dragon looked at me. “I don’t think it was your dad because I saw who did it.They were in a black cloak and were wearing a red mask.” “So how did the captor get the handwriting to look like my dad’s?” “He was using an AI pen that was able to copy other people’s handwriting.” “Plus, it said I will fight them in four days which gave it away that it was the same person who kidnapped my sister, Crystal.”Jaren looked at me. “Why wou
I walked out of Pedro’s office as Nester walked up to me. “What did Pedro want you for?” “My sister Crystal got kidnapped.” “Did he say who kidnapped her?” “No. But I’m confused. If there was a student kidnapped, wouldn’t the guardians be alarmed?” “Not if a guardian was the Kidnapper.” “So you’re saying this was an inside job?”“Exactly.”“I guess I’ll know who has betrayed all of us when I fight them in five days.” “That doesn’t sound good.” “Why?” “Because according to Sayis Council law, the winner of a duel automatically has possession of the loser.” “So wait, If I lose I become captured by the enemy? Could you tell me why didn’t Pedro tell me that?”“I’m guessing he didn’t wait to scare with the fact of possibly being captured by whoever the captor is.” “But him not telling me makes me think he wants me to be captured.” “Well, it would make sense if you lost because then you would have an easier time rescuing your sister, wouldn’t you?” “Actually, that would make sen
They had bruises all over their bodies. Their orange jumpsuits had rips and tears at the arms.They all had cuts on their wrists. So, they had no power rings in their wrists. These prisoners had absolutely no powers. “Who took your powers?” I said. One of the prisoners stood up. He had a pasty white face. He also had baby blue eyes. “The Sayis’.” The prisoner said. “Why?” I said. “For our crimes.” The prisoner said. “What crimes?” I said. “My name is Kevin Ladmir. I'm here for being in cahoots with Furliceo Woolsley.” The prisoner said. “You were in an alliance with Furliceo Woolsley?” I said. “Yeah.” Kevin said. “Why?” I said. “Because I was on a mission to learn why Furliceo became a Striker.” Kevin said. “Really?” I said. “Yes.” Kevin said. “We all know why. He did it because his power possession turned him evil.” I said. I looked at Kevin. “So, do you still keep in contact with him?” I said. “Yep. I just got some news from him.” Kevin said “Can you give
My uncle Kodyack told me that story. I always asked him who Shirak was although he never told me. He always said that I was too young to know. He is kind of right. I was only 6 after all. My alarm went off at 6am. “Skylar Ridian Crop, get down here or you’ll be late for school!” I jumped out of bed and got into my uniform. I grabbed my backpack and raced outside as I raced downstairs. He looked at me . “Go get in the truck, I’m taking you to school today.” I ran outside and got in the truck. He walked outside as walked up to the truck and got in.. He started it as he looked at me. “Please don’t tell anyone about your dad.” “Uncle Kody, what do you mean?” “I mean, don’t tell them that he’s the famous singer, Alex Crop.” “Why?” “Just don’t.” “Why?” “Don’t argue. You’ll already enough of a freak because of your height.” “I’m not that tall.” “I’m not arguing with you.” We pulled up onto the highway as Kodyack turned on the radio. “Bloodbringer Brian Henderson started his s
The wind blew as the Centaur glared at me. “What’s going on?” A portal opened in the sky and out flew some creatures that were basically small snakes with dragon wings. “For the first time in 26 years, the Syirics are back. The question is why?” “What made it happen last time?” “Of course. Just like last time he was here. That figure summoned them to distract us so he can snatch the sword while no one’s looking.” I shook my head and hid my face.Chaser walked over to me. “What’s wrong Skyrid?” “Nothing. This just makes no sense.” “How?” “My uncle told me that Furliceo was the one who kidnapped Richard not Jaren’s father.” “Well, he's half right then.” “How so?” “Yes, Furliceo was the one who gave him the key to your uncle’s bedroom. But it was that figure who did the crime.” Jaren’s face became red. “Stop calling him a figure! His name is Jakin.” The centaur shook his head. “It doesn’t matter what happened 26 years ago. What matters is the here and now, not
After class was done, Nester took us to the hall of orb pedestals. He walked up to the pedestal in the center and placed his hands on it as he closed his eyes. A portal opened as we all turned into orbs and it sucked us in. When we materialized, we stood in front of two gravestones. Both of them had a skeleton in front of them. Their hands were bound together with string and a piece of newspaper was posted on a wooden plank in between them. I walked up to the plank and read the inscription on it. “March 23, 2024. Today marks the fifth day of Sade's disappearance. Bloodbringer Kodyack admitted that he regrets turning Sade into darkomega by using the Darkomegian Procedure. But the sad thing is this was the only way to free his father, Richard who is the Hecticmaker of the Sayis Council. Yes, this is a sad day in history but it had to be done to protect Richard and the integrity of the Sayis Council because without Richard there is no final say on the big issues like when the council is
My uncle walked to the center of the room and turned around to look at us. “Now for the main reason you came to Gailems. To learn how to turn into the different forms of your powers. The first form is your warrior form. That is the form I will now teach you how to turn into. But, please be frank here. Today we will find out whether you serve the light or the dark. To do so, you will shoot a beam of light into the air if you choose to serve the light but, if you shall choose to serve the dark you will shoot a beam of darkness into the air. Skyrid and Chaser you will be first.” Chaser and I walked to our separate sides of the battlefield. Chaser and I both shot beams of light into the air. Kodyack got in between us. “Stop this battle. I’m sorry warriors on the same side cannot battle unless they are into two different forms like one in a warrior form and in a mythical creature form and those types of forms are not my specialty. I’m the warrior master not the creature master. So in