Monday 9 June 2008

When the Dawn Rises: part 3

"Well!" snapped Maria, "Hven´t you guys got anything to say?"

There was still silence.

The boys were still shocked from hearing the story about their much soughted treasure.

"Er..." Mateo croaked, looking at the other 3 and then looking at Maria.

"Where´s the book?"

Maria smiled and gestured to Rosa with her eyes.

"Somewhere safe." Rosa reassured them.

"But we can´t let you see it."

"Why not?" Asked Carlos.

"You´re not worthy." Esperanza said, matter of factly.

"What?" hissed Carlos

"Well," Maria added "You´re not!"

He began to get Irate with his sister.

"First you tell us you have the book, then you and your crazy friends fill our heads with this story about witch hunts and magic people, and now you are telling us that......"

"You´re not worthy yet." Maria interuppted.

"Eh?" the boys cried in Unison.

"You need to be worthy first of all." Esperanza added.

There was silence.

"You mean we have to pass a test?" Sergio quizzed.

"It´s not just any test." Maria warned.

Now they were confused. So many mysteries, so many questions and now they had to endure a test.

"Surely it´t not that tough." Paco finally said.

"It´s not a normal test." Rosa insisted.

"It´s a test of strength of the mind, body and spirit.It´s a test of endurance and of skill."

"But why?" Quizzed Carlos. "I´m sure none of you had to do it!"

"Sure we did!" Carolina snapped. "How do you think we found out we can do what we can do."

"But why all this test?" Mateo asked.

"We need to hide the book again." Maria explained.

"It can´t fall into the wrong hands."

"Great!" Paco exclaimed. "So what are we waiting for? Test us already!"

The girls looked at each other and then turned to the boys.

"There´s more." Carolina told them.

"What?" urged Sergio.

"We´re you not listening to the story?" Carolina hissed.

"You four are going to be tested for something else."

they thought for a moment.

"We have to guard someone?" Carlos asked them.

The girls nodded.

"Who?" Urged Mateo.

"Well it´s complicated!" Maria told them.

"But this is certain, we don´t have time. we have to do the "Melt the still life" ritual during the week of the full moon which is in 3 days."

"Oh dear God!" Sighed Paco.

"And since we don´t have time to wait to test you one at a time, we need to test all of you at once." Rosa continued to explain.

"And we have to pass?" Carlos presumed.

"Of course!" Maria replied.

"And if we don´t?" Sergio urged.

"That´s not an option!" Maria hissed. "You need total concentration for this test, If you fail then you might die from not being able to handle the ritual!"

"Er Maria!" Esperanza called her.

She gestered for Maria and the other 2 girls to join her so they could whisper privately to each other and they looked at the boys.

"Seriously..." Whispered Esperanza "You think they are ready for this?"

"They look scared." Added Carolina.

"of course they are ready." Maria insisted "They just know it yet."

"We´d better let the others know." Rosa suggested.

"Already told them!" Maria replied "They have everything ready!"

"So you are sure about them?" Carolina said.

"positive." Maria insisted. "Sure they are scared, but they don´t know what powers they have. They just need to learn how to harness them."

After discussing some more, the girls approached the teenage boys and looked at them.

"Alright." Maria told them.

"Do you want to be a part of this?"

The boys nodded.

"Good!" Rosa replied.

"But just to warn you before hand. After the Ritual, nothing will be the same afterwards in your lives."

So with that, they waited for the week of the full moon to arrive.

Nothing would be the same for any of them from then on.

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