Morvian

Chapter 11

Cherry walked slowly to school, her head bowed so that her strawberry-blonde curls covered her face. A single tear dripped from her large amber eyes. Suddenly she heard footsteps behind her, and hurriedly wiped her face with the back of her hand. A cheerful face appeared beside her. “Leave me alone Gordon, I’m not in the mood” she snapped angrily.2

“Aww poor widdle Cherry is having a wee widdle tantrum” Gordon taunted, bouncing along beside her. Cherry opened her mouth to tell him to shut up; she slipped in a puddle, and fell face first in the mud. Spluttering, she propped herself up on her elbows, spitting out a mouthful of muddy water, looked at herself and she noticed that she was soaked. She could hear Gordon laughing manically above her so she swung her leg at his feet, so he joined her in the mud. 3

Cherry got up, trying to get as much mud off as she could, and glared at the spluttering Gordon and he glared back. Suddenly she noticed that they somewhere else other than a school...they were in a forest with no buildings in sight, “Where the hell are we?” She asked irritably. 4

All around them tall thick pine trees. “Toto, I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore” joked Gordon. Cherry gave him her best ‘Spawn of satan glare. “Haha” she replied dryly “But this hardly the time or place!” Gordon shrugged, “Sorry” he apologized, “just trying to make the best of a bad situation is all.”
Cherry sighed “I know” she said softly “but in case you hadn’t noticed we’re in the middle of nowhere,”  
Gordon glanced around them before replying “well we can’t be too far from civilisation” he assured her “why don’t we take a look around?”
Cherry shook her head, her strawberry blonde curls bouncing around. “When you’re lost, you’re supposed to stay put” she argued.
“Well then you stay here” Gordon called over his shoulder, walking off. Cherry stayed where she was watching Gordon disappear through the pine trees. Suddenly she whirled around, hearing a noise behind her. She caught a glimpse at something big. She started to back away and as she did, she tripped backwards and landed on the dirty ground. She was very frightened; her heart going million miles an hour . . . the mysterious thing was a fire breathing dragon! It walked very slowly towards Cherry. Without a seconds thought she leapt up and spun on her heel, she sprinted after Gordon into the forest. “GOOORD-OOON!” She screamed.
Gordon turned to see Cherry chasing after him and grinned smugly. When she caught up, he asked “What’s the matter?” his tone was taunting “Cherry scared of the big nasty forest?” Cherry glared at him. “No” she snapped, “Cherry got scared of the big nasty dragon!” She watched smugly as his grin slid off his face. “C-come again?” he stuttered.
“I saw a dragon! A n-nasty d-dragon” she stuttered as well. Gordon just stared at her for ages then glanced around the forest then he noticed something. “Um . . . Ch-Cherry?!” Gordon asked timidly.
“Yes? . . . Gordon? Oh what is the matter with you?” Cherry asked irritably, she looked in the same direction he was to see what he was looking at and she saw it. The same dragon she had seen a few moments ago but there were other dragons with them but the others stayed in behind the trees.
“Do you think we should attempt to escape?” cherry whispered, Gordon just looked at her like she just slapped him on the face, “Are you mad?” he whispered back angrily “It will only make it worse!” All of a sudden they heard a voice out of no where. “Greetings, Welcome to Morviarn.” Both Cherry and Gordon looked like they had just seen a ghost. “Who is it?” Gordon yelled out.
“Who-who are you?” Cherry stuttered, “Where are you?”
They both looked around. “It is I, Tunison” the voice replied and stepped forth, a regal - looking red dragon with sparkling gold eyes and claws.
“Pinch me” whispered Cherry, “OW! I didn’t mean it” she glared at Gordon, rubbing her arm. He shrugged, grinning “at least you know your not dreaming”
“Of course I’m not dreaming” snapped Cherry, “If I was dreaming, you wouldn’t be here. This is more like a horrid nightmare”
Gordon looked hurt, but before he could reply, the dragon spoke again, “Silence” he commanded. His voice was deep and calm, and he spoke with authority “there is no time for bickering now, you are needed elsewhere.”5


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They glanced at each other, then said in unison “What do you mean?” A flicker of impatience could be seen in the dragons eyes, and yet his voice was calm when he replied, “I mean what I said and I said what I mean”
Gordon looked confused, but Cherry shrugged, replying “okay, so where are we needed and what for?”
The dragon nodded his approval, ‘at last, a human with some sense’ the dragon thought. Gordon’s eyes were glazed, his face still looking confused. After giving Gordon an annoying glance, he turned back to Cherry “You are needed in Morvian.” He glanced up at the sky, it was late, “and you are needed there now as we are already running late” he looked to be mulling over something before he continued, “quickly, you must climb on my back, it will be faster in the air than on foot” he turned to the side, kneeling down, so that it might be easier for them to climb on, Cherry gave Gordon an impatient shove “come on” she called, running to the dragon and climbing onto its back, Gordon reluctantly followed, he had never been one for heights. The dragon turned around without warning leapt into the air. Two massive wings appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, and suddenly they were airborne. Gordon let out a girlish scream, flinging his arms around Cherry waist. Cherry held onto one of the dragon’s spikes and glared back at Gordon over her Shoulder. He was such a pansy. Cherry hesitated, then yelled, “Excuse me! . . . YOUR HANDS!!”
“SORRY!” he only just managed to yell out before removing his hands from her waist. It took a while before they got to Morvian. Then they saw the best bit of all, the view of Morvian which was magnificent.
Both Cherry and Gordon pointed out the mythical creatures. “Look, a unicorn!” she yelled excitedly, “I didn’t think they existed!”
“Of course you would think that” Tunison suddenly spoke, “they are forbidden from entering your world, to us it’s the ‘Human World’. If they do they have answer to me! I am one of the guardians of Morvian.” Cherry took a second to digest this information before asking “How many guardians are there?” she waited while the dragon twisted to avoid a flock of birds. Once they were flying steady again (Gordon was rather paler), he replied “there are seven of us, and our duty is to protect Morvian and its secrets from those who would use its resources for evil”
Tunison landed on the dirty ground with a thud, he leaned he turned to the side, kneeling down to allow the two humans to get off. After they were off the giant dragons back, they noticed that were other dragons coming out of the trees to see what was happening, they know that is was forbidden to let humans into their world, they saw the guardian dragon with them. One dragon stepped forward, he had a mixture of blue and purple scales with green scales underneath his body, his horns was big and they looked sharp so I wouldn’t want to mess with him. He had a what-have-we-got-here expression on his face “who are they?” he asked curiously, his face all of a sudden brightened up, “are they prisoners?”
“No, they are not prisoners, my friend. They are very special, Vouron .” Tunison replied calmly. 7

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Vouron narrowed his dark eyes.
“In what way are these scrawny humans special?” he asked suspiciously, Gordon looked hurt and Cherry grinned. She pinched his thin arm. Silently taunting him about his lack of muscle.He glared at her, rubbing his arm, before turning to Tunison to wait for his answer, curious to know how they were special.
Tunison looked to be considering something, then spoke in his deep, calm voice “they are destined to save Morvian from that threatens to plague it.”
Cherry watched with mild curiosity as the jaws of everyone in the clearing, excluding Tunison and herself, hit the ground. Gordon looked like a goldfish with his mouth opening and closing like that. She giggled, and was slightly surprised when he found his voice “and you know this, how?” he asked cautiously. Tunison’s eyes sparkled, “I know many things” he replied calmly, “After all, I am a guardian.”
Another dragon stepped forward and spoke. It appeared to be a female with shimmering aqua scales and lemon yellow eyes. Her voice was calm, low and husky, but her eyes sparkled. Cherry liked her instantly.
“Children” she addressed them “My name is Belinda, you must be tired, is there anything that you wish for?”
“No thankyou” Cherry replied, then grinned. Gordon glared at her. Then he spoke, “Could we have a look around um . . . morbi . . . morbiarn, no that’s not it, um . . . morli . . . morvi . . . what is this world called again?” he asked.
“Morvian, this world is called Morvian.” Tunison replied as he sat on the ground.
“That’s right. Morvian. Well anyway, can we have a look around Morvian?”
Tunison thought for a moment then sighed as he spoke, “Very well” then he had an ‘I-have-an-idea’ expression on his face, he turned to Vouron, they chatted for a moment then turned and spoke in his deep, calm voice, “Me and Vouron had a little talk. We have decided to let Pheobe to go with you”
Gordon wondered, “Who is Phoebe?” The dragon had his annoyed and impatience look on his scaly face. “Phoebe is a phoenix . . . Cherry, do you like unicorns?” he asked. Cherry looked surprised that he asked her and she wondered why he asked, “Yes, they are my favourite mythical creature . . . why?” Cherry asked curiously.
“That will do well” Tunison said to himself. Then he turned to the humans and spoke once again, “Sasha will also go with you . . . and before you ask, Gordon, Sasha is a beautiful unicorn.” Tunison turned to Vouron, “My friend, go fetch Sasha the unicorn and Phoebe the phoenix.” Vouron obeyed and soared into the air to fetch the creatures.As they waited for Sasha and Phoebe, Cherry and Gordon started to ask questions because they wanted some answers.
“Tunison?” Cherry asked in a childish way.
“Yes, Cherry?” Tunison replied in his normal, calm, deep voice. Cherry was stunned, ‘He knows my name!’, “H-how do you kn-know my n-name?” Cherry stuttered. He answered without hesitation, “like I said before, I am a guardian, I know many things.”
Cherry wanted to ask millions of questions but before she could ask, she was interrupted by Gordon’s as he asked his question, “What is the meaning of life?” he asked curiously. Cherry rolled her eyes but Tunison’s golden ones sparkled mischievously, “Forty Two” he replied, a smile tugging at his scaly lips, Cherry giggled as Gordon looked confused, but was interrupted as the creatures arrived.9

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A shining white unicorn, with aqua blue eyes and horn appeared from the trees. She was closely followed by a large eagle, swan like bird, with beautiful red/gold plumage. The soft beating of her magnificent wings as she hovered above the unicorn were the only sounds in the clearing. Gordon’s jaw was scrapping the ground again, stray bits of dark hair falling into his mouth. The silence that hung like a veil upon them was soon broken by a soft voice, coming from the unicorn, “Hullo” she said quietly, sounding rather shy, “My name is Sasha, and this is Phoebe” she flicked her head towards the phoenix causing her mane to shimmer and flicker in the light, like a cascading waterfall. Cherry gave an widible gasp of delight, “WOW!” she exclaimed, running up to the pair, “you two are beautiful!” Cherry could imagine Sasha would have blushed, had she been capable of doing so. Gordon finally managed to close his mouth, and was admiring the Phoenix, Phoebe. She caught his gaze and smiled. Um . . . can birds smile? Anyway, she trilled in a high, sweet voice, “It is a pleasure to meet your acquaintance” she dipped her head slightly to each of the children in turn, Tunison clucked his tongue impatiently, “come now, we will give you a quick tour, then we must set to work straight away, time is precious and little”
Gordon and Cherry glanced at each other and smiled as the tour began. Cherry climbed onto Sasha’s back, and was escorted across the country side at high speed, Sasha showed her how to find her way around in the forest, what to do if she got lost, the different of plants and animals, what was edible and what wasn’t. and the list went on.
Meanwhile, Gordon had been grasped firmly by the shoulders, in Phoebe’s large, strong talons, and was flown over the forest, mountain and meadow. Despite Phoebe’s talons being about the length of Gordon’s hand, not a mark was left on him as he was shown the different landmarks, land forms, where to go if there was a raid, fire or blizzard, where to find water in the dry summers, and as with Cherry’s touring, the list went on.
Cherry noticed that there was a house that had a dark, evil look. Dead tree’s surrounded it; the land around the house looked lifeless.
“Who lives in that house over there?” Cherry asked curiously. Sasha glanced at the house before answering quietly, “That is the house of the witch Jazmyn” she paused before continuing, “The high King Matthias banished her there, when she claimed to be more powerful than him and she when she tried to take over the thrown”
Cherry gasped, “you have a king?” she asked dumb founded, “Why didn’t you tell me before?”
Sasha replied simply with a horses equivalence of a shrug, “we actually have several, one for each region, but the High King Matthias rules over them all, he is handsome, powerful and wise, and learned in the ways of the elementals"
Cherry was puzzled, "elementals?" she questioned curiously
"Yes" replied Sasha simply, "They are the powers granted to the High King Matthius at Birth. They allow him to control the forces of nature. The lower king of each region has the control over one of the elemnts...Water, Air, Fire, Earth, stone, Ice and Light" Cherry was silent this time, her brow slightly furrowed as she was deep in thought11

After an hour or so Cherry & Gordon had seen most of the country side. Cherry, Sasha, Gordon and Phoebe met at the place they had originally been before starting their miniture tour, "Can you two excuse me and Phoebe for a moment?" Sasha asked kindly