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The temple was darker than Copper had expected but at least nothing had happened when they came in. Yet. The others had no problem dealing the dark. They had been in plenty other places ten time darker, creepier, scarier, and more dangerous. But that didn’t make them let their guard down. As they entered a dark stairway they figured they had a long way to go.
“Man, Lina how long is this stairway!?” asked Gourry
“I don’t know. I’ve never gotten this far.”
But then when the goup finally reached the end of the stairs they saw what looked like three shrines of gold, silver, and copper.
The instant Copper saw the shrines she felt something call her in the back of her mind.
Sister.... Sister...
Can’t you hear us...
“Hey guys, did you hear that?”
“I didn’t hear anything, Copper” said Zel.
“Me neither” the others said.
“Do you smell something?” asked Amelia
The closer she steped twords the shrines, especailly the copper one, the voices seemed to get louder and louder.
Sister....Sister...
“Guys are sure you didn’t here any---”
But she couldn’t finish her sentence because before her stood a woman with long rainbow hair. She quickly turned to call her friends only to find that they weren’t behind her any more.
“Where is everyone!?”
The woman wasn’t alone. Two girls suddenly steped from behind her. One with blond hair and with silver.
“Who are you!? What do you want?!”
“Sister we’ve missed you so! Finally you have come back to us!”
“Sister? I’m not your sister.”
“Yes you are. You are our sister. You are Copperfeather.”
“Please! You’re the only one who can save us and our world”
The two girls spoke in unison while the woman stood silently.
But when she did speak Copper felt her voice in her mind and in her heart.
“My dear daughter you have been taken away from us. And now that an unknown force is trying to break the Balance, we need you.”
“I don’t understand any of this!”
“I don’t know Mr Gourry” said Amelia “But I do know that smell is making me sick”
“What smell?” Lina asked
But Amelia didn’t answer. She had passed out.
“Why must I do it? I don’t even know if I can do it!”
“Because my sister, we are traped. It has us traped” said the silver-haired girl.
“Take your weapons!”
Zelgadiss checked her pulse to make sure she was still alive.
“Don’t worry” he said in relief “She’s still with us”
“Don’t worry?! What do you mean don’t worry?!” Lina cried “Zel we have a BIG prob--”
Suddenly Lina passed out too.
“God! There’s some thing in the air! Gourry cover your mouth!!”
But Gourry was already out cold.
“Copper! We’ve got to get them out of here!” Zel cried
“This is my weapon? What am I supose to do with a box?!”
Take your weapon.....
Find your power.....
Save us.....
I have to do something! he thought
But he had to do something quick! He could already feel himself slipping away. He moved his hand and felt something hard on the ground. Rocks. Finally he had an idea!
“I’m supose to fight with a braclet and a pop can!?!”
Take your weapon....
Find your power.....
Save us.....
I can’t give up!
“OK, now I’m getting the idea!”
Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in the back of her head, like something hit her! At that moment the woman and girls stared to fade away. And their place she saw her friends lying on the ground!
“Guys!!”