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Chapter 4: The Defenders
Regulus had blacked out completely. It had been at least 2 hours since he had crashed. He woke up without getting up. "Urrgh...w-what happened?" He felt water flowing over him. He caught a glimpse of a young boy guiding water with a staff and healing Regulus with it.
"Is he gonna be all right, Luke?" said a young teenage girl. Luke, apparently the young boy, said, "Yeah. He just needs some pressure on the wound now." He felt a warm hand press against his shoulder as his wound began to heal. "Err...that's right. I forgot you could use your light to heal." said Luke.
Suddenly, Regulus felt the strength to sit up. Just after his body jerked up, the young girl relinquished her hand from his shoulder. Still drowsy, Regulus yawned and said, "What happened to me?" Luke sat from the stool it looked like he was sitting on. Regulus could see him clearly now. He was a blond boy with a staff. It had rubies at the top and his eyes were blue.
"Well...just before you went unconscious, you crashed in on a broom and knocked James over square in the chest. Then, you said 'Mommy, I don't want the bananas.'"
Regulus scratched his forehead and said, 'Well...where is James now?" Luke jerked his head toward the other side. "At the other side of the infirmary. We were just checking on him before we tried to heal you. He seems okay. Do you feel all right?"
Regulus nodded slightly. "It's just...wait, is Reese back yet?" The young girl widened her eyes. "No. He hasn't been back. I mean, he told us he would depart to find you but since you're here...and I assume you're the Regulus he talked about..." Regulus explained, "Well...we were attacked by witches on the way here. Erm...Agathor, Hazel, and Annika I think Reese mentioned?"
The young girl still looked concerned. "Oh, no...I hope he's all right. Oh, by the way, my name's Skyler." James then groaned from the other side. "WHAT...IN THE NAME...OF GOD....IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Regulus smiled weakly. "Um...sorry?"
3 hours later, Reese had returned. "Well, I'm back guys. I'm sorry, King Mungulo wanted to congratulate me on driving away the witches again. Then, he threw an unnecessary banquet for me." James was mad. "WHAT?! A BANQUET?!" Reese smiled weakly like Regulus did and said, "Well, it was the king..." James then replied, "It's not that! They had a banquet and I wasn't invited?!"
Then, Reese started a campfire. "Anyway...it seems The Mighty One is desperate to take over this kingdom. I mean, he never usually sends all three witches out at once." Luke sat back and said, "He must want us drawn into the action. He'll use them as bait and before we know it, we'll be distracted and reign over the kingdom will be his. Or hers."
Regulus looked at the fire. "Or he/she wants me." They all looked at him. "Are you sure he wants you? After all, you aren't even trained yet. You think he or she wants to use you?" said Luke. "Well..." said Regulus, "Agathor, I think, said something about me being the fifth Defender. Then, she told the others to seize me. And I know I'm the fifth Defender, but they focused mostly on me."
The others were silent. "Well, to get your mind off it..." said Reese, "How about we construct your staff tomorrow?" Regulus still stared at the fire. "Yeah...sure." And, for the rest of the night, everyone was silent.
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