Tales Of Earthem: P.O.T.S

Verse 4-The Beetle Bus

Upon entering the Beetle Bus Sebastian wasn’t allowed to sit with Jyro so the stewards on the vehicle escorted him away to stay with the luggage below. The young lady led the way as Jyro followed behind her and watched as she actively dashed from booth to booth looking for a place to sit, “lovely this will do for us “she said so they took their seat in an empty booth with adjacent seats. The BB began to move and as the wheels slowly geared up the bus begun to accelerate faster and faster, before you knew it the vehicle was darting off gliding through the bridge like a boat does on water. The whole experience was new to Jyro and he sat staring out the window in awe for a few moments lost for words at the sight, “wow how fast are we going” he asked, with the speed where going we should reach the city in no time right” he said, “approximately 210mph and the ETA should be about 2-3 hours considering the bridge currently stretches for 340 miles so it shouldn’t be too long”, Jyro gazed at the girl in amazement whilst she spoke. She removed off her hooded coat and her vibrant blue hair immediately caught the young boy’s attention, Jyro stared at the girl for a few moments marveling at the colour of her hair, whilst he continued to stare the girl caught him gazing at her “what is it... Is there something on my face” she asked, “n-n no not really, I was just wondering how comes you know so much about this stuff” said Jyro whilst he nervously tried to steady his words, “Well I travel a lot you see since my parents live in the rural planes and I attend the academy in Canta so I tend to pick up these things to keep my mind busy you know…. By the way where are you coming from” she asked curiously whilst looking up and down at the boy’s attire. Jyro felt uneasy to fully tell his life story to the girl he had just met and sat in silence for a few moments thinking of what to say, but the girl quickly sensed his uneasiness and decided to take control of the situation, “ it’s ok don’t feel forced to talk if you don’t want to…ahem…my name is Tristine Morrowind please to be of your acquaintance” she said , “nice to meet you Tristine , my names Jyro Thomas”.

The two kids continued to converse with one-another talking about different things that they know, meanwhile the outside still pictured the same scenery of the rocky dessert that seemed to span as wide as one’s eyes could see. Jyro glanced outside momentarily and his mind began to ponder, “why is there no greenery around here it’s quite a gloomy sight like a deserted wasteland” he said, Tristine looked out of the window also then answered Jyros question “Long ago the world was hit by a terrible disaster called the hells gate Tragedy where demons and monsters suddenly appeared out of nowhere and wiped out a lot of human civilization , many rural landmarks and historical places were scorched from the flames and they were reduced to nothing but rubble and what you see out there is what’s left of some places, Our civilization couldn’t deal with the sudden constant attacks and decided to focus on the capital cities where they deemed of more importance, so they protected those places with huge walls and high level military assistance which left the poorer areas to fend for themselves….. obviously as you can see they couldn’t do much on their own” whilst Tristine spoke of the poorer areas Jyro noticed a change in her expression and a sad atmosphere suddenly formed around her, “hey check this out” he said , he then raised his two fingers and focused intently, moments later electricity began to spark between his fingertips “ woooow, is that… is that a lightning brand what a rare ability where in heavens did you learn that” Tristine exclaimed whilst pressing her face closer to Jyros “er..erm i…” stuttered a blushing Jyro “you’ve got to show me it again right away, show me now” she persisted whilst Tristine jabbered on in excitement she accidentally gripped onto Jyros two fingers. “Ha-ha whoops please forgive me for that” she said nervously whilst immediately letting go off the boys fingertips “I get carried away sometimes when I see amazing things…but that’s an amazing brand, I heard there was only one guy who could do that so I guess you must be someone quite famous then” said Tristine, Jyro really didn’t understand why she was so fascinated by seeing his ability but slowly begun to realize just how special Jack Sterling is.

“Do you know what dorm you’re staying in, is it Claire, Emmanuel or Kings?” she asked, “I’m not too sure I was given instructions to find a man named Earnest Kobi that’s all I really know, do you happen to know him?” he asked “ahh yes- yes I just so happen to, well I guess everyone kind of knows him he’s the headmaster at Canta academy” said Tristine. An announcement was suddenly made on the Beetle Bus “ladies and gentlemen will be entered a field filled with lesser demons therefore we urge you strongly to remain in your seats as we will be increasing our speed shortly….” Lesser demons on the way?” Jyro asked confusingly? “yeah Their monsters that roam the rural planes around the earth their known to reside around deserted areas” replied Tristine “what are you serious, will we be ok then” Jyro asked in panic, “yes yes of course we will be just buckle up, this is what the Beetle busses were made for and it’s about to get realllly bumpy” said the knowledgeable girl. Swoosh! the bus sped along the ground gaining speed, faster and faster tearing along the bridge, about 2 km away shelled 4 legged creatures littered around the desert all ranging in size, as the bb sped through them it crushed and knocked them out of the way in the process” hold on tight there’s a big one ahead” said the driver through the announcement speaker, swoosh …skrrrrr, vroom , the busses large tires ripped through everything in its path bumping and turning as the bus tried to balance itself from knocking away the demons in the process . One of the Lesser demons ahead jumped onto the top of the BB, it clawed and hit the roof repeatedly to the fright of the passengers inside who were startled in their seats, “no need to panic people we’ve got this covered….Hold on tight folks” in less than a second later the BB spun in a 360 maneuver spinning wildly out of control which sent the monster mounted on top flying off, skrrrrrr sounded the tires, “aaaaaaah” Jyro screamed in distress. The BB eventually slowly leveled itself onto its correct course, “apologies for that folks, but we have safely exited the danger zone and are on a safe course to Canta city.

“That……that was AMAZINGG” Jyro screeched in excitement “yes-yes it was rather entertaining” said Tristine while she settled herself into a more relaxed stance in her seat. The Beetle Bus made its way onto the last bridge and the Capital City Canta was in sights, the huge towering walls could be seen from afar and it looked like a huge sacred city surrounded by thick giant walls, Jyro was truly breathless at the sight of it. As the bus approached the wall further a large towering castle was seen beyond the wall, “is that the…” he asked, “yeah that’s the royal kingdom” replied Tristine, Jyro gazed in wonder at the huge blue castle that slowly appeared as they drew nearer.

The BB came to a complete halt so Tristine gathered up her things and proceeded out, “come on then Jyro were already late for admissions “she said, the kids two made their way off the bus and Sebastian greeted them upon their exit. Up close the cities walls were humungous and Jyro felt overwhelmed at the sight of the gates which slowly opened up to let the arrivals in. The cities houses where all elegant and modern it was nothing in comparison to the rural houses Jyro was used to seeing and he made sure his eyes remembered everything they were seeing, to him this was a lifelong opportunity. Tristine hastily tugged at his sleeves,” keep up and don’t get lost its really busy around here…so stay close to me” she said so the young girl led Jyro through the busy city, they weaved and turned from corner to corner till they ended up on a road with the sign that read’ Trinity Lane’. They crossed a small bridge that separated the academy from the city and as they done so Jyro peered over the bridge and looked down at the small river that ran benath there it was The Canta Academy, it stretched wide and towered high like a dozen rows of castles stuck together, “whoa this place is huuuuge” Jyro exclaimed basking in the academies beauty, but Tristine was already in a hurry and had no time to sight see “yes-yes its big and beautiful ,Shall we be on our way then?” The young girl said as she hurryingly escorted Jyro to the main building.

The two kids made their way down the pathway that led to the Academy entrance and on each side was an open field of grass that spanned as wide as you could see, in Jyros mind he was thinking of how green the grass looked and he had never smelt such a fresh smell of grass before as he did at this moment, he tried his best to not let the scenery grab his full attention as he knew he had to meet someone, and his guide didn’t look to please at being slowed down. They continued down on the long path leading to the entrance and as they got closer to the entrance Jyro saw 4 statutes that were stationed along the side. Jyros attention was caught by them and he gazed intently wondering who the figures where, “Tristine, who are these people?” he asked , “The first 3 over there are known as the Royal Trinity they were the protectors of the previous king and their names became famous throughout the world for their unique gifts and accomplishments on the battlefield, first we have here The seeker known as Nala the lioness’, they say she could find anyone on the battlefield, no matter where you were her arrows would catch you like and eagle in the sky, “Hence why there’s two eagles on her shoulders. The one on the right was the Kings Ducem Merlin Albert he was the most gifted strategist that ever walked on the earth and his wisdom was like nothing ever seen in 1000 years since King Solomon” Jyro listened intently as Tristine gave an account of the statue figures identity , “how about that one over there… who’s that” he pointed to the furthest one away from them “ oh that’s the previous King of Canta King Mars the most famous king to date : he devoted his all in stopping the demons when they first came around, I even heard stories of him marching to the front lines himself ,the people of Canta truly adored him you know, Canta has never been the same seen he died” Tristine explained, “so whos in charge now… I mean whos the new…” he asked, “ the new leader that would be Queen Hada IV, she’s the apparent daughter of king Mars but not everyone thinks so aha but that’s another matter entirely” she nervously said realizing she was derailing from topic. “Last of the Three is probably the most controversial one ‘Demon Knight Eros’”, Jyro looked up at the figured statue which gave off a huge presence, he wore a helmet with two long horns coming out holding a very long sword, Jyro seemed to feel a certain way while he stared at the statue in deep thought, moments later Tristine snapped her fingers at him “you awake there..” she called out, “yeah sorry about that” Jyro responded “ He was the Demon knight who appeared the same time the demons did, he was half human half demon and helped the king fight them during the last War, although people never truly accepted him I heard King Mars favored him almost like a brother……. OH Heavens the Time, come on we’ve got to dash” said Tristine who suddenly ran ahead in haste, meanwhile Jyro was still standing in front of the statue thinking about what Tristine had said, “ half man half demon” he thought to himself, the young boy deep in thought then peered down towards his cursed arm and held it nervously.