Tobbin_OHF

Falon walked out into darkness. He could see stars all around. When he tried to walk forward, he realized there was no gravity here. “Hello. Is anyone here?” Falon was so disoriented that he didn’t know if he was up, down, or even sideways. He heard a familiar voice echoing in his mind. Pfil was back.

Pfil said, “Falon, it’s taken me awhile to regain my strength, but I really need to tell you something. We are very close to being able to get back home, but once you pass that portal, I won’t be able to leave your body. We need to go back to where we met so that I can free myself from this body. “

“You see, there are things going on that I haven’t told you. I’m really a princess. My name is Adria. A dark army besieged my land. I am really half terran. I think you know what I am saying here as I ‘feel’ your thoughts of your home. You are from Earth right? My mom was from Earth too. When she got here, she met up with an angel who fell in love with her. He fell so much in love for her, that he renounced his status. It wasn’t much later that I was born of their passion. That’s how I’ve gained my ability with magic. “

“Well, this caused a great rift between the demon Orcus and the Arch-Angel Gabriel. Both sides wanted to claim the angel, and they sent minions to subdue him. Orcus sent several lieutenants who, over the years, became known as the overseers. They sent many Lemures to overwhelm our lands. It was through the angel’s efforts that we survived for so long. “

“One day, in a great battle, I was hurt. I didn’t mention this before either, but I had, sorry, have a sister. Her name is Julia. Back then, she was known as Sara though. Well, Sara was out looking for a poultice to help cure me, but was found by the overseers. They used that box that you carry. What is it you called it again? Oh yes, a homing device. It’s much more than that. MUCH MORE!! They called forth the Omega Wave and sent this after her.”

“During the ordeal, there was a knight who came to her call. His name was Tobbin. Yes, the Tobbin that you met earlier. You see, Tobbin was trying to save his woodlands from a dark evil. The overseers were that evil. Tobbin paid a great price to find the overseers. He gave of his life force so that a great priest of Helm would gate him to where the land’s enemy was. Even weakened though, he saw Julia’s plight and went to her aid. “

“He had the artifact THE BOW OF TALISIA and began shooting forth arrows of disintegration at the great hoard gathering up upon Julia. The overseer’s were startled at this and they dropped the box when one of the arrows came for them. One of the demons was hit by a stray arrow, and was obliterated. The remaining demons cast forth a magic of their own and cast forth Hell Fire. The magic burrowed deep into Tobbin’s soul. “

“With his last ounce of strength, he picked up the box and hit a button at random. That would be the green one. When he dropped the box, it cast a spell around the demons that removed them from the battlefield. Julia had not been hurt too bad by these events, and she went to the aid of this most noble woodsman. Once she looked into his eyes, she knew immediately she loved him. “

“She used some of the poultice she had gathered for me on him and kept him alive until she was able to get back to our homelands. The angel met up with her and saw Tobbin’s plight. He cast some spells of healing that eventually won out against the demon’s taint. As he came to, his first sight was that of Julia. Tobbin remarked to her that he was her servant in life as well as in death. Julia told him of her feelings as well, and they realized they were meant for each other. “

“We fought many a battle together, but always they were at each other’s side. It wasn’t until the unholy Magevor brought his greater Tanar’ri into the battle that they were split up. Tobbin broke off from the main force to go and fight him, while the rest of us stayed behind to fight the hellspawn. During the battle, Julia was killed. I was the first to her side. I pleaded for the healing powers of the angel, as I knew she was beyond my power. The angel came up with the idea to bind our souls. I didn’t really understand what he meant at the time, but seeing it as a way to keep her alive, I agreed. “

“He cast his spell upon me and my spirit form left my body. I went to her body and entered it. I can’t say I’ve ever felt anything as cold as I did when I entered her. I saw her lying there so still. I began to cry without any tears and knelt by her soul. I gently picked her up and began to leave her body. Within a few moments, I was back in my body, realizing the tears I had imagined were now free flowing down my face. The angel told me that Tobbin would be her salvation. He gave me a pearl and told me to place a drop of blood upon it and that I had to give it to Tobbin as his love alone was the only thing that could save her. I called out to Tobbin, but he was nowhere to be found. The angel knew that he had to go back out to the battlefield, so he taught me the magic that could recreate her. Then he was gone. I never have seen him again.”

“By the end of the day, Tobbin found us. I gave him the pearl and told him that he had to make a necklace. “This can not be performed by magic,” the angel had said. “They must be gathered in the dead of night and must be burrowed through with a nail made of silver. The cord that binds them together must be made of platinum. Once this has been accomplished, you must work the magic on the 1st pearl, the one with the blood. Once begun, the spell must be completed or it will be lost”. After I had repeated the angels words, Tobbin left immediately, his love for Julia rushing him along. I didn’t see him again until you bumped into him.”

“Well, after that, I left my homelands and found a door that led me to where you found me. I tried using other magic to free Julia, but nothing worked. That was me that you saw in the water that day, but it was also Julia. I couldn’t free her soul, but the magic I used changed my form to look like her. Ok, I’ve been telling you this whole history thing so that you can know who our enemy is. I’ve also mentioned to you why I believe that they are hunting us. I want to be honest with you, because I really need to go back to my cabin so that I can break free. I promise to you that I will stand by you and add my strength to your own. I leave the decision in your hands.”

Falon was dumb-founded. He didn’t know what to believe. At long last, he agreed.

Pfil began casting a spell, “Raise et um, Argon et orum.” Shortly after this, their body stopped spinning and Falon felt himself getting oriented. Pfil then cast another spell, “There are many doors throughout the land, reveal my path with this wave of my hand. Tae retum Or Partenum, Los Ecos Jut Melorum. Pathon Mageltos, Jae Packetet.” A blue circlet of magic appeared in front of them and slowly expanded to their height. As it grew, they could see Pfil’s cabin beyond.

There was a menacing figure lurking about. Falon recognized him. It was Dangal. He was looking at something. It was the statue that Falon had seen before. He saw a sight so frightening on Dangal that he was sure the statue was about to attack. Feeling his apprehension, Pfil told Falon not to worry.

She told him that the statue was really her first attempt at freeing Julia. She had taken a drop of blood from Falon when he was running through the forest from the Rhina and had cast a spell on it. A slightly different spell from the one the angel had taught her. She was hoping to create a body for her and then transfer Julia’s spirit into it. She figured that since she had changed form into Julia when the spell was cast, that the clone of Falon would do the same.

Unfortunately, that was EXACTLY what the spell had done. It had created a clone of Falon. She explained that a clone has all the memories, abilities, and features of the original. She also explained that was why Falon was so weak at the cabin too, because the magic had drained him. Pfil told him that a clone only has a limited amount of time to assert itself. She said that as long as the clone is not aware of the original creature’s existance, that it will go off and try to find it’s own path.

Unfortunately, shortly after creating it, the creature had seen Falon and thinking he was the forgery, confronted him. She said that this creature had tried to attack Falon, but that she cast a spell of stasis on it to prevent him from harming Falon. Seeing as she had not cast a true Clone spell; however, the clone shortly after turned back to that which was closest to it when the spell ran out. The clone was standing on a rock.

Falon was totally freaked out by this, but he had endured much. He asked Pfil, “Why are you telling me all of this.”

Pfil replied, “Falon, I NEED you to TRUST me. I don’t think you would trust me unless I was completely honest with you. We need to find Julia. She will be in trouble. Especially if the overseers find out that she is back. They knew she was dead. You remember the boy that demanded the box from you? That was one of them. The demons can assume any form. He had said, “You are no longer important. Julia is dead already.” I need to add one thing more here.”

“You remember that I told you that we had different names before, right? Well, there is a reason for that. The angel cast a spell on us that allowed our true names to be altered. It helped to hide us from the demons, but they have since learned the names. A person’s true name is power. If you know a demon’s name and you are in your own land, you have power over them. The reverse is true too. If a demon knows your true name in their own homeland, they have a power over you. Be careful with it. I’ve noticed that you’ve been telling everyone we meet what your name is. I would suggest you come up with an alias.”

Falon wasn’t so sure that this was the best path to follow, but he felt that it was better than leaving here and always having another person swimming in his thoughts. With a feeling of apprehension, he took one last look around and jumped . . .