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  THE ROSTICAL GUILD

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  DESERT DRAGON

  by

  Michael Rogers

  SMASHWORDS EDITION

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  PUBLISHED BY:

  Michael Rogers on Smashwords

  The Rostical Guild

  Book One - Sceldrant's Comet

  Book Two - Desert Dragon

  Book Three - Corrupted Radiatons

  Book Four - Bakana Flare

  Book Five - Healing Monarchs

  Book Six - Elemental Rage

  Book Seven – Tales Of

  The Rostical Users

  Book One - Sceldrant's Comet

  Book Two - Celestrial Lancer

  Book Three - Madora's Prophecy

  Book Four - Sacred Knights

  Book Five - Number One

  Book Six - Daathic Darkwings

  Book Seven - Seraphic Gate

  The Rostical Quest

  The Dontalia Facility

  Check out hand drawn maps for the Rostical series

  Maps for The Rostical Saga

  Copyright (c) 2013 by Michael Rogers

  Special thanks to Sallie, Sarah and the many others who proofread this story.

  Be sure to check the back for the character BIO and appendix for character descriptions and miscellaneous information.

  The names and incidents portrayed and the names herein are fictitious, and any similarity to the name, character or history is entirely coincidental and unintentional.

  Smashwords Edition Licence Notes

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  Michael: “In the second deliciously exciting installment, Niklauseh continues to use the planet's Aurorions to help achieve his hidden agendas. Stopped by the holy Astraseeker, Arcadia, they fall into the classic battle between the power of light versus the power of darkness.”

  Arcadia: “Thy will not allow the continual degradation of Aurorions!”

  Michael: “Our guild reunites after three years worth of training and continues their adventure in hopes of finding the origins to 'The Yellow Eyed Disease'.”

  Karol: “Free years? I'ma man!”

  Michael: “Lezard's pure and mysterious Radiatons develop with his emotions and he is now able to completely restore the entire guild. Rachael learns how to manipulate sand and dirt while Trevour amazingly activates his Ougi!”

  Lezard: “Ooo, Lezard is so Über now!”

  Michael: “Karol, through his bloodline activates the guild's first Hi-Ougi and completely decomposes into a protective swirl of sand, and together, fends off the opponent.”

  Ginger: “Ey, creator? This is illogical! It is not plausible for such a feat to occur. Please respond.”

  Michael: “The champion displays her prodigy-like master of all four basic elements and becomes a vital ally to the guild.”

  Champion: “Oh my, I try my best!”

  Michael: “Luna's Soul Link is heightened and together with Destiny, is able to use lightning based arrows!”

  Luna: “I'm totally the fucking favourite of this story, aye.”

  Destiny: “Yeup!”

  Michael: “With each clue, our amazing guild takes one step closer to help Nathan in finding the source of the corrupted Neurons. Knowing this, the Consultants send off the entire Black Brigade after the guild, will the warriors succeed? Will the guild's happiness come to an end? Will they ever find what's destroying the environment? And will Lezard ever find better jokes? Read to find out!”

  Nathan: “I will find out the source of the illness!”

  Michael: “Thank you so much for reading and continuing on with this adventure. Please enjoy-”

  Karol: “The Remenistal Guild!”

  Rachael: “The Rostical Guild!”

  Nathan: “The Rostical Guild.”

  Lezard: “The Succulently Scrumptious Remenistal Guild!”

  Luna: “The Rostickal Guild!”

  Destiny: “Yeu Yeu Yeup!”

  Michael and Lezard: “Queue intro theme song!”

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  Chapter 0: Previously

  Previously on, The Rostical Guild-

  *Cortax stepped forward and glanced across a poorly lit room, staring at a few dozen people sitting in different positions.*

  Cortax: *He slowly exhaled and observed the crowd, smiling at the children, teenagers and young adults in a proud-like manner.* "You all are the next generation-."

  *Cortax placed his hands behind his back and slowly walked across the room, causing the people's eyes to follow.*

  Cortax: "Every year, we perform The Purafetic Ceremony. Do any of you know why-?"

  *Karol eagerly waved his hand in the air, catching the surrounding people's attention.*

  Cortax: *He looked at the Karol and smiled, facing him in a curious-like manner.* "Yes, Karol?"

  Karol: "Uhm, it's to ensure nuffing bad happens to the citee?"

  Cortax: *He chuckled and shook his head, as if Karol was incorrect.* "No-"

  *Trinity rolled her eyes, glancing at Karol in a disgusted-like manner.*

  Trinity: "You're so stupid, Karol."

  Karol: "B-Be quiet, Trinity-"

  Trinity: *She raised an eyebrow and looked to her side, staring at her identical twin sister with blue hair.* "I have to be quiet, Infinity."

  Infinity: "And quiet you must be?"

  Trinity and Infinity: "Harh harh-" *They giggled at the same time.*

  Cortax: *He stepped forward, catching the twin sister's attention.* "Trinity, Infinity, that's enough. Karol is your cousin-"

  Trinity and Infinity: "Sorry, Cortax.."

  Karol: (Thanks, dad.)

  --

  Luna: *She exhaled nervously and wrapped her arms around her stomach.* (Every person who seemed to care for me turned out to be false..-)

  Carlo: "'Sup?" *He smirked, slowly walking up to the bench.*

  Luna: "Carlo-" *She smirked and quickly stood up, causing Carlo to chuckle.*

  Carlo: "So."

  Luna: "So.."

  Carlo: *He noticed Luna's ball-like dress, causing him to smirk in an impressed-like manner.* "About the ball-"

  Luna: "We should go-"

  Carlo: "Well, maybe I was thinking we could skip that."

  Luna: "Skip?"

  Carlo: "Well, yeah."

  Luna: "Why?" *She spoke in confusion.*

  Carlo: "Well, you're good looking."

  Luna: "Wait, wat?"

  Carlo: "Yea, I was wondering if we could, ya know."

  Luna: "Ya know? Ya know wat?"

  Carlo: *He grabbed Luna's waist and smirked, slowly stepping forward.* "Fun?"

  Luna: "Didn't you want to go to the ball?"

  Carlo: "We can have fun other ways?"

  Luna: "I-I've liked you for ages-"

  Carlo: "Cool, so, where do you wanna go?"

  Luna: *She shook her head, instantly looking sad.* "I'm goin' home-"

  Carlo: "Huh?"

  Luna: "This is what you wanted the whole time, right?"

  Carlo: "Yea? Aren't you into that stuff?"

  Luna: "I've never-" *She spoke with quivering lips and pushed Carlo back, instantly running away.*

  Carlo: "Fine-" *He frowned in disgust, as if Luna was in the wrong.*

  Luna: (I knew it.. I knew it!)

  Carlo: "That stupid slag." *He sighed on his breath, as if he no longer had any plans.*

  Luna
: (I hate...) *She ran with a tensed up body and scrunched her eyes shut, causing tears to run down her cheeks.*

  *Luna ran across the street and straight towards her house, angrily opening the fly screen.*

  Luna: (Why can't I find anyone?!) *She stumbled into the house, catching Kairi's attention.*

  --

  Luna: "Wateva." *She grunted and started to climb up the ladder, noticing her black hair sway in the outside breeze.*

  Kylie: "Wat's up there?" *She started to climb up the ladder, closely followed by Kerry-Anne.*

  Luna: *She discreetly poked her head outside, noticing everyone intensely staring at the sky.* (Everyone is here-)

  Rachael: "The sky is like a rainbow."

  Melinda: "It has something to do with the atmosphere, like in the poles."

  Ashton: "Like in the poles?"

  Melinda: "Well, what we're looking at right now-"

  Lance: "Are colours in the sky-"

  Melinda: *She ignored Lance.* "Is the end result of the sunlight that has penetrated the Earth's gravitational barrier-"

  Lance: "Err, it ain't day? No sunlight."

  Melinda: "Well, I'm just letting you all know what I'm seeing with my own eyes right now-"

  Rachael: "Sorry to interrupt, Mel but what is this called? I remember your mum showing me pictures at your place."

  Melinda: "She dubs it The Aurora Skies. To sum things up, we should not be able to witness this from where we are."

  Tyler: "W-We shouldn't?" *He looked slightly nervous.*

  Twortz: "I underestimated this occurrence, it's very beautiful."

  *The comet glowed brighter and reacted with the air, causing rays of warped rainbows to scatter the air.*

  Ashton: "Looking at this, kind of makes you feel insignificant. Doesn't it?"

  *The party unintentionally ignored Ashton, as they continued to stare at the sky in awe.*

  Lance: (What is this feeling?)

  Luna: (I feel somethin'? It's coming from inside-?) *She looked down to her chest, frowning at herself with uncertainty.*

  *The stone started to glow the same colours as the sky, causing it to hum.*

  Rachael: "Does anyone else hear that?"

  *The stone suddenly shined as bright as the comet, instantly drawing the party's attention to the backpack.*

  Twortz: "What's in your bag-?"

  Luna: (No! My arms, they're getting weak-) *She sighed in thought and let go of the ladder, falling on top of Kylie and Kerry-Anne.*

  Kylie: "Argh-"

  Kerry-Anne: "Bwarh-?!"

  Rachael: "Ash..."

  Ashton: "R-Rach..."

  *The stone released a blinding light and a powerful shock wave, rendering Ashton, Tyler, Melinda, Rachael, Twortz, Luna, Kylie and Kerry-Anne unconscious.*

  Lance: (H-Huh, feeling sleepy-) *He watched the stone shatter into tiny white orbs, before falling unconscious.*

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  Ridley: "This appalling behaviour on our part must stop."

  Kath: *She smirked and flashstepped next to Ridley, watching water shoot out of the ground where she stood.* "Time to terminate these dancers."

  Lehi: (Missed!-)

  Kath and Ridley: "Hi-Ougi."

  Victoria: (A Consultant levelled Hi-Ougi?!) *She suddenly hovered in the air, as if she was shocked by their announcement.*

  Woman: *She watched black flames take shape in front of Ridley and Kath, causing her to gasp with a dropping jaw.* "Everyone, back into the room now!" *She screamed in an urgent-like manner, catching everyone's attention.*

  Young Adult: "Why?"

  Woman: "My ability is able to sense people's Neurons! Get back in the room now!"

  Young Adult: *He nodded his head, quickly pushing the children back into the room they came from.* "Go, everyone!"

  Trinity: "But our parents!-"

  Karol: (Those Neurons... I-It's hard to breathe-) *He took short quick breaths before suddenly passing out.*

  --

  PKMY: "Where we are? Are you joking?"

  Rachael: "No?" *She sounded confused.*

  PKMY: (I don't have time for this shit.) *She grunted in thought and turned around, slowly walking away.*

  Rachael: "Ah?" *She noticed the other warriors slowly follow the red headed woman.* "Could any of you tell me what's going on?"

  PKMY: "Grr.." *She frowned with a twitching eye.* "Go away."

  Rachael: "Huh? Then just point to the closest town and I'll be on my way."

  PKMY: "Eh?" *She paused in mid-step, catching a nearby warrior's attention.*

  Warrior: (Our captain, PKMY, pronounced Pee-Kay-Me, has the shortest temper of all current single digits. Not even that crazy Nancy captain is as scary when-)

  PKMY: *She slowly turned around, facing Rachael.* "Are you telling me what I should do?"

  Rachael: "Well, if you want me out of your hair, just tell me where to go?"

  PKMY: "Wat about my hair?" *She grunted, looking up to her forehead.*

  Rachael: "Oh brother." *She sighed and turned around, slowly shaking her head.* "Don't worry, I'll find my own way-, kah?!"

  PKMY: *She suddenly appeared behind Rachael with her fist sticking through her chest.* "Heh."

  Rachael: *She looked down, gasping with widening eyes.* "I-Is that a.. Hand?"

  PKMY: "Yeah." *She smirked and looked over Rachael's shoulder, watching blood drip from her fist.*

  Warrior: (Our captain just flashstepped and punched that woman straight through the chest!)

  Rachael: *She coughed out blood and slowly looked over her shoulder, staring at the side of PKMY's head.* "Why?"

  PKMY: "Pfft." *She pulled back and ripped her arm out of Rachael's chest.* "Even at a young age, children are raised to be more respective to single digit warriors."

  Rachael: *She dropped to her knees and noticed white orbs float off her shoulders.* (What is this feeling? It's like.. I can feel life going out of me, but.. I feel life going into me?)

  *Rachael coughed up blood and placed her hands on the ground, digging her fingers into the dirt.*

  PKMY: "You're dead.. I hope you learnt to keep your mouth shut."

  Rachael: (This feeling, the dirt, the Earth.. I can feel it-) *She suddenly burst into tiny white orbs, leaving a patch of blood on the dirt where she stood.*

  PKMY: "Eh? She turned into Roharnia even though I felt no power from her-?" *She whispered on her breath, watching the orbs float high into the air.*

  Warrior: "Captain?"

  PKMY: "I know-" *She turned around and flashstepped, suddenly appearing next to the warrior.*

  Warrior: *He leant back slightly startled.* (I can't wait to one day learn how to flashstep.)

  Twortz: (Dead..?) *She watched the warriors leave her sight, as she kept hidden in the forest Rachael ran out of.* (R-R-Rachael.. Died?)

  --

  Lezard: *He shook his bottom to each side, sighing in a defeated-like manner.* "What horrible timing."

  Rachael: *She stared at the man's back, noticing he stood on the side of the road-like path.* "Hey?"

  Twortz: "Don't go up to him-"

  Rachael: *She ignored Twortz and walked further down the path, catching the man's attention.* "What's up?"

  Lezard: *He turned around and noticed Rachael, causing him to step back with uncertainty.* "How can I deliciously help you?"

  Rachael: "Deliciously-?"

  Twortz: "Help us? She's essentially offering her help." *She spoke in a professional-like manner, stopping next to Rachael.*

  Lezard: "Oh, jinkies! I might take you up on that offer." *He giggled with boosted morale, causing Twortz to sigh, as if she didn't want to be there.*

  Rachael: "Well, I'm Rachael, what's up?"

  Lezard: "You speak with such confidence. My name is Lezard." *He smiled and looked at Twortz.*

  Twortz: "..."

  Lezard: "And..."

  Rachael: "Ah? That's Twortz."

  Lezard: "Deliciously fascinating names."

  Twortz: (Is he drunk? Wh
at's with the crazy persona?)

  Lezard: "I have a problem."

  Rachael: "Well?" *She waved her hand, implying Lezard to continue.*

  Twortz: (She really is like Ashton.. Always a need to help. I like that, but.. It's.. Not the Rachael I know-)

  Lezard: "Well, I'm on walkies with my daddy and-"

  Twortz: "Okay, seriously. Walkies? With your daddy? Is that how a grown man should speak?" *She spoke in a stern voice, keeping her professional composure.*

  Rachael: *She silently glanced at Twortz.* (Twortz is very stern and intimidating at first. She used to act in a similar manner like that towards me-)

  Lezard: "Ouchies." *He pouted, causing Twortz to shake her head in an annoyed-like manner.*

  Twortz: *She stepped to the side, as if she was about to leave.* "I have no time for-"

  Lezard: "Okies. My sincere apologies."

  Twortz: "..."

  Rachael: "So, you're travelling with your father?" *She spoke with uncertainty.*

  Lezard: "Bingo!" *He stamped forward and pointed at Rachael in the face, as if she was correct.*

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  Luna: *She faced Cindy and readied to fight.* "I deal with stereotypical bitches like you all the time-"

  Cindy: *She tightened her fist, causing a spark of electricity to flash around her knuckles.* "You asked for it!"

  Luna: "Wat was that light?" *She looked to the side, as if she didn't know it came from Cindy's fist.*

  Cindy: "Hah!" *She punched towards Luna's face and a swirl of fire shot her in the eyes, causing her to scream in pain.*

  Luna: "Gah-?!" *She stumbled back and fell onto her back, covering her eyes in pain.*

  Cindy: "Tssk-" *She frowned and shook her wrist, as if she was in pain.*

  Mindy: "Cindy?"

  Cindy: "I'm okay-"

  Wendy: "The Rasticplash?"

  Cindy: "Yeah."

  Luna: "What the fuck was that?! Argh!" *She yelped in pain, crying out tears of blood and puss.*

  Cindy: "Bind her mouth to shut her up and let's take her back to Sorrowprax."

  Wendy and Mindy: "Yes!"

  --

  Trevour: "Heh heh." *He awkwardly chuckled and walked up to the stone wall, placing his hand on it.* "Sorry, madam."

  Luna: "Madam?"

  Trevour: "I mean, Luna."

  Luna: "Pssht." *She shook her head, as if she wasn't used to Trevour's type of personality.*

  Nathan: *He awkwardly grabbed Luna's arm and lifted her up, focusing his attention to Trevour.* "I got her. What now?"