before all man can remember, monsters roam our lands, special group of people named keepers has known the history of how monsters were vanquished and removed from our world. all monsters are now fiction, can be read in books and heard in legends, however, another group of people seeks chaos and want to free these monsters known only from our books and legends.
View MoreThey just finished Dinner and getting ready to call it a night, however, Damon was asked by Darius to first drop by his office on the second floor of the villa before he retires to the boy’s bedroom. Darius' office is located just by the stairs on the 2nd floor on the way to the boy’s bedroom, which is at the end of the west hallway. Damon got to the room, its door opened a jar, he knocked. “Enter!” Darius' voice said from inside. Damon went in. He found Darius sitting at a big chair behind an ornate wooden desk, busy looking at something on his laptop. The room's light was very dim coming from two lamps on each corner behind Darius’s big chair, the walls the same as the first floor are covered with bookshelves. “There you are my boy, get comfortable and grab a chair,” he said as he noticed Damon entering the room. he gestured to a chair on the front of the desk for him to sit on. He
Emma sat comfortably at the diner drinking her strawberry shake waiting for the keeper that is holding the artifact that they are tasked to recover. The first phase of the test is undercover, the keepers are a secret society that hides and protects the nine Seals, therefore to be one of them they need to practice and be adept at secrecy. She looked at the clock on the screen of her phone on the table, it shows 3:08 pm, 12 minutes till the time the keeper arrives at Saintpops diner as they were told on their test briefing. Outside the window, as they have planned she sees Damon sitting at a bench at the bus stop across the street. ‘What have I gotten myself into?’ she asked herself ‘this is not at all what I imagined I will be doing,’ a week ago Emma was just a normal teenage girl attending a regular school with not-so-normal friends as Zac and Zeke. Then just one more day before she could finally go on her first
The group circled the back of the museum to a villa, Jill knocks on the wooden door. All of them were silent and anxious to meet the owner. “So, he is a caretaker of the museum?” Zeke asked. The group stared at him, before anyone can answer the door opens. A man with circular glasses opens it, he is wearing his pajamas with a matching nightcap. “I thought you won’t be here until tomorrow?” He said, eyeing the group suspiciously, “Or maybe you are not who you appear to be? Be warned, I am a trained combatant and I am armed.” “Relax Darius, it’s really us,” Gus said shoving the others aside approaching Darius, “Something happened and the safehouse was compromised. Are you already in bed it’s only 7 pm?” “Hmm, you sound like Gustave, but are you really Gustave?” Darius leans closer to him. Mrs. Pogromca approached the two men, “We really don’t have
The three of them Run through the woods trying to get as far from the werewolf’s encampment as they can. They jumped over fallen logs and crevices, all the time Zac guiding them. “Zac! Hold on for a minute!” Zeke called to him, “where are we going, Do you even know where we are?” he stopped, holding his knees, catching his breath. Zac stopped, looks at him, Jessica just behind him also panting. “Just a bit more to the south, down there to our left were me and Gus agreed to meet.” “Who the heck is Gus?” “We don’t have time, I’ll explain everything to you guys later. C’mon Zeke, just a bit more, I’ll carry you if I have to.” He said ushering Zeke, as he started to sprint again ahead of them. “Ok Z, you are going to treat us to lunch, you owe us big
Zachary Pogromca woke up the next day, saw the wooden ceiling of the bedroom of the cabin, where their family escaped to last night, pursued by the werewolves. He sat up, “Oh good, everything that happened last night was not a nightmare.” Zac said sarcastically as he Hurriedly gets out of bed, dressed up, and went outside the room. He passed by the living room, it was empty, he went to the dining area and saw his mom, the stranger, and his big brother Damon eating breakfast, not wearing a shirt, his shoulders wrapped in a bandage where the werewolf bit him last night. “Good morning Zac.” Said his mom. “just grab a chair and join us, I made some toast and eggs. Remembered that he has not gotten a chance to eat dinner last night, quickly grabs a plate and picked up a couple of toast and eggs. “Where’s Joe?” He asked
They ran from the upcoming horde of werewolves using the truck as an escape vehicle, Jill covered their escape by shooting crossbow bolts at any werewolves that still tries to pursue them, the stranger stands beside her spear in front of him, ready if any werewolves get too close to the truck. Until finally, the werewolves stopped chasing them, no more signs of wolves anywhere, they have gotten tired of pursuing them. Onwards their mom still kept on driving, they have left Crowsdale a few moments ago, however, they did not stop, their mom still kept driving. On the back of the truck, the boys sat there resting, exhausted from their escape, Damon clutching his left shoulder with his right lets out an “Sssss.” When they hit a bump on the road. Zac was first to notice “Damon? Are you hurt? Why are you still holding your shoulder?” “It’s nothing just a scratch from that
It’s another busy day at the mall, Damon thought to himself while driving. Damon Pogromca works at a shoe store at Crowsadale valley mall, out of high school, and has not decided yet if he wanted to go to college or not, besides, he has not deiced what course he could pick or what he wanted to do with his life. After the end of his shift, he closed shop, meets with his girlfriend Ashley who is just waiting for him outside the stall, then both of them went to dinner at the nearest pizza parlor that stays open at night. They eat pizza and chat for a while spending some quality time with each other. This is usually a regular day for Damon, nothing out of the ordinary, then they got back into his car so he can Drive Ashley home. After arriving at Ashley’s apartment building kissed goodbye to each other, and Damian headed straight home. ‘What a night.’ He thought ‘same old same old boring day here at the valley, I wonder what
Randell stands Still for quite a while, shocked. He can’t believe that Jonathan will imprison himself inside the book. Why would he do that? What is that he is planning? Knowing Jonathan, every action that he made -even in the face of adversity- always leads to something. He can’t believe it, somehow Jonathan still outwitted him even in the last second, just when he thought that he already got him, but he is mistaken. No matter, he thought, even though Jonathan escaped him, in the end, he still left the book. Never him, whatever he is planning, I can deal with it later, for now, what matters is he got the book. He approached the book, it is now laying in the ground after Jonathan was sucked inside it. He crouched down and picked it up carefully, savoring the moment. At last, the book is his, the 3rd Seal has been broken. This is it, his victory, all of his preparation, his planning, it all leads to this, him acquiring the book.
Jonathan spent the whole day hiding in the wooded hills at the edge of Crowsdale valley. He cannot risk walking in the open while it’s daytime. Who knows what spies Randell has sent in the skies, to find him. On a normal day, if he was given at least a couple of minutes to prepare, he could easily have brought an item or spell for this kind of situation. However, due to the recent events, he does not possess any means to conceal himself during daylight. He decided to wait till the sun sets on the horizon. It’s still early morning, there is still time for him to rest and recuperate. He surveyed the woods for a couple of minutes found a huge tree that he can rest on. He circled the tree surveying the area, then he made his move on surrounding the foot of the tree-filled with sigils and traps, when he finished, at least 20 feet in diameter from the tree are now filled with sigils on the ground. Traps that could set up as the first line of defenses and woke him up, a
The Night was already in its deepest when Randell finally found the mansion of the keepers deep inside the forest. He makes his way through the forest as only the light from the full moon and stars guide him without any visual road or pathway to be seen. A few more feet ahead, he can view the forest ending into a clearing. Distant dim lights glow from windows on the Mansion up ahead. Quietly he lurks carefully in the shadows as he moves slowly closer and closer to the mansion. The closer he gets, the more excited he feels from his veins. He cannot contain it anymore, he knows that the book is located inside waiting for him, calling for him. what powers lie within its pages he wonders, What gifts it can bestow on him? With a smirk he hides his excitement and moves on, he continued walking towards the edge of the forest, his foot moving very lightly and carefully without even making a slight sound, like a feather gliding in the...
Keepers of the 3rd Seal by J.P Ortiz is a teen fantasy novel full of excitement and intrigue. Jonathan is a Keeper in the Mansion of Keepers. It was a quiet place until Randell, with a vengeful heart, came to ruin everything. The residents begin to run for their lives. Jonathan tries to help everyone escape, but eventually, sacrifices are unavoidable. The same goes for Zac, whose family is always on the run. He wants to live a peaceful life. But in a world where power is unequal. Is there a way to find balance?
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