Darkness
in Ishma
By
this time Prince Charles and his servant Willy were standing on the castle roof.
Prince Charles still had the black crystal in his hands and was grinning from
ear to ear.
“Willy, the time has come to shower
Ishma in darkness” said Prince Charles, raising the black crystal high in his
hands, “I will do what my ancestor, Prince John, failed to do. I will rein
Ishma in darkness forever”.
A black light from the crystal shot
straight up into the sky and turned the sky very dark. The people of Ishma
became terrified of the suddenly dark sky and ran into their homes, in terror.
“What’s going on, what’s happened?” they all shouted. They all stayed in the
home, praying the darkness would go away soon.
It was about that time that Sophie,
Ted, Jack and Sam arrived at the castle in a flash of light. “Wow” said Sam
“that was amazing!”
“Yes, but I hope that we don’t have
to travel by magic again” said Ted, still in a bit of a shock.
“Hey look at the sky” said Jack,
pointing to the dark sky.
“Oh no” said Sophie “Prince Charles
must have found the black crystal and is using its powers now. We need to find
Prince Edward and Princess Julia now”.
“My guess is Prince Charles has put
them into the dungeon” said Ted, thoughtfully, “but where is the dungeon?” “I know where” said Sophie “King Richard
used to invite my family to the castle for a visit when I was a child. During those
visits Prince Edward and Prince Charles showed me around the castle, including
the dungeons. The dungeons are under the castle. Follow me I know a shortcut to
the dungeons”. They entered the castle by going through the back door of the
castle; it was a door servants used to enter the castle.
As Prince Charles was too busy
concentrating of using the black crystal’s powers, he hadn’t noticed that
Sophie, Ted, Jack and Sam had entered the castle. With Sophie leading, they ran
through the kitchen, went into a room with a big trap door. Jack opened the
trapdoor and they went down the stairs straight to the dungeon. “Oh no”
whispered Sophie “the guards are guarding the cells”. “Leave them to me” said
Jack. With his strength, Jack knocked the guards out cold easily.
“Who’s there?” said a voice. “Prince
Edward it’s me” replied Sophie, running to the cell where he and his wife were
in. “Sophie” said Prince Edward “thank goodness you’re here”. Prince Edward and
Princess Julia were happy to see Sophie. “Did you find the white crystal?”
asked Princess Julia. “Yes” said Sophie “but I couldn’t do it without my
friends Ted, Jack and Sam”. “I thank you all” said Prince Edward “but we have
to get out of here fast and stop my brother from using the black crystal. But
we need the keys to unlock the prison door”. “No problem” said Jack, presenting
the keys, “I took the keys off one of the guards”. He unlocked the door and
Prince Edward and Princess Julia were now free. “Here Prince Edward” said
Sophie, taking out the white crystal out of her apron pocket and passing it to
him.
When Prince Edward had the white
crystal in his hands, the white crystals magic flowed into his body. “I can
feel the power within me” he said “now we can defeat my brother. Let’s go
everyone”. They all ran out of the dungeons, ran up the stairs through the trap
door. Then they ran through the main hall, up the stairs, through the corridor,
until they reached the castle roof. “It is time for me to face my twin brother,
like my ancestor Prince Arthur faced his” said Prince Edward. He opened the
door to the castle roof.
