The Battle of Ebulon (27 page)

“How would I find Ebulon?”
Wonder Wolf asked.

“Follow the voice,” Trom
said walking into the room.

“What voice?” Wonder Wolf
asked the old warlock confused.

“Didn’t you hear a voice
in your head from Ebulon requesting your help?” Trom
asked.

“I didn’t,” Wonder Wolf
said. “Star Power did, but he didn’t hear the whole
thing.”

“Hang on a minute,”
Asantra said. “Trom? You received a help request from
Ebulon?”

“Yes,” Trom confirmed.
“The voice said to follow it to Ebulon.”

“Why didn’t you follow
it?” Asantra asked.

“Because, I can’t just
leave,” Trom said, “I have duties here.”

“Well, Sky and Jill can
cover for me.” Asantra said quickly.

“What are you talking
about?” Wonder Wolf asked.

“I’m going with you!”
Asantra said determinedly.

From atop her shoulder
Asantra’s familiar, a Double X Bird called Screetche, said, “I’ll
go too.”

“But you guys aren’t
superheroes,” Wonder Wolf said, “And from what I can gather from
the call, is if out world is being contacted from another
dimension, then there must be a big war or something
happening.”

“I have been in
fights before,” Asantra said stubbornly. “And I
am
a witch.”

“Asantra definitely knows
how to fight,” Screetche said, “I have seen her in action. She once
took on and almost won against a whole wolf pack!”

“Well…okay,” Wonder Wolf
said hesitantly. “I guess Ebulon does need as much help as it can
get.” Upon saying this Wonder Wolf and Wonder Horse turned to
leave. “Meet us at the observatory as soon as you can!” Wonder Wolf
said to Asantra.

As the heroes were leaving
Trom called, “Remember, tell Star Power to follow the voice!” Then
to Asantra he said, “Tell DWW and the others back home about
this!”

“Why?” Asantra asked
confused.

“Ebulon needs them!” Trom
replied offering no further explanation.

Not wanting to waste time
Asantra changed into her wolf form and sped home with Screetche
flying as fast as he could behind her. Just before she left the
school she called back to Trom, “Tell Sky and Jill to cover for me
here!”

Once home, Asantra changed
back into a human and ran inside where she immediately ran into her
mom’s familiar, a Golden Retriever called Trillman.

“Asantra!” Trillman said
in surprise, “What…?” He began.

“I need to talk to you,
DWW, and even Sampson quickly!” Asantra interrupted.

Sampson, who was a
goldfish that had once been a warlock, upon hearing his name looked
at Asantra expectantly and eagerly.

DWW had been in a room
nearby. Upon hearing Asantra’s urgent request she came into the
room. Asantra quickly told them everything. DWW was the first one
Asantra would have expected to agree to help so she was surprised
when DWW reluctantly said, “I’m not sure that’s a good
idea.”

“But Trom said…” Asantra
started.

“I know,” DWW said, “And
for this reason I will talk to Turtle. If she agrees then we will
go help.” Turtle was a witch living in the Other Realm who was now
in charge of making most of the decisions regarding magic
users.

“Okay,” Asantra said, “But
hurry!”

DWW zapped herself to the
Other Realm where she quickly found Turtle.

“We should help them,”
Turtle said after DWW told her the situation.

“But witches have never
been involved in a Mortal Realm war before,” DWW said.

“You wanted
witches and mortals to get along,” Turtle reminded her. “Just
because Ebulon is a different world that doesn’t change the fact
that mortals live there. Don’t you want to have a good relationship
with
all
mortals,
no matter where they are from?” Turtle paused before saying,
“Helping these mortals in a large war like this could only
help.”

“You’re right,”
DWW said slowly. “I
do
want to help them, but…”

“I know,” Turtle answered
softly, “It’s a part of war that can’t be helped, but this doesn’t
mean you have to take part in the killing. There are other ways you
can help. Besides death, war comes with injuries, some of which a
witch can fix. You can help everyone as a healer.”

“I could do that,” DWW
said thinking it over. “Okay, I will tell Asantra that we will help
Ebulon.”

After DWW returned to the
Mortal Realm, before following her, Turtle’s familiar, a Labrador
Retriever, asked, “Do you want my help?”

“
Yes,” Turtle
replied. “But not in battle.”

“
Then what do
you want me to do?” He asked.

Before answering him
Turtle went to her friends, a witch and her familiar. “I need you
two to cover for me while I am in the Mortal Realm,” She
said.

Both agreed to do this.
After they did so, Turtle turned to her familiar and said, “I need
you to make sure someone stays out of trouble.” When she said this
she was looking at her friends familiar.

Her own familiar saw who
she meant and dutifully said, “Got it.”

Now in the Mortal Realm,
Turtle said, “Because Ebulon will need strong fighters, I am going
to release Sampson from his fish prison and allow him to become
human until we return home.”

Because DWW had once
allowed Sampson to return to his human form with disastrous results
she said, “Why would you do that after what he did last
time?”

“
Because,”
Turtle said, “He was one of our best fighters during the
witch/witch hunter battle. He was a big help to us.”

“
Yes, but he
had alternate reasons for helping!” DWW insisted, “The last thing
we need is for him to turn traitor again!”

“
Again?”
Asantra asked confused, “When was the first time?”

DWW and the others stared
at her. “How could you forget?” DWW asked.

Sampson laughed.
Something in the way he did this made Asantra suddenly remember.
“Oh, yeah. I was there!” Asantra said.

Answering DWW, Turtle
firmly said, “We need him.” Not waiting for any kind of reply from
anyone, Turtle transformed the fish into a man. The next thing
Turtle said was, “Now that everyone who is going is here, Asantra,
lead everyone to the observatory to meet with Heroes
United!”

As everyone started
leaving, DWW noticed that Turtle wasn’t following them. “Aren’t you
coming?” She asked.

“
Yes, I will
be there,” Turtle said. “But you won’t see me.” With that Turtle
used her magic and disappeared.

Confused, DW followed the
rest of the group as they headed to the observatory.

At the observatory the
members of Heroes United were impatiently awaiting Asantra’s
arrival.

“
You’re
finally here!” Wonder Wolf said as Asantra and her group entered,
“Where were you?” Her question was answered when she saw the rest
of the group.

“
I’m sorry,”
Asantra apologized. “Trom made me fetch them to go
with.”

“
The important
thing is everyone is here and ready to go,” Black Cat said. Then to
be sure this statement was really true she asked,
“
Is
everyone
ready?” When everyone confirmed that they were Black Cat said,
“Star Power, lead the way into Ebulon!”

“
But, the
voice hasn’t returned.” Star Power said.

“
Well, get it
back,” Spy Girl said impatiently. The Spy Girl was one of the only
human member of the team with no superpowers. She was just a
regular, but well trained, girl with gadgets.

“
How?” Star
Power asked.

To avoid any in group
fighting, Black Cat said, “What were you doing when the voice came
to you the first time?”

“
Sleeping,”
Star Power said.

“
I doubt
Ebulon has the time to wait for Star Power to get to sleep,”
Asantra said.

“
You’re
probably right,” Black Cat said thoughtfully. “Star Power, try
calling out to the voice with your mind. This has always worked
with your teammates and enemies.”

“
Yes, but I
know who they are so I can send them thoughts. I don’t know who the
voice is attached to,” Star Power said.

“
Try anyway,”
Wonder Wolf said gently.

“
Just focus on
how the voice sounded as you send your own thoughts,” Chihuahua
suggested. “Maybe that will help.”

Star Power did this.
Star Power thought, how to get to Ebulon> There was no response so Star Power tried
again. Once again he got no response. Getting frustrated Star Power
unintentionally thought out loud, not>

need to yell> The voice said.

Star Power
apologized.

The voice then said,

when I am getting closer?> Star Power asked.

louder> It replied.

Looking at his teammates
and giving a quick nod to them, Star Power began following the
voice in his head. The voice led them to the other end of Fountain
City and right into the Fountain City graveyard. 23> The voice instructed.

“We have to dig,” Star
Power informed his teammates.

“In a
graveyard
?” Chihuahua
whimpered.

“Yes,” Star Power said.
“And at a grave.”

“If that’s what the voice
says to do, then that’s what we do,” Black Cat said.

Star Power then led
everyone to gravestone number 23 and began digging. Chihuahua,
although reluctantly, helped, as did Trillman. When they had dug a
deep enough hole for everyone to fit through they noticed a
staircase leading down. “Let’s go,” Star Power said.

At the bottom of the
stairs was a small room and two tunnels. Star
Power asked the voice.

right> It answered.

Indicating with his tail
the direction they would be going, Star Power led the group through
the tunnel on the right. As they got to the end they were very
confused, for at the end of the tunnel was a wall. The wall was
made of stone. Star Power asked.

you will find Ebulon> The voice answered.

the wall> Star Power asked. The voice did not answer, this was a
problem they would have to figure out for themselves.

“Well, how do we get past
the wall?” Spy Girl asked.

“The voice didn’t tell
me,” Star Power replied. “We are on our own now.”

“Oh, that’s great,” Spy
Girl said, “The voice asks for our help then won’t tell us how to
get to the other side of the wall! There has to be a way
though.”

“I agree,” Black Cat said.
“If there wasn’t a way into Ebulon, the voice wouldn’t have called
for our help.”

“Maybe the wall isn’t
real,” Wonder Horse suggested. “Like that one time.”

Wonder Wolf knew what time
Wonder Horse was referring to, even though no one else did and
said, “Maybe.” She went up to the wall and checked it everywhere.
“It’s solid stone,” She reported.

“My claws can cut through
anything,” Black Cat said. “I could probably cut through
it.”

“Yes, but that would still
take a long time,” Spy Girl said. “We need a faster way. Maybe
Wonder Horse can break it down.”

Wonder Horse went over to
the wall and gave it the hardest kick he possibly could. The wall
didn’t even move, much less break. It should have, but it
didn’t.

“Anyone else have any
ideas?” Black Cat asked.

“Well, the voice called to
Star Power. Maybe there was a reason he specifically got the
message,” Asantra said.

“What do you mean?” Star
Power asked.

“You aren’t the only
member of Heroes United to have psychic powers,” Black Cat said
quickly catching on to what Asantra was thinking. “So maybe you
have the power to break this wall.”

“What can I do?” Star
Power asked.

“Use your powers, it’s all
you can do,” Spy Girl said.

“Well, okay,”
Star Power said. As he said this the star shaped marking on his
head began to glow, and as his the glow got brighter they were able
to see something happening to the wall. Unexpectedly an image began
to appear on the wall. The image was of the sun. Then images of a
star and the moon also began to appear. Underneath Star Power saw
these words:
Shine a light on that which
has the most.

Star Power wondered.

“Has the most what?”
Grizzly Girl asked.

“The most light, I’m
guessing,” Cosmo said.

“Well that would be the
sun,” Spy Girl replied.