Phantasm

☠Phantasm☠

By Griffin F. Rankins

Written and Illustrated by ********

Dedication

I dedicate this book to Mrs. Courtney Perkins the best 6th grade teacher ever! I also dedicate this book to Kristie Devost, The best and most caring mom EVER!!

Maple Leaf Writing Project

Brattleboro, VT

2018

Prologue 16 years ago...

“ No! Please father! Don’t do this!”

“I’m sorry my son. It has to be done.”

“I won’t let you!” A mysterious portal started to form. The son jumped in front of the machine and tried to stop it.

“AHHH!” He was disintegrated. The portal gained more power, more and more and more! Until… It exploded! Strange phantasmal monsters started to form and emerge from the portal.

Chapter 1

Once upon a time there was a hyena. His name was Raz. He lived on the planet Itlimoc. He was part of a mythical clan called Injustice. He was 16 so he was still learning how to control his magical powers. He could do many amazing things. He could give others visions, Raz could control minds. Raz also had elemental powers and he could shapeshift. His whole clan had powers. Raz’s father was the commander grandmaster of the clan. His father’s name was Ziblah. He had the strongest powers.

One day Raz was practicing his powers when the mail came.

“Oh boy, oh boy. I love the mail!” shouted Raz. He ran as fast as his legs could carry them. He opened the mailbox and he found one letter. It was addressed to “Raz Akoros”

“Ooh it’s for me!” He opened the envelope and read:

“ Greetings young master! You have been accepted into Sicronia school for young masters! You will be taught to increase the power of your skills to the maximum! Please do consider joining! We will be waiting.

From, 🌠The Wizards🌠

Chapter 2

“Woah, that seems really cool.” Said Raz. “Imma go tell mom about it!” Two hours later he got home. The reason he got home so late was because he was out with his friends. He had a lot of fun. He really liked his friends, they were always there for him when he needed them. They were like family to him. When he finally got home he raced inside and asked his mother one single question:

“Hey mom! Can I go to this school, it says it will help me increase my powers to the maximum!”

“I don’t know honey, I’m fine with it as long as your father is okay with it.” Two days later his father came home from war against other tribes.

“Dad! You’re back! Hey, Dad I was wondering if I could go to the Sicronia School for young masters I got an acceptance letter two days ago.”

“What! My son got accepted into the Sicronia School?! Wow son that’s where I went for my magic. That school is how I got where I am now! Yes, of course you can go!”

One week later Raz finally arrived at the school. He was in awe of the school it was so beautiful. The gateway was lined with platinum and diamonds, it had golden doorknobs laced with diamonds. There was a platinum dome with a golden dragon decorated with diamonds, emeralds and rubies. Its eyes were made of sapphires, and its wings and horns were so majestic and mystical. He went into the school and there was a long hallway and it was decorated with golden and blue streamers and banners that read: “ WELCOME NEW STUDENTS!!”

“Woah, this place is awesome!”

“I know right!” said Jirah.

“In the world of all gazelles! Oh, sorry you kinda scared me a little bit…”

“It’s fine, I get that a lot.” There in the dark was a panther. “Hey, my name is Jirah. What’s your name?”

“Oh, my name? It’s, Raz it’s kinda boring. I don’t really like it.”

“Really?! I love it! It’s full of adventure and it’s so unique!”

“You really mean it?”

“Yeah it’s great.” Two months later Raz and Jirah had become great friends. They did all their work together, they played together and they practiced their magic with each other.

Chapter 4

One day Raz was in class and all of a sudden… BANG!

What was that? Raz thought to himself. Then a shadow phantom that was wielding a knife teleported everywhere around the room,

as if choosing to kill he finally chose and it was like lightning. Raz just stared in terror. The phantom zipped right up to a student and the knife ripped and tore through his flesh, then it was so weird he was like frozen in time, repeating his death on an infinite loop. The phantom looked back at him with it’s icy cold blue eyes and gave him a vision of his uncle, he was… dead, then it vanished.

“Wha… What was that?...” Raz questioned.

“I don’t know,” Jirah answered.

“WHAT IS GOING ON IN… WHAT HAPPENED!?” shouted Principal Horton.

“We don’t know! This creature just teleported in here and murdered that student, It… It was like a sick game. It was teleporting around like choosing which one of us to kill.”

Chapter 5

“We have to stop this,” said Raz. “Every time something happens we can’t just hide away like little cowards,” Raz was speaking at an assembly.

“What is going to happen when another student goes missing, or one of us! What are we going to do? Just sit here pretend it didn’t happen? If no one else is going to try to stop it, I WILL!”

“I will go with you,” claimed Jirah.

“I will too,” said another student named Jayko.

“I also will go,” said Glinar, he had the best magic in the entire academy. Suddenly a beam of light struck down on Raz. Apollo, Zeus and Poseidon were blessing him with power.

“Woah… I… feel so… strong and… uh… powerful,” Raz’s powers were beyond powerful, they were insanely dominant.

“Woah,” said everyone in unison. He was glowing and flaming with power. He had a film of bright teal around his body.

“Ok, let’s do this,” They walked for days, through the mountains, through lakes and rivers, through the forests,

“Ugh, this trip is so long I’m sick of walking,” said Jirah.

“Too bad, you’re the one who volunteered for this,” Raz commented.

“Guys it’s getting late, we should probably get some shuteye.” said Glinar.

“Yeah, you’re probably right, Ok guys there's a cave ahead we should settle there for the night. Anyone want something to eat?” asked Raz.

“Sure I guess…” answered Glinar.

“Nah, I’m good,” said Jayko

“Are you sure? You’re always hungry,” said Raz.

“Well not right now i’m not.” stated Jayko.

“Okay…” said Raz. They slept through the night. Well, most of them. Raz was awakened by a strange crying.

Chapter 7

“Huh, what is that?” He looked toward the mouth of the cave and he saw his twin sister Lilac… “What… How… No, No it’s not real. She’s dead, She’s been dead since he was five.” Waaaaaaahhh!! She was crying so loud it was excruciating to hear. She had been taken right from her room, she was just playing with her toys on the floor. He was on the bed playing with my action figures. Then he saw a shadow across the floor, he looked up there was a… rat suit, it’s inhuman eyes darting between him and Lilac. He was looking straight into its eyes, He blinked and it was gone. So was Lilac! Ever since that day he has been searching for her, But he could never find her.

Chapter 8

The mighty sun rose above the mountains, creating a wonderful aura. Everyone had woken up already, except Raz.

“Hey, Raz wake up sleepyhead!” shouted Jayko.

“Okay, Okay i’m up!” exclaimed Raz.

“We gotta go! Come on!” demanded Jayko. They set off to the fortress, They walked for days. Until they came to a desert. There was an immense sandstorm.

“Guys I don’t know if I can do this anymore! I can’t go on!” Jayko cried.

“No, we’re not going on without you!” said Raz.

“You have to! Please!” cried Jayko

“NO!! I’ll carry you if I have to!” demanded Raz

“Guy’s she’s fading! Jayko stay with us you have to!”

“Hey there’s a sand cave over there!” shouted Glinar. They made it to the cave safely, well… for the most part.

“Okay we need to lift that boulder to block the cave!” ordered Glinar. They all used their magic to lift the boulder and block the cave. “Okay, now that we’re safe let’s try to heal her.” They tried for hours and she didn’t wake up.

Chapter 9

“Guys she’s not waking up…” stated Glinar.

“At least she’s still breathing.” said Raz.

“You’re right.” Replied Glinar. “We should wait out the storm, Then we can go on.”

“ Why do we even try anymore!? Others are getting murdered by the second, and we are just students! Even if we do find the fortress we’ll never survive against those phantasmal… Things! I can’t do this!” Yelled Jirah.

“Jirah stop talking like that now!” demanded Raz. Then all of a sudden one of the shadow creatures emerged out of the darkness.

“ Guy’s I think we have a problem.” said Glinar in a quivery voice. Raz and Jirah both stopped arguing and looked at the creature. It was like a sabre toothed cat, it’s cloudy lifeless eyes glowing in the pitch blackness of its body.

“Yeah we should take care of that first.” said Raz.

Raz Encaged the creature in aquatic orb made of water, trapping the creature. The orb was spinning and spinning while Raz shot the creature with electrified aquatic harpoon bolts. Then he suddenly stopped and heard a voice in his head: Raz... don’t disrespect your ancestors.

“Who are you? What do you mean?”

We will meet again very soon.

“Again?! What do you mean again?”

Goodbye.

“Wait! No! Who are you!!?”

Chapter 10

He woke up and the creature was on top of Jirah snapping at his face. Giblar lunged at the creature and it swatted him out of the way. He went flying into rock. Raz did a full force elemental charge and destroyed the creature.

“Well, that takes care of that.” said Raz. Then suddenly a portal appeared, devouring Raz. Then Jirah grabbed Raz, and Glinar grabbed Jirah. Everyone got teleported.

Chapter 11

Raz woke up he was alone in what looked like a temple. He was locked in a chair. Greetings Brother…

“Huh, who said that? Let me go! What did you do with my friends. What do you mean Brother? I don’t have a brother!” Hmmm… I’m not surprised father didn’t tell you about me.

“Show yourself” A manticore appeared out of the wall.

“I am Jolakuu, your brother…”

Chapter 12

He was colossal, towering over Raz like he was a little fly beneath a hippopotamus.

“H… How are you so big?” questioned Raz.

“I… was special” said Jolakuu.When you were born I had an OUTRAGE! I destroyed ten villages.” The lost villages… My brother did that. Because of me…

“Mom and Dad saw me as a threat. They locked me away in a rat suit and shrank me. A rat suit… He took Lilac.

“What did you do with Lilac!?”

“Oh her… I… fixed her.”

“What do you mean fixed her?”

“I changed her into a minion. She was always a bit off.”

“I can’t believe you.”

“ Well enough of that. Those shadow creature things should take care of everything.”

“Wait… Did you say shadow creatures?”

“Why yes, have you seen any yet?”

“One of them killed a student, and Uncle Kuii is DEAD”

“Eh I never really liked him.”

“You are a MONSTER. How could someone like YOU ever be my brother!?”

“You disrespectful rat. You and your friends will PERISH! MINIONS ATTACK!!” Many shadow creatures rose from the ground and charged at Raz. Shot a mind wave at the army and they disintegrated into thin air.

“Is that all you got shadow creatures?!” Raz broke free and lunged at Jolakuu, with Zeus, Poseidon and Apollo at his side. Jolakuu countered the attack by blasting them with the anger of fallen demons.

“Did you really think that you could defeat me?! I will destroy you, and when i’m done with you I will destroy this world, and when i’m done with this world, I will move on to other planets and destroy the entire universe!”

“No… you… won’t! Akamuu jikaa wahii glazui! Great Azkoros I summon you!” Azkoros the Fallen Drake Spirit descended from the heavens.

Chapter 13

“I am Azkoros the Fallen Drake Spirit! Who has summoned me!?”

“I have Great Spirit. Now we must destroy my brother. He has threatened to destroy the entire universe!”

“I see… Well we can’t have that, can we?” Azkoros blasted Jolakuu with the might of life itself.

“No... I will not be defeated by a dragon.”said Jolakuu. Jolakuu was blasted into a portal which led to the underworld. Azkoros went back to heaven. Raz noticed someone lying on the ground. It was Lilac. He ran up to her. She was all bloody.

“She’s dead…” He noticed something cold on his neck. He looked down and it was a spirit dragon amulet. They were the most powerful type of amulet. Made in the heavens by The Mystic Drake Council. He thought it could heal her. He held it up to her cold withering hand.

“Please” All of a sudden she started glowing and she rose into the air. She was asleep. He teleported Lilac home. He decided to head back home. When he got home there was a huge welcome party. Raz was going to defend the world from evil, no matter what it takes.

THE END

Epilogue-20 years later...

“When I get out of this dimension I will eliminate every planet in the universe!!” said Jolakuu. Then, a portal appeared...