Powerschool10




Chapter 10: Festivals




A group of strangers just noticed a lot of him. Load up barrels, boxes and bundles. They were all strangely dressed. Johannes, his best friend, was not far from the crowd. He eyed the enthralling company skeptically and hid in a doorway. He seemed to have disappeared completely into the shadows, but Benny's keen eye had spotted him. He crouched down the slope. His only thought was to find out why the guys were besieging the village.


As he approached, he took a closer look at one of the strangers. It was a bearded old man who walked hunched over on a stick. He wore a blue, wide robe and a large blue hat. Beside him stood a small, dark green figure with big googly eyes. On one belt he carried a knife that read:




Steel spring




Benny paused and then disappeared behind a bush that was planted next to a house wall.Trembling, he leaned against the plastered wall. His heart was pounding violently. Was that really him? A feeling that he had never felt before accumulated in him. It wanted to be let out and tickled like an inexplicable joy. But as beautiful as it was, it tightened his throat and clenched his hand in his pocket. He felt the black stone and felt deeply satisfied. An inhuman giggle wriggled up his throat and fought the fear. His trembling got stronger and the grin turned into a smile. His wide eyes were fixed on the object in his hand. He twisted and turned it. He always stammered the same sentence:


"My darling! Nobody but me will ever get you! I will protect you! My darling, my jewel, my prey!"


Suddenly a shadow reached around the corner and Benny raised his head. Smiled stupidly at his cousin and, drenched in sweat, repeated the same words:

"My darling, my jewel, my prey!"


His cousin was a wiry boy with tangled dark brown hair, shady eyes, and a green forest coat. His feet were in heavy shoes and he talked to him soothingly:


"Leave that Benny, give me the stone!"


"No Eddy, it's mine, my darling, my jewel .." stuttered the boy huddled on the floor.


"It serves your best ..." Eddy replied.


"No I do not want to!" Benny fidgeted and threw himself back and forth. He still held the treasure tightly and pressed against his chest.


"Now give it to me!" shouted the one with the dark eyes and tugged at Benny's hand. The blond boy shrieked and drew the wavy sword with his left hand. There was still blood on it.


"You're making a big mistake there!" Eddy assured the freaked out.


"You only want it for yourself!" Benny giggled and took a step towards Eddy.


"Do you even know what kind of stone that is?" Benny began to ask."He makes other people go crazy and ultimately incites them against each other. He is also called that




Shadow pebbles.




Do you understand what I mean?"


"No!" Benny hissed and then pulled out: "You want to steal it and take it from me!"


"Exactly!" Eddy laughed and grabbed Benny's hand, then whirled around kicking the boy's back of his knee so that he went down. Eddy turned his hand behind his back, forcing him to drop the object (the stone). The guy picked him up from the floor and disappeared around the corner.


When Benny straightened up he gasped a lot. His shoulder joint must be dislocated. But who should he ask to set it up again? He couldn't go to a normal doctor, because he would surely ask how this had happened. On the spur of the moment, he searched the ground for a large stone.


Finally he found a suitable one further in the grass. He picked it up with his good arm and weighed it.It was really heavy. He put it carefully in his dislocated hand. It cracked as the weight pulled the arm down and the arm was back in the socket. What he had felt was just a twitching pain and slowly not as bad as the moment when Eddy had dislocated him. Now it was time to keep watching the strangers. The stone and Eddy no longer interested him. He had had enough of the eternal quarrel with his relatives.


He strolled quickly to the market square where the ship was. He could see almost nothing through the crowd. Everything was decorated in bright colors. Benny thought of the gnome again. If this creature was the friend of his friend John's dwarf grandfather, then he had to be an ally.




Eddy rushed to the village square where the village church stood. Its towers jutted into the sky and it was difficult to see the cross attached there.The sun was almost down for evening and the buildings began to cast long shadows.


The boy opened the large double doors and entered the church. The smell of incense rose in his nostrils and the faint sounds of the organ music flowed in the wide corridors of the chapel. The benches were lined up to the right and left of him. Eddy himself walked along a long, red carpet with gilded fringes. His steps echoed through the halls like regular drumbeats. The magnificent altar stood in front of him. But he turned to the right to the confessionals. Candles were lit everywhere and the glow danced on the walls.


He quickly entered the middle confessional, in which the pastor used to sit, and drew the velvet curtain behind him. Now he was in the stuffy booth and turned a knob below the confession window. It creaked and the piece of wall in front of him could be pushed aside.A dusty corridor with cobwebs and a musty smell appeared in front of him. There was a torch in a holder on the wall to his right. Without hesitation, Eddy grabbed it and closed the secret door behind him. He trotted slowly down the corridor until a staircase led steeply into the earth. He had to duck a little because the ceiling was very low and despite his age he was as tall as Johannes. As he descended the slippery steps he thought about his mission. He had needed a magical item, and now he has one. It was the shadow pebble. That item was still in its shoulder bag. He needed the stone to get me from the future. I had to help Johannes understand what his task was and why he in particular had to cope with it. So to speak as spiritual and psychological support. Destin would be happy to see me again too. And first Benedict. This had been awakened again thanks to Albert's water of life.Benedict appeared to the gnome as a ghost one night and had convinced him that he would be needed on the next adventure. When Albert asked why there would be a new adventure, the ghost replied:


"During your fight a few years ago, after Lisa's attack on Petrus, a rider in a black cloak miraculously detached himself from the square. It was Peter. For the moment he was unconscious and Benedict had ..." Me . "... released. Now he's regenerated, after all, the sword wasn't made of silver! Now he wants to send his troops to an island far to the west. This island is called Arak. On you you will be adopted in a skirt Meet boys. The name of his stepparents will be Farnbauer! I'll leave you a map of the island. The boy has a special book with him. You have to protect him and it, but hurry, the troops are on their way! "


Back then, the gnome immediately set off.In Großburg he met Destin. With this they made their way to the Schwarzschloss. Here they brought Benedict to life and continued westward. In the desert castle they got hold of an airworthy zeppelin. They took off immediately and soon arrived at Arak. Here they split up and looked for the village of Rock. Destin found it first and radioed the others to come as soon as possible. Now the ship was loaded with supplies. During this the armies moved closer and closer.




Eddy was finally at the bottom of the stairs. He jumped down the last two steps and came across an old man in a white dock coat who was bald in addition to green sunglasses.


"Here you are at last!" he snarled and took the leather pouch on Eddy's belt. "Oh a shadow pebble! Where did you find it?" he asked after taking a look inside the bag.


"At Benny's!" replied the boy and yawned.

"Well! With Benny, huh? I hope he willingly ridden him over you!"


"Uh, not quite!" Eddy stuttered and raised his finger more attentively.


"I thought so!" laughed the old man and put the stone in the middle of a pedestal. His name was Julian. "Oh, by the way," he suddenly began, "get me Benedict! He should see his namesake first. I will pick the boy up after he has been home for 5 minutes, that is, he has just come from the vampire world and stays in his room for 5 minutes, then he will be conjured up here. I also made an invention for the magician. "


“What are you waiting for boy, shut up!” Destin stirred and yelled if he stormed up the stairs:


"At your command, boss!"




Now it had to be quick. One mistake and the mysterious spell of magic would vanish into thin air. He spread his arms and stood in front of the altar specially made for the stone.He slowly closed his eyes and mumbled a magic formula:




Fire, water, lightning and stone,


you just came home.


Unfortunately I have to get back here quickly,


must be a child again,


because a friend has a hard time!




Outside black clouds gathered over the cathedral and lightning struck it. It thundered and began to rain. The masses of water pelted the cobblestones and the dirt that had accumulated in the corners and nooks was simply washed away.


A strange smoke had gathered in the chamber under the church. Julian lay almost unconscious in a corner of the room and doubled over on the floor. He had been too close to the stone. Small flashes of light flashed over his body. He was completely rested and charged with electricity. His pale eyes stared at the creature emerging from the dividing mist. At that moment Benedikt