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Chapter 6

It was not long before the small group reached Ianishua.  It was a very richly built city, its buildings seeming to be carved out of stone with intricate carvings on the inner and outer walls.  Fhuyt could not help but gaze in awe at the history that these walls told.

These structures must be hundreds of years old... He thought to himself as the pirest led him deep into the temple.  Behind him were his companions, Dorithmir, Shigyu, and Bujit.

"Not much further." the bald priest said, his white robe sweeping the stone floor behind him.  He stopped at a door and took a torch off the wall.  "But the rest of the journey won't be as pretty as it has been."

Fhuyt nodded and followed the priest as he opened the door and stepped down a staircase that led into drakness.

The walls were damp and the floor was slippery, despite being made from same seamless stone that everything else was made of in this city.  The five had to be careful when decending into the gloom.

When they finally reached the bottom of the steps they were comfronted with a large, stone door.  In the center of the handleless door was a round sphere that glittered with a white light.

The priest held his hands up behind him, gesturing the four to  halt, then continued to the door.  He removed the sphere and it stopped glowing.  The only light in the room was now the torch light.

There was a scraping noise, like stone grinding against stone, and the door slid open, to reveal a brightly lit chamber.  It was then known where the dampness came from.

Five waterfalls cascaded on the edge of the circular room.  The water flowed along little paths of stones of red, green, blue, white, and yellow, to five platforms in the center of the room.  Plants, moss, and ivy grew along the wall and between the waterfalls, though the source of the light remained unknown.  Four of the pillars were empty, while the one closer to the white stoned path held a single shard of bone.

The bone was yellowed with age and appeared to have four limbs broken off of it.  In the middle of it was a round, white diamond.

"This is the temple where we keep the center piece of the Starbone." the priest said, allowing the group to enter the room.  "Though it may not leave the temple until it is healed, you may bring all the pieces to it and then take it with you."

"Shouldn't one of the decendants of the princes be the one to heal it?" Bujit asked.

The priest smiled as though the thought were funny.  "You will need all the luck you can get just getting the pieces from them.  Don't trouble yourself with trying to get three of the families to back off and let one take the throne.  Besides, we've lived rulerless for many years and we have done just fine.  Just get the pieces of the Starbone back here so you can heal it and use it to defeat the evil upon us."

Fhuyt nodded.  "Thank you for showing us this room and allowing us to find the pieces." He said.  "But we have one more favor to ask of you.  Where did the princes go?"

"Ah." the priest said as if he had planned on telling them and merely forgotten.  "The family of Dheius was split into four separate families when four could not decide who among them would rule.  It was their greed that split them apart.  But now each family dwells in a different direction.  Each an equal distance away from Ianishua so that neither would be at more advantage to get to the throne.  Each a days walk away.

"The family decended from Prince Aquemin, guardians of the shard of the Starbone infused with the blue water sapphire, have gone West.  The family of Prince Infermin, guardians of the shard containing the red fire ruby, journeyed South.  THe family of Prince Solinio, guardians of the shard with the green earth emerald, went North.  And last, the family of Prince Breazen, guardians of the wind shard, now live in the East."

"Thank you for your time, father." Fhuyt bowed.  "But we have a long journey ahead of us and must begin it."

"I understand." the pirest smiled.  "You are welcome back here anytime.  Good bye, and good luck."  As they walked back up the slipery stepps, the priest stayed behind and relplaced the sphere back into the hole in the door, causing it to close again.

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Chapter 6

It was not long before the small group reached Ianishua.  It was a very richly built city, its buildings seeming to be carved out of stone with intricate carvings on the inner and outer walls.  Fhuyt could not help but gaze in awe at the history that these walls told.

These structures must be hundreds of years old... He thought to himself as the pirest led him deep into the temple.  Behind him were his companions, Dorithmir, Shigyu, and Bujit.

"Not much further." the bald priest said, his white robe sweeping the stone floor behind him.  He stopped at a door and took a torch off the wall.  "But the rest of the journey won't be as pretty as it has been."

Fhuyt nodded and followed the priest as he opened the door and stepped down a staircase that led into drakness.

The walls were damp and the floor was slippery, despite being made from same seamless stone that everything else was made of in this city.  The five had to be careful when decending into the gloom.

When they finally reached the bottom of the steps they were comfronted with a large, stone door.  In the center of the handleless door was a round sphere that glittered with a white light.

The priest held his hands up behind him, gesturing the four to  halt, then continued to the door.  He removed the sphere and it stopped glowing.  The only light in the room was now the torch light.

There was a scraping noise, like stone grinding against stone, and the door slid open, to reveal a brightly lit chamber.  It was then known where the dampness came from.

Five waterfalls cascaded on the edge of the circular room.  The water flowed along little paths of stones of red, green, blue, white, and yellow, to five platforms in the center of the room.  Plants, moss, and ivy grew along the wall and between the waterfalls, though the source of the light remained unknown.  Four of the pillars were empty, while the one closer to the white stoned path held a single shard of bone.

The bone was yellowed with age and appeared to have four limbs broken off of it.  In the middle of it was a round, white diamond.

"This is the temple where we keep the center piece of the Starbone." the priest said, allowing the group to enter the room.  "Though it may not leave the temple until it is healed, you may bring all the pieces to it and then take it with you."

"Shouldn't one of the decendants of the princes be the one to heal it?" Bujit asked.

The priest smiled as though the thought were funny.  "You will need all the luck you can get just getting the pieces from them.  Don't trouble yourself with trying to get three of the families to back off and let one take the throne.  Besides, we've lived rulerless for many years and we have done just fine.  Just get the pieces of the Starbone back here so you can heal it and use it to defeat the evil upon us."

Fhuyt nodded.  "Thank you for showing us this room and allowing us to find the pieces." He said.  "But we have one more favor to ask of you.  Where did the princes go?"

"Ah." the priest said as if he had planned on telling them and merely forgotten.  "The family of Dheius was split into four separate families when four could not decide who among them would rule.  It was their greed that split them apart.  But now each family dwells in a different direction.  Each an equal distance away from Ianishua so that neither would be at more advantage to get to the throne.  Each a days walk away.

"The family decended from Prince Aquemin, guardians of the shard of the Starbone infused with the blue water sapphire, have gone West.  The family of Prince Infermin, guardians of the shard containing the red fire ruby, journeyed South.  THe family of Prince Solinio, guardians of the shard with the green earth emerald, went North.  And last, the family of Prince Breazen, guardians of the wind shard, now live in the East."

"Thank you for your time, father." Fhuyt bowed.  "But we have a long journey ahead of us and must begin it."

"I understand." the pirest smiled.  "You are welcome back here anytime.  Good bye, and good luck."  As they walked back up the slipery stepps, the priest stayed behind and relplaced the sphere back into the hole in the door, causing it to close again.