Chapter 37 - Monody (1/2)

”What's that sound?” asked Baldwin, as he tried convincing the crowd to move.

”It's a song. An ode,” replied Ysabeau, holding up the child from earlier.

The crowd was standing still as the adolescent girl sang. Baldwin looked pissed as Gillian tried to stop the Angry Man.

”Leave them be, allow them to sing,” commanded Gillian.

Baldwin let out a huff and looked at the battle above.

”Thanks, Time Boy!” yelled Mavislin, popping from the back of the Poisoned Pond.

Raiyen had seized the opportune moment to distract Old Man Pond and created a mini Time Frame Hop for the Valkyrie. Shaky, but she managed just fine.

”Partners in crime, you are starting to infuriate me,” said Old Man Pond, just about ready to deflect the attack away.

The torrent of arrows was still hunting the Poisoned Pond down. But that didn't restrain the man from trying to hurt the two. With the number of glitches and spells that the two have done, the partners have attained their peak in Elemental Energy. Until they heard the song. The girl who sang.

”Summer in the hills,

Those hazy days I do remember.

We were running still,

Had the whole world at our feet.

Watching seasons change,

Our roads were lined with adventure.

Mountains in the way,

Couldn't keep us from the sea.”

The melody echoed through the plains, above and below. The soothing tone of the young girl was then merged into the voices of the townsfolk, boosting the second verse of the song.

”Here we stand open arms,

This is home where we are.

Ever strong in the world that we made,

I still hear you in the breeze.

See your shadows in the trees,