Chapter 13: Joed, the Earth Guardian

Behind the door was a very large room filled with different kinds of plants and trees.

"What in the world are these?"

Then the throne glowed to a bright green and a voice echoed all throughout the cave.

"Joed, I have chosen you to be the one to own the power of the Earth Guardian…"

"W...Who are you? Wha...What are you?"

"I am the spirit of the earth. The Queen appointed us spirits to choose the right creature to possess the powers of the guardians."

"I thought that we were supposed to awaken the guardians. Fairy Anna did not tell us that we would possess the powers of these guardians."

"The guardians are just a mere legend that was misunderstood for thousands of years."

"So what exactly are these guardians and what do they do?"

"These guardians are the creatures themselves.'"

"So you mean that I am the Earth Guardian."

"Not yet. You have to go through an obstacle in order for you to obtain the power of earth."

"Well...okay. So, what will I do to obtain this power?"

"You have to enter that door and choose the right plant that contains the power of the guardian. Now go and choose wisely."

"Wait...what happens to me when I choose the wrong plant?"

"You will die!"

"Okay...I think I have nothing to lose except my life."

Joed went inside the room to examine the plants.

"Wow, this place looks like it has all the different species of plants in the world. This world and our world that is."

The room was filled with different kinds of plants. There were the different types of roses, daisies and orchids. There were the canopy trees, shrubs and grass. There was a large pond were there were water lilies and different kinds of water plants.

"This place is really cool. Now, better start looking for that plant."

Joed, having no idea whatsoever which plant is the one, decided to talk to the plants.

"Are you the plant...guess not. How about you...definitely not. Darn it, this is hard. I have absolutely no idea which plant is which."

Then he heard Truffles barking at one of the plants.

"Hey girl. What is it?"

The plant Truffles was barking at was a dead plant. It has blue and white petals with a red stem. It was in a pot and was at the corner of the room.

"Stop it. Stop barking Truffles! This plant is dead. Hey, this is not a plant from our world. It is so beautiful, too bad that it is dead. I wonder if I could bring it back too life."

He took the plant and brought it to the pond to water it. Joed does not know that plants from Frell grow a lot faster than plants from Earth.

"Here. I think that should do it. Why is it in the corner anyway?"

While Joed was wondering why it was the only plant that was dead, the plant he watered is now slowly blooming.

"Whoa...now that is some fast-growing plant."

The plant bloomed beautifully. Then it glowed of the color green and spitted out different colors of light.

"Congratulations. Now you have proven to me that you are indeed worthy of being the Earth Guardian. You showed compassion to a dead plant. You showed hope even though you see it was dead. Now you shall have the power of the guardian."

After the spirit said these words, the plant Joed was holding suddenly grew vines and started to wrap all around his body. After he was wrapped in a cocoon, the petals of the plant flew off and spun around him. After some time, the petals moved faster and one by one sliced the cocoon open.

"Now, Joed, you have the powers of the Earth Guardian. Use it to protect nature and all the creatures within it."

After the petals sliced the cocoon, it slowly opened revealing to Frell its first guardian. Joed, the Earth Guardian.