The Seventh Son

THE FLUTE

The room was silent, non of the brothers wanted to look their mother in the eye. Rachel felt shame hovering over her. She did not expect Omen to say that out but it was like it was eating him up and he was waiting for the perfect opportunity to say it out and he made sure to use someone to deliver a clear message.

“So this is how you all feel right?” Rachel asked. “Say it to my face like he has done,” she demanded.

“Mother please,” Nephius replied, “We all know that you once made a mistake and you are still paying for it, we do not blame you.”

Omen chuckled “Omen stop it!” Daniel yelled.

Omen rolled his eyes and jumped out of the window into the burning lava.

They all ran to the window in shock, “Did he just commit sucide?” a terrified Barrick asked.

Deep in the melting lava was Lotus with his eyes closed, he opened them and found himself on fire. He got up and started beating himself in hopes of putting it off. But to his shock he noticed that he was not burning. He realized that the fire was emitting out of him shielding him from the lava.

“What the f**k,” he yelled out.

He heard wings flapping and looked up, it was Omen in a Pixiu form. “Brother I'm not dead,” he waved at him.

“Thou fire whirlder,” Omen replied, “get on, my back,”

“I'm a what? Oh God I'm a fire whilrder?” he yelled out in excitement and began manipulating the lava and turning it into fire and almost burning Omen.

“Calm down there are a lot of fools to sear outside, save thy energy, get on,”

Lotus got on his back excitedly, “you knew didn't you? You knew that I was a fire whilrder?”

“Unlike Marcus, thou needed near death experience for the faculties to manifest,” Omen replied.

“Cool now take me to that useless emperor.”

Omen flew outside the Barrier and faced the emperor. Emperor Marcelo was out of words. Lotus got up and began whilreding fire towards him but the emperor and his men held out silver shields on top of their heads, protecting them from the scorching fire.

Omen roared out flames of fire on the emperor and his men as they cried out in pain.

But suddenly Cleselda appeared with an ancient flute that could render any creature to sleep by it's ancient Melody and began playing it.

Hearing the melody, Omen began dozing and yawned, his flying began tilting. He wasn't expecting such a move from Cleselda. But he needed to think fast and the only option was to shapeshift back into Human form. With the last energy he flew inside the barrier and crush landed in human form almost falling into hell fire.

“Brother what's going on,” Lotus asked

“The flute," Omen pointed at a smiley Cleselda holding the flute.

The emperor got up furiously, some of his men were covered In third degree burns. If it weren't for Cleselda they would all be toast.

“What took you so long!'' The emperor yelled at Cleselda, “the castle is not sinking into the pit's hell.”

Cleselda looked forward and she could see that the hell fire was only circling the castle and something was blocking it from sinking down. She pointed at Omen and said, “he is blocking it, we need a grand sacrifice to break this barrier. With this flute he can not shapeshift into any of those creatures,” she said excitedly.

Lotus looked at Omen who was furious, he had no idea what the flute was doing to him or where she had gotten it. “Omen we need to go inside and regroup,” Lotus stated and in a brink of an eye Omen shapeshifted into a Naga and laid his snake like body into a bridge that entered the castle. Lotus got up and ran into the castle. Seeing this Cleselda began playing the flute again and Omen began feeling drowsy again but he quickly shapeshifted into human and jumped into the castle.

The other brothers rushed to him and helped him up. “Lotus my son,” Rachel ran to him and hugged him, “we thought you were gone,” this irritated Omen and further frustrated him.

“Not before Nephius,” Lotus joked.

They helped Omen up but he wasn't interested, he went into his Dungeon and shut the door on them.

Barrick came with a plate of meat and knocked but Omen only got the plate without a word and shut the door again. “What happened outside there, we all saw you fall into the pits of hell,” Nephius asked.

Lotus waved his hand and fire appeared, “lady and gentlemen, meet Lotus the fire whilrder” Lotus stated with a smile.

“Wow just like father,” Marcus said out in excitement.

“Yes just like father, the moment I fell in the pits my body became hot and fire erupted from my body. Omen said I needed near death experience for my ability to egnite.”

“Because you are never serious,” Nephius added. “But why did you run back in here without finishing that stupid emperor?” Daniel asked.

Lotus's face changed into sadness and he explained to them about the flute. The brothers couldn't believe their bad luck, it was like every victory they won was short lived but they knew that they had no time to feel sorry for themselves. They needed to find information about the Flute and the Library was the best place to look first.

In the dungeon Omen could hear the flute playing and it was irritating the life out of him. He knew Cleselda's plan was to weaken him in order for the barrier to fall and staying longer in human form would weaken him while shapeshifting into any creature would lead into him falling into an everlasting sleep and sleep for eternity.

Clarris watched in silence as he ate on the pieces of meat. She too was going through a lot, Cleselda used her and dumped her like s**t. How could she have trusted her?