Vol. 9 - Chapter 12: The Sound of the Bell

Part 1 – England

At the same time the event of the White Witch was happening in America. In England, two young girls roam in the woods. It is day time in England, the girls clueless with their environment walk carefully.

"Where are we Betty?" Abi asks as she continues to walk. Betty with a frightened face replies:

"I don´t know, this wasn't part of the plan."

The girls continue to walk for a short time until they arrive on what appears to be a town; the town had a combination of modern buildings with classical buildings. The roads were covered in concrete to much of their surprise.

"Betty, I ´m scared." Abi says as she grabs Betty´s hand. Betty looks around and says:

"Me, too. I don't know what are we suppose to do."

"I think I can help you." Abi and Betty here a voice coming from behind; they turn around and see a mature woman with a black dress. The woman has white hair and wrinkles making her mature.

The girls begin to feel a massive amount of manna coming from her. Abi asks:

"Who are you?"

"My name is Eleanor, and you are Abigail and Elizabeth am I correct?"

Elizabeth and Abigail look surprise to see that Eleanor knew their names. Betty asks Eleanor:

"How do you know our names?"

Eleanor smiles and replies:

"You´re leader, Mercy told me that you would come, and two witch prodigies like you have a place here in my covenant."

"We are sorry, but we have to go to the village, do you know if there is horse available?" Abi says with a clueless face, Eleanor begins to laugh and replies:

"This is England, meaning that you two are on the other side of the world."

"WWWHHHHAAATTT???"

Both of the girls scream of shock, Eleanor continues to laugh at them. She stops and puts a serious expression saying:

"I´m sorry to say this, but Mercy said that if you would ever come here, means that she is dead, and your town Roanodare has cease to exist."

"You´re kidding right, please tell us the truth." Abi cries, Betty with a much calmer expression asks:

"Is this true?"

Suddenly the sky begins to darken as the moon begins to cover the sun causing an eclipse. Eleanor smiles and replies:

"It´s the truth." She begins to walk forward and continues speaking:

"It´s seems that my sister Alexandria has revived, I can´t wait to see her again."

Part 2- Africa:

A huge city is located, in an unknown place in Africa, in the middle of mountains and jungles. The city has highly advanced structures, with many modern buildings and pavement covered streets.

In a special building, a man with dark skin wearing a yellow suit runs to a dark room, in the dark room there is a child getting fade by two other men. The one with the yellow suit kneels and says:

"Lady Theodora, the sky has suddenly darkened."

The girl who wears a yellow dress and a witch hat smiles and replies:

"I see, only one way to find out."

Theodora takes out a book, she opens the book to a certain blank page, and letters begin to appear in the page. The girl begins to laugh as she says:

"My sister has return, Alexandria has revived, it's been 100 years since I last saw her."

Part 3- A certain Island in Japan:

In a certain island in the northern part of Japan, a young woman reads in a house. The house has an elegant decorations, she zips from a cup of tea. Suddenly a girl opens the door saying:

"Lady Irene, something has happened in you mural."

Irene who has blue hair, a long dress and a witch hat runs to see a huge mural that has the painting of four birds with the colors; Red, Blue, Yellow and Black. Suddenly in the mural, the white bird appears in it. Irene lets go of the book, tears begin to come out of her eyes and she kneels down saying:

"This can´t be, Alexandria has revived."

Part 4- Vatican:

In the Vatican, people who were in St. Peter´s square, all kneel down and pray as they see the eclipse. In the Basilica of St. Peter, the Pope observes the eclipse and a monk wearing a brown robe comes and says:

"I´m sorry to interrupt but it appears Alexandria, the White Witch has revived."

"I see, contact all the orders and tell them to be on high alert, darkness has descended to earth." The Pope says as he watches the sky.

Part 5- Rumania:

In Rumania, in a large castle, a man with long hair watches the sky as the eclipse is happening, a servant enters and says:

"Sir, I have news, it appears that the White Witch has revived."

"Thank you, you may leave." The man replies to his servant who closes the door. The man looks at the sky and says:

"The time has come to go to Sun City; the City of Gold will soon open the doors of the Underworld."

Part 6- Mexico City:

In the Cathedral of the Holy Maiden, a woman wearing white nun attire prays under an altar, a nun enters the room and says:

"Excuse me, Sister Magdalena; we received new from the Vatican, it appears that the White Witch has revived."

"Well those are not good news; have the preparations to go to Rio Grande City ready?"

"Yes, we are ready to go in two weeks." The nun replies to Magdalena. She looks at the altar and says:

"Excellent, we must be ready because a War is coming."

Part 7 – Tapatio

In the jungles near Tapatio, a large mansion is located in a giant open space. In one of the bedrooms, Juan de la Trinidad is getting dressed looking at the mirror. A beautiful woman lies on the bed wearing only the bed sheets. The woman has red hair as she says:

"Are you going out Juan?"

"Yes, I have to do business, but more importantly, look at the window Isabella."

Isabella looks out the window and sees the red moon; she makes a stone tablet appear. The stone tablet has a star with five points resembling a pentagram. In each of the corner has a color; Red, Blue, Yellow and Black. Suddenly the missing point begins to shine in a white light. Isabella smiles and says:

"Well, well, it looks like my prediction was right after all. My sister Alexandria did make contact with Uriel and has now been revived."

Juan smiles looking at Isabella saying:

"It appears that my successor is an airhead, but this is good news, in two weeks the Red Moon will be complete and Darius need the aid of a witch, of course, you turned him down right?"

"Of course, I am not interested in taking part of this upcoming War." Isabella says closing her eyes and frowning. Juan walks to the bed and kisses Isabella at her forehead and says:

"I am going now, I will see you tomorrow."

Juan leaves the room; Isabella lays down looking up and begins to say:

"How long has it been, Alexandria?"

Part 8- Capital City

In the SIA main headquarters, Agent Watson and the whole staff see in the monitor the sudden change of the climate.

"Can someone please tell me what is going on?"

"It appears that something happen in the region of Bay City, a huge explosion was seen from one of our cameras, it appears that the White Witch was revived then the weather changed causing snow to fall on all the east coast." One of the agents says to Watson, Watson looking at the monitor says:

"Damn it, I should have killed that Horseman on Sin City but I took pity on him because of your failure Johanna."

Johanna was sitting in a desk looking at the monitor, she turns around and replies:

"I promise that I will correct my mistake sir."

"I am counting on you, but this time I will come with you, we will head to Empire City. If she was revived, her target is going to be the one who sealed her body." Watson says looking at Johanna, Johanna nods in agreement.

Part 9- Sun City

In the Lucifugus Mansion, Darius looks at the news about the climate change in the east coast. He begins to smile and says:

"Our plan is going well, now that Alexandria has been revived, we will use her power to open the gates."

"That´s good new dear, the collaboration of Uriel made it possible." Olivia says to Darius, Darius looks at Aleister and says:

"Well son, the only thing left is for you to get the sixth key in Florida, the seventh key is located here in the borderland, but you know that this key is special because it is the last."

"I know father, I am really happy to go to Florida, we will celebrate our engagement there, isn't that right dear?"

Aleister turns to the other part of the room, Marjorie stands up, and her face looks soulless as she walks and grabs Aleister´s hand. She is wearing a long blue dress, she smiles and says:

"I can't wait my dear."

Part 10- Roanodare

In the region where Roanodare is located, a young man lies unconscious; the snow begins to accumulate in his body. Uriel begins to hear the sound of a bell.

(DING, DING, DING)

"A bell, where am I?" Uriel says as he begins to see images, the images are skyscrapers, a giant park, and a dragon-like beast.

"Is that a dragon?" Uriel asks to himself. "Horseman of war, I will get my revenge?" Uriel hears someone talking to him, he begins to see images of someone riding a horse, and however the man's face was not seen due to the darkness.

Uriel opens his eyes, but his sees all blurry. A figure appears and says:

"I can´t believe that you are still alive, it makes me happy, my master will sure be glad."

The figure is El Muerto with a red stripe mask. He takes out a lance and says:

"Don't worry; I will take care of you very well." Uriel begins to close his eyes once more, losing consciousness.

Part 11 – Sleepy Hollow

(DING, DING, DING)

The bell in the cathedral in a small town in the east coast called "Sleepy Hollow."The bell rings as the wind begins to blow with great force, clouds begin to form opening a small space in them. The clouds are in a cemetery, the cemetery is a place for heroes that fought in the revolutionary war.

In the center of the cemetery there is a monument that has the "Washington Ichabod" inscribed in the tomb; it is surrounded by a cage with a seal from the Puritans.

(DING, DING, DING)

The sound of the bell intensifies as the wind forms a small tornado. Lightning begins to form in the center of the clouds. An overweighed man who was sleeping in his office here the wind blow causing him to wake up, he begins to see in the window the strange patterns of the clouds and says:

"What´s going on?"

Suddenly a powerful lightning strikes down the tomb causing a huge explosion.

(BBBBBOOOOMMM)

The monument guarding the tomb of Ichabod is destroyed, all that is left is the coffin, the clouds begin disperse and disappear. The guard begins to walk slowly towards the tomb, he points his flashlight towards the coffin but it was intact. The only sound heard is the wind, the guard begins to hear the whispers of people saying:

"Beware,

Run away, he has revived, you are in danger"

The guard turns around to see who was speaking to him, but there was no one around.

(CCRRRAASSSHHH)

A hand comes out of the tomb, suddenly the coffin explodes, and a figure jumps into the air. The figure lands behind the guard, he turns around and sees that the man behind him did not have a face.

"I can´t believe it, you are…"

(SSSLLLLAAASSHHH)

The headless man slashes the guards head off killing him instantly. The man raises his arms and begins to emit manna. In one of the monuments in the south part of the city, a figure of soldier wielding a sword is located.

The sword begins to move and destroys the statue heading towards the headless man. In the south part there is a forest, in the largest tree a battle axe begins to emerge, destroying the tree and heads towards the man as well. Both of his weapons arrive to him. He makes a wing with his axe.

(CRRAAAASSSHHH)

He destroys a part of the town; he makes the same movement with his sword causing massive destruction. A horse emerges from the ground as well; the horse has a visible skull and green eyes. The headless man rides the horse and begins to head towards the outside of town cutting every person´s head off in the way as thunder hits the ground multiple times.