Thrust For Blood; Hunt For Glory; Search For the Black Rose

"Well, I have been doing research on the rose. Though I haven't yet asked people around the town about rumours on it." James said. His efforts on the researching the black rose had been fruitless as he liked to say, nothing but fairy tales, he didn't need to say that he had not found any beanstalk anywhere yet.

 

"Oh dear...." Gumi sighed.
"A Black Rose. Sounds connected to demons. Gumi!" Lelouch suddenly said.
Gumi looked at him. "Yes?"
"Demons have fairy stories. Tell one thats the closest sounding to this Black Rose." He demanded.
Gumi blinked and then nodded. "I do have one.

'On the farest shores of the sands of time,
Through a forest of ever swirling mist.
For there does a wonderful treasure sleep,
Yet its thorns drive the purest heart black'.

Thats all I remember." She recited.

 

"Well, I've never heard of that tale before but then again I've never read any Demon fairy tale books, the ones I've read are by humans. So there's more to it then?" James asked Gumi. He had never heard of any forest with swirling mist before.

 

Flynn frowned. "I don't know if you've guessed, but I don't exactly have the purest of hearts, so I would think that I would qualify more as one of the evil ones..." He shook his head. He had done more than enough wrong back in his homeland...how could he be one of these "Chosen Ones"?

 

"I'm not expecting to be able to get in either." Gumi said, looking at Flynn then back to James. "And yes, there is. But I can't remember the rest without the book."

 

"This, 'black rose'... it sounds very powerful... hopefully we can find it soon..." Neal coughed.

 

Gumi nodded. Blinking, she suddenly jumped through the ceiling and out of the room.
Lelouch watched her go.
Gumi came back, holding a book. "Found it!" She smiled, opening the book.

'On the farest shores of the river of time,
Through a forest of roiling mist.
There does the holy land sleep.
On the farest shores of the sands of time,
Through a forest of ever swirling mist.
There does a wonderful treasure sleep: The Black Rose.
Who knows the path? The way to it's doors?
Don't grab it with lust or pride or grief,
shall its thorns drive the purest heart black'.

 

"Okay. Well, I think we should start depicting these sentences one by one, so "On the farest shores of the river of time". Does that mean something to anyone, anyone heard anything about a river of time?" James asked, river and sands of time, what were they about.

 

"It means were is world ends and another begins. E.g: My world." Gumi with a 'thats completely obvious' tone of voice.

 

"Your world. If the powers of the Black Rose are related to Demon powers then I can see that happening, it would be between the barrier of our world and yours. However, are there other worlds other the human and demon worlds, or just those two?" James asked, how exactly were they going to get to where this world ends and the next one begins anyway?

 

"TONS of others. Theres a Demon world, probably worlds that just have magik in...." Gumi trailed off. "I have no idea what others except mine."

 

"Tons?" James squeaked, yeah, this was going to be a long journey. "It'll take forever to find it then, and how do we even get to different worlds anyway?"

 

"For me, its a matter of finding a certain, worm hole that only reacts to people who know about it." Gumi pointed upwards. "The clocktower in town. Run through the north facing opening at the top where the bell is and you'll be in my world." She frowned, looking back at the book. "Rivers of time.... sand.... Maybe sailing a ship?"

 

"I don't see what sand has to do with sailing a ship. Though we may need a ship to get there." James said while looking at the window. It seemed to have started to rain.

 

"Sand, beach, sea? Desert?" Gumi sighed. Even this was hard for her.
Lelouch watched it rain outside, thinking to himself.

 

"Who wrote that tale anyway?" James asked, he was hoping to visit the guy who made the tale, even if he was a demon.

 

Gumi looked at the book. Blinking, her eyes widened. "Gumo d'granthe." She looked up. "My dad."

 

"Your dad?" James turned to Gumi in surprise. He looked back at the window before saying. "Well I think we should meet him, he could give us more info on the rose."

 

Gumi wiped her eye before anyone could see she was crying slightly. "He made a pact with a human.... Lelouch's father but when he died, so did my father.... I can't ask him."

 

"Oh, sorry about your loss," James said sighing, it was back to the drawing board again "So, about that sands of time thing, well, there's sand in a hourglass which is related to time. So, could there be a limit on the time we have to find the black rose?"