The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

Before the wondering gaze of Baron Frank and the smiles of Inia and Eridan, the voice of Gaya was heard by everyone in that cave.

- …||…'He… llo... Ba… ron… F…ra…nk… I… am… Ga… ya!'…||…

- What the… Master Aku Kiro, you changed your name?

Aku Kiro whistled and he nodded.

- …||…'Me not speak. Gaya did. …||…

Frank was looking at everyone, puzzled by that answer and by the smiles that he was receiving. Seya explained to him and at every sentence, he was wobbling more and more. When Seya finished, Frank was being held on his feet by Aku Kiro.

Frank felt a tickling inside his head because Gaya was laughing.

- …||…'Fa… ther … Se…ya, Ba…ron… Fr… ank… fu… nny!'…||…

Seya smiled and he placed one hand over his Baron's right shoulder.

- Yes, Gaya, and he's also very wise and a hard worker. You can learn a lot from him.

- …||…'Y…es! Ga… ya le…arns! Ga… ya le…arns …all!'…||…

Frank was looking around the cave, noticing that it was enormous and he went to a nearby wall, supported by Aku Kiro and he placed one trembling hand over the wall.

- Milord, this entire mountain, it's really alive? And she can talk and understand us?

- Yes. She's still learning, but she's learning very fast. Remember some time ago when you asked if I wanted a house to be built for me? Well, I took care of that. Gaya will be my new home and she can also be a touristic spot for our people to visit or spent some holidays. Gaya will also provide some rain, for watering the fields of our lands. Come with me, I can give you a tour. What about you, Master Eridan? Do you want to come with us?

Eridan looked at Master Aku Hiro, at Athena, and at Inia and they all shook their heads. Inia was the first to speak after smiling to Athena.

- I think I and Queen Attina would prefer to take care of our new rooms. These two here, I don't know what they are up to.

Eridan just shrugged his shoulders.

- Well, I was talking with Master Aku Kiro so that we could take care of Gaya's education as fast as we could. I'm going to get a book about the Common Language and with his help, we will teach Gaya how to speak properly. Being able to speak and understand everything that she hears is a good way to learn faster. After that, we'll give her some pointers about Magic Flow and Magic Control, so that she can use some Magic.

Seya smiled and he nodded.

- Ok, but be careful, remember that Gaya is a Magic Crystal and if she loses control of her Magic, things can become dangerous to the world.

Titania flew to the middle of Eridan and Master Aku Kiro and she grew to her human form.

-Don't worry, dear Seya, I'll keep Gaya's Magic under a close watch. I think that we three working together, the results will be faster and safer. Get ready young Gaya, we'll take good care of you!

- …||…'Y…es! Th..anks… a…unt… Ti…ta… ta…ni… a!'…||…

- That's Ok, young Gaya, you can call me Tania, if that's easier for you!

- …||…'A…unt… Ta…nia!'…||…

Titania laughed, she was not used to be called 'aunt' but she looked happy. She left with Eridan and Master Aku Kiro, through Eridan's Gateway to the Ancient Library to get some books. Athena and Inia held each other arms and they also left through a hallway, happily talking with each other.

Seya went with Baron Frank through the entrance to the path that took them to the Hill and Frank was looking all over, while Seya was saying that he wanted the Fairies to take care of the landscape in there. They entered again the Meeting Cave and they went to visit Gaya's hallways, caves, rooms, and houses. From time to time, they would cross paths with Seya's friends, that were happily running all over, trying to choose their own rooms. When Seya and Baron Frank reached the cave that was going to become Seya's room, Frank told him that the people that were hired to take care of the Tea House would gladly decorate it. Seya frowned and said that he would prefer to have only a big bed and a closet and that would be enough, but Ryn and Lionelia might have a different idea for that room. When they entered Seya's laboratory, he quickly made some long tables out of wood and some chairs. He even made some wooden shelves on a wall, from the bottom of the cave to the top. They then climbed the stairs to the Control Room and Frank was amazed by the view from each window. He smiled at the sight of the helm and the stand with the Speed Crystals that he already knew from Seya's ships.

- This Magical Mountain is truly amazing, Milord. I still can't believe that it's flying up in the sky and the Goddess gave her life. When I tell this to Margaret and Rose, they will surely go nuts! If I can be as bold as to ask this, can I bring my wife later to visit Gaya? Because now she's at school, but she will return later this day.

- Of course, you just need to make a call to Gaya and open a Gateway. She will authorize it and you can introduce Milady Margaret to her.

- That would be perfect, Milord, thanks. And now if you excuse me, I need to leave to talk with the Queen's people, to take care of those rooms for the Royalty. I guess I need to find some artisans too, to help them.

- Well, I've already talked with my grandfather King Barunger, so that he could find some Dwarfs to fix some hallways and houses. But I guess I'll need to hire some artisans to do other things. Ok, let's trust the Queen's people and see if they can also find artisans because ours already have a lot of work. Money is not an issue, I need to spend it somewhere, might as well be here.

- Leave it to me, Milord, I'll take care of that.

Seya opened a Gateway to Baron Frank's house and he left. Seya made a big semi-circular seat of wood around the helm and the stand and he seated there, thinking. Gaya was a good idea but having a conscience and the intelligence of a little girl, could make some problems in the future. He knew that he only had three years to get everything ready, so he had to make sure that Gaya would have time to mature and grew stronger. Seya smiled, Aria had a surprising idea, but she was right, it was the best option, to make Gaya like that, he just had to make sure to guide her properly. While he was still thinking, Gaya interrupted him.

- …||…'Fa…ther… Se…ya… not… ha…ppy… w…ith… Ga…ya?'…||…

- Yes, Gaya, I am. Or at least, I was up until now. You were listening to my thoughts?

- ...||…'Y…es. Ga…ya… wo…rried! Fa… ther… Se…ya… si…len…t!'…||…

- Well, I was thinking about what I need to do. Gaya, it's not polite to listen to a person's personal thoughts without him allowing you. Don't do that, Ok? Only use your Mind Magic to talk with us, not to listen without consent. And when someone is on their personal quarters, don't speak to them or hear them unless they call you by placing a hand over one wall. Make sure to always give some personal space, that's very important.

- …||…'Y…es! Ga…ya… un…der…stand!'…||…

- Good girl! Now, I think I can take care of Aria's requests. She wanted a pool, a Jacuzzi and a sauna. I guess she will also want a bed, a closet, and a dressing table, for her to make that blonde hair look pretty. She likes to fix her hair, I think. Look very closely at what I'm going to do. Better yet, feel what I do by using your Magic Flow so that you can learn. One day, you can do something like this.

- …||…'Y…es!'…||…

Seya went to the cave that he chose as Aria's bedroom and next to a wall, he quickly made an elevated pool out of rock that quickly grew from the floor, like if it was alive and he turned into Magic Crystal. The pool was just a little excavated on the floor but not too much, or it would cross the floor until the cave underneath. He made the pool with Aria's neck height. Next to it, a small round Jacuzzi with a Magical Program in the surrounding Crystal, to make the water warm and with a lot of bubbles and water jets coming from the underwater edges, controlled by a quick Program with some simple voice command to turn on the bubbles of the Jacuzzi and to regulate the warmth.

In a corner of the room, he made a sauna out of wood and with a wooden door. Inside of it, three elevated long benches also in wood, if she ever wanted to receive some guests. In the middle, a large and elevated bowl, filled with Fire Crystals, for the heat. Then, he placed on the floor a small covered bowl filled with water and a big ladle to spill the water over the Fire Crystals, to make the steam. He got out and looked around the sauna, pleased with his work. He then went to another wall and made with his Earth Magic, completely in shining and polished wood, a bed, a closet, and a dressing table.

A Sun Light Crystal was already on the ceiling but he made a beautiful support for it, instead of the simple rocky one that it had. He exited the room and placed his powerful protection with Ancient Dragonoid Magic on a rock door that quickly grew from the walls. That way, only he or Aria could enter. Later on, she could change that, so that not even he could enter there. He looked around the cave that would be Aria's Church and he quickly made a bunch of long seats, for the people. With a pulpit at the front, for a Priest, it really looked like a proper Church. The only thing missing was Aria's statue and some paintings over the walls. He made a big and intricate support for the Sun-Light Crystal in the ceiling and he left. He didn't make a door because a church was supposed to be always open to everyone.

Seya walked along the hallways, looking around, and trying to find his friends. He followed Ryn's Magic Flow and he soon reached the meeting Cave where they were talking, seated in one very long wooden seat. In fact, that seat surrounded almost the entire cave, with only a large opening to the path that went outside and some openings to the various hallways around it. A little elevated, more seats and a lot of staircases in different places, to reach there. There were five levels of seats that went all around that cave, and Seya was thinking that it looked like an Auditorium. Zak shrugged his shoulders when he noticed Seya's puzzled look.

- What? We wanted to sit and I thought that it would be better to make something for the future meetings. I got this idea by remembering the Auditorium at the Institute of Magic.

-Yeah, this was a good idea. And the way the sound spreads inside this cave is amazing! Excellent for performances or speeches! You even made a pedestal in the middle and a high table! Cool! But at least you made the seat's simple, instead of those weird chairs that they had.

- Well, I was thinking about making some thrones, but it's hard to do it without a drawing. I don't remember how the throne of King Rohan looked like because I didn't pay much attention to it.

- Don't worry, this is perfect as it is! Zak, you are really something. In fact, you all are. Did you realize what you achieved here? I may have helped something with some fine touches and guidance, but look around. You guys cut an entire Mountain together with a Hill from the ground, turned it into a Magic Crystal on the outside and on the inside so fast that it surprised me, made it float and covered with rock again, just to disguise it. You even made windows on every opening! And Zak made a beautiful pond in the hole that was left behind. And you still have the nerve to say that I do crazy things?

They froze. Ryn looked at Lionelia and they were both speechless. Hina was holding hands with Zak and she slowly opened up her mouth, unable to speak. Arys was trembling and Duncan, despite turning white, was the first to speak.

- Milord… I… don't think that we deserve all the credit. It was all thanks to your guidance and teachings so far.

- Yes, but you can't deny that you guys did this. I would have never imagined that you would manage to be so good at controlling your Magic Flow to do something near this in so little time, but it only shows all your hard work. Remember those old guys from the Institute of Magic? I doubt that they could do this, and they still chant to do their Magic! I saw that you were all excited with this, you were running around, having fun, but you didn't seem to actually realize what you did.

They were still in silence, but they started to look around and at each other, smiling. They seemed proud of what they did. While they were still thinking in what Seya just told them, Xenya's voice came from Seya's Communicator Crystal.

- 'Hello, brother! Where are you? And do you know where is my student? She didn't appear for this afternoon's class! In fact, none of your friends did! Null came to see me and he helped with the class. I thought Ryn would like to learn something with him, but she was missing!'

- Yeah, that was my fault. I needed their help. Is Null still with you?

- 'Hello, little brother! Of course, I'm here! Do you think I would leave Xenya so soon? Where are you?'

- Hello, Null! Open a Gateway to me, you will see.

- 'Oh, so mysterious! Ok, Gateway Open!'

- Gateway Authorized! Hello, come here, I have a very cool thing to show you.

As soon as the Gateway opened, Xenya and Null crossed it, holding hands. They both hugged Seya and they greet his friends. Xenya looked around, curious about that strange Auditorium.

- Where are we? Is this a cave?

- Not exactly… Gaya, this is Xenya, my sister, and that makes her, your aunt. Null here, is my cousin, despite the fact that I treat him like my brother. He's also your cousin, like Arys. Say hello to them.

Xenya and Null heard Gaya's voice inside their heads, and they were looking around, trying to find who was talking to them like that.

- …||… He…llo!... I…am… Ga…ya,… sis…ter Xe… nya!... Cou… sin… Nu… ll!... Fa…ther Se…ya, Ga…ya sa…id …well?...||…

Seya smiled and he pointed with his right hand all around.

- Yes, Gaya, that was ok. Xenya, Null, this is Gaya, the Magical Mountain. My friends and I took a Mountain from the ground, turned it into a gigantic Magic Crystal and made it float. We are in fact, flying, high in the sky. And the Goddess gave her life. She acts and talks like if she's a little girl of two or three years and she's still learning how to talk but Master Eridan, Queen Titania and Master Aku Kiro are helping her with that. And Gramps Barunger came here and told Gaya to call me father and everyone else as her family. She seems to like that. Come with me, I'll give you a tour.

Xenya and Null followed Seya and two happy smiling girls that were holding his arms, one at each side. They went through the hallways, rooms, and houses, visited the rooms that Seya's friends choose, visited the Church and the Control Room, where they watched from every window, still doubting that they were flying. When they reached again the Meeting Cave, they went to visit the Hill outside and looked up, to the Light Dome that was surrounding it. When they finally entered the Meeting Cave again, a smiling Xenya and a dumbfounded Null seated near Princess Heiji and Arys and Seya went to their front, to the pedestal, and he smiled.

- This is neat, Zak, I can stand here to do a speech! So, since you are all gathered here, I want to tell you guys a very important thing. I hope you keep this a secret, for now. You too, Gaya, listen but don't tell anything about this to anyone. I know you may not understand some words that I'm about to say, but I'll explain to you another day. Now, considering that Arys and Null can make a Compressed Dimension and they both already know how to make a Magic Crystal, you two are my backup. Arys, when you find some time, teach Null how to use the binocular so that he makes Crystals faster. Remember what Aria told us some days ago, that she's sacrificing her little girl's body every 1.000 years to make new barriers around the Demonoid Island so that this world can be safe from them?

Null and Xenya were looking at him in surprise, they didn't know anything about Aria's sacrifices. Seya took a deep breath and continued.

- At first, I wanted to obliterate their Island and kill every Demonoid, but I thought of a different way to deal with those ugly things. I want to turn the entire Island into a floating Magic Crystal, by using the Earth Magic that Gaya gathers for the next three years or less. I want to create a Compressed Dimension around that Island that will use the Demonoids Dark Magic, put all the Demonoids inside it, turning them and that disgusting Island into a Dark Magic Battery. They will forever be trapped inside of the Compressed Dimension, which will be filled with Dark Magic for them to feed and their Dark Magic will be used by all the people of the world. Little Aria said that I can't kill all the Demonoids because they create Dark Magic that the Gateway, the Magic Barrier that surrounds the Human Conclave, and the purses with Compressed Dimension use. Like this, they can continue to live in a Dimension where they can feed, breed, and their Magic will not poison the world anymore. Instead, their Dark Magic will be used for my creations and for many more that can appear in the future. If I fail to turn that Island into a Crystal, I'll use Gaya's Magic and my own to kill every Demonoid living on that Island, by using Ryn's Defense and Arys' Attack Magic. And I will also obliterate the entire Island with a lot of fire and explosions. One way or another, the world will be forever safe from the Demonoids.