"To Be A Guardian of Ashnuw" | Maki

Written by Commando Chipmunk

Besides running into a spider one night, I slept all the way to Three Corners, so…haven’t had much time to read my Word Finder. I don’t feel like reading right now anyway. Even more than usual.
I should probably sleep all the way back from Three Corners too. I’m really tired. But I needed to write first.
I don’t know where to start.
I knew that this would be dangerous and stuff. Being a Guardian of Pura…you’re fighting pirates…but being a Guardian of all of Ashnuw, you’re fighting things way more powerful than pirates.
So…I always knew that I could die. I’ve almost died plenty of times before, but Elayne always healed me in time. But I guess I always thought even though I could, I wouldn’t. I was kinda destined to outlive everyone and be immortal and all that.
But today, this bear-man, Athruu. He killed a Guardian. And took our relic that we worked SO HARD to get. And the Guardian, the way he killed her—I can’t get her scream out of my head. And seeing her flickering all over the woods like that. How are we supposed to stop someone who can just snap and kill a real Guardian like that?
And that’s another thing. This Guardian was from “The Order of Nehara”…or something like that. I thought the name sounded familiar, and I was right because Xkoll has accidently mentioned it to me before. He’s told me of the Order of Pura, but once he told me that Pura’s Order came from a higher order, then he’d said a name. Nehara. Then he’d caught himself, and pretended like he’d never said it to begin with. But I remembered. ‘Cause if Xkoll doesn’t want me to know something, I know it’s probably important.
SO, journal, hope you’re doing the math here. If this guy can destroy a full Guardian from the Order of Nehara, guess how easily he can destroy one pooped little Fake Elfe princess Kid Super from the basically-dead Order of Pura? PRETTY EASY, ya think?
And then there’s Aizdihar. I know Simab was worried. I know he’s going there right now, and who knows what’s going to happen to him. If I never see him again, I’ll be so mad. I’ll be so mad I’ll go to Aizdihar myself and inferno bomb the whole stinking Borax Uldek!
Oh, yes. And Vanus. Vanus is a pirate, through and through. She has a slave. I’m waiting for the right moment to tell Donindor that he needs to blast Vanus to pieces and then I’m going to swoop in and save Minnie.
Minora…
Mirva?
I can’t remember the slave’s name. There’s so many people with Donindor now. Including a really sweet lady from Du Bye...
….Please don’t try to tell me that we aren’t doomed.
That is one good thing. At least if I die, I won’t die alone. There’s a lot of crazy people who decided to band together with me in the class team thing, so we can fight and die together.
Sir Guiscard is our leader, by the way. And I think he’s actually doing a good job. For a moment there, we thought we’d lost him. And Squire and Beakerson and Eragon and that was a really, really bad moment.
There were lots of other moments too. So much happened. I used up a lot of energy. All I know is I’m tired. And I need to write Xkoll.
Because Donindor knows what happened to Pura. To my people. To Xkoll’s lady, and the Order, and Gloria and Alte Rynn—he knew all this time.
Everything makes me mad right now. But this makes me a special kind of mad.
Xkoll is getting old. He has spent all his life trying to find what happened to us. All those stupid code checks and drills he gave us—all the stupid ways he’s given up everything to try to keep his Pura alive. That’s why I’m so important. I’m his hope. He and I are the only two left, and when he dies, I’m going to have to be the stupid one to keep doing the stupid things he’s doing.
Pura was taken to another place. I don’t know how to get there or how to get it back, and everyone in it is probably gone now, but who cares. Even if I get there and there’s nothing left, at least I can tell him that so he can die in peace. I’m going to talk to Donindor and I’m going to find my kingdom if it’s the last thing I do.
And while I’m at it, I’ll try to kill that evil bear shapeshifter. Or atleast I'll try, before he kills me.
~Maki