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The GreatBellof Fellowship
Chapter 7: pp 4 – 6
“There was an unbelievably evil presence in that building. They were plotting something terrible for both our worlds. When I let out that call for help, I was serious!”
“Did you see the angels come?” asked Zach. “Did you see the archangels at the four corners? Talk about awesome!”
“I couldn’t see from where I was,” Angari looked wistful. “All I could see was the fright on the faces of the demons. They took off, yelling for all they were worth and then they were just gone. I knew from the smell of the place they wouldn’t be back. All at once it smelled fresh and clean. You can’t imagine how it smelled while they were there! Come on, there’s a great celebration being planned for the return of the Heroes! Want to ride?”
“No, thanks, Angari. Once on your back was quite enough.” Stilts wriggled his shoulders. “I’m still trying to get the kinks out from the last time.”
The Great Bell of Fellowship has been rescued and carried back to Windfallow by the Alari, Angari. Zach, Stilts and Sparrow have just rejoined Angari at the edge of the Barrier Wood.
TheBellhad been hidden in a silo on an abandoned farm inOklahoma. While Angari sized down and flew to investigate, the others prayed for help. Suddenly the sky was filled with earth angels and the cloud of demons boiling up out of the silo were wiped out by them. As this was happening, Angari, garbed in his royal robes, carried theBellout of their site. He is just now catching up on what happened.
The evil is brought out here in the stench of the demons and their boiling up to fight. Through out the double trilogy there is a distinct disconnect between good and evil. Only one book contains any mention of a crook repenting and breaking away from the demon. That occurs in book four, Carnivore.
What do you see as the value of keeping the protagonists in character throughout this series?
Chapter six PP 4
THE GREAT BELL OF FELLOWSHIP
Chapter six PP 4
Zach pulled on his clothes and joined the others at the breakfast table. His brother, Jake, had come in after they had gone to sleep and had been told a little of what was happening. Zach saw Angari sitting on top of the refrigerator, downsized to two feet. It was almost impossible to think of him as the glorious creature revealed to them the night before. He saw Angari wink and knew he had read his thoughts.
Zach, Sparrow, Stilts and Angari returned to earth to ask Zach’s dad, Pastor John Thomas for help in finding and reclaiming the Bell of Fellowship. Now they were eating a quick breakfast.
As they had talked with Zach’s dad the evening before Zach had mentioned Angari who at this time was invisible to the Thomas’s. When asked who he was, Zach obtained permission to let his folks see the Alari. But no one, including Zach and company, was prepared for the creature that materialized in John Thomas’ study. Angari had slowly transformed into his celestial form and before them appeared a magnificent creature, seven feet tall, with face and hands like burnished bronze, shining white garments and golden wings. Most astonished of all was Stilts when he realized this was the same creature he ordered around with impunity back on Windfallow.
Now Zach looked up and saw Angari in his regular garb, sized down to two feet and sitting on top of the refrigerator. The Alari could assume any size they wished and had done so on occasion while Zach was with them. Zach vacillated between awe and deep friendship with the Windfallow angels.
The group, on the advice of Zach’s father, was going to fly to the spot where the Bell had been rung, setting off a time warp in a 6 or 7 hundred mile radius. Angari would carry them and Zach’s folks would drive to the spot behind them. They had listened to the morning news and knew the unusual earthquake in Oklahoma pinpointed the location where the Bell had been rung.
(The full account of this adventure may be found in the first book of the double trilogy, THE CHRONICLES OF WINDFALLOW, soon to be published on Amazon.com both as a paperback and a Kindle ebook.)
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