The Inner Dragon Book Twelve by Colin Platt - HTML preview

Overview

Grunwald Magnusson was always a lonely person, ever since childhood where he struggled to understand people. People were his antagonists. People were always interfering in his life. Why did his father give him this ridiculous name and leave him when he was only five years old? Only his father could tell him what to do with his life. He left him a coded message which took Grun months to decipher. The message was locked in a cabinet under the mirror which Grun was always frightened to look into. It had runic symbols running around it. His mother had given Grun the key when he turned twenty one. Grun had found another key in the cabinet and a letter. The letter was from his father. It said he must begin the quest? After much work Grun finally managed to find the hidden box. Why didn’t his mother know anything about it, or anything relevant about his father? All she said was she was told by Grun’s father never to sell the house and to give him the key.

Grun was on the threshold of something which would alter his life forever.  The box which was buried in the outhouse under the floor contained an assortment of things. It would take Grun three years to even begin to understand them. The main thing was the book.

After another three months of decoding he found the second letter hidden behind the fitted bookshelf. The letter said that he should stand in front of the mirror at a certain time and he would be given certain powers!

The time was the spring equinox. Grun stood in front of the mirror at twelve o clock. He meditated for several minutes with his eyes closed. When he opened them he could see a man writing a message on the inside of the mirror. He knew this man to be his father.

Grun had copied the message which remained for ten minutes after his father disappeared. Grun was disappointed at not being able to talk with his father but he knew that his father had Grun’s welfare at heart. Grun started to practice the exercises which were given him. The details are too secret to reveal here.

Scene Forty Five: Area near Grun’s house

Grun has been dropped off by the special branch near to his house, he has pressed the coin to become invisible, and he doesn’t want any more deaths as a result of not being careful, he knows the S.A.S are around, and there are marksmen in place. He is fearful that the dragon might be too difficult to control. Seven more people have been burned to death as a result of straying too near to the house. Grun can see the dragon moving around the house, in a snakelike way; it has again, expanded its territory another fifty yards, and is many times larger than before; Grun now knows that it will keep doing this indefinitely, unless it is stopped. Grun looks around at the wasteland that used to be his neighborhood. How could his father have been foolish enough to leave this dreadful creature here, without the means to control it; he then realized that it was partly his own fault, he had accepted the power over the years and had also taken the initiations in the dream state; the dragon is tied to him in a way that he didn’t realize before. Grun knows that with time, the dragon could destroy the world. Grun has to get inside the house, to access the great book, and get the spell, to send the dragon back to its own world.

Scene Forty Six: Emergency Meeting 10, Downing Street

Prime Minister:

What is the situation with Grun Magnusson?

Home Secretary:

We have tried to get information about him, but no one seems to know where he is. The Special Branch has told us that Magnusson was taken to a new location, but that he was then relocated; they will update us as soon as possible.

Prime Minister:

I’m not satisfied, we have a team of people waiting to interview him, and we can’t even find him.

A security guard comes to the door to inform the home secretary that Grun has escaped.

Home Secretary:

Sir, I have to inform you that Grun Magnusson, has escaped.

Prime Minister:

What! This is outrageous; I want a full investigation into this fiasco.

The security guard comes back into the room to inform the home secretary that the relic, and the substitutes have been stolen.

Home Secretary:

Sir, I have to inform you that the relic has been stolen, from the British Library.

Prime Minister:

This is too much, I’m going to halt these proceedings for you to get the relevant information, and we will resume in two hours.

Scene Forty Seven: Special Branch HQ

Anna is now tired and frustrated with being held captive, she has just awoken from sleep, she dreamt about Grun; he told her that she could use the influence spell that he had given her, she decided to try it.

Agent Forty Eight:

OK, Miss. Godfrey, I’m afraid that you are going to be here a long time. Grun Magnusson has escaped and I think you know something about it; you can tell us where he is and be released soon, or you can stay here and cry.

Anna:

You will take me home right now, and you will forget all about me.

Agent Forty Eight:

I will forget you, who are you?

Anna;

I am someone who you are mistaken about

Agent Fifty: (walks in)

How’s it going?

Agent Forty Eight:

Very Good, this young lady is about to go home, we are mistaken about her.

Agent Fifty:

What? She is Magnusson’s friend, she has to be retained, there is a special order coming through.

Anna:

You will forget the special order, and take me home.

Agent Fifty:

I will forget it, what is it? Where do you live?

Anna:

Just take me to the car, and I will tell you.

As they take Anna to the car, she tells anyone she meets that they are to forget her. Things will be mixed up at the Special Branch HQ for a considerable time.

Scene Forty Eight: Scotland Yard

The police have taken the British Library’s manager, and his assistant into custody.

Detective Inspector Forehaw:

Now, Mr. Haslam, tell me exactly what happened, when the relic was taken.

Mr. Haslam:

It is all something of a dream; I can’t seem to recollect anything of detail. I know someone called Mickey Mouse came in, and took control.

Detective Inspector Forehaw:

Mickey Mouse?

Mr. Haslam:

Yes, he was very authoritative, but very nice.

Detective Inspector Forehaw:

What did he look like?

Mr. Haslam:

I haven’t a clue, maybe my colleague can tell you.

Detective Inspector Forehaw:

Mr. Barker, can you remember anything about this Mickey Mouse character?

Mr. Barker:

Not a thing, he was like a ghost, and the whole thing is like dream, I feel queasy just thinking about it.

Detective Inspector Forehaw:

What about the other men, who were they, and how did get you to open the vault?

Mr. Haslam:

I don’t know; it is as my colleague says, a bad dream.

Detective Inspector Forehaw:

Well you are both under suspicion, several people saw you walk out with them, so you will be kept here, until you come up with a better story.

Mr. Haslam:

But I am telling you the truth; this Mickey Mouse person, is the one you want.

Scene Forty Nine: Grun’s House

Grun is about to show the dragon the coin, so that he would be allowed to pass, but he was stunned to hear several loud explosions all around him. He realizes that the army is firing plastic bullets, to assess the danger zone around the house. Grun holds up the coin, as he runs as fast as he can to the house, the dragon rears up and roars, Grun turns around, as he reaches the door to face the dragons huge head, it is looking at him with wonderment, it then turns around to resume its guardianship. Grun takes a chance on opening the door fast to run inside, hoping that the marksmen wouldn’t  be able react quick enough, he leaves it open, and goes to his bedroom and takes out the great book from behind the bookcase, and lays it down on the desk; he then meditates for a few minutes, before chanting the secret words given him in the dream state, he opens the book to the next blank page and chants some more words, he pulls out the relic from his pocket and touches the page; the secret script to send the dragon back begins to appear; Grun meditates on the words for an hour and a half, before touching it again with the coin, and the relic key. The next important step is to sleep, he is about to contact the Elder Druids to receive their blessings.

Scene Fifty: Army HQ

Colonel Phillips: (Intelligence Corps)

Sir, we have just been informed that the Magnusson house door has been opened.

General Sir Charles Humphries:

What happened?

Colonel Phillips:

The unit on site was firing plastic bullets to assess the threat, when there was a huge ball of fire about a hundred and fifty feet from the front door. The door was then opened and is still open.

General Sir Charles Humphries:

What are your thoughts Major Bryant?

Major Bryant (Intelligence Corps)

I believe Magnusson has a very good cloaking device; it is the only reasonable answer, to how he got out of the newspaper shop, and in my opinion, the British Library.

General Sir Charles Humphries:

I think you are right, Major, I want you to get hold of a couple of the new German telescopic sights which the S.A.S are trying out over there, at the moment, they are top secret and are supposed to show up everything in minute detail, in all colors of the spectrum, from  infra-red to ultra violet. I want Magnusson brought to justice, and if this is the only way, then so be it.

Scene Fifty One: The Dream State

Grun settles down to sleep, he becomes conscious in the dream state,  and is stood in a beautiful garden, a large group of people are standing around Grun and chanting, Grun joins in, and after several minutes the elder druid walks up to him and tells him that he is to be brought into the brotherhood. Grun knows what this means; he is to die in the physical body.

Elder Druid:

You are now too powerful to be allowed to stay here.

Grun:

I don’t want to stay here; I am pleased to move on.

Elder Druid:

You have learned much in your short life, much more than any normal person can learn in many lifetimes, now go back and send the dragon to its rightful place.

Scene Fifty Two Grun’s front door:

Grun sits on is bed and ponders the situation. He never married, he never had a girlfriend, as such, he never really had any real friends; but he knows that he has had all these and more in his past lives. His real brethren are waiting for him, his mother and father will be there also. Grun walks to the door, he has the relic in one hand and the coin in the other, he knows that the S.A.S have marksmen covering the door with their new sights, but they won’t be able to see him, he holds up the relic and the coin in each hand and chants the secret words, he touches the relic to the coin.  The dragon rears up and spews fire over Grun and the house; the house is consumed by fire, fire so hot that the people behind the safety line have to run for their lives.

The house is reduced to ashes in a short time; nothing is left of the coin the relic the dragon or Grun.

Grun joins his brethren.

The End.

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