A Planets Last Hope by Simon Bailey (great books to read txt) 📕

six o'clock?"
"Yup. Oh and by the way. Your shift starts in three hours. So you'll have an hour to get ready."
"Thanks." Blaze said as all hope of getting out of there left his soul.

Half an hour later Hannah slowly lifted her head up.
"Finally Hannah. Do you know how numb my leg is at the moment?" Blaze said frustratedly.
Hannah reached for a bit of paper and lazily wrote on it. Then she passed it to Blaze it read. "Sorry. I can sleep like a log sometimes

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"Well I don't want to sound rude. But do you mind getting off my leg already." Blaze said calmly
Hannah nodded and got up and went into the kitchen. Blaze got out of the bed and started to stretch his legs. Hannah came back to the room and passed a note to him. Blaze looked at the note it read. "Are you sure you don't mind working in the shop?"
"To be honest Hannah I haven't got a clue on what i need to do so. Yeah I don't mind working in the shop. It might be a good way to pass the time until my memories come back. Oh and my name's Blaze by the way." Blaze smiled. He then notice Hannah blush. She ran back into the kitchen and Blaze could hear sizzling coming from the kitchen. 'I wonder what that was about.' He then notice Hannah come back into the room with a sizzling frying pan which obviously had hot oil in it. "Hannah. What are you doing?" Blaze said worriedly. Hannah let out a tear and threw the contents at Blaze. "What the fuck!" Blaze screamed.

Chapter 6 The Spirit and the Boy

Dwarvian came running up the stairs after hearing Blaze scream.
"What the hell is going on?" Dwarvian shouted angrily. To his unexpected surprise he saw raven hugging Blaze very tightly and rubbing her cheek up and down against his chest like a cat to its master. Dwarvian stood there silent and shocked. "Blaze. What the hell is the meaning of this?!" He Shouted at the top of his lungs with anger.
"Ask Hannah. She just through hot oil on me and when I seemed to be unharmed she just hugged me. And quite tightly may I add." Blaze answered awkwardly. Hannah then passed Blaze a piece of paper. Before Blaze read it he said. "Dwarvian? Where does she get all these pieces of paper?" Blaze then unraveled the paper and it read. "Please stay!"
"What does it say Blaze?" Dwarvian said as he calmed down.
"It said "Please Stay!" But to be honest. I've only been here for a day and all these weird things are happening. But I have nowhere to go so why would I leave yet. It's only been one day!" Blaze complained rudely. Hannah slowly let go of Blaze and she walked down the steps to the shop with a look of sadness on her face.
"Now look what you've done. She's going to be like that for a while." Dwarvian said disappointingly.
"What have I done!" Blaze exclaimed

Meanwhile in the white space that the boy and Blaze meet up the boy was standing next to a bright light and was watching Blaze.
"Wow he doesn't know what he did. That sure sounds familiar!" The spirit said cheekily
"Be quiet spirit. He'll learn soon enough." The boy spoke sharply.
"Are you sure that this is what you wanted?" The spirit asked cautiously.
"Yes I'm sure! I'd rather watch and guide someone else than lose my memories. Anyway he'll get there in the end." The boy said confidently.
"How can you be sure?"
"I just am. Okay spirit?"
"But what if this fails and he doesn't complete the mission within the next two years?"
"Then I'll have to go there and have to interfere. I still can't believe that I need to do that!" The boy complained.
"But you know it'll keep this planet alive."
"I know that spirit. But what about my family. I mean I know I died and all but... I don't want to see my family suffer too much." The boy said sadly.
"Okay how about a deal?" The spirit said temptingly.
"What deal? I've already made you one."
"Yes but this time it'll benefit you."
"In what way?"
"If you help restore the power of the tree. I'll return you to your world alive!" The spirit exclaimed. The boy just sat there in deep thought.
"Give me a couple of years and I'll give you your answer before I have to go down there and help Blaze I promise."
"Okay just promise me this as well. Once you have made your mind up you can't go back on your word. Not even if you've fallen for your role." The spirit said spitefully.
"Fine. I promise not to back on my word. Even if I fall for my role."
"Good. Now when do you want to speak to Blaze?" The spirit said curiously.
"I say tonight I got to have words with him." The boy said angrily.

Chapter 7 A Serious talk

It had turned night time in the town of Saltus many of its residents had turned off their lights and had gone to bed except for Dwarvian and Blaze. Hannah had reclaimed her bed from Blaze.
"I guess you'll be sleeping on the floor tonight boy. You've only got yourself to blame." Dwarvian said regretfully.
"How's it my fault. I didn't say anything to offend her. Have I?" Blaze asked worriedly.
"I don't know what you've done. But you're going to have to make it up to her somehow." Dwarvian said while yawning.
"Well at least I'm not sleeping outside." Blaze said gratefully. After Blaze had finished his sentence a flying pillow thwacked him over the head.
"Ow! What was that?" Blaze said angrily. Blaze picked up the pillow and saw a note attached to it. It read. "Blaze. If you don't know how you've upset me. Then you'll never get married." Blaze could sense the anger that the note contained. He then noticed the note continued. "P.S. Go to sleep. You may have forgotten that we have work tomorrow!" Blaze turned round to Hannah.
"Fine I'm going to bed." Blaze said like a spoilt brat. Dwarvian watched as Blaze went downstairs to the shop. 'He's obviously here for a reason. But what reason I do not know.' He thought.

When Blaze had finally fallen asleep. He had found himself in the white space again.
"What in God's name do you think you are doing?" The boy shouted angrily.
"What are you on about?" Blaze shouted back.
"Do you know how serious your situation is now?"
"What situation?"
"Blaze. Listen."
"'k I'm listening." Blaze started to calm down.
"You may not realize it but. You are part of a bigger picture. If you fail. Then I fail." The boy said sadly.
"What do you mean you fail?" Blaze asked worriedly.
"Blaze I'm technically dead!" The boy shouted angrily.
"You're...You're dead?"
"Yes. And your my last hope of being revived." The boy said nearly in tears.
"What's your name?" Blaze asked in an attempt to calm him down.
"My name? I guess I can tell you. My name is ....." The boy said.
"Sorry what? I didn't get that." Blaze said confusingly.
"I said my name is ....." The boy repeated. The boy looked up then looked back at Blaze. "I guess our time is up. Blaze you must make amends with Hannah. Go to the forest down south of the Blacksmiths and fight the monster within. That is my riddle answered. Good luck!" With that the boy once again faded and Blaze was left in the white space. 'Why do I have to make amends? I don't even know what I did. It's going to be difficult because she can't talk... Wait why can't she talk? I need to ask around.' Blaze thought deeply. Then the white space started to fade as Blaze woke up.

Chapter 8 Terrible

= Nice?

Blaze woke up on the Blacksmith's shop floor and gave out a sigh. 'Why does he want me to defeat a monster? What has it even done to even need to be defeated? Well whatever. It's his fault he's dead. It has nothing to do with me.' The boy thought angrily. He looked to the stairs as he heard both Hannah and Dwarvian come down the stairs. He got out of the poorly made makeshift sleeping bag he had made to cover him while he slept. He gathered it altogether and put them back where he found them.
"Blaze!" Dwarvian shouted as he came down the stairs.
"Er...yes?" Blaze said nervously.
"We need to know what you're good at so...."
"So what?"
"Goto the bath house and talk to Elisha. She needs some help with something and she won't tell me. But she may tell you." Dwarvian said slyly.
"If she knows you and won't tell you. What makes you think that she'll tell me?" Blaze exclaimed.
"She trusts strangers more than she trusts me. Anyway just go see her. And don't tell her I sent you."
Blaze just rolled his eyes and walked out of the Blacksmiths.

As Blaze stepped out of the Blacksmiths he bumped into someone and they both ended up on the floor. Blaze was holding his head. Out of his pain he managed to speak. "Are you okay?" A female voice replied.
"No I'm doing Terrible" The girl said weirdly.
"Er is there way I can make it up to you?" Blaze said in panic.
"I'm sure that it is necessary." She said with a