The Return Of The Gurdians E-Book

Paula Levendig

• Herausgeber: Clube de Autores
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Deutsch

Seitenzahl: 165

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

📙 The Return of the Guardians The guardians have been separated, but the bond between them remains unbroken. As darkness spreads across the land, Mira, Lyra, and Eryon must face challenges that will test their loyalty and faith. Only a sacrifice can restore balance. And someone will have to make a choice that changes everything.

Leseprobe

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The return of the guards  

from  

Paula Levendig  

Foreword  

In the second book, the journey would be  

continued. The truth that had freed Mira, Clara  

and Eyron spread throughout the world, bringing  

to light secrets that would have been better kept  

hidden and attracting the nights willing to do  

anything to control this new reality.  

The book would focus on the return of the  

Guardians  

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They are concentrating on an old order that once  

swore to maintain the balance between truth and  

power. But the Guardians were broken,  

splintered by betrayal and discord. Mira and her  

companions would be forced to revive these  

alliances of their own as they fight enemies,  

rising from both their past and the darkness of  

the new truth.  

The Echo of Shadows  

In a world full of secrets, prophecy and ancient  

powers, the story of Mira, Lea, Eryon follows  

unclear,4 young people connected by a  

mysterious fate. When they discovered evidence  

of a prophecy that speaks of a "2 Echo Money  

Shadow", they embark on a  

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journey to uncover the truth behind this dark  

power. The path leads them to an eerie lake,  

whose  

Water holds an old, hidden power. There they  

will be confronted with the truth: the echo of the  

shadows is not only a key to power, but also a  

test that will demand everything from them, red,  

trust and sacrifice. But the  

The road is full of dangers. Dark forces, betrayal  

and their own fears put the group to the test  

again and again. As they delve deeper into the  

mysteries, they realize that the  

Truth that you seek will not only change the  

world, but also itself. The Echo of Shadows is a  

story of friendship, courage, and the price of  

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truth, and how even in the deepest darkness a  

light can shine.  

Chapter 1: The Guardian of the Key  

Hell was deep black canvas, interspersed with  

silver stars that watch over the world like silent  

witnesses. In the distance rose a mountain range,  

the peaks of which glittered in the moonlight.  

Below, hidden among the shadows of ancient  

images, lay an abandoned fortress.  

The walls of the fortress wait, marked by time,  

its stones cracked and overgrown with moss. But  

despite their condition, they radiated an  

unwavering presence from a relic of an era when  

the Guardians watched over the balance of the  

world. In the middle of the dilapidated Stuntman  

farm. His cloak beds in the cold wind, and his  

form was a mixture of strength and age. His  

eyes, imbued with an inner fire, looked at your  

tablet, which had been reached in the middle of  

the square.  

"It's time, "Groundhog, his voice come as a  

whisper.  

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The plaque began to glow, a faint, golden light  

that slowly spread over the surface. Ancient  

runes await life, and an eerie hum fills the air.  

"Guardian of balance," he repeated as the wind  

raged around him. I'll call you back! Your world  

needs you, the truth had freed itself, and the  

darkness rises to devour it "The light of the  

tablet exploded in a blinding beam. For a  

moment, the entire fortress was bathed in golden  

glow. And then quietly.  

A new call far away, in a small clearing by a  

river, Mira wakes up drenched in sweat. Her  

heart was racing and she was gasping for air.  

Take it, Clara, who had been alarmed so often,  

stirred. "What happened?" asked Clara.  

Mira looks into the distance, her eyes full of  

confusion and worry." I don't know. But I felt  

something. Something called us." Clara  

frowned." A call? By whom?"  

"I don't know," Mira replied as she slowly  

straightened up.  

"But it feels like a baby. Something old  

awakens. Something we can't ignore.  

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The Call of Shadows  

At the same time, in a city far from the place of  

call, a figure opened his eyes. The man, dressed  

in worn robes, sat in a crowded taproom. His  

face was confused, but his eyes were bright and  

alert.  

I felt it, as did Mira and the others. The call had  

reached him.  

With a heavy sigh he rose and reached for a long  

staff that leaned against his side." So that's how  

it starts again," Murmel Dr. Punkt.  

The guests in the taproom took no notice of him  

as he stepped out into the cold night. But the air  

around him seemed to change, as if recognizing  

his importance.  

The last words of the prologue  

The final words of the prologue all over the  

world, in cities, forests and mountains, those  

who were once called the Guardians began to  

receive their own signs. Some ignored the call,  

while others see it for what it was: a warning.  

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The Guardians were scattered, theirs shattered  

by years of war and betrayal. But now a new  

movement began: the truth was revealed, and  

with it came chaos and power. The Guardians  

had to return, but not everyone who heard the  

call was ready to restore the balance.  

A wolf howled in the distance, and the moon  

shone brighter than ever. The Guardians will  

return or the world will burn.  

The Power of Shadows  

The night was cool, and the wind carried the  

scent of ring and moss through the dense trees of  

the forest. Mira pulled her cloak tighter around  

her as she walked along the narrow path. The  

moon was but a narrow crescent streak in the  

sky, and the darkness seemed alive, an endless  

shadow that followed her at every turn.  

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Behind her trudged Eyron and Clara, their steps  

heavy and marked by the long journey. It had  

been weeks since they had found the first clues  

to the prophecy. Weeks full of puzzles that they  

had solved and dangers that they had survived.  

But now that they had almost reached the lake,  

Mira felt strangely empty. "Are we sure that this  

is the right way?" asked Lea in a trembling  

voice. The lantern in her hand threw only a faint  

light into the impenetrable darkness.  

"The right way? " Repeated her Eyron behind  

her dryly. "I think the right way would be to stay  

at home and not let old legends drive us to our  

deaths."  

"Or she's leading us into a trap," he murmured,  

but he said it quietly, as if he didn't really want  

to convince anyone.  

Mira stopped and turned to the others. "Stop it,"  

she said firmly. Her voice cut through the  

silence of the night. "We're all tired, but we  

knew from the beginning that it wouldn't be  

easy. The lake is close. We have to persevere."  

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Mira lowered her head and nodded. "It just feels  

wrong, you know? This place does not welcome  

us."  

Clara put a hand on Mira's shoulder. "That's  

exactly why we have to be here. Sometimes we  

find the truth in the places we are afraid of."  

Chapter 2 Return of the Guardians  

A cold gust of wind made Mira shiver as she  

stood in front of the dark cave entrance together  

with Clara and Eyron. The night lay heavy over  

the forest, the lake behind them seemed silent  

and eerie, as if it were holding its breath. The  

fog meandered eerily across the damp ground,  

and a barely audible whisper came from inside  

the cave.  

Mira held on to the old ring. It was a last hint  

from Lea. The grandmother's legends about the  

"guardians" could not get Mira out of her head.  

Had they returned?  

"Should we really do that?" whispered Clara,  

looking nervously into the darkness.  

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Eyron stepped forward, determined. "We cannot  

turn back. We have to find Lea."  

Mira felt an alien energy since the discovery of  

the ring. Without hesitation, she stepped into the  

cave.  

Clara and Mira were in a dark environment. The  

air was damp and cold, the ground uneven.  

There was a continuous whisper that seemed to  

come from all directions. Clara reached for  

Mira's hand, which felt cold.  

The ring in Mira's hand began to glow. The light  

illuminated the walls and showed symbols in the  

stone. Eryon looked closer and noticed that the  

signs represented a story.  

Mira touched one of the symbols, whereupon the  

ground began to vibrate and a sound was heard.  

A voice said that the seal had been broken and  

the guards would return.  

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A violent blast of air swept through the cave,  

stirring up dust and bringing the shadows on the  

walls to life. In front of them, shadowy figures  

were formed, born of light and darkness. The  

Guardians. Mira felt her heartbeat quickening.  

Were they here to help or to stop them?  

Return of the Guardians The Path of  

Shadows  

A cold breeze touched Mira's skin as the steps in  

front of her disappeared. The purple portal  

seemed to be active. The guards stood still and  

their eyes were fixed on them.  

"You are on the path of shadows." The voice  

was present. A breeze moved Mira's hair, it was  

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no ordinary wind. He carried a faint noise with  

him.  

"Don't go any further, Mira... stay with me "  

Leah. The voice sounded familiar.  

Mira turned around. The cave looked different.  

The walls were now smooth, black, and shiny  

like obsidian. Shadows moved on it. Clara and  

Eyron seemed tense. Clara held the ring tightly  

while Eyron carefully touched the dark wall.  

"This is no longer just a cave," he murmured. It's  

a threshold."  

Mira knew he was right. Suddenly, the ground  

began to shake under her feet. A soft crunch  

echoed through the air. The darkness emerged  

from the crack, a black mist that moved towards  

the group. Mira stepped back, but something  

grabbed her ankle and pulled her down. Clara's  

hand snapped forward, but her fingers didn't  

reach anything. The fog swallowed Mira. Eyron  

tried to hold on to her, but he couldn't. The last  

thing she heard was Clara's call and Eyron's  

curse. Then it became quiet and dark.  

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"She fell through an endless tunnel of shadows,  

flashes of light flickered around her, distorted  

images, memories that were not hers. " A child  

crying in a cave. A guardian with broken wings.  

A lake in which a dark star was reflected.  

Then an impact.  

Mira hit the cold stone hard. Her body trembled,  

but she was alive. When she sat up, she felt it  

immediately.  

She was not alone.  

In front of her stood a figure. Tall, wrapped in a  

cloak of shadow, with a face formed of darkness  

and two glowing eyes shining in deep blue.  

"You have entered the Path of Shadows, Mira."  

The voice was deep, ancient, it held in its bones.  

"Are you willing to make the sacrifice?"  

Return of the Guardians The  

Guardian of the Shadow  

Mira couldn't get the shadow man's words out of  

her head. The Guardian of the Shadow. "Who  

was this mysterious guardian whose eyes shone  

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in deep blue, and why was he so important for  

the transition between the worlds?  

The fog around her had cleared in the meantime,  

and she was back on the shore of the lake. But  

the place no longer seemed like before, the  

darkness was denser, as if the world itself was  

swallowed up a little more. The lake lay still, the  

black water no longer reflected the sky, but  

shimmered in eerie tones, as if it hid secrets that  

lay dormant in itself.  

Clara stood next to Mira and looked at her with a  

mixture of concern and determination.  

Mira took a deep breath and told her about the  

Guardian of the Shadow, about the mysterious  

connection between the worlds and the secret  

rites of the Guardians. "He's the key. Without  

him, everything collapses. But I don't know if I  

can find him, or what he wants from me."  

Eyron, who was standing nearby and listening  

attentively, now stepped closer. "There are old  

stories about the Guardian."  

Mira looked at him questioningly. "Tell me  

more."  

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Eyron looked at the ground and began to speak  

as if a distant memory had caught up with him.  

"The Guardian is not always human. Sometimes  

it is created by the shadows themselves to  

maintain balance. But there are also reports that  

he was once a guard who refused to enter the  

crossing. He is the last one who knows the secret  

of the Guardians' Covenant. He can overlook the  

worlds and decide on the path of fate."  

Mira could feel the weight of his words. "And  

what happens if he is not found?"  

Eyron hesitated. "The balance is disturbed. The  

worlds begin to mix. The veil between  

dimensions falls and opens doors that are better  

left closed."  

Mira knew that time was pressing. If the  

Guardian was the key, then she had to find him  

before it was too late.  

"Where could we find him?" she asked, more to  

herself than to the others.  

"There's only one place where he keeps popping  

up," Eyron said in a gloomy voice. "The Forest  

of the Forgotten. A place that no one ever enters  

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without knowing what they are looking for. The  

Guardian himself watches there, hidden in the  

deepest shadows."  

Mira felt the pull of fate. "The Forest of the  

Forgotten" It sounded like a myth, like a legend  

that no one had really believed anymore. But  

now it seemed as if the forest was coming to life,  

as if it was calling her.  

"We have to prepare," Clara said resolutely.  

"When we go there, we don't know what to  

expect."  

Mira nodded and knew that the path she chose  

now would change everything. She couldn't go  

back, not now that the truth raised more  

questions than answers.  

She gathered her things and set off with Clara  

and Eyron. The Forest of the Forgotten lay  

beyond the known world, beyond the path they  

had ever trodden.  

The forest was a place of which only dark stories  

existed. Some said it was permeated by the souls  

of the lost. Others claimed that it was a mirror of  

their own fears and desires. But for Mira, he was  

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the only way to find the Guardian and solve the  

mystery that surrounded her.  

The sky became more and more cloudy, clouds  

came up, as if nature itself held its breath. The  

forest was still far away, but Mira could feel the  

urge to move on.  

As they approached the forest, it was as if the air  

was getting thicker. The wind bore a strange  

crackle, a whisper of long-forgotten secrets.  

Mira paused and turned to Clara and Eyron.  

"What if we go into the woods and never come  

out again?"  

Clara looked at her seriously. "Then we have to  

make sure we know why we're leaving. And  

what we want to find there."  

Eyron nodded. "We are not leaving without a  

plan. But we must not allow the darkness to  

swallow us up. "Mira knew that the moment had  

come. The Forest of the Forgotten awaited. The  

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Keeper of the Shadow was waiting. And she was  

ready to face him , whatever it meant.  

Chapter 3: The Forest of the  

Forgotten  

The wind had stopped blowing. The world  

seemed to stand still as Mira, Clara and Eyron  

stood before the border of the Forest of the  

Forgotten. The trees rose like huge shadows into  

the night sky, their branches looking like bony  

fingers grasping at them. Not a sound was heard,  

not even the chirping of insects or the rustling of  

leaves." That feels wrong" Clara pulled her  

jacket tighter around her, shivering. "It's as if the  

forest is breathing, watching us." Mira nodded,  

her eyes scanning the darkness. She felt a  

strange presence, a tingling in the air. Something  

was waiting here or someone." We have to move  

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on," Eyron said in a firm voice. "The Guardian is  

here somewhere. And we don't have much time."  

They stepped over the invisible border into the  

forest. As soon as they had taken their first steps,  

the fog closed behind them. The way they had  

come had disappeared. There was no turning  

back.  

The voices of the forest  

The deeper they went into the forest, the heavier  

the air became. The darkness wasn't just  

shadows, it was almost tangible, as if it was  

shaped by an unknown force. Then Mira heard  

it. A whisper.At first quiet, barely perceptible,  

but then it became clearer. A voice that came  

from the depths of the forest whispered her  

name." Mira: "Mira froze. Her throat became  

dry. She knew that voice.Lea. Without thinking,  

she ran." Mira, wait!" Clara called after her, but  

Mira didn't stop. The whispering became louder,  

more urgent." Help me "Mira stumbled over  

roots, her hands gripping the damp moss as she  

staggered further forward. The darkness was  

now almost complete when she finally stopped.  

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In front of her lay a small, black lake. The water  

did not move as if it were made of dark glass.  

And in the middle of this ghostly mirror she saw  

a face.Lea's face.Her eyes were wide open, as if  

she could see out from the depths. Her mouth  

formed silent words.Then a hand reached out of  

the water for Mira.  

The Guardian's Awakening  

Mira screamed and stumbled back. The water of  

the lake rippled, dark waves swept onto the  

shore, and the air became icy.  

Behind her, she heard Eyron and Clara finally  

catching up.  

"What is that?" Clara gasped when she saw the  

water. But before anyone could say anything, the  

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darkness began to form. The fog contracted as if  

it were directed by invisible force. Slowly he  

took shape on a tall, gloomy figure, whose eyes  

shone in cold blue.  

The Keeper of the Shadow had  

awakened.