Free The Barrier: The Teorran of Time: Teen Fantasy Action Adventure Novel by Unknown Page B

creating a camouflage under the water. In full daylight, the coarse scales reflected the sunlight, making all the men on the ship squint and cover their eyes. Large sharp fangs crested under the pucker of its lips. Riddick, Sebastian, Captain and William all stood paralyzed.
    "Who are you?" it asked.
    "I am Shazmpt," he said.
    Stunned that it was talking, each man's mouth dropped.
    “The barrier is the border of time. Once you cross, you will no longer be in our protection," the water serpent replied.
    "Yes, I know," Shaz said.
    Shaz tried to calculate what the creature was thinking.
    "You cannot pass."
    The serpent’s voice rumbled deep. He crossed his webbed wings behind his back. The sword hummed in its scabbard. Shaz instinctively pulled it from its sheath, revealing the first few symbols engraved on its solid form. The serpent saw the ancient marking and reared backward, then bowed in reverence.
    "My many pardons. How may I help?"
    "You must take us to Ebassia," Shaz declared holding the sword halfway out of the sheath.
    "I can take you through the Teorran of Time and then to the current that will take you to Ebassia, but that is as far as I can go." The water wyvern said.
    He bowed and raised his wings. Slapped the water's surface and grabbed a surge of air. He leapt out of the water thrusting high into the sky then, flipping over head first, he dove back into the sea. Before anyone could speak, the ship bumped again. It lurched forward with a start and slowly began to move.
    The creature below the ship swam just underneath the water's surface. Everyone hung over the edge trying to take in as many details as they could. For a time they moved north and then the ship turned tightly to the west. Shaz could make out a large hole in the sky. A faint shimmer of blues encircled an oval shape. Thousands of tiny water particles danced on the surface creating a mirror like effect just before the ship launched through it.
    Once through the misty wall, it turned into a tunnel of water and sky. Magic soared through Shaz’s body, leaving his mind exhilarated and full of radiant heat. The further in they went a raining sensation under his skin, left him weak in the knees. He wondered why the tunnel was taking magic from him. The ship gained speed and water sprayed from the front bow. The light blue sky turned dark and specks of light whizzed by for a moment. It faded quickly into a deep shade of blue. They were now through the barrier. Shaz regained his strength as the magic returned to his body.
    A small throbbing started behind his right eye and he knew a headache was coming. It was now night, it had only been less than a half an hour since the beast first appeared. The ship slowed quickly leaving them unsteady on their feet. Shaz's eyes moved around the horizon, he was now in a completely different world. He walked over to where Riddick was staring out at the sky. Small mountain peaks glowed against the purple hazy illumination of the three moons in the distance. At least the moons are the same , he thought. The breeze flowed through their hair.
    "I wonder how long it will take to make it to the main land?" asked Shaz.
    "I didn't even know there was anything else other than our own islands," Riddick said shaking his head from the thought.
    “Me either.” said Sebastian.
    “We are in the main current now. It won’t be long until another ship finds us,” Captain Yerild said.
    Shaz was trying to figure out what all this meant. Creatures he had never seen and magic he had never known. Riddick knew that when Shaz was in this state, he wasn't much for conversation.
    "It's late, I best be getting to bed,” Riddick said and went below deck.
    Shaz thought he was alone as he stood watching the stars dance in the sky.
    "You might as well get some sleep. There won’t be a ship tonight."
    He seemed to be a little grayer in his beard than before they left.

CHAPTER SIX
    Ebassia
     
     

     
     
     
     
    Ebassia was nothing like he had