Albion: The Enchanted Stallion Page #4

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- Multifarious?

- Another mouth.

- He must be a scholar.

You came for me.

The milesians are coming.

We need to go now.

Please, help us!

They're going to get us!

- Please.

- It's okay.

Hush now, don't be scared

through this time of darkness

shadows may march, thunders may roar

but peace will soon prevail

through our land, this sacred land

nightmares spread confusion

but stand your ground

until you've found

the strength to light your way

the Abbess.

Beautiful.

Dag Dia was right.

She didn't leave us.

You saved me, Evie.

I've been in that state,

split and lost to myself,

for a great many years.

The treasures of the Danaan

are very powerful.

Possessing one of them for too long

will throw the power of

the others out of balance.

The legend says that taking back

the Danaan treasures

is the only way to reverse

the Magic of the Treaty

and break the barrier.

That is half of it.

The four treasures

must be brought together

and the two bloodlines must

agree to reverse the spell.

That will never happen.

Positivity, Lir.

Positivity.

I'm positive.

That will never happen.

If they don't, we will take it by force.

Okay.

I believe this is what you came for.

Hush now

don't be scared

through this time of darkness

I'm seeing so many strange things, I...

Unless you focus, the flame

will show you what it wants.

Focus on your pathway home.

I see a lakeside.

It's wonderful.

That must be your passage home.

Look for the book.

You look.

I see a...

A tower?

No, wait.

A monastery.

At the edge of the Dorillian Crag,

a day's journey from here.

Your grace, how did you know

that song that I sang to you?

Strike.

They're trying to break down the wall.

I need to find that book.

I thought you were going home.

You guys couldn't make it

three feet without me.

I could get three feet without you.

Is anyone else following her logic?

Strike!

Strike!

One of my strides is like three of hers,

- so in the end...

- Quick! You must go!

The milesians are nearly through.

- Go!

- What about you?

I'll be fine. Please go,

and may the gods be with you.

Strike!

You were a fool for harboring

these rebels, Norvina.

Those children will surely die,

and you, you will have

led them on such a fate.

Perhaps.

Or they may just save this world

from a fate worse than death.

One morning

I heard you, songbird

crying out loud

so I came to see

what you were crying about

your broken wing

the dirge you were warbling...

it's too steep.

You'll have to stay here

and keep a lookout.

No one's going to get hurt.

You have my word.

Unless he won't give us the book.

All right, no killing.

Don't worry.

We'll be careful.

Still I'd hoped you'd stay

Honestly, I could make it

three feet without you.

I could make it 300 feet without you.

All right.

This is it.

Show you what's inside?

The book's inside.

Um, if there's a skeleton inside,

I'm gonna scream.

- Lir, a little help here.

- Sorry.

- Oh, God.

- Uh!

That smells so bad.

I think it's Gallgaidheal,

one of the Brothers Dunn.

- Oh, my gosh.

- What in the...

Oh!

What are you doing?

This is mental.

Aah!

Aah!

Why in the gods?

What was he thinking?

Perhaps he was having one

of those flying dreams.

I have those a lot.

What the?

Stop!

Stop, you undead knave!

We're not gonna hurt you.

- Aah!

- Oh, my goodness.

Get away, I said.

Shoo!

No, I don't care if they're nice,

they're trying to steal

something from me,

and I won't have it.

Of course, it belongs to me.

I bought it at...

I found it in...

I traded it for...

Oh, God, I can't think.

I mean, it must be this "idjit" branch.

- Now I can think.

- Where was I?

You were talking about how

you got the Book of Healing.

Oh, thank you.

So I got the Book of Healing...

How do you know about that?

Did you come to steal it away?

Come to steal my power, huh?

A Minion of General Eeder, eh?

I can smell the stench

of a dirty stinking...

Milesian anywhere.

Gallgaidheal, please.

Don't call me that.

I hate being called that.

Okay, what should we call you?

My friends call me Gally.

- Okay, Gally.

- But you are not my friends!

No, they're not.

They're book thieves.

Especially the red-headed one.

Wait, you can understand Dag Dia?

Of course, I can.

How?

How can I understand you?

Because you're my brother.

Because he's my brother.

- Your brother?

- His brother?

That's what I said.

He's a... are you deaf?

He's my...

My brother.

Oh, brother.

All of these years,

I thought you were dead.

Why is he hugging that horse?

Why didn't you come for me

sooner, brother?

I've been so horribly lonely.

And how did you get so tall?

Oh, I must have missed

that part during all

of the running away and all that.

Dag Dia said he was mortally wounded

by the Milesians in the fortress.

The Abbess saved him

by turning him into a Kelpie.

Well, fear not, brother,

much has transpired

in your absence.

Look around.

I own everything...

All the kingdoms above

and below... Mine.

So feel free to trot where you like.

What are you talking about?

Well, if you must know,

little red-headed book thief,

I am a God.

- A God?

- A God.

- You are not a God.

- Yes, I am.

- No, you're not.

- Yes, I am.

Look, it's not

that we don't believe you.

Yes, it is.

I don't believe him.

You are not helping.

I have been burned to death, frozen,

I've been torn apart by wolves,

I have fallen from a 500-foot

cliff into really pointy rocks.

I've been drowned, struck NY lightning,

squashed by an extremely fat cow,

my eyes plucked out, my ears sawed off,

I cut out my own heart,

split it in three

then juggled it for a little while.

Cut myself directly in half

trying to find a friend,

and nothing, nothing.

I am invincible.

I am inextinguishable.

I am a God!

It could have a tiny bit to do

with you having the Book of Healing.

Nonsense.

Wait, is that why you came?

We need the book to save the Danaan

from the milesians once and for all.

We only have two days left,

or else the Danaan will surely perish.

Oh, so why didn't you

say so in the first place?

There you are. To be honest,

I was getting tired

of the dirty old manuscript anyway.

Tedious reading material, if you ask me.

Well, it was nice meeting you all.

Brother.

Gotta do this again soon.

Catch up, fun times.

Best of luck to you, then.

Lir, can you see

the Monastery from here?

No. No, I can honestly say

that I can't see

the Monastery from here.

- It's...

- Look.

Gods, you call yourself a man!

It's still bleeding.

It's the wrong book.

Gally!

Miss you too, friend.

Gally!

Where did he go?

Gally?

Gally, I know you're out there.

I know you're listening.

We didn't come to steal from you.

Your people are in great danger

and they need your help.

We don't have time.

That crazed loony bird

could be getting further away

by the second.

We have to split up

to find him, catch him.

Gally, I know

what it's like to be alone,

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