The Darkest Moon
CH-01
Vyse the Legend lay awake in bed staring at the ceiling. Ever since the final battle at Soltis, Vyse had the suspicion that there was one land that he had not discovered yet.
He had started thinking about it immediately after finding the Black MoonStone in the Dark Rift. Then, after defeating Galcian aboard the Hydra a powerful dark Looper called Elcian appeared in the Dark Rift. And then in the final battle with Ramirez, he had heard him say, "Where there is light there is darkness. Sword of the Dark Moon!"
This all made Vyse very restless about finding this "Dark Moon" and the land it shone over.
He decided that in the morning he'd ask Fina what she knew about a dark moon.
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There was really nothing like a morning on Crescent Isle. The smell of Koketa eggs wafting about the island from Polly and Urala's tavern. But alas, breakfast would have to wait, as Vyse had more important matters to tend to.
He stopped at Fina's room and knocked on her door.
"Yes?" Fina replied.
"Hey, Fina, could I meet you in the meeting room after you get dressed?" Vyse asked.
"Yes, of course. Just give me a couple of minutes."
And at this Vyse rode the elevator right up to the meeting room, where he was joined shortly by Fina.
'Wow,' he thought, as he could just not get over how great Fina looked in her pirate outfit.
"You wanted to talk to me about something?" Fina asked.
"Yes. I was wondering if Elder Prime ever told you anything about the Dark Moon."
"He used to tell me children's tales about a Dark Moon when I was younger."
"Can you tell me anything you remember about it?" Vyse inquired.
Fina thought about this for a moment. "Well, according to Elder Prime, the Dark Moon and its land sank beneath the clouds, just like Soltis, and after learning what we know now, I'd say it was to protect against the Rains of Destruction."
"Yes, that would make sense, but why take the Moon with them?"
"Perhaps it was to keep the power locked away."
"And since the MoonStones at least have the power to convert positive energy into negative energy and vice-versa, they could use that power to negate the effects of the immense pressure down in Deep Sky."
"But how are we going to find where it is?"
"Why don't we worry about that after breakfast?" Vyse suggested with a hungry look on his face.
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Three moons away, a dark ship drifted along. The captain dressed in almost all black, with red strips where the seams of his clothing were, simply watched his men maintaining the ship. He didn't like it here above the clouds, but since being banished for suggesting the idea that they should rise up with the other moons, he had nothing to do at all, and he might as well check out the frozen continent before them.
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"Alright everybody," Vyse cried out on the balcony behind the living quarters, "We have a new adventure ahead of us: We are going to find the lost land of the black moon."
"How do we know it exists?" wondered Belle.
"We have three bits of evidence: A Black MoonStone, Elcian, the black Looper, and something Ramirez said in battle, 'Where there is light, there is darkness. Sword of the Dark Moon.'"
"But how are we going to find it?" cried out Ichymis.
"There is an empty space in the sky in what sailors have come to know as Land of Loopers, we believe that this is where the Dark Moon and its land lie below the sky."
"Let's do it," said Domingo, "You know how I am; I'm always itching to find new discoveries."
"Yeah, let's do it," cried everybody else at the same time.
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A few days later above the Land of Loopers, Domingo saw a ship unlike anything he had ever seen before. It was completely black, its cannons were unlike any previously seen, and it seemed to be completely unaffected by the air around it.
"Captain Vyse!" he screamed into the talking tube, "I think you should have a look at this."
One minute later Vyse was standing next to Justus looking into the telescope Justus carried with him at all times. "Don," he commanded his helmsman, "go northeast towards the Land of Ice."
"Yes, sir," he replied.
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Aboard the dark ship, "Sir, a ship has been spotted off portside is coming toward us," the lookout reported to the captain
"Thank you," the captain responded, "wait and see what they do, it they get hostile, send them down to the continent we're above right now."
"Aye, aye," they all replied.
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Moment's later the Delphinus had pulled up alongside them, and Vyse requested to speak to the captain.
Out of the bridge came an intimidating figure, clad in black with red stripes and a black visor covering his eyes.
"So, you're at experience level 76?" it asked.
"Yes, yes I am, how do you know and what's it to you! Who are you anyway?" exclaimed Vyse.
"First of all, this visor allows me to scan any living thing at anytime to find out how strong it is, secondly I couldn't care how strong you are, I'm not here to fight you, and as for my name, call me Nosfera." He reached out his to shake that of Vyse.
Vyse took it and said, "It's good to know I don't have another enemy. I'd like to invite you back to my base, Crescent Isle."
"Seeing as I have nothing to do, and nowhere to go, I think that's a fine idea."
End CH-01
Well what do you think? It's my first fan fiction, so constructive criticism would be nice. This story has been in the back of my mind since I found the Black MoonStone couple months ago, so I decided finally to post this.