Bolt Forgotten Souls
Book 2 – The Destiny Page
Narration:
Some believe in destiny, that our decisions are made for us in advance. But what kind of world would that be if we truly weren't in control of our own choices? I've been told that what I do is fated to happen, or that it's the will of the universe. But I think there's something else. I believe that destiny is ours to control, a path we forge ourselves. Our choices are our own to make, and that's what shapes our destiny, not the other way around. The people around me don't think so, they've been following something they call the threads of fate their whole lives, and changing from that course is a frightening thing. I hold the power to change fate inside of me, and I'm just a dog. Well, ok, maybe a super powered dog with laser eyes and a bark that can turn just about anything into rubble, but a dog none the less, a White American Shepherd to be exact. My name is…
Chapter 1 – Problems
"Bolt!" he heard from his side, he tiredly lifted his head, cracking his eyes open just a little as he glanced towards the voice. There he saw a cat, black everywhere except her white muzzle, paws and chest, her eyes shut tight as she snuggled into his chest, "Don't move! I'm trying to get comfortable!" she sleepily said, pressing her head further into his chest. Bolt smiled a little, his muscles not really letting him do much more than that. He once again closed his eyes, letting the sound of the cart wheels try and sooth him to sleep.
"Mommy and Daddy really are tired!" said a small cat like creature with a long fury tail. He, like his sister, was brown with several lighter spots on his side and two of his paws, a silver patch on their right eye. He wore armor, and not just any armor, plated armor, white with red shoulders, gleaming paw shaped grieves, and a helmet that came to a point behind his head.
His sister was slightly smaller than him, but not by much. She wore a simple choker necklace, white with golden trim and a diamond in the center that shined with all colors of the aurora Borealis. "I really hope that only one drop of that stuff hit them, I wasn't paying attention when it set them free." she said. "Yah, I hear yah Chrystal!" her brother said. Silence fell upon them as Chrystal walked along side her brother, the cart securely strapped to his back, and yet it was as if he could barely feel it as he trotted along. "Odin said that no one knows what happens when more than one drop hits someone. And honestly, I really don't want to find out either." he announced to his sister as the two ran side by side.
Somewhere in the world, a temple stood. Gilded walls with pearl white towers and a silver bell near the top, the marble gates and door blocked the inside from all others passing by. Inside, if one could get the doors open, they would hear the sound of breathing, deep meditative breathing that echoed through the empty halls and throughout the massive chapel. There, sitting at the back of the chapel, a statue of a large beast. The creature of gold reached from the floor to the ceiling, its golden eyes aimed down at where the crowd would sit. The sculpture was of a large dragon like creature, feathered wings on its back with the arms of a man and claws of a large beast. Its head was that of an eagle and the tail curled around its crossed legs, sort of like the tail was a cushion that the creature sat on. "I fear that the darkness is growing deeper around us." a voice said, echoing as if from everywhere at once, "The threads of fate are weaving a picture of despair, and the survivors, if any, will hang on the border of its destruction." The voice once again fell silent as the breathing continued, "I fear destiny has been written in the book, and without the fate weavers, we are doomed to its inked letters!" The voice once again faded, its echoes getting lost in the empty halls of the temple, falling on no ears as the failed to escape the ever coming silence.
Night had fallen quickly around them, the kits fast asleep outside of the parked cart with their parents and surrogate uncle. Bolt's head lifted up quickly sleep once again evading him as his mind reeled with empty thoughts. His muscles still tight and stiff, while his mind felt like it was in a fog. Bolt shook his head, trying as hard as he could to shake the cobwebs from his mind, his thoughts didn't even seem to be his own at the moment. Suddenly, he heard Rhino next to him, another dream beginning in the hamster's mind. "Don...don't worry Bolt! [SNORE} I'll save you!" he would say. Bolt shook his head, he knew that his friend still thought of him as a super hero, and heck with the powers they had now, he was a hero at one point. He turned again, finding his wife snuggled up to him, her ears pinned in his stomach to drown out the talking her hamster friend did in his sleep. 'Well, at least he's not singing!' Bolt told himself, and looked to the sky. The stars looked the same as if he were on Earth, back at home. He remembered the journey the three of them had trying to find Penny, a journey he would always remember. Suddenly he felt something, something around his paw. He looked down, finding a vine wrapping gently around it. 'Mittens must be casting earth magic in her sleep again!' he thought, and turned his paw over. He gently played with the vine, weaving it around his claws and between his toes as he usually did when this happened, though this time, it acted different.
Each time he touched one of the leaves, it blossomed, turning into a bright blue flower, or even a small piece of fruit. When he wrapped it around his toes, it was as if the vine was a snake, moving further along his leg as if it liked him.
Confusion set in, and he quirked an eyebrow, then moved his paw. Underneath it, there was a circle, a spell circle. He knew he had never seen it before, but somehow he knew, the vines creating the ring, the runes spelling out the spell, and the little leaf drawing in the middle, he knew what they all meant. Suddenly, Rhino squeaked in his sleep, something that usually meant he had saved the day in his dreams, but this time, there was a loud boom that followed, and a shock wave followed. "HUH?" Rhino shouted as he sat up in his ball.
"Wha..what?" Mittens asked as her head shot up and yawned, "What are you two doing?" She turned down to the plant growing around Bolt's paw, "Oh, a Galantrionis Vine, those are native to Neutros!" she said, "Bolt you should know better than to introduce an invasive plant to another universe, it's tip the balance of the Eco system and send this world into a decline until they figure out that Eventriantolan from the Neutrosian mountains is the only way to kill them!" She let her eyes open wide in shock, "How did I know all of that? she asked, "Evantriantolan is a chemical produced when Embran stones on that mountain go through their natural erosion process, not a plant or magic!" Again her eyes whet wide, "How did I know that?" she repeated. "I think it's the same thing with Rhino doing a super bark, or me using magic!" Bolt said, "We've switched powers!"
"Wait, you what?" they all heard Chrystal ask. Bolt and Mittens both looked down, spying their two very worried kits looking back up at them.
End Chapter 1