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T.T.-Unknown Wars: Travelers Chapter

ACT 0

[ opening wide picture of a witches moon sliding into an eclipse slowly turning clockwise descending till it turns into a perspective from a pair of eyes laying in tall grass near a shore of an unknown mountain.]

" It all started not too long ago, though that doesn't count for much here. Still, the observation just makes it more surreal to me. Course when I found the dimension I was looking for surprise, surprise; the way I got here was completely dumb luck. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it comes in handy. It's just been annoying lately."

" One of the drawbacks of being a half-breed I guess; but just once I'd like to be summoned by someone with experience. These amateurs keep doing it anymore, and it's gonna drive us crazy. Of course I should state that time is relative and irrelevant to that little aside in my life."

" I was relieved to finally have the void coordinates to get here on my own; all I had to do was grant a request from three adolescents barely out of their kid britches. Think of me how you will but I can't really go against the deal I made, heh, unless I want both sides after me."

" Big shocker if you want to know was when I found out that one of the kids it seems is destined to soul merge with me. Certainly seems destiny, fate, what have you does connect us at least; Because speak of the devil here she comes."

[The figure sits up to look at the teen walking up to him. Looking each other in the eye for a moment he smiles and pats the ground beside him before turning back to the water.]

" You know, I never actually had a mergee find me first." I said in an amused tone glancing at her face from the corner of my eye as she sat down next to me.

The girl stared emotionless at the black water, hard. "Well aren't you the lucky one." She looked at me with the obvious displeasure of the situation evident on her face now. Anger, sadness, and I dare say understanding.

Noticing I was reading her quite clearly she snapped her head back to the ocean view we had and asked in a hard voice "So. When IT happens, you know…" wavering just a scant as the words trailed off.

" Hurt? I don't know, the others won't tell me. No, you won't lose your individuality. I on the other hand will feel the pain from you. Probably cause it can only be done in your last moments of mortal life. I guess it really just depend on how you die." I said matter of factly. If it was anyone else I'd be worried about her lack of reaction. Cause in my experience only very sick or very serious beings contemplate their own end before their ready for it.

Because she looked at me and said in an equally matter of fact tone. " Then start getting ready now, because you only have a year and a half. Its gonna be one hell of a ride."

I looked at her with a smirk. "Regular comedian huh?" wearing a clever grin she nodded and I shook my head with a laughing sigh.

" I try. It's a little disheartening to be talking to a shadow so I needed to break the tension." She said turning to me with a look of curiosity.

" By the way…" lying down with her hands behind her head looking at the crimson eclipse. "When do you get a physical body?"

" Good bet it'll be after the eclipse, do you want me to leave?" I explained learnedly.

" You want to? Does my company mean so little?" she said as she did a handstand back flip to her knees. Crawling behind my form kneeling, she began to run her fingers through the long dark blackness; Amusing herself as she thought it would be fun to braid it when it materialized fully.

"What's so funny?" I guess she didn't notice the slight giggle that escaped her. I noticed too late though. What was just a giggle turn into a full blown laughing fit.

I tilted my head back and whining jokingly said "Come o-n, tell m-e!"

Still no sign of stopping. ("Guess I'll have to wait.") It took two whole minutes, unfortunately.

"Can you tell me now? Or do you need me to wait some more?" Curiosity was killing me by this point and it came out a little more clipped than I actually wanted; she did notice that.

"WELL, I never!" she huffed, pouting and turning her back to me in mock anger.

"If you must know…" tilting her head slightly to the left. I could feel her grinning; she actually thought she had me in her hand at that point!

("DAMN! I'm an awesome actor.") I mused before I decided to turn the tables.

"Oh, believe me. I must." I half whispered near her ear at the same time barely almost touching the base of her tail; Getting a very reassuring shudder out of her aura. I stared back at the black water and had to pat myself on the back. ("Still got it.")

However, I should have been paying attention to the situation that I set off; To my dismay, was rapidly approaching and I couldn't stop it. The eclipse was ending and the darkness was dissipating to reveal my newly generated body.

What caught me by surprise was the sensation of cold as she put her arms around me with her hands on my chest while pressing hers to my back.

"You're really warm…it's nice." Sounding satisfyingly content as I matched her breathing and she smelled my hair.

"Your scales are beautiful, even more so in the moonlight." I said as I stroked her arm. I realized only a second later how cold she must have been waiting there with me because a massive shiver shook her body.