Hey hey! Finally finished another chapter! Now I can take a nap. I've added an extra character to the series that wasn't in the adventures. Enjoy. (Beta-read and edited by Jcani)
I approached the planet inhabited by the Goldlings. I couldn't stop thinking about what the mysterious hooded figure told me. I shook my head.
It's probably nothing, I thought to myself. As I entered the planet's atmosphere, I looked around at my surroundings. There were two walls that formed a kind of canyon and small yellow people outside. They had many bird-like features such as wings, feathers and beaks. I assumed these must have been the Goldlings. Most of them walked on four legs like a miniature dragon. I flew in closer and beamed down. I walked towards the canyon and approached a Goldling. He had stripes down his sides but they were barely noticeable. When he saw me he jumped back in fright.
"Ah! P-Please don't hurt me!" his voice was shaken almost as if he'd seen a ghost. He fell over backwards, wings flapping frantically. I knelt down and extended a hand to comfort him.
"Don't worry," I said in a soothing tone. "I'm not going to hurt you. I was sent here to help you guys." I smiled.
"Oh," the Goldling sighed in relief. "My name's Stripes. Hey! You're . . . you're that captain aren't you?"
"Yeah," I replied. "What's going on here?"
"I'm so glad you could make it," he chirped in delight. "Oh you're looking for the chieftain, right?"
I nodded.
"He's further down." Stripes gestured towards the canyon. "You can't miss him. He's the one with the big hat and the staff."
"Thanks," I said to him before walking off. The canyon wasn't long but was mostly straight. When I found the chieftain, he was standing on two legs unlike the other Goldlings. As Stripes described, he wore a tall crown-like hat and wielded a staff to symbolize his leadership. He noticed me straight away as I walked towards him.
"Hey Captain! I'm so glad you could make it!" he said.
"You guys have been sending out distress signals for a while now, is there a problem?"
"Yes. There is a giant monster that lives at the end of the canyon. He's been terrorizing us for weeks now and just last night he kidnapped Pippy, one of our own."
"Where can I find him?"
"He's on the other side of that door." To the right of me, there was a giant wooden double door with gold hinges on it. It was closed and locked tight. "Just talk to the Gatekeeper, he can open it for you." Right next to the door stood the Gatekeeper. He had a moustache growing at the end of his beak and was also a little chubby. He held a silver key which I assumed was for that lock on the door. I walked up to him.
"Ah," he began. "You must be the Captain everyone's talking about. Ok ,look. I'm not going to question your strength or abilities however I can't just let you into the canyon like that. People have died in there so first I want to test you."
I knew this was going to happen, I thought.
"See if you can bring me three types of crystal rock from the underground caves. If you succeed and come back here safely I'll grant you access to the rest of the canyon but be careful, the cave if full of monsters."
As always. "Fine," I said.
"You can find the entrance out by the farm. Good luck."
I turned and exited the canyon. To the right of me was a farm with a large crop field. I saw a few Goldlings and spoffits running around outside. The farmer Goldlings also ran on two feet. As I scanned the crop field I noticed a little wooden trapped door on the opposite side. I flew over and opened it up. There were wooden steps leading into darkness. I proceeded with caution down the steps into the underground cave. The air down there was cold and dry. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I noticed many different rocky tunnels.
They really dug this place out huh, I thought. As I began to walk towards the first tunnel on the right, I heard a noise. I leaned against the wall and peeked out around the corner. There was a brown creature lurking around in the shadows. Cave hounds. These creatures seemed to be half dragon and half dog with spikes covering their backs.
Better be careful, I thought. I turned around only to see one of them before me. It stared at me, growling and snapping. Another one joined him at his side. Then the one from before was behind me.
Are you kidding me? I pulled out my weapons ready to strike. Just then, one lunged for me. I knocked him down and energy slashed the one who attacked me from behind. The third one went to strike but I ducked just in time. I stabbed it as it flew over me. It yelped in pain and fell, limp. The one I knocked down earlier came to and noticed the blood around its brethren. He looked at me and growled. As I stepped forward, he backed off. Accepting defeat, the cave hound turned and ran off howling. I continued through the caves, collecting the crystal rock the gate keeper wanted me to get. I encountered a few more cave hounds and tomb spiders but they didn't bother me much after what happened earlier.
After finding the last crystal rock I said, "Finally! Got them all!"
I made my way out of the cave and was greeted with warm sunlight and the farmyard. I went back to the gatekeeper with the crystal rocks and gave them to him.
"You lived? I mean, I knew you could do it!" Now I can finally get that golden keychain, he thought. "I could send you on simpler, non-deadly, tasks but I know you would rather fight a giant blood thirsty beast that could easily crush you with its foot. So here."
He held out the key for the door. I took it from his hand hesitantly. Although he was just trying to syke me out, I couldn't accuse him of lying. I unlocked the door and pushed them open only to be met by giant canyon beasts. The first one saw me and took a swipe. I swiftly dodged it. Using my energy blade, I flew up and stabbed him in the chest. He went down but there were more monsters ahead. I took them down one by one until I finally reached the end . . . and the monster terrorizing the Goldlings. He was dark red with a faint yellow blur on his under belly. This guy was huge with a back covered in spikes.
I ran up to him and shouted, "Hey you!"
"Huh?" he said. He looked down at me and replied, "Oh so this is what those pathetic little Goldlings sent to assassinate me? How sad."
"Your days of terrorizing helpless little Goldlings are over."
"So you want to challenge me? Haha this won't be much of a fight."
And with that the battle began. He stomped me with his foot but I quickly dodged it. I jumped for his chest but he knocked me down in mid-flight. I fell to the ground, partly stunned. He shot a fire ball at me but I recovered just in time to see it and roll out of the way. I ran around him to his back and tried jumping up from there. I grabbed on to one of his many back spikes and spun on them. Launching myself from spike to spike, I slowly moved up his back. When I got far enough, I ran up to his head with my electric blade ready. I stabbed the area in between his eyes which froze him a bit. Then I swung under his chin and sent the blade into his chest as the final blow. I jumped down to the ground. The giant stood there still for a moment, then came crashing down. I made sure I was out of the way before he hit the ground.
"You're right," I said. "This wasn't much of a fight."
Then I turned around and there was a little Goldling running towards me. I assumed this must have been Pippy. He started jumping for joy.
"Oh thank you so much for saving me captain!" He chirped. "I thought I was a goner, like I was gonna become a satisfying meal sider. Good thing you came along when you did."
"Hey no problem," I replied. "Let's get back to the others"
As we walked out of the canyon, I heard a few Goldlings shout, "Hey Pippy's back!"
I walked up to the chieftain.
"Hey you're back!" he said. "And you rescued Pippy! How could we ever repay you? Free tickets to the Goldling games, a trip to the spa perhaps?"
"Heh don't worry, just doing my job."
Then Stripes ran up to Pippy. They greeted each other with excited chirping and started jumped around happily.
"Well if you ever need anything captain, be sure to let us know."
"OK. Farewell" I waved. Then I turned around and did my traditional victory dance before returning to my ship and blasting off.
More to Come.
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