Aura Of Two
By RandomRooster
Chapter: 7. Make Yourself
Raven stuttered dramatically, nearly losing his balance, then catching his hand on the wall to support himself. He shook his head,
"Listen, I am pleased that you are trying to help me, but I don't think releasing this so called Aura is such a good idea, it could be bad for my health for all we know." Raven twisted his body round to show himself out, "You know, I don't want to be a bother, so I'm just going to-" He rambled on, as he was proceeding through the doorway, when Orian called him,
"RAVEN!" His voice was harsh and firm, as if he was telling off one of his children. Raven stood by the doorway, waiting for Orian's lesson. "This is a new experience for me too, I have never shown the ways of Aura to a human before and I don't know what will come out of this, but it must be done!" Raven turned his head round, showing only the corner of his eye,
"So why bother doing it? It's better to keep bad things inside." Raven made one more step, then Orian continued,
"Have you noticed a pain on your hands? A yellow sort of stain?" Raven stopped again, he knew what he was speaking of. "That is a decay, an infection, called The Siclus Effect. I am quite familiar with it; I have seen what it does, I have seen some of my kind fall because of it." He sighed, reviving the lost memories he wished he never knew. "It will spread across your hands, your body, and then in time, your mind. After that, it is impossible to come back." Orian returned to his area of meditation, making room for another being to make himself. "I know only one cure," He began again, "You must release the Aura inside of you, let it become one with you." Orian gestured his hand for Raven to sit, "It is the only way."
Raven stood there, going over all the possible outcomes that could happen, as if he was about to endure the scariest of all roller coaster rides. He sighed, turning round to face Orian, staring at him with such worry. "You will go very easy on me, right?" Raven asked in a concerned manner, limping his way towards Orian to sit the opposite side of him.
Orian nodded "I will guide you very step of the way, I will try my up most best to keep you from harm." Orian watched, as Raven sat down on the floor trying to sit the same way as Orian did, but flinched out of the pain of his leg. Orian grasped Raven's arms with both paws, lowering him down, "I think it would be best if you let your leg do the healing, lay yourself down, I can do it from there." He assured Raven, gently resting his body on the cold, hard cave floor, making Raven shiver slightly from the chill on his back.
Raven tilted his head to face Orian "How long will this procedure go on for?"
Orian positioned himself above Raven's head, looking down on him upside down. "It may vary, what you may feel like time passing in your own mind, may not be the same as the time here." Orian took a deep breath, "Are you prepared?"
Raven shook his head, also taking a deep breath, feeling as if he was about to receive an injection "The quicker, the better." He replied, closing his eyes, not wanting to see anything apart from the darkness enveloping over his eyes from his eyelids.
Orian nodded, placing both paws either side of Raven's head and closing his eyes, building up the power within him. "Now, I want you to clear your mind of all your thoughts, let your mind be open to me." Orian's words were calming, melodic, as if a soothing remedy for causing sleep. "Open your mind to me." Orian's tassells rose up, as if automatically, as his flame tattooed arms began to glow a deep mysterious blue, as it began to spread across Raven's head, surrounding him in a veil of his Aura.
Raven could hear Orian's words, at first; he began to think how stupid this was. Then, he could feel his head being very light, his brain swaying between consciousness, through the soft, hypnotic language that Orian was speaking in. He finally gave in, letting himself be absorbed in Orian's commands; he let his thoughts clear, as he felt himself fall from his body and away from the real world.
He woke up, seeing nothing but darkness all around him. Yet, feeling as if he was in a dreaming state, nothing seemed real, but he knew he was involved in this situation. He got himself up, realising his leg didn't seem to hurt anymore, he looked around seeing nothing but pure darkness. Raven put his hands to his mouth and shouted "Hello! Is there anybody here?!" Nothing replied for a while, then a bellowing voice that seemed to come from everywhere instructed,
"You must become one with your Aura, release it from within you."
Raven could sense that was Orian's voice coming from nowhere, and everywhere. "Where do I find it?" Raven shouted back, still looking to find the source of the coming voice. Suddenly, a single white light silhouetted on Raven, causing him to cover his eyes with his arm, as the brightness was too much for his eyes to take. Then the light started to move ahead of him, Raven was unsure of what to do, but followed the light anyway, thinking it would be the way out of this strange place. He ran after the circular light that was shown on the floor, running for what seemed like three minutes. Then the light stopped, showing what looked from a distance, a small blue dog struggling to free itself from the chains it was wrapped in, as it was surround by an enraging blue burning like fire. As Raven got closer, he could see that the dog was emitting the blaze around it, seeing it wrestle with the binding chains that held it down. Raven kneed down in front of it and began investigating the small pup that seemed to be in such pain. "You're a Riolu." He said, as he finished his analysis. The Riolu stopped struggling, and looked at Raven in a suffering manner, it's crimson red eyes showing the pain and torment it had endured. Raven suddenly stood up breathing heavily, feeling the Riolu's emotions run through his very heart.
"Don't be afraid of it, let it embrace you." The voice rang out again, catching Raven by surprise.
Raven looked around himself, "What do I do?!" He shouted back, and then turned his attention back to the small Riolu.
"Release the Aura within you, become one with it, and you shall find what you are looking for."
Raven kept staring at the small dog; its yelp was powerful and desperate. 'I shouldn't have agreed to this.' He thought to himself, shaking his head while turning away, as his problematic thoughts were spinning around his brain, with what all he had been through, it was enough to collapse even the average of minds. He took a few breaths, thinking if any of it was even air at all. Raven stood up straight, turning himself back to the Riolu, who was still being strained by the chains. Then, a thought struck Raven, as he bent down to come face to face with the Riolu. "You're my Aura, aren't you?" He said, thinking how incredibly slow that came to him. The Riolu just looked at him, saying nothing. Raven glanced at the chain that bounded around it, "Don't worry, I'll get you ou- Aghh!" He exclaimed, as he grabbed one of the chains to pull out, only to feel a sharp shock of electricity like surge. He pulled his hand away, looking to see no damage was done, which was strange, as Raven thought the pain felt the same as a third degree burn. Raven looked up, "How do I release my Aura?"
"I can only show you the way, it is up to you to find it out yourself."
Raven had a feeling that this was going to hurt a lot. He grabbed two sets of chains with both hands, feeling the explosive rush of energy run through his arms. He pulled them both up from the ground as hard as he could muster, the chains making no give. "COME ON!" Raven forced out in fury, forcing his muscles to extend on their highest point of endurance. He was about to lower his effort in the struggle, when he felt a very small but noticeable nudge give way from the floor. From just a small movement, gave Raven the motivation to give out all his strength for the final yank.
It happened, the sound erupted as if from a metallic gun shot, splintering harshly throughout the area, as if the signal for freedom. Raven had recoiled abruptly from the triumphant event, sending him a couple of meters away, landing ruthlessly on his back. The chains that Raven was still holding evaporated adequately, disappearing into thin air. Meanwhile, the blue fire engulfed Riolu could feel its energetic drive revive from the release from the two parts of the bindings that Raven had removed, it let out a hallowing cry, fighting the rest of the chains that still held it down. Raven watched, as the small pup glowed a vibrant white, making Raven squint his eyes, bracing himself from the exhilarating luminosity. As the brightness slowly returned to its former light, Raven could see the small Riolu standing towards him, his flaming essence erupting to its former size. The Riolu slowly raised its paw, as if to wait for Raven's reply. Raven gradually picked himself up and carefully walked towards it, he stood there at first, thinking deeply to himself, 'What would happen to me once I involve myself with this new power? What would become of me when I configure with another race and their problems? Who would I become out of this? Will I still know what is right and what is wrong?' Raven pondered to himself, the Riolu still holding out its paw out of gratitude, or something more.
Raven rubbed over his arms out of nervousness, before gradually raising his shaking hand up to touch the Riolu paw. As they were centimetres apart, Raven felt himself wanting to back out and retrieve his hand, but the thought came a little too late. The paw contacted with Raven's hand, before continuing into his hand, like a ghost to a wall, making Raven jerk wildly, still in contact with the pup. Raven couldn't remove his hand, his whole body was in a sudden state of shock, paralysing his every move. Then slowly, the blue flames emitting from the Riolu began to flow down its arm, transferring into Raven's body. Raven had no choice but to endure this heave of influential energy. There was something that wrapped around Raven's ankle that he could feel, but he ignored it, as he shouted at the pain he was in, before being submitted to a bright radiance that spread accordingly everywhere, making him exit his state of mind.
Orian instantly snapped open his eyes, "It is done…" He stated, as he removed his paws from Raven's head and watched him as he awoke.
Raven woke in a panicking condition, he struggled wildly, still enduring the cosmic power he was being subjected to. He flailed his arms as he was rolling across the floor; the pain was everywhere, the newly bonded essence corrupting his body. His arms produced spurts of Aura that flared from the palm of his hands, making a mark on anything he touched.
"Orian! Bring him round!" Uatu commanded, watching the ceremony last for around a minute.
"Raven's body is finding it hard to take in the Aura, we need to put him to rest for the Aura to adjust to him." Orian explained, trying to hold Raven down "I need help Uatu!"
Raven felt the force of Orian's paws press against his shoulders, creating more pain on his tender skin. Then suddenly, something struck the back of his head, which stopped the struggling, pausing him for a second, before completely collapsing his body on the cold, cavern floor, making no more fuss afterwards.
Orian let go of Raven and stood up, seeing a small blue glowing bowl floating mysteriously next to him, before it hovered over back to Uatu's open spread wings, he clutched it, as the outline of his glowing blue eyes slowly faded. Uatu's eyes were still closed, yet some light seemed to escape from the edge of his eyes. Even with no sight, Uatu was still able to use his Psychic powers. Orian sighed with annoyance, "Uatu, I appreciate your help, but such an action was not needed." Uatu began walking to where the rest of the ornaments were placed where Uatu retrieved the bowl from; he placed it down next to the rest of them, then noticing a large crack form around it,
"I have seemed to have broken one of your possessions, I apologise, I will have a replacement for you if you wish." Uatu offered, while browsing the rest of Orian's treasures.
Orian began picking up Raven and lifting him over his shoulder, "That will not be needed Uatu, besides, there is no one else here to use it."
Uatu nodded out of acceptance, "Very well, I understand. Take the boy to his resting quarters, we shall see what will become of him when he is ready."
"Yes master." Said Orian, as both him and Uatu left the room, leaving what was once just a room, was now the place of where Raven Lombardi, made himself.
Told you it wasn't long! (Laughs) Yeah, it was a bit wasn't it?
So, Raven has finally made a connection with his Aura, but will he survive the traumatised event? Well, I would think you would know, it wouldn't be a very long story if he didn't!
Yeah, big apologies for lateness again, I've been having a great time with my newest friend Twilight Reaper517 on Xbox Live. He's awesome, just to say. And so is Xaybiance, wicked at Halo, beats me every time.
Yars, so. Again, any misunderstandingness from anything shown here, don't be afraid to ask. I've already answered someone who wanted to know what a Jumper was. It's a British term for a Sweater; I think that's the name anyway. Thanks to the person for that. (I wont say who for legal reasons) Hee! Hee! (Kidding, but I wont say anyway.)
Well, I shall hopefully see you…Ummm…Write you later? Anyway, for some reason, my PC doesn't like Internet anymore, so it's very difficult to upload stories now. I can still use my mother's laptop (Lame) or take a memory stick to an Internet café. (Expensive) I am planning to try and get a new PC soon, (Maybe at Christmas) But not sure if I should get a laptop or a Desktop. Give me suggestions if you wish, it would educate me more on it and help me progress further on my story.
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