Part 13
Ashalind sat there on the ledge, wondering what to do next. The only thing that was running through her head was to find out what happened and where everyone went. Her mind began to wonder, she saw the orphanage, and she saw the men in dark clothes come to take her away after the accident. She saw her first teacher, the only person who was ever nice to her. She saw her first master, his jolly smile, his warm, loving eyes, his small stature, his fluffy green beard that was so soft to touch.
Ashalind's mind wondered to the night when Darkshire was destroyed, and when Earicol had warned them.
"Why
do you seek an audience with the great Earicol? You see the
remainders of the buildings around you? This is the work of the power
of the great Earicol, and you had best state your reason for daring
to enter into Earicols' presence. Speak now or the same fate will
befall you as did the denizens of this place that they once called a
town." A voice that seemed far away and yet very close at the same,
a whisper, yet a yell, the voice emanated to the party from between
two points that glowed, rather like eyes. The light was fierce, and
challenging.
The party hoped that everyone who
had found a home in the town found their way out before the buildings
started to collapse. The only city even remotely close to Darkshire
would be Lakeshire in Redridge.
As all these
thought were running through everyone's mind, they were startled to
see the eye sway slightly one way, then the other, and finally
disappeared. Not three seconds after those haunting eyes disappeared
they felt the ground under their feet shudder once, and a large gust
of warm wind blow into their faces.
Seconds passed, and then minutes, the seconds seemed like minutes, the minutes like hours. Everyone was thinking different things, "we should run" "we should stay and fight" "where did it go?" "This cant be good", and many other things along those lines. But one stood out predominantly above the rest, "What just happened?"
The cat was the first to venture forth to see what the thing was. Fluffy lowered its body close to the paving stones, and slunk forward, on a mission. He came close to the collapsed form of something very large. It was scaly, like a fish, and was hot to the touch. He pawed at it, it didn't move. He pawed a bit harder, it still didn't move. "Fine, you had this coming" he thought to himself as he raised he paw high above his head, extended his claws, and brought it down as fast and as hard as he could.
Eirika stood and watched Fluffy slink into the fog, a minute or two later they heard a loud yelp, and Fluffy came running back to hide behind her.
No one could tell how much time passed until something finally happened. They heard a loud yawn in that same type of eerie voice that seems to come from no where but everywhere at the same time, but it was different this time, more high pitched.
Eirika saw the eyes appear again, but this time, they were pink.
To Be Continued…