Hey, back, again. Yeah, these waits are getting pretty annoying I bet for you readers, it's annoying me too. I hate writer's block, but hey, just gotta write on, right? Well, in any event, let's get to some things before the chapter, first off, I'm sorry for tehse waits. Secondly, the 40 hour projects are coming up and I've got some school to catch up on since I basically ditched school for twelve days to go to Israel (it was actually not that bad, I wouldn't consider it a vacation as much as a much needed break however). Thankfully, I already covered Geometry for the week I return, so, yeah. Thirdly, I'm going to get my butt back into editing my book I started last year, promise. Finally, I'm going to ditch my schedule idea I had, I don't work like that, that being said, I don't want it to be two weeks without any news until a chapter comes out. Okay, now that that's done, if any of you have any questions (regarding anything really), then feel free to message me on Discord (check my profile), leave a review (which are always nice and we writers sometimes get addicted to them), or P.M. me here (although the other two are more preferred). Whelp, let's get into this then. P.S. I don't actually believe in seeing the dead, but if you do, then that's completely cool.
Chapter Twenty Two, Revelations.
Third P.O.V.
Ok, let's clear some things up here, why exactly was Calcite's mother's ghost right there? Well, that needs to be explained by something else first, Calcite can see ghosts, actually, really, any dragon can, with enough mental toll that is. See, here's the thing, remember that whole Dust death thing? Yeah, something like that is definitely enough of a mental toll to trigger this ability of seeing the dead. Got it? Good.
So, then why is Mom here? Well, what good parent wouldn't watch over their children if given the chance after death (rhetorical question)? Ok, back to Calcite.
Calcite
An awkward silence fell over the both of us, honestly, so many things were going through my head I stopped trying to keep track of them. It stayed like this for about three minutes, before mother dearest said something.
"What do you want to do?" the question took me completely off guard.
"What do you mean?" I replied, looking back.
"I mean, what do you want to do in life?" She replied, sitting down next to me.
"Well, to protect people, it's all I've ever wanted to do," I replied, confused.
"And how do you think you can do that best? Wearing yourself out in things you already know and were taught by, by better dragons than those here? Or, getting up and doing something about this?" She responded to my answer. She had a good point.
"You don't have to play by society's rules to be something in life. Remember, our family doesn't run from things Cal," she looked back at the ocean. I stayed quiet for a little bit.
"You're right," I admitted. I then stood up. Mother smiled and did the same.
"You read the tales of old, right?" She asked.
"Yep," I replied.
"I take it you want to find the maiden/hero's weapon then?" She asked.
"Yep," I replied again. She smiled and shook her head.
"That's my girl," she replied, then smiled, "I'll give you the first clue then, well, more of a location really."
"Annnnnd?" I responded, raising an eyebrow.
"The sea temple, look for the ancient temple of the sea," she replied, before slowly fading out. I shook my head and stayed in that spot for another couple minutes, before leaving and getting some sleep.
I walked through the hallways of the school for a couple minutes before making to my destination. I rapped on the door.
"Come in," came the deep voice of Prof. Telan, who was also the one who ran the school. I opened the door and closed it behind me. I nodded to the large mud wing sitting at his desk, glasses on.
"I'm leaving," I started, sliding an envelope full of other envelopes onto the desk, "I'm sorry, but I just can't do this anymore, I need to do something really important." The mud wing just smiled and shook his head.
"I knew you were different the day I saw those eyes in the auditorium amongst the crowd, I don't know what you need to do, but I wish you luck. Go, do what you need to do, and we will be here, waiting for your return," he smiled, taking the envelope.
"Thank you, so much. Goodbye, Professor Telan," I waved and walked out of the room, not looking back after closing the door behind me.
I had packed everything, currently, I was walking towards a building I had become very familiar with while being here the short time I was here. I opened the door and walking in, not bothering to change into different clothing. I opened the doors right as the two were about to begin.
"Calcite, where have you been?" I smiled somberly at Miss Icevenom. She immediately knew what was going on.
"I'm sorry, but I can't stay here any longer," all conversations stopped.
"I just…I have to do something, and I can't juggle that and school at the same time, it's been mostly a pleasure being here," I replied, shaking. She sighed and shook her head.
"Follow me," she replied. I did so, following her to another room. Inside where all sorts of weapons.
"If you truly are leaving, then I guess you'll need to take one of these with you," I couldn't stop my amazement.
"Th-thank you," I responded meekly. Miss Icevenom place something into my claws. It was good sized.
"Well? Go on, open it," she urged. I carefully undid the cloth around the object. Under the cloth was a large staff with a grip around the entire shaft, two double edged blades where at the ends of the ironwood staff. I stared at the simple but beautiful designs on the weapon. I wiped a couple tears from my eyes and hugged the hybrid in front of me.
As I was leaving, it didn't surprise me to find my friends outside the building. They looked at the weapon slung diagonally across my back.
"So, you're leaving," Shadow remarked.
"Yeah," I replied.
"And this is something you HAVE to do alone?" Crescelia asked with wet eyes.
"Unfortunately," I replied.
"How are you going to get rid of him then?" Phantom pointed at Dust. Who was quite ticked.
"I tethered him to your bag," I smirked.
I said my finale goodbyes and set off, I pulled out my phone, dialing a number.
"Hey, it's me, Calcite, who soon do you think you can get me onto the mainland?" I asked a certain…acquaintance.
I spent most of the afternoon driving, occasionally taking a stop to rest for food or something like that. It was about 8:27 when I stopped at a motel. I stretched, pulled the keys out of my motorcycle, locked and secured it someplace, and walked into the building.
After getting things situated, I turned in for the night, and didn't wake up till the next morning.
After I did wake up, I decided to plan my root, I was still quite a ways from the sea kingdom, after all. As I was looking at a local map, one of the locals of the area walked up to me.
"Shouldn't you be in school?" the dragoness joked. I smiled before responding.
"You could say that, but, well, life likes to throw trash at you sometimes," I replied, chuckling. She raised an eyebrow, but left it at that.
"Where are you heading?" she asked.
"Some island in the bay of a thousand scales, as I've been told," I pointed at the map. She nodded before pointing at a road that winded its way into a city on the outskirts of the sea kingdom.
"If you hurry, you could make it here just as the sun is setting, there's a similar motel to this one there, should be easy to find," she informed me, smiling.
"Thank you, may I ask, what is you name?" I asked, tilting my head. The ice wing simply shook her head and smiled.
"That, my friend, is up to speculation," she replied before walking off, a playfully swaying as she walking away. I myself questioned her, but shook it off, leaving for my ride.
Just as the ice wing said, I made it to the city with a nice view of the sunset. I stopped off at the motel, slept, woke up, and made my way to the capital of the sea kingdom, Orka, right along the sea.
It was nearing 4:00 when I saw the suburbs of the city. Clearly, the majority of the population was sea wing, although there was the occasional sand wing and rain wing around, and of course, some hybrids here and there. I got a couple odd looks, you know, being a new face, er, helmet, but the sea wing tale was all they needed to shrug and move on. Eventually, I pulled up to a hotel, booked myself in a room for about four days (it was actually a hotel which Crescelia's mother owned, and she happened to be there, paying for it herself, but let me sleep, telling me we could talk the next day). I did get a couple groceries before turning in though, as well as getting a quick view of the city streets.
It was seven in the morning when my alarm got me up, I changed into some comfortable shorts, a t-shirt with some waves on it, and some tennis shoes. I grabbed some sunglasses, brushed my teeth, grabbed breakfast, and met up with Crescelia's mother.
"Ah, Calacite, good to see your up, but I can't help but ask, why'd you leave college?" Queen Galaxy questioned, a smile on her face (when wasn't there though?).
"There were some…complications," I replied, silently signaling I really didn't know how to talk about it. The queen, however, wasn't buying it. I sighed.
"I'm chasing a fairy tale," I bluntly said, waiting for the reaction.
Yep, I'm ending it there. I'm trying to force myself out of my writer's block right now. We'll see how well that goes soon enough I guess. I'll work on the next chapter a bit, but I'm going to be focusing on Fractures for the next couple of days before doing too much regarding this next chapter. In any event, I'll see you readers soon I guess, hopefully…Bye!