Chapter 36
Xira,The Mysterious Dimension Pt. 2
Sorry about the delay, Writers block and all that. :) Anyways, I apologize for any inconvenience of a consistent fanfic, and I still promise I will stick through it till the end, which is still far away, but I will make it. That is all and I wish everybody a blessed day.
"Okay. You are all here. Now let me go to this strange place." Gught said while teleporting.
"Bye bye, Gught..." Thrask weakly said.
"Young ones are you alright?" Xelur said in a concerned tone.
"Eh... we are kind of Fine..." Thrask and the Green dragon said at the same time.
"That doesn't cut it." Xelur angrily stated. "Larei, we are not losing you too, not after the scumbags named the Acron killed most of our ancestors."
"I am not going to share." Larei said with a cocky grin.
"Well, one thing is certain, Gught is not coming back anytime soon." Thrask said proudly.
"Why?" Xelur asked. "Why isn't he coming back?"
"He went to Xira to see why he did what he did." Thrask answered.
"So, just because he turned into a Golem instead of a phoenix, he went back to the Arcane sector?" Larei asked with a confused appearance.
"Larei, no more asking questions, He literally saved your green scales and your friend's scales as well." Xelur bragged. "Same for you too Thrask, you would've not be captured if you would've stayed back."
-Gught-
Suddenly, clouds came and fogged up my vision when my stony self was traveling to the temple of Xira. The fog was so heavy, that the sight I could see in front of me was a purplish mist, that made me see from up to the tip of my nose. The air was warm, but still gave me shivers down my spine. Suddenly, I stopped and slammed into a wall that was bursting out arguments.
"Your sentence is death!" I heard a person through the wall.
It was like a court trial, and I kind of moved back and laughed for a little while, but then someone came behind me, and then slowly wrapped its vines around my neck. It started making me feel sedated. It wrapped tighter each second, as it slowly covered me up with a gradual increase of speed. It finally got to the point where it was releasing a chemical around my nose, and soon, I passed out.
What has I done wrong? All I did was just listen in! It seemed so unfair, yet it was fair at the same time. Soon, strength came back to me as a large burst of energy. As my sight returned, people gathered around me like wild tribesman. They called out, accusing me of being a witch, all each with different comments and accusations. The strange people lifted up their pitchforks and torches, and began waving them closer to my head as my stony face retracted down to my chest. My tail began forming into a sharp blade, in case I needed to make a quick escape. I assumed that they had a reason and we could just talk it out.
Then the scene quickly changed like a illusion from the Melequis. Was it possible that we were in Meleqainian territory? No, it cannot be. Melequis would've booted out my soul already. If only these hallucinations would stop. The scenes were becoming a torrent of flashing and darkness, as each second passed by. They began obscuring my eyesight, until it finally stopped at a sight of a galaxy. I do not know what the hell just happened, but I must be far away. Soon I was released from the tight hold, and everything seemed real again.
I began walking towards a distant star, with it shining brighter than the sun. The galaxy around it looked exotic, one of a kind. There were tons of the same purplish clouds when I looked around, and so many planets, like it was all around me. As I got closer, the heat from the star was sizzling on my stony body as I walked towards it. It began getting hotter the closer my Golem body got to it. Suddenly as it reached out, I walked into an invisible wall, and I fell from tripping on something.
"Oh my... a Golem and a lizard combination... We have not seen any of those lately..." A random person said.
"Correction, one other." "I wonder who it is?" The other person guessed.
"Aghhh... Gught... Its Gught. Remember, that Phoenix that visited years ago?" I answered and asked.
"You must be familiar with the elder, because we do not remember you." The person who spoke first said.
"Oh wrong people I see?" I asked. "Alright, take me to the elder, I want to talk to him about this mark on my chest."
"Why would you fly from the wind tribe to the Arcane tribe?" The other person asked, while lifting my leg up from the moist grass. "That was a very risky move there."
"Lemme guess. Acron?" I took a lucky guess while getting off of the dark and moist ground.
"Yes, and the Synergy virus." The random person said. "I do not know if anybody told you this, but if it has taken you over, we have to kill you here and now."
"Oh do not worry, I never saw it before, and I am pretty sure that I would've eradicated it." I scoffed.
"Fine we will lead you to him. Promise you will keep yourself under control, okay?" The random person said.
"I swear to my life." I said.
So they walked as I began walking like a raptor with them. The area seemed like a overcrowded forest. It was almost like the plains back on the second moon, but it seemed so... Ominous. Darkness shrouded every corner, and as I struggled up the mountain I realized it was raining heavily, so the two people decided to bring up an umbrella. They offered it for me, but I refused since I know that my stony body can take it. They pulled it away from me, and we stumbled upon a high cliff, that had sharp rocks at the bottom.
I whispered to myself, saying that it was so wrong that we were on the high end side of the cliff. They however jumped down with their parasols and glided down like a dragon. I knew that I could not glide, but I could use the arcane element to make myself descent lower at a fast rate. Once they got down, they called out, saying; "You can do it! keep yourself collected!". My heart sank, but then I walked over the edge, using the power I have remaining in me, and stepped down gradually like the air was a flight of stairs.
I was amazed how well my powers were doing after I caused a supernova with it. It felt so weird, yet so invigorating, giving me a good mood and a sense of hope. Then once I felt like I was low enough, I stopped using my arcane powers and jumped down, causing a seismic wave to ripple through the wet ground. They jumped in a rising suspicion, as they stared at me like there was a bug on my face or some kind of arrow to the head that was implanted into my head. They turned around, and kept on going towards a bulky, but tall tree. I followed behind them, being right on their tails, despite them not actually having them. I happily got between both of them and they waved, instead of saying anything. The other one on my left then showed a gesture showing quiet as he put on finger vertically across his lips.
I took this as an order, and I followed it with ease. We finally reached the base of the wooden stump and it had a arch with a stone door. It was with so many signs and Cedran descriptions that I could not translate it within the time it took for us to enter. Although some inscriptions were written out; 'He is coming... Nesc has to prevail in this battle...'. I ignored it as I desperately wanted to ask the elder about the sign of Xira on my chest. It began glowing with an intensity never seen before. It glowed like the star in the illusion, almost like the illusion was a striking message or future notification. I guessed that it was going to be almost like a advantage point or home advantage in here. Soon, we ascended up the stairs, seeing a mage halfway up.
"Please do not talk to me." He said while we were walking up the stone platforms. He seemed so grumpy, but we knew that if the request was to be fulfilled, we had to keep on going. Desires of pure fire filled up my mind, as the sign grew even brighter, and my head was feeling like tons of electricity was surging through it like a wildfire. It began slowing me down, as the two people I was following were kind enough to try and carry my weight. My legs were still operational, but the rest of my body was weaker than a rotten log drifting in water. Soon, we finally made it to the canopy, as we could see the greyish purple skies hovering over the atmosphere. It was still raining and it started to thunder right after we made our first step onto the top platform.
"Okay, that bridge is strong enough to take us all over to the other side." The person on my right said.
"What happens if we fall?" The person on the left said.
I looked down and saw so much possible ways that we could screw up and the results that follow. Quickly I answered.
"We die from either drowning, getting stuck under the quicksand or thick mud or dying from impact." I said.
" Alright, so we cross now?" The person on the right said.
"Not yet, we do not know if its slippery. If so, it will dramatically make it harder than freezing hell over to cross." The person on the left answered.
That part, saying freezing hell over was something that not even Nesc could do in a day. It would take the Cold Nova years to perfect a blizzard that widespread. The energy was beginning to come back to me, but it never felt like it could destroy a planet. For a Golem with the mark of Xira, it would be quite dreadful to see the magical rock form wither. The one on my left was sitting down on a cut down branch that was torn off from the canopy. It served as a effective bench, making me attracted to it. After all, I have been walking for a long time now.
"Who goes first?" The one on my right said. "Remember, none of us cannot fall.
"I want to. Maybe you can hop on my back and we can get across easily?" I pleaded.
"Are you sure? You became weak about 3 minutes ago and the moment it was over you want to cross a three mile bridge.." The one sitting on the tree stump said. "Very peculiar."
"I am positive. My arcane powers will not give up on me, and hopefully not you guys." I swore.
"Alright, I guess." The person on the left said walking up and jumping on my stony back.
"Well, this should be interesting.." The person on the right said while jumping on my neck and holding it tight.
The weight of both of them seemed so insignificant, that it was like carrying a feather on my back. I began walking slowly, first trying to cross the bridge without using the arcane energy. The bridge became very slippery, but somehow, the edges were not. My legs began placing themselves between the edge and the center to cross, as I handled the rails. The one holding my neck was encouraging me to keep on going, while the one holding my back was reminding me to be careful. Within five minutes of walking on this narrow but safety-present bridge, we managed to get from the stump to about a quarter there. After another three seconds, I looked around and saw that the skies turned crimson, and when I looked down, I still saw sand and mud, plus a narrow river, but there were holes everywhere, like the skies rained artillery shells that were going at the speed of light, going downwards into the planet. The one holding my neck let go with one arm and rubbed his hand on my head whilst riding me.
"Um, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Oh sorry, You kind of remind me of my old Sevawing." The one on my neck answered.
"What is this? Sevawing central?" I grimaced, while tapping my foot in anxiety. "There were too many on the second moon! We had to worry about Sentients, especially dead ones, war, and Sevawings... It was a nightmare!"
"Calm down, stop getting so tense Gught." The one on my neck said while gently turning my head around the direction of our intended destination. "Lets just focus on getting to the other side, then we may talk about this."
So they convinced me to start moving again, and myself was walking faster than usual due to the fact that he just restated an old nightmare that was inflicted on the dimension of the Second moon. Soon, Geysers started to spew water higher than usual, making the streams of water piercing through the skies. It gone so high that the clouds caught the moisture and made rain come down on us. Other than the geysers, we were expecting a safe journey, in fact, we expected that when we cross the bridge, we are probably going to laugh it up, thinking that it was as hard as freezing over a scorching hot place. We soon got through a half segment of the bridge, where it would curve to the other tree. The sky was still crimson, and water was slowly lowering as the geysers weakened the velocity of the water.
Within several seconds on taking in sights, the one sitting on my back hit me with a rod, commanding me to lay down as we got down to a large circular area. It was fortified with several pillars and a kind of golden tint on the stone. It looked wonderful to me, but I think the other two think otherwise. So I took the person's orders and laid down, in a prone position. Then the person who hit me with the rod walked to the center calling out the name; 'Aerenec'. Soon within a few moments a roar was emitted at the top of the golden tower, and it came falling down, closer and closer the low growls came as a giant Light green Wyvern gracefully landed in between the ceiling, pillars and the platform.
"Still got that hobby for flying into tight spaces?" He asked the Wyvern.
Aerenec roared out; 'Absolutely'. He got down to his knees and made himself prone to the person with the rod.
"Whatever you said, I am sure that you would've said yes or likewise." He said.
He began grunting in agreement, as that part of Draconian language did not seem to understand. It must of been a new thing spread among them. They have stopped studies of these strange but majestic creatures. The bond between them and humans seemed a bit special, as some carried quite a interesting secret.
"Wait, so this is your Sevawing? I thought they were four legged." I asked.
"Depends on which location. Xira has the Wyvern Types of Sevawings, and Melequis has the Dragon types of Sevawings." The person still sitting on my neck said. "Either way, They still can cause major damage."
'I wish to get you over this bridge. Please master, let me help you all for once!' Aerenec said in a series of grunts and roars.
"Ummm... What did you say?" The person with the rod said.
"Its alright, I got your back. He said he wanted to help you cross the bridge." I said while standing back up like a Raptor. Aerenec then began speaking again in that language, and then I relayed what he just said back to him. "Nadras! I know you do not understand me, but I understand you, and I can help you learn what I am saying!" I relayed.
"Nadras? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" I asked.
"I still am wary of spies Gught. If we got one in the area, we would be screwed over beyond reversion." Nadras answered. "Aerenec, now is your chance to do it. We will all climb on you and you fly us over to the Mansion. The elder resides there."
The Wyvern got giddy and started swing his tail back and forth rapidly, bending over with his tail acting like stairs. His scales were odd, and began shining all of the sudden. It was almost like mine, except it was orange and when it did come up, spikes shot up from his scales, and his scales tilted upward. This made his skin extremely sharp and made it so that I could not ride him without experiencing extraordinary pain from his scales in my human form.
"Ouch! Aerenec, do not charge up now! Not the time!"
He let out a light chuckle as he ran towards the gap between the pillars and jumped at the edge. He seemed like he was using springs to jump, when he was not. His legs were really that springy. He then spread out his wings, revealing his golden wingspan upon us and everyone who looked up from the ground or down above us. He seemed like he was not flapping, but instead using some kind of magic to make himself fly without flapping his wings. Soon he began flapping his wings and dove down a bit to gain speed. We were now flying over the chasm with mud and sand with a narrow river, and within a few seconds, we finally crossed over the pass, but there was such a long way to go. Soon Nadras looked at Aerenec's head and then he looked like he was shocked. He ignored us and then reached for his pocket while we were speeding across a wide, but short forest.
"Oh my god. I forgot to-" Nadras gasped. "Aerenec, we both know you hate this part, but open up your mouth."
He pulled out a muzzle that was used to help people navigate Dragons and Wyverns when they were riding them. Aerenec seemed disobedient and kept his mouth shut while speeding to find the mansion of the elder.
"Fine when we get there we will start, but no more time than that." Nadras promised.
And now I feel bad for them. They seem to be serving the humans, and some of them have tools to make their everyday lives miserable. We were practically speeding through the trees as the forest became more dense, and taller than before. The mist returned and began blocking our sight again, making Aerenec's job a lot harder. The wood was hitting me as we were speeding and it actually hurt, making me twice as surprised as Sevawings in Wyvern form.
I heard geysers again, spewing up water with a ferocious force. Aerenec was trying to dodge each pillar of liquid, but suddenly one sprouted out from the ground, hitting his right wing and flipping him over. Then we splashed into another one as the air became hot. Then Aerenec crashed into a tree whilst falling from the dense foliage. Soon we hit the ground and Nadras forcefully applied the muzzle onto his mouth, binding both his upper and lower jaw together. Then he placed the rope on the middle of his neck, like a horse.
"Yep, I can sense him. It is best that we all keep silent." Nadras said while scratching his head.
"Gught come with me, and Aerenec and my friend Iocas can stay here." Nadras commanded.
So the Wyvern sat against the tree and Iocas sat right next to him while Nadras led me to the elder. Within a short time span, we got there and still had sight of Iocas and Aerenec. Nadras knocked on the door with the ring and waited patiently as I stood behind him. We heard footsteps coming from the door. Then the door opened as a servant opened the door for us.
"Do you know where-" I attempted to ask.
"He is upstairs meditating. Wait inside here." The servant said.
"No need. I am finished." The elder said. "What do you want?
"Well, I am wondering about this mark on my chest..." I answered.
"Well then Gught, I see that you are finally getting into those years where you would get the mark. Its nothing to worry about really, think about it as a benefit." The elder said.
"I never been here in a long time. Tell me, What is Xira again?" I asked.
"Pupil... Why did you have to forget?" The Elder groaned in disagreement.
"Fine. Xira is the Arcane clan, the masters of mysterious magic. If any of the clans were asked to hold a Dimension and keep it stable, the first pointing finger would be to us. We are not manipulators though. Long ago, we had a deal with the Melequis that the Acron was getting stronger and stronger, and decided to make two separate dimensions to make sure that none of our people who know the magic of Control and Arcane arts would get captured by those savages. This land, was made by a expert sage who knows both control and Arcane, so he could make and control the dimension of Xira. He would call it the land of despair, since the terrain would give almost anybody a really bad day, and could kill anybody at any second."
"So Elder, What about this mark?" I asked.
"It is either you are affected by any of Nesc's relatives, or you are getting to the point where you could master aggressive magic." He said.
"That Supernova that I made, right?" I stated.
"That was you? Well then, you are making excellent progress already." The Elder congratulated me.
"Well then, thanks for everything." I quickly cut off the conversation.
"Have a good day. Hopefully you will not die within this thick forest!" The Elder said.
I walked back out and saw that the mist grown stronger, and I barely could see where I was walking. Earlier I did hear a little cry saying help. I gone back to where they were sitting, but Iocas was holding Aerenec's muzzle in his hand, and that light green Wyvern was gone.
Here we go, a chapter finished and one closer to 50 chapters! Anyways, I am still sorry that I did not get this submitted sooner. I am moving around too much. I hope you like it, and read more If you would like, even download it on your phone with the app. I know this fanfiction is very long, and it may take a while. But my promise to all of you, is that I will finish this fanfiction. Thanks for all the support.