OH GOSH I AM SO SORRY FOR THAT EVERYONE! I did the upload on here a lil different and that shot me in the foot! So I'm changing the style of uploading.
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Here's the link to the pictures of Myla and Sheo, and again I am so, SO sorry for that!
Trollex was getting really, REALLY tired of waking up in strange places. So when he opened his eyes and found he was in an unfamiliar room, he let out a groan and closed his eyes again. He definitely didn't want to deal with this…
That's when he felt the scales on his arms crawl, and he sat up suddenly, feeling something watching him from the shadows. He scanned the room slowly, eyes narrowed as he thanked his ancestors for his ability to see in the dark.
As he scanned the stone walls around him, he realized that there was absolutely no natural light coming in from outside. The only light in the room was actually coming from him. He bit his lip a little, not much liking that fact. It meant that of everywhere in the world he could be, he must be under water… but he was dry as a bone.
Between this and the deep seeded fear he felt, he wanted to bolt! He moved to get out of bed, but winced as his head spun. When his hand went up to rub at the sore spot on the back of his head, his fingers froze as grazed against cloth. A bit more feeling around his head confirmed that his head had been bandaged.
That when he felt his scales crawl again, and he turned his gaze slowly to the nearby door frame. He was met with a pair of piercing red eyes. It was almost like he was under a spell. He wanted to look away, he wanted to run, or do anything, but he was trapped by the glow of the eyes. Until they blinked.
And he let out a shriek that would have shattered glass, where there any nearby.
That's when he heard soft footfalls coming from the hall beyond, that's when a vibrant red… troll? He had never seen one like this before. It had long wings like a dragon fly, which glittered as they caught the light from the torch they carried. The other seemed to have animal like legs, ending in stilt like feet, and a long tail tipped with feathers. Everything else seemed to be troll like, except… they had four arms…?
He blinked a bit, and realized something now that there was a source of natural light in the room. The glowing red eyes seemed to belong to some dog like beast formed of darkness. He let out a small squeak and shrunk in on himself.
The red troll seemed to be rather cross, looking Trollex over slowly, a gnarled wooden staff held in one hand, with a green crystal mounted on top. When the other troll tapped the bottom of the staff against the floor, the shadow creature stalked forward, eyes level with Trollex's, despite the sheer size of it. He let out a small whimper and scooted back on the bed in an attempt to flee the creature and strange troll.
That's when he heard a cheerful voice from the hall the red troll had come through. "Daaaaddyyyyy! Where are you? Do you have Fluffy with you? Wait, are you visiting the new troll? No fair! I wanted to meet him first!" That's when the owner of the female voice poked her head into the room, and he saw that she was a dull, faded coppery red, with hair like blue fire. She had larger wings than the red troll, her tail whipping back and forth excitedly. "Oh gosh, he's awake!"
He stared, rather shocked as the new troll bounced up to him, taking a hand in hers and shaking it. "Hi! I'm Princess Myla! It's nice to finally meet you; we've been watching you for AGES!"
"Myla, enough!" Trollex jumped when he heard the red troll speak, and he quickly realized he was definitely a male. "Please, dear, calm down… You know he wasn't supposed to be here for a long time yet…"
Myla, the copper troll sighed, releasing Trollex's hand and turning back to the red troll, her father. "Yeah, I know dad, but he's here now, right? There's no way to get him back to his home, so why not introduce ourselves properly?"
That seemed to snap Trollex out of whatever spell he was under. He blinked, staring at the two trolls. "I-I'm sorry, but… where am I? And why can't I get back home…?"
The red troll stepped forward. "My name is King Sheo of the dark Ambient trolls… and you're in The Abyss, our home. We've been trapped here for generations, and have yet to find a way to leave… We are very sorry, King Trollex, but you're trapped here now, just like us."
To say Trollex needed time to process this was an understatement. He stared blankly at the trolls and creature of darkness standing in front of him, and he just couldn't wrap his brain around what the king had just said. He rubbed at his head, a splitting headache starting to form.
Myla offered him a sympathetic look, moving to sit on the bed next to him. Sheo turned, his wings fluttering slightly as he made his way for the door. "Keep him company, Myla. I'll go let your mother know he's awake. Keep the Guardian in check, if you will."
She nodded, waving off her father as he swept out of the room. Nearly the moment the king left the room, the shadowy creature seemed to evaporate, leaving behind little more than a puppy barely larger than Beat, which sat on the floor, tongue hanging out as it panted, clearly happy.
When she patted her lap, the dog bounded up happily, curling up in her lap and letting out a long yawn. Trollex stared at the now small creature. "H-How… what in… wha…?"
With a giggle, Myla began gently petting the shadow puppy. "This is the Guardian, or, that's what my family tends to call him. He's been called the Protector, the Beast…. But I call him Fluffy~"
Trollex just gave her a confused look, which caused her to blush a bit and look away, her wings drooping a little. "Not what you meant, right… Well, I think you used to call him 'living darkness' when you were on the outside."
His eyes widened at that, staring between her and the creature. "How did you know about that?!"
Her hand paused in the fur of Fluffy, who looked up at her with a small whine. "We've been tasked with watching those on the outside that need help. Fluffy does that for us. He's the only one able to leave the barrier, so he fetches us food, resources, and… and trolls. Any troll he sees on the outside that's in danger, he brings them here… Or if he sees that trolls fate tied with ours, he brings them here as well…"
Trollex stared at the wall across the room from him. So if what she had just said was true, that means… "You guys KIDNAPPED me?"
She held up her hands, Fluffy sitting up in her lap and looking at him. "Hey, wait a sec; we didn't do it on purpose. It was either you were in danger, or you needed to be here. Fluffy doesn't make mistakes."
"Why would I need to be here? Not like I can do anything, especially trapped here!" He perked up a bit when he heard Fluffy let out a soft whine, crawling from Myla's lap to his own, before he curled up on his fins. He hesitated a moment before reaching down, petting the surprisingly soft fur. "He feels… warm…"
Myla smiled, then hopped off the bed, her wings buzzing for a moment as she stretched. She grinned back at him. "Well, no use sitting around mulling over what ifs. Let's go explore!" She made her way out the room, Trollex scooping up Fluffy and holding him close as he followed after the strange Princess. Once they made it out of the room, he realized it was surprisingly well lit. There were pieces of glowing Coral like from his home, lamps stones like he'd seen in the Classical homes, and even some lit disks like Funk trolls used.
He was about to ask why there were different tribes items here, but his words died on his tongue when they passed by a window. He stared outside at the world spread out bellow him, and he couldn't believe his eyes. He saw many trolls that looked similar to King Sheo and Princess Myla, but he also saw Classical, Funk, Rock, Pop, Country, and even Techno trolls roaming around!
He looked towards the Princess, who was giving him a cheeky grin. "Like what you see? Come on, let's go see your Tribe, we have some here healing right now after your party a few nights ago."
He was about to follow, but realized what she'd said. "Few nights…? No, wasn't that… just the other night?"
"No, it's been nearly a week since that rave. You were out cold for a while down here. We've all been worried sick! The first royal brought here in a while, and you're a Rainbow troll descendant! How lucky are we~."
"Ok, wait, hold up… take a few steps back here, alright? What exactly is going on, why am I here, and why is this lucky?"
She smiled. "My mom, Queen Vespa can explain. We can go see her after we check on your trolls. It's been the largest group we've had at once in quite a while! We even managed to help the little Button fish that got caught up in it all."
He stared at her a moment. "Beat…. Beat's here?! Where, come on, let's go!" He was practically vibrating now, and she giggled at his excitement.
She lifted her wings, and a soft buzzing filled the corridor as she lifted off the floor. "Come on, keep up, I'll get us there quick!" She slipped past him, and dove out the window, her wings glinting as they caught the artificial lights scattered throughout the city.
He scrambled to follow, pulling himself out the window and chasing her through the air. He held Fluffy close, who seemed to be enjoying the flight through the air. While she was a bit faster than him in the air, she wasn't nearly as fast as a Classical troll. He watched her wings buzzing, marveling at the small adjustments she made to the tilt of the wings or her tail to adjust her flight.
He blinked a bit as they arrived at a clearing, where several rather confused looking Techno trolls were gathered. As they got closer, he could recognize Coral Blush's parents, as well as Beat. He gave his tail a strong flick, diving down into the crowd and grabbing Beat, pulling him into a hug as he righted himself. "BEAT! Guys! I've been worried sick! What happened?"
Every Techno troll was temporarily stunned when their king appeared from the sky, but they quickly recovered, starting a dog pile onto Trollex as they all cried out to him, asking where he'd been, if he knew what happened, or where they were.
He chuckled softly, He knew that he had a lot of explaining to do, but for now, he was just glad to see that those that had gone missing were alright. He looked down at Fluffy, who squirmed out of his arms and, to the shock of himself and the Techno trolls around him, soared up through the air and snuggled under Myla's arm, who was flying just a short ways away, watching the reunion. She looked very out of place.
Trollex looked around to his trolls, who all seemed a little nervous around the Princess. He smiled softly and looked back up to her, waving her down to land with them. She hesitated a moment before nodding, landing next to Trollex and tucking her wings against her back. She looked like she was trying to make herself smaller.
Beat was watching her curiously, and once she landed, he jumped out of Trollex's hug and floated around her head. She watched, a little nervous of the fish's appraising eye. He paused when he heard a soft growl from Fluffy, which caused Beat to float closer to the shadow dog.
The two critters shared a look, before Beat grinned. "I like these two! They remind me a bit of you and I, Trollex!"
Myla smiled softly, looking at all the curious glowing trolls around her. "Welcome to the home of us Dark Ambient trolls, everyone…" She spread her four arms to gesture at the world around them. "Welcome to the Abyss."