Chapter 6: Facing New Unknowns

Once again, Traxex fell by the hand of the enemy. She entered the dark realm once again, greeting the void with a somewhat happy expression. Everything was exactly like the last time, but a faint voice was heard, whispering to her. "That was not the ending I foresaw." Traxex panicked, searching for the origin of the mysterious voice, until a bright light flashed before her eyes. The next thing she was, was an emotionless stare of a friendly ginger.

"There you are Lyralei," was the first thing Traxex said, hugging her friend. She came back down to earth, and greeted her friend's embrace.

The next thing Lyralei knew, Traxex was pulling her out of the shop. However, they came to a grinding halt as a new figure stood before the two archers. The girls were about to shrug the figure off as being an accumulation of rocks, until it turned around and revealed it's face, lightly covered with moss.

The figure, seeming to sense their curiosity of what it's purpose was, proclaimed, "They call me Tiny."

The two girls stood there awkwardly, trying to have tiny ignore them and let the two go off on their own adventure. Traxex took Lyralei's hand and started to walk, but they glanced behind them to see the stone figure start to shamble off, following the two. They shrugged off the idea and continued down past the barracks, only slowing down to try and learn how the minions are created. They never found the answer they desired, and continued down the lane. Shortly after passing the tower guarding the barracks, they approached the remnants of the tower which stood their before Traxex recently died. The girls were already paranoid about the tower being destroyed, and were finally fed up with 'Tiny' following the two. They turned around to yell at him, when the fish-like man pounced at Lyralei with his blade readied. Right as he landed on her, large rocks were launched onto him, and then he was thrown back towards the barracks they just passed.

As Tiny approached the girls, they avoided eye contact and said, "Thanks."

Tiny walked off, heading towards the river, with a tree being dragged behind him. The two girls stood starstruck for moments, until one of the weird creatures walked into Traxex. She shook her head and pulled Lyralei into the woods. They went over to a clearing, with three wolves standing there. They both unleashed a barrage of arrows, but Traxex heard someone moving in the distance. She pulled Lyralei up against a tree, trying to identify where the sound came from. Lyralei was about to question what was going on, but Traxex placed her finger over her mouth. A few seconds later, a mysterious purple figure passed by. It was violently twisting his T-shaped head, looking for someone to fight. Lyralei's body jerked, and broke a small branch. The unknown person stopped dead in their tracks, facing directly at the girls. Although he didn't have a face, the girls felt as if he was staring through their body, and looking at their soul.

He leaped towards the girls, and they ran through the trees. Traxex pulled Lyralei to an opening, when a weird purple haze fell upon them. Their bodies froze, and the mysterious man chasing them was moving almost four times faster than he was before. He was about the strike Lyralei with his mace, when he was lifted into the air along with a few small rocks.

"Up... and down," a mysterious cloaked man said, as the assailant was thrown onto a cliff. "Ha."

The mysterious haze dissipated, and the girls fell. Lyralei looked up, only to spot a twitchy cloaked man standing in front of them with a staff, moving as if on its own.

"I am Rubick, the Grand Magus," was his only response, stuttering on the R's.

Traxex was oblivious to him talking, and got up. She shook her head and started walking off. "Come on Lyralei."

Author's Note: I am so sorry about the delay. I've been feeling sick and been busy with other things. I'm going to try and make every chapter a bit longer than the last. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALMOST 500! It makes me happy seeing people liking what I can do. I can't give a date that I can/will update, but just give it some time. I'm not ending this until I feel that the story's right. Recently added character: Oracle, Tiny, Faceless Void, Rubick.