God, I hate writer's block... Like I said, I'm just following Brian's story, because right now I don't know what to do with the others, oh geez, as I'm typing this, I just got one idea...
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Chapter 33: The Middle-Verse and the Tale of the Dragon King
Billy landed about a mile away from where they had taken off, still in the desert. "Where exactly are we going, Billy?" Brian asked.
"Just a second, and you'll see," he said, then he pulled out the bastard sword, which Brian had learned was named the Dragon Breath. Billy changed back to human, held the blade in both hands, and Brian could see he was concentrating hard on some sort of invisible point. He jabbed the blade straight forwards, and Brian couldn't see the edge of the blade for some reason. Billy slowly started to move the sword in a straight vertical line.
To Brian's surprise, the air he had been "cutting" had "opened" up, and Brian could see somewhere else beyond it. Billy had created a Window!
Billy turned, smiling, and said, "come on, it's better than this place."
They both walked through the Window, which closed behind them. They were standing in front of a large two-story house, painted blue and very clean-looking. "Welcome," said Billy, "to my house."
"Where are we?" Brian asked, looking around and seeing they were in some sort of tropical jungle.
"Well, there are several names," said Billy, walking towards the house, "but I call it the Middle-Verse," he added, walking towards the house. "Now, just let me grab a few things and we'll begin."
"Begin?" Brian said, feeling as if he missed something. "Begin what?"
"Training," Billy said simply, "you have great potential, you could become even stronger than me."
"I'd feel better about this if you'd told me first," said Brian. "you know, give me a choice."
"What?" Billy asked, looking like this was the weirdest thing ever. "Oh yeah, free will... Sorry, I forgot. Where I'm from, I never really got free will."
"What? Where, exactly, are you from?"
"Just a second," said Billy, walking into his house and shutting the door. Brian could swear he heard people talking in there, but he couldn't make out what they were saying. After a few minutes, Billy walked back out. He had a large backpack over his armored shoulders. "Okay, I never really got to introduce myself. You know my name, so Thorien must've told you, but I still want to introduce myself. First, do you want my human name or my dragon name?"
"Human first, then dragon," Brian decided.
"Okay. I'm William Bob Burmstrang, but my friends call me Billy, so you call me that. I came up with the name myself. And my dragon name... geez, it's hard to remember... okay, got it. My real name is Nova Dragonflare. Now, want to know more about this world we're in?"
"Okay." Brian said, seeing how eager Billy was to share this information.
"Okay, like I said, this place is basically a where everyone goes when they die, but I barely ever see anyone."
"Why not?"
"This place is big enough for everyone to have their own personal planet. And, since I know you're thinking this, I'm not dead."
"Oh, yeah," Brian said, remembering something, "that reminds me... why'd you say I killed you?"
"Well, it's a long story, so if you really want to hear it, I'll tell you on the way to our first training zone, okay?"
Brian agreed to this, and Billy led him off through the jungle. "Okay," said Billy, "I've spent so long like this that it's easy to accept. Can you imagine what it's like to be six years old, even by human standards, and have to rule a country?" Brian shook his head. "Well, I can, because I had to. I used to live in a place called the Kingdom of Dragons. When I was old enough to achieve self consciousness (about two years in dragon standards) I had trained to be a warrior for my father. My father, who was king, and my brother, who was training to be king, however, were killed when I was six, right when I completed my advanced training, and I had to become king, like he was. The bad part about this is that my father died in the middle of a war with an evil Dragon king. I hadn't learned politics yet, so I couldn't rally troops very well. All I knew was how to be a warrior, but I tried my best to end the war. Eventually, all my forces were dead, because the messengers telling them to retreat were slaughtered, and the evil Dragon king raided my castle. I was already one of the greatest warriors ever, and very skilled in magic, that's what my teachers told me. I thought they were just saying that to be nice, but I was able to take out about fifty of the raiders before I was captured. That's also why I'm able to train you.
"The evil king completely took over my Kingdom, and did the worst thing you could possibly do to a warrior. He had his Dark Wizards put an untested curse on me so I can't die, including in battle. Well, I can die, actually, I just come back in a couple of minutes. That's the worst thing you could do to a warrior, deny him an honorable, permanent death. But I'm over it. I've developed my own warrior's principles. Of course, the curse did have unforeseen side effects. Advanced strength, speed, agility, magic, and the Battle Rage, which I call going Psycho, because that's what I call the other guy, Psycho Billy. The king knew I'd be able to overthrow him with my newfound powers, so he had his Dark Wizards create a portal to the land of the dead, here, and threw me, my weapons, and my armor here. But the joke's on the king, that old bastard!!!" Billy said, laughing, "He didn't know my family had secret techniques, including cutting portals through worlds, like you saw, and I'm happier here, training and battling, than I could ever be ruling over a kingdom and discussing those damned politics and peace treaties!!! He's taken a load off my shoulders. Besides, I'm the only person with a truly unique title, Billy Burmstrang, the Cursed Dragon."
"But what about your kingdom?" Brian asked, bewildered, "don't you care?"
"Nope. He's only called the evil king by his enemies. He's very kind to his people, and my people are his people now, so I don't give a damn. And that's why I said you killed me. Because you did."
"Whoa." Brian said, amazed, and then he had a thought. "Like I said, my special power's mimicking. Do you think you could teach me how to cut through worlds like that?"
"Maybe, if you do well on your training, then maybe I could teach you."
"Why do you call it the Middle-Verse?"
"Well, I technically think this is heaven, because all the people here I've met used to be heroes and remember being killed. Animals are here too. Don't you hear the wildlife?" It was true, Brian could hear birds and monkeys and other animals whose noises he didn't recognize. "For example, the friends I have here are a Dreamlander, two Hylians, a Mushroom Kingdom mushroom guy, and a Halfling. It's the middle ground between worlds. Okay, we're here."
'Here' didn't look like any sort of training ground to Brian. They were in a large, open area, surrounded by palm trees on any side. "Now," said Billy, pulling out the Dragon Breath, "you start by learning my modified Code of The Dragon, because where you could fight, it needs to be modified."
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Well, I'm done for now! What'd ya think? I'm hoping you like it, you're going to meet a character soon that you've met but you haven't met yet (man, I hate logic). Also, what'd you think of my Dragon name? Last but not least, the idea I talked about earlier I had to change some of the characters where they appeared in the last chapter. So, you might want to check it again.
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Chapter 33: The Middle-Verse and the Tale of the Dragon King
Billy landed about a mile away from where they had taken off, still in the desert. "Where exactly are we going, Billy?" Brian asked.
"Just a second, and you'll see," he said, then he pulled out the bastard sword, which Brian had learned was named the Dragon Breath. Billy changed back to human, held the blade in both hands, and Brian could see he was concentrating hard on some sort of invisible point. He jabbed the blade straight forwards, and Brian couldn't see the edge of the blade for some reason. Billy slowly started to move the sword in a straight vertical line.
To Brian's surprise, the air he had been "cutting" had "opened" up, and Brian could see somewhere else beyond it. Billy had created a Window!
Billy turned, smiling, and said, "come on, it's better than this place."
They both walked through the Window, which closed behind them. They were standing in front of a large two-story house, painted blue and very clean-looking. "Welcome," said Billy, "to my house."
"Where are we?" Brian asked, looking around and seeing they were in some sort of tropical jungle.
"Well, there are several names," said Billy, walking towards the house, "but I call it the Middle-Verse," he added, walking towards the house. "Now, just let me grab a few things and we'll begin."
"Begin?" Brian said, feeling as if he missed something. "Begin what?"
"Training," Billy said simply, "you have great potential, you could become even stronger than me."
"I'd feel better about this if you'd told me first," said Brian. "you know, give me a choice."
"What?" Billy asked, looking like this was the weirdest thing ever. "Oh yeah, free will... Sorry, I forgot. Where I'm from, I never really got free will."
"What? Where, exactly, are you from?"
"Just a second," said Billy, walking into his house and shutting the door. Brian could swear he heard people talking in there, but he couldn't make out what they were saying. After a few minutes, Billy walked back out. He had a large backpack over his armored shoulders. "Okay, I never really got to introduce myself. You know my name, so Thorien must've told you, but I still want to introduce myself. First, do you want my human name or my dragon name?"
"Human first, then dragon," Brian decided.
"Okay. I'm William Bob Burmstrang, but my friends call me Billy, so you call me that. I came up with the name myself. And my dragon name... geez, it's hard to remember... okay, got it. My real name is Nova Dragonflare. Now, want to know more about this world we're in?"
"Okay." Brian said, seeing how eager Billy was to share this information.
"Okay, like I said, this place is basically a where everyone goes when they die, but I barely ever see anyone."
"Why not?"
"This place is big enough for everyone to have their own personal planet. And, since I know you're thinking this, I'm not dead."
"Oh, yeah," Brian said, remembering something, "that reminds me... why'd you say I killed you?"
"Well, it's a long story, so if you really want to hear it, I'll tell you on the way to our first training zone, okay?"
Brian agreed to this, and Billy led him off through the jungle. "Okay," said Billy, "I've spent so long like this that it's easy to accept. Can you imagine what it's like to be six years old, even by human standards, and have to rule a country?" Brian shook his head. "Well, I can, because I had to. I used to live in a place called the Kingdom of Dragons. When I was old enough to achieve self consciousness (about two years in dragon standards) I had trained to be a warrior for my father. My father, who was king, and my brother, who was training to be king, however, were killed when I was six, right when I completed my advanced training, and I had to become king, like he was. The bad part about this is that my father died in the middle of a war with an evil Dragon king. I hadn't learned politics yet, so I couldn't rally troops very well. All I knew was how to be a warrior, but I tried my best to end the war. Eventually, all my forces were dead, because the messengers telling them to retreat were slaughtered, and the evil Dragon king raided my castle. I was already one of the greatest warriors ever, and very skilled in magic, that's what my teachers told me. I thought they were just saying that to be nice, but I was able to take out about fifty of the raiders before I was captured. That's also why I'm able to train you.
"The evil king completely took over my Kingdom, and did the worst thing you could possibly do to a warrior. He had his Dark Wizards put an untested curse on me so I can't die, including in battle. Well, I can die, actually, I just come back in a couple of minutes. That's the worst thing you could do to a warrior, deny him an honorable, permanent death. But I'm over it. I've developed my own warrior's principles. Of course, the curse did have unforeseen side effects. Advanced strength, speed, agility, magic, and the Battle Rage, which I call going Psycho, because that's what I call the other guy, Psycho Billy. The king knew I'd be able to overthrow him with my newfound powers, so he had his Dark Wizards create a portal to the land of the dead, here, and threw me, my weapons, and my armor here. But the joke's on the king, that old bastard!!!" Billy said, laughing, "He didn't know my family had secret techniques, including cutting portals through worlds, like you saw, and I'm happier here, training and battling, than I could ever be ruling over a kingdom and discussing those damned politics and peace treaties!!! He's taken a load off my shoulders. Besides, I'm the only person with a truly unique title, Billy Burmstrang, the Cursed Dragon."
"But what about your kingdom?" Brian asked, bewildered, "don't you care?"
"Nope. He's only called the evil king by his enemies. He's very kind to his people, and my people are his people now, so I don't give a damn. And that's why I said you killed me. Because you did."
"Whoa." Brian said, amazed, and then he had a thought. "Like I said, my special power's mimicking. Do you think you could teach me how to cut through worlds like that?"
"Maybe, if you do well on your training, then maybe I could teach you."
"Why do you call it the Middle-Verse?"
"Well, I technically think this is heaven, because all the people here I've met used to be heroes and remember being killed. Animals are here too. Don't you hear the wildlife?" It was true, Brian could hear birds and monkeys and other animals whose noises he didn't recognize. "For example, the friends I have here are a Dreamlander, two Hylians, a Mushroom Kingdom mushroom guy, and a Halfling. It's the middle ground between worlds. Okay, we're here."
'Here' didn't look like any sort of training ground to Brian. They were in a large, open area, surrounded by palm trees on any side. "Now," said Billy, pulling out the Dragon Breath, "you start by learning my modified Code of The Dragon, because where you could fight, it needs to be modified."
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Well, I'm done for now! What'd ya think? I'm hoping you like it, you're going to meet a character soon that you've met but you haven't met yet (man, I hate logic). Also, what'd you think of my Dragon name? Last but not least, the idea I talked about earlier I had to change some of the characters where they appeared in the last chapter. So, you might want to check it again.