The earth shook, the skies burst into thunder and seared hue of dangerous
lighting that came down like lashing whips and after fell a necrology of
blood red rain. Unleashed from the skies rocks of fire showered themselves
like sheets hitting the
ground creating explosive craters in the land and set everything to fire.
The world seemed to shake under them. Rivers of fire drew near. The King at
last observed the chaos that inflicted its poisons on the land. The
hesitation in him molded thoughts of fear and panic. Others to had
witnessed the horror and could do nothing but pray and hope that the
darkness would soon go away.
The peace and celebration they once had was now turned into a dark misery.
Mansel came with Orodruin and with him, he carried the four gems within an old sheep's skin. Both the old man and monk burst through the old dungeon noisily. " Geoff, Drake hurry! gather Grace! we have to leave to the temple of Eterniti Vertrie now!" Mansel yelled, then hurried with Orodruin carrying behind him to the stables to retrieve the fastest horses. " The temple of what?" Geoff asked chasing after Mansel. Drake knew exactally what Mansel said. He carefully swept Grace up within one arm and followed the others to the stables. Geoff jogging along side Mansel questioned the frustrated monk again", Mansel what temple are you talking about?". Mansel nervously strapped a leather purse onto his horse and placed the sheep's skin carefully inside the purse. He turned toward Geoff", the land is under stack we don't have time to explain, " he snorted then mounted on the horse". Drake we will meet you at the temple!" Orodruin shouted then signaled to Mansel and they left into the harsh rain out of the stables. Geoff was left looking helpless and with nothing else to do, he grabbed a stable horse and followed the others unsure of where he was going.
Screams raced out at the castle, the shadow dragon had come leading the servants of Lucifer's kingdom with him. Demons hissed and screeched burning everything, they touched and whipped their tails at running victims racking their claws across the wounded. Waves of swirling black smoke crept over every object, every item, and every shadow consuming. The voices of the decayed were unleashed raping the cries of the helpless. People within the castle and across the land feared for their well-being and their lives. From the cracks of the court floor, a bubbling blood rose burning planting a demon seed and rose with a flower of fire. The night hung like a prisoner stretched over the skies of darkness. The walls of the castle bled like a cut and strangled out victims cries for pleading help. Many injured wounded and scared hid from the howling wind that rained its acid blood fourth from the skies stinging their bodies like a black crypt scorpion. The bloody slaughter was carried fourth and many lost hope for a savior believing that this was the end to a horrible twist of fate.
Within the hour, the group of five had reached the temple of eternal life. Outside its massive structure statues as high as roman towers stood separated by a case of marble steps. The statues were Dragons with the wings of Angels protruding from the small of their backs and designs of ancient dragon runes were carved clean into them. The eyes of the dragons held rich emeralds as white as a frozen snow plain in the cold of winter. The whole temple shimmered like an omen from the very hem of heaven and held the structure and design of both Avalon and an ancient Chinese sanctuary.
Mansel, Geoff, and Martian Orodruin jumped from their horses and proceeding in slow steps towards the temple. Their eyes reached the sky and their jaws dropped by the temples holy significance. " This is the temple created by the dragons of old." Mansel gasped. Drake arrived a few minutes after the others had. With Grace braced in his arms he dived towards the ground and took landing beating the air with his large wings and after placed Grace in his other arm to keep balance. He got a good look at the temple but it was nothing new to him. " So this is the place?" Geoff asked looking at Mansel quizzically. Orodruin glanced toward the young knight giving a slight nod then took the sheep's skin from the leather purse attached to Mansel's horse and gave the skin to Mansel. Geoff glared at the temple and couldn't believe a place like this could actually exist. However, with all that had been happening as of late anything was possible and believable.
Cold Blood red eyes watched as the world was slowly being sucked into the dark chaos and torture from everywhere. All the death, all the screams of agony, the moaning of the injured, and the tears of the innocent gave in to the darkness. Slowly the demonic dragon closed its eyes shutting out the abominable noise though it was music to the dark creatures ears. He sleeked out the guardian of Dragons using the eyes of bats to see where the five friends journeyed and the vision was channeled back into his mind. The eyes of the possessed dragon opened with a flash of red fire shimmering across the iris of red in his eyes. The demonic Dragon raged shifting his form into a cascade of black clouds. It had now been an entity of death created to destroy. A dark light of safire engulfed its form absorbing all the chaos it brought with it to torture the victims across the land. With all the dark energy the entity shoot into the sky like a screaming wild fire and disappeared from the ruins of the castle and begun its dark journey to the temple. After the darkness was gone the people took a vote of silence waiting for the next strike to avail, that would either consume them into death or shower them in light and safety.
Drake, Geoff, Mansel, and Orodruin made their way down the corridors of the temple. It had been just as breath taking on the inside as it has been outside. Four statues of ancient Oriental dragons circled the center of a platform, each holding their clawed hands open for a sort of placeholder or item to fit into. " Now I know why this place was kept heavily guarded, the dragons never wanted its secret to be revealed." Mansel said to himself standing just in front of the first dragon statue. Orodruin nodded," Indeed mortal humans were forbidden to enter here or step on its sacred ground but when the dragon race died out the last of the dragons past their secret down to trusted humans mostly priests to keep the secret safe".
"What do we do with Grace? " Geoff asked looking toward Drake who kept Grace close to his beating heart. Orodruin looked over at Drake. He pointed his finger to the open rising circled by the dragon statues and wryly said", Place her in the center". Drake nodded carrying Grace's limp body with him to the center of the rising platform and gently set her down on the moon stone floor.
" So now what do we do now?" Geoff asked standing between Mansel and Orodruin. " Well", Orodruin paused," we place the four gems inside the place holders of the dragon statues and we wait for their power to be unleashed". Geoff looked towards Orodruin expecting a better answer", but first we have to get the dragon souls out of the gems? And you know how to do that?". Orodruin sighed, his eyes down cast, "no.". "Great."Geoff mumbled trying to figure out a solution to summon the dragon spirits. Meanwhile from the dark skies, a hazy flickering orb of great fire and chaos trailed in a tangled anger towards the temple. Geoff ran across an idea and immediately ran to Grace with the old priest and Mansel following. Grace was weakening more and more by the minute. Drake hovered just above her with great worry watching Geoff guide his arm just beneath her fragile head. " Grace wake up", he pleaded. Her eyes faintly opened to look at him. " Listen to me this is very important", he drew in a deep breath and exhaled to calm his nerves," Grace? How do you summon the dragon spirits from the gems?". Grace weakly looked into Geoff's sky blue eyes," gentle breeze blows, fire stings and burns." The room above her was now spinning and she was about to slip into the oblivion of unconsciousness, " ocean waves weep..".
Geoff called out to Grace again as she faded into a restless sleep. Frustrated Geoff whined," what does that mean?". Orodruin stroked his long white beard giving Graces words some thought;" I think it could give us a clue as to how to summon the souls". Mansel, Geoff and Orodruin shot each other glances of questioning then shook their heads and made their way back to the statues. Mansel went to grab the gems and after carefully placed them in the statue's placeholders. The each of them separated from each other gathering to the statues trying to figure out a way to summon up the spirits. Drake could feel the death and destruction of erupting from the skies above as it drew near. Geoff peered over at Drake sharing the mutual feeling.
Orodruin traced his brittle old fingers around the gem of the third statue and let out a frustrating sigh trying to figure out a way to summon the dragon's soul. Mansel draped his hands lazily on the arms of the fourth dragon statue and sighed giving up hope", were never going to make it.". Suddenly the gem in front of him flickered an emerald green color and faded. Mansel took a shocking step back and panicked", Geoff! Orodruin! Come quick, the gem it just shimmered with color". Alarmed and surprised Geoff and the old priest made their way hurryingly over to Mansel. All three of them broke into panic squawking out questions, yelling and shouting out for answers. Geoff barked the loudest catching Mansel and Orodruin's attention. " Wait Mansel what did you do?" Mansel simply explained", Geoff I just stood here and said.we will never make it.". " And that's it?" Geoff asked. Mansel nodded then lowered his head and sighed again. The gem flared the emerald green shade again, startling Mansel, Geoff, and Orodruin.
Drake observed the gems enchantment raising a suspicious eye ridge and slowly made his way to the group of three. He held up his clawed finger making a suggestion," she said when. Gentle breeze blows.". The three men watched Drake as a gentle breath of mist and smoke escaped his lungs caressing the gem. The gem again lit up brighter, and then exploded with orbs and glitter of tiny scattering light hovering just above the gem. " That's it!", Geoff protested, " Drake you're a genius! Everyone take a statue! ". Everyone scattered to the three remaining statues. Orodruin reached into his robes and took out a dried out leather pouch and tipped its mouth over the gem in front of him, quickly a small stream of water leaked out on top of the gem and activated its energy. Mansel took a heap of silver sand and let it glide between the cracks of his fingers and dust onto the gem near him. " Anyone here have any torches or something we need some fire!" Geoff called out standing by the last gem. Orodruin and Mansel looked around for a source then looked at Geoff shaking their heads hopelessness. Drake made his way towards Geoff and the last gem. A grin graced his features," watch out Geoff" he warned. Geoff looked at Drake, eyes widened then lunged out of the way, as Drake took in a deep breath and breathed hot flames onto the gem. Geoff looked back at the gem and gasped," fire." watching the entity of the ancient dragon stone rise up from the gem.
The peace and celebration they once had was now turned into a dark misery.
Mansel came with Orodruin and with him, he carried the four gems within an old sheep's skin. Both the old man and monk burst through the old dungeon noisily. " Geoff, Drake hurry! gather Grace! we have to leave to the temple of Eterniti Vertrie now!" Mansel yelled, then hurried with Orodruin carrying behind him to the stables to retrieve the fastest horses. " The temple of what?" Geoff asked chasing after Mansel. Drake knew exactally what Mansel said. He carefully swept Grace up within one arm and followed the others to the stables. Geoff jogging along side Mansel questioned the frustrated monk again", Mansel what temple are you talking about?". Mansel nervously strapped a leather purse onto his horse and placed the sheep's skin carefully inside the purse. He turned toward Geoff", the land is under stack we don't have time to explain, " he snorted then mounted on the horse". Drake we will meet you at the temple!" Orodruin shouted then signaled to Mansel and they left into the harsh rain out of the stables. Geoff was left looking helpless and with nothing else to do, he grabbed a stable horse and followed the others unsure of where he was going.
Screams raced out at the castle, the shadow dragon had come leading the servants of Lucifer's kingdom with him. Demons hissed and screeched burning everything, they touched and whipped their tails at running victims racking their claws across the wounded. Waves of swirling black smoke crept over every object, every item, and every shadow consuming. The voices of the decayed were unleashed raping the cries of the helpless. People within the castle and across the land feared for their well-being and their lives. From the cracks of the court floor, a bubbling blood rose burning planting a demon seed and rose with a flower of fire. The night hung like a prisoner stretched over the skies of darkness. The walls of the castle bled like a cut and strangled out victims cries for pleading help. Many injured wounded and scared hid from the howling wind that rained its acid blood fourth from the skies stinging their bodies like a black crypt scorpion. The bloody slaughter was carried fourth and many lost hope for a savior believing that this was the end to a horrible twist of fate.
Within the hour, the group of five had reached the temple of eternal life. Outside its massive structure statues as high as roman towers stood separated by a case of marble steps. The statues were Dragons with the wings of Angels protruding from the small of their backs and designs of ancient dragon runes were carved clean into them. The eyes of the dragons held rich emeralds as white as a frozen snow plain in the cold of winter. The whole temple shimmered like an omen from the very hem of heaven and held the structure and design of both Avalon and an ancient Chinese sanctuary.
Mansel, Geoff, and Martian Orodruin jumped from their horses and proceeding in slow steps towards the temple. Their eyes reached the sky and their jaws dropped by the temples holy significance. " This is the temple created by the dragons of old." Mansel gasped. Drake arrived a few minutes after the others had. With Grace braced in his arms he dived towards the ground and took landing beating the air with his large wings and after placed Grace in his other arm to keep balance. He got a good look at the temple but it was nothing new to him. " So this is the place?" Geoff asked looking at Mansel quizzically. Orodruin glanced toward the young knight giving a slight nod then took the sheep's skin from the leather purse attached to Mansel's horse and gave the skin to Mansel. Geoff glared at the temple and couldn't believe a place like this could actually exist. However, with all that had been happening as of late anything was possible and believable.
Cold Blood red eyes watched as the world was slowly being sucked into the dark chaos and torture from everywhere. All the death, all the screams of agony, the moaning of the injured, and the tears of the innocent gave in to the darkness. Slowly the demonic dragon closed its eyes shutting out the abominable noise though it was music to the dark creatures ears. He sleeked out the guardian of Dragons using the eyes of bats to see where the five friends journeyed and the vision was channeled back into his mind. The eyes of the possessed dragon opened with a flash of red fire shimmering across the iris of red in his eyes. The demonic Dragon raged shifting his form into a cascade of black clouds. It had now been an entity of death created to destroy. A dark light of safire engulfed its form absorbing all the chaos it brought with it to torture the victims across the land. With all the dark energy the entity shoot into the sky like a screaming wild fire and disappeared from the ruins of the castle and begun its dark journey to the temple. After the darkness was gone the people took a vote of silence waiting for the next strike to avail, that would either consume them into death or shower them in light and safety.
Drake, Geoff, Mansel, and Orodruin made their way down the corridors of the temple. It had been just as breath taking on the inside as it has been outside. Four statues of ancient Oriental dragons circled the center of a platform, each holding their clawed hands open for a sort of placeholder or item to fit into. " Now I know why this place was kept heavily guarded, the dragons never wanted its secret to be revealed." Mansel said to himself standing just in front of the first dragon statue. Orodruin nodded," Indeed mortal humans were forbidden to enter here or step on its sacred ground but when the dragon race died out the last of the dragons past their secret down to trusted humans mostly priests to keep the secret safe".
"What do we do with Grace? " Geoff asked looking toward Drake who kept Grace close to his beating heart. Orodruin looked over at Drake. He pointed his finger to the open rising circled by the dragon statues and wryly said", Place her in the center". Drake nodded carrying Grace's limp body with him to the center of the rising platform and gently set her down on the moon stone floor.
" So now what do we do now?" Geoff asked standing between Mansel and Orodruin. " Well", Orodruin paused," we place the four gems inside the place holders of the dragon statues and we wait for their power to be unleashed". Geoff looked towards Orodruin expecting a better answer", but first we have to get the dragon souls out of the gems? And you know how to do that?". Orodruin sighed, his eyes down cast, "no.". "Great."Geoff mumbled trying to figure out a solution to summon the dragon spirits. Meanwhile from the dark skies, a hazy flickering orb of great fire and chaos trailed in a tangled anger towards the temple. Geoff ran across an idea and immediately ran to Grace with the old priest and Mansel following. Grace was weakening more and more by the minute. Drake hovered just above her with great worry watching Geoff guide his arm just beneath her fragile head. " Grace wake up", he pleaded. Her eyes faintly opened to look at him. " Listen to me this is very important", he drew in a deep breath and exhaled to calm his nerves," Grace? How do you summon the dragon spirits from the gems?". Grace weakly looked into Geoff's sky blue eyes," gentle breeze blows, fire stings and burns." The room above her was now spinning and she was about to slip into the oblivion of unconsciousness, " ocean waves weep..".
Geoff called out to Grace again as she faded into a restless sleep. Frustrated Geoff whined," what does that mean?". Orodruin stroked his long white beard giving Graces words some thought;" I think it could give us a clue as to how to summon the souls". Mansel, Geoff and Orodruin shot each other glances of questioning then shook their heads and made their way back to the statues. Mansel went to grab the gems and after carefully placed them in the statue's placeholders. The each of them separated from each other gathering to the statues trying to figure out a way to summon up the spirits. Drake could feel the death and destruction of erupting from the skies above as it drew near. Geoff peered over at Drake sharing the mutual feeling.
Orodruin traced his brittle old fingers around the gem of the third statue and let out a frustrating sigh trying to figure out a way to summon the dragon's soul. Mansel draped his hands lazily on the arms of the fourth dragon statue and sighed giving up hope", were never going to make it.". Suddenly the gem in front of him flickered an emerald green color and faded. Mansel took a shocking step back and panicked", Geoff! Orodruin! Come quick, the gem it just shimmered with color". Alarmed and surprised Geoff and the old priest made their way hurryingly over to Mansel. All three of them broke into panic squawking out questions, yelling and shouting out for answers. Geoff barked the loudest catching Mansel and Orodruin's attention. " Wait Mansel what did you do?" Mansel simply explained", Geoff I just stood here and said.we will never make it.". " And that's it?" Geoff asked. Mansel nodded then lowered his head and sighed again. The gem flared the emerald green shade again, startling Mansel, Geoff, and Orodruin.
Drake observed the gems enchantment raising a suspicious eye ridge and slowly made his way to the group of three. He held up his clawed finger making a suggestion," she said when. Gentle breeze blows.". The three men watched Drake as a gentle breath of mist and smoke escaped his lungs caressing the gem. The gem again lit up brighter, and then exploded with orbs and glitter of tiny scattering light hovering just above the gem. " That's it!", Geoff protested, " Drake you're a genius! Everyone take a statue! ". Everyone scattered to the three remaining statues. Orodruin reached into his robes and took out a dried out leather pouch and tipped its mouth over the gem in front of him, quickly a small stream of water leaked out on top of the gem and activated its energy. Mansel took a heap of silver sand and let it glide between the cracks of his fingers and dust onto the gem near him. " Anyone here have any torches or something we need some fire!" Geoff called out standing by the last gem. Orodruin and Mansel looked around for a source then looked at Geoff shaking their heads hopelessness. Drake made his way towards Geoff and the last gem. A grin graced his features," watch out Geoff" he warned. Geoff looked at Drake, eyes widened then lunged out of the way, as Drake took in a deep breath and breathed hot flames onto the gem. Geoff looked back at the gem and gasped," fire." watching the entity of the ancient dragon stone rise up from the gem.