Post Pone the Quest!
Lavell's story

By Kitsunehi

Origional characters, please don't steal!

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Chapter 5 ~ Gasevi's Temple. A deathly Trap! An unlikley savior!

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The temple of the wind goddess was made up of pure white marbel. It shone in the bright noon
sun, as Ru and Lavell came to their destination. The followers of the goddess were all garbed
so you couldn't see their faces. They said the goddess was so beautiful, she would cry to see
her followers ugliness. The goddess Gaseivi was quiet a narcissist, and jealous of those more
beautiful than her.

Lavell took Ru to the baths, and left the girl there to get herself cleaned up. She had to
urgently speak with the goddess.

As she came upon the chamber of the goddess, she noticed none of the statues had faces. This
greatly disturbed Lavell, but this was no ordinary goddess. this goddess had been banned from
Marine Mountain for defiling a temple to the Sapphire goddess. The Sapphire goddess was the most
holy of the goddess's, and no one spoke ill of her. Only Gaseivi did. and so she was banned,
like Lavell, from her home. But unlike Lavell, she was not allowed to leave the premisis of her
temple. This greatly offended the goddess, for she could no longer visit all the temples erected
in her honor. they had all been destroyed by her followers after they found out she had defiled
the Sapphire goddess's temple form the humans. A majority of her followers were human.

Lavell entered the chamber to find the goddess sitting on her balcony. She looked elegant,
though her face had wrinkles, and her hair had gone form blonde to a matted grey. " Goddess
Gaseivi, I bring a message from my patron goddess Ramoto, queen of waters. she wishes you well,
and says that she shall visit by the the time all three holy moons are full, and the guardian
moons black." Lavell stated in a monotone voice. the Goddess turned her head slightly in her
direction. Lavell could see all the damage that had been done to the goddess. Her eyes no longer
shone blue, but a dark grey. "Why?" was her only reply. She turned away from Lavell, and Lavell
left.

The warm water felt good against her skin, and Ru seemed to be having fun. Ru had mentioned
something about edible bubbles. Lavell still refused to show herself fully to ru. she tought
she would be disgusted. Lavell got up to go to the small waterfall. The cold water felt better
than the warm water against her skin, and her once grey sacles turned brilliant shades of blue.
Her hair grew, and shone a bright turquoise. Her once mishapen wings became things of beauty. They shone an eerie silver color, and the wing span was more than 10 feet each. She loved herself like this, hated it when she had to leave the water. The warm water turned her scales grey again.

The bed felt uncomfortable, even though it possesed the softest sheets in the world. Earlier,
Ru had pulled out a sweet smelling oil that she used for her scales. Lavell helped apply it to
her back. She noticed that the dragon scales needed tending, because as Ru grew, they stretched
and cracked. The oil helped against infections. After Ru fell asleep, she had applied some to
her wings. The itch she had finally was smoothed. the oil smelt like Rose hip and pepper mint.
But tit still did not comfort her. She walked over to the balcony.

Unbeknownst to her, the goddess Gaseivi had planned to kill her. A lightening bolt headed
straight for Lavell. But she was shoved back into her room, and an unnatural scream was heard.
She looked up to see a dragon fly into the sky. It was a brilliant blue, and flew with a deadly
aim towards the goddess. Blue Dragons were blessed with the skill to kill gods. The Dragon
attacked, and deftly killed the goddess by ripping her apart. Blood covered its muzzle as it
flew back to the balcony. It seemed to shrink as it got to the balcony. When it landed, all
that was left was Ru. She smiled, took one step forward, and collapsed. Lavell just stood in
shock.
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