Sorry, but this one is short :OP Enjoy its fastness!
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Chapter 17
The Puddle Erudition
Rouge laughed when she had overcome her fear fo the slide. Myian was trying her hardest to be feminine, but this didn't work, leaving Ryken confused.
She heard Rouge's laughing and turned to see Legolas alongside of her.
She marched to them, red in the face.
"Do be quiet!" She screeched. She was very annoyed with the fact that Rouge found this amusing.
Ryken then joined them, but met Legolas' eyes, searching for an answer. Legolas stared back into his blue eyes. they were lighter than his, but they had something he lacked... meaning.
He ceased to stare at Legolas and guided them to a large spherical building. They walked by several people on the way, they all bore different colored hair and all had different colored eyes of different shades.
They reached a room with a middle-aged man sitting on a throne-like seat. He looked mid thirty, but Legolas could tell he was further into his thousands.
"Welcome," the man said, wisdom pouring from his lips as he spoke. "I am Geleatie. Rykenis the one of the merfolk that you seek. You have no time to dawdle, you must all look into the Puddle of Erudition and leave, doing as it asks you."
He guided them into a side room and told them to individualy peer into the small pool in the ground.
Myian volunteered first, trying to show off her bravery for Ryken. She bent over at the pool and looked into its waters. She saw nothing and turned to look at Geleatie. He motioned for her to leave and let anoth of the three go.
Legolas went next. When his eyes gazed into the water, he saw the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She was sleeping on a giant purple leaf in a dark forest, pink hair sprawled over her body. Her skin was milky, and her attire was a lace nighgown colored a gentle pink.
But a shadow covered her body... a girl walked towards. The skin-changer had found her! It began to change into a bear and when it had finished it raised its paw. It dropped its paw towards the elegant body.
"NO!" Legolas yelled, and the image disappeared, leaving him wondering of her fate. Ryken ran to him and pulled him away from the pool.
"What did you see?" He said, trying to pry into Legolas' eyes again.
Ignoring Ryken, Legolas explained to them what he saw.
None could explain the creature he saw. Rouge stepped forward to the pool, and without kneeling looked into it. Without saying anything, she walked back to the small group.
"To get the final member of our alliance, we need to travel to the Swanfleet," she said to them.
"That is quite far!" Ryken told them. "But if we can make it to Rivendell, I could try and get a friendly water creature to transport us some of the way," he told them assuringly.
"You must leave, your days are few before the darkness starts its task!" Geleatie exclaimed, leaving the room, and headed outside the building to the center of the underwater city.
He then raised his hands into the air, causing the water to slowly drain from it until it was all gone.
"Go! To your right once you go through is a stairway, climb as fast as you can, I can't hold this for long," the elder said, beads of sweat already forming on his forehead.
Ryken jumped down into the empty pit, followed by the rest. He guided them to the right, pointing to the stairs.
Once Rouge looked at her soroundings, she screamed. The water that had once been there had not completely disappeared, but became a giant whirlpool around them. Legolas grabbed her, pulling her up the stairs.
They raced up the stairs until they reached the top.
"Where to now?" Myian asked him, knowing when the whirlpool was let oose, it would cause a large eruption when all four side met, possibly causing the end of their lives.
Ryken pointed upwards. There was a small hole above them, alomst blending in with the stone roof of the Realm.
He jumped up, being pulled through. Legolas and Rouge followed, being sucked in through the darkness. Myian gave a second thought to this. "There is no bridge!" She screamed, imagining them falling to there doom. But the whirlpool then began to fall towards the middle, leaving her no choice, but to attempt jumping through the hole.
She did go through, screaming, not knowing if she would be able to survive going through the dark portal...
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This chapter went by REAL fast, huh? Its late and I have school tomorrow, so it was bound to be. I might consider re-writing this one in more detail. Nighty!!!
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Chapter 17
The Puddle Erudition
Rouge laughed when she had overcome her fear fo the slide. Myian was trying her hardest to be feminine, but this didn't work, leaving Ryken confused.
She heard Rouge's laughing and turned to see Legolas alongside of her.
She marched to them, red in the face.
"Do be quiet!" She screeched. She was very annoyed with the fact that Rouge found this amusing.
Ryken then joined them, but met Legolas' eyes, searching for an answer. Legolas stared back into his blue eyes. they were lighter than his, but they had something he lacked... meaning.
He ceased to stare at Legolas and guided them to a large spherical building. They walked by several people on the way, they all bore different colored hair and all had different colored eyes of different shades.
They reached a room with a middle-aged man sitting on a throne-like seat. He looked mid thirty, but Legolas could tell he was further into his thousands.
"Welcome," the man said, wisdom pouring from his lips as he spoke. "I am Geleatie. Rykenis the one of the merfolk that you seek. You have no time to dawdle, you must all look into the Puddle of Erudition and leave, doing as it asks you."
He guided them into a side room and told them to individualy peer into the small pool in the ground.
Myian volunteered first, trying to show off her bravery for Ryken. She bent over at the pool and looked into its waters. She saw nothing and turned to look at Geleatie. He motioned for her to leave and let anoth of the three go.
Legolas went next. When his eyes gazed into the water, he saw the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She was sleeping on a giant purple leaf in a dark forest, pink hair sprawled over her body. Her skin was milky, and her attire was a lace nighgown colored a gentle pink.
But a shadow covered her body... a girl walked towards. The skin-changer had found her! It began to change into a bear and when it had finished it raised its paw. It dropped its paw towards the elegant body.
"NO!" Legolas yelled, and the image disappeared, leaving him wondering of her fate. Ryken ran to him and pulled him away from the pool.
"What did you see?" He said, trying to pry into Legolas' eyes again.
Ignoring Ryken, Legolas explained to them what he saw.
None could explain the creature he saw. Rouge stepped forward to the pool, and without kneeling looked into it. Without saying anything, she walked back to the small group.
"To get the final member of our alliance, we need to travel to the Swanfleet," she said to them.
"That is quite far!" Ryken told them. "But if we can make it to Rivendell, I could try and get a friendly water creature to transport us some of the way," he told them assuringly.
"You must leave, your days are few before the darkness starts its task!" Geleatie exclaimed, leaving the room, and headed outside the building to the center of the underwater city.
He then raised his hands into the air, causing the water to slowly drain from it until it was all gone.
"Go! To your right once you go through is a stairway, climb as fast as you can, I can't hold this for long," the elder said, beads of sweat already forming on his forehead.
Ryken jumped down into the empty pit, followed by the rest. He guided them to the right, pointing to the stairs.
Once Rouge looked at her soroundings, she screamed. The water that had once been there had not completely disappeared, but became a giant whirlpool around them. Legolas grabbed her, pulling her up the stairs.
They raced up the stairs until they reached the top.
"Where to now?" Myian asked him, knowing when the whirlpool was let oose, it would cause a large eruption when all four side met, possibly causing the end of their lives.
Ryken pointed upwards. There was a small hole above them, alomst blending in with the stone roof of the Realm.
He jumped up, being pulled through. Legolas and Rouge followed, being sucked in through the darkness. Myian gave a second thought to this. "There is no bridge!" She screamed, imagining them falling to there doom. But the whirlpool then began to fall towards the middle, leaving her no choice, but to attempt jumping through the hole.
She did go through, screaming, not knowing if she would be able to survive going through the dark portal...
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This chapter went by REAL fast, huh? Its late and I have school tomorrow, so it was bound to be. I might consider re-writing this one in more detail. Nighty!!!