CHAPTER 6: "The 8th Element"
Their armor could only withstand so much pressure. The griffon wouldn't stop until their armor was completely drained. Suddenly their armor's sparkled one last time and then disappeared leaving their ordinary cloths over their bodies. Their instincts were to jump up and run but the griffon had foreseen this and mentally trapped them to the earth. Christa struggled to free herself. Her wrists and legs were sore from violently moving around. Erica was trying the same but also found it was useless.
The griffon was now flying upward to give his lethal attack one final "kick". The blonde girl grit her teeth and continued to violently struggle. The powerful vibes of her element could be seen in her brown eyes. The energy brightened and with one last charge it plummeted to earth. The beam blasted from its eyes and body of the griffon and it hit the helpless warriors below.
At first they didn't feel any pain but then it hit them like a bad sunset. The beam went straight through their bodies and grabbed every force and will to live. The heart had stopped in both their souls. It was quick, clean and over in a couple of seconds. Energy charged over the area like lightning bolts. The griffon landed and stalked his territory searching for the dead bodies.
The griffon inhaled Christa's body and suddenly jerked back its head. No it couldn't be! No living thing on this earth could survive .! He growled venomously and smelled the same scent from the other. Suddenly a red light came from Christa's forehead and white silver from Erica's. Both formed kanji signals on the warrior's foreheads and their Dragoon spirits sparkled brightly.
"Blade Scream!"
The black griffon heard a high-pitched scream fill its ears bringing down its high defense rapidly. With one strike of two blades the griffon fell to the earth with many deadly gashes in its sides. The purple eyes glowed one last time before closing completely.
*~*
Peace, there was no greater feeling than to wake and see the sun shining through your eyes. Erica stood up from the soft bed and feather quilt. It looked like a healing room for the most part. The walls were cream and felt nothing like brick or wood. Some other material that was unknown to the human race. The sidewalls and ceiling were made of glass and even then it looked like you could've walked through them. No other word but beautiful could describe it. Through the ceiling you could see the sun, moon and stars. It seemed impossible to see all three during midday but they were there as if day and night were combined.
On the edge of the soft bed were robes made of white furs and feathers. Erica touched them with her smooth hand. They were softer than anything she had ever touched. She put it on and tied the sash. Christa, still under the covers was sleeping soundly. * Where are we? * Erica asked herself. Through the glass walls she saw many rivers flowing down the mountains and lush greenery all over. White birds were flying continually overhead singing peaceful songs. The whole world seemed illuminated by this peace and quiet bliss.
"Mt. of Redeemed Souls ." Erica murmured. She looked over at the lump in the covers and nudged it until Christa moaned for being awakened. The blonde sat up and rubbed her face with her hands.
"Why is it so bright? Where the heck am I?"
"We're on Mt. of Redeemed Souls I believe." Erica said sitting beside her partner and handed Christa her robe. Christa wrapped her body in the feathers and furs and suddenly jumped out of bed.
"Oh ." She breathed staring out of the window. "Look at that, the water is flowing up the mountain." She shook her head. "It's so peaceful here, but how did we get here?" Erica shook her head.
"I don't know." There was a soft knock at the door and a maidservant entered the room. She was small and had pointed ears that instantly caught Christa's attention. She was quite pretty. Her hair was a soft gray and under her light blue eyes were specks of glitter. Her dress was equally pretty with many exquisite feathers and furs.
"Good morning ladies I am Vera." The two girls nodded their heads. "Welcome to Mt. of Redeemed Souls, the city of Hariel. I trust you slept well?"
"Yes." Erica said with a smile at Christa who looked like she could've used another couple of hours. Christa ignored her.
"Good. Unless you prefer to meet with the King first I will be back with your breakfast."
"I think it is important to meet with your king before anything else happens." Erica stated.
"Very well. Follow me." Vera gave them leather slippers to wear and they walked down the glorious halls and various parts of the castle. It was breath taking. The whole castle was like one giant porcelain doll. Plants and rich vegetation was over the entire castle with beautiful waterfalls and shimmering rivers.
After walking half way around the castle they arrived at the throne room, which was the lesser-decorated part of the room. There was no throne or table but small pillows lined up in rows. On one of the pillows was a woman in a cream and midnight blue colored kimono. Stars and brilliant swirls of gold were over it and on top of the woman was a beautiful headdress. She seemed to be a priestess meditating silently.
As soon as she entered the maid bowed deeply. The woman across the room looked at her and stood up. Erica and Christa did the same.
"That is enough formality." She said kindly. "Please make yourselves comfortable."
"Yes your highness." Vera said standing. "These are the warriors that you have ordered to see you. Ladies this is Princess Amara Ellen Jane Daphne Dara Esther." * Long name. * Christa thought.
"Yes, let them come forward." Vera motioned them to move forward and they obeyed and stood before the beautiful woman. Her full uneven hair was long that fell below her waist and was light brown with strands of hair that were red-brown and red and her eyes dark purple. She smiled at the both of them and nodded for Vera to excuse herself.
"You do not know how happy I am to finally meet you." She said beaming. "Please, what are your names?"
Erica bowed as she spoke.
"Your highness this is my partner Christa Farrah and I am Erica Echo. It is a pleasure to meet you."
"You can stop with that "Your highness", you can just call me Daphne. I'm the daughter of the King Admiris who is away now and I have taken over for him."
"Your- Daphne, we have arrived here in great importance. We were hoping that you could help us. You see something has arrived in the human world and it appears that we were called to fight against it." Christa looked at her friend with raised eyebrows.
"You don't have to be so formal you know, she could possibly understand you better if you talked in plain English." Erica bit the inside of her lip. Daphne chuckled.
"You two seem to be really good friends in order to correct each other like that." Christa and Erica looked at her like she was mad.
"We're not there yet." Christa stated.
"Oh, well you might be closer than you think. Battles strengthen friendships in many ways." She looked at the both of them for a time. "I know you have been called to fight for your world again for I have the same calling."
"What do you mean?" Christa asked puzzled. Daphne nodded and became serious.
"In our world back more than 22,000 years ago there was the Dragon Campaign, the liberation of all species from the Winglies. There were ten dragons but three of them were lost and the other seven became servants to humans as the Dragoons. Now we know that the Divine Dragon was sealed away in Mt. Of Mortal Dragon and later became a servant to the human warrior Dart in the second fight for the safety of the world. One dragon was killed and my people, captured the last, the Wood Dragon. It guarded my people and brought prosperity to our land. After a time the Dragon died but its blessing was still implanted on our land. In a dream that I had a year ago the Wood Dragon appeared to me and gave me its eye, the Wood Dragoon Spirit."
From inside her kimono Daphne revealed a red brown colored orb that flooded in the throne room with its brilliance. Christa gasped in surprise and Erica stood motionless and pulled out her dragoon spirit and Christa did the same.
"All three of us are chained with the same fate." Daphne finished. She placed her dragoon spirit away.
"So you were the one who saved us?" Christa asked. Daphne nodded.
"Yes it was I. I heard the statue had come to life and couldn't believe the stories from my servants without seeing it for myself. It has not moved since the Dragon Campaign."
"'Fate is the road that those who are chosen follow until the end.' I did not expect to find another Dragoon Warrior." Erica murmured.
"Nor less a Wood elemental spirit." Christa said motioning her arm. "I've never heard of the Wood Dragon."
"Nor I. It makes me wonder what other legends were lost in the Dragon Campaign." Erica replied to Christa. She hand her hand up on her chin and her other arm over her waist.
"We have a lot of the lost Legend of the Dragon Campaign in our libraries." Daphne stated.
"We may have to look there for clues. Unless our enemy makes itself known, we have no where to go or nothing to start on." Daphne nodded.
"You may stay as long as you like. I will have rooms prepared for your stay. We will have a banquet in your honor tonight to celebrate your arrival and the arrival of my father." Christa nodded.
"We will look forward to it."
* ssp47's corner * Thanks to Jezzi and to Striker for reviewing. Yes another short chapter. I had to rewrite a couple of parts because they weren't coming out right. Also I think It wouldn't seem right to drag it on with the feast so that's later. And yes we have another Dragoon on the team. Don't worry the Dragoons aren't going to be all girls.
Their armor could only withstand so much pressure. The griffon wouldn't stop until their armor was completely drained. Suddenly their armor's sparkled one last time and then disappeared leaving their ordinary cloths over their bodies. Their instincts were to jump up and run but the griffon had foreseen this and mentally trapped them to the earth. Christa struggled to free herself. Her wrists and legs were sore from violently moving around. Erica was trying the same but also found it was useless.
The griffon was now flying upward to give his lethal attack one final "kick". The blonde girl grit her teeth and continued to violently struggle. The powerful vibes of her element could be seen in her brown eyes. The energy brightened and with one last charge it plummeted to earth. The beam blasted from its eyes and body of the griffon and it hit the helpless warriors below.
At first they didn't feel any pain but then it hit them like a bad sunset. The beam went straight through their bodies and grabbed every force and will to live. The heart had stopped in both their souls. It was quick, clean and over in a couple of seconds. Energy charged over the area like lightning bolts. The griffon landed and stalked his territory searching for the dead bodies.
The griffon inhaled Christa's body and suddenly jerked back its head. No it couldn't be! No living thing on this earth could survive .! He growled venomously and smelled the same scent from the other. Suddenly a red light came from Christa's forehead and white silver from Erica's. Both formed kanji signals on the warrior's foreheads and their Dragoon spirits sparkled brightly.
"Blade Scream!"
The black griffon heard a high-pitched scream fill its ears bringing down its high defense rapidly. With one strike of two blades the griffon fell to the earth with many deadly gashes in its sides. The purple eyes glowed one last time before closing completely.
*~*
Peace, there was no greater feeling than to wake and see the sun shining through your eyes. Erica stood up from the soft bed and feather quilt. It looked like a healing room for the most part. The walls were cream and felt nothing like brick or wood. Some other material that was unknown to the human race. The sidewalls and ceiling were made of glass and even then it looked like you could've walked through them. No other word but beautiful could describe it. Through the ceiling you could see the sun, moon and stars. It seemed impossible to see all three during midday but they were there as if day and night were combined.
On the edge of the soft bed were robes made of white furs and feathers. Erica touched them with her smooth hand. They were softer than anything she had ever touched. She put it on and tied the sash. Christa, still under the covers was sleeping soundly. * Where are we? * Erica asked herself. Through the glass walls she saw many rivers flowing down the mountains and lush greenery all over. White birds were flying continually overhead singing peaceful songs. The whole world seemed illuminated by this peace and quiet bliss.
"Mt. of Redeemed Souls ." Erica murmured. She looked over at the lump in the covers and nudged it until Christa moaned for being awakened. The blonde sat up and rubbed her face with her hands.
"Why is it so bright? Where the heck am I?"
"We're on Mt. of Redeemed Souls I believe." Erica said sitting beside her partner and handed Christa her robe. Christa wrapped her body in the feathers and furs and suddenly jumped out of bed.
"Oh ." She breathed staring out of the window. "Look at that, the water is flowing up the mountain." She shook her head. "It's so peaceful here, but how did we get here?" Erica shook her head.
"I don't know." There was a soft knock at the door and a maidservant entered the room. She was small and had pointed ears that instantly caught Christa's attention. She was quite pretty. Her hair was a soft gray and under her light blue eyes were specks of glitter. Her dress was equally pretty with many exquisite feathers and furs.
"Good morning ladies I am Vera." The two girls nodded their heads. "Welcome to Mt. of Redeemed Souls, the city of Hariel. I trust you slept well?"
"Yes." Erica said with a smile at Christa who looked like she could've used another couple of hours. Christa ignored her.
"Good. Unless you prefer to meet with the King first I will be back with your breakfast."
"I think it is important to meet with your king before anything else happens." Erica stated.
"Very well. Follow me." Vera gave them leather slippers to wear and they walked down the glorious halls and various parts of the castle. It was breath taking. The whole castle was like one giant porcelain doll. Plants and rich vegetation was over the entire castle with beautiful waterfalls and shimmering rivers.
After walking half way around the castle they arrived at the throne room, which was the lesser-decorated part of the room. There was no throne or table but small pillows lined up in rows. On one of the pillows was a woman in a cream and midnight blue colored kimono. Stars and brilliant swirls of gold were over it and on top of the woman was a beautiful headdress. She seemed to be a priestess meditating silently.
As soon as she entered the maid bowed deeply. The woman across the room looked at her and stood up. Erica and Christa did the same.
"That is enough formality." She said kindly. "Please make yourselves comfortable."
"Yes your highness." Vera said standing. "These are the warriors that you have ordered to see you. Ladies this is Princess Amara Ellen Jane Daphne Dara Esther." * Long name. * Christa thought.
"Yes, let them come forward." Vera motioned them to move forward and they obeyed and stood before the beautiful woman. Her full uneven hair was long that fell below her waist and was light brown with strands of hair that were red-brown and red and her eyes dark purple. She smiled at the both of them and nodded for Vera to excuse herself.
"You do not know how happy I am to finally meet you." She said beaming. "Please, what are your names?"
Erica bowed as she spoke.
"Your highness this is my partner Christa Farrah and I am Erica Echo. It is a pleasure to meet you."
"You can stop with that "Your highness", you can just call me Daphne. I'm the daughter of the King Admiris who is away now and I have taken over for him."
"Your- Daphne, we have arrived here in great importance. We were hoping that you could help us. You see something has arrived in the human world and it appears that we were called to fight against it." Christa looked at her friend with raised eyebrows.
"You don't have to be so formal you know, she could possibly understand you better if you talked in plain English." Erica bit the inside of her lip. Daphne chuckled.
"You two seem to be really good friends in order to correct each other like that." Christa and Erica looked at her like she was mad.
"We're not there yet." Christa stated.
"Oh, well you might be closer than you think. Battles strengthen friendships in many ways." She looked at the both of them for a time. "I know you have been called to fight for your world again for I have the same calling."
"What do you mean?" Christa asked puzzled. Daphne nodded and became serious.
"In our world back more than 22,000 years ago there was the Dragon Campaign, the liberation of all species from the Winglies. There were ten dragons but three of them were lost and the other seven became servants to humans as the Dragoons. Now we know that the Divine Dragon was sealed away in Mt. Of Mortal Dragon and later became a servant to the human warrior Dart in the second fight for the safety of the world. One dragon was killed and my people, captured the last, the Wood Dragon. It guarded my people and brought prosperity to our land. After a time the Dragon died but its blessing was still implanted on our land. In a dream that I had a year ago the Wood Dragon appeared to me and gave me its eye, the Wood Dragoon Spirit."
From inside her kimono Daphne revealed a red brown colored orb that flooded in the throne room with its brilliance. Christa gasped in surprise and Erica stood motionless and pulled out her dragoon spirit and Christa did the same.
"All three of us are chained with the same fate." Daphne finished. She placed her dragoon spirit away.
"So you were the one who saved us?" Christa asked. Daphne nodded.
"Yes it was I. I heard the statue had come to life and couldn't believe the stories from my servants without seeing it for myself. It has not moved since the Dragon Campaign."
"'Fate is the road that those who are chosen follow until the end.' I did not expect to find another Dragoon Warrior." Erica murmured.
"Nor less a Wood elemental spirit." Christa said motioning her arm. "I've never heard of the Wood Dragon."
"Nor I. It makes me wonder what other legends were lost in the Dragon Campaign." Erica replied to Christa. She hand her hand up on her chin and her other arm over her waist.
"We have a lot of the lost Legend of the Dragon Campaign in our libraries." Daphne stated.
"We may have to look there for clues. Unless our enemy makes itself known, we have no where to go or nothing to start on." Daphne nodded.
"You may stay as long as you like. I will have rooms prepared for your stay. We will have a banquet in your honor tonight to celebrate your arrival and the arrival of my father." Christa nodded.
"We will look forward to it."
* ssp47's corner * Thanks to Jezzi and to Striker for reviewing. Yes another short chapter. I had to rewrite a couple of parts because they weren't coming out right. Also I think It wouldn't seem right to drag it on with the feast so that's later. And yes we have another Dragoon on the team. Don't worry the Dragoons aren't going to be all girls.