Author's Note: There isn't much talking in this chapter, just a lot of
fighting. And let me know if you want some character development on
Dragoness. He is my second favorite and guess what! I just came up with him
out of the blue!
Ch.29: The Dark Realm
Dart remembered his approach to Omega. It was lying on the ground of the desolate Minos Hills. He removed his sword from its sheath and knew exactly what to do. He muttered some words that were inaudible to human speech. He then threw forth his sword in his hands still, and threw back his head. Suddenly, a black portal appeared out of thin air, opening the living world to the Dark Realm.
He revealed the inscription of the arrowhead to the air. Omega was sucked inside of it. He stepped into the Dark Realm and waited for his fight to commence.
Dart suddenly sat up on darkness. He looked about only to see shifting clouds of poison green and black. The walls were just black. There was no end to this place as he could see.
Next he took the White Dagger, the only thing that shined in the whole place, and cut himself slightly on his arm. He suddenly felt pain as Omega released itself from Dart's body. When the creature was at its full form, Dart could barely even see it, except for the blood red eyes. He took out his sword again and stood up.
"This is it.hopefully." he mumbled
'This will be it.' he heard a voice in his mind 'And I won't be the dead one at the end'
Automatically he knew it was Omega. Dart wanted to start this thing off, so, he jumped up to Omega, becoming even with its face. He beat his wings so he could stay up, studying the creature.
"You must have had some purpose, other than to destroy everything."
Omega swatted at him with its enormous hand. Dart was taken aback by the blow, but wasn't fazed. He hit the ground and got back up. This time he flew to the side of the creature, slashing along the way. He summoned a small fireball with a plan. Firing the fireball up towards its face, Dart then flew to its other side. Omega was distracted while he summoned his magic.
"Ballistic Flame!" he whispered emphatically
The small black fireballs appeared in his hands and he threw them all over. He went ballistic (hence the name of the magic). Omega found out it was being hit and kicked Dart out of the way. Now it was Omega's turn. It kicked Dart up again, and then in the process, used its knee to pound his torso up. Blood spat from Dart's mouth. While Dart was sailing down, Omega caught Dart in the palm of its hand and threw Dart up.
Omega then summoned some magic and in a few moments raised its hands up and carried a huge blast of darkness. The blast fired up to Dart and he was hit with a massive blow. Dart was knocked unconscious and fell down after being hit.
When Dart hit the 'ground', he was awake after the long fall. Omega was nowhere to be seen.
'How long was I falling? Omega could've left the Dark Realm.' He thought
Suddenly the scene shifted and the sky turned an even more sickening acid green. A smoke was falling from the clouds. The smoke shifted its color to red, and when Dart was hit it felt like lightning. He was knocked to the ground again.
As he sat up, Dart was very cautious. It now seemed as if anything could happen in the Dark Realm. He grabbed his sword, and stood up, his eyes glancing to various places. He caught one glimpse of red and flew straight towards the area.
Meanwhile.
"Your friend.Dart has taken Omega to the Dark Realm. I am watching the battle as we speak" Dragoness announced
"What do you mean by watching the battle?" Shana asked
"Along with my magic, I can see anything I want to see, but not the future; or the past. I can only see present happenings and this, my friends is very hard to see. I am looking across dimensions" he replied
Nimbulo glanced at him. "That's nifty"
"Yes very." Dragoness closed his eyes "I am going there"
"What??" Lavitz questioned
"I am going to the Dark Realm. This is only a one time thing, once I go in, I cannot go out without your friend Dart or Omega itself"
"But that's impossible, you can't go in; you need to be a summoner" Shana told
"Not when the two beings are fighting in the Dark Realm I don't" Dragoness argued "I bid you farewell for now. I shall be back with your friend and we will destroy this monster"
He opened his eyes, and with his eyelids opening, he was gone in a purple flash. A tuft of smoke appeared in his place.
Suddenly a man appeared on the side of Dart's slashing sword.
"I will explain who I am and all the rest later. Let me help" Dragoness motioned
"Sure" Dart stepped back
Dragoness placed a single hand on Omega and started to summon up a great blast of power. He handed his staff to Dart and Dragoness slowly closed his eyes. A faint humming noise started to make itself heard in Dragoness' throat.
Then Dart saw random bolts of jumping electricity around Dragoness' wrist. The bolts started to jump up and down the crevices in Dragoness' hand. Then Dragoness opened his eyes and a massive orb of purple electricity separated him from Omega. His blonde hair flew in all different directions. The orb was massively growing at a fast pace. Omega was shocked slightly until Dragoness gave out a final yell.
After the yell the orb turned into a huge blast of electricity and knocked Omega further into the Dark Realm.
"Now, transport us back to Orth or the aftershock shall blow us both out" Dragoness commanded
"Right"
Dart transported them back to Orth. When they appeared out of the portal, they were back to where the quest first began.
"The Ancient Islands." Dragoness observed
Dart's eyes widened severely. "This is where me and my friends first landed in Orth.ALBERT!"
(I'll warn you now; he's not coming back)
"We have no time to search for a forgotten friend, we have to get to the Black Tower before Omega gets loose again" Dragoness refused
"Right.but first tell me what is going on and who you are"
(Dragoness explains)
"So, you're a Thunder Mage?" Dart asked
"Yes, yes I am"
"Well how are you and me supposed to get back to the Black Tower? You can't fly" Dart pointed out
"No I can't but we will take the only way that we can both go.we have to go back into the Dark Realm" Dragoness told
"Should I open it?" Dart asked
"Yes"
He took his sword and traced the portal shape in the air. He lowered his armor slightly and waited for Dragoness to be sucked in.
"That process is only used for big things" Dragoness claimed
Dart shifted his armor back up and gave out a small yell and the portal appeared. He stepped one foot inside and the rest of him was sucked. Dragoness slowly walked behind him, his robes following.
Meanwhile.
"He seems to be okay, not like he's an enemy or anything" Lavitz started
"Yes, it seems so but I just don't like him having all of those powers" Nimbulo admitted
"Are you scared he'll do something?" Shana asked
"No, it's just that he has a lot of power" Nimbulo said again. He turned his gaze to the raining sky.
"The storm is never going to end" he changed the subject
"It seems that way. All we can hope for now is Dart being at the White Tower with Dragoness" Lavitz wondered
"Yes that's another thing that has passed my mind. If we are here and Dart is there, then how are we to know when to raise the Daggers?" Nimbulo pondered
"I guess we'll figure that out when it all happens." Shana answered
They all sat still for awhile on the balcony of the Black Tower. Lavitz set down his weapon and moved away from the edge of the rail. He was getting wet. He stood up one last time and took a look at the sea before them. He noticed small mists rising in various places.
Back to our other folks..
The two entered the Dark Realm and wandered for a short amount of time.
"Open it again" Dragoness ordered
"Right"
Dart went through the same gesture as before and soon enough they were out. Now thunder and lightning was striking the ground randomly. Suddenly a clap of thunder and a bolt of lighting stormed down to Dragoness' location. He simply raised his staff and the electricity was sucked in.
"We are not far from the White Tower" Dragoness told Dart
"Then lets go. I want to kill this thing as soon as possible" Dart stated
"Now I warn you, as we enter the White Forest, there may be a Mage or two wandering about" Dragoness warned, "We may have to fight them"
"Fine with me, I could use a good fight" Dart joked
Dart transformed as they entered the White Forest. The rain seeped through the trees and onto their heads.
"Keep your guard up" Dragoness mumbled
They finally reached the seal to the White Tower. It looked the same as the Black's but instead of the color. Dart suddenly heard a noise on approach and was hit in the chest by a sword. He was knocked back. Dragoness fell to his side.
Meanwhile.
Lavitz heard a small splash down at the sea. He stood again and noticed the mists getting higher and higher.
'No big deal' he thought
Suddenly he heard a sickening sucking noise and glared at the sea. The rain picked up, and the lightning struck the sea. With the one bolt, three windtunnels soared up to the sky. The lake was a victim of wind.
"I'll be right back" he proposed
The Wind Dragoon transformed and flew off of the balcony and onto the surface of the sea. He created a small whirlwind that soon grew to be a huge tornado. The two substances of wind hit each other and absorbed each other's strength. In the end, Lavitz's won but there were still two more. Now instead of windtunnels the two things became giant sea serpents. Each had two spikes coming from the side of its mouth and no eyes. The skin was a dark sea blue and the underside was a light gray. Both roared and bellowed.
Shana and Nimbulo watched from above and saw things emerging from the bushes. They were black shapes with seemingly red eyes.
"Evil's spawn" Nimbulo pointed out
"We'll take those!" Shana declared
They both transformed and flew down past Lavitz. The monsters all were different and each had saliva dipping form its mouth. Some even had blood in their mouths. The monsters could not wait for Shana and Nimbulo and were crawling all over each other.
As if one cue, the Dark Realm opened and Omega appeared.
Ch.29: The Dark Realm
Dart remembered his approach to Omega. It was lying on the ground of the desolate Minos Hills. He removed his sword from its sheath and knew exactly what to do. He muttered some words that were inaudible to human speech. He then threw forth his sword in his hands still, and threw back his head. Suddenly, a black portal appeared out of thin air, opening the living world to the Dark Realm.
He revealed the inscription of the arrowhead to the air. Omega was sucked inside of it. He stepped into the Dark Realm and waited for his fight to commence.
Dart suddenly sat up on darkness. He looked about only to see shifting clouds of poison green and black. The walls were just black. There was no end to this place as he could see.
Next he took the White Dagger, the only thing that shined in the whole place, and cut himself slightly on his arm. He suddenly felt pain as Omega released itself from Dart's body. When the creature was at its full form, Dart could barely even see it, except for the blood red eyes. He took out his sword again and stood up.
"This is it.hopefully." he mumbled
'This will be it.' he heard a voice in his mind 'And I won't be the dead one at the end'
Automatically he knew it was Omega. Dart wanted to start this thing off, so, he jumped up to Omega, becoming even with its face. He beat his wings so he could stay up, studying the creature.
"You must have had some purpose, other than to destroy everything."
Omega swatted at him with its enormous hand. Dart was taken aback by the blow, but wasn't fazed. He hit the ground and got back up. This time he flew to the side of the creature, slashing along the way. He summoned a small fireball with a plan. Firing the fireball up towards its face, Dart then flew to its other side. Omega was distracted while he summoned his magic.
"Ballistic Flame!" he whispered emphatically
The small black fireballs appeared in his hands and he threw them all over. He went ballistic (hence the name of the magic). Omega found out it was being hit and kicked Dart out of the way. Now it was Omega's turn. It kicked Dart up again, and then in the process, used its knee to pound his torso up. Blood spat from Dart's mouth. While Dart was sailing down, Omega caught Dart in the palm of its hand and threw Dart up.
Omega then summoned some magic and in a few moments raised its hands up and carried a huge blast of darkness. The blast fired up to Dart and he was hit with a massive blow. Dart was knocked unconscious and fell down after being hit.
When Dart hit the 'ground', he was awake after the long fall. Omega was nowhere to be seen.
'How long was I falling? Omega could've left the Dark Realm.' He thought
Suddenly the scene shifted and the sky turned an even more sickening acid green. A smoke was falling from the clouds. The smoke shifted its color to red, and when Dart was hit it felt like lightning. He was knocked to the ground again.
As he sat up, Dart was very cautious. It now seemed as if anything could happen in the Dark Realm. He grabbed his sword, and stood up, his eyes glancing to various places. He caught one glimpse of red and flew straight towards the area.
Meanwhile.
"Your friend.Dart has taken Omega to the Dark Realm. I am watching the battle as we speak" Dragoness announced
"What do you mean by watching the battle?" Shana asked
"Along with my magic, I can see anything I want to see, but not the future; or the past. I can only see present happenings and this, my friends is very hard to see. I am looking across dimensions" he replied
Nimbulo glanced at him. "That's nifty"
"Yes very." Dragoness closed his eyes "I am going there"
"What??" Lavitz questioned
"I am going to the Dark Realm. This is only a one time thing, once I go in, I cannot go out without your friend Dart or Omega itself"
"But that's impossible, you can't go in; you need to be a summoner" Shana told
"Not when the two beings are fighting in the Dark Realm I don't" Dragoness argued "I bid you farewell for now. I shall be back with your friend and we will destroy this monster"
He opened his eyes, and with his eyelids opening, he was gone in a purple flash. A tuft of smoke appeared in his place.
Suddenly a man appeared on the side of Dart's slashing sword.
"I will explain who I am and all the rest later. Let me help" Dragoness motioned
"Sure" Dart stepped back
Dragoness placed a single hand on Omega and started to summon up a great blast of power. He handed his staff to Dart and Dragoness slowly closed his eyes. A faint humming noise started to make itself heard in Dragoness' throat.
Then Dart saw random bolts of jumping electricity around Dragoness' wrist. The bolts started to jump up and down the crevices in Dragoness' hand. Then Dragoness opened his eyes and a massive orb of purple electricity separated him from Omega. His blonde hair flew in all different directions. The orb was massively growing at a fast pace. Omega was shocked slightly until Dragoness gave out a final yell.
After the yell the orb turned into a huge blast of electricity and knocked Omega further into the Dark Realm.
"Now, transport us back to Orth or the aftershock shall blow us both out" Dragoness commanded
"Right"
Dart transported them back to Orth. When they appeared out of the portal, they were back to where the quest first began.
"The Ancient Islands." Dragoness observed
Dart's eyes widened severely. "This is where me and my friends first landed in Orth.ALBERT!"
(I'll warn you now; he's not coming back)
"We have no time to search for a forgotten friend, we have to get to the Black Tower before Omega gets loose again" Dragoness refused
"Right.but first tell me what is going on and who you are"
(Dragoness explains)
"So, you're a Thunder Mage?" Dart asked
"Yes, yes I am"
"Well how are you and me supposed to get back to the Black Tower? You can't fly" Dart pointed out
"No I can't but we will take the only way that we can both go.we have to go back into the Dark Realm" Dragoness told
"Should I open it?" Dart asked
"Yes"
He took his sword and traced the portal shape in the air. He lowered his armor slightly and waited for Dragoness to be sucked in.
"That process is only used for big things" Dragoness claimed
Dart shifted his armor back up and gave out a small yell and the portal appeared. He stepped one foot inside and the rest of him was sucked. Dragoness slowly walked behind him, his robes following.
Meanwhile.
"He seems to be okay, not like he's an enemy or anything" Lavitz started
"Yes, it seems so but I just don't like him having all of those powers" Nimbulo admitted
"Are you scared he'll do something?" Shana asked
"No, it's just that he has a lot of power" Nimbulo said again. He turned his gaze to the raining sky.
"The storm is never going to end" he changed the subject
"It seems that way. All we can hope for now is Dart being at the White Tower with Dragoness" Lavitz wondered
"Yes that's another thing that has passed my mind. If we are here and Dart is there, then how are we to know when to raise the Daggers?" Nimbulo pondered
"I guess we'll figure that out when it all happens." Shana answered
They all sat still for awhile on the balcony of the Black Tower. Lavitz set down his weapon and moved away from the edge of the rail. He was getting wet. He stood up one last time and took a look at the sea before them. He noticed small mists rising in various places.
Back to our other folks..
The two entered the Dark Realm and wandered for a short amount of time.
"Open it again" Dragoness ordered
"Right"
Dart went through the same gesture as before and soon enough they were out. Now thunder and lightning was striking the ground randomly. Suddenly a clap of thunder and a bolt of lighting stormed down to Dragoness' location. He simply raised his staff and the electricity was sucked in.
"We are not far from the White Tower" Dragoness told Dart
"Then lets go. I want to kill this thing as soon as possible" Dart stated
"Now I warn you, as we enter the White Forest, there may be a Mage or two wandering about" Dragoness warned, "We may have to fight them"
"Fine with me, I could use a good fight" Dart joked
Dart transformed as they entered the White Forest. The rain seeped through the trees and onto their heads.
"Keep your guard up" Dragoness mumbled
They finally reached the seal to the White Tower. It looked the same as the Black's but instead of the color. Dart suddenly heard a noise on approach and was hit in the chest by a sword. He was knocked back. Dragoness fell to his side.
Meanwhile.
Lavitz heard a small splash down at the sea. He stood again and noticed the mists getting higher and higher.
'No big deal' he thought
Suddenly he heard a sickening sucking noise and glared at the sea. The rain picked up, and the lightning struck the sea. With the one bolt, three windtunnels soared up to the sky. The lake was a victim of wind.
"I'll be right back" he proposed
The Wind Dragoon transformed and flew off of the balcony and onto the surface of the sea. He created a small whirlwind that soon grew to be a huge tornado. The two substances of wind hit each other and absorbed each other's strength. In the end, Lavitz's won but there were still two more. Now instead of windtunnels the two things became giant sea serpents. Each had two spikes coming from the side of its mouth and no eyes. The skin was a dark sea blue and the underside was a light gray. Both roared and bellowed.
Shana and Nimbulo watched from above and saw things emerging from the bushes. They were black shapes with seemingly red eyes.
"Evil's spawn" Nimbulo pointed out
"We'll take those!" Shana declared
They both transformed and flew down past Lavitz. The monsters all were different and each had saliva dipping form its mouth. Some even had blood in their mouths. The monsters could not wait for Shana and Nimbulo and were crawling all over each other.
As if one cue, the Dark Realm opened and Omega appeared.
