Dark Consequences
"Wake up!" Mar ordered the sages. It was very early in the morning, but they had to get there fast. After a small breakfast, Rhombus couldn't help but asking where they were going. "We are going to hike" Mar answered. "This is not the time to go hiking Mar!" Viktor declared. "We are not just going hiking for fun, we are going to the Hora-Quan nest" Mar explained. "What in the world are you talking about!?" Grog asked puzzled. "I think time-traveling cracked your head" Rhombus told Mar sarcastically. "I'm serious gentlemen, just wait and see" Mar assured. "If you say so" Viktor agreed. And with that, the sages and Mar headed towards the forbidden place—Misty Islands. Their sailboat slowly stopped when it reached the shore and they got off it. "Follow me" Mar instructed. The sages obeyed their friend's commands and did exactly as he told them to. They didn't know much about Mar's past, but they knew he must've gone on various adventures. After a long walk, the four of them reached a tunnel. "Watch your heads" Mar warned as he led the sages into the tunnel. They walked and walked until they reached a dead end. The only exit was to climb upwards into a path of light from above. Mar began to climb the stone and rock walls and soon the sages did the same. They reached the top of a flat mountain. But they were surrounded by thousands of green eggs. The more developed eggs were bigger and the recently laid were smaller. "Is this the nest you were talking about?" Grog whispered to Mar. Mar nodded expecting someone to appear.
After a minute and a half, the sages began to question their friend's idea. "What exactly are we waiting for?" Viktor asked. "All in due time" Mar mumbled. Suddenly, there was a poof of smoke. The men coughed a bit until the Dark Eco-colored smoke cleared. Gol, the Dark Eco sage, was standing in front of them. "Mar and the sages, what a surprise" Gol sarcastically said with a grin. "Gol..." Mar looked at Gol angrily. "Mar..." Gol reacted the same way. Mar and Gol had a long stare-off. "Where's your sister?" Mar asked, breaking the silence but not the stare-off. "You know the answer to that" Gol stated. They continued to look at each other fiercely, even when talking. "You have heard what happened to my sister and I countless times" Gol added. "Yes, because I come from the future" Mar admitted. "Not only that;" Gol snarled, "you know many more things that happened and that are yet to come." "But tell me, how do you live a life knowing how it will end?" Gol asked Mar. There was no reply. "Doesn't it eventually drive you insane?" Gol added to the question. "No" Mar firmly replied. "You know what these are don't you?" Gol asked his enemy referring to the eggs. "Yes" Mar answered with another firm answer. "Soon this race will begin and so will the war" Gol said. "War? What war?" Grog asked puzzled at all the talk between Mar and Gol. "The war between the Precursors and the Hora-Quan" Gol told his fellow sage. "But the Precursors vanished long ago!" Viktor stated. "You didn't tell them did you Mar?" Gol questioned the sages' friend. "Be quiet Gol! I will not tolerate anymore of your ignorance!" Mar exclaimed at the Dark Eco sage. "But Mar, I'm only telling them the truth" Gol insisted. Mar squeezed his hands into tight fists. He was totally angered towards the twisted sage that stood in front of him.
"Mar's nephew Jak, sent the final Precursor here from the future" Gol explained the puzzled sages. "And that Precursor will give birth to more Precursors" Gol continued. "And when the creatures in those eggs hatch, the Precursors will fight the creatures" Gol finished. "And the name of those creatures in those eggs is 'Hora-Quan'?" Rhombus asked. Gol nodded in reply. "Then let's destroy the eggs soon!" Viktor suggested. Hearing that comment, Gol released a magnetic blow of Dark Eco energy that sent the sages flying away. The sages fell off from the high mountain and were falling towards their doom. "No!!!!!!!!!!" Mar cried as he saw his friends fall. Gol laughed insanely as he heard Mar scream. "Gol..." Mar angrily began. "I will not forgive you for this!!!!" Mar yelled. A white aura began to surround Mar's body. Gol opened his eyes and mouth as wide as he could. Soon, Mar took looked like a white Precursor with wings. He even floated in the air thanks to the powerful aura. "Impossible...it's...it's..." Gol gagged. The changed Mar flew towards Gol and punched him straight in the stomach. Gol released a mouthful of blood on the mountain's flat ground. 'How can one single punch be so powerful!?' Gol thought.
Gol dropped on the ground. His body was shaking like a rattle. "That's...that's...Precursor power!" Gol spat. The changed Mar descended on the ground a few feet below him. Then he changed back to his normal form. Gasping for breath, Mar said "Gol...the fight has just begun." Then Mar went back down through the hole and left Misty Islands shortly afterwards. Later that night, Mar sat lonely on his armchair. "These are the dark consequences of time-traveling" he told himself. 'I have to follow history just like it is supposed to happen' Mar thought. 'I would have enjoyed killing Gol, I would have enjoyed just destroying the eggs right then, most of all I would've enjoyed seeing Jak one last time' Mar kept thinking. 'At least Maia is dead, and that's thanks to Jak; she drowned in the Dark Eco before Gol could get them out' Mar finished thinking. That was his last thought before he sunk into his bed and went to sleep. He knew what he was supposed to do tomorrow. He knew everything he had to do in order for history to end up how it will. And he knew he had to play his part, or else...
"Wake up!" Mar ordered the sages. It was very early in the morning, but they had to get there fast. After a small breakfast, Rhombus couldn't help but asking where they were going. "We are going to hike" Mar answered. "This is not the time to go hiking Mar!" Viktor declared. "We are not just going hiking for fun, we are going to the Hora-Quan nest" Mar explained. "What in the world are you talking about!?" Grog asked puzzled. "I think time-traveling cracked your head" Rhombus told Mar sarcastically. "I'm serious gentlemen, just wait and see" Mar assured. "If you say so" Viktor agreed. And with that, the sages and Mar headed towards the forbidden place—Misty Islands. Their sailboat slowly stopped when it reached the shore and they got off it. "Follow me" Mar instructed. The sages obeyed their friend's commands and did exactly as he told them to. They didn't know much about Mar's past, but they knew he must've gone on various adventures. After a long walk, the four of them reached a tunnel. "Watch your heads" Mar warned as he led the sages into the tunnel. They walked and walked until they reached a dead end. The only exit was to climb upwards into a path of light from above. Mar began to climb the stone and rock walls and soon the sages did the same. They reached the top of a flat mountain. But they were surrounded by thousands of green eggs. The more developed eggs were bigger and the recently laid were smaller. "Is this the nest you were talking about?" Grog whispered to Mar. Mar nodded expecting someone to appear.
After a minute and a half, the sages began to question their friend's idea. "What exactly are we waiting for?" Viktor asked. "All in due time" Mar mumbled. Suddenly, there was a poof of smoke. The men coughed a bit until the Dark Eco-colored smoke cleared. Gol, the Dark Eco sage, was standing in front of them. "Mar and the sages, what a surprise" Gol sarcastically said with a grin. "Gol..." Mar looked at Gol angrily. "Mar..." Gol reacted the same way. Mar and Gol had a long stare-off. "Where's your sister?" Mar asked, breaking the silence but not the stare-off. "You know the answer to that" Gol stated. They continued to look at each other fiercely, even when talking. "You have heard what happened to my sister and I countless times" Gol added. "Yes, because I come from the future" Mar admitted. "Not only that;" Gol snarled, "you know many more things that happened and that are yet to come." "But tell me, how do you live a life knowing how it will end?" Gol asked Mar. There was no reply. "Doesn't it eventually drive you insane?" Gol added to the question. "No" Mar firmly replied. "You know what these are don't you?" Gol asked his enemy referring to the eggs. "Yes" Mar answered with another firm answer. "Soon this race will begin and so will the war" Gol said. "War? What war?" Grog asked puzzled at all the talk between Mar and Gol. "The war between the Precursors and the Hora-Quan" Gol told his fellow sage. "But the Precursors vanished long ago!" Viktor stated. "You didn't tell them did you Mar?" Gol questioned the sages' friend. "Be quiet Gol! I will not tolerate anymore of your ignorance!" Mar exclaimed at the Dark Eco sage. "But Mar, I'm only telling them the truth" Gol insisted. Mar squeezed his hands into tight fists. He was totally angered towards the twisted sage that stood in front of him.
"Mar's nephew Jak, sent the final Precursor here from the future" Gol explained the puzzled sages. "And that Precursor will give birth to more Precursors" Gol continued. "And when the creatures in those eggs hatch, the Precursors will fight the creatures" Gol finished. "And the name of those creatures in those eggs is 'Hora-Quan'?" Rhombus asked. Gol nodded in reply. "Then let's destroy the eggs soon!" Viktor suggested. Hearing that comment, Gol released a magnetic blow of Dark Eco energy that sent the sages flying away. The sages fell off from the high mountain and were falling towards their doom. "No!!!!!!!!!!" Mar cried as he saw his friends fall. Gol laughed insanely as he heard Mar scream. "Gol..." Mar angrily began. "I will not forgive you for this!!!!" Mar yelled. A white aura began to surround Mar's body. Gol opened his eyes and mouth as wide as he could. Soon, Mar took looked like a white Precursor with wings. He even floated in the air thanks to the powerful aura. "Impossible...it's...it's..." Gol gagged. The changed Mar flew towards Gol and punched him straight in the stomach. Gol released a mouthful of blood on the mountain's flat ground. 'How can one single punch be so powerful!?' Gol thought.
Gol dropped on the ground. His body was shaking like a rattle. "That's...that's...Precursor power!" Gol spat. The changed Mar descended on the ground a few feet below him. Then he changed back to his normal form. Gasping for breath, Mar said "Gol...the fight has just begun." Then Mar went back down through the hole and left Misty Islands shortly afterwards. Later that night, Mar sat lonely on his armchair. "These are the dark consequences of time-traveling" he told himself. 'I have to follow history just like it is supposed to happen' Mar thought. 'I would have enjoyed killing Gol, I would have enjoyed just destroying the eggs right then, most of all I would've enjoyed seeing Jak one last time' Mar kept thinking. 'At least Maia is dead, and that's thanks to Jak; she drowned in the Dark Eco before Gol could get them out' Mar finished thinking. That was his last thought before he sunk into his bed and went to sleep. He knew what he was supposed to do tomorrow. He knew everything he had to do in order for history to end up how it will. And he knew he had to play his part, or else...