Orphen isn't mine
A/N: T: = Temi, O: = Orphen, M: = Majik, C: = Cleao, D: = Decris
---- The ancient runes ----
"Wow, that was easy." Majik stated.
"Sorry about that." Decris apologized.
Temi pat him on the head, "Well, it's not like any one died, but..."
They looked over at Orphen who was resting against a tree still bleeding from the mouth and neck.
Cleao kneeled in front of him, "My question is, why did he take all that damage just for you to be unharmed?"
"You mean you don't know?" Decris asked.
"Know what?" they asked.
Decris sighed, "Ugh, you guys saw that picture of the two dragons before you entered the book, right?"
"Yeah."
"Well, those were the legendary Dracitians in their... dragon-self you could say. Well, they have a strong bond to one another." He explained.
Majik remembered something, "Wait, didn't you brother and sister call Orphen and Temi Dracitians?"
Decris nodded, "Yes, and as you probably already know, they aren't human."
"Hey! I'm still here!" Temi shouted.
"Oh sorry." He apologized. (Again...) "We should get going. My brother and sister will come after us."
"Ok, but tell me, how we going to move doughboy over here?" Cleao asked.
Decris put him on his back, "I'll carry him. He won't be able to move for a while."
---- Hours later ----
"Decris hurry up! You're falling behind!" Cleao shouted.
Temi sighed, "Give him a break, remember he did save us AND he has doughboy on his back."
"Your right... Hey forget about it, Decris! Go as slow as you want!" she told him.
He heard so he stopped, "I don't think I can walk anymore... what does this guy eat?"
Cleao noticed, "Hey! I said you could go slow not stop!"
Ok whatever he's trudging along and blah, blah, blah, and now they're at another clearing so they walk in and find a big lake at the end of it.
"Ok, now what?" Majik asked.
Temi looked at him, "We use a boat."
"Hello, are you blind? There aren't any!" Cleao yelled.
Out of nowhere a boat appeared on the shore.
"Now there is." She stated.
All right so they get in the barely big enough boat and went straight until they hit shore. They got off and kept going straight until they ran into these stones circling this strange design on the ground. As soon as they saw it Temi ran into the circle and was looking at this big stone tablet. By this time Orphen or doughboy was awake and standing.
"What is it Temi?" Orphen asked.
"Remember those runes that were written on the stones around the book?" she started.
He nodded.
She still examined the wall, "Well, these are the same ones."
Majik sighed, "Great, once again we can't read it."
She looked at them, "You don't understand it?"
"No. Who would?" Cleao asked.
Decris looked at them confused, "What? Orphen can't understand it? The language is his own."
Majik looked at doughboy, "What? Master, is this true?"
"I don't know, like I told you before, I was in an orphanage. I don't know anything about my parents or where I was born." Orphen reminded them.
Temi walked up to him, "Well, I don't really know that much about my parents either but when I saw the writing I could recognize it."
"I thought it looked familiar too I just couldn't read it." Orphen protested.
"Well, try reading it now." Temi grabbed his hand and pulled him up to the stonewall.
He ran his fingers over the ancient runes, and studied the signs.
After a minute or two, he read one of the words, "Enick..."
"Huh? What did he say?" Cleao ask.
Temi turned to her, "That means abyss."
Cleao grumbled, "Ok then, read us what it says so we can go!"
"But I want to see if Orphen can remember how to read it." Temi informed her.
Orphen started reading it, "Zok fo seic ego segof uk Zerri, fu lab fo dipek Dracitous, hup dab huf fo rahog al fo fasc eks arok fo vefoc fa fo afog goep eks legoo fo roarpo al ep evaki eks enick. Fuc uc hok fo rahog al puf eks segikoc hup no uk nepek."
"What the hell did he just say?" Cleao asked.
Temi sighed, "he said, when days are darkest in Zerri, two from the ancient clan Dracitous, will come with the powers of gods and open the gates to the other realm and free the people of all agony and abyss. This is when the powers of light and darkness will be in balance."
"Strange... that's the legend about the Dracitians, but why would a Dracitian write it himself?" Decris wondered.
Orphen walked into the center of the circle and examined the designs, "Maybe this is... no, it can't be."
Majik walked over to him, "What is it master?"
"This... I think I know what it's for, but I'm not sure."
Temi came and looked at it, "Um, I think it's what helps us transform."
"No, huh? We can transform? I thought," the doughboy was now confused.
"Decris! Didn't you tell him about the dragons and stuff?" Temi asked him.
The dragon was lost in thought, "Hmm, what? Oh, I must've forgot to."
She shook her head, "Well, Orphen, to make a long explanation short, our 'kind' can transform into a dragon."
"Oh. Well anyway, I don't think this is used for transformation, its something deeper..." Orphen told them.
---- BED TIME!! ----
"Hey you two! I told you ten times now it's bed time!!" Cleao shouted.
T: "You tired?"
O: "Nope."
T: "Me nether."
Orphen looked up at the red moon, "Maybe we could switch moons."
"Where'd that come from?" she asked.
He shrugged, "Just thinking about our last conversation alone."
She laughed, "Oh, yeah, when Decris couldn't sleep."
"Yeah, I was wondering what would've happened if he didn't interrupt us."
"I never really thought about that. Why? Do you want to know?" Temi asked.
He thought about it, "I guess..."
"Well do you want to see right now or later?" she wondered.
He rubbed his head, "Um... now?"
"Alright, um lets see... what were we doing right before we were interrupted."
"Staring..." Orphen told her.
She looked at him with a smile, "Really?"
He looked back, "Just like this..."
They inched closer (Stop...) and closer (STOP!!!) to each other's lips and then...
(O.O Oh no...)
"HEY!! IF I HAVE TO..." Cleao started screaming (Phew... /.)
Orphen sighed, "Not again..."
"Geez, we don't have any luck do we?" Temi asked him.
He shook his head, "None at all... well I don't think she's gonna leave us alone... Good-night."
He got up and started walking away.
"Night." She said while staring at him.
Ok you wanna know what she's thinking? This is it, 'HE'S AWSOME!' Well after that she pulled out her own blanket and laid there on the ground staring at the moon. Then slowly she fell asleep.
---- Next day ----
Everyone's sitting and talking about anything except for one; Temi was still lying there away from everyone else staring at the ugly yellow sky with black clouds.
Orphen got leaned over her, "Hey Temi, what'cha doing over here all by yourself?"
"Oh hey Orphen..." she sat up.
He sat down next to her, "what's wrong?"
She sighed, "Family..."
"You said you got over that." Orphen reminded her.
She closed her eyes, "I did, but that doesn't mean I don't think about them. Don't you ever wonder who your parents were and if you had a brother or sister?"
"Yeah, not much though, I make myself too busy so I don't get depressed." Orphen told her.
She smiled, "Oh. Well, did you sleep well?"
"Nope."
She looked at him with a worried expression, "Why's that?"
He shrugged, "I don't know. Something was bothering me."
"Was it because of what happened last night?" she asked.
He thought about it, "Maybe, I'm not really sure, though it might've been that. What about you?"
Temi sighed and looked at the ground, "I don't know... I still feel tired."
He smiled at her, "you know what, I think I may have found out what would've happened if we hadn't been interrupted."
"Really? What?" she asked.
"I'll show you somewhere else." He got up and went to leave but stopped, "Hey, come on over here and talk. Just sitting there is gonna make you depressed."
"Alright."
OK now after hours of talking they studied the designs on the ground once again. They're searching and searching until Cleao found something. The stupid thing she did was not tell any one. There were some more runes behind the wall and a lever was underneath, so she went over there and tried to pull it down, but it was stuck. Ok Orphen and Temi walked into the middle of the designs and tried to find some clues, Majik walked over too see if they found something, and then Decris went over to check also. While that was happening Cleao tried different ways to pull the lever so she could find out what would happen if it was pulled and all failed. Then she used all her wait and muscle to try and push it down, and it worked. She stood there for a moment waiting for something to happen, but she didn't hear anything or see anything change.
"What a waste." She told herself.
She walked away and met everyone else in the middle of the circle but as soon as she set foot in the center the entire thing started to glow. Everything went white...
Ok Temi wakes up first and doesn't recognize her surroundings. She looks around herself a bit more looking for anything she remembered but unfortunately she couldn't.
She walked over to where Orphen was lying and shook him, "Hey Orphen, wake up."
Something moved in the shadows. She swung around and looked about the abyss surrounding her to see if something was there.
"I-Is some one there?" she asked.
When there was no reply she turned back to Orphen and tried again to wake him. Once more something stirred in the darkness. She looked back for a moment but quickly turned to Orphen and shook him even harder.
Temi tried harder, "Orphen?"
He finally woke up. He moaned, turned on to his back.
He opened his eyes, "Temi? What's wrong?"
She sighed with relief, "Good, you're awake."
He sat up and stretched then rubbed his eyes.
"Why'd you look so scared?" he asked.
She pointed to the darkness that surrounded them, "I saw something there, in the shadows."
He stood up, "Really?" Something caught his eye, "Hey, we know your there!"
Someone laughed, "Hop, paagf pugo iay fa'jo befigos." (I know what he's saying so I'll tell you. "Well, looks like you two've matured.")
"He's a..." Temi started.
"Dracitian..." Orphen just stared for a moment but soon snapped out of it, "Dek iay croew okvuc?" (Can you speak English?)
"Okvuc? Hef zec fef haps feif iay?" (English? What has that world taught you?)
"Hef sa iay hekf?" Temi asked. (What do you want?)
The person seemed confused, "Suk'f iay hekf fa gofik zabo, zogo?" (Don't you want to return home, here?)
"Ioc, nif fef uck'f zogo." Orphen replied. (Yes, but that ISN'T here.)
the Dracitian sighed, "Hop, fogo uc akpi ako hei... iay bicf recf fo focf." (Well. There is only one way... you must pass the test.)
Orphen seemed interested, "Hofo uc fuc focf?" (Where is this test?)
Orphen and Temi woke up their friends and followed this person to a doorway with some more runes.
"Ok, it's a big door, so what?" Cleao asked.
"Fuc uc fo okfok." (This is the entrance.) the Dracitian told them.
Orphen smirked, "Fekc." (Thanks.)
"Arok!" the person shouted. (Open.)
They entered without questioning what the test was, what they had to do, where would they go, and what would happen if they failed.
THE END!!!
A/N: Grr.
