Yoshi's Story: The Lost City
Chapter 1: A Flare in the Dark
Back at its peak, Yoshi's island had been a paradise that was impregnable to attack for one reason, the guardians; Yoshis endowed with long life to protect the island from attack, at the destruction of the Pyra High City all were thought to be lost, but this was not the case, two had survived and had escaped the destruction of the city. Still, the two guardians could not keep the island a paradise by themselves, so slowly the island fell under attack by Bowser, and many of his offspring, but the attacks were always unsuccessful, and Yoshi's island survived, however, so did the person who had cast the spell and destroyed the High City, and soon he will be back to finish what he started so long ago…
Time: Evening, Day 21, third month from the New Year, year 320 since the destruction of the Pyra high city
Location: Sylche Forest Village outskirts, Yoshi's Island.
Takra watched silently from his post high in the treetops, for the past three nights he had seen that light shine out from somewhere in the Pyra desert without fail, something was up. He called down to his mate, far below on the ground.
"Kyarra! The beacon is lit again! Quick, run to the village center, And bring Anyellah back with you."
Kyarra acknowledged Takra's request and took off. Takra turned back to the light and removed a cluster of grapes from his pack, it would be 15 minutes before Kyarra came back, and he hadn't had a chance to eat all day. He sat back with his grapes to wait…
It wasn't long before Kyarra returned, bringing a light blue Yoshi with her.
"Alright Takra, I'm coming up, hold the ladder for me, will ya?"
Takra steadied the ladder as Anyellah and Kyarra climbed up. As they neared the top of the ladder, he reached out and lifted Anyellah up, while Kyarra being a better climber, crawled up on her own. Anyellah looked out towards the beacon intently.
"What do you see?"
"Well the beacon's definitely coming from the Pyra ruins, but I can't tell where, I'd have to get closer for a better view…"
"How close do you think you would need to get?"
"At least as close as the causeway."
"Well then we'd better get moving"
Takra and Kyarra had once been guardians for Grand Ecco Yoshita, and had once lived in the Pyra High city, but were away when the city was destroyed. Ever since then they had been watching it very carefully, hoping that some day they could return there. Until finding Anyellah they had almost lost hope of ever going back in. Anyellah had been given a very special gift by the Grand Ecco at her birth; she had been given a sight pearl, which gave her far better sight than any other Yoshi on the entire island, except those that also had a pearl like hers. This combined with the fact that she also had an immunity to the sands of the Pyra Desert, and could also protect others as well gave hope back to Takra and Kyarra that something could be done to restore the city. They had requested permission of the Ecco from their area to research the city further and had been granted express permission to enter the forbidden lands around Pyra Desert, but now, they were finally getting their chance to move.
"We need to be packed and ready to leave by tomorrow morning, the sooner we get moving, the sooner we get our home back."
Time: Early Morning, Day 22, third month from the New Year, year 320 since the destruction of the Pyra high city
Location: Sylche Forest Village, Yoshi's Island.
Takra strapped down the last of their supplies to the Drawcart and signaled for the other two Yoshis to finish up and get ready to leave. Anyellah was already packed, and walked over with her gear.
"Kyarra said she would be done very soon, she just needed to grab some last minute stuff and then we can leave."
Takra nodded and loaded Anyellah's pack onto the Drawcart, he had almost finished strapping it down when Kyarra appeared with her pack in tow as well.
"Alright, well al we have to do is load your pack and then we'll be ready to go."
Kyarra nodded and stowed her gear alongside the others and grabbed her leaf board from off the wall rack.
"Lets get going, then."
The three Yoshis left the hut in silence and headed off towards the causeway branch leading from the village. Upon arrival at the Causeway, the group of Yoshis stepped off into the current, each one holding a handle of the Drawcart. Each one could feel the other two's excitement and nervousness. They spent the trip in silence, each one to their own thoughts. When they neared their exit, each Yoshi in turn drifted towards the sidewall of the causeway and slipped out of the current, Takra going last with the Drawcart.
Even from this far away the ruins of Pyra city could be seen, and even in their state of disrepair they still looked beautiful.
"We'll set up camp here."
Memories of the city flooded back to Takra. It was all he could do to keep from tears at the sight of all that he lost there. Friends… family… his life was there in that city and now it was gone… he took one last look, then turned back to the work at hand.
In a few minutes their camp was set up, and everything arranged. They were ready.
"Well, Anyellah? When do you want to try entering the city?"
Anyellah thought for a moment.
"Do you think there's still time today?"
"Well yes, but we would have to walk back after dark then"
"Then we'll walk back in the dark, the sooner we go in there, the sooner we'll find out what that beacon is, besides, it only shines after dark anyway."
"Very well then, we'll leave in 15 minutes, get whatever you need."
