A/N: THIS IS A HUGE SPOILER FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE WAR OF SOULS
YET!!!!!!!!! The story I've written involves a few characters that do not
exist in the story by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and the story line
is somewhat different, but otherwise the story is very much like the
original characters and pattern of events (of course with my changes).
Disclaimer: Characters you recognize are not mine!!!!
all this time I can't believe I couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything
without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life
Evanescence (bring me to life)
The War of Souls
As the story goes, Raistlin Majere had a child, an Irda child. But that was exactly what people called it..a story. After the war of the One God began the story was forgotten in the mists of battle. No one ever thought of it, never cared for it again. The war raged on with the human girl named Mina who performed miracles of healing and conquering. The Silvanesti, who had hidden behind a magical shield for years had fallen to her and her One God. All the dragons of Paladine, gold, silver, brass, bronze and copper, had vanished. Only the dragons of Takhisis remained. These dragons, red, blue, green, black and white, now served the dragon overlords. Malystryx the massive red, Khellendros or Skie the blue, Gellidus or Frost the white, Beryllinthranox the green, and Onysablet or Sable the black. All ruled different lands of Krynn.
Beryl was the mistress of the Qualinesti forest and the second most powerful, Gellidus ruled a vast glacier that he had made himself, Khellendros was the second largest in size with a large realm to himself, Malys was the mightiest of them all and ruled over Goodlund, and Onysablet was the creator of New Swamp in the very heart of the land.
Yet Mina forged on fearlessly doing everything she did in the name of the One God. Mina was the adopted daughter of Goldmoon, princess of the Que- Shu. Mina also did what she did..for her mother, who had been searching for the ancient Gods who had vanished after the Chaos War had ended. Mina's army was now large and her men loyal to her, with faith in the One God. Mina was proud as she marched, leading her men on to the next battle. Foxfire, her steed, suddenly shielded at something. Mina turned her head to see what appeared to be a blind man on the side of the rode.
Mina slowly approached him, "I expected to find you here, Mirror." the human gave a jump.
"How did you know my..?" he asked.
"The One God know's all." Mina said softly as she dismounted and walked over to kneel before him. She reached out to touch him, "I can heal you.." Mina said just as softly, "Give you your sight back..so you fly among the clouds again."
"For what in return?" he snorted.
"Only to serve the One God." she smiled.
Mirror could sense her reaching out to him. He stood and staggered away from her, "No! I can feel your darkness! A shadow over your soul! Your God..is dark..so is her purpose!"
"But Great Silver..your god has abandoned you. You have no reason to cling to something that is not there." she said as if telling a child that he was wrong.
Mirror felt fear, how does this human know I'm a dragon? He took more steps away, and the evil I feel about her..is familiar! He shuddered with memories of a five headed dragon. "I need no god!" he yelled and turned and fled. As he ran, stumbling over things, he began to feel foolish. How weak I must look running from this girl..! He thought sourly. Using his walking stick he slowed and continued on his way.
Mina's army moved onto Sanction... to defeat it, destroy it. To spread the knowledge of the One God.
Mirror was alone. He had been so since the Storm that had, had a voice of it's own. Mirror had been the guardian of the Citadel of Light before he had lost his sight. Now he was roaming all over Krynn, searching for answers to his questions. But now he was lost and alone. He wandered through the hills until he came to a mountain. "A lone mountain...now that is rare.." he whispered to himself, for mountains in Krynn were always in a group. He felt a storm gathering and not wanting to get any sicker then he already was began to climb.
After several minutes he found what he had been seeking, a cave. He walked into it and had the feeling of great space around him, enough for him to shift. In a heartbeat Mirror shifted into his dragon form. He sighed. It was not safe for him to travel in dragon form. Being blind he could no longer fly or know if an enemy was around him, but in human form he could travel more easily and few people bothered him.
He was about to curl up for a nap when he heard someone take a deep breath. "Who's there?!" he shouted jumping to his feet.
"I would like to ask the same thing, intruder." came a smooth female voice.
Mirror would have flushed red if he had been in his human form. He had been careless not to check if the cave was in use. "I am sorry madam. I did not mean to disturb you. I only came because I wished to seek shelter from the storm." he wasn't really sure where the females voice had come from and he wasn't sure if she had seen him yet so he prepared to shift.
"You don't need to change you know..I saw you walk in." the female said in amusement, "You and I have something in common..." Mirror could sense that she had stood, but it was no presence of a human or anything small.
"You're a dragon! What color?!" he seemed to be prepared to fight for his life.
"I'm gold you fool!" she snapped irritably.
"How can I trust you?"
"You can trust the fact that I haven't ripped your head off, like a back stabbing red or blue would do." he could feel her approach him,"What's your name?" she asked curiously.
"Mirror...and what is your's, sister?" he asked suspiciously, using a term that the dragons of Paladine use for each other even if they were different colors.
"I was called Ryan in my youth." she said tapping Mirror on the shoulder, for he had been looking in the opposite direction, "Are you...blind?" she asked seeing that his eyes were misted over.
"Yes." he said in sadness but he quickly changed the subject, "Why are you called Ryan? That doesn't seem to be a name for a dragon.." he said, suspicion floating in his voice.
"Ryan, what do we have here?! I didn't now any of your friends were left." Mirror sensed another presence a much smaller one, one of a human.
"This is Mirror, Keryl." she said to the man who had entered the cave, "and he isn't exactly a friend of mine.."
"Why? Your a gold! Your both on the same side." Keryl sighed, "If only Paladine was here."
"So she was telling the truth?" Mirror asked relieved, "I am sorry sister but you must understand I need to be careful..being blind.."
"I understand." she said shortly.
"Well I for one am glad we have a guest." Keryl said with mild enthusiasm. "Let's eat..all though I might have to go out and hunt again, for I only brought enough for one dragon."
"Sister," Mirror asked ignoring his hunger, "I must ask., for my curiosity eats at me, why did you not leave with our brethren? I would have left but I was...blinded in the storm, yet here you are..untouched."
He could feel Ryan shift uneasily, "I must tell you the truth. I am no dragon, but cursed."
"Cursed?" Mirror asked taken aback. Here he was hoping he had found a comrade who could help him.
"Yes..the Gods..before they left, cursed me..well Takhisis did I'm not sure if the others agreed." then he felt her body temperature rise in rage, "She cursed me to be a dragon for the rest of my life. To live like one, to look like one, to be one!"
"By why? Even the Dark Queen needs a reasons to do such a thing!" Mirror asked horrified.
"Oh see did..she did..." she hissed, "for my lineage. For my father and my mother.."
"But what did your father do? And your mother?"
"For my mother.." her body shuddered with rage, "for being an Irda and for my father...for challenging her for her place among the Gods." she seethed, "So here I have hidden in shadow and darkness. Buying my time for revenge..to finally be able to live a life. It seems like I've been sleeping for thousands of years.." Ryan closed her eyes, "I have never felt it until now..but my father is with me, wishing me luck and urging me on. I can sometimes see him in my dreams in his black robes...soothing me and telling me that I am strong and powerful. And I believe him, one day..one day they will bow down to me, NOT her, me!"
For the first time in years the story of Raistlin Majere's child was remembered..by a dragon who had just met his daughter.
Disclaimer: Characters you recognize are not mine!!!!
all this time I can't believe I couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything
without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life
Evanescence (bring me to life)
The War of Souls
As the story goes, Raistlin Majere had a child, an Irda child. But that was exactly what people called it..a story. After the war of the One God began the story was forgotten in the mists of battle. No one ever thought of it, never cared for it again. The war raged on with the human girl named Mina who performed miracles of healing and conquering. The Silvanesti, who had hidden behind a magical shield for years had fallen to her and her One God. All the dragons of Paladine, gold, silver, brass, bronze and copper, had vanished. Only the dragons of Takhisis remained. These dragons, red, blue, green, black and white, now served the dragon overlords. Malystryx the massive red, Khellendros or Skie the blue, Gellidus or Frost the white, Beryllinthranox the green, and Onysablet or Sable the black. All ruled different lands of Krynn.
Beryl was the mistress of the Qualinesti forest and the second most powerful, Gellidus ruled a vast glacier that he had made himself, Khellendros was the second largest in size with a large realm to himself, Malys was the mightiest of them all and ruled over Goodlund, and Onysablet was the creator of New Swamp in the very heart of the land.
Yet Mina forged on fearlessly doing everything she did in the name of the One God. Mina was the adopted daughter of Goldmoon, princess of the Que- Shu. Mina also did what she did..for her mother, who had been searching for the ancient Gods who had vanished after the Chaos War had ended. Mina's army was now large and her men loyal to her, with faith in the One God. Mina was proud as she marched, leading her men on to the next battle. Foxfire, her steed, suddenly shielded at something. Mina turned her head to see what appeared to be a blind man on the side of the rode.
Mina slowly approached him, "I expected to find you here, Mirror." the human gave a jump.
"How did you know my..?" he asked.
"The One God know's all." Mina said softly as she dismounted and walked over to kneel before him. She reached out to touch him, "I can heal you.." Mina said just as softly, "Give you your sight back..so you fly among the clouds again."
"For what in return?" he snorted.
"Only to serve the One God." she smiled.
Mirror could sense her reaching out to him. He stood and staggered away from her, "No! I can feel your darkness! A shadow over your soul! Your God..is dark..so is her purpose!"
"But Great Silver..your god has abandoned you. You have no reason to cling to something that is not there." she said as if telling a child that he was wrong.
Mirror felt fear, how does this human know I'm a dragon? He took more steps away, and the evil I feel about her..is familiar! He shuddered with memories of a five headed dragon. "I need no god!" he yelled and turned and fled. As he ran, stumbling over things, he began to feel foolish. How weak I must look running from this girl..! He thought sourly. Using his walking stick he slowed and continued on his way.
Mina's army moved onto Sanction... to defeat it, destroy it. To spread the knowledge of the One God.
Mirror was alone. He had been so since the Storm that had, had a voice of it's own. Mirror had been the guardian of the Citadel of Light before he had lost his sight. Now he was roaming all over Krynn, searching for answers to his questions. But now he was lost and alone. He wandered through the hills until he came to a mountain. "A lone mountain...now that is rare.." he whispered to himself, for mountains in Krynn were always in a group. He felt a storm gathering and not wanting to get any sicker then he already was began to climb.
After several minutes he found what he had been seeking, a cave. He walked into it and had the feeling of great space around him, enough for him to shift. In a heartbeat Mirror shifted into his dragon form. He sighed. It was not safe for him to travel in dragon form. Being blind he could no longer fly or know if an enemy was around him, but in human form he could travel more easily and few people bothered him.
He was about to curl up for a nap when he heard someone take a deep breath. "Who's there?!" he shouted jumping to his feet.
"I would like to ask the same thing, intruder." came a smooth female voice.
Mirror would have flushed red if he had been in his human form. He had been careless not to check if the cave was in use. "I am sorry madam. I did not mean to disturb you. I only came because I wished to seek shelter from the storm." he wasn't really sure where the females voice had come from and he wasn't sure if she had seen him yet so he prepared to shift.
"You don't need to change you know..I saw you walk in." the female said in amusement, "You and I have something in common..." Mirror could sense that she had stood, but it was no presence of a human or anything small.
"You're a dragon! What color?!" he seemed to be prepared to fight for his life.
"I'm gold you fool!" she snapped irritably.
"How can I trust you?"
"You can trust the fact that I haven't ripped your head off, like a back stabbing red or blue would do." he could feel her approach him,"What's your name?" she asked curiously.
"Mirror...and what is your's, sister?" he asked suspiciously, using a term that the dragons of Paladine use for each other even if they were different colors.
"I was called Ryan in my youth." she said tapping Mirror on the shoulder, for he had been looking in the opposite direction, "Are you...blind?" she asked seeing that his eyes were misted over.
"Yes." he said in sadness but he quickly changed the subject, "Why are you called Ryan? That doesn't seem to be a name for a dragon.." he said, suspicion floating in his voice.
"Ryan, what do we have here?! I didn't now any of your friends were left." Mirror sensed another presence a much smaller one, one of a human.
"This is Mirror, Keryl." she said to the man who had entered the cave, "and he isn't exactly a friend of mine.."
"Why? Your a gold! Your both on the same side." Keryl sighed, "If only Paladine was here."
"So she was telling the truth?" Mirror asked relieved, "I am sorry sister but you must understand I need to be careful..being blind.."
"I understand." she said shortly.
"Well I for one am glad we have a guest." Keryl said with mild enthusiasm. "Let's eat..all though I might have to go out and hunt again, for I only brought enough for one dragon."
"Sister," Mirror asked ignoring his hunger, "I must ask., for my curiosity eats at me, why did you not leave with our brethren? I would have left but I was...blinded in the storm, yet here you are..untouched."
He could feel Ryan shift uneasily, "I must tell you the truth. I am no dragon, but cursed."
"Cursed?" Mirror asked taken aback. Here he was hoping he had found a comrade who could help him.
"Yes..the Gods..before they left, cursed me..well Takhisis did I'm not sure if the others agreed." then he felt her body temperature rise in rage, "She cursed me to be a dragon for the rest of my life. To live like one, to look like one, to be one!"
"By why? Even the Dark Queen needs a reasons to do such a thing!" Mirror asked horrified.
"Oh see did..she did..." she hissed, "for my lineage. For my father and my mother.."
"But what did your father do? And your mother?"
"For my mother.." her body shuddered with rage, "for being an Irda and for my father...for challenging her for her place among the Gods." she seethed, "So here I have hidden in shadow and darkness. Buying my time for revenge..to finally be able to live a life. It seems like I've been sleeping for thousands of years.." Ryan closed her eyes, "I have never felt it until now..but my father is with me, wishing me luck and urging me on. I can sometimes see him in my dreams in his black robes...soothing me and telling me that I am strong and powerful. And I believe him, one day..one day they will bow down to me, NOT her, me!"
For the first time in years the story of Raistlin Majere's child was remembered..by a dragon who had just met his daughter.
