Note: This is my first fic so please do review but please don't flame. "..."
is for speech '...' is the name of something or thoughts. Notes are at the
bottom. And I don't own any of the characters.
Arcanus Iter Initium Facio
"Ryu, do you remember that when we left Dogolany that the elders said
that when when we reached the desert that these pants, shirt, and moccasins
would be light enough that the heat will be survivable?" The smaller of the
two Ryu, a blue-haired man whose lips were starting to turn as blue as
his hair, responded with "Yes, Ryona and before you ask again, the only
things we could have offended at the start of this journey are demons." Ryona
, purple haired woman, just shivered and pulled the blanket she had around
her closer to her. The pair were similarly dressed in tan canvas pants, a
white cotton shirt, and leather moccasins. The only diference being that
Ryona's clothing was larger and the shirt had sleeves. After a few minutes
had passed Ryona started conversation again. "So Ryu, why's it that you won't
even take this and use it for a cloak, even just for a little bit? And don't
give me the same excuse from earlier." Ryu just sighed mournfully and said
"The reason that I said earlier is the truth." Ryona looked disgusted and
spat back "Ya well I think you're lying 'cuz there ain't no way that you
could be one of the Tainted, you ain't deformed and don't act like one!"
Ryu smiled wanly and replied "Well my deformity is corrected by my upkeeping
the spell of Absolution and do you honestly think all the Tainted act like
barbarians or act like Malos Fafnir?" Ryona kept silent as Ryu continued
"And before you ask to see just how I'm warped, I won't show you but I will
tell you just so as to not be incessantly asked. I have wings, a tail, and
taloned feet and frankly even I despise my Tainted form." Thoroughly answered
Ryona kept silent and it was an hour or so before Ryu spoke and broke the
silence. "Dummy, dummy, dummy! Now why didn't I think of this before. Ryona
stay here and wait for a little. I'll clear up the snowstorm in a flash." So
saying, Ryu quickly ran ahead and stopped a little more than a mile away.
A few moments later there was a huge flash and Ryu stood on top of a patch
of glass in the middle of the desert sands. Behind him stood the charred
corpse of a snow demon, at least that was what Ryona thought it was , only a
few bones were left but the snowstom stopped. Ryona then ran to Ryu and asked
the only reasonable question; "What the hells was that?" Calmly Ryu turned
and said "The snow demon that caused the blizzard, what's left anyway."In
responce "No the flash what the hells was that!" "Oh, that was the spell I
developed 'Atomus Flamen.'" Ryona asked "Gee why didn't ya use it sooner?"
Ryu whispered meekly "Because it'll hit everything in the blast area but me."
Ryona would have asked more but she fainted from shock.
Author's Notes: The titles are in Latin and title of the story translates to
Two Dragons, Next Cycle. The chapter title means Mysterious Journey Begins
. Atomus Flamen translates to Atom Blast.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Two~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ryu would not have chosen this particualr spot to set up camp but
Ryona's faint demanded otherwise. 'Ryona,' he thought 'took that surprisingly
well. Last time, Geas had a heart attack. And he was the sorcery teacher.'
Of course, Ryu moved both Ryona and the campsite a few feet, since the
prospect of sleeping on hot glass in the middle of the desert had very little
appeal. 'Maybe I'll make the same deal with her as I did with so many others.
Doubt that it'll be any different though.' For a few reasons that last
thought made Ryu depressed. So he decided that he would only make that deal
with Ryona if she pressed the point, which Ryu was almost certain of. That
also hade him depressed because he didn't want to be ostracised again.
Nightfall arrived quickly and with it the pair were off again. Ryu
walked on in silence, hoping beyond reason that Ryona would not press the
issue of his true form. 'She's nice but this is going to be another one of
those times when her curiousness will get her in some trouble.' He let his
mind wander back to a day in Dogolony when Ryona's curiousity got her in
trouble. 'That day Ryona had found an ornate box in the streets. Such things
are rare in Dogolony so naturally anyone would be curious. Ryona, however,
had the type of curiousity that should have gotten her dead or at least
severly mauled. The only thing that kept Ryona alive and, mostly, unmolested
was having seen a bread-box sized Mimic attack and nearly kill her father.
Since that incident the then eight year old Ryona was always very careful
with boxes and usually brought any that she found to me, a Cleric, to be
analyzed.I remember that day well for two reasons, one being that I turned
thirteen;the other was that it was that day that I first transformed.I had
been a full fleged Cleric for two years, having completed training and the
rite of passage a year early than the usual four year period. The first part
of learing to be a Cleric is learning to identify Mimics, who seem to like
dragon-flesh. She found me rather easily since in Dogolony I wore an ice blue
robe and kept the hood on and most knew that I was almost always in the slum
part of Dogolony. Upon arriving she asked as sweetly as she could manage, if
I could see if it was a Mimic. When the detecton spell came back a negative
she opened it and to our surprise a full grown Barbury demon jumped out. I
don't remember if Ryona had started her training as a Warrior but it really
wouldn't have mattered. The demon slapped Ryona with its tail and kayoed her
and slashed at me, nearly disembowling me yet I managed to stand. I clearly
remember the transformation but I can't remember the shape or name of the
form, only the seemingly limitless power. I remember using a spell to damage
the demon and then attacking it and knocking it apart. My last act in this
form was to repair the damage that the demon had caused to Ryona. Then,
feeling no need to remain in my alterd form, I reverted. I haven't been able
to transform into that form again but I found that I gained the abiltiy to
use nearly any form I saw or had described to me. Well I guess that I owe
Ryona a few favors for what she did for me.' With that Ryu fell asleep.
Next Day
Ryona awoke with a start, her mind still a bit fuzzy. She looked
around the tent and saw that Ryu was already up because his sleeping bag was
empty.'As usual, Ryu gets up before the sun does. Wonder how he developed
an attack spell that powerful. He's a Cleric not a Mage so he shouldn't be
able to learn a spell that powerful. I hope that he's in a good mood though.'
After that thought Ryona rose, stretched, and changed into another set of
clothes for desert travel. Ryona stepped out to find Ryu sitting on a rock
with a strange smile on his face. It was different from his usual smile but
he only smiled like that when he could help another person. So she walked up
to him and asked "Ryu, why are you smiling like that." Ryu was a little
startled because he hadn't noticed Ryona but he answered Ryona. "Oh, Ryona,
didn't see ya but I'm smiling 'cause I was able to get ahold of some
strawberry Spice Drops." Both dragons knew that anything but demon-flesh was
a rare comodity in Dogolony and that Ryu's favorite treat was strawberry
flavor Spice Drops. Ryona perfered Lemon Candy but she already had a few
saved up that she brought with her. Then Ryu spoke again "Hey Ryona, I'm
sorry about yesterday and if you want I'll show you what I really look like."
At that Ryona was torn her common sense told her that Ryu probably had a good
reason for keeping his Tainted form so secret but her couriosity said other-
wise. So she ended up saying "Yes, I would like to see what you really look
like." and upon hearing that Ryu said "All right, just let me change 'cause I
don't want to ruin this shirt."
Inside the tent Ryu took out a vest that had ties at the neck and
waist and took off his shirt and put on the vest. "Form that was mine from
birth/Which this spell has bound to Earth./Let the seals be shattered and
mine form true/be mine anew." Considering the four line rhyme the
transformation was very simple and caused little change. Most four line
spells were much more impressive, like dust bunnies to Monty Python rabbits
or man to giant golem but in this case a pair of dragon's wings slid out of
Ryu's back, a tail appeared from just above his waist, and he gained claws
on his hand and feet. 'Hmmm, claws are new. Well time for my grand entry.'
Ryona was expecting a totally different sight from how Ryu described
his Tainted form. He looked almost the exact same excepting the wings and
tail and the claws and his hair standing on end. Then she made a mistake.
She looked into his eyes. His eyes were different. One thing should be
explained right now. If you look into a Dragon's eyes, you can learn a few
things about the Dragon. Peering into a Dragon's eyes will tell how he feels
and give you a good comparison of your power compaired to his greatest form's
power, amoung other things. In the case of two Dragons it's like both were
compairing full power. So when Ryona looked into Ryu's eyes she did not
expect to feel like an ant in the middle of a Super Nova spell. Her first
words were "Wow......so....powerful.I-i-in-incredable." Ryu took the
incoherancy of Ryona as a good sign. Other than his parents most Dragons
acted like head-less chickens and avoided him. Then again he and Ryona were
related because Ryu's father was the brother of Ryona's grandfather. Dragons
had odd relations like that because they lived for hundreds of years and
could bear children up to age 365. So it was very possible to have an uncle
or aunt that you were older than, especially during long peaces like Dogolony
was having right now. While Ryu was thinking about the irony of his being her
uncle and only four years older Ryona composed her self enough to start
talking coherently. "Well Ryu that was very impressive. I don't see why you
would keep such power hidden, tho'." Ryu smiled and responded "I have my
reasons and we should be coming to where a friend I met a few years ago lives
and he should help get us to Winda much faster." and with that the Dragons
took up camp and started walking."
AN: This is all I have for now so please review. Also if you want to
be a proofreader, since I don't have any now, e-mail me at arispe2000ataol.com.
Also I have included the first parts of the next chapter.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Three~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The City Rhine, the newest of the Dragon cities and the one with the
most diverse population. Of its near 255 people, 100 are Dragons, 74 are
Worren, 50 are Grassrunners, 30 are Human, and one is a Demon. Most of the
time, that is almost always, Dragons name their cities after an important
location near-by. Rhine is no exception. The site of the city is divided
in half by the Rhine River according to the Worrens that named it. A decade earlier a battle for
the site of the city was won with help from two unlikely sources, a Tainted and a traitor Demon.
They did most of the damage to the invading forces. That was why the Demon was able to set up
residence when the city was first started.
Entering from the South, a pair of travelers approached the gates.
The guard at the gate recognised Ryu on sight and had the gate half open
before the travelers actually got there. "Hey, Heros, good to be seein' ye
'gain." In an amused tone of voice Ryu said "Good to see you again also."
"Will ye be seein' Pensum?" "No, I've come to see Ruhr." At that the guard
almost imperceptably flinched Ryona noted. The guard muttered some words in
Worren and motioned for the gates to be opened. Of the major recognized clans only the Worren
clan has kept their original language in common use.
is for speech '...' is the name of something or thoughts. Notes are at the
bottom. And I don't own any of the characters.
Arcanus Iter Initium Facio
"Ryu, do you remember that when we left Dogolany that the elders said
that when when we reached the desert that these pants, shirt, and moccasins
would be light enough that the heat will be survivable?" The smaller of the
two Ryu, a blue-haired man whose lips were starting to turn as blue as
his hair, responded with "Yes, Ryona and before you ask again, the only
things we could have offended at the start of this journey are demons." Ryona
, purple haired woman, just shivered and pulled the blanket she had around
her closer to her. The pair were similarly dressed in tan canvas pants, a
white cotton shirt, and leather moccasins. The only diference being that
Ryona's clothing was larger and the shirt had sleeves. After a few minutes
had passed Ryona started conversation again. "So Ryu, why's it that you won't
even take this and use it for a cloak, even just for a little bit? And don't
give me the same excuse from earlier." Ryu just sighed mournfully and said
"The reason that I said earlier is the truth." Ryona looked disgusted and
spat back "Ya well I think you're lying 'cuz there ain't no way that you
could be one of the Tainted, you ain't deformed and don't act like one!"
Ryu smiled wanly and replied "Well my deformity is corrected by my upkeeping
the spell of Absolution and do you honestly think all the Tainted act like
barbarians or act like Malos Fafnir?" Ryona kept silent as Ryu continued
"And before you ask to see just how I'm warped, I won't show you but I will
tell you just so as to not be incessantly asked. I have wings, a tail, and
taloned feet and frankly even I despise my Tainted form." Thoroughly answered
Ryona kept silent and it was an hour or so before Ryu spoke and broke the
silence. "Dummy, dummy, dummy! Now why didn't I think of this before. Ryona
stay here and wait for a little. I'll clear up the snowstorm in a flash." So
saying, Ryu quickly ran ahead and stopped a little more than a mile away.
A few moments later there was a huge flash and Ryu stood on top of a patch
of glass in the middle of the desert sands. Behind him stood the charred
corpse of a snow demon, at least that was what Ryona thought it was , only a
few bones were left but the snowstom stopped. Ryona then ran to Ryu and asked
the only reasonable question; "What the hells was that?" Calmly Ryu turned
and said "The snow demon that caused the blizzard, what's left anyway."In
responce "No the flash what the hells was that!" "Oh, that was the spell I
developed 'Atomus Flamen.'" Ryona asked "Gee why didn't ya use it sooner?"
Ryu whispered meekly "Because it'll hit everything in the blast area but me."
Ryona would have asked more but she fainted from shock.
Author's Notes: The titles are in Latin and title of the story translates to
Two Dragons, Next Cycle. The chapter title means Mysterious Journey Begins
. Atomus Flamen translates to Atom Blast.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Two~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ryu would not have chosen this particualr spot to set up camp but
Ryona's faint demanded otherwise. 'Ryona,' he thought 'took that surprisingly
well. Last time, Geas had a heart attack. And he was the sorcery teacher.'
Of course, Ryu moved both Ryona and the campsite a few feet, since the
prospect of sleeping on hot glass in the middle of the desert had very little
appeal. 'Maybe I'll make the same deal with her as I did with so many others.
Doubt that it'll be any different though.' For a few reasons that last
thought made Ryu depressed. So he decided that he would only make that deal
with Ryona if she pressed the point, which Ryu was almost certain of. That
also hade him depressed because he didn't want to be ostracised again.
Nightfall arrived quickly and with it the pair were off again. Ryu
walked on in silence, hoping beyond reason that Ryona would not press the
issue of his true form. 'She's nice but this is going to be another one of
those times when her curiousness will get her in some trouble.' He let his
mind wander back to a day in Dogolony when Ryona's curiousity got her in
trouble. 'That day Ryona had found an ornate box in the streets. Such things
are rare in Dogolony so naturally anyone would be curious. Ryona, however,
had the type of curiousity that should have gotten her dead or at least
severly mauled. The only thing that kept Ryona alive and, mostly, unmolested
was having seen a bread-box sized Mimic attack and nearly kill her father.
Since that incident the then eight year old Ryona was always very careful
with boxes and usually brought any that she found to me, a Cleric, to be
analyzed.I remember that day well for two reasons, one being that I turned
thirteen;the other was that it was that day that I first transformed.I had
been a full fleged Cleric for two years, having completed training and the
rite of passage a year early than the usual four year period. The first part
of learing to be a Cleric is learning to identify Mimics, who seem to like
dragon-flesh. She found me rather easily since in Dogolony I wore an ice blue
robe and kept the hood on and most knew that I was almost always in the slum
part of Dogolony. Upon arriving she asked as sweetly as she could manage, if
I could see if it was a Mimic. When the detecton spell came back a negative
she opened it and to our surprise a full grown Barbury demon jumped out. I
don't remember if Ryona had started her training as a Warrior but it really
wouldn't have mattered. The demon slapped Ryona with its tail and kayoed her
and slashed at me, nearly disembowling me yet I managed to stand. I clearly
remember the transformation but I can't remember the shape or name of the
form, only the seemingly limitless power. I remember using a spell to damage
the demon and then attacking it and knocking it apart. My last act in this
form was to repair the damage that the demon had caused to Ryona. Then,
feeling no need to remain in my alterd form, I reverted. I haven't been able
to transform into that form again but I found that I gained the abiltiy to
use nearly any form I saw or had described to me. Well I guess that I owe
Ryona a few favors for what she did for me.' With that Ryu fell asleep.
Next Day
Ryona awoke with a start, her mind still a bit fuzzy. She looked
around the tent and saw that Ryu was already up because his sleeping bag was
empty.'As usual, Ryu gets up before the sun does. Wonder how he developed
an attack spell that powerful. He's a Cleric not a Mage so he shouldn't be
able to learn a spell that powerful. I hope that he's in a good mood though.'
After that thought Ryona rose, stretched, and changed into another set of
clothes for desert travel. Ryona stepped out to find Ryu sitting on a rock
with a strange smile on his face. It was different from his usual smile but
he only smiled like that when he could help another person. So she walked up
to him and asked "Ryu, why are you smiling like that." Ryu was a little
startled because he hadn't noticed Ryona but he answered Ryona. "Oh, Ryona,
didn't see ya but I'm smiling 'cause I was able to get ahold of some
strawberry Spice Drops." Both dragons knew that anything but demon-flesh was
a rare comodity in Dogolony and that Ryu's favorite treat was strawberry
flavor Spice Drops. Ryona perfered Lemon Candy but she already had a few
saved up that she brought with her. Then Ryu spoke again "Hey Ryona, I'm
sorry about yesterday and if you want I'll show you what I really look like."
At that Ryona was torn her common sense told her that Ryu probably had a good
reason for keeping his Tainted form so secret but her couriosity said other-
wise. So she ended up saying "Yes, I would like to see what you really look
like." and upon hearing that Ryu said "All right, just let me change 'cause I
don't want to ruin this shirt."
Inside the tent Ryu took out a vest that had ties at the neck and
waist and took off his shirt and put on the vest. "Form that was mine from
birth/Which this spell has bound to Earth./Let the seals be shattered and
mine form true/be mine anew." Considering the four line rhyme the
transformation was very simple and caused little change. Most four line
spells were much more impressive, like dust bunnies to Monty Python rabbits
or man to giant golem but in this case a pair of dragon's wings slid out of
Ryu's back, a tail appeared from just above his waist, and he gained claws
on his hand and feet. 'Hmmm, claws are new. Well time for my grand entry.'
Ryona was expecting a totally different sight from how Ryu described
his Tainted form. He looked almost the exact same excepting the wings and
tail and the claws and his hair standing on end. Then she made a mistake.
She looked into his eyes. His eyes were different. One thing should be
explained right now. If you look into a Dragon's eyes, you can learn a few
things about the Dragon. Peering into a Dragon's eyes will tell how he feels
and give you a good comparison of your power compaired to his greatest form's
power, amoung other things. In the case of two Dragons it's like both were
compairing full power. So when Ryona looked into Ryu's eyes she did not
expect to feel like an ant in the middle of a Super Nova spell. Her first
words were "Wow......so....powerful.I-i-in-incredable." Ryu took the
incoherancy of Ryona as a good sign. Other than his parents most Dragons
acted like head-less chickens and avoided him. Then again he and Ryona were
related because Ryu's father was the brother of Ryona's grandfather. Dragons
had odd relations like that because they lived for hundreds of years and
could bear children up to age 365. So it was very possible to have an uncle
or aunt that you were older than, especially during long peaces like Dogolony
was having right now. While Ryu was thinking about the irony of his being her
uncle and only four years older Ryona composed her self enough to start
talking coherently. "Well Ryu that was very impressive. I don't see why you
would keep such power hidden, tho'." Ryu smiled and responded "I have my
reasons and we should be coming to where a friend I met a few years ago lives
and he should help get us to Winda much faster." and with that the Dragons
took up camp and started walking."
AN: This is all I have for now so please review. Also if you want to
be a proofreader, since I don't have any now, e-mail me at arispe2000ataol.com.
Also I have included the first parts of the next chapter.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Three~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The City Rhine, the newest of the Dragon cities and the one with the
most diverse population. Of its near 255 people, 100 are Dragons, 74 are
Worren, 50 are Grassrunners, 30 are Human, and one is a Demon. Most of the
time, that is almost always, Dragons name their cities after an important
location near-by. Rhine is no exception. The site of the city is divided
in half by the Rhine River according to the Worrens that named it. A decade earlier a battle for
the site of the city was won with help from two unlikely sources, a Tainted and a traitor Demon.
They did most of the damage to the invading forces. That was why the Demon was able to set up
residence when the city was first started.
Entering from the South, a pair of travelers approached the gates.
The guard at the gate recognised Ryu on sight and had the gate half open
before the travelers actually got there. "Hey, Heros, good to be seein' ye
'gain." In an amused tone of voice Ryu said "Good to see you again also."
"Will ye be seein' Pensum?" "No, I've come to see Ruhr." At that the guard
almost imperceptably flinched Ryona noted. The guard muttered some words in
Worren and motioned for the gates to be opened. Of the major recognized clans only the Worren
clan has kept their original language in common use.