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Frus opened the door and saw a full-blood Ethyal sitting on a pillow. He was silver and looked a lot like Frus. However, This Ethyal had spikes growing from his body and was even more powerfully built. He was playing a wind instrument and looking into a bubble that seemed to contain a miniature version of Tserof-7.
Frus stared for a moment, unable to find his voice. However, Ivy knew just where hers was.
"Hey, what's with the, the, this here, and the music and the dark room and pillow and the near identicalness and stuff here?" sputtered Ivy.
The Ethyal looked up from the bubble and stopped playing his song, and an eerie quiet seemed to fill the room. He was about to speak to Ivy when he saw who it was who was standing next to her. Tears began to fill his eyes.
"Father!" said Frus. He ran over to Vrust and hugged him. However, when he looked up, he saw that it was not tears of joy in his parent's eyes.
"My son…my only son, how did you end up here, in the realm of ghosts?" asked Vrust.
Meanwhile, Otto was trying to figure out a way to get away from this girl and find/kill Frus, Ivy, and Sprx. If he could manage, he'd take out the dragon, too. But first, escape.
The green monkey pondered for a while as the girl ghost danced with him and told him about how she died. He tried to run at every chance he got, but it didn't work.
"So, should I just tell you what you should do?" asked a voice.
"Huh, what, who is that?" asked Otto.
"Who is who?" asked the girl.
"Nothing," said Otto. "Who are you," he whispered.
"Eganrac," said the voice. "But you know me as Shadow Beast."
"I remember you. From the final fight against Saga. What do you want?" asked Otto.
"Simple. I need a vessel now more than ever. If you let me use you, I will be able to return with you to the realm of mortals and be resurrected, and you will be able to harm the shades," said the voice.
"How can one harm the dead?" asked Otto.
"My dear boy, you must know that I cloud the spirit. If my powers are infused to a weapon, it can cut a ghost like normal flesh. You can utterly destroy this child and be on your way," said the voice.
"I accept," said Otto eagerly. He spoke these words a bit louder that what he'd been saying thus far.
"What do you accept, Mr. Monkey?" asked the girl. Suddenly, she backed away from Otto, an expression of horror on her face. Otto, however, was grinning from ear to ear. He activated one of his saws; it was now red and black. Otto sliced at the girl to see if it would really work. A red line appeared on her ghostly form. Otto began to laugh and activated his other saw, slashing wildly with both. Soon the girl looked like a severely cracked figurine and she was flickering in and out of existence. Otto returned his hands to normal, made a fist, and focused on it. It ignited with demon fire and he punched the girl, and she broke into pieces, which quickly faded away.
Otto began to laugh hysterically, his voice tainted with that of Eganrac. Once he calmed down, he went off to look for the others once again. But this time, he had Eganrac leading him.
Back with Ivy, Frus, and Vrust, questions were being asked.
"Whaddya mean Ghost Realm?" asked Ivy.
"This is where those with a reason not to move on go when they die," said Vrust.
"Don't worry, Father, we're not dead," said Frus. Upon hearing this, Vrust pulled his son into a powerful hug.
"How did you get here, then, son?" asked Vrust.
"That was me. Stupid magic!" said Ivy. Vrust looked puzzled.
"This is Ivy. She was reading a book on witchcraft and a portal kind of opened and…" Frus trailed off.
"You don't seem as angry as I would think at being pulled through a strange portal, and on your birthday, too," said Vrust. He looked at his son with a knowing expression. "Are you two, you know?"
"Yep!" said Frus. He turned to Ivy, to introduce her to his father. However, Vrust reached forward and grabbed her, pulling both her and Frus into a big hug.
"Glad to meet you, Ivy!" said Vrust. After a moment he let go of both of them.
"Father, it's great to see you again, but we need to look for our friends, and Shuggazoom, where we live, needs us. What can you tell us about this place?" said Frus.
"I'll tell you what I can, son. You see, if a spirit is afraid to go on, or wants to become a ghost and keep people away from something, or can't accept death, than it can go here, and have a semi-corporeal form. Some create zones that are to their liking, and some mess with other spirits. I use this orb to watch over you and Aria, although I haven't been able to find you for some time. You said that you'll be in a place called Shuggazoom, right? Anyway, those doors lead to the various worlds that ghosts visit, and ghost lairs, and libraries for anyone who wants to spend the afterlife learning everything there is. If you focus enough, you can avoid the doors, or rather make them avoid you. I'll lead you to a few of those libraries so that-" Vrust was cut off by a loud screech. He and Frus looked at Ivy, why was trying to play Vrust' flute. She looked over at them and put it down, and Vrust continued, "I'll lead you to some libraries so that you can ask about portal spells and stuff, and I'll keep you away from the more dangerous doors. Hopefully, we'll be able to find your friends."
And that's where we'll be stopping for the moment. I hope that you liked this chapter! Please review!