Morning dawned fresh and cool, the sun's rays gleaming welcoming and warm over the small woodlands. The crescent moon was still fighting her place in the sky, hence loosing her night weakness to the flaming courage of the sun. Matt inhaled a deep breath, stretching himself loud and long, expanding his muscular arms like wings. Suddenly he stopped dry, sniffed the air for a while longer, and sighed lightly. The boy could feel his mouth watering lightly, hungrily, but shrugged it off.
Matt walked down the steps that lead to the small cottage, and paced over the ground lightly. He heard nervous neighs, stomping of hooves on the ground, and the nervous rustle of manes. Three magnificent equines stood before him, glancing at the boy's presence sideways, trusting little, yet maintaining their place calmly. One was a vivid chestnut, the colour of flaming copper, the other, a mare, was tall and black like the deepest onyx, and the third one was a roan grey, turning a glazing blue like a starry sky, sparkled with paleness here and there.
"Good morning!" chirped the dog girl, grinning at the boy through her white fangs.
"Eh, hello there…" Matt saluted without much conviction, too focused on the three equines, and realizing the dragon was nowhere to be seen.
"Like 'em?" inquired the girl through a sharp accent.
"Yeah, they are… nice animals, what are they for?" Matt inquired raising an eyebrow.
"They are for your!" Jag exclaimed with surprise, "How are you planning on continuing your journey without horses?" she pointed out.
"Er… walking I guess, we are kind of used to that, you know?" Matt said grinning with affirmation.
"You don't know how to ride?" Jag inquired worriedly, "None of you?" she insisted upon reading the boy's silence.
"I have a little more practice, seeing how I have ridden on my Digimon's back, but I highly doubt Kari or Yolei have ever ridden one of these!" Matt pointed out shrugging.
Jag sighed deeply and shook her head with desperation. This was going to be a long day, her mission could wait. Deep inside she knew it would be wiser to let the children on their own, but somehow she had a feeling this children were not normal. They might just be the solution to Becenykan's problems.
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"I think we should find them, guide them you know?" Quicksilver pointed out through his misty voice.
"If they are so special, wouldn't they know how to do that themselves?" the other voice inquired.
"They might, but they are new here, they are disoriented, Blaze!" Quick pointed out glancing at the other man through wide eyes.
"Look, Quick, not even YOU know what they are supposed to do! How are we going to guide them correctly?" Blaze passed a nervous hand through his flaming head.
"Because they hold the key…" hissed the boy, playing with loose strands of his silver hair.
"The key to what?" Blaze was exasperated.
"Saving our planet!" Quicksilver grinned again, his bright blue eyes sparkled mysteriously.
Blaze raised his hands to the wind, snorting with anger. He hated when the dragon spoke in oracle like terms, simply because he hated not knowing what was going on. Leaping off the cliff they were seated on, the human figure exploded in a brightness of light and fired, and the enormous dragon soared through the sky.
"Come on then, lets find these children!" bellowed the copper dragon at the elven figure sitting on the cliff, smiling amusedly.
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In the depth of a castle, in the gloomy darkness of the most penetrating shadows, hidden between the sharpest and most terrible stones, in the heart of a bald mountain, lived the most terrible sorcerer of all times. Rakesh's face was illuminated by the bluish glow of his crystal orb, his bony, pale hands waving over the object with mastery. An evil grin broke his lips, revealing sharp fangs in his mouth. Inside the orb glowed the images of three children, melting with the reflections of two dragons flying.
"Ah, Jaguar, so you are still determined to destroy me, aren't you, treacherous bitch? First the dragons, and now three children? How much lower can you go?" the man sneered at the smiling face of a dog woman.
"And Quicksilver, what does your mother want this time? It is useless, I will always be more powerful than she is! Definitely more powerful than you. What have you planned out now?" The sorcerer inquired at the ball, his sneer becoming a disgusted hiss.
Rakesh pulled away from the orb abruptly, with disgust, and tossed the pedestal away, making the delicate object tumble perilously. He glanced into the depths of the shadows and inhaled a deep breath. Truly he was too cocky, but deep inside he had a terrible feeling about the mysterious arrival of this children, and the dragon a few years ago.
"Nigra, Shadow!" called the sorcerer into the depths.
A rustle was hear, the chiming of scales, the knocking of claws hitting the stony pavement. Two pairs of amber eyes glimmered in the darkness, and a hiss could be heard echoing in the vast room.
"My lord?" hissed one voice, a snake like sound mixed with a lionish rumble.
"Nigra, go to Cyma Arpbenh, stop this children, by no means you must let them get close to Aberyn. Shadow, stop the dragons, don't let them get to the children in time!" Rakesh was slightly nervous, but his orders were firm, and accepted no discussion.
"Yes lord!" Nigra said beaming, while her brother accompanied her gesture.
Both then leap into the open sky through a gap in the ceiling, built specially for them. Two enormous dragons, black like the night, glided and flew into the inmensity of Becenykan.
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It had been a hard day for Jag, as it had been for the digidestined. However, by the end of it, the Noa Kyre smiled with pride, and the children could gallop with ease, and maintain themselves on the horses, precariously, yet with balance, when leaping. The warrior had sent Matt and Kari to search for wood, although there was enough for the whole night. She wanted to speak with the girl, there was more to it than what they had spoken.
"It's a nice night, right Jelly?" Jag pointed out distractedly, stirring a cauldron that had been placed on the fire.
"It's Yolei, and yeah, it's a nice night!" the girl shrugged off her comment.
"Look, I know there is more to it than what you have told me, I might help you!" Jag looked up through her grey eyes, placing them over the girl's brown ones.
"There is more to what?" Yolei inquired glancing at the wolf girl, taking her eyes off the flame.
"Why are you here, and why are you searching for Copper Blaze?" Jag looked slightly severe, but calm and tranquil, her hand stirring the cauldron.
"You know him?" Yolei's voice was raised, excited, and she nearly fell over when her knees sprang her body upwards.
Koe was curled on a ball, dozing lightly. She opened one amber eye and stared at the two women speaking, her curiosity being attracted.
"I do, I am a Dragon Knight after all!" Jag took a slight zip of the soup she was cooking, grimacing she dropped a herb in the cauldron, "tell me everything!" she urged.
"Well, it all happened like this…" Yolei began to relate everything, the way she met Izzy, the Digidestined, how she fell in love with him, the way she discovered his secret, when he left and how she found a way to get here.
"I see!" Jag commented once Yolei had finished her story, stopping her stirring and taking the cauldron out of the fire to let it cool.
"Well, that is all what happened!" Yolei shrugged, yet her eyes stared at the woman with attention and hopes.
"Can I see the digital device?" Jag inquired studying the story with attention.
"Sure!" the woman showed it to her, too focused in her desires to think about something as useless and futile as was her digital device here.
Jag studied the object with attention, clicking the buttons, turning it around and shaking it lightly. Nothing happened, the item remained still and silent as it always was, unless Yolei wanted it otherwise. The Noa Kyre handed it back to the girl and smiled lightly, emitting a sigh.
"So you love him!" Jag inquired glancing at the woman with a wide smile.
"Yes, more than you can imagine!" Yolei smiled dreamily at the dog girl, now they were speaking her language.
Koe shifted in her sleep once again, and a deep rumble echoed in her throat.
"But you know he is a dragon, and you are human, right? Such union is impossible." Jag was very serious now.
"What do you mean?" inquired the girl shakily, her hand playing with a strand of violet hair.
"I mean a dragon and a human can never be. Gynaro created males and females of each specie for one reason. He might love you, more than he could ever love any dragon female, but sooner or later he is bound to break your heart. Blaze will feel the need to be with a female of his specie, to mate and go on with the specie, and you can do nothing to avoid it!" Jag was gentle in her words but each syllable stabbed Yolei's soul like a flaming blade.
"NO! You're wrong! I'm sure Izzy will never do anything like that!" Yolei spat at the woman angrily, clenching her fists so tightly her knuckles turned pale white.
"Yolei, calm down!" snapped Jag raising her black palms.
"No, I'm sure he still loves me!" Yolei commented painfully, now she had calmed down, yet tears had began to flow down her cheeks.
"Yolei, you can't stop it." Shooed Jag, embracing the girl tightly, and letting her cry in her leather vest. "You can't stop it unless you are a dragon." The Noa Kyre remarked gently.
"A dragon?" Yolei's cries stopped, and the former digidestined pulled away to look at the woman. "Can you make me a dragon?" the girl inquired timidly.
"Me? Oh no, I'm not a sorceress! But I know someone who might be able to help you!" Jag's eyes glimmered mysteriously.
Yolei felt herself float, happier than she had ever been. There might be a hope for her after all, a hope to be with that boy she loved with all her heart. Even if it meant sacrificing her humanity.
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"Matt, we should go back, we are a little far!" Kari pointed out nervously, glancing into the shadows and seeing eyes blending with the darkness.
She hated the darkness, it was something so terrible, so charming and scary at the same time. The girl inhaled a deep breath and sprinted towards Matt, yelping lightly with fear at the creepy darkness crawling behind her. Matt kept walking without even looking at the girl, his eyes fixed into the path they were following. Both suddenly emerged into the refreshing coolness of brightness, clarity and light.
Kari gasped with surprise. They had broken the barrier of shadows and darkness, and walked straight into a very high cliff. They could see everything from such height, the whole continent, vast extensions of green land, forests and valleys washed by the tender light of an almost full moon. Very thin columns of smoke floated into the sky, spread and vanished by the wind. Matt looked to his left, curiously, drinking everything he was seeing, recording them into his memory. The moon light rippled in the ocean, and Matt felt his breath leaving him. There was this new feeling in him, some nostalgia and sadness that was drowning him viciously. The sea inspired him so much calm and beauty, and so much grief at the same time. He almost felt as if he was seeing an old friend for the first time in many, many ages.
"Matt, what is that?" inquired Kari's voice, tremulous and fearfully.
Matt broke his gaze from the sea, much effort made to manage this. The boy looked at Kari, her arm extended, and index finger pointing forward, into the depths of the continent. Matt followed her gaze, her direction, and held in a ragged gasp.
To Be Continued…
AN: OK here comes another chapter. I know it took me a long, long time to update, but people just didn't seem much interested, and when I realized they were, the ideas had just vanished from my head. I am a little more focused now however. Well, I hope you are liking it. I want to thank however to all of those people who insisted in the continuing of this story, because those are who made it possible.
Theatrical Trailer:
(For those who like Final Fantasy X)
'What happens when someone you love...'
"THundaga!" Rikku bellowed.
A lighting is shot, which hits a white Vihur (reptile monster) square in the chest. The fiend falls down and stands up, shaking his head. The animal's eyes open to reveal a pair of blue eyes.
'…Returns to you in the body of an animal?'
"It is you!" Rikku yells, hugging the fiend, who hugs her back.
'What happens when you discover he can become human?'
The vihur leaps forward. There is a bright glow and Tidus appears. Rikku tosses him his old sword and the boy lashes at a Fang.
"We will find a way to make this permanent!" Rikku says softly, patting the Vihur's sad face.
Next scene we see the two entering a tower. A handsome young man, High Priest of the tower of Magic, salutes them.
"Welcome to Mirage. I am Laethos!" the man says with a smile.
Change Scene.
"There is a way to make you human forever, Tidus, but you might also loose your life!" Laethos explains.
"Tell me how!" Tidus pleads.
Change Scene.
"Why are you always doing this?" The vihur spats angrily at Laethos. "How can you know me better than I know myself?" Laethos looks away.
'How far will you go for love?'
"Rikku…" Tidus whispers, seeing the girl dancing with Laethos.
Change Scene.
"I must go to Zanarkand, and try to become human, if I don't I'm going to loose her forever!" Tidus murmurs.
He is seen running into the darkness of the forest, while saying this.
Change Scene.
"I'm having this strange dreams…" Tidus explains.
There is a scene about Zanarkand in the past, the face of a very pretty woman with a gentle smile. Then we see a meeting of people around a fire.
"This is the only way to save Spira!" one man dressed in black points out, while the rest nod.
Change Scene.
"Tidus!" Rikku's voice screaming.
We see a human Tidus fighting an enormous dragon, while a golden eagle is flying towards the ruins of Zanarkand. The next thing we see is the white Vihur being hit by the dragon's claw, and the animal falling down. The reptile raises his head and sees himself reflected in a mirror. Tidus' eyes widen, and he inhales.
Letters flash in silvery white over a black background, slithering like a fog.
HUMAN SPIRIT
"We are not so different, Tidus." Laethos' voice says, while Tidus stares at him without understanding.
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