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Chapter 5, Mysterious encounter?
"I thought you would be here" said someone at the top of the staircase. I looked up and saw Riveria, member of the Loki familia.
"W-What are you doing here?!" I asked startled. She walked down from the staircase and started to speak.
"Isn't it obvious? I've come here to see you." She responded casually then using magic to light the torches hanging on the wall.
"She's come to see me? But why?". I then said out loud, "why, no how do you know me?" I asked as she approached me. I instinctively went into a defensive stance.
"It's a hard and a long story to explain. Just open that briefcase under that bed. I'm not going to attack." she said then pointing to a bed.
I decided that I probably didn't need to suspect Riveria from the info in the anime and lowered my stance. I went to quickly look around. There were 2 beds not far from a anvil and a hearth for blacksmithing, there was a desk that had a feather pen and a jar of ink, there was a short corridor that wasn't lit by a torch, and there was a table by the hearth that had tools laying on it. The size of the room was about a medium size house, not too big but not too small. I looked to the staircase, behind it were pillars of a material that I didn't know of but I somehow knew that the pillars were made out of a metal that wouldn't break soon.
As I looked around, I thought "hm, I know Riveria isn't the type to trick people based on the anime. But then again, the anime didn't really state a lot facts about her. I wish I could've read the manga!" I decided to stop waisting time and went over to the bed. I bent down, pulled up the briefcase and setted it on the bed.
I turned around and asked Riveria, "What is in this briefcase?".
"Just open it please, you will find out eventually." She said.
As I cautiously went to open the briefcase, something moved on top of it as I touched it. The top of it changed until, in the center was a indent for what looks like a orb.
"What is this for?" I called back to Riveria.
"Oh, I almost forgot! Here." She said handing me a strangely familiar orb she pulled from a bag she had on her back.
"Isn't this the orb that got turned to ash or something?!" I thought startled.
I looked at Riveria. Apparently there was a lot more to her than most people know. I took the orb a little bit suspicious of Riveria considering that she never had this orb in the anime. I laid the orb into the indent on the briefcase. Nothing happened for a moment, then a noise went off.
Click, Click, Click the noise went off fast as it sounded like gears being turned. Almost taking me by surprise, the briefcase started to transform. Standing beside the bed was a bronze mechanical dragon.
"I-I-Isn't That Festus?!!" I said outloud.
"Yes, It is his him. Max" Riveria said after a little pause after the first sentence.
I froze. "How does she know my name?!! We've never met and Bell never had a chance to tell anyone about me! Also, how does she know about Festus?! He's from a book series!" I had more questions but Festus interrupted my thoughts.
"Welcome back, Master Max" Festus said.
I stood there extremely confused. I was never a master of anything except playing video games and reading. I was never good at any sports except for being ok with tennis. I definitely wasn't a master of controlling a mechanical dragon!
I finally spoke. "How is this even possible? You are from a book, aren't you?"
Festus chuckled. "Looks like you don't remember, just put your hand on my head" he said then lowering his head so I could put my hand on it.
My confusion died and was replaced with excitement. I had always been a fan of Percy Jackson and dragons so this was a dream come true. I went over to Festus and laid my hand on his head. I was suddenly spectating a battle. From overhead, I could see that below was Seolo Forest. I saw someone in a bronze color like armor, with a girl with similar hair as Riveria's. The two people were using bows. The person in the bronze armor was also using a sword. Monsters were running towards them. The girl was in the back providing support with her bow. The other guy was cutting down monsters as they tried to retreat.
"Is this a vision? No, it doesn't feel like a vision, more like a memory." I thought surprising myself. How did I know what a memory and a vision felt like? Oh well, another mystery to add to the list. The memory shifted again and again. Memory's were passing by so fast that I couldn't see them. I stumbled backwards. It appears that the memory had ended.
"Are you alright Max?" Riveria asked while helping me up.
"Yeah I'm fine" I lied. "What was that battle? Who were those people" I was a little shaken by that memory that I had seen.
"You'll be fine Max. I just showed a memory we shared." Festus explained.
"A memory... that we shared? Are you telling me that I have been here before?" I asked both of them.
"Yes, you have been here before. Luckily, when you arrived, you and a nice girl helped each other to survive." Riveria said.
"Do you know who it was, Riveria?" I asked.
"Yes, I know because it was me" Riveria said.
End of Chapter 5, Mysterious Ecounter
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