After failed attempt after failed attempt at breaking that horrific forcefield, the barrier remained unscathed. I found myself getting more and more frustrated. . "This is insane. Combined, you and I should have no problem breaking this barrier. Ophiuchus or not, this shouldn't be so difficult. What's going on with me?", I recluntanctly scream.
"Think about this, my Liege. We are in an area with a surge of raw power, neither good nor evil. The power of the Snake Charmer must be increasing as she spends more time engulfed in this forest.", Monoceros explained. And he was right,
the Spirit King warned me that this place was dangerous because of the upsurge of raw power coarsing through the landscape.
It even seemed like the trees were absorbing the energy. But that only brought up more questions. Where is this energy coming from? And more importantly, why is Ophiuchus burying herself in the heart of this forest? It smelled like nothing but trouble.
"We need to regroup...fast!", I began to ascend back into the forest with Monoceros following closely behind. We landed, and Monoceros walked closer to me. He put his head on my shoulder as I began to slowly pet his soft white hair. He began to make this odd neigh, almost like he was ticklish. "Are you feeling okay?", I turned to him as he was beginning to blush. "Y-yes. I'm fine.", he replied.
"You sure. You look a little flush? Are you running out of power? Should I close your gate?"
"No. I am fine. Remember as long as you hold my gate open, I will have the power to be here. It't just that...", he stopped as he began bellowing soft neighs.
"Yes, Monoceros?"
"COULD YOU PET ME UNDER MY CHIN PLEASE! IT FEELS SO GOOD AND I CAN'T HELP IT!" My face dropped to his answer.
As I reluctantly begin doing so, I sigh in a stale tone, "I forgot all the Spirits are freaks." After completing the less than refutable deed, I pull out a second key. "If anyone knows anything, Grampa Crux will."
Monoceros clears his throat, "Yes, of course. Good thinking."
"Oh shut it! Unless you want your 'secret' archived in the history books." I growl. He shot his head up in embarrasment.
"Anywho..." The key begins to glow a soft whitish gold light, as I begin to focus. "Open! Gate of the Southern Cross!", the gate opens and reveals the Celestial Spirit Crux. The elderly spirit emerges from the light, to the naked eye, asleep. I look paitently as he does what he does best. He awakened several minutes later screaming like always after he finds the long awaited answer we've all been searching for. "So. Gramps?"
"This doesn't make any sense. Ophiuchus shouldn't have any way into the human world. You destroyed her key with the Gottfreid.
This shouldn't be possible. Unless...", Crux begins to sweat and shutter feverishly.
"Unless?", I sternly ask. "Unless...they use the Dark Gate."
I start to quiver at the mere sound of it. "What is that?"
"The dark gate is one of he original gates that connected the Celestial and human worlds. It wasn't always dark but..."
"But?!", I scream!
"The Spirit King has banned all knowledge of the Dark Gate from any humans. Technically only the King and the Zodiac are even aware of it's existence. I have to go talk to the king.", Crux urges.
"Okay.", I stay stalely. "I close the gate..." Crux and Monoceros' both dissapeared in golden sparkles from the force gate closure.
I stand for a moment and feel tears forming in my eyes. I couldn't hold them back before letting them fall. They ran down my nose and began to head to the ground, then I stopped. I was suddenly filled with an inexplainable rage. I grabbed the keys of the Lion, the Maiden, and the Seagoat with pure rage. My power begins to flare with gold lightning bolts. Tree leaves rustled and adequately-sized branches snapped from the pressure. The keys began glowing with immense solid gold bolts of light. "GET OUT HERE." I command with a raspy whisper. "NOW!". Nearly instantly three golden circles appeared and they morphed into the figures of three human-like figures. They emerge from them as the Maiden Virgo, the Sea Goat Capricorn, and the leader, the lion, Leo. "Hey! You know you don't need to open three gates! You could die." Loke immediately screams at me. I look up at him and make eye contact with him. I saw his face crack from the amount of anger in my bloodshot eyes. "Wh-whatever. When you finish, you know how to reach..." Loke immediately stops in shock. "H-how are you...you can't do this.", Loke roars in anger. "Virgo. Capricorn. Close your gates!" "We can't. I tried as soon as you did.", Capricorn replied calmly.
"You three aren't going anywhere until you tell me what the Dark Gate is."
"That knowledge is forbidden! How did you find out about that?", Virgo yells in concern.
"It doesn't matter. You just need to tell me..." my sentence is cut off with an odd light-headed feeling. Everything gets blurry, and they all rush to me. I react suddenly and jump up to a high branch above the three of them. "You're not getting out of this until I get what I need."
"Think about this, my Liege. We are in an area with a surge of raw power, neither good nor evil. The power of the Snake Charmer must be increasing as she spends more time engulfed in this forest.", Monoceros explained. And he was right,
the Spirit King warned me that this place was dangerous because of the upsurge of raw power coarsing through the landscape.
It even seemed like the trees were absorbing the energy. But that only brought up more questions. Where is this energy coming from? And more importantly, why is Ophiuchus burying herself in the heart of this forest? It smelled like nothing but trouble.
"We need to regroup...fast!", I began to ascend back into the forest with Monoceros following closely behind. We landed, and Monoceros walked closer to me. He put his head on my shoulder as I began to slowly pet his soft white hair. He began to make this odd neigh, almost like he was ticklish. "Are you feeling okay?", I turned to him as he was beginning to blush. "Y-yes. I'm fine.", he replied.
"You sure. You look a little flush? Are you running out of power? Should I close your gate?"
"No. I am fine. Remember as long as you hold my gate open, I will have the power to be here. It't just that...", he stopped as he began bellowing soft neighs.
"Yes, Monoceros?"
"COULD YOU PET ME UNDER MY CHIN PLEASE! IT FEELS SO GOOD AND I CAN'T HELP IT!" My face dropped to his answer.
As I reluctantly begin doing so, I sigh in a stale tone, "I forgot all the Spirits are freaks." After completing the less than refutable deed, I pull out a second key. "If anyone knows anything, Grampa Crux will."
Monoceros clears his throat, "Yes, of course. Good thinking."
"Oh shut it! Unless you want your 'secret' archived in the history books." I growl. He shot his head up in embarrasment.
"Anywho..." The key begins to glow a soft whitish gold light, as I begin to focus. "Open! Gate of the Southern Cross!", the gate opens and reveals the Celestial Spirit Crux. The elderly spirit emerges from the light, to the naked eye, asleep. I look paitently as he does what he does best. He awakened several minutes later screaming like always after he finds the long awaited answer we've all been searching for. "So. Gramps?"
"This doesn't make any sense. Ophiuchus shouldn't have any way into the human world. You destroyed her key with the Gottfreid.
This shouldn't be possible. Unless...", Crux begins to sweat and shutter feverishly.
"Unless?", I sternly ask. "Unless...they use the Dark Gate."
I start to quiver at the mere sound of it. "What is that?"
"The dark gate is one of he original gates that connected the Celestial and human worlds. It wasn't always dark but..."
"But?!", I scream!
"The Spirit King has banned all knowledge of the Dark Gate from any humans. Technically only the King and the Zodiac are even aware of it's existence. I have to go talk to the king.", Crux urges.
"Okay.", I stay stalely. "I close the gate..." Crux and Monoceros' both dissapeared in golden sparkles from the force gate closure.
I stand for a moment and feel tears forming in my eyes. I couldn't hold them back before letting them fall. They ran down my nose and began to head to the ground, then I stopped. I was suddenly filled with an inexplainable rage. I grabbed the keys of the Lion, the Maiden, and the Seagoat with pure rage. My power begins to flare with gold lightning bolts. Tree leaves rustled and adequately-sized branches snapped from the pressure. The keys began glowing with immense solid gold bolts of light. "GET OUT HERE." I command with a raspy whisper. "NOW!". Nearly instantly three golden circles appeared and they morphed into the figures of three human-like figures. They emerge from them as the Maiden Virgo, the Sea Goat Capricorn, and the leader, the lion, Leo. "Hey! You know you don't need to open three gates! You could die." Loke immediately screams at me. I look up at him and make eye contact with him. I saw his face crack from the amount of anger in my bloodshot eyes. "Wh-whatever. When you finish, you know how to reach..." Loke immediately stops in shock. "H-how are you...you can't do this.", Loke roars in anger. "Virgo. Capricorn. Close your gates!" "We can't. I tried as soon as you did.", Capricorn replied calmly.
"You three aren't going anywhere until you tell me what the Dark Gate is."
"That knowledge is forbidden! How did you find out about that?", Virgo yells in concern.
"It doesn't matter. You just need to tell me..." my sentence is cut off with an odd light-headed feeling. Everything gets blurry, and they all rush to me. I react suddenly and jump up to a high branch above the three of them. "You're not getting out of this until I get what I need."