Link Fangirl01: I'm glad you though it was happy I was hoping to give it that happy feeling that I felt the tv show had through the first two seasons.
Author's note: I wasn't sure what I wanted to put for this chapter hopefully I'm successesful anyway.
Chapter 19: Calm Before The Storm
Ush licked his fur when Adamai came in, the dragon looked a little more like his former self, happier perhaps. The Ecaflip demi-god was still careful not to drop his guard around this one, he was definitely beyond him, and willing to show it.
"I'm sorry Ush," Tha dragon said "I was kind of a jerk."
Ush raised an eyebrow "kind of?"
"Okay," Adamai admitted, his hands held up in surrender "I was a full blown jerk."
Ush smiled "Y'know in my past life I would've put you through hell for that."
Adamai scratched the back of his head nervously "I guess it's a good thing you aren't in a past life then huh?" The dragon mulled the though over before realizing something "You keep you're memories when you reincarnate!"
"Indeed," Ush said "But don't go telling everyone that, it's my secret."
"You're like Quilby." Adamai said taken aback by it a bit
"I think I have my evils are out of my system for now." Ush said "I wish only to protect this world now."
"I hope so," Adamai said "I don't want another Quilby around."
"If I ever turn that evil," Ush said "You have permission to destroy me."
The ecaflip walked away leaving the dragon to ponder those words, how had Quilby become so deranged anyway? If Quilby himself was to be believed it was a combination of stubbornness and boredom… And a severe inferiority complex most likely.
That was the true beauty of the Brotherhood of guardians, they were all powerful individuals from different walks of life, they each had a dark past, and each discovered the truth of personal value. Now they all stood, former evil masterminds, as forces to protect this world from evil's just like their own.
No one was ever really prepared for one of Seraphin or Jack's sudden appearances, they happened, and by now everyone kind of just accepted it. The golden knight appeared within the caverns that were home to the brotherhood of guardians, and the temporary dwelling for the Brotherhood of Tofu. The former was generally better at accepting Seraphin's wide range of powers that the latter and Eva nearly jumped out of her skin when he was simply there, despite being absent not moments before.
Percdedal soothed his wife's frayed nerves, of the Tofu's he and Yugo were best at accepting the Golden knight's sudden appearances.
"The Betrayer and The death bringer have retreated." He said speaking to the members of both brotherhoods standing in the room, Yugo and Amalia were there as well, Echo had just arrived, Ush Galesh hot on her heels.
"Then we won?" Yugo asked, hopeful
"No," The golden knight replied "They are scouts, they will report to their master and he will know to bring strong forces here."
"The what should we do?" Amalia asked.
Seraphin turned to the green haired woman "You should all come with me," Seraphin said "Find your companions and join me here in this room is three hours."
"Where would we be going?" Ush asked suspiciously
"My fleet," Seraphin answered "It is time we took the battle to Achron, This world will be our final line, from here we will not retreat."
"Very well," Echo replied, "I will find Adamai."
"And I'll find Ruel," Yugo volunteered.
"Bring the demi-gods," Seraphin said "I will gather the gods myself."
Flopin and Elely were excited, happy to be going on this adventure with their father's brotherhood. Excited until their father put his foot down.
"No!" Percedal said. Everyone stared at the iop, he never removed himself or others from battle. He never retreated or showed fear, never had he refused his children their presence at his side.
"Dally?" Yugo said quizzically
"I will go," Percedal said "Eva will go, but I have fought both Immortals and Aetherians now, I will not allow my precious children in such a place."
"But daddy?" Elely said "You never force us to stay home!"
"It's different this time," Percedal said "This time you could die, and I would be helpless to stop it."
Yugo and amalia stared, they were awestruck, Percedal never feared death, never even cared about it, why now would he sing a different song?
"If it pleases you," Seraphin said "I can task an immortal with their protection."
"Why do they need to be there?" Evangalyne asked, clearly taking her husband's side
"Leaving them here is a liability," Seraphin said "Aboard my vessels they may escape harm, but planetside they may not. Achron and several of his servants could destroy the planet just to aggravate us, powerful as I am, I cannot bring the dead back to life."
Percedal looked at evangalyne and the two seemed to agree on something.
"Alright," Percedal said "They will join us." Flopin and Elely cheered and thanked Percedal "Under. Guard." He said. He crouched down and put his hands on their shoulders "I don't want to lose you two, promise me if things get bad, you will run."
Flopin had never seen his dad this serious before, he was always so light hearted, even when he went to fight Ogrest his heart was lighter than this.
"Okay," Flopin said, nudging Elely to do the same, amazing how she could feel emotions and still bring herself to be stubborn.
"Fine!" Eley said clearly unhappy with the arrangement.
Percdal smiled "Good!" he said
Adamai wandered into the room with Echo leading him as they returned to the task at hand. No one had even noticed the demi-god's absence, preoccupied as they were.
"All that's left is grab Ruel and Chibi and get going then." Yugo said, he summoned a portal near him and jumped through, Amalia joining him. The boy had become considerably stronger and he was more capable of bringing others through his portals now.
They came out in another room and jumped into another portal, this process repeated for some time, they then began to look outside. In several places, The two separated, but remained in earshot so that Yugo could find her and portal over if she needed help.
The stubborn old Enutrof was nowhere to be found however, they began to wonder if he had abandoned them to their fate.
"If that ugly stinky enutrof ran off on us – " she didn't get to finishe her sentence as she tripped over something near a bush. She hit the ground face first and knocked her jaw a little.
"Who dares!" She yelled sitting up and turning around to see the offending object.
Yugo appeared from a portal nearby her and popped out. "What happened?" he asked.
"I tripped over that infernal bag!" Amalia said angrily
"That's Ruel's Haven bag!" Yugo said "That means he didn't leave us! C'mon let's go get him!"
"I'm not going into that stinky thing!" Amalia retorted
"Sure you are!" Yugo said grabbing her hand as he stuck his other arm into the bag. The bad proceeded to open and swallow the eliatrope, taking the Sadida right behind him.
They landed with a thunk in the bottom of the bag, the smell had not improved, but Yugo didn't seem to care too much, he began looking around to see if Ruel was anywhere in sight.
"YUGO!" Amalia yelled out at her boyfriend angrily
"What?" Yugo asked innocently
A yell was heard from another room in the bag and the two approached it cautiously, a shovel came flying through the entrance and nearly sliced them both, cutting off a few of amalia's hairs which floated to the ground gracefully.
"What are you Hooligans doing here?" Ruel Stroud's voice rang out in unfettered rage "Can't an old man get his sleep anymore!?"
Yugo cringed, he hadn't though about the fact that Ruel might be sleeping.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR YOU KAMA CRAZED OLD COOT!" Amalia's swift and just as angry reply came.
Ruel was up and in the doorway in no time and the yelling match began, Yugo tried several times, unsuccessfully, to butt in and end the argument, after a few volleys he huffed and let them have at each other. He began to wander around the haven bag waiting for the two to get it out of their systems.
"- RIGHT YUGO!" Amalia shouted, the poor eliatrope had no idea what she was yelling about now. "Yugo?" she asked, turning to see her eliatrope boyfriend meddling with some odd metal object near a box on the other end of the bag.
"YUGO!" She yelled
"YUGO!" Ruel yelled as well.
Yugo started and dropped the object causing it to thunk against the box and nearly fall over onto the floor.
"WHAT ARE DOING!" Ruel shouted bolting over to the blue clad boy "THIS THING IS VERY OLD AND PRICELESS YOU UNEDUCATED FOOL!" Ruel said before replaceing the object.
Yugo reeled back "I'm sorry, I didn't know!" he said
Ruel nodded, eherything seemed alright "Sorry Yugo, I didn't mean to yell." He said more kindly.
Amalia couldn't help but calm down a bit while watching, the way Ruel treated Yugo was quite adorable actually. He would always be the boy's unofficial grandfather, crochety and money grubbing he may be, but he loved the boy nonetheless.
"I guess we kind of intruded Ruel." Amalia said.
"Kind of, my ass!" Ruel replied still a bit upset over events. "Well, what brings you out here anyway?"
"Seraphin says we should head out to fight his enemy." Yugo replied "He wants to take us to his fleet, he says it's beyond the skies, like where I fought Ogrest."
"Of course he says that now," Ruel said "His timing couldn't be worse! Junior and I just found a copper vein."
"Ugh," Amalia grunted "Give it up already, this is way more important, you won't be able to mine the copper if the whole world goes up in smoke will you?" she asked.
"Who said anything about the world going up in smoke?" Ruel asked back.
"Seraphin did," Yugo said "He says this Achron guy and some of his men have enough power to destroy the whole world single handedly."
Ruel seemed to weigh this thought in his mind for a little while, pondering his options.
"Junior!" he yelled, at his beckon the Dhreller lept from the other room and landed at Ruel's side panting like a dog. Ruel leaned down and pet his pet's head "We're going on a bit of trip my boy."
Seraphin was glad to see Yugo and Amalia return with Ruel and Chibi in tow, Now it seemed everyone was here.
"Where's Ogrest and uncle Ottomai?" Elely asked.
"They won't be coming with us." Evangelyne said.
Yugo turned to Adamai and asked quietly "Why not?"
"Otomai said that if the world is to end," Adamai replied "He will spend it's final days with his son."
"Dark." Yugo relied
"Indeed." Adamai answered.
"Everyone ready?" Seraphin asked the gathered warriors. They all nodded their assent. "Very well then, be careful, this may be disorienting to many of you." he said.
There was a twisting feeling in Yugo's gut, he was in the caverns one moment, and the next he was standing in a room made of gold and black metal. Several people stopped to look at the group and then continued walking around, many of them races Yugo did not recognize.
"GOLD!" Ruel said with a happy smile.
Serpahin was on him in half a second "Do not dare to touch the hulls of my ships mortal," he said in a warning tone "I do not take lightly to people breaking my things."
Ruel gulped "Sorry, gut reaction."
"Let us hope." Seraphin replied.
"Now then, Yugo, Adamai," The two looked up at the golden knight as he said their names. "I have a rather special surprise for you."
While the rest of the group got settled the brothers followed Seraphin down a hall and into another room.
"This is a ship?" Yugo said "I've never seen one this big."
"Nay," Seraphin said "Nor one that floats above the skies I'll wager."
"Quilby spoke of a ship he built like that." Yugo replied.
"Quilby?" the aetherian asked.
"A Selfish egomaniac Yugo had to imprison," Adamai answered remembering the elder Eliatrope's betrayal.
Another voice followed "My fourth child Seraphin," The voice said "A bit delicate that one."
Yugo's head shot up, Adamai;s as well, something about the voice sounded calm and motherly, it seemed to cause feelings of longing and lost love to rise up in them, though they didn't understand why.
"Forgive my lady," Seraphin said "I did know you were up and about at this time."
"I am excited to see what has become of my children Seraphin."
"Of course." The golden knight replied. "Yugo, Adamai I'd like to introduce you to some rather inprotant in your universe. Your mother, the goddess Eliatrope."
The woman came into full view around a corner and stood before the awed eliatrope and dragon. Adamai was at such a loss he lost concentration and reverted back to his true form. The first thing Yugo noticed was her cranial wings, they were far larger that his, they seemed large enough that she could fly with them if she wished. And they were not covered, unlike his own, and those of his race, their mother seemed to be just fine with her wings out and showing.
She was tall, taller than most humans, though only by a few inches, her hair appeared a platinum white with shades of blue visible here and there. She also wore a long blue dress, and a pair of blue boots. Her skin was milky white and her eyes glowed the iridescent blue color of Wakfu itself.
"Mo- Mother?" Yugo said his voice was distant, almost unfeeling, it was as though he was watching something happen but not actually living it. He wasn't believing it, this wasn't possible was it? He had never met her, yet, he felt as though he knew her intimately, why?
"Yugo, Adamai." Eliatrop said bending down to look them in the eyes "My children, you make me so proud. I am indeed proud to be your mother."
Tears began to fall from Yugo's eyes, but he wasn't sad, or happy, he didn't know what he felt, he looked over at Adamai to see the same reaction on his brother's face.
"You're the Eliatrope?" Yugo asked still mentally stumbling in disbelief.
"Yes of course I am," She said with a smile "Your father is here too."
These words snapped Yugo out of his emotional reverie "My father?" he asked more in command of his senses. He didn't like where this was going, he had been afraid of this even when he had set of for Oma Island so many years ago.
"Yes," Eliatrope said "The Great Dragon is here as well." It took the blue clad woman a moment "You are distressed. You do not wish to replace the father you have on the world of twelve." She stated matter of factly.
Adamai broke his reverie at this point as well "Yeah, Alibert has been so good to us." He said
"Worry not," Eliatrope said calmly "We have no intention of replacing Alibert, I just wanted you know that I am here and I love you dearly." She said "You won't remember it, but we used be much closer, back in the day when the eliatropes lived on their homeworld."
"Chibi will want to meet you," Adamai said "Grougal too, maybe you can talk some sense into him, he's so stubborn he won't learn to speak."
"Grougaloragran?" Eliatrope said "He always was very stubborn, he only cracked at the end of things, I was so sad to see his pride fall." The woman stared off into space, thinking, perhaps she was thinking of the times from before, times that Yugo could not remember.
"I will come to see them soon," she said "Perhaps when this is all over. For now your father beckons me, he is often lonely without me."
"Will we get to meet him!?" Adamai asked excidedly, he was far more excited by that Idea than Yugo was.
"Soon," Eliatrope said "We'll be joining you in battle, make us proud."
Yugo stared after her, as far back as he could remember he had had no mother, Alibert had raised him all by himself, he had had hope of finding his mother when he had set of for Oma island, but he had not found any such thing. He had actually felt a little disappointed, but he had hidden it so as not to hurt his brother's feelings.
He had a mother, she was real and she loved him, and she wasnted to be a part of his life again. This was exciting and humbling and the same time, he also didn't want to cause Alibert any pain, so long had the man been his only parent, he didn't want him to think that he had abandoned him.
"Yugo, lets go back." Adamai said snapping him out of his thoughts. Seraphin stood in the doorway to the hall they had come from waving hi hand for them to follow.
"Right." Yugo said still stunned and numbed by it all.
They made it back to the large round common room that the others were in.
"I'll be getting you all quarters as soon as possible." Seraphin said Jack walked up with a woman on his arm.
"This is Rosaline, my fleet admiral," Seraphin said as Jack waved, pecking her on the cheek "she will help you get settled in and explain the basics of space combat to you all."
Two dark figures kneeled before a third, a grey skinned humanoid that sat upon a black throne.
"What have you found for me?" the enthroned figure spoke.
"Seraphin has already arrived," The voice of Kain spoke from one figure "He rallies defenses to stop us."
"The people of this realm resist death stubbornly." The voice of Mortis spoke from the other.
"They are powerful?" The enthroned figure asked
"They are light," Kain answered "Bright lights, enough to gouge the darkness. Lord Achorn."
The one called Achron stood and stared down at the shadowy figures before him, his eyes glowing a sickly yellow and showing a dark rage upon them
"Are you sure you weren't just sloppy?" he said his voice edging on anger
"Lord Achron," Mortis answered "There are two lights that shine the brightest, all the others come from them, those two are rare, they are creators."
"Creation deities?" Achorn said intrigued "How long has it been since we have even seen one alive."
The dark emporer changed the subject, looking out his portal at the egg-shaped universe.
"What a ridiculous shape for a universe to take." He said, the other two stood, understanding their conversation before was over.
"An egg," Kain said "Infantile life.
Well then," Achron said turning his head an showing amusement on his face "Let us make an omlett of it." He snapped his fingers and the ship began to shake. Metal ground against metal as two large prods began to spire forth from the ship. Purple lightning sparking between them.
They began to spin, and they shot out a large purple bolt, a hole was cut into the egg's shell, one large enough for the dark lord's massive fleet.
Elely grabbed her head as though in pain, she screamed "No!" She screamed :Make it stop! No one can be so bad!"
Chibi too gripped his head in horror, though he seemed to better understand what he saw. "So dark, so evil," he uttered.
"What's happeneing?" Percedal asked, trying to comfort his daughrter, Flopin was becoming very afraid of the things happening around him. An alarm claxon blared and chaos followed.
"He's here." Seraphin answered darkly "Achron has arrived."
Author's note: Sorry for the wait, I had some hardcore writer's block on this chapter, but I think it turned out fine (Though I kind of think it came off as filler, blech). So the true villain has arrived, and he is already making waves before even steeping into play. I am really excited for the next chapter, but I won't spoil it…