Alright! On with the show! Last time, our hero Mone battled with a polygon bull monster to create Valus. By the way, if you're wondering, this part is still a piece of Part 1. The parts and what they contain is below:

Part 1 = Wander's Quest, Creation of the Colossi

Part 2 = Kry's Quest

Part 3 = ???'s Quest, Appearance of your Custom Colossi

Part 4 = The Great War

The winner of our contest is nobody. For those of you who are wondering, Mone is an anagram of Emon, Mone being Emon's great-great-grandfather. Also, Roxas had a question about the polygon bull. By that I mean that its body was made up of 3D shapes, like it's head was a rombus and its neck was made of cones.

Another comment by Roxas, he asked why Malus is not in these chapters if his name is in them. The simplest answer for that is he's the one telling the story, and so won't appear until the last part of his story.

One last question, Roxas asked if Dormin is basically a shadow with fingers in the game, why is he made of stone in this fic? This is before Dormin was imprisoned, so he still has his Colossus body. Hope I answered your questions!

And so, without further ado, let's begin. I own nothing!

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Dormin's Speech

Sound Effects

Thoughts

Chapter 21

Malus's Story Part 2

Mone walked down the rock path and held up the small statue with his men. "This is such a creepy place." one of his soldiers remarked, looking at the rock walls and the mist with a shiver. "Get over yourself, we have to find the platform." Mone growled at him before climbing up one of the rock walls and breathing a sigh of relief. "There it is." he whispered.

Before them lay a giant valley, just beyond an abyss. Mone kicked a stone into the huge pit, but could not hear it hit the ground. He continued on and his men followed, two of them on horses. They walked along the edge of the pit for several minutes before coming to a bridge. "This way!" he declared, and strode across to the valley. His men followed uneasily, until only one last man on a horse was left. "Come on, you fool!" Mone said impatiently. "That bridge looks unsturdy." the man complained. "We got five men and a horse across, I'm pretty sure one more will be no problem!" Mone shot back. The man slowly made his away across the bridge, and suddenly one of the boards cracked. "Don't panic, just keep coming!" Mone said. The man continued, sweat pouring down his face, and suddenly, in the distance, Mone heard the stone hit the ground.

At that moment, the ropes came loose from their supports and the bridge plummeted. The man screamed as he fell until they could no longer hear him. "Poor man..." one of his soldiers said quietly. "Silence, we have to keep moving." Mone replied. They continued towards the middle of the valley and found four large bunkers in the center. "Whad'ya suppose these were for?" another man asked. Suddenly a roar sounded from within the bunkers, and out of one of the holes crawled a creature like no other.

It had the basic shape of a human, but its torso was impossibly thin and its arms were long enough to touch the ground if it bent its knees a little. Its legs started thin but got wider as they got to the feet, which were enormous. They didn't even look like feet, they were just large circles at the end of its leg, no other shape whatsoever.

It was nine feet tall and wore what looked like a large tiki mask, with dozens of feathers lining the sides. Its skin was blue with red cracks through it, and it held two long staffs, one in each hand. "What is it?" one of his soldiers asked. The thing looked at them, then crouched down and pointed one of its staffs at Mone. "Whatever it is, it's not friendly!" he shouted as they all hit the floor.

A blast of energy fired from its staff and streaked through the air to hit the wall behind where Mone's head just was. "Phae! Phae!" It cried in an odd, roaring voice. "Damn creature tried to shoot me!" Mone growled, getting to his feet and drawing his sword. Suddenly one of the men stepped in front of him and drew his sword. "Please, sir, let me handle this." the man whispered. Mone hesitated, then nodded as the man stepped forward. The creature growled and flipped its staffs around. Spikes emerged from the ends of the staffs in a flash of red light and it charged. The soldier hit the ground and slashed at its leg as if went by: the thing groaned and staggered before turning with a roar and throwing one of its staffs at the man.

He yelled in surprise and got up, and the staff's spike penetrated the ground where he just was. The thing called out again in its strange language and the staff wobbled, then flew back into its hand. "It's like magic! Dark magic!" the soldier cried. The creature slashed one of its staffs at him, and curved blades emerged from the side. The man lifted his arm in protection and the blades sliced the skin on his arm to ribbons. "AAUUGGHHH, DAMMIT!" he screamed, falling to his knees. He saw the creature's feet in front of him, and looked up just as it stabbed its staffs towards him.

Mone looked away as the man's head was impaled by the staffs, and his scream was silenced in an instant. The creature lifted the corpse into the air, then flung it aside and turned to the others. "Phae! Phae!" it cried. Mone charged with the Ancient's Sword in hand, and his soldiers unsheathed their weapons before following him. He slashed his sword down at it and it parried with one of its staffs. It crouched and swung the other staff in an arc along the ground, blades appearing on the sides. Mone jumped up to avoid the staff and kicked the thing in the face, knocking it backwards and causing it to drop the staff. One of his men dashed forward and picked it up as two more advanced on the thing.

"What is this thing?!" Mone panted as one of his men swung at the thing. It dodged to the side and rammed a fist into his neck, knocking him to the side. "Skar!" the other man cried out as Skar hit the ground hard, clutching his neck. "Don't take your eyes off of it, Daine!" Mone called, and Daine turned back to his opponent as it charged at him. He rolled to the side and stabbed his sword at it, but it swung its staff in a downwards half-circle, blocking the sword strike and knocking Daine backwards. The man holding the staff, Yaz, backed away as the last man--named Pyro--drew his sword before standing in front of Mone. "I'll protect you, Sir." he said confidently.

The creature roared while shaking its head and dashed towards Daine, who had just gotten up from the ground. He ducked and kicked its leg, knocking it to the ground. "Yeah! Who's the man now?!" he snickered. The thing growled and swung its staff at him. It hit his ribcage and broke two of his ribs, and he fell to the ground in pain. "Daine--!" Mone cried, but Pyro held his sword in front of Mone. "It is too dangerous." he said. "Daine knows what has to be done."

Skar got to his feet and charged at the thing with his sword held high, yelling a warcry. The creature turned and without even taking proper aim slammed its staff into the side of Skar's head, knocking him into a sideways spin to the left. He landed with a crash and blood scattered across the field. "D-dammit..." Skar whispered before falling unconscious with a sigh. The thing snorted and turned to find Daine charging at it.

Before it had time to react, he punched it in the face and it was knocked backwards, hitting the ground with a tremor that nearly knocked Daine to the ground. "What the hell is this?!" he growled, then clutched his side. When he punched the thing, one of the spikes on its staff had cut through his torso. It got up and turned to Yaz before raising its arm. A red aura flowed from its hand to the staff, which impaled Yaz's arm before flying back to the creature. Yaz clutched the wound and dropped to his knees as the creature charged at him.

"NO!" Mone shouted, pushing past Pyro and racing towards Yaz. He rammed his shoulder into the creature's chest just before it would have killed Yaz and it was knocked into the air. He unsheathed the Ancient's Sword and slashed its chest as it fell. The creature moaned, then dropped its staffs, which disentigrated. "Phae...dra..." it murmured before sinking into the ground. Mone panted, then sheathed his sword. "Daine, Pyro, go help Yaz and Skar." he ordered. They nodded and ran to follow his orders, and he took out the statue before walking to the center of the bunkers. He set it on the ground and it shook, then glowed blue. He stepped back as it grew into a giant horse-shaped rock creature.

The Colossus looked around, and Mone whistled to make it look down. "You were a hard Colossus to make, you know that?" he asked. It made a whining sound and lay down in front of him as if it were apologizing. "You didn't do anything!" Mone said with a laugh. "I shall call you Phaedra, after the dialect of that strange creature we encountered." Phaedra stood and shook itself, then roared at the sky in content.

This was a fun chapter to write, and I hope it was also fun to read. Read and review please! And I don't mind if you review every chapter, Mjulinir.