Chapter 56
Outside
All of us, were still stranded out here, in the middle of nowhere. Sernos has felt quite irked, and Elise who was laying here next to me has been trying to keep him silent, just in case there were people here who wanted to harm us, especially Sevaeric. I saw what happened on Acron territory, parents are not dead, or might of been revived. It was very nice to see them again after what happened, but now I want to find out where this so called Giha Velur is. Rasfa seemed troubled, and as well as trying to fake the otherwise thought control that the Acron had on him.
Sernos roared with ferocity, causing the hole to have more snow dump in, and some birds flew off the branches, thinking that he was going to catch them. I chuckled for a second, but then Elise made my head plummet straight to the icy ground, with her claws. I still could not stand the cold temperatures, especially how it felt. It was like a sharp pain, and it felt like my body was melting, but since we have been getting used to this for about a long time now, I guess it gone away, or maybe it was a sign of frostbite. Then, I noticed that flakes stopped floating down, and the winds stopped, letting us know it was a great opportunity to leave this hole. I began climbing up, but the rocks seemed a bit unstable, but no doubt Sernos could easily climb up, compared to us three ton reptiles.
"Where do you think you are going?" Elise asked. She wrapped her tail around mine, preventing me from getting any closer to the edge. "I want to follow."
I saw Sernos climb onto Elise's back, grabbing onto her long, flexible neck. I agreed that they should come along too, since there is strength in numbers. Elise then let go of my tail, and climbed up with me. I was half way there, as my moving body helped maneuvering through gaps, but then I noticed Elise found a way that somehow was harder, but she was climbing up faster than me. The moment that she does a thing better than me, fills me with envy, but I kept on going, until I finally reached the top as Elise was already where I wanted to climb up at. She laughed, tugging me over and making me slide on the ice as she knocked me over with her tail.
"Can you please stop messing with me at this time?" I complained. "It is freezing out here.."
"Fine." Elise bellowed as she walked where I was looking at. She was not aware of what could lurk around these dark corners, something that could kill us can take us by surprise, and she could risk it by making noise. The weird part was that she felt positively about everything, wanting to believe the negative is positive in some way. That does work, but not always. I caught up to Elise, who was getting into a low position like when she was bowing down to Rhenka, and folded her wings tight. She growled lowly, prowling and nearing the tree, sensing something.
My instinct said that something was there, mostly humans and dogs. It would be the time to be a bit friendly on the side I was on, since she would probably tear them to pieces at sight. I went closer, but then I heard whistles constantly sounding lower and higher pitches, as if there was a warning signal. The unknown people scattered back into the forest, retreating. The last hint, was a grunt. Elise then stopped crouching and unfolded her wings slightly, but still walked towards the forest, wanting to know exactly what was expected.
We all entered the forest, seeing no sign of humans nor dogs, but the change of temperature gone from bitter cold to warm instantly. There was a very peculiar patch of leaves, that did not rustle when the winds blown against it. The huge patch was tempting me, all by sight to enter, but I knew it might've been a trap. For their sakes, I opened the patch of leaves, and there was a huge hole inside it, leading to a pit of back, I saw Elise getting near, but I called her out and commanded her to not go near, as I was worried that she may drop Sernos, even though he is latching onto her. I climbed down into it, wondering if it was a trap, but instead, after I landed in it, I instantly sank until my head was at the surface of the quicksand. I could feel the ground, as it clutched me like a compression machine, while Elise looked down, seeing me barely poking my head up.
"You alright there?" Elise asked with concern. "Do you need to to pull you up?"
"Let me handle it." I said while climbing on a nearby rock that poked up from the quicksand. I then noticed that the liquids around it were extremely shallow, enough for Sernos to sleep on without drowning. The rock was expanded as a huge circle with a hole in it, leading to a deep pit of quicksand. There was almost nothing too dangerous, until a very think rope was thrown around my stomach, and then it was tugged, almost carrying me away, but then the resistance I put up swung the two humans up to the surface. I climbed up from the hole, up to the surface of the forest, and closed the hole with the same green patch of grass. They began cowering in fear, but once they opened their eyes, then quickly stood up, and pushed their arms forward and pulled it back, assuming that we would know follow. We did, but I knew that Elise was afraid of what they might do to us by just walking in their footsteps. Both of them, were extremely silent, fearing us and all that we could do. We reached a river, as they stepped on stones that were constantly getting beat upon by the raging river, with the mist rising from the river. They disappeared from sight, but then I saw them again, but only faintly. I gone first, stepping on the stone, but then it got destroyed by my weight, so I stepped into the river myself, wanting to cross without having to break what they have.
Without much, myself was planted on the other side of the River, as Elise flew over. We followed them once again, making sure that we did not lose track of them again, as there were no traps sighted, but only a few small ones, used for predators. The pair of humans then turned around while walking, causing them to get through the gate, and we both flew over it, while Sernos was sleeping. It looked like a very old village to me, as if they were just surviving here, and not going anywhere else. I was now hearing a very faint hum, coming from a dome. It was almost mournful, but still like they were humming a tune. It was already getting to me, as I looked around in fear. Then, after looking around for a few seconds, I came across a huge written stone, a Talisman. I saw it, being shaped as a cut in half crescent moon, with a huge sun above it. It looked so familiar, if only I could grasp what it was. Finally, I figured it out, as I gone near Elise, being extremely cautious now of the people around us. It was the Sevaeric talisman. and if anybody lived here, it was the Sevaeric.
"You!" A male voice spoke out from above me. He then jumped from the branch, and slammed me down with such a force that it almost knocked the wind out of me. I laid there, as Elise tried to get him off me, but it was no use. He flung her away like she was a marble, tumbling over and knocking against the wooden fence. The hum began getting quieter with each second, as the people came out to see the commotion. "I cannot believe it. This murderer is still alive... and after all he had done to us... is unforgivable." He said with a angry tone.
He began trying to choke me, but he did not do well, as I could still breathe and focus on him. "I do not know what the heck you are talking about, but I am curious. Let me know why you make such a false claim." I said.
"Stop lying Akaz." He said while holding my neck harder than before. "I can tell that you know exactly who you taken away from us."
"Wait how did-" I tried to say.
"Oh, did the dragon get knocked in the head a thousand times?" He insulted. "You know me."
"From where!?" I asked.
"You should know this after you taken a good look around!" He yelled. "If you were not there, he would've been standing here with us! instead of our people mourning for his loss!"
"Its alright, calm down, I know he either had to or accidentally." The lady said. "Akaz, do you mind if you follow me for a quick second, this should not take long."
"As long as he does not try and crush me." I complained. So I followed the girl when she was walking towards the dome I heard humming from. She entered as my neck went through, meeting up with her.
"Here." She said while picking up a picture from the rock and placing it where I could see it clearly. "Do you know this man?"
I squinted, trying to see if I could recognize both of the people who were standing there. There was an old man, and a teenager standing right next to him, as the old man wrapped his right arm around him, as both of them were smiling. It took a while before it rang a bell, as I noticed that it was the prime minister, but it couldn't be. His tower was way higher than the sky I was seeing. "Do you know him now?" She asked. "Or should I give you another sample of what he had?"
I requested the other object that was seated upon the high rock, near the hundreds of candles, burning with a bright fire. She picked up the gun, that seemed like his original gun from the past, where he used it to kill tenno or anyone else who dared to trespass within the territories of the Sevaeric. She waved it, rotated and rolled it around so I could see the whole thing in my memory, but it only gave a little hint to who it really was. "Hmm... I see that fear that is demonstrated by your expression. I should shoot you, just so you could feel when it did hit you a long time ago." She said while pointing the gun right at my head.
"Please dont..." I begged.
"It should not hurt or harm you in any way." She stated. "After all, you do have one of the hardest materials that ever grew, that his gun could not penetrate through."
She then pulled the trigger and a flaming shot sped at my head, hitting me dead center, and then it began making a strange feeling go up inside my chest, as it lit up with the color of fire. That was it, that was the prime minister. I nodded to the girl, as she patted me on the head, as my eyes began welling up with tears. "Your actions brought a whole group, down into the depths while they could not ever return." She said. "I know he was a bad person at first, but did you really have to kill him at that fateful day?" She asked. "And the one that is next to him at that photo, is in this village, the one who now eternally wants your head cut off and erased from existence."
"Who is he?" I asked.
"Well, Desto is now his name for now, but when the prime minister was still here, he would be called Destonius. He is my brother, and the prime minster you taken down, was his and my father. You really had to make both of us suffer didn't you, or did you never know."
"Please stop..." I complained. "I never meant to do it... He-"
"Nothing he did deserved for us to suffer the way we all do now. If it wasn't for me, Your son would be dead, and an eye for an eye would be administered, and you would have to live with that thought. Forever." She stated. "Maybe I should let them decide what they should do to you." She said. "Move out of the way."
I retracted my head, and sat like one of the dogs who were now chained by their necks, watching me closely. Elise quickly sat right in front of me, and began hugging me in a strange way, wrapping both of her arms around my head. as she was standing up. "I am so sorry..." I said out loud, but Elise did not respond, but instead laid me down and tried to comfort me.
"Everyone... We have him here, and now he knows his crime. I cannot figure out what to do to him, since he genuinely did not know this would happen, so I will leave the decision up to you."
Each of them, except Desto all ranted for me to be chained up for years, While Desto wanted death for me. It was never seen coming, as the girl tied my mouth shut, and led me towards the thing that they were planning. There was a beam, and then a bunch of chains with cuffs, and a platform.I then noticed that there was one chain and a small cuff that was hanging from the leather that was bonding my mouth together, as I put my whole neck and arms over, while they secured the chains so I could not move. I sat down, while they wrapped the cuffs tight around my legs, and a rope tied together my wings, and then putting the same leather around my neck, and tying it to the ground with a metal clasp. They left me, but the girl stayed.
"Well, maybe this will slowly take away your guilt and then replace it with knowing you already paid for it." She said while leaving me. "Do not think you are coming out of here quick, because those cannot be broken, and we will hunt you down and really make sure that avenging the minister will be in effect."
(Sorry for the sudden switch in Point of views, I am getting a bit interested between Eidolon, Nesc, Thrask, Akaz, and Tuo's views. Maybe I will include them all? Still, thank you for reading, and have a wonderful day.)
