I'm back~~~
Sirius: Whoopi'
Gee, thanks -_- Anyway, before I get distracted, I wanted to put here how to pronounce Kryo's name: Kuh-I-er-oh
Or Kyro (his name is spelled funny)
Night: They'll defiantly be able to understand that.
What's with everyone and sarcasm today!?
Icestorm: They're just grumpy- now go type this chapter before you lose it!
There was a long silence in the cave before Midnight finally spoke up:
"A….Crystal Bond?" She questioned the giant white serpent in front of her and Nightshade. Kryo chuckled again before letting out a long sigh.
"Yes, a Crystal Bond. It's an ancient dragon magic through the power of these crystals. By this point in time it has long been forgotten though, not many dragons know of it and those who do are extremely difficult to find." He explained slowly to the two teenage dragons in front of him. Midnight crocked her head to the side in confusion- part of her wanted to believe him, the other part wanted to accuse him of being high on dragon nip. Of course, there was proof that the crystals held some sort of magic, Midnight has indeed seen a lot in her short life- but not any type of crystal that had some sort of energy flowing through it.
It was just very foreign to her.
"That sort of answers our question- but WE have to form a Crystal Bond?" Nightshade questioned, his pale eyes glancing around at the glowing crystals all around them. The Screaming Death let out a small grunt from the back of his throat- clearly deep in thought as he simply stared at the Jilinth. Midnight, for the first time in a while, felt extremely unsure about all of this- there had to be some sort of catch. Everything had a catch, whether it be big or small- and with magic crystals, there just had to be something.
"Yes. You do. I will be your mentor; I will instruct you on what to do." He said simply, his red eyes averting away from the violet object to look at the two. "If you two are willing to." He said simply.
Midnight looked to Nightshade, her icy neon eyes looking into his pale ones- he was as unsure about all of this as she was. The monstrous Nightmare shifted his gaze down to his paws, deep in thought. Nightshade had always been the smarter of the two, while Midnight was the more 'physical' one- whatever her best friend decided, she would go along with it- she trusted him with her life and soul and if he thought this was a good idea, then she would believe him.
Her friend's head suddenly shot up, looking deep into Kryo's blood red eyes;
"Tell us more about the Crystal Bonds." He stated, his voice having a both curious and almost... stern edge to it. The elder simply stared at him for a long period of time- as if trying to decipher if he should give them any precious information or not.
"There are a total of eight different types of magic Crystal Bonds hold as of now; two common, two uncommon, two rare, and two ultra-rare. I cannot tell you their powers though until you two have decided to form a Crystal Bond- mainly because it is forbidden.
A specific Crystal bond has no specific color- the color of one's Crystal Bond depends on the user's soul- who they are inside- though, the energy inside the crystal, is something you'll learn after you form it. What I can tell you about the energy that flows inside, it is very important and is nearly impossible to destroy.
With each of the powers, new abilities are granted to you- but with nearly all of them they replace your old ability- also known as your fire. Also, depending on which power you get- this process can be either painless or extremely painful."
As Kryo said the last part, it sounded almost ominous; as if it has happened before. Of course, it probably has but- that was beside the point- to Midnight it didn't matter what happened then, it mattered what happened now. The Night Fury looked to Nightshade, his pale silvery eyes bore into her again; and almost instantly, Midnight knew what he was thinking.
"We'll do it. Whatever it takes to stop this madness." She said to the elder in front of her with full confidence. Midnight felt her spine ripple with a sense of dread at her words though, she knew this could either be the best or worse thing she's done- hopefully it would be the best. Kryo simply stared at the two teenage dragons in front of him, his red eyes flashing with an emotion Midnight couldn't comprehend; but it was almost… Comforting in a sense.
"Are you positive? Once you both start this process, there is no going back." He said solemnly, his long snake-like body straightening up as he peered down at them. Midnight let out a slow breath before straightening her posture,
"Yes." She and Nightshade answered in unison, both of them sounding equally serious. Kryo nodded; his red eyes beginning to glow an emerald green in color;
"So it has begun!" He exclaimed raising his head and spreading his wings; all of the crystals in the room began to glow brightly, each of them beaming with their respectful colors. Midnight could hear faint whispers echoing all around her as the room began to tremble; she spread her wings and roared bravely, feeling a surge of energy course through her veins. Power. That's all she could feel. It was like an unstoppable energy was flowing through her, like she could fly at her top speed forever and ever and never get tired or hungry or depressed.
The whispers became louder as Kryo let out a loud roar that could easily match the violent shaking of the room, the tips of all of his spikes began to glow the same emerald green color of his eyes. The female Night Fury felt Nightshade brush his wings against her out stretched ones; it was a mean of comfort, for both of them. Midnight looked to him; he was just standing there looking at Kryo in awe. Midnight smirked and roared again, causing Nightshade's head to snap in her direction, a look of confusion plastered on his face- the Night Fury chuckled and soon, her friend joined in and even let out a powerful roar of his own.
"I'm here! Come and seek me out!" One whisper stood out from all of the rest. Like it was louder. Like it was calling her. And then, everything stopped. The room stopped shaking, the crystals returned to their normal brightness, and Kryo had stopped glowing. The elder suddenly slumped to the cold stone floor, causing panic to rise in Midnight,
"Kryo!" Nightshade exclaimed as he bolted over to the Screaming Death. Midnight quickly followed behind her friend, her mind racing with adrenaline as her friend kneeled down beside the elder dragon. Midnight noticed how the normally red tipped parts of Kryo's spikes were now a pale red that was streaked with emerald green stripes and flecked with specks of gold; they looked like they were made out of….Crystal.
Kryo let out a small mix between a snort and a long breath, slowly getting up with a laugh,
"Forgot how much fun that is." He muttered as he opened his red eyes and looked at the two dragons in front of him,
"Define what 'that' exactly was." Nightshade muttered, clearly anxious about the events that just occurred. The Screaming Death let out a loud laugh and uncoiled his body so he could regain his composure;
"They now know of your quest. Go into the caves and search for the whisper."
Midnight didn't wait for further commands, she swiftly leaped over the still-lit fire that laid in the middle of the room, and back into the cave system. She needed to find that voice before she forgot it, if she forgot the whisper any chances she had of getting her out of her own personal hell were over.
"Midnight!" She heard Nightshade call after her, his claws rapidly tapping on the cave floor as he made an attempt to catch up to her,
"Hurry up! I can't forget the whisper!" She called back to him as she increased her speed. All of the crystals in the caves were glowing now, brighter than when she had first came in with Kryo. Her mind was racing with a million thoughts- questions, halfhearted answers, concern, excitement; everything.
What did the whisper mean? Why was the glowing energy inside important? What did it mean? Why didn't the crystals on Kryo have the same sort of energy the rest have? Was it an energy only the crystal bond owner could see? Or only the ones who had a crystal bond of their own could see theirs and the ones of other's? What would her Crystal Bond be? What would Nightshade's? What was Kryo's? Would it be painful? Would it happen as soon as she found it?
As she continued to run, she lost track of all sound around her except for the whispers that began to start up again, all of them were saying different things to the point where should would hear the begging of one sentence, the middle of another, and the end of the next. None of them were the whisper she heard before.
She could hear Nightshade's voice. It was distant though, she could barely make out what he was saying. Had he found his whisper? She glanced back at him- he had stopped in the middle of the narrow passage way, his pale blue eyes were staring intently on a beautiful pastel colored crystal that was hidden in the wall; Midnight had run right by it without noticing. Nightshade was leaning closer and closer to the small hidden object, like he was in a trance. One part of Midnight wanted to run back and snap him out of it, in fear of something bad happening while the other part needed to know what would happen- she just wanted to stop and watch.
But it was as if the female Night Fury's brain and body were no longer connected- the just kept on moving through the cave system with amazing speed, everything a was a colorful blur as she rushed by. But, Midnight noticed that the cave was getting darker and darker- the Crystals were still abundant, but their colors were changing from light pastel colors to darker, murkier ones.
"I am here."
Midnight nearly jumped out of her scales at the crystal clear whisper that pierced her mind and very soul. She immediately stopped running and looked around wildly; trying desperately to find the crystal that held her whisper within it.
"Where are you!?" She exclaimed, her pitch black claws stabbing into the stone below her in urgency.
"Come find me." The whisper was almost hypnotizing. It was that of a male's, it was soothing and calm, and it echoed, as if it were bouncing off of the cave walls. Midnight slowly began to walk forward, continuing down the narrow channel, her ears flicking around wildly, trying to find him. As she walked, Midnight decided to take in her surroundings- like she noticed before, the crystals had darker colors now- midnight blues, dull golds, blood reds, ash grays; but the energy inside all of them were all the colors in the world- as if there was one crystal energy for every color.
"Come. I am near."
The narrow passageway was getting wider now- and Midnight could see an eerie blue light coming from the end of the tunnel. She bolted at the sight of it- she was close! So close….
Her paws slammed furiously on the cold stone underneath her carrying her closer and closer to the end, or the beginning depending on how one looked at it. She was going to get answers. In truth, that's all Midnight's ever wanted: Answers. And a bit a respect, to be treated her age. Kryo and Nightshade could give her that. Was that why she was so desperate? That's why she needed to find the whisper so badly? Was she trying to hold on to some odd thread of hope- wishing for it to pull her out of hell?
Midnight couldn't help but chuckle: In the end, she would always have too many questions for even Odin himself to answer.
Without thinking, Midnight propelled herself into the blue light, almost regretting as she did so because she nearly tumbled into a large glowing lake.
"Whoa!" Midnight exclaimed, digging her claws into the stone to keep her from falling into the beautiful clear water. The female Night Fury turned her gaze upon the room- she was defiantly still in the catacombs, she could actually see the ceiling in this room! Midnight had stumbled upon a large circular room with crystals spouting out everywhere, dark ones, light ones, even crystals with colors Midnight couldn't even imagine! In the middle of the room, was a large lake with sparkling water- the light blue glow came from its center where a large light blue crystal spouted out from the bottom.
The room was beautiful to Midnight.
"Come! I am HERE!"
As the word 'here' echoed within her mind, Midnight saw movement out of the corner of her eye- she swiftly turned around and stared intently on the spot that it had come from. And that's when she saw it: A slur of muddy blue and black, flecked with bright gold and sunset orange jutting out of the wall where it was surrounded by brighter crystals. A name flashed in Midnight's mind: Cerin.
"I've found you." She whispered, walking over to the crystal, which was beginning to seep a black energy, the color of her scales. "Cerin."
"Midnight." Cerin's calming voice greeted her, "You should know, I only know as much as Kryo has told you. We're both going into this nearly blind." He said as Midnight stared at the dark crystal, it was beautiful in her eyes.
"How did you know about Kryo?" She asked him, watching as more energy seemed to leak out of the crystal.
"He's been here forever. It's hard not to know him. What's with the spider webs?" He answered/ asked her. Midnight let out a small snort of laughter and disgust at his question
"It's a long story, I'll explain everything later." She answered, before pausing, realizing her mistake, "You can see me?"
"Yes; we all can. All of us are the souls of the crystals, we come in many different shapes and sizes- just like the dragons and Vikings in this world do. We are all different, and one day, all of us hope to find a companion, our dragon bond." Cerin explained, his black energy tingling with excitement.
"That's interesting- Kryo said he couldn't tell us anything about you guys." Midnight said, glancing around, all of them could see her? Could they speak to her like Cerin could? Or was it against this 'code' Kryo has been going on about.
"That is the rule. The main crystal bond isn't allowed to tell us much about you dragons either. All we're told is what to do when our Dragon Bond finds us." Cerin answered in an almost slow manner, causing Midnight to crock her herd as a small smile lit up her face,
"Great! So you know what to do?" She asked him leaning forward to get a better view of the energy inside the crystal.
"Sort of. The main Crystal Bond says that all you need to do is place a paw on my crystal, and the energy inside both of us will unite us and determine what you are." As he explained, the black energy around the crystal seemed to jump with excitement, before swirling around the crystal once more.
"Determine what I am?" Midnight questioned him quietly before beginning to hesitantly reach out to place a paw on the murky colored crystal.
"It's difficult to explain. Are you ready? I know I am." Midnight could've swore she felt Cerin grinning, even though she couldn't see him- she could feel his excitement and happiness.
"Yes." She said, softly placing her paw on the crystal. The female Night Fury watched as Cerin's energy surged forward and gently wrapped itself around her body. It was all calm and comforting, like nothing could go wrong. She could feel the crystal shifting, molding into something different, but she couldn't see what due to the fact that the energy danced in front of her eyes.
After a few short moments, everything changed. Midnight lurched forward as her body went to cripple to the floor, but Cerin kept her standing. A horrible pain ripped through her body, as if someone was slowly tearing off her scales while all of her bones were being snapped into mere bits until nothing but dust remained. She felt icy claws ripping at her throat, slowly tearing it open and burrowing its way into her chest where it continued to thrash around and yank her organs apart from the inside. Sharp teeth tore at her skull and eyes, painfully gouging out her icy neon blue orbs with its bottom fangs and digging into the top of her scalp with its top ones. Her ears and tail fins were being gradually torn off and shredded by the icy claws, leaving nothing left at all. Her claws and spikes are being pulled out of the flesh that still remained, almost like deep, razor sharp thorns that were being pulled out of soft, weak human skin.
Midnight opened her jaws and let out a blood curdling scream of agony as tears rushed down her cheeks;
"Something went wrong…I'm sorry Kryo and Nightshade. I-I failed you."
And on that depressing note, I'm going to sleep.
(Also, the reason this is titled chapter 5 A is because it's a bit short and the next chapter is more connected to this than anything else; if that makes any sense.)
Sirius, Night, and Icestorm: Kate3628 doesn't own HTTYD