Hollow Wings

"Speech" "Thought" "Writing" ["Sign language"]

Ghost woke up with a start at the sound of something metal falling over, "Where am I? I think I'm in some sort of tent, but who put me here?" He tried to get up off the thing he was sitting on, but he realized he was chained to it. "Ah, you're awake now, took you long enough." Ghost whipped around at the sound of the voice and made eye contact with one of the big things covered in scales. He instinctively went for his nail, but realized he didn't have it on him.

The scale covered thing laughed at him when it saw him go for his nail. "Looking for this?" It said, showing him his nail in its arms. "This is a very peculiar weapon, its very awkward to hold. Do you mind telling me what it's called and how you weald it?" Ghost looked at the thing with an expression that indicated the scaley was stupid. Ghost pointed at his mouth, then made an "X" with his arms hoping it would get the message. "Oh! You're mute! Ok then, one moment." The scaly thing got up and grabbed something that was thin and white. "Here, write your name on the scroll." Ghost was severely confused. "Why do I have déjà vu? I feel like I've seen this before, but I can't remember…" Ghost fiddled with it for a couple of seconds before the scaly thing coughed. "Do you… not know what a scroll is?" it asked him. He shook his head, as he in fact didn't remember what a scroll was. The thing sighed and put its talon on its forehead and mumbled something along the lines of "this is gonna be annoying." It got up and grabbed something else from the shelf of those scroll things and grabbed a different one. "Here, try this." Ghost looked at the scroll, which read "Sign Language for beginners." Ghost looked at it for a moment before the scaly thing said, "Study that for a while and I'll come back later to try to have a conversation with you that actually goes both ways." The scale covered thing laughed a bit at the last part. Instead of reading the scroll, Ghost looked around the room and saw a big scroll on the table. It had a picture of what seemed to be another scale covered thing, but it looked off. The tail was broken into dozens of tiny pieces, and the wings barely looked like wings at all. Ghost saw that there were words on top of the drawing which read: THE ISLAND OF PYRRHIA.

Suddenly, something clicked in Ghosts mind, he remembered what a scroll was, he remembered what paper was, and remembered that he had a scroll on him this whole time. Ghost took it out and looked at the scroll. HALLOWNEST. Ghost looked at the scroll for a good five minutes before the big scaly thing came back in. "Hey, that's not the scroll I gave you, what is that?" it looked over his shoulder and read the scroll. "Hallownest… never heard of it, is that where you came from?" It asked him. To which he nodded his head. "Did you read the scroll I gave you at all?" It asked again, this time he shook his head. The thing groaned and snatched the map out of Ghost's hands. "Study the sign language scroll, I will put someone in here with you to make sure you do. Six-claws, get in here." Another scale covered beast came into the tent, but this one was covered in scars and battle wounds, and as its name implied, it had six claws. "So, you're the thing that managed to take down several soldiers with ease." It said. "I'm impressed, those were some of our best soldiers you nearly killed." It looked at Ghost with a look of both caution and bewilderment. "Well, let's get to studying…"

3 hours later…

"FINALY! Were done." Six-claws said. "About time to, I gotta get home, I promised kindle I would help with dinner." With his newfound knowledge of sign language, Ghost asked. [Who is kindle?] "Oh, Kindle is my wife." Said Six-claws. "We have a daughter named ostrich. She is the best thing to ever happen to either of us." He said that last part with a smile on his face. "Oh well, I don't need to bore you with those details. I'm going to get Thorn and ask her where to put you for the night." [Who is Thorn?] Ghost asked again. "She's the queen." Six-claws replied. "She's the one you were talking to before I came in here." [Ok, can I get my map back soon?] Ghost asked for the third time. "Maybe, I'll ask Thorn if she still has it." Six-claws responded. [Thank you.] Ghost said. "You're welcome, I'll go get you some scrolls to read if you want." Six-claws offered. [No thank you, I'm too tired to read.] Ghost said. "Ah, ok then." Six-claws said back. Out of seemingly nowhere, another scaly beast entered the tent, this one had a scar across its snout. "Hey there Six-claws, Thorn asked me to take the guest to their room." It said. "Ok Qibli, take them away." Ghost walked out of the tent with this Qibli character. And after a few minutes, he got to his room. [Thank you] Ghost said to Qibli with sign language. "You're welcome." He responded. Ghost was about to fall asleep on his bed, until he heard metal impaling stone and feet landing on the ground. He looked at the window and saw a familiar figure in a red cloak.


Authors note: YEAH BABY! HORNET AND QIBLI COMING IN THE NEXT CHAPTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

P.S I beat Hornet, mantis lords, and soul master first try on my steel soul file. I FEEL LIKE A LIVING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!