Zeus’s Forgiveness – Part One

Part One – Chosen 

A storm was coming. Zeus grew weary of his children and their bickering.

Zeus searched long and far to change the world. He went to four corners of the world in his human form. His journey took him twenty years  with each passing year 
Zeus felt sickened by the sear suffering on the earth. He was saddened by the sear misery that was on the earth.
 When he found her, she was beautiful in every way. They both fell madly in love with each other, unlike any other women he has seen. She was called Antonia, and she was the best-looking women who Zeus ever loved. She was very Athletic. She had brown curly hair and was full of sass. She had green eyes. She was sweeter than the ripest fruit.
            they spent a year together, every day with her to Zeus was ambrosia. He loved her beyond comprehension He eventually had to return to his spoiled, bratty children.
Antonia, after 9 months, gave birth to Alekos, The son of Zeus.
Aleko’s journey began when he turned 18. He was living on a tropical island under Greece. It was his birthday. He found himself celebrating with his village and drinking and eating until his stomach was full.
 His closest friend Rouven took him to the side and said he had a gift for Alekos. As trusting as Alekos was he follows Rouvin. When they were no longer in sight and no one could see him, they stopped.
  “Why did you bring me out here, Rouvin?”
 “For this, little brother!”
Ares showed his ugly face and slammed his fist against Alekos. Then he opens a portal into hades and threw his brother into the pits of snakes. 
“BYE, Baby brother, Hades is waiting for you!”
Ares planted a body and made it seem like it was Rouven, who had captured by Ares, and he even wipes his mind. Rouven was put to exiled from the island. this is now Aleko’s journey from here forth,
He had fallen on top of a ledge, where, Hades stood before him.
Hades helped his little brother up.
“Who? Where are we?” Alekos said.
“You’re in my house,” Hades said.
“And you’re never leaving,” Hades said.
Then a voice that sounded like a wind chime ring through the caverns of Hades.
“I am Athena! “I have come for my brother Alekos, half human half god!”
“BACK OFF ATHENA!” Hades said.
“No, Brother”
Alekos was chained down by hades so that he wouldn’t escape. Then hades focus his attention on Athena. This turned into bickering, which became a fight for Alekos.
The battle was overbearing on the underworld. Athena eventually went on after tearing all of Hades apart and pinned Hades down.
“LET HIM GO! HADES!”
The chains were released and Athena was labor breathing. She was struggling to hold down hades. She quickly grabbed Alekos and took him before hades had any say.
Athena took Alekos to a quiet temple for her and told him he was chosen to bring an end to the gods and Titans. That was was Zeus son and going to be his only son. She had to come to terms that there were too many gods and too much corruption. Then she told him he must go on a quest to forge a soul weapon with Hephaestus and prove that he can handle himself worthy to become a full god.
End of Part One

The Bane of Love – Chapter Two

     Chapter Two: Exiled Love

So many dates went by that I forgot about my pain. I became careless and carefree; I could feel like I could fly. I tried to stay grounded, but I found myself in heaven dreaming of her.

She had fallen madly in love with me. I felt free of the pain. The endless bounty of love filled my very essence.  I hated the world because for some strange reason they didn’t stop hating me. It was something I often used to, and it didn’t matter because I found love. I often dreamed of just sitting by the beach with her. I often thought about laying under the stars curled up with her. It was a dream, a dream in the high sky.

I had a few years with Mistia; we were about to elope. Everything and anything was going right. I felt so much better knowing that the curse would come to an end. That everyone would love me and accept me for who I was. We, Mistia and I, were engaged. I would be free from the wretched curse. I felt comfort in knowing that it will stop.

It was two days before our wedding date. My girl didn’t tell anyone about it but the person that was marrying us. So many years had passed since my mother died and since the strange day, everything was horrible.  Since I could remember the world was out to get me. There, on the last day, right before we got married.

She, Mistia, brutally murdered. Her throat cut. The crime happened on the streets of Germany. I was the first to find her. I cried. I wept as I held her green eyes in my hand. That was the real moment when I became a man. I felt like running as far away as possible. I even thought of tearing myself from limb to limb and having someone bury me across the world; scattered.

No! I sat there to hold her weak dead body. Then I hear a horrid voice as twisted as a knot in a tree. As old as the tallest oak. As Shrewd as a banshee and as sharply as a nail on a chalkboard.

“Did you think you could escape?! run away from this curse?! Be free from me??!”

“no, no, I thought to kill you! Witch!” I said.

She laughed and laughed in her sharp voice. It felt like the cat scratching all the way down to the bone. My tears seem to fuel her jealousy, and her jealousy appears to fuel my rage.

“I killed her myself, she begged and begged for mercy. I smiled as a slowly cut her jugular vein; she choked on her blood,”

She laughed again. I swung at her, in tears. It went right through. I collapsed on the street. My tears fell to the ground.

Her sharp shriek pierced my ears like a knife into bone.

“GIVE up! Deary, you’ve been defeated. You will never have true love as long as you live,” Arlianic Shern said.

RAGE, blind, pain fueled rage came into me. I Tried for another hit in this evil monster face, and nothing happened. I heard the echo of laughter around me. She had disappeared.

I looked down at my fiancee. She wasn’t even in her dress. I held her cold corpse next to mine. I had spent an hour before they found me holding her.

When the police found me, I became a  suspected number one. I knew that there was no way of proving my innocence. They wouldn’t believe anything I said; they would think I was nuts. In 1919 August first, I was tried for the murder of my fiance Mistia. I was found guilty and hanged that next day.

I pretend to be dead until they forgot about me. My neck was sore, but it healed instantly. My heart, though, had become twisted and torn. It felt like I had died inside. It felt like a piece of me was gone forever.

I took advantage of my death and ran away to America with my impenitent and bone heart. My stone heart, which I had closed lock and all. I became like a troll from a fairy tale. I hid under bridges and never ate. I never drank. I had several moments of death only to be awoken to her not there in this hell. No savior, no heroes, no damsel just me dying and undying. I still found the notes and would hear her voice scream for me.

For hours, I would cry and be hysterical. It felt like centuries of hell until I saw her face. She had to be twenty-one. She was carrying a Bible, and she had brown eyes. I felt instant attraction; my heart beat again. I felt the blood rushing through my body and into my heart. No longer did I feel like I was dead or to die by my hand but that someone had heard my soul weeping in the night. I was under a bridge in new york. It was summer time. I was a mess, but I hadn’t aged since I was twenty-five. It was 1933. I had learned English from the time I knew Mistia, and she taught me.

She knelt down before me. Laid the bible next to me, She was a brown-eyed woman with bright ocean colored eyes. She was wearing a long dress and was very pristine and clean. She was radiating with a beautiful, perfect smile. She was like an angel sent down from heaven. She was like a flower that had just blossom off of a flowering orchid.

“poor man, Have you heard of Jesus?” she said looking into my eyes.

I felt rage, but I didn’t say anything because I knew she was a gift. A gift to save myself from the horror of knowing I couldn’t die, that I couldn’t love that nothing or anything ever cared about me, not even the animals that roam about here.

“No, I don’t, please tell me,” I said.

“I will if you come, you look horrid, pork chop,” she said.

I felt like letting the pain get out. I had died so many times only to get back to the realizing that I was alone, all alone in this world. Now, This angel has come again just in the different form, and I call it mercy.

I knew and felt that primarily the universe has come again to create another window of opportunity. There was another chance to be redeemed, to-be-loved.

She helps me get up, and she said her name was Sarah, She was a Christian, and she was very much a kind gentle soul. A part of me felt anger against God and blamed him for all my misery, I lied to her and said I believed. She loved Jesus just as much as I felt strong feeling for her. Sometimes I felt angry about it.

We started dating. This women let me live with her and cleaned me up a bit. To my dismay, everyone didn’t like me. They still hated me. They are still angry at me. It boiled my blood. I felt like a rugged that get walked all over.

We moved from New York to Florida. Where we started to, actually date heavily. I didn’t care about marriage, but she insisted on it, saying that she needed a ring or she would leave. I had a job and changed my name to Jim Darnall. I enjoyed every moment with Sarah and every day I was with her. It came to one day that I knelt before her and proposed.

She said, “Yes!”

End of chapter two

 

The Bane of Love

Chapter one: Without?! Or with?!

Immortality. I never asked for it. I couldn’t fix it. I can’t die.

It started years ago when I was the just baby in Germany in 1886.  An old woman who was friends with my mother that died in soon after my birth. My father trusted her. She came to my crib one day. She sat down next to me.

“Dear, dear Verlin. I use to love your father; he fell in love with the wrong girl. I sacrifice my youth for your father; I did everything for him and what happened, Verlin, he married that whore!”

I started crying.

“Cry, Verlin, cry! Because I curse you; child to always be alone and to live immortal without love, without anyone by your side for I give my very life to make sure you live without anyone ever again,”

“By the power of the universe, by the power of darkness I curse you, child, to walk the earth alone, forever,” she said.

She laughed like a witch while slowly fading away. It was then that I never knew love ever.  My father became distant from me soon after I was able to walk. He threw toys and objects at me as I grew up.

By the time I hit adolescent, My father had hated me. The school kids despised me. They made fun of me and threw stones at me. No one would talk to me.

I found notes saying “What does rejection feels like?” They would disappear and reappear. They were all of the same origins,

“No one loves you! Verlin’,” the notes would say.

“No one likes you,” they would continue every day.

I even at age nineteen tried to kill myself. I woke up in a morgue and came back to life. From then on, I knew there was no escaping this hell.

Hope stayed with me though even when I felt like dying. I went researching all over. I even told the professor and research who probed and dissected. They even killed me a couple of times. They soon hate me also.

I joined the circus at age 25 and had several nasty things happen to me only for me to get up and walk away from it. The crowd hated me, but it paid the bills. That’s when a gypsy women came by my tent. She seemed immune to disliking me.

I am always wearing black. She, on the other hand, was wearing a red bandana. She had green eyes and dark black hair. She was holding a crystal ball. She wore earrings that looked like angels. She wore black leather pants. She wasn’t average.

My tent or I call my home was full of nick nacks and things that hurt me throughout my life. Looking at these things was difficult. I had a table in the middle of the room. My bed was a Hammock. It was a clutter of junk everywhere because I figured no one would show up.

I Was wearing a dark black suit. I was wearing dark black pants also. It was all black even my bruised and broken body which I didn’t care for, in retrospect. This woman seemed not to care too much. She sat down on the table and set up the crystal ball.

“Who are you?!” I asked,

“Not all that hurt show pain, If, you, must know, Verlin,’ I am wondering, a traveler,”

“Okay, What is your name, Traveler? How do you know my name?”  I asked.

“Mistia, The Great Gypsy! Oh, I’ve known of you the day I saw you, Verlin Kern,”

“Why don’t you hate me, Mistia?”

“Verlin, Verlin, There’s more on the heavens and the earth than in your understanding, Verlin!”

“Oh? Really?!”

Rage came up inside of me. I felt resentment against all these people who hated me, who, spit on me and abused me in every way. She had been excellent and that what hurt the worse.

“Tell me were you there when they booed me, were you there when they laughed at my misfortune?! Treated me like a clown??! Thrown stone at me??! Or Killed me to only for me to come back alive??! And lastly were you there when they shunned me for no reason??!”

“No, But I have an answer that nags you every time they abuse you!”

“And?! MISTA??! The Great and wonderful??! WHAT IS THE QUESTION I ASKS MYSELF??! BECAUSE I JUST DONT KNOW, TELL ME?!”

“Ohh, oh, I like feisty! Peachcake! Do you know that you’re cute when you’re mad?!” she stated.

“JUST GET ON WITH IT!” I yelled.

“You ask the same question in which the universe is trying desperately to answer, Verlin,'”

“Why me? and I will speak for the world and say;

A witch cursed you,” Mistia said.

I stood my ground. I kept my composer, though my voice cracked a bit.

“Witchcraft??! What??! Who would be so cruel??!”

I thought about it; it was odd that everyone hated me. That everyone wanted to abuse me in some way. That I couldn’t get any attention or if I did it was always abrasive.  I wanted to cry; she had shown me a lot of compassion and forgiveness. I hated the world, and I hated the people who were in it. She, shown, love towards me even though I yelled at her, also though I was rude and mean. I didn’t understand it? Why did she hate me?

“I can see through your soul, Verlin; Your soul is weeping. You have no sense of love or kindness. They didn’t forgive you peach cake?!” Mistia said.

“WHY DO YOU HAVE IT THEN?!” my voice cracked, I almost fell on my knees and started crying. I couldn’t stand it. I didn’t deserve excellent treatment, all my life I heard how horrible I was. I didn’t crack, though; I stood tall.

“Because peach cake, it is the moon that breaks and creates a window so that you can have a chance at me, peachy!”

I looked at her she was beautiful and mystical. Very much an entrancing hypnotic woman. She seemed to be drawing me closer to her like a snake charmer. In this window I felt attracted to her, I felt funny. I felt warm; I felt butterflies in my belly, and I felt my heart racing. She started to resonate an aura about her. Then I saw that only a few people dreamed of, her beauty.

“Peachcake, I know what to do! I know how to gain their approval, their love, and love from someone special,” Mistia said.

“How? Beautiful?!” I said leaning over the table.

“Well, well, someone’s getting brave?! It seems that Verlin’ you were not only hexed but hexed by a female trickster. Who is still manipulating your destiny? She gave her life to destroy yours. In so saying that you have to find and marry before your window of opportunity ends! To break the curse, you, Verlin’, must know what love is, must find true love!”

“Then, What was the hex? What did she say?”

She council the crystal ball. They both looked into the crystal ball. It correctly showed what she said. I felt my heart sink. I didn’t remember her nor did I know her. She loved my dad?! She hated my mom?!

“Who is she?!” I asked.

“She is an old evil! She called herself in our tongue jealousy.  The rest of the world called her, though, Arlianic Shern, she came from the very pits of darkness!” Mistia said.

“How could she love my dad?! Or even now him?!” I asked.

“Evil takes many forms, she was one of those forms, jealousy, and she always was jealous of every woman with a man. In, mythology she was the green women who stayed in the cave and had festered feelings of envy of everyone,” Mistia said.

“Still why would there be a window of opportunity?” I asked.

“Verlin, Fate plays its parts; Maybe there is a higher power that loves you?!”

I laughed, “No such thing! Why would a higher power love me? He would hate me! He would cruel and mean being!”

“Be warned, Verlin, because war is waging, and you are a part of it. Our fates are intertwined. Peachcake That is all I know,” I Mistia said.

“Women, The moment that everyone, even when the higher power approves and loves me, will be the day when my father rolls over in his grave,” I said jokingly

“Well, peach cake, How about a date with me??!”

I felt shocked a bit; I sat down.

“Are you sure? Mistia?” I asked.

She smiled at him, “well, handsome why wouldn’t I be?”

I felt the chemistry between the both of us. Mistia had the guts to show me a slight bit of kindness. I felt drawn towards her. I then spoke,

“Then I will do it!” I said.

“Great!” she said as she popped up.

She grabbed her stuff and kissed me on the cheek when she left. When it was silent again, I sat on my canvas hammock, hung my head and started crying. I felt joy and sadness. I felt the pain I had never acknowledge till now. It was terrifying.

End of chapter one

Awaken-Chapter Two

                  CHAPTER TWO – Protection yet destruction

I am Xelyue. In the past fifty years, humans and Lost Terrans have lived in peace. I ask a question for thought, If a made builds a dam but floods a city, does, that mean there is no right or wrong? That I can do no wrong nor no right?

It seems, Xel prince that the last fifty years have been in vain. It appears that humans have bred with my race. It seems that the right I did only brought upon an another war. This time, it’s from the hybrids. They have grown arrogant and think of themselves as elitist. I read about Hitler, and I have learned that they, the hybrids have developed a sense that they are the master race. Both Lost Terrans, humans, are now at war with their children.

They destroyed the relic. They have killed my human wife. I fear it is only time before they hunt me down and end my misery. It seems I have flooded the city even though I try to save the world. I tried to save humans, What did it bring us? Death. Destruction and misery.

My son, Euan, is searching for a solution. A way to end this bloody battle from all three sides. He said that there might be a planet for us to move to if we do not find a solution. I am afraid that another holocaust will happen, another world war.  I feel afraid for my life and many other Lost Terrans.

I have a choice for my people. I could leave this planet and let the hybrids destroy all of the humanity, or I could sacrifice my forces and my men to killing our children that are the hybrids.

I was in my headquarter when one of our brightest came in.

“Xelyue!”

“yes?” Xelyue said.

“I have found an answer!”

“go on!”Xelyue said

“Its a virus that can kill the hybrids,”

“Whats the catch? They are part of our genome,”

“well, King. We have a choice; since your son is out looking for our new home. In turn its very unlikely that he will find anything, so this virus to allow the humans to survive. If we are truly a benevolent race ourselves, then we must make the sacrifice,”

Xelyue felt worried and was thinking deeply. This burden was something he had to make a choice on it.

“What about the humans the hybrids are half human themselves?”

“I’m afraid, Xelyue, this was something found in our dormant caverns almost as though it was planted there years ago. IT seem that it won’t affect humans. It appears that normal humans have a natural immunity to this virus. The hybrids are dead within three hours then it affects us after a week,”

Xelyue got up and pick up a vase and threw it on the floor. He felt rage like he had never had before.

“Send for a scribe! We may not survive but our culture will,” said xelyue.

The scribe came and for a whole month after battle after battle, a book became the last remnants of the Lost Terrans. It told the story of them. IT told in many the culture rituals and the end of the race itself. He didn’t dare tell his son. But when it came a time, when they had to drop the virus. They stole a ship and sent both his son and a female Lost Terran. Son had not found a new planet. Xelyue knew that it was the world that was cloaked from the humans for years. It was habitable. He also knew that the hybrids needed to die for humans to go on. Xelyue said his goodbyes to his son. He also warned him to be careful about his future children,”

in the final battle between humans, Lost Terrans and hybrids the virus bomb were launched killing millions of Lost Terrans billions of hybrids.

Before he died, before Xelyue died. He handed a book to the leader of all humans. “Save us from ourselves,” Xelyue said as he draws his last breathe. “Die in honor my friend, Xelyue,” The man said as he started crying.

-End of Chapter two.

Frost blood – Part Two

   Frost Blood: Part Two: Fear me

“Connor, you screwed up,”the mysterious wizard said

“And, I know you, how?” Connor said.

“I am a friend now. If you must know, my name is Lyman The Lord of Arcane, the wandering wizard. I’ve come to help!”

Lyman said.

“What the hell is going on men?!”

Connor said.

“The power of words, Hallow Frost,” help Lyman said as helps Connor get up.

“What happened to the earth, Wizard?” Connor said as he looked around.

“It was the dragon that you met, that betrayed you, Connor,” Lymen said.

“She wanted to destroy the earth and build a new one in place, your friend Jim, was a slave and spy,”

“WHAT??!” Connor asked. He seemed surprised.

“Jim tricked you with that note, it was a trap, and you were the only one who could read the scroll the only one who had the power to destroy and create,” Lyman said.

“bah, laymen, it can’t be that bad? can it?!” Connor asked.

“Everyone in this world is dead, and the dragons that were once dormant in another realm have taken over. These are not average dragons, you see, they live off of the energy that used and the energy that not used. They could live forever just on the sun and lost energy leftover from the dead and machines. In fact, they use magical technology to produce magic which they also feed on,”

“How?-What? -When?!”  Connor seems scared and felt dreadful.

Lyman looked around the barren scarred planet and then spoke again in a sigh.

“The power of words destroyed this world. I am the savior of it; I’m here to help you, Connor. I will be guiding you, because not only did those words destroyed the world but it made you into an actual wizard. You are the frost in Jack Frost. You, in your blood, flows the power to change everything. This journey is about you, Connor. We have to save all of the mankind before its too late. Whatever that dragon told you was a lie, a poison bite, it seems through you like Toxic chemicals in a child,”

“There have to be more people around, here you cocky old wizard,” Connor said.

“Naive Connor, do you not realize the power of death and life? I have come miles and miles to save this world, because of what you spoke through your tongue!”

“What should we do about it, Lord of Arcane?” Connor asked.

“First, child of frost hallowed frost. we have to leave this realm and search for the scroll of Thuses, or should I say the scroll of salvation,” Lyman said.

“What about you reading it?! Can’t you save this world by yourself?”

“No. I can’t. Connor. The scroll answer to a kind of magic and only you specifically. I had once read a scroll that destroyed my world. I couldn’t repair it; it was horrible; I gain power and return I lost all I loved. It is why I have come!! Connor!”

“…I–” before Connor could say anything. He heard a loud roar behind him. It was a dragon on a wasteland of the planet. Before he could move, he was sucked into another portal. Lyman had taken him to his dwelling.

It was a very quiet and peaceful place, a little house in a tree and timeworn tree. Inside it though was very much a lot of clutter. He had a desk and a whole three bookshelves of books. There was upstairs where he slept. It was an old oak tree. It had been there for centuries. It was the coolest looking place Connor had ever seen. Lyman sat at a table which was in the middle of the room next to his desk. It was a vast area. This place had a firewood stove, and he had tea steaming.

He was dressed in blue and had a long beard and a pointed hat. To Connor, he seems everything that wizard would look like in his eyes. His staff was very much carved by him, Lyman. It was a very elaborate staff. It had carvings of arcane marks going up and down the staff itself. The very top was hand carved tree. It was very much like the tree of life. Connor had known about Celtic and arcane symbols because he had researched it a long time ago.

Lyman sat down. He invited Connor to sit with him. Connor sat.

“Connor, your ancestors, were once kings of magic,” Lyman said.

“Then what happened to them and can’t the dragon find us here?” Connor asked.

“Don’t worry Connor, and their magic stolen by fear, fear that was a living thing, it breathed and existed to only torture and enslave. We call it fear but it’s a living organism, it was what an old master of the realms who sought out power but came back as a monster. He fed on fear; he loathed all of the living magic, all of light and light. He stole the magic that your family possessed. His real name is Xorron master of the realm, King of healing magic. The irony in that, sigh,” Lyman said.

“Then why did the scroll, bring back the power to me?” Connor asked.

“Its the cruelty of Xorron, fear, as many people would call it created the scrolls to tempt and destroy planets. The dragon fed him with their power of creating fear and death. In turn, Each dragon worshiped him. They were fed, breed and trained by fear, or-Xorron.” Lyman said.

“No one knows what happened to Xorron,” lymen said.

“So where’s is this scroll?” Connor said.

“In the last battle to save realms, a god who expended his energy to the point of no return-death, created a counter scroll which his followers hid. It is what we are searching for,” Lyman said.

“You never said  how you knew about my realm, though?” Connor asked.

“I heard the echo through space and time, through realms as your world died I felt it in my bones. In my heart broke,” Lyman said.

“So when do we start?” Connor said.

“First, we have to research where the scroll is, And we start that now!”

End of part two.

Drugan Star – Chapter two

Chapter Two:

In Comes The Darkness

 

 

Drugan was sleeping. Ceres looked at him then turn the other direction. He felt a sudden urge to take the core out of Drugan, and someone make it useful. He felt like he could wield Drugan as a tool ton end the suffering in the universe.

He staved off his hand. He resisted the urge but in his darker side, he knew there was power to stop it all.

 

“Ceres what are you thinking?”

Dragun is woken up.

Leaf was outside playing outside.

“Can’t you hear my thoughts, Lord Drugan?”

“If you ask me Ceres then I will answer, Ceres I wish no longer to hear your mind or anyone thoughts, I come to respect you as a guardian.  Put I must test you Ceres,”

“how so? My lord?” Ceres said.

“Do you want my powers? Do you expect me dead? Or let me fulfill what’s promised?Ceres you are on trial, and you have to make a choice.”

“One hand you can kill me, and I wouldn’t stop you.The other is that I become mortal, and you become a great god. Or you let me judge the universe,” Drugan said.

Drugan created a sword in front of Ceres. “Should I remind you of your scars ceres? You are in no way humble you fat ugly beast. MURDERER!” Drugan said.

Ceres pick up the sword with hatred, anger and sadness.

“Why are you waiting? It’s all your fault that those mortals died, and you Ceres are the one that killed them,”

Ceres grip was getting stronger, and the took all his effort to hold back from killing Drugan.

“daddy!noo!” Leaf said.

Ceres and a river of memories flooded over him of leaf, and again he felt sad and dropped the sword and started crying.

Drugan walked outside and sat down and looked at the two green moons. Leaf came out, and Drugan gestured to her to sit with him. She did.

Drugan then spoke.

“Leaf you dad is an a mighty hero with a gentle heart.”

leaf and quiet she lowered her head.

“He passed the test and so I will place this world.”

He took the pace of him which was his crystal center and planted it n the ground. Is Covered in dirt.  At that moment, life began again. The world came back to live. The crystal dissipated and it turned into Dust which went into the atmosphere, and it started to rain. Animals that were once extinct came out oft he dirt and even the whole planted moved to the star that gave life. It was a red star. It had two moons also. The planet became just like earth.Leaf came to Ceres.

“Daddy don’t cry!” Leaf said

Ceres didn’t stop.

“Please don’t cry, daddy…”

he cried even more.

Drugan came in and touched the black titan foot. Then Ceres felt a wave of relief. He stopped crying. He hugged his daughter leaf. And Drugan started weeping.

“come daddy! Come! I have a surprise for you!”

She grabbed his hand, and he got up and went outside. For the first time in a long time, Ceres felt joy, and he picked up his little leaf and carried around as he walked into the grass and sat in a field of flowers that had exotic smells and color. He picks one of these flowers up and put it on hid daughters ear.

Drugan fell to his knees and started weeping. He also began to bleed red blood. Eventually, the bleeding stop and Drugan return to normal.

The days went by and they turned into months then turned into years. All the while Drugan grew into a giant himself. His wounds healed. Then soon they came to kill and slew Drugan. These were mighty titans, and they blamed Drugan for every little thing that went wrong with their lives.

Ceres tried to fight them, but he was too old. He lost he fought. Leaf ran off into another part of the world. She hides in a cave, and Ceres was a curse by a Titan to turn into stone.Dragun tricked them into letting him, Drugan, live. They took him to reaver named Fourglowse. Drugan then drew his blade and stared right into glowse eyes.

“You’re measured, and I found you guilty of all charges,” Drugan said.

The Reaver began to dissipate and burned into ashes. Drugan took his blade and killed the Titans.

“By death I have brought justice,” Drugan said.

Then, in his voice that across vast universes and the echoes of light and darkness.

“Drugan, the star and the son of a fool,”

Drugan starts sweating and felt overwhelmed with fear and anger.

It spoke again echoing through the space around Drugan. He couldn’t tell where it was coming, so he was silent.

“The greater good always has the greater evil, Judge,” It said.

he then realizes that it was a real god name Veros.

“I-i thought we locked you up, VEROS!”

“I’m free now! And I have to protect the chaos and the Evil, vile titan’s and maybe even destroy all good in this world, Drugan,”

“OF course theft,  destroyer and law breaker,” Drugan said.

Drugan started sweating and became afraid he raises his blade up its was useless.

“VEROS! THE VILE SIDE of the dark side. I AM The ruler,”

“HAHAHA YOU? You’re a soft bleeding heart. In no way, you can beat me. I am the real God now, and I will make this world as I see fit,” Voros said.

Drugan through his sword at a random spot and cut Veros but it was futile. Veros Blasted to light years away from him and on a planet with no life. This plane had no name. The world deserted, and it’s full of sand, dust, and rock.

Drugan tried to port back, but he felt his powers diminished. Then he roars like a lion throughout the universe.

“WAR HAS come!” Then Drugan collapsed on the ground. Every single soul in the whole cosmos felt the rupture, and it put fear in all their hearts.

End of Chapter two

 

 

Preservation of Dragons – Chapter one

           

 

     When magic started to go dormant and all magical creature started to slumber under the dirt, everything that was magic started to disappear. Then even the stars became like knowledge. Plant life slowly turns into dormant plants. There was little to know about what happened to the magic of the world; However, Azger the strongest wizard that ever roams knew that all magic was dying. So in struggle attempt to save the magic he gathers all the magic that was left and with an ancient piece of gold coin he cast the spell that took his life and in turn saving what was left. His apprentice took the coin and kept it Sacred  For generations they passed down the coin and,  the coin was kept secret.

While for centuries all magic and all creatures were hunted down and killed. These hunters were called the Scarlet Arrow. The scarlet arrow was a secretive group of hunters that would kill or destroy all culture of magical creatures. they wiped them out altogether. They heard of the coin which they called the Azure’s Coin. For they wanted magic and all forms of it dead and to never return.

This is where our story starts. There was a boy named Jay Geal who lives in a farm in southern Ohio and he was fifteen at the time was brought to his grandpa deathbed. His grandpa named was Buck Geal. Buck and his family sat beside him as he took his last breath.

“I want Jay… to…. be here,” Jay was there as his grandfather cough and hacked while he slowly died.  His grandpa has cancer and it was terminal. Jay walked up to his grandpa’s bed and his grandpa reached out and grabbed his shirt.

“jay… where the wind speaks, the nights sing, the day crows,” Buck said.

“Jay I left everything to you… bucked leaned into jay hear,

“Son, you must bring back what was lost with this coin,” Buck said as he handed the coin to his grandson. Then his rolled over and he took his last breath and died.

Jay started crying. His tear went down his grandpa’s chest. they all mourn Buck but it hurt jay the worse. Jay loves his grandpa who was a world war II vet in the army. He went through several campaigns and survived each one. He died a hero and lived as one.

Weeks passed and jay slowly felt himself dying inside. It was so much he could ever take. His life he never had to deal with such pain. Little did he know what his grandpa had waiting for him. Buck was cleaver.

It had been months since his death the family didn’t want to talk about his will until they thought he was ready. Jay w2as his only grandson. Jay and his family had to go to the doctor

“It says here in bucks last will in testament it states that jay his only grandson will inherit 100,000 dollars and his ranch in Texas. His parents, Bob and Cherry Geal will receive 500,000 dollars,”

“Buck had 5 million dollars left from his legacy, it states in the will that he must be taken care of until he can take care of himself,”

“What legacy? he was very secretive and didn’t have a job. I mean what kind of legacy was that?” Cherry asked. She looked old and worn and so did Jay’s father. They were dressed like uptight parents with polo shirts and the mother had lots of makeup. They had jay lat in their years so they both look bad.

Jay was dressed like a preppy, he was skinny and he had glasses. On top of that, Jay had short black hair and brown eyes. His mother had blue eyes unlike him. He was tall and had skinny and had great posture. His dad was muscular and bald. His mother was pretty. All three of them looked like they belong together, They all seem to fit in a tiny box.

Mr herb put his glasses down then said, “Buck had stocks and right before he died of cancer he sold all his stock and made now can we proceed?”

“Yes!” Jay’s parent said.

“like I was saying, Buck left cherry and bob 500,000 dollars to do what they want to. In addition to that, anything jay needs the will state it must be taken care of, school, food, and commodities. For example, Homeschooling, chef and electronics or clothing if he needs it. Jay will be well taken care of,”

Jay was crying and his parent was happy about The inheritance. after it was said and done they moved into the ranch.  For a very long time, they waited for the money to clear. Jay had to get homeschooled because they were in the middle of nowhere. When it came time to receive the 500,000 dollars, his parents, skipped out-of-town. They took the 500,000 and left to never come back again.

The ranch was overlooked by a woman named Jill MacArthur. Since there was no way of contacting his parents she became like his new mom. Essentially no one knew why he didn’t go after his parents but he never did. There was something he knew in his gut telling him they were gone forever. Now he just says that they died in a car accident because he was so angry at them,. Jill sat up with him one night and held him in her arms. He cried for a good three hours.

Jill looked like she was in her 40s she was very much a spiritual person and dressed accordingly. She knew buck well. She dressed like she was old too but she was pretty in her own sense. She was skinny and had her hair up. They were in the main bedroom. She had a letter in her back pocket. She pulled it out and gently gave it to Jay.

“What’s this?” Jay asked.

Jill patted Jay on the shoulder. “it’s from your grandfather buck, he knew your parents well and he said if anything was to happen I was to give this to you…”

He wiped his tears and looked at the envelope. It was addressed to him. He opened it. It read

“My dearest Grandson,

I’ve loved you since the day you were born. This is why I gave you all of my fortunes Your parents are gone. I’m sorry but they were horrible parent’s. I’m the only whoever loved you. Boy, you remind me of myself strong, passionate and a kind heart. When I looked at your eyes I see me. Jay none of that matter now, son. You are free of them and they would never understand you like I would. you may have the ranch and i tell you now, Boy great things are to come just remember the wind speaks, the night sings, the day crows.  These are words when said right and through your heart than great things will come. I wouldn’t worry son, everything is going to be alright. When you look at that coin I gave you and all you need are those words then the pain will disappear.

Lovingly,
Your grandpa Buck.”

Jill hugged him and Jay sat there with the letter. He felt bad so Jill started talking.

“I some good news jay, You will get the all of bucks money that about twenty million dollars.”

“I don’t care about the money, Jill. I just want my grandpa back,” Jay said

“I know dear, I know…”

she looks away in thought, Then she said

“Listen, Your grandpa would want you to move forward, Jay,”

She moved her hand and there was the coin buck gave him.

Jay’s eyes lit up, “how the heck did you do that?

“a magician never reveals her Secrets,” Jill said.

She handed him the coin and said: “Promise me, Jay, you will put this under your pillow and say The wind speaks, the night sings, and the day crows.”

“Why?” Jay asked

“Just trust me jay! Please!”

she hugged him, “just do it please,”

“whatever! I don’t see how it helps!” Jay said.

“It’s not going to hurt you,” Jill said.

She grabbed his hand and look into his eyes. She spoke softly. “Trust me.”

“Then I guess ill do it,” Jay said.

“I know you will, Jay,” Jill said

“well I gotta be off to do some work around here,” she got up and walked away.

“oodles, ” Jill said. She walked out the door.

Jay said in the main bedroom all day and when evening came he was tired of the pain from knowing that his grandpa and his parents had left him. He had tears running down his face and his heart hurt. He pulled out the Azgers coin and looked at it closely and by this time everyone had gone to bed. The took on an appearance of a cheap plastic token. His gut told him to do it so he said these words, “The wind speaks… The night sings… The day crows….” then he put it under his pillow.

As he slept the magic crept up on him. In the dark, the world started changing and from the darkness, something new emerged.

When jay awoke he heard a loud growl under his bed. He slowly looked under his bed. in a sudden shaken of fear stuck him and he jumped back into his bed.

“What the heck?”

He took another look and whatever it was licked his face. he jumped back again.

“A dragon, a firkin baby dragon. I must be dreaming.”

he pinched himself then looked under the bed he saw two dragons this time both babies. he jumped back again and fainted.

After fifteen minutes he opened his eyes to the big size of an Irish wolfhound. There were another one of these scaly creatures that had golden and red scales and it was getting into everything. The blue scaly creature that was on top of jay spoke to him telepathically “Are you my da-da?”

This blue and white dragon had the tiny horn and tiny wings. there was no way she could fly. She was like a puppy and she spoke telepathically as she licked saying “I love you!” “I love you!” over and over again.

Jay yelled “HEEEEEEEELLLLLPPPP!!!!”

There was a knock at the door it was 12 P.M, The door opened and came in Jill with a witch hat and a broom.

“What’s with all the screaming?”

She looked at Jay and laughed with a piggy laugh. “She likes you, Jay,”

“Jill?” he asked.

she couldn’t breathe but she eventually came up with the words “Yeah… its me Jill…(*snort*) “

“HEEELPPP JILL this one trying to eat me!”

She laughed harder. “no no no, Shes your new pet dragon and so is that red one over there.”

“WHAT??!”

Jill stopped and took a deep breath. She got serious and she said “come this way Jay, I have a surprise for you! come! come! ignore that two rascals and follow me.”

She looked like a Witch now but she was very pretty she had no feature of a stereotype witch. She had the black dress and white pale skin and her hat were red and black and her shoes were black. The whole get-up made her look sophisticated and chic; Nevertheless, she looked like a witch-a good witch.

They walked down the hall and jay noticed the walls started changing into brick and stone. the lights started changing into torches and tapestries appeared out of nowhere. It was all one level, but regardless the whole place turns into a stone fort. It was perfect. Jay was in awe of it all. They walked into a kitchen which had changed the walls and stove and table into

an old wood fire stove, an old wooden table, and counters. It was a blast from the past. A herd of rats came into the house and then they starting morphing into gnomes that were larger than normal gnomes and a lot more friendlier. when they all changed, Jill said that they are called “Gnumes”.

One walked right up to Jay and said: “Jay I’m Lonny Suddy and I’m happy to see you sir!” He put his hand out and shook jays hand. they all lined up and greeted Jay.

The Gnumes were the size of a middle school child or as big as jay just little inches smaller. They had hair on them like a gnome. they had a hat on them like a gnome. They just had a flatter noise and they had smaller ears with three points of them. Their eye color was exotic and original. They had hair under their hat and were very polite.

After all the commotion came to a spike Jill told them to get to work. The Gnumes love playing and was very active. They went back to work. Jill lead him outside into the courtyard. The Whole ranch had turned into one leveled house. There was a stable with horses, There was many, and many, Gnumes running around taking care of everything.

“Oh and jay, they are clean and tidy too, those Gnumes,” Jill said.

“this is a lot to take in Jill…”

“it’s not only that there’s a surprise,”

“Boooyyyyyyy…”

His heart stopped and he almost stopped breathing. “Buck?!” he thought.

He turned around and there was his grandpa. He wept tears of joy and buck gave him a big hug.

End of chapter one

Frost Blood- Part One

Frost Blood: Part One: Connor

I know illusion, and I know she lies. All my life I was stuck on tricks of the hands until I found the tome of frost. It took me years and years to see this rare book. This piece of literature or should I say spellbook has brought me to be able to defend myself. I am a well-educated gentleman. It was the 1850’s in the northern states of US. I lived in New York City. I blended into the crowd. I wore a trench coat. I had Fedora as a hat. I was always smoking my pipe. I was a mage, and I specialized in frost. I could feel the cold in my blood. I just recently became a mage. Everything was great; I had many friends and tons of money. My name was Connor. My life couldn’t be any better.

All good things must come to an end.

When you came out of the birthday party.  I had just turned 30 a came across a mysterious green-eyed man who gave me a note. He said it come from one of my closest friends, Jim. He insisted that I should have it. I took it then, I walked home and sat on my ottoman. I took a deep breath. I relaxed next to the fireplace. I sat there staring at the fire, and the oil lamps illuminated the room. The chair was very comfortable. It was leather and felt like smooth leather. I found myself almost falling asleep, but I remember the note. I took it out of my pocket is that I had been a mage for only five years I read the letter out loud it was in Latin. That was When a Portal came out and sucked me right into it. When I went out of the other end of the portal, I found myself face to face with a dragon. I felt a real life breathing dragon. It roared at me. Then took a form of a female human.

The whole place was black, and there was nothing but a candle floating between me and the dragon.

This dragon had black hair and red lipstick with a red dress.she work heels and shaved her legs. Her leg was as smooth as silk. I was shaking a little and felt very upset. She touched my hand, and instantly I became a clam.

“Who are you??! I asked.

“I am a dragon that is madly in love with you. You were sent here start a new world with me. We have many enemies s that wish to kill us, but I fooled them to trapped us here to be with you. The thing’s that I have the scroll that will give us a new world and if you must know my name is Elise of the red skies.”

“well, Elise I Will have no part in this!” I said.

“But you’re stuck here, Connor,”

“what about you Elise? you can get us out of here right?!”

“I am afraid I am stuck too but its worth it to be with you, Hallow Frost,”

“Why me?”

“Tick, tick, it’s you’ re talent that’s wasting on earth, but if you must know the dragons have come to take the land back, and you could have stopped them, but by now it’s too late.”

“So what now ?”

“This place will become your cage, Connor you were born with the power that overwhelms even the greatest of dragons. While you’re in here Connor there nothing you can do. Right now you have no powers unless you read this scroll.”

She smiled at Connor.

“then let me see it…”

She walked up to him and gave him a kiss,” Sparks flew, and it was like nothing he experiences before. She stuffs the scroll into his right coat pocket. I pulled it out of my pocket. I opened the scroll. I looked at the writing in was in Gaelic. I could translate it. I spoke the words. What happened next was the formation of a new universe.

The light came into view the land, and dirt rolled out of nothing. There were tree’s that had very many exotic and strange new fruit appeared. There were animals from myths and a path that is of stone. Then a castle looked over overhead. It was like a beautiful stone Castle. Then planets appeared in the sky, and I felt solid ground. Then land I stood on was a whole world and distances became apparent. It formed into a new world where everything was brighter and full of life.

“That castle, my dear wizard is yours. This all of this is yours.”

Before he responds, he heard a gunshot and was pulled into another portal. I found myself on earth, and it wasn’t the earth I was expecting. The cities had turned into rubble. There were wild plants overgrown over all of the buildings. The buildings were torn down and wrecked. Dragons overran the earth. There were magical creatures everywhere from satyr to fairies and the dangerous kind of fairies.

“It has been fifty years, Connor.” the mysterious wizard said.

“How do you know me?!” I asked.

“You were the one that read the scroll, Connor,” the mysterious wizard said.

End of Part One

Awaken

   Chapter One: Still alive

We have spent millions of years in slumber. Our race was longing to breathe again. We long for domination once more. It is time for our return. We are the actual owners of Terra. It is our time.

It was the year 2030, and there was an earthquake. The earthquake exposed several meteorite-sized holes most of the world. In America, Asia and all of the continents. Strange alien beings came out of the holes. They made from moss and dirt. They had eyes that had pupils which were small and glowed like a distant star. They had claws that were at least 4 inches long. Their middle claw was the longest. They were skinny, and they had dirt and plants covering their bodies. These beings called themselves Lost Terran’s.

They found their world covered by humans so in a peaceful way they sent a representative to each of the rulers of the earth. They were brilliant. The lost Terran’s know the language of the humans. They could adapt very quickly. The communication from Man and lost Terran’s was very mutual. The humans were fearful of these aliens to them they were aliens. The lost Terran’s conflicted about the human but never the less they tried to communicate with the humans. They agreed to bring them to the camps across the world. Little did the humans know that they were taking their time to fight eventually for the earth.

At first, everything was like a clam as bright day in the country. The Lost Terran’s became tired of being in a concentration camp. They started a rebellion against the humans. They had a leader named Xelrue, and he lead the war against the human race. The lost Terran’s somehow had to develop technology that so far advanced that the weapons could blast a tank into smatterings.

This war was called “The War of Humans.”

One of the rulers of the lost Terran’s had a compassionate heart. His name was Xelyue brother of the leader Xelrue, and he disagreed with the treatment of humans. He had fallen for the human race perhaps because he read the history and knew their poetry and art which he feel in love. Even when he read the story of salvation his heart turned for the humans. He realized they were all just child that need love and guidance. He knew that humanity was benevolent. He watches every movie. He had listened to many people that he called as friends.

This disagreement between both brothers created two factions one to preserve the culture and the race of humans by catching them. They proceed to hide humans and go to destroy the ignorance of both races swearing never to harm humans. They would protect humanity because they saw Human as themselves struggling when they held the world to themselves.

In Xelrue eyes they were pollution, they were destroying once a healthy planet. He hated the humans for they killed his only mate. She ran in front of a bullet trying to protect Xelrue. Xelrue swore to enslave all humans for death wasn’t enough justice. They had to live with themselves for the death of many lost Terran’s. And so the world collided with two planets crashing right into each other.

Xelyue weeps for every dead on both sides. He journey through the earth trying to find himself. He was losing the fight against his brother Rue. So his journey began. He was all packed up and went to many places around the world where he was booed and shooed and almost killed. It didn’t stop there he found himself with scars and bruises. He chooses to be at peace. He decides not to act on them. He travels to Asia, and He came across a Shaolin temple. They welcomed him in. He picked up the language in no time. They strict him meditation and spiritual enlightenment. Yue found himself become a part of the universe, and he could see a thing that no one can and something inside told him that there was only one shot to bring peace among both races.

He pulled a trick out of his flesh it was an item that is called the peaceful coin. As long they had hope and the coin they will always have peace in their hearts. The Shaolin monks accept this gift and even hugged him. He thanked them for his spiritual journey

into the mist of the universe. He knows what-to-do, so he left the temple and found himself imbued with power, and he took his ability which he just discovered he had at the temple, and he travel through space and time and came to a planet that looks just like Earth. Where he found an artifact.

He spoke,

“What brings light when there is only darkness?”

“The stars…” he heard the strange women voice behind him.

“Its been forever since I last saw you, Yuelin,” he said then turned around.

“its odd isn’t it, Xel or should I say the Xel prince, that you would awake to a world full of monkeys. Primitive animal.”

“I could say the same to you taken the body of a young female blonde human.”

“well, aren’t you feisty. Yes, indeed I have taken this form to remind you of how weak you ARE!”

Yuelin was fully clothed.

“What did the humans ever do to us? Yuelin? Or is your ignorance of their compassion, love and forgiveness that is making you talk harsh words.”

My brother XelRue is killing them and even babies because he cannot in his heart live peacefully with them. Do you take his side yuelin?!

“no, I merely imply that the world belongs to your race,”

“IS there no other alternative to this dilemma yuelin?

“The great relic is right there, and I am guarding it.”

“Yuelin, you are the spirit of our people and have shown many things to use. I care for the human race.”

“Fight me then, Xelyue!

“No, I know your trick.”

“If you attack me with this weapon and kill me maybe you’ll get want. In turn Prince Xelyue you have to choose one over the other.”

She conjured a dagger and put it in his hand and said to do it. He said no.

“You passed, Prince!”

“The relic is yours remember to use it you would need drop of your blood and read the inscription on the crystal,”

“Oh and just a request Xel prince, kiss me.”

She walked right up to him, and he kissed her. He embraced her arms and felt overwhelmed with emotion. She stopped,

“I take it back humans are worth saving,” Yuen said.

She steps back.

“GO now! Prince save all of the humans and open the eyes of your race to reveal the truth.”

A voice that Yue was dreading came out of nowhere.

“brother!” He greeted with anger in Rue’s voice. The Xel prince met each other eye to eye.

“I found you, brother. I have been watching you even kills all those that helped you and this is what you plan to do?”

“HA!” Xelrue said.

“you have to get through me, brother. THEY DON’T DESERVE LIFE!”

“Your ignorance brother is astounding…”

Rue made a face that was murderous in nature and anger that was boiling up.

“give me the relic, or I will kill you.”

“Then so be it, brother!”

They fought, and Rue lost. Yue took advance of this and flew to earth. Something unbelievable happened. The planets align out of nowhere, and he realized the power of the relic.When he got back to the land, he saw was what he always dreamt. Peace on earth Goodwill toward all.

But it seemed to go to be true?

The End?…

 

Shattered Words

It was a stormy night. I was in a cavern looking for artifacts.I was dirty and muddy. I’m looking in a valley of the kings. We Found this strange tomb with writing that I had never read before. It had several things wrong with it. It had never been seen before till a week ago. We had to guess the age of the tomb, and it was new. I convince my comrades to let me go inside the tomb.

I John Colton was an archeologist and an amateur writer. I didn’t quite like rolling in the mud but I can across a dead-end in this cavern. I lit my lighter. There were a few of my colleges behind me they had a few torches. There was a huge wall blocking the way into the tomb. It was Egyptian now, and I could translate. I pulled out my journal and drew the symbols.

I translate it into English: “Shattered Word”.

I had to straighten my glasses. When I got done with the recording the hieroglyphics something in my gut said to release the word.

I said “Shattered word” then the wall opened, and my lighter went out. I was at least 20 feet down into the cave. It was cold and dark. I turned the lighter on. When I did that the torches from my left all around to a full circle lit one by one. What in a saw, Perceived through my eyes where artifact that was older than the age of Christ Crucifixion.

I fell into the tomb, and the walled closed trapping me in. In the middle of the, there was a golden box. It was in the center of the room. It was very much so emulate in gold and black, untouched for what seems for centuries. It was on podiums which are very immaculate and well design. There were symbols I couldn’t recognize. These symbols were all over the rostrum, and the box itself covered with gold inscription. The center had stairs in front of the podium were stars that are made from a tile. The ceiling depicted the mural of the “Creation of Adam”. The tiles on the ground painted Zeus and lightning in his hand. Among the artifact were mountains and mountains of gold. All Different kind of color. Also, to the left of both sides of the podium was candelabra. Which was golden. There was also two pillars holding the room together which were the huge room.

I walked up to the podium. More torches lit up which was on the pillars. Everything was systematical. The room now was

brighter than before, and everything is illuminated. I saw two Statues appear of Anubis. Each statue was to the side of me. One came to live while the other turned into dust. It walked up to me. I felt frozen like a statue. It walked up to me. At first, it spoke Egyptian then, I responded with his language,

“I come in peace.”

He gave me a very strange look like he was going to kill me. In fact, he became Anubis., flesh and all. He was slobbering all over me and overwhelmed fear came on me. Before he could bite my head off. He bowed before me.

“John Colton,” Anubis said.

“huh?” I asked.

“Welcome,  John Colton to the tomb of the greatest wizard ever existed.”

“Whom?”

“Gronna, You haven’t heard of him because he didn’t want you to see him.”

“You’re not going to eat me?” I asked.

Anubis shook his head.

“no,”

“Oh Thank goodness!”

“You, Colton have found the treasure that hidden for thousands of years. And it’s in this box. Come, open it.”

Anubis said.

I walked up to it, and it said again in Egyptian  Shattered Word. I looked at Anubis. Anubis nodded.

I said out loud in English, “Shatter Word,” it unlocked. What I saw inside this box was an ancient scribe gear from the Egyptian age. I felt disappointed, but Anubis told me to touch it. Then, in turn, it became a pen,

Anubis came to a different form. A mummy with staff. This mummy spoke.

“I am Gronna. The great and powerful and wise. You have my only weapon, and it’s up to you Colton on how to use it and anything you want can be to pass with that pen.”

He waved his hand and scroll appeared.

“This is the blade. In turn, Colton you will take what made me high because I had to pass it to someone and not just anyone but you Colton. You have the talent of the greatest artist. My time as a mummy or wizard is over. My time has come.”

Colton had millions of questions and was perplexed by the fact hat there was magic, real magic. Then, before he could say anything Gronna turn into dust and his soul was swept by a chariot.

He picked up the scroll and looked around. “What now? I mean how am I suppose to get out of here?”

He was stuck. But something in his gut told him that the pen could take him anywhere. He thought about it.

He tried writing “home!” it did nothing but faded into the scroll.Then he wrote this,

“John Colton Teleports home.” and in an instant, he was home. He ran to his bedroom and hid the scroll. He also ran in a mass panic to cover up the pen.  He didn’t know that the scroll would turn into dust. He was cranked up with fear and hide under the blanket.

Could there be more?…

The end?…

Drugan Star – Chapter one

The world was scared by the war of the titans. For thousands of years, the universe was in chaos. There was millions of Titans. These titans were in Millions. Each and every one of them was tearing up the world. They were destroying planets killing stars and leaving a destructive path in their wake. The world was crying in pain.

There was a star that was called The Drugan Star. This star was dying, and so the]is star became a stone. Legend and prophecy foretold of stone that would either kill all creation or united the universe and no long be titans but mortal beings. It was the only answer to this titan war and the warlords.

The Star died and was born again as a child that was like us(human). His name was Flux. He found by the Drugan earth titan name Ceres who was the guardian of the planet Drugan v. This was a planet that was nothing but trees and hills and wildlife. Ceres slept under trees and sat in a giant rocking chair he built himself, and he smokes an ancient pipe. He presented himself as down to earth, kind, and gentle creature. Al he wanted to do was sat and smoke his pipe. He never fought in the war nor did he want to. He loves to play with the wildlife, and he ate the plants around him. In irony though his area of the world was the only perfect spot on the whole planet. It was hard for Ceres to accept so he ignored the war and somehow he manage to cast a spell to protect his home, well at least that area.

The child Sought him out. He was sitting smoking his pipe. Flux went up to him.

“Excuse me, cares..”

The young mortal startled Ceres.

“Huh? Who’s there? Who disturbed the humble Ceres?!”

He looks down and to the left. They were both by a tree, in the shade. The child was exposed. He had black hair and teal eyes. On his heart was a crystal that was round and covered a small portion of the heart. You couldn’t see through it, but it was reflective. The Titan made of grass, stone and moss. He had living animals that existed inside him. His beard made from bark and branches.  His body were built into squares and rectangles. He looked like someone freshly cut him into stone that connected to each other.

“I am the star’s that comes in night to steal the day,” The child said.

He looked down at the child.

“Drugan??! The famous star! By the stars,” He took a hard swallow. The got out of his chair. He knelt down before this child and proclaimed him Lord.

“Rise, Titan, No need for that,” The child said.

“Child of the forgotten age, son of the universe yet father too, is it time?” Ceres asked.

“Titan, the trial has begun,” Child said.

“Drugan, Have you chosen me?”

“Yes, Ceres! You have done well with guarding the planet.I need a disguise and place to grow like your plants. I need fertilization,”

“Ceres you are wise and humble beyond your years. You will keep me safe until they come for me. Like the crops that you grow and the land that you protect, i will prosper here,”

“Very well, Lord Drugan!” Ceres was sweating.and nervous then it hit him.

“I got to make room for you! Excuse me!” He bowed his head.

He got up and ran to the hut which was huge and started cleaning.

“CERES! You are a TITAN! USE Your MAGIC!” Drugan yelled at Ceres.

“Very well…. ” Ceres said.

“I summon the power of the earth and the moon bring me a house and a broom!” Ceres said.

The hut turned into a house, and soon it cleaned itself. It was now a two-story building. It was a very neat and humble place. It had a red roof and a window at the top for Drugan. It was enormous and big enough for both him and Ceres. It would last them for very long time.

Good ole’ Ceres was being a hard worker, and he had a brook in his hand sweeping the ground. He was whistling, and he had his pipe put away.

Drugan walked into the house and sat on the small bed that came with the expansion of the house. Ceres sat with him. It w2as like a human with a mouse. He sat there with his pipe after he got done cleaning. He hummed a song about the battle of the eclipse. He seems quite content.

“Ceres when I was the star I saw many greatny battles. I saw you through time and space as a warrior for the weaker more defenseless beings. I remember how it scared your Ceres… I could feel your pain after you failed to protect the ones you those poor creatures, Those poor defenseless sentient beings. I felt their deaths, and I knew their pain.”

“Why, do you this up? Lord Drugan?!”

“I see that it stirs your heart, good. I wanted to show you Ceres the reason I chose you,” Drugan said.

Drugan got to thinking about it. His heart ached but nevertheless he spoke.

“If indeed, you chose me because of my past then please let us not talk about that time in particular. They were my children,” Ceres said.

“Then Titan! hear my story,”

“When I was born, three hundred million years ago. There was a true god who was dying as he gripped on his last day. He created this universe out of his corpse. That is how the Titans came to be. It was how I was born. The enigma is that somehow prophet foretold my arrival. Along with many other things indicated that this world had a plan. Somehow, this being is dead. This God is gone! How is this possible?” Drugan said.

“Lord Drugan, Why do you toy with me?”

“To make idle conversation, Ceres. So, Protector what happened to the rest of the planet?”

“Don’t you know?! Didn’t you feel it, Drugan?! The power of the titans trying to destroy my legacy?!”

“This is what make you strong Ceres! You single handily took on twenty Titans in the battle of the Guardian,”

“I have scars Lord Drugan, let me heal!”

“BUT indeed, you defeated them only for your only child to die protecting the land that was rightfully yours.”

“My Daughter of my flesh… ”

“How did she die, Ceres?”

“Many, many more titans came and overwhelmed us, they took my little girl “Leaf” and torn her to pieces while I stayed and watched. I then was helpless to do anything about the planet…”

“This is why I have chosen you Ceres, You know pain and so you know the world which is in agony,”

“They scared my land, and I had to save it from nothing and grow it into something. I have sworn off fighting forever.”

Ceres looked to the corner of the ceiling choking. She was my only flesh. A tear came down his face.

“Many wars, many sacrifices and they all end in a hell that no one can escape. It is my prison.”

Drugan seemed cruel to him, but there was a reason for it. He walked up to Ceres and touched his giant foot. Ceres saw his daughter once more in his mind. He almost feels her presence. He could almost wrap his arm around her and hold her tightly. He started crying.

“Ceres, I can do one more thing for you! I know I seem cruel, but you are one of the strongest Titans out theirs. I will bring Leaf back from the dead.”

Drugan closed his eyes and started whispering. A portal came through to that world.11

“Come Leaf it is your time to return to this world, your father needs you,”

A child of Titans came out of the portal. She was as big as half of what Ceres was, and she was like Ceres but smaller.

“it is done!” Drugan said.

“PAPA!” Leaf said, and she ran to him.

He was overwhelmed with grief, anger and emotion. He was so busy crying that it almost flooded the whole house.

She hugged him and said “Don’t cry, daddy! I’m home!” He grabbed her and hold her tight as a lake of tears came out of his eyes.

“So it is, Ceres the little protector. You are now my protector, don’t forget that!”

“AND you have seventeen years, and then I will reward you once more to live with me in the Halls of Gods!”

End of chapter one

 

 

The Clever Hand

                                     The clever world, I’m in, is of my creation. Wise man once said life is what you make it. I fully believe in that and in turn have my world however see fit. My world was beautiful with nothing but my artworks. I escape through my memories, stories and my mind. In my beautiful mind was art, literature science and math along with music. It was in sync with the universe and it was the conductor. I was orchestrating the events of the world in a dance. The sky, the darkness and the light danced on top of the sky. All the creatures made sounds that were jamboree of tunes. Everything in the world sang to me and in the moments I felt peace
I am a wizard but human one. I have flaws but they are many but I still live. I live in an old wizard tower in Edinburgh which is invisible to the naked eye. This was the year of the dark ages. I found it hard to exist with the world around me So I stay hidden in the tower. Inside my home was a huge world of my own art all focused around my late wife and my dreams and aspirations poems and math that no one understood but a tough strong will person could.
My name is Loris Grill the great and powerful and in the last hundreds of years I have found myself doing nothing but the finer things. I drink wine and write stories. I drink wine and eat food that was made for a hearty warrior. I would eat full pigs and steak with mash potatoes and special spices only I could have. There was an emptiness inside of me. A sadness to my weak heart which had been broken for centuries. My late wife had die due to poisoning by The Clever Hand.
Weeks went by after my wife died during these weeks I hunted down all of them and killed the sacred order. I did not cure my sadness and depression and in doing so I caused more pain They hunted me down and beat me up and banished me from being in this land. So now I hide because the wizard that once knew me now claim to be my enemy. They all banished me from their kingdom. Murder was never meant to be weild for my personal gain, revenge was the problem and my fellow wizards did not want to be ascoisatd with me.
It was an average day when I heard a knock at the tower door. I didn’t answer it but when I later inspected the door which no one was able to see. I found a letter. It Read
“Dear Mighty Wizard,
I can see your tower and I want to talk.
Would you like to meet later? At noon? Have lunch?”
Loris was taken back by this, he took the letter in and read the rest it was morning when this happened. Some dust came out of the envelope. He coughed. It was sparkling dust. Given he’s a wizard but has been out of the loop for centuries. While some say that he didn’t care while other say he was dumb. Sometimes in pain, you do things you regret.
His tower was called mages port. It was a blue tower and white tower. It was more of a watch tower than anything. It was masterfully built and had a couple windows. It had oak wooden doors. The tower had incantations and spells written all over it but not on the door The door was pure oak that was perfectly stained. it had door handle that was elegant. It had two dragons one blue one red and if you touched them they would light up. The red dragon was on one side of the door handle and it came to life when you touche3d it becoming a red dragon with glowing eyes. The same for the blue dragon it would light up blue and glow white light through its eyes also.
He shut the door and walked up the stairs. Music was playing, stained glass portraits where floating around him. He smile and clapped in the aww and prettiness of these works he created. Dust from the sparkles that he kept in his pocket made a map of the sky. It glowed light and bright it was. It was magnificent!! Loris felt joy over his math that he was thinking over. Spells that were being created in his head and above the completeness of knowing that he was great. That he was something more than himself and he had his works to prove it. The great and powerful Loris. There was no end to the symphony of art and science going on in his head and maybe just a tab of magic.
Loris was a wizard that wore blue robes one day then changed to Red the next day. On occasion he would wear white but only because of his wife was a white mage. She devoted her life to healing others. He tried to not think about her but he would have random spouts of crying then he would turn to tiny star trapped under special made vase that lay upside down and keeps the star within it.
Whenever loris felt the mourning of his wife he would look directly into the star and instantly remember dancing with his beautiful wife. Even having a pinic together. Sharing knowledge together. Enjoying books to read to each other. And at last comforting each other with a warm touch and stroke of the hand or leg. He’d lose himself in all of this and have no care in the world. No nightmares, no headaches just him and his art. He indulged himself in everything.
He didn’t meet up with this lady that left the note on his door so again around noon he heard a knocking. Knock, knock. About this time Loris realized she had the upper hand and she knew where his tower was. He walked downstairs. He slowly opened the door.
“What do you want?!” Loris asked
“I want inn…” She said.
This lady had blue eyes and tan skin. She was a jewel. A quick wit and charming tounge She was wearing a beige dress and had matching slippers. She carried a brown knapsack and she was short while loris wa stall.
When he gazed into her eyes he felt like he was in love. He felt the nervousness of love and the urgency of it all. In turn he did not know that the dust he inhaled was magic dust that bewitched him to fall in love.
He got caught in a pause while looking into her eyes…
“Can I come in?”
It was like he was hypnotize into letting her in. She tell him her name and it was Allison Cetus Rae. They got to know each other. And of course Loris showed Allison around and she loved the tower.
They soon started dating and became an item. She wqas sweet and charming. She was also a little devilish. The dust had infected loris mind. He was hooked.
He values his talents and his mind because it gave him peace through the chaos of music and noise in his head. It was like constant sunshine for him, an escape that let him forgot all his issues. His mind was more valuable than his body.
After three weeks he start to come to but by then she had his grips on his tower. She had control of his mind. The first move was made by her. Little did he know-that she was working for the clever hand. She was a beast, a fallen human which had turned into a horned monster. He sat at his whitening table next to the star he trapped. She took away his magic abilities then kissed him on his forehead which woke him up immediately In absolute horror he watched the wicked beast destroy all of his creations one by one.
Loris panic’d. He yelled bloody murder but she didn’t stop there she destroy the music and released the star. It went back to where it belong. All his paintings. All his writing. Every ounce of his life that he had in this tower was burned with prejudice. Loris started crying. No don’t, he said. He couldn’t even cast a spell.
When she was done destroying everything he indulged in she took his memories away from him and all his talents. Along with every single voice in his head. She then started pull his hair out and mark his skin when there was no hair left with the brander that was read hot. This mark was the mark of the clever hand. She also walked out and left a card next to him and she walked out saying “That’s karma for ya!” she winked at him once.
He felt as though his brain was crushed like a bug. The room was quiet and he felt like he just got lobotomized by a foul cruel monster that was of the wickedest nature. He sat there in the dark for three more weeks.
One more day and he was found by his fellow wizard. He has no memory of them but they took him in. Took him far away from the tower into a land of paradise. Loris spend his days recovering. The council of wizards took their forces and hunted down every remnants of the clever hand… But like terrorist they couldn’t never be completely eradicated.
Eventually they forgave Loris and Loris soon regained most of his abilities. They still love loris as a fellow wizard but they tried to avoid war. Loris get better slowly and soon he remember all his spell and regain his powers back. He sat down with his fellow wizards and told him that he was retiring from magic. He had fallen in love with another girl and spent the rest of his years in paradise, like the ocean and the beach. He completely forgot about his late wife and in turn, He became the happiest man ever. As for Allison she was kill and buried. The clever hand went into hiding and were never seen again. Everything turned out good and this was the end of a legend, Loris the great and powerful.
The end

Echo – Chapter one

Chapter One: The Crystal Ball

Peer into the void as the Crystallic(Crystal-lick) wanders in space for no one to see but the crew. It was the year 2200, and man had run out of energy sources. The power needs to fuel machinery and ships. The earth united, and there was a Federation of Earth. Jason, captain of the Cyrstallic was a Physicist with many Degrees.

His crew and he was working on a project involving a new power source. A potential energy source found on a distant planet. It was a huge Crystal that welded with dark matter. It was the color purple, and it didn’t seem to act like normal dark matter. Nevertheless, It seems to have the potential for a significant source of power. It contained within the containment field.

This vessel was a research ship. It had a main room for examining called the hour-glass. It had quarters for patients who were close to the crystal but in safe distances. There was an observing area in the hour-glass. This area was overlooking the floor of the hour-glass. It had stairs that lead to the floor on both sides of the observing area. A sliding door leading into the watching area and the same across the room. In the middle was the crystal to the right side, there were the patient quarters. The stairs were on both sides of the observing area. The hour-glass was around a room.

Jason was watching and staring into the crystal. He fixated on it. It memorized him. Jason was darkly dressed. He had glasses on, and he walked tall.  He stood there in his beautiful leather clothing watching as they took note and went around like busy ants. He smiled at them.

A little girl’s voice came out of nowhere. “Mr. Jason, can we play a game?”

“Not now crystal… I have significant things-to-do.”

Crystal was the ship’s avatar. She was a hologram, and she aged like humans but when she turned twenty-one years, she would stop aging. She was, at least, seven years old.  She had glasses and long brown hair with her teddy bear. She spoke again,

“Marvin wants to see you, in his quarter.”

“Very well, tell him I will see him,” He said

“Yes Mr. Jason,” She said and disappeared.

After few more minutes of staring into the crystal, he made his way to the stairs into the hour-glass floor. He nodded at a few people and even waved at the couple of them. He came to the Radiation Protection Door which keeps the patients safe at the crystal just in case it losing its containment. He swiped his ID card which he had in his pocket. The doors opened. He walked in. The quarters were like prison cells. They were small and not well kept. He walked two doors down a narrow hallway then turn left. He again pulled out his id and swiped the door and inside, there was Marvin.

Marvin was a heavy-set man with a full beard and wisdom of the wisest. He was wearing a white tee-shirt and white trousers. He had black hair and blue eyes. Unlike Jason, who had brown hair and brown eyes.

“Why cousin! You are finally decided to see me!” Marvin said.

“Yes, I figured it was time to see you,” Jason said.

“Yes, yes. I got some things to tell you… cousin” Marvin said.

“And what is it?” Jason asked.

“I got to say I do not like these living arrangements, can’t you do something about them cousin?” Marvin asked.

“Afraid not Marvin. We do not have enough room,” Jason said.

“To hell with the others!”  Marvin said.

“I hate this place,”  Marvin said.

“You have to stay, Marvin,  That crystal is hurting you,” Jason said.

“I know,” Marvin said.

“That’s why we are studying the effects that this crystal has on humans,” Jason said.

“But what if it does something terrible to them? What if it twisted their minds and shaped their concepts into the twisted vision? What if it Breaks the whole fabric of time and space? What if we all die?” Marvin asked critically.

“A gambling man never wins without taking a risk,” Jason said.

“And besides Marvin, nothing bad is going to happen,” Jason said with reassurance.

“Famous last words…” Marvin said.

“Humans are experimenting on to see if they can become superhuman, well that’s playing with fire and not to mention that Crystal is the abomination. And if you continue down this road, down this dark path, it won’t end well,” Marvin said.

“And cousin I see a great darkness coming, and it shrouds the ship, and it scares me,” Marvin said.

“Whatever, Everything’s going to be okay Marvin,” Jason said

“Don’t say I didn’t warn you,” Marvin said.

“So besides that what did you want?” Jason asked.

“A way out of here…” Marvin said.

“I’ll see what I can do, Marvin,” Jason said.

“In the meantime I need to do some things,” Jason said.

“Very well…” Marvin said.

They said good-bye and Jason headed for the stairs that lead to the balcony in the hour glass. He went through the door. He walked to the elevator and headed to his quarters. He came to the top floor. He walked out, and there was only one door. He had a hallway to himself and a room of his own. He swiped his card and walked in. He jumped on his bed and relaxed.

The room was small close quarters. He had at bed, which was right in front of his door. He had at dressers built against the wall. He had a T.V. on the at the foot of his bed but mounted on the wall. He had pictures of himself and pets. He had many awards and trophies.

After a few minutes, he started dozing off when he heard crystal voice,

“Mr. Jason we have a called from the Federation of Earth.”

He got up and sighed. He then spoke;

“I’ll take the call here, on the monitor.”

The TV acted as a screen and had built-in cameras.

The screen came on. It was General Savar(Sa-var). This man stout and the muscular gray-haired man with many medals and badges on his uniform. He was in a red army uniform. His hair was soft and brittle. He looked disturbed, something bothering him.

“Ah, General Savar. Why have you called?” Jason asked.

“Jason, we have a major problem,” Savar said.

“What’s wrong?” Jason asked.

“There’s  a massive army of creatures that I’ve never seen before. They are attacking Earth!  People are dying left and right. All the Federation is dying.”

“We don’t have much time; I’ve learned there heading in your direction…” Savar said.

Before he could say anything else, his face turned pale.

“AHHHH!” There was a sheer terror in his eyes when he screamed. The screen turned to static.

“General Savar! General Savar are you there?” Jason asked.

The screen came back on. On the screen was a hideous beast who was built like a spider and had a misshapen human-like face showed up on the screen. It had been glowing a dark mist around it, and it was the worse thing anyone could ever see. Every second it cocked its head and twitched like an owl or a bird.

The voice was very much high-pitched but creepy. It would make you ill.

“I’ve come for you, Jason…” It said hissing.

“What-What are you?”

Jason’s face was pale, and he backed away from the TV scared.

A loud wail that mixed with a roar was shouted out, and the TV cracked. The lights even flickered. Jason scared for his life ran towards the door and tried to swipe his card, but it wouldn’t work. After a few moments of doing this he kicks the door(still nothing happened).

The lights went out. It was dark, but Crystal spoke:

“Turning on auxiliary power.”

A dim light came on. Then Jason heard crystal say.

“Intruder alert!! Incoming foreign organism.”

He hears a high pitch haunting voice. It was a sickening, disturbing sound.

“Fear, fear, fear me yet… I’ve come to bring you death in red,

Fear, fear, fear me yet! I’ve come to slice your head in bed.”  The voice whispered into the soft years of Jason.

“Crystal! What’s going on?” Jason asked.

No answer.

“Crystal!! Crystal!!” Jason yelled, but nothing happened.

The voice spoke again;

“Can you hear the dead? Listen to me being fed.”

Suddenly, Jason heard screaming and crying and horror of the utmost worse kind. He heard them screaming his name. He grabbed his ears and shook his head as though he was trying to block out the horrific sounds.

“Make it stopped!!” he said.

“Fear, fear, fear me yet! I’ve come to break your mind instead,

Fear, fear, fear me yet! I’ll leave you dead in dread,

fear, fear, fear me yet!”

He kicks the door, and it opened. He went running to the elevator, and it took him down to another floor which then he headed to the escape pod. When he got there, he saw a dead body; brutally mutilated. He hears screams everywhere, but he didn’t see a thing. He swiped for the pod, but nothing happened. He made his way to the bridge and saw more mutilated bodies and body parts.

He heard that disturbing voice again.

“Fear me now, For I bring you down. Murder makes a sound,” it said.

He ran faster and faster down a hallway and to an elevator, he thought he could get away. Somehow access the escape pods from the bridge. He thought he could unlock them.

This voice spoke again;

“No fun, Don’t run…” It said

He punches the Digital lock and the door opened he got in and went to the bridge. The screaming didn’t decrease, in fact, it got worse and worse.

He got to the bridge and the auxiliary power went out. Everything was dead silent. After a time has passed, Jason felt like a beast was breathing down his next getting ready to devour him. He heard something breathing down his neck. The hairs on his neck were standing up. His adrenalin was pumping, sweat came down his forehead. Before he could move, the beast grabbed him by his neck and ripped his right arm off and beat him up then threw him aside like he was nothing. He knocked unconscious while bleeding out.

A maniacal laugh came out of this beast. It had changed from and killed all of the crew. It left Jason there like it was nothing.

There was the force of a high magnitude that somehow kept Jason alive. A shield of some weird foreign origin kept him alive for the next one hundred years.

All that time, not sound nor an echo.

Echo….

End of Chapter One.

Written By: Devon Parsons

 

Preservation of Dragons – Chapter two

              Chapter Two: Buck Wild

 

 

“So jay What are you going to name those two dragons?” Jill asked

It had been a week since buck risen from the grave. Jay’s parents didn’t even bother to bury him; Nevertheless, Jay was happy to see him. Buck now looked young, and he felt great. He was able to adapt his grandson. Jay’s parent somehow was jailed in a trolls dungeon forced to live there and trap by some spell.

They were sitting in the kitchen watching the Gnumes create food and clean and even dance. They were known to be very talented singers and musician. Since buck looked young and healthy again, he was eating all the bacon and fried food he could put his hands on, it was morning and the day had just begun. Jay was eating homefries and bacon and gravy with an ice cream sundae.

Jill asked again, “kiddo, What are you going to name those dragons?”

“The blue one name Comet and the red one…” he thought about it for a minute or two and came up with;

“Voe!

Jill said “these names are great for those rascals you have now,”

Buck spoke, “I want you to have them, boy, because in our family we are the guardians of dragons, those two are the first in hundreds of future ones, boy. You are now a Dragon farmer, Son.”

Buck was eating and filling his face full of meats and carbs. In this kitchen, there were substantial stone windows with no stained glass. There was a morning breeze, and jay started shivering.

“use to heating? aren’t you boy?!” his grandpa said to him.

“Buck….” Jill looked at the buck and kicked him.

Buck spoke, “boy, you know I love you right?”:

“I love you too Paw-Paw,” Jay said.

Both Jill and buck held hands. “I have something to tell you, boy; Jill is your grandma,”

“How so?” Jay asked.

“Well son, I’ve known each either for years, the whole death thing was a rouse. The coin I gave you came from our family, and it protects us as long as we kept it. When I married Jill, she gained the protection of the coin. For hundreds of year we were happily married,” Buck said while smiling at Jill. She snorted.

“So why didn’t you use the coin to bring all this?”

“we couldn’t before the coin creator died he left a mark on the coin showing every generation after Azger apprentice. There were at least five marks and the coin extend each generation lives. There is a long history behind that coin, son.”

Jill looked at jay, “Your the last generation and that means only you could bring back the magic and not only that Azger also saved the dragons this dragon exhale magic and increase the potency of magic in the air.”

“Boy, we have Azure book, and he said that you are in charge of dragons. Azger legacy was in this book. I have it under my bed. Boy, we now have a working dragon pen and tons of land. Boy, you will be the one taking care of those dragons their yours and yours only.”

They carried on talking for another ten minutes and then they got done eating. They gave Jay a mission. This mission was to gather up the dragons and put them in their pens. Jay thought it was easy. It wasn’t. These rascals were full of energy and weighed a ton. It took him a while before they would cooperate by then the whole room was a mess, and the dragons had torn it to shreds. When he finally got into the pens. Jay was exhausted.

It was nightfall it had taken him all day to get the dragons in the pens. As he turned away, he heard a voice sounded like it was right behind him.

“Da-Da, me hungry,” comet said telepathically

Veo also said, “me too, me too,”

Jay walked back, and comet had an eager look on her face. For a dragon, she was very much full of personality. Veo was keen too.

“What the hell do dragons eat?”

A strange voice came out of nowhere

“Meat.”

Jay turns around toward the voice. He saw a man dressed in blue robes and black hair. Jay had a handbag, and Jay looked a lot like a sage. He had a wooden staff which had cravings of the white dragon on the top of it. The dragon on top of his team had red rubies on it. He was a staff that was full of Celtic and Mayan designs and even Norse myth.

Jay was scared he jumped back.

“Jays, don’t be afraid. It’s me Azger,”

“Where have you been? and why can’t you bring magic back?”

“I had to save it which took my life, and I have come back because of you, Apprentice,” Azger said.

“How can you come back from the dead?”

“Come here boy, and I’ll show you,”

Jay didn’t move.

Anger walked closer and closer.

“I won’t bite lad,”

He started walking faster. When he felt like he was close enough, he pulled out a knife and tried to stab jay. Jay was quick and agile and dodge it. He ran to the other part of the barn.

“You’re not Azger!!!”

“awe poor child Azger is never coming back,”

He went running toward Jay, and Jay stopped this stranger from stabbing him. Jay kicked this stranger off him.

There was a sudden but familiar voice, “Who do you think you are?!” Jay looked in the direction of the familiar sound.

It was Jill. The stranger looked at jill.

His eyes turned into bloodlust. “Why isn’t it, Jill Nebula? My, my, you have gotten old,”

“That’s enough of you, impostor! EAT THIS!!!” she cast the spell through the air and into the stranger’s heart.

“I will be with her….” the stranger said with his last breath.

This stranger turns into a blonde man with leather wear. The robes decayed, and he left with just his padded leather armor and a bow in his hand. Jill walked up to this corpse. She closes his eyes in respect. She looked on his neck there was the symbol of a red bow an arrow which was no bigger than her pinky.

“The scarlet arrow!!!” Jill said, taken back.’

“BUCK!!! GET over here now!!!”

“Why?!!” buck asked.

“BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ARROW THROUGH OUR DEFENSES!!”

Buck came running out. He looked at the corpse.

“oh for crying out loud! A Godless scarlet arrow!” buck said

he got all flustered and said “How the hell did they know about this? Even then, I thought they were wiped out?”

“I guess not,” Jill said.

“he was doing magic too, buck…”

“WHAT??!!!”

“Yes, he came as Azure!”

“This is bad… boy they want you dead and to kill your dragon. Their using magic….”

“Why should it matter paw?” Jay asked.

“The scarlet arrow nearly wipe out all dragons and elves and magical being out there. When it came down to it, the scarlet arrow eventually wiped out themselves.” Buck said.

Jill interrupted, “Little is to know about the disappearance of magic. It seems to have faded but thanks to anger he saved what was left; However, this whole scarlet arrow is strange and very unusual. We will have to call on the goblins, err. I mean the night agents for intelligence on the scarlet arrow.”

“Buck!” Jill said.

“What?”

“Go get the summon card…”

Buck ran in and grabbed the card and came back out. She threw the card on threw ground. She threw some magic powder on it, and it started smoking soon an image of a goblin that dressed as spy came into focus. Jill crossed her arms.

“Ah, I see its Zad,” Jill said

“Oh and isn’t Lady nebula?” Zad said.

“how was your slumber? ZAD?!” jill asked.

“very wondrous. What did you want my Lady?”

“I would like some Intel on the scarlet arrow! im willing to pay for your services three gold bags!” Jill said.

“WELL! I’d take it. Since we just woke up and all it might take a while,” Zad said.

“Its a deal there Zad,” Jill said as she waved her hand and made the image disappear in the wind. The card burst into flames and turn into ash.

“That takes care of that!” Jill said.

Jay was still in shock, but he got the courage to ask his grandma. “Why are you called Lady Nebula? grandma?”

“Jay I was a queen who was once called lady Nebula before I meet buck. I lived during the age of magic, and in time I found myself without it. I was human, but I found that Azger had saved the magic, so I followed and stalked every descent of his apprentice until I fell in love with the buck. I am alive because of an old potion I stashed when I was young it kept me alive than when I married buck I gained the benefit of the coin. The potion was almost out by the time to buck come’s around,” Jill said.

“All the creatures of the past knew me as Lady Nebula,”

“There no more time to talk, Jay we need you to understand that all is going to make sense in good time,” Jill said.

Jay’s hand was shaking. Jill hugged him, “its okay, honey. We all have to face something like that someday,” Jill said.

“Now Jay go get some meat and feed those poor baby dragons, ask your friend Lonny about the meat,” Jill said.

Jay went inside and sat at the kitchen table breathing heavy and shaking, hardly knowing what to say.

Gnume walked right up to him.

“You okay jay?” The Gnume asked

He didn’t respond.

“Jay, I have some magic that will help the shock,” This Gnume said.

he pulled out a piece of candy. “Here jay eats this,” Gnume said.

Jay had trouble coordinating a chew. He never had an experience as he had. Soon after the Gnume made him chew and swallow. He felt normal again. He took a breath of relief. After a few moments, Jay found Lonny and asked if there was any meat.

“Jay, of course, there is… ill get it for you!” he said smiling. He ran to the cellar and brought up the Giant human size steaks. Jay took the steaks and carried them lovely to the dragons.

“Here ill help you jay… ” Jill said.

She helps lift the steak over the rail and into the pen. Comet started wagging her tail and jumped on top of the steak like a lion. Voe was more of a petite eater he nips and chews and played with the steak.

“They sure are a handful aren’t they?” Jill said laughing a bit.

“You can say that twice!” Jay said.

“Jay, they are your babies. They will always love you as long as you give them unconditioned love. They bond with you, and they will love you back. They will always have your back and watch over you,”

“Yea, grandma but these steaks are a pain to carry!” Jay said.

“The whole meat thing changes as they grow up.  The Dragons need it now for protein. These two dragons had teeth when they came out of the coin. They will grow out of it though; it depends on what you feed them. If you want we could at one point feed them hay or grass.”

“Something, grandma Jill,” Jay said.

She smiled at Jay. She knew Jay was Young and this was a lot to process.

“Jay you will never regret this day,”

“Well,  this is unreal, Pet dragons?”

They were watching the dragon eat. Comet ate like a pig and fell asleep. Voe walked around and around until he got comfortable and curled up and fell asleep.

Jill smiled again, “a fed dragon is a happy dragon,”

“What now grandma Jill?”

“Well, since their asleep… you can come with me,” Jill said.

They both walked up to buck and buck was taking care of the body.

“Buck!”

Buck got up and looked at jill.

“What now??!” Buck asked.

“We need a guardian, have the games take care of the body get the incense and frankincense and some magic dust we need to summon a real guardian aspect,”

“Now why I didn’t think of that, Jill?!!” Buck said.

“Do it! hun!” Jill said.

“Okay! Okay! I’m on it!” Buck said running to Lonny who was in charge of the Gnumes. He told Lonny to get the body. Buck ran around the one level castle and found all the items and came back out. Jay, buck, and Jill walked into the courtyard. They made the spot for the frankincense and magic dust and funny smelling incense.

Jill spoke, “Almost forgot, buck get the blood of that scarlet arrow.”

Buck was too tired to do it himself, so he told Lonny what-to-do. Lonny went to the vial. He picked it up and cut the skin of the scarlet arrow. He took at least the whole bottle with blood. Lonny handed the bottle to Jill. Jill made it and poured in over the dust in a circle. Then she spoke.

“There will be a light among the darken death,” Jill said.

She waved her arms, and the blood started to reproduce and expand into flesh. The magic dust began flowing through the air after a shape took form. It started turning into a human being, and the magic dust went into his body. It was a man full frontal and stronger than Hercules.

“From the darkness, I am the light,” The Guardian said with a charismatic male voice. His eyes looked at Jill. He knelt before Jill

“My Lady Nebula,” He said.

Jill stood up and then said, “What is your name, Guardian?”

“Voter,” Voter said.

“How about we called you James Ryder,” Jill said.

“I’m sorry to question you Lady Nebula, but why the name?”

“Vos, it’s so no one can find out about you so your name will be James and you will be protecting this estate,” Jill said.

“Yes, my lady,” James said.

“And since you can take any form… Go and turn into then biggest dragon ever and keep patrol on top. if there is anyone who looks like there from a scarlet arrow, kill him,” Jill said.

“yes my lady,” He changed into a giant dragon and perched on top the entrance to this now big one level castle. He was huge and blended into the night he looked like a giant fire breathing lizard.

“Now can I go to sleep?” Buck asked.

“Of course, hun! and you too jay!” Jill said.

They all went to bed and rested.

The guardian aspect kept the estate safe and the next few years went smoothly. The dragon started growing. Jay was taught about the magic while Grandma Jill learns more and more about the scarlet arrow cult. She even bought a few mercenaries to counter-attack. It worked. It kept the scarlet arrow at bay.

For years they prosper until,

One day there would be a knock at the front door, little did they know who it was.

End of chapter two

 

 

Echo – Chapter Three

Chapter Three: I Drank What?

Jason life came to crash. If only he could have done something about it, if only Jason could have seen it coming but no, he could not predict the future. It’s quiet now after the fluid violence had overcome Jason’s ears. Rigel crushed under the weight of the world. He sat there devastated.

Crystal was able to regain control of the ship and she turned the lights on by her connection to the ship. . Rigel ran to Argonaut and held Argonaut in his arms, but his body was cold and dead. It was apparent to him that even though he tried to love him as his son no amount of love could bring Argonaut back from the dead. Nothing ever felt so horrible as to what he experienced.

The ship had left as soon as the silence seeped in. It was strange and unusually that they never touch Rigel, but Rigel wished he could have taken Argos place. Raged filled Rigel. It consumed his heart. He threw his fist against the ground and felt the pain of grief and loss.

“I’m sorry,” Jason said.

He got up, and he untied me without saying a thing. It was clear he was angry. He started walking towards the docking bay. Jason yelled at him,

“Where are you going?”

Rigel responded, “To kill the beast.”

Crystal allowed him to return to the ship. The only thing on Rigel mind was shooting whatever killed Argonaut. He left angry and grieving.

When he left me, Jason was stuck on the ship in complete silence. All I can hear is the ship. I walked to my quarters and sat on my bed in silence. My head is starting running with thought,

“Why me?” I thought.

“Why does this thing not kill me?” I thought and wondered. He went into deep thought and an hour passed. He took a deep breath and sighed. He closed his eyes and listened He started hearing that voice of the darkness.

“Jason. Jason. Tick, tack, Time to tune your clock.”

Jason shook his and screamed, “No!”

He opened his eyes, and there was nothing just the humming of the ship. He was breathing heavy, and eventually, he slowed down again. He felt himself relax, and then he closed his eyes again. He was laying against the wall of his room on his bed.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Someone familiar which freaked him out.

He screamed and jumped, “YOUR DEAD!” he said.

“Do I look dead?” Marvin said.

“Why, Yes you do!”

“Humph, I may be dead, but I’m standing right in front of you.”

Jason gulped and then he said, “Why are you here? Aren’t you suppose to stay dead?”

Marvin smiled, “I’m here to help you, Jason. Laying in your room by yourself is not going to solve the problem.”

Jason responded with,  “What will then?”

“Finding the answer and it is in the stars, across the galaxy, through the other worlds. Staying here does nothing.”

Jason then spoke, “I must be hallucinating, there no way in having a conversation with the dead.”

“Oh but you are, my dear cousin,” Marvin said.

Jason pinched himself and Marvin were still there even though he closed his eyes

Marvin spoke again, “you see that this darkness or thing or beast even, is destroying all of the humanity. Feeding off souls of the living and leaving a scar in the universe.”

Jason looked at him, “Okay, so I am hallucinating?”

“No. You see the real thing; I am dead, and you see a ghost. Come on, a giant killer monster came and killed all your crew. What else do you need for proof?”

“That thing would be impossible to kill and yet you’re here telling me we should venture across the universe searching for a way to defeat this godlike creature?”

“Why else would I be here? …Jason.”

“Okay, What do you suppose we do?”

“I don’t know, Jason, but there has to be an answer to this dilemma.”

“Okay, that gets us nowhere…”

“What do You think we should do then, Jason?”

“Study the crystal…”

“Very well,” Marvin said, and when he did, he disappeared.

Jason waved his hand in the area where Marvin was and said “Hello?”

“GET GOING! We don’t have time!”

He got up and walked out saying “I’m not staying here.” He was freaked out by Marvin and didn’t want to remain in that general area. To him, it was too spooky, and he felt like he needed to get out.

He headed to the bridge went through the hourglass, and he sat in the captain’s chair. Crystal chimed in.

“What are you doing, Mr. J?”  She asked

“Nothing….”

she imitated a sigh, but there was no breathing coming out of this hologram then she spoke, “Jason, Don’t you want to get revenge?”

“Weren’t you there, CRYSTAL?!Didn’t you see it rip my arm off?”

“I did and see you moping about and still if we can do something about it then we can say we tried or if we succeeded we could save millions of lives.”

“Se you heard everything then?”

“I even saw Marvin,” she said.

“So it wasn’t my imagination,” he said.

“What else could it have been, Jason?”

“Okay, but what am I going to do? I can’t go anywhere.”

Crystal gave him a look of “your kidding right” and spoke,

“Yeah? Well, I found some spectral traces of our crystal on that ship using my long range sensors. The robots were able to fix my sensors.”

“I research and found that the crystal, first discovered in the Cygnus system, I bet if we go there Jason, we will find some more clues to its origin, and if you studied the crystal a little more, I think we would be on to something.”

“Then as your captain Crystal, I command you to set course for Kepler-32!”

Crystal saluted and spoke, “Aye captain.”

Jason sat in the captain chair after he changed into something that was more to his liking. He sat again in silence as the ship stayed in warp drive. He could hear the low hum of the ship and the beep and beep of the equipment. A minute went by and then it went to 30 minutes before he hears a familiar voice.

“well cousin, it’s good to see you up and about,”

It was Marvin.

Jason felt a cold. The quite was cold that only ghost could bring.

Jason shivered a little.

“Marvin?!”

“Yes,  Jason. the infamous most excellent, dead, cousin of the year,” Marvin said.

“Yeah, and I sit here as the worst captain ever,” Jason said.

“Don’t say that Jason… Things could be worse,” Marvin said.

Crystal chimed in; Her hologram showed up.

“Who are you talking to Mr. J?”

“Myself…” Jason responded.

“Oh really?” Crystal asked.

“Are you sure you’re not talking to Marvin?” she asked.

“Yes, of course, I’m talking to him.”

Then he heard a quiet whisper in his ear.

“Hello,” It was a girl’s voice, and it was soothing and soft. It was like soft rain in the wind. It was as if her cold lips kissed his ear.

He jumped. He looked at this girl. She was a redhead in a red dress with luscious red lips, and she was fluttering her eyes at Jason. She had the sex appeal of a goddess. She was very curvy and built like a brick.

“Captain Jay, don’t recognize me?” She said.

“No, I don’t…”

She shook her hair and wink at him.

“I’m Dr. Claudia, Don’t you remember?”

Jason gulp and Marvin spoke.

“So I’m not the only ghost here, I see.”

Crystal spoke,

“indeed. Dr. Claudia.”

“Crystal its good to see you again,”    Claudia said.

“Yes it is, Miss Claudia and I’m sorry for your death.”

“Its okay, I feel liberated, death has set me free.”

“And some…” Marvin said.

Jason looked over at Marvin then said, “why are you guys still here at all? Shouldn’t you guys be in the proverbial heaven or hell?”

“real question…” Marvin said.

Marvin sighed,  “I’m afraid I have no answer to that my dear cousin.”

Dr. Claudia stood and spoke;

“I’m afraid none we know what’s going on and to the regards of science its complete madness.”

“This is my world now, talking to the dead…” Jason said

“Well, Jason. We are exploring territory that is unknown to anyone,” Claudia said.

“Claudia there no way that this could be happening and besides the Federation of the earth will find me and they’ll fix this all,” Jason said.

Marvin spoke:

“It’s been one hundred years and no federation or faction exist anymore, and I guess that. Common sense would tell you the universe is in shambles.”

“How do you know? cousin? They could have survived,” Jason said.

Claudia spoke;

“we can test this hypothesis with us “Ghost” by sending ourselves across the universe and looking for answers.”

Marvin gave her a strange look, “Is that even possible? Aren’t we stuck where we died?”

“Doesn’t hurt to try,” She said.

“Then I suggest you leave better me alone while I’ll get a brain scan and see a psychiatrist.”

Claudia laughed and said, “like you need one?”

They both disappeared, and it left with Crystal and Jason.

Jason leaned back and looked at the roof of the ship. A couple of hours pass.

Then a strange but familiar voice came too.

“So Captain, do you think death fits me?”

Jason jumped and almost fell off the captain’s chair. He looks to his right next to the consoles.

“What?” Jason splurged out.

“Don’t be alarm it’s just the good old pirate Argonaut.”

“YOUR a GHOST now??”

“No, I’m a Sailor on the virgin seas…! Of course, I’m a GHOST!”

Jason gulped, and it felt like rocks going down his throat.

“Guess I’m a death magnet,” he said in complete bothersome.

He sighed. Argonaut looked. Exactly. Like he did before he died.

Jason spoke, “Why in the heck would there be an existence of ghost, err I don’t even know.”

“I’m talking to you, Jason,” Argo said

“I know, I know, but I’m still trying to wrap my mind around it.”

“Don’t lean on your own understand, Jason just trust the universe.”

Crystal spoke with them on the intercom. We have to reach keplar-32 system.

They all three saw a big black rock that was as vast as a planet, in fact, it was.

“What in the name of the universe is that?” Argo asked.

“The origins of the crystal,” Jason said.

Jason got up and started walking out saying “Prepare to dock bay three I’m getting on the shuttle.”

Crystal complied. Jason walked down the docking back through he hourglass and onto the elevator where Argo was waiting for him.

“So…” Argo said.

“You’re going on the big piece of black rock?”

“Yes and nothing you say is going to stop me.”

“Well, Jason…”Argo said.

Jason stopped and said, “What?!”

Argo responded with “Nothing  just wanted to wish you good luck… you’ll be needing it.”

By the time Jason got to the shuttle Argo had disappeared. Jason got on the shuttle and landed on top of this dark black planet. The funny part was it had an atmosphere and when he landed it look bright and vibrant. It was sunny and had a wild life. He was amazed at the beauty of all that was around him the colors were astounding.  He was able to take his suit off and was a surprise that it had a gravitational pull which was equal to that of earth.

To Jason’s surprise, he found that the ground, made of metal.

“What the hell?” He said

he bent over and saw the metal moved. A planet that was lifelike, except it was all artificial.

It spoke

“please identify yourself, place a hand on the ground.”

Jason gulp and thought “what is this place?” He was overwhelmed by curiosity, and so he did it.

This planet scanned his hand, and it spoke.

“Humanoid… You are clear to enter into The Hallow.”

A stairway was formed right in front of Jason.

“This is nanobot technology,” he said.

“This whole planet is a giant nanobot,” he said.

“Amazing….” He said.

He started walking down the stairs. And the whole Stair moved and opened up to a room where a weird alien projection showed.

Now this alien was a green humanoid which had slanted eyes and soft humanlike skin. It was the intelligent being, but it was a hologram. It had robes on, and they were gray and covered most of his chest and body. It was a military looking clothing. The head was in a shape of a snake, but it had no scales. It didn’t have any meat-eating teeth it was all for greens and veggies.

It spoke;

“Welcome to the Hallow….”

Jason, taken back by the fact that it knew his language.

Jason spoke,

“How? The hell?”

“This is the hollow and all humanoid are welcome here. Now why have you come Humanoid?”

“For knowledge,” Jason said.

It spoke again but was a bit off topic, “Scan initiated…”

after three seconds the scan was done

“Found data on humanoid, Jason, Captain of the crystallic.”

The green like alien smiled at him and said.

“Welcome Captain Jason, you can ask anything you want.”

“To start how do you know me?”

“One hundred years ago, a humanoid much like you interfaced with the Hallows mind and now we are aware everyone from your records.”

“I have one for you, Jason.”

“How are you still alive?”

“…humans are not capable of living that long, Its been one hundred years.”

“I don’t Know, who are you and what species are you?”

The hologram responded “I am Kellinaut from another world where humans don’t exist. And my species is called Ancestors. It given to us by the life-bringer, who in turn created all of our worlds.”

Jason looked at this hologram and asked

“What should I call your world?”

“if you must know, Jason. it is called Ashen.”

About that time Jason saw his lizard like tongue.

“Why is this planet here?” Jason asked.

“Years have gone since the creation of this planet; our race made this so that other race would learn from our mistakes.”

“But we didn’t do we? YOUR race planted a bomb, an artifact here for another race to find.”

“No. a Flaw in The Hallows programming allowed a user to hack in and gained access to the object. We tried to warn them, your race, but they insisted on doing this.”

“That is how we, The Ancestors, died out, but we preserved our knowledge in the Hallow, hoping and waiting for someone to find us, so our memory goes on.”

“So, confirm my suspicions, the artifact, its the crystal infused with dark matter, isn’t it?”

“Yes, but that’s just the coating. It was supposed powerful energy that inspired sentient beings with powerful rays that cause people to become weapons and wield incredible power. It had many purposes its power most of our ships and could send that power though the fabric of space as a signal.”

“That sounds amazing… I must ask, though, what went wrong?”

“It tore a rift through dimensions and unless an evil that we ancestors could not fight. One by one we were killed…”

“Is there a way to stop whatever Pandora’s box we opened.”

“There is a way; one last ancestor came up with a weapon that would destroy the wretched monster,

The Gullateen, that’s what we called it the Gullateen, this Ancestor put his very being into this weapon.”

Jason Jumped.

“Where can we find it?”

“The location was never put in the Hallows data banks, thought rumors of it suggest its across the galaxy or in another universe altogether. The ancestor that created it died to keep[ it a secret and it was never fully finished, but from what iIhave read and heard from other sentient beings it just needs s press of a button.”

“great, we got a weapon but nowhere to find it.”

“Kel, Can you, at least, give me a clue.”

Kel looked at him and said, “Let me guess your ship is nearby?”

“Yes,” Jason said slightly nodding.

kell smiled and said, “I will link up to your ship and give crystal all the data she needs.”

“Very well,” Jason said.

Echo….

End of chapter three.