Fae, Rose and Kion
Fae walked through the Red Dawn Academy and into the library with Rose. She walked all the way through the back of the library and twenty nine floors of stairs until she came towards the security door. Slowly she leaned forward and the door scanned her DNA makeup, using magic to make sure she wasn't an imposter of any kind. When the green light lit up Fae turned to Rose. "You should have access now, so just do what I did and follow me through." With that said Fae walked through the door's portal, teleporting to the very peak of the Library. Once Rose was with her she walked through to a large round table and sat herself down. "Welcome to the top level of the library. Only the most trusted and top of their class can come here. Almost nobody is let up here early." Just as Fae was about to speak a young lalafell demon walked up to the table. "Yep! I got access super early because of my high magic potential and my parents! What are you two here for?" Just behind him stood a huge three headed dog who stared at the two of them smiling menacingly.
Rose
Rose followed Fea though the library all the way to the security doors once Fea gave her the go ahead Rose followed Fea's lead and walked though the doors. Rose then sat down at the table opposite Fea as Kion approached them asking why they were here Rose was a little confused for a movement
"Books? Specifically books about magic artifacts and rare spells"
Cerberus and Maru
Cerberus was with Kion when Rose and Fae came in. He watched them both with a smile. Meanwhile Maru stalked from the back of the 30th floor watching with a sinister grin. Cerberus turned to Rose as she answered Kion.
"Ah in that case I'm sure Master Kion can provide but personally, I don't think this is the time."
His voice grew darker as he spoke then Maru's eyes disappeared behind the book shelf. A few moments later however Pink and Willow came walking out. They stopped by Cerberus and spoke to Rose and Fae.
"Heya! What books are you three here for? Oh and Rose you got early acces! That's great!"
Pink turned to face Cerberus with a small smile before speaking again.
"Oooh Kion, you brought Cerberus here but be careful if Red Dawn finds out she won't be happy! She doesn't want anything to be damaged accidentally."
Cerberus looked to Pink and Willow and then looked back to Rose and Fae.
Fae and Kion
Fae turned to Kion as he approached and spoke. When he asked his question she opened her mouth to speak but Rose beat her to it. She turned to Rose for a moment until she eventually realised what Kion had asked. It was then Cerberus spoke up and this time Fae gave the confusing answer. "What do you mean Cerberus?" Kion laughed loudly as he did a powerful backflip and landed on Cerberus. Just as he did Pink and Willow showed up. "Oh don't worry about it. Cerberus says the strangest things sometimes, you wouldn't believe! Anyway I can provide you the books!" With that he held his hand out towards the table and books appeared out of nowhere. He then turned to Pink. "Oh they're just researching about artifacts and spells!" Fae turned to Pink quickly and spoke next. "We're researching anything on Time Travel specifically." She then turned to Kion. "Oh, thank you. That's a lot of help. Let me get a few more." Suddenly a new load of books appeared on the table due to Fae's 'skip' ability. She smiled then looked to Rose. "Right, where do you want to start?" She smiled as she looked at the pile of books on the table.
Rose
Rose listened to Pink, Kion and Fea talking but decided to focus on the mountain of books in front of her at first she would look over the titles then she would briefly look at the covers of any book titles that caught her eye and finally she took a quick look at the index’s of any book she was still interested in eventually she had picked out 4 books to look though and put the rest aside for later. Rose opened up magic come and gone, lost magic, weapons of the past and the legendary hero’s and the Salem witches making two rows of two as she began flipping though the 4 books skimming the information in them for now when suddenly she noticed some of the pages were ripped out of the legendary hero’s and the Salem witches and the weapons of the past. Rose stoped reading the other two books for now and began to inspect the two books closer looking at the seams where the pages where ripped from then noticing that the tears where clearly made by fangs Rose then inspected the pages seeing no obvious clues to the culprit. She ran her fingers over the pages to see if she could feel any faint marks in the pages that she couldn’t see Rose then felt a few indentations and decided to get some dust in her fingers and run them over the marks revealing what looked like claw marks. Rose took out a piece of paper and wrote a message
“Please meet me in the restricted section of the library I have discovered some missing pages in some of the books and found some fang and claw marks around the missing pages and would like to discuss possible suspects”
Rose then sent the letter to Red Dawn
Fae and Kion
Fae watched Rose as she inspected the mountain of books carefully until she eventually picked out four. Just as she opened them Fae took careful notice and quickly spoke. "Oh, those two have some missing pages but I already mentioned that before." Fae continued to watch Rose until she came to the ripped pages at which point Fae sat next to Rose and watched her carefully. When she ran her fingers through the pages and then revealed the claw marks with dust Fae quickly gasped in surprise. "Claw marks, four claws specifically. Good eye." Kion then took a closer look himself. "That's weird, who would rip out pages and why?" He went to run his fingers along the pages himself before Rose stopped him. He looked back to Rose slowly then he turned to Cerberus and spoke again. "Cerberus, maybe you better go. We can play together later okay?" With that Cerberus bowed his heads before disappearing.
Red Dawn
Red Dawn was relaxing in the teacher's lounge as she looked through some files when suddenly a white pigeon flew up to her. Red Dawn looked at it confused but quickly saw that it was made entirely of paper. Curious she grabbed it and opened it up, seeing it was a message. After reading it she let out a loud audible "What?" before quickly standing up. She looked towards Kinoa and spoke quickly. "Kinoa, get Frost as soon as possible and meet us in the top floor of the library urgently." With that she disappeared and reappeared in front of the door. After the security scan she quickly entered and walked up where she saw Pink, Willow, Rose, Fae and Kion "I'm here, what's going on exactly? Let me see the pages." Red Dawn walked up and took a close look making sure not to touch or mess with the pages. "Four marks but they're very faint. Someone has used magic to hide them. The only animals that are allowed in here who have claws and teeth are Obelisk, Ocelot, Snowstorm, Kuma and Cerberus. Obelisk only has three claws and these marks are way too large for Snowstorm. There is one other person, Xer could realistically change his DNA makeup to create any claw mark he wanted but I don't see why he would and I don't know why Kuma would transform into his kitsune form in here either. So I don't personally think it is them." After finishing speaking Red Dawn looked to Rose to see what her opinions were.
Maru and Cerberus]
Cerberus and Maru still disguised watched Rose carefully as she looked at the books. When she discovered the torn pages and claw marks Cerberus and Pink gave a very subtle glance at each other before Cerberus was asked to leave at which point Pink flew up above Rose and approached the books quickly.
"Oooh, let me see, let me see!"
Of course Pink was quickly stopped. She let a interested "hmmm" before giving a quick nod. That was when Red Dawn appeared. She watched her inspect the books and name possible suspects before speaking again.
"Oh, well I'll go and see if I can help and track down Ocelot."
With that 'Psychic' energy surrounded Pink and she quickly disappeared a few seconds before Kinoa and Frost appeared.
Rose
Rose listened to Red Dawn as she inspected the books and listed off potential suspects while keeping the others away from the evidence just to be on the safe side to ensure none of the evidence was accidentally contaminated just as Pink mentioned she would go find Ocelot.
“Pink couldn’t you just send him a physic message there’s no reason to go find him yourself”
But after she spoke she realised that Pink had already left.
Kinoa and Ftost
Kinoa listened to Red Dawn wondering what had gotten her so worked up but she did as she was asked and sent Frost a message to meet her at the library. Kinoa teleported to the security doors as she saw Frost appear right next to her, as they walked though the doors they heard Rose ask Pink a question Frost looked to Rose confused.
“I’m not sure what’s going on here but Pinks been at the manta reserve all day”
Fae, Kion, Red Dawn
Fae looked to Kion and Pink as they tried to get close but luckily they were stopped. That was when Red Dawn appeared. She moved back to let Red Dawn through but immediately looked to Pink when she said she would get Ocelot. She noticed that Rose had picked up on the strangeness too. When Frost and Kinoa finally showed up Fae turned to them and spoke. "No, Pink and Willow were just here. She left to go get Ocelot." She looked to Red Dawn who sighed and placed her hands on her forehead. "If Pink really has been at the Manta Reserve all day, then that could only mean one thing. Maru, that tricky bastard." Kion continued to inspect the books closer before looking around. "Hmmm, Fae. You have the power to retrace every step someone has made. I think that will help solve this case." Fae looked to Kion in total shock before speaking. "Wait, I can do that? Well....I suppose I can try." Fae took back in an open area and focused, taking a deep breath before letting out a gentle sigh.
Suddenly a ghostly image of Pink and Willow would appear moving backwards and reversing quickly as well as ghostly versions of everyone else. She watched carefully as she kept reversing time. She kept reversing until a few days had passed at least. Then eventually Ocelot appeared. Fae slowed down and started playback normally as she watched. Ocelot seemed to come out of nowhere from behind the bookshelves. He grabbed a specific book in dragon form, 'Weapons of the Past' at which point it could be seen him going through different pages, eventually ripping one out with his teeth. "Hey, isn't that Erik's book?" She watched him turn the page to ash before ripping out a few others then proceeding to place the book back and leaving.
Rose
Rose listened to Kion as he told Fea to retrace everyone’s steps something even she didn’t know she could do
“Kion how exactly did you know Fea could do that?”
Rose waited for a response while she watched the play back this time noticing the subtle look exchanged between Pink and Cerberus then watched as Ocelot came out form behind one of the book selves and destroyed a page from weapons of the past a page showing a picture of someone who looked like an older version of Erick the man even dressed like him and had the same name
“So Maru has been sneaking in here disguised as various people and destroying the books and targeting information about the Salem witches umm guess I’ll need to speak to Erick about his book at some point if Maru went though the trouble to sneak in here just to destroy that page the information in it must be important”
Frost
Frost listened to everyone agree that Pink was definitely in the library talking as if she wouldn’t know Pink's exact location as she watched Fae's play back she could clearly see someone impersonating Pink but before she could say who Red Dawn spoke up so Frost just kept watching the play back quietly
Fae, Kion and Red Dawn
Kion and Red Dawn watched closely, as they did Kion looked to Rose as she asked him how he knew Fae could do that. "Wel....I just had a feeling really from the display of time powers." He gave a nervous chuckle before continuing to watch. Red Dawn was quiet and focused. Just as she saw Ocelot walk out from behind the book shelf she slowly walked up to it and looked around. "Keep playingit back" as things continued to reverse Red Dawn kept her eyes fixed on where Ocelot came from. Eventually Kuma appeared. She watched as he ripped apart a few pages from "Ancient Artifacts and Their Secrets" before disappearing. Still even though she watched she didn't see anything other than Kuma. Next was Obelisk who tore pages from "Strangest Unsolved Mysteries" then it was Snowstorm who tackled Time Travel for Beginners. After him eventually it came to a sleeping Kion. This time Cerberus appeared beside him. He stared at Kion for some time before moving away. Specifically choosing the final book and ripping that apart then returning to Kion's side while he slept. "Something is definitely going on and whatever it is, I don't like it. For now I'm going to close the 30th floor of the library but I couldn't have started this investigation without you. So as thanks I'll grant you the Knowledge from the books." She let out a sigh as Fae almost fell back on her seat from exhaustion tired from using her power so much. Then Red Dawn hovered over the pile of books, hundreds of thousands of black ink words would come out then fly into Rose's and Fae's heads but with so much information being absorbed it would cause severe pain.
Rose
Rose watched as Fea continued checking each time the books where damage and by who. Rose pulled out her notebook and started quickly jotting down some notes ranging from mentioning the picture of Erick in the legendary hero’s and the witches to the picture of Neo and his staff in the weapons of the past to a picture of Erick’s Grimoire in the ancient artefacts and their secrets to information on Neo’s strange appearance and his unique power to copy the powers of others in the strangest unsolved mysteries to a theory that the Salem witches and the hero’s were actually time travellers from the future. Once Fea fell back in her chair Rose closed her notebook and listened to Red Dawn as she closed the library but gave them all the information that was still in the books that they collected as a reward for helping her start this investigation. Rose let out a pain filled scream and she held her head while walking over to Fea. Once the pain had passed Rose offered to help Few out of the chair as Rose offered Fea her shoulder to lean on they left the library
“I don’t know if you where able to see any of the information on the destroyed pages I guess it would be difficult to do while struggling to maintain control over your power but luckily I made notes on all the information I could see on those pages but I guess your too tired to take a look at the moment right?”
Rose gave Fea a cheeky smile as she pulled out her notebook and waved it in front of Fea's face tempting her to take a peak
Fae and Kion
Fae listened to Red Dawn then when the book load of information went through her head she let out a pained scream. It certainly woke her up a little. She followed Rose out with some help and behind them Kion lagged behind. When Fae was offered Rose's notes she quickly grabbed them. "Not a chance!" She looked over the notes quickly mumbling to herself as she did. It didn't take her too long to look over it all. When she finished they had already gone down one flight of stairs. "Wow, so the Grimoire that Erik has used to be owned by someone named Erik too? Then there is Neo, a legendary feline warrior who had the power to copy or mimic the other heros' abilities. Just like Neo in our time but what is most important about this discovery is that nekos, lalafells and other races didn't exist back then. So it would be impossible for someone of that description to be in that era" Fae handed her notes back just as Kion laughed. "Wow, you two are good!" He continued to follow them down the stairs slowly, listening to them and watching what they did next.
Rose
Rose laughed a little when she saw Fea's reaction and heard Kion's response to what Fea had said. She was still a little curious about the things he has been saying but for now there was more important things to discuss
“Not only should it be impossible for magical races to exist back then but it should be impossible for someone who looks exactly like Neo with the same fur patterns same unique powers and the same legendary artefact and even the same name to exist during the witch trials. Kinda makes the whole theory of the hero’s and witches being time travellers from the future sound a lot less ridiculous doesn’t it and it would explain why all the information Maru targeted was linked to the Salem witch trials and the hero’s that owned Erik’s and Neo’s artefacts. After all those are the ones people in this academy would be most likely to recognise especially when the hero’s that owned them originally looked exactly like them and perhaps the most interesting part of all of this is if they did somehow manage to go back in time the only logical way they could do that is with magic meaning one day magic will return to this land and at some point it will be used to cast some kind of time spell no returned is probably the wrong word it’s probably more accurate to say magic will be created and eventually used to cast a time spell sending the hero’s and the witches back in time that would explain why magic suddenly appeared in he Salem witch trials and why it disappeared just as suddenly and just as mysteriously”
Rose took a quick look behind them to see if Kion was still following them but mostly to see his reaction to what she just said
Fae and Kion
Fae listened to Rose as she spoke her theory. What she said made a lot of sense. Still after everything they had seen, everything that they read and were told she still found Kion suspicious. He was still following close behind them. Just as she opened her mouth to speak Kion let out a little laugh again. "Oh, just you wait. In five days the Nimbat City will filled with people. Everyone will be there!" Kion continued to follow them down as he continued to speak. "I think you should talk to Erik, I bet that'll be fun." Fae looked to Rose confused, clearly something was going on. Kion was hiding something and it wasn't just him either. "So what's next? Going to find Erik?" Still the biggest question at the moment was what was going to happen in five days time in the Nimbat City, clearly whatever it was it was going to be important.
Rose
Rose listened to what Kion had to say, it was obviously by this point that he was clearly hiding something and he wasn’t the only one
“Yes if you're up for it let’s go find Erick we can decide what we do next after we’ve spoken to him”
Fae and Kion
The three of them travelled down to the first floor and out of the library. Fae walked down the hallway slowly until she reached the central hall. "Now then, where do you think Erik would be?" Just as she finished talking Kion spoke up. "He'll probably be in the gardens with Lamy. We should look there first." Fae nodded then quickly took the right corridor. She went down it before taking a right turn. Eventually they came to a large greenhouse like room. She walked up to a door and quickly walked out into the gardens. They were huge with a multitude of different color flowers. Still he was nowhere to be seen. "He isn't here. Honestly not what I was expecting." She waited a little longer to see if anything would happen before shaking her head. She turned around to leave and just as she opened the door she heard the flapping of powerful wings. She turned around just to see Lamy landing. He laid himself down allowing Erik to get off at which point Kion waved him over. "Heya Erik! Just in time. Rose and Fae were looking for you." Fae looked to Kion slowly. He had to know that Erik was going to arrive with Lamy in the next few minutes otherwise, this interaction would be nigh impossible.
Rose
Rose listened to Kion and Fea and followed them to the courtyard after a few moments Erick and Lamy arrived. Rose looked to Kion again as he once again seemed to know something he should have no real way of knowing. Rose put that aside for a moment as she walked up to Erick bowing her head briefly
“Hello Erick, Lamy, me and Fea have a few questions we would like to ask you concerning your Grimoire. We recently came across a book on the 30th floor that talked about the ancient artefacts the hero’s and witches used during the witch trials and your book happened to be one of them so I was hoping if you would let me take a look at your book and maybe tell me anything you may know about it”
Erik
Erik was flying on Lamy who had landed in the gardens. He got off Lamy as Kion waved him over. Slowly he walked over and looked to Fae and Rose. When Rose spoke he looked to Lamy before looking back to Rose.
"Sure but there isn't much to see. All the pages are blank and will be until magic returns."
Just then purple energy surrounded Erik's cape, it was lifted and the book came flying out. Lamy stepped forward to stand beside Erik, his eyes glowing bright as the book opened and started to flip through the blank pages. It was then that Lamy spoke.
"There is nothing to see. Not near, far or here. You need us no longer. Allow us to be on our way."
With that the book floated back to Erik then the purple energy surrounded him and he was lifted in the air and placed neatly on Lamy's back. When Erik was safe Lamy began to walk off.
"Oh, well I got to go but I'm sorry I couldn't help."
With that he steadied himself on Lamy and kept his eyes in front.
Fae and Kion
Fae listened to Erik then immediately looked to Rose with a shocked face. She quickly looked back to Erik and let out a shocked "What?" She watched as Lamy saddled Erik on his back and began to take him away. She barely heard what Lamy had said. She was too focused on Erik's casual claim that magic would return. She went to speak but no words would come out. She wasn't sure what to say. For one, it was clear Lamy didn't want to stick around for too long so they wouldn't be able get get many answers if any at all. Kion let out a loud laugh as he watched the two of them.
Rose
Like Fea, Rose was shocked to hear what Erick had to say as they looked to each other in a state of confusion almost in unison they both let out a shocked “what!” But while Fea was trying to find her words Rose step forward
“Wh what did you just say? Magic would return? How do you know that for sure?”
Erik
Just as they were leaving Rose and Fae let out an audible "what" Lamy stopped and turned around. Before Erik managed to answer Lamy spoke over him.
"The answers you seek are not here. Your questions do not belong. Your answers will come in time as will ours."
As he answered Lamy continued to leave. Erik looked back briefly before continuing on. It seemed Lamy didn't want to talk to them for the time being.
Rose
Rose looked on in frustration as Lamy stopped Erick from answering her questions but this only confirmed that people were hiding something and the clues were beginning to pile up. Rose thought about it for a moment thinking about how everyone who was with them on the 30th floor seemed totally unfazed when Kion predicted what Fea could do with her powers, about the pages that Maru destroyed and their contents, what Erick and Lamy had said and who could of possibly told him. Then something finally clicked to her something that seemed so simple and so obvious now but something that she had completely overlooked. Most of the people who was with them on the 30th floor were Angel and demon beings from other realms that wouldn’t be affected if someone messed with time in the mortal realm and two places that have strict codes and laws. The only other person who wasn’t from another realm was Red Dawn someone who built this school, the library and it’s entire book collection. If anyone could figure out this mystery it’d be her especially if two simple students had stumbled onto this secret but she had to confirm her suspicions luckily there was a demon with them
“Kion tell me honestly do you know anything about the Hero’s and the Salem witches going back in time or about time loops?”
Fae and Kion
Kion turned to Rose as she asked him a question. He gave a small nod with a huge wide smile before speaking. "Yep, I actually do know but the demon code prevents me from telling you anything specific." Fae took a deep breath before stepping forward. "So you do know about time travel at the very least and maybe even time loops but you can't tell us?" Kion shook his head before speaking again. "All I can say is that me and my sister am forbidden to go to the Nimbat city in five days but seeing an event like that, I can't resist. I have to go at least once, if only once. As long as I stay out of the way and don't interfere I'm hoping it will all go smoothly but that's the absolute most I can say without breaking demon code and you won't get much else from the others either." After he had finished speaking Fae turned to Rose shocked once more. "What.....what do you want to do now then?" Fae didn't know if Rose had the same feelings as her, but the only reason she could think of that Kion wasn't allowed to go to the Nimbat City is if he wasn't supposed to be there. She didn't know if she could be sure, but one question came to her mind. Was he from the future too?
Rose
Rose looked to Kion as he explained what little he could. Rose thought for a moment when Fea asked her what she wanted to do next Rose considered his words carefully thinking about what he said implies that not only does he know that something big is going to happen in a few days at the nimbat city but it’s something so big so historic that he simply can’t resist going to see it even if he knows he shouldn’t. At this moment it may be a bit of a stretch but the only thing that comes to mind that would fit that criteria would be the return or rather the creation of magic and while Rose would also love to see that first hand she knew they needed more information, information that Kion couldn’t give them but now Rose knew for a fact that not only time travel is possible it’s also already been done. She knew if there was anyone who would have more information about it would be Red Dawn and knowing there are no floors higher then floor 30 and that clearly information confirming time travel as well any specific details on it aren’t be on the 30th floor otherwise Fea would of already found them Rose could only think of one other place that information could be hidden it was a long shot but it’s also the only shot she had at the moment.
“Fea we should head back to the library and search the first floor for anything that seems out of place if Red Dawn was hiding any information about the details of what’s really going on here I think she would hide it there knowing almost no one actually reads the books on the first floor”
Fae and Kion
Fae listened to Rose and then let out a small tired sigh. Lovely, back to the library. Just before they left Kion spoke up. "I'll let you go ahead to the library. I'm going to go sit on the corner bench." Fae looked at him confused look before shaking her head. "Right, let's go investigate the first floor then Rose." She watched as Kion slowly walked over towards the top right corner of the garden and sat himself down before heading towards the library. It didn't take them long to get back there at all. Once there Fae looked around and smiled. "I'll use my skip power to see if we find anything useful." Just as she finished Fae focused for a moment, closing her eyes but as she stood there for a few seconds nothing seemed to happen. She opened her eyes again and looked around. "That's strange, I can't use my powers here. We'll have to do this the hard way. Where do you want to start?" Fae actually had an idea herself, thinking back to what Kion said but she wanted to see if Rose had the same idea as her.
Rose
Rose watched as Kion took a seat as Fea started heading back to the library her eyes went wide as she heard Fea say her powers didn’t work here. Rose then tried to manipulate the paper in the books on the shelves to bring all the books flying to them after a moment she let out a small smile
“So for some reason there’s something in place around the first floor that blocks our powers from working here something that even the 30th floor doesn’t have I think we are on to something here so let’s search from right to left do you want to take the top selves or the bottom?”
Fae
Fae waited to see if Rose was able to use her power. When she learned that she couldn't use her powers Fae wasn't surprised. She looked around one more time as Rose asked her a question. "I'll take top, let me know if you find anything." So their investigation began. Fae walked off ahead of Rose and began to search through the books for clues, pushing random books in or pulling some out. She knew there had to be something here but she wasn't sure where exactly.
Rose
Rose watched as Fea began looking through the various books on the top shelves and followed her lead looking though the book on the bottom shelves. She began by running her hand across them seeing if any of the books where stuck or jammed in place as they all rattled a little nothing seemed suspicious about them at least but yet she started using each of her hands to grab the tops of 2 books each giving a little push followed by a quick tug to see if they could freely move forwards or backwards but once again nothing seemed off Rose let out a soft sigh knowing this may take some time
Fae
Fae continued to look through the books as did Rose. Fae knew that this was going to take a while. Even if she was right about what Kion had hinted at, there were so many books but eventually in the very most top right corner on the very bottom shelf Fae spotted something strange. "The Life of a Human by Prince Ali? Who in the right mind would read something like that?" Fae was mostly talking to herself not expecting a response from Rose as she continued to go through the different books testing as many as she could.
Rose
Rose continued looking through all the books resigned to what would likely be a long arduous search that was however until Rose heard Fea mutter something to herself at first Rose thought she had miss heard her but Rose took a quick break from looking through the books to see what Fea had found and her eyes confirmed what her ears and heard
“No one would, it wouldn’t even contain any useful information about human physiology just the mad rambling of an even madder king... but that may be exactly why it’s here it’s such a useless book no one would ever give it a second look so it would be the perfect book to use if you wanted to hide something behind it right?”
Rose reached out her hand and began to pull the book of the shelf hoping her hunch was right
Fae
Fae stopped and turned to Rose when she spoke. She walked back slowly and watched as Rose started to pull the book. At first nothing seemed to happen at all. "Well, I guess not." Just as she had finished talking the book began to glow then all of a sudden Rose disappeared and the book snapped back in place. Fae didn't hesitate for a moment longer quickly following Rose through. When she reappeared beside Rose she looked around slowly. "Where are we exactly?" She turned around to see a wall behind them with a simple circler pad placed neatly on the floor. That must be the exit. Shw turned to Rose and let out a sigh. "Well, I guess there really was something hiding here. Let's see what it was." She walked down a long corridor which eventually led to a huge elevator. Slowly Fae stepped inside. Once Rose had entered she gave a small shrug. "There isn't anywhere to go but down." She pressed the button and suddenly the elevator began to shoot down at incredible speeds, so fast and so unexpected that Fae fell back immediately. It lasted for at least two whole mintues before it came to an eventual stop. "We must of travelled hundred of thousands of miles down at least!" Slowly Fae slowly got herself up and walked unsteadily out the elevator. One more long corridor later and they eventually came to a huge security door. "It's another biometric scanner. I'm going to get a wild guess and say we're not registered. So what do you think is in there?" She looked at the door closely, from what she could tell it was more security focused than the one on the 30th floor which meant something huge was behind it.
Rose
Suddenly Rose found herself teleported behind the bookshelf. She looked back with a smile happy her hunch was right after all. As she saw Fea suddenly appear behind her Rose followed her to the elevator. As began to move she stumbled a bit and held onto the walls to stabilise herself once they exited the elevator they came to another large security door
“If the security here is even tighter then the security on the 30th floor even to the point of blocking our powers then whatever is in there has to be extremely important and sensitive information and at the moment I can only think of one topic the information behind this door could contain. It must hold the secrets of time travel but unfortunately there’s no way we could get past this door. It would be extremely unlikely even if we had the use of our powers but without them there’s just no way for us to crack this kind of security.”
Rose let out a disappointing sigh “guess we better head back”
Fae and Red Dawn
Fae nodded in agreement as Rose finished talking. "You're probably right. There's no way we're getting through anyway so let's go back." With that Fae started to head back. On the elevator again then through the hallway and on to the circular pad on the floor which teleported them back at the book case. That was when Fae saw Red Dawn waiting for them. "You kept yourselves busy. Honestly I'm not surprised it is you two. You two seem to find a lot of secrets here." Red Dawn was honesty impressed and intrigued, she watched them carefully and waited for them to speak knowing they would probably have more than a few questions.
Rose
Rose followed Fea out of the secret chamber they had found only to find Red Dawn waiting for them Rose smiled
“It was well hidden that’s for sure but The Life of a Human by Prince Ali is just to out of place in this library but then again most people wouldn’t even see it hidden there and those who did would probably just ignore it unless they were looking for something hidden. So would you mind telling us what’s hidden behind that security door we already know it probably had to do with the fact Neo and Erick travelled back in time to the Salem witch trials or perhaps some information on the time loop either way it must be something pretty big if it’s so well hidden and with even tighter security then the 29th floor”
Fae and Red Dawn
Red Dawn listened to Rose and she was a little surprised at how much they had discovered. So they definitely knew about time travel and there wasn't any way she was going to convince them otherwise. "So you've discovered time travel? Well then there isn't much point in denying it but that wasn't what I was hiding. Those were strictly Maru's intentions but now you know I must give you this warning. You are forbidden from mentioning anything you discovered today to anyone else. From a week from now a stranger named Dust will go to the Nimbat City, On that day and only that day, you may do whatever you wish." After Red Dawn had finished she gave them both a nod. With that she turned around and teleported away. Fae turned to Rose at this point she wasn't shocked anymore. "So, we have a week to prepare. Then we can bring this to the Knowledge Council." Fae smiled brightly, she was happy that Rose got early acces. Together they really could find out anything they wanted.
Rose
Rose listened to Red Dawn her eyes widening as Red Dawn mentioned the nimbat city. She turned to Fae after she left.
“So there’s definitely something going on in the nimbat city first Kion told us to go there in five days now Red Dawn mentions this Dust person will be there in a weeks time and we can’t discuss this until then. It's starting to look like magic really will be created soon in the nimbat city but what or rather who could do it? That’s it, we have to see what happens in 5 days and we better prepare for a knowledge council meeting next week”
Fae
Fae listened to Fae and nodded. "I agree. We can meet Kion in five days. I'm sure he has some sort of plan. For now let's go to our private study.
We can prepare there." With that said Fae led Rose out of the library and towards the study areas knowing in five days time they would go to the Nimbat City to witness the birth of magic
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Kion and Fae
Kion was outside of the Nimbat City in the ancient forest. He was hoping Rose and Fae would come with him honestly but there was no sign of them. However a few moments later he saw them both approaching the city. He ran over to them and waved them over before they could go any further. "Hey Fae, Rose! I was hoping you would come. The event will start in about five minutes but before you can go in you will need disguises." Fae looked to Rose slowly then back to Kion with a nod. "Well we needed to see first hand exactly what happens here and why it happens." Kion nodded before placing his hand on Fae and Rose's legs. "I feel the same. Now, ssh." He cloud his eyes and took in a deep breath then let out a soft sigh. Magic would surround all three of them and slowly they would begin to change and shift. Wings would grow, they would shrink and their skin would change but all of it was painless. Moments later they would all be Nimbats. "Perfect, we're almost ready to go in. How are you two feeling?" Fae looked at her hands slowly then looked down at her body. "Wow, this is amazing. So this is what magic feels like?" She looked to Rose and waited for her reponse.
Rose
Rose saw as Kion waved them over and walked over to him with Fea. After listening to him and watching him transform them into Nimbats, Rose heard Fea speak about how amazing magic is then Rose looked to Kion a little confused
“So if magic is about to be created how do you already have enough magic to transform us all into Nimbats even if you're a Demon who knows about time travel due to existing outside of our timeline that wouldn’t explain how you already process so much magic unless maybe... if you also came from the future specifically a time where magic was already created?”
Rose was mostly thinking out loud and while part of her thought that was a crazy thought, but a small part of her knew it kinda made some sense.
Kion and Fae
Kion laughed when he heard Fae but when Rose began to talk he gave a little nod. He waited for her to stop talking before he spoke up. "Yes, I'm from the future where magic has already been created." He let out a sad sigh and flew a little further in the forest. "This forest, so old that in the future it's name has been lost and forgotten. This is where the Earth Spirit lives. Where I'm from, its called The Dark Forest. I'm really going to miss this forest." Fae flew forward quickly and looked to Kion. "What happens to the forest?" Kion looked to her but didn't say anything. Fae then turned to Rose slowly.
Rose
Rose listened to Kion as he confirmed her theory. So he wasn’t just aware of time travel because he is from hell and exists outside of our timeline he’s actually from the future and from the sounds of it quite far into the future. Roee began to look a little concerned when Kion mentioned what will happen to the forest
“Wait so this forest will one day turn black but what would be strong enough to corrupt the home of the earth sprit? This forest would naturally be under its protection not even Lucifer could defeat one of the primordial spirits and even if a demon from the future were to attack the spirits are under heaven's protection because if one is lost the connection to that element is cut off for everyone, hell because of that most demons wouldn’t even dare to try and harm them, it’s far to dangerous!”
Kion and Fae
Kion listened to Rose and gave a shake of his head. "Rose... Even the power of hell and heaven combined couldn't stop this. You couldn't imagine what monstrosties are coming. So terrifying that even demons would wet their beds but I can't say much more than that. Come, we best get going." Fae froze as Kion began to fly towards the Nimbat City. "That's.....that's impossible! What kind of monsters would scare demons? What kind of monsters could fight against heaven and hell combined?" Fae quickly followed Kion as he flew towards the gates to the city.
Rose
Rose continued to follow Kion as she listened to the conversation only she was beginning to look nervous
“Nothing... nothing could stand up to the combined might of haven and hell at least, nothing that currently exists. Whatever it is would need unimaginable power like... maybe the kind of power needed to create magic. I have a horrible feeling that whatever terrifying monstrosity this is, we are about to see it for ourselves”
Kion and Fae
Kion continued to fly towards the gates as Rose spoke. With them being Nimbats they were let in without question. Just as Rose finished talking they had flown into the city seeing Pixie give supplies to Blue Rose. "And there she is. Pixie, leader of Nimbats." He looked to them both and spoke quietly. "Whatever you do, do not interrupt. Try and limit your interactions with others as much as possible and keep out the way." With that said Fae gave a quiet nod and let out a nervous sigh. So, that was Pixie. Was she the one who caused all this? She followed Kion slowly, moving further into the city in a quiet place amongst themselves as they watched and listened.
Pixie and Prince Ali Sekhemi
The day was finally here. The day magic was created. Within the city of Husa Raénix, the Nimbat City Pixie was flying around preparing for the coming of Prince Ali, the Tenth King of Power. Supposedly he was coming to make amends and form an alliance. First of all she flew over to Swaol.
"Here, take these for your journey. You've got everything you need. Food, water, medial supplies, you name it. Good luck on your journey Swaol."
After she had given the supplies to her she flew off quickly and entered a large building. A few moments later she came out with a even larger bag of supplies and flew over to Blue Rose.
"And this is for you Blue Rose. I hope you find what you are looking for but be careful. I'm sure there are many dangers ahead of you."
With that she flew away again. This time going towards the middle of the City. She looked around for a moment giving a nod before flying over to Sky.
"Sky, what's the status on Xarev?"
Sky looked to her with a bright smile and spoke politely.
"Xarev has been captured by the second Kingdom of Power and will be contained there until further notice. The assassin has had Dust Vane injected into his arms so he won't be able to use them much longer."
Pixie gave a satisfying nod before speaking.
"Good and everything looks ready for the King."
Just before Pixie flew away Sky spoke again stopping her.
"Pixie, will you be forming the alliance with him?"
She shrugged her shoulders slightly and sighed.
"I don't know Sky. I have to at least hear him out. It is the respectful thing to done and I don't want our relationship with the humans to grow worse. All I want is a world where we can all live together peacefully but that vision is becoming more blurred sadly. Some humans don't seem to appreciate or respect our kind at all."
After she gave her response Sky gave a sad nod but said nothing more. Pixie turned around quickl as she heard someone coming through the gates. She flew forward to greet whoever it was when she saw Red Dawn with Erik who was on Lamy's back pass through.
"Welcome, both of you. I'm glad you could make it. You've been a huge support."
Erik looked up to Pixie, his eyes wide with amazement. This was the first time he was ever seeing a Nimbat so up close before.
"You must be Pixie, right? The leader of the Nimbats? It is an honor to meet you."
Pixie turned to him and gave a bright smile before nodding.
"Yes, I'm Pixie. It's lovely to meet you too Erik. It's great to finally meet you."
She flew lower down and held out her hand to him and he quickly grabbed it and shook her hand. After that she spoke again.
"Erik, would you mind me taking a look at your book? I just need to check on someone but if you would please put it in that building over there."
She pointed to a building near the far back and Erik nodded.
"Of course Pixie. That isn't a problem at all. Let's go Lamy."
Together he and Lamy stepped through the City. Pixie watched them for a moment then flew off. She flew for a few minutes at the end of the Nimbat City and through a long dark valley. There she saw Blue sat on a dull sword.
"Hello Blue, are you okay? I wanted to check on you. We're going to form an alliance with Prince Ali...maybe if it goes well. Do you want to come."
Blue looked down to Ahrah then let out a sigh. Slowly he looked to Pixie and shook his head.
"No, it's okay Pixie. I'll stay here with Ahrah but thank you for checking on me."
Pixie let out a sigh herself and gently sat on Ahrah beside Blue.
"You know Blue, you don't have to stay here. I know Sky ordered you to, but I can overrule her."
She placed her hand gently on Blue's and stared into his eyes. Blue stared into hers for a moment before looking down again.
"I know Pixie, but I have to."
Pixie gave a nod before flying up slowly.
"I understand Blue, don't worry. I understand. Stay safe okay?"
She gave him a small smile before flying off. Once she was back at the Nimbat City she looked around to see if Swoal and Blue Rose had left yet. She couldn't see them so she assumed they had. The next moment Sky flew up to her.
"Pixie, Prince Ali is here."
Pixie sighed and rolled her eyes before flying up towards the gate. Everyone who had arrived to watch was gathered around waiting eagerly. Moments later Sekhemi arrived through the gates as his guards paraded through the city, blowing horns as loud as possible. Then seventy five golden camels came on through the city after that thirty five purple peacocks followed. Next was ninety five Persian white monkeys. Finally one hundred slaves were dragged through the city. All the while the guards were singing and dancing. When the whole song and dance was over Sekhemi got off his elephant and walked up to Pixie.
"Hello, Pixie."
She flew down to meet his level and gave him a friendly smile before bowing her head respectfully.
"Greetings Prince Ali and welcome to Husa Raénix, City of Nimbats. We have prepared a meal for you after such a long journey as well as some fine wine."
Sekhemi looked around slowly and then spat on the floor.
"Is this all you pathetic Nimbats have? How long has your species existed and yet this is all you have managed to muster up?"
Pixie was shocked. She opened her mouth but no words came out. Everyone who had gathered around looked to each other nervously, some with shocked expressions and others who hardly reacted at all. In the crowd a Nimbat flew in the air giving a sinister grin with glowing red eyes.
"And when you speak to me, speak to me on the ground. You don't deserve to be equal to my height."
At this point, shock was quickly turning to anger. Pixie flew higher above and began to look down on him.
"Excuse me? I allow you to enter my city, I show nothing but respect for you and your kind despite all the disrespect we retreive, I prepare you a meal and fine wine then you come here and spit on everything like it's nothing?"
Sekhemi held up his hands slowly and sighed.
"Ok I'm sorry. I overreacted. Please allow me to have a meal."
Pixie let out a soothing sigh as Sekhemi walked over to the dining table centered around the middle of the City. He looked at all the food before giving a evil smile. Quickly he threw all the food and wine to the floor before turning to Pixie.
"You think I would let my golden lips touch this trash? Not in your lifeline!"
Pixie eyes began glowing red. The once white tail began to grow a dark red color with black and red stripes slowly making form.
"Do you know how hard we worked on that? You ungrateful, arrogant brat!"
As Pixie grew angrier her legs started to black with red patches over them. She began to breathe heavier, her eyes growing more and more red. Sky slowly flew back and spoke quietly.
"Pixie...you're turning black!"
Pixie ignored her and flew over to Sekhemi.
"You never came here to make amends. You never intended to make an alliance. You just wanted to waste our time. You wanted to do a big parade and have the spotlight on you for once! Well congratulations because now you got what you want. You are banished! I never want to see scum like you again and if I do, you will regret it. I will make sure of it!"
The darkness had spread over Pixie's back, arms and wings. The fur on her head had turned a dark red and her part of her face and ears had become black. Her transformation had almost been completed. Sekhemi who still hadn't realised the danger at this point laughed in her face while almost the entire crowd stood back, their eyes now filled with horror and fear as they watched. None of them daring to step in. Sekhemi took a deep breath then spat on Pixie's face.
"I wouldn't want to come to this scum filled city anyway. When I came here I honestly thought you'd be more impressive but no I was wrong. You're no Nimbat, you're just a Pixie!"
At that moment Pixie screamed loudly and a huge black shockwave shot out of her sending Sekhemi flying back before quickly being suspended in the air as Pixie focused on him. The shockwave was so powerful that several buildings were instantly obliterated. Almost everyone was sent flying back or knocked on the ground and after the first initial shockwave a dozen more were shot out as Sekhemi stayed suspended in the air. His skin turning black and his eyes filling with blood. The shockwaves through go for hundreds of miles, reaching as far as the Neko and Inumimi Kingdoms to the Lalafell City. As Pixie spoke next her voice was deep and demonic.
"You will regret ever meeting me! You have no idea who you are messing with. I am PIXIE! LEADER OF THE NIMBATS!"
As Pixie finished Sekhemi's entire body would explode before Pixie's eyes turned to their normal color. Suddenly she collapsed to the floor and stopped moving. She had fallen unconscious. Sky and several other Nimbats immediately began to rush towards her, flying low and making sure she was ok.
