Sitting up in the middle of the night, Sebastian looked around, a cold sweat overtaking him. He looked to his side and saw Brooklyn fast asleep. Their sheets ended up not being large enough to make an adequate tenting, so they combined. A storm was raging outside of the tent. They had set it up betwixt two trees to provide a sort of wind break. It did it's job well. He crawled out of the tent and into the awaiting storm. He would have grabbed his coat, but Brooklyn seemed to be too tightly attached to it. He'd make a mental note to clean it later.
The storm was difficult to see in, but his eyes adjusted quickly to the flashes of light and thunder. The pistol from earlier was firmly in hand as he took a look around. Something put him into a cold sweat. He looked over to the camp where dumb and dumber were and they seemed to still be sleeping in their separate tents. A twig snap from behind made him turn to look, seeing a large shadow move in and out of view. It was difficult to track and at one point he lost it. He stepped around Brook's tent and deeper into the forest, not staying far but trying to find what was causing him such trouble.
He looked around for little under a half hour before getting fed up and heading back. Just as he turned around he froze as he stared directly into the amethyst eyes of a
Dragon. It...she, as a quick glance of the eye revealed, was sitting directly in front of him, like she had been watching him for hours. They stood, inches away from each other, for what seemed like ages. He tried to shuffle to the right to go around, but she would just stand and follow him. He moved to the left, and she did the same. "What...like me or something?" The dragon gave a shrug. A friggan shrug. She understood him. "Happen to have a reason to be here?" She gave a nod. "And that reason would be...?" The dragon stood, it's eyes not leaving Sebastian's, and stepped next to him and wrapped her tail around his waist. Even though she was small, she was strong enough to lift him up off the ground and away from the camp. "You are going to bring me back, right? I don't exactly fancy having to search for this place again...wait, are you going to eat me? Eat the white haired one first! She doesn't have tough skin!" The growl that she gave off told him to just shut up before he was cooked alive.
As the Dragon carried him, he was lifted up and placed onto her back. Oddly more comfortable than he imagined. He recognized the landscape they were passing by. He was here earlier when he scouted ahead. The cave that he had found earlier came into view quickly as they came under the shadow of the mountain. The rain still pounded hard and he had to admit, he was starting to miss the warmth that Brooklyn gave off. They came close to the cave and the dragon let out a small huff that said "Okay, off me now." He did as he commanded and dismounted the great beast. "Have to admit. Taking a ride on a beautiful creature that hasn't been seen in the world for nearly a century and a half was awesome." She looked at him and bowed her head. In response, he placed his hand on her snout gently and stepped into the cave. She followed behind him. "I may be able to adjust my eyes to the storm outside where there is little light, but I can't see in pitch darkness. Mind if we get some light up in here, please?"
It took a couple seconds, but the Dragon did as she was asked and took in a deep breath, a scorching plume of dark blue ice-fire erupted forth soon after, lighting old torches on the wall ablaze and giving them a good source of light. What greeted them at the end of the hall was a large stone door.
The dragon walked him to the end of the tunnel and in front of the door. A stone pedestal sat on a raised emblem of what seemed to be a carving of Arcadia. The door that was behind the pedestal was almost...ominous. Something about it made him uneasy. The stone that formed it was darker than he thought, nearly black. On the right side halfway down, surrounded by stars, was what seemed to be the moon at half wax. Across from it on the left door was what seemed to be the sun with heat waves surrounding it along with etchings of rays of light. Above them both in the middle several white stars decorated the top.
"Very beautiful, why did you bring me here?" The dragon drew close to the pedestal and used her large claw to gesture towards the book that was on the pedestal. Shrugging, he opened it. Immediately after doing so, a map fell from it and to his feet. He ignored it for the second and turned the page. "Before man and elf were one and when stone was undone, there was a time of darkness. One of starkness and sadness. The world was lawless and filled with hardships. There was none to rule, none that bothered. But in one day, there rose one without honor. Using powerful magic, he slew and flew his way across the great blue. A force to be reckoned with, on a scaly horse with wings, he slaughtered every being. "
He turned the page as the dragon curled up to wait for him to finish. Apparently this is the type of story that put her to sleep. "But one day, there was an uprising. There rose a knight whom capsized in losses, a witch whom mired with the colossus, and an archer whom desired peace. Together these four gathered the four gems of Moon, sun, and star red and blue and brought them to the island of gloom. Though with their lives they payed, they sealed away the one without honor that day." There was one more page left in the book. He turned it but he found it blank save for one note. "Should the stones be taken, you will not have long to reclaim them. They hold the spell in place and keep the monster at bay. Take the map post haste and return them before it is too late. Should he break loose, the world will have hell to pay. Our homes fell in seconds as he unleashed his magic, our friends turned on one another and none of our own magics could stand a chance." With that he closed the book and picked up the map at his feet. He looked up to the door again and saw that the emblems from before had slots in them. Guess the stones were taken." The map he had was old and tattered, yet was not as fragile as he thought it would be. When he opened it he was greeted by a map of the world, all eight continents being there and even showing modern cities. "Map is magical isn't it?" He asked the dragon, whom had started to stir. She nodded and he rolled his eyes. "Hooray...." There was a single light glowed on the map in the shape of a red star that pointed towards a Modern city. "Isn't that...aurora? Well great, bet the IVT would just be thrilled with having me in their capital."
"Have to tell the others. Even the templar bitch has to know about this. She can't deny the fact that the world could be in danger because of this. So wait...how did you know about all this?" She looked at him, giving him a puzzled look and shaking her head. She cocked her head as if she had never seen him before. She started to growl before Sebastian put up his hands and approached. "Relax, relax, lady blue. I'm a friend. Not an enemy." She seemed to be calmed down by his words, still fully understanding him. He placed his hand on her snout again and rubbed it. "Come on, lets go find the others and get out of here." He grabbed the book and started to lead the dragon out of the cave. "Fricken weird night."
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