- Joined
- Jan 1, 2009
- Messages
- 19,403
- Reputation score
- 442
Heart pounding, breaths gasping for air, her feet pounded against the grass as fast as her body could carry her. The damp night air gave her lungs the moisture needed to continue running. But even so, her lungs were burning, she was getting tired. But she knew she had to continue. Her pursuers were not far behind.
A little fairy flying at her side, glowing with a green light, with brown hair done back into a tail over her head, and a green dress, tried to comfort the girl who was running for her life. "We're almost there!" she announced quickly, "Please hang in there, Alice! You have to keep running!"
Shedding a few tears, Alice, with waist long blond hair done back into a straight pony tail, wearing a red tunic and dark blue pants, shut her eyes for a moment to try and cope with the burning sensation growing in her body. "I can't... I can't make it!" she panted, her legs barely maintaining balance as she ran.
Behind her, several Magi foot soldiers kept a steady pace, spreading out so as to box Alice in should the event come that she try to diverge from her path. And right behind them, a war machine followed in the distance, responsible for killing everyone that tried to help her escape. There were few forces that could stand up to a Magi war machine.
A tower coming into view from beyond the trees, Alice barely made her way to it, stopping at the stone door, laying her hand against the side of the open, decaying door, panting with exhaustion. "Alice, you can't stop here! Come on! Just a little more!"
Alice's tears grow more prolific, "What if it doesn't work..." she cried, "I don't want to die like this... And everyone that was killed to help me escape... Oh, Susan..." she sobbed, "They're all dead..."
Susan, the fairy, pulled on Alice's collar desperately as the sounds of footsteps got dangerously closer, "That's why we can't stop now! The dragon WILL protect us! I know it! But if we die here, then everyone really will have died for nothing.!"
"ALICE!" Susan screamed.
Swallowing a lump in her throat, Alice let out another cry, running with a slight limp from her strained muscles, into the tower, and up the circular steps as fast as she could. Panting, crying, and wheezing, Alice suddenly missed a step, yelping as she fell on the steps before her. Susan quickly grabbed her shirt, trying to tug her up, "Don't give up!" she shouted, getting Alice back to her feet, where she ran up the rest of the long flight of stairs.
On the final floor, Alice ran through the short hallway, decorated with historical art that she cared not to examine, before entering the final chamber, where none other than the crystallized dragon's egg awaited her. The size of a dragon itself, the egg was enormous, as well as beautiful. Though the top of the tower lacked light, a bright, overpowering shine emanated from the core of the crystal egg, shining a great white, and red color through the brilliant material.
"White Fatalis..." Alice whispered, falling to her knees, panting.
"... She's beautiful." Susan said with admiration over the dragon encased in her egg, no visual shape needed to be seen, the bright light alone enough to speak wonders about the glorious, legendary dragon. A moment later, Susan began flying up to the crystal, placing her little hand on the smooth material.
"What are you doing?" Alice inquired with worry.
Susan looked back with a shy smile, "I'm going to use my power..."
Alice's eyes went wide, "But, you aren't strong enough to do that!" she shouted, "You'll die!"
Susan smiled at Alice, "It's okay... I know it's for a good purpose..." She turned around, looking at the great egg, "Maybe she'll know of my sacrifice, and hold pity for us..." she giggled, "Everyone's given their lives, so that we could make it here... I want to give my life too, for the sake of the world."
Alice shook her head, "Susan...! I don't want to the be only one to live! You're all I have left!"
"It's alright..." Susan said to comfort her, "She... She'll protect you." Clasping her hands together, Susan summoned all the magic she had in her tiny body, connecting her force with that of the dragon inside of the egg, seeking to explode the prison that the legendary beast had contained itself in. "Please..." the fairy pleaded quietly, hoping that the sleeping dragon would hear her request, "Please protect her..."
Susan's essence poured into the egg. Her little body becoming nothing but a glow of green light that seeped into the cracks of the enormous egg. A moment later, the cracks in the egg grew, even more shaping themselves over the surface. The essence of the dragon's soul inside stirring from being disturbed, the egg surrounding it soon shattered in a mighty explosion. Shards of blue crystal descended from above all around Alice like snow, while the glorious light that rested within took shape, like yolk forming into a hatchling.
Her slumber had ended. For thousands of years, her eyes remained shut. She had even lost her biological form, remaining as a soul, trapped within the crystallized egg that shaped around her. Mira's soul slowly began to attract a shape to itself. But instead of four legs, she had two. Instead of scales all over her body, she would feel a shiver from air touching naked flesh. When all the light had faded, only the dim light from the crystal around her giving sight, Mira would see hundreds of reflections casting her own image back to her, a shape of a human, bearing traits to the great dragon she once was.
And before her... Lay a single human girl, sitting on her knees as she stared at Mira in awe...
"Fatalis..." Alice whispered under her breath... "Is this really her...?" She rose her hand, slowly reaching out to the dragoness, unable to find words to use, to plead with the dragon. All she could think of how desperate she was to make it to this point, how many people gave their lives to help her awaken that which no one would ever dare awaken.
A moment later, Alice's eyes suddenly went wide. An arrow from a Magi's crossbow penetrating right through her shoulder sending her to the ground on her face. Several soldiers had gathered from the stairs, and now were pointing their weapons at Mira, the dragoness before them.
"Target's down." one soldier announced.
"What the hell is that?" another asked.
"Doesn't matter. Kill it, and then we'll finish off the traitor." the commanding Magi ordered.
Doing as their commanding officer ordered, they all took a knee, aiming their weapons at Mira.
A little fairy flying at her side, glowing with a green light, with brown hair done back into a tail over her head, and a green dress, tried to comfort the girl who was running for her life. "We're almost there!" she announced quickly, "Please hang in there, Alice! You have to keep running!"
Shedding a few tears, Alice, with waist long blond hair done back into a straight pony tail, wearing a red tunic and dark blue pants, shut her eyes for a moment to try and cope with the burning sensation growing in her body. "I can't... I can't make it!" she panted, her legs barely maintaining balance as she ran.
Behind her, several Magi foot soldiers kept a steady pace, spreading out so as to box Alice in should the event come that she try to diverge from her path. And right behind them, a war machine followed in the distance, responsible for killing everyone that tried to help her escape. There were few forces that could stand up to a Magi war machine.
A tower coming into view from beyond the trees, Alice barely made her way to it, stopping at the stone door, laying her hand against the side of the open, decaying door, panting with exhaustion. "Alice, you can't stop here! Come on! Just a little more!"
Alice's tears grow more prolific, "What if it doesn't work..." she cried, "I don't want to die like this... And everyone that was killed to help me escape... Oh, Susan..." she sobbed, "They're all dead..."
Susan, the fairy, pulled on Alice's collar desperately as the sounds of footsteps got dangerously closer, "That's why we can't stop now! The dragon WILL protect us! I know it! But if we die here, then everyone really will have died for nothing.!"
"ALICE!" Susan screamed.
Swallowing a lump in her throat, Alice let out another cry, running with a slight limp from her strained muscles, into the tower, and up the circular steps as fast as she could. Panting, crying, and wheezing, Alice suddenly missed a step, yelping as she fell on the steps before her. Susan quickly grabbed her shirt, trying to tug her up, "Don't give up!" she shouted, getting Alice back to her feet, where she ran up the rest of the long flight of stairs.
On the final floor, Alice ran through the short hallway, decorated with historical art that she cared not to examine, before entering the final chamber, where none other than the crystallized dragon's egg awaited her. The size of a dragon itself, the egg was enormous, as well as beautiful. Though the top of the tower lacked light, a bright, overpowering shine emanated from the core of the crystal egg, shining a great white, and red color through the brilliant material.
"White Fatalis..." Alice whispered, falling to her knees, panting.
"... She's beautiful." Susan said with admiration over the dragon encased in her egg, no visual shape needed to be seen, the bright light alone enough to speak wonders about the glorious, legendary dragon. A moment later, Susan began flying up to the crystal, placing her little hand on the smooth material.
"What are you doing?" Alice inquired with worry.
Susan looked back with a shy smile, "I'm going to use my power..."
Alice's eyes went wide, "But, you aren't strong enough to do that!" she shouted, "You'll die!"
Susan smiled at Alice, "It's okay... I know it's for a good purpose..." She turned around, looking at the great egg, "Maybe she'll know of my sacrifice, and hold pity for us..." she giggled, "Everyone's given their lives, so that we could make it here... I want to give my life too, for the sake of the world."
Alice shook her head, "Susan...! I don't want to the be only one to live! You're all I have left!"
"It's alright..." Susan said to comfort her, "She... She'll protect you." Clasping her hands together, Susan summoned all the magic she had in her tiny body, connecting her force with that of the dragon inside of the egg, seeking to explode the prison that the legendary beast had contained itself in. "Please..." the fairy pleaded quietly, hoping that the sleeping dragon would hear her request, "Please protect her..."
Susan's essence poured into the egg. Her little body becoming nothing but a glow of green light that seeped into the cracks of the enormous egg. A moment later, the cracks in the egg grew, even more shaping themselves over the surface. The essence of the dragon's soul inside stirring from being disturbed, the egg surrounding it soon shattered in a mighty explosion. Shards of blue crystal descended from above all around Alice like snow, while the glorious light that rested within took shape, like yolk forming into a hatchling.
Her slumber had ended. For thousands of years, her eyes remained shut. She had even lost her biological form, remaining as a soul, trapped within the crystallized egg that shaped around her. Mira's soul slowly began to attract a shape to itself. But instead of four legs, she had two. Instead of scales all over her body, she would feel a shiver from air touching naked flesh. When all the light had faded, only the dim light from the crystal around her giving sight, Mira would see hundreds of reflections casting her own image back to her, a shape of a human, bearing traits to the great dragon she once was.
And before her... Lay a single human girl, sitting on her knees as she stared at Mira in awe...
"Fatalis..." Alice whispered under her breath... "Is this really her...?" She rose her hand, slowly reaching out to the dragoness, unable to find words to use, to plead with the dragon. All she could think of how desperate she was to make it to this point, how many people gave their lives to help her awaken that which no one would ever dare awaken.
A moment later, Alice's eyes suddenly went wide. An arrow from a Magi's crossbow penetrating right through her shoulder sending her to the ground on her face. Several soldiers had gathered from the stairs, and now were pointing their weapons at Mira, the dragoness before them.
"Target's down." one soldier announced.
"What the hell is that?" another asked.
"Doesn't matter. Kill it, and then we'll finish off the traitor." the commanding Magi ordered.
Doing as their commanding officer ordered, they all took a knee, aiming their weapons at Mira.