The wyvern lay still but it was ready to move, yet again.
Bomb: This is a wyvern?! Can’t be! It has to be a dragon!
Lukis: Maybe it’s just a really big wyvern!
Bomb: Wyverns are subspecies of dragons, this looks just like a dragon!
Karen: Maybe the Legend of the Wyvern is just a little messed up.
Bomb: This is a dragon..
Lukis: Wyvern!
Bomb: Are you nuts?!
Karen: Would you two stop it! Just put that soft on it and lets get going.
Lukis: Well are we ready? It could lash out at us.
Bomb: There’s no other way….
Lukis: …..
Lukis: (Let’s take one deep breath, Lukis, this may be your last)
Lukis took out the small bag of soft. Inside was some sparkling white dust.
Lukis: ….
Lukis threw the bag and it flew through the air. It hit the gray still dragon right in it’s stomach. The pack exploded with white dust covering the area, all over. The dust covered like a snowstorm. The dragon began to illuminate slightly, giving off a white glow. Sparkling dust surrounded the dragon as it soon changed from a statue to a dragon. It all started with the feeling, without changing physically it began to look like a real dragon.
Dragon: Unnhhh…..
The low resonating voice shook our heroes and their hearts starting pounding. The wings began to move up, inch by inch, slowly. It’s feet began to push back and it’s head began to turn. Suddenly all the sparkling dust popped away, just like a spark of fire disappearing, and it was gone. The illuminating glow around the dragon faded away. The dragon hunched itself back quickly and looked at them with it’s waving tail. It’s true colors could now be seen, it was a stunning bright golden orange all around, streaks of red and yellow came from it’s large belly all the way through it’s neck to it’s head. The dragon seemed to be painted like a magnificent artist. Streaks of red and yellow swimmed throughout the skin of it’s neck passing over and twisting around eachother and covering it’s head too, swirling around it’s eyes and it’s mouth. The middle portion and it’s legs, tail, and around were all orange, bright dark orange.
Dragon: RAHHHHH!
The dragon roared and veered back.
Bomb: Hey, wait, we saved you!
Lukis: Oh boy…..
Lukis began to back off.
Karen: It’s ok, come here dragon…
Bomb’s eyes widened as the dragon stepped closer. The footstep shook the mountain. First one foot, then two, and then it walked straight over to the group. Lukis fell down and lay shaking on the ground as it stepped forwards, causing a small earthquake. It stopped right infront of the group, almost smashing into them, then it sat on it’s belly with it’s head down. It caused one more earthquake and then it settled down. Lukis was still shaking.
Lukis: Hey?
He tried to bring his shaking body up.
Bomb: …. Phew….
Everyone calmed down.
Karen: Thank you!
Karen went over and patted the dragons head.
Bomb: *Gasp* You could get your hand….
The dragon just lay there.
Lukis: It’s like it wants us to ride it..
Suddenly for a second everything turned black and Bomb fell on his knees. Everything just suddenly faded away and turned black for no reason. He closed his eyes.
Voice: This is all I have the power to help you with… I can’t intercept with your Legend anymore…
Bomb: What?
Voice: This dragon has been tamed for your use, since your group now is not as powerful as they should be… You were meant to tame it but you all three are not powerful enough alltogether..
Bomb: What do you mean? We haven’t trained?
Voice: You are strong enough… Karen is too…. Lukis too…. All three you are as strong as you should be….
Bomb: What? Then…..
Voice: You will soon begin to see…. Remember what I said….
Bomb: Hey!
Lukis: Bomb! Get up! We gotta get going!
Karen: How do we ride this?
Bomb opened his eyes to see Karen and Lukis on the back of the dragon.
Bomb: What was that?
Lukis: Bomb! Cmon!
Bomb rushed up to Lukis and Karen and climbed on the back of the dragon. It’s scaly skin felt smooth against his legs.
Karen: Ummm, to Luminy Castle… Er…
Lukis: Jerzyl!
Karen: Yeah!
Jerzyl let out a shriek and brought it’s wings up and down. It caused a whirlwind underneath them and the pressure of the wings going up and down almost propelled the three off but they held on strong. The dragon lifted itself into the air and began to slowly propel itself forwards. It gained more and more speed as it sped across the top of the forest.
Bomb: The three of us are as strong as we should be, and we should be strong enough to have tamed the dragon ourselves without the help of that mystical light thing. But alltogether we are not strong enough….
Lukis: What?
Bomb: Nothing….
Bomb looked behind him on the dragon. The forest and the Kingdom of Lawren began to disappear and ocean filled it’s place. Then he looked at the dragon’s back. He looked at it’s back up to it’s tail. He had enough room to lay back and take a nap. Just enough room.
Bomb: ….
He shook his head.
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It was dark out and it was chilly now. It was hard to hold on to Jerzyl’s scales and shiver at the same time. They were nearing the Luminy castle but it was not close enough to be seen yet.
Lukis: Well, we seem to be going the right way…
Bomb: It keeps getting colder and colder…
Karen: So what is our plan?
Lukis: Ok, well let’s see, I’ve seen Luminy castle a few times so I know what it looks like. It’s like Lawren Castle but bigger, four towers that come up on each corner and one large wide tower in the middle. At the top of the tower is a large statue of a dragon wing. Now, we won’t directly attack with Jerzyl,
Bomb: We need to talk to Agile…
Lukis: Yeah, so Jerzyl will sneak up and latch onto the wing. If their guards see us we might have some trouble…
Bomb: Yes, but if we go to high for them to see and then lower down onto the wing we could probably make it in.
Lukis: They have a skylight we could jump into but that goes right to the King’s chamber….
Bomb: Well we could just climb down and enter in a door…
Lukis: Well that leaves one problem. How to find Agile and how to escape!
Bomb: I think I can help finding Agile…. And we could use Jerzyl to escape, he could attack then!
Karen: Jerzyl always seems to obey my orders, he understands us for some reason…
Lukis: How can you help us find Agile?
Bomb: Just trust me….
Lukis: Now just the wait….. Why were you freaking out at the mountain, Bomb?
Karen: Yeah, it’s like you passed out.
Bomb: I just had a headache…
Karen: Oh, that’s weird…
Lukis: I still wonder, what was Kyros talking about?
Bomb: I don’t know, maybe there was something else on that mountain or something..
Karen: I guess…
Lukis: Does anyone know what they will ask Agile? I don’t have any idea…
Lukis: (Why am I even putting my life in danger to do this?)
Karen: Yeah, I have mine….
Karen: (I wonder why he looked like General Ridge…. Something tells me he more than just looks like him…)
Bomb: I got mine, I guess….
Bomb: (Who are you? Where did you come from? Weird that’s all I have to ask… The only reason I’m after Agile is because the voice told me to…. And that he killed my friend… I can’t believe that slipped my mind for a second.)
Karen: So how can we see the castle in the dark?
Bomb: There it is!
Lukis: That? Ahh, I see….
Karen: Oh!
They could see a small silhouette in the distance of a castle on a small hill.
Karen: Uhhmm, Jerzyl, you know what to do.
The dragon let out a groan and rose up into the sky from it’s regular flying level, which was close to the water. The castle became bigger and bigger and clearer and clearer. Soon they could see the wing statue they were to land on. Bomb looked at his wing.
Bomb: It’s a statue of a shredded wing, sort of like mine… I hope this thing heals soon.
Karen: ….
Minutes later the dragon was lowering onto the statue over the dark shaded tower. It lowered so slowly as to not create any disturbance in the castle signaling their arrival. It touched down so soft it took the three a while to figure out Jerzyl had finished and was perched on the wing. The winged statue was tough and did not show any signs of breaking any time soon under Jerzyl’s gargantuan weight.
Bomb: Ok, wait, let me try this…
Karen: What?
Bomb closed his eyes. He tried to call back the feeling he had in the desert. The gift….
Bomb: (Come on…. What did it feel like….)
Karen: Bomb, what are you-
The voices faded away.
Bomb: Hold it….
Everything faded away and hen came back shining brightly in a new picture. He could see a courtyard, the same courtyard that they met last time. He and Bomb….
Agile: This wretched castle is becoming a bore, just like all the others… I’m sick of doing this, I think it’s time I moved to the real plan and got back on track….
Agile pulled out a paper. It was a map of the world. There were several red marks all over it.
Agile: I think I finally got it this time… I think I finally found it… Bomb won’t be able to take it from me, this time…
Agile: (He doesn’t even understand the power, the knowledge these beauties hold!)
Agile: I won’t wait for morning to depart this time…. But… Let me give the King one more little visit….
Agile walked from the courtyard to the entrance back inside but before he could get there the image faded quickly.
Bomb’s world opened back up to him again and Karen and Lukis sat watching him on Jerzyl.
Lukis: What did you do?
Bomb: I think I know where Agile is…
Karen: Well what did you do?
Bomb: Just a little something I picked up from the Sand Orchard..
Lukis: What?
Bomb: Nevermind….
Bomb looked down to the skylight.
Bomb: You say that this skylight is right above the King’s Chamber?
Lukis: Yes….
Bomb: Then I have a plan….
Karen: Uh, oh…
Bomb began climbing off Jerzyl.
Lukis: This is crazy..
Bomb: Just follow me.
After a lot of climbing down Jerzyl and the statue our heroes found themselves standing right on the skylight. They could see right into King Blister’s chamber. It was filled with dragon statues along the side and dragon potraits. They could not see the throne. There was also dark violet carpeting and two torches near the doorway.
Bomb: Man, I hope he can’t see our shadow.
Lukis: So what exactly are we waiting for?
Bomb: Shh… We are right above King Blister’s Chamber, keep quiet.
Lukis: ………
Booom! Bomb: ……..
Booom!
????: What is that?! Guards! Come in!
???: Waaahhhh!
Crash! Lukis started sweating.
????: What?!
The door opened slowly and Agile walked in carrying in two knocked out guards. He threw them aside.
Agile: Pleased to make your acquaintance, King Blister!
All three were watching this unfold from the skylight straight above.
King Blister: Agile?! What?! What is going on! You can’t do this!
Agile: Yes, I can. I just knocked out your two finest guards, and I’ll do it with any other guard!
King Blister: I guess you are stronger than I expected…. What do you want?!
Agile: I just wanted to say goodbye, that’s all!
King Blister: You rotten scoundrel!
Agile: I don’t plan on killing you, if that’s what you’re thinking. I just have greater tasks to assert myself to.
King Blister: Why don’t you just leave then!
Agile: First I want to see you on your knees!
King Blister: What?!
Karen: This is getting out of hands….
Agile looked behind him.
Bomb: Shhhh!
Agile looked back to the King.
Agile: On your knees now!
Lukis: *Whispering* When are we going to go in?
Bomb: Just wait….
King Blister: Never!
Agile: You’ll regret that, I can’t kill you but….
Agile drew his turquoise sword out.
Lukis: That sword reminds me of something…
Agile: Sonic Shriek!
King Blister: Wha—Ahhh!
He held his sword out pointing the the ground and velvet carpeting. A high pitched shriek filled the entire area and sonic waves emmitted rapidly from his blade.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-
Bomb: Ahhhhhhh!
Karen: My ears!
Lukis: Stopppp!
-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-
Their screams could not be heard over the shrieking blast. Sound waves literally burst out of Agile’s sword around the area.
SMASH! SMASH! CRRRRAAACCKKKK….
All over the room statues were exploding and soon the skylight went too and shattered.
King Blister: Ahhhh!
Bomb and the others fell down a couple of feet and soon landed on their backs on the floor, smashing into the pool of shattered glass, luckily not becoming pierced by it in the process. Agile stopped his attack. The dust from the statues began to clear.
Agile: Huh?
The King fell over and our heroes stood up. A ringing was still in their ears but they could still hear slightly.
Bomb: Unnh….
Lukis: Oh boy….
Agile: You guys again?!
Agile shook his head.
Agile: Why are you here?
Bomb: My… Ears…. Unh.. Agile… Who are you?
Agile: I told you last time, are you deaf! I’m King Bli…. Heh… Guess that won’t work anymore, now will it?
Bomb: Agile?
Agile: Well now I am kind of stuck, now aren’t I?
Karen: Agile? Why did you pretend to be General Ridge?
Bomb: Karen?
Lukis: Huh?
Agile: You are from Delban?
Karen: Yes! I was a soldier!
Agile: So, I guess you’ve figured it out by now!
Bomb: Figured what all out?
Agile: Commander Nelson’s General Ridge, King Lawren’s Chancellor Stanley, and now King Blister’s top swordsman…
Lukis: So you were the one that almost got Jinz killed!
Agile: Not just that…. Don’t you see anything different?
Bomb: Yes…
Karen: ?
Lukis: ?
Bomb: War between Delban and Saltis, corruption, King Lawren. He used to be a kind hearted man but now he obsessed with power and greed. King Blister was greedy but now he is a top power in money and force. You caused all of that! You tainted the hearts of all them!
Agile: Smart! You finally figured something out, even though it is only a small part of my plan.
Bomb: Why did you do it?
Agile: I need war, I need greed! I can’t follow my plan out without those, I need distraction… Towns obsessed with money and greed so much their eyes are blinded by what I am about to accomplish… They will count their money and their soldiers all until the day that the all become annhilated… I had to offer them my knowledge of power in order to do that… I needed distraction....
Karen: Why would you do that?!
Agile: You were smart enough to figure out the last part, now maybe I should let you work on this part.
Lukis: Tell us Agile!
Agile: You really think I’m that dumb?! I have no time for any of you anyways! I must make haste, I’ll leave you here with the dragon guards while I take this precious opportunity to make my way to the 2nd point of natural beauty, of knowledge… of power…
Bomb: Why don’t you kill us?
Lukis: Hey?!
Bomb: Why not, we are just in your way of all that power!
Agile: You might come in handy some day, and besides, last time I just let my guard down, it won’t happen again, you can’t get in my way anymore.
Lukis: You can’t do this.
Agile: Goodbye King Blister, goodbye Bomb.
Agile turned around and headed for the door.
Bomb: No!
Bomb ran to Agile but he turned around. He grabbed Bomb and threw him up into the air across the chamber. Bomb hit the wall and crashed to the ground. It wasn’t a very hard hit but it almost knocked Bomb out.
Karen: Bomb!
Karen and Lukis rushed to Bomb and checked him out. He was fine.
Bomb: Unnhh….. Man….
Karen: Bomb….
Bomb: We have to follow him… He can’t destroy it….
Karen: Ok….
Lukis: The guards could come any minute…. Let’s move…
They stood up and Lukis stopped and looked for King Blister. It was too dark to see his throne or him clearly but he could see the tint in his eyes. His afraid eyes, almost crying. He hadn’t said a word after the blast of sound.
Lukis: (Maybe that will teach him a lesson….)
Karen: Well, should Jerzyl attack?
Bomb: No, all we want is Agile…. Let’s just fly out of here….
Suddenly four dragon guards busted in.
Dragon Guard(1): You!
Dragon Guard(2): Get them!
They were all big buff dragons covered in armor. Not really dragons, they were just humanize dragons, like winged lyrians but with scales.
Karen: Jerzyl! Attack!
Bomb: I wish it didn’t have to go this way.
The guards began stepping forwards but the roof exploded. Brick, rocks, dust and all engulfed the entire room.The ground shook as two dragon claws clasped quickly and swiftly onto the ground. He landed in the room, shaking the potraits on the wall with the great explosion of his weight. He let his jaw drop let out a massive roar, his great long sharp teeth flashing brightly. The roar by itself shook the room and the dragon guards left screaming. Dust and rocks fell from the open ceiling as Bomb and the others rushed to Jerzyl.
Bomb: *cough* Let’s hurry this up!
The three climbed up Jerzyl’s legs and onto his back. The grasped his smooth orange scales and closed their eyes to shield the debris from the crashing ceiling.
Karen: Up Jerzyl!
The wings tore at the wind and they went up and down faster and faster until he let his claws off of the room and let himself off into the night sky, slowly backing off into the darkness. The room became smaller and smaller and Jerzyl lifted himself up a few yards from the dragon wing statue. They were now hovering over the dark looming castle, dust still swirling around the room they had just smashed out of.
Bomb: Well, we learned a little more about Agile….
Lukis: Lose the talk, we got to make it to that point first!
Karen: Hey, is that…
Karen squinted and could see what looked to be like a shooting star, but it was just a glint of Agile’s armor.
Bomb: …..….
Bomb remembered that night he saw that same star in the sky, just before Agile cut Kyle’s wing off. So violent….. Bomb couldn’t warn him in time… He remembered Agile fighting with Kyle and him. He remembered Agile falling off the pier and Kyle’s final scream. It’s hard to picture exactly what happened after Agile fell back. Bomb shook his head and came back to reality.
Karen: That’s Agile! We have to follow him!