Into the night...

She ran across the fields of grass, running into the forest, dodging trees and rocks as the almost full moon lit the way. Her white fur swaying in the cool breeze as she ran, feeling the smooth soil beneath her paws. She howled as she ran, hearing several more howls in response.

Suddenly she ran into an open field and stopped. She had reached her destination. Smiling, the white wolf walked toward the stone archway, seeing the Otherworld, still and peaceful as it had always been. She stopped at the arch and closed her eyes, shifting back to her human form.

Her fur disappeared, her ears shrunk back down to human size, her muzzle shortening back to a normal human mouth. Her canine teeth shifting back to her human teeth, her tail going back into her spine until there was nothing. Claws were shrunk down to fingernails and her paws returned to human hands. Her brownish blonde hair reached down to mid back. Her amber eyes going back to their natural blue color.

Looking at the archway, she stared into the Otherworld, smiling happily and eager to enter. She looked at the stone dragons, bowing before them in respect, then walked through the arch and into Otherworld, the entrance shimmering and becoming hidden once again as if there had been no one there.

She breathed in the clean and fresh air as she walked calmly towards the castle, hearing the waves of the ocean nearby, crashing into the cliff the castle was near. The grass felt cool and soft under her feet, also getting wet from the dew. She loved the feeling and enjoyed it.

When she reached the castle, she looked around.

Everything was clean and rejuvenated. It had taken her a long time to rebuild and clean everything here but she succeeded.

As she looked around, she stopped and stared a bit. "So quiet and empty."

She hoped others would find the entrance leading to Otherworld. It was nice here but she was the only one there with no one to talk to, except for the animals and other creatures that lived there. She wanted someone that was like her to find this place and discover how beautiful and fascinating it was here.

She went back outside and sat in the grass, her jeans getting wet but she didn't care. She smiled as she remembered the first time she discovered this place, being excited and running around like she was free. But she kept asking herself why only she discover it first.

The shapeshifter answered her own question in a whisper. "Everything happens for a reason."

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CelestialPermalink Reply by Eruedraith Erynion on June 10, 2011 at 1:05am

He shook his head sadly.

"The last my addled mind can recall is fighting for my life against an arch daemon. Then I woke up upon this gentle knoll." He shook his head as if to clear it. "Nothing else besides that."

Permalink Reply by Tom Gatsune on June 10, 2011 at 10:05am

Tom watched from a tree. He stayed quite. He wasn't sure if he should approach or stay where he was.

CelestialPermalink Reply by Eruedraith Erynion on June 11, 2011 at 1:26am

Loziras sank back on his haunches, sitting on the soft grass crowning the knoll, stretching his worn limbs in the comforting sunlight of the early morning.

Permalink Reply by Aura on June 12, 2011 at 12:57am

She sighed and sat next to him, smiling as she watched the sunrise, the light warm on her skin. "You will be safe here for no evil can pass into this world. You are always welcome here."

Then she looked over at the tree where Tom was and giggled. "Tom, come and meet our guest."

CelestialPermalink Reply by Eruedraith Erynion on June 12, 2011 at 1:53am

He nodded wearily, allowing skin to reknit over his bones so that he appeared human again. "I may be safe, but what about my friends who remained behind?"

He tossed aside his robe revealing the glossed blue armor beneath, and retrieved the tome that hung at his side by a heavy chain. "While I may find peace and solace here, my job is yet to be finished, thus rest is not to be mine yet."

Permalink Reply by Aura on June 12, 2011 at 10:24pm

"I see. Well why don't you rest here for a while. Then I will take you back to the portal's entrance and help you get your friends back. It's the least I can do." she stretched out, letting her wolf ears and tail come out, smiling a bit.

"Though I am curious. Why were you fighting against an arch daemon? Is it your job or is it something else?" she looked at him.

CelestialPermalink Reply by Eruedraith Erynion on June 12, 2011 at 11:12pm

Loziras placed the tome on the ground. "It's not my job, but its what I had to do." He took a breath before continuing. "In my world Reapers are guardians of knowledge and life. It is our duty to maintain the balance of the world and between the nations. The arch daemon broke the balance, and it became my duty to dispose of him." He fingered a gold medallion that hung from his neck.

"But that's not why i fight," he whispered.

Permalink Reply by Tom Gatsune on June 13, 2011 at 10:08pm

Tom comes down from the tree. "Why do you fight?"

CelestialPermalink Reply by Eruedraith Erynion on June 13, 2011 at 10:38pm

He looks up in surprise as the new figure approaches.

"I fight to protect that which I hold dear." He tucks the medallion under his surcoat before returning his attention to the newcomer. "You are named Tom are you not?"

Permalink Reply by Aura on June 13, 2011 at 10:52pm

Aura glanced at the medallion before Loziras tucked it away, then she looked at Tom, smiling happily. "You finally came over. I was starting to miss your company."

She stretched out and giggled, being tickled with her own tail as if it had a mind of its own. "Silly tail."

CelestialPermalink Reply by Eruedraith Erynion on June 13, 2011 at 10:54pm

Gingerly Loziras retrieved the weathered tome from the ground, and turned its well thumbed pages until he found what he was looking for, and began to read from its contents as he stretched out his legs in the grass.

Permalink Reply by Tom Gatsune on June 14, 2011 at 4:33am

Tom folded in his wings."So friends you say? They always can come here." He looks to the sky.