Prouloge: A Quaint Beginning
_ Date: May 23, 2011 _
_ Author: SamPD _
_ Title: ? _
Well, another chappie has been produced. About time too I guess. But anyhow, I hope you enjoy it.
I was in the center plaza of the university, milling about in my own thoughts, when Bess called for me.
"Pas, may I have some of your time for a moment? There is something we need to discuss." I turned to see Bess gesturing for me with her wing to come to her. Something in my gut/gizzard told me something that this would be something that I would NOT be happy about. I felt a chill go down my spine at the possible scenarios and outcomes. "Calm down Pas, just take a few deep breathes and relax. Bess just needs to chit-chat. No harm in that." I told myself mentally.
The feeling still persisted though. It was in the air, I could- "PAS! Why are you just standing there? Come on!" I jumped, breaking my train of thought. Snapped out of my ponderings, I hopped towards Bess to confront whatever she had in store. "Sorry about that, my mind was on other things at hand." I said with a nervous churr. Then I just realized my error, which by then was too late. "YOU IDIOT, THERE ARE NO SUCH THINGS HERE!" I scream at myself, chastising myself mentally for such stupidity on my part. Bess didn't really seem to notice whatever the case however, much to my relief.
But then I had to wonder if that was the case, because for whatever the reason, her eyes seem to stare daggers into my own, piercing my soul and revealing everything and whatnot that it had to offer. An aura of dread and malice seemed to permeate the air around us.
"I need you to accompany me to the Other's library." She stated simply, moving toward the direction that it was at. I followed her with some unease, unsure of what she had in mind. "Well, at least this was just a panic attack, silly me." I churred to myself. Fate for whatever seemed to be had other plans for me in the very near future. The library was east of the center plaza; the whole university expands into different varying areas. We proceeded to a section in the Other's library that was normally sealed off, however with time, Bess and I managed to break into the study area of the place, revealing plenty of new things to scour through, as well as other locations that extended to new parts of the place, much to Bess's delight. Inside one particular area was the Professor's Quarters, (or when around Bess, the Ryb's Chamber) where it was stationed on a cliff, overseeing a nice view of the Tyto forest. Among that were several shelves of books, maps and among other machines, even to my surprise a computer. There was also a cliffside celling accompanied by rafters that one could perch on if one so desired.
I didn't dare try to see if it worked though, for fear of arousing Bess's suspicions about me. The place even lead to a storage area, if you could call it that since the place was a bloody cave network for whatever they decided to build on. The place was poorly illuminated due to there being few windows in that area, which they were small ones at that which you could maybe fit a Great Grey with an atmosphere that I swear, was haunted.
One of the more interesting parts of the cave though was what could be considered this place's study area.
To give you an idea how big this place was, imagine an area that is about the size of two buses at length and double that in width. Inside contain dioramas of various human conflicts, going all the way back to the time of the ancient Romans and Greeks, to modern day conflicts. The place was jaw dropping to say the least, which that and more could be said of Bess when we found the place. I could have sweared that her eyes sparkled when she found it. To top it off, there were even models that carried the equipment of their times, as for my thoughts on all this? Some basterd must have been a filthy rich guy. I could only imagine what the cost of even building such an elaborate place must have cost. Let me tell you, as a sort of amateur historian myself, it was painful of withholding the knowledge I held about the conflicts, as I was well versed in studying them. But now I am getting ahead of myself, you are here to see what happens next, so more descriptions for another time, because that would take a whole guide of the place to describe.
As we entered the library, I was wondering just what Bess had in mind for me. "I may as well ask her where she is taking us and why." I thought to myself. "Bess, mind if I ask where you are taking us?" I asked her, moving to her starboard wing. She turned to face me, looking irritated. "To the Ryb's Chamber Pas." She stated rather bluntly. "Any reason in particular? It would be nice to see what you have in mind." I asked with a casual tone.
"You'll see when we get there." Was her response and with that, swiftly proceeded to the place without a second word.
Sighing to myself, I followed, Bess as far as I was concerned wasn't usually like this. Usually she would be more than willing to explain what she had in store with great detail. As we entered the Ryb's/Professor's Chamber, I noticed that there was a book on the table opened a quarter of the first part of chapter one, detailing a battle between both British and French forces in the 17th and 18th centuries. The book detailed the battles from the first Plutonic War to the 18th century combat, list various tactics and formations used at the time. "Déjà vu..." I muttered to myself. It was one of the first books that Bess had allowed me to gloss through once I recovered, once I gained her trust of course, though not without the suspicion of interpreting English handwriting, which it seemed to be adopted as standard Hoolian writing, with of course many modifications to it, the structure, grammar, so on and so forth. For how this event played out, you should already know. It was helpful in assisting the newly reformed Mcheath clan, which in the process of trying to approach a more peaceful solution to their problems, were attacked by the I'o, a new clan who attacked in mass without warning. Who they were or why they attack still remained a mystery to us. As for why we were even there, Bess claimed she had business to attend to their. I had no idea what kind really since Bess lives a mostly secluded life till I came into the picture.
Anyway, Bess motioned me to hop on to the next to where she was at. Something wasn't right here though; it felt as if it were an ambush waiting to happen. "Bah, just shake it off Terrance, you are just paranoid. Why would an ambush be right here? No reason to have one either. You aren't an enemy, so get to it!" I reasoned with myself and with that, hopped to where Bess was at.
She seemed to just stare into the distance of the Tyto forest, with what appeared to be a solemn expression showing regret. "Bess, are you alright? What seems to be the matter?" I asked her, trying to get rid of the mood that something wasn't quite right here, which I knew wasn't the case. Sighing, she turned to face me. "Pas, you aren't a crow from around here aren't you?"
...
My blood just froze. Everything seemed to collapse.
It felt at that exact moment that Hell itself would open up.
...
Last Time on "A Lost Soul",
SamPD: Now that wasn't too bad was it?
Terrance: In all honesty, no. Not as bad or screwed up beginning as your other story,
" __A Chikorita's Peril". But oh wait, I bet someone is going to comment on the huge mass of boring dialogue.
SamPD: Didn't I tell you to drop that subject on that story? At least I had it re-written.
And besides, the dialogue ain't that boring.
Terrance: Idiot. By the way, how are you going to plan on introducing us to the story in the next chapter?
SamPD: Ummm.
Terrance: Exactly. You don't have one set up yet. My oh my, you think you can write it down like it is nothing. How pathetic.
SamPD: You know, you are my main character, and I can do what I wish with you. You do know that right? You just started your torture early my friend.
Terrance: Wait WHAT! This is inhumane! It is made illegal human treatment by the Geneva convention.
SamPD: I have my ways, and besides, you don't exist.
Terrance: Why I outt- mmheemp!
Present Time: May 5, 2011
Well gents, I kept my word, to a degree anyway.
Terrance: And I had to pay the price for it! Do you realize how bored I was! Augh! It is beyond description. Oh and what's this? You actually wrote a chapter... Without any of the OCs that have been submitted!
SamPD: All in due time Terrance.
Terrance: The way I see it, you deviated completely from your original plot! Way to go Sam, above and beyond you idiot, because you completely smashed your foundation.
SamPD: ... Excuse me for a moment.
Terrance: Oh not aga-!
DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WE ARE UNABLE TO CONTINUE THE FOOTAGE FEED.
(Static is heard in the background as the sounds of pain and agony fill the air.)
SamPD: Well, that takes care of things. For the moment, I am just going to leave this up here and see how it does. Once the reviews are in, I will edit changes into the stories where needed. I do know that the first chapter will need revision, much to Terrance's delight. Originally this was just a bunch of pages in my journal, trying to figure out ways to implement the next chapter. Giving up on that, I decided to see if I could make a new story with the same basic idea. Human transported to the Guardian realm. Then it turned into this and volia, a way to bring this back to the story here of yours truly. I still need to work out a few bugs in it however. (Looks back to the beginning chapter.) Correction, a lot of bugs. As for the OCs, those still apply. But for galloping Nayru's sake, no completely perfect Mary/Gary sues. If I do include a Sue in the story... Well you are just going to have to find out what happens. But for now, let's see how this turns out shall we? As for my dear readers... My apologise for the wait.
As always, Read and Review, this is SamPD out.
?: Kept ya wait huh?
SamPD: ! Who was that?