The Rush for the Key:Intro

Story by MCD on SoFurry

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#1 of To find the seperation arte


Hello everyone this is MCD, though i believe you already figured that out. this story will contain no Yiff,yaoi,Yuri, or any other forms of sex. I know you all want it but sorry i can not oblige this is going to a group of younger kids so i need to keep this low rated. This is my first submission, so expect flaws. I had to write this on notepad so i do not have spell check I know i have a ton of errors but please no flaming I don't need that. ok i guess I should also do character ownership here also. Also on a personal note I do not like how the paragraphs are in this story if more then one character was allowed to speak in a paragraph the flow would seem better and there would be less paragraphs but whatever not my site not my choice. Fatom Fox was created by Myself Mizori was created by Myself now on with the show...

  • * * A grey Fox walked down the dark, dank and ancient stone hallway 200 feet underground, as the hallway converged and spread out into a large casim an orb of fire was in the middle of the room, illuminating across the vast 50 foot span room which provided his only source of light. The fire floated in midair with no apparent source of fuel or containment, yet it stayed in the perfect shape of a sphere. The light it gave off revealing ancient characters all along the walls of the hall way. The grey fox stopped his treck and the light ceased it's movement. As the fox moved closer to the flame his features became noticeable, covered in silk grey fur and wearing a black teeshirt and black and red baggy pants with silver snakes going up the side. His build is thin but don't that his strength matches his size for it is in-imaginable by humans. Instead of the usual single tail like foxes have he had 3 which is due to the ancient powers flowing through his veins with each heart beat. His eyes are a piercing blood red though they seemed dulled at this point in time. "Follow the path of Darkness to the Disarecta there lies the reward for your struggles." The fox said out loud as he read the inscriptions on the wall. "So The Key is after this so called Path of Darkness....good that will get me one step closer to my goal." and with that he continued to walk down the dark tunnel in complete silence. Suddenly, there was a ear piercing roar from deep within the chasm. In response the Fox made his staff appear, It is completely black due to it being made of almost pure onyx, except for the head which is made of gold and glass to give the illusion of water imprisoned in a gold cage. Quickly a Grand Dragon came into view, it's Jet black scales reflecting the light from the flame while the glowing green characters on its body shifted like flowing water. The dragon noticed the Fox quickly and stopped its approach. " Dark Lord Fatom I apologize for rushing at you I thought you where a denezne of the light." The dragon said, it's Voice seemed young but very powerful. Fatom looked at the dragon curious to know who knew his old title from one of his....Less successful missions. "State your name and why you dare talk to the Dark Lord." Fatom said in an evil almost possessed sounding voice trying to get back in character it had been months since he last had to use this persona and he had to make sure there where no discrepancies in how he acted then and now, so he channeled the dark energy in his body and created a visible swirling aura around him as dark as midnight. The Dragon bowed deeply to Fatom afraid of what he might do to him. "I am Mizori a Dragon from the Disarecta... I apologize for disturbing you I was not thinking." Mizori said almost visibly trembling now. "This could make things much easier since I'm known down here, but it could also make this much harder if people want to steal the title from me." he thought but didn't let his thoughts show in his expression. "I see, I have business in The Disarecta bring me there and I will forget you ever forgot your manners to me." Fatom said smiling inwardly at how well he kept the facade up. "Thank you Dark lord may the Dark moon bless you." Mizori said and leaned down farther down, a symbol for Fatom to get on. He quenched the flame and got on as Mizori started down the Hallway. "Mizori How long ago did your race take over Disarecta?"Fatom asked curious to find out if the temple holding the Item would even still be there. "Our clan claimed Disarecta 5,000 years ago, many of the inferior races buildings have been destroyed or converted into hatcheries."Mizori Said making sure to remember his manners. Fatom sighed that defiantly made things harder if it was still intact it was probably guarded by the dragons in one of the nurseries, and if it was in a destroyed building then chances are it would be useless. "Dark Lord Fatom I just remembered theres this huge building in the back of town, Our strongest can't break down it theres weird symbols on it which glow green from time to time." He added as if it was an after thought. Fatom's eyes shot open at the mention of this. "It has to be an Alurian seal, So the key has to be in there.... perfect this gives me chance to study an Alurian seal up close up." He said and smiled completely forgetting he was supost to be acting like a Dark Lord. The dragon stopped in his tracks and turned his long neck to face Fatom. "Your not the Dark Lord who are you!" Mizori hissed and bared his fangs. " I am Fatom the Dark Lord, but that is just one of my titles above all I am the Arch-sage of Margoes. The evilness you have seen is persona and the circumstances that got me that title where....uh.... a misfortunate series of events that where completely out of my control." He said and raised his hands to show he meant no harm or resistance. "Then what reason do you have for coming to our town! You must want to kill us The Arch-sages have had it out for us the Remnance of the Orijimo clan." Mizori roared and got ready to strike. "I am here to try and find the Key of Demona, I need it and the Key of Angelous to open up the temple to my goal, This is a personal quest it has nothing to do with the Arch sages and as far as I'm concerned I didn't see any Orijimo clan members." Fatom said in a calm voice, that was one of his strong points the ability to keep a level head in dangerous situations. Mizori looked him over bit and saw nothing but sincereness in his body. "Fine but I swear if you kill any of the villagers..." He started but Fatom interrupted. "If i kill any of the other member it will be there own fault even though I'm not as evil as the Dark Lord you know I will protect my self and kill whoever tries to kill me for my title." Fatom said which caught Mizori off guard he wasn't expecting Fatom to go back to his dark lord persona. "Fine but others in my village know not of the Dark Lord so you should have no trouble as long as I stay with you." Mizori said which wasn't a total lie they did know nothing of Fatom's reputation but the only reason he is willing to stay with him is to keep an eye on him. "Ok at least I can act like myself there then." Fatom said and started to get off. "Stay on I can get you there faster then you could walk there yourself. and with that he continued to walk. Several silent minutes the Town came into view It was inside a giant cave, the ceiling is covered in lightly glowing rock which Fatom was unaware of its name. The Dragons village Disarecta spread out for a good 100 miles Like Mizori said many of the building where nothing but ruins with eggs in them, but the few standing buildings where made of a metallic material which looked like oil in the caverns light. At the edge of the town was a giant crystal wall with slithering blood red symbols the wrapped and wormed around it changeing patterns once every few minutes. The crystal was a shiny almost pure blue color and sharp as spear heads as far he could tell from his distance. Fatom tried to see farther past the Chrystal building but to no avail he was still to far away. "Mizori Please take me to the Crystal temple in the back of this town I need to get in there." Fatom said as his Staff faded into nothingness once more. "We have rules here Fatom unlike your world out there, I will arrange a trial of strength with the Magistrait but you would still have to wait until tomorrow to take it anyway." Mizori said and flew into town. Fatom said nothing but stared in awe at all the Dragons flying about the cave. Mizori took a sharp turn, which almost threw Fatom off but thankfully he managed to hold on, Into a cave which seemed to have been recently dug out with what Fatom could only guess was there claws. "You will stay in here and not leave understand outsiders are not welcome in our main town leave and I can not be held responsible for what happens to you"Mizori said as he landed and lowered his body for Fatom to get off. Fatom nodded and jumped off and started into the back of the dark cave. "Flames wrap and bend to my will, fire essence conjuring" Fatom said as the familiar ball of flames appeared again to illuminate the darkness of the cave. Mizori didn't say anything and Flew away twords the Magistrait. Fatom sighed and walked to the center of the cave. " Lord Asrah god of purity Leave your imprint upon this land, make it eternally pure." Fatom chanted as a ring of blue flames made a circle around him, the light started out dim but increased rapidly burning away black energy from the ground until no more faded. "Perfect now for the next step." He said as he materialized his staff." Grand Lord Urlem, Master of the eternal slipstream, protector of the the mystic passage I Give this pure land to you. In return Grant me passage from seal to seal." Fatom chanted as brilliant golden light drew a diagram onto the floor, each line elogently bending and overlapping to form a huge diagram with ancient characters on the side which reads "Urlem diena ma sie to" which translates "to Urlems sacred seal". Fatom was breathing harder now due to the massive amount of power it took to purify the land and to create a warp point. "Just as I feared Mana is sparse here if it wasn't for my mana heart I would have spend most of my energy now. Oh well no time to worry I have a few more things to do before I can try and recharge my energy." Fatom said to himself as he started to create the proper spell routines to get rid of the Alurian seal. "Magistrait I have come before you today to request a right of strength for an outsider, His name is Fatom and he wishes to try and open the Sacred Temples gates." Mizori said with his head in a deep bow which caused his head to touch the ground. "Mizori the offspring of Dimo, This is a strange request from someone as lowly as you." the elder said in a deep booming voice. "Never the less we have rules and can not deny a request from one of our citizens, Your guest has until tomorow to get prepared we will send a messenger when it is time for the exam." The elder said before giveing the symbol which allowed Mizori to raise his head. "Thank you Magistrait I will inform him and keep him out of our towns." Mizori said and looked at the elder, He was a Faded sapphire blue, his eyes where half closed so his eye color could not be determined. "Make sure you do the outsider is your responsibility until the time he leaves." He said and stopped talking which was a sign it was time to leave, Mizori took the hint and left. "Got it I should be able to release the seal now with this stanza." Fatom said breathing very hard now. "I need to recharge my mana I hope there is enough here to do so." He said and sat in the middle of the purified area his hands clasped together knuckles pointing to the ceiling, and legs crossed. "marna siv para....Marna siv para....marna siv para...." Fatom started to chant that line over and over as his body lifted from the ground and a brilliant blue light started to concentrate around him and entered him. The energy wasn't very dense due to the lack of mana in the air but it was enough to block out most of Fatom from sight. Mizori entered the cave and was in shock when he saw the symbols on the floor and the floating Blue orb of energy floating in the center. "What the hell did you do to my cave and why the hell are you in that blue thing!" Mizori shouted and stormed up to Fatom but noticed he wasn't reacting he kept on chanting something but he was unable to make since of it. He sighed and walked to the side where he noticed an extension had been carved out and was much smother then the rest of his cave. "I see he must have felt bad for putting me out so this is his thanks." He said and curled up in the new annex and was surprised to notice is was much warmer which felt good against his scales. "Got to love Magic...." Mizori said as he fell asleep he was drained from todays events and from the hunt. The next morning Fatom exited his trance like state and the blue energy waves dispersed. He quickly uncrossed his stiff legs and unclasped his hands. his body snapped with every move he made. " I guess i got a bit into it this time." Fatom said and turned into the extra room to see Mizori Talking to another dragon. Mizori looked over to Fatom and pointed to him, the other dragon then looked at Fatom and walked over. "You must be Fatom the one who seeks the trial of strength." The Crimson red dragon said. "I am " Fatom said and gave a slight bow, the dragon didn't react. "I will be your ride to the temple once there you get three attempts to open the gate by whichever means you wish." The dragon said and leaned down. Fatom hoped on and was flown away to the temple with Mizori right behind. As The escort Landed Fatom jumped off and was in the presence of the Magistrait. Fatom bowed quickly to the ancient dragon as he saw the others do the same. "raise Strength tester and begin your attempts." The elder said and backed away. Fatom rose and walked closer to the doors. Many dragons surrounded him whispering but Fatom just blocked them out and touched the door as the symbols waved more and more. "I see the seal is unstable" Fatom said as the spells framework entered his mind. "By my name Stabilize the spell!" Fatom shouted and slammed his hands against the door which caused the stings of characters to snap taught then converge to the point his hands touched, suddenly there was a blinding white light and a new diagram appeared on the door, it was as elogent as the other spell circle he made in Mizori's home but it seemed like many combined into one circle. This elated a mummer of surprise from the dragons but the elder seemed unimpressed. "That was attempt one two more until this is over." The elder said but Fatom didn't care he was confident he could get it in the next two attempts. "Ok it is the type of seal i expected but so many I need to alter my Stanza" He thought but realized it would take to long he had to find a way to pump more power into the spell. Thats when he figured it out. "Purify This land benith my feet In the Name of the Grand Lords." He shouted as a circle of blue flames appeared at his feet again burning away the darkness. "One attempt left." The elder said but Fatom was in the middle of concentrating to notice. Fatom started to chant in an ancient tounge as bands of blue characters wrapped around his out stretched arm, then red bands followed, and finally green characters joined. The ground below his feet glowed white as it stretched to encompassed the crystal door and the majority of the dragons around him. He continued to chant as the dragons in the circle started to feel there energy drained. Fatom rushed at the door and slammed his palm directly into the center of the seal on the door which glowed a brilliant rainbow color which spread about the whole crystal outside of the temple illuminating the whole town with its glow. Fatom fell to his knees drained of over 98% of his mana. Fatom looked at the door as it started to grind open, a wave of energy came rushing out of the crack in the door catching Fatom completely off guard. The elder seemed to notice the change of energy also but said nothing. "Thats strange the mana levels are rising rapidly, but what kind of material can suppress this much mana." Fatom thought to himself as he felt the energy start flowing into him recharging 20% of his Mana. Slowly he rose to his feet, and turned round to look at the crowd, many of the dragons wore expressions of disbelief while other just stared at Fatom trying to figure out how so much power could come from such a small package. "You pass, you may explore the temple first I will post guards at the gate to make sure your the first one in.' The elder said and started to walk away. "Magistrate is it possible to take an escort with me?" Fatom asked as the elder turned around caught off guard by the question. "Sure if that is what you wish." He said and with that left to go back to his office. "Ok, Mizori lets go I can tell you want to know what lies beyond here like me so here's your chance." Mizori smiled it was true he was always curious of this place but was more curious what this feeling was that was eminateing from the doors it seemed to rejuvenate him. The two entered the temple and the guards closed the door behind them leavening just a crack encase the seal reiniated when closed. "Mizori I have to ask you something." Fatom said when he was sure they where out of earshot of the guards. "What is it Fatom?" He asked kind of surprised not by Fatom talking but rather of the emence power he felt around him. "do you feel the mana in the air?" He asked and stopped walking, quickly turning to face Mizori. "So that is he energy thats in the air, I felt it once the gate opened I thought it was just me." He said and Fatom nodded. "I see my suspicions where correct you have the potential to be a Mage or a Familier." Mizori just stared at Fatom, mages in the orijimo clan where very rare last one born was the Magistrait and that was over 200 years ago. "I doubt that I would have known from birth if I was a mage." He said and continued walking. "Thats true you would have realized it at birth and the others would have also, except this temple was holding the majority of his cities Mana making it unnoticeable to even an arch-sage, so it explanes why the signs where hidden before now. " Fatom said and walked in front of Mizori halting his stride. "let me run a test fast it won't harm you in any way but will prove without a doubt if you posses the capabilities to use the energy you are feeling." Mizori sighed and allowed Fatom to administer the test, to be honest he was curious himself. "Ok get ready" Fatom said as Mizori relaxed. Fatom centered his mind and channeled enough mana into his arm to make it visible. "In the name of the Arch-sage council revile your true powers to me." he said and slammed his palm on Mizori who flinched from the sudden touch. The mana surrounded Mizori going over every part of his body before causing a seal like circle to form in the air above the dragons body. "The sign of the joker.....you do have the potential to be a mage but not the normal kind, you can become a cantrip mage." Fatom said as he read the seal and it vanished. "Cantrip's..... aren't thoughs random magics that no one can control?" Mizori asked remembering the book he read on it once. "Your part right, but lets leave this for later I need to find that key." Fatom said and walked further down the hallway leavening Mizori standing there as the light from Fatom's flame faded away. "Let's see if this temple is built like i believe it is then the key should be two floors lower in the Temples inner sanctum." Fatom said as he looked around at the crystal walls searching for any breaks which would symbolize a way down, but to his surprise there where no breaks man made or from aging. "This place is to well preserved something was wrong." He said and started to look around. Mizori shrugged there seemed to be nothing wrong but then again Fatom had the since. Fatom looked around once more there was no material known to man which could stand up this many years of abuse with no imperfections at all. "Alexandranoa" Mizori said and which cause Fatom to look at him confused."The name of the material this temple is made of it's impervious to just about everything, we have no idea what could have carved this temple nor why it was made in the first place, there is a pile of arms outside of town made of this material we have no use for them and can't destroy them so they just gather dust." Mizori said, Fatom just looked at him in amazement though he seemed young he obviously knew alot about the history of his town. "I could use some of thoughs weapons for my team later but now is not the time I still need to find a way to the lower floors."Fatom said and continued down the hall. "Lets split up then I'll look down a tunnel i saw a bit back there." and with that Mizori and Fatom parted ways temporarily. To be continued..... * * *

Sara: Next time on Summoner girl Sara, We continue into he depth of the unknown, looking for The Cards of channeling Fatom: Your not even in this story Sara...... Matrix: Plus It's not Summoner girl Sara... It's Merciful time wizard Matrix, and we will not continue into the unknown we will go back in time and see how these people use to live before idiot dragons like Mizori took it over... Fatom: Your not in this either Matrix, and I don't think you should have said that last part about Dragons. Sara & Matrix: why not it's the truth? Fatom:*points over shoulder as the towns population rushes after them* *Several screams of agony and fire explosions later* Fatom: now for the true exit, Next time on The rush for the key, Fatom's adventure Part A, what awaits me when I go deeper into the temple?