FSE

Furry search engine

formerly SoFurry search engine

A story that began as art trade for my good friend Scythe (Kray-Xii/Glynn-Raines). I began to enjoy it so much that I kept on writing :3

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The lowering sun was giving Ethrena forest a peaceful look, the wildlife hurried back to their nests and dens before the sun had completely gone under to leave them vulnerable for the nightlife. Scy, a blue furred dragon iguana sat at the edge of a cliff that had full view of this forest, his markings on his arms and snout started to glow light green as the sun sunk deeper into the horizon.

His tail swept behind him, feeling a claw laid down on his shoulder, noticing it was his lover who stood behind him. The gray scaled dragon naga sat down next to his lover and dear friend, their paws holding while they stared blankly into the horizon. "Darvo...Do you think it's a trap?" Scy spoke, his eyes fixed on the darkening horizon.

Darvo shrugged and shook his head, his long dark blue hair lightly swatting to the side "I really don't know, I wish I could tell" he replied with. The dragon iguana laid his head against Darvo's shoulder, eying up slightly, his scar over his eye prominent visible in the shimmering sunlight.

"I love you, don't even forget that, and sorry I snapped" Scy said softly. This morning he had been yelling to him for taking on a quest without informing the dragon iguana and they both felt bad for their actions, the silence between the two made it clear.

"I'm sorry too" Darvo responded before getting up again, forcing Scy to sit right up, he picked up his sword and aimed the tip towards the now dark horizon. "Tomorrow we will arrive at the target, we kill it and are done with this" he said with confidence before turning around. "You're right" Scy replied while jumping up himself.

Their surroundings started to wake up for night shift, little chitterbugs started to buzz and flamewards flew around in small schools, lighting up the skies. It was a peaceful night, the two warriors were sitting down in front of a small campfire to discuss their upcoming morning.

"There's a small route that leads down the hill and right into the forest, no detour" Darvo spoke while he pulled out a map of the local area. Scy scratched at his chin and pointed at a way point of the map which showed a small river "What about Solomon bridge?" he asked while gazing into the eyes of his friend.

"We can't risk it, it might be still out of service" was Darvo's reply before trailing a small way with his claw "besides, if we take this route, we are able to avoid any large plains where wild beasts roam" he continued and noticed how their campfire started to flicker faintly.

Scy nodded in agreement and got up, stretching out with a small yawn "alright, we get up at sunrise and get this over with" he said before he laid down on a small bed made of leaves. His friend soon joined, laying down close behind him, his head resting against Scy's back.

"Goodnight sweetheart" Darvo spoke softly before nestling himself up. He and his lover Scy had a very close bond, they knew each others boundaries and limits and they never crossed these. They both closed their eyes, yet Scy couldn't manage to fall asleep directly, he focused on the sound of the critters around them.

But slowly he too fell for the sands of time, his consciousness started to drift away in a vivid sleep. Darvo too had a dream, which was noticeable as he twisted and turned around in his sleep, kicking his lover a few times in the back before he turned around just slightly awake. His paw extended over the dragon naga, with a soft yawn while falling back to sleep.

Their sleep was soon disrupted, a loud noise was heard in the distance as if someone was pushing around trees, or rather something. Scy quickly sat right up, Darvo rolled to his side, picking up his blade to slash it forward "Hah, what?!" he said while still half asleep.

They both felt a surge of danger, the critters were silent and the only sound heard were loud, earth shaking noises. Darvo gazed at Scy who had gotten on his knees while eying around, his paw soon fell towards the cliff. Darvo ran towards the cliff while his partner quickly tied his weapons with long red clothed ropes to his arms. He held a long sword in his right paw, a shorter sword in his left one, they were custom made and he couldn't think of fighting without these.

The dragon iguana turned his head towards the cliff to see how Darvo stood there, feet rooted in the ground. "Oh no" he mumbled before rushing towards the cliff, once there he understood why his partner was rooted in place, it wasn't by fear but by surprise.

They could see how trees were pushed aside in the far horizon as a towering stone being that was way too big to be called golem was headed towards the cliff. Every step it did made the earth shake, noise of cracking wood and shredding earth was heard as if nature was crying in pain.

"Scy?" Darvo said softly, his paw gripping his blade tighter while his other paw started to emit light. Scy looked around, his markings lit up slightly brighter while shaking his head "How about no!" he said with actual fear for Darvo's life in his voice.

A loud noise was heard from behind, making Scy turn around to stand eye in eye with an unknown creature. Darvo chuckled as he too noticed the sound "What is it? a Stinger?" he asked teasingly as his sight was focused on the approaching giant.

"No...I don't recognize it" He spoke softly, lowering his stance slightly while he lifted up his long sword. "You don't..." Darvo turned around, it was rare for his partner to not recognize the wildlife around these areas. Once his eyes met their opponent he gasped, quickly wielding his sword as he ran towards it. "Darvo!" Scy yelled out as he followed his lead.

The dragon naga jumped up while aiming for it's head. The creature looked like a pitch black horse, it's mane were like fog and it let out a screeching cry once Darvo's blade pierced through it. Scy followed up , letting go of both blades to tug on the ropes, this made the swords tilt slightly while they flew towards the beast.

It staggered on it's hind legs and screeched once more as Darvo ran closer, pushing his sword into it's stomach. Scy saw how the beast was about to come down, quickly rushing forward to push it on it's side. "What were you thinking! it was about to come down again!" Scy said with a stern voice before flicking the ropes around, making the blades dance around him while cutting open the beast in front of him.

Darvo stood up, and aimed his blade to the stomach "pierce it's stomach and rip him open! NOW!" he ordered his partner who did as he said. Grabbing hold of both swords before plunging both in the rough flesh, ripping the beast open, making the manes disappear like actual fog.

"That was a Hellmare, they're usually seen in the dark caves of Raftvale" Darvo continued, his voice more serious as before. The sound of pained earth was heard louder and louder while the shaking of earth became more fierce.

"We got bigger problems now..." Scy said, feeling a cold wind run down his back, swords held tightly in his paws before turning around. It was a colossus, stories of giant walking towers were told in old taverns, towers who were able to destroy complete cities. These colossal beings brought fort destruction and despair, and so did this one.

"Whoa" Darvo said, who also had turned around to face the colossus. It was breath taking, they were on top of a hill and they nearly reached the stomach section of the colossus, on top a thick stone contraption with two shimmering rocks which looked like a head. Heavy shaking was felt as the duo fell on their knees, staring at the colossus in front before realizing it was about to attack them.

"Quickly!" Scy said before pushing darvo to one side, himself rolling to the other while a stone pillar like arm came crashing down. The earth around it shook and broke open, leaving a crater behind. Scy quickly jumped on it's feet and ran towards the crashed down arm, holding both swords together before making a piercing attack.

The colossus wasn't affected, however, his swords were merely scraping against dead rock. "IT'S EYES!" Darvo yelled before he jumped towards the arm, piercing his sword into a small gap when he felt how the arm got dragged back into position again.

Scy's eyed widened as he saw how his partner hung onto the stone arm while it moved up again, ready to crash down into it's target. "DARVO!" He felt panic rush into him before running towards the edge of the cliff, throwing his long sword towards the stomach of the colossus. It pierced in and got stuck between the stones as the dragon iguana quickly launched his smaller sword upwards.

He saw how the sword got stuck in the elbow of the raising arm, swinging himself upwards while tugging his large sword free from the stomach. He turned himself around in mid air while the long red cloth rope spun upwards, wrapping around the elbow and arm.

Scy had launched himself on top of the colossal arm, holding himself tightly as he saw how Darvo held himself tightly on his sword near the hand. "Here!" Scy yelled before flinging his Sword towards his partner. It flew past him as he nodded, grabbing the red cloth, feeling pulled back in response. Scy quickly grabbed his partner by the arm as he noticed how the arm gathered speed downwards.

He knew the recoil would hit them both if they were to hold on to the arm. Darvo turned his head , seeing how the arm had reached the same height as it's head. "Scy! Look!" He said before readying his sword, Scy shook his head before grabbing his holstered pistol.

The pistol had a red emblem on the side and the end glowed slightly. It was a pistol crafted with Drakkensboadian Calaphyte, a crystal magic that could launch elemental magic through firing off the trigger. Scy held his partner with one paw while the other raise the pistol. He took a breath before holding the trigger, feeling how magic surged through his finger and pistol before he let go. A loud noise was heard while a bursty fireball was launched towards the head of the colossus.

The fireball exploded once it reached one of the glowing rocks, the arm they sat on started to fall down with rapid movement. Scy grunted and jumped off, pulling his partner along while quickly holstering his pistol. In quick movement he tugged at the rope to get his sword, rapidly throwing it into the stone of the falling arm.

He swung backwards, seeing how the ground underneath them came closer within seconds. He then tugged the sword loose again, feeling how they both rolled over the ground, away from the colossus who had crashed his arm back into the earth.

The two were looking at the results, seeing how one hand reached for it's head, the other hand still down against the ground. Scy got up and gazed at Darvo "Never do that again EVER!" he spoke before picking his partner up.

It was a dangerous move, and there was a possibility this could have ended worse if the cloth ropes were weaker. "Sorry..." Darvo replied, shrugging off the dust while seeing how the colossus recovered from the damage.

"What now?" Darvo said, his partner tightening his ropes more before holding both swords again "If this thing reaches the city...' he spoke, shivering in fear at the thought. It would mean destruction of many innocent lives, the fall of a grand city. He knew the guards in their home city wouldn't be able to defeat a thing this big.

"We can't let that happen, I bet it'll weaken once we hit that other target!" Darvo said with confidence, trying to boost Scy's morale up. Scy nodded and huffed out, his markings had lost their bright light. They saw how the colossus raised it's arm again, the earth underneath had been cracked open.

Their eyes widened as the next event occurred, earth like creatures started to climb out of the cracked opening, taking the form of mandragora like beings. They started to run towards the two, Darvo growling and jumping in front of Scy as one of the many creatures threw a spiked root towards them.

With a quick slash of his sword he knew how to cut the root off before it could wrap around them "Scy watch out! Those are Terra-Grimm. They can extend their roots and strangle you once they attached them self onto you" Darvo said as he recognized these enemies.

Scy nodded and followed Darvo who ran towards the crack, extending one paw as he felt how Scy stood behind him, back to back. "Protect me, I have to close this gap" Darvo said, his paw emitting light as his healing powers started to awaken. Multiple roots started to fly towards the two, the little but deadly creatures surrounding them.

Scy knew how to maneuver the robes, throwing both swords towards the surrounding creatures. His arms waving and retracting, as if he was dancing, letting the blades cut through all incoming roots while flying over his lover. It was a dance he had played countless times before.

The earth was being played by magic, the opened crack slowly retracting together, Darvo felt how his magic drained his energy. Scy noticed how his partner weakened with every counting second he used his magic, his blades rushing faster to keep the enemies at bay and cutting through the dangerous roots.

"Can you keep it up? hun?" Scy said with worry in his voice, Darvo shrugging and snarling softly "yeah yeah, just focus on the enemy" he said. Before he could finish his sentence he noticed a growl behind him. Turning his head to notice how Scy's leg was being held by a root, he shook his head and stopped the chanting to ready his sword.

A strong wind blew his way as Scy's eyes widen while being pulled downwards and towards one of the TerraGrimms. Darvo saw the fear in his eyes before quickly turning around, the colossal arm doing a sweep around the battlefield. He was too late to evade, the arm collapsing with the dragon naga.

Scy saw how his lover closed his eyes in pain, the arm sweeping to the edge of the cliff. His eyes filled with fear as small white dots appeared on his iris, his blades started to rush in quick movements, helplessly cutting himself free from the creatures. The colossus turned himself around while lifting his arm again, the dragon naga falling down the cliff.

Scy got up while cutting through the shrieking Terra-Grimm, rushing towards the edge as he saw how the Colossus had focused it's attacks towards a single target now. Darvo opened his eyes slightly as he saw how the colossus became bigger, the distance between himself and his target an impossible feat for him to reach.

Scy's eyes filled with fear, the white dots slowly making his eyes spin around, the white dots becoming a slight blur as he felt how the remaining creatures closed in. "Attacking me is one thing..." He spoke while his short sword shattered.

An emitting aura burst pushed the creatures away from Scy, his markings bright white as white wings formed on his back. He jumped off the cliff, closing his wings to gather speed towards his falling lover. "But no one harms my partner!" He continued as his inner form Xii had unleashed.

His long sword sheathed away while holding both paws out to pull the dragon naga in his embrace, his wings opening again to change altitude. He steered himself to face the colossus, reaching ground to quickly put his partner behind him as the colossus had raised his feet.

The foot quickly lowered, ready to crush the two warriors. Darvo laid motionless, grunting in pain as his eyes had fixated on the white wings of his lover. The dragon iguana had taken form of a protector, his wings blowing strong gusts of wind towards the falling foot, extending both paws to chant a spell.

The feet crashed down, recoiling into a magic barrier Xii had casted, his wings pushing the foot away before he quickly grabbed his sword. His wings pushing him off the ground, letting him fly towards the head of the colossus. Within seconds he had reached the sky high head, his paws running over the blade as it started to glow. His paw quickly aiming downwards as a green light emitted, firing off a light green aura towards Darvo.

Darvo felt how the healing powers of Xii took direct effect, jumping on his feet to see wild life gather around him, hostile wild life. The two were now fighting separate battles, Xii knew his magic powers were limited and started to cut his sword into the stone while evading the protecting hands which were keeping him away from his target.

Darvo inhaled deeply as he stood eye in eye with another Hellmare. Spewing out fire as the hellmare came closer, making it stop it's movements while screeching violently. It was unable to move as red burns were visible over it's body, glowing red and growing in volume. The dragon naga quickly grabbed his sword and ran towards it, slicing off the head while the rest of it's body started to burn away into ash.

He looked up to see Xii fly around to evade punching and sweeping arms, as if he was a pestering fly. He started to focus his paw towards the legs, noticing how the colossus lost it's attention for the dragon naga, too busy to fend off the flying threat.

A glowing aura appeared before he quickly shot it towards the rooted feet, a crushing blow shook the earth around and underneath it's feet, making it lose balance to fall backwards. Darvo got on his knees to get ready for a heavy impact. The earth shook heavily as a roaring sound was heard, the threat had fallen , the arms motionless against the cliff and on the ground.

Xii nodded towards Darvo before rushing downwards, readying his sword while his target neared. He used a fire spell to cut the rope , throwing his long sword into the last target. Screeching and crumbling noises were heard once the sword pushed into the vulnerable target, the dragon iguana rushing towards his partner who just got up again.

The colossus lost form as the rocks started to break loose from each other, a black orb appeared where the chest of the being used to be, pulling in all rocks. "Make yourself small!" Xii said as he flew into his partner, his wings wrapping around both. Before he finished his sentence he felt how the black orb exploded, sending all rocks flying outwards.

Feeling several rocks push into his back, groaning in pain before Darvo placed his paws on Scy's cheeks. A warm feeling engulfed him and the pain disappeared, using his last bit of energy to keep him up. "Almost done..."Darvo spoke softly, feeling the exhaustion of the aftermath.

He fell back on his knees and soon after the rumbling noise of flying rocks dimmed down to complete silence. Xii felt how his energy faded away, wings shattering and his short sword re-appearing in his paw. He turned around to see his thrown longsword stuck in the ground.

Walking towards it to pick it up, seeing how Darvo had gotten up again himself. "That was...Intense" he spoke with a chuckle before looking around. The destruction was far beyond anyone could imagine, fallen trees and rock pieces everywhere. The earth pierced open at places and no wild life to see.

They decided to walk back to the cliff again, supporting each other while climbing the steep stairs of the official road they would've followed if everything went according to plan. As they reached the cliff again they started to move to the edge, the horizon looking pale, destroyed.

Darvo sighed and sat down, exhaustion caught up with him as he closed his eyes, breathing heavily. Scy too decided to sit down as his eyes fell on a small shining object. His paw trailed over it before picking it up. His look became filled with fear once he brought it closer.

"An emblem of...Restoria?" He stopped breathing for a second while gazing in the horizon. Restoria was the capital city, why would this emblem be here? A bad feeling struck him as he got up "Darvo, get up. We must leave back to the city" He spoke with a stern voice. Darvo opened an eye and sighed "Really? Can't we just rest for a bit?"

"No, we cannot"