Chapter 21
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Chapter 21
"Remember...Let me do the talking. The wind king will not take this news lightly." Marshal warned Slipstream and Nightstream, before the guards pushed the massive doors to the citadel throne room. Upon the booming sounds of the door opened the activity to the room ceased. All eyes were on the trio, as barons, dukes, and various other lords of the fief stood among their ruler. "Ah...Marshal. It good to see you my boy." The king greeted him, as marshal approached the throne and bowed to the king. Slip and night mimicked him motion for motion. "My king I am afraid I have terrible news." Marshal Said solumly making the king lose his smile as he became sad. "Did Warfang fall?" he asked in a dark tone. He like the other elemental lords supported warfang, But the various rulers held thoughts the city had fallen, just incase it was true. "No Warfang was attacked yes...but it withstood the assault and drove the attackers away. It was during the attack that the Heir to the king's throne Arrow perished! He fell from an assassin's dagger!" Marshal announced loudly making every one of the lords and ladies present gasp, while the king himself fell back into the throne shocked, and devastated. Nodding the king forced himself to his feet despite his waning health. King Icarus was still a very strong willed and capable leader. With tears of the heart streaming down his face he addressed the room. Spread the word of Arrow's death through out the fief...Let all know a hero, and a son like figure has died." Icarus stated in a booming voice before looking to see the guardian seal on Marchal's neck. "I could not have found a better replacement for Arrow than your self marshal. But you have duties to the guardians..." "my king I am a temporary Guardian. I train Arrows personal protigee's, Nightstream, and Slipstream." Marshal stated over the king's words but that's when everyone noticed the scars on Night's body, "it's him!" "THE BLACK HURRICANE!" Shouted some one, Night stream winced at the moniker the king was giving Nightstream a glare that could have cleaved a mountain in two. "that is not the black hurricane." Iccarus says making the nobility go silent. "These are the sons of Master Juro, and Lady Bella." With those words the room went silent, while Night and Slip froze eyes wide lost in memories of their childhood...or what passed for it. "This no doubt explains why they are extremely powerful. They were born from the Most powerful lord and lady before Malifor attacked." Marshal silently thought. This was all to much for Nightstream, he couldn't take this, his eyes were wide tears leaked out of them before he turned and stormed out Snarling at a lowly Earl that tried to bar his path. Even melody was shuned in his emotional state. "Feel free to stay the evening Marshal, before flying home. We'll send word of a new heir soon...thank you." King Icarus said to his adopted son nuzzling him sad he couldn't have put marshal on the throne, "dine with your mother and me please...we'd love to catch up." Then the king was gone to grieve as Marshal smiled and bowed to the dragon who became his father.
Leagues away in Warfang as dusk was settling shadow exited the room of Shadowheart, as Shadow himself left the room. His wounds weren't fully healed, and it hurt to move. But with his cloak on the young shadow dragon left the hospital, and took flight right over the wall. The act caused the city's alarm bells to sound. But before anyone could locate Shadow again....he was gone. Teza walked into his room to try and cheer him up, only to find a empty room, and a note.
The note read as such, "Dear Teza, there is no easy way to say this. I'm sorry...but I don't belong in Warfang. My heart is shattered with this act...I love you Teza...I do, but i can't live in a city where hate is all I see...this is goodbye."
Teza read the letter four times before she broke down into tears crying her broken heart out, as Ember and a few assistants flew into the room only to see Teza. Ember sighed, dismissing the help as she looked went to comfort Teza.
Shadow continued moving forward following the mental map given to him by that other shadow dragon. What would have taken him years before...not only took him meer hours to find and reach. right as the sun settled, and the moons rising in the night sky. Shadowheart landed before a cliff face the lunar light revealed a hidden cave entrance. "here goes nothing." he muttered and walked into the pitch blackness of the cave.
He followed the cave's path until he could not longer turn back. Seeing the crystals, soul gems, and other various things of the cave shadow was in awe. "this cave is old....older than shadow dragons." he muttered hoping for the best.
But in the deep, dark areas of the world...lived creatures long forgotten. while shadow walked on he heard a long hiss while a long thick tail dangled over head, before it vanished from sight as shadow looked behind him. He was unafraid of this darkness...he could see perfectly. Shadow dragon's live in the darkness and thus they can see in the dark so well. But as he tries to continue on Shadowheart is snatched up off the ground and held before the muzzle of a massive creature. It was a large mix of a lizard, and dragon...and ancient creature that was thought to be dead. Opening it's mouth shadow freaked out lashing out with his element making the creature drop him. Bouncing Shadow heart ran launching a shadow breath at the creature, but it hit a misteryous shield as the creature chased him. Growling shadow was forced to take to the air as he made shade blades along his body. As he does this he finally got a good look at the beast. It was a large lizardman-like creature. it reached for the young dragon, forcing shadow's paw. Diving at the beast he narrowly avoided the hand, and tucked creating a ball of shadow blades. Lacerating it's arm, but all he did was anger the beast, earning him a back fist that broke his ribs, and his wing.
A lizardman's strength was near draconic in level, a fact Shadowheart learned the hard way as he bounced and smashed through twnarrowly avoiding being crushed with a shadow shield. Confused the beast raised his fist to smash it back onto his prey only to find Shadow comet dashing into it. Making the beast stumble back shadow opened his wings, creating several sharp shadows that would stab into the beast's chest. Roaring in pain the beast tried to smash shadow like a bug only wind it's self as shadow heart would try and blast the beast with with a shadow wind but again it smashed into a invisible wall, as if something was nullifying his element. A roar brought him back to see the beast's fist raised to crush him, it was to late to dodge, But the beast was suddenly sent flying with a blast of crimson magic a massive hole in it's chest.
A cloaked figure stood before Shadowheart wielding a would head staff, an Onyx Gem in the wolf's maw, it's eyes green emeralds. But as suddenly as he appeared the figure was gone, "you must live..for you are the hope of my children Shadowheart." A voice said before our young shadow dragon passed out from blood loss and pain.