Celestial Souls: Shadows of Change [1]

Prologue I

(warning, this chapter is very long compared to my other chapters with a rounded total of 4k words)

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A huge dragon flew through a densely populated civilization located on earth. The dragon breathed a huge cloud of poisonous powder into one of the more diminutive towns, and some civilians that were too late to flee had been struck with the poisonous powder, and as they were, they started to cough violently, until they eventually died since they inhaled way too much of it.

The sky was red mixed with the dark purple, starry sky. The smoke of burning houses and residue from Reiki's poison breath tainted the sky as well.

As bodies fell to the ground, the dragon laughed evilly as the smell of poison and death flowed through the air. They soared above the town and set every building they saw on fire, causing chaos everywhere they went.

The dragon was a slim, white beast with protruding teeth and some green and purple. They had a green, forked tongue that would be fatal for you if you were licked by it. They also had three big horns on their head that were marked with purple and green, and looked like that was where the excess poison was stored.

The small town was a bunch of ancient-styled townhouses with a large tree in the heart of the town near a large cave that led to the portal that transports civilians to The Palace in The Sky, which was the mothership and was as large as the earth itself. It was also where Stella Mundi, the creator of all life, resides alongside her two sisters who created the sun and the moon.

The dragon was about to head off to the next town by flying through the cave until they were stopped by Infernus, the 1st ruler of the Ignis (fire) kingdom. Infernus was a reddish leopard with darker red splotches. The fur on his neck flowed like fire and generated heat. He also had two ram-like horns on his head and large, dragon-like wings.

There was no sound but the soft drip of water a bit away from the two, the slow rumble of the cave, the squeak of bats, and the normal ambiance of the cave. The sharp, hanging stalactites loomed threateningly above them, and below them were even more stalactites, but weren't nearly as dangerous as the ones above them since they were mostly out of the way if either of the two fell.

Infernus's large wingspan blocked the dragon from proceeding any further. The dragon snapped angrily, "Move!!" but Infernus kept blocking them. The dragon vigorously flapped their wings in exasperation.

"That's enough, Reiki. You must stop this nonsense this instant!" Infernus yowled. His claws were sharpened and were ready to slash at any moment.

"I'll ssstop if you move out of my way, that isss," Reiki hissed dryly. Infernus growled. He quickly slashed at Reiki, but just barely missed. Reiki charged up some of their poisonous breath and sprayed it into Infernus's face. The large white dragon then whacked Infernus with its tail onto the ground.

Infernus hit the floor with a loud CRACK. Infernus struggled to get up and was coughing as he was doing so. Reiki shot him a cunning grin as they began to keep flying through the large cave. Reiki suddenly realized that they could kill Infernus, and could finally become a ruler of a kingdom!

Reiki turned back and flew up to one of the deadly-looking stalactites. They peered down and still saw Infernus coughing, and slowly, he started coughing up blood. Reiki chuckled evilly. They shot a medium-sized fireball onto one of the stalactites directly above Infernus and then whacked it with its tail.

A low rumble occurred, and then suddenly, the stalactite began to fall.

Infernus finally stopped coughing and looked up. His jaw dropped as if he saw his death incoming in the next few seconds if he didn't move. Infernus hurriedly got up and attempted to shuffle as much as he could away from the falling stalactite.