Ori and the decayed land

Chapter 2: Meeting Kwolok

Ori slowly opened his eyes only to notice that he was in a new location. He saw the giant tree on the cliff side, but it looked more alive with the light was on the mantle and in the bark of the tree. "Ok so, this is definitely a dream. We haven't found Seir yet and the Spirit willow looks alive for the most part." he thought. Ori soon became confused and worried once again "Again, how do I know the name of the tree?" he spoke out loud.

Ori soon saw two spirits one of them looked like him but without the golden fur, and the other looked feminine and strangely familiar to Ori; she had both long ears and antennae and long fur with a slight yellow tint. She was holding a ball of light while the spirit that looked like Ori was opposite to the feminine spirit. "Ok 1. Is that me? And 2. That spirit looks strangely familiar, do I know her?" Ori spoke in thought before hearing the feminine spirit speak "Ready, Orin?" she asked. Orin would soon nod "Ready, Lora." he replied. Ori felt his head start to hurt again as he put a paw on it "Why is this happening to me? And why is this hurting my head?" he asked himself before hearing the sound of something shattering that Ori somehow knew all too well... As if on instinct, Ori looked at the Spirit willow and saw Seir split into five small blue orbs as Niwen began to fall to the decay.

Ori saw that Orin and Lora looked at each other terrified "W-What's h-happening?!" Orin asked with fear and terror "I don't know! We were never told anything about this happening!" Lora answered with the same terror and fear.

Dark clouds soon covered the sky as all the spirits Ori saw died off one by one until they were all gone...

Ori saw Orin running through the forest before tripping on an uproot and falling down a pit screaming before he suddenly fell quiet as white particles lifted from the pit and flew off to the west where Nibel was located. Ori's surroundings soon faded as he heard what he could assume was the voice of the Spirit willow say something "To the Spirit tree of Nibel. Please take care of Orin as a spirit of your own..." then there was silence.

Ori's eyes shot open as he imminently sat up with a paw on his head in pain "What did I just see or witness for that matter? Whatever it was, it gave me a terrible headache that's for sure." Ori soon spoke before looking around and noticing that he and Sein were in a different area.

It looked like they were in a hut of some sort and on straw made beds "I know for a fact that we didn't end up unconscious here." he spoke once more.

Ori saw that Sein began to move slightly and rushed to her side "Sein. Please tell me you're ok." Ori spoke to her with worry. Sein soon opened her eyes to see Ori's worried state "Of course I'm ok. The light only knocked me unconscious." Sein replied before hugging Ori, to which he returned the hug.

Sein noticed that they were in a hut "Did you bring us here, Ori?" Sein asked "No I didn't. It could be possible that the Moki we saw noticed that we were unconscious and got their friends to help them move us here." Ori replied. 

Sein noticed that Ori was distracted by something again "You seem distracted again, Ori. Is it more of that strange familiarly?" she asked. Ori shook his head "No it's not that. It was something that I saw while I was unconscious, it gave me a terrible headache though. It was like... it wasn't meant to be there." Ori replied while placing his paw back on his head.

Sein became curious about what Ori said yet worried about Ori's headache "Do you want to talk about what you saw?" she asked. "I saw Niwen and Seir on the mantle with her light flowing through the bark of the Spirit willow, the giant tree we saw on the cliff side. Then I saw two spirits one of them looked like me but without the golden fur. He was named Orin which is awfully close to my name. And the other spirit was feminine with long ears and antennae and long fur with a slight yellow tint to it. She was named Lora. Then I heard the sound of something shattering, I looked at the Spirit willow and saw Seir... shatter into five small blue orbs. All the spirits I saw began to die one by one. Then I saw Orin run through the forest only to trip and fall into a pit. He screamed then silence before I saw white particles fly out of the pit and head west. It was then I heard a voice, it said 'To the Spirit tree of Nibel, please take care of Orin as a spirit of your own...' its indicating that Orin was reborn." Ori told Sein everything he saw with Sein having a worried and distressed expression about Seir's condition "Seir shattered! We must hurry before it's too late!" Sein said urgently.