Hetura's Tale

Chapter 1 - Origin

"I love dragons." I looked up to the sky covering the high area with light bright clouds. How strange are these mountains formed? I thought to myself examining the cylinder shaped summits that were unknown to many. My light body seemed nervous but my mind tells me this'll be worth it, with my well trained physique, I took a heavy breath before going up to the walls of the cylinder shaped mountain. Although this dream of mine could've been false, I still wonder why I choose to climb this mountain, perhaps it's calling me? Or do I just want to prove everyone wrong who doubted my dream of witnessing the dragon god's presence? Rumors say that this god will grant you massive amounts of power that could dominate even other gods of this world. Sadly, this god's fame & popularity died out, as you could say I'm the only who still follows & believes in this god. Ever since these gods have come into this world, more & more believers & worshippers have risen. There are even some stories where gifted humans had potential to become a god themself. The god I follow is a fighter who uses nature's magic & possesses unbreakable armor, they use martial arts that no one knows of but consists of the leg. Apparently, this god has been hiding in these mountains not ever returning back down here, like a banished god. Banished gods are gods with evil intentions & actions, once they are found guilty, they get banished immediately to the underworld. I tend to think of theories of why this god hides, sadly, this god could be dead. If I reach the summits, I'll be able to find out if this god is alive or not. I sighed, scratching my hair frustrated. I wonder why gods aren't interested in this particular one, or do they not know of it? No one has ever reached the top so it's unknown. Just like my family & ancestors, we have no identity. My body was still a little fatigued from coming here, I did travel an unreasonable long distance. I examined myself searching for possible injuries from the foot travel, looking under my feet. Good thing I brought supplies. I looked over to my bag & ate some colorful fruits, it tasted good after the warm up of coming here. I grabbed my bottled water & chugged it, and I was getting ready to climb the mountain. I sat down thinking more before deciding to start. Let's just hope the tale was true. I quickly shot up with my back standing straight up, I looked at the mountain that could easily have been walked around but merely impossible to climb over. The steep wall was frightening.

I took a deep breath & immediately ran to the wall jumping on it. That's when I started climbing, it was easy at first as I smiled for the first few hours. Eventually, I lost time, my body became slightly fatigued as the mountain wall felt like it had no reach. I didn't give up, I kept climbing in hope of seeing the top edge. I finally reached the clouds, I never once took a peek back down. The clouds were big as I climbed through the clouds, I managed to get over the clouds. I was shocked at the sight, beautiful as I saw the other mountains. They were all round & cylindrical. Not only that, each individual cylinder was unique with a small difference with others. Odd colors, different surfaces, & even heights, as some topped over the others. The one I climbed seemed to be the highest. That gave me a click in my mind, maybe the one I chose to climb is the way to my god. How lucky am I? I thought. That excited me as I looked back up, the top was not visible whatsoever, but my mind & body wanted to reach the upper surface of it. I grinned & started climbing at a rapid speed that I didn't know of. This wasn't adrenaline though, whatever it was, it helped me incredibly as I didn't even think of stopping. I took a small break while still hanging onto the wall. How long has it been since I started climbing? The sky turned night as my breaths were heavy. I looked down once more, most of the cylinder-like mountains were unnoticeable, only a few managed to stand with the one I was climbing. I felt unstoppable. I made a big smile again with my sweaty fatigued body. My physical abilities were definitely overused, but if I stopped now, it would either be death or life. Obviously, who would ever want death. My body was used to this, I trained my whole life for this moment. Overdoing myself was the key to reaching the summit of this one very mountain. After about 30 minutes of resting, I raised my head & started climbing again. Days passed & I saw the edge. My body started rushing climbing towards it with adrenaline & excitement. I could not wait to see the possibilities as I was the first human who reached this extraordinary mountain. Few more steps & holding on until I reached the top. Finally, my hand reached the flat surface on top. I grinned with my teeth glistening in the night. I threw my body over breathing heavily, my vision turned blurry with black borders. I looked around & there it was, a humanoid creature who had its back turned. It had white bushy hair, so long as it built up on the floor. It was the only thing I saw when I suddenly blacked out.