My Last Hope (Truth Series 4)

1: History of the Were-lions

A/N: Hello and welcome to my story. I have 27 chapters of this prewritten so you won't have to wait long for updates. There will be one more chapter of this uploaded today. After that I will upload one chapter every Wednesday and Saturday.

Third Person POV

A young girl grins wildly as she plays with a boy a few years older than her. The boy runs forward and jumps off the edge of a land mass onto an island of cloud. The girl runs after him trailing behind slightly.

"Jaaaaaaaammmmeeeeeessssss!" The girl calls out. "Wait for me!" The boy ignores her and keeps running.

As they run the scene changes. The random Aether islands of land and clouds turn into the twists and turns of a dungeon. The boy becomes a man and the girl becomes his two friends. The man is a yellow were-lion with a tan patch of fur covering his stomach and chest. His friends are an adventurer with one green eye, one purple eye, and a magic tooth and an ordinary man dressed in a blue slime shirt and jeans.

"Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaash," the man, Double, whines. "Slow down!"

"We're supposed to stick together this time," the adventurer, Chim, adds.

The were-lion, Clash, stops and waits for them to catch up. once they do, he says, "Sorry. I didn't think I was that far ahead."

"It's fine," Chim replies.

"Are you okay, man?" Double asks.

"What do you mean?" Clash questions.

"I don't know. You just seem kind of off today." Double explains.

"Yeah, I've noticed too. Is something wrong, Clash?" Chim asks concerned for his feline friend.

"It's nothing. I'm just a little distracted is all." Clash attempts to quell their concerns.

"Come on man, you should be happy!" Double tells him.

"Easier said than done," the were-lion mutters thinking they won't hear him.

"What do you mean by that!? What's wrong!?" Double demands.

Clash sighs. "On this day, ten years ago, my little sister went missing."

The two humans are dumbfounded. "I'm sorry! I didn't know!"

"It's fine, Double. You didn't know because I never told you."

"What happened?" Chim asks.

"Can we get out of here first? Then I'll tell you." They both agree and the trio turns around heading for the exit to the dungeon. Well, technically, they are heading back out the entrance. A few minutes later they are back on regular Aether soil. As they walk to their home, Clash tells his story. "This isn't the first time I've been to the Aether," he admits. "A long time ago, I lived here with my family and other were-lions. Everything was peaceful. Until one day, Notch made grave mistake and changed it all for the worse."

Double and Chim give him a look that says 'you're in trouble'. Double looks around nervously. "Dude, if Notch heard you-"

"It's quite alright," A voice interrupts him causing the three friends to jump at the man's sudden appearance. They stop in their tracts and face the bearded man. "He is right after all. I made a terrible mistake."

"Is it really you... I mean..." Double stutters unable to voice his thoughts. "Are you really..."

"Notch," Chim finishes for him.

Clash laughs at his two awestruck friends.

"Yes," the man confirms their thoughts. "I am the one known as Notch. I believe the two of you are Ryan Double and Chimney Swift, correct?"