Short Stories

Fortune Family Breakdown

The Fortune family burrowed deep into secrecy. Gore Fortune and Constance Damini carried a forbidden love As Constance was Queen of mantra and Gore was an Elite protector of the magalan. The Magala were the oddities of the original 4 races. As far as anyone knew there was no way a Magalan could connect with any of the other races. However in an urgent Mission to protect the united council from a rogue group Gore and Constance were brought together and found themselves in love. This of course was kept hidden. Even more so because Constance contained a deathly power she also kept quiet which could easily be placed on her newfound love if discovered. To their surprise they were able to have a child in which was named Itsune Damini and with this they knew that they could no longer hide their love as all mantra seeds had to be appraised by the grand omen Lydia Akemi and the united council to be deemed safe or hazardous. Itsune passed her exam with only a few worries to her name but she was no major threat. Gore and Constance's reveal was a bit rocky but no major consequence followed. Of course their love was looked down upon. They received bad looks and had a few minor bullies but all quickly learned not to mess with them and their family. Gore ensured at an early stage that Itsune would be able to defend herself. Itsune was already incredibly powerful due to her mix in race and her mothers powerful secret. So her true power was kept a family secret. Around the time of their second child Shadow Damini-Fortune people began to let up a little on their situation. Shadow passed the exam with absolutely no worries at all. That was very helpful to their reputation. People soon began to accept their situation though no one ever adapted to it themselves. At least not openly. Then there came the birth of a third and that is where true misfortune came into play.

[Ceremonial grounds]

Today is a very special day. Today the third child of a once forbidden love would be welcomed into the nation. Lotus, Ari, Oracle, and Archeon of The United council as well as Talus and Akris of the Mantra Council and their advisors Helen and Vanos sit in on the appraisal of the newborn. the grand omen Lydia Akemi stand at the top of the stairwell. Gore and Constance stand just beyond the sacred pedestal eagerly awaiting the appraisal of their seed. Their two children Itsune and Shadow close behind. The grand omen makes her way down the stairs to the pedestal. She smiles from ear to ear as Constance is one of her closest friends and she was overwhelmed with joy by the success of her friends relationship.

Lydia: Please step forward.

Gore kisses Constance on the cheek as she steps forward and places the seed gently down on the pedestal. Lydia holds out her arms and Constance lays her hands within Lydia's. As she peer into Constance's eyes her smile slowly fades. Suddenly Something did not feel right. For once she had no idea what it was.

Constance: Something wrong my dear friend?

Lydia: No, nothing at all. Have you decided upon a name for your seed?

She says feigning a smile as best she could.

Constance: Yes. He is Gyro, Gyro Fortune.

Both she and Constance close their eyes as Lydia delves into her omen. A faint colorless aura cover the two. This aura is applied by the United council in order to give them a perspective on the omen itself. Though no one believes the grand omen would lie it was necessary that the council themselves had an independent idea of the situation. Lydia jerks back as if to be hit by something. She did not open her eyes or release Constance's hands. Constance takes a peak noticing the aura gaining a dark tint to it. Her heart began pounding as of course this symbolized a negative omen.

{Omen}

[Ceremonial grounds]

Gyro stands before the United, Mantra, Mazoku, and Mazyne councils. This was certainly no ordinary meeting. Never have all 4 councils been together at once. The sacred pedestal itself was cracked right down the middle and it appeared that Gyro was responsible for the sword within. It carried a very ominous aura and feel just as he did. As he draws the blade from the pedestal it completely falls apart and turns to dust. The united council were clearly upset. So much so that Oracle, the United Mazoku councilwoman charges out at him. Oracle of all people was very level headed. She'd learned from years of battle and politics to expect the unexpected. She probably carried the highest battle instinct of anyone in the entire universe. Nothing usually brings her out of her average mood unless it was the joy of battle. This however was clear irritation and anger. Though she could not hear anything see could see Gyromouth "My power is all I'll need to end this." Gyro kicks his blade up from the ground as Oracle approaches and kicks it off toward the united council. Oracle steps by it and the others spread to avoid it. Gyro guards as she closes in with a powerful roundhouse. As it hits Gyro's arms shift to a darkened and scaled state. He grabs her leg, pulls her in, and punches completely through her torso. Now holding her core he crushes it in hand and slams her down. The united council stands appalled and enraged by his actions and quickly order the other councils to attack. Everyone except for Talus of the mantra council and his advisor Helen do just that. Few were capable of landing attacks but it seemed only to make Gyro transform further. By the time he was done with them all his entire body was black and scaled. He holds his arm out calling his blade back to him. The moment he takes hold of it, it shifts growing black fur along the back of the blade and three prongs along the blade towards the hilt. The width and length of the blade extend as well. Seeing their most powerful warriors slaughtered by the hands of a mere mantra Lotus, Ari, and Archean of the united council push forth. Archean takes the front line and strikes first losing his arm and his life all in just one fluent move. The prongs take his arm and the blade pierce his core. Lotus then hops over Archean and kicks Gyro in his chest. There a small Lotus sprout. She she quickly follows with five more kicks before jumping back away from Gyro. She then removes a Lotus from her hair and tosses it at him. Once it connects with the others it causes a massive explosion in which Ari condenses enhancing the damages to the small area. To their surprise Gyro was perfectly fine and his blade now glow purple with an intense black energy surging throughout. As Gyro raises his blade a massive dark energy wave shoots forth completely obliterating Lotus. Ari just barely escapes the attack. She charges fourth and tries for a flurry of mixed strikes. Gyro dodges each then slams his knee into her chest. A massive burst of energy surge out behind her as her core was destroyed. Talus then stands. Helen looks back at him and he nods. She then dashes for Gyro who dashes for Talus. He slashes completely through Helen freezing her in place. As he slashes for Talus he knocks the blade from his hand and wraps his hand around Gyro's throat. Once more he could see him speak. "Her life or yours" it seemed. Talus only began to squeeze tighter. "Good choice." He spoke as his sword fades to become an aura. He then thrust his hand through Talus's chest and core. as he does Helen is rendered unconscious being spared by Gyro. He then completely evolves into a large black dragon and consumes all of them. Including the Ceremonial pedestal. That is where the omen ends.