The Legend of Trinity (Completed)

Chapter 4

The barrier between The Human Realm and The Heavenly Prisons is a 2 minute trip. You're not supposed to feel anything, if you're not human when you go through the barrier. But when you are Human, I can tell you firsthand, that's it's as painful as a walk through hell. First thing you'll feel is fire cursing through your body. Then, your head will start spinning, very violently. And the last that could possibly happen... you get insane ass flashbacks of things you don't even know that happened. Here's the one I got:

-"We are traitors. We will be murdered, or even worse, soon enough."-

-"But, we need to keep our child safe. How are we going to do that?"-

-"She is in Human Form, she will be safe."-

-"But, why are we traitors, why?"-

-"Because our son has betrayed Trinity."-

-"But, we aren't supposed to pay for that! It's his crime!"-

-"Not anymore."-

-"But why?"-

-"Because he is The Dark Lord."-

-"Darena... Darena... Ms. Matrixlyn."- I hear Shadow speak, still in flight. I fall back onto the right space and time.

-"Yes Shadow?"- I ask, memories still vivid in my head.

-"We passed the barrier. In a few minutes, we will reach The Prisons."- Shadow informs.

-"Thank you." I say, not really making any sense. I glance up to look at the clouds, but almost immediately lower my gaze, because nausea took over my body. Damn, why couldn't anybody tell me about this? Heights cause me nausea, and nobody could bother to tell me, at least a few years ago, when I was doing sky-diving. In the middle of the dive, I began to feel nauseous. When my feet touched the ground, the vomit came out of my mouth, without me being able to control it. The sky-diving guy was panicking around, and then he started to puke. So yeah, pretty gross. I think even the paramedics were going to throw up. But luckily, they didn't. Once the nausea is gone, I glance upward once more, and see The Heavenly Prisons. What a marvelous work of architecture. The pillars seemed to be never ending, always reaching up to the sky. Even the doors leading inside could be endless. "Is the structure never ending, as in height?"- I ask, catching sight of the many guards at The Prison Gates.

-"Not exactly, it does go 900 kilometers higher than where it's standing, but no, it has and end." Shadow replies, probably noticing the same as me. "Do you know a way in that won't get us caught?"- I remain silent as I think. Then I answer:

-"Let's check if we can go through the back, if not, through the roof. Sounds good enough?"- Shadow smirks.  Can birds even do that?

-"Pretty damn good, let's try that."- He flies towards the back of The Prisons, smoothly avoiding The Watch Birds at The Towers. Awhile later, the back of The Prison comes into view. Endless masses of guards stood in every corner.

-"The roof sounds good, doesn't it?"- I sarcastically ask, smirking afterwards.

-"Totally."- Shadow goes higher onto the clouds, disappearing from sight. Once the feeling comes into view, I say:

-"Drop me off here, you go hide somewhere and wait. I'll whistle The Twilight Tune when I'm done."-

-"Alright. Be careful."- Shadow says and I jump. When 5 feet away from the roof, I stand  straight and silently fall. I'm so cool at ninja landing. I spot a loose tile on the roof, a few steps away from my landing spot. I crawl towards the tile and slowly pull it off. When it's completely off, I slip into The Prisons. My landing echoes across the room, but it quickly died away. No guards were around, so I was able to exit the room calmly. The hallway I walked into was a maze, since every single door looked identical to any other one. There has to be a way for me to find the right one. And by the way, they don't have labels, which means that it's up to me to find the right door that leads to 'TheLibrary of the Unknown', the only place where the secrets of Trinity could possibly lie. Also, this is the place where the information about The Dark Lord and his kin is kept, under strict surveillance. So you can already imagine how valuable what I seek is. Heavy footsteps approach. I have to hide, and FAST! It wasn't a good idea to go back to the room I had left, so I decided to locate The Library as soon as possible, though I have two ways to do so. One, the classic, look door thorough door, trying not to make too much of a scandal, risking getting myself caught. Two, The Scented Method. The Library has a distinct smell, the smell of old, forgotten knowledge. Even a Human could easily recognize this scent. There is one slight problem with this method: it only works when you have identified and learned the scent of the place, thing, animal, or person you're searching for, and I have not done such thing. Also, I've got no idea of what exactly carries this scent, but I am sure that it must be a book from The Library that was left out. And I bet that such book is 'The Condemned', the book that contains the names of every traitor known to Trinity. If my knowledge does not fail me, that boom is located in 'The Hall of Betrayal', where the traitors are hanged. The skeletons are preserved, so that the act of betrayal that they had ever committed would haunt them, even in death. Eternal punishment, the worst fate for any traitor in Trinity. The footsteps ame closer. And 'The Hall of Betrayal' isn't exactly so near that I can say. I didn't have much of a choice, so I looked around for an escape route,but only spot an air vent.