The Beginning of it All

Chapter Three Forbidden revival

Dracin opened his mouth and he roared at the beast before lunging at him. He was fast, too fast. The beast was getting cut open from left and right. It's body convulsing from each blow as more and more blood came out. It started to turn black from the forbidden element. There was no stopping Dracin until the beast was done for. Everybody felt sick to their stomach while watching them fight. It was a one sided battle. The beast fell shaking the earth beneath their feet. There was a long silence. By the end Dracin fell to his knees and turned back to normal before passing out. Ragneer walked over to him and picked him up.

"What in blazing hells was that?" Ehecatl said with a look of terror in his eyes.

"I don't know" Dracin said while coughing up blood

Ragneer looked panicked and relieved at the same time, Remedy and Ashion looked terrified like they have seen a ghost. Dracins hand did not turn back to normal. It was still in its twisted purple and black form. He looked at it and wondered why he was cursed with such a monstrosity. Hydra was really worried about what would happen to him.

"He turned into a forbidden beast in their anamorphic form. They Possess a lot of power so much in fact that they shouldn't be able to even live. There's certain things they can't control such as life, death, chaos, and purity" Ashion said with a low voice.

Dracin wrapped his arm and was slightly scared not for his life but about it. Every moment he has ever had was a strange one. He never knew how to fly until a few years beforehand. His life might as well be a lie in disguise. Dracins breathing became more shallow and his eyes narrowed and his pupils get smaller. He passed out soon after Hydra ran over to him and shook him to make sure he was okay. Xiu came over shortly after and picked him up. He slowly made his way over to the edge of the camp and set him down there. About three maybe five hours have passed before Dracin woke up from his dreamless slumber. His eyes felt heavy and he got up from the trunk of the great grey tree with its leaves whispering his name. The fire where everyone else was at was roaring and swallowing a log of wood after another. Dracin walked over and Ragneer asked how he felt.

"A little tired but it feels like I have been sleeping for a hundred years." Dracin said with his head in his hand.

"More like three to five hours" Ehecatl said with the purpose for a good joke.

Hydra rolls her eyes and looks at Dracin over and over again. Remedy pulls her to the side and begins to ask her questions.

"You like him don't you?" Remedy asks Hydra with a smug look

Hydra gets flustered and responds "N...no it's just.... He looks really good." She bites her lip and looks down.

"Okay" Remedy says and gives a concerned look at her before walking away.

Hydra let go of her breath she was holding in and is now shaking. Dracin had an uneasy feeling like something was coming something sinister. There was a heavy atmosphere thick enough to use a knife to cut it. Xiu had put out the fire mere minutes ago and the air grew cold and lifeless unlike how it normally is. The morning fog began to roll in around midnight this night. But the morning fog only rolled in the winter time or early spring and it was in the middle of summer. The fog was cold and desolate. You could hear the silence deep within the woods. There was a deep growl, It sounded like it was a part of the wind. Dracin listened carefully. The wind was whispering all of their names trying to draw them out with its serpent tongue. Ragneer quickly turned his head fast enough to give anyone whiplash, there was something out there just beyond our sights. Just then a tail covered in what looked like diamonds whipped in and destroyed a trunk of a tree. Everybody jumped back startled. Hydra grabbed her weapon. It came into their view. Its eyes were as blue as the ocean and its breath was pale as the moon was. Dracin scrambled up the nearest tree and Ragneer followed.

"What's wrong Dracin? Are you out of steam? Are you scared you will turn into that thing again?" Ragneer Asked really curious to see what he has to say.

Dracin didn't respond immediately he was hesitant. "I don't know it's just I hear a voice and it's menacing. I am scared about turning into it"

Ragneer nodded and got out of the tree to help defeat the beast. Dracin looked down at his arm and saw it glowed purple and he didn't know what to do with it so he got out some bandages and wrapped it up to conceal it. He breathed in and he got out of the tree to see that they haven't defeated it yet. Their weapons were bouncing off the tough hide of the creature. Dracin grabbed his sword and Hydra stood by him and began to shoot volley after volley of arrows at the beast. Dracin charged in with Xiu and attacked him at the same time. Xius' axe was slow yet it was powerful enough to knock the beast off balance. Dracin took the opportunity to get under the beast and attack him from underneath. That was a mistake. The beast attacked both of them. Their faces were cut open and blood came down their faces in a steady stream. Hydra moved out of the way just before she got hit. Dracin stabbed through the beast but it had no effect on it whatsoever. Xiu cut off its leg and it stumbled and fell onto its back. It was scared. Ragneer noticed it has similarities to a cursed beast.

"Watch out that is not a normal enemy! It is a cursed beast of water!" Ragneer shouted to warn everybody.

Dracins arm started to glow and little particles of black matter flew off of his arm. His thoughts started to wander as they moved in patterns. Left, right, left, right, left, right swaying. They were doing a dance and it was hypnotic. Dracin reached out and touched the particles and they surrounded his body. He didn't scream for he knew what was happening. His jaw stiffened as his face became covered in the purple haze. The haze covered him almost like armor. His eyes glowed in the menacing blood red they have seen before. His tail soon got swarmed by the black particles and they acted like pieces of armor. Guarding his tail like it was the last thing they did. His breath grew raspy and deep. The rest of the particles turned into an armor of pure darkness and a purple mist. The helmet resembled another dragon. But it held a darkness deep within it. It looked almost alive and its eyes lit up all at once resembling those of Dracins blood red eyes. It was menacing. He tilts his head to the side. Xiu steps back confused and worried. Dracin took a step forward and the beast moved back scared and realizing what it has done. It hissed

"I thought you were dead!" It walked back more being more defensive. Before turning around and running away. Dracins armor dissipated and turned into a small stone in his hand.

"That was better than what I expected. I didn't lose control." Dracin said gripping the stone in his hand. "What did it mean by 'I thought you were dead'?"

Dracin looked at Ragneer "Do you know what It meant?"

"No I do not I am as confused as you" Ragneer responded. Ashion and Remedy were talking in the back. Hydra walks up to Dracin

"Are you okay?" She asks him

"Yeah I am. I think I am." Dracin responds.

"Good"

They packed up camp and they started to go to the forbidden realm. Hydra had no idea what was going wrong with Dracin but she was worried it would have been something bad.