The Bearers Of The Dust Eyes

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It has been 42 days since that day had happened. I still have yet to find them. The others I mean. That's why I'm still sitting hear in front of this fire, looking at the full moon, reminiscing on the past. I was running for what seemed like hours across that desert before I finally made it to this forest. Yet I've spent days just following that instinct saying that I had to go this way. It seems like it would take forever to cross this forest, but for now I lay hear my eyes slightly closing from how tired I had been from walking. I closed my eyes and listened to the sounds of the forest echoing as I let myself drift off to sleep.

I had awoken to the sun drifting through the spots of the trees. I stretched out and yawned my body still waking up. I got up and noticed my fire was still hot so I poured alittle water from my canteen I had to put it out. I had started moving the same direction I had moved before. it seemed like hours before I had reached the top of this hill I had to scale. When I got up I looked out into the vastness and admired it's beauty.

It looked like a Sea of green leaves swaying back and forth from the wind. I focused my eyes and saw a water fall off in the distance. I started to head there but I looked up at the sun. From its position it looked like high noon. I should make it there just before dusk. I made my way there stepping over rocks and branches. Occasionally getting bit by a bug or two.

As I walked I noticed something strange in the air. it was like the sent of a rotting corpse. I couldn't help but let my curiosity take me. I started to walk towards the smell. I had to push some branches aside, some of them slipped my fingers and hit me in the face, but I found that foul oder that I had been smelling. it was the caucus of a King Taijitu, snake like being but a huge one. I inspected the corpse and saw that it had deep claw marks all across it's body. it had been curled up in a spiral and it's head was at the middle. I was curious so I went to the middle climbing on top of the dead King Taijitu. My feet slightly went down cause of the decayed flesh on the corpse. Jeez this is discussing I thought to myself. When I got to the middle and looked down I saw it's nest and nearly all it's eggs were smashed. All but one. I reached down and picked up the last egg gently with both hands as if it were made of glass. It felt cold in my hands but for some reason it felt like it was still alive. I kept getting that feeling that it was still alive in there.

I continued walking still holding the egg. I let my hands get warm by resonating fire but only enough for it to be a safe enough temperature for the egg. What was I thinking, what was I doing? This is a creature of Grimm the very things that corrupted these lands, but I'm saving a little one in a egg. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks.

I was saving this one egg cause it had lost it's mother and it's other family. it was like me. It had no one left but I'll take care of it now.

It was nearly sunset before I had gotten to the water fall. I looked up and saw that it was at least fifty feet high maybe higher.

I got down on one knee am got ready to jump. I felt the symbol resonate from my palm and when I kept I had been propelled in the air. as I felt myself slow down I grabbed onto a rock that was sticking out of the side of the cliff. I suddenly felt the rock move and I saw water spray from behind the rock. The rock fell out and I was sprayed with watering suddenly felt a rumble and my whole body was blasted with water. I was propelled back from the pressure of the water and I lost my grip on the egg. I made a grab at the egg and narrowly caught it. I quickly grabbed my weapon from my back and as I did it built itself into my dual scythe. I tightens my grip around the handle just below the scythe blade and I saw it break into a Chain Scythe. I quickly threw it in the air at the top of the Cliff and felt it latch itself on the edge. I started to swing toward the side of the cliff so I put my feet out and landed safely on the side still holding the egg. I took a moment to catch my breath holding the egg just over my heart. My heart finally settled down as I looked down at the egg and smiles that it was still unharmed. I pulled alittle on the end of the blade I was still holding and I felt myself pulled upward fast as the Scythe had turned itself into a Dual Scythe again. when I reached the top I was thrown upward and landed on the cliff still holding my weapon and the egg.

I got up and felt the blade fold as I put it on my back. I found a pile of dry sticks and ignited them. I laid down next to the fire looking up at the stars with the egg on my heart. I slowly started to drift off to sleep.

I woke up to a movement on my chest. As my eyes opened I looked up. The sun was rising but it had not yet reached above the trees. When I looked down the egg was moving and cracking a little. I got up and held it in my hands. I watched as it slowly started cracking. I started seeing a little head pop out if the cracking egg. It looked like it was having trouble so I gently started pulling off the broken pieces. When I was done there in my hands was a tiny little King Taijitu, but this one was different. It had a small ruby on it's head just in between its eyes.

I studied the little creature for awhile and it look like it was studying me for awhile as well. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a piece of jerky I had in my pocket. I bit it and ripped off a piece with my teeth. I put the jerky back in my pocket and took the other piece I had in my teeth out. I held it up to the little creatures mouth. It studied as the jerky. It moved it's head as if sniffing it which made me have one of thoughts weird "ok" moments and faces. Then suddenly I saw it open it's mouth and I saw little teeth strangely enough. It bit down and left clean bite marks were it bite the piece of jerky. I saw it bite lifting it's head and biting as if trying to bring it to the back of it's mouth. When it's head was fully in the air with it's nose pointing up and it swallowed the jerky. I saw it was looking me in the eye and I was looking it in the eye as well. I slowly moved my right hand to touch the jewel on its head. I notice that it inched itself closer to my hand. When I touched it I felt a strangeness surge through my body. As if I suddenly had a connection to this little creature. I help a small burning in my hand. my hand jolted as I turned it so I can look at my palm. I saw a bright burning mark on my palm. It burned bright Crimson. As it stopped burning I studied it. It was a swirl of a snake. When I looked back at the little creature my eyes widened. the little creatures color had changed. It was white an purple. It had sprouted little horns on its head just behind it's eyes.

"What happened to you," I had said out loud.

"I had seemed to change when I bonded with you," I heard a voice in my head say.

I jumped slightly. I quickly looked around still sitting. "Who said that?"

"I did I'm in your hand." I looked at the creature with a blank face. I opened my mouth to say something but it felt like I had cotton in my mouth.

"How am I hearing you in my head and how do you understand me?" I finally managed to say.

"When you touched my gem you bonded with me. When that happened we shared a mental connection which is why that symbol was etched into your hand."

"That's amazing," I said as I studied the symbol.

"I'm what is known as a Tameketno Taijitu."

"What is your name?" I asked.

"What shall you call me my Vastara?"

"Vastara? What does that mean?"

"It means your my owner."

"Oh. Hmmm." I thought to myself studying her. Then it hit me as I looked at her shining gem on her head.

"What about Serapha?"

"Then my name is Serapha."

I smiled cause now I have a pet. No. Not a pet, but a family member. I have a family again.