r. d. rider

chapter 3

Hello, Natsuru. You're up early.

This morning when i came to bring him breakfast, he was already making himself some tea. I wanted to ask him if he wanted to come on a mission outside with me, but he got to it first.

You go outside the wall, right?

Well, Natsuru. I-I do, but it's very dangerous, so, unless you have a significant reason, or significant information that we can't go without, you can't come. I'm very sorry, Natsuru.

He got up from the bed and came to get his breakfast as he said, i know where james's little brother is.

What? But i never told you about that.

Your friend came in. Alphonse, I think. he told me about her brother... and I think that I may have seen him. At the tower.

What tower? We've never seen a tower when we go outside.

It's called the tower of heaven. Not many people know about it. My sister was there. I wanted to escape with her, but it failed. Can I come with you outside the walls? I can guide you there.

I'll think about it. I'll ask Al and james too.

Thank you very much. Just one more thing, though. What can I call you?

Call me robin.

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It's the first time we go outside the walls with a kid. Honestly, I don't really approve, but we have no choice. He led us on and on for 3 days with him signing for me and me telling everyone what he was saying. So far, this had been the most calm and peaceful trip outside the walls, not counting the stench of sulfur and the mud that we had to walk through sometimes. Most of the time, however, when we go outside, there's monsters and these strange mutant cats. They resemble tigers, but they have a bright blue mouth and can be up to 3 meters tall. They usually stay peaceful as long as we don't make eye contact, but sometimes, they'll attack. We were about halfway there when he told us that there were a lot of other slaves at the tower and that we should be prepared for the worst. After another day of walking, we could see the tower in the distance. It was made of solid black stone that must have been at least 700 meters tall. Much taller than the keep.

Robin? Are you sure that my sister will still be alive?

Natsuru, I'm sure that she will be okay. We will get her back to the keep ASAP so that she can get proper medical attention when we find her. She could be hurt, though, so be careful.

Thank you.

And I've been meaning to ask, why don't you answer when we talk? Can you not hear or speak?

I... I was never able to speak, but a couple years ago, I also lost the ability to hear. It was after an injury in the mines.

Thank you for telling me.

We walked on until we reached the gates and we tried to get through using alchemy, but that didn't work so we just used ropes to climb over. Once inside, we had to walk over several bridges connecting the floating islands and some airships. When we got closer to the tower, we realized that it was not made of black stone, but black crystals. We saw no way of getting up other than ice magic to make an elevator to the top.

"Hey, Bubblegum! Can you make an ice elevator? To the top of the tower?" I said even though I already knew that she was preparing to do so. This tower actually resembles a tower from this one anime that I watched a while back. drew a circle and added a few extra Wingdings to make sure that it would be stable. She wouldn't be able to go up with us, so we asked Sashimi to stay with her so that she wouldn't get bored and if there was a guard or something, bubblegum could send Sashimi up to warn us.

Natsuru, we are about to start moving upwards at a very fast speed. I'll try to steady you, but you might still fall. Bend your knees and hold the bars. Thank you.

Okay. I'll try.

"Alright, Bubblegum! Send us up!" not 2 seconds after I said that, we shot straight up to the top of the tower and I don't think that I prepped Natsuru enough. The bars kept him standing up, but it knocked the breath right out of him when we started going up. I helped him stand up and balance on the ice but he still stumbled several times. We were traveling up for about an minute before the elevator finally started to slow down. Natsuru clearly didn't enjoy that and wasn't planning on coming down the same way. There was a balcony at the top, and how bubblegum managed to see where the top was, I have no idea. We stepped out onto the crystal floor and saw a giant shadow of magical energy. It was almost like a dragon flying around a glowing ball of red and blue magics.

Robin. That's the power source. It allows everyone to use magic and it controls all of the order and stuff in the world. Even though now there's not all that much order.

So, if we destroy that, then we destroy all of the remaining order left in this realm. Great.

Suddenly, a small girl dressed in rags walked around a pillar and said while signing, "Hello. You are robin, I Presume. And this must be James and Alphonse. And Natsuru. I haven't seen you in a while. How long has it been since you left me here? 5 weeks? Well, even so, I've become stronger. I've become a god!"

"Who are you? How do you know our names?" James said, trying to find all of the safe exits from the tower. She always did that, and for good reason. If for any reason we needed to escape, we could.

Natsuru, who is she?

T-i-t-a-n-i-a

i'm soooo sorry it's soooo short!!! (also some of you may have noticed i used the names of people from fairy tail (titania). i just couldn't think of a better name...)