No Storm Lasts Forever, a DND inspired story, by Allan Concillado

Chapter Three: The Flying Tower, Part One

     As the party entered the tower, the humongous curtain solidified behind them and the tower rumbled as it gained altitude. The party tripped and felt nauseous, for they never flew before. "I'm going to barf..." Slayer said.

     "Don't you fly?" Ace asked. He was perfectly fine since he flys, but he wasn't used to the rumbling of the tower.

     "Not all dragonborns are gifted with wings jerkwad," Slayer said.

     "My, how the dragons have fallen," Sorvex chuckled.

     "One of us! One of us!" Cyprus drunkily chanted as she rested on the giant's palm. The rumbling finally stopped as the tower finally flew up to its ideal height. The party relaxed their muscles as the tower gently levitated over the earth. Phil quickly got up and went to Zephyr.

     "Why did you help us?" Phil asked. He still didn't trust the cloud giant.

     "I don't have many friends," Zephyr admitted. "I thought we could be friends if I helped you people."

     "So you'll take us to the location that we need to go if we became friends?"

     "Sure, why not." Zephyr grinned. He had this aura of a kind old man who was lovable and kind, but seemed to be a little bit confused and crazy at times. Phil and Zephyr chatted about their adventures, about what they've been through and what they've experienced. After several minutes of chatting, Zephyr and Phil got to know eachother better.

     Sorvex went up to the giant. "Excuse me, but what's up there?" Sorvex pointed up at the ceiling and they looked where he was pointing. There was a huge symmetrical hole in the ceiling. There were no stairs or a ladder, just a hole.

     "Oh, don't go up there. There's monsters and traps and chimeras," Zephyr claimed as he started to float into the second floor. "Well, I have things to do, but I'll get you to your destination in about four days."

     "Four!?" Phil and Sorvex said at the same time. The giant chuckled as he flew up to the second floor. They stared at the hole for a moment and looked at each other.

     "You thinking what I'm thinking?" Sorvex asked Phil. They both smirked.

     They walked up to Ace who at the time was weaving more material together to make clothes, blankets, and toys. "Sup Ace!" Phil said with a smirk on his face.

     Ace looked up and frowned. "I know that face." He sighed. "Okay, what now?"

     Phil explained the plan to Ace as they set up to go up to the second floor and the supposed third floor if there is one. Sorvex got on Ace's back with Phil.

     "Ready buddy?" Phil said and patted Ace's head.

     "I'm not your freaking pet," Ace replied as he pushed his wings and soared up to the second floor. The combined weight of Sorvex and Phil was too much for Ace to bare. "Hey, I'm not gonna make it!" Ace yelled.

     "Eh, don't worry," Sorvex replied as he jumped off of Ace and grabbed the edges of the hole in the ceiling. The momentum of Sorvex jumping off sent Ace and Phil flying to the ground. Ledias turned around just in time to see Phil and Ace sprawled on the ground. They moaned in pain and rolled around, hugging their knees.

     "Hey, are you guys alright?" she asked as she went over to them.

     "Yeah..." Phil answered. He slowly got up, but stumbled until Ledias caught him.

     "What were you guys doing?" She looked up at the hole in the ceiling. "Oh..." She saw Sorvex's legs dangling from the hole's edges as he pulled himself up. She sighed. "Get down from there!"