The Dragon's Abode(Compressed)

The Grimoire of Eternal Flames

"Prophecies are concealed beneath the patterns of our well-structured Universe."

The leviathan made his way in man's hearth. Drinking lavishly from their thirst for wealth. He was meant to live an easy life until a wave of new beliefs came, wiping his existence away slowly, gradually. Man suffered and so did he.

"A being of the old cannot face change. They die and stay the same. Perfection is a flaw. If there isn't growth there isn't perfection."

What is the leviathan's sin you ask?
The leviathan's sin is stagnation. Dwelling on the same evil deed since time immemorial cause it to define his existence.

"The Earth cannot forget the event of an eclipse."

When pain passes, it passes like an eclipse. Not everything aligns the right way. Certain things align to leave a scar behind. Scars may not heal but wisdom comes along with them. Embrace the eclipse it shall pass though it cannot be undone.

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"The Grimoire of Eternal Flames... Where do you think we can find it, brother?" The younger of the two asked.

"We've all lost the privilege to get a hold of it. Unless someone wise or pure of heart comes along." The elder brother replied.

The younger brother was unsure of what his elder brother meant.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"That's what I have been told... It might mean... a philosopher." His elder brother replied.

"You see..." He continued. "When the dragon ascended to the heavens... He took along with him all the absolute wisdom that was left on the Earth. The raven-haired mage came for the grimoire when the dragon left. She had felt the obligation to keep it safe. But there was nothing left in the grimoire, it is nothing but a book with blank pages now."

The wind seemed to have calmed itself outside the cave and the rain had stopped. Sunlight peeked from behind the thin veil of clouds. Everything seemed to be at rest but for the chattering of crickets under the summer sky.

The elder brother stood up.

"We need to leave for home now lest we worry our dear aunt." He said holding out a hand to his little brother.

The little brother took his hand.

"But what happened to the grandmother and the girl and the raven-haired mage?" The little brother asked.

"The last that was heard of the raven-haired mage was that she came back for the blank grimoire. Nothing more was heard about her since then." The elder brother replied.

"What about the girl and the dragon?"

"Now that...You might want to hear the ending from our aunt." The elder brother chuckled.

"Did you hear this story from our aunt, brother?"

"Too many questions, little one." The elder brother flicked his younger brother's nose. "But honestly I think it was her that told me when I was way younger than you."

The two walked hand in hand. The younger brother kept the questions coming for his elder brother.

"I wonder if our aunt has ever seen the dragon." He said.

The elder brother sighed in relief for that wasn't another question for him.

"Maybe you can ask her that when we get home. I want to know about it as well." He replied.

The two brothers had long left the place when suddenly something stirred inside the cave. A faint glow of silvery light flew out the cave and followed the two brothers home.

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A.N:

"When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge."~Tuli Kupferberg

Things might have been different but the multiple possibilities are inclusive of multiple dimensions. We don't know which possibility is alloted to which dimension.