Unknown Worlds: Misleading Goals

Last time on Unknown Worlds. We had arrived into the hermit kingdom and landed onto the ground before waltzing, and I do mean dancing, our way straight for the castle. When we arrived there we… "Is anyone going to even read the flashback, Neriax?" Someone interrupted me as I turned to Zawar with a smile upon my face, "Yeah. I thought this would be an ex-" "It is not." He frowned afterwards in response to my smile, shifting his eyes to Kesir and Ajiro who were complaining on how their legs hurt from standing for a month or so. Yeah this story was completed in December. The last one was November, so you readers now. Regardless of the side note placed in the story for no apparent reason! Where was I. Oh yes. Where we found Kesir walking in the halls and we followed her towards the hidden room on the third floor. "Do you not mean 'not hidden', Neriax? Anyone could see it if they walked up into the third floor, you know." "Shut up. I am narrating." I blunted to Zawar who grunted and turned his head the other way. I turned again. Will the dragons find out what is going on? Or shall the kingdom fall? Oh! Foreshadowing! Nice.

Find out on Unknown Worlds! Cue Opening! "We do not have the budget for that, Neriax! Plus…" Zawar complained, shocked that I would say 'opening' out of the blue. "This is a written story. Not some animated show that anyone could visually see!" "Oh." I finished before coughing again, waving my claws at the others. "Anyway. Let's get started, shall we?" "Fine." Someone muttered just as the chattered around the single room had dropped significantly into the wells of the silenced.

Opening my mouth, I began to recite the last sentence that I spoke of previously when the episode had ended. ' What were you all doing on the day that the king was murdered?' I looked to them, they stared back in response then looked among one another in the second afterwards. I sighed almost wanting to face plant myself and closed my eyes before shouting at them. "Answer the question!" They turned to me again then one by one they spoke out loud and perhaps in confidence. From right to left: Zawar starts first. "I was patrolling the place down. Looking for the killer on who killed the king." "Er Zawar." Spoke Ajiro shifting her eyes over to him, "Did not the king was dead upon the market place? That was the plot you know." "Market?" Zawar turned to her confused, "I thought it was here." "Quiet." I interrupted their little conversation before they go off the rails and lose the meaning behind this story. Then turned my attention towards the dragon next to Zawar who was Kesir. She was crossing her arms, her eyes narrowed and her wings flapped frustratedly. With her nose spilling out puffs of air, she spoke with her eyes directly to my own. "You know where I was. I was looking for you, Neriax. You saw me first." "That is right." I started confirming it but added another question to her, "But who sent you?" "Zawar." She spoke, pointing to him and he turned to her angrily. "Me? You ran on your own!" I sighed and moved on, never wanting to take care of the confrontation between the two.

Heading right over to Shinron; I shook my head afterwards and took a step to the side looking directly onto the newbie who had just arrived here according to Kesir's note of arrival that she always keep to her side every day. "I heard that!" Kesir shouted to me but I ignored her and spoke. This new dragon was different than the other three that I was used to. She was green scaled dragon; grayish brown wings. If there was ever a color like that. Her tail long thin and sharp and so were her horns which pointed upward towards the ceiling above. I repeated the question to her and she responded with silence. Often times grabbing her arm with her other and shifted her head towards the window to her left. Tilting my head to one side, I asked again realizing her shyness towards others as I saw she dropped her arms and placed them to her sides before speaking directly to me. "I was…" She started. Her voice was soft and small; nearly quiet but able to shatter the total silence around us. With the argument and fighting among Zawar and Kesir with Shinron running towards them trying to separate the two, I nudged her repeating what she said. But she blushed and shifted away. Her mouth opened and she spoke. However an rumble interrupted our conversation and so did the argument and fighting between the other two dragons as they held each other with claws upon their necks.

The castle rumbled and shook. Parts of the ceiling and walls crumbled down revealing the sunlight that shines above us. Blinking for several seconds, regaining my composure before shouting out "What was that!" "I do not know." Shouted Zawar as he held onto Kesir who was screaming, "But we better check it out." "Where was it coming from?" I spoke again, Zawar did not had to explain. Rather he pointed his claw towards the door. I turned following where he was pointing out and nodded mentally before speaking. "Zawar. Shinron. Come on." I started but both dragons already departed and headed straight for the door. Shinron reached it first and grabbed hold onto the knob. He pulled the knob back. But the door would not opened. Trying several times he did, but each attempt resulted the same and the more frustrated he becomes. Before he had another shot, Zawar shoved him out of the way and regained control of the knob. He tilted it to one side and pulled. A click then the door moaned and we all gasped in shocked on who was on the opposing side.

Nothing. Too interested huh? I know. Anyway, we all ran out the door except for the two dragoness who were still screaming behind us. As Zawar and Shinron disappeared and left me upon the door's entrance, I turned and screamed above the roaring crumbled that befell upon all of us; looking into the direction of where the two females were at. They glanced. I looked before shaking my head and motioned them. Making a huge circle with my free arm as the other claw of mine kept hold upon the door that was threatening to closed on me, locking and dooming the girls inside. I keep shouting for them and each time they were relentless. They held each other's bodies; their claws wrapped around the backs as their heads raised towards the ceiling. Still screaming. I grunted and released my claw from the door; running straight for them as the door behind him closed on its own. Locking the three of us in, I leaped towards them. Knocking them onto the ground as a series of parts from the ceiling above us collapse. We were held like this for the duration of the collapsed.

When all was over. I opened my eyes and looked around. The castle was totally damaged. Nothing was left upon it. Getting up onto my feet, I raised my claw upward towards my shoulders dusting off anything that was left in the aftermath. The dusts and pebbles on them were rolled off and fell to the earth where my feet stood upon before I sighed again and shouted, wondering where the survivors were. Quickly, I looked again. A sea of rocks and other things were surrounding me. Often times I could see artifacts and trophies among the pile. But my attention was to the two dragoness that perhaps had survived the fall. I waddled about and kept shouting for any leads. The winds picked up and blew against my scales while I waddled further. It took a while, but I was able to spot a claw that rose up from the sea. I ran towards it. Grabbing the claw and hoisted whoever owned it up; revealing Ajiro. The wind blew again, howling over my ears as I glanced at her wondering if she was alright.

Her body was bruised and damaged. Tips of her scales were clipped off from her and gave off a shining reflection among the sea of rocks. We should change the name of this kingdom to 'sea of shining rocks and dragons' cause that was all I could catch from now on. Shaking my head, I slapped her head several times. She stirred in response and I could see her eyes twitching. Her wins slid among the rough rocks beneath her as I slapped again hoping that she was alright. Despite the voices that I could hear somewhere else, I noticed that Ajiro was starting to wake up. She moaned in pain was the first she done when coming back to life. Then opened her eyes and looked directly at me. I smiled faintly and extended my claw to her which she grabbed it before I pulled her up. Then, I hugged her. I know I know; that was surprising even shocking. I did not know what else I was thinking however. When I parted from her, knowing that she did not response in kind. I looked over to my left; spotting Kesir and Zawar together. Hugging also in response.

"Well we got together." I heard Ajiro responded with a smile before looking to Kesir and Zawar. I nodded but flapped my wings while I had remembered something. Turning back to her, I started "You should go." "What?" She asked as I heard Kesir said the same thing. Repeating what I had said, she narrowed her eyes and shook her head. "No. It is you who should go." "Why me? I am the ma-" "I think whoever had caused the castle to fall was trying to kill all four of us." Kesir interrupted, approaching both me and Ajiro as we turned to her in surprise. "How did you-" Awed Ajiro and Kesir chuckled before pointing to Zawar who waved in response, smiling almost faintly. "We survived. That what counts." He pitched in as the three of us nodded before Ajiro and Kesir turned to me. "Well." Kesir started, "Where shall we go-" Suddenly, someone chuckled rather deep and evil. The four of us turned our attention towards the source of it all finding out that it was not a dragon that was walking towards us; but a fox.

The fox was fully clothed. His body was thin and so were his arms. A belt was found upon his waist. A cloth covered his mouth. His eyes were narrowed and his pupils were sharp like a cat. He walked towards us with a calm evil walk moving closer until he stopped. I stepped back, cautious while keeping my eyes straight onto him. The fox curved his smile upward before vanishing into thin air. I blinked for only a moment, glancing at where he had stood. Then turned my attention towards the others; Ajiro, Kesir and Zawar regrouped. All three were watching me. Upon my return towards them, Zawar suddenly shoved me something upon his closed claws whispering silently to me; "Quickly take this and get out of here." "Wait!" I exclaimed but he silenced me by fisting my mouth with his other claw. It had tasted dirty as if he had not washed his claws for a while… perhaps a year. As tears fell from my eyes clouding my visions from how distasteful it was upon my taste buds; my ears perked and heard what Zawar whispered to me.

"Grab Kesir and high tail out of here. I think I knew who is responsible for this." I just nodded, still thinking about his disgusting mouth. He removed it from my mouth freeing it from its prison as if it was some sort of torture and I was the prisoner of war. Looking around the surroundings between us, he then turned to me threw his claws onto my chest and pushed me again; lighter this time than before which was surprising enough for me. Getting his memo, I shouted for Kesir who turned glancing as we met eye to eye. I motioned to her and she knew what I meant yet she refused the offer insisting on staying here and helping things out on what had happened. But I was not here on playing games at all. I ran to her; gripped my claw onto her arm and led her astray. Away from the ruins of the castle, we ran down the roads farther away from Zawar and Ajiro as I could see the gates before me.

For without warning, I opened my other claw and glanced upon the object in my palm. An ring or artifact. But it could be a ring cause it had that underside gripped. Nevertheless, I threw it on upon my finger and it glowed brightly temporarily blinding me as the light shines enveloping my body then Kesir who began to scream for help. But it was too late for we had disappeared; to where? I am not sure. Let us hope, and you too, that Zawar was right. I never trusted him anyway since the beginning of this series.