Voice Of Apocalypse

[Banbanban]

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PROLOUGE:
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1000 years ago, before the time of peace, there was a great war that engulfed the entire continent.All the peoples were driven into a bloodthirsty frenzy of murder and destruction.Those people were the converts of the voice of Apocalypse, as he called himself.Apocalypse, was the almigty god of evil.The voice of apocalypse was a very powerful warlock who called himself the handpicked chosen one to bear the power of evil by apocalypse himself.For countless years, chaos reigned over all.Until the Dragons of Ethain, intervened in the war to bring peace.Before The voice of Apocalypse died,he cursed all the humans with an undying hatred for all dragon kind.The dragons were hunted down and slaugtered by the humans.In protection of dragonkind, the dragons of Ethain went into hiding.Even today, the dragons of ethain are still in hiding.

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Story:
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"Do you have the letters master?", Norin asked me. I Nodded to my companion as we walked along the dark path.The forest path ended abruptly at the edge of the forest.We stood at the edge of a cliff overlookign a small town.The lights were all but out in the small town."Master..perhaps i should go there...there is far too much danger for you to-", started Norin.
"Concerns noted Norin....I am aware of the dangers.", I interupted without looking at him."As you should know, I am fully capable of defending myself."
"Yes master", Norin stuttered with a slight bow of his head."Forgive me for doubting you master!"
"As always my Young Apprentice",I stated towards him."And you know how i feel about the bowing Norin!"
"Sorry Master...i forgot...",Norin said glumly.
"anyway we should get going now....he will be there soon.",i said as i started walking down the narrow path off of the cliffside with Norin at my heels.

As we entered the town we drew our cloaks about us in habit.We walked through the small town towards the small inn at the farside of town.

As we neared the inn, I stopped and gestured Norin to take the bundle of letters that i had been carrying.
"I will wait here at the inn Norin.I want you to deliver these letters to the individuals that I need.You know which ones they are.good luck and be careful!",I said with confidence to my companion.
"you would charge me with such an important task master?",Norin said with a surprise.
'Yes Norin, I believe that you can handle the task.",i said calmly."now go and hurry back."
"at once master",and with a slight bow he made his way off.

I made my way into the inn and walked up to the person behind the desk.
"I would like a room for the night", i said quietly to the young man behind the counter.
"yes sir just a moment while i check the vacancies",said the young man with a nod and he walked away.
I watched him go and come back almost immedieately.
"room 3 at the end of the hall, Mr.?",said the young man with a slight question as to my name.
"Draco...", i said quietly."and i wish not to be distrbed by anyone"
The young man nodded in confirmation as i walked off.

I sat down on the old bed in my room and was hoping to myself that Norin could complete his task.I was also wondering whether or not the letters would be clear enough....

the letters read:
Come to the inn located at the town of Dor.
Further details upon arrival.

[Not-Garr]

Gar grumbled, stepping in the inn door, looking down at the letter he held in his hand once more through his glasses, "Well, I'm here...", he looked up, and stepped off to the side, to lean against a wall, "Now what? I don't see anyone out of place...", he sighed, and looked at the cieling, giving the air a sniff, he nodded, "I knew it... So... ...The time has come..?", he gave a smirk, he smelled another dragon here, somewhere...no, the smell was diluted...perhaps just a half-dragon.

[Banbanban]

It was a couple of days that Norin had been gone...Draco was beginning to wonder if he had done well to put such an important task for the young man.
Then something wasn't right about the air in the inn at the moment....it tasted....different.
At that moment he sensed it....another dragon....had his hopes in Norin had diminished he shamed himself for it...
"So Gar has gotten my letter after all....good work Norin!", Draco said to himself quietly.
"There are still others who must come...but he is a start!"

[red.yoshi]

red was trotting down the street with lumiere flying close behind. he had a blue cloak draped over him, and a large walkingstick with a foot long blade attached at the base (in case of fighting.) he had gotten these items from his last adventure with druids, whom, didn't much like fighting.

the fabric of the cloak red had would change colors depending on red's mood. dark blue if red was serious or angry, and white if he was in a better mood. many people didn't notice this, only the druids, red, and lumiere. he would not take the cloak off so not to startle humans since he was not in his country. red has a strange feeling someone was following him. he quickly turned a corner without looking and bumped into a man. red's cloak turned dark navy-blue, then lightened as he saw it was only a mail man. lumiere growled silently as red helped the man up. he handed red a letter. "this is for you." "thank you." red said in broken english, and when he looked up at the man, his hood fell down a tad. red smiled politely, and then forgot about what he looked like. he quickly pulled the hood over his head, but the man was already halfway down the road. red stopped to read the letter. "come to the inn." it said. "theres a town up ahead," red said aloud. the man had droped alot of mail, and red bent over to pick it up. "that town i will hand this mail in." red thought as he started to gather the first few envolopes.

[Not-Garr]

Gar finally sighed, impatient, and walked up to the counter, addressing the young man, "Tell me, who was the last person to check in here?..."

The boy looked up, and shook his head, "I can't tell you sir, it's against policy..."

Gar leaned against the counter, idly sliding three gold coins across the counter, "I beg you to reconsider, just this once," he stared the boy in the eye while stating this, attempting to use his natural influence as a dragon, even in human form.

The boy nodded, and quickly swept up the coins, "His name was a Mr. Draco."

Gar nodded, "I see, that's my friend, can you tell me what room he's in?" he quickly produced another coin as the man opened his mouth to tell him he couldn't say, "It'll be worth your while."

The man eyed the coin, and smirked, "Room number 3. But he specifically stated that he not be bothered."

Gar shrugged, and tossed the coin at the receptionist, striding away, "He'll change his mind..," he stopped in front of Draco's door, smirking, "How insolent can a half-dragon get...?", before knocking firmly on the door four times, "Draco! You have summoned me! Tell me this business, or I will leave and be on my way!"

[Lord of the Dance]

No idea who that guy was... I thought as I ripped open the envelope. I pulled out a letter that merely read, "Come to the inn located at the town of Dor. Further details upon arrival".
"Sounds like fun..." I muttered to myself. "Time to go to Dor."
I packed some lunch meats, gadgets, and fruits in a backpack, grabbed my Tennis racquet, and set out the door, catching a ride on a passing wagon to the slightly far-off city of Dor.
Lucky I live near the path, I thought as I hid in the back of the wagon so as not to let the driver know they had an extra passenger.

[Riffoshi]

I helped Red pick up the letters noticing one that had my name on it...
I picked it up and read it..
"PYRO" It was written in black Roman type lettering. I opened it and read that i must go to an inn at the town of Dor.
I then asked Red "What did your letter say?"
I looked up at Lumiere, after we finished picking up the letters, who was looking at something in the distance but I couldn't see it...

[Banbanban]

Draco heard the voice through the door and thought to himself,"Gar was always impatient about everything."
Draco walked towards the door and opened it slowly.Gar stood there in cloak and hood but he knew it was Gar.
"Ah Gar glad for you to come on such short notice.",Draco said with a slight bow."always were you, the punctual one."

[Not-Garr]

Gar chuckled, and nodded, "Yes, yes indeed, Draco. I've been waiting for this for a long time. Still, why suddenly so urgent? Something's not...happened, has it?", he tilted his head, pushing his hood back, "I understand it may be time, but... ..Something didn't happen to one of the other dragons of Ethain, did it?"

[red.yoshi]

red thanked pyro for helping him. "It said to go to some sort of inn." he replyed. "theres a town not too far off, so i think lumiere and I will check there. how about you're letter?" asked red, swinging his staff in a circle.

[Banbanban]

"actually Gar i have grave news about something of more urgent distress",I said grimly."I have spent the last 5 years searching for the body of the warlord who dubbed himself the voice of apocalypse....putting aside the critacism from the others about how they thought the story was mere myth and fiction....but i have found evidence of the contrary..."
As i looked upon the face of Gar i noticed that he was taken aback by this news."A new warlord has risen and i beleive he presents an even bigger threat that which the dragons of Ethain will not even have the power to stop...",I spoke softly.
I walked across the room and stood next to the window to look out."I sent my apprentice, Norin ,to give letters to a select few, yourself included, who i believe may help me with his new development."If and when they arrive, they will be briefed and will be presented with the same question that i give to you now...."

"will you help me destroy this power for good?"

[Not-Garr]

Gar blinked, listening to Draco, "...I see. Then, of course. There are some of us, who aren't of the dragons of Ethain, who have done just as great things as them, after all. I'll assist you in your quest, if the Voice of Apocolypse truely exists..."

[Riffoshi]

"Mine said the same thing."
I looked back at red who was swinging his staff.
"What are you doing Red?"
I asked watching him.

[red.yoshi]

red withdrew his staff with a tug, as if the air was pulling it, and it glowed a bluish color. "practicing" he mumbled as the color soon turned to green, then dimmed to nothing. "...i'm not so good at magic yet." he sheathed the staff as his cloak turned a darker blue. within a blink, the cloak was a skyblue. "want to come with us to the nearby town?" he asked. the inn wasn't the only thing that was on red's mind. hunger tugged at his stomach, and he could sure use a blade when his magic seemed to fail.

[Riffoshi]

"Sure" I said, "I've got to go anyways to stock up on food and get my claws sharpened."
"If you want i could help teach you some electric and fire elemental magic look."
I pointed towards a tree at the side of the road.
"You can try some wind magic to stop this okay?"
"Lightning!"
As i said this a bolt of lightning hit the tree as it started falling i then said "Fire!"
The tree then bust into falmes as it hit the ground.
"Quickly, to be skilled as a mage you must be quick to your spells!"...

[red.yoshi]

red was shocked! his first reaction was to use a spell tag, but he had to learn to tap into the mana barrier of magic. he qucikly thrust his staff in front of him, and spun it counter clockwise a semi-circle. "vindr!" he shouted, but faltered. a small gust emited from his staff. red felt weak. he needed to practice more with this type of magic. he quickly drew a spell tag from what seemed to be thin air. these special tags didn't use energy from the user, rather, a type of meditation which red was very accustomed to with much practice. however, the spell tag was distroyed after use. this didn't matter much to red since he created the spell tags. he quickly held it up as it burned and crusted in his hand. he rubbed his thumb and his other fingers together to clean them of ash. earth rose, making the tree stop before it hit the ground, but it was still on fire.

there was a true power within red that he could never explain, ever since he was born. an element that couldn't deplete no matter how much he used of it. this was a blessing. the element, water.

red started to levetate, cloak waving furiously. he then held his head to the sky. the cloak turned from the darkest blue, then to a bright white. red didn't smile, however. his eyes and stripes turned blue. his cloak settled. a drop of rain fell. then another. soon it was pouring, and the brushfire, gone. the rain stopped, and the sun shone bright again. red alighted to the ground, lowering his head. his cloak turned dark blue as it once had been. "i shouldn't have used that, there were many other ways possible to diminish the tree. what if next time, i cannot rely on water to save me?" red sat, and hugged himself. he raised his hand, and the earth and the tree resumed there original forms. lumiere flew down to red, and wrapped her tail and head around him. his staff lay a few feet away, alchemy would have to wait another day.

[Banbanban]

(well joo better hurry up cause we are almost accounted for)

[Not-Garr]

Gar snorted, turning his head, "Draco...I sense magic. Stay here, it might be dangerous, and we need you.." and with a quick hand-motion, and a burst of smoke and sparks, he dissapeared, the same cloud of smoke and sparks appearing with a 'poof' right near Red's location, and the young man stepped out of it, staring at the Yoshi, "...Why do you fool with energy that you don't know anything of? It screams of inexperience, almost like a beacon, magic-users aren't too well liked around here... Who are you?"

[red.yoshi]

"i...i was only practicing" red studdered, his cloak turning a red color to signify embarisment. "i was trying to learn how to use a different type of magic, but i guess i found you and the inn now. pyro and I both got letters, why are we needed?"

[Not-Garr]

Gar suddenly narrowed his eyes, grasping at the broadsword at his side, "..I never told you about the Inn, or the letters. How did you know that was what I was speaking of!?", he glared, his other hand glowing slightly, "You'd better answer correctly, or I'll blow your head off with true magic, Yoshi. Tell me your name. And who is this 'Pyro'? And why do you have a wyvern!?"