Chapter Nine: "MESSAGES OF THE DARK"

Esra stumbled over rocks and he ran. His wings were too tired to fly right now, so he ran. Beezu are not good at flying for long, and their tiny feet and skinny legs don’t help either. His eared flicked from side to side, up and down, trying to pick up any noises. To his excitement, he heard something. It was the pretty voice of Flower.

Eager, he ran towards to noise. Four other voices joined in, meaning it should be them. Wait, four? There should only be three others. Anyways, he started seeing them. Oh, it was an Ani. He rushed over, wheezing in exhaustion. “I…I have a m-message for the Z-zofs.” They blinked. “Woah, woah, calm down first. You look like you’ve been running forever!”

“Well, it feels like I have.” He sat down and panted for a while, regaining his strength. “Here.” He pawed a letter over to Flower. Her heat sensors sensed a weird aura too it, as if it was alive. Oddly enough, when she took out the letter, is was written badly on a red leaf. Strange. This creature must have written it without permission in a hurry.

She read the letter out loud. “Dear Zofs, I ask of you to meet me at the Dunes pond bridge, in the very middle. Of course, no need to worry about the water there. Bring no guards, bring no friends. Well, that Ani you could bring, I suppose. Come with Warden’s speed! Love, the writer.” They all stared. “Who is the “writer” and why must it be so mysterious?” SunDrop wondered. “I don’t know. This seems risky, as tricky as an Ibetchi trap one might say. I vote we don’t do it.” Zela said. Ora smirked. “Well, I for one am up to the challenge, besides, a little trick won’t hurt, will it?” Flower looked over at them nervously. “I really feel we shouldn’t do this, and the “paper” throws me off. But, I’m pretty sure we have too. I vote yes.” Flower cringed. “I feel bad about this, but I agree with Flower.” They four wondered. “Well, I’ll be there in case we need any healing done!” GoldenRose piped up. “Ok, fine we’ll all go.” Zela sighed. Off they went. Esra was left behind, though he didn’t mind. He didn’t exactly want to go on that mission. Gladly, he flew back to deliver more messages.

The four creatures came. All they could see was darkness. No creature near, as far as they knew. Flower however could sense the creature’s presence.

“Hello.” A dark, raspy, whispering female voice came out of the darkness. Flower’s heat pits got a sense of where it was, not of its species however. A glowing red slit eye appeared in the dark.

Suddenly, the feeling of nostalgia came over the four. Somehow, they remembered the creature, though they couldn’t put their claws on it. A heavenly appearance came with the feeling, a presence of Visteria. Suddenly, they knew. “I see you have a knowledge of who I am now, don’t you?” The eerie voice shook all creatures to their very claws.

“I only have one thing to say: We are the dark. We see all, but none see us. Find us you will not, but find you we will. I know all, I know dark and light. Pain and love. Yin and Yang. Push, and pull.” And with that, she vanished. Gone without a trace. All creatures were scared now, their eyes wide in awe. Zela looked up. “L-let’s get going now. I have a feeling that won’t be the last of it.”

Skell watched from the distance. Now for him, there were two types of evil. His kind, and the shadow kind like that thing’s. Disturbed, he decided he should help them. More or less, everyone was on their side, unless you were already with that thing. He stepped out and padded over. “Um…hello. I guess I’m here to say that I would like to help you fight the thing? I mean, I don’t like you, but everyone can agree that thing has got to go.” SunDrop considered. “Well, I guess. But, before we trust you, bring us an army. Bring the most elite warriors you can find in your forces. Bring healers, bring warriors, bring any fighting spirit willing to fight this thing.”

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