Dark+Winter

There were two main problems in this area; 1. there was no light 2. whatever was following me made no sounds...I think every one gets a chill when you know you are going to die, But i never would have known I would die from exhaustion running away from a CoreHog they're usually docile but the blast from the UV cannon must have disturbed it. It is the year 2050 and the under colonies of Lemuria have been rediscovered, I am in a research team exploring the vast caverns of the planet Earths crust. The problem is our team has been seperated as we were running from an Metal Drake, a Beast with a attitude and the power to crush a tank in one weak clench of its jaws. It is only me on this side of the mangled remains of our vehicle... the others, well I hope for the best.

The UV cannon was a side arm, it shines a ray of ultra violet light that can sear through anything however, the fight with the Metal Drake must have over heated it causing the blast that sent me flying through the explosion of the Truck. So now i'm stuck, alone, exhausted. The shrapnel in my arm forcing the crimson liquid to flow freely out of my body. I collapsed.

I awoke in a daze in an unfamiliar haven. the metal floor was soft and oddly warm on my skin. I stood up to find I was out of my uniform and instead in a Light thin garb usually worn by the followers of the ancients. I felt a cold strand along my neck, I grabbed the thin cool chain and examined it. It had a crystal that looked like a it had a down feather inside it.I raised it up to the rooms light source. The light of the room filtered through the various layers of the crystal covering the room in a velvety-blue hue. After a few minutes of examining the crystal I placed the Crystal under the thin garb and ceased bathing in the cooling aura of light it created as i heard a creature approaching. I reached for my Zap-shot which i could not believe wasn't there. The approaching thing reached inside my mind and told me i would not need any of my old equipment. I asked him what he meant but all he said was the crystal is all and nothing I was puzzled by this but he told me the secret was in the stones.

The creature looked human except it's head. It had no mouth, or nose, but its head shape and eyes reminded me of a Nautilus, an ancient squid-like shelled creature. It wore a robe much like my garb, that cut of at about my waist. while i had thin lined trousers, He had a large robe that kept his shelled arms partially visible. the garb fitted much like a poncho but the arms and body were not linked. There was a thin hood that when pulled up made me look like I had an Alterna Wolf 's head. My garb also had several CoreHog quills hanging from the finger tips of the gloves made from Anguis hide. CoreHogs were huge creatures that used to live on the surface of the planet, they were like a mix of a bear and a hedgehog that were the size of a man while on all four legs but the size of two while only on its hind legs. The CoreHogs looked like a mixture of the two and had Quills that were harder than diamonds,unbreakable spines of crystaline Violet bone.

I stepped outside the small metal hut and followed the enigmatic being. He sensed me following him and said "you are intrigued by my being?" He read my mind I stood there amazed "but how can you-" I started to ask he cut me off..." I read your mind to build up a volcabulary that suits your species, yes i have the ability to manipulate the energy around us" It said "You mean you know magic?... And whats this crystal you gave me?" I asked, a sliver of suspicion in my mind "Your species call it magic and that crystal around your neck is, as I call it, a Soul Shard... but you may call it what you like" He told me "uhh...I'll go with velvet down" I said "just realise that the crystal will change depending on its wielder. Also you may learn through the beasts and the land" The Ancient explained "Ok. And I do this how?"I queeried "You must envoke Empathy and you shall absorb the techniques of the creatures"He told me.

"Now place your hands and the crystal on the Magnesia, Gawain"He directed me "What how do you know my... Oh yeah mind reader"I said. I did what he asked and i felt a surge of power pulse through my body. I screamed and was sent soaring through the air. I hit the floor, The girded metal scraping my skin as I slid along its surface. I saw my skin instantly repair. I shouted and stood up, my medium-length brown hair draping over my eyes. "What the hell was that !?" I roared at the Ancient " You felt pain, the Soul Shard sensed it and unlocked your potential. You may now learn the ways of the world and become a new age Lemurian."he replied calmly.