It was only then that a Harnesser with a pure heart fell into a ravine. She tried to look for a way up, but to no avail. Something was hindering her power, so she went to seek the source that was draining her power. What seemed hours was actually days until she finally found a clearing with a giant rock that was glowing. Once she got closer, she started to hear a voice resonating in her mind.
“...wh...who are you…”
“Uh...I should be asking you that…what are you and why are my powers failing”
“...one inquiry at a time young one...for starters I have no idea what I am. I came to this planet from the very beginning and had forgotten who I was long ago. As for powers, it’s being drained. I’m absorbing magic because...”
“Magic?”
“Yes magic...it grows your crops, raise livestock, and gives you your ‘powers’. Magic is so common on this planet that it's everywhere if you see it or not. From what I can tell this planet is gluttoned with the stuff, even when I’m draining the magic I don’t even make a dent!”
“Then why are you draining the magic around you if there is so much of it?”
“I...I...I want to be free...It's been so long since I’ve seen the world above. I do wonder if anything has changed after the ‘Great Magma Rise’.”
“The ‘Great Magma Rise’?”
“Y...yes...it was a time were the sea was rising and so was the land. Eventually neither side won, and the land and sea came to a halt, the planet was in a time of despair. Even in those dark times, hope was blooming into the new world.”
“The archives never spoke of this event. This is some valuable information. Do you mind if you can explain more of these events? I...If you don’t mind that is.”
“Well that's a first, usually creatures nowadays will usually leave when I talk about the ‘Great Magma Rise’. If you really want to, I can explain the other events I’ve been through.”
“Please do…”
Hours pass by and within those hours the Harnesser had grabbed an empty book and started to note all the information that the rock was giving. To the “Beginning”, the “Zero Age”, the “Great Magma Rise”, and the “Migration”. The Harnesser remembers the “Migration” because she was a part of it when she was young; however, she still recorded the event as part of the rock’s perspective. As the rock finished the “Migration” event, the Harnesser was packing her belongings ready to find a way out. As the Harnesser was starting to leave the rock started to speak again.
“W...WAIT...before you leave do you think you can speed up the process of my freedom. That if you don’t mind that is.”
“Why should I release you? How do I know I can trust you? If I do free you what are you going to do?”
“Please young Harnesser. I don’t know if you can trust me. I don’t know what I’ll do when I’m free. Do know this. I promise to grant you the gift of immortality and I also promise that if I’m not good I will not harm a single soul without your permission.”
“If you keep your promise I’ll free you from your stone prison.”
“Then consider my vow kept young one.”
“Please, call me Pix…”
“Pix? Is that short for…”
“Oh...um...Pixrry Shroerra...my full name is Pixrry Shroerra, first in line to the royal Shroerra family.”
“Ahh. So you’re royalty then.”
“Yes. Now you may want to brace yourself rock.”
“You do acknowledge I can’t brace for anything because I can’t move.”
“Oh...then...um...do whatever you do then.”
Strange glowing orbs surrounded Pixrry as she chanted in her native tongue. Her palms started to release a dark smoke that engulfed her arms. When her chant was finished, she released a massive attack toward the rock. As the attack continued, the rock was absorbing all the energy the attack was giving out. Pixrry’s body started to shiver and after the final orb was consumed by the dark smoke and released to the rock, Pixrry fell to the ground in exhaustion, shivering without energy. The rock was correct about the world being overfilled with magic. As quickly as she lost her magic, she quickly regained her powers once more and stood back up, full of energy. As the rock was surging with energy it releases a mighty roar.
“GET DOWN PIXRRY!”
“Where!”
“ANYWHERE!”
Pixrry jumped to the nearest boulder hearing the rock that she gave energy to shatter into many pieces. Pixrry ducked when the pieces ricochet off the walls nearly hitting her in the process. A dark cloud of smoke filled the clearing blocking her vision. The smoke started to form a body and within that moment Pixrry got up to see what the smoke was forming into and what she saw was unusual. The smoke had transformed into a metallic creature. With a grey orb to were the head would be, arms and legs as long as tree trunks, and four red triangles forming a grey X in the middle of it’s chest. Pixrry cautiously crawled, sniffing the metallic creature wondering what it is. The creature made noises unfamiliar to Pixrry.
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