Yami Shorts

 Yuki They soon walked on and on and on the path of the mountain. They all had to change into their warmer clothes before they walked up the cold mountain. They could have walked around the mountain but they knew that they had lost too much time and needed to cut as many corners as they could and this was the fastest way. Yet it was all empty aside from the sound of the stormy winds. Yet Yukino had to stay close to Cerpheres and Leonardo to keep warm. Chashathrophogh kept her close to him to keep her warm and Bash and Zaryb kept close. She looked at them as they walked on and on and on. Yet the one thing that helped them was Amagasa, who shielded them from the wind. That was when they started to hear singing. They could not make out the words, yet as they walked on and on the atmosphere became colder and colder. Soon the words could be heard and she could tell that it was Anuméganese. Yet, even though it was the voice of a woman, she could not help but feel that the voice was not t...

 Picking Up Strange  Companions  They walked on and on and on. They started to walk through a cherry blossom forest with bark darker than usual, almost black and the petals were paler than average, almost white. Yet as they dropped they made a layer of petals like a carpet on the floor of the forest making it look like it was covered in pink tinted snow.   Strena be Leonardo looked around in awe of the beauty of the forest. Strena had never seen such beauty before as she wanted to dirk it all in. She could not help but feel a tear fall as she felt the appreciation of the beauty penetrate her mind and rest upon her heart like the odd falling petal. She smiled as her jaw dropped. Her mind felt calm as she looked around. She felt a sense of gratitude. Grateful that she could see such a stunning place. Yet as she walked in further, she felt more tears falling. She would have wiped the tears away, afraid that Zaryb would have hit her and told her to pull herself toge...

 Location Of The  East Demon King “This really is a beautiful place.” Leonardo commented. Cerpheres draped himself over him. “You really think so?” “Si!” He chuckled as he pulled back. “You ought to see the Sky Kingdoms one day!” “I'll keep that in mind!” He looked at the river as it started to glow as the waters became disturbed. Fireflies and tiny winged fae flew over the surface like yellow and amber stars. The fae laughed as they started to play with the fireflies. Some looked down at the water then a fish flicked out of the water and two dived at it and carried it away to the shoreline opposite, leading to a camp of fae. The fire was lit up with a fire in the centre. Surrounding the fire were rings and rings of dancing fae. Singing in their native tongue. Suddenly Strena found herself walking too where they were. That was when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked back, snapping out of the trance. She spotted that it was none other than Cerpheres. He gently but fir...

 Rest Strena opened her book and wrote down the adventures of the River Towns over the past couple of months. Then she came to the part where they came up with the plot to thwart Bash’s mother’s plot to marry her off to one of the worst kings of the Sky Kingdoms, King Skipher, by having her marry her Uncle Zaryb once she turned eighteen, which was only two years away, and had freed him from Wolfox. She looked up to her uncle as her hand touched the spot where the Artemis necklace used to be. For a moment, she could feel it’s ghost there. Almost like it was still there. Yet, after stroking her neck, she was able to remind herself that it was long since gone. In fact it had been more than two years since then and she was shocked at how she could still feel it's ghost around her neck. Yet her hand finally dropped once she had finished her journal entry. They soon arrived at Animéga. She felt her jaw drop as she saw the high temples that had floors stacked upon the lower like the floor...

The Town At The Mouth They woke up. Bash looked at Cerpheres as he steered the barge. He looked on for a moment. She remembered the day’s events with nothing but disdain. She thought about the assassin that her very own mother sent. About his mission and what her mother had planned. Even though she knew that had he succeeded, she would be dead, King Skipher could still do something to make sure that she would force that ring on her finger. Then her eyes dropped to Zaryb. She thought about the plan that they agreed upon. She might just end up having to marry him if they had not found another solution. She did not know if she was ready for that. However, if they had not resolved this when she was eighteen then it would not matter. Yet she had to let the thought sink in. She stretched out as the rest stirred. “Gooood mooorniiing sleeeping beauuutieees!”  Bash and Chashathrophogh moaned. “Did you beat her?” “No. As I didn’t fight her, she left.” “Where are we?” “At the mouth. You were ...

 The Town On The Water Part Two: The Plan  When Chashathrophogh woke, everyone was serious. He sat up and looked at them. “What?” “Mother sent him to kill you and take me to King Skipher to marry him.” His eyes widened in horror. “Is she mad? Does she not know who he is?” She shrugged. “I don’t think that she cares.” “Well, what do we do?” “I know. After all, she can’t marry me off if I’m already married.” She pointed out, cringing with her lip curled. Chashathrophogh frowned. “Urm…” “Ohhh! That’s clever!” “But who?” “Well, first it is someone that is someone you trust and who will be the best. Yet I have someone in mind, but I will not be comfortable about forcing him into this or Wolfox remaining in him. Also, I will admit it, I do want to take down King Skipher too.” “Hold on, you don’t mean Uncle Zaryb?” She nodded. “Isn’t he a bit too old?” Here's eyes narrowed. “Well, I did turn seventeen a month ago, which means that I will be eighteen in a year, also King Skipher is fa...

 The Town On The Water Part One: The Attack They came to a town in the water; the lower areas were built with wood and bamboo that looked like huts sitting on the water and scattered like stars. The doc seemed almost beautiful but eerie. Yet as they rowed into the higher areas there were wooden and stone buildings that had their foundations under the water and were connected by arching bridges made of stairs instead of flat roads. The streets were narrow and in-between each building there were stairs that led to the upper levels. “Shui Hé Zhu! Hasn’t changed that much!” Cerpheres commented, combing through his hair back and touching his spider broach with the other. Then his face dropped. “Finally found out what was stolen!” He grumbled. Then he shrugged. “Oh well!” He then closed his eyes and moved his hands out and then the flames of the torches turned different colours. Then fish of many colours sprang out of his hands and flooded the whole river. “How did you do that?” He chuck...

 The Time Of Thieves They rowed on the river for a good month before their food started to run out and they needed more supplies. It was all smooth sailing and they could tell that they had covered a great feat the river and were coming to the middle front and it would not be long until they were leaving the river behind. Yet they could tell that they need a break and stretch their legs. So they came to the nearest town and docked there. The moment that they climbed onto the docks people pulled them all in and done were all up in their faces as a group of girls with bottles of potions. “Here! How about you buy these? The red one helps your lips become red. This one gives you great hair and makes it grow back faster.” Then a woman came to Strena with a bottle of white cream and quickly rubbed it on her scar. “Here! This makes your scars go away!” She slapped her hand away as one of the women dived as Zaryb with the same cream. “Please buy it! It’s only one gold!” “Yeah! I can see th...

 Back On The Water Bash, Chashathrophogh, Strena, Cerpheres, Zaryb and Leonardo all looked at the water. All of them were painting the scenery as Leonardo wanted to teach them how to paint well. Bash noticed, as she painted, there were greyish green rocks ahead. She put her painting down as she looked over to Chashathrophogh. He too saw them, with a shock but a look of a hunter. He took a glance at her and back at the rocks. “All of you, get ready for a fight.” She nodded as she quickly dried her paint along with everyone else. Soon the rest followed her lead. Then Strena dried her, Zaryb’s and Leonardo’s paintings. “We will decide the winner later.” Chashathrophogh said, as he put them away in a wooden box. “Now, we all need to get ready for a fight.” “Alright!” “Oh? And why is that dear?” Chashathrophogh then pointed to the rocks. “Oh.” “Call me ‘dear’ again and I will feed you to them!” “Hold on, they’re crocodiles, aren’t they?” “Yes. Now get ready!” Cerpheres looked at the roc...