Yami Shorts

 The Time Lost Bash woke up. She noticed that they were surrounded by overgrowth. She could feel that her clothes were all tighter. She felt the clothes around her chest were even tighter. She slowly pushed her body up and snapped several vines as she pushed the growth off her. She felt exhausted. Then she looked to the left and the right. She saw the others woke up. They looked at her and the one thing that she noticed was that Strena’s clothes were far too small for her too. She noticed the small curve at the chest. She noticed that Chashathrophogh and Zaryb were the same. Even though she and Strena showed signs of aging, they did not. The first thing that she did was sense where the location of Dark Lord Gajellidor Darcrogh was and he had not moved at all. “How long have we been asleep?” She asked. “Judging by your clothes and how much you have aged, I would say a year at least.” Then Zaryb looked at Strena with a shocked and pale face. “What?” Both girls asked. “That means that...

 The Dream Avatar  Knowing that they did not have any other choice, they walked into a large room. The walls and floor were jet back. They looked up to see that there was no furniture. Then they heard a low growl. They looked behind them to see a gigantic panther with bright amber eyes. It looked at them and licked its lips. “Looks like you found me!” She said with a shrug. “Is that…Is that her dream avatar?” “Yes, yes it is!” “Alright, time to get this over and done with!” Bash summoned her bow and fired at her. She bit into the arrow and charged at her. She dived out of the way. Then Chashathrophogh tried to summon a ball of fire but could not! That Zaryb threw tiny daggers at her. She looked back, jumped up and pounced into him. This knocked him down.  She was about to open her mouth before Strena dug her swords into her. She raised her paw and threw it down. The next moment Strena flew across the room and collided with Chashathrophogh. Then returned to Zaryb. Then Bas...

 The Castle They arrived at the castle and the sun was going down. It was tall with black bricks and scarlet roof tiles. In the centre were a set of purple double doors. At either corner were a set of tall towers. In front was a green cobbled road with dry dead mud at both ends. The castle itself had red and green stained glass windows. “Do we knock?” “Why?” “To be polite!” Chashathrophogh let out a huff as they walked up to the front doors. Yet Bash spotted that Zaryb looked slightly sorrowful. “Are you alright?” “Yeah. It is that knowing the mom that I wake, Wolfox would be there in my head.” Cerpheres placed a hand on his head and pulled him close. “Don’t worry, if he came out I would love to see him in action!” “Get your hands off me!” “Make me!” He then just punched him in the face right there and then. He was about to punch him again until he caught it and licked the blood from the nose. “Goooood booooy! Now, when you wake, keep that attitude. Wolfox will like you more that w...

 The Dream Creatures They all walked away from the village. As they did they all looked at Strena, who was slightly taller than she was. Then to Zaryb, who looked less gloomy. In fact, he looked almost at peace. “So, why are we looking so at easy my dear beauty?” Cerpheres purred, as he draped an arm around him. Zaryb looked down and smiled. “I guess that this is the first time in years that I’ve not had Wolfox whispering in my ears. It is rather peaceful.” “Oh?” “Yes, and when I find something to get that thing out of you, you will enjoy more moments like this.” “But what if there aren’t anything that can do that?” “There is and I will find it.” He let out a bittersweet laugh. “Why do you never give up on me?” He rolled his eyes. “Do I really have to say?” “No. I guess not.” “Uncle Zaryb, once you’re free, what do you want to do?” He looked at her and his eyes narrowed. He looked at the far distance as he thought for a moment. He carried a deep frown as he looked puzzled. “Honestl...

 The Dream People  They walked into a village. The homes were made of stone with uneven glass windows with back doors. The roads were cobbled and there were no pavements. There were many men and women dressed in all black. Their faces were all pale as death with heavy bags underneath their dead eyes. They had no expressionless faces and went about their business like clockwork. They all looked around for anything that they could indicate that there was something off. Bash then walked up to one. “Hello.” “Why are you talking to them?” Asked Cerpheres. “They might have something to say.” He smiled and nodded. “Hello. You are real people, I see.” She said with an emotionless voice. “Yes.” “Then I am to give you this.” She said, giving her a map. “You are to travel to the Dream Castle. That is where her main Dream Avatar is, there it is waiting for you. That is if you can get there.” “And what do you mean by that?” That was when the rest of the village crowded around them. Then th...

 The Temptation  They all came to a cave. They looked left and right and saw that there was no end to the rock face. They looked up to see that there was no end at the top either. They looked at the mouth of the cave, with a sense of anger and dread. “Well? What are you waiting for? Get in there!” Wolfox growled. “But there’s no room for you!” Wolfox roared. “Yes, I know, girl! Clearly, Grasharlo does not want me interfering with this Dreamworld, or doing anything for that matter. So stop dawdling and get a move on!” Cerpheres chuckled. “Don’t like tight spaces, do we?” “Oh, don’t you dare start, boy!” Cerpheres chuckled and looked at him as if he was a cute animal. “Alright!” So the group walked in, leaving Wolfox behind. When they did, the first thing that Bash noticed was that the others had disappeared! The next thing that she noticed was her father standing in front of her in a room. In his arms was her baby brother. Her baby brother that she barely knew, the baby brother...

 Dreamworld  The first thing that Bash saw was the black void that she thought was the sky. She sat up slowly and saw the purple grass that looked like it was glowing. She looked around to see Strena was already awake and curled up. She looked at her wrists and spotted that her cuffs were missing. Then Zaryb appeared next to her to see that his cuff was missing too. Then she noticed Cerpheres and Chashathrophogh were looking at her. Her eyes dropped to his wrist to see that his cuff was missing too! “We’re in a dream, aren’t we?” “It appears so.” “What!” Exclaimed Strena, she curled up tighter as she looked down, timid. “Does she-” Cerpheres and Zaryb looked at each other and chuckled. They both placed a hand on her head and chuckled mischievously. Both had a cheeky look on their faces, which was strange to see on Zaryb’s face. Cerpheres looked strange, his eyes were amber and his hair was not emerald. “I wouldn’t worry about that, my dear.” “We both took care of that.” “How?”...

 Grasharlo’s Spell  Bash looked at Strena as they traveled on. After being the target of so many people’s revenge, she must have been going through so much. She knew that the girl was a good fighter but she still needed motivation and guidance. She remembered what the strange voice had said. “Be a mother to her.” And now, she knew why. So she walked by the girl. “Do you think that you will be alright?” Strena looked down. “I don’t know. Tell me, do you think that I will ever be like Daddy, no, Dad?” “Given the right circumstances, yes. But I’m pretty certain that, here with us, you won’t.” She looked down and nodded. “It’s a bit like me and… Uncle Chashathrophogh. It seems that we are very much alike, to a point we sometimes say things at the same time. So I do have to wonder about that. After all, given the right circumstances, maybe I would have become someone like him .” She nodded, yet Bash knew that this did nothing to comfort her. So she placed an arm around her. Yet sh...

 The Power Of The Blades Strena sat by Cerpheres as he gave her a violin and bow. She placed the violin to her chin. “Not that way!” He sang as he corrected her posture. He then put the bow to the strings. “Now gently stroke the strings. If you do it too hard it’ll sound like you’re abusing a poor, poor cat!” She did but it still sounded like a screaming cat. The rest jumped and looked at them as he chuckled. “I told you to do it gently!” “I did!” She snapped. He chuckled as he wrapped himself around her and took hold of her hand. Then he gently guided it to stroke the strings with the correct gentleness. Soon it sounded something like a monotone tune. “Better. Now, do practice that!” He sang before kissing her cheek and letting go. She looked at the strings and practiced and practiced, even while they were walking, until she finally was able to get the hang of it. Even though she had the urge to put more pressure on the strings she resisted it. She kept this up all day until she g...