Princess Cari Publove Sky Arc Part One

The Floating Island

Cari, Ryo, Scar and Oran all looked up after they all had rested up, knowing that it was time for their next part of their journey to begin.

“So, how are we going to get up there?” asked Scar.

“The unicorns.” Cari replied with certainty.

Scar refrained from bursting out laughing.

“They can fly Mythos Puros.” the Chronicler explained.

“It's Scar”

The Chronicler let out a soft sigh.

“Scar, I know that in your world it would seem to be a preposterous idea, but they really can fly, and they do it quite well. Even better that even the birds.”she explained.

Scar raised her eye brow and nodded, not entirely convinced and shrugged slightly as they took their places and the harness grew on.

“If you say-”

The unicorns galloped and their hooves hit the thin air and they rose higher and higher and they continued to gallop on the thin air.

Well, look at that...They really can fly. She thought with a pleasant surprise.

They were in the air and land was far. Scar's eyes widened as they reached their destination. It was a floating island that seemed to be suspended in the air. And as they rose slightly above it they all marvelled as they all wondered what was keeping it afloat. As they landed on the ground, the island did not even shake! Like it was landing on a normal plot of the ground.

They then got out and looked around them. There was hardly anything that could have indicated that they were on a floating island. If they had not seen the island from beneath they would have noticed nothing. Even though they were at the edge and there was a cave next to them they still could not believe that they were on a floating island!

The Chronicler let them have their moment as she got out one of the books that she had stole from Gajelidor and read about what they would have to do next. She then looked up at the unicorns. Assessing which one should guide them. She came to the conclusion that Yamkuro would be the better pick, even-though he had a history with the cave next to them.

They then looked at her, knowing that now was the time to get serious.

“So where are the towers this time?”

“Well, this time it seems that we have to take down all the dark crystals on or in each island or miniature planet.”

“Right, so where-”

“In that cave over there and it says here that only a unicorn can sense where to go, which is why it says in the margin to remember to kill them all.” she commented.

They looked back at the cave as they heard an unnerving noise that sounded like a groan and a roar at the same time.

“I think that for this one, Yamkuro would be the best. He knows hat cave and if there is any chance that you will be able to get out of hat caves' system it is him.”

“But, you know what happened in that cave do you not?” he asked.

“I have heard but I hardly care, after all none of them have been in that cave as much and as long as you.”

He let out a sigh.

“You are right, and I think that it is time to face whatever lost me my rider.” he said as he detached his harness. “And I think that it is wise that you three get on my back. Oran, I do not think that it would be a good idea for you to come. It is far to dangerous for a child your age. After all my rider, Yukio, he was thrice your age and with all of his power could not survive whatever is in there.”

“Then why do you think you will live now?” she asked.

His eyes glimpsed to Scar.

“I just have a hunch.” he said as he gestured for them to get on his back.

Scar narrowed her eyes as Cari climbed on the back of him, followed by Ryo and then Scar climbed on. He then galloped as fast as they all could handle as they felt themselves getting lower and lower. They soon came to three divisions. Yankuro closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them again. He then galloped to the right and then he jumped high to a chamber above that they did not see. He then turned to the right again and again, they felt like they were dropping. They then spotted a green light and they were heading towards it.

They soon arrived where the light was coming from and there they was a giant emerald. That was glowing with evil. Ryo and Cari looked at it and felt like they should protect it and that they should not harm it. They even wanted to keep it and hide it away. The Chronicler would never know! In fact they could go to her right now and tell her that they had done it and that they wanted to stay here, just to live with this marvellous beauty.

They felt their legs move towards the emerald for their hearts wished above all, to touch the stone and to embrace it. To acknowledge their senses that it was real. They then looked at each-other, knowing that they wanted the same thing and only one of them should have it.

They were about to turn to fight one another until a shadow flew in front of them. Its' appearance was that of a shadow with glowing scarlet eyes.

“What is that!?” exclaimed Scar.

“Watch out! That the shadow that killed my rider!” shouted Yamkuro.

They both looked at him and their minds snapped back into place. Their attention was on the shadow and Ryo drew his scythe and Cari drew her cross bow and loaded it. As soon as she fired, Cari knew that they had to fight without weapons as her arrow went right through the creature! That tipped her off that, to her horror they were going to have to fight this thing with their magic!

“Cari, Ryo, both of you work together and we will work to destroy the crystal!” he ordered.

Cari and Ryo looked at each-other with a slight pane inside but they nodded. Scar looked at the unicorn with a deep frown on her head.

“What can I do?” she asked.

Ryo used his magic to crate a fire ball that hit and then a bright green treacle of blood oozed down the shadow. It looked at the blood and then flicked some of it right at him and then he screamed out in pain as his left arm burned and the right arm split open.

“Acid blood! Its' blood it acid!” he shouted.

“Ryo!”

“No time for that Scar, I need you to put your hand on by back and say unicorn of my horn, give your power to this one. And imagine the horn that went into the potion that made you is in you and imagine that it is on your head.”

Scar frowned for a moment and decided to drop whatever the question was in her mind. She placed her hand on his back and imagined the picture of the horn that the witches showed her as they had told her about the potion. It was scarlet, black and white intertwined in a spiral. She imagined that that, that very horn was on her forehead

“Unicorn of my horn, give your power to this one!” she shouted and she soon felt a slight pane coming from her head and soon a beam of light came from Yamkuro's horn and it blasted at the crystal making it crack.

They soon heard a scream and the shadow creature rushed at the two but Cari with her magic held the creature back. It then spotted this and rushed right at her as her back opened up and she fell out of he pane that it was causing. This saved her life as the creature jumped to strike her down but went over her instead. She looked back in time as it raised a hand to strike her down. She then let out a punch which hit and she spotted that her fist was covered with a magic aura. She looked back at Ryo knowing what had just happened.

That was when they heard another crack. The creature looked back at the crystal, which was now filled with cracks. She took advantage and hit the creature. And when her fist hit he creature it seemed less real, somehow. And that was when the crystal disintegrated and the creature vanished.

“What was that?” Cari asked.

“It seemed to be a creature that was sustained by the crystal.”

“Who do you think made it?”

“There's only one witch hat was ever capable of creating such a creature.” Yamkuro said with his eyes glowing with rage.

“Who?”

“Grasharlo.”