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Zephyros gasps in shock and looks closely at it before saying, “Wow, you actually got one! Those keys are rare. It’s not like they just fall from the sky.”


“Uhh... right...” The girl sighs before replaying the scene of the key falling from the sky and beaming her in the head in snapshots. “If you want, I’ll let you have it.”

“Seriously?”

“Sure. No big deal.”

“Thanks, but... It wouldn’t be fair if I accepted that. Those keys are extremely rare and it wouldn’t be right if I took it. You must have gone though a lot to find it.”

“Yeah... you just keep thinking that, buddy.” Ariele whispers under her breath.

“You say something?”

“Oh! N-n-nothing! Hahahaha!” The swordsman gives her a confused look, then just smirks and slides his weapon onto his back. “Hey, how about I come with you? I could use the key to get you into the cave, right?”

Zephyros nods and says, “Yeah you could. That would be a great help. Thanks.”

“Alright!” Ariele gives a loud cheer and punches the air before marching off into a random direction. “LET’S GET MOVIN’!”

“Umm... Ariele... The cave’s the other way.”

The determined traveler freezes in mid-march, then quickly turns about-face and continues marching. “I knew that! I was just testing you! Hahahaha! Now come on! Pick up those feet!”

Zephyros snickers under his breath and shakes his head before following her. “Whatever you say...”

And so, our heroine finally sets another goal for herself. Let’s just hope something cute doesn’t scurry by and distract her again.

“Oh! A bunny!"

21-Mar-2013 21:10:15

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Chapter 4: The Cave Of Ordeals

After finally tearing herself away from nature’s most dangerously cute animals, Ariele and her new friend, Zephyros, finally reach a large mountain. The girl’s sapphire eyes travel up the huge rock and stare in awe as it pierces through even the clouds. “Whoa...” Is all she can manage to say.

“Good. It doesn’t look like there are anymore gob knights around. Let’s go.” says the crimson-haired swordsman as he walks closer to the mountain. Ariele blinks, and then gasps once she realizes he is leaving her behind.

They walk around the base of the mountain a short distance before coming to an indent in the structure. To the untrained eye, it would seem like nothing more than an indent, but to Zephyros, it was a door.

He walks towards the rock, then stands before it and rubs his index finger down a crack in the rock almost the size of a human hair. Ariele stares at him for a moment before he beckons her over with a quiet flick of his hand.

“What’s up?” She inquires after walking towards him.

“Hold the key up by the center, here.” He says, giving her some space.

Confused, but curious as ever, Ariele walks to the spot where he had been standing, and then closes her eyes before holding the key up towards the door. The item glows with a golden light and a strange warmth overtakes the girl. She gasps, and stares at the now glowing crack in the rock **ructure.

A rectangle of glowing light widens from the crack, and then rushes forward with great velocity. Ariele gasps in fear of the sudden movement and tries to get away, but the light has already engulfed her. She goes to scream, but her voice fails.

Through the bright and golden light, blotches of darkness begin to form in her line of vision before everything completely fades from existence, leaving her alone and unconscious in a void of dark space; cursing her now floating body to spend the rest of all eternity in this endless vacuum.

23-Mar-2013 18:06:57

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A voice, not sounding like something from the human realm, calls out to the unconscious girl. Her delicately sleeping body stirs slightly, but the voice continues to call out to her. She makes a sound as she begins to gain consciousness, then the voice begins to become recognizable. “Ariele...?” It calls.

“Hmm... I don’t want soup tonight, grandma... Can’t we have pizza?” The girl replies, making Zephyros blink. Finally, her sapphire eyes open and she looks over to him. His face is very close to hers, and she begins to analyze every heavenly feature present on his face. He almost looks like an angel, sent down from the heavens to make all her wildest fantasies come true, and her cheeks begins to redden yet again, almost matching the color of his beautiful eyes.

“You okay?” He questions. His voice is just so calm and inviting, making her feel like she has never felt before.

“Y-yes... I am,” the blushing girl replies before the man smiles at her, making her heart skip a beat.

“Good.” Zephyros stands back up; Ariele’s eyes are glued to his every movement. He extends a gloved hand down to her and she looks at the brown leather with golden outlines, then hesitantly reaches up and takes hold of his hand. He smirks, and helps her to her feet.

“T-thank you.” She says, only getting a smile as an answer. He hasn’t realized it yet, but she is still holding on to his hand and staring into his eyes. It might have been a nice moment and all, but Zephyros still has things to do, so he gently pulls his hand away from hers.

“Come on, let’s go.” He announces before turning away from the girl. Ariele stands there for a moment, trying to figure out what type of feelings had just overtaken her. It isn’t like her to go all ga-ga for boys, then again, all the males back in her hometown were either too young, or just plain creepy. He might have been the first normal man she’s ever met. “You coming?”

23-Mar-2013 18:23:29

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“Oh, right!” Ariele snaps out of her thoughts and shakes her head before running after the crimson-haired swordsman.

After a long, restless walk through the dark and damp cave, the haunted ambiance finally begins to get to the tiring Ariele. Water droplets echo through the cave, adding another layer of fear to the girl’s spine. The wind howls through the thin corridors, almost like the souls of the departed calling out for her to join them.

She looks ahead towards Zephyros and wonders how he can just calmly walk through these caves without a hint of being afraid. A fluttering sound echoes through the cave and a group of bats fly through its dark corridors above Ariele, who shrieks before ducking down and covering her head.

Zephyros turns back to the trembling girl and kneels down beside her. “You okay?” He asks calmly.

Ariele opens a sapphire eye and looks at him. His face is very close to hers yet again. She squeaks and jumps away from him, panting from all the excitement. “Oh, yeah! I’m just fine! No need to worry about me! Fine! Fine! Fine! Hahahaha!”

Zephyros stands back up and looks over towards her. She finally stops laughing and rubs the back of her orange hair in embarrassment; she was just thinking about all the other men she’s been around being so weird, now she’s the one acting weird.

Zephyros smirks before removing his weapon from behind his back and stabbing it into the cave floor. “Maybe we should take a quick break, just to get our heads together.”

“G-good idea.” Ariele retorts before dropping her arms to her sides. She gives a relieved sigh and finds a large rock to sit on. Finally a break. She hasn’t had one of those since she had awoken from her nap on the cave floor.

The rock she sits on is oddly warm, and a lot bluer than most other rocks in the cave. The girl pays no attention to this, that is, until she feels something gently caress her inner thigh beneath her skirt.

23-Mar-2013 18:36:59

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The orange-haired girl shrieks like a banshee and jumps away from the rock; her head now as red as a ripe apple.

“W-w-what the hell was that!” She screams at the top of her lungs while tugging down on her skirt to cover herself. Zephyros, a bit startled by the sudden scream, stares at her for a moment before a voice echoes through the room.

“Mmm... such sensitive skin you have there.” The oddly blue rock says, making Ariele stare blankly at it. It stirs slightly before rolling in place. A pair of large eyes open, and a mouth forms a malicious grin before a large tongue slides out and licks across the rock’s face. “Nice ass too, cutie!”

“H-hey! Just what the hell do you think you’re doing?” Ariele screams furiously at the thing that is supposed to be a rock.

“What? You’re the one that sat on me, wench.” The rock gives a dirty grin, only proving to further enrage the furious Ariele. “Not that I mind or anything.”

“J-just what the hell are you, anyway?” She screams at it, only making it snicker.

“I’m a rock, fool! What do I look like?”

“No you’re not! Rocks don’t talk! Or fondle women for that matter!”

“My lips are movin’ and sound’s comin’ out aint it? That means I’m talkin’, wench!”

Zephyros has absolutely no clue what he is witnessing, so he simply sits there, trying to figure out what the not-rock is supposed to be.

“Bah, you’re really loud, ya know that?” A tentacle-like appendage bulges out from the side of the blue rock’s body and loops around to rub a spot on its head where one’s ear would be. “If you weren’t so damn hot I don’t see how anyone could stand being around you.”

“S-shut up! Just who do you think you are, anyway? You can’t talk to me like that!”

The rock stops rubbing its head and gives a dark grin, then Zephyros’ crimson eyes widen in shock before he yells out, “A Mimic!”

23-Mar-2013 18:48:35

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His fingerless gloved hand grips the hilt of the blade and rips it from the rock, but Mythril blue tentacles crash into his body with blinding speed, smashing him against the cave wall and pinning him there.

“Zephyros!” Ariele screams before a whistle in the air catches her attention. She looks to see yet another tentacle swing straight for her face. The girl leans back as it swings over her, then spins quickly to the side as one whips down towards her.

Dancing out of the way, she jumps backwards when another Mythril appendage whips out towards her. Her white sneakers with orange veins that match her hair slide across the cave floor as she takes a fighter’s stance, looking towards the mimic.

“Ha! You sure are a fast little wench, aren’t you?” It mocks while its tentacles wiggle around its long body. “Ah well. I enjoy a good game of cat and mouse every now and then: makes it more exciting when I finally get you!”

The tentacles blast forward towards the girl and she leans over to the side, her hair gently flowing in the air behind her as she prepares to dash forward. Her right foot launches her body forward with extreme speed and she makes a tight fist while weaving through the forest of Mythril tentacles. She had to take this thing out quickly or else Zephyros would be in trouble.

“Ariele! Look out!” Zephyros shouts. The girl’s senses begin to kick back in, but just a tad too slow. A blue vine-like appendage snakes beneath her legs in her path and trips her.

Ariele gasps as she begins to topple over and prepares to hit the ground, but the appendages swiftly converge on her, wrapping themselves around her arms, legs, and waist before lifting her higher up. “Gotcha!” The mimic cackles while holding its prey above itself.

23-Mar-2013 19:00:06

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Chapter 5: Don't Look At My Underwear!

Ariele struggles to break free of the creature’s grasp, but the tentacles are far too strong for her to maneuver out of. “Let me go!” She screams ferociously. “I don’t like heights!”

“Really now? Interesting...” The creature says before lifting the screaming girl higher towards the cave ceiling. Ariele feels her heart sink into her stomach as she looks down to the floor with terror in her eyes.

“Ariele!” Zephyros shouts while trying to break away from the creature’s appendages himself.

"Shut it, human! If you were a real man than instead of struggling you would be appreciating the view from down here.* The tentacles around the girl’s thighs tighten before further separating her legs.

Ariele’s eyes grow wide and her face reddens before she starts screaming at the top of her lungs. “STOP THAT! LET ME DOWN!”

“No way, wench!” It retorts hungrily. “Like hell am I gonna pass up an opportunity like this! Now, let’s see..." He further separates her legs and the volume of her screams increase. “Ha! White! I knew it! You know what they say about women in white underwear.”

This has to be the absolute worst moment of the young girl’s life. She even begins to wish that this thing would just kill her and get it over with. “Those jugs of your look pretty fun to play with too. I wonder how sensitive those babies are!”

Another set of tentacles raise up towards the girl and she gasps in terror, fearing the creature’s next move. “Hey, human! You enjoying the show over there?”

As the mimic waits for a reply, he realizes he gets nothing but silence. Its long tentacles, which held the knight firmly against the cave wall, felt no fight from the man. Had he given up? “Hey, you awake over there?” It looks towards Zephyros, then stares at the human.

His crimson hair has covered his face; his arching spikes, which curve towards the left, have cast an unbreakable shadow over his eyes as he is held against the wall in an ominous focus.

25-Mar-2013 18:39:18 - Last edited on 29-Jun-2014 03:50:52 by Zfire0100

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His right arm begins to glow an eerie yellow beneath the pitch black sleeves of his undershirt, and the mimic gives a curious stare as it begins to find itself having trouble keeping its hold on the human. “What the...”

“Chaos...” Zephyros mutters to himself in a deathly quiet tone.

“What was that, human? Speak up!”

“Chaos...” He replies a bit louder than before; the ominous yellow light begins to shift into a fiery red.

“Chaos?” The mimic repeats in annoyance, but then surprise fills its eyes when the shadow covering the top portion of Zephyros’ face blasts away, revealing his glowing crimson glare.

“Chaos Release!” The crimson light glowing from his arm pulsates and expands like a barrier, pushing back against the Mythril tentacles and freeing the human.

Following with a mighty stroke of Zephyros’ one hundred and seventy three pound sword, the mimic’s three tentacles are simultaneously hacked in halves.

It screams in pain as purplish blood squirts from the tentacles around the human while he gently drifts to the cave floor. He touches down, and then blasts forward like a cannon, still wielding his sword with a single arm.

As the gap between man and mimic closes, the creature’s eyes widen in terror as it cries its last cry before the silver sword is swiftly pushed through its body.

Zephyros slides to a stop against the rocky floor. The seconds slowly count down until finally, a bright silver light slices through the mimic’s body. The cut explodes with blood and the blue creature hollers out in pain before its body begins to turn a stony gray and harden.

The mimic’s screams are finally silenced as it turns to stone and begins to crumble to dust. Ariele, still suspended high above the floor, has her eyes shut tight while trying to fight back the tears of humiliation burning at her eyes. The crunching sound of the tentacles turning to stone causes her to open her eyes, only to find out that the mimic is no longer trying to harass her.

25-Mar-2013 18:45:24

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The stone tentacles, barely able to support her weight, begin to crack and disintegrate. Her eyes widen as she feels her body lose the support from the tentacles, and finally, they break apart.

Ariele screams out in terror as she plummets to the floor, but a pair of strong arms hook around her trembling body as Zephyros flips above her, catching her.

The two land softly and Ariele grips onto the man’s shirt tightly, still trembling ferociously. “Don’t worry.” He says in a calm voice. “It’s over. I’ve got you.”

Ariele opens her sapphire eyes hesitantly and they look up to their savior. Zephyros smiles before setting her on her feet before him. “Are you okay?” He asks before wiping a single tear from her eye. She nods to him, not knowing what to say.

Had he seen her underwear? Any normal guy would have surely taken a peek, but then again, Zephyros seems too cool for something like that. And besides, there isn’t anything too extraordinary about her, so why would he even want to look. Not that she wanted him to look, but still...

The swordsman smiles at her and pulls his sword out from the cave floor, then swings it around onto his back. “I think that was enough of a break. We should probably keep going.”

Ariele nods again, unconsciously biting at her bottom lip. Zephyros’ smile turns into a smirk and he sets off deeper into the cave with the orange-haired girl following close behind him.

Ariele, as curious as ever, cannot shake the thought of whether Zephyros actually looked or not. It begins to frustrate her, but she can’t figure out why. She stares almost hypnotically at the back of his swaying hair while following behind the swordsman.

~What should I do...?~ She thinks to herself. ~I can’t get it out of my head. Did he look or not? How am I even supposed to ask that?~ She feels her face beginning to heat up and she shakes her head wildly, trying to maintain what little, if any, bit of cool she has left.

25-Mar-2013 18:56:23

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