Prologue - The Dark Skies War (Ver 2.0)

Species align and hearts cross, as the creatures of Drevator live their lives. Each species struggles to get by normally as the future problems and monsters covet the land more than ever. Reptilians, living in the guts of the land, facing mud droughts worse than ever as the rainstorms continue to consume homes, as well as an insane amount of sickness being spread. The Zuku’s who face the beginning of monsters making it through the forest to find their homes, taking the lives of them as they continue to live undefended. The Shadefolk, suffering from the constant daze of their land, do not have enough resources to go around for the rising population. Centipedras face the mass amounts of dessert monsters that destroyed much of their home as they hold on by a thread underground. Crystals, who suffer the dangerous minded people that run free in their no government land, causing trouble for all. Frosts who constantly face harsh winters, despite being used to the cold opposite to everyone else, still perish in the drastic conditions. All species suffer during these times of need, but not all hope is lost. A messenger, made of earth-toned rocks, was sent to each kingdom, offering a chance of cooperation and harmony between the kingdoms. All the monarchs and Council’s would end up accepting this, in hopes for a better life for their people. So now the journey of every kingdom begins to the heart of their continent, to make true peace too everyone.

We first go to the Reptilian quadrant, as they march through the unforgiving mud bestowed upon their travels from the rain over the past few days. The king sits in his chariot on the back, led by Muscals at a steady pace.
“Hmph, god damn rain, screwing up our awesome projects.” Said the king.
The king of the Reptilians went by Hezeros, he was deemed king for his unmatched strength and combative leadership, nothing else was seen as more important as those two factors to Reptilians…nothing. He is as rowdy as he is stupid, and nobody will ever match that kind of tone he gives off.
“Hey, how much distance have we made anyway? Feels like we have been going for hours.” Said Hezeros.
The cartographer pulls out the map bestowed by the earth-toned one. “Based on our current pace, we have made about 1 and half hours of progress, and we have 5 to go.” said the cartographer.
Hezeros let out a big groan of boredom, as he slouched into his seat with his legs perched up on the chariots chain holder.

“Hey so, uhhhh, I’m not super educated on some of these other species.” Hezeros pauses for a minute, then follows up.
“I mean, I am friends with Wurunk, the Zuku king, he’s AWESOME! I remember playing Mace with him for hours. I also heard he has a bat shit crazy son now, heh.” says Hezeros. Hezeros keeps ranting on about his friendship with Wurunk, every Reptilian near him was trying to stay awake.
“Oh yes, one of the guys from the Frost Council is cool too! Weird way of doing things with multiple kings but I cannot be mad, Yulan is badass!” says Hezeros. Hezeros continues to make an endless rant, the other Reptilians around him thought they were going to perish in dust. Hezeros finally finished his entire rant and finally asked his question.
“But I haven’t met any of these other kingdoms personally yet, what are they like?” asks Hezeros.
A Reptilian in an Indigo robe speaks up. “You seriously do not remember what I have told you before we left?.”
Hezeros hears this and gets mad immediately. “Who dares defy the kings orders?” said Hezeros.
The Reptilian in the Indigo robe raises his eye at him, giving an unsettling look, Hezeros sees this and responds appropriately. “Oh, right, my apologies…” whispered Hezeros. “May you please reiterate your knowledge to me?” says Hezeros. The Indigo robed Reptilian scoffs. “Fine, I shall.” Answered the Indigo robed one.

“Our continent is split into a total of six different species called “main line” species, the groups that rose to power while any other small tier species died out or do not make themselves present like the Earthlings. I shall firstly educate you on the Crystals. Crystals are a species with no government and seem to build their community off of trust from one another. I have no idea how they get by this way, but it seems more respect each other’s rules and laws more than those who break them, and that is thanks to their leader figure, Ukara, who built them from the ground up. Next of the ones you do not know about are Centipedras. A species who lives in the desert area and spend every day in their oasis, although as of recent years, it has become more of a battle ground than a resting area. Finally, there are Shadefolk. An advanced species by no doubt, their inventions seem far beyond our current comprehension, but gates too their inner kingdom always remain shut

to outsider species, so I was only able to get this info from their deadlands.” Says The Indigo Robed One.
“Hmph okay, so we got a collapsing society, a collapsing society, and then an advanced society, cool I got it.” Said Hezeros.
“May I please be excused now your highness?” said the Indigo robed Reptilian.
“Yeah yeah, shoo, go to your group.” Said Hezeros.
The Indigo robed Reptilian left the sights of the kings and traveled to his respective group.
“Alright, now I’m even more excited to meet some of these chumps, especially those Shade guys, they sound like they have a lot too share, hahahaha!” said Hezeros.

Next we shift our direction to the Zuku’s, who are preparing for the ultimate peace they have been waiting for their entire lives. Zuku’s have always had to suffer the consequences of pacifism, monsters finding their way into the forest guarded by enchantments killing off dozens of defenseless Zuku’s. They believe with this newfound peace, they will be able to ask for protection so they may keep their peaceful lives, which is why every Zuku is carrying a gift basket on their travels, along with the grand total of about fifty not so well-trained warriors for monster protection and Arrowite, a grand soldier in training.
The king that led this Species was referred to as Wurunk, a male Zuku of ultimate wisdom and critical thinking, along with his powerful staff. Wurunks staff contained the one and only Orb of life, the very thing that allows plants to stay alive and well. Wurunk stares at everyone around him.
He sees Zuku’s joyfully talking to one another and he sees children playing in the distance, it gave him a warm feeling inside, and yet, he could not help to think about his son back at home.
Igor noticed this sad behavior from Wurunk. “Is everything ok your majesty?” said Igor.
“Oh yes yes, I just have a lot on my mind right now…” responded Wurunk.
Igor knows it is about Fern, and so he finds a way to respond to him about it. “Look, your son needed discipline if anything, that kid was a nutcase, he would’ve only gotten worse if you didn’t take action.” Said Igor.

Wurunk put his head down. “But know he is but an empty minded husk, unmoving, the only thing he must be thinking about is breathing in and out.” Wurunk started to cry, he could not bear reliving that moment.
Igor just realized he made it worse, so he thinks again.
“Sometimes, you hurt the ones you love, and it never feels good.” Started Igor.
“But in the end, everything can turn out all right, I’m sure with enough medicinal practice, Fern will be at it again in no time, he is still very young.” Igor continued.
“When he finally is cured, you will think about those moments you could’ve had that you will never get back, that is when you will make it up too him, and in the end, Fern will see what you were really trying to do.” Finished Igor.
Wurunk looked up again, not crying anymore, but still in a slightly sad mood. “That is if we even have that future Igor…” said Wurunk.
“Who knows what could happen at this meeting, we could perish as a species, we have no defense and based on traveler reports of Shadefolk, they are hiding something, something I sense isn’t good.” Continued Wurunk.
Igor too felt this way for a very long time; it took him all in his power to prevent himself from saying: I told you so. “That is definitely a positive thing to be worried about your highness, and I am glad you finally see that, but we should still look at both perspectives equally, maybe when your perspective succeeds and we return unscathed, we can upgrade our defense prog-“.
Wurunk paused him. “You know we cannot do that Igor; you KNOW that… We must always stay true to our ancestors of peacemakers, always…” Said Wurunk.
Igor was now frowning as well, he looked ahead of the chariot and stopped talking to Wurunk, it would continue to be a quiet ride for the rest of their trip, with Zuku’s chanting peaceful song verses and carrying the gift baskets they care for deeply.

The Shadefolk kingdom, dim as ever, a purple haze turns the skies color from blue to a light shade of purple. The land around them, dead as the night. Just as they were about to head out, a general gives his chants to his thousands of soldiers in front of him.
“DO WE LET UP AT OUR WEAKEST?!” Screamed the general.
“SIR NO SIR!” screamed the soldiers back.

“DO WE LET OTHER SPECIES DICTATE OUR CULTURE?!.”
“SIR NO SIR!.”
“IF WE MUST FIGHT, WILL YOU FIGHT UNTIL YOUR, LAST, BREATH?!”
“SIR YES SIR.”
The soldiers erupted into cheers all around, as deep trombones played their tunes, followed by the banging of drums. Out of the balcony of the tallest building in the kingdom stood their prestigious king of advancement: Yaozen. A squire quickly rushed up to the balcony spot that Yaozen was located.
“Sir, sir ,SIR, we have troop rally percents up in the ninety’s, this is amazing, you truly are the best your highness.” Squealed the squire.
The trombones and drums kept playing in the distance and Yaozen stood silently, looking at soldiers doing formations to the beat.
“S-sir? Did you hear me?” asked the squire.
Yaozen carefully studied the rally, looking from soldiers to instruments, having about ten different things on his mind at once.
“Tell me, squire, what makes life worth living?” asked Yaozen.
The squire started to sweat, it felt as if the balcony around him was getting denser by the second. “U-uhm gee I do not know sire…. Uhh hehehe…” uttered the squire.
The squire mumbled off into disappointment, not knowing the answer to Yaozen’s question. Yaozen turns around, the sword glowing a dangerous purple color that is pouring out of a stone embedded in the center of his sword.
“Life is worth living because we are free, we are a kingdom with rights and prosperity.” Said Yaozen.
Yaozen started closing in on the squire.
“Now tell me… what do you think will happen when we set these truces in place with the other species on this dangerous land?” said Yaozen, who was right in the face of the squire.
The squire was close to fainting, it seemed as if his pants got a little wet too.
“W-we will finally have peace and h-harmony?.” Muttered the squire.

Yaozen raised his sword and slashed it, the squire yelped and closed his eyes. Moments later, the squire opens his eyes to see he is unscathed, but the sword was about an inch away from killing him, then Yaozen proceeds to tell him. “If we go through with these truths, we will no longer be safe within our own walls.” Said Yaozen.
Yaozen picked up the sword and walked past the squire, with the squire about ready to collapse.

Yaozen goes to join the fighting soldiers by the gates of the kingdom. He walks up slowly to the podium, with every higher up bowing as Yaozen passed them. Necros sat right at the top along with the current high priestess of predications and religion. Yaozen finally reaches the podium, and raises his sword, which then notified everyone to be quiet.
“Brothers and sisters of the Shadefolk Kingdom, I hope you are prepared for a potential future that we must fight for.” Said Yaozen.
“We will not act out of aggression with combat; we will stand united with reason. When we finally are at peace with these creatures, we will not slowly fall under their grasp, we will stand tall and shout our rights!” Yelled Yaozen.
The crowd cheered an effective “YEAH!” across the board.
“We shall not succumb to the global traditions that go against everything we have worked for.” Said Yaozen.
Another collective “YEAH!” was shouted.
“Finally, we will make sure that we stay at the top, where we belong with our steadfast thinking and outmatched technology!” said Yaozen.
One final collective “YEAH!” was said followed by cheering of everyone around them.
“Now is the time comrades, head towards the gate, our journey to ensure safety in our kingdom begins!” yelled Yaozen.
Every Shadefolk was cheering at this point and heading out of the slowly opening gate in an organized manner. Yaozen stood for a moment before walking back and talking to the two most powerful Shadefolk behind himself: Averias, the high priestess, and Necros, the smartest engineer and entrepreneur.
“Averias, what is the status on my love?” said Yaozen.

Averias waved around her fans and looked at Yaozen, who was unfazed.
“I am afraid her conditions are getting worse sire, she is still on track to have your third and final son, but who knows what kind of sickness it will have.” Said Averias.
Yaozen clenched his fist, but he knew now is not the time to get emotional, but he could not help to keep reminiscing all the times he had with his beautiful wife. He waited a moment, then turned to Necros, who could not be looking more careless towards the king, Necros saw the king as a fool of sorts.
“Necros, what is the status on your combat advancements?” asked Yaozen.
Necros sighed, then continued. “We are currently looking into gas warfare mechanics sir with our expert, but they are failing to make something safe, they’d be better off in an insanity vault.” Said Necros with a snarky attitude.
“As for the part you care about, being firearms, we have finished developing the first sniper rifle, it cannot be carried by anybody, but it will guaranteeably shoot and kill targets from a new record distance from wherever it is posted sir.” Said Necros.
“Finally, I think we have finally found someone able to wield our machine gun model as if it were a rifle, a deranged man that goes by the name of Carpacho, we are not sure how, but a certain mix of supplements allowed him to gain immense strength and size along with proper exercise, we are looking into studying him further as well sir.” Said Necros.
Yaozen peered into Necros’s eyes. Necros was still unfazed and in fact, decided to peer back into Yaozen’s.
“You’re a good man Necros, don’t let your loyalty ever waiver, as well as your gifted brain.” Said Yaozen.
Yaozen then proceeded down the stairs, where he would join the army on his royal Deron Horse, alongside his brain washed eldest son, Wuji, who awaited every command from Yaozen as they took off. Necros and Averias stared at each other for a moment.
“You know this won’t end in our favor.” Said Necros.
“I already know that, but what is life worth living if we cannot live free.” Said Averias.
“I am afraid that is the only virtue keeping me from going insane.” Said Necros.
Both Necros and Averias walked down the stairs together, and suddenly, it felt as if there was a moment of silence for the first time ever.

Now we travel through the mystical dune waste part of the land, where the species known as the Centipedras have been underground from a mysterious lizards pursuit about 5 years ago. A music of great wise inspiration was playing, a theme that heavily represented the desert. A mysterious figure in a hood walks down an immensely long hall, known as the hall of praise. In each corridor, you can find female Centipedras praying too statues of well-known descendants who used to grace the above land in various ways. While the females were seen praying, males were working, providing the females with anything they needed, since in this kingdom, females ruled supreme. The mysterious figure kept walking down the hallway, being escorted by two other Centipedras as the figure got closer. Finally, reaching the end of the hallway, the figure was greeted by the grace of the queen, the prettiest in the land and the only living Centipedra with one hundred bug-like legs: Telaria. The mysterious figure took off their hood, revealing themselves to be a Centipedra named Lisa.
“Ahh, my fabled hunter in shining armor returns to the underground at last.” Said Telaria.
Lisa got down on one knee and tilted her head down. “My queen” spoke Lisa.
Telaria got up off her perch and crawled over to get herself comfortable and in a better position. “So, my dear, what’s the report on the surface?” said Telaria.
“More monsters, they don’t slow down, while I have been singling out and killing as many as I can, they are growing smarter, traveling in groups, establishing formations.” Said Lisa with a frown.
Telaria also frowned at this, as she looks down at all the scars and bite marks she get from the species of desert monsters.
“Have you gotten any closer to the lizard figure I speak of?” asked Telaria.
“I am afraid not, I am unsure myself that this little “li-zard” you speak of really exists, it seems almost impossible for a little tiny lizard to rule over so many big monsters your majesty.” Said Lisa.
“Are you questioning my judgement?” said Telaria.
Lisa was not sure how to answer. “No, your highness, I will keep looking for this li-zard.” Said Lisa. “But, I did notice something strange in the past few days, involving a moving fireball.” Said Lisa.
“Go on” said Telaria. “The figure has run and add burning monsters to a crisp, shooting fire off its fire made body it seems.” Said Lisa.

“I have no idea what its intentions are though, it could be hostile towards anything, I’ve seen monsters eat each other alive, this could apply to this mysterious fire creature.” Said Lisa.
“It had no face or consciousness; it just seemed to fly around and light anything on fire that it sees moving.” Said Lisa.
Telaria was now even more stressed, slapping her hand to her forehead and leaning back, which caused a rumble in the ground.
“First this lizard and now this fire thing, why does this all have to happen to us?” said Telaria speaking to herself.
“We have no time to worry about the new fire creature though, in fact, we have an exciting alliance to attend too soon.” Said Telaria.
“Once we establish peace with these other species rather than them supplying food in return for our gold, we may finally be able to remove the lizard from the surface and go back to our normal ways of living.” Said Telaria.
“But then again, it’s hard to think that all those other kingdoms are ruled by…….men….” said Telaria in a questioning tone.
“We will surely have a lot to learn that we had not learned already about our kind Crystal neighbors and our……. Not so kind Shadefolk neighbors.” Said Lisa.
Just as that conversation finished, another glamorous Centipedra entered the throne, she was Black, like Lisa, very tall, and had six arms, she went by the name of Harmony. “Your majesty, the fleets have all finished praying, we are ready for travel.” said Harmony as she bowed.
“Good, we shall set off immediately, Lisa, I would like you to go back and look over the surface for any monsters, ensure we are clear for a safe travel.
“Of course, your majesty.” Said Lisa, and she left without a word.

Now all that remained in the throne was Telaria and Harmony.
“Harmony my dear, how is your faith?” asked Telaria.
Harmony suddenly had a concerned look on her face, and Telaria immediately noticed. “It’s……fading.” Said Harmony.
“Why would you ever say such a thing?” asked Telaria in a comforting voice.

“This meeting between all the nations at once, it raises concern for me, we have such different traditions then all of them, and we haven’t been present on the surface for 5 years, Centipedras around here will have no idea what awaits them on the surface once more, no matter how much Lisa comforts them.”
“Not only that, but there has also been a rising concern for my dear Uncle Ken and his mysterious wife, my little cousin Decratos doesn’t seem as bright as he usually is and..” before she continued, she burst into tears, thinking about what could be happening to part of a family she can no longer see.
“Oh dear, you shouldn’t have to bear that weight darling.” Said Telaria in a comforting voice.
Telaria crawled over and gave her a hug, as harmony cried into Telaria’s chest, and Telaria stroked through little pieces of her hair.
“Everything’s going to turn out fine, I am sure someday, you will see them again, and your cousin will turn into a fine male servant of this kingdom.” Said Telaria.
“Now, why don’t we go meet up with our comrades that await us at the gates? I will walk with you.” Said Telaria.
They both walked slowly out of the grand underground temple they were in until they reached the gates. Telaria would then make her way through the crowd, as she passed, Centipedras bowed and their antenna’s tingled. She stopped after reaching the front of the crowd and stood tall in front of everyone.
“Rise.” Said Telaria.
With that one word, everyone got off their knees and drums were played.
“Today, we finally depart for our journey to world peace my subjects. We will make our stand as a species and ensure no one takes influence over us.” Said Telaria.
All the Centipedra warriors below her raised their weapons and smacked them to the ground in a three-beat rhythm, showing understanding.
“We shall express our strength through our fortune and show that we are a formidable ally!” said Telaria.
They did the weapon rhythm again.
“Finally, as in promise of our Crystal friends, we shall respect everyone else’s policies, no matter how absurd it may sound to us.” Finished Telaria.
They did a five-beat rhythm this time and then they all awaited the departure command.

“Now, let’s set off, and hope this will be the last time we have to be underground forever!” screamed Telaria.
The soldiers cheered with passion and ran out in preparation to be greeted with monsters on the surface. Telaria would follow out within the middle of the group, looking up to the roof and then the sky, for hopes that her species would be able to live better lives.

Now we move to the most unique territory of all, one with no government in a land that solely relies on built trust of one another: The Crystal Kingdom. While they have no direct leader figure, there is one crystal that everyone deems their ultimate leader and guidance, the first-born crystal and one without gender: Ukara. The land of crystals would not be a happy and harmonious place without their guidance, and before they go to expand their knowledge and kindness, Ukara teaches the young before departure.
“Alright kids, enough playtime now!” said Ukara enthusiastically.
All the kids stop biting, punching, and kicking each other to sit down where Ukara request.
“Andre, what did I just say?” Said Ukara.
“Sorry mister Ukara, I didn’t hear you…” said Andre sadly.
Ukara now twists and turns his body to get to the front of the room, while all the kids cheered and laughed. “Ok kids, today’s lesson is going to a verrrrrrry special one!” said Ukara.
All the kids ooooh’d and ahhhhh’d.
“Why is it so special?” said a student, who had just ripped out one of their own teeth and stuck it on his finger.
“I am so glad you ask Juno, it’s because today, I’m going to be telling you about OTHER species outside our own!” said Ukara.
The kids were confused. “Like the different sea species we come from?” asked a kid.
“No, no, but good guess! I am going to be telling you about the creatures that lie beyond our own land!” said Ukara.
All the kids woah’d as their minds were blown.
“Alright class, firstly, I am going to tell you about: Reptilians! They are these wonderful creatures that use their mighty strength and…….their muscles too adapt as a kingdom!

They work hard every day to make sure that they can build enough structures for everyone to be happy in!” said Ukara.
A kid raised their hand, and Ukara pointed at them. “Miss Ukara! Are they stronger than you?” said a student.
All the kids gasped.
“Oh of course not the average one, but we should never doubt, because you never know! One could be stronger than me some day!” said Ukara.
All the kids continued whispering to each other.
“All right, next we have one you might be familiar with, Our lovely Zuku neighbors! These delightful species have the most peaceful tactics of all and have offered us many kind gifts ever since our species was born!” explained Ukara.
All the kids cheered, as they were familiar enough to know that a Zuku comes to their houses once a month to drop off gifts.
“We LOVE the Zuku’s!” said one kid. The rest of the kids followed up with a similar response.
“Haha yes, I know you all adore the gifts our kind neighbors bestow too us” said Ukara.
“Now we shall move on to our other neighbors you know less about, which are the divine Centipedras!” exclaimed Ukara.
All the kids ooooo’d in curiosity. “They sound pretty.” Said a kid.
“Why yes, good assumption Henry, because they love for beauty and respect” said Ukara.
“This species once ruled a beautiful kingdom above the land of the desert, but unfortunately, some monsters overran the entire desert around 5 years ago, and they have been living underground since, which is why you don’t see them much.” Explained Ukara.
Another kid raised their legs by leaning on their back, since they didn’t have hands. “Yes Lija?” said Ukara. “Will they ever make it back to the surface?” asked Lija.
Ukara pondered for a moment to think of an appropriate answer to the child’s question. “For certain, we do not know my child, but we can help and hope as time moves on.” Answered Ukara.
“Okay and can someone also help me up?” asked Lija. The entire class giggled, and a student helped her up on her bottom again.

“Alright class, we are getting close to the end of our lesson, so listen up for our next species: the Frosts.” Said Ukara.
The kids sat silently this time, but still with an intention to listen.
“The Frosts are grand species who take survival to the max, by living in a cold barren land. They work hard to make sure their species stay alive and encourage fun side activities as well.” Explained Ukara.
The students whispered amongst each other, and then another raised their hand.
“Yes, Koppia?” said Ukara.
Koppia scratched their head before speaking. “Why do they decided to live in such a bad place?” asked Koppia.
“A very good question, I think it’s to bestow their honor to the given land and to continue to carry out those traditions as well.” Answered Ukara.
All the students went back to whispering.
“Ok class, we are almost done, just one species left!” said Ukara.
The students inched closer in curiosity.
Ukara began to speak. “Now we are just left with—” and then Ukara stopped speaking. Reading the words Shadefolk struck fear into his body, for they were the very species threatening to capture their land and take the crystal heart for themselves. Ukara then thought about a scary encounter, where he was down guarding the Crystal heart, but a Shadefolk coveted in violet armor appeared, and attempted to attack Ukara. That was a fight…..That Ukara barely won. The students grew worried from the awkward silence.
“Are you ok miss Ukara?” asked a student.
Ukara was still having trouble breathing, the battle was being relived in his mind. Just as the silence grew louder, someone entered the classroom.
“Hey Ukara! We need your help; two soldiers are fighting each other again and its causing a scene!” said the Crystal.
Ukara snapped out of it, hearing the request loud in clear, and the clock also struck the hour, meaning class was over. Ukara stood up.
“Sorry students, you will have to learn about the last species next class, report to your parent or guardians.” Said Ukara.

All the kids cheered as class was over, most likely not remembering a thing anyway. Ukara walked up to Crystal with the proposed problem.
“Where is the fight located?” asked Ukara.
“It’s located in the West plaza.” Said the Crystal.
“Then let’s go, swiftly.” Said Ukara.

Ukara and the Crystal soldier finally made it to the West plaza, where a crowd could be seen boiling at the fountain. Ukara requested entrance to the front, where Crystals who let them through did it effortlessly and also shut up. Ukara finally made his way to the source of the fight, where there are purple bulky crystal with spikes all over him, wrestling a green slimer crystal with a hard shell on his back.
Ukara got to the fighting zone with a disappointed look on his face. They grasped their staff firmly and slammed it to the ground, creating an echo throughout the land. At that moment, every Crystal around them would stop chanting, but the fight between the two carried on. Ukara, growing impatient, decided to walk quickly up to the fight, grab both Crystals by their necks, and lift them off the ground.
“What in the heck has gotten into you two?!” said Ukara. Ukara looked around at the crowd again.
“Everyone else, please continue to line up for our grand departure to the middle land, please.” Said Ukara.
Everyone left the scene quickly, leaving just Ukara and the two fighting Crystals.
Ukara drops them both to the ground. “State your names and positions” said Ukara.
Both of the male Crystals gulped, but the purple one went first. “My name is Barricrude, frontline defender” said Barricrude.
Then Ukara glared at the green one, in which he scoffed. “My name is Gerard, I’m an engineer” said Gerard.
Ukara looked between the two and made a decision. “Walk with me boys.” Said Ukara.
Both got up off their asses and walked side by side to Ukara. “So, I want to hear both of your sides to the story, no butting in or I will pinch you. Barricrude, you go first” said Ukara.
Gerad threw up his hands. “Why does he get to—”

Before Gerard could finish, Ukara pinched him. “Oww…” yelped Gerard.
Barricrude clears his throat and begins. “I was simply walking up to the food stand to purchase a rock dog to get some energy before departure.” Barricrude started.
“But then Gerard here cut BLANKY in front of me, but I didn’t do anything to start, I simply said that I was their first THEN he ignored me, so I…” Barricrude is rethinking his actions, it probably wasn’t the smartest idea to punch someone when it wasn’t that serious.
Ukara had a grin on his face. “Do YOU see what you did wrong?” asked Ukara.
Barricrude frowned. “Yes Ukara, I do…” said Barricrude while crossing his hands.
Gerard chuckled a little, but Ukara quickly snapped in his direction. “Now Gerard, let’s hear your side of the story.” Said Ukara.
Gerard shook his body around a little bit and then began to speak. “Alright, so I was buying rock dogs for me amigos, I bought everyone a dog except one.” Gerard started.
“Afta I realized I was one short, I went back in line quickly to buy one more, I figured this AMAZINGLY kind soul would let me back in line for just a moment, but instead, he went full haywire on me.” Said Gerard proudly, thinking he won over Ukara with that statement.
“Hmmmmm, and what exactly made you think it was ok to cut back into a line that Barricrude was waiting in?” asked Ukara.
Gerard was about to speak, but for once in his life, two braincells connected and he realized he wasn’t getting out of this. “Ay, I suppose it isn’t fair, but no one else was going to let me back in line and it was SO LONG.” said Gerard.
“That gives you no excuse Gerard…” said Ukara.
Gerard shrugged. “Aiy ok, I shouldn’t have cut you in line Barricrude.” Said Gerard.
“And I shouldn’t have beat you to a pulp, I am sorry.” Said Barricrude.
Gerard accepted his apology, then it clicked. “HEY, you didn’t beat me up at all, I was landing more then you if anything.” Said Gerard.
Barricrude laughed.
“Alright gentlemen, there will be no more of that, especially on our voyage to the Middle land, we must show kindness and respect to everyone around us, so don’t get into any fights again.” Lectured Ukara.
Both Barricrude and Gerard nodded their heads.

“Good, I will be off, be at the departure in 10 minutes.” Said Ukara.
Ukara sprinted off without looking back, leaving them both in the dust.
After Ukara left, Gerard reached into his shell and pulled out half a rock dog. “Here, you can have the rest of this.” Said Gerard.
“Your weird…” responded Barricrude.

Ukara final ended his sprint at the Crystals formation of a hospital. Ukara walks inside as multiple doctors are leaving for their departure. Inside was a grey Crystal lady with pink eyes, her crystal shape represented a Jellyfish.
“Is she here?” asked Ukara.
The nurse knew who they were talking about. “No, Gemeina left already, most likely apart from the departure group.” Said the nurse.
Ukara frowned a little, the nurse noticed. “She will be ok, I’m sure of it.” Said the Nurse.
Ukara gave a nod of understanding and left the building. Ukara finally makes his way to the departure group, where thousands of Crystals were ready to go, playing games on the crystal ground and rechecking resources. Ukara climbs a nearby hill and intends to get everyone’s attention.
“Greetings all my beloved Crystal brothers and Sisters, at this moment, we shall finally depart.” Said Ukara, throwing their hands wide open.
Everyone cheered, not because they were leaving, but because it was Ukara. “I am not your leader; therefore, I have no words of rules or wisdom to bestow upon you, other than that I hope you behave yourself and make our species look good to the others!” said Ukara.
“Now, we shall go forth!” screamed Ukara.
Everyone picked up their bags and started to head Northwest, towards Middle land. Ukara leads the group while talking amongst other Crystals in reassurance, and he had hope that peace was possible, no matter how bizarre everyone else might think their species are.

Now we go to the Frozen barren land of the Frosts, it is as restless as ever. The group of Frosts had already departed, each going to a respective group. In the Frost kingdom, the Rulers of the Kingdom is split into five categories: Combat, Survival, Craft, Emotion, and Enlightenment. The groups all traveled close together, Combat would surround the rest of

the groups in a circle formation, since monsters can strike it any moment, especially during snowstorms like these that the groups are currently traveling through. The group leaders would all be near the front, just behind the combat formations circle, where each leader was discussing potential outcomes from this peace treaty.
“We must ensure that this treaty feeds ultimate success to our monster problem” said one of the leaders.
The first to start this conversation is Yulan, who is the leader in combat.
“I think that it is more important that we keep our species alive, a healthy body keeps your soldiers standing” said another leader.
This leader was the leader of survival: Sarah.
“It is equally important that we consider shelter as we do food.” Said another leader.
The next leader to speak was Karbura, who was the leader of craft.
One of the last leaders used sign language to attempt to communicate with the group, since she could not speak, but she was often ignored.
This leader was Odeera, she was the leader of Emotion, but her propositions were ignored the most.
The final leader was the most supreme and wisest of them all, despite having the same power as everyone else. The leader of enlightenment went by the name of Zaxonious.
Yulan asks for guidance from Zaxonious. “What do you think we should do Zax?” said Yulan.
All leaders eyes were now pinpointed on Zaxonious, and he knew exactly what to say. “I think all your propositions are foolish.” Said Zaxonious.
Everyone was confused, as they all sought that their own values were the most important thing.
“You worry about subjects we are already strong in, we have a well-trained army, enough food to make it through blizzard season, sturdy shelter to keep us warm, and our spirits always stay high.” Started Zaxonious.
“What we should really be striving for, is exactly what the Earthling told us, which is?” asked Zaxonious.
Yulan rubbed the back of his neck, not knowing, similar actions were taken with Sarah and Kabura, who also blanked on the answer. Odeera on the other hand, answered in sign language after rolling her eyes, and she was correct.

“That is right, Odeera, peace between species.” Said Zaxonious.
The leaders who heard that were confused on why the leader of enlightenment would put other species before their own.
“Why do you think this way Zax?” asked Sarah.
Karbura continues to stroke his beard in thought.
“I appreciate the care you hold from our own species, all of you, but looking at the bigger picture, I can see us having assistance from all over the globe, from nations we haven’t even seen before, giving us the help we need to succeed as a kingdom” said Zaxonious.
Yulan gave a sharp look. “Yeah, and Shadefolk’s are SO helpful too us…” said Yulan sarcastically.
Zaxonious wanted to counter argument that, but Yulan was right, Shadefolk’s have been constantly battling for both the Frosts and Centipedras land, while currently both are at a standstill, there’s no telling when Shadefolk could strike.
“Change” said Zaxonious.
“I believe that the Shadefolk can change there ways, someone just needs to show them the benefits.” Continued Zaxonious.
“They have every right to be afraid, being the most powerful nation on the continent of Fraier, they will never know when someone could overthrow them.” Finished Zaxonious. Yulan tilted his head forward, thinking about what he said.

Moments later, the voyage stopped suddenly, Yulan immediately noticed.
“What is going on?!” said Yulan.
A soldier rushed into their carriage.
“Leaders of Icelands, we are under attack.” Said the soldier.
Yulan pushes the other leaders out of the way and exits the carriage, everyone else soon follows. When the leaders positioned outside, they saw it, hundreds of Ice monsters, consisting of little jolly ones, whose only desire was to jump on a living creature and “suicide bomb” them with a freeze explosion. The others were monsters made of black ice, a malice that has been rising for awhile now, being the most common threat in the Icelands.

Yulan didn’t waste a moment seeing the siege ahead. “Everyone, forward position!” said Yulan.
All the soldiers heeded the command and shifted attention to the front where everyone was attacking. The fight commences as hundreds of Frost soldiers charge into battle. The clashes were great, blows struck between the creatures and Frosts created a devastating fight scene.
Sarah was with the survival group, ready to tend to any soldiers aid with her squadron. Karbura was ready to smith any weapon or repairs in need.
Odeera, was nowhere to be seen.
As the fight went on for the next hour, with blows seemingly almost endless, a huge black ice monster was about to break the defenses. The fight was looking not in favor for the Frosts, but then something out of the ordinary happened.
“Alright! Everyone duck!” said a voice.
The soldiers looked back in confusion to only see a giant mysterious machine, seemingly powering up. The soldiers moved out of the way in fear, and the machine fired, blasting a fierce laser like projectile of ice. The beam struck hundreds of enemies in a single line, obliterating the monsters with their own resistance to ice.
Yulan witnessed the reckless action firsthand. “Goddammit Tunundra!” screamed Yulan.
“HAHA! YES it worked!” said Tunundra.
Yulan was furious, but believe it or not, that beam helped clear a path for the fight to be in the Frosts favor.
Tunundra slid down from his machine and hugged it. “I knew you wouldn’t let me down!” said Tunundra, talking to the machine.
Yulan stomps his way over to Tunundra’s creation and grabs Tunundra with the shirt and lifts him off the ground. “Do you have any idea the danger you could’ve caused?! You just fired this….thing in front of innocent lives!” said Yulan.
“Sergent! Sergent! There is no worries, I wasn’t going to hit anyone…” said Tunundra.
Yulan was furious, but Zaxonious walks over after the fight is just about cleaned up.
“Yulan, put him down please.” Said Zaxonious.
Yulan takes a sharp look at Zaxonious. “You cant be serious? This trouble causer deserves imprisonment!” said Yulan.

Zaxonious gave him a stare. “Let me talk to him.” Said Zaxonious.
Yulan put him down and walked towards the fight, where he would help clean up the remaining ice monsters.
“You, machine creator, follow me.” Said Zaxonious.
Tunundra follows him as they walk around the traversal campsite. “Tunundra was it? That was a pretty cool machine you made back there.” Said Zaxonious.
Tunundra enjoyed the praise. “Why thank you my glorious leader, I thought it was pretty good myself.” Said Tunundra.
“But you know, your skills can be used for other crafts other then weapons.” Said Zaxonious.
Tunundra panned an eye to him. “Oh well, I don’t really do that…” Tunundra said while cutting himself off.
“I looked at your record, your known for having quite the dangerous one… lots of weapon accidents, destroying some of Kubara’s finest work even, your about a sliver away from being locked up.” Said Zaxonious.
Tunundra now realized that this wasn’t praise, but rather a soft talk before he goes to prison most likely. “Ahh shoot, well I had fun while it lasted.” Said Tunundra.
Zaxonious put his staff in front of Tunundra and pointed at an old lady. The old lady was staring at her wheelchair while on the ground, with her daughter by her side supporting her, but her wheelchair in shambles.
Tunundra saw this too, and first looked back at Zaxonious, who didn’t do anything more than just stand there, fixed on the family. Tunundra sighed big and loud, thinking to himself how boring this would be.
“Fine” said Tunundra, as he walked over to the family.
“Hello there, I believe I am able to fix your wheelchair ma’am.” Said Tunundra with an attitude.
The old lady looked at Tunundra with praise. “Why…..thank you young man, no ones ever done that for me…” said the old lady. Tunundra suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart, the feeling of doing good for someone. So Tunundra gets straight to work, and Zaxonious knew his job was done. The monsters have finally cleared up, and the leaders regroup around the carriage, Yulan suffering a scar on his arm, which Sarah was repairing.

“Stupid little freeze balls, trying to pleasure themselves with killing me…” said Yulan.
Zaxonious walks in and everyone looks at him.
Yulan spoke first. “So, I suppose you took care of that stupid engineer…” said Yulan.
“Oh yes, he is quite taken care of.” Said Zaxonious.
The travel voyage was now moving again, as they finally exited the Icelands into the no mans land, with green hills and mountains as far as the eye can see. “I hope you all look at our future brightly.” Said Zaxonious as him and the rest of the Frosts depart into the mountains towards the middle land.

The species Journeys were long and arduous, but in the end, they all make it to the Middle land. It was a beautiful place, surrounded by mountains and hills, and at the center was a grand pillar, one of immense size bigger then any castle every seen and about as tall as the mountains around them. From the top, you could see a glimpse of every kingdom seemingly. The first to arrive were Reptilians, who immediately set up camp, while ignoring orders of the Earthlings. They set up their camp, some set up shops, others set up food places, it was like a little kingdom was being established. Hezeros oversaw it all, letting out some grand laughs while holding a pint of beer with his dearest friends. The next to arrive were Frost, who were exhausted to the bit. The first thing they did was follow the Earthlings orders, then take a well-deserved rest, making fires and cooking food that was brought from Sarah’s quadrant. Shortly after, the Shadefolk’s arrived, with a powerful presence that screamed their kingdoms pride. They never wavered even when at the desired location. They followed the Earthlings commands and had a brief resting period before cycling guards from every direction, ensuring no suspiciously large groups get by, but welcome the smaller ones. At the same time of arrival for Shadefolk’s was also the Zuku. Except instead of being on guard, they were the exact opposite, for they had nothing to fear in their hearts. They started to travel to the Reptilians camp and bestowed their gifts with them. Long after would be the arrival of the Centipedras, who after being on guard for so long on the surface, are finally just happy to be above ground. They happily accepted guides from Earthling, since they saw them as wise. It has been so long since the species has been above ground, so they take advantage of it, by bringing lawn chairs and tanning as one activity. Others hosted dances, and others hosted worships. For once in 5 years, the Centipedras seemed happy. The final species to arrive is the fabled Crystals, already on arrival, their designated Earthling was overwhelmed with random questions from all the unique Crystals and ended up fainting. Ukara was beyond worried about the behavior, but they wanted to keep their

hopes high. Ukara needed time to rest, so they finally did after a long and arduous trip, but who knows what trouble the Crystals would cause now…

This would be the time when other species finally go to meet each other. While each set of species has met their two respective neighboring ones, they have never seen any of the others anymore. Reptilians greeted Centipedras and Crystals with new open arms. Centipedras found the Reptilians to be rough and careless, so they attempted to stay clear of them, even though they understood they weren’t really a threat. As for the Reptilians and Crystals, their relationship was perfect. Their rough behaviors complemented each other, and while the Crystals were a bit more insane, it was nothing the Reptilians couldn’t handle. The set of species played games, did stupid shit, and had the time of their lives, as Crystals picked up some naughty playful behavior while Reptilians were laughing their asses off, it was overall a great relationship. Moving to Zuku’s, their first time meetings were as pleasant as they expected. The Zuku bestowed gifts to everyone they could, even showing no fear to a species, they met for the first time, which were Frosts and Centipedras. The Frosts absolutely adored the Zuku’s company and were amazed to see how many gift baskets were prepared for them. They were eternally grateful, but at the same time scared because they don’t know the difference between live trees and dull trees, and they start to reminiscence the amount of trees they cut down and feel sorry. On the Centipedras side, the species felt a true connection with a species for the first time. While feeling questionable about everyone else, they absolutely adored Zuku’s. Every time one came by, they would greet them with hugs and ask them to participate in decorating activities. Zuku’s felt the safest when around Centipedras, they had a warm welcoming presence that wasn’t to harmful or disturbing…..like the Crystals who mistake some of them for firewood. Next we pan to the Frosts meeting the Crystals and Centipedras. When the Frosts met the Centipedras, they saw each other as polar opposites at first. Frosts like being warm…..from a good distance of fire, if they were to be in a desert, they could die quicker then the usual species. The same applies for Centipedras in the vast cold land, where one use of digging could freeze up their entire body. Despite these drastic differences biologically, they got along pretty well. Their meetings ended off being more of ones of mutual respect above all else, no real desire to be friends, but an exciting friend to work with in the future. Frosts to Crystals was a bit confusing. The Crystals liked to think Frosts were like them, but just with some cold factors. Instead, they were disappointed to find out Frosts looked more like Shadefolk’s. The Crystals behaviors on the other hand, didn’t change a shade, they were still extremely rowdy and actually found it enjoyable to watch Frosts build marvelous pieces of art, so a lot often took the activity of watching a Frost sculpt. Overall, it looked good for species meeting with other species, until you reach

Shadefolk’s. Shadefolk’s in general just had an absurd amount of rules and protection, they took no risks and only saw the value that each species could assist them with. Large groups were denied entry to their camps, and when in small groups, the species who entered felt like they were being loomed over and constantly watched as if something bad was happening. After respective species entered the first time, they don’t want to enter, Frosts and Centipedras would rather take the long way around since they already had a bad relationship with Shadefolk’s to begin with. But while Shadefolk’s inside the camp were rude and commanding, it wasn’t all bad, as Shadefolk’s walking outside the camp could finally express themselves to other species. Some species made really good friends with particular Shadefolks and learned that not all Shadefolks are cruel, and that they can actually be really nice, so most species welcomed outside Shadefolks, as the other species see that Shadefolks can be lots of fun with their unlimited innovation and surprising kindness.

Then came along the hour of the leaders meeting came along, where each leader would talk formally in a large tent crafted by earthlings and discuss the peace treaty before it is signed. Hezeros stomped right in, hands behind his head, eyes closed. When he arrived at a seat, he put his feet up on the table. The next to enter were Wurunk and Zaxonious, since monarchy opinion was still around and reigned supreme, Sarah, Yulan, Kabura, and Odeera had to wait outside as they voted Zaxonious to go in. The two walked in as a pair, talking about how Wurunk can help grow Icy wildlife in there terrain for crops, and how Zaxonious could have soldiers cycle to the forest for protection. The next pair to walk in was Ukara and Telaria, except for they weren’t talking, and Telaria gave them(Ukara) a menacing look. Telaria was too large for a seat, so she made room for herself at the corner of the table, as everyone watched her squeeze in. Ukara spun his spear and stabbed it to the ground, taking a seat, and a breath of relief. The final one to enter was Yaozen, whose aura filled the tent with darkness, as he strutted with his mighty sword too his seat at the end of the table. Lastly, the earthling who was in the tent with them bowed and left the tent for the 6 to converse in.
Hezeros grabs complementary food from the table and starts munching. “So, I hope the trip was smooth for y’all” said Hezeros, spitting food out of his mouth in the process.
“It was rather a trip of experience and learning.” Said Zaxonious.
“Easy for you to say, we barely got here unnoticed by fire lizards.” Said Telaria.
“Arduous and tactical trips can build strength for your nation.” Said Yaozen.

Telaria glanced at Yaozen, only to be met with a fierce glare back, that for once, Telaria didn’t try to outmatch.
“I believe we should get started, what is it that all of you desire? Our nation can offer plentiful amounts of food and resources for construction.” Said Wurunk.
They all thought for a moment to collect there thoughts.
“We could use the food in our time of need; I’d be happy to develop a safe path to our underground for your people to travel in.” said Telaria.
“Woah, woah, woah, who said you still have to be underground? We can take those lizard monster scum and chase them off the face of the earth.” Said Hezeros with confidence.
“Your strength is good, but your stupidity is greater.” Said Telaria.
“Now, now, no need to make fun of our eager beaver over here.” Said Zaxonious.
“Uhh, you just did too genius.” Said Hezeros back.
Ukara wanted to speak up, but they couldn’t find the courage too yet, as Yaozen carefully studies Ukara while the others are conversating. Yaozen then decides to make his input.
“I believe we can produce a new kind of energy.” Said Yaozen.
Every leader panned to him.
“And how is that?” said Wurunk.
“I believe Mr. Ukara has a land of great strength, and with the pieces of that land, it can be studied and made into energy.” Said Yaozen.
Ukara was caught off guard, now they had to speak. “Well, I wouldn’t say that our land only reflects the sun, but some minerals we mine could maybe act as temporary energy sources.” Said Ukara.
Yaozen glared at them(Ukara). “Are you quite sure you don’t have any other special material that can give off infinite energy?” said Yaozen.
Ukara then flashed back to the scene with the purple knight again, the knight who had spoken no words, but was an ultimate threat against the Crystal heart, and Ukara didn’t want anyone to know about it, but they thought the knight must’ve snitched.
“Well, we haven’t dug super deep yet, there could be something…” said Ukara.
Yaozen seized the opportunity. “Then let me help you dig up the land of yours, we promise we would do an effective job and not get in the way.” Said Yaozen.

“I mean, it wouldn’t hurt, would it?” said Hezeros.
Everyone was siding with Yaozen’s proposal, but Ukara didn’t want anyone going near the Crystal heart, future generations and more depend on its protection. Ukara felt the pressure seizing them, so they had to stand their ground. “No.” said Ukara.
The response surprised everyone seemingly, except Yaozen.
“We as a species, are still learning, we wish to not open the underground part of our lands too anyone at the moment of this treaty, but you are welcome to above land and any crystalized resources we can currently offer.” Stated Ukara.
Everyone was a bit disappointed, but they respected Ukara’s opinion and went back to talking. Ukara struck a look at Yaozen, and Yaozen looked back skeptically. Everyone discussed for awhile longer on our major concerns for each nation before the meeting of leaders finally ended.
“Great, so were done here? I got a card game to get too.” Said Hezeros.
“We would prefer you leave first.” said Telaria while rubbing her head.
Everyone got out of their seats and piled out of the tent. Just as Ukara was about to leave.
“You can’t hide it forever, Ukara.” Said Yaozen.
“Sooner or later the world will find out your lying, and when hundreds to thousands die, it will be on you.” Said Yaozen.
Ukara looked back at Yaozen, who was not looking at Ukara.
“I will not risk something so important so soon, as for hiding things, were in the same boat.” Stated Ukara.
Ukara left the tent promptly, leaving Yaozen with his thoughts for a few more moments.

Now, it is finally the time every main species has been waiting for, the hour of truce. Each species would gather near the pillar for this momentous occasion, and there, they would cheer, as their leaders walked through the crowd. Hezeros, surrounded by roars and cheering, which he roared back in pride, taking it all in. Wurunk, walking with his staff, as it glows with life with every step. Greeting him down his alleyway was all the Zuku members, who bowed before him gracefully, as he would go to the pillar. As Telaria exited here tent, fashionably dressed, she was also greeted with the bows of her people, as she walked by,

Centipedra antennas would twitch, showing a sign of mutual respect. Zaxonious, lead in front of the other leaders: Yulan, Odeera, Sarah, and Karbura. Together they walked, and down the isle they saw all their Frost allies, giving a salute to the leaders. Ukara walked with utmost pride, holding their staff with confidence. While walking down the lane would probably be the most silent time of all for the Crystals, as it was never a dull moment. But as Ukara saw everyone being respectful, and not a single problem. For once, they had hoped that the species would grow up to be great, as he went headfirst to the pillar. Finally, Yaozen walked forward on a purple carpet, flames lit up all around him, and soldiers on every other spot, doing a beat similar to the one in the kingdom, using the dull end of their spears.
Yaozen slowly walked up, with Averias and Necros studied him closely. “I have a bad feeling about this…” said Averias.
“I’m afraid I’ve felt that way for a long time, thank you captain obvious.” Said Necros.
Averias ended up kicking him, and Necros nudged in pain a little.
Now, all the leaders approach the pillar, each leader(s) having a huge set of stairs to climb. Hezeros’s first instinct was to treat it like a race, so he started running up the stairs, without thinking about anything along the way. Wurunk walked up the stairs rather slowly, as he thought about only two things. Firstly, if his species was truly going to be safe once in for all, with the protection of all others. Secondly, he was thinking about his son, Fern, he wanted to make sure he would be okay at all costs, and that it would be a priority of his to travel to each kingdom in search of medicine. But as Wurunk was walking up, he had a third thought on his mind, and that is if he was ever going to make it up these stairs… Telaria trampled up the stairs with her 100 legs, finding it hard to balance, since the stairs were slim for her. Other then focusing on balance, Telaria was saying a prayer, to fight not only for women in her kingdom, but for any females who struggle to have rights around the world, she wanted to help them all have the free rights as females do in the Centipedra kingdom. Zaxonious and the other four leaders walked up the stairs together. The four were talking amongst each other about how exciting this would be for their factions, but Zaxonious was not a part of that conversation. Instead, he thought about all the monsters that threatened different kingdoms and knew that he had what it took to keep everyone safe when the treaty was proposed. Ukara, as he walked up the stairs, kept looking back down, seeing all the amazing Crystals that have come to be, cooperating with each other. Seeing this, Ukara was crying, knowing that the Kingdom has come so far since its first day years ago. Ukara then continued to walk up the stairs with pride, knowing that they have succeeded in leadership in some way. Yaozen, who felt weight upon his shoulders, stomped up the stairs. Each step, he felt himself getting heavier and heavier. He wanted to make the Shadefolk

species proud and strong, but he cant do that if he’s not doing everything possible. Yaozen needed to find a way to get the Crystals power. Not only that, but he also had to hone Wuji, a son who was gifted with the power of the dragon, to be the greatest warrior of all time, as well as looking over his two younger sons. As Yaozen kept going up the stairs, no weight was ever lifted, and rather only added to his cause, his breathing got heavy, and his mind was racing. Before Yaozen reached the top, he took a deep breath, and buried the weights deep within his body, keeping himself composed as he reached the platform, where everyone else was waiting. Hezeros was sweating from the run he had. Wurunks legs were shaking, but he was alright otherwise. Telaria made it up just fine, other than almost losing her balance a few times on the way up. And the Frost leader as will as Ukara were in mint condition. Yaozen took his place among the leaders, where a wise old earthling also stood beside him.
“Greetings Yaozen, I am so glad you could join us today.” Said the old earthling.
“ I am Ragno, and I am here to document your part of the peace treaty amongst everyone else here.” Said Ragno.
“Very well…” said Yaozen. A few final moments passed for everyone to recollect themselves.
“Now, we shall begin.” Said Rango. Rango walked up to Hezeros and gave him a piece of graphite.
“Alright, I get to go first! See you all on the other side!” said Hezeros.
Hezeros walked up to the peace of paper, that was held down in the rune table with little slits in each corner. Hezeros holds the piece of graphite and then goes to write his name.

Out of the blue, a loud sound boomed, Hezeros hesitated. Everyone looked towards the loud booming sound, only to see nothing in the distance. But seconds later, the grey clouds above started to turn purple. Everyone was now confused; this was no kind of common occurrence seen in Fraier ever.
“What the hell?” said Hezeros.
The clouds grew bigger, the noises, louder.
“Oh dear, this can’t be good.” Said Telaria, raising her weapon.
The clouds continued to grow until it formed dark thunder clouds. The clouds surrounded the entire skies, being so high up in the sky on the pillar, everyone could see their

respective kingdoms in the distance, getting engulfed by the purple clouds. Then, a cloud rumbled with electricity, it was right above the Shadefolks Kingdom. The next moment, BOOM, the massive bolt of lightning came down and struck the front of the Shadefolk kingdom, setting it ablaze in the far distance.
Yaozen was absolutely speechless seeing something happen so fast. He couldn’t even begin to fathom this loss; the loss of absolute randomness that started to make him lose his sanity. Everyone didn’t know how to feel, it was so sudden and fast that it didn’t seem like a coincidence. Only a minute would pass before the next bolt of electricity charges and KABOOM! The Reptilian kingdom got struck, setting it ablaze as it struck near the center. Hezeros put his hands to his head and feel to his knees, proceeding to go into aftershock from such an occurrence similar to Yaozen. Now everyone was building up worry, as they thought their kingdom would be next. Zaxonious faced the Frost kingdom, and in acceptance, he saw the lightning charge. Telaria was in the same boat, seeing the same sense of charge, while at first worried, she remembered they were underground. SHAZAM, the two huge bolts of lightning strike the terrains of the respective kingdoms, the Frosts were now set ablaze, but the Centipedras went unscathed, with the lightning only striking the surface leaving a huge ashpit of sand. The air was so amazingly tense that it felt like everyone just wanted to hit something, to be able to place the blame on someone from this random horrid event, and their wishes would come true. The next lighting strike was forming over the Crystal kingdom.
Ukara gasped in despair. “N-no, NOOOOOOOOOOO” Ukara shouted.
The lighting slashed down with immense power, sinking directly into the canyon where majority of crystals lived. Ukara closed their eyes in fear and distraught. But no sound of a boom happened. Ukara looked up, too see the damage, to instead only be greeted by the lighting, rising out of the whole, and with it, the Crystal heart. Yaozen would also look up at this time in disbelief, seeing the Heart of power finally visible to his eyes in the very far distance. The heart channeled the lightning around it, seeing it having trouble containing it. The Crystal heart got to a breaking point and released the powered-up lightning strike; on the Zuku kingdom.
This strike put the whole forest up in flames slowly, as the strike barely missed the village they resided in. Wurunks gut sank to rock bottom, and now his only instinct was to run, run like the wind to his village and see if everyone was ok. Wurunk fled the scene immediately, not caring about what e=anyone else had to say or do. The clouds calmed down their lightning Strikes, narrowing it too normal ones, but the clouds still presided. Yaozen, after witnessing and taking in everything he had ever worked for in his entire life, went to ashes,

knew what he was going to do next. Yaozen raised his sword, which caught the attention of everyone else; and pointed it at Ukara.
“It was YOU wasn’t it?!” shouted Yaozen.
“You called those strikes on our kingdoms!!” shouted Yaozen again.
Ukara was too stunned to speak, he could not explain the phenomenon of what the Crystal heart just did.
“N-No I would never do such a thi-“ started Ukara but gets interrupted.
“LIAR!” shouted Yaozen again, inching towards Ukara, passing Telaria along the way, but as he was about to pass Telaria, she halted him, and Yaozen struck a look at Telaria.
“Move.” Said Yaozen.
“You have no proof that Ukara or any of the Crystals committed this incident, you are not thinking straight.” Said Telaria.
“Yes, the lightning struck their kingdom as well, the power didn’t eminent from the object they had absorb it. It only disposed the energy when it struck their territory.” Said Zaxonious.
“Then it was a faulty plan, they didn’t intend for it to strike them, but had the heart just in case, the clouds match the atmosphere of their kingdom.” Said Yaozen.
“Wait, what’s this talk about a heart?!” said Hezeros.
Yaozen froze, just realizing he gave up important information.
“I think, Yaozen knows something we don’t.” said Zaxonious, with the four leaders nodding behind him.
Everyone closed in on Yaozen, as they wanted to strike more questions. Yaozen was at his breaching point now, there was so much unrelenting pressure in his head that if he didn’t act now, he would surely perish. Yaozen swung his sword, slicing Telaria’s weapon clean in half. Then a split of s second later, Yaozen charged at Ukara with no relent, intending to take their head. As Yaozen slammed his sword to the ground, striking Ukara with full force. Ukara blocked with his speed adjusters, which helped him run super-fast and acted like wings, but now, they crumbled into dust, and Ukara was knocked back so far enough to a point where he fell off the edge of the pillar. Everyone gasped and ran over. Yaozen watched as Ukara fell without any way to catch themselves, and Yaozen was just gasping for breath, feeling as if he did the right thing. Ukara fell and fell, screaming along the way, just as he was about to het the ground, a mysterious lighting fast swoop saved the fall and caught

them perfectly, without even struggling to catch. Ukara then hit the ground softly and looked over too see it was a Crystal, one with a pot belly and a glowing light hanging in front of its face, its color shined light green, and its eyes were blank red. The creature growled at Ukara and left. It was a Crystal Ukara had never seen before, and they didn’t even get to thank them. Ukara’s next action was to look up at the pillar, seeing Yaozen on the edge. Yaozen looked back down in absolute rage, followed by looking back at all the leaders, who were now surrounding him with weapons ready. Yaozen looked back down quickly to see Ukara darting back to their camp of Crystals.
“You have problems man, what the FUCK was that?!” said Hezeros.
“I know I’m insane, but you may have just crossed the line with me, pushing off a nice ally like that.” Said Hezeros, drawing his double-edged axe.
While Telaria and Hezeros stepped forward to Yaozen, Zaxonious instructed the other frost leaders to step back.
“I hope you all just realized you declared treason on the strongest nation in the world.” Said Yaozen in a deep voice.
Yaozen’s sword started to emanated purple energy, and not even a tenth of a second after, he struck both Hezeros and Telaria. Telaria stumbled back and her long body fell off the edge of the pillar. As Telaria tumbled down the pillar, her 100 legs were able to grasp the side, as she glided down safely. Hezeros got knocked back towards his set of stairs and tumbled down them, sustaining a bad bruising. After getting up on his feet, as much as Hezeros wanted to fight back, he looked down at the Reptilians in panic, and his kingdom ablaze, so for once in his life, Hezeros makes the smart decision and flees the scene. Yaozen looked around the pillar, and detected the Frosts and Earthling to be absent, but he could care less as his only goal now was to pursue the Crystals, and everyone else who defied his judgement. Now is when The Dark Skies War truly begins.

Yaozen rushed down to his clan immediately, who were also in shock from the storm and had no idea what was going on, they didn’t even know the kingdom was struck. Shadefolk’s got traumatized with ease, lightning strikes struck close too their camp, so many we close to death, and some lives were already lost. Yaozen knew he had to rally.
“SOLDIERS AND MEN OF THE SHADEFOLK KINGDOM, HEAR ME WELL!!!!” screamed Yaozen.
The Shadefolk all panned to Yaozen, witnessing him in his ultimate glory.

“THE KINGDOMS HAVE BETRAYED US; AN ATTACK WAS LED BY THE CRYSTALS! WE MUST STRIKE THEM DOWN, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO GETS IN OUR WAY!”.
All the soldiers immediately understood, as it was a scenario they had prepared for under the kings orders since the beginning.
“NOW, TAKE WHAT I HAVE TAUGHT YOU, AND DEFEND OUR NATION WITH PRIDE!!!” shouted Yaozen.
Every Shadefolk in the area cheered, as they went to pick up weapons, and go on pursuit to kill every Crystal that exists, driven by the power and aura of the king. The Shadefolk all go on separate dispatches to try and cut off the Crystals before they can make it back to land, but they Shadefolk and Yaozen wouldn’t get what they want so easily. As the Shadefolk charged east, they were halted by the Centipedras. Telaria crawls her way to the front lines. “Stand down Shadefolk, your sudden attack is unorthodox, try to push past us, and you will be met with blood.” Stated Telaria.
The Shadefolk were not afraid though, they had spent their whole lives in fear, and the soldiers were not about to let that go to waste. The Shadefolk soldiers charge into battle, and a fierce fight between Shadefolk and Centipedra begin.
While that was going on, another Shadefolk soldier group headed west, to pursue the King of Reptilians that declared war through actions of violence. Before they approached the Reptilians though, they had the Frosts. About ten minutes before Shadefolk encountered them, the leaders of the Frosts were traveling down the stairs with Ragno.
“Thank you so much Zaxonious and all of you.” Said Ragno.
“Don’t thank us yet, this is nowhere near over.” Said Yulan.
Zaxonious quickly develops a plan to ensure as many lives as possible could be saved, and it only took him 5 seconds.
“Sarah, I need you to gather all non-Soldiers and escort them back too the Frost kingdom.” Started Zaxonious.
“Yulan, you will follow briefly behind and in a wide stance formation, ensure no attacks are being planned on us and keep our people safe.” Continued Zaxonious.
“Odeera, Escort Ragno back to the underground, he must make it there at all costs.” Continued Zaxonious.

“Karbura, round up your group, we are going to put those machines into effect.” Finished Zaxonious.
All the leaders nodded in agreement.
“What are you going to do Zax?” asked Yulan.
Zaxonious looked at the ground, seeing the robe he was wearing, as past memories flood his head.
“Something I should’ve done a long time ago…” said Zaxonious.
The teams questioned no further and got to their positions, Sarah was already on the run with all the Townsfolk who couldn’t fight. Yulan was ordering the soldiers to be in stance a safe distance behind them as they travelled back. Odeera grabs Ragno’s hand while using sign language to ask for direction, and then they were off. Karbura stood with Zaxonious, having all the war machines ready to protect the Shadefolks from breaching the Reptilians.
“Are you ready Karbura?” asked Zaxonious.
“As ready as I’ll ever be chief.” Said Karbura.
The Shadefolks were now within view, charging from the peak of a hill with barriers and spears. Moments later, the intense fight between Frosts and Shadefolk would commence without speaking. Now that Shadefolk were in combat with the neighboring nations once more, it seemed all was looking bright for the Reptilians and Crystals, except it wasn’t. The pure mass and number of Shadefolks was too much to be handled for either nation, and Shadefolks would barrage past the Frosts and Centipedras while in Combat, going for the remaining targets as is the plan of Yaozen.

Hezeros made his way back to the clan, who were all in an uncontrollable frenzy from the whole scenario so far. Hezeros had to gain all of there attention somehow. As Hezeros thought and thought hard, he had an idea. Hezeros lifted his axe halfway off the ground, holding it vertically, and started banging a dull part of the axe off his chest plate while screaming. While the screaming didn’t do much with everyone else screaming, the noise the axe made to the chest plate was horrid, being able to break through Reptilians as they covered their ears. Now every Reptilian in the Area were covering their ears in pain. Hezeros then stopped the banging sound.
“BROTHERS AND SISTERS! THIS IS NO TIME TO BE IN A PANIC, OUR NATION IS UNDER ATTACK, AND I NEED ALL OF YOU AT PEAK CONDITION!” shouted Hezeros.

All the Reptilians snapped out of the frenzy mindset and turned their attention to Hezeros’s words.
“LETS FIGHT FOR OUR KINGDOM AND PUT THEE FOOLISH SHADEFOLK TO REST!” shouted Hezeros.
Every Reptilian was now in a positive mood, if their was an upside to these dumbfounded creatures, its that they are the best when it comes to rallying. A Shadefolk segment makes its way to the Reptilian camp, ready to battle. But when they arrived, nobody was there. The Shadefolk looked around cautiously, as tents were burning and the wind was blowing. Then out of nowhere, Shadefolk were snatched under their feet.
“BELOW US, BELOW US!” shouted a soldier.
But by the time everyone realized they were hiding in terrain, they were caught by surprise, and the opening battle started in the Reptilians favor.
“HAHAHA! That’s what I’m talking about!” said Hezeros, as he pulled out his double-sided axe.
The battle now truly commences between the Shadefolk and Reptilians, and thanks to various reasons, they hold on strong with their natural bulk and combat prowess.

Now was the time, thanks to the defenses of other Kingdoms, the Crystals had time to act. Ukara made it back to the camp, in pain from his speed wings being cut from his body.
“EVERYONE! HEED ME!” said Ukara.
The Crystals were actually the most calm about the entire thing, they seek the lightning and purple clouds as cool rather then disturbing.
“WE NEED TO FLEE! SHADEFOLK HAVE DELCARED WAR ON US! WE SHALL NOT RETURN THE FAVOR OF BLOOD!” said Ukara.
The Crystals understood the proposition, and all immediately headed for their homelands. This would be a synchronized time where they ran as a herd of animals. The faster ones made it with ease, while slower ones struggled. Ukara would help the slower ones as much as they could, Ukara made sure nobody would perish on this day. But not all wishes would come true. As they made it too their own land would finally be when the Shadefolks caught up in carriages. They showed no relent either, the carriages were heavily armed with a unique type of metal, so they could ram into the crystals freely. In that moment, first blood

was drawn, as a Crystals body was severed in half. Ukara was now going through a panic attack, he could feel the pain of the Crystals death, there blood slowly pour out of their innocent bodies, the lifeless looks on there faces, all while multiplying by the second as Shadefolk pursed every last Crystal I the flee. Ukara, under all the intense pressure of the situation, would undergo a transformation. All this transformation did was grow him a tail, a tail that had a mind of his own. As a Shadefolk charged at Ukara while they were on their knees, the tail defended Ukara, slamming the Shadefolks head into the ground. Ukara snapped out of it, noticing he was killing a Shadefolk. The Shadefolk was now cowering in fear, just as the tail was going to finish him off, Ukara grabbed it.
“N-no!” said Ukara.
Ukara trembled away with the tail in his hand, and the Shadefolk looked up in confusion as his life was spared. Ukara, with the tail in his hand, looked around for more Crystals that needed help. The slower ones were doing combat with other Shadefolk, and a Crystal gets knocked to ground. Just as Shadefolk was about to stab, Ukara reacted, the tail broke free and shot a dart out of the center. This dart landed a direct hit on the Shadefolks neck, and it knocked him out. The Crystal breathed in relief.
“Thank you leader Ukara!” said the Crystal, as he dashed off into the wind.
Ukara looked over at the knocked out Shadefolk and realized the gift of his tail. This would then start the hour-long pursuit, where Ukara’s tail shoots darts at any Shadefolk they saw, effectively putting them to sleep. Ukara would cheer up, knowing the amount of lives they have prevented from death, and they were almost to the ocean where Shadefolk couldn’t reach them. But then, as Ukara watches everyone jump into the Ocean, they notice one more Crystal that was in combat. A young pink crystal with purple arms, was excitingly beating up Shadefolk around him.
“Cmon! Is that all you got?” said the young Crystal.
Ukara rushed over, grabbed him, and darted every other Shadefolk surrounding him. Ukara looked and recognized who Crystal was.
“Tkaragem! We talked about this buddy…” said Ukara.
“I can take them though!” said young Tkaragem.
“I don’t want you to take them, you need to learn compassion my child…” said Ukara.
Shots were being fired at Ukara once again, so they grabbed Tkaragem tight and ran for the ocean. Ukara ran fast and hard like they had never run before, but. “FIRE!” shouted a Shadefolk. One launched a snare net and caught Ukara directly in it. Ukara tripped to the

ground and dropped Tkaragem, and at that point, they were right at the edge of the land before reaching the Ocean. Ukara now was struggling, and Tkaragem ran to help them. The next moment, the air froze, Tkaragem stopped, Ukara tensed, as they saw who was approaching. The Shadefolk soldiers fell to the ground, their bodies burning burned to ashes as the figure walked by. It was no other than the oppressive knight from Ukara’s first encounter. The knight rose his blade high, and it ignited with immense purple flames. The drastic ablaze sent young Tkaragem flying backwards. Other Shadefolk were also knocked down, as they watched this mysterious warrior approach Ukara. As the knight was walking towards Ukara, it slowly became a run, a run that set the knights entire body ablaze. Ukara struggled to get out of the nets as the knight swiftly approached, Tkaragem was frozen in fear. The knight reaches slashing range, Ukara breaks out of the nets! Then, silence falls. Tkaragem, who had closed his eyes, opens them slowly, to see that the knight….had impaled Ukara through the chest.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOO!” screamed Tkaragem in tears.
A Crystal swopped by and picked up Tkaragem, the next moment, they together dived into the ocean. Tkaragem is kicking and screaming, with only that last image in his head as the knight pulled out his flaming sword, and Ukara, fell to the ground.

This would end up being the pinnacle starting point of a long war, a war that continues to pursue and consume the species day by day. Reptilians would fight until they couldn’t, by all means, they refused to surrender. Thanks to there ongoing pride, numbers, and blessing of having a chest plate withstanding weaponry blow, they successfully defended off Shadefolks after 10 whole years of relentless combat. Because of the mass amounts of loss and trauma, the Reptilians would lock their nation uptight from outsiders for many futures to come. The Zuku’s all seemingly burned down after the first year of war. The lightning strikes fire ended up taking the whole forest, and no Zuku was seen to be left alive on the surface, years later though, this forest regrew into a mysterious enchanted one, where if someone went in, they didn’t come back out. The Frosts unfortunately succumbed to the Shadefolks forces, as they were overpowered eventually and saw it best to surrender. They had to give up many resources and power just so they could live their lives peacefully, they would continue to be taxed for the remaining years of the War, as Frosts would freeze to death at the cost of the market being disrupted. The Centipedras made it back to their tunnels, but not as a whole. Hundreds of Centipedras were captured and tortured until finally one gave up the locations, and Centipedras too gave in to the tax of the Shadefolks. The Crystals would suffer a long underwater hibernation, filled with rage and planning. After 13 years of being underwater, Crystals would rise to the top with fierce numbers and Crystal uniquity. It was an absolute miracle that the Shadefolk were unable to nudge the Crystal heart from its spot, which had also halted on birth Crystals. But only a year after the

Crystals restoration, it started again, and the Crystals cheered as if they were able to live their lives normally again. 18 long years after it commenced, the war would be put to rest. Shadefolk finally went back to their kingdom and stopped pursing Frosts and Centipedras after cleaning them dry. Now all the kingdoms were at a stand-alone position, where despite Shadefolks causing all the troubles, they would just remain independent kingdoms and procced to work through any problems they initially had. The Dark Skies War is to be remembered for centuries to come, a truly impactful event that changed and twisted the many lives of creatures on Fraier. The worst part of it all is that it wasn’t over. Yaozen wanted to seize all the kingdoms, he set his mind clear on that action since the day he declared war, her wanted Shadefolks to be supreme rulers of the continent. So now, Yaozen stays restless, putting Shadefolk to work harder then he ever has before, so that he may see a world of peace, that he could’ve had with his wife, who had passed at around the same time the War started. Now with nations in shambles and Yaozen planning his next big attack, who will save the continent of Fraier from the future disasters?