Guardians II § The Rifts Saga©
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Fate has a funny way of dealing with things. Although many believe Fate is at fault for everything, she is not. Yes, "she" Fate is a being not a belief despite popular intuition. Want to know the story behind all this? Well Fine I suppose that I will tell you. Here is what happened a long while ago.
§ Life had changed as it always does. Everyone on Lamina thought that they would be able to live a normal life. However; twelve very special creatures came to a realization that shattered their way of living. They were being controlled. Not just a part of them, all of them. Their entire existance had been planned out. The thought of not controlling your own existance is overwhelming. So these creatures stood up for what they believed in and decided to try and conqouer gods so their lives and the lives of many others would be set free. Though they tried, the odds of them becoming victorious in this battle were incredibly small. And as Destiny would have it they were defeated and punished severley for their actions. They were put in a slumber beyond the flow of time. A sleep that would not end and was flodded with nightmares. These creatures were forced to watch the suffering they had caused. For the gods were taking their wrath out upon the civilization the creatures themselves once lived in. Slowly the gods destroyed many lives and made life horrible for every creature slowly through time. Now this effect was not felt just on Lamina, It was everywhere. The banished creatures knew that they had caused tremendous suffering and that there wasn't a thing they could do about it. So slowly inside their timeless capsules all of these creatures lost their will to survive, lost their will to fight, and lost their minds. After many years of this torture Destiny's plan had worked. The punished creatures had forgotten everything they once knew. They were released from they're confinements and shortly thereafter died. Except for two. One of whom did remember, One of whom who remembered everything and knew how the suffering could be ended. This one creature knew how everything could be set back to the way it was before these gods took control. And the best part of that was that it would end the gods reign over all creatures everywhere in the universe! The only problem was that this creature could no longer speak in a language any creature alone could understand. This creature spoke in a toungue forgotten by time. This creature had a knowledge that existed beyond time. This creature was himself beyond time. A spirit of suffering, forced to wonder the sea that is the universe until one would come forward to grasp the answer from his cold timeless paws. § § The other creature knew nothing. Lost everything he once had and everyone he once knew and who had become a slave to other creatures, he had lost his self in time and now had a name but did not have a life. § § Now ,a new time, the past is long forgotten. No one remembers the past no one knows they are being controlled and more than likeley no one cares. § § Day One § § It began with the morning. Fox, Cladius, and Kearis woke with the day ready to take on the world. Finding their way out of the hotel they proceded to the stables to retrieve their familiars. Of course as in all stables a rickity shack lay before them. Entering into the domain of the stable keeper they asked for their pets. Trinity ,the familiar to Fox, a small ,highly agile wolflike creature with wings, trotted forth normally to everyone's relative delight, as well as surprise. Ikat, the familiar to Cladius, a small hedgehog porcupine combo that everyone referred to as the pineapple, did not trot forth normally. More or less Ikat caused havoc and smashed through the door to the stable. Nora, the familiar to Kearis, a very large winged leviathan, was being held at the colliseum. So the party headed on their way to the colliseum, and upon exiting the stable it collapsed leaving a mass heap on the ground next to the inn. After some mass conflice with some very unintelligible guards at the colliseum, Kearis's familiar was retrieved and the party decided to enter the tournament in hopes of earning some funds. After registering the party headed to the waiting room minus their familiars for pets were not allowed in the tournament. In the waiting room the party met Malachite Zardonaus, another fighter registered in the tournament. He told the party to refer to him as Mac for short and then proceded to a rather smug victory in the solo tournament. The party however did not have such luck as they were defeated in the second round. Upon awakening from their loss the party went to the prize counter to claim any prize they may have won. The Party then proceded to the Inn where Mac awaited them. Mac spoke with them for a while as well as becoming their instructor. Then the teacher and the students parted their seperate ways and went to sleep preparing for the day ahead. § § End Day One § § Day Two § § The Party awakes and leaves the Inn. After brief exploration of the town the party decides to leave. They head out on the road to Arlia. After a few encounters with some wild monsters The Party arrived in Arlia. Where they found, absolutely not a thing. Except for a Castle surrounded by a large rose. Apparently the rose was some sort of defensive device for when Kearis attempted to enter the castle through a door on the balcolny the rose shut. Kearis was trapped inside and his friends were on the outside looking in as most peasants typically are. After a brief thought session Kearis knocked on the door and was greated by Serlia and Enraf. Serlia was the Queen of Arlia and Enraf was a guest in the castle. After a small conversation Enraf led Kearis out of the castle via a secret passageway under the stairs which led to the cellar of the pub. During travel in the corridor to the pub's cellar Enraf told Kearis of his Mystic roots. Which was a surprise to Kearis but given his personality he more than likeley could have cared less. Upon entering the basement Kearis and Enraf met SnowClaw Daria who was cleaning the cellar due to a mishap earlier. After a long discussion Enraf and SnowClaw went with Kearis to meet his other friends Fox and Cladius. The Party was introduced and they all headed out for the diamond coast where according to Enraf a gateway to Feign, Enraf's home laid in wait. § § End Day Two § § Day Three § § Arriving in Feign the party talked with Enraf for awhile and Enraf departed to talk with Lunashin. Fox played his flute outside and watched Trinity run around in circles. Much discussion about odd things. Kearis talked with Nikki, unaggitated Aesop, Calmed Mako down, Talked with Nikki some more and then went to bed, with Nikki and Aesop! § § End Day Three § § Day Four § § The Party went to speak with Lunashin, Lunashin told the Party to head through a rift, The party saw the battle that happened in the past, asked many questions, got few answers and were told to leave. Enraf taught Kearis how to Transform. § § End Day Four § § Day Five § § The party headed out of Feign. They ran into Kuja Celiose and his familiar Neza, An incredibly large rabbit creature with a large Cannon on her back, and SnowClaw's familiar Auraura, a MLP wannabe, The Party headed back twords Arlia. § § End Day Five § § Day Six § § Upon arriving back in Arlia The Party had limited things to do in order to occupy their time. So they spoke with Mac who taught them some new interesting tricks and introduced them formally to his "daughter" Pura an anthropormorphic Rabbit who has the ability to run at speeds fast enough to break the sound barrier and other barriers thereafter. Fox was occupied by Trininty's rantings as the Party attempted to leave. The Party left their friend behind on their way to Favahom Forest. Fox however was introduced via Trinity's method to his sister, Serlia. Are We surprised? § § End Day Six § § Day Seven § § After speaking with his sister Serlia, and discovering information about his origin Fox and Serlia retired for the evening. The Party was still walking to the forest and were blocked by a large mass of water flooding the continent. So they returned to Arlia to see what was up with Fox. In the morning Fox was treated to breakfast. After breakfast Fox was directed to a room where he stood in the center and achieved his full power which also caused Trinity to evolve as well as Fox's patented APPB v0.2ß®. Their was much discussion and everyone decided to retire for the night. However; The still night would not last long as Cyrus an assasin theif was on balcolny waiting to capture Serlia. Serlia retired and was confronted by Cyrus. Noise was made in the struggle and the party came to the rescue. However; Cyrus maintained possession of Serlia and fled. The party discussed the situation and retired for the evening ready to find Cyrus and reclaim Fox's Sister. § § End Day Seven § § Day Eight § § Fox, Kearis, and SnowClaw began the day ready for the search. They left Arlia and headed down twords Fovahom Forest. The Forest was still flooded due to the fact that Lamina has some tremendous tides and that the floodgates were down in order to distribute the flow of water. The Party returned to Arlia a little confused on their destination afterwards. They spoke with Mac whom as usual is very little help. He did tell them how to find Richelle. The Party left Mac's presence and headed off to the building where Mac said Richelle was. Upon reaching the building the party came to a large door with a little bird on a perch pertruding from the center of the door. The bird had a note on his foot. The party let the bird be for the time being and knocked on the door. With no reaction from anything inside the party turned their attention to the bird. After many attempts to catch the bird to retrieve the note the party was finally successful. The note read: Please do not disturb the bird. Ring Doorbell! Having already disturbed the bird Kearis tossed it over his shoulder and then turned his attention to the doorbell. He rang the bell once and was greated by some rather disturbing noise behind him. The party turned their attention to the noise. It was the bird, only much larger and a little peaved! A fight ensued and the party was victorious thanks to the efforts of SnowClaw and Enraf! After the defeat, the bird returned to it's normal disposition and reclaimed it's perch. The party rang the doorbell once more and was greated by a small lady in a cloak. She asked them for the password to enter "The Guild of The Dancing Fur." After many attempts SnowClaw found to his surprise that the password was "no", simple enough. The party gained entrance to the guild and explored the interior. The building itself was a large dance studio. The floor was hardwood coated with a generous layer of wax. SnowClaw proceded upstairs to speak with Richelle. She was asleep in her little corner of the world, a small storage room in the attic of the studio. SnowClaw was a little confused as to why such a pretty girl was living in such conditions. Richelle was asleep on a phuton in the back of the room. A carpeted floor with a table in the center and sofas all around the table were in front of Richelle's bed. behind her was a bookshelf and to the left an open window. SnowClaw frightened her awake as she was not expecting any company, especially not strangers. Her fright was also due to the fact that this strange man was in her room and Richelle's attire was not up to the occasion as she sleeps in the nude! After pelting SnowClaw several times with a few pillows, SnowClaw turned around and Richelle put on a shirt she had at the side of the bed. Richelle then wraped her blanket around the rest of her and looked on at SnowClaw in confusion. SnowClaw and Richelle had some conversation which gave SnowClaw no clues about where he needed to go. Richelle got comfortable around the presence of the stranger and began her trip back to sleep with SnowClaw on the couch in front of her. A little annoyed but not disheartened SnowClaw covered Richelle the rest of the way and returned down the stairs to find something to occupy the time between now and when Richelle would awake. Upon returning down the stairs SnowClaw was greated only by Enraf's idiotic actions and the comfort of knowing that his pet is more intelligible than a Mystic! The humor was short lived however as Auroura jumped at the sight of an odd golden glow coming from the creavis between the door and the floor of Richell's room. SnowClaw and Auroura bolted up the stairs and flung the door open only to be greated by the familiar sight at Arlia castle. Cyrus had Richelle in one arm and was standing with one foot on the window seal. SnowClaw attempted to stop the strange creature to no avail as Cyrus was again effortlessly disappeared. leaving a note on the window seal that said: You know the drill! SnowClaw was aggrivated due to the fact that every time they get a leed or a hopeful source for one Cyrus shows up and takes off with them. SnowClaw left the Studio to speak with Mac. After talking with Mac SnowClaw was a little more confused than the first time. In fact he was rather disturbed for according to Mac, Mac had no idea who Richelle or Serlia were and said that he had never met them before anywhere. Mac also said that SnowClaw was crazy for thinking the forest was flooded for Mac had just came from there and it looked as though it hadn't rained in weeks! SnowClaw immediatley left Arlia and headed twords the forest. Midway down the road from Arlia to the forest, SnowClaw was greated by a rather disturbing image. More than likeley a mirage from the blazing sun but oddly not so a familiar figure to SnowClaw stood in the middle of the trail. A faint, blurred image of a small, skinney red fox. The fox was wearing a white overcoat that was very long and the length of it fell to about this images knees. Upon getting closer SnowClaw was very disturbed. The figure turned around and showed the most familiar face to SnowClaw in awhile. A very friendly face but with the expresion of concern. Small Ears tufted at the top accented the creatures blue eyes which were covered by small reading glasses heald up by the figures nose. long brownish hair tied in a ponytail in the back. The figure was wearing black pants and a white undershirt with a labcoat over the top. After looking for just long enough to burn the figure into his memory SnowClaw moved closer. Upon attempting to do so the image faded away leaving SnowClaw dazed and scared. SnowClaw proceded to the spot where the image was and was dazzled by how cold the surrounding area was. It was extremeley cold the kind of cold that reaches deep within your soul to frighten you further. SnowClaw came to the conclusion that, that image may have been the figure of the lost Guardian, Aru. SnowClaw proceded on into the forest where he was greated by a straight path and a little ways down the path were strange alters. These alters were the same and began showing up in the same distance from each other all the way along the path. The alters always looked exactly the same as the first. SnowClaw began to get annoyed and thought that he was running in circles so he turned around. Upon doing so he realized that no one else was with him. Upon reaching the alter again SnowClaw realized that it was the same as the others only now it was white. SnowClaw began to feel as though the forest was possesed so he took out his sword and began breaking the alters as he felt they were the source. He continued down the path continuing to run into white alters and smashing them as he went. When this method did not hinder any results SnowClaw turned around and ran the other way. Only to come to another Stone Alter, a white one, one that wasn't smashed! § § End Day Eight § § Day Nine § § SnowClaw progressed through the forest with confusion. After traveling for many hours he decided to turn around. The next alter he came to was Black. He continued turning around and walking into different colored alters until they did not show up any more. The last alters he ran into were Blue and then Red. So SnowClaw had now ran into a series of Grey alters upon entering the forest. When he turned around he ran into some White alters. Upon turning around again he ran into some more white alters. Changing direction he then ran into some black alters. Changing direction again he ran into some blue alters. changing directions again he ran into some red alters. He turned directions one last time and did not run into any more alters. He came to the exit of the forest where a forcefield blocked his way out. At the side of the forcefield was another alter this time with a series of six small holes in a line on top the alter. In the center of the alter was a series of colored spheres. There were six of those as well, a Grey sphere, a white sphere, another white sphere, a black sphere, a blue sphere, and a red sphere. § § End Day Nine § § Day Ten § § With little effort, SnowClaw finally realized how to deactivate the barrier. Arranging the colored spheres in the correct order caused the barrier to disperse. Afterwhich, SnowClaw left the forest. Upon doing so SnowClaw came into the midst of a conversation. Two strange voices were talking about their recent advents: Voice 1: So did you get her? And with that the conversation ended and the beings carrying it on dissapeared in a flash of light. All of these things happening so short of each other was beggining to become a burden. Serlia, and Richelle had both been taken by the strange golden bird named Cyrus. Shortly after their kidnapping no one seemed to remember who the victems were. With the exception of the party members. The fact that some sort of adventure was beggining to unfurl was clear now. SnowClaw thought to himself about all the events trying to devise a plan. His train of thought was interrupted however. A noise was heading twords him from the distance. It was a joyful sound, the sound of running and laughter. Shortly after a small catlike creature with dragon wings came from the distance. SnowClaw sat still in the thick grass to watch this silly creature. SnowClaw apparently had not noticed that it was running directly at him, and much to fast to stop. A collision took place and the silly cat went looming over SnowClaw's head. Which sent Snowclaw to the ground in a daze. Over the horizon where the cat came from, another figure loomed. A large, stout wolf watched the events, surveyed what happened and entered into the vicinity. Snowclaw, still dazed, laid in the thick grass and listened partly to the voices next to him, although to him they sounded miles away. ??????:Are you allright? With that the silohette of a timid and cute kittens face was now staring at SnowClaw. ??????:It's a fuzz! with that the kitten looked at SnowClaw's eyes and began speaking directly to him. ??????:Do you need any help? SnowClaw laid dazed for a minute, extremely confused as well. After a brief moment he realized that kitten was speaking to him. He told her, no and that he was fine. SnowClaw got up, brushed himself off and looked at the two new faces. The group talk for a minute and introductions were made. The wolf was Kiva Namasai, a freelance bountyhunter who was out for a nature walk. The kitten, Daniele, Kiva's familiar. The group discussed each others situations for awhile. This bored Daniele, so she went off to play tag, in the process blowing up large quantities of forest. Which led to the discovery of Enraf and Auroura. The latter not quite as wanted as Auroura. After a brief fight between Auroura and Daniele, due to Daniele's odd way of initiating a game, the group got back to the discussion. Auroura and Daniele apolagized for their actions earlier and were sympathizing with each other while the group discussed. This sympathy, according to Enraf who has the Intelligence Level of a fountain, progressed a little more intamately than expected. With the discussion finished the party then headed off to The Lake of The Dead. This lake wasn't always there according to Enraf. The lake had brief history behind it. The lake used to be a crater and a glacier melted over it filling the crater in. After the history lesson the party traveled to the lake. Upon reaching the banks, there was an old ship waiting for them. The party got on the boat which promptly began moving over the lake. Which was strange because the boat had no crew except for it's newly acquired passengers. After searching the boat for any information or clues as to what was going on, the party decided to turn in for the evening. All of the members huddled up with one another on the deck and went to sleep. Around midnight the ship turned up on land. The shaking of the hull awoke the members. Everyone got up and stretched, then began to search their surroundings. Afterwhich, they decided to get down onto shore. The party set foot on land and walked a little while before being interrupted by the oversized laviathan's shadow emitting from the moonlight. To their relief it was only Nora, a familiar to one of the other members in the party. She set down and let Fox, Claudius, and Kuja off then turned to fly off the island. Apparently the group had lost Kearis along the way and Nora was going back to find him. The party discussed matters of importance and looked for inspiration on what to do next. Finding just the thing on top of a cliff on the shore. An old mansion was silhouetted by a flash of lightining. The party headed off to the old mansion. Kuja being the polite one as always knocked on the door to the mansion. Which, of course as luck would have it, served absolutely no justice to the term polite as the old, rusty hinges gave way and the door collapsed inward. The party searched the first floor and found nothing but old equipment and bruises as they could not see what they were doing. Claudious, being the thoughtful one, took out his treasured doiley, wrapped it around the blade of his sword and lit it. Realizing that this new light would only last for awhile the party needed to find more fuel for the torch. Fox spotted a table in the corner and trotted merrily outside with it. A loud explosion was heard from the direction Fox went in and Kuja rushed to see what had happened. Fox was gathering table particles to use as torches. Fox spotted Kuja and asked for some help in reclaiming his bouyous from the earth as they were now embedded in 4 feet of it. As Fox smiles brilliantly defining new paramaters in the word, OVERKILL! After regaining sanity the party returned to the normal flow of things. The party continued searching the mansion with their new found luminessence. They searched the first floor and found nothing but books, and a strange room with a large hole in the center. Not wanting to risk a leap of faith the party turned their attention to the second floor. The rooms upstairs were odd if that word describes paranormal. Aside from the strange spiritual voices that came every now and then, the rooms upstairs disobeyed all laws of the normal flow of time. One room was much faster than normal, the other much slower, and the middle room could not make up it's mind. The party noticed the clocks in the rooms had stopped, so each member took a room and wound the clocks. Now the opposite effect took place, the rooms returned to normal but the clocks took on the persona of the room. One clock moved clockwise very fast. The other clock moved counterclockwise very slowly. The middle room moved clockwise to twelve and then changed direction to counterclockwise and moved to twelve. The party searched for awhile longer on the second floor and when they discovered nothing went down to the first floor again. Upon returning to the first floor, an odd glow was eminatting from the room where the hole was. The party investigated and found that the room was now a large hologram like clock. The circumfrence of the hole was acting as the face for the clock. The timepiece itself was strange as it had more than the standard three hands and that the symbols around it were unreadable. Also under the face of this hologram clock was an image of a galaxy. With nothing else to do the party stepped on to the face of the clock. Upon doing so six silhouette's appeared on the edges to the room. The silhouette's were floating. These silhouette's were in a praying position and an odd light was flodding the center of the clock. The light was eminating from the silhouettes. The party began to feel faint under all of these odd occurances. With the aid of a flash of light from the center of the room the party lost consciousness for a moment. Upon regaining their senses the party realized that they were no longer in the mansion. The sun was shining on where they were in the grass. The trees were healthy as newgrown sapplings even thought they seemed centuries old. The flowers in meadows in the distance bloomed with colors more radiant than a rainbow. And from a trail about seven feet away from them to the north, a plume of dust was rising on the horizon. The sound of an engine roaring blazed in the distance. Within minutes the machine had stopped in front of the party. The machine was a motorcycle like device with what looked like a jet engine on the back. The creature riding the bike flipped out the kickstand and set the bike onto it, revealing a large red bushy tail upon getting off. This creature had on a white labcoat and upon taking off the helmet looked like a fox. The fox took out some glasses from the vest pocket of his coat and place them unto his brow. The creature looked at the party surveying their current situation as he browsed their figures. He then offered a hand to help them up and stated: § End Day Ten §
Voice 2: Yes, so tell me exactly what you are doing with them.
Voice 1: The ones we have sent you after know to much so we are removing them.
Voice 2: What do you mean by removing them?
Voice 1:They are being removed from history so no one will retain any knowledge of their existance. Thus, if any information does turn up the sources are no longer there. As well as no beings retaining any knowledge of their existance.
Voice 2: So who should we go for next?
Voice 1: Hmmmm, The fox, I'm sure it will aggrevate him even further knowing that his daughter is being harmed and that he can't do anything about it.
Voice 2: Don't you think that's enough torment for him?
Voice 1: NO, and don't ever say that again he will be punished for all eternity for that outrage!
Voice 2: Allright, Sorry, So what about those ones?
Voice 1:Don't worry about them yet, they aren't anywhere near capable of dealing with us. Just do your job
Voice 2: Allright,...Hey, someone is there!
Voice 1: Don't worry about him, he's harmless. Let's go.
??????:I tripped!
??????:Over what?
??????:Something in the grass.
??????:Well go see what it was
??????:Okay.
??????:a what?
??????:a fuzz! I tripped over a fuzzy!
??????:Oh, well what is it?
??????:It looks like a boy.
??????:Well, ask him if he needs any help
??????:Okay!
"Hello, My name's Aru, what are you guys doing all the way out here?" §