by robopup24 » 11/03/2008 1:26 AM
Taboo gave a small smile at Malizian and felt a little more at ease now, hearing Snowy make a joke. Taboo sat next to the Kuhna, feeling a bit safer being next to her. He looked around him and laid down, head cradled in his paws.
"Thisss isss a crude sssketch of a world that the godsss had meant to be paradissse," Umbra began quietly. "We ssshades were not meant to be alive. We were sssupposssed to be the lifelesss guardians of thisss world. We were raisssed from dussst and earth, and our earsss only heard the command of the mighty godsss at firssst. We did our duty well. And then an accident happened." Umbra tilted his head. "We began to think. Develop our own thoughtsss. We began to realize what was right and what was wrong. We felt emotionsss we were never sssupposssed to feel.
"There were sssome of usss, like Ilor, usssed those feelingsss to his advantage. He maniuplated the new emotionsss of most of the ssshadesss to hisss ssside, and he claimed that the godsss had no right to continue their 'tyranny' over usss. Ilor rallied many of the ssshadesss to hisss ssside and they attempted to reach the dwelling of the godsss."
Taboo's ears pricked up. "What happened?" the Bubblegum Kuhna asked fretfully.
"We ssstopped him," Umbra answered. "There wasss a sssmall group of usss ssshadesss who recognized the greed of Ilor, who only wissshed to become a god himself. We ssstood againssst him though our numbersss were far inferior to hisss mighty army. We lossst battle after battle and Ilor'sss goal seemed unbelievably clossse. Asss a lassst desperate chance, we called out to the Outworldersss for help. They came and turned the tide of war. We drove back Ilor'sss army... for now." The shadow Hollowheart growled. "But he hasss been growing ssstrength over the past centuriesss. Our numbersss are dwindling. We called upon the Outwoldersss'sss descendentsss to help usss, but only a few came. Many of their family linesss have already been wiped out."
Umbra sighed. "Thisss wasss once a peaceful place, before all this madnessss broke out. We will ssstill fight to the bitter end, asss we are the only thing ssstanding between Ilor and hisss goal. If he assumesss the posssition of god..." Umbra's voice became bitter. "We are all asss good as dead..."
~*~
Napoleon was becoming desperately tired. For every soldier he managed to take down, five more were there to take its place. The Lakundra growled and swiped a giant paw at a shadow. It squealed and fell down before disappaiting. The Gyrraptor commander stood a good distance away, a smirk on his face.
Napoleon knew how these cowardly shadows fought. If their leader was taken down, they would all flee in panic. But Napoleon saw no way to reach him as long as these shdaows kept coming at him...
And then he saw a Lucain running down the hill. Was he coming to help? Napoleon hoped so, as he didn't have much time left...
Can I die? Can I die?
I'm just waiting 'til I die
Never dreamed a single dream so kind in my entire life
No one knew, even cared for this fleeting fairy tail
Then it slipped into seething sun and soon it sailed away...