CHAPTER-3:THE-MEETING
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Instantly, Orion's mind was in a small cavern, where the air felt still, he could see the cloaked figure with some red vines stuck into their upper back. The cavern had an opening in the top, with red vines coming through, suspending the figure in the air.
In a matter of seconds, the vines dropped the figure to the ground and Orion's presence was immediately felt by the figure.
"Hello, is anybody there?" The cloaked figure wondered, scanning the cavern.
Abruptly, the vision ended. After the vision ended, Orion stumbled backwards onto the concrete. As he fell, he noticed the creature standing before him, staring intensely at him.
"Orion. You went completely blank again," Lyra panicked, helping Orion up from the concrete. "Was it another vision?"
"I saw the figure again, but this time I wasn't in a void, I was in some sort of cavern!" Orion said, grasping a thought. "I know exactly what they're doing."
"What? Are they controlling the creature?" Rikko inquired.
"Spot on." Orion responded. "We don't know what their next move is, and it may not be good…"
The moment Orion finished speaking, an energy shifted in the air around them. The colossal creature, which has been frozen in place, suddenly shuddered and the deep humming sound it emitted cut out; It's bulging eye darted frantically, losing all focus on the trio.
"What is it doing?" Lyra asked, her voice full of confusion and fear.
Abruptly, the creature began to run towards the forest; Orion, Lyra, and Rikko were oblivious of where it was going, but they still followed it.
"Where is it going?" Orion exclaimed, losing his train of thought trying to figure out where the creature was headed to.
"It looks like it's running towards the forest. Why is it going back there, and why is the figure not controlling it anymore?" Lyra skeptically stated.
As the creature neared the forest, a dark substance flooded out of its eye, spreading all over the ground and blocked the trio's path to the forest. When the substance stopped spreading across the ground, its appearance transformed from navy blue to pure black, with star-like objects inside.
Once the creature was beyond the city, twilight began to emerge in the afternoon sky and the trees began glowing dark hues of blue, green, and orange.
"What are we going to do? It would take us forever to walk around the giant flood of whatever this substance is." Rikko said sorrowfully, drawing attention to the substance.
Unforseenly, Orion recognised the shape of a vast rift deep within the glowing forest, which slowly pulsates between an unnerving purple and an icy blue. The figure glided forth through the tear in reality and into their world. As the figure stepped onto the soil of the overworld, the dark substance began seeping into the earth, staining the ground black.
"Oh my god. The figure is here," Orion cried fearfully. "They have just entered our world through a rift in the forest!"
"Quick, to the forest!" Lyra commanded.
The figure stood like a statue, staring at the trio as they ran towards them; Orion, Lyra, and Rikko were suddenly frozen in place by an unknown force, unable to move. All of a sudden, they were lifted a few inches above the ground.
The figure began pacing towards their hovering bodies, pointing at Orion as they inched closer and closer.
"Why me... why are they pointing at me?" Orion mumbled.
The cloaked figure stoppedbright in front of the three of them, who were still hovering. The deep shadow in the figure's hood felt like an intense stare focused on Orion.
The figure lifted their free hand and snatched a single ryphanite red clover directly from Lyra's pocket. It flew to the figure's hand and began to spin fast, blurring into a disk of glowing red light. Then, a dry, harsh voice scraped from under the hood, speaking directly to Orion.
"The air around here feels... weird. How can you live in this dimension Orion?" Their voice held no feeling. "You weren't born here, but you were brought here by our mother to prevent you from dying, but now you are older, the illness will not affect you."
The spinning clover pulsed, and the intense red light seemed to pierce through the figure's shadow, illuminating a moment of chilling certainty in their stance.
The figure paused, their head tilted slightly, as if judging the impact of their words.
"You aren't from here Orion, you aren't from this world." The figure's voice suddenly cracked, losing their harsh edge and sounding desperate. "Something is coming for you and your friends, something evil. Come home... come with me, all of you, please. I want to keep you three safe."
The figure began to slowly lower the trio to the ground, reaching up and pulling down their shadowed hood.
"I am your brother Orion." The figure stated. "My name is Sílkho, but you can call me Sílk."
Sílkho lowered his hood completely, revealing a face semi-familiar to Orion.
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