Frost Fall

There weren’t always dragons in the Valley, but now they're here and all I can think about is finding my family! The dragons keep coming through those blood red rifts in the sky. My god they're burning everything with their breath! I have to make it up the hill to my family's hut! I have to make sure my younger brother is safe!

"Mei Fang where do you think your going!?! You must leave this village before it's too late!"

"I'm going home! I have to Elder Matook! My brother Marshal is still there, and I can't just leave him behind!"

"Child save yourself, and don't worry about your brother. I'm sure your father is there now protecting him, now come quickly child if it's the last thing my old bones do it's ensuring you make it out of this valley alive!"

Grabbing me by my wrist and pulling me behind him Elder Matook took us beyond the outskirts of our humble village, and deep into the wilderness beyond. Reaching the tree line I can feel his grip tighten around my wrist as he uses his strength to throw me down into the under brush. Turning back to face him I can see a demonic dragon with deep black soulless eyes sweeping down from the cursed sky above.

With it's mouth open wide I see Elder Matook with a look of satisfaction and acceptance on his face turn to face the demonic dragon. With a smirk on his face he chants the ancient texts and uses his magic to propel an ice spike, three timber tree lengths long, through the dragon's inferno breath piercing the beasts skull through it's gapped mouth.

The dragon's breath is engulfing and consuming Elder Matook, and all I can do as a scared fifteen year old girl is listen to the terrifying and horrific screams that seem to eco from Elder Matook and all of my fellow tribesmen. Why is this happening? Why did Elder Matook give his life for mine? Where is Marshal and my father? I wish someone could come save us from this terrible fate! I won't let Elder Matook's life be in vain I'll find a way to survive this! I'll go and get help there's a human village north of our village.

Beginning my run through the forest I try to focus all my energy on evading the various dragon threats as they burn everything around me to the ground. Terrified I sprint through the forest looking to my right I see the same monster that killed Elder Matook swoop low as to begin another attack on me. This dragon is gonna kill me! there isn't any way I can out run his breath, and my ice magic is lacking. Is this really where I draw my final moments facing a demonic dragon with no chance for rescue or survival!

"I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die! O' mighty Wolf Guardian Spirit that has protected the Wolf-Elf decedents of you our holy protector, please grant my soul your strength, and allow me to unlock my inner potential to defeat the foe that threatens the life of our people In your name I pray! HELP ME SLAY THIS BEAST!!!"

Rapidly shouting and repeating my prayer for protection I muster the courage to face the threat before me. Getting into position I begin the technique to summon my own ice spire to impale the bloody dragon before me. The dragon with a hole in it's skull abruptly comes to a halt in the air hovering just above me. Petrified by fear I stand still with my stance to cast my spell still incomplete.

Frozen in place all I can do is watch with terror as the tremendous demonic dragon that killed Elder Matook and countless others seemingly decides to land just before me. With many of the surrounding trees all a flame I find myself face to face with a demonic dragon just waiting for the moment it opens their mouth and swallows me whole.

"Little wolf girl is what you speak the truth? are your people indeed decedents of the Wolf Guardian Spirt? It must be true your soul reads a lot like the Wolfblade's the only difference is you don't seem to be conflicted with both an inner angel and demon. Well little wolf girl I suppose I should be thanking you now I have something interesting to tell the true demon king Solomon. I'm not going to go into specifics, but by meeting you I have a new theory that might help my dark overload secure his rightful spot as the master of the Multi-Realm. Unfortunately for you, you won't be around to see it."

Looking at the dragon shocked that it can actually speak I can see a twisted smirk appear on its face as it takes off into the sky. Grabbing me swiftly with its rotten talons I can feel my bones break. In excruciating pain and scared beyond all belief it takes me up into the sky far above the Emerald valley and my tribe's village.

Looking down all I can see is chaos. There are Wolf-Elves running around trying to put fires out while others try their best to fend off the demonic dragons. Watching from above I spot my father doing his best to hold his own against what appears to be the dragon king and it's rider, but as swiftly as I spotted him I witnessed the rider plunge his sword through my father's chest. With quick succession the dragon king and it's rider flew over the village engulfing everything and everyone in flames.

They killed them all, my father, my five year old brother Marshal, the people of my tribe! They're all dead, and soon enough I'll be joining them. I hope Elder Matook can forgive me, after all I tried my best to escape. Accepting my fate I close my eyes and wait for all the inevitable to happen.

Suddenly I feel my body being thrown into the dragon's maw. Flying to the back of the dragon's throat my broken body is swallowed whole. Once I enter what I can only assume is the beast's stomach everything begins to fade, my pain, my senses, and my life. As my soul leaves my body my surroundings become darkness.

A light appears in front of me, sudden and indescribable. I also feel a coldness I haven't ever felt before. A figure stands in the light in front of me, getting closer the figure seems to belong to a gorgeous woman.

"What are you doing here?"

She's speaking to me, with the voice of an angel. I wonder if she's here to take me to heaven? Wait a minute, if she was here to guide me into the afterlife, then why doesn't she know why I'm here? After all isn't it obvious; to get here and see an angel I died. Isn't that the only way to arrive at this destination?

"Real quick sweet heart could you stop with the whole projecting your thoughts into my mind thing. I get it you died, and your seeing your first angel, and its an experience your young soul hasn't experienced before, but with all that said dead people get guided from their host realm to their new realm by Grim or myself, and you weren't guided here you just appeared here. Which before you ask or think about where here is let me tell you real quick. You are currently in what is known as the Void. It's the place that is surrounded by the Multi-Realm Ring, which for the record Grim, Myself, and two others are the only known beings to be able to survive here."

"Mrs. Angel Lady I'm sorry I don't quite understand what's going on here or how I came to be here, All I know is that my world..."

"You mean Realm, but continue."

For as beautiful as this angel is she seems to be quite mean...

"I heard that, anyways let me guess your realm was invaded by demons, and during all the fighting you died and now are here. Am I close?"

"That's exactly what happened, how'd you know all of that?"

"Simple I'm Mori the Angel of Death I reside here in the Void so I can help guide all the souls of innocent beings like yourself to their new lives or afterlives depending on the situation. I know your realm was recently invaded by a splinter group of demons that broke away from the Coalition of Hells ruled by the original Satan. With that said you'll be happy to know that the splinter group of demons known as the Followers of Solomon haven't converted your realm into another Hell."

I'm confused. I don't know who Satan is or what the Coalition of Hells is, or what converting realms into Hells entails. All I know is I'm dead and in a different place with an angel who is beyond snarky and rude while also somehow being calm and possibly empathetic.

"Your telepathically thinking in my head again! Honestly Mei it's getting a little annoying the fact you can't control that. Also full disclosure we've been expecting you, and by we I mean Grim, Wolf, Michael, and myself. Now before you go think in my head again or ask any stupid questions let me explain some things. First off somehow you managed to bond your soul with Wolf's soul. With your accidental bonding Wolf after arriving here from his most recent death sensed your death, and you popped into existence here in the realm. Secondly you have an inner angel within you who has yet to be born. Now I know that probably doesn't make much sense to you at this point, but trust me Mei you'll soon relies that the reality of the Multi-Realm and this inter-realm war you somehow roped yourself into is a bit hard to comprehend for your mortal mind. With that out of the way come follow me for some Void brew iced tea and a nice conversation with the others in the other room."

"Wait what? If you were expecting me all along why did you ask me why I was here to begin with? Out of all the new experiences and hard to understand knowledge you just tried to explain asking me that opening question makes the least amount of sense if you were expecting me."

"Out of all that I just explained to you that was the part you were confused by the most? Really Mei come on sweet heart I thought you could've figured that bit out on your own. I asked you that question to see what information you knew and when you didn't complete your answer I assumed you had no idea why you're here, which led to my fantastic explanation of your situation. Mei are you caught up now?"

"Sorta, but right now I don't really know what's going on or understand half of what you said, but the whole opening question confusion I had has been subsided, so at least I understand that now. With any luck though talking with the others might help me understand more about what your tried to explain."

Mori turning around and facing the unbelievable light behind her, and with a with her beautiful angelic voice spoke.

"Now come along sweet heart your new life is just beginning!"