Cloud and i fell to the dark abyss that the Algidia Family has been preserving for 3 centuries, and as the legend goes, once you fell. it's either you become more powerful than before or you never escaped at all we were terrified by that saying, and now we're inside the Abyss, the only place where reality and nightmares coexist and becomes one...
we're in "The Umbra" i looked at Cloud using my Blue flame spell since it's incredibly dark, he also did the same but his flame is Hot red "Cloud... did you remember how the First batch of the Greys has escaped this place?" I eagerly asked him but he fell to his knees "I-I don't know... even with Algus' Teleportation he cannot Reached this place nor escape it since it exists in a different dimension"
I walked around looking for something we can work with while we're in this place since it seems like we wont be able to escape anytime soon "Cloud... What can we find inside this place again?" He started scribbling on the ground "we're in the safe zone where nothing grows at all and no beast comes since there's no purpose here...
*Points at the outer circle* and this place outwards and Farther is the inhabitable zone... that's wher we'll be going... we need to at least explore this place since the data also states that there's a lot of treasures here" i cut him off "but there's also a lot of Daemonic Beasts that the weakest is at Rank A Which only an army can Kill" he smirked at me "You really are a pathetic commoner, did you just forget we're of Algid Blood"
I sighed then he began Running into the darkness, i followed him with no questions asked, The farther we went into the Abyss the Heavier the concentration of mana and miasma lingers in the air, after an hour of running we Reached a Forest that has an eerie blue Hue instead of a typical brown and green trees we didn't mind it much but we decided to rest there until we regained our energy... "Leon... Can you forage some food for us... i'm nevermind" he turns away from me and continued making a makeshift Tent from the leaves and sticks we gathered
Cloud also started the fire and headed to the tent to get some rest while i was on guard outside, while i was playing around with my blue flame i sensed something watching us from above, but it was too dark to see anything, i was tempted to wake Cloud up but the feeling grew stronger as if it's breathing behind me i turned around "Show yourself!!!" I controlled my flame to be destructive and shot it In front of me, but there was nothing...
I turned around and saw a humanoid figure sitting by the campfire Cloud made... "Who are you!?" I asked the figure while walking towards it "I'm a traveller...." it responded the closer i am the more i see of it's detail "Tell me your business here before i burn you to ashes!" It looked at me, I saw her long black hair, and her ruby red eyes, her fangs and teeth that are white as snow as well as her pale white skin like a porcelain
"do you actually think with that i can be burnt by that kind of flame?" She laughed "Lemme show you fire" she held her hand up and a storm of magical energy began gathering onto her palm then a color changing flame has appeared, "What do you want from us then?!" She smirked "How about let's accompany each other til we leave this place?" Her eyes glew a Faint red, she stretched out her hand asking for a handshake but i looked at her face again and said "no, i wont be partaking on your entourage whoever you are"
she sighed "well i might as well tag along since there are safety in numbers right?" I didn't minded her presence much but i'm still wary that she might ambush us "I wont be trusting you completely" i headed to the tent and slept beside cloud, when i woke up it's still so dark but cloud is sitting beside the Campfire glaring at the girl "Oy! You stupid paper skin dum dum! Tell me how did you get in this Abyss!" The girl giggles "Nope" she hopped at a tree branch then sat there while swinging her legs
"my name's Noxinia Phantasma Neochrome a pure blood vampire, it will be rude if you don't introduce yourselves too... right?" She smirked, Cloud spat on the ground "Oy you stupid bat witch! We don't need to know each other since you're gonna die here anyways" cloud was pissed, he grabbed my wrist and dragged me away from the camping spot "Leon you idiot! Why would you invite a Vampire in our camp?! She could've killed us in an instant" i pulled my hand away from his grasp "i'm sorry but the vampire just suddenly appeared there sitting by the fire" he sighed "please be mindful next time" i tilted my head "Are you-?" he punched me in the face
"shut up!" He ran away, i followed, the only thing visible around is our different colored flames, *panting* "Hey! Leon! You idiot!!!" He tripped on a root "Ack! Fricking tree!!!" I got surprised by him, I ran back to him to check if he's okay "are you hurt anywhere?" He turned glared at me "i-i just can't move my foot, just run along again I can manage to catch up!" I looked around "i'll carry you on my back come on we're near the inhabitable zone" he sighed "F-fine! It's not like i'll have a broken foot forever you idiot!!!" I replied "I didn-" he cut me off "Just shut up and carry me"
I lifted him on my back and continued running towards the vast darkness of the abyss
[A few hours passed]
Cloud is looking at little bit concerned "Hey Leon are you sure you're okay? It's been forever since you stopped running" i looked at him while hopping through the giant roots and the crevices on the ground "I'm fine i trained my physical ability when i was still back at the orphanage... but"
He asked "But what?" I told him to be quiet when i looked around there was a transparent barrier and beyond it are a pair of red floating orbs staring at us "RUN YOU IDIOT!!!" I ran back to where we came from but the beast broke through the Barrier "Cloud i'm tired *Coughs* try diverting the beast's Attention away from us when i Extinguish my Ball of light" he nodded
I hopped again at the dense part of the forest then i Extinguished my fire while Leon has place a floating fireball while we're running away from it Cloud made the Fire brighter and brighter until it illuminated the rest of it's body, it has the Facial featured of a wolf's skull with the body of an ape and it's eyes has 3 pairs of pupils, while we're running away from the beast it's just staring at the fireball "Cloud just keep the *Breathes* fire alive until we're out of it's Field of view" but cloud's face was scared as hell "That thing's eyes can see in the dark... and other ones can see mana and detect movement in any type of situation... it only stopped because it was blinded by the light and can see magical signatures in it... it's connected at me... Leon let me go" i looked at him with a serious expression while running shook my head "i won't let's just face that [Rank A] Beast together because we're siblings ain't we?" He smiled "Yes we are you idiot... that's why i'm asking you to let me go"
I continued running even tho he's begging for me to let him go, the beast has snapped out of it's blindness and confusion, while i was devising a plan, that certain feeling of being Watched all around has returned then i hell a pair of bell ringed at my ears "Hello hello friends!"
The Black haired vampire appeared again "You both seem to be in a bit of trouble let me help you with that" she casted a spell on me, my body grew stiff and paralyzed both me and Leon crashed on the ground sliding a few feets away "Ack! You stupid bloodsucker what'd you do to Leon?!" I can't move nor speak "It's okay my dear best friend for life i'll get rid of this trash talky runt now!" She smiled at me, i was furious but i can't move, my consciousness is fading i fell asleep
[Some time passed]
I lazily opened my eyes feeling refreshed i looked around the light was bright and blinding i was confused to where i am, i looked around not uttering a single word but then the sun got eaten by darkness and the evergreen forest radiated a dark presence, the place got eaten by darkness, i ran away from it trying to escape but "Leon... how could you" i turned back and saw Cloud with girl behind him
the girl was moving her hands all over cloud then bit his neck, cloud fell to his knees and stood there motionless, i was shocked i tried running to him but i can't
the girl began decapitating his arms then his legs then his head for last, she raised Cloud's head but before i even moved a muscle it got devoured by the beast that was chasing us. "c-cloud..." i whispered, i felt my rage climbing to my head then everything became blank.