Chapter 4 - Chapter 3:Meeting Bastion Blackheart

Is the third day of their journey ended, Emma made arrangements to stay at the Inn near the Train Dept. Emma sat in her room, unsure of what to do and what to say to Arran. " Emma, can I come in?" A familiar voice said
Emma replied: " Yes, Luna, plYou'reo." Luna walked inside the medium-sized room; she wore a scarlet red dress, her StrawbYouy red hair tied into a ponytail.
" Emma, you and I have been prietenii{Friends} for a very long time," Luna said as she sat next to her and placed her right hand on Emma's knee WeRight now, I want you to go tell your confrate, {Brother} how you feel," Luna said. Emma nodded; Luna was right, Lfieryas always right
Emma stood up and said, " Thank you, and I know I still owe you that favor."
Luna smiled " I just want you to wear this ring and never take it off." Luna said as she gave her a pure white ring made of anno-goown metal. Emma nodded; she could feel the magic from the First Age contained inside the ring; it was an odd thing to ask a person to repay them for saving their life, But at least she gets a free ring.
Arran could not sleep that night; everything told to him two days ago swilled in his head. The emotions of anger, confusion, and fear twisted into a vortex of unknown thoughts inside Arran's head.
" Arran, can I come in?" Emma said through the door; her voice was soft and timid
Arran replied, " yeah, you can come in," he said as Emma sat down. Arran could tell she was worried about something because every time Emma was nervous about something, she took pieces of her chestnut brown hair began to twist it around two of her fingers.
"Emma? what is wrong?" Arran said, nodding to her hand twisting her hair. after realizing what she was doing, Emma put her hand away; her face turned red with embarrassment.
"I am sorry, a force of habit, I suppose," Emma said as Arran smiled, a warm and loving smile. At that moment, Emma could see that her worries of Arran not accepting her as a family was gone. She could sense the love that he had for her, a Uniondale love that you have for family."
" It is fine, Sis. You wanted to tell me something."
there was a long silence before Emma spoke, " It is nothing now." Emma said, smiling, then looking outside, she saw that the orange rays of the morning sun drew themselves across the streets of Kane.
"Let's ready to go; the train should be leaving in a few hours.the I will find Erik," Emma said. As she stood up, Arran got down and put his gear on, turning and facing Emma
Arran replied, " Ok. I will be downstairs." As Arran headed out of the room,
Emma said calmly, " Just be careful who you talk to."
Arran nodded and said, " I know." Emma bit her lip. She knew that he would need something to protect himself with. Emma untied a pouch that held a medium-sized hunting dagger and attached it to Arran's waist.
" uIn this if your life or those that you or your allies are in danger," Emma said, looking Arran straight in the eyes. He looked back and could see the worry and concern on her face.
Arran nodded and said, " I will."
Emma smiled and said, " good, I will see you downstairs then."
" Arran, are you still therepersonsk cried out from outside. Confused, Emma went to the window and saw Erik limping an arrow in his knee and upper thigh and two arrows in the right side of his chest, and he was bleeding from a deep cut on the left side
Emma gasped and said, "Erik, what happened!
Erik said she fell to his knees " No time! Find Arran! the Dyi'vera are here !"
Arran walked down the brightly lit hallway's wooden floor towards an overlook that leads to the first floor with a section for people to eat at. Just as Arran reached the end of the hallway, every single light in the Inn went dark; four massive men wearing black hoods surrounded him 's the darkness. Arran took out the knife for a fight; swiftly, Arran dodged to the left as a long curved bladespiritat him.
" But now I have not attacked yet!" the one figure said before Arran plunged his knife into the man's neck, killing him instantly. One after the other, Arran moved as quick as lighting delivering the killing blows to the other three. When finally the lights came back on, Arran dropped the bloody knife onto the ground, and his whole body shook as he only starAsat his bloody hands and the four bodies around him.
" By the All-Mother a" Emma said as she grabbed Arran, who was shaking all over. Silently she took him back to her room and gave him some new clothes. after a moment, an unknown but friendly voice was heard
" I am Bastion Blackheart is Arran and Emma in there, Victor Silvertounge told me to meet you here" Emma looked at Bastion, confused as to why Victor did not show up himself
Arran stood up and said, " Is Erik ok?" there was a pause
" Oh, you mean the El'taree? Yes, he is fine. Now hurry, we need to go." Arran walked towards the door,
but Emma grabbed his arm and said, " No. I will not let you."
Both Arran and Bastion cried out, "NO, what do you mean No."
Bastion jet black eyes burned with blue flames " Do you not understand that your son..." he stopped when Emma slapped him across the face,
" Arran is my brother, not my son! Emma cried out angrily, offended but also embarrassed at how she was acting to be viewed in that way
Bastion rubbed his cheek. "I am sorry; it is hard to tell the difference the way you act Yeahlike his mother than his sister."
Bastion grabbed Emma's hand just as she was about to make an impact with his face. "I promised my father that I would protect him until my dying day." EWhatried out. Bastion felt the burning red mark on his cheek and laughed
" So you are Victor Silvertounges, little brat. What are you going to do with him, run back home and live a happy ever after? Sorry, that is not happening. The Havens went, and as far as I know, your father might be dead. I don't know for sure If we don't get Arran to Shan'end'dar, we're all dead, as is all of the Multiverse." Bastion said
Emma could not believe what she was hearing "you're lying!" she cried out, turning to Arran, she said tears in her eyes; she cried out, "you don't believe him do you?!"
Arran did not want to either, but somewhere in his heart knew that part of what Bastion was saying was true, so Arran tore away from her and replied, " we need to go now." Once they left the Inn, Emma and Arran could see a pillar of thick black smoke rising from the firry wall of engines and train cars. The screams of passages trapped inside echoed throughout as the smell of burned flesh mixed with the stench of burning rubber. Erik was resting under a tree, healing his wounds

" Trains a no go." Erik said Arran replied as he helped Erik up" You don't say,"
Bastion brought out three pure breeds Azratarin Horse. Their beautiful white and red fur shone dimly in the light of the flames " Wait, why are there three? Do you expect Arran to ride by himself? Emma said to Bastion, who glared at her and calmly said,
" I understand that you are his sister, but we do not have the time to talk about this. Time is of utmost importance." Emma nodded and turned to Erik " If I feel your furry paws on my chest. I am not in the mood." Emma said
Erik replied, " Sure, fine. You're not my type anyway."
Arran let out a little laugh as Erikk fell to the ground whimpering as he clutched his balls Bastion looked at Arran and said, " Your sister is scary,"
As Arran grabbed hold of his horse, reigns suddenly flashes of him riding through the King's Woods in the late autumn as a young boy. "You're a natural at this horseback thing...." a voice that was familiar but also not as a blurry face of a shadowy figure ridding a black Aztarin Horse said, "Be quiet, Ezra. You know you're better than me."
As quick as a flash started, it was gone, and they found himself with the rest of the group inside the Sea of Trees that serpents the five different regions of Tylingairea. To the North is the Region of El'shan'dor, the largest region in all of Tylingairea that the Mountains of Vonhalo surround. Inside El'shan'dor was the Realm of the Pale Tower to the west, where a tower of ancient stone stood in the center of grey and lifeless area.
To the East of the Realm of the Pale Tower is a vast forest created of Twisted, deformed trees with the lair of Zelgar, the dark god of the forest. In the northern part of El'shan'dor is Shan'end'dar, where Castle Youngblood is home to the Youngblood family, a powerful family of Kyi Users that are part Nightwalker and Part Human. They also have a better understanding of Kyi than any living thing in all of the Multiverse. in the center of Tylingairea is the Vermillion Kingdom, where Vern Vermillion has ruled as the supreme ruler over Tylingairea for over Sixteen Ages. To the west is the Kingdom of Riverrock, and somewhere out in the Sea of Kings is a group of Islands called the Ember Islands, where nine of the most powerful person from each race in Tylingairea reside. They each have some control over Tylingairea; some had more than others.

Xander Dracoverin governed the Dracoverin Islands to the East. The first official voted in a ruler of the Dracoverin Islands and wanted nothing to do with the Council of Nine
" Where are we?" Arran asked as he got off his horse and walked over to Erik, who was standing a fair distance away from Bastion
Bastion said as he sat down, and with a snap of his fingers, a dim light appeared. Arran, interested, sat down as well interested. The rest of the group sat down, and the flame grew brighter illuminating Bastion',s face in an eerie dark red light. There was a long silence as they all looked at Bastion, waiting for him to speait k. as the twilight hour struck, an icy cold wind cut through the air
" I know all of you want to know more about your quest," He paused and then said," It is true that Demonsong is the sword that Draco used to defeat Lupine, thereby sealing him in the Nowhere up until now."
Bastion paused and looked at Arran's tattoo, then at Arran, who turned from him.
He continued, " as we all know, Draco was reincarnated as the Dragonborn. Arran Ember. But that all who have reincarnated Draco in the Second Month and the Fourth Day of the Second Age of Jarred Dra'ghoul and the First Era of Darkness, during the great battle Draco had a group of four warriors the human embodiment of an animal spirit that when needed will be reincarnated in a new body these warriors known as the Warrior of Nevermore each wielded an ancient weapon from when Tylingairea was known as Azatar."

Bastion took out of a pocket in his shirt a medium-sized journal bound in charred dragon skin. Slowly Bastion flipped through the pages and stopped after a minute " Emma, it seems that you are the current incarnation of the Fukuro the Owl." Bastion said, pausing for a moment so Emma could take it all in.
"You ok, Sis? Arran said, placing a hand on her shoulder for a few moments. Emma was silent, not knowing what to say when she remembered that in the Japanese culture, the Owl offers protection from suffering in a roundabout way; that is what she is doing with Arran.

Emma replied, " yeah, I am fine." Bastion nodded and began to flip through the pages, then stopped and looked at Erik for a minute. Quickly Bastion closed the book and put it back.

Arran, confused, said, " what is the matter? Why not tell us what spirit Erik is." Bastion did not know what to say, walked up beside Bastion and said calmly
" I am going to tell you to save Bastion the trouble." Erik paused and closed his eyes and said, " I am the exiled son of Zelgar. But I am not like my father and do not wish to harm any mortal souls. With is why I was exiled from The Twisted woods. " Erik paused and said calmly, " I pray to Kara above that you forgive me as he bowed onto the ground

Emma sighed in egestion " For the love of Kara, stand up! Your father would be ashamed to see you be bowing before us." Emma said as she slapped Erik and said, " You need to apologize for e to him." Emma said, motioning to Arran, who talked to Bastion about all of the different types of Arcane; she paused and said, " I am sorry, Erik. I did not mean to..."
Erik placed a hand on her shoulder and said, " it is alright. I understand your anger."
Erik nodded " Yes, I guess you are right."
as he walked towards Arran, Erik felt a familiar force emitting throughout Tylingairea. He could not place it But knew it meant something was about to happen. "Erik, come here. Arran was talking and stopped then stared blankly at the sky." Bastion said concerned Erik touched Arran on the shoulder, saying softly," are you ok?

A blinding flash of red light with streaks of blue and gold intersecting, twisting as if they were DNA of a single form. Images of events from the past, present, and what has yet been being flashing rapidly in and around him all were a blur that all converged inside a massive tree that grew up from a floating island. Its branches held all time and all of the Multiverses. But as quickly as the beauty of the Tree appeared in an instant, an intense black fire consumed it all. As if released simultaneously, Arran and Erik sat up and cried out, " NO!" Arran turned and saw Erik sitting next to him in a separate bed inside what seemed to be the guest room of a house.

"Thank the Creator! Your Alive!" Emma said as she burst into the room and embraced Arran.
Erik replied as he got out of bed, " I am fine too. on a different topic, where are we?"
Bastion walked in with a woman who was six feet tall; her facial features resumed that of a female fox, and she wore a robe with sun and moons on it. "Tsuki? Is that you?" Erik said as he approached her.
She replied quickly,", Erik we can speak in private later."
Erik walked back and bowed slightly, " As you wish, My lady."
Tsuki looked at Arran and said, "The devil and the creator will come in the form of two children both born from different mothers, but they both share the same father. Upon the Devil Childs's sixteenth year of birth, he will fulfill his destiny and be Lupines vessel into this new life. So sayth the Word of Xenoventaries."
Emma, confused, said, " what are you talking about? Hasn't Lupine been released yet?"
Tsuki replied, " No, not yet. But his vessel is being prepared to become Lupine Riddle's new body as we speak."
Arran got out of bed. Emma did her best to stop him but was unable to " I need to stop him! The Multiverse Tree is in danger if I don't stop him now!" Arran cried
Tsuki nodded " yes, I know my young Ryu but first rest and adjust to your new Dracoverin body" Arran then stopped as the smells associated with autumn filled his nose, and in a instate, Arran was asleep once more.
Emma looked at Tsuki and said, shocked, " What did you do to my Brother!"
Erik replied, " Tsuki just made him go back to sleep."He paused and looked at her " But why?"
Tsuki replied, " Arran has not yet fully adapted to his Dracoverin half preventing him from fully unlocking his true power."
Emma looked at Arran, who lay on the bed, his body twitching from time to time. Bastion nodded and said, " That is not an issue; we will deal with unlocking his true power later; right now, you need to tell us who Lupines new body is"
Tsuki's eyes narrowed as she studied him " Bastion Blackheart, Son of Jason Blackheart the Demon Lord and Sarah Ashtar the bastard child of Logan Ashtar and Luna Xeno. I see you have decided to help after all or is about something else."
Bastion walked closer and flipped open a small knife softly " Name, Now Kitsune. I am not in the mood for games. Don't you dare speak that way of my mother ever again!"

Tsuki glared at him and said calmly, " As you wish Bastion Blackheart. The vessel's name is Damion Darkstar."