Kaer and Dawn walked toward the town in the distance, although they were kobolds they didn't live dungeons or forest like normal kobolds, they were born somewhere near the town inside a cave with no one around and only relying on each other to survive. The town where they live nearby is called Brightsky town, they are very well known there but not for good reasons. As any kobolds, they liked shiny stuff and so they stole a lot of things.
"He is at the city center!"
Kaer said excitedly towards Dawn, each word that came out of Kaer mouth hurt her as she missed Kaer, it was an weird feeling of having something missing, a gaping hole in the chest. She was on the verge of crying again but she holded and isolated that sadness, the same way that she did when someone close to her died.
As they walked through the town, there were kids playing and merchants selling, people were everywhere together with some adventurers from the guild, of course there was no humans as there were only orcs, elfes, dwarfes, shroomnies, beastpeople, lizardman and more. They rushed through the main street towards the center of the city, there was a plaza and a few young adults to see if they have aptitude to use Aura. There aren't many people that want to become Aura Practicioners as they know what type of burden it is to become an Aura Practicioners, even the adventurers from the adventure guild doesn't use aura, they only conjure mana with draconic speach.
"Alright, sis now tell me about the nightmare you had! If you can tell me i can help you out!"
Kaer spoke with a gentle tone as he put his hands on Dawn face to pet her, Kaer had his gentle smile that he only showed to his little sister. Dawn looked straight at his eyes, she could only wish all of this was real, she wanted to be able to hug her brother once again, see him once more, spend more time with him.. It was her fault that he died wasn't it? If she was stronger.. 'If i was stronger-'
"Hey, hey! Don't cry again or else i will cry too! Im here with you Dawn and i will always be with you!"
"K-Kaer.."
...
"It killed you.. i saw it kill you-"
Dawn couldn't hold it anymore, she cried, this was too much for her and her continuosly deteriorating mind, she tried to forget it all, she really tried. But it just keeps coming back every single time.
"I- i could've- I should've have saved you! If i was faster- If i wasn't distracted-"
"Your desire was to see me once more, so i am here, i am here."
The surroundings started to colapse and the illusion was being broken, after the background shattered, it reconstructed itself, a huge gate could be seen behind with 10 shards, 5 on each side and 8 of these shards are shining. At this moment a piercing pain hit Dawn hearth, the 9th shard was starting to light up aswell.
"D-dont leave me again! I-i cant anymore, everywhere i go, anywhere i go something bad happens-"
"It's fine. I'm with you. I was given the chance to see you once more before i am gone, so please try not to think so negatively like you always did, i want to see you smile one last time."
"Kaer please-"
Kaer body was slowly becoming transparent, there was nothing that could keep him together anymore, this was the final time he would appear in the border of the land of the living.
"D-don't leave me alone! I dont want to-"
"Shh.. It will be fine. Didn't i say before? I will always be with you.. Don't you remember that time we fought the thousand mile archer? And how we beat them? What about when we finally met the so called grandmasters of evil and we stomped on them afterward? And that time we helped out the wolf tribe with their shenanigans? There was also that time we helped to search the husband of that dwarf that was drunk in a bar! Wasn't it all great? Wasn't those moments the best part of our lives? Don't think about all the things that went wrong, but don't forget about them either. Grow with them, that is the way to reach new heights, be it as a person or as an Aura Practicioner."
"There also seemd to be someone that cares a lot about you in the world of the living, cherish good moments with them as you did with me."
"So please, smile for me."
Those were his last words, his form completely disappeard in the darkness and the 9th shard lightened up, the sound of multiple voice, memories that she had forgotten be it good or bad, the faces, their last wishes and what they aspired to be for, their suffering, despair and finally their hope burned within. The 10th shard started to light up, but it stopped halfway as something was missing, the emotion of someone was missing, but who?
"I don't want to be alone..", "I killed him.", "If i haven't insisted.."
The door in the background disappeard and Dawn waked up, she felt horrible. She felt that everything that can go wrong will go wrong.
"Why are you crying! Did something happen?"
Emilia's voice entered her head, her eyes were red from crying so much and she still was crying. Dawn also looked diffrent from before, her scales looked more refined, her eyes were sharper and more dragon-like than before, she had even grown from 89 centimeters to 1 meter, it was as if she went through a transformation in the few seconds that both of them blacked out.
"What is wrong Dawn? I can help you! Whatever it is, im here with you and i will always be with you by your side if you need me!"
Emilia slowly approached Dawn, but was surprised by a sudden hug!
"I- i killed him- I killed them-"
Emilia let Dawn speak, it would be better if she got everything out of her chest at once, after a few minutes Emilia responded.
"I don't know who it was, but you didn't kill anyone! You are a nice lizard, you would never hurt somebody no matter what! You are amazing and you will always be!"
"..."
"Dawn, you are my friend- No, my best friend! Hell, i even consider you as my sister and i wont ever abandon you when you need me, i will always stay with you and help you when you need me!"
Dawn slowly let go, she seemed a little better than before. Emilia looked around, that sudden burst of light came out of nowhere! The surroundings were still the same, but the giant golden mushroom had vanished and now, there was an oval golden shining thing in it's place.
"..Chrono, you said im your sister right?"
Emilia quickly turned her head towards Dawn and replied.
"Of course!"
Emilia had the most friendly smile a dragon could have at this moment.
"..."
"Do you remember something from when you blacked out?"
Dawn asked while wiping her tears, she still felt horrible but not as much.
"No, i just heard a few voice about a plan and purification, besides that nothing."
After hearing this Dawn went quiet again, she needed her time. Emilia turned back to the golden oval shaped thing, she had guessed that this was the Concentrated Nucleos and reached forward to grab it, the Nucleos instead of staying still moved right towards Emilia.
As this was happening, a very tired Raenir was running towards them in the distance...