She looked around but everything seemed wrong, just like when she was on the road, everything looked like they were in a cube, and the people were glowing...so as Sky.
He then said,"I want you to wish that we're back to normal."
She tried, but it didn't work, then he smiled at her with her eyes closed, then whispered in her ear,"Wish that you could be normal...with me."
She opened her eyes and everything seemed normal again as he told her to follow him.
She had never been this far from home before, everything was so new, the symbiotic abilities being used, the sights, the people, everything.
He took her into a slum then walked through the houses till he got to one at the outskirts of the slum and the town.
One of his wings grew then he plucked out a feather as it began shaping itself into a key, then he opened the door and the feather flew back.
Portia walked in first as he proposed then she was met by this dirty, lilliput weirdo in eyeball magnifying goggles, leather clothes who began shaking her hands so much, it made her dizzy as he said,"It's you! You're here!"
"How exactly do you know me?"She asked.
"Oh I know a lot about you and Skylar, and a lot more people, including your parents."He said.
She widened her eyes then clenched a fist but Sky stepped in then said,"Portia, don't worry, Manfred is here to help."
She looked at the man, who was arguing with his desk, then back at Sky, and was skeptical, till he looked into her eyes, then she was hooked.
The man told her to take a seat, where? Anywhere, because the topography of the place was so unbalanced, anywhere could be a chair, bed or potty.
She just sat down besides the man whiles Sky stood behind her, then the man asked,"Do you know what symbiote you are connected to?"
"I never had one."She said.
He burst out laughing and said,"It tickles my bones! You have a symbiote, you always have, that necklace that was given to you was your symbiote."
"I sold it, years ago."She said, blankly.
"Yes, then you stole it back."
She widened her eyes, how did he know?
He began laughing again then she asked angrily,"How did you know that?! Have you been spying on me?"
"Oh heavens no, what kind of a weirdo do you think I am? I probed your memories."He said,"My symbiote is a Bletzen multiple tailed fox, I can read the minds of all symbiotic pairs and lone organisms, control them and even move things telekinetically to a degree and have a superior intellect to most creatures, except for Vixens of course."
Portia looked him up and down then said,"No offence, but you don't quite look like one."
"You want me to? Because I can."He said, his smile alone already increasing dangerously in beauty.
She just shook her head then declined and said,"I just want answers, how is this black gem a symbiote and why were those men after me?"
He chuckled slightly then said,"Symbiotes aren't only creatures, they could be anything, an animal, a Monster or mythical creature or even an artefact, like in your case, which is what I call a ' Symbiotic Cyborg ', as long as it could bind with you and you don't only have to get one too, that crystal, is a rare Void Drana or Glutten crystal, it is basically a stable and crystalline black hole which gives you all the abilities they posses and a fraction of all the abilities of the void Dragon."
She looked at the gem, what?
If he was right then that had to be a pure Quintessence crystal and those things were found once every two thousand years on average, at most, but how did her parents get it?
Before she could ask again, the guy said,"Yes, yes, those men are servants of Darlok the Dreadful, an extremely dangerous being who occupies the Space between spaces, he literally rules over everything, but wants more, so he searches around the Multiverse for beings like you, who have bonded with Drana crystals, but there's a catch, some Drana wielders are Drunists, which means they have to say and memorise incantations to use them, others are normal users who control them with their minds, but each could be equally powerful and dangerous, and also, some people have a greater affinity for the crystals, so killing another crystal wielder will give them the crystal most compatible with their character and yours is a Void, which means you control Space, Time and all other dimensions, with practice, you could become one of the most powerful beings in this sector of the Multiverse."
He had this quirk of saying things very calmly, even the most emotional ones as Portia asked,"Wouldn't that make him want me more?"
"Not really, if you grow too powerful for his forces to capture you, he would have no other choice than to leave you and possibly your sector of the Multiverse as you'd probably protect it, he's bound to the Space between spaces so can only leak out fragments of his true power, but be warned, even then, he's dangerous and if he gathers enough crystal wielders, he might break free..."
***
Portia only left that place with more questions and Sky seemed to realize, he turned her face to his then said,"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you."
"But...why? Why are you helping me? Why did you...kiss me?"She asked.
He smiled then placed his hand on her short hair then said,"Because I love you, that was the only reason I broke up with Princess, to have a chance with you, but I was scared that I might be too late, that's why I never moved forward."
"Why would anyone be interested in me?"
"Are you kidding? You're beautiful, brave, kind, strong hearted and determined, literally half the time in the locker room, boys fight over who gets to speak with you."
She was shocked by his revelation then he said,"It's not safe for you back at school, we're going to my house."
"But how will we...eek!"She screamed.
His wings flapped powerfully and they were thrusted into the air.
She looked around then stretched her arm and felt something...
"How many wings do you have?"She asked.
"Six, actually."
"Then how come you always use two?"
"It's much easier to control just two at my level, my four other wings are much weaker than my two dominant ones right now but with training, they'll get much more powerful, I hope."
He landed and she asked,"What do you mean, hope?"
He smiled then turned her face to the house... mansion...palace he lived in, it was huge.
She found her jaw on the floor, literally as it was in the fourth dimension, so skipped passing through the air to the floor.
She closed it then asked,"You live here?"
He nodded then said,"And you're welcome to stay as long as you may need."
She squealed as he motioned for her to go on, then she ran from place to place, but got over excited and everything was warped, becoming like an abstract portrait.
She apologized a million times but he said,"I actually like it better."
She looked at the mess... artwork she had just made and was stunned.
Topiaries were shaped like inter dimensional geometric shapes, the water in the fountains was now flowing into the air, disappearing, reappearing and flowing around the garden in floating, swirling and intermingling currents and the boulders from the rock garden were now four dimensional, changing shape and size and passing through each other as they occasionally fell through the third dimensional Space.
She was mesmerized as he said,"Come on, I want to show you something."
So she followed him...