Introduction: Gods exist in this universe of magic and of the fantastic, each god does what it likes. some are kind, others indifferent and some cruel. this is a tale of a young boy who has an encounter with one of those gods, we shall see which kind he was had the fortune to meet.

PART 1: THE BOY'S FALL.

The night was warm, it was the middle of summer Velus and his friends are out playing in the forest by his village. 

"Velus, you can't catch me!" shouted a young girl in excitement as she ran away from him. Velus ran as fast as he could through the trees and underbrush, his friends laughed as they ran, they are playing a game of tag and Velus was it. The planets 3 moons illuminated the dark of the night away, making it quit easy to see. 

Velus changed targets from Lista to Feltron. "I'm coming for you Feltron!" Velus shouted in an exhilarated tone. They ran and crashed through the underbrush of the frost, scaring away the small animals that were sleeping in them. 

Feltron tripped a little on a stick allowing Velus to catch up. 

'yes this is my chance to tag him!' Velus thought to himself. then suddenly Feltron jumped and Velus fell down a hole that he hadn't noticed. 

He awoke to the sound of something tapping stone on stone, he couldn't see anything. it was to dark for him to see, then the tapping stopped. 

"You had a big fall, your lucky you didnt die from it." A voice spoke from the dark.

Velus felt fear well up inside of me, but the pain and the cold made it hard for him to move. 

"Relax, panic will only make things worse." the tapping started up again, filling the dark with clanks. 

"mmm yes, these stones..." the voice said in muttering under its breath, then the sounds of rocks being tossed around filled the dark. 

"YES! OOOO BOY! I found the right ones, I FOUND THE RIGHT ONES!" the voice shouted in crazed excitement. 

"Click! Click! Click!" then velus felt warmth on his skin, and the smell of smoke but he couldn't see any light. he then heard the crunching of rocks as the maker of the voice walked closer to him. 

"Ah yes, now things make more sense. My boy can you speak?" 

"y-yes" Velus managed in a pained whisper. 

"Good! Good!" The voice said with joyous tone, cold hands then touched his face. 

"Mhm, mhm yes... if I don't do something for you soon, you will surely die." 

"H-he-help me." He whispered. 

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yessss! that is the plan." then a finger was placed on Velus's lips. "Shhhhh now only speak when I ask you question, short answers only." the voice let out an small giggle. "now do you want me to help you? I can take you to those that can." the voice went deep and had an menacing tone as it asked Velus. 

"Yes." Velus said in a weak voice, that held some fear in it. 

"Good! good! good!" the mouth of the being was next to Velus ear as it whispered into it. it chuckled and hopped around the hole. then it stopped and came back over to Velus and picked him up. "you are heavy yes, quite heavy. mmm heavy with meat mmmmmm hahaha!" 

Velus tried to squirmed a little, but found it hard to do. 

"ah, don't worry I wont eat you. I am gonna take you to those that can help you. but if they can't or won't then I will." It said to him. 

the thing smelled of spoiled milk and of rotting meat, Velus found it hard to breathe as it caried him. 

"I wonder if they will help you. they have helped me before and few that I brought to them. but its not many. hmmm." It thought aloud as it walked. 

It was sometime later when a new voice spoke "We told you to stay away, to never return here!" 

"Yes! Yes! in did you have. but I have brought this injured being that needs help. can you help it?" 

"mmmm" The new voice moaned in thought. 

"If not I can take it end it and feed on its flesh." 

"Let me see if they are willing to help. wait here I shall be back soon." the new voice replied then walked away. 

"Rak has returned with a being that needs help or so Rak claims my lord." 

"I shall summon the others, have Rak bring the being into the chamber." 

"It shall be done." 

The air was moist and warm with each breath, the vile smell had gone away some as a breeze blow the rank of the creature that caried Velus away from his nostrils. 

"w-what have they decided?" 

"You are to bring the being to the chamber. Follow me." 

the sway and the crunch on the dirt is all Velus felt and heard, then after a few minutes the swaying and crunching stopped and he was lowered onto something soft.

"I brought you this broken one in hopes you can fix it. I hope I have pleased you all with my service." The voice that caried him spoke. 

"Of service? of service?! You are repulsive, nasty, deplorable. You are nothing more than filth that should have been wiped from the face of this world long ago!" A voice billowed in disgust, not long after a cacophony of voices shouted in rage full of disgust. 

"Right, right. I shall leave and serve you with all my being." Rak said with a bow and then turned, walked out of the chamber. The chamber took some time before the outrage died out, then silents filled the room. silents that felt as if time came to a stop. 

around Velus a great hoard of strange beings gathered, they looked at the young boy. They eyed him from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. the silents grew even more quitter some how, Velus could hear his own breathing, his heart beat but nothing else it was as if nothing else existed except for himself. 

As he sat in complete dark silence he noticed that he could no longer feel his body, it was as if it no longer existed. 

then a voice spoke breaking the illusion of non-existence "What is your name?"

He sat in silence in confusion. 

"Yes, we are talking to you." one voice said, "CREATURE! Answer our inquiries!" another shouted in frustration. "We know of your kind's mental limits and capability." stated another.  "You do have a name don't you?" asked a new voice in curiosity. "If we find all answers pleasing we shall help you." another announced. 

"where am I?" Velus asked finally after a long moment.

Nothing answered, silence returned back to the dark.