After A Few Hours
Taylor slowly opened his eyes, the dark room was mildly lighted up by the dim lamp by the bedside. His puppy Don was on him, lying on his chest peacefully.
Don was a shih tzu that his mom had rescued from the dry streets. He roughed his head and sighed, feeling much more energetic than earlier on, he rose and sat on his bed.
" What happened to me?"
He checked his body for scars but found none, and then he sighed again. He walked towards the system and inspected the headpiece
" Is it faulty? But I just got these last month"
He unplugged the system from the circuit and sat down on his swivel chair confused
" What happened to me?, Was it really faulty?, But why did I pass out?"
A ton of questions ran through his mind, but he knew not the answer to any of them, he sighed for the umpteenth time and retired to his bed.
He wasn't feeling hungry at all, which was strange as he was an unprecedented food monger, but that didn't cross his mind too as he laid down for a proper rest. As his back still hurt from lying on the ground for hours.
Soon he slept off.
Another Realm
A few minutes after Taylor slept off, his body slowly dissipated. Then his soul started traveling through the middle circle of realms.
The middle circle of realms was like an in-between path through which souls could travel to other realms and worlds through portals, Taylor's body was embedded into his soul as he travelled even though he was unaware of what was happening.
He stopped in front of a purple portal and moved towards it, the moment he passed through the portal a heavy gust of wind hit him hard on the face and his eyes flew open.
He looked around confused and almost panicked, he turned to his left and saw another soul pass through the portal and the same thing happened, it was a lad he looked much younger and had brown hair. Their eyes met, and they were both about to say something when they were interrupted by a loud crash.
It sounded like the crashing of waves or something, likewise, quickly, many souls started emerging from the portals rapidly until the place was filled with young confused lads. Taylor looked down but all he saw were clouds, they were all standing on a golden streak which ran down to the far beyond where no one could see.
A man emerged from the far beyond Taylor was looking at, he was clad in gold and his face was so old yet so young. He addressed them,
" Welcome, Youngsters, to the Realm of Mythical Creatures"!
"Oh my gosh, is he for real?"
" Where the hell are we?"
"Mythical Creatures?, Seriously?"
" Were we kidnapped, I was in my bed just now !"
" What's going on"
The voices of the lads floated in the air and the Old man sighed and mumbled
" Why can't my life be easy"
Taylor was still confused and had no idea about what was happening, the old man continued
" You have all been chosen due to your obsessions with some creatures and would be provided the opportunity to get to know what it feels like to be one. Each one of you has a fetish with one creature or the other and now if you'll follow me you would find it very adventurous ".
Someone in the crowd yelled,
"Do you all know what time it is ?, I was going to bed you know! "
The man smiled,
" Time does not exist here, we count in parsels. Parsels are associated with snakes, in this realm, the king of snakes is what we use to count
The Basilisk roars in every one hour, once you hear a roar it counts as the beginning of an hour and once you hear the second roar it means an hour has passed. But be mindful, an hour here might be 3 hours where you all come from
Now we shall proceed with the initiation, follow me all of you ".
The old man turned around and began walking towards the beyond Taylor had stared at previously. They all tagged along obediently until they arrived at what seemed like a conference of beings, There were a lot of beings sitted there. Numerous gods and goddesses of these creatures.
The old man bowed respectfully and turned back to the lads.
" We shall now proceed ".
A long scroll appeared and floated towards the man
" Once I bestow upon you the powers of your creature you will set off to receive your blessing from your patron deity "
Taylor wondered how the old man could possibly know all their names, but was dumbstruck as he began
" Eddie Lawns!"
Everyone went silent as a nerdy looking boy slowly stepped out, shaking with fear. The old man continued
" I bestow upon you… The Caladruis "
That instant, the boy started dissipating until he turned to dust, Everyone was dumbfounded, but the man continued
" Dawn Race … I bestow upon you The Ichneumon
Tyler Homer I bestow upon you The Dragon.
Chase Neumann I bestow upon you Sleipnir ".
And he continued, bestowing mythical creatures on each of them.
"Hermes Duschlazzer I bestow, upon you, Gullfaxi.
Dylan Good I bestow upon you, The Sylph.
Justin Schwarz I bestow upon you, The Phoenix.
Tapsy Jonas, I bestow upon you, The Pegasus.
Jennifer Johnson, I bestow upon you, The Kenku.
Dylan David, I bestow upon you, Ziz.
Amber Hart I bestow upon you, Alkonost.
Stacy Leach I bestow upon you, The Roc …"
And he went on and on non-stop
Taylor stood rooted in fear and shock watching everyone dissipate
"Taylor Lopez… "
He swallowed hard,
"I bestow upon you… The Aarakocra".
Taylor looked at his body as he dissipated, shaking with fear. He closed his eyes as he felt an unknown force drag him through the Middle Of the circle of realms once again. He opened his eyes when the force stopped and was awed.
Right there before him was the most magnificent bird creature he had ever seen, She was pure white and was beautiful. Without wasting time, he bowed respectfully and knelt before her.
"Oh great one, help me with my powers please, bless me"
She smiled and reached out her hand to him,
"I'm Syranita, take my hand"
He slowly did, the moment their hands touched, he felt a similar sensation to what happened in his room earlier. He felt like he was being electrocuted, and his soul was being ripped out. The deity continued.
" By the power bestowed upon me by my masters, I hereby dug you an Aarakocra. You should be aware that you're not allowed to use this power outside your assigned realm or world, or you will bear the consequences. Also, nobody should hear of this, or you will lose your powers, never to regain them until your next life ".
He felt a surge of power rush through him and his eyes turned a bright green-blue color before his eyes closed and he dissipated.