Chapter 5 - Danger Within Beauty

As I walk through the cave I notice one thing, though there are no lights the cave is not pitch black darkness, somehow this curious place seems to have light a soft blue and somewhat calming light to it like back In the pit behind me. This land seems more and more curious, perhaps the stones have natural glow to them or maybe some kind of power source like I saw in the vision. I shake my head of these thoughts and move on ahead once more, walking through the sands, grumbling slightly as I think about how long its going to take to remove all the sand particals from my body and clothes after this journey is over.

After a short while I see the most bizzare sight ahead, a room with large cloth seaweed and the blue of the room makes me feel like I suddenly walked into an ocean floor, yet I'm clearly breathing air and not drowing. In the room I also see some cloth creatures floating about and some stone corridor tubes, pipes maybe? some seem to contain steel fences inside like some pips or an aquaduct might contain to keep large objects from flowing through freely.

I can't help but feel a major wave of curiosity overcome me as I wander around this room of the cave, my mind trying to think as to why or how things are like this here, even should this journey turn up nothing at the light ontop of the mountain, what I have experienced so far was well worth the trip and the sand in places I diden't know I had! Well time to move on, I move through the underwater like cave studying all the wonderous ruins that seem to be inside this place, some pillars and such make me wonder if this was some kind of temple. I spot yet another traveller in this cave though this one seems to be kinda lost in his or her own little world, sitting down and staring off into space, I figure its best to leave them to it and move on not really wanting to have anyone following me except the one I'm looking for.

I stop for a minute in a temple like room getting a strange feeling, ahead a light appears, a spotlight of some kind shining on the sandy floor, I get a bad feeling about this out of the darkness ahead a large stone head appears, it looks a bit like some kind of snake dragon, wary I hide behind a nearby pillar just to be better safe than sorry. I rush past the stone creature, using my flight to get past quickly before it spots me, unfortunately when my flight runs out another light appears before me. Oh no this is not good! I've burnt out all my flight I try to run but the sand slows me. Suddenly the light is upon me it turns red and I know this can't be good I pray if I move away fast enough it will leave me be but sadly I'm wrong... It charges and slams me into the ground with one tackle rush, fortunately after that hit it moves on, I stagger to my feet, dazed and sore after being rammed by that thing.

I move behind a pillar for safety incase it comes back for more and check myself, It seems it tore my scarf, denying me of the larger flight time I had built up with those runes from before, I better avoid being hit any further I might not be so lucky next time. I move silently and quickly as I can careful not to attract the attention of the stone dragons. After a short time I come to a large hallway, It looks like a corridor is in the distance perhaps the way out, all that I have to do is head down this last sandy hill, But as I start I get that horrid feeling again, behind me some stone dragons have found me!

I rush quickly down the sand hill, desperate to not end up as these things chew toy, my heart races with fear as I feel these monsters closing in, my feet nowhere near as fast as they are, my mind panics as I pray for an escape from these things. Ahead I spot some runic lights on the floor, I rush as fast as I can, the dragons so very close, I make one last desperate leap onto the run floor and feel a surge of energy shoot out, I look behind me and see the stone dragons being repelled by the light of the energy, saving me from a dark fate, I collapse to the floor panting heavily from burning up so much energy trying to run.

I take a few moments to catch my breath and let my heart settle down before getting up, somewhat shaken and move through the corridor. What lies before me in this new room, a circular tower, and from the looks of it various platforms and some cloth creatures in the distance I spot some kind of wall art in stone, I move closer and try a melodic shout to activate the switches nearby. The picture lights up and suddenly the tower in the center hums with energy and the room fills with an almost liquid like form of energy. My body is overcome with an overload of the energy that powers my flight and feel so free, I leap up and try to fly, my body not draining at all as I maintain my flight, after I pass the top of the liquid light the energy once more drains after a time, before it ends I land on a platform with another stone art.

I figure the platforms with this art are linked with the energy in this room, so I activate this next wall art and sure enough the Liquid like energy rises again and seems to release some of the cloth creatures hidden in the room some of them start to form together and form some kind of giant mantaray, my mind Is humming with happiness from the energy flowing through me, causing me to fly about whimsically, taking a ride ontop of the manta ray and feeling so very free and content, starting to sing a soft song of joy as I ride the ray from platform to platform and marvel at the cloth jellyfish that also seem to have come into this room.

Below me I spot another traveller or perhaps the one from before, floating up behind me, I get an urge to have a bit of a race to see who can activate all the stone arts before we reach the top, In one of the rooms that are in the center tower I spy a curious creature. It seems somewhat segmeneted like a millipede or centerpede. for some reason as I watch it float around I feel as if ...life could be simple, not sure why though. I move on and float up as high as I can, finally reaching the top along with the traveller who followed me. We both sit and meditate and I once more see a vision, though this time it is far less happy.. I see the civilisation at war, creating nasty weapons curiously looking like the stone dragons.. and thus leading to the civilisations fall and the deaths of so many, and next it shows.. me.

I see a map of the various places I have been on the wall leading up to the tower I'm in now and also.. the path ahead but what I see fills me with worry as I see two people, perhaps me and the traveller trying to overcome some kind of harsh wind.. but failing and falling before reaching the mountain of light. Seeing this has me somewhat worried but I try not to think of it and focus on the happy feelings I have had in this room. After the vision ends I get up and weave about dancing, singing an optimistic tune of overcoming what the vision showed. planning to overcome destiny should it have turned out to be true.

Chapter 5 - End