{"sf1_id":1225335,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Search for the Kindred Chapter 3","author":"LuciaEvaDamora","words":1686,"posted_at":"2017-08-11T19:25:00.000Z","tags":["Auranos","Death","Dimensional travel","Dragon","Dragoness","Elemental","Elementia","Family","Limerous","Magic","Mytica","Paelsia","Palace","Transformation","goddesses","sorceress"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1225335-search-for-the-kindred-chapter-3","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/1225335","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=1225335\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"Chapter 3\u0026nbsp;\n\nAquamarine\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nNo one knew about my secret. Only Eva was smart\u0026nbsp;enough\u0026nbsp;to but two and two together. I hated to lie to the others about my past, but I had to because they\u0026nbsp;won't\u0026nbsp;believe\u0026nbsp;me. I used to a human, living in the\u0026nbsp;Limerian\u0026nbsp;palace in\u0026nbsp;Mytica.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhen I was a little girl, my father died of a\u0026nbsp;terrible\u0026nbsp;disease that no healer can heal. As a last resort, me and my mother took him to the Goddess,\u0026nbsp;Valoria, the embodiment of earth and water. We begged her to use her magic to heal him.\u0026nbsp;Valoria\u0026nbsp;refused. That is when I lost my faith in her as a Goddess. There was no use fighting with her, so we left the palace to our home. Then, my mother told me something I would never forget. The reason he lasted this long was because she was a\u0026nbsp;witch, that I was too.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I can use\u0026nbsp;earth magic.\" Mother said. \"That's why he didn't die earlier this year.\" Her voice cracked as tears started to run down her\u0026nbsp;cheeks. I was shocked to learn that I was a witch like her.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Maybe if you put our magic together, we can save him!\" I said, unsure if would work.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"It won't.\" She was\u0026nbsp;crying\u0026nbsp;softly\u0026nbsp;now. \"You don't possess earth magic.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I don't'?\" I was shocked and\u0026nbsp;heartbroken\u0026nbsp;that I could help her in any way. \"Then what\u0026nbsp;Elementia\u0026nbsp;do I possess?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Water, powerful\u0026nbsp;Elementia. More powerful that any common witch like me.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat night he died. My mother\u0026nbsp;clutched\u0026nbsp;me has she wailed, tears streaming down her face. I was crying too, hugging her back. When my mother\u0026nbsp;finally\u0026nbsp;fell asleep, next to my dead parent, I\u0026nbsp;decided\u0026nbsp;to leave\u0026nbsp;tomorrow, at midnight.\u0026nbsp;That night, I fled the house, going to the south.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\nWeeks passed. I was tired, dirty, and I had no money. I\u0026nbsp;had\u0026nbsp;to sleep outside in the dirt. I finally made it to the middle of\u0026nbsp;Paelsia.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Only another five days and I will be in\u0026nbsp;Auranos.\" I whispered, my\u0026nbsp;throat\u0026nbsp;parched. I heard a commotion in one of the nearby buildings. I slowing made my way over there. I used the\u0026nbsp;little\u0026nbsp;bit of\u0026nbsp;strength\u0026nbsp;I had to push open the large wooden door. I\u0026nbsp;creaked\u0026nbsp;open. Everyone looked at me.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Water.\" I managed to say, loud enough for someone to hear me. Some kind women gave me her cup of water.\u0026nbsp;I\u0026nbsp;grabbed\u0026nbsp;out of her hand and drank deeply. \"Please, more.\" I whispered. I handed the cup back to her to refill. She complied. After a moment, she gave the cup back. I felt better\u0026nbsp;than\u0026nbsp;I had today. \"Thank you.\" I said, meekly, as I hugged her. I felt\u0026nbsp;dizzy\u0026nbsp;when she picked me up. She moved through the crowd and walked up the creaky\u0026nbsp;wooden\u0026nbsp;stairs. I passed out.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI woke up in a cot. Beside me was the women sitting on a stool sleeping. She must have looked after\u0026nbsp;me all\u0026nbsp;night. She looked like my mother. If I had enough water in my body, I was sure that I would have\u0026nbsp;cried. There was a night stand with a pitcher and a cup. I filled it and drank from it. I stayed there for about a week until I left again. This time, I stole some food and a pitcher of water. It was a\u0026nbsp;grueling\u0026nbsp;journey through\u0026nbsp;Paelsia, but I managed to get\u0026nbsp;myself\u0026nbsp;all the way to the\u0026nbsp;Auranian\u0026nbsp;boarder. A lush forest with a road cut through the middle of it. I started to slowly walk in that direction. I took me\u0026nbsp;another week to reach the palace.\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere, I dragged myself to the golden arch\u0026nbsp;entrance.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Holt!\"\u0026nbsp;One of the guard shouted. I did, not being able to stand any more.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Please!\" I begged. \"Let me see the Goddess of the south,\u0026nbsp;Cleiona!\"\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Sorry. Can't let you in without the Goddesses permission.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Then I give permission for this witch to enter my palace.\" I looked up to see the\u0026nbsp;southern Goddess staring at me. \"Come.\" She boomed,\u0026nbsp;gesturing\u0026nbsp;to the\u0026nbsp;inside\u0026nbsp;of the golden palace. I tried to stand, but I had no\u0026nbsp;strength\u0026nbsp;to move.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Carry her inside and follow me.\" She\u0026nbsp;commanded\u0026nbsp;one of the\u0026nbsp;guards.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Of course, your\u0026nbsp;Radiance.\" He immediately said, bowing. He moved to where I was and picked me up with his to muscular arms. He then followed the Goddess inside to her throne room, where she sat on her golden\u0026nbsp;throne.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Tell me where you are from.\" She\u0026nbsp;asked.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"L-Limerous.\" I\u0026nbsp;stuttered\u0026nbsp;out. Wincing from the pain of speaking.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Get her some water.\"\u0026nbsp;Cleiona\u0026nbsp;commanded. Another\u0026nbsp;of her guards moved to obey her command. He handed\u0026nbsp;me a goblet filled to the brim with\u0026nbsp;glittering\u0026nbsp;water.\u0026nbsp;I clutched with two hands and drank the whole thing quickly. It tasted\u0026nbsp;delicious, unlike the water in\u0026nbsp;Paelsia.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Thank you, Goddess\u0026nbsp;Cleiona!\" I said, very\u0026nbsp;graciously. In\u0026nbsp;Limerous\u0026nbsp;we were told that the southern Goddess was\u0026nbsp;ugly\u0026nbsp;and evil, that she ate her people.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Tell me why you came here.\"\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"We begged\u0026nbsp;Valoria\u0026nbsp;to heal\u0026nbsp;him, she refused, and when he died, I left home.\u0026nbsp;I came here because I hated her, I didn't want to live in her land\u0026nbsp;anymore.\" I summed up my\u0026nbsp;entire purpose of coming\u0026nbsp;here.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You can stay here in the palace, if you wish.\"\u0026nbsp;Cleiona\u0026nbsp;offered. My I eyes beamed as I\u0026nbsp;enthusiastically\u0026nbsp;said, \"Thank you so much, Goddess!\" She smiled at me. I smiled back.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI lived in the palace for months before\u0026nbsp;Cleiona\u0026nbsp;summoned me to her throne room.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"It is time for you to train your\u0026nbsp;Elementia.\"\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I know, but I can't even make the water ripple in a cup.\"\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You will get it eventually, my dear. You have strong water magic within you. I\u0026nbsp;sensed\u0026nbsp;when you spoke my name at the arch. That is why I let you in, to train you when your\u0026nbsp;Elementia\u0026nbsp;has\u0026nbsp;manifested.\" The ground began to shake, not violently, but enough to knock me off my feet.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What was that?\" I\u0026nbsp;screeched.\u0026nbsp;Cleiona\u0026nbsp;swiftly\u0026nbsp;moved to the window.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Storm clouds.\" She\u0026nbsp;muttered.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"She's coming, I thought I had more time to train you.\u0026nbsp;Apparently,\u0026nbsp;I didn't. Quickly, go to your room, lock the door, and don't have a sound.\"\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Huh, why?\" I whined, not knowing who\u0026nbsp;\"she\" was.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Just do it!\" She snapped. \"Valoria\u0026nbsp;is\u0026nbsp;coming\u0026nbsp;and she want you.\" I gasped as I fled the room to sprint to mine. The hall ways were filled with guards running to the\u0026nbsp;entrance\u0026nbsp;to defend the palace, if needed. I pushed my way to my room and locking it just as\u0026nbsp;Cleiona\u0026nbsp;commanded of me. The earth shook again, this time violently. I was\u0026nbsp;knocked to my feet again, this time on my left shoulder. Pain flooded my body, has my eyes started to water. A loud splintering\u0026nbsp;sound came from everywhere as the palace of gold\u0026nbsp;crumbled\u0026nbsp;at the\u0026nbsp;overwhelming\u0026nbsp;power of\u0026nbsp;Valoria's\u0026nbsp;earth magic. The roof of my room began to collapse. I looked up to see a giant beam\u0026nbsp;began\u0026nbsp;to fall, its path head\u0026nbsp;towards\u0026nbsp;me. I\u0026nbsp;swung\u0026nbsp;my right arm over my face, prepared for the beam to strike. It never happened. I opened my eyes, not realizing that I closed them. I gasped what I saw. Ice. An ice dome formed over me,\u0026nbsp;protecting\u0026nbsp;me from the beam. The earth still shook violently. I\u0026nbsp;usd\u0026nbsp;to much of\u0026nbsp;my magic, I started to black out. Darkness consumed my vision as I lost\u0026nbsp;consciousness.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI woke up to see my ice dome gone, the palace in ruins. I grunted, my head\u0026nbsp;throbbed\u0026nbsp;in pain. I put my right hand on my\u0026nbsp;forehead. I looked around to find\u0026nbsp;Cleiona. I found her blasting fire at women with black as night hair and a crimson red gown.\u0026nbsp;Valoria. Anger\u0026nbsp;bubbled inside of me at the sight of her. She used water magic to deflect the\u0026nbsp;fire\u0026nbsp;blast. They were not\u0026nbsp;too\u0026nbsp;far away from me.\u0026nbsp;Valoria\u0026nbsp;turned\u0026nbsp;her head to face me. She smiled so wickedly, I\u0026nbsp;instinctively\u0026nbsp;started to back up. She raised her hand and it glowed, not of the healing golden light, but a\u0026nbsp;venomous\u0026nbsp;green. It enveloped\u0026nbsp;me. I started to panic. Then, I felt something. Pain, it was\u0026nbsp;tolerable\u0026nbsp;at first, but it grew much worse.\u0026nbsp;Something\u0026nbsp;else happened to me. I could feel myself\u0026nbsp;getting\u0026nbsp;taller,\u0026nbsp;bulkier. I looked at my hands has my skin changed to a\u0026nbsp;turquoise\u0026nbsp;color\u0026nbsp;as it spread to the rest of\u0026nbsp;body.\u0026nbsp;What is this? I thought.\u0026nbsp;Then, my skin changed to\u0026nbsp;form\u0026nbsp;scales, faster and faster they spread. I felt something pressure on my lower back. My pants ripped has a blue scaled tail began to grow to three feet in length.\u0026nbsp;Finally, my\u0026nbsp;head expanded to form a muzzle, horns grew out my head.\u0026nbsp;What\u0026nbsp;horrible magic was this?\u0026nbsp;My\u0026nbsp;transformation\u0026nbsp;was\u0026nbsp;completed\u0026nbsp;has the green glow\u0026nbsp;disappeared. I looked at my new body.\u0026nbsp;I was horrified to see that I turned into a creature I\u0026nbsp;had\u0026nbsp;never seen before. I\u0026nbsp;began\u0026nbsp;to panic as a tried\u0026nbsp;to catch\u0026nbsp;Cleiona's\u0026nbsp;eyes. She looked at me\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;paled.\u0026nbsp;I looked at\u0026nbsp;Valoria\u0026nbsp;as she shouted, \"There can only be one user of water magic at the level of the\u0026nbsp;Sorceress. Now, be gone!!\" She began to say something in a language I couldn't understand. White light circled my new body as I felt like I was floating.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What are you doing?\" I growled\u0026nbsp;angerly. My eyes\u0026nbsp;widened\u0026nbsp;in shock at my voice. The light blinded me and then I cloud feel my the back of my body\u0026nbsp;against\u0026nbsp;something soft. I opened my eyes and moved into a sitting position. I looked up to see three faces staring at me.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Please don't hurt me!\" I yelled moving my arm to cover my face.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Relax. We aren't going to hurt you.\" The voice a gentle. It remined be of my father my eyes stung and tears\u0026nbsp;began\u0026nbsp;to roll down my muzzle. I\u0026nbsp;cried, softly. I was never a loud\u0026nbsp;crier.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Hey, there is\u0026nbsp;reason\u0026nbsp;to cry.\" It was that same voice. A\u0026nbsp;brown hand moved to my face to\u0026nbsp;wipe\u0026nbsp;away my tears. I let it happen. My father did that whenever I cried.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What's going on here?\" It was a new voice a female one. I looked\u0026nbsp;at her, her golden\u0026nbsp;hair\u0026nbsp;reminded\u0026nbsp;me of\u0026nbsp;Cleiona.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"She just came out of\u0026nbsp;nowhere.\" Another male voice.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Where am I?\"I asked her. She smiled at me and said, \"Home.\" I continued to cry, sitting there has the brown dragon\u0026nbsp;comforted\u0026nbsp;me.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nNext morning, the women to me that her name was Eva. I told everything that happened to me. Over the years, she was the only other\u0026nbsp;soul\u0026nbsp;that knew of my past and where I came\u0026nbsp;from.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nA knock woke me out of my memories. The door opened. It was Obsidian, the dragon that had the same caring\u0026nbsp;personality\u0026nbsp;my father had.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Dinner is ready.\" He said.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Thanks, but I'm not going to eat with you guy tonight.\" He just said, \"Ok\" and didn't persist as to why. I looked down at my hands. Being this far\u0026nbsp;away\u0026nbsp;from\u0026nbsp;Valoria\u0026nbsp;and her evil magic was slowly undoing my transformation. My scales already starting to change back into skin. I knew I can't tell any of them. They will only know when I turn back into a human.\n\n  \n  \n\n","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1225075-search-for-the-kindred-chapter-2.json"}