Thread:Abbykurle/@comment-31148069-20180624180830/@comment-30921738-20180708002529

I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

My dog freaked out when he saw me, he started jumping around and making whining noises and licking me all over

and I accidententally made the wasps too huge in the picture, but who cares

Akurle looked down at her dragon claws. More powerful that she thought.... and the Dark Lord was after her? HER?

"So..." She muttered, not sure what to say. She leaned over the edge of the crater and looked down. She saw a lot of monsters roaming around, and at the very bottom, she could see several wasps.

Cronin leaned over next to her. "That's a lot of guards. He must have been expecting us." Suddenly his eyes widened. He pointed to the second-to-last ledge, where Tier was running down toward the Dark Lord.

"Darn!" He said to himself. A few secondslater, The Dark Lord looked up.

Cronin pushed Akurle back. "I hope he didn't see us. We need a plan, and fast."

"What about Akurle's sickness?" Buttons asked.

"I feel fine." She muttered. Suddenly, she broke into a coughing fit.

"My medicines are wearing off. We need to hurry."

Mr. Buttons shook his head. "You said there isn't a cure!"

"Yes, but the Dark Lord might have one. He has incredibly powerful magic, more than you could ever imagine. Especially after he killed-" Cronin stopped himself.

"Killed who?" Akurle kicked in.

"Nothing. His magic is powerful, that's all."

"You're a horrible liar." Mr. Buttons said with a growl. "Who did he kill?"

"A lot of creatures. Especially animals like you." Cronin responded, still avoiding the question.

"Tell us!" Mr. Buttons' tail lashed side to side angrily.

"It's not important! We need to find Akurle a cure before she dies, which could be very soon. Wee also need to find the key to Ca-" She stopped abruptedly again.

"What are you hiding from us?" Mr. Buttons demanded. "Or are you still a loyal follower of the Dark Lord and have orders not to tell?"

Cronin stepped back. "No! I promise I'm not following him anymore! Not after what he did to me! No, I vowed to never ever take orders from that slimy snake again/" Cronin squeezed his eyes shut and sighed a deep sigh. "I'm sorry. Outsiders aren't supposed to know, or they could use our secrets against us. I shouldn't be telling you this, but..." He trailed off.

Mr. Buttons glanced at Akurle. He turned back to Cronin. "Tell us. We will keep it secret."

Cronin opened his eyes and looked at them sadly. He sighed again and shook his head. "But if it means defeating the Dark Lord, I'll tell you anything. You see, a loooong long time ago, an animal like you came into our world using powerful magic. Her name was Calypso. She was incredibly powerful, and made two portals from here to back. She hid the portal here in a... a... a basement. The other portal, the one in our world, she enchanted to constantly teleport so only the smartest creatures could get out. I mean smart as in creatures like me, who can talk and have a sense of good and bad. She decided to stay a while, and made a secret base inside a cave by the edge of the ocean." He paused to let it sink in.

"We've been to her base, then. Remenber, Akur..." He trailed off, realizing that she no longer remembered.

"Anyway." Cronin continued. "The Dark Lord, whose real name is unknown, also had strong magic. However, it was only half as strong as Calypso's. He beleived that the whole island was in chaos, and it would be better if there was a ruler. The smarter creatures of the island did what Calypso asked, but didn't consider her a leader. So the Dark Lord used to fear to take over the creatures of the forest. The smarter creatures liked the idea of having a leader, so followed him without question or force. They asked Calypso if she would rather rule, but she did not want to. So they followed the Dark Lord. But if Calypso asked them to do something that the Dark Lord wouldn't want them to, they would follow Calypso instead. The Dark Lord didn't know of this, and 'ruled' in peace for a while. Calypso left him alone because he wasn't doing anything terrible or bad.

"But the Dark Lord soon learned where Calyso came from. He wanted to go there and see if other creatures had magic like Calypso, and if he could have some of it for himself. He used the creatures of the island to find the portal. Calypso soon found out, and tried to stop him. She enchanted the portal so the Dark Lord could not enter any portal. If he stepped in, he would get zapped and pushed back. After several months, the Dark Lord found out that Calypso had altered the portal. He tried to use his magic to change it back, but it was no use. He started to chase Calypso, trying to find her secret cave so he could make her change the portal, or kill her. When he finally found her in the woods looking for berries, he demanded that she change back the portal. She refused, knowing that he would use it for evil. The Dark Lord attacked her, and she used her magic to defend herself. Finally, the Dark Lord pinned her down and used almost all of his strength to create a spell that would give him all her magic once she died. He was too weak to fight back after casting the spell, so Calypso put him in an eternal sleep and trapped him underneath his own castle. She then destroyed the castle, making everyone think that he had been smashed. She could have killed him, but didn't have the heart to. She expected him to die of old age or hunger, but little did she know that he had enchanted himself to never die of old age or hunger, however he was not strong enough to make himself completely immortal. She created an artifact to create a portal back to Jamaa, in case someone was trapped in here and the other portal broke. Then she died at some point, and the Dark Lord gained her powers. He eventually gained enough power to resist her spell, and woke up. The he busted out, and... you know the rest of the story."