Journey Through All Creatures

Chapter 28: A Step Back in Time

Note: Story starts in Achatina, The Island ABC order for Section I, Scorched Earth Exclusives and Aberration exclusives for Section II and has a Prologue. Last chapter in Jerboa, next chapter in Lymantria.

NOTE to anybody who doesn’t understand what ARKtic is: This story will, in this segment and Section III, contain references to ARKtic, a hardcore survival challenge series originally made by a Ark content creator named Schwalbe. You need to survive in the Arctic and you cannot leave it. You also only get one life, so death means the end of the series. It is a great challenge and you should definitely try it. I put this explanation on the wiki, this explaination is for anyone who doesn’t use that wiki.

Chapters to the end of Segment II: 9

It was a hot afternoon. Sweat poured down Dorack’s head as he sat on the porch, next to the lake. Hours passed since they got back Nal. Dorack was using the water to keep himself cool. He had hide armor on too. The sun beat down on him as he sat, and it got hotter too. Dorack was panting and said nothing. He was still shocked of what had gone down earlier. He watched his friend get cornered and almost eaten by wolves. It had reminded him of the terrible moments of ARKtic. He knew of all the great and terrible things that happened during his time on Snowball. Then the door opened and Dorack turned around.

“Dude. You should come in. It’s hot out here.” Sodden said as he sat down next to Dorack. Dorack looked forward.

“I… seeing Nal get cornered like that brought some terrible memories of something we faced a long time ago.” Dorack muttered. Sodden sighed.

“What memories?” Sodden asked. “Come on. I can help you if I know what you’re talking about.”

Dorack groaned in exparastion as he stood up. “I can’t… no. I’m sorry. I don’t want to. I’m gonna check on Nal.” Dorack said in anger as he stormed back into the base. Sodden shook his head solemnly.

“If only you’d tell me what was wrong…”

Day 85 of ARKtic

8 days before Nal and Dorack’s escape…

Snowstorms. Caves. Death Yetis and Polar bears almost Level 450. That was what roamed the deathly caves of Snowball, the deadly cave known as Treacherous Depths of Icicles. Nal and Dorack had the best possible fur armor on them, they rode wolves of over Level 700, and they were ready to go. They had no way to get soup or otters, so they had to hope the fur armor was enough. It was midday. Nal and Dorack was scared but determined to do this cave. The two stood outside the large entrance, the large hole in the wall of the mountain, that led to a tunnel that went deep, then split into many different tunnels. Two led to the Artifact of the Arctic. The others led to deep pits filled of icicles that would sting you and break your implant almost instantly. And the water in there would freeze you to death insanely fast. No armor, no fortitude levels, inside this cave, you would lose a whopping 23 HP per second, making the Treacherous the coldest cave in the universe.

“Are you sure we’re ready?” Nal said, shaking and breathing hard. Dorack confronted her.

“Don’t worry. This fur armor should protect us in there. We’ve farmed many resources, many drops, for this moment.” Dorack said. Nal nodded. Then the two slowly walked into the entrance, and they felt a huge wind engulf them. The wind sent deep chills down their spines. The two shuddered. Their creatures whimpered too. “Oh, my god.” Nal said, shuddering in fear. Dorack walked to her.

“If we’re quick, we can get out with the artifact and we’ll be fine. It’s said, that with the artifact, you can open a path out of the Ark and back to The Island. So this artifact is going to be our ticket home.” Dorack said.

“O-okay…” Nal said, gasping. Dorack and Nal walked deeper through the tunnels, the cold tunnels. No creatures had spawned yet. They didn’t know exactly why, until they heard a lot of screeching when going through one of the left tunnels. The roaring and screeching got louder and louder until they turned a corner, then immediately pulled themselves back. What they saw was a horrifying sight. The Artifact was on a tall pedestal, on a large podium. But guarding every inch of the podium was around 20 polar bears, who knows how many purlovias, some Yutys, an Apex Direwolf, and 30 direwolves!! “Oh, no.” Nal whispered, terrified. “That’s really bad. This is one of the worst caves in the universe. Direwolves were growling, walking around. Polar Bears were walking along the paths that surrounded the podium, along with one of the Yutys. There were purlovia burrows almost everywhere on the floor.

“I think our best bet is to use grapples. As long as we don’t get caught by any purlovias, we should be fine.” Dorack said. “But wait… if they hit us once… what will happen?” Nal said. Dorack was silent for a few seconds.

“Nal… they hit you once… I’m not gonna be bringing you home alive. Remember… we can’t respawn in this Ark.” Dorack said. Nal nodded softly. Dorack got on Nal’s wolf and wrapped his arm around Nal’s chest.

“I will not let you die. Okay?” Dorack said. Nal nodded. “We are leaving this Ark, no matter what.” Then Dorack took out a crossbow, let go of Nal, hopped off her wolf, and took out some grapples from his bag. Dorack pulled back the string on the crossbow and put the grapple on it. He readied it, then aimed it at the ceiling above the artifact.

“Okay. I’m gonna get to the podium, then you’ll use your crossbow to get there too. Just be careful. Okay?” Dorack said.

“But… what will happen if I don’t make it?” Nal said, breathing heavily.

“Hey. You will make it. Like we will make it out of this Ark alive. Okay?” Dorack said. Nal nodded. Dorack nodded back, looked up at the ceiling of the large podium, then aimed his crossbow at it. He then pulled the trigger, holding the crossbow tight, and the grapple soared through the air, and hit the ceiling. Some ice fell from it. The grapple was lodged into it now. Then Dorack let out a exhale and leaped. The grapple brought him across the room, towards the podium. The bears and wolves roared in anger, but they couldn’t get on the podium. They roared as they scratched the base of the podium over and over, jumping up. But they could not get on.

“Nal! Your turn!” Dorack called out to Nal, standing on the chamber’s entrance. Nal gasped as she looked down at the creatures. Her heart pumped quickly as she backed up. “Nal! You need to come with me! The artifact requires two people to obtain!” Dorack yelled. Nal was gasping as she looked up at the podium. “Come on. You can do it!” Dorack called. Nal took out her crossbow, loaded up a grapple on it, and aimed at the ceiling. Her hands were shaking as she prepared to go. Then she pulled the trigger and she started soaring across the room.

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The four people sat in the bedroom, Nal lying on one with a ice pack on her forehead and chest, and a bandage on her arm. Sodden sat next to Dorack, who was holding Nal’s hand.

“Hey,” Sodden started. Dorack shook his head.

“I don’t want to talk about it. Okay?” Dorack said. Serenity walked around the bed that she was standing across and towards Dorack. “Well, you can’t just keep it all in forever!” Serenity yelled. Dorack stood up just then.

“I refuse to think about the torture we went through there!”

“Can you just…”

“We almost died twice there! And no one respawns in Snowball!” Rod then walked towards everyone. He took out a ball full of water and threw it at the door, exploding it and spraying water all over everyone.

“Enough! ARKtic is not what’s important right now!! We have barely progressed today! We only have two raptors and nothing else. I suggest we find a Parasaur for berries and a Morellatops for water. We at least should get levels and find metal. Can we stop arguing over this?” Rod said. Everyone shot a glare at him.

“Okay, fine. Forget it. Yeah. Let’s go out to the great desert of death in the middle of the day. Yeah. Good idea.” Dorack said sarcastically.

“Don’t worry. We’re just gonna wait until the heat wave goes away, then we’ll go tame some creatures.” Rod responded. Sodden nodded and walked to the window, using a cloth shirt to dry his face and shoulders. Rod growled as he walked to the back of the base. He stood against the back door.

“The wolves… ugh. We shouldn’t have tried to get them to Scorched Earth. They wouldn’t have gotten stuck on Snowball, then.”

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Nal swung across the room, holding the crossbow, until she was over the podium. As she hung over the podium, she let go of the crossbow and landed on the floor. “Okay. As soon as we grab the artifact, the podium will start dissolving. We will need to get to the exit as soon as possible after that, okay?” Dorack said. Nal nodded. Dorack stormed over to the glowing vest-shaped artifact with a medium-sized blue orb glowing in the center and a beam of light going through it. “Okay. We both grab it at once. Ready?” Dorack said as he lifted his hand above the artifact. Nal walked to the artifact too and lifted her hand.

“Yes.” Nal said.

“Okay. On the count of 3. 3… 2… 1…” Dorack said. Then they grabbed the artifact at the exact same time by the handles on the sides, then the ground shook. The wolves and purlovias scratching the bottom were pushed away. The artifact made a loud noise then ascended up into the air, lifting Nal and Dorack with it. Then it disappeared into a ball of light and went into Dorack’s implant. The two hit the ground just then and brushed their legs off as they stood up. Dorack’s implant became dark blue, with a white ball in the center.

“What the heck?” Nal said as she walked to Dorack and looked at the implant.

“Well, good news is, we don’t have to worry about how we will get out of this Ark anymore. We can just go to the Ripdown Mountain and activate the path with the white obelisk. But there’s a problem.” Dorack said. He got cut off when the ground rumbled and shook, and cracks appeared in the ground.

“Oh, no.” Nal said as she held her arms out to stay up.

“We need to get back. Now.” Dorack said. The two took out their spare crossbows. Dorack put a grapple on his, and Nal put another one on hers. Both aimed for the tunnel. Dorack then pulled the trigger and leaped off the podium. He flew towards the tunnel as the grapple lodged itself into the wall. Then he touched down onto the ground, and retracted the grapple, causing the wall to have a hole in it and some ice to fall out. Dorack turned around. The podium was breaking down fast. Then a large piece of it detached and fell off, causing some wolves to get scared and run from it. Nal was breathing heavily, holding the crossbow at the wall in the tunnel.

“Okay. Let’s do this.” Nal said. She pulled the trigger and the grapple shot off from the crossbow and soared towards the wall. It hit the hole, causing some ice to crack. But it was ice and not snow. Broken ice. It was not stable. Nal then jumped off the podium and she soared with the crossbow towards the podium. Then the grapple shook. Dorack gasped.

“Nal! Retract the grapple!” Dorack shouted.

“What!?” Nal yelled.

“Do it! I’ll have the wolf pull you!” Dorack said. He led the wolf to the grapple. The wolf bit the grapple with his mouth, and Nal pressed a button on the crossbow, causing the grapple to launch back and fly towards the crossbow. Dorack grabbed it with his hand. Nal was screaming as she hung over the pack of wolves below her. The Apex Direwolf was growling as it walked towards them.

“Oh, my god. No…” Nal gasped. The Apex Direwolf was miles stronger than a normal wolf. Even a 450 Direwolf did not compare. The Direwolf had 50 times the strength of a Level 1 wolf, so around twice the strength of a 450 wolf. Basically a Level 900 wolf. If it hit Nal one time, nerves would explode instantly. Her fur armor wouldn’t save her. It’d one shot her.

“Oh, no. I hoped he wouldn’t see us!” Dorack yelled in fear. He pulled the grapple, but the grapple was stuck. Nal clinged onto the wall of the chamber, just below everyone. The grapple then made a sound. The wolf had tried to be soft on the grapple’s rope. But he was far too powerful to be easy on a piece of fabric. Even the wolf’s tiniest nipple almost instantly snapped the grapple, causing Dorack to get thrown forward. The wolf screeched and grabbed Dorack before he could go over the dropoff. The wolf was getting pulled. “NO!” Nal screamed in fear. Nal held out her hand and Dorack grabbed it. The wolf growled softly as it tried to pull the two up. Then they heard a loud screech. The Apex Direwolf was right below them! Nal was gasping in fear as it roared. It lifted its front legs and set them onto the wall. It then leaped onto a rock, just next to Nal’s leg. Nal pulled back her body, but the wolf was dangerously close. Dorack pulled Nal higher as he started getting to the ground above. Dorack stood there, the wolf holding his leg, and pulled Nal from the Apex Direwolf. The wolf roared in anger. Dorack got Nal back on the ground. Nal lay down, gasping in fear. Her heart was pumping very quickly. Dorack held her hand. “Hey. You good?” Dorack said. Nal nodded. Dorack helped her up, then the two got on their wolf. All seemed calm, then they heard clanking and scratching. Then there was deep growling. “Don’t tell me it can…” Nal said, gasping. “GO!” Dorack yelled at his wolf. The wolf started running. The Apex wolf roared and ran hard and fast.

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PEW!

A tranq arrow flew through the air and into the head of a Parasaur. The Parasaur had a bola on its legs. Then another tranq arrow flew at its head. Then two more, until it fell unconscious from all the poison. Sodden, Dorack, and Serenity stood near it, Sodden holding a bow. The Parasaur roared as it fell. The group cheered. It was only a low level, a 20, but it would do. “Okay. It’s not much, but it should do us good for now.” Sodden said. He walked to the Parasaur and took out a pile of berries. He put them in its inventory, and it started munching on the berries. “Well, now we wait.” Sodden said. “I think I saw a Level 60 lone Morellatops nearby. Should we tame that while we wait?” Dorack asked as he walked to Sodden. Sodden turned around to face him.

“Okay. I think we will have enough tranqs. Let’s just get it in a rock. Okay?” Sodden said. Dorack nodded.

“We also need a Jerboa for detecting a sandstorm or heat wave. Or a superheat wave. There’s also the electrical storm, but I don’t think we should worry about that for a while.” Serenity stated. Sodden walked east from the Parasaur for a hundred meters, along with the others following him, and found the Morellatops. But they gasped in shock. It was dead. Blood poured out of its neck and back, huge wounds on its legs and body.

“What the heck? What did this?” Dorack asked. Sodden gasped as he saw some wolves walking near it.

“I think I found the hunters.” Sodden said as he jumped behind a large rock, as did everyone else. They peeked from the rock towards the wolves. They had no spyglass yet.

“Well, what level are they?” Sodden asked.

“No idea.” Serenity said.

“Hmm. I tamed a wolf in a very interesting way once.” Dorack said, pondering.

“What you got?” Sodden asked.

“I snuck up on the Alpha, bolaed the other wolves, hopped onto the Alpha, and fed it meat while it went crazy and tried to throw me off. I think I can prove now that carnivores can be passive tamed. It’s just really hard.” Dorack said.

“So… we just use all our bolas on the wolves and take them out?” Sodden asked.

“Yeah. Then I use the meat I gathered to feed the wolf. Let’s do this.” Dorack said.

“Okay.” Sodden said, taking out some bolas. The three snuck to behind the morellatops, and heard munching. The wolves were eating a large chunk of meat, which they got from the morellatops. There were three wolves. One had a red-orange glow. Sodden and Dorack looked at each other and nodded. Serenity took out the crossbow she had on her, and the three jumped out from behind the Morellatops. The wolves stopped eating and looked at the survivors that had showed up. Sodden yelled out and threw two bolas at two of the wolves, leaving the alpha wolf alone. Dorack leaped up as the alpha wolf roared and jumped at him. Dorack missed the wolf, then grabbed its tail. Then Dorack jumped onto the wolf as it hit the ground. Serenity started launching arrows at the other wolves. The alpha wolf roared and screeched as it shool and jumped, trying to throw off Dorack. Dorack held onto the neck, trying not to fall. He then reached into his bag and took out a piece of prime meat. He held it out, and the wolf sniffed it and grabbed the top of it. The wolf growled as it ate it down. Dorack took out more meat and put the meat below the wolf. The wolf was eating it. It was a Level 70. A decent level. The wolf ate through the meat, then Dorack took out a large piece of meat. It looked like prime meat, except it wasn’t normal prime meat. It was, as he called it, cataprime meat. Dorack made it himself months ago and used it for a lot of things. He gave it to the wolf, and the wolf turned to bite the meat. When it did, it stopped moving. The wolf purred as it ate through the meat quickly, ripping out the bones and gnashing through the meat. Then Dorack got a notification on his implant. It had worked. The wolf was theirs. The wolf purred as it walked to Dorack. When Serenity was done with the wolves, she walked to Dorack. Sodden walked to Dorack too. “And that is how you passive tame a wolf.” Dorack said. The others clapped in astonishment. “Never thought you could do that. What was that large piece of meat? Enhanced prime meat?” Sodden said.

“Yeah. It’s called cataprime meat. I made it while I was in Snowball. The… only reason sweet Nal is still here.” Dorack said softly, sniffling. Serenity gasped.

“Wait… you two were the survivors who went into that Ark? Oh, my god. The only way to ascend without killing the bosses is if you had an Explorer with you guys.” Serenity said. Sodden looked at her, confused.

“A what?”

“Explorers explore the Multiverse. They work with the Creator sometimes. I once had an Explorer on our tribe… but they died. They say… that if you’re on a tribe with an Explorer… and you come super close to permadeath… you can actually see the Creator. But it’s rare. The only way the Creator could’ve found you there is if one of you almost died and came back.” Serenity explained to both Sodden and Dorack.

“Yeah. I’m not talking about it, though.” Dorack said. “That’s cool. So… you left the Ark that way?” Sodden asked. “Yes. And it’s how you can get back to The Island and get to other Arks with all the creatures!” Serenity exclaimed. “That’s insane. But… there’s no explorers with us.” Sodden said. “Hmmm.” Dorack said, grinning.

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Dorack and Nal ran out of the cave, on their wolf. The roaring was getting louder. Then they saw a large, maroon-colored aura rise from the cave. The Apex Direwolf. It ran fast. It bit hard. The two survivors had to get back to the base. The wolf was catching up, though.

“It’s faster than us!” Nal yelled.

“Okay. Okay. I have an idea. It has to work.” Dorack said as he moved his bag to the front of his body, then opened it and used his hand to look through it. There was just food, water, weapons, all that. He found something, though. “You done? I think it’s about to hit the wolf!” Nal yelled, staring at the Apex Direwolf, its mouth hanging open and getting dangerously close to the tail. Dorack grabbed a large piece of prime meat, a piece of cataprime meat. He turned around andd threw it at the wolf. It hit the wolf in the face, and it stopped in its tracks. It ate the meat quickly. The two survivors were still going. After 20 minutes, they made it back home. Nal and Dorack got off their wolves and collapsed to the ground, breathing hard.

“Well, we did it.” Dorack said.

“Now we just get to the white obelisk and get ready to get home.” Nal said, excited. The two laughed and sighed as they held hands. Then they heard footsteps, and deep growling.

“I was about to say something. Well, guess we’re going.” Nal said. Nal and Dorack leaped, then the Apex wolf roared as it leaped. The two jumped out of the way, and the wolf hit the door on the base, immediately breaking it apart. Normal wolves can’t damage wood, but Alpha and Apex wolves can. Nal was sitting against the wall as the wolf sniffed around and walked to her.

“NO! That’s it. Passive taming method, let’s do this.” Dorack said. The wolf was growling, walking to a terrorized Nal, when Dorack threw another cataprime meat at the wolf. The wolf looked at the meat and ate it, then looked up to see Dorack holding two more. The wolf roared as it walked to Dorack, then Dorack threw the meat. The wolf was being thrown off by the scent of the meat. After a few pieces of meat, the wolf had calmed down. Dorack walked to it as it stopped eating the meat.

“You cool with us?” Dorack asked. The wolf purred. “Oh, my god. Wait…” Dorack said. He checked his implant, and what he saw shocked him. The impossible message.

“You tamed an Apex Direwolf (Level 15)!”

Dorack did not only tame an Alpha, he tamed something stronger.

“Wait… wait. Okay. Nal, come here.” Dorack said in shock, his jaw dropped. Nal stood up and walked over. The wolf growled as he looked at them both.

“Hey. Can you stay with us?” Dorack said. The wolf whimpered as it shook its head.

“It says it needs to stay in the cave, or else the next time someone goes there, he’ll die.” Nal said sadly.

“Oh. Well, it was nice meeting you. Um… just don’t try to kill us again, okay?” Dorack said. The wolf nodded. Dorack pet the wolf on the head. The wolf purred as it walked away.

“I can’t believe it. You can, indeed, tame an Alpha. That cataprime is way too overpowered.” Dorack said.

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Inside the base, Rod sat on the bed with Nal, who sat up on it. Sodden, Serenity, and Dorack circled them.

“Yes. I am indeed an Explorer. That’s how I got from Aberration to The Island on my own.” Rod said, smiling. The group murmured in excitement.

“And you passive tamed a wolf?” Nal asked Dorack in excitement.

“Yep.” Dorack said.

“Dude. Where did you even get the cataprime?” Nal asked. Dorack sat down on Nal’s bed.

“Got it by killing a Rex this morning. I got some prime meat and cooked up the cataprime with it.” Dorack said.

“Wow. It reminds me of when you tamed that Apex.” Nal said.

“So many great times at ARKtic, yes. Like Day 85 there when we discovered we can tame Alphas. Although, it doesn’t seem like we can even use them.” Dorack said. Nal nodded.

“Well, you got the Parasaur, right?” Rod asked Sodden.

“Yep. We also got a wolf, and we’re going to go out for a Morellatops. Some of us got to Level 21, so I guess that means time to get metal.” Sodden said.

“Yeah!” Dorack yelled.

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On the tip of Whitesky Peak, Cordor sat, shivering in his fur armor, on a Giga. He was in front of a army of 20. He was Level 30. He was preparing to lead the army down the mountain.

Then someone next to him said, “When will we go?”

Cordor turned around and said, “Oh, Nal. We will go when we go.” The man nodded. Cordor looked forward.

“All of you, let’s go. Nal from Nameless and not Nudon, you got the sword?” Cordor asked. Nal nodded. Cordor growled.

“Good.”

The Gigas then began walking down the mountain.

What’s going on in The Island?

-RelatingHen8906

These guys should be tamed as shoulder pets.

Protectors of Pandora

Chapter 54 ~rivalries~

“Your majesty, the mesopithicus is here.” Charr said. “Bring him in Charr.” Cinder said “Yes m’am.” He said. He left the crag and returned with Caesar, Oak, and the Chief. “Brought your little bodyguards I see, amusing.” Cinder said. Caesar ignored her, “Can we get down to business.” He said. “Hmm fine…” she said. “do you have any artifacts.” Caesar asked. “One, yes.” Cinder said vaguely. “And the other two?” Caesar asked. “Oh they’re with the fasolasuchus and the magmasaurs.” Cinder said. “THAT LYING LITTLE-” Cinders laughing cut Caesar off. “Of course she told you she doesn’t have one (more laughter) she’d never give away her prized possession, why do you think I don’t have it yet. as for the fasola, the only reason we don’t have his is because the coward hid it in the dunes and if we kill him we’ll never find it.” Cinder said. “So how do we get the artifacts?” Oak asked. “You tell me, apes, I’m not the one that requested an audience.” Cinder said. Caesar thought for a moment, and like always thought of a plan.

The pandorans were back in the dunes, the wyverns went to get the artifact from the magmasaur queen, the inside of the volcano is too hot for anyone else. Lagoon and Stainly went ahead to the red obelisks. “So what exactly are we doing here?” Jaxz asked. “I’m going to challenge that giant iguana to a duel, winner gets the artifact.” Bones said. They saw the dust cloud of the fasola coming towards them, it breached out of the sand when it was about ten meters away, it looked at Bones grimly, “Y o u…” he said. “You…” Bones snarled. “Why have you returned.. if you don’t remember this didn’t go well for you last time…” the fasola said. Bones glared at the fasola, fury in his eyes, “I challenge you, winner gets the artifact.” Bones said. “Only if it’s a death match.” The fasola said. “Uh, if he kills you how will you tell us where your artifact is..” Caesar said. The brutes both looked surprised. “Oh.. right… I’ll go get it.” The fasola said.

“Why are we helping them m’am?” Charr asked. “Because Charr, we need to go home.” Cinder said. “But, we were banished, we can’t return!” Charr said. “I RULED HALF OF THE WYVERN KINGDOMS! do you think banishment can stop me!” Cinder said. “Of course not m’am it’s just-” “JUST WHAT…” Cinder said threateningly. “Just, your brother-” “IS A FOOL! the kingdoms could have reunited, but he decided to turn on me, they banished us here! Why? Because they didn’t like the idea of me ruling?! I offered them Lordship, but no, they had to be Kings and Queens and leave me in this dust!” Cinder said. Charr decided this was a touchy subject and stopped talking. The two were walking through one of the magmasaur tunnels, them, and every other wyvern in Cinders ranks. “Q- Queen Cinder?!” A magmasaur guard said. “Step aside underling, I wish to speak with your Queen.” Cinder said. “The Matriarch doesn’t want to see you, wyvern!” The guard said. Cinder lifted her talon, all of the fire wyverns near her opened their mouths and their throats glowed orange, the guard knew that if she closed her palm they would fire, he stepped aside. The wyverns walked out of the tunnel and into a massive cavern, it seemed most of the volcano was hollow, the cave was mostly molten lava and rock, there were huge crystals made of sulfur and ruby, it was an entire city made of the reddish stone, and all roads led up to a massive throne. there the Magmasaur Queen sat. It was an epic sight, but it only made Cinder miss her home more. The Magmasaur Queen sat on her throne, and watched Cinder and her clan walk through her kingdom, the magmasaur citizens watched the wyverns too, but more out of fear or amazement Than Rivalry and hatred. When Cinder Reached the top the Magmasaur Queen said, “why are you here…” “I have a proposition.” Cinder said. “And that is..” “I take the artifact of the crag, and in exchange, we leave this world.” “Leave… how do I know you’ll keep this promise.” “You’ll have to trust me, Queen to Queen.” “Ha! Queen? I’ve heard stories of how you got here, your own people banished you, you are no Queen, you are the leader of a barbaric tribe of war criminals!” Cinder’s mouth began fuming with blue fire. The magmasaur chuckled, “What are you going to do? Burn me? I am a magmasar.” She said. Cinder blasted blue-hot flames at the Queen, she laughed at first, but the flames grew hotter, they destabilized her magma, it was too hot, even for a magmasaur, the Queen screamed and exploded into shards of rock. “Y e s…” Cinder said. The magmasaurs who were watching the argument backed away fearfully. “Anyone else?” Cinder said. Charr stood behind her, with a slight grin. “Now, how many more of you must die before I GET WHAT I WANT!” Cinder said.

The fasola returned, with the artifact of the gatekeeper in claw. “Winner takes the artifact.” He said. “Remember the plan.” Caesar said to Bones. Bones nodded. “Time to die.” The fasola said. They both roared and charged at each-other, Bones struck first grabbing the fasola by the neck and throwing him aside, the fasola shrieked and then sank under the sand, it swam around bones, turning the ground into quicksand, Bones Roared ferociously, and leapt at the fasola, grabbing it by the tail and stopping it from creating the whirlpool, it lashed back around at Bones and clawed him in the face, Bones let go of his tail and the fasola lunged at him, it grabbed onto Bones’s side, latched on, and clawed at him, Bones’s eyes glowed orange in rage, he reached his head around and grabbed the fasolas leg, he threw the creature off on the ground and then lunged at it’s neck, -CrAcK-

The others cheered and Bones stood on the fasola and roared, then stepped of and breathed heavily, he calmed down and his eyes returned to normal, he walked over to the artifact, and pulled it out of the sand, walked back to the others and put the artifact down in front of them.

The Wyverns and the Pandorans met up at the red obelisk, Stainly and Lagoon were there waiting for them when they arrived, Cinder walked up to the pedestal, Charr and her trusted general walked behind her, carrying the artifacts of the crag and the destroyer. Jaxz held the artifact of the gatekeeper as he flew above the others. “Put the artifacts on the pedestal.” Cinder told her advisors. They did, and Jaxz followed suit. “Now, everyone get onto the pedestal unless you want to say here.” Caesar said. The wyverns rushed to get onto the pedestal, it was a tight fit with all the wyverns and Bones, so the others floated above the wyverns on Lagoon. Cinder reached her talon over the control button, she pressed it and everything faded away.

The house of madness

Chapter twenty four: Jay.

Hailey and Willow searched upstairs. “I don’t see them.” Hailey said. Willow rolled her eyes. “You think I’d don’t know that?! They’re not up here! We need to go back downstairs.” Willow said. Hailey watched as a man appeared behind Willow and then a woman. The targets. “Look out! Behind you!” Hailey cried. Willow smirked. “Riggghht. This is an obvious plot to make me turn around and see nothing and you laugh at me. There’s nothing there.” Willow said. “Actually there is.” Sylvia said. Willow whirled around to see fist hit the side of her head before she was knocked unconscious. “Willow! What did you do to her?” Hailey screamed. “Don’t worry she’s just unconscious.” Sylvia said in a gentle tone, as if she was talking to a child. Hailey ran to the door. It was locked. “Jaron! Jaron! Jaron!” Hailey called. Jay approached her slowly. “Is Jaquin here? Is he alive?” Jay asked. “I don’t know what you are talking about. Who are you two?” Hailey replied. “Tom must have mind wiped her.” Sylvia whispered in Jay’s ear. Hailey banged even harder on the door. “Jaron!” She shouted. “Josephina. It’s me, Jay! Your brother.” The male target said. “I only have one brother. Jaron.” Hailey said. “I don’t know who y’all are.”

“Jaquin? He’s alive to? Don’t you remember? We lived in Tortuga.” Jay asked desperately. Hailey shook her head. “Josephina it’s me Jay.” Jay begged. He began to move closer to Hailey until he was inches away from her. “What are you doing-” Hailey began but then Jay pressed his hand on her forehead. His hand turned burning hot and old memories came crashing down on Hailey.

Hailey was sitting in a man’s lap. “Aww but Daddy can you sing for me daddy! Puhleeeaasse?” She begged. “Fine but only for you little bit.” The man sighed. “Gotta hold on easy as I let you go. Gonna tell you how much I love you though you think you already know. I remember i thought you looked like an angel, wrapped in pink so soft and warm. You’ve had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born. You’re beautiful baby from the outside in, chase your dreams but always know the road that’ll lead you home again. Go on take on this whole world but to me you’ll always be…my little girl.” The scene flashed. “Can i ride Jay? Pretty pretty please? A little boy who looked suspiciously like a younger version of Jaron. “In a minute.” A boy said who looked familiar. Jay. Hailey suddenly knew his name. *flash* More memories came that Hailey remembered. Her name was Josephina. She had an older sister, two older brothers, and a twin brother. She had parents. *flash* A woman has a rope around her neck bug she seems calm and peaceful. “When peace like a river attendth my ways, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot thou has taught me to say: it is well, it is well with my soul. It is well. With my soul. It is well. With my soul. It is well, it is well with my soul.” The woman sang. A man in a black cloak and had a giant axe pulled the lever and the woman fell. Dead.

Hailey fell to the ground, her body shaking with sobs. “Josephina? Are you okay?” Jay asked. He touched her gently on the back. “I-i remember. I remember ev-everything.” Josephina sobbed. Jay hugged her tightly. “We have to free Jaquin.” Jay said after he released her. Just then the window shattered and Camille flew in, the rest of the team behind her.

-SunnyFox57

The Shadow Wranglers

Chapter 2(one is in jerboa)

3 shadow jugbugs were carrying off a person until Shadow lasoed them from the sky. "Nice shot." Frost congratulated. "Practice makes perfect I guess." Shadow replied as she lasoed another one. "Alright, to the north are the last 5. They're in a group so we might have to be careful." Frost said as she scrolled through her scanner. Frost turned into a bird and flew north. "Your not the only one who can be an animal." Shadow grombled as she possessed a bird. Shadow flew up nect to frost and they dove down the the shadow jugbugs. Shadow unpossessed the bird and frost changed back to human. "This requires some firepower." Shadow said as she pulled out a net gun. Shadow shot 3 down and sent then to the shadow realm as frost got harrased by the other 2. "Hold still!" Shadow ordered as she shot the remaining jugbugs. "Once again, my scanner days theres no more shadow creatures here, next up is Lymantria."

-shadow

Ok, so im going to try to describe the landscape and stuff like that of nova.

Nova has 2 biomes. In one small corner there the artic biome, and the rest of the map is a desert. Most creatures adapt to live in the desert, but some journey to the artic to live there. In the desert there are caves to hide under during the day so the dinos dont get mutated from radiation. Scattered around the map are pools of water that lead into an underground ocean. The artic is thick with tree so radiation doesnt seep in. In the top left corner, there is a hive of sklàvoi Skià, the dark crystal wyverns. They swarm this area, making sure nobody can harm their queen, Vasílissa Skià(i think). Around the desert are towering cacti with nests on top. Lets just say dont go near them unless you want to be picked up and fed to babys. There are many more creatures we havnt discovered yet, but maybe soon we'll discover them all.

-shadow(theres a description fkr anyone who was wondering)

Story time!

So me and my friend where out and about doing our daily hunt my bud gets thirsty no water 4 miles.i see this dude and say to my friend"hey bud go near that bug and press y you'll be betta I promiz"my friend never played ark with me again.

Oh, did it? Hold up. So its basically a ichthyornis that in big enough groups can pick up things as big as rexs. And once they grab it, they feed it to their baby, while the dino is still alive... brutal, right?

-shadow

What do you guys think of the myths?

-shadow

Shadow, I think the king bird myth disappeared.

~CL1

Goúnino Anemóptero(furry glider)

Goúnino Anemóptero is a mutated deinonychus. Goúnino Anemóptero grew bigger feathers to allow them to glide. Goúnino Anemptero are also known as furry gliders because of their ability to glide and the fur they grew to live in the snow. Certain species live in different habitats. One species that lives in the snow grows a thick coat of fur to survive. Another species that lives in the deserts grows a thin layer of fur to keep moisture in to keep them cool, and to keep them warm at night. These furry gliders are one of the least mutated creatures on Nova, gaining fur, the ability to glide, more strength, and being able to learn from their opponents attacks.

-shadow

Volans Occisor (flying killer in latin)

Volans Occisor are mutated dimorphs that became mutated from the radiation on Nova. They can come in packs of 10 to 50, and can rip a giga to shreads in less than 10 seconds if in a big enough pack. They usually live in caves, and are nocturnal. Once there was a huge pack, with 50 Occisors, their cave was barely big enough to hold them. Once, a player came in with a mutated basilisk(in the middle of writing this i forgot what i called it), thinking he could beat them, big mistake. He was never seen again.... Fear the volans Occisor, the flying killers!

-shadow(i moved my myths over here, the place where i wrote the origin of my ark, Nova, along with my 1st myth, terror of the shadows, are in oviraptor, along with fanfictions)

Should be tameable and used to gather oil if oil jug bug and water if water jug bug

the righteous (scorched earth version)

chapter 2 season 2

after eric got his amazing carno, from some random person named barb, also his first cryopod! but will eric get to the oasis in time.. before.. the storm..

*- created by: HJK ark team

idea by: my friend ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

character from: my brain

HJK Presents..

*.(the righteous).*

“well, she was nice..”

“but i better go check that oasis now..”

he was riding his carno through the desert.. dehydration was taking him over.. he spotted a bug.. not an ordinary bug, a jugbug!

“well.. whats that?”

he spotted water in its sac.

“well.. its all i got..”

he walked up to it and sucked water out of it.

“eugh!”

the jugbug flew away.

“well that was gross..”

“atleast i got water!”

he hopped back on his carno and continued to ride.

another scream came from the oasis “ HELP SOMEONE!!”

“oh god! better get there quick!”

he finally arrived at the oasis to see a bloody man stuck under a rock

“help me!”

“alright i got you!”

his carno pushed the rock off of him and eric pulled him out

“what happened!?”

“i was attacked! by a golem!”

“golem.. whats that?”

“a big heavy rock monster, it threw this rock on me.. it thought i was dead.. it left.”

eric looked around

“i dont see it..”

“it can camouflage as a rock..”

eric looked around again and saw nothing..

“well.. i better get moving” said eric

eric handed him a canteen from the jugbug

“well bye..”

eric rode off to the distance..

“well, now i should probably watchout for those things..”

what will happen next? do i know? do you know? does your 94 year old grandma know?

well youll have to find that out ;) next one on morrelatops :D

Pyrodótisi/págos(firewing and icewing in greek)

Págos is a mutated snow owl from Nova. These odd owls have 2 different types. In the snow biome, they are called págos, and their main element is ice. They can create snowstorms by simply flying quickly in circles. The other type, Pyrodótisi's home biome is the firey hot desert. These beasts can fly in circles quickly to make sandstorms, and can ignite their feathers like a Phoenix. Its feathers are fire proof though, so they catch on fire, but dont burn up. The Págos and Pyrodótisi have been at war ever since they were created. Fire and ice, in a forever lasting war, until one side wins....

-shadow

Vasílissa skiá(greek for shadow queen)

The leader of the once colorful sklávoi skiá, Vasílissa skiá is the guardian of nova. The reason her corner of the map is so empty, is because sklávoi skiá are so fierce to protect her ang their eggs. Sklàvoi skiá can have 2 breath weapons: Shadows they can breath shadows around the to cloak them selfs for a sneek attack, and if they hit an enemy with enough of it, they can turn them into a shadow: shrinker they can spit a green substance that shrinks. If an animal gets hit by it, it will go down to its baby size. For example if a dragon gets hit it will make it into the size of a baby dragon. Few Sklávoi skiá have this breath attack. Vasílissa skiá has both of these attacks, making them almost impossible to kill.... almost

-shadow(yes i WAS going to have the pride and the shinning light characters asend over to nova but i might make a new ark, unless you guys want me to make them go to nova, you guys decision!)

Sarkófaga fálaina (carnivorous whale)

Sarkófaga Fálaina is a mutated leedsycthis. These massive whales are one of the biggest things on Nova. They scavenge for anything that can fit in their mouth, waiting for a meal. They have razor sharp teeth to rip apart their meals. These creatures hunt everything, including tusos, mosas, plesis, and sometimes even the Terror of The Shadows.

-shadow(hehe i have a terror of the shadows as a pet)

Gávros Smínos(anchovie swarm, im gonna write a myth for the whale and i need something for it to eat.)

Gávros Smínos are a small anchovie size fish swarm that are often hunted by larger fish in the oceans of Nova. A few parakeet fish swarms swam up to one of the puddles and got mutated because of the radiation. Because they are hunted, these fish re-populate very quicky to keep the species alive. These fish are adapted to be bottem feeders, eating whatever they can to survive. These fish are hunted by almost all of the creatures in the sea, even the Terror of The Shadows.

-shadow(sorry about this one being so short)

Filikí skiá (greek for friendly shadow)

Most shadows on Nova are just normal shadows, but somehow, a few shadows got mutated, and turned into a living shadows. One shadow helped the humans who get stranded on Nova by warning them if any thing is coming. The shadow was deemed Filikí skiá. The shadow liked the name, but preferred to be called simply just shadow. It is said that the shadows can possess humans and animals, but unlike the others, Filikí skiá preferred to stay a shadow, possessing only when they needed to. Though sometimes they did possess a little bit, just for fun. Filikí skiá and the rest of her kind followed a human when they were asending of of nova, and the shadows asended with them. Now Filikí skiá found a way to write storys, and now does that every once and awhile, after helping the humans of course. But recently a STUPID ghost has been trying to POSSESS her, and she needs to find someone to possess to get rid of the STUPID, STUPID ghost. That ghost is so-

I WILL EAT YOUR SOUL-

SHUT IT im trying to tell a story stupid ghost. Anyways now shes asking people on hed writing platform if they know someone she can possess so she can get rid of the stupid ghost.

-Filikí skiá I MEAN shadow

Sklàvoi Skià(greek for shadow slaves)

Sklàvoi Skià are mutated crystal wyverns. The once bright and colorful crystal wyverns turned dark. All but few Sklàvoi Skià are controled by 1 queen, the guardian of Nova. Sklàvoi Skià come in only 2 colors, black and gray. Sklàvoi have extreme night vision, giving them the upper claw(get it? No? Never mind.) at night. In a seemingly empty corner of nova, these beasts have a den, where they lay their eggs. Not one human has ever stolen an egg....

-shadow