The Ever Walker

I saw it.

I heard it.

I felt it.

The misshaped stone door in front of me and my throne which I sat in let out a grating noise as the gap between the slabs of stone slid open slowly, light flooding the chamber I was in.

I slowly blinked my sore and aching eyes, trying to see more clearly. My muscles felt stiff from the years of disuse and my mind clouded from the years left for it to hollow.

I could see through the whole in my helmet that the chamber I was in was still the same as it was last time I opened my eyes, but I wasn’t able to move yet, not matter how hard I tried.

“It’s opening!” I heard a voice call out.

“Wait, I think I see something inside it!” Someone else called out.

I used my eyes to look down and what I saw made me slightly raise an eyebrow.

Before my feet was a wide eyed quadruped. It was dark gray colored with purple hair sprouting from its head and behind, it had small webbed wings held at its side and it also wore some type of dark colored armor with a crescent moon branded on the front.

“Damn, that thing’s big.” It said looking my over.

Suddenly an urge I couldn’t control washed over me. Before I even relised it I lunched slightly forward, startling the creature in front of me, causing it to jump back in shock. I pushed myself off the Throne of Want, seeing my midsection. The exposed part of my torso was green with muscle and bone showing through where there wasn’t any skin to speak of.

On its own accord my body stood up, grabbing my sword and shield from either side of the stone throne, before slowly hobbling out of the chamber.

As I walked I saw a large group of these creatures in a semicircle around the chamber I was in, all but two pointing spears in my general direction. But one thing they all had was either gold or black colored armor strapped around their bodies.

“What in the Tartarus is that!?” One of them yelled as I continued to hobble forward.

“I don’t know captain but don’t do anything rash, I don’t want to see what it’s like when it’s angry.” One said, it was large and white with both a horn on its head and wings on its back, its hair seemed to sway in a nonexistent wind. But one thing that stood out is that I could practically feel its should, the power it held inside, causing a near animal instinct inside me. It was wearing an elegant suit of armor.

“That looks like armor, just look at its middle. Maybe the armor’s enchanted, there’s no way that thing could still be alive with its innards showing like that.” One said.

“Is it a zombie?” Another said.

“No, the first would be more likely, necromancy has been outlawed longer than I could remember.” The large white creature said.

“If that’s the case than it’s no more than a golem, unable to think for itself without being told what to do.” Another large one said but this time it was dark blue, also with an elegant suit of armor covering it. This one also had both wings and a horn and its blue hair swayed in the nonexistent wind like its counterpart.

“Armor!” The white one yelled.

I turned my armored head to look at it, that being the reaction the white creature seemed to have wanted.

“Good, now go dormant.” It said calmly.

I just stood there, stock still.

“Has it done anything?” I heard someone whisper after a long while.

“No, I haven’t sensed any change in its magic.” The blue one said.

“Armor, go dormant!” The white one yelled, a little more commanding this time.

I felt my mouth open as I began to speak words I had no power over.

“Keep the fire bright.” I whispered. “I can see your breath, as the cold creeps in, I am beyond death, take a leap of faith, unless you’re scared to try, now brace yourself for me.”

In a deep booming voice I finished. “AND PREPARE TO DIE!”

Before any of them could say anything I brought back my sword and stabbed to blade into the ground, pouring my magic over flame into the blade.

After a few short moments a jet of fire blasted out from the ground, shooting high up before it was followed by a dozen others.

“SPLIT!” One of them yelled.

I pulled my sword from the ground and my body snapped toward the closest target to me.

It was white horned creature wearing the gold armor with a frill of blue hair coming out of its helmet. A spear was floating right next to it and a shield was floating on the other side.

With a sweep of my sword I flung a wall of fire at it. It pulled up its shield and blocked most of the blast but due to its small size it didn’t stop all of it. It let out a pained yell as it dropped to the ground, burns all over its body. I ran over to it; bring back my sword to deliver the finishing blow. Before I could bring down my blade I felt a mental warning go off in my head. I ducked down behind my shield as I spun around in time to block a shot from a yellow ball of light shot at me.

Before I had time to perform a counter attack I got hit in the leg with an arrow from above. I didn’t pay it much attention as I spun around and preformed a sweep with my sword, sending a wave of flame at the creatures trying to attack me from behind.

I rolled to my left as I avoided a spear that went sailing over my head as I stood up.

I brought back my sword again and stabbed it into the ground, again, pillars of fire erupting around me, hearing cries of pain as the creatures got burnt with the flames.

Before I could finish them with the killing blow I felt a massive blow it me in the side of the head, causing me to go flying to the side. As I fell I heard a chime noise break through all the noise of the armored creatures running around. Dropped on the ground were all my soul gems and an effigy.

I surprisingly didn’t react like I thought I would, all I did was look at them before continuing to fight.

I brought around my shield behind me and blocked a blow from a downwards moving spear, shattering the wooden handle just below the head. The creature that delivered the blow stumbled backwards. I took advantage of this and as he stumbled I brought around my sword and sweeped at its legs, and with a satisfying cutting sound its leg detached from the rest of its body.

“SWIFT!” I heard someone scream from outside my field of vision.

I felt something hit the side of my head as a warm feeling washed over me. I turned my head to the side to see one of the horned creatures standing there defiantly, several life gems floating around it.

I started my charge towards it as its expression changed to one of fear as the life gems fell to the tiled ground, clinking as they did.

Before my sword could dispatch its head in a single swing I was flung to the side yet again, slamming into the wall of the throne’s dome.

When I got up I saw that the creature whose leg I cut off was being dragged away by two others, constantly groaning.

Without warning I was hit with a blast of dark magic as it tore my sword from my hand and broke the arm it was held in. I let out a gasp of pain as I stumbled to the side, looking around for my weapon. While I was looking around I got struck in the stomach, knocking the wind out of me, making my hunch over in pain. And before I could catch my breath I was hit in the back of the head, knocking me onto my face.

I slowly looked up, trying my hardest to get back into the fight, to see three spear floating inches away from my face. “Surrender now fiend and you won’t be hurt.” I heard someone commanding say from behind me.

I growled before springing up as fast as I could, bringing my empty hand back before bringing it around, fire erupting from my hand as I burnt the spears to ash.

I spun around a shot my hand out, grabbing onto the first thing my hand came into contact with. I looked up to see I was gripping the large blue winged and horned creature by the throat. I slowly called upon my power, my hand starting to glow and heat up.

“LUNA!” I heard yelled.

The creature in my grasp began to scream in pain, trying to claw at my hand to let go.

“HEY, BUCK FACE!” I heard yelled at me.

I turned my head to see the horned one who was floating my soul gems before was stood there, with the human effigy hovering next to it, it was wearing a determined scowl on its face.
“CATCH!” It yelled.

The effigy was flung at me at break neck speeds, flying right at me.

With a familiar sound the effigy broke upon my chest piece, a faint white glow washing over me as something felt like it was being torn out, causing me to drop the creature I was hold by the neck and making me drop to my hands and knees, gasping for air as I was restored to humanity.

I didn’t have long to ponder the though as I fell over, unconscious.