Chapter 1: What Going On?

The old rat just stare at me for some time now as he thinks over the name I gave myself. "Ragnarok... End of an age?" He looks confused at the name I picked. "Ya it my name what wrong with it?" He blinks at this as if trying to think of something but then stop and turns away then looks to his books.

"It nothing my name is Maggabl I use to be the head of magic in the keep... Before the Keep lord lost his mind to power." Okay this is new I know nothing about any keep and or lord's and Mag-gamble? really that his name I can think of odder things to call oneself so, Wait... Did he say magic?

"Did you just say magic?" He looks up from his book as I look at him with the most biggest grin you have ever seen. I think I was making him ununcomtarble so I stop and look to my tail that was moving by itself. Do I have no control over this thing or can I make it do what I want?

"Yes I said magic why? do you really think you have the skills to learn?" I can't tell if he just being a prick or if he's really asking me a question. "I'll never know unless I try." That kind of my philosophy, you won't know if you can or can't do something unless you really try it for yourself. And If it don't work out you can try something else.

I can tell Maggabl was thinking it over or wondering if this was a good idea or not. I mean I like fire, Like REALLY like fire. He most likely going to say no any way I mean. If you just met someone you knew nothing about would you want them to know how to shoot fire out of their hand's?. I didn't think so then my stomach growled.

Well, I'm hungry and it looks like Maggabl heard my stomach growling to and did he just smile?. "Before I even think about teaching you anything let get you something to eat lad." It only now that I start to really think about what he is or could be. You know he looks a bit like a skaven. Skaven why didn't I think of this before!

They were skaven well maybe, If you're not a warhammer fan then you'd have no idea what I'm on about. But Maggabl was nothing like the tabletop game stereotype of what the race of rats were. For one thing he wasn't wearing rags for one he also looked clean and try to take good care of himself, I mean sure he was by no means nice but I guess if it true or not I'll find out after food. I hope it not green crystal's I am not looking forward to that.

I thanked whatever gods were up there right now for it to be real food and not crystal's, Rotten flesh or anything like that. What I was eating right now it was better than meat, It was fish but not just any fish it was skate and it was so good!

"You're really enjoying that aren't you?" I peel the cooked fish off with my fork as I put more in to my mouth. It was so good I almost finish the fish before Maggabl could even get started on his. "No one around here ever want or try some of the things the fisher's catch." I lick my lips clean as I pick at what left trying to get the last of the fish off the bone's. He was starting to eat his as he whit for my reply.

"They have no idea what they're missing, If you're not willing to try something once then you'll never know if you'll like it or hate it." I say with a nod, but I look down at the bone's of the fish to see I pick it clean. Awww I was hoping that would last longer it was good fish. Anyway I'm just going to start calling him Mag from now on. His full name is kind of a mouth full.

"Anyway learning magic is no easy thing for some it takes years of training, only the most skilled or gifted can cut that time to a year at the most." It almost sound like he's trying to get me to give up on this. Come on the idea of learning magic was hopeless like that was going to stop me.

"Well then that just means we have to get started sooner than later." I say with a big smile on my face as Mag put another mouth full of fish in his mouth.

Before Maggabl could say anything to that after eating half his fish we hear something like yelling and wood braking. There was even more yelling and some scream's, I look to the door then back at him that didn’t sound good. "Damnit, I knew it was just a matter of time before they started kicking everyone out of this street!" I look at the old rat-skaven whatever as he get up and get some bag's and hands one to me.

"Go to the bookshelf take three books on the far left on the top shelf. Then take two books from the bottom right, then grab the small statue on the fireplace!" I wanted to ask way but by the look in his eye he was afraid of something and if this is anything like them movie's he would say there no time.

So I did as he asked, I went back into the main part of the shop and got the books he wanted before picking up the small statue. "Don't know why he want this creepy thing." I say to myself as I stuff it into the bag with the books.

On top of the fireplace I see something that make me stop what I'm doing. It was a painting. But not just any painting, it was a painting of those two cats from before sitting outside of a cave. They were both smiling, it wasn't them that I was looking at. It was the two yellow eyes in the dark of the cave in the painting.

"Did you get the books!" Bloody ell! He made me jump that crazy old rat almost gave me a heart attack. I look back to the painting to see the cat's and eye's were gone, I must be losing it. "Ya, I got the books." I walk back into the back room to see Maggabl stuffing a bag full of food as fast as he can.

"Come on let go we don't have much time." As much as I would like to know what going on I don't think this rat going to tell me right now. I saw enough movies to know how that will end so I just follow him out the back, we walk for about ten minutes before we see a large group of rat's all walking down the same street. We make our way in to the crowd of rat's, there couldn't be more than forty of them.

"Where are we going?" I ask as I try not to get in anyone's way even if some were pushing to try and get out of the large group with little luck as the guard's cutting them off as soon as someone try. "We're all being kick out of the city, there been a food shortage for the past year." I look around as he tell me this.

"If that true, why are we joining them in getting out?" I ask as I get a good look around. It looked like the city was split up in to three parts. Behind us looked like some kind of high town, hey I made a pun heh and then there was where we are right now. It didn't look all that good it reminded me of the victorian times with the way the street's were made. I just hoped no one throw their crap out there windows.

And then wow I was going to make another pun about this next part being low town but, it looked more like it was run down and you could see rat's on the side of the street's holding their hands out begging. "Who the hell would let them live like this..." I'm to shocked to care who heard me. I was staring at everything around us it was all I could do, I couldn't even think of how someone could let this happen.

"We're joining them because we need a way out of the city without being seen, as to who would do all this. That would be the keep lord, he's been slowly cutting back things that everyone needs food, Water, Medicine you name it. To think it took ten years for things to get this bad."

I didn't know what to say to that how could I say anything that would not make me want to find this keep lord and give the git a good kicking to his ball's! This was wrong no matter how things were run here, it didn't take me long to see we're about to reach the main gate. Or should I say the only gate I could see it was huge and had a large number of chains on it, most likely to open and close the big door's.

"Whatever you do keep your eye's hidden. If they see you're eyes they will kill you." Wait, what? Okay so I do what he say and keep my eyes hidden, why would they want to kill me for what my eye's look like? I can't help but feel like someone just drop me in to the middle of a story without even telling me what was going on. This is some crazy shit.

I think to myself next thing I know someone give me a hard push outside the gate. "Move it scum!" Dude there was no need for that really, I look back and see the rat in armor. It looked a lot nicer than the rest and had some gold on it to but that look in his eye's was saying he was enjoying this. Then the large door's start to close. You know what I can get back at him and have some fun before the doors close.

Giving out a whistle I got the guard attention and then gave him the one finger salute with a smile on my face. He looked shocked but at the same time I think had no idea what I was doing. But it was too late for me to see what happened next as the large gate's seal shut on his face, that felt good. I look around and... “HOLY CRAP this place is huge!” I yell as my voice echoes into the dark.

Okay after my small freak out we then start walking it been I think ten minutes now. Give or take maybe an hour it hard to tell, we're still in this over sized cave it was as big as that underground level in gears of war 2 but this looked nothing like the game. Maybe a bit smaller that got me thinking what else could live down here? Let not think about that for now and find out where we're all going.

"Hey Mag where are we going?" I can tell the old rat didn't like my nickname for him. He just give me the evil eye, ya he still scared me. "For the last time I don't know... There aren't that many keeps and underground cities that we would welcomed us with open arms."

This give me time to think. Now that we got some time with nothing coming after us maybe I can ask him some things.

"Say Mag... What are we?" I ask as I walk next to him. He just looks at me funny like I've been drinking or something.

"What do you mean what are we?, We're Vontogon. What have you never been to school?" Well if I said no that would be a lie, as a human yes but as a rat no. So I shrug at him, it looks like he get the idea and he just sigh then looks on ahead. Hmmm maybe he didn't want to tell me? I think as I was about to ask him again until he start talking.

"We are Vontogon we are the descendants of a race of rat's called skaven. The skaven were nothing but monster's, torturer's and slaver's if there ever was a name for evil it would be them." Wow so there are skaven here but these guy's are not? I'm just going to wait till he finishes his story.

"A long time ago they were found out by one of the two royal sisters from a faraway land, there names were." "Princess Celestia and Luna." I put my hand over my mouth and look at him. Oh shit he looking at me, on no he's giving me the 'How do you know that look?' This is bad very, very bad! "I mean umm, that there name's right?" I try and lie then grin to hide my fear but that doing nothing for me right now.

He looked at me with suspicion but continue with telling me his story. "Right, anyway when the skaven were found out Celestia who wanted to banishes them to a faraway land, but then Luan wanted to try and reform them. As you can guess Celestia didn't like this idea but she let Luna try anyway."

"At first things didn't go so well but over time they got better and slowly started to warm up to the ideas of what Luna was trying to teach them, they changed for the better and they went by a new name. The Vontogon."

"Sadly then came the night Luna fell to the shadows as we call it and she became Nightmare moon. She then turned us in to something darker... We then were turn into an army called Night Walker's thanks to her magic, but lucky or unlucky for us she was defeated by Celestia. After that the Vontogon had no one to turn to they try to go back to the skaven, but the skaven saw them the Night Walkers as nothing but traitors and try to kill them off."

Wow... This is some heavy stuff, not only that but this was not in the show so that means something's maybe the same but at the same time there not and this is a lot to take in all at once. Damn now I wish I had a notepad on me or something, there no way I'm going to remember all this so let simplify this.

Princesses found Skaven, Luna try to help Skaven, Skaven then turn into Vontogon. Luna then turn into Nightmare moon, then turn Vontogon in to Shadow walker's. Ya that a lot easier to understand.

"Then the Night walkers/Vontogons turned to the only one who could help them." He then looks at me as if to give me a go at who he's talking about. I didn't even need to guess who he's talking about. "Princess Celestia..." I ask feeling like this story did not have a happy ending.

"Right however she was still... How do I put this." I can see Maggabl biting his lip as if he's trying to find the right words.  "Upset?" I try and help but by the looks of where this was going I'm not going to like the end of this story.

"You could say that... She banished our race to these lands, with no idea of what this place is or what was living here. But that for another time we need to set up camp." Oh come on, you was just getting to the good bit. But on the other hand everyone looks like they need the rest, wait, how long have we all been walking for anyway?

I can't SLEEP! How anyone supposed to tell if it night or day down here after Maggabl told me that story a number of things were running around through my head. One of them being Mag showing me the basics of how to use magic... Let just say it harder than it looks I was trying to learn a kind of magic called pyromancy in other words fire magic. When you do make it work it weak, let me tell you. I try to make a fireball, all I got was sparks…

But he said these things take time I sit up and take a look around, everyone else was sleeping by the looks of it. Hey maybe I can see if calling out those two cat's will work? I get up out of my bed roll. Ya bed roll's one of these rat's sell them he had a bag full of them and was handing them out to everyone before we set up camp.

But not everyone could get one I saw some of the male's who had families give up there's for their kids and wife. At least I think they're all married, Mag gave me his saying he didn't need it. I felt kind of bad about that but it was the last one and there was some who didn't like the idea of only letting the female's and kids having something to sleep in.

I even gave some of the kid's my share of the food I felt they needed it more than I do.

I get up and walk away from the camp I didn't go too far just so no one can see me. "Okay, let do this" I take a deep breath and look ahead. "Cheshire cat..." Okay so far so good.

"Cheshire cat." Okay I'm feeling a bit silly right now but they did say if I needed help to call out there name so here hoping it wolk's. "Ches-" I was stopped when I heard a voice.

"Did you get the food?" I hear one voice say before hearing another. "Ya I got most of it" I stop what I’m doing and blink looking back the way I came, what the hell? I think as I walk back to camp and see… A green pegasus and a gray griffon...

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Okay... Holy carp!...  What are they doing here?! I can see them at the end of the camp holding large sack's over there back's. Just what are they doing here, who are they? Well it didn't take me long to come up with a plan of action call out to them and ask. "Hey what are you two doing?"

I call out and as soon as they saw me they turned around and ran away like the devil himself was here wait isn't that the sack's with all the food in…

“Fuck!” I yell as I ran after them they're running away with all our food. "Hey come back here!" I keep yelling and waking up half the camp as I ran off, I got to say these two were running fast for holding the two large sack's with nothing but their mouth's and why aren't they flying away? It not like they don't have the space to fly down here.

Just where do they think they're going anyway? I mean there not a lot of places one can go without being seen and how did they end up down here anyway?! One more thing how can I still see them in the dark? Was just the many questions I thought about as I follow them round a corner I then saw them run in to...

I stop as I look up at the large open door way with what looks like dead Ratmen all around it... Okay this looks bad, these bodies look old like husk's hollow and forgotten corpse. I can still hear the sound of hoofs running on cobblestone in side, shit do I go in after them or go back? Well if I know tomb's and dungeon game's like I think I do, there are going to be a lot of traps in there. I think as I look around “And I'm not sure I could do this alone what am I saying, this is not a videogame!” I say as I face palm at this.

"What happened, why is half the food gone!" Well I guess it about time someone showed up I can see some Vontogon from camp show up along with Maggabl following behind them. "What did you do!" Wait, what did I do? one of them must think I took the food for myself. Ya like I'm that stupid. "A griffon and a pony took the food from camp I ran after them, they went in there." I point to the what looks like a tomb to me.

Here where things get interesting they back away upon seeing it in fear, well all but the old Mag anyway.  "A cursed tomb of the old rat god... Something better left forgotten." What is he talking about, wait don't tell me there are skaven in there or something. I don’t know what this Old rat god is wait I remember now it a skaven god.

"Mag what going on, you said nothing about skaven living here." I asked as he looked at me as if I said something stupid, what why would he look at me like that? It was a good question. "You really know nothing about our history don't you?" I just blink at him then point at the tomb again. "Then who made that?"

"We did." What... He, they did? okay I'm more confessed than before just what was going on? I think to myself as he sighed at me before walking over to the dead body's and looking through them. "Some of our people when coming to these land's tried to go back to the old ways. The ways of the skaven, most made these tomb's like this one. They didn't last long however, they were then outcasted from the city's hunted down, killed off or left to die. But this happened 800 years ago, so it shocking to see one still standing."

He then pulls what looks like a staff off of one of the body's then blows the dust off of it. Mag then looks like he's talking to the crystal on the end of it before it light up, it may of looked simple but it still looked cool to me. How can he use magic so naturally, where with me it feels like I'm fighting something inside of me. Wait, why am I not more shocked about all this? Maybe I really am crazy, maybe this is really the afterlife who knows for now I'm just going to do what I did in my last life, wing it. I thought to myself as I walk up to the old rat.

"So we’re going in after them?" I ask as I stand next to him and take a peck inside with the light from his staff showing that no one has been here for years maybe even longer. But we could see the hoof, Talon and pawprints on the dust covered floor. Who know what in there, could even be some spider web's. "You're mad, you want us to go in there?!"

I hear one of the Von call out ya I'm going to call them Von for short, Vontogon is a mouth full anyway and I'm only going to say that once if someone asks what I am. "You lot are free to do whatever you want me... I'm going in their after them. They must've found a way down here right? that also means there a way out." I say with a smile on my face.

"You can't be serious, you'll both be dead long before you even see the light of day!" Yells out one of the Von in the back, I pay them little to no mind as me and Mag make our way in side. Something tells me we're going to have a right old time.

I take back what I said this place smells, It cold, dark and there are cobwebs everywhere. I feel like I walked into one of those old horror films, but in the mean time I'm still working on my fire magic and only stop when Maggabl think one of the hall's we're walking in is trapped.

Seven times out of ten his right, The other three on the other hand I see long before he knew what going on. Also I see better in the dark, I have no idea why? but we stop when I see a shadow move. "Did you see that?" I ask pointing down a hall.

Mag nod's at my question he then holds his staff up ready to most likely use some kind of spell. Me on the other hand just pulled out the dagger I had and looked at it... Ya I don't feel all that confident about this but I had Mag on my side, I'm sure he'll help me if things turn bad... I hope.

We both slowly move round the corner and unlike the last husk's we saw outside, these one's had armor and weapons. One more thing they were hung up on the walls of the hallway by web's. "Ya... This don't scream giant spider's... At all..." I say to myself looking at them all.

"What make you think there more than one..." Mag asked as he looks at the body's and some of the discarded weapons. "There always more than one, It like an unwritten law or something. When you walk in to some kind of creepy tomb there always more than one giant spider you have to kill." I said as i carefully step over some bones on the floor.

I look at the body's but I do nothing to disturb them, I know spider's use there web's to know if food is near by... I was just kidding about the giant spider's. I can see at the end of the hall a door just a bit open, oh crap I don't like this. I feel something hit my chest and see Mag staff in my way, I look to him as he handed me something covered in dirt and spider silk.

"You'll need this lad." He say as I take it, it was a sword of some kind, I look it over then put my dagger away before I pull the sword out of it sheath. Wow this sword was beautiful, I mean I'm no blacksmith but I can tell when someone put a lot of work into something and this was one of them. This was not just a sword this was art. I thought as i ran my hand over the side of the blade.

"Thanks..." I say as I try and tie the sheath to my belt. "So... What do you think on the other side of that door?" I ask as I hold the sword in my right hand, there no way this is all real right? I keep thinking to myself. it a dream, this is all just one big dream right? This is just too crazy to be real, well I've always said I was crazy all my life. Slowly we walk up to the door and then I push it open slowly, why must the door give off that horrible screeching sound. I know why it been uncared for who know how long and left here to rot. I think as I poke my head inside.

The room was a large chamber like room and had a large crystal in the ceiling that was giving off light, it had what looked like mural art all over the walls. I didn't understand what most of it was or what it supposed to mean but I was more interested in the shield that was covered in web's that was resting on a small table made of stone.

Me and Mag look at each other then nod as we both slowly walk into the room. I keep my eyes and ears open for any kind of movement or sound that was out of place I then move closer to the shield and carefully look around it. To make sure it wasn't some kind of trap,

finding nothing wrong with it I slowly and carefully pick it up.

I can see Mag looking at me not at all to pleased with what I was doing. I just smile back as I look at the shield, it looked as if it was made out of scale and had what looked like fang's or spike's on it. I wasn't sure, I rub the webbing off to find that the scale's were a nice shade of green.

I put the shield on my left arm and hold it up to Mag only to see he was looking at something else. Well so much for showing off my new toy, the shield was not too heavy for me to carry around. I start to relax and look at the mural's but I stop one of the works of art as it was covered in web's and all you could see was a wing.

Huh that odd. I think as I walk over to it and clear the webs away with my sword and stop when I see the full picture. My eyes widen at what I was seeing, no way, no fucking way! "Mag... Mag, get over here!" I tried to whisper loudly.

I was lucky he heard me and started to walk over to me. "What is it boy, what did you find." I just showed him the wall. "Tell me what this looks like to you?" I hope I'm wrong, I really do because if I'm right this could be bad. "This is not something I've seen before, I know one thing this is not the Old rat god..."

The pictuse of the monster was all I could think of to call it, it looked to skinny for something like that to be alive. You know what... I'm just going to come out and say what it is, it looks like the jabberwocky. As crazy as it sounds that what it looks like to me, this must be a dream... I must be dreaming. I'm going to wake up soon in the hospital and they will tell me I can never walk again or something.

"I don't understand what could this be?" I sigh as Mag keep looking at it, I look off to the side and look at the webbing I push aside with my sword. Wait, I look at it more carefully it was a lot bigger than it first looked. I follow it up and down as I look at it, huh this looks a lot like a… I stop thinking as I realized what it was. "An egg sack..." I say softly as I look at it with large eyes.

"I'm sorry boy what did you say?" Asked Maggabl as he turned to me and looked at it. "This is a egg sack." I say again as I slowly back away from it then we heard it. The sound of something like soft sandpaper rubbing against itself and then we heard more of them. We look to the way we came in, only for the sound to be getting louder.

"Fuck me sideways..." I say as I back up. Okay, okay no need to panic, it could just be the other Von playing a joke on us right... Right? I think as the Mag pushed past me. "Shut the door!" I hear Mag scream at me as he run over to shut the door and I was right behind him as we both hurry to close the door.

"FUCKING HELL!?!" I yell at what look like large spider legs trying to get in! Wait I have a sword, out of panic or reflex I slashed downward and cut off a number of leg's. We heard a number of cry's from something on the other side before we closed the door and heard them hitting the door trying to get in.

"Why did I agree to do this, I didn't really think there was really big fack ass SPIDER'S!" I saw Mag run off some where as I try and keep the door closed. Thankfully he didn't take long he came back with what looked like a spear and wedged it in between the door frame and the door handle to keep it closed.

We move away and find that it working. "How long you think that going to last to keep them out for?" A large fang speared through the door it wiggled a bit before being pulled out of the door. "Not long." We're dead we are so dead it not even funny.

"Come on this way I saw a way out before you called me over!" Mag said as he grabed my arm then pulled. We ran to the back of the room away from the door and saw stairs going up. How did I miss something like that, we just start running up the stairs as fast as we could.

Well as fast as Mag can go, I did offer to help him but he didn't want any and then we hear the door give way. "That just grate..." I say as we keep running up just how far do these  stairs go?! I think in a mad panic but stop myself. Okay don't panic we can get out of this, just go up past this turning and... more stairs going up. I think with a deadpan look on my face.

I look to Mag as he hobbles past me and look back the way we came, I could see there eyes glistening in the dark. There eyes were hollow like a dolls eyes talk about creepy. "I, I can't run anymore..." I turn back to Mag and see his down on one knee holding on to his staff to keep him upright. I sheath my sword then go over to him and put one of his arms around my shoulders as I try and lift him up to his feet.

"Come on Mag we're not dieing here!" I say as I pull him along, we get back to trying to get away from the horde of spider's that were oddly taking there time coming after us. It was strange how we just turned the corner and they just start slowing down.

Okay run everything you know about spider's I think as we keep moving, one they use there web's to catch their pray. Don't see a lot of web's here so how are they following us by sent?, not likely but for all I know that how these spider's hunt.

Two some spiders go out and hunt for their prey like some tarantula's do and lastly they wait for prey to come to them.  So far nothing is helping, I look to the crystal on the end of Mag staff, It can't be... can it? could they be drawn to the light. I think to myself as this idea slowly worked it way around my head only one way to find out. "Mag cut the light" I say as I try yo help him move.

"Forget it, I'm not running anymore!" He say as he push me to one side just what was he talking about? “we needed to get out of here!” I yell Mag then he started to glow I just watch as he turns around and faces back the way we came he start to say something I can't make out.

The Crystal on his staff stop giving off light and then was starting to give off a fiery green flame. "I'm sick of running and hiding!" The old rat said as I hear the spider's getting closer just what was this crazy rat thinking?! I think then the horde of spiders hissed at us once they saw us. The next thing that happened was the large number of spider's started hissing and moving faster to get to us.

And then the next thing I know every last one of them was set on fire. I look to Mag seeing him throwing fireballs at them it was so, Awesome! Then I hear a screech and look up to see. “HOLY FUCKING HELL!” I scream.

One of the big spider's jumps down from the ceiling I didn't have time to think as the large FANGS OF DEATH started coming right at my face! So I did the only thing anyone would of dune, stop staring at it like a god damn idiot!

After yelling at myself to do something I lift my shield up in the hopes to stop the attack. Ya you ever get tackled by a rugby player?, no me ever but I would think it was something like this. I was forced to the ground by it and could both feel and hear it fangs trying to get through my shield. Oh and my back was killing me from landing on the stairs.

As I try and hold off this thing, I look to Mag only to see he has his hands full trying to keep back the other spider's that are now walking on the sealing. I see him blast a number of them back into the open flames.

Okay looks like I'm on my own as I'm holding off this monster of an arachnid with my shield, I try and get to my sword that I was half sitting on and my mind go blank again. I'm not even sure why this is happening.

I take my sword and stab the spider under it belly, the thing gave off a scream that would make you think it was a bat that just came from hell. But I didn't stop I stabbed again and again on the third time it backs off.

But I did not back down I hit it with my shield right in it face making it back off with a screaming hiss. I stand and get ready for it to attack again, my mind was rushing through all the information inside my head from movie's, video games, documentaries, my life, you name it. To try and find anything as well as everything useful to kill this thing.

I watch as the spider get ready for another attack as it mandibles water in anticipation and looks like it ready to jump right at me. I take one step back and bend my leg so I'm at the same angle as the stairs. It jumped and I made my move.

I lean back when it jump I then hold my shield up over my head so it fangs had something to try and bite into and I see my target, the spider abdomen. It holds all the internal organs the spider need to live.

And with one thrust the sword slice right into it abdomen, I can feel it legs grab me as it try and get through my shield with it fangs. Then with one move I open it abdomen up like a wet paper bag, all I could hear was it screams as it let go and rolls down the stairs in to the fires below.

I blink slowly as I saw the stone steps move under me. I was confused… was I walking... why am I walking?, where am I going?, where did the spider's go?, why is it so dark? and where that light coming from. I think to myself then slowly start to look around we're still walking up the stairs was all that a dream or something? "Good you're awake" I heard Mag voice.

I slowly turn to rat-no, Maggabl. He had one arm around me to help hold me up and in his hand was his staff with light glowing softly only showing us the next step as we climb up the stairs. What happened, did I get bitten, I don't feel in pain or tired just what was going on? "Maggabl... What going on, where are the spider's?" I asked trying to clear the fog in my head.

He looks at me in shock, or was it confusion I can't tell with the light being so low. He looks at me as if I should know what happened. "Well for the most part they pulled back after you kill three of them, but by the looks of you. You was unconscious as you was fighting, it was like you was some kind of animal." He said as we kept moving.

I just stare at him as he tell me this what the hell happened to me in the middle of that fight? "You almost attacked me as well, before I thought you went mad but once I got a good look at your eyes. I could tell you had no control over what you was doing. But in the end I got you to start walking... I wasn't sure if you was going to wake up." He said as he looks at me.

Holy hell he's serious, but what does this mean is this apart of my new body? Will this happen every time I'm in a life and death situation, what wrong with me maybe I should find a doctor or something once this is all over.

"Hey boy look there light up ahead, we're almost out." He said sounding happy about that I look up and see his right. We almost out of here I think then I turn to Mag and start to walk on my own. "Thank you for what happened back there. But could you stop calling me boy?, I'm 28 you know." I say with a small smile.

Maggabl smiles at me and looks on ahead as we walk to our exit from this hell hole. "Only if you call me by my full name Rag." I can't help but laugh, I must be rubbing off on the old rat. I mean Von, man that going to take some getting used to. We're almost out of here we stop at some old wooden doors that look like no one taken care of them for years.

I put one hand on one door and Maggabl uses both his hands to push the other. The doors gave ways as we both walk outside I pay no mind to what around me or the cold as I look up at the sky and take a deep breath. Oh god the air is so clean, I feel a bit high just from breathing. It then that I really take a look at my surroundings.

It was a beautiful landscape I can hardly believe what I was seeing and then I hear Mag call out to me. "Ragnarok!" Just as I turn to the sound of his voice, I feel something hit me in the back of the head. Then everything slowed down as I fell into the snow I saw Maggabl getting ready to fire off some kind of spell. But from the left he was hit by some kind of blue light.

My eyes felt heavy as I saw Mag try and get up but just falls back into the snow unmoving. I see something walk over to him as my body felt numb. It was getting darker and harder to see. There were so many of them and the last thing I see were two orbs of blue before the darkness takes me.