Griffin Of The Moon

Marc had been sent to a warehouse down by the London waterfront. Khonsu had told him that there was an ancient artifact he needed. One that was related to some otherworldly power. What exactly, Marc didn’t know nor care about. All he knew was that it was in the shape of a horse. One with a horn and wings. Supposedly a kind of god.

Looking through the many boxes and crates that littered the warehouse was tiring. The statue was small. About the size of a laptop. With all these containers it would be impossible to find it quickly. He did start with the older-looking ones. Ones with strange markings or ancient writing. After about three hours of looking through old boxes, Marc wondered if Khonsu sent him to the wrong place.

‘I did not, Marc”-Khonsu told him.-‘you are looking in all the wrong places.’

Marc sighed. Frustrated with all the searching.

“Fine, I’ll check something else-“ he told the god. “-I doubt it is in anything not old.”

He then pulled open a modern container. Right in the center of the packaging was the statue. Gold and dark blue. The horse rearing up and hair blowing in the nonexistent breeze. Marc could feel Khonsu smirking at him.

“Don’t say a word. Let’s just get this back to the apartment before-“

“Hey, you! Stop right there!”

Turning around, Marc saw a guard pointing their flashlight at him. Marc held the statue close to his chest. Not willing to give it up. Turning around, he ran. The guard shouted after him as their radio spit to life. Turning a corner, he was stopped by another guard that had dogs. The dogs began to bark at him as the guard shouted at him. Shit. He looked around for an escape before turning and pushing his way past the previous guard. Them stumbling in shock as he ran past. More shouting as he made his way through rows and rows of containers. The two guards gave chase as he ran.

Soon he found himself at a dead end. Two other guards had joined the other two and cornered him. The dogs barked wildly as he backed into a wall. He could take them out easy though. Just had to be careful of the dogs. Getting into a fighting stance, he held the statue under one arm. Then something shocked him right under that arm.

Letting out a surprised cry, he jerked backward. The statue slipped from his grip. Looking at the guards in front of him, they seemed just as shocked as he was. Before Marc could react though, the statue shattered on the ground. Light and darkness sprouted from the broken thing. The guards shouted in surprise as something rose out of the statue. It locking eyes with Marc. Then it lunged.

Waking up, Marc was suspended in darkness. A strong sense of being watched overcame him. Looking around, he saw nothing. Nothing except a pair of crazed eyes. The pair watching him from the darkness. Then a bird talon and lion paw reached out from the darkness. Them pulling whatever they belonged to out. A giant horse head broke the darkness. Crazed eyes still staring straight at him. A low laugh echoed through nothing.

“Ah, hello human,”-the creature laughed.-“Fancy meeting you here.”

“Where am I?” Marc asked it. “And who are you?”

“Oh! I am the god of chaos, Discord. You are currently trapped within universes. I was just making my way between worlds when I saw you get attacked. Saved you back there.”

“What attacked me?”

“Man of many questions I see. Well, I’m not too sure. It was a creature made of…something-“ Discord shrugged. “-but whatever it was it’s gone now. I think it did make its way through universes though. Might be currently in mine.”

He then began to tap on his chin in thought. A small thinking bubble appearing above him.

“What-“ Marc began to question before being cut off.

“Doesn’t matter though! What matters is getting you through universes. While I can’t make you go back to your original one, I can bring you to mine! And I’ll have to repeat that process a few times with the other two that got caught.”

“Who-“ Marc began again but was cut off again.

“Who they are? Celestia if I know. All I know is that you need to be free. Now, this may be a bit intense.”

Discord then reached out a talon. Tapping Marc’s head. Knocking him out cold.