Rites of Passage

     Xena looks at the massive forest and the cave up ahead. She holds onto Theo’s back, trying not to damage the gills on the sides of his neck. “This place is creepy,' she says. “Ok… let us go in” Theo walks in as Peppermint weaves through the trees pulling moss and plants off and placing them in her bag she brought. Vortex walks behind Theo as they spook Theo, nearly causing Xena to be knocked off.  ...

 Xena sits at a cafe as she writes in her journal, chronicling her journey and writing letters to her beloved Lycon, her necklace glimmers.     Dearest Lycon,            It's been a month since my entry here, into this new world, there are creatures here you would never see in our world. They are called Drakiri. Strange Kirin-like creatures that are like the...

Maze of darkness- part 3        Li, Oak, and Xena wake up as they wake up to total darkness. “Li! Xena?” Oak asks as he feels a clawed hand on his arm.          “I'm right here Oak,” she says. “Li!!”          He bumps into Xena. “I’m right here,” she picks him up and shoves him in her ba...

Maze of the triskelion- part two.               Xena growls, sensing something stepping into the light on the other side, “Looks like this isn't a typical test,” Li jumps out of her back as she pulls out twin blades, “Thanks, Riddick,” she says softly, pulling them out of their sheaths. It's a tiger…a blind tiger. “Looks like we are gonna have to doge the tiger as we try and get the pieces of...

Oak’s Meeting. -rite of maturity-          The Drak smiles in his coastal home, there is nothing better than to play around and fly across the rocks of his home. He smiles as he leans letting the wind carry him…his eye catches something…a girl watching him. He lands in the coastal forest as he transforms into his human form, with long dark hair and massive brown shimmery wings behind him, his long tail ...

Part 3- Drakiri’s Test  RITE 2 - RITE OF STRENGTH      April, Fooli, and Linguini look at her. “WHAT!!?”        “The phrase seems to say. “Three drakiri must stand against the creature who once ruled this land, to pass this test you must show inner strength,”  Xena says as she reads what she can. “It s...

Part2- The Cave and the cat.          -Rite of endurance-  “This is gonna be fun!” The path to the desert where their rite will take place follows along a trail into a massive cave. Magic gems light the way from the sun hitting one and making it look like beams of light bouncing off one another. April glitches out of reality for a second as she appears a few f...