"So we're stuck here, with no food and water except for what's left in our pouches?" Palm yelled at me.
"Relax Palm, we all knew this could happen."
"To be free from one prison only to be stranded in another." Toucan sighed and he sat there defeated.
"If you saw Wren then we got out of this Toucan, why so glum?" I ask.
"You said it yourself, not all the visions are right." He snorts back.
"Now you're listening to me, when it's convenient, I see-"
"Cut it out, both of you!" Pebble snaps as he angrily kicks the last scroll we just read through, a scroll that was supposed to have the entire history of Pyrrhia since the Scorching.
"Anything?" I ask.
He angrily shakes his head. "We're just pests, mice! And Teardrops are apparently extinct with Nightwing's as well, which means-"
"They're damn knaves!" Palm roared as she slammed her fist down on the floor, scaring a couple of giant spiders walking past.
"So Fatespeaker lied to us-" Toucan started.
"Fatespeaker isn't lying, I think she genuinely believes she has the ability but..." I trail off.
"So she's crazy?" Palm snickers.
"She's not crazy, and can you blame her for wanting a better life, for dreaming a better life, look where she grew up!"
"Enough, fighting won't get us anywhere, get the spider to bring out the next scroll." Pebble sighs, the darkness caused by the shadows almost perfectly hid the black spots under his eyes, he hadn't gone to sleep once.
"That was the last one, Pebble-" I announced.
"FUCK!" He curses, as he kicks one of the stone shelves, only to immediately regret it. "OW!"
"Pebble, you okay?" I ask as I go to his side and lay him down on the floor.
"Am I okay? We are stuck in hell knows where, with no answers on where we came from, surrounded by giant spiders, and I just stubbed my toe!"
I back off as he vents till he sighs and just sits upright.
"Sorry, I can't... I'm just... we have to think clearly if we want to figure things out." He says as he looks up, but suddenly there's a spark in his eye. "Maybe we're looking in the wrong section?" He reasons aloud as he stands up and starts limping forward.
"There's Pebble, what's going on in that mind of yours?" Palm asks.
"Something like scavengers having power may seem impossible to dragons, so maybe instead of looking at facts, we should turn to fiction." He said as we made our way between two rows. "Myths and fairytales. Let's see if we might be able to find some answers."
***
My legs trembles as I stayed on my knees to read the text, it had been an hour and all I could find were mentions of this Darkstalker guy, the amount of texts he was in kinda made it seem like they were really pushing for this guy to be fake, maybe a concerned parent with a child that wouldn't go to sleep complained too much? It didn't matter, and it got harder to resist letting my eyes close and embrace the comfortable darkness of sleep.
"I got something!" Toucan suddenly announced.
We all practically bolted as we all turned to read his scroll.
"It isn't much but look at this."
We all leaned down and kneeled to take a look.
Once ago, there were a race of scavengers, but unlike their brethren, these creatures were more evil and more intelligent compared to the rest of their kind, always causing chaos in our society, stealing our food and messing with our prophecies, doing whatever they could to make a mess out of things. They...
"It just turns into a wild fairy tale about some random dragon and bugs and songs but if you skip all the way to the end, listen to this." Toucan said as he directed us to the end.
In the end, the draconic hero, Nightweaver, locked them away in a prison deep under the water with no way to ever reach the surface, where they could never mess with our prophecies again.
Next to the story, were a few pictures to go along with the writing and to the bottom was a large drawing of some type of temple under the water and on the large gates was a bright and vibrant symbol of an eye shedding tears. The temple had a very unique shape, with the center the shape of a hexagon and a square extending from each side.
"Wait a minute, I think I saw this." Pebble said as he then beckoned us over to another scroll, something about architecture. And right next to the library, although it wasn't marked or labelled like the rest of the map, was that temple. The ink marking it on the map was smudged though, as if it had been erased, but thankfully the torchlight was enough to allow us see all those details. Extending from one the square parts of the temple was what seems to be some long bridge, connected right to the library and another building that I had seen earlier on Fatespeaker, although that building was barely standing anymore.
"It exists, and there's a bridge." I think aloud.
"Let's go then, maybe we can find it!" Palm called out for us as she was already running to where the map said the bridge was.
***
"You sure this is it?" Palm asked as we stood there.
"This is what the map said." Toucan sighed.
"They did say it was under the water." I shrug.
"I was hoping for water, not this." Palm sighed.
We all looked out to the horizon, where the sea of lava extended to the limits of our vision, it's glow making the sky purple and any clouds were barely seen due to the smog concealing them. It was quiet except for our breathing and the sound of the lava waves churning and crashing against the shore and the ancient structure we stood on.
"This is the bridge, and despite the lava's occasional rise, the bridge seems unaffected, whatever material this is, it isn't natural." Pebble said as he slammed a piece of rock against the material below us, there was a loud thud as the rock cracked into the material. We all watched as the material then started to twist as the surface filled and the cracked completely disappeared. "I think it's enchanted, like the gems." Pebble mused as he put the rock down and looked back at the sea of the fire. "It's... it's still down there guys, and it might have the answers." He said as his senses locked onto the sea ahead.
"What if it just leads to more questions?"
"Of course it will but still, this is the closest anyone has been, and what else can we do?" I gestured ahead.
Toucan nodded but Palm scoffed.
"I think... I think I know how we can get across, no, I know how to get us across." Pebble announced as he took a deep breath.
"Seriously?" Palm asked.
"How?" Toucan questioned.
"Pebble, no." I quickly cut in as I caught onto his plan.
"River, it's-"
"You started to bleed when you tried to stop a dragon, there's no way you can survive-"
"I have to try-"
"You'll die Pebble!" I raise my voice.
"So?"
