Chapter 7, Day 5 AM, ...I...Love...You...

Odin was dreaming, but it was all black, he could hear voices and he recognized one.  It was an irritated voice but he knew that it was Raz, it sounded just like him.

“Grr … I’m tired of sitting here letting Odin do everything,” it was only a voice but it seemed to echo as if within a chamber, “he wasn’t even the first to emerge, so why does he get control?”

Another voice responded, “because if you were allowed to control we’d have been thrown in prison for murder.”  The voice was smug and condescending as it spoke.

Raz growled back, “nobody asked for your opinion, if you were in control our face would’ve been smashed in when you emerged.”

The other voice chuckled, “hey, I’m just honest, you’re the one who give everyone death glares.  I’m sure someone would shoot us because you looked at them wrong...”

Raz just growled louder, until another voice spoke up, “P-p-please S-s-stop...”  The voice wasn’t very loud and was shaky.

Raz sighed, “I wish Odin would wake up already, something doesn’t feel right … weird things have been happening in the world ... all the natural disasters lately can only mean one thing...”

Raz’s voice cut out as Odin opened his eyes, he was still dreaming though.  He was in a house, but it seemed much more advanced than Rheias’ home.  He was in a bed, it was a lot softer than Rheias’ but he was cuddling with Lea, which felt weird for him to cuddle a human.

Lea looked down at Odin then kissed him on the forehead, “Well good morning Odin, sleep well?”  Lea sat up and stretched, “well it’s already been a week and we’re already sharing a bed...”

Odin stretched as well, “don’t get ahead of yourself … you know I’m here because you offered, and I needed to get away from that asylum of a house...” Odin stood up, “...you’re gonna have to earn anything else...”

Lea got dressed and threw Odin his clothes, “let’s go for a walk... It’s relatively nice outside...”

Odin switched from shorts to jeans, and put on a goldenrod t-shirt, “Okay, as long as it doesn’t start hailing or raining fire...” Odin grabbed a card and a small device and stuck it in his pocket then walked outside into the bright sunlight.  When his eyes adjusted he saw humans riding inside metal boxes that made a lot of noise.

“Oh come on, the world isn’t going to end because of a few natural disasters...”  Lea tried to laugh it off, but he knew Odin was still worried about it.

“Lea, these aren’t just some Natural Disasters... it’s THE Natural Disasters ... Los Angeles is now underwater, Hawaii and Japan were wiped out by the resulting megatsunami … Yellowstone erupted, New York City is flooded...”  Odin was about to continue when the device in his pocket vibrated and started making noise, he pulled it out touching the flashing lights before holding it to ear, “I’m fine Mother, I’m over at Lea’s. Please stop calling me, I’ll come home when I need to.” He lowered the device and hit a light before putting it away.  “Gods, she’s annoying...”  They started walking away from Lea’s house when the land started to shake throwing Odin to the ground, “Oh Fuck!”

Lea stumbled over to Odin, “you okay?”  He toppled over as another shockwave ripped the earth apart around them.

“Now do you believe me that the world is going to Hell?” Odin ended up falling over a tear that shifted the ground. Odin looked up, he saw an Angel, but there was something wrong with his wings, they were black and distressed.

“Ah, silly Odin, Hell is coming to the world not the other way around...” He laughed as Odin leapt to his feet and away, “You have one of the Cards of Reason, correct?”

Odin was defensive, “I won’t let you get it Lucifer...” Lea jumped in front of Odin just in case Lucifer tried anything.

“Oh good, you’ve saved me the trouble of introductions, take this Inferno Card, you’ll need it to fight … Do me a favour and don’t die...” Lucifer laughed as he walked away from the two.

Odin was confused, “wait, don’t you want this card?  If you’re here that means you want a fight...”

Lucifer spun around and looked at Odin, “oh, I already have a Card, but it’s useless for me … besides, I’m interested in what your Reason will do to this world … and I want to see Michael’s face when he loses...”

As Lucifer walked away everything started to get fuzzy until all was black again.

Odin yawned and snuck out of the bed without alerting Rheias, making his way to the bathroom.  He drew up water for a bath and thought about the dream, he got in and cleaned himself, taking his time still thinking.  “What is going on?  Everyday just seems to get more and more complicated … where did I come from? Did I really used to be human?” Odin continued to soak and think; it was a good 10 minutes before he got out and toweled off, he walked back into the bedroom in only the towel.

Rheias tackled Odin, shaking and sobbing, “O-o-odin...” he held onto Odin trying to control his shaking as Odin carried him over to the bed.

Odin sat down with Rheias, holding him close, “Rheias, what’s wrong?  Did you have a nightmare as well?” He laid down keeping Rheias against him.

Rheias tried to calm down, crawling on top of Odin, “i-i-it was horrible ... Y-y-you never a-ap-appeared in the Plains...”  Rheias started shaking and sobbing again, pressing against Odin trying to stop the shaking.

Odin wrapped his tail around Rheias’ and held him tightly, licking and grooming Rheias’ face, comforting him the only way he knew how.  “It’s okay Rheias, I’m here for you … I just felt like taking a bath, I wouldn’t have if I knew you were having a nightmare like that...”  he continued to groom Rheias, “...I’m sorry, I’m going to stay here until you’re all better”

Rheias continued to sob, but nuzzled Odin before kissing him.  Odin was shocked but he returned the kiss and Rheias started to calm down, still crying but he had stopped shaking and his sobs were getting more distantly spaced before stopping all together.  “Thanks Odin … I … Love you … I wasn’t sure before but now I know I am...”

Odin kissed Rheias again, “I … L-l-l-l … damn it … why can’t I say it now? I said it yesterday...” Odin wanted to say it but failing to say it ruined his mood.  “ I’m sorry Rheias … I don’t know why I can’t say it...”

Rheias kissed Odin immediately to shut him up, “it’s okay Odin, I know how you feel...” Rheias nuzzled Odin’s chest before starting to relax, “we’ll … Just … lay … here...” Rheias eventually drifted off to sleep again, and Odin held him close and slowly managed to fall asleep.

Chapter 6 Day 4, Who are You?

Odin was back in the church looking at the gargoyle, the church doors swung open.  There was a flurry of white feathers as they opened, “Well Shit...”

“Heh, you really think you could hide in here?  I thought you’d know better Odin ... Prepare yourself...” Michael stepped towards Odin and Lea but immediately dropped to his knees, “...THE HELL IS THAT NOISE?”

Odin turned around and looked at the Gargoyle, it’s mouth was open as if it was screaming. Odin also noticed something else, it looked almost exactly like Raz.  He looked over at Michael, who was backing away from the church.

Lea went over to Odin, “see I told you it would protect us...” Lea’s mouth kept moving but Odin could not hear him.

Odin woke up suddenly, Rheias was already awake but still curled up next to him.  “Are you doing okay Rheias?” Odin was still concerned about him, he held Rheias close to him.

“Oh I’m fine now...” Rheias licked Odin’s muzzle, ”...We probably find Raz soon, he’s not too patient...” Rheias got up and put on a red vest and full length pants,  tossing  a blue vest and full length pants to Odin.

Odin caught the clothes and got up and dressed.  He walked over and hugged Rheias, “you sure you’re okay?” Odin equipped the katana and Rheias grabbed the Kama.

Rheias licked Odin’s muzzle, “yes, I’m fine … Are you?  It seemed like you were having another nightmare...” Rheias led Odin outside and to Raz’s house as they talked.

“Yeah, it wasn’t very long and nothing really happened...” he wasn’t comfortable with telling Rheias about what he saw.  They arrived rather quickly, knocking on the door immediately.

Raz opened the door, ”oh good you’re here … Let’s get going.”  Raz grabbed a halberd, then led the way out of the village.  “So is everything okay with you two now?”

Rheias stayed between Raz and Odin, “yep, I feel a lot better now... exactly where are we going to?”

“They want us to check out Prayer Mound ... there are rumours of some creature lurking about … nobody seems to know what it could be...” 

Rheias gulped and grabbed Odin’s arm, “N-no...” Odin pulled Rheias closer and Rheias looked at him.

“That won’t happen this time Rheias ... I promise...” Odin looked over at Raz who looked confused, “Look when we get there don’t try anything heroic … if I say run, you run, no questions asked til we are safe, got it?”

Raz shrugged, “this has something to do with Kexin’s death I guess?” he saw Odin nod, “Got it, if it’s dangerous at all we run...”

They made their way up the hill, there was nothing suspicious that Odin could detect, this worried him more than it comforted him.  “Be on guard... anything can happen...”  Odin turned around in time to see White feathers swirling in the air.

Suddenly the feathers burst outwards, revealing Michael, “ah, there you are Odin, I’ve missed you so much...”  Michael smirked, “...and you found Raz … should have known you had a dragon in you as well...”  Michael looked at Raz, “...odd how the main persona is the last to awaken, oh well time to die...” Michael stepped forward, but quickly dropped to his knees. “AGAIN WITH THAT DAMN NOISE!”

Raz’s mouth was open and he was growling that Odin could tell, “So shall we run Odin?” he was still growling, and glaring at Michael.

Odin unsheathed the Katana, “Stay away from me and Rheias you bastard,” he swooped the blade and sliced at Michael’s head.

“Argh,” Michael disappeared in a flurry of feathers, “this isn’t the last time we’ll meet Odin, I will take you and this blasphemy of a world out...” Michael’s voice faded out slowly.

Odin resheathed the katana, “well shit ... This isn’t good...” Odin turned to the others, “well, looks like my situation is pretty screwed ... Sorry for dragging you both into this...” Odin gasped as Rheias jumped up and hugged him tightly.

“Don’t say that Odin ... We’re in this together … We shouldn’t let him get to us...” he tightly held onto Odin, trying to not shake like a leaf.

Raz got closer to the two, “Rheias is right ... He didn’t like my presence … so we should be safe is we stay in one group...”

Odin pried Rheias off of him, “Okay, we’ll have to stick together … Thanks Raz...”  Odin hugged Rheias back, and kept him close.  “Let’s check around one last time then head back...”

Raz nodded and led the way, “so what was that thing anyways?  I’ve never seen anything like it...”  He was more cautious than ever, looking out for more creatures.

Odin looked around, sniffing for traces of anything odd, “I think his name is Michael... I think he’s called an Angel...” Odin shook his head, “...I just thought it was a bad dream...”  Odin looked around and sighed.

Raz looked over, ”So you’ve had dreams about him?  I’ve had dreams where the name Angels came up ... but I never really could see what was going on ... I do remember kicking a little white creature in the face and it shattering...”

Odin shivered, “did it say anything about a Mother?”  Odin was getting freaked out, he could not figure out how he would have had the exact same dream.

“Hmm...” Raz looked up in the sky, “yeah, Everything was black and then I could see the creature as it said that...”  He looked over at Odin, “and then I kicked it’s face in...”

Odin’s fur stood on end, and squeaked, holding onto Rheias.  “That’s some dream...” Odin got rather uncomfortable.

Rheias could see that something was bothering Odin, “that’s a lot like one of your nightmares huh?” He returned the hug, trying to comfort Odin.

Raz came over, “okay let’s head home...” he looked at Odin, ”...this has gotten rather uncomfortable accidentally...”

“Yeah...” Odin nodded and started back to the village, holding Rheias close to him.  Odin wondered about what Michael had said about Persona.  He also wondered if there was a connection between him and Raz.

Chapter 5- Do I Know You

Odin shot up in the bed, sending Rheias off the edge.  “What … the?”  He was out of breath, his heart beating like crazy.  Odin noticed a lack of Rheias on the bed and saw him on the ground, “Oh, sorry Rheias … nightmare again…”

Rheias rubbed his back and base of tail, “Ow … must’ve been one hell of a dream…”  He crawled back onto the bed still rubbing his back.  “Lets not do that again, that really hurt…”

Odin pulled Rheias to him and licked his muzzle, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to launch you off the bed...”  Odin laid down and pulled Rheias down with him.

“It’s okay Odin, we still have some time to rest, so let’s.”  Rheias scoot closer and rubbed his muzzle under Odin’s.

It wasn’t long till Odin started to dream, but yet again he was in a different spot.  He was in the middle of the ruined city again Lea was panting.  “Lea you didn’t have to run so fast...”

Lea was sweating even more than he had been. “Sorry … I didn’t realize you were friends with demons...” he stood up after he caught his breath, “You really should tell people that kind of stuff...”

Odin scratched the back of his head, his hair feeling much different than his fur he was used to.  ”Sorry, things happened so suddenly that I didn’t remember to share that little tidbit of knowledge.  You should know how much I forget things.”

Lea was tired, “look we’ve been running around all day. Lets find a Gargoyle Haven and rest...”  Lea led the way to a church with Gargoyle fixtures, “we’ll be safe here.”

Odin scoffed, “You’re kidding right? Gargoyles will do nothing to Gabriel, He’s an Angel remember?  He’ll just stroll right in and murder us to death...”

Lea chuckled, “well I guess that’s true, if he wasn’t out to kill us. the Gargoyles will protect us from demons and any Angels who wish to harm humans ... they work in the human’s favour, not the Angels...”

Odin went over to a Gargoyle statue, “Oh, okay...” Odin looked at the statue and everything began to fade, he was waking up.

Odin opened his eyes, the sun had risen and Rheias was drying off when he noticed Odin staring at him.

“Um,” Rheias stopped moving, “morning... can you stop staring at me?” Odin got up and moved closer to him, causing Rheias to step back, but he slipped, sending the towel flying towards Odin and his butt to the floor.

“Ah!” Odin rush over to help Rheias but only managed to slip and land on top of Rheias.  Luckily Odin caught himself and ended up bent over Rheias.  “Um, you okay Rheias?”

Rheias had shut his eyes upon hitting the floor, but upon hearing Odin’s voice he opened them. “GAH!” Odin’s face was centimeters from Rheias’ face, Rheias freaked out from the surprise, hitting Odin’s arm out.  

Odin fell face first into Rheias’ chest, “Rheias …  What did I do to deserve this?”  He managed to look up at Rheias,  “I’ve told you I won’t do what Kexin did...”

Rheias looked down at Odin, then started to tear up,  “Odin … I-I …”  Sobbing, Rheias squirmed out from underneath Odin and crawled into the bathroom, shutting and barring the door.

Odin got up and sighed, “Rheias ... I’m sorry I didn’t mean to startle you so much...”  Odin decided to get dressed himself, as he finished there was a knock on the door.  “who could that be?  If they’re anything like Kexin...” Odin growled but went and opened the door and was surprised at who the visitor was.

The visitor was a dragon, but Odin recognized it somehow, he was about a head taller than Odin with onyx scales all over.  He had charcoal on the underside of his tail and under his chin leading down to his chest.  His Ruby red eyes were fixated on Odin, his breath much warmer than Odin’s, “Do … I know you?” Odin and this dragon synchronized their speaking perfectly without trying.

Odin shook his head, he couldn’t know this dragon, but he did seem familiar.  “No, I’m Odin, I actually don’t remember anything past 4 days ago … Can I help you?” He stepped back, judging the dragon, then it hit him, this dragon was a Gargoyle.

“Oh, um I’m Raz … is Rheias around?” Raz knew the name Odin, but he had never met this one, or any Odin for that matter.

“Oh, yeah I’ll go check in on him...”  Odin went over to the bathroom door and knocked, “Rheias … are you okay?” Odin was worried, he could hear Rheias sobbing lightly but he had started to move towards the door.

Rheias opened the door fully dressed and suddenly hugged Odin, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to...”  Rheias was still crying and buried his face in Odin’s fur.

Raz had snuck inside, and was growling at Odin, “What did you do you Ass?”  Raz was protective and seeing Rheias crying triggered his defensiveness.

Rheias shook and nearly collapsed, “R-raz! He didn’t do anything!”  Rheias knew Raz would easily put Odin through a wall.

Raz was still growling, “that’s the same thing you said about Kexin, and you still won’t let me skin that damn-”

“Raz! Enough!” Odin interrupted Raz, “Kexin’s dead and we don’t want to revisit that...” Odin was holding tightly onto Rheias who was shaking like a leaf.  “I scared him and he slipped, then when I went to help him I nearly fell on him. It scared him okay? He’s terrified already ... we’re not going to help him by fighting...”  Odin lead Rheias to the bed and Rheias collapsed on top of Odin, passing out.

Raz eventually calmed down before he tried to talk, “sorry, I overreacted … it’s just after what happened with Kexin I don’t want to see it happen to him again.”  He went over and leaned against the wall, “he really trusts you … don’t hurt him...”

Odin pulled Rheias fully on top of him and held him close, “I … L-l-ove ... him … I can’t purposefully hurt him Raz ... seeing him so scared really hurt me...” Odin licked Rheias’ face and groomed the fur messed up from the tears.

“So what exactly happened with Kexin? I just got back to the village ... so i apparently have missed something...”  Raz started to relax, seeing Rheias being treated so nicely made him feel better, he could swear he heard Rheias purring.

“Well we ran into monsters over by the forest, and Kexin got cocky … then he got smashed and splattered everywhere...”

Raz cringed at the thought, “yikes … no wonder he’s so shaken up...”  Raz looked down at the floor, “I doubt I could handle watching something like that alone … he’s lucky he’s got you...”

Odin nodded, “yeah, he was terrified after it all happened … we washed off, and came home … then he told me what happened with Kexin...”

“Oh... well, I’ll come back later, I wanted to go out into the field and hang out, but i’ll let him rest for awhile... he needs it...”  Raz showed himself out.

“Rheias, why was it so hard for me to say it...”  It had been on the back of his mind ever since he struggled to say it, “I really do, but i don’t know if I could say it to you...” He cuddled Rheias and slowly fell asleep again.

Chapter Four, Finally!

They had gathered the fallen trees and were rolling them towards the village, careful to not lose control.  Rheias was panting, “how did those monsters make it look so easy?”  He stopped to catch his breath.
Odin stopped too, leaning on the trunk of the tree, “well, they were a lot bigger muscle wise... but at least they made it easier, most of the branches have been broken off or tied into a tip...” Odin looked towards the village and saw someone coming, puffs of soot lining their trail, “Raegis?”
Raegis ran up to them noticing that Kexin was missing, “where’s Kexin?  He left with you guys right?”  He look between the two, who were exchanging glances.
“Well... I’m pretty sure there’s still a few pieces of him stuck in my fur...” Odin tried to laugh it off but Rheias gave him a death glare.
“We got attacked by monsters again...  He thought he could handle it but...”  Rheias’ voice trailed off as he tried to suppress his emotions.
Raegis was concerned, “the reports never mentioned monsters of any kind... The last one said the tree just fell over... I’ll take this to Coresthia.”  He pushed Odin aside and rolled the tree into the village.
Odin put his hand on Rheias’ shoulder, “come on, let’s get back to the village and rest... you could really use it...”  He assisted Rheias in pushing the tree back to the village, letting some other villagers take the tree to Coresthia.  They headed for Rheias’ house, Odin leading as Rheias was looking down at his feet.  They laid down on the bed, Odin still holding Rheias, “it’s okay... we’re home...”
Rheias curled up against Odin and shook as he cried, “I don’t understand it... Why over him?  He was horrible... He’s not worth it...”
Odin held him close wiping away the tears, “it’s okay Rheias...   He left a mark on you and it won’t go away for awhile.”  He cradled Rheias until they both had fallen into sleep.

Odin was back in the human world, he was standing with the human that had punched him.  Before them was another of the winged creatures, but this one posed no threat to them it seems.
“Lea, protect him and his Reason... Michael won’t give up easily, not with permission to attack... who would’ve thought he’d ever be like this...”  The winged creature walked over to Odin placing his hand on Odin’s solar plexus, his touch warming Odin’s body.  “Enoch himself would protect you if he wasn’t busy fighting the demons... Trust Lea Odin, your Reason will be placed under attack by anyone you meet...”
Odin was confused, what was his ‘Reason’? He couldn’t just ask, his body wouldn’t move when he wanted it.  Lea grabbed his hands and Odin looked up.
“Sorry for getting you in this mess... You never would’ve agreed to be with me if you knew this would happen...” Lea laughed, his voice rather solemn.  “Thanks Gabriel, we’ll try to be careful...” Everything started to fade and Odin was left in the dark void, alone, so he thought.
He saw a speck of light, then suddenly a woman appeared in front of him, a serpent wrapped around her, hiding her unsavoury parts.  She smiled, “So you’re the one with the Reason... Hmm... I’m Lilith, and I’m sure you know my little friend...You’re lucky you were thrown out here... looks like the war is over...”
Odin felt his head nod, “Leviathan... Where am I?” The voice was his, but the words were not what he would have chosen.
The snake seemingly smiled, “thiss iss the Losst Realm... Here your Reasson ssshall be realized...” The snake lifted it’s head as it spoke, lowering it as a hand touched Odin’s shoulder.
“Enough you two...  Finally we meet...” Odin managed to turn to this new figure, he was human as far as Odin could tell, but the armor he wore was shining without any light source.  “What Leviathan says is true... However, you must be strong in your Reason...”
Odin felt his head nod again and he spoke, “Enoch I presume?  I know my Reason and i will always stand by it...” Odin was confused, how could he know it and who all these people were?  “Humans disgust me, they need erased...”  Odin was shocked that these words were his, but he continued talking.  “I ask merely for Humanity to be what they failed to achieve within this cycle... End it all and ‘Shift’ the past... Burn their sins and the damage away from the world...”
Lilith smiled, “not so Pure as you hoped Enoch? Surely Leviathan will be depressed that you will throw away everything...” Leviathan hissed in agreement.
Enoch bowed to Odin, “this doesn’t surprise me... I actually thought you’d be more cold about it, but you still have a shred of humanity... The new cycle shall begin shortly...” Enoch took his leave, as well as Lilith and Leviathan.  
Odin looked around, unsure as to what would happen to him.  He saw the speck of light flicker and his skin started to burn, Odin panicked, but his body was calm as could be, “so, is this the end for me?” That sentence burned it’s way onto Odin’s mind, when suddenly he felt his bones breaking and twisting around, his skin still burning as the speck of light slowly grew around him.
“Odin, endure this pain and enjoy this new cycle you helped bring...  If you encounter Michael call for the gargoyle’s protection... he will not take this loss lightly...” Odin recognized the voice, It was Enoch’s but his eyes had shut, them too burning.
Odin felt his skeleton change, he was in serious pain and the dream was getting fuzzy. He felt his tail muscles and his ear muscles where the were when he was awake. He managed to open his eyes briefly to see his human face change into a muzzle.

Odin’s eyes flashed open, his heart racing, it had grown dark out so he put his arm around Rheias, who was shaking from a nightmare.  “Rheias... it’s okay...” as he spoke Rheias woke up and started crying into his chest.  He pulled Rheias on top of him, licking the tears off Rheias’ face, “hey, it’s okay... I’m here for you...” he held Rheias closer and rubbed his face against Rheias’.
Rheias could barely control himself, “I... Know...” He was badly shaken, “I hate... Nightmares...” he was quivering with fear, “I saw him... dying... over and over...” He continued to cry while Odin comforted him.
Odin licked Rheias’ face, “looks like we both had nightmares tonight...” He kept Licking away the tears and calmed both of them down, “there much better, let’s try to get more sleep Rheias, they’ll expect us to work tomorrow I’m sure...”
Rheias sniffed, “okay, I’ll try...” He crawled a bit off of Odin, curling at Odin’s side and slowly falling asleep, shortly after Odin had fallen asleep.

Odin was back where he was earlier with Lea, they walked away as Gabriel flew away.  “So, what’s this Reason that Gabriel is so keen on protecting?”  Lea wasted little time getting to the point.
“Um... I’d rather not talk about it... From what he said, I take it Michael has a Reason that calls for the Annihilation of humans... Maybe his is a paradise for the Angels...” They approached a group of humans, “it’s hard times for all of us... we need to work together...” There was a flurry of feathers that flew above their heads that made his heart sink, “NOBODY LOOK AT IT! IT’S A SERAPHIM!” Odin grabbed Lea and ran away, the other humans looking and bursting into flames instantly. As they ran a monster landed in front of them, it had four faces on a Chimera body, the face of a Man, Lion, Ox and Eagle on a twisted combination of a body of the Ox, Lion, and Eagle.  “Well hell... We’re fucked... A Cherub...”
Lea turned to Odin, “I thought they were fat, winged babies?” They got backed into a corner, no where left to run.
“That was a romanticized version... as you can see, the real ones are terrifying...” he pulled out a card he was given before the Earth went to Hell.  “Tortured souls of limbo... I Request your help...” The card shatters and the ground rips open between them and the Cherub; demonic babies crawling out, random limbs are replaced with sharp blades.  “Um... Let’s get out of here...” Odin drags Lea away as the babies tear into the Cherub.
Lea quickly manages to run on his own, “The hell were those things?”  He was panicking, he had never seen a human summon demon babies.
“Children who died before they were recognized as souls, it generally was 3 years after birth that they were recognized...”  Odin could barely believe what was happening, he searched his mind for this knowledge.  His mind was blank, all he could remember is things he had seen earlier in his dreams,  as well as his time with Rheias.  “Who would’ve thought this would happen in my lifetime,” they stopped at the top of a hill, viewing the damage done to the city already.  Suddenly as Odin looked down the hill, a serpent was speeding for him, launching itself at Odin, but everything suddenly went black.

Finally!!!

I think I figured out where to go to next... time for another nightmare!
Hopefully a new day will lead me to more expansion of the story, it only took me a week to figure out what to write >.<'

Personal Update 1.0

Well, while I'm in between chapters I'll update for myself.
I'm installing Windows 8 (I'm sorry Malrein) so I can use the Bamboo P&T tablet I bought this morning.
I might not work on Chapter 4 till tomorrow during class... Crap, I have a Midterm and 2 Quizzes tomorrow... but I'll get a little done, so it might be Friday I Upload it...

And over the Edge: Chapter 3

This time it was Rheias who had the nightmare; it had started off like a normal dream, but Rheias had the Kama with him.  He was uneasy as he wandered around a plain, no matter how far he walked the scenery never changed.  He stood looking around when there was a flash of white.  “What was that?” As he looked towards the source he saw it, a stampede of white demons headed straight for him.  “No... no...” He quickly turned and ran, but they kept gaining on him until the plain just stopped. Rheias turned around and watched the demons advanced, suddenly tripping and forming a giant demon. “Oh crap...” Rheias was terrified, his heart pounding as the demon got up.
Odin nipped Rheias’ ear, waking him up rather quickly. “Rheias wake up damn it...”  He was holding Rheias close to him.
Rheias woke up he could barely breathe and his face was soaked from tears.  “That... was... terrifying...”  He clung to Odin and continued to cry, he rarely had nightmares, especially one’s that shook him so fiercely.
“Its okay... It was just a dream... I’m here with you...” Odin licked Rheias’ face, smoothing the tear soaked fur.  “Stop crying... It’s okay, I’m here...”
Rheias sniffed, ”thanks Odin... I’ll try to forget about it...”  Rheias could try to forget but it was not going to be easy.  He slowly stopped crying, letting Odin groom his face. When Odin was finished Rheias tried getting up, but Odin kept him down.
“Where do you think you’re going?  It’s still the middle of the night... You need to relax at least if you can’t sleep...” He laid back down pulling Rheias to him.
Rheias allowed himself to pulled to Odin, he grabbed him as well and snuggled closer.  He was not ready to sleep, in fear of the nightmare returning and haunting his sleep.  “I didn’t realize it was still early... Sorry for being a baby about it...”  He licked Odin’s muzzle, then hid his face in Odin’s chest.
Odin was surprised by Rheias’ lick,”...uh... well...” Odin took a moment to think, “look, it’s okay... you were there when I woke up from my nightmares so I’m gonna be here for you...” Odin lifted Rheias’ head out of his chest, and licked his muzzle back.
Rheias crawled up even to Odin, he laid on his right side and set his left leg across Odin’s legs.  “Thanks Odin... It’s just weird to have someone here even though we’ve stayed together for a few nights now...”  He reached across Odin’s chest and rested on his shoulder, resting his head on Odin’s shoulder.
Odin wrapped his arm around Rheias’ shoulder and grabbed the small of Rheias’ back.  “Just returning the favor, I’m here for you Rheias, remember that... You have my back and I have yours...”  He rested his head on Rheias’ head and closed his eyes.
Rheias nuzzled Odin before he shut his eyes and tried to get some sleep.   He rolled a little on top of Odin producing a purring like noise while he exhaled.  He felt Odin fall asleep, after awhile he too fell asleep.

Odin jumped, falling off of the bed, as he awoke to someone pounding on the door.  He quickly got dressed as Rheias woke up.  Odin opened the door, expecting one of Rheias’ sisters, he was shocked to see a golden polecat  with emerald eyes and a  metallic gold mask.
“Who the heck are you?” The polecat was irritated before, but his attitude got worse.  “Where’s Rheias?” His voice was grating, like sandpaper, the more he talked getting more and more irritated.
Rheias hurried to the door, “sorry Kexin, this is Odin...”  He replaced Odin’s spot as Odin went to get the Katana.  “What’s wrong?”
“Well besides you sleeping with him... Rægis wants you to go check the forest out, he mentioned you had problem at the river so I’m coming to help...  Coresthia needs wood to carve some new furniture as well...” Kexin was still annoyed but he spoke a lot nicer to Rheias than Odin.
Rheias strapped the Kama to his pants and motioned for Odin to follow.  “Okay, is there a problem at the forest?”
Kexin lead the way out, “trees have been knocked over and dragged away... What ever it is, it’s big...” Kexin had an axe attached to his back, he felt more prepared than the Rheias and Odin.
Odin’s ear twitched, they were expected to fell a beast that was knocking down trees and pulling them away.   “This isn’t going to end well... we’ll be outmatched...”
Kexin laughed, “that’s why I am here... I’m the best fighter here... it won’t be a problem...”
Rheias pulled Odin over to him, “don’t worry, he’s cocky but he’s really good...” They left the village and headed west over the plain.

Odin’s fur prickled and stood up as the wind blew towards them, “this isn’t good... some thing’s wrong...”

Kexin just shrugged off Odin’s worry, he was ready for battle and he wasn’t going to let anything stop him. “Almost there,” as the reached the forest they saw the cause of the destruction, “what the heck are those?”

Odin gulped, "they look like really muscular humans... although I've never seen a red one... at least not one that wasn't bleeding..." One turned around, "okay, definitely not human... humans don't have tusks... or horns..."

The monsters turned towards them, rushing and yelling, one tossed a tree at them.

Odin grabbed Rheias and Kexin, rolled out of the way but right in front of one of the monster's path.

"ONI SMASH!!" The monster lifted the club it was carrying.

Kexin quickly grabbed his axe and swung it into the Oni's chest, getting it stuck and not stopping it.

The Oni continued his attack, hitting Kexin on the head, sending shock waves through his body.  Kexin's body shook, every molecule screaming, until he exploded covering Rheias and Odin with blood and entrails.

Odin saw his chance while the oni laughed about how easy it was.  He quickly unsheathed the Katana and sliced off the oni's knees then split it open along the spine.  "RHEIAS, GET UP!"

Rheias hurried to his feet, he thought he heard a click, and looked for the other Oni.  He saw it rushing Odin, "Odin Watch Out!" As he ran towards Odin a bolt of lightning struck the oni, stopping it in its tracks. Rheias was surprised but he had no time to stop, he jumped and slashed with the Kama, actually damaging it.  This surprised Rheias and he shredded the oni to bits, “how did that work?” Rheias looked at the Kama in his hands.

Odin shook, trying to get the chunks of the Oni and Kexin out of his fur.  “Please tell me there’s somewhere I can wash my fur...” Some of Kexin’s blood was drying in his fur and getting crusty.

Rheias realized Odin was asking a question, “well uh... in the forest there’s Tisitee Lake that we could dip in... lets go check...”  Rheias led the way through the forest being careful about his movements.
Odin followed but at some point he took a wrong turn and fell off a cliff, into the lake, “Gah! Found the Lake!”
Rheias followed the sound of Odin’s voice but was careful to not fall over the cliff, “way to go... Swim over to the beach... I’ll meet you over,” the ground under Rheias crumbled, “Ah!” he ended up belly flopping.
Odin swam over to Rheias and dragged him to the beach.  Upon getting on the beach he started to undress, but seeing as he was thoroughly soaked he ended up naked.  Odin laid his clothes out on a log as the sun came out, he went over to Rheias to wake him up, “come on wake up...”
“Ugh... Ah! Why are you naked?!” Rheias jumped to his feet immediately almost passing out, “ow, my head...”
Odin walked over to Rheias to support him, “our clothes need to dry off... it’ll be faster off of you...”  He walked Rheias over to the log and took of his vest.
Rheias slapped Odin’s hand as he went to take his pants off, “I can undress myself thank you...” He took off his pants and laid them out with the rest of the clothes.
“Underwear too,” Odin raised his eyebrows as he looked at Rheias, “come on, the faster they dry, the faster we can head back...”
“I swear you just want to see me naked...” Rheias turned away and took of his underwear.  When he turned back he didn’t see Odin.
“Was that so hard? Lets go wash the rest of this blood off...” Odin talked and was right behind Rheias, ”...Let’s get into the water before your thing unsheathes itself...”
A deep chill ran through Rheias, he froze rigid in terror.  Odin got annoyed and picked him up and carried him across his shoulders to the water, setting him down and started scrubbing Rheias’ back. “GAH!” Rheias eventually realized what was happening again and freaked. “I can wash myself thank you...”
Odin got close to Rheias, “...grow up, there’s nothing to be afraid of...” Odin push Rheias over, “I don’t want to go back to the village reeking of Kexin’s flesh...”
Rheias sat  up in the water, “...I guess your right...”  Rheias started to scrubbed the blood that had dried until it lifted out of his fur.
After they were both clean they headed up to the log where their clothes were.  “See it wasn’t that bad...” Odin sat next to Rheias and put his arm around Rheias’ shoulders, “never thought you were that shy... hell, at night you’re all cuddly...”
“Well there’s a difference... mainly the layers of clothes between my butt and your junk...” Rheias looked away and down.”
Odin pulled him close and licked Rheias’ face, “what’s that supposed to mean?”  He nuzzled Rheias, trying to get him to relax.
“Well,” Rheias was shaken, tears slowly forming and falling.  “Around this time last year Kexin and I  were sent out to collect wood for Coresthia...” Rheias paused as he cleared his eyes, “and well it was a hot day so I took off my vest, and he...”  Rheias stopped and sobbed.
“Oh... that... happened...” Odin stood up and carried the sobbing Rheias to the grass and they laid down in the sun.  “It’s okay Rheias... I won’t do anything like that...” he pulled Rheias up to him so Rheias was crying into his chest.
After awhile Rheias composed himself and relaxed, resting his head on Odin’s stomach, “sorry Odin...” He slowly got up, helping Odin to his feet, then hugging Odin.
Odin was surprised by the hug, “let’s get dressed and head back to the village... people need to hear what happened...” They headed back to the log to get their clothes and got dressed, then headed for the village.