Fallen Stars

Mystery Nine

Cosmos

Caffua coughs to get their attention.

Caffua: *Ahem* There is one last thing…

The gang and their animals look toward Caffua.

Caffua: It’s called Cosmos. This whole thing is a complex, yet simple system. It's all connected. I’ll explain it.

Caffua holds out his hand.

Caffua: It is in everyone, and it makes up the majority of our universe.

Draco (evil grin): (Cosmos…?!)

Vega and Wrath both look at Draco, and they see he has an evil arrogant grin. And they both chuckle a little bit.

Caffua: It's a mysterious power that no one knows the origin of. But, only the people who can unlock and utilize it are “Stars”. It is invisible to the normal eye.

Caffua’s hand starts producing White Cosmos.

The whiteness is aurora-like. It swishes around on his hand. Flowing beautifully.

Caffua: It acts similar to dark energy. But flows like an aurora.

As they all gaze at it.

Wrath: (Flowing….)

Vega: (Aurora...)

Draco: (Dark energy...)

All in awe about it.

Caffua: After getting your powers, all the “Stars'' have this. But, you can’t use it or see it, until you go further up the “Stellar”. You can only see it now for a limited time. All of these things are intertwined.

Vega: How important is it?

Caffua: It's very essential to you living or dying. It can do a lot of things, like this...

As Caffua does a wiping motion with his hand across the desert. The Cosmos causes an effect like gravity, across the whole desert! Making cracks in the desert! Causing multiple sand tornadoes and dust devils to kick up!! Weighing down Luna!!!

The Gang (troubled faces): What the???!

All feeling the force! Caffua puts his hand forward.

Caffua: Or even this…

Now the Cosmos dashes towards the gang! Caffua has a fierce look! The gravity-like effect going right to them, they all make a face of concern!! Stricken with fear! Two of them jumped backward quickly!

Caffua: And that…

As the White Cosmos disappears. And the sand begins to settle.

Caffua: That is striking fear into your opponents with just your presence.

Vega, who jumped backward, has his wooden sword out, huffing and puffing. Enma zoning in. Wrath, who also jumped back, has his electricity surging around his body. *Bzzt* Zeus is howling behind him. While Draco, who didn’t move, is standing still, looking directly at Caffua, while maliciously smiling. His dragon with the same devouring look.

Caffua: (So he does have a different type of presence…)

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Caffua: A lot of perks come with it. Such as, strengthening your body, hitting harder, or being used defensively, such as taking attacks better. Same for putting it on your weapons. Even putting it on your abilities, you have to train to get to the tier.

Draco (excited): I can’t wait to use this!!

Wrath and Vega gather their breath and calm down.

Wrath: Well, I’m about to get started on my training for the day. I’m going to form a new Martial art.

Wrath looking at Zeus.

Draco: Hm. Got a name already?

Wrath (grins): Nah, but I should have one by the end of the week. I need to balance out if I can’t use my power. Now I have inspiration!

Vega looking at Enma.

Vega: I might name a few things after you.

Enma with a stern face is ready.

Draco: I’m doing the same, some things, and a Martial Art after this guy. His name will be known around the world!

Caffua: His? It’s genderless, all of them are.

Draco: I can say anything then. That’s fine.

Wrath: Fuck all that, LET’S GET TO TRAINING! Yahaha!

Wrath with a big smile on his face.

Vega: Let’s get it.

Vega slightly smiled.

Draco: Mhm.

While Draco grins, they all disperse to their respective areas.

Caffua: I didn’t think they would stay after knowing so much. Another two months, huh? (I have something I want to work on for them.)

Caffua yells out.

Caffua: Oh yeah, another thing about your creatures. They grow exponentially, the more you grow, the faster they grow. Keep that in mind, if you ever think about becoming lazy and doing nothing. Once they get to a certain point, they shouldn’t regress though.

Draco, Vega, and Wrath: Understood!

Vega: (Let me see how much faster I got.)

Caffua: So, they’re starting. Blue, Red, and Violet...

Caffua laughs. As they keep training. Wrath and Draco testing their new Martial Arts out, and the days go by. Vega learned more moves for his swordsmanship, working on his timing with his new speed. Some days later.

**Draco’s Random Day**

Draco and his dragon are the last two on the desert, both training hard. His dragon flies over, as he’s sitting down, holding around four orange-red protostars around him, concentrating, and closing his eyes.

Draco: (The stars are pretty hard to control to be precise. I need something quick and accurate. I need a better name than protostar too…)

Draco concentrates more, but above him and his dragon a portal opens up, and out peeps his Dad. Seeing the dragon and Draco using his power.

Draconis: (So he died, huh.)

Draconis with a concerned sadden face. But he looks closer, seeing the power his son is using.

Draconis: (But it seems he chose the right power! Draco is getting closer and closer!)

He has a sudden face of joy. Caffua is walking to Draco, yelling out to him.

Caffua: C’mon, Draco! I made some dinner!

Draco opens his eyes, and jumps up, dusting the sand off of him. Draconis closes his portal, to remain hidden.

Draconis: (He’s in good hands.)

Draconis goes back home. Draco stretching after his training. His dragon flew in a circle.

Draco: Yeah, I’m coming.

Draco walks to the Hot Spring with his dragon flying behind him, the same devouring look as always, ready for the meal. A few days later.

**Vega’s Random Day**

Vega is lying down in the desert, eyes closed. No one else is around. Enma comes running to him! Jumping on him and licking him! Enma is more prominent than when it hatched.

Vega: Ahaha. Enma, relax.

Vega played around with Enma, having some fun.

Vega is holding Enma flying the smokey body around, Enma has a mischievous vibe and smiles about it while they play around. Vega with the happiest smile ever.

Vega: Ahaha.

Caffua: Having fun?

Caffua is standing up over Vega and Enma, seeing them play together has him smiling. Vega's face suddenly changes from happy to his usual expressionless face.

Vega: …

Enma disappears, and Vega gets up to walk away with his wooden sword in hand. Walking past Caffua, he pauses for a second.

Vega: … Don’t tell anyone you saw this.

Caffua (cheerful): Hahaha. I wasn’t planning to, Vega.

Vega walks away with a relieved smile, Enma following right behind him in his shadow. Some more weeks later.

**Wrath’s Random Day**

Wrath at the Hot Spring relaxing with Zeus. Caffua comes for a quick talk.

Caffua: How’s everything going?

Wrath: Good. I’m cooking up something new every day.

Caffua: Nice.

Zeus resting. As Zeus sleeps, the sparks on its body jump around.

Caffua looked at Zeus happily.

Caffua: It’s pretty tired, huh? Especially after training with you so much.

Wrath: Yeah, we’ve been going hard.

Caffua: I have to ask. Were you expecting something different?

Wrath: Ah, yeah, a little. I was expecting a real wolf. You see how I am to the group. Vega and Draco always have something going on, while I’m off on my own. You know, the Lone Wolf.

Caffua: I see that.

Wrath (sadden): I feel like I got trolled by the Author.

Caffua (confused): (Author?)

Wrath: No matter what, Zeus is perfect. But now, I’m going to sleep.

Wrath stood up, now with a smile on his face, loving what hatched from his egg.

[More training days go by. Even more training! Then finally, the next two months come to an end! The three training months are OVER!!!]

Caffua tells the gang he has something for them and he’ll give it to them when he helps them get to the Main Continent. Now, they wait for the morning. Caffua steps out of his room again, but no one is outside. But as always, Draco is on the roof staring at the stars. Caffua brings some bamboo tea onto the roof to share a final talk.

Draco: Yo.

Caffua sees his dragon sleeping next to Draco, while he stares at the sky.

Caffua: He has grown a lot.

Draco: Hahaha. Yeah, I guess I went hard these last two months. I’d say it’s about 4 meters long now. (4 Meters = 13.1 Feet)

Caffua: Here, drink some tea.

Draco grabs the tea.

Draco (thankful): Thanks.

Caffua: I didn’t come just for tea time.

Draco starts drinking.

Caffua: I wanted to ask. Ambition or destiny, Draco?

Draco: Hm?

[Ambition?! Destiny?!

What’s Draco’s Answer?]

Mystery 9 Fin