"What!? Who said that!? Show yourself!" I jumped to my feet while brandishing my scythe ready for combat! Something just spoke to me, and it was as clear as day. I checked my surroundings but didn't see anything or anyone that could've spoke to me like that.

But then the disembodied voice spoke again, "You still haven't put all the pieces together? Aren't you the One blessed by the Stars above? How rich!"

I looked frantically trying to pinpoint the voices location, and my senses were heightened beyond measure. Soon I heard rocks crackle and a beaming sound right behind me. I slowly turned around, and to my astonishment, I witnessed a illuminant sight.

"Ack! What the hell, I can't see! What is that light!" I shouted while dropping my scythe to the ground to cover my eyes.

The Wounded Wyvern that was behind me was now standing firm whilst illuminating into a ball of light. My vision was completely blinded and I couldn't see anymore. No matter how I positioned my hands, the light was simply too overpowering.

"What's happening? Am I about to die!? Again!?" I shouted.

After some time, the mysterious bright wyvern began to dim it's light. I slowly lowered my hands and behold I saw something magnificent, something that I would've never expected to see in such an accursed place. Something that erupted an unknown emotion deep inside my heart, it felt like relief and bliss mixed as one!

No longer did I see a wounded dragon, instead I glanced at a bright silhouette of a person! And this person had the figure of a mature woman. Soon the light that shrouded this figure began to dissipate and I was able to see what hid behind the rays.

I saw a beautiful woman, she had a long dark red and purple garment with a white feathered mane. She had long and flowing hair that was the color of pure azalea flowers, as well as two buns on opposite ends of her head. Her eyes were like a fire, and they pierced my heart with their vicious red glare. I was completely mesmerized at this sight!

The status above the woman never changed neither, it still read:

[Lv. ???: Unknown Wyvern]

I called out to the mysterious woman. "Who are you? What's going on?"

The woman simply smirked back at me, "Isn't it obvious? You passed the test, and now I want to reward you."

"What test? What do you mean by test!? Just what are you?"

The woman placed her palm against her own forehead and sighed, "Okay fine, I will explain it to you in the simplest terms possible, all of that was a test! I was not actually injured at all, I was just scratched a bit."

"You call that scratches!? You were covered in swords and spears!"

She restated her words, "Yeah it was just a small scratch!"

I just tried shaking that off, "Okay whatever, that still doesn't explain anything, are you saying that YOU were the Wyvern I was trying to protect the whole time!?"

She simply nodded her head, "Yes I am the wyvern you tried to protect, and this is my real form. Sorry that I deceived you for so long, I just wanted to see where your heart was."

I had no idea what to make of all this! "By the Stars! How can this be!? I thought all dragons were blood thirsty savage beast! How can one be so domesticated and intelligent!"

The Woman's face became sour, "That's a very rude thing to say to someone who just saved you, and can still kill you... But I'll do my best to ignore it for now..."

"Eek! She's right, I must still keep my manners..."

She sighed again, "Anyways the point is that you heroically saved me, and now we must head back to my City so you can meet my Father."

This was all going way too fast for me, I needed her to slowdown and get on my page before we do anything else. And what the hell does she mean by meet her Father?

"Wait stop! I have so many questions right now! Can you please at least answer some of them before anything else?"

She shook her head, "Sorry, we don't have time to ask questions, the goblins must've already realized their scouts are dead and that a human is down here. It won't be long before they find us, we have to get moving now."

"Wait did she just say that Bounty Hunter was a scout!? Ah hell nah!"

A loud bloodcurdling screech shook the very walls of the Pandemonium, we both looked up at the sound of unknown cries and wails. It was like the sound of dozens of warriors letting out their most valorous shouts before a huge battle.

The Mysterious Woman gritted her teeth, "Grr, looks like they are already found us, we need to move fast! Hurry c'mon!"

The Woman then spread out both her arms in a T-pose, and as she did that, two large draconic wings appeared. She reached out her hand to me and shouted, "Hurry before we get killed out here!"

Without thinking I immediately grabbed my scythe and reached for her hand, she then yanked me towards herself, spread her wings, and elevated us into the air. She said to me, "Sorry about that, I'll answer some of your questions along the way, just hold on tight!"

I nodded my head, "Uh okay!"

She grabbed me from behind and bolted away, we were soaring deeper into the abyss-like hell while dodging many obstacles along the way. She seemed focused so I didn't want to disturb her with needless conversation.

Many thought flooded my mind, "Who was this girl? What is she? Is she on my side? Who are those things chasing us?"

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However, I decided to keep them to myself. As we soared through the narrow and dense caverns, I felt the cool wind of the pit running through my hair. It was really cold down here, and the wind was making things even colder.

I kept looking up at her hoping she would say something, but she stayed silent during the whole duration of the flight. She would make sudden noises, and her breathing started to become jagged but that was it.

I was also holding on for dear life, I don't think I would survive if I fell while going this speed. I think I was probably hurting her with the grip I had around her arms, but she didn't seem to notice so I think it was okay.

After a very prolonged flight, the mysterious girl soon found a small crevice hidden behind some rock formations. She landed us behind it and took a deep breath, she must've been pretty worn out from all that flying. She then let me down slowly unto the ground before dropping on her butt and sitting down.

Her breathing was pretty heavy and she didn't seem to be in the mood for talking. I was still pretty confused at the entire situation and had no idea how to respond to anything that just happened. I simply just allowed her to catch her breath before I asked anything crazy, I wouldn't want to get on her bad side after everything I saw the last few hours.

She wiped the sweat off her brow and broke the silence between us, "So you have some questions for me right? Make it quick, we have to get moving again soon. Those goblin bastards are pretty fast..."

I didn't know where to even begin, but I had to start somewhere. So I just blurted my first question, "What are you exactly? And why did you deceive me? What were you trying to test?"

She gave a slight chuckle, "Haha I guess you want to know everything right? Alright I'll tell you as much as you need to know for now. For starters, as you can already tell, I'm a dragon, but not a normal kind of dragon, I'm in a 'special case' if you will."

I replied back to her confused, "A special case? What do you mean?"

She sighed once again, "Geez you really don't know how to connect the dots, I'm a dragon that has the form of an Arian, or to your kind, a human person. I'm one of the few dragons in history that birthed as a hatchling, but somehow grew up to look like a human."

I became even more perplexed, "Wait so you were born as a baby dragon, and then somehow became a human as you got older?"

She shook her head, "I didn't become human, I started to resemble a human. However, my Blood and Spirit all reflect that of a dragon, and I can assume a Draconic Form too."

I began to understand it a bit, however I wanted to know more about what she was. Thus I asked this, "So is there a name for it or...?"

She nodded her head, "Yes there is, I'm glad you asked. The species of Dragon that I am is called a Dragonoid."

"A Dragonoid huh? I didn't even know such things exists! I assume there are others like you, am I right?" I replied.

She closed her eyes and shook her head again, "No I'm the only one of this Song."

"The only one? What do you mean?" I responded.

"It's as I said, I'm the only Dragonoid of this Era, and there's a reason for that too."

"What is the reason?"

She stood to her feet and looked deep into the dark pit, "You truly don't know anything that's happening right now do you?"

I gave her a confused look, "I don't think I do..."

She reached her hand out to the sky and exhaled, "Let me put it in words you might understand then, forgive me if I get lost in thought. You see every 1,500 years, this World finishes it's Song, and thus the Overture of a New Song begins."

I became even more puzzled at this saying, but I didn't have the heart to tell her just. And so she continued on with her speech.

"Did you know that we are already at the End of the Song? All the Stars above have begun their chorus, and the 'Enemy' is singing a grand Cadenza in the darkness. However the 'Heroes' of this Song are yet to enter the Symphony."

I immediately interrupted her, I have no idea what she's talking about but I did catch some interesting things, "Hey wait! What are you talking about? What do you mean that the Song is Ending? The Stars? The Enemy? The Heroes? What does all this mean!? What does this have to do with you being the only Dragonoid alive?"

She quickly caught herself and realized what she was doing, she the cleared her throat, "It seems I may have made things more complicated. I deeply apologize for that..."

I pressed her for more information, "No tell me what's going on, are you saying that the World is ending or something? Just speak more clear so I can understand!"

She stayed silent for a moment and just stared back at me, she was looking for something so I held fast to my gaze. She then exhaled out and spoke back saying, "Okay fine, I'll tell you. The reason why I'm the only Dragonoid alive is because the End of the Song draws near, it's the same reason you're here too, and also the same reason why we met."

My confusion was still high, but somehow I think I was starting to get it. "What? Are you saying this was all pre-determined and prophesied?"

She nodded, "Yes, this was all destined to happen. This is the World's way of cycling itself to begin a new Song. All the old prophesies are just ancient manuscripts passed down from the survivors of the Previous Songs, and each Song is different from the others, but they all hold the same outcome."

I gulped without thinking, "And what is that..?"

She smiled with a joyful expression, "You'll find out later for yourself, and I promise that everything will be revealed in time. For now let's head back to my City, my Father is awaiting our arrival."

"But I still have questions!" I exclaimed.

She stood to her feet and peered deep into the abyss, "Save them for when you meet my Father, he will tell you everything you need to know!"

A loud mighty roar echoed from the cave, it was followed by many war chants and cries. The mysterious woman unfurled her wings once again, "Come take my hand, we have to hurry! They already found us!"

I reached out my hand, but then quickly retracted it in hesitation. She gave me a puzzled look, "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

I still had one question I wanted answered right now, and it's the one that I wanted to know the most. I looked back at her with a fierce glare and shouted, "Yes something is wrong! I still have one last question you need to answer or else I'm staying here!"

She retorted back, "We don't have time for that, they'll be here any second!"

I stood silent and upheld my glare, I was determined to have at least this one question answered before I made anymore hasty decisions!

She peered deep into my eyes, almost like she was staring into my own soul. She then released her gaze and sighed, "Okay fine, one more question from me. It better be worth it!"

I reached out my hands towards her once again, and in proud voice, I said, "What is your name? You've never even told me your name!"

She then snickered, "C'mon, is that what this is about? I could've told you that much earlier if you just asked!"

She then joined my hand and elegantly bowed her head to me, "My name is Kyoko Shizuka Yuki, and you are?"

Kyoko Shizuka Yuki huh? It sounds vaguely familiar from somewhere. I returned the same bow back to her in respect, "I'm Shin Akai Tsuki, I'm looking forward to our time together Kyoko."

She answered sweetly back, "Hehe likewise Shin, now can we please just get the hell out of here?"

I replied back in full agreement, "Yes milady, please lead the way!"

A new message box appeared as this transaction occurred:

Congratulations!

[Lv. ???: Unknown Wyvern] has joined your Party!

Would you like to view the Party function now?

What? A Party function? What does that mean? My eyes quickly became transfixed on the floating message box.

Kyoko gazed at me confused, "Is something wrong Shin?"

I answered back, "Wait you can't see the floating message box?"

She tilted her head even more confused, "Floating message box? I don't think I understand?"

Wait she can't see it? Am I the only one who can!? I shook my head to reassure her and came up with a little white lie, "Oh it's nothing, I thought I saw something. Let's get out of here already!"

I quickly dismissed the message box, "I'll check that later..."

Kyoko then readied her flight, and took my hand, "Alright then next stop, to my City!"