When Flora hesitated to enter or not the ruined structure, a terrifying roar made her take haste in the dark entrance. There as no time to think or not if it was a good decision, in a way, she was certain it was better than being outside at a time like this. Her legs shaking, she can finally rest and fall to the ground, exhausted. Her eyes began to accustom to the darkness and Flora gaze at her surroundings. The walls are well preserved, even though some roots travel through the well-organized heavy stones.
Some of the stones have inscription on them, but none that she can read or recognize at all. The outside has calmed down but there is no way Flora is thinking to step a foot out with monsters lurking around. This brief moment of safety made her finally though "Where did I end up? And how? I was certain to be in school." There was nothing that concluded in a valid outcome, in the point of view of someone living on Earth, if she's still on Earth. She now thinks of her family, Flora was not the problematic kid, very far from what she is. Never in her life she had the intention to run away of her house, like others from her age, it happens to have little dispute within a family but nothing as far to go running away of her loving family.
Thankfully for her, Flora still had her backpack ready on her back. The classic bag feel light, she dropped her books in her locker before entering the portal. She inspect to see what's left and what will be useful for her in this situation. The first thing she look out for is her phone, in the front pocket with her identity papers.
Flora goes up with joy, she will be able to call her family or a police station nearby and to be rescued from this hellish place! But her hopes fell as the ringtone cut the moment she call someone. She inspect on the top right part of her phone, she had no telephone network around where she was. In vain, Flora send message through different apps, if she connect even for a second at list it will be sent, she though. Even if the primary use of the phone is not operational, at least she can use it as a flashlight to explore the deeper parts of the old temple.
Shes turn around to look more into her schoolbag, there is some school supplies. Inside there is casual furniture of what a student need, pencils, a ruler and some stuff not useful right now. Flora had a bright idea, she sharpen the point of the pencil, in a dire situation it could maybe be useful in a self-defense way. Three were now sharp enough to feel pain if someone come to touch the tip, she place them in the pocket of her pants, enough to not stab her leg with every movement she intend to make.
The last object in her backpack is a water bottle. She thanks her mother for always caring, it was not there yesterday and she must have placed it when Flora went to sleep. A faint tear come running on her cheek. She already had enough of this place and wanted to come home.
- No Flora, You can't think like this!
She get up, slap both her cheeks at the same time and have now a determined look on her face. A light glow would seems to appear in the center of her eyes. "I can't talk like this, if I want to get out of here, I mustn't slumber in sadness and fear."
Determined to explore more of the ruins, she put her bag on her back, sip a little of water and goes deeper in it. She holds her phone with flashlight on, in the direction of the darker part of the path. The more she advances, the more there is paintings on the walls.
At first, there was not enough paintings left to understand what was inscribed, but soon, bigger part of the paintings were left intact. On the left part of the wall there is a rustic drawing of a light touching a flying city on a cloud. On the opposite wall, paintings of five person bowing down the same light. Each of the five persons have unique traits, two look alike the statues at the entrance. A blue hair girl holding a giant sword on her back, the boy next to her has black clothes with red hair. The other three are also girls, one hold a staff with a giant jewel embed in it. Another one has pure white wings and a gentle smile on her face. The last one have two pair of arms, one embed on her shoulders.
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The next painting is depicting the five of them with human beings and more around them. The blue hair girl has fighters in front of them, mimicking the pose she is doing in it. Flora connect it to the fact she must be training them, but for what? A detail catch the attention of the curious girl, the sword is covered with a feint blue light, that wasn't there in the previous painting. The dark clothed boy here is building something while scholar clothed persons write something on stone tablets. The girl holding the staff is above the sea, with a myriad of sea creatures behind her. The humans in the drawing are fishing on boats and looks happy from the look of it. The next girl, the one with wings, is sitting on a throne on a floating island while other humans with wings are prostrating in front of her. An enormous crystal is shining around her, with a beautiful turquoise blue light touching every parts of the island. The last one is building mountains and giant towers through the lands of where they live, compared to the others, she's alone but she's a giant with tremendous strength.
Deeper Flora goes, the better she understand the story that reveal to her very eyes. The next panel is a single egg but to dragons are born of it, one is made of dark grey scales and the other is made of white and gold. The dragons have different horns on their head. The dark grey one has three horn, two on the side of his head and one like a unicorn on its forehead. The light and gold one has two, like his brother, two horns on the side of their head. "Why does he have one on his forehead compared to his brother?" whispered Flora.
The next panel is depicting the act of the dragons through the land. Both of them bring desolation and corruption in the paintings. The darker one is breathing a dark flame on the houses and castles below it. In the painting, the dragon is enormous, so big it is the size of a wall town. Here she see in the far left of the painting the five persons looking at it without acting. The wall facing this one, show the act of the light and gold dragon, this one is more subtle but Flora understand what's going on in it. To describe it, the dragon have an army prostrate in front of it, three men are talking to it, they are well dressed with crowns on their heads. On the right of the painting, wagons of treasures and gold are conveyed to its gold castle behind it. On the far right of the painting there is also the five persons looking at it from afar.
After advancing so much, Flora comes to see a beautiful yet massive door in front of her, five jewels are embed into it, each of a color similar to the five person in the painting. The beautiful details of the doors represent also two dragons flying in direction of the upper part of it. They seems to be made of blue wood but sturdier, like iron but the pattern of wood still remains. There is two last paintings left, one on each wall facing each others like the previous one. After that, Flora is resolute to open the doors and loo what's inside of it.
On the left wall, the two dragons are fighting alongside while they face the five persons. They all launch attacks on their own but the result is hat's painted on the wall, the Five have wounds, sometimes heavy wounds, while the dragons are unscathed. The fury of the battle destroyed everything around them, leaving a ground with scars, mountains that took time to be built, crumbled. The castles are on fire while the people in the cities flee for a better hope elsewhere.
Flora finally turn around to look at the last painting remaining, coming to an end with all those stories told just by paintings, she's trembling in anticipation to know how this tremendous battle will end. The dragons are twirling, like a beautiful dance two dragons could do, in direction of the sky. They both glow of a color representing them, one have a dark and grey aura while the other have a gold aura.Them, the opposite group, are holding the shoulders of the blue hair girl that is pointing her giant sword in the direction of the two dragons. Just like the previous paintings, the blue girl have a sword that's glowing with a beautiful blue light, but this time, while her teammates hold their hands on her shoulders, the aura seems to have more intensity.
Sadly for Flora, there was no more paintings showing the end of this battle, did the dragons win in an ultimate attacks or was it the group of five, with their last strand of hope? Flora was cheering for the Five from the bottom of her heart, hoping they won and saved the people.
What was left for her now was to take a decision, to go to the door to open it or to go backward and to not dare it? Easy choice for Flora, her mind filled with excitement after seeing such stories.