A world filled with magic and mystery, ancient celestials and new enemies, dragon royalty to elven poverty, cursed lands and forbidden ruins, Ethereal is home to the people from the dying Alecte Realm. 

In the world of Ethereal, Scott Powers lives an unsuspecting life while slightly ignorant of the outside world. In Erebus, the Upper region of the Underworld surrounded by walls, Scott and his family live their ordinary lives until, one day, Scott discovers umbra, misty shadow-like beings, have invaded Erebus underneath everyone's noses. While Scott plans to move them back to the underworld, mysterious forces drag him out of the walls and into the vast world full of magical creatures and spiritual abilities. 

Outside of the Underworld, Scott gets to meet the creatures he's read about for years, and he somehow becomes friends with a few princes and princesses. Along the journey to get back home he encounters all kinds of misfortunes, he wants to help but can he? 

And along with the impending doom he faces, he also experiences his and others' pasts through bonding with them. Broken dragon families, hurting siren royalty, and thieving orcs will be met and their pasts will unfold to create a bigger picture within a ripped paper. 

What role does Scott have in this world? And how can this teenager cope dealing with romance, betrayal and friendship?

Update Frequency: Hopefully once or twice a week

Length of Chapters: Chapters vary, 1000 - 6000 words.

Powerful

Scott gets a sense of deja vu as he walks through the forest. 


He vaguely remembers starting the fourth trial and looking at a sign pointing two directions; one way towards a village and the other towards a lair. 


He chose the village, hoping to find people living there who may be able to help. He also chose the village based on what Erin had said in the last trial. He remembers her saying something about a forest of contraptions and how other changelings used to live there. So, hoping that those changelings--or whoever could be living there now--are friendly, Scott decided to head down the village path. 


Scott swears he was with someone else but no one joined the trial with him. The Dragon Lord had wanted Scott to go with his two guards but Scott decided to go alone, suspecting that he may be betrayed in the trial. 


Trials of Exit (Part 13)