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

He's trapped in this strange illusion and has no idea how to escape. His surroundings are making him dizzy; the light fades in and out, images of vines dance around him but he knows they're not real, unfamiliar people pop in and out of existence right before his eyes. 


He keeps walking even though he's not sure if it's helping his predicament or worsening it. He needs to be doing something and what he really needs is to get out of this place. 


How long has he been wandering? How much longer will he continue to wander? An answer appears before him. 


The answer isn't what he was expecting. It's an alchemist in a cave. 


The dark environment Scott was stumbling through brightens to a familiar road - for a moment he thought he had imagined everything, and was back walking that road into the fourth trial. A person mystically appears before him, scurrying along the road in the opposite direction Scott, Grayson and Draca went to: the lair. 


Trials of Exit (Part 14)