lost

In a place that lost and broken things reside a man awoke in a plain broken away from a long forgotten world

I opened my eyes everything hurt my head was pounding,my hands ached and my feet felt funny but at least I was alive...I think

Looking around I struggled to comprehend where I was everything looked wrong it was like I was in a boundless sky bathed in the soft glow of a morning sun there were floating landscapes as well scattered everywhere some familiar others alien

I let out a groan as I stood closing my eyes to teleport but nothing happened "what " I could feel my connection to mana and the elements but they weren't reacting that was all a certain demon wasn't harassing me

" uh...hello this is usually the time you would mock me " ....silence.... "ok something is seriously wrong " I looked around trying to see if their was anyone else but no one was in sight

I thought back to what happened I could still feel the knife stabbing my chest like a phantom pain

when I looked I didn't have any wounds

" what exactly happened to me " as I was trying to figure that out a giant head rose up from the endless morning with its orange draconian eye staring at me it then blinked deceptively slow

It's irise turned red as it let out a furious roar

" you damn vermin your kind are like bugs just can't get rid of you " a deep male voice assaulted my mind making me recoil grabbing my head

I couldn't just stand there though because the dragon's clawed hand was coming for me ' shit,shit...'I panicked none of my elements were responding properly to me it felt like it did before I made my connection to mana...my staff was also no where in sight so I had to do the next best thing

"...super run away " I took off as fast as I could in the opposite direction of the giant dragon trying to squash me

Without my elements my speed was below average for a normal human obviously " I really should have focused on my weight more " I cursed at myself

looking around I noticed I was at the edge of the plain looking out into the beautiful abyss I say another floating landscapes this one of a ruined city slightly tilted to the side

it looked modern which was a bit shocking but never the less the only thing close enough so I made my way to the edge of the plain an jumped with everything I had just as the plain was shattered by dragon " damn insect "

My body switched to the gravity of the city letting me gently touch the ground I didn't get to enjoy the strangely small city for long because the ground shook then split apart sending me fly across the sky on a piece of the city

I held onto a nearby street lamp for dear life as I soared for a to fast for me to perceive " i really want my elements back " nobody but the dragon was there to hear me slamming into another floating landscapes i tumbled across a bunch of flowers

Righting myself I looked in to the distance the dragon flapped it's four mighty wings making it's way towards me

Turning around I ran like my life depended on because it quite literally did as I was running I got a weird scent looking down I realized the meadow was full of poppies "just my luck that I would run into a anomaly "

When I blinked I was suddenly in another part of the meadow disoriented I blinked again appearing at the end of the meadow where the dragon was about to slam into

" FUCKING RNG " panicking I quickly blinked to get away appearing in the middle of the meadow just as the dragon landed tearing up the terrain blowing the scent away

" I'll reduce you to nothing you insect " glyphs glowed on the dragon's skin as it opens it's mouth

A black beam shot out towards me I reached out once again to my elements but they still felt too weak for me to use ' looks like I was wrong...sorry my love' I thought as the end grew closer...but it never came

A wall of stars stretched out in front of me blocking the beam making it harmless as it disappeared into it I looked at it astonished a second later another dragon landed behind me this one black instead of light brown tinted red

"Kethal that's enough I know you don't like humans but he doesn't even belong to the ones we helped create " the dragon flared out his wings an let out a low grumble " that doesn't matter it was in my territory...they also have her scent"

Lowering it's head the dragon took a deep breath as a hint of longing appeared in it's eyes then confusion " right now I'm going to take him back to the city " the black dragon said raising it's head

" no it's mine to do with as I please after appearing in my territory " the brown dragon growled loudly as it flared up the other dragon did the same

" you don't want to do this you know how it will end " they stared down each other making the very air grow tense making it hard to breathe being stuck between the two

The brown dragon eventually let out a frustrated roar then felw off into the distance were it had started chasing me letting out a deep breath the dragon lowered it's head to me

" your safe now my name is Illian what is your's human " I was still in shock having been stuck between to powerful beings so my voice had a bit of a stutter " g..ghost t...that's my name "

kethal blinked then lowered two of his wings layering them on top of each other " that a weird name but I'm one to talk...climb on before he changes his mind it's unpredictable these days " not wanting that other dragon to come back I quickly scaled his wings sitting on his back leaning forward a bit so I was a bit more stable as he took off

The wind whistled in my ears as we left the now slightly destroyed poppy meadow behind along with the other dragon's territory

" can you tell me where I am the last thing I remember is...dying " the only sound that could be heard was the wind until the dragon answered " you are dead but not completely...it's hard to explain as for where we are that a bit complicated the best way I can put it is lost,forgotten or broken things usually end up here "

The flapping of his giant wings made me slip a little so I had to catch myself " that wasn't always the case however but the jealously of a hateful and spiteful dragon tore this place apart making it what it is now...in fact it was the same dragon you just meet "

The dragon seemed to tremble slightly " that brings me to a question I have...have you ever met another dragon like us before " I thought for a bit staring at the sky above us " the only one that comes to mind was the one Below the Dwarven kingdom" a slight tremor ran through his body hearing that but I didn't ask why

" also....I guess my wife she wasn't always a dragon she is a elf but a little after our second bonding her body changed growing scales and wings we still aren't sure why that happened to her is that what you were looking for "

" yes...no,maybe it's hard to say as you may have guessed your not in your actual body it's more like a projection from your soul so it was your body that had the scent but your soul...so it wouldn't make since why you have her scent unless..." he went quiet after that not saying anything more

" is it fine if I asked you another question " I asked after the silence stretched for a while

" back there you said I wasn't one of the humans you helped create" I said after feeling the dragon nod

" if you came from where I think you did the humans,Dwarves and elves you have encountered were all created...at least their ancestors the aquanods made the Dwarves,we dragon's made the elves and finally the anthroniens made the humans "

" o sorry aquanods and anthroniens are mermen and beastmen their names changed after the true one was lost or forgotten " he explained sensing my confusion

It was a bit hard to believe that the three main races were created at some point but then I thought back to what the undead dragon was saying as well as the wardens

' was that place actually an ancient prison hidden within the earth ' I was lost in thought until a city the looked like a bunch of different eras stitched together appeared in the horizon but the most striking thing about it was the giant wall surrounding it being constantly attacked by weird looking creatures