Demons Arrival (2/3)

There was a large pause between the old man and Erika until he snapped back to reality.

...You have to find the Lost Child... Something that was decided on Arkham and not on my behalf.

Erika was confused about what the old man was referring to, "what do you mean 'not on your behalf'? It sounds like you were a writer or some such." The old man chuckled.

Well, I used to be the one that pulled the strings but after ending my story, I needed to find another... A child... One is capable of creating a new world and another one that acts as a vessel of reality and fiction... That was when I met her... She was perfect but what I needed to do first was stop this crooked cult that was targeting her and her brother in the end, I was too late and too regretting about what happened to the child's brother and his friends... I made her the new writer and fully put myself into retirement knowing my mistake, I used the last of my powers to create a planet that was long destroyed by my people...

"I'm sorry." Erika only had sympathy for the old man now and she even asked for his name.

My name? .... My name? ... It's been so long since anyone has asked me... That I didn't even care who I was... Just call me old man... It's obvious since I'm turning 35,000 soon... Takes me back to when I was a father.

"Wait you're 35,000 years old now? But you look like your 67!!!" The old man smiled, "show some respect, Shiva... My deepest apologies, my friend isn't properly trained... When it comes to respecting his elders." The old man laughed and told them.

I understand that, I remember when my nephew was just 17 when he returned to Antroia, everything was new to him but it didn't mean he wasn't a man with a plan, to this day, he still visits me with the same smile I saw when I met him all those years ago... I think you guys aren't yet supposed to visit the planet of Necrozma (snaps his finger)... You need to find the rain and the storm.

A portal opened below Erika and the others, they looked at the old man as he said farewell, and they then disappeared into thin air. "Hey, uncle... I see that you took Erika and her friends to Antracia... Good move... Aunt says hi back in T400."

Thank you, my child, it's so nice to be having a... "An uncle? Ditch the accent and the make-up and talk to me like you normally do!" (Laughs) I can't fool you... Learning from your adventures... Theirs is yet to begin... I wonder if they'll be lucky to find the scroll of the 30, "as in the scroll that has the location of the 30 students... The ones that are to be taught by THE trained Lost Child? I hope so because those kids and he needs each other." I agree with that.

Erika found herself flying out of control as she started to freeze by the temperature of Antracia, she luckily fell into a cave, away from the cold... For now at least. Erika looked around and she could see that she was definitely on the planet of Antracia, its cyan crystal walls and glistening appearance, she couldn't help but be amazed by it, she realised that both Shiva and Chrysler weren't with her, she started to worry about them when she saw a shadow that was running, and she followed it, after multiple slips from the ice, Erik found herself in a deep cavern, where lied a noticeable face, it was Quantyan... "I can't believe it, he was here..." Erika examined the ice and found herself fighting the shadow who was Macro, "wait Macro?! But your dead!" She was right on that statement but it wasn't truly Macro instead a soul that took control of Macro's body, "wait how did you find and get Macro's body?" The fake pointed at Shiva and Chrysler who were already turned into ice.