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Chimera noticed Shade start to walk away, "Hey Shade, we need you here pal. Trydan, I'll give you this once I'm done." Chimera raised her voice slightly, "Okay, according to this map, we can find the Elemental Keys in the following locations; the Fear Key can be found in the tomb of a haunted graveyard, the Poison Key can be found in a poisonous swamp, the Fire Key is inside an active volcano, the Water Key is under the ocean, the Earth Key is inside a deep chasm, the Electric Key is in a stormy mountain, the Wind Key is also in the same mountain, the Ice Key is beyond the mountains, in a frozen tundra, and the Light and Dark Keys are hidden in some other tomb beyond it."

Trydan opens his bag grabbing a book. "This is an atlas of magical places. No wonder they all happen to fall on one. Crap!" Trydan grabbed his head dropping the atlas.

"We should" Isis said before flying over to Shade and hugging him "Its ok Shade, you'll find someone" She said, not knowing that inside of her, her poison element was affecting her mind, essentially filling her head with very impure thoughts about her friends and Vexx

Vexx walked over to Shade and Isis. "Yeah, just you wait, I'm sure you'll find the perfect dragoness."

Isis didn't know, but he was slightly drooling looking at Vexx "Yeah... He will..." She said

Vexx raised an eye ridge. "You ok?" He asked Isis

Isis shook her head "Y-yeah! I'm fine..." She said, not completely knowing if she was

Silon ran over to Zera "Are you ok?" He asked

"You sure? You were drooling for a second." Vexx said.

(Let's try to slow down a bit, that post was the start of the main adventure; finding the Keys. After all, we don't want this topic to run out of posts before we finish.)

((Sorry))

"I was?" Isis asked "I had no idea" She was starting to lose control, but she was fighting it as much as she could

"Is there anything I can do Zera?" Silon asked as he held Zera

(Gotcha)

Aneitha and Avia listened intently to Chimera as she relayed the information from the book, eyes alight with interest.

"It is fortunate that there are as many of us here as there are. This quest will certainly require variety from the terrains the keys reside in alone." Aneitha observed after the Dragonness finished, blinking.

"And hopefully you three haven't been too caught up in your little soap opera to listen, this information is kinda important." Avia said to Vexx and the others, slightly irritated. But upon noting Isis' change in behavior her sharp demeanor softened in concern. "A-are you alright? Are the keys getting to you, too?"

Lucian flew over to Shade, "I notice that you were particularly quite angry at the mention of Darakon's name, what did he do to you?"

"Oh, do you need to sit down and rest for a moment?" Vexx asked

Chimera closed the book and handed it back to Trydan, and then looked at Isis, "Hey, are you alright?"

"Yeah. Just a headache. It will pass." He said. Then with disdain: "But it's wrecking havoc on my concentration. I can't keep a decent shield up anymore, and I can't use medium to long spells anymore."

"I-I'll be f-fine" Isis said stuttering, she was starting to lose the fight "You guys need to get away from me"

"Ok, we're finished here, lets find the others" Silon said as she picked Zera up "I'm taking you to the hospital first though"

"I'm staying with you, Im not leaving you alone." Vexx said to Isis. "Now Chimera... Where are these elemental keys?" Vexx asked

"Vexx I'm warning you! I can't keep control much longer! I can feel my element taking control of me!" Isis said to Vexx as she fell over

"Whoa! Is her element killing her?" Vexx asked everyone

"Chimera just told us where they were like two minutes ago!" Avia said in exasperation, turning and looking at Isis with wide eyes. "What should we do, everyone? Is there a way to delay the effects?"

"I have a short attention span..." Vexx mumbled.

"I'm not dying! Something is making me feel... Very naughty..." Isis struggled to say, she was trying to keep control long enough for them to leave

"Naughty? What does that mean?" Vexx asked

"What's going on?" Trydan said looking throughly confused not noticing Isis on the ground somhow.

Isis grabbed Shade's paw "Its not rage... Its worse..." She said, starting to pant

Silon picked up Zera "I've got you buddy" He said as he carried her to the hospital where she was taken by nurses

"What worse than rage?" Vexx asked

(By the ancestors! I'm gone for 9-10 hours, and sheesh.)

Chimera blinked seeing the situation unfold, "I think love would be the answer. I think she's starting to want to ... you know, with you, Vexx. Good news is that according to the map, the Poison Key's swamp is nearby, that'll be our first visit."

Vexx's eyes widen. "Yeah, please do. In fact let's go now."

Isis gasped "Thank you Shade! And it wasn't just for Vexx, I was feeling a strange lust for all of you, this is so humiliating!" She said "Lets just find the Poison Key..."

Silon watched the doctors checking on Zera before leaving the hospital "I hope I can find Isis" He thought before flying off

Lucian nodded, "Yes, we need to find that key, and fast," and then took off, still thinking about what Shade had said, Why had Darakon never said anything about being corrupted when he told me about that adventure?

Avia went over to Velia, nudging at her until she started to awaken.

"Hey, feeling better?" The white Dryphon said in a soft voice.

"Y-yes, I am. That was close..." The black Drypon sighed tiredly, opening her eyes and sitting up.

"You think? Hope you've had your fill of scaring me, because that's the last time that's happening!" Avia suddenly snapped, thrashing her tail.

Velia just nodded slowly, eyes downcast. "Definitely, it was reckless anyhow. I'm sorry, Avia."

"What matters now is that you're alright, Velia, and that the three of us are together. Though I am quite concerned with what exactly caused your injuries in the first place. You're remarkably hard to catch afterall, and this is coming from a wind-wielder." Aneitha murmured when Avia looked ready to rant further, her voice as calm as ever.

"Right, what happened was on the way to seeing you both, I came across-" Velia paused, finally noticing the others around them as she at last shook off her fatigue, and at once she was on edge, glancing over all the Dragons with a wary look in her eyes. "Mind telling me who they are...?" She asked, her voice already sounding somewhat standoffish.

"I am Lucian, you may or may not have heard of me through my brother, Darakon," said Lucian.

"I'm Chimera, and this is Glare." Chimera said, getting ready to fly.

"Glad your better." Vexx said to Isis. He then looked at Chimera "let's go."

"I know Darakon. I'm Trydan. Nice to meet you." he said to Lucian as he prepared to take off his eye twitching due to another headache.

Velia twitched an ear, still looking uncertain. "I know Darakon aswell, I have severely mixed feelings about him, though you seem alright, Lucian. And I know Trydan too... And isn't that Shade?" She murmured, looking towards him.

"Yeah, and you can trust the others too, Velia." Avia said, her tone gentle once again. "Infact, Chimera especially contributed alot to saving you."

Velia looked surprised for a moment, but then blinked as she glanced at the Dragonness in question. "In that case thank you, Chimera... I.. I guess I owe you one." The black Dryphon said, though didn't meet her eyes for more than a second.

"Come on, then." Avia said, nudging her side. "We're going to search for the Elemental Keys, I'll explain everything else on the way."

"Alright." Velia replied, spreading her wings. "And afterwards I'll get back to what I was saying, I'm almost certain it will come into play in the future."

Chimera looked at Velia, "You're welcome, but you don't actually owe me anything, I did what was right. Although, if you insist, then alright. For now, let's get to saving the world." Chimera spread her wings and lept into the sky, heading in the direction of the swamp.

Isis was about to follow Chimera when Silon flew over her "Guys! I'm here to help" He said

"Then follow Chimera" Isis said as she flew after Chimera

Trydan tried to focus on following Chimera, but he started to head off course.

Vexx followed Isis

"I'm sorry about that Vexx" Isis said with a saddened tone "I understand if you don't like me anymore"

Vexx looked at Isis and smiled. "Isis... I will always like you, no matter what happens between us. "
Vexx said, he then he whispered to her. "And for the record, I wouldn't have minded either."

((He isn't exactly sure how to help her))

"Yeah, I had to find you guys, I met a girl named Zera and we were rebuilding the house she burned down in self-defense, but she suddenly felt sick and was in pain, so I carried her to the hospital and she told me to find you guys" He explained