A Web of Tales

"Chapter 1: Chevall"

“Orion we need to go!" yelled the tall projective centaur. “Those goblins have an entire army behind them."

Orion stood up ripping away the whimsical glowing web of purple spun upon him by a now slain Ve-enin spider. His right, front leg was throbbing. His leg cut, badly, after tripping over thorn bushes blocking the path they were traveling.

Chevall, the centaur, had jumped fine but Orion was new at this. Chevall had just rescued him after he Orion was took hostage by a goblin king named Grogery. Orion was a shape shifter with a problem at this moment. Most centaurs Orion had met hated shifters. Orion was scared that Chevall was just like the others. Nevertheless, Orion was not like the other dastardly shifters. He was on a mission that will save the world without them ever knowing they were in danger. He was to destroy a monstrous race more powerful and devastating than the Greek gods’ wrath.

“Chevall I need you to keep my gift hidden from the world and to accept It." pleaded Orion."Please."

“What is it master Orion?" questioned Chevall.

“Just keep calm and don't be infuriated for I am here to save not only you and the entire world."Orion said as he closed his eyes and thought of the boy he had once been so many years ago. The life of an immortal is unforgiving as well as bountiful. At once Orion shifted with a skin colored light into the teenage boy. Masculine and tall he stood there. The centaur stood in an insensible fashion. As he looked at the tall boy that had moments ago had been a young centaur.

“I always forget to change from the naked form of my former self to a clothed version." Orion said with a hint of humor begging to abide the centaur’s forgiveness. "No matter it won’t be for long."

The centaur had not even noticed the boy’s nudity until he mentioned it. He had never been clothed with anything but breastplate armor. A centaur was after all only a creature with high intelligence.{This is a note from the author- Many of the creatures I am stating are indeed not clothed with much but armor and some not even that. In this world, clothing was an optional thing and naked creatures or humans were common.} "You're a shifter?" growled Chevall in a trace of sincerity and regret simultaneously. "How come you didn't inform me of this earlier? I would have saved you faster. I take it then that you are the legendary 'universum rector' that has been the subject of many prophecies in the universal language of stars?"

“Yes the only one and I come to..."

“Yes, save the planet from a fate worse than death." interrupted Chevall.

“I am at this moment trying to save you from the Spideress of this forest." said Orion in as noble of a fashion as a naked 16 year old boy could to a grown man such as Chevall.

"As if you could," Chevall stated in a posh voice." No person or creature has even weakened her." Chevall said in a disbelieving fashion.

“I could with an endowed blood ruby such as this."Orion said as he pulled the dark-purple, spotted ruby out of his pocket. Orion looked at Chevall's amazement and wonder. “It does not matter how I got what was needed, only the fact that I got it. And vampiric hypnosis works wonders."

“All right I shall follow you, but how?" replied Chevall.

"There coming fast." Orion stated as they began to run even further into the forest. Chevall quickly looked behind them. He could see the glint of the swords. The goblins had always had near perfect forging abilities. The swords even glinted by the pale moonlight escaping the sky and hiding under the trees.

“Hurry, they're coming too quickly! We need to get into the bushes but not this close! Run faster!” Orion said in a hurry while panting his breath."Fuck this shit." Orion cursed while stopping and turning around. With a crack and a luminous red light where the naked boy had stood was a large majestic phoenix. The phoenix let out a large boisterous screech and a low hiss and flames sprouted in mountain sized proportions at the goblins. However, the flames did not hurt the fauna surrounding it.

Inside Chevall's head, he heard the phoenix’s telepathic message. "Run into the bushes Chevall. Now hurry I will be coming soon!) As soon as the centaur reached a safe distance into the bushes, he turned around in time to see the goblins run through the flame and a naked boy running towards him in hurry. The goblins followed the path they had been running on. The boy spoke ever so quietly after the goblins had passed."Hurry Chevall we need to make it to the castle by sunrise or it will be too late to defeat her."

The boy hopped upon the centaurs back and the centaur rode towards the castle. The boy was holding onto the crystal the entire way. He beheld the clearing to the field with joy when the centaur rushed through the threshold to find the hill Orion had first tumbled down. The centaur started to jolt up the hill when a shadow blocked his eyesight. Orion knew right away that the shadow belonged to the horrid Queeneti. As the two looked up to see this monstrous beast of a woman, they could here the goblins returning. Queeneti strode toward the two men with a demonic elegance. Her eight hairy legs stood underneath her holding up the small skinny torso of an elderly woman. The goblins were now at the bottom of the hill and could almost attack Orion and his centaurian partner. Orion knew this and quickly put his plan into action.

"Absum spidress." shouted Orion. Immediately the queen let out a shout of agony so loud it should have cracked nearby mountains. Her scream only shattered the small, empty skulls of her advancing goblin army. The goblins stopped where they stood. They all fell dead with their queen.

Chevall could not believe that it was over that fast she just died. How had a small boy defeated a power so large and invincible to the other races? But this man was immortal and could have thousands of years old and only appeared as a boy. "That was all it took a Latin phrase and a hard shiny rock. And the race of centaur has been failing at to conquer her for years." stated Chevall in a state of confusion.

"It was a bit more complicated than that but essentially yes. But now I shall take you back." In less than an instant Orion had shifted from the boy to a giant roc. The large talons softly and carefully grasped upon the centaur and the roc departed.

It was almost an hour until the large bird landed upon the reservation of centaurs. He softly set down the centaur. And again set transformed into the naked boy." It has been a long journey and I thank you Chevall, but may I request one thing from you? Do not ever speak of the shifter from Queeneti's castle. You may take the glory for destroying the spideress but do not mention me in the story of your tales."

"You do not understand my forever faithful. This centaur is completely devoted to follow you and abet you on your adventure.” stated Chevall in a tone that made Orion double check himself.

Orion looked into the centaur's eyes and saw that they filled no longer with fear and distrust. Now only honor and nobility shined through the two gleaming circles. The color of Chevall's eyes seemed to be more confident in a way. Orion now knew that Chevall was a member of the Alliance of the Gods. There was only one answer to this and that was to give in. "Alright Chevall but the dangers are many and I can't always save you. It will be you against the world."

"Orion don't you see. We fight as one. It is the same goal. Now partake on your journey with me as your soldier in a battle for truth and victory over all of Pandora's abominations." Chevall said as he picked up his bow and leaned down for the boy to climb upon his back.