Chapter Text
It had been months since the defeat of Necross. The trio were still proud of that victory. The two guardians had been doing well in their roles. They even began to delve more into the meaning of the guardians being connected. That's how they ended up here. Standing in the temple of the moon, gazing at each other. The white fluff balls making the strings for the moon rolled their eyes at the two, closing themselves in. Mune rolled his eyes at the creatures, before facing the sun guardian before him. "So, how exactly...do we, you know." The moon guardian began to babble nervously. He wasn't one for romance. Sohone chuckled softly. "Like this.". He said beginning to lean forward.
"Hey guys." The two guardians looked up in alarm upon seeing the familiar child of wax. "Oh, Glim." Sohone made a small cough, "You're here.". Mune stepped back, nerbously waving to his friend. The wax girl looked between the two of them, smirking as she folded her arms. "Am I interrupting something?" She asked the stone man and faun. "NO!" They both exclaimed. "Sureeeee." Glim replied, smirking. The two guardians blushed, or as much as they could considering Sohone was literally made of amber and Mune was a faun.
"No, not at all. It was a, um, guardian meeting. So, what was it that you needed." Mune questioned. "If we're gonna just ignore what you did, then fine." She grabbed both of her hands, "I might as well show you what I found!". Glim lead them out of the moon temple, making the guardians worried. "Wait, what about the sun and moon?!" Sohone exclaimed. "It'll only be a few minutes! Their not gonna be stolen again." Glim replied, continuing to force the two guardians into following her.
After a few moments of running, the wax girl finally slowed her pace down, stopping the two. "Okay, being guardian of the sun, I love a radiant day as much as any other guy, though I'm hot enough myself, but why are we out here?" Sohone asked, getting a nudge from Mune. "You know it's true." Sohone teased. The faun shook his head, making a small sound.
Glim slowly crept forward, pointing into a large patch of forest. "Glim, if I wanted to look at forest, all I would have to do is turn the corner, and look outside my temple." Sohone bitterly stated, looking at the wax girl. Glim rolled her eyes groaning. "That isn't what this is about." She replied. "Then what are you trying to show us?" Mune questioned. The wax girl smiled, before climbing off the platform they were on, and ran deeper into the green. "This girl I swear, no wonder she worries her father." Sohone grumbled, pushing himself up, and pulling the other two up to their feet. "Shhh." Glim hushed, pointing at the forest. The two of them leaned forward, trying to see what she meant. "Did you hit your head?" Sohone questioned, crouching down besides her.
She rolled her eyes, and pointed towards a set of trees. The two guardians focused, and their mouthes dropped seeing movement. Just between the trees, they saw a large figure moving, green trailing behind them, as if a cloak to camoflauge them.
"Woah..." Mune breathed out. The figure crept down, hunched over a set of shrubs. The long arms moved from the cloak, long delicate fingers glazing over the shrubs, causing life to fill it.
"Oh my gosh, I think I know what it is." Glim beamed. "Who's the giant?" Sohone questioned. "Safora. Queen of life itself, a part of a rare species, no ones ever seen one really, so it's been assumed a legend." Glim breathed out, getting up from their cover, and running over. "Wait!" Sohone groaned. "That's Glim for you, to quick for both of us." Mune chuckled, following after her. Well at least the two guardians were connected then.
Glim stopped in her tracks, looking at the giant creature. "Hello!" The wax girl called out. The giant looked down, it's large green doe eyes staring down at the girl. "Careful now Glim. I'm not scared of this thing, but be careful." Sohone stated, holding his harpoon. The giant turned to Sohone, blinking as she observed him. Slowly her long fingers reached out, touched the stone mans head. "What, what is she doing?" Sohone asked. "Observing life." Glim beamed. The giant nodded, a smile growing on her face.
Her head roose when a loud sound erupted from the distance. Safora stood tall, looking at the trio once more. The queen gave them a small nod, before walking off.
"I cannot believe we just met Safora! Their so rare and no one ever sees them!" Glim squealed. "It's always you and legends." Sohone commented, "Let's start heading back now, us guardians have work to do.". Mune was about to follow the two, when something caught his eye.
"What on earth..?" The faun breathed out, approaching it slowly. His eyes widened, staring at the tree before him. It had been the one the giant Safora was standing in front of before she went to the shrubs. However, unlike the rest of the thriving green around it, this tree...was black.
Dead and withered to the root, ash falling from the trees branches. Something was not right with this tree.
"Hey, come on Mune, let's get going! We got a job to do!" Sohone called out. "Oh, coming!" Skittering away from the tree, Mune came after his friends. Little did the guardian know what lied beneathe the tree.