Spiral Knights - Cradle's hidden side (Fan-fic, Rated: Teen or above)

Cradle's hidden side (Fan-fic, Rated: Teen or above)

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Sat, 04/19/2014 - 09:21

Creeperlucario

First things off, the other RP's went down because I wasn't on much but this time, I will update it as frequently as I can (Between 1 day to 1 week at the least). The story will be mainly focus on main character's but it can change when something else important happens at the same time and will be indicated by ---------. Leave your thoughts off what you think about this story so far and have fun reading the story.

Notable changes: Haven is much more of a town with a crown bank, a personal storage area, better training rooms and even has a beach with a cliff just past the town. There is also a library and advanced guild recruitment.
Exploration is a lot more unique as the floors will be shorter but much tougher.
Hunger and Dehydration are now going to be a problem. Taking pills makes the hunger go much faster.
Fruits now appear throughout all of Cradle. These fruit can either heal or to cure a certain ailment, each fruit also counts to hunger.
Bosses and mini-boss appear more frequently and finally, everything can die and corpses are left on the ground when the enemy dies.

Prologue:

"Hurry, we must run before they kill us!" The 3 knights panicked because they where running non-stop for 20 minutes and then one of the other knights said "We made it, hurry, step in front of the portal as I open it up." The creatures from before appear as we started to fight back against the enemies. It was to no avail seeing as there was a large pack of them."

The creatures aimed for the female knight the most and didn't seem to care about the other two as much. The female had to keep dodging the constant attacks when the knight at the portal shouted "The portal is open! Hurry, get in and save the past so the future doesn't change to this!" The 2 knights jumped through the portal holding hands.

The knight still in the future shut the portal down the second they where through and run from the creatures again but then said "Good luck, please save us from this gleam future."
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"Hold on, we have to get through this tough storm together." Both knights held on, hoping to make it through this storm and then the storm got worse and then one of the knights said "No, my grasp is slipping!" Suddenly, a lightning strike hit one of them and they where pushed away from each other and drifted in the sea.

In Haven, a knight walked around and people said "Hello Redley, how are you today?" Redley replied "Fine, just looking around." Redley started to walk towards the beach as the sun was going down. The beach gave a great view when the sun was settling down. Redley looked into the distance and sat down.

Redley's breath was amazed and always liked looking into the distance, it was a great way to relax from stress. As the sun was about to go down for the night, Redley looked along the beach and noticed someone lying on the beach, not moving. Redley quickly got up and run over to the unconscious knight and said "H-hey, are you OK?"

Redley noticed the knight was breathing but looked quite frail. Redley then took out a fruit and placed it next to the knight. Redley just realized it was a female knight and then tried to help her by getting her away from the sea. As Redley was trying to help, the female knight started stirring around and was slowly regain consciousness.

Redley noticed this and said "C-can you wake up?" The female knight was able to turn her head around to see the concerned knight and when she opened her eyes, Redley said "Oh thank goodness." Redley gave a sigh of relief "I'm Redley, Are you OK? Are you hurt? I saw you unconscious and-"

The female knight gave out a surprised scream and tumbled out of Redley's grasp. The female knight was thinking "W-who does this knight think he is! W-where am I and why was I asleep?" Redley was thinking "That... that was odd... Still, I can't blame her, she looks new here." The female knight leaned against a wall, really confused about how she was here.

Redley picked up the fruit he placed on the ground before and said "Sorry if I scared you, I was trying to help." Redley walked to the knight and gave her the fruit. The female knight looked at it and said "T-thanks." The female knight noticed that Redley didn't have anything to eat and it didn't seem right to have something like this while the person who gave it to her has nothing.

The knight split the fruit in half as cleanly as she gave the bigger half back to Redley and started to eat the smaller half in a manner that all the normal knights would eat in. Redley was surprised at this and asked "What's your name?" The knight stopped eating before saying "My name is Rose."

Redley said "Rose, that's a nice name. I wonder, where did you come from Rose?" Rose had finished eating at this point and said "W-where? I... I don't remember..."

"You don't remember, that could cause a problem."

"I don't know, maybe the storm caused problems."

"A storm? Well... I will say this, you don't seem like a evil knight unlike others."

"What do you mean by "others"?"

"You see, some of the knights have joined with the gremlins or fiends to help strengthen them. Some have been betrayed by other knights."

"Oh... I didn't know... sorry" Rose's cheeks started to turn red from embarrassment but Redley was just smiling. Redley pulled out a bag and took out what looked like a stone with a unique design on it. Redley said "This is my personal treasure, I found it a few days ago when I was exploring and it was useless to the knights. So they decided to give it to me."

Rose looked at it and knew how personal treasures where like and said "It looks unique and it makes sense." Redley got an idea and thought "I wonder, Rose sounds like a good enough knight to explore the other side of Cradle." Redley asked Rose and she said "I... I don't know, I just met you and I can't even remember where I came from. I am sorry I can't agree for it straightaway and I don't know what the other side of Cradle will be like either..."

Redley sighed and said "I think it was silly of me asking you when we did just met, sorry about that." Redley picked up his stone and put it away before walking back to Haven. Rose started to think about the situation she was in right now. "I have nowhere to go, I don't know how I am here and Redley is the only knight I can trust here so far."

Rose looked at her side hoping that Redley was still near but was at the other side of the beach. Rose shouted "Redley, hold on!" Rose stood up and started running towards Redley. As Redley was watching, he couldn't help but think how cute she was but snapped out of it as Rose was next to him. "I'll join because I have nowhere to go and you are the only one I can trust."

Redley smiled again to Rose and then said "It's getting a bit late, I can show you around Haven before tomorrow."

Little did any realized this was the start of a Legendary adventure.

Sat, 04/19/2014 - 10:05

Colray

good.

It was a little hard to follow who was speaking though, add a space when another persons starts talking, or thinking.

Other then that, I like it! Will there be apps?

Sat, 04/19/2014 - 10:15

Creeperlucario

@Colray

Thanks for the advice and about the apps, no, there won't be accepting any apps this time around...

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 13:11

Creeperlucario

Chapter 1

Haven looked a lot more different at night but was still a nice place to look at even at night. Redley said "This is Haven, a nice safe city." There wasn't many knights out at this time of the night. Rose looked around and wondered what everything was like. Redley mentioned "I will show you where everything is first."

Redley walked over to the market and Rose followed him. When both of them reached the market, Redley said "This is the market, this is where knights buy or sell items they don't need. The market strangers occasionally hold special limited time offers but are extremely expensive and not usually effective."

"If we were to go north, that is where the Arcade would be and most beginner knights go down there to explore. I often explored there, trying to find new treasures." Rose then said "I see, so... the Arcade is basically practice for the harder exploration?"

"Yes, you could say that."

"Right... what's to the right of the market?"

Redley turned to the right and said "This is where knights can be recruited into the guild. There are currently two so far. Regular and advanced, regular as what you mentioned, is the Arcade. The advanced is the one I was wanting to go for. Their is also a place to store the knight's items in storage and won't be lost if the knight faints during exploring."

Rose wondered who run the guilds and Redley replied "The regular guild is run by Barrus, a elite knight explorer who can solo the entire Arcade without any trouble. The advanced one is a bit more... awkward..."

"Awkward? How is it awkward?"

"You see... the leader of the advanced guild isn't a knight but, a gremlin."

"A gremlin?"

"Yes... a gremlin, the gremlin was the infamous "Warmaster Seerus" but after he got out of his jail sentence, he wanted to help the knights since they where more advanced then the other gremlins."

"So... the regular gremlins where stupid?"

"Yes, without a leader, the gremlins fell apart. Even the best which where "Ghostmane stalkers" failed easily."

Rose started to get used to how Haven was liked. Redley then faced the other direction and said "Anyways, we should go east now." Redley started going east and Rose followed him. As they where getting closer to the location, Redley took a quick peek back at Rose and smiled.

Redley reached the location and told Rose when she got there "Anyways, this is the bazaar. It seems a bit odd having the market elsewhere but, you will get used to it. Most strangers here sell 0-2* equipment, not useful for advanced exploring but useful for the new knights that entered here."

Rose looked around seeing lots of strangers and then saw 2 knights talking and asked "Who are they?" Redley noticed them and said "They are Bechamel and Kozma. Kozma sells lots of unique items but the better the equipment, the more expensive they are. Bechamel attaches accessories to knights armor or helmet."

Rose asked "Is there any point of accessories?" Redley replied "Accessories are just to show to people what you have but what can be annoying is, once the accessory is attached, they can't be switched to another armor or helm."

"Why? What happens if someone tries?"

"Well, the accessory is destroyed if they try to remove them..."

"That seems like a waste..."

Redley laughed a little and said "I suppose it is... Anyways, there is also a training hall next to some gremlins which help us. The training hall shows illusions of enemies that can be encountered in the Arcade. The first gremlin near the training hall is called, Vise, he charges a lot of energy to unbind knights equipment so they can sell it on the market if they don't need it. Punch is more luck based. If you give punch a weapon and a lot of crowns, you can get a unique variant on the weapon which can make a difference."

Rose nodded and Redley said "Last but not least is the crown bank. The crown bank is where knights can store their crowns in case they faint or are unconscious or robbed during the Arcade exploration." Redley walked to the bank and the stranger said "Hello Redley, your out late tonight." Redley said "Well, I am just showing a new knight around."

The stranger saw the female knight standing a bit away and said "I see, bring her over so I can write down an account for her." Rose walked over and the stranger said "All I will need is your name and age for me to create a bank account for you." Rose told the stranger her name and age and said "So, your name is Rose and you are 22."

Rose asked how it worked and the stranger simply said "All I do is I store the crowns a knight gives to me and then I place it into the knight's account." Rose said "Oh... good to know..." The stranger said "It's fine, Redley was like that when he was new here." Redley stuttered a bit and said "Y-yes, t-that was awkward for me..."

Rose wanted to smile but refrained herself. Redley had went farther south and Rose followed him to see what was wrong. The stranger got a thought which might be the cause "Has Redley got a girlfriend and that's Rose? It could be possible, there are the same age... Hm..." Rose caught up to Redley and asked "Is something wrong?" Redley said "No, there's nothing wrong. I was just pushing these bushes away from my home."

"Your home? I can't see anywhere your home could be Redley?"

"Hold on" The bushes Redley was pushing showed a staircase and then Rose said "...your not going to do anything to me right?"

Redley started blushing again just like he accidentally stumbled into the girls bathroom by mistake and said "N-no, of course not." He then said "A-anyways, you first." Rose walked over and then down the stairs into the cliff. Redley then went down the stairs and started to look through his bag to see if he could find something soft for Rose to sleep on for the night.

Rose looked and saw the sky and wondered how that was possible. Redley found a bunch of hay in his bag, it wasn't much but it would be fine for the night. When he turned around, Rose was still looking at the sky. Redley placed the hay on the ground some distance away from his bed which didn't seem fair when he thought about it.

"This doesn't seem fair, she is probably still injured and I think she should have my bed for the night." Redley said "I found this place a few years ago and I have lived here since then. This place is good because of the view and it is a lot better in the morning." Rose turned around and noticed a lot of barrels, most likely with food and water.

Redley said "Take my bed for the night, you might still be injured." Rose noticed the hay on the ground and said "It's fine, I can just spread the hay to try and make a bed..." Redley was really surprised at this but still was concerned with her condition and then replied "Are you sure?"

Rose said "I am sure, this is your home after all..." Rose walked over to the bundle of hay and started to spread it around and Redley thought "I wonder what her life was like before, she doesn't seem to be stubborn and seems to be considerate to others. Especially earlier, she gave me back the larger part of the fruit I gave her which wouldn't have satisfied her hunger."

Redley noticed Rose was done and then said to her "I am going to sleep now, see you in the morning." Redley got into his bed and faced in the opposite direction of Rose. Rose lied down on the hay and faced the other direction of Redley, embarrassed to be smooching off Redley, especially in his home...

Rose started thinking "How did I even get on the beach in the first place? Why was this knight not minding about me just smooching off him, for me, it doesn't feel right... Well, I shouldn't think about it just now, I should wait until the morning..." Rose started to fall into a deep sleep.
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Well, what does everyone think about it so far? Leave your thoughts and comments below. Next chapter might be later than the first 2 because of Exams... Not looking forward to the Exams...

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 16:34

Cinoa

Fun... Is... INFINITE.

Nice, I like it!

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 18:58

Sonosuke

#Sonosuks

Shoot, I probably should have read the prologue. Now I feel all confused.

Thu, 04/24/2014 - 13:44

Creeperlucario

Chapter 2 Part 1

Inside the core of Cradle, a mystical being speaks his thoughts, no-one hearing them. "This universe was created by me. Who am I? Well, that would be telling but, I control the universe from inside the core of cradle. During the creation of the entire universe, including Cradle, I needed some help to control the 3 most important parts of the universe. These parts are Time, Space and Anti-Matter. I created three guardians to protect each section from making the universe collapse into nothing but darkness everywhere...

Each of them are unique and are each well prepared to battle the foes who try and disrupt the universe. The controller of time can slow down attackers with no problem and make them a joke. The controller of space can move at light speed without trouble and finally, the controller of Anti-Matter controls the darkness of the universe including the reverse world. The Anti-Matter Controller can deal immense damage in his own universe.

They agreed to make a pact that said "We, the three guardians created a unique item each which if all collected and brought to the tower above the core, will make the universe work if we should fall." The items are; The gear of time, The orb of space and finally, the wing of Anti-Matter. Now, the two knights from the future, I should get the Guardians to kill them but, I have seen the future. If they succeed, I will give them a unique reward which I only know."
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"Urgh..." A mysterious knight said as he was surveying his surrounds. He seemed to be in a home with lots of trophies as a warden walked in. "Ah, your awake." The knight saw the warden and said "W-where am I?" The warden replied "You are in a place called Craven and also, what's your name knight?" The knight thought "Should I tell him my name, Aiden who opened the portal for me and..."

The knight said "Sorry, my name is Gavin. Was there another knight where you found me?" The warden looked confused and said "Another knight?"

"Yes, a female."

"No, you where the only one there."

"Also, where are my supplies?"

"Your supplies are just drying, they where wet but your map is still in contact."

Gavin noticed his supplies and thought "Where could she have went to? Of course! The thunderstorm! I hope she's alright." The warden said "Are you hungry or thirsty?" Gavin was going to say no but his stomach wasn't thinking that though. "I... I am a bit peckish..." The warden walked over to a tree and started to pick berries.

Gavin looked at the map and was relieved the places he marked where still there. The warden came back and gave some berries to Gavin and said "You mentioned that you had a female knight, was she a friend or part of your exploration party?" Gavin replied "Just part of my party" Gavin started to eat his berries when the warden said "Perhaps I should tell the guilds to look out for your partner."

Gavin choked a bit and said "N-no thanks. We always find each other even if we are lost for a long time." Gavin then thought "It's true though, me and Rose found each other in the dark future and it was more dangerous..." The warden said "Why don't you want to the guilds to search for your partner. It's better for more people to search then just one person."

Gavin finished his berries and grabbed his items before thanking the warden and saying "Please, don't ask the guilds..." The warden was still a bit confused at that but waved at Gavin goodbye. Gavin then muttered "Rose... I hope you are okay and are searching for the treasures of the universe..."
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This is only part of Chapter 2. I don't have that much time for it so the other half will be out tomorrow if I have time...

Thu, 04/24/2014 - 13:56

Robo-Drilldigger

I wonder

This all seems familiar... Beach, main town, 2 guilds, banks... Wait... I wonder, is this based from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (Time, Darkness or Sky)? It seems like that with 3 knights from a dark future. One of the heroes found on a beach with the partner finding them which they also held onto a mysterious rock. I admit, there are some new things such as the monologue from the thing inside the core, the main thief knight's interaction... But really, I hope you feel ashamed at you basically ripping off Pokemon.

Sat, 04/26/2014 - 03:59

Midnight-Dj

Oh come on, what is wrong with copying? All the stories I have ever written on treasure vault are in one way or another inspired by the games and other stuff that I was brought up with. For example, Affraiel, the person I used in RP in the past, you think he is OC? Let's have a look.

What happened at the very start of skylark fall? Affraiel was a convict with a bad, bad record running against the spiral order, the order gave him a chance to redeem by go on a special parol, he is secured a in a Heavy warden armour that will only disengage once his mission is complete. Sounds familiar?

That is right, Affraiel's back story is based on Tychus Findlay in Star Craft 2: Wings of liberty, both are convicts sent on a mission to regain their freedom. And as for Affraiel's speech pattern, behaviour and hobby, realistically, he should have a space-pirate-ish southern American accent similar to tychus and as for Affraiel's combat style, the dual wielding leviathan blade as well as his life philosophy, both of these are based off this guy (yes, the blad one with dual machete, Affraiel uses a similar combat style) and this guy's theme song's lyrics perfect illustrate Affraiel's lust for voilence and carnage.

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Cradle's hidden side (Fan-fic, Rated: Teen or above)