Hello guardians, this is AnonPig of [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Forum/806204]The Collective of Fanfiction[/url] and I'd like to take this moment to invite all writers and readers alike to join! This is a single part of a much larger story, [b]A New Dark Shines[/b], to read from the beginning of the beginning: [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/99978879/0/0]Chapter 1; The Spine[/url] [b]Ryluth waits[/b] [i]Far off in the Ishtar Sink on Venus Ryluth waits. He is a surviving ahamkara. When the order was put to end their existence a deal was struck, they would not interfere with the human race, and the humans would leave them in peace. Who knows what may have caused him to start speaking to Arttu. All we can say for sure is that Arttu is listening.[/i] I touch down in Venus, there's an ahamkara here I just know it, but where? Why has it been speaking to me, and what does it intend to show me here? Arttu sets off on his sparrow, cloak billowing in the wind behind him, he passed fallen and vex alike just waiting to feel that chill. He made his way to the citadel, heavily guarded by the vex, and felt it. That horrible chill, that horrible chill that he'd grown to love. He was closer now. There were guardians beneath him, someone was hurt bad, they just stopped a vex sacrifice. He kept going though, he knew the ahamkara was close. There were two minotaurs standing in his path, he made short work of them with his trip mine. They didn't even fight back, almost as if they didn't see him. [i]Ryluth wakes from his slumber, knowing Arttu approaches. His time would be coming soon, and Arttu would be the catalyst to his power.[/i] Arttu made his way farther than he has ever before, his missions from Cayde-6 seemed to avoid this place, but he began to hear something. Something in the back of his mind was guiding him, making sure he got to where he was needed to go. There was a large mountain in the distance, he knew the quickest path. It came to a sheer drop, with a narrow path along the wall, but he knew where not to step. There was a cave, and something new spoke, something that didn't want him to go inside. He ignored it. [i]The ahamkara sighed, knowing his visitor was at his doorstep. He chose this place because it felt formal and traditional, a guardian comes to the mouth of a cave with a question, and a voice answers. But this, this would be different, this guardian would come inside the cave and ask no questions. Only listen.[/i] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/100520901/0/0]Chapter 5; Bending the Rules[/url] Thankyou for reading, this is your friendly neighborhood AnonPig reminding you to [b]live beyond the story![/b]