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]Authors note[/b] I'd like to dedicate this post to Onyx, without you I wouldn't have to do a text search and make sure I spelt my own main characters name correctly. [b]Dragons Breath[/b] There was no time to waste, the city was dying and Arttu felt the blame was his. He rushed to the lower levels and joined the fight, his new rocket launcher dragons breath in his hands. Captains, vandals, and dregs, so many dregs, ran throughout the city. People were slain in the one place they felt safe. Standing atop the rubble of the wall was their Kell, he must have heard and wanted to witness what would surely be the end of the last city. Arttu found other guardians being led by Shaxx, he decided he should avoid both him and the vanguard, he kept moving. He came across another group of guardians leading a fight of their own, they were losing. He fired. The blast was impressive, but what was more impressive was what was left after the blast. A solar flare hung in the air where the rocket detonated, burning all of the fallen to ash. [u]Oh yes, oh bearer of mine, burn them all. Burn everything.[/u] Arttu ignored the voice and kept moving. He wasn't burning for the spine, he was burning for the city, and to make up for his mistakes. "Hey you! Atreyu!" Someone called in the distance. Arttu looked around, did they mean him? There was no one else to be seen, so they must be talking to him. The voice that called came with a body, they approached. "Arttu...actually... but yeah?" "We need you and...that thing you have in the front lines, Cayde-6 saw you dispose of those fallen, he wants you to be on your way to the wall." Said the man. "Yeah, okay, just lead the way." Arttu replied. They made their way through fallen, and civilians, and guardians, and the corpses of all three. He was the cause of all this death, how could he ever repent for something he didn't even remember causing? They were closer now, the Kell's eyes shimmered in the flames, this would be the final stand that decides if the city falls. Arttu was ready. He aimed dragons breath. And he fired his last shot. It soared through the air right for the Kell, it passed through the Kell and didn't detonate. Everything seemed to stop for Arttu, he saw reality around him now, and what he thought wasn't true. There was no destroyed wall, no Fallen attacking the city, no mysterious guardian whose voice now sounded so familiar, the voice of the Speaker? No, the voice of the fake Speaker, the one with a deep face that hid something...something horrible...with teeth. [u]Now, oh bearer of mine, your last city will burn[/u] The rocket made contact with the wall. And it burned. Alarms went up. And everything around Arttu fell away. His vision went black. But he had to be strong, had to finish this once and for all, his vision came back. He summoned his sparrow, and shot off for the hangar. He couldn't be trusted in this fight, he had to finish it from where it started, everything around him blurred and started to shift, people came out carrying guns and aimed them at him. He bit his tongue and saw there was no one there, no one with guns, just the city streets. Luckily, empty. Thankyou for reading, this is your friendly neighborhood AnonPig reminding you to live beyond the story! The final chapter: [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/100853296/0/0]Chapter 10; The Bones Carry on Forever[/url]