Ada and the Colossus[]
Ada and the Colossus, written by Hayden, is a popular fairy tale in Eraveil and an inspiration for Caelestites. The book tells the tale of a Caelestite girl named Ada establishing a mind link with Kaz, the weakest Colossus, and leaving Eraveil to explore the world. Through their adventures, the author explains concepts like Eoria, endless day and endless night, Aurorians, Eclipsites, and others.
Introduction[]
Ada and the Kaz leave footprints throughout the world, except for one spot, the Eraveil. Maybe it's time to return to where it begins.
Volume V: Back to Eraveil[]
Ada sat at the edge of Azurite as Kaz hid in the clouds.
Time had flown by. It had been a while since they left Eraveil. A day, a month, a year... Or maybe several years. Memories of Eraveil had become increasingly fuzzy to Ada.
"Do you still remember what Eraveil was like, Kaz?"
"Of course I do, I'm a Colossus. Let me check the files... Hey, where did the files on Eraveil go? Did all the new information I've been saving erase the old? That can't be... My capacity can't be that pathetic!"
"I remember a white tower. There are tall white structures on Azurite too, but it's not the same. Birds would land on the tower in Eraveil, and beneath it is a forest with dandelions."
"Why did you establish a link with me and take me out of Eraveil, Ada?" Kaz followed Ada and stared out to the horizon. Deserts, plains, snow caps, volcanoes, and even the sea were in sight, something one cannot see without leaving Eraveil, but at the expense of one's recollection there.
"I just wanted to find the two people, my parents, in my dreams back then. I probably seemed laidback, but that was because I hated my life in Eraveil. I thought anywhere else would be better than there. My parents abandoned me in Eraveil. I couldn't fit in with other people and was by my lonesome all day. It was awful."
"I felt the same... I awoke to find myself an incomplete Colossus. Supposedly, I was a failure and could never fly. My fate was waiting for my energy to run out in the junkyard. Getting out of there was at least better than dying there, I thought. Oddly, I miss the place now."
"Me too. I don't know when, but I stopped caring about finding them. They must be living their own lives, and I have mine. Flying with you is much more interesting than trying to solve a meaningless mystery."
"Do you really feel that way? I wasn't expecting that! Can a Colossus process that? I got nothing in my archives about that!"
"Why can't I feel that way? We're partners, which is more than a superficial relationship." Ada closed her eyes and focused on the link. "Can you feel it?"
"I... I can feel it. I can feel what you're thinking, Ada. You're thinking..."
"Eraveil. I think it's time to go back to where we met."
Before the memories fade completely.