Chapter 17
Chapter 17: The First Guardian
Mikutis and Jonas step through the moonlight archway into a starry realm where they meet the first guardian, a being of light who reveals the sky gates are failing. The guardian asks Mikutis to find the Heart of the Sky, hidden in the place where dreams are born, before a dark crack spreads across the sky.
The moment Mikutis’s paw touched the silver mist, the world tilted. The ground vanished beneath his feet, and for a heartbeat he was falling—not down, but sideways, through a tunnel of swirling light and shadow. Beside him, Jonas gasped and grabbed his tail. Together they tumbled through the shimmering passage until, with a soft thump, they landed on something solid.
Mikutis blinked and shook his head. They were standing on a wide, glassy plain that stretched in every direction like a frozen lake made of stars. Above them, the sky was not dark but deep violet, dotted with constellations that pulsed and shifted as if alive. There was no moon, but the ground itself glowed with a soft silver light, casting their shadows long and thin.
“Where are we?” Jonas whispered, his voice echoing strangely.
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