Marked with Power

by Thenewbluebrony


Mark of the dragon

My name is Jason. It was supposed to be a typical day. I had gone to the post office with my hiking gear to pick up my new necklace, but I had found a box in the mail along with the aforementioned necklace. The box was about a foot wide by six inches long.

I made a shortcut through the woods toward home when the box started glowing. The glow seemed to emanate immediately after I had tried to cross a ditch in the woods where it looked like a tree had fallen, then decayed, leaving behind a dent in the earth.

I tripped on the edge of the ditch, the box had fallen out of my arms, landing completely unscathed. At first, when I picked up the box at the post office I thought it was a pair of boots my mom had ordered. So why was it glowing?

When I opened the box I found a glowing orb that felt heavier than what was in the box. After a few seconds, my right arm started to feel like it was burning. After what felt like forever, I passed out from the pain. Now let's get to where I was sent.

Location: Haysead Swamps

“What happened, where am I, and how long was I asleep?” I mumbled as I woke up in wet dirt. As I got up I noticed the ground was wet. “It wasn't supposed to rain...” After I got up, I grabbed my bag and checked for my package. I noted it was gone along with my emblems. I had on it three from Ben 10 Four Arms, Xlr8, and Diamondhead. I had two necklaces, the one I had just bought was a Danny Phantom symbol, and then there is my other necklace, the Skyrim logo. My three-in-one hammer-crowbar-hatchet and my knife had not disappeared, however.

“This is great, my stuff was stolen but why did they leave my tools?” I asked, then I realized why. “Oh yeah, whoever did it would look weird carrying a hatchet and knife.” After I said that I checked and saw a mark on my arm, it was the same symbol as my Skyrim necklace. “When did this happen? And why doesn't it hurt?” I asked even though no one was around to answer my musings.

“First things first I need to find my way home. Then I need to show this to my mom.” I said as I tried to find my way home. I walked to the nearest tree to check for moss but the whole tree was covered in it, so I went to check another. It was the same. It was as if the trees either had moss all around them or had none.

Location: Forbidden jungle

I had traveled south until night fell. I was never good with telling distance so I could have traveled anywhere from one to ten miles. I decided to make a lean-to for the night and awoke refreshed the next morning. I then continued south till I saw what convinced me I was nowhere near home: a temple that looked of Aztec design.

I then started to freak out. “This is not good!” I yelled, not caring at the moment who or what might hear me. After what seemed like an eternity. “This could mean I am near some type of city or town,” I said with glee as I thought my luck was changing.

I decided to head to the temple to get up high. I then grabbed my hatchet and started clearing a path ahead of me. “I hope I can find a way home.” I said, thinking about how my family must be feeling.

As I made my way to a small clearing, I tripped and got cut by a branch as I fell. “Damn it, at least I didn't fall on my hatchet.” The wound did not seem deep, but I still wrapped it and disinfected it to prevent it from getting infected.

I spotted a very luckily placed system of ladders that went to the top of the temple. “Hmm, this looks like it was placed recently!” I said as my hopes continued to rise of finding some civilization. I then went to the top to get a view and saw that the jungle was all around.

After I got down I decided to make a base at the temple. I then went to find a river, I remember learning to find a river when stranded to help find civilization. I then went to explore the temple.

I entered the temple and saw some big rats, I then found a familiar-looking claw that had three symbols on the bottom of it. The three symbols were a bear, a moth, and an owl. At the time the significance of the claw and the mark on my arm was not realized. I then found a door with three circles that could be moved, each having the three symbols from the claw so I set up the symbols on the door so they matched the ones on the claw.

I then found something that made me realize what was going on. I then found a word wall and then it felt like a word was whispered from behind. “Fus.” said a voice that came from all around me. As I heard the word I turned to see who said it I saw no one.

After this happened I was freaking out again. “What the hell, how is this possible?” I said to no one as I was collecting what had been happening since I entered the temple. “How is this possible, how can I be a Dragonborn, this place looks nothing like Skyrim or Bleak Falls Barrow?” I asked myself in complete shock at my new situation.

As soon as I left the temple, across the clearing I saw a dragon. It was way smaller than I thought it would be, and it was purple with a green underbelly. As I thought about what to do it approached sniffing the air like it was searching for something. Then it saw me and darted forward. I did the first thing I could think of. “Fus!” I panicked and yelled and was surprised to see that it stopped and looked quite shocked, after that the dragon flew away. After that, I ran the other way.

As I was running I was caught off guard by a creature that had The head of a horse, a deer antler, a goat horn, a lion paw an eagle claw on the top half, and the bottom half a goat hoof and the leg of a lizard. As I was recovering it pulled out a camera, took a picture, and then vanished leaving only a glass with a brown liquid in it. After I got up I continued running not wanting to touch the glass but after a minute a key hit my head.

I had cut a lot of vegetation along the way so I was feeling like I got tons better with my knife. I went until I found a ravine. It seems I don’t need to eat anything like in the game so I think it might help heal me when I eat so I am keeping my food use to a minimum,  And that was how my first week in this new land started.