The Sixevenians

​The grinding sound of the walls closing in echoed through the pale stones of the hidden chamber. Blocks of rock crashed down from the ceiling, filling the air with thick dust, and every second brought them closer to disaster. Amid the chaos and the deafening noise, Jazzi stepped forward. She looked at the massive stone walls that threatened to crush them and raised her crystal branch. Closing her eyes, instead of shouting, she let a soft, pure, and wonderfully gentle melody flow from her voice. The fuchsia crystal on her branch began to pulse with a slow rhythm. It was a song that spoke directly to the living stone of S7. To everyone's amazement, the walls stopped moving with a sharp metallic click. The vibration did not disappear completely, but the crushing pressure came to a halt. Jazzi did not use her music only to activate ancient mechanisms. She also had the gift of communicating with the living matter and the very structure of the planet. Only a few meters to the right of t...

The echo of the huge stone slab sliding shut above their heads rumbled through the darkness with a deafening roar. The opening of the entrance had taken them completely by surprise, but what they had not expected was for the massive stone to slide back into place, trapping them inside the pyramid. For a few moments, there was complete silence. The intense blue light from outside was no longer there to guide them, but fortunately, the darkness did not last long. —Don't worry! —exclaimed little Yazzi, a spark of excitement shining in her melodic voice. With a quick movement, she raised her crystal branch. Instantly, its tiny leaves began to glow with a bright fuchsia light, bathing the walls of the passage. At the same time, small phosphorescent blue lights flickered to life along the sides of the staircase, as if they had been waiting for their arrival. —The air is clean, and the ground is solid, —said Ramsi, tightening the straps of his large explorer's backpack as he carefully...

The morning after their encounter with the Guardian of the Mist began peacefully. The fog that had filled the jungle during the night slowly drifted away between the giant trees, revealing paths covered with shining leaves and enormous roots that seemed to stretch all the way to the horizon. Willity and Sixsevenin continued their journey shortly after breakfasting on some glowing fruits that grew beside a small stream. The blue light was still there, shining between the distant mountains. Every day it seemed a little closer, and although it was still impossible to know what it really was, both of them felt certain that something important awaited them on this journey. —One day we'll reach it —said Willity as he looked toward the horizon. —I hope so —replied Sixsevenin with a smile beneath his hood. They continued walking for hours. The jungle became denser and quieter, but little by little they began to notice strange things. First, they found a column completely covered in moss. L...