Prelude
The earth was shrouded by darkness. Once proud cities lay in ruins as an incredible raw power blanketed the land and sea, smothering life. In the centre of it all was an island. It's people cried out in terror as the ground beneath their feet shook with frightening force. Above them all on the islands single mountain a battle was raging. Within a ring of fire, five young warriors fought against the mage that had released the evil power.
"Treize, stop this foolishness! You'll kill yourself as well as destroy the entire population of Atlantis." One of the warriors shouted hurtling magic heated, curved blades at the man standing in the remains of what had once been the most magnificent temple on the enchanted island of Atlantis. "Ha! Fools! Do you really think I would care if the world was destroyed?" His voice echoed with strains of malice and hatred.
A scythe-wielding warrior practically howled. "So you don't care about your precious daughter either?" Almost immediately Treize stopped his assault to look down at the small figure huddled under the hem of his cloak, doubt flickering in his eyes. The warriors let up their attack, leaving the mountaintop eerily quiet.
At the absence of any sound the ten year old looked up into her father's now demonic face and shivered with fear. "Papa?" Her voice sounded weak and pathetic in the booming silence. "Papa is that you?" She reached up a hand and Treize's power slowly began to fade. In a moment of weakness he remembered why he'd wanted to become so powerful in the first place. Treize grasped the child's small hand.
All of a sudden his magic spiked and a blast of light blinded the warriors watching. They fumbled blindly for their weapons as a force pushed toward the edge of the small mountain's flat top. But just as suddenly as it had come the magic was sucked back in. Every last drop of the dark power had been recalled, but not into Treize. No. This time it filled his daughter.
Before the stunned warriors could regain their senses, Treize and the girl dropped to the ground. One merely sleeping deeply. The other.
.was dead.
The earth was shrouded by darkness. Once proud cities lay in ruins as an incredible raw power blanketed the land and sea, smothering life. In the centre of it all was an island. It's people cried out in terror as the ground beneath their feet shook with frightening force. Above them all on the islands single mountain a battle was raging. Within a ring of fire, five young warriors fought against the mage that had released the evil power.
"Treize, stop this foolishness! You'll kill yourself as well as destroy the entire population of Atlantis." One of the warriors shouted hurtling magic heated, curved blades at the man standing in the remains of what had once been the most magnificent temple on the enchanted island of Atlantis. "Ha! Fools! Do you really think I would care if the world was destroyed?" His voice echoed with strains of malice and hatred.
A scythe-wielding warrior practically howled. "So you don't care about your precious daughter either?" Almost immediately Treize stopped his assault to look down at the small figure huddled under the hem of his cloak, doubt flickering in his eyes. The warriors let up their attack, leaving the mountaintop eerily quiet.
At the absence of any sound the ten year old looked up into her father's now demonic face and shivered with fear. "Papa?" Her voice sounded weak and pathetic in the booming silence. "Papa is that you?" She reached up a hand and Treize's power slowly began to fade. In a moment of weakness he remembered why he'd wanted to become so powerful in the first place. Treize grasped the child's small hand.
All of a sudden his magic spiked and a blast of light blinded the warriors watching. They fumbled blindly for their weapons as a force pushed toward the edge of the small mountain's flat top. But just as suddenly as it had come the magic was sucked back in. Every last drop of the dark power had been recalled, but not into Treize. No. This time it filled his daughter.
Before the stunned warriors could regain their senses, Treize and the girl dropped to the ground. One merely sleeping deeply. The other.
.was dead.