Eterna's black sword cut through a multitude of Imperial soldiers as she ran towards Cathedral City to confront her sisters. She had followed her sisters' conquests of the land through their purifying flames. The commoners of the land loved them. They must have put up a very charming front to win the hearts of so many people. Eterna knew otherwise, and she was going to stop all of them.

She felt a harsh wind at her back, and looked up to see her watcher, Nachiel, swooping through the skies. His feathers glowed with the heat of a sun, and he crushed his fair share of soldiers with his giant claws. She gave him a small smile, and he returned her gaze with a quick nod.

The dusk was approaching from the horizon. Eterna sprinted as fast as her body could take her. The wyrm gave her incredible stamina, so she did not worry about slowing down. The only thing that could stop her now was one of her beloved sisters.

Nachiel screeched as a giant armored beast seized one of his six wings. Feathers and muscle strained under the enemy's grip, and Nachiel tried to uppercut the giant with a sharp punch. Two other giants had already closed in, and Nachiel still tried to throw them off.

"Nachiel!" Eterna yelled.

"Eterna, you must get to your sisters! Go!" He had already pushed open an imposing door leading to the Arderers beyond. She knew he would be fine. Eterna turned and ran through the passageway.

"Goodbye, fool," Nachiel uttered, a claw already embedded deep in a beast. He felt her cold resolve to kill her sisters in her gaze earlier. She would never rest until they were all dead.

Olim olim Deus accelere

Hoc saeculum splendidum

Accelere fiat venire olim

The sisters awaited their eldest within a bright throne room. They had killed the lord who toiled away here months ago. How could such a beautiful place house such a corrupt leader? Alpha, in all her wisdom, still questioned the minds of men.

Ah, footsteps. She was here, and not for a friendly family gathering. Alpha acknowledged her older sister with her forest green eyes. Eterna had plenty of scars across her body, but the wyrm was not going to let her die so easily. Alpha or her sisters would have to finish the job.

"It's been a long time, Eterna," Alpha said sternly.

"Really, Alpha? I didn't think so," Eterna smirked. Alpha looked about her age now, but still as serious as when she was created. Eterna wanted to jokingly state "My child, you've made me proud," but this was hardly the time for it, and none of them considered Eterna that way.

"Look at you, still bloodthirsty as always. I can see the crazed look in your eyes."

"Stop, Alpha, you're embarrassing me."

Alpha sighed, "That wasn't supposed to be a compliment."

The next sister, with vivid orange clothing, gasped, and waved excitedly to Eterna. She yelled Eterna's name, and Eterna regarded her much more warmly than Alpha. She seemed to be doing well, even though the sisters had killed many of the rich lords of the land to stand before Eterna in this throne room.

The next sister had long straight golden hair that covered half her face, and she seemed to stand straighter when Eterna looked her in the eye. She laughed deep in her throat, and it came out as a kind of growl.

The crimson sister had a pleading look in her eye, and she asked for Eterna to reconsider her actions. Eterna narrowed her eyes at the red girl, and the red girl seemed a little surprised to get a reaction out of her sister.

The lavender sister scoffed at her red sibling, and hoped to get the fight started so she could get back at Eterna. Even now she dreamed of the comforts of exquisite banquets and of the flesh, and she gripped her spear tighter.

"Well, I can't wait to talk about my experiences with you all, since you seem to love me so much."

"Enough talk, Eterna. This is the end," Alpha said. The four other sisters drew their weapons and approached Eterna.

Eterna brandished her obsidian blade as well. "This is the end, all right."

The lavender sister lunged at Eterna first, attempting to pierce her with the sharpened end of her spear.

"Eterna, you weren't planning on getting wrecked by your sisters today, were you?" Eterna parried the cross shaped weapon with a swipe from her sword.

"Leave me alone."

"I hope your thighs aren't aching from your travels here…"

"Your yakking is hurting my ears."

"If you aren't dead after this, you could join me in leisure at my castle. It's lovely, really," the purple girl said. Eterna responded with a slice to the girl's arm, and she had to retreat.

The crimson girl approached Eterna next, tensing her metal claws.

"Please, Eterna, we need to stop this fighting! I know you've never been this way before! Let me help you recover!"

"You approached me first," Eterna breathed as she tried to hit the red girl in her side. Red brought the claw to her side to hinder the blow, and sparks scattered on the polished marble floor.

"There is one thing you can help me with, and that's dying!" Eterna yelled, and she brought her blade down on Red's claw, ungloving her. Red quickly reached for her weapon, and barely dodged a blow from Eterna. She fled as well, trying to stifle a cry.

"The hound with no home has no place to call its own. It may find a dwelling, but it's spirit remains in the roads beyond," the yellow girl murmured.

"Did you say something that made sense? …Guess not," Eterna said, and she caught a jab from her sister's golden scissors on her pauldron. Gold was thin, and wobbled as she walked, but her strikes were quick and powerful.

"Wait and see what happens in the present. Maybe something bad will happen," the yellow girl grinned.

"Stop being creepy!"

Gold only laughed, and she pushed her hair away with the blunt of her scissors. But suddenly, she yawned, and ran away to join her defeated sisters.

"…Ok," Eterna said, and she spun around to see a giant blade coming down above her.

"Eternaaaaa! I've gotta pack for my trip and you're making such a fuss here! Let's go together, ok?" The orange girl leaned on her blade, waiting for Eterna's answer.

"I can't."

"Why?"

"Because you're gonna be dead!" Eterna yelled as she stabbed at her sunny sister. They both held each other off with their swords, and Eterna couldn't manage to strike a blow on her.

Alpha glared at Eterna, and held her hands together.

"Enough. Sandalphon, come!"

The throne room was barely large enough to hold the large white wyvern that barreled through the large doors of the chambers. The beast glowed with electric ferocity, and its feathers were tinged with soot. The monster was bound with unearthly chains, and its breaths came like exhaust from a volcano.

"Alpha, that's no angel you have there. What a monster," Eterna marveled.

"Shut up, sister! You have no right to judge me. Us Arderers were meant to share power equally, and you would kill us to take all that for yourself? You should be ashamed of yourself!"

"Uh huh, yeah, be quiet! Just die!" Eterna yelled as she hacked into the many scales and down covering the demon. This creature was much more larger and imposing then when she saw it last. Alpha really had no care for her friends.

Sandalphon shot a hot yellow beam at Eterna, and she was caught off guard for a split second. This mistake made her lose her grip on her blade, and the beam ate through her arm. She collapsed onto the cold floor, red blood already smearing across the polished surface.

"Good, Sandalphon. Finish her."

"I'll… kill you!" Eterna yelled. Nachiel seemed to have heard her suffering, because just then, he burst through the entry to the room, red and black from battle.

"Sing for me! Nachiel!" Eterna cried, fire pouring from her mouth. Nachiel let loose and ear-splitting scream of energy.

"Alpha!" the sisters screamed. They blocked Nachiel's attack with a wall of fire.

"How is he still alive…" Alpha mused. That watcher was soon done for. Sandalphon would be sure of it.

Sandalphon's fire seared Eterna and her companion, and they fled with little energy down the slope that led to the throne room.

Alpha and the sisters watched them go, also exhausted from the battle. Alpha turned to her siblings. "Eterna really thought she could kill the Arderers? What a stupid girl." She laughed to herself.

"Now, let us bathe the world in scorching flames."