Ancient Arms and Return of the Seal
What Once Was

Author's Notes: Takes place in a Fantasy world were Light Elves, Night Elves, Humans, Demons (think Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho type), along with various types of half breeds revive an ancient alliance to stop a threat centuries old (no idea what it will be yet but then again I have time seeing how the first few chapters will take place when some of the main characters for the most part are young.
By the way the idea was inspired through watching one of the trailers for the new World of Warcraft game. I don't play the game but my siblings, their significant others, and my daddy do.

Thanks to my bud Kitsune for the title idea. Thanks to her and Promising for talking me through stuff for the story.

Thousands of years ago the races of Eterna had a firm alliance with each other. That is not to say that they got along all the time. But most of the time they had each other's back incase of an invasion or civil war within the district of a race. It was custom for some of the nobles of the races to intermarry with each other in order to ensure the continuation of the alliance.

However, despite the good graces between the races they never, ever intermixed the royal blood with the other races. Each agreeing that it was better to keep the race blood of the royals pure and untainted by keeping the royal blood within the separate races. They had lived in peace for several years without worrying about war.

But peace does not last forever, sooner or later someone or something comes along and ruins the peace.

A dark lord from another realm slowly began to enter through the minds of some of the people of Eterna and tempt them with promises. Members of every race soon feel into the darkness of greed; they turned their backs on their own people and turn to the other worlder and his deceitful promises. They were gone for years until it seemed that they had never existed. Then hundred years since the time of their disappearance they attacked their old home at the wedding of Princess Katrira to King Slythraia. It had happened after their vows had been said and before the kiss.

Wires laced with glass and rocks where shot throughout the palace through the roof and the glass; impaling and injuring several people. The soldiers of the races shot to their feet and pushed the women and children into a tight circle waiting for the intruders to attack. The doors to the throne room swung open and the candles flickered and died; everyone waited in anticipation: no one breathed not did they move. Shadows flickered and slowly began to move towards the princess. She screamed when they wrapped around her legs and inched their way up her body.

Slythraia rushed forward to save his bride but a rebel Elfian arrow pierced his heart dropping him to the floor. The human forces slowly began to use their swords to slice through the wires allowing for better movement to get the women and children into a cave for protection. But they never made it, elves that had been twisted and tortured by the dark lord for not turning approached them and within a instant littered the ground with corpses of children and half the female population that could not defend themselves or were lucky to have escaped their weapons. The men that had not turned fought back valiantly but by the end of the day they had lost and their forces had been cut in half. Akunumkanon, the dark elf king, gathered the forces and soon had a plan to defeat the dark lord and with his wife's help would seal him away for good. Word of the dark lord's fortress being erected in King Slythraia's palace spread rapidly and Akunumkanon immediately began to plan an attack and prepare to make a counter attack. Within a month of the war he had come up with a fool proof plan.

"Are you certain this will work?" asked his wife, holding their infant son, Yugi, while their older son Yami clung to her skirts and stared up curiously at his parents.

"I am never certain of anything love," said the Elf King, caressing her cheek. "But I do know this. I will do whatever it takes to protect our children and our people. Pray to the Moon Goddess for our victory love."

"I don't know what I would do if you were to die," whispered the queen.

"Are you sure you are willing to seal him away?" asked Akunumkanon. "I know you have powerful magic but it might be dangerous and you might die if your body can not stand the strain."

"I am the queen of my people," she said calmly. "I must do what is best for them."

"Your sons need you."

"I will never leave them or you."

They kissed then, briefly, before handing their sons over to the nannies and then when they were alone prepared for war. The queen removed her dress and slipped into a forest green tunic and tight brown leggings with knee high black leather boots. Her husband slipped on chest armor that covered her breasts and protected her womb. Akunumkanon pulled the robe off of him and replaced it with a tunic to go with the leggings along with armor with notches for his cape.

"Today the battle for Eterna begins," whispered Akunumkanon.

"Together," whispered his queen cupping his cheek, "we will get through this. "

"Till the day we are reborn," whispered the king kissing her before the two of them walked out of the palace and into the court yard where the forces were waiting. They climbed on their horses and they were off towards the palace of the dark lord.

The battle for Eterna was long and hard; cutting the forces of good in half once more. So far they had managed to keep the rebels at bay but they knew that soon the tides would turn; for the dark lord would not stand to be defeated for long.

They were right soon the king entered onto the battle field and the strongest of the races grabbed their whips and rope and quickly surrounded him hoping that they would be able to hold him down long enough for the Dark Elf Queen to seal him away in the abyss. They would have to work fast to keep the dark lord from throwing something or someone at the queen. The men struggled to hold the man down while the Elf Queen summoned her most powerful binding spell.

"Chains of the moon goddess," she chanted. "Locks of the stars and seals of the keep so has I wish it so let it be." Chains, glowing white with moon beams reached up from the ground and ensnared the dark lord in a tangled web and began to drag him beneath the surface of the world.

However, before he was completely sealed he broke free of a moon chain and sent one final blast, directly at the queen; piercing the female through her heart and killing her instantly. The battle for Eterna had finally ended but the seal that had been formed between the races had been destroyed with each race taking a piece of it to keep; should the need for it arise again.

And so centauries past and the dark lord remained sealed away the blood of the Elfian queen making the seal even stronger then ever; but much like peace not even a seal could last forever.