DG was surrounded by darkness. She couldn't even see her hand in front of her face and then a bright green light broke through the black and she could see her self standing on a battlefield.
An ancient battlefield where armored soldiers marched with sword in hand and arrows flew through the sky. Two ancient armies crashing together in a brutal and violent clashing of blades.
One deep emerald green and the other pitch black.
She looked closely at the dark army and saw the witch, young and not yet grotesque behind the black armored army. Her magic causing purple lightening to rip through the clouds.
DG looked across at the emerald army, and behind them she could see a dark haired queen holding a staff to the air. She was flanked by a man in a dark blue suit and a woman wearing a beautiful pink dress.
She gasped. It was the Grey Gale herself.
Queen Dorothy Gale...her ancestor was leading the army with the help of the wizard and the good witch Glinda.
Dg was confused, 'What is going on?'
Then the scene shifted and the ground around her was littered with broken and bleeding bodies, shattered shields and bent swords.
She felt bile rise up her throat at the sight.
The clashing of swords and the screech of metal on metal close by caught her ear and she turned and gasped at the sight she saw.
Two large knights fought before her.
One the Witch's, wearing onyx armor and the other wearing deep emerald green. The champion of the Grey Gale.
Whenever their swords hit, sparks flew, knocking each of them back a step, but they would shake it off and surge forward with their swords again and again.
Until the black knight got lucky and sent their blade through the shoulder of the green knight, knocking them to their knees.
DG screamed, "No!"
Then a bright burst of light enveloped the emerald knight and snaked forward, wrapping the onyx knight in its tendrils.
The darkness burned and screeched around the knight and then the lgiht brightened to near blinding.
She covered her eyes until it died down.
The Emerald Knight struggled to their feet, lifting the large sword in the air and it was then that DG saw it. The source of the knight's power. The stone held within the blade's hilt.
The Emerald!
The sword fell and the black knight's head was severed from its body.
Then a loud terrible scream ripped through the air.
"You! You shouldn't be here!"
She spun around and came face to face with the Evil Witch.
She screamed and threw her hands up.
Then there was darkness.
He eyes opened up again to see streaks of purple energy within the black. It swirled and twisted and the ground beneath her feet began to rumble and shake. A tiny fissure appeared and black tendrils of shadows began to snake free from the crack.
Then the energy crackled and fizzed and the fissure widened until a bony hand reached out of it, scrambling for purchase. When the hand finally found a hold, another hand joined it and pulled the rest of their skeletal remains out. The bones grinded and clacked together as the creature stood shakily.
A faint cackling could be heard echoing around the barren land.
It dropped to the ground then, clutching the dirt and screaming as flesh quickly began to form and stretch over the bones and nerve endings burned to life under the skin, letting them feel every second of their agonizing return to life.
When the flesh had finished forming, DG saw that it was a man, light skinned and dark haired. Scars littered his body in bright red streaks.
She shivered at the sight of those scars.
Then on the wind, she heard a voice carrying malice screech out, 'Rise my knight! Finish my work and destroy the line of Gale!'
The creature stood to its feet, and lifted its red eyes to the sky.
"Your will is my command, mistress. The House of Gale will fall."
It locked eyes with her, pointing a finger at her.
"Princess." It's voice whispered. She spun around, that was right in her ear.
Then darkness fell over her again and she could feel cold steel press against her neck.
"You will die."
"NOOOO!"
D.G. woke up screaming into the darkness of her room.
Cain of course was standing guard when she started screaming, so he was quick to burst into the room followed closely by Azkadellia.
"DG! What's wrong?"
He flicked on the light and saw her pale face and shaking shoulders and knew.
"Nightmare, kid?"
She still didn't acknowledge him, she just sat there muttering to herself under her breath.
Az slowly stepped up to her and lightly touched her shoulder. "Deeg?"
At her touch DG screamed, "Emerald Knight. Witch's knight. House of Gale. Dead. All dead. DEAD!" She sobbed before falling back into her bed unconscious.
Cain looked at Az completely stunned. "What the hell was that?"
The older princess shook her head, tears trailing down her cheeks.
"That, Mr. Cain was a prophetic dream. Mother told me that the Gale line had the ability to but it hasn't surfaced in nearly 200 years. Not since The Grey Gale herself."
"Well, what do we do?"
"You stay here with her in case she wakes up again. Try to keep her calm."
Azkadellia wrapped her cover tighter around her frame before walking to the door.
She was stopped by Cain, "What are you doing to do?"
"I must go speak to my mother. She will know what to do."
"Alright."
/ ~ / ~ / ~ /
Azkadellia was distraught, she had thought the witch's hold on them would have been gone but with DG'/s vision, she knew that it was far from over.
'Mother needs to know.'
She quickly made the walk to her parents' door and was stopped by the guards there. "Halt. The queen and her consort have asked that all interruptions wait until morning."
She inwardly rolled her eyes. 'Of course.'
Az squared her shoulders and stood straighter, removing all emotion from her face as she spoke. "It is a personal matter involving Princess DG. You will remove yourselves and allow me entrance."
The guards gave a quick look between themselves and then back at her.
She mentally winced but did not back from them.
After another minute the guards nodded and one stepped through the door to announce her.
He came out a few minutes later and nodded. "The queen and her consort will see you now."
She nodded, "Thank you."
Then she stepped through the door and came face to face with her mother and father.
"Whatever is going on, Az? Why was it so important to wake up at this hour?"
Tears fell from her eyes and she collapsed into her father's arms.
"Az?!" He yelled, shocked by her actions. He helped her to the nearest chair in the room and stood next to her, holding her hand.
"It's DG, mother. She has the Gale's gift."
Lavender wavered where she stood, and pressed a hand to her mouth in shock."The gift? Are you sure? It hasn't surfaced in almost two hundred years."
"She had a nightmare and woke up screaming. When I entered the room, Mr. Cain was there, trying to calm her down but when I came forward and touched her, she screamed. Then the gift awoke. She said, 'Emerald Knight. Witch's Knight. House of Gale. Dead. All dead. DEAD!' Then she fell unconscious with a sob. Do you know anything of what she spoke of, mother?"
Lavender Eyes looked stunned. "The Emerald Knight? That particular champion hasn't been heard of in two hundred years. Not since the first war with the Witch. The Emerald Knight defeated the Black Knight, the witch's knight and helped to imprison her."
Both Ahamo and Az looked at her confused.
"How do you know all this, mother?"
"My love?" Ahamo questioned.
The Queen sighed, "Before DG died, I had possessed the Gale's gift. I lost it when I used my light to bring her back. Therefore, it must have passed to her."
Az slumped back into her seat. "So because of me again, my sister has to suffer. Some sister I am turning out to be."
Ahamo placed a hand on her shoulder, "It was not your fault, daughter. It was the witch's. She was controlling you."
"I know that but if I had been stronger, none of this would have happened."
The Queen shook her head. "We each have our own paths to follow in our lives. Sometimes bad things happen that we have no control over, but when it passes, we have the choice to no longer let it control us through fear."
"You're right mother. What should we do about DG?"
Lavender Eyes looked at her husband and then at her oldest daughter. "DG needs to speak to the Grey Gale again. Only she will be able to help her understand it more."