The whispers in the ancient hallways were disturbed by the echoes of boots on marble tile. Slowly a man cam into view. He was tall in stature and wore dust covered blood red pants tucked into his black boots. His muscular arms and chest were covered by a doublet matching in color his pants. To complete his outfit, over the doublet he wore a black vest adorned with golden buttons. His face was angular and handsome. His gold eyes seemed to bite at the soul. Brushing a stray strand of dark brown hair from his eyes, he continued on his journey. With each step billowed a cloud of dust to stir the cobwebs in the ceiling. The murmuring of this abandoned place kept calling him forward. He passed through an archway.
Once inside he saw a room in much decay. It was very large. A hole in the ceiling and scorch marks on the floor told that some great battle had taken place here. The columns that had not fallen down were lined up in a pathway, where he trod upon the remands of carpet. As he neared the far wall he ascended a set of three stairs. On the top of this pedestal was perched a chair carved magnificently from solid stone. Near the right of this throne was a floating scepter carved from the same material. Clutched in its dark claw was a mysterious globe. The milky colored mists in the globe swirled and glowed at the man's approach, but he paid them no heed. This was the only thing in the room without dust upon it. Walking right past them the man came to the wall directly behind the throne. Gently brushing his hand along the surface he removed the dust. His eyes searching carefully, one finger can up to tap three times. A horrible grinding noise filled the chamber, the grating of stone on stone. After a short while silence once again provided, however where the wall had been there now stood a gaping entrance. He paused and the whispers grew louder, closer, more urgent until he stepped through the opening into Queen Metallia's chamber.
"Tellurium" a voice sounded from the darkness. This chamber was different from the other. There was no dust and there appeared to be no floor. All that was visible was a natural marble walkway. Stalactites and stalagmites were the only decoration here. From the center of the ceiling blossomed what looked like a giant skull. This "skull" was the source of light. It glowed with all the mists that were inside the scepter outside. This is also where the voice came from. "Tellurium, Come forward." Queen Metallia beckoned. Following the voice he walked to the end of the path and stopped right before the skull. Then Tellurium did what he would never do for any being alive or dead, he dropped to one knee and bowed.
"My Queen"
"Tellurium, do you know why I have called you here?"
"No, Mistress, I know not."
"As you may not remember, Beryl was not the first queen of the Negaverse."
"Yes, mistress I am aware."
"Good, I have called you because, though I have found women do make excellent generals they do not, however, serve well in the highest of positions. Tellurium, I have called you here to bestow upon you a great honor, and responsibility. You shall be the first King of the Negaverse."
At this the glow swelled and its cold energy seemed to condense upon his forehead, in its place was left a crown the color of his eyes.
"My Queen I shall do the utmost to serve you well."
"Enough, you shall be provided with generals and youmas. Go, you are to collect energy from Earth so I may finally have it for my own"
"Yes, Queen Metallia." Tellurium replied, stood and marched from the chamber. He marched back into his new throne room. It was fully restored and he seated himself upon his throne to over look the generals which now crowded his palace.
Jadeite stood among the fineries, and the other generals. He was as much surprised as any here to have been awakened from his slumber. From his throne Tellurium beckoned him forward.
"Jadeite, you were awakened from the eternal sleep correct?"
"Yes, King Tellurium."
"Then you shall have to redeem yourself. I have discovered something that all my predecessors overlooked. This is the pinnacle of a human's energy. Hope, you are to go to Earth and collect me at least ten crystal hopes. You are to do this yourself and as such will not be provided any youma to aid you. A crystal hope is a human's hope. A human's hope is the pinnacle of their energy. As a bonus without their hope they will not bother to fight back against us when we overrun them. However, let it not be said that I am not giving, I will provide you the name and location of your first victim. Her name is Julie Greco; she lives in the Earth country of the United States of America."