A/N: So, this is the rewrite! Hope you enjoy it, and it gets somewhere! Sadly, this is a short chapter...
Year 462 (BP)
High above the world of Belka, a battle is raging. The crown jewel of the Saint Kings, the Saint's Cradle, is charging its cannons. The target is far across the Dimensional Ocean, the planet of Mid-Childa. In front of the cannons, the Wolkenritter, five of the strongest Belkan knights. The General of the Raging Fire, Signum. The Crimson Iron Rider, Vita. The Shielding Guardian Beast, Zafira. The Knight of the Lake, Shamal. And the Knight of the White Holly, Harry.
Commanding them is of the ship, is a woman with white hair and abalaster skin. She carries a dark brown tome with a gold cross on its front, with a mass of writhing tentacles, formed out of dark energy erupting from its pages. She struggles with not only restraining darkness, but also commanding the Wolkenritter, in their assault on the Cradle.
"Signum, destroy the close-range drones! Vita, knock out those turrets, Zafira, watch her back! Harry, help me with the corruption! I'll take the cannons offline! We must not disappoint our Mistress!"
"Yes Einklang!"
Saint's Cradle
On board, two figures are arguing, trying to convince the other to leave. One is Olivie Sägebrecht, the last of the Saint Kings. The other is Claus Ingvalt, Hegemon of Shutra, and Olivie's lover.
"Look, these cannons are locked on! We don't have enough time to override them, and my Wolkenritter can only delay them!" Olivie argues.
"Then let's get off this ship! You've already set the self-destruct, why would you stay here?!" Claus demands.
"This is my ship. Since I cannot revoke that rouge's command, it is my duty to stay here, and see that it cannot be carried out. He is already trying to override my orders."
"Then I'll prepare a Dimensional Transfer spell and get us out of here right before the sequence ends! That way he can't possibly stop it!"
"Bu-"
"One minute until self-destruct." The words reverberate from the ship, interrupting Olivie's argument.
"...fine. You do that, I'll keep him from canceling my command."
"Got it! Setting dimensional coordinates. The location is as follows, by way of the Dimensional Sea: 8, 1, 12-B, 21-D..."
Outside Saint's Cradle
"Damn it! We can't stop the cannon at this point! Everyone, get back here!" Einklang orders, "Shamal, put up your strongest barrier, Harry, Vita, Zafira, do your best to reinforce it!"
At this, all the knights take up formation around Einklang, taking part in one final stand...
Saint's Cradle
"...697. Prepare to open the gateway. Delay for 20 seconds. Vivi! Get over here!"
As Claus cries out, Olivie starts rushing away from the controls, towards Claus. The ship, starting to erupt into explosions from charges activated early, shakes.
When Olivie nears Claus, an explosion occurs in the space between them, barring her from view.
"No! Cancel Dimensio-"
"20 seconds have elapsed, sir. Now activating Dimensional Transfer."
A silvery green triangle appears around Claus, erupting a silver light. When it fades, Claus is nowhere in sight.
"Heh... I guess... I was meant to die here... after all..."
The room shines with a bright light, and an immense heat tears through the room...
Outside the Saint's Cradle
When the cannon fires, it sends a ray of light forward, turning into an explosion that rips towards the barrier. When it hits the barrier, a sound like glass shattering is heard. The explosions pass through the shredded barrier, only to encounter a dark mass, that had engulfed the knights that were behind the barrier. The darkness consumes the energy, and begins expanding.
It reaches towards the planet below, twisting, writhing, consuming. It engulfs the world and everything on it. It then moves away, showing a barren planet, withering away into nothingness. It then reaches towards the ship.
As it begins to wrap around the ship, a bright light flashes from it, and an enormous heat is felt through the area. When the light fades, nothing is seen, but a black book, with a gold cross covered by red lines on its cover, pulsing. With each pulse, the red lines fade a little bit more, until the pulses stop, and the book simply floats through the empty space...
A/N: Wow its been far too long! Decided to go back over the chapters are revise them, trying to fix problems with them so I have a strong base for trying to continue writing. Sorry for those who were hoping for a new chapter!