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A chill ran down the girl's spine. She couldn't see him but she could sense his presence. Her knuckles were white as she gripped the edge of the wall. She peeked around the corner and froze. A boy about her age with silver hair and cold gray eyes and a sword in his hand was heading down the hall in her direction. Around his neck he wore a sunstone.
She felt a tap on her shoulder and jumped. She almost screamed but she felt a hand clamp shut over her mouth silencing her.
"Whatever you do, don't scream Jade." A voice whispered. She recognized that voice as her mother's. She turned around and looked into her mother's eyes. She had long stringy blond hair and kind blue eyes. Tears trickled out of Jade's green eyes and a sob escaped her throat. "Mother its all my fault! It's all my fault!" She wept rubbing her eyes. Her mother hugged her tightly and looked at her sternly. "Now's not the time. What's done is done now come quickly." Her mother turned around and ran down the hall. Jade's eyes were puffy from the crying but she nodded and hurried after her mother. As she ran her own sunstone bounced against her chest. She clenched it tightly. She couldn't let him catch her. She had to make everything all right.
They entered the chosen's mausoleum. The stench of death hung in the air. Jade stopped in front of one large stone coffin. She sank to her knees in front of it and wept.
Jade had long stringy blond hair like her mother but she had emerald green eyes that she had gotten from her father. She was about 14. Tears streaked her pretty face. She rested her hand on the coffin and ran her fingers along the name engraved on it. Her mother pulled her to her feet and led her to a corner of the room. "Jade, it is all up to you." She said looking her daughter in the eye. "I can't mother." Jade sighed, "I'm too scared. I don't want to go." "You must! You know what is a stake! You cannot allow this reality to become permanent!"
Jade glanced at the stone coffin that she had wept by earlier. She nodded slowly. "Alright mother. You win. I'll go." Her mother reached into her Violet Chosen robes and pulled out a sunstone. "Remember to keep your sunstone with you at all times Jade." She said sternly. "I won't let you down."
Her mother forced a smile and ruffled her hair. "You're brave. Just like he was. Your father would be proud of you if he hadn't." Her voice trailed off. She waved the sunstone in a circle in front of her forming a large door. "Go. And be careful."
Jade choked back tears and stepped towards the door. But as she did so the doors to the mausoleum flew open and the silver-haired boy from before stormed in. He glanced at Jade and smiled.
"So, you thought you could just run away from me huh Jade?" He sneered taking a step towards her. "Leave me alone." She snapped angrily backing against the wall. "Don't you get it Jade?" He laughed taking another step towards her, "I'll NEVER leave you alone! It was meant to be."
"I said back off Virus!" She yelled whipping out her sunstone. "Don't make me hurt you!"
Virus took another step towards her and drew his sword. He was right in front of her now. "Jade, Jade, Jade.I had to do it. I HAD to kill your father. I did it for us Jade! I did it for you and me! He was just getting in the way of us!"
"Whatever my father did in life," Jade said angrily, "He did it for my best interests. If he thought that you were wrong for me then you must've been!" "Feh. You're so naïve Jade. Of course you were always daddy's little girl weren't you?" He smirked. He grabbed her arm and started to drag her from the room. "Come. Let's go." He snapped pulling her hard. "Let me go Virus! Let me go!" Jade screamed trying to break free. "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" Jade's mother yelled stepping forward. Virus turned to face her. "Why should I?!" "Mother don't!" Jade cried. Her mother pulled out her sunstone and pointed it at him. Virus sneered and threw Jade to the ground. "You want to wind up like your husband? Alright then." He chuckled coldly. He pulled out his own sunstone. "JADE! Go through the door now!" Her mother yelled. "But what about you?" Jade cried. "Don't worry about me just go!"
Jade scrambled to her feet and grabbed the large golden handles on the door. She pulled as hard as she could. The doors slowly began to creak open. Suddenly she heard a scream from behind. She looked back and saw her mother being thrown into a stone coffin. The coffin smashed from the force of the throw. Her mother cried out in pain. "AH! MY ARM! MY ARM IS BROKEN!" She wailed. "MOTHER!" Jade screamed turning away from the now open door. But her mother waved her unbroken arm. "DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME! JUST GO!" Jade started to step inside the door but she felt something grab the back of her violet chosen robes and try to pull her back. She heard Virus's cold voice in her ear. "Don't bother running from me Jade! I'll follow you to the ends of the earth!"
"Well let's see you follow me with through the corridors of time!" Jade screamed ripping herself free and running forward into the light beyond the door.
Tal walked down the corridors of the chosen castle wearing his emperor's robes. Three years had gone by since the fall of Sharrakor. He hadn't seen Milla since that fateful day. Early on he'd check the lower levels whenever an icecarl ship came into the castle but Milla hadn't been on any of them. After awhile he'd just given up hope of ever seeing his friend again. He stopped and gazed out the window at the ice-covered landscape outside the castle. He could see icecarl ships out in the distance. Somewhere out there Milla was making a name for herself as a famous icecarl warrior. He didn't know that for sure, but he could sense it. He sighed and continued on down the halls. It was tough being the emperor.
Jade felt herself slam down on something hard. She gasped in pain and stood up shakily. She glanced around. She gasped in amazement and looked out the window. A dark veil covered the sky outside blocking out the sun and darkening the ice outside. "I did it." She whispered. "I made it! I'M REALLY IN THE PAST!!!" She screamed. "DID YOU HEAR THAT VIRUS?!" She yelled to no one, "I MADE IT!" Tears filled her eyes and she sank to her knees and smiled. "Now I can fix everything. All's I have to do now is find my father."
A chill ran down the girl's spine. She couldn't see him but she could sense his presence. Her knuckles were white as she gripped the edge of the wall. She peeked around the corner and froze. A boy about her age with silver hair and cold gray eyes and a sword in his hand was heading down the hall in her direction. Around his neck he wore a sunstone.
She felt a tap on her shoulder and jumped. She almost screamed but she felt a hand clamp shut over her mouth silencing her.
"Whatever you do, don't scream Jade." A voice whispered. She recognized that voice as her mother's. She turned around and looked into her mother's eyes. She had long stringy blond hair and kind blue eyes. Tears trickled out of Jade's green eyes and a sob escaped her throat. "Mother its all my fault! It's all my fault!" She wept rubbing her eyes. Her mother hugged her tightly and looked at her sternly. "Now's not the time. What's done is done now come quickly." Her mother turned around and ran down the hall. Jade's eyes were puffy from the crying but she nodded and hurried after her mother. As she ran her own sunstone bounced against her chest. She clenched it tightly. She couldn't let him catch her. She had to make everything all right.
They entered the chosen's mausoleum. The stench of death hung in the air. Jade stopped in front of one large stone coffin. She sank to her knees in front of it and wept.
Jade had long stringy blond hair like her mother but she had emerald green eyes that she had gotten from her father. She was about 14. Tears streaked her pretty face. She rested her hand on the coffin and ran her fingers along the name engraved on it. Her mother pulled her to her feet and led her to a corner of the room. "Jade, it is all up to you." She said looking her daughter in the eye. "I can't mother." Jade sighed, "I'm too scared. I don't want to go." "You must! You know what is a stake! You cannot allow this reality to become permanent!"
Jade glanced at the stone coffin that she had wept by earlier. She nodded slowly. "Alright mother. You win. I'll go." Her mother reached into her Violet Chosen robes and pulled out a sunstone. "Remember to keep your sunstone with you at all times Jade." She said sternly. "I won't let you down."
Her mother forced a smile and ruffled her hair. "You're brave. Just like he was. Your father would be proud of you if he hadn't." Her voice trailed off. She waved the sunstone in a circle in front of her forming a large door. "Go. And be careful."
Jade choked back tears and stepped towards the door. But as she did so the doors to the mausoleum flew open and the silver-haired boy from before stormed in. He glanced at Jade and smiled.
"So, you thought you could just run away from me huh Jade?" He sneered taking a step towards her. "Leave me alone." She snapped angrily backing against the wall. "Don't you get it Jade?" He laughed taking another step towards her, "I'll NEVER leave you alone! It was meant to be."
"I said back off Virus!" She yelled whipping out her sunstone. "Don't make me hurt you!"
Virus took another step towards her and drew his sword. He was right in front of her now. "Jade, Jade, Jade.I had to do it. I HAD to kill your father. I did it for us Jade! I did it for you and me! He was just getting in the way of us!"
"Whatever my father did in life," Jade said angrily, "He did it for my best interests. If he thought that you were wrong for me then you must've been!" "Feh. You're so naïve Jade. Of course you were always daddy's little girl weren't you?" He smirked. He grabbed her arm and started to drag her from the room. "Come. Let's go." He snapped pulling her hard. "Let me go Virus! Let me go!" Jade screamed trying to break free. "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" Jade's mother yelled stepping forward. Virus turned to face her. "Why should I?!" "Mother don't!" Jade cried. Her mother pulled out her sunstone and pointed it at him. Virus sneered and threw Jade to the ground. "You want to wind up like your husband? Alright then." He chuckled coldly. He pulled out his own sunstone. "JADE! Go through the door now!" Her mother yelled. "But what about you?" Jade cried. "Don't worry about me just go!"
Jade scrambled to her feet and grabbed the large golden handles on the door. She pulled as hard as she could. The doors slowly began to creak open. Suddenly she heard a scream from behind. She looked back and saw her mother being thrown into a stone coffin. The coffin smashed from the force of the throw. Her mother cried out in pain. "AH! MY ARM! MY ARM IS BROKEN!" She wailed. "MOTHER!" Jade screamed turning away from the now open door. But her mother waved her unbroken arm. "DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME! JUST GO!" Jade started to step inside the door but she felt something grab the back of her violet chosen robes and try to pull her back. She heard Virus's cold voice in her ear. "Don't bother running from me Jade! I'll follow you to the ends of the earth!"
"Well let's see you follow me with through the corridors of time!" Jade screamed ripping herself free and running forward into the light beyond the door.
Tal walked down the corridors of the chosen castle wearing his emperor's robes. Three years had gone by since the fall of Sharrakor. He hadn't seen Milla since that fateful day. Early on he'd check the lower levels whenever an icecarl ship came into the castle but Milla hadn't been on any of them. After awhile he'd just given up hope of ever seeing his friend again. He stopped and gazed out the window at the ice-covered landscape outside the castle. He could see icecarl ships out in the distance. Somewhere out there Milla was making a name for herself as a famous icecarl warrior. He didn't know that for sure, but he could sense it. He sighed and continued on down the halls. It was tough being the emperor.
Jade felt herself slam down on something hard. She gasped in pain and stood up shakily. She glanced around. She gasped in amazement and looked out the window. A dark veil covered the sky outside blocking out the sun and darkening the ice outside. "I did it." She whispered. "I made it! I'M REALLY IN THE PAST!!!" She screamed. "DID YOU HEAR THAT VIRUS?!" She yelled to no one, "I MADE IT!" Tears filled her eyes and she sank to her knees and smiled. "Now I can fix everything. All's I have to do now is find my father."