By: Lucian .J. Raidijiu
In This Chapter I have finally decided to introduce 4 Characters from A Short Saga that ties to Rule: Aeolus, Thetis, Siarng & Tristan. These four Are part of a Saga I did long time ago I had wanted them for Rule but at time wasn't able to so Now that I'm rewriting Rule I'm adding them back In, Enjoy And please any feedback or anything is welcome
~LR~
In The Capital Of Rule:
In the Capital Of Rule Emperor Estus was sitting on the windowsill looking out on the kingdom his spy Tristan had informed of him what was happing in his city Estus looked to his friend Tristan "so the dark one has forced Troy to go to the heaven shrine, Tristan I must ask you to postpone your home stay will you go and follow Troy and assist him"?
The white haired young man bowed and said "Yes my lord" and got up and turned on his heel and walked out of the emperor's chambers and went to the armory where he refined his rapier & kunai and someone walked behind Tristan "Hello old friend been a long time how goes the job of being the Lords top ranked assassin"
"Hello Siarnag Been awhile How is the queen's personal bodyguard and why is he away from the Queen's side & here in the blacksmith's" Tristan looked at his old rival & best Friend
"She sent me away she has been acting very weird these past 5 months I think it's from her losing the child but I'm starting to think maybe it's not"
Tristan looked and turned his head to the side "She lost a baby when"
"Well you have been out of the castle for 6 months so some things you wouldn't yet know all I know is Queen Ashe was pregnant some time back and then 6 months ago she lost the baby, around the same the time you reported the temple was over stepping is bonds with the Djinn" Siarnag said
"You don't think the dark one's return has something to do with this do you" Tristan was thinking of wanting to hurry this up so he could get back to Lucian and make himself known to them and get them into the demon empire quickly.
"I don't know Tristan I honestly wish I had the answers so the king is sending you out again" Siarnag asked while grabbing the armored robe and throwing it around him
"Uhm Siarnag why are you armoring up" Tristan asked looking puzzled
"The King has asked me to go with you this time, it seems the new demon queen knows that Lucian is coming and wants to meet with him and the King & Queen have both made it clear we can not lose Lucian so I am to come with you and help Lucian & Sharon to the fullest of my powers"
Tristan smiled "Now we're talking" Tristan grinned the Shadow Killer Tristan and the Mist Assassin Siarnag "Haha"
Siarnag Looked and tilted his head "why the evil laugh Tristan, You know I'm not powerful anything anymore…"
"Am thinking of what the demons will do when they see the Dark Crimson Flash General Lucian, The Shadow Killer & The Mist Assassin in their lands"
"You know Lucian hates that title don't get to used to saying that or He will be livid. Siarnag said with a snicker, and please Tristan I'm not the warrior I once was" Siarnag frowned his mind went to his last fight with the demon of sealing Sara and how he not only loved and killed the person he loved but how he lost more then his love he lost half of power with her death the moment she stopped drawing breath his power and title as The Mist Assassin faded with her.
Tristan saw Siarnag frown "Siarnag it has been 8 years since her passing it was never your fault you didn't know she was going to run in front of your blade to stop you and her brother from fighting" Tristan put his arm around Siarnag's shoulders "You're still and always will be to me The Mist Assassin"
Siarnag shrugged Tristan arms off "You don't understand I lost my power Tristan" He grabbed his weapon and pack and walked out of the armory
Tristan stood looking "you lost your power… You never told us that" Tristan frowned and followed Siarnag
They got their weapons and other items they would need for the trip through the mountains
Meanwhile: In the woods of timeGamel had his spear out and ready for anything "I Still can't believe Troy splitting us up what's he going to do if the demons attack him and he has to worry more on Sharon then staying alive"
Maya giggled "Gamel you don't need to worry about Sharon she can handle her own" She giggled again and then explained what had happened to her & Sharon in the city the night before
Tina's mouth dropped "She said time for the big Wenie Roast and burned a guys… All the stars in heaven above"
Maya Laughed, "I was just as shocked"
Gamel looked like had seen a ghost "remind not to get on her bad side Tina and make sure you don't either" he laughed
Tina's eyes flashed "I'm always on her good side thank you very much Gamel" then she blushed
Maya looked from Tina to Gamel and fall over laughing
Tina looked at Maya and said "Maya what's so damm funny that you're looking like a baboon laughing" she laughed
"The looks you two are giving each other" Maya said while holding her ribs and laughing
Gamel walked over to Maya and grabbed her and lifted her onto his back and said "ok no more falling for the little kid now"
Tina doubled over to her knees laughing, "oh my lord Gamel put her down" she laughed
Maya with smile looked and said "Thanks for the lift now I can spot the forest better" her smile quickly faded when she saw 2 cloaked figures walking in the woods toward them "Gamel we have company and I can't make out what they are"
Gamel set Maya down and trained his spear Tina had pulled her claymore out standing next to Gamel Maya had pulled the Sword whip the fire djinn had used on her that Erin had saved to give to Maya.
The Figures in the cloaks appeared in front of the group "Well Aeolus we found them now what" the short figure said while looking at the darker cloaked person
A voice as cold as wind said while uncloaking himself "Simple lead them to Estus Thetis that's what we are here for"
Gamel dropped his spear he knew these two
General Aeolus and life-mate Thetis these two he had fought all long side with during the war with Troy "General" Gamel said while bowing
Aeolus looked and fixed his wind sword "Gamel my old friend King Estus has sent myself and Thetis to you we are to escort you 3 to him at once"
Thetis uncloaked himself and fixed his twin bladed spear on his back and let his blue hair out of it's tie and said "Gamel my friend how wonderful it is to see you again been what 5 years"
Aeolus turned and looked behind him his gray eyes looking at something moving fast and swift The wind picked up around him and he was lifted off the ground and he pulled his katana and landed behind the person who had been tailing them "who are you and why you follow us" he asked in a cold voice while putting his blade against the woman's throat
Thetis watched his mate fly with the wind "I hate he can do that it's so unfair when we spar"
Gamel looked and smiled "nice to know he hasn't lost his touch"
Maya and Tina looked at each other "Men I swear they forgets us women can fight to" they said together and sat down behind Gamel & Thetis
The cloaked woman said "you have some nerve training your sword on your Queen General Aeolus" The woman disappeared from sight and Aeolus was shoot through the air like a bug and the woman appear in front of Aeolus and she put her foot down on Aeolus's neck while removing her robe
Thetis looked like he was going to die "My Queen" and fall to his knee quickly and the others followed Thetis's lead
The Queen fixed her hair and wiped the dust off her chest plate and removed her foot from Aeolus "you all may stand and Aeolus next time go for the kill not a question" she said while pulling her sword catchers out and sheathing them to her hip
Aeolus said "my lady Ashe why are you here"
Ashe looked "because the dark one took something from me and I will kill him myself and plus Estus is busy watching the Demon empire to be worrying about his wife being out of the castle and killing some demons herself"
Aeolus stood up slowly turned his head and moved his green hair out of his face "My lady when we head to the castle wait outside till we all come back then we will head out together and Estus will not know Your with us unless Tristan Or Siarnag is around"
Ashe smiled and said "thank you Aeolus But Tristan & Siarnag are busy for awhile so no need to worry"
Thetis rubbed his chin and said "ok lets get going to the castle and meet with Estus I hate these woods"
Gamel knew the stories and legends of these woods it is said that an ancient beast lives in the forest and has a deep-seated hatred for man and gods and that not even the gods themselves could contain it's power and so they locked it in these woods in hopes that it would die someday but instead the woods grew around it and making this place it's kingdom and Gamel knew the beast was watching him as Gamel and the beast had met and fought once in the past "GAMEL!!!" Aeolus's cold voice brought Gamel back from his thoughts "Yes Aeolus"
Aeolus looked at his friend and was thinking "what could Gamel be so lost in thought about He turned are you ready to leave Gamel"
Thetis looked at Aeolus and used their private link "Love you don't know this but Gamel has faced the beast of the woods once before and he is very nervy being back in these woods"
Aeolus "ah that would explain things closing their private link, everyone lets hurry and get out of these dark woods and into a warm stone castle"
Tina and Maya walked over to the Queen Tina looked at Queen Ashe "uhm my lady is there ant thing I can do to help you"
Ashe looked "Tina E'stivan Right your Troy's twin sister"
Tina smiled "yes my queen I am, and Sharon is my wife"
Ashe "ah yes I member you now How have you been" Ashe said while hugging Tina "it's been years don't you member Ashley from the Holy Temple of Light in the south of Bifrost That was me"
Tina "Oh my no that was you, you got me in so much trouble you little witch" Tina laughed and looked playfully mad
Maya looked to Tina and Ashe "wait you two have met before"
Ashe Looked to Maya "Yes we went to the same training school as kids back when I was just a normal person like you and the rest here I'm not from a noble house or family and Neither is Estus we all met at the Temple school and trained together but me and Estus changed our names and when the war happened Estus said someone had to care for the people and the lands so he went before the goddess and asked to rule the lands in her name with his wife Me"
"Wait a minute you mean to tell me that Darren is still alive he's King Estus" Tina said looking madder now
Ashe turned back to her friend "yes Estus took his brothers name as his first and dropped the Sanclair and took Scaris as his last name and I used my old best friend's first name as mine and we told everyone that Darren and Ashley died in the war from a raid. Sorry Tina we wanted to tell you but with the mess the temple has been causing we never had the time to tell you and Troy"
Maya said "Wow So we can all visit the castle anytime we want and have fun" She said with a look on her face while trying her hardest to hold back a laugh
"Oh of course you can Tristan has watched over Troy for us over the years so we in a way have got to know you all Maya" Ashe smiled
Maya looked puzzled "who's Tristan"
"He is Estus's assassin and bodyguard, Tristan and Troy were uhm let's just say and leave it at they are very close friends and have known each other very well over the years"
Tina let go of her anger and walked to the side of Ashe and slapped Ashe in the back of the head "Next time tell me you witch" and walked on after Gamel and the others laughing
Ashe rubbed her head "Ow oh you will pay for that later Tina" and Wait up will you come on Maya" she said while grabbing Maya's hand
At the other end of the capital:
Sharon was good at keeping up to Troy's speed and was always right nest to him "so Troy tell me something as this is the first time you and me being by ourselves for the first time how did you get the markings on your body Gamel says it was your Father"
Troy stopped dead in his tracks "we will set up camp here Sharon" and he turned his back to Sharon and a tear rolled down his cheek hearing the word father upset him that monster was not his father
Sharon "ok… Troy I hope I didn't upset you" and she sat down on a rock near the pit Troy was putting together for a fire
Troy finished putting the rocks around the twigs and brush he put together and called flame into his hand and put the flame in the pile and it blazed and he pulled out of his bag some meat and unwrapped it from the cloth and put it on to his sword and set above the flame
"The markings on my body are 3 different ancient tattoo's of the 5 warriors of Apocalypse"
Sharon's mouth dropped "But how did you survive the rituals for that kind of thing as a child"
"When I was 5 my father took me out of the house one night when the moon had a ring of red around it and said it was training and he walked into the Woods of time and there was a stone round table with a hole in it like a well only there was no water he picked me up and placed me in that hole and started chanting some weird spell and the hole slowly filled with blood and I tried climbing out of it but I was to small to get out and when the blood rose to my neck My father's head appeared above the hole and said I'm sorry Troy but you aren't my son and this has to be done to save your mother and sister from the pain you cause them and protect them from your evil and he pulled out a knife and cut my wrists and slashed my throat and I fall back into the blood and it entered my mouth and I tried to grab something to stop myself from falling in but there was nothing and then the ground below my feet opened and the blood left the hole and I thought it was over I was wrong it opened more and I fell down into hell as it can only be described, once I landed on the ground souls started flying around me and they entered the cuts my father made with his knife and I fell to my knees coughing hoping that coughing would get them out of my body but it didn't and I looked up and this thing was standing over me he was cloaked so I don't know what he was and he had this box in his hands and set it down in front of my and it opened and needles came out and he waved his hand and fire covered my body and my cloths were in ash and before I could move the needles started poking my body and these markings started appearing as the needles moved"
Sharon hadn't been able to say a word and she just looked at Troy with her hand over her mouth she finally found her words "Troy how long were you down there"
"10 days and when it was over the needles burned to ash and the cloaked thing closed the box and when I opened my eyes I was on the ground in front of that stone well and my father was standing there with his sword out and was bouncing it up and down in his hand he threw some cloths at me and said to get dressed and grab a sword I did what he said as soon as I had the sword in my hand he came at me and attacked me and cut my chest and knocked me back first into the stone well, I screamed in pain and he put the sword under my chin and said know this boy if you ever pick up a sword again I will kill you and if I ever see you around My family I will kill you and he walked away and grabbed the sword I dropped and left leaving me in the woods I stayed in the woods and it took me 3 years to find my way out of there and into the city where I met the Goddess herself she took me in her arms and said she would let me stay in her room at the temple at the time I didn't know she was a god and I met Vaclov's spirit and I stayed close behind the goddess because after being in hell and having those spirits enter me I thought he was one of those so the goddess took me to her room and left me stay there while I cried till I lost my sight in my left eye as the needles had left a marking there it finally took hold of my skin and burned She came in and healed my pain but couldn't heal my eye and then she trained me how to use the sword I was a little scared at first remembering my fathers words but soon I forgot them and let the rage, pain and memories of him fill me and every time I raised my sword to attack the goddess in our training I didn't see her I saw him and Finally I learned why my father did this to me it was to prevent Vaclov from finding his shell and enter my body and continue to watch over the people and lands when she told me this my hate and rage towards that man flared and I told Vaclov he may enter me but we would not fully merge till I was ready to and Vaclov agreed and I left the temple 1 year later I walked in my temple armor and drew my katana as I neared my old house and yelled Father Your son is home and I smiled when I saw him come out with his sword and when I saw he had been beating my sister and mother My rage burned to the point the dragon tattoo over my right eye took hold and allowed me to draw on that demon itself my father looked sacred as said how did I get the armor and I said I learned how to fend for my self old man and I flew forward with the dragons speed in my feet and drove the sword in to his chest and as he fell down I said when you get to hell member who it was that sent you there and member the pain you caused me and My family with your abuse and know We will dance and smile knowing your dead and we survived and you didn't"
Sharon couldn't hold her tears "You killed your own father Troy"
Troy roared and yelled "He was never my father Sharon He beat my mother, raped my sister and Killed his own son that man was evil and I rid this land of that evil with the god and goddess's help"
"Troy please calm yourself I'm trying to understand all this what happened after" Sharon asked nervously
Troy said "sorry, and looked away from Sharon I hugged Tina and my mother and said sorry I had to do what I did and sorry for being late getting home to them. My mother hugged me and said thank for saving her & Tina and then she coughed and fall down on the ground and died leaving me and Tina alone with only each other My father beat her to the point the only thing that kept her going was to see me and hold me one last time, me and Tina buried her by a waterfall in the woods and planted a ring of flowers called The Tears Of Vash short for the goddess's name and we made a headstone and engraved her name and our love to her in it and we went to the house and grabbed all we needed and I dragged that man in to the house and I cast a fire ball that the goddess had showed me and Burned that house down and watched it burn to a pile of broken rabble and was happy knowing that mom was away from him forever and that she can finally sleep with both eyes closed and not in fear Tina hugged me and said what were we going to do now and I said to come with me to the temple and met the goddess and she will tell us what we should do and this way Tina could sleep and eat some thing and I could receive my proper punishment for what I done and when we got to the temple the goddess wasn't mad with me she knew I was going to do that and had trained me to do it because she didn't think she should do it her self in fear of what I might become if I didn't let the rage go and fade with his dieing breath"
Sharon said, "She trained you that means you met my mother"
Troy looked at his friend "yes I met her and she was a beautiful woman Sharon, now I have a question for why haven't you shed a tear or looked upset about her death she was still in a way the goddess's shell and even though the dark one killed the goddess's spirit your mother was the goddess's shell still and she passed from this world as well"
Sharon got up and looked at the sky "because she came to me in a dream and told me what happened and why she had to leave and hugged me one last time so I'm not upset at all cause I know she is in the temple of heaven with my sister's and family and my way of paying her back is following in her steps and taking the goddess in me and watching over the people and destroying the dark one with my own hands for her and the people of this land"
Troy smiled "That is a nice way to remember her and honor her Sharon"
Sharon turned and faced Troy "thank you Troy so who will take the first shift me or you"
"Does it really matter Sharon we are both awake and rested so whoever gets tried goes to sleep the other watches till they get tried" Troy said with a laugh
Sharon said "well I am going to sit here and watch the sky" and she rested her back on a rock and looked up at the sky
Troy smiled and pulled his sword out and stood on one leg balancing himself on one leg while striking the air he moved to his other leg and slashed the air where he was using an old ritual that the goddess showed him while he did this he saw foes and was slashing at them and balancing on one leg or different stances then he heard voices and they sounded familiar to him
"DAMM You Tristan stop disappearing into my shadow and kicking me I can climb these damm hills just fine with out you kicking my ass up them"
"Hahahahahaha Siarnag's shadow laughed oh come on I'm having so much fun and you are too"
Siarnag looked down and slammed his hand on the shadow "Ow"
The shadow laughed and said, "your only hurting yourself you can't harm shadow's haha"
Tristan jumped out of Siarnag's shadow "quick get up some one is coming" and drew his kunai
Siarnag pulled his cat of nine tails whip that had knifes at the tips "you think it is a demon"
They looked as they saw a dark figure move fast through the night and dashed behind Siarnag and slammed him with a kick Siarnag fall back a step and yelled "what the fuck was that" rubbing his face
The dark figure dashed behind Tristan and Tristan said "well isn't this a fun night I get to kick Siarnag and now Troy haha" he said while jumping into Troy's shadow
Siarnag mouth dropped "that was Troy kicking me" he wrapped the whip around his back and said to Tristan "Yeah you have fun trying to kick him That man is tad to fast for me"
Troy stopped and looked down "now Tristan why are you following me and why are you kicking Siarnag" he asked while fading from sight "you think I'll make this easy for you old friend if you want to kick me you have to earn it"
Tristan popped out from Troy's shadow "damm it I hate when he does that" He put his hands together and faded with the night as well
Siarnag looked "oh boy here we go again… Huh" he unwrapped the whip "whom are you miss"
Sharon smiled Troy had explained who they were to her on the way over to their camp "just a pretty girl lost in the woods Sir" smiling as the she floated up from the ground a little and drew her staff and dashed around Siarnag and smacked him in the back of the head with her staff "Hehe are you lost Sir" she asked while she smacked his ass
Siarnag was mad now "Ok little sprite I'll get you for that" Rubbing his head while fog rolled in and covered him
Sharon looked "Huh what the heck is that"
Siarnag moved with the cover of fog and jumped and landed on Sharon's back "BOO"
Sharon screamed and fall down on her ass "Oww how the heck did you do that"
Siarnag smiled and the fog rolled away "simple I control mist and fog"
Then there was a loud boom in the clearing and Troy and Tristan appeared in front of each other locked in a block duel with each other's swords
Sharon looked "How are they able to do that"
Siarnag laughed they both have the marking's of Power as do I and Aeolus & Thetis, Your Sharon yes"
Sharon's mouthed drop "you all had what happened to Troy happen to you as well the markings of Apocalypse"
"Yes together as teens the 5 of us all met and fought with the original king and battled the demons before the real big war happened that would have been 10 years ago now" Siarnag smiled "and as for Troy & Tristan well those two go back much longer then the rest of us Troy and Tristan used to be lovers at one time many years ago then the war came and the two of them grew apart and haven't seen each other till now"
Sharon fall back on the ground "LOVERS"
Siarnag laughed "what" he laughed "that was a long time ago trust me they got over Well Tristan hasn't really but you never heard that from me, this little duel is mainly to show off their powers and see who is the stronger of the two of them which… well has always ended with them in a tie"
Troy laughed, "so you going to give up Tris" while moving the sword faster
Tristan smiled "never Lover" and moved this kunai to the left and blocked Troy's incoming attack
Troy smiled "you know I swear you love being my equal to much"
Tristan laughed "maybe, But I know we'll be here all night fighting and we would still have never actually striked each other's body with even a baby poke from our blades so unless you wish for me to explain why me and Siarnag are here to you while we fight lets rest at your camp and talk"
Troy "you shouldn't have said that explain here Tristan" Troy laughed and moved his sword quick to block Tristan's kunai
Siarnag frowned "yup here we go again they are going to go at it all night again I swear those two piss me off some times"
Sharon laughed, "Well join in and fight them"
Siarnag "Uhm that would be a no I may be able to attack from the fog and mist but I can't make myself actually disappear from total sight like those two can anymore I used to"
Sharon sighed "Oh, so may I ask why are the King and Queen's assassin's here tonight OH No you were sent to kill us weren't you"
Siarnag smiled and mist swirled around him and he was behind Sharon in a blink of an eye and wrapped his arm around her neck "maybe… But no we weren't we were sent to help you and Troy get into the Demon capital and have a meeting of the minds with their Queen and then take you two to the mountain temple" he said and let go of Sharon
Sharon turned and smacked her staff up and it striked Siarnag in the groin "Don't ever grab a woman that way some gentleman you are" and walked and sat on a rock
Siarnag grabbed his groin "Ouch" and fall face first in the grass "that hurts"
Sharon just smiled and laughed, "some women aren't as helpless as they look Siarnag" she giggled
While Tristan and Troy playfully duel elsewhere The Dark One plans her next move:
"My lord" a soldier bowed "You called"
The dark one sat in a chair with her feet up on the table "Thank you for coming Daniel Please explain why your army failed to bring me Troy for a 2nd time"
"My lord this time Troy had help A Spear wielding warrior, a woman who called thunder like it was a toy and had a axe"
The dark one "So Erin isn't dead like I had hoped and the spear man you saw would be Gamel the angelic Warrior of Light, did you see if Sharon was with them"
"We didn't see her just Erin, Maya & Tina My lord"
"What Maya isn't dead damm those useless Djinn. Anyways Daniel come here please"
"Yes my lord" the soldier said while walking closer to the Dark one
The dark one punched her fist through the boy's chest and pulled the boys heart out "oh nothing just punishment for failing me twice"
The boy fall down and mouthed "I'm sorry" before death took him
The dark one threw the boys heart at the dead body "Sorry won't work with me there is no 3rd chance with me" She walked past the dead body and went to the into the next room where her pet wolf was sleeping "my sweet I have need of you, I want you to track Troy You know his scent just find it and kill him and bring me Sharon alive at all costs"
The silver wolf smile a fanged smile and Howled and rubbed his head into his masters hands "yes my lord" and the wolf ran faster then the wind looking like a blur running after Troy's scent
The dead soldier's hand glowed and the fake heart disappeared and the body got up and the boy's eyes glowed and Vaclov's voice broke through "so you're the dark one HA nice try The true dark one is a female and I have met her before so what are you"
The dark one smiled "Ah Vaclov you healed the boy what a shame & I must say you coming here yourself to die as well is something I had not planned on and to answer your question this is my shell I drugged him into my power"
The soldier moved "So then you haven't freed your body shame really Akasla I would have thought someone of your dark power would have been able to free their body and not have to use a shell" The soldier pulled his sword and trained it on the Dark one "shall we a test to see of you truly still have your power as I do"
The dark one smiled "are you sure you want to do this right now Vaclov I have already sent the Wolf after your shell it will only be a matter of seconds before he finds Troy and kills him"
The soldier's face looked shocked "you freed Vox" and with that the soldier disappeared
The dark one laughed, "Run Vaclov you know as well as I Vox is faster then anything in this world try you're hardest to beat him"
Back in the woods of Time:
Thetis was leading the way and they found themselves at a burned hut
They all looked at Tina who was crying
Aeolus said "Tina what is it"
The others walked around looking through the remains of this hut and Maya Yelled "There's a Skeleton" and she ran into Thetis's arms "Eww Get it away"
Ashe walked over and looked at the dead body and mouthed, "So this is all that's left of Angelo hmmm shame Troy didn't do more then slash him"
Tina looked in the direction of Ashe & Maya and walked over to it and said "sure I'll get it away from you" and Tina started kicking in the bones of the Skeleton till they were dust and she looked at the skull "you asshole because of you everything me and Troy have gone through is your fault YOURS" and stomped on the skull. And walked to the opening in the woods next to the hut
Ashe jumped back and smiled "serves him right"
They all said "Tina"
Aeolus said, "What was that about"
Gamel then figured it out this was Troy and Tina's childhood home "This must be Tina's old house from back when she was younger and that must be the remains of her father"
Thetis said, "Oh I'm sorry I got us lost and here of all places Guys"
Maya said, "it's ok Thetis it happens"
Ashe then said "yes Gamel and that was her father Troy killed him years ago and he and Tina moved the body into this hut and burned it down to the ground"
Maya looked "how do you know this Ashe"
"Because Troy told Tristan about it and Tristan told me and Estus I knew Thetis was leading us here but I didn't say a word about as I was talking to Tina"
"Oh" Maya said
Tina kept walking till she got to a waterfall and see saw the headstone and flowers had spread everywhere in this small clearing even into the water it was pretty and she walked to headstone and rested on her knees and said "Mom I'm sorry I haven't came to see you in a very long time… tears came down Tina's face Mother I miss you so much, I just want to see you one more time Mom Please"
Tina's tears fall on the flowers and a light came out of the flowers
"Tina Your Mother is always in you know this," The light said
"Vasinea… how you're supposed to be in the Heaven temple" Tina said
The light Formed into a woman and she walked to Tina "My dear I am, your tears fall on the flowers that bear my power and name The seeds I gave your Brother contain a fragment of my power and that's why they have covered this clearing and in the water as well, I did that so when you came back here you and Troy would see it and know how much your mother was truly loved"
Tina ran up to the light and hugged the goddess "please let me see her just once please Vasinea I have never asked anything of you for myself in 18 years not once… please" and Tina's tears came down faster
Vasinea set Tina down on the ground and turned and looked at the waterfall and Said "mighty waters of time and healing open hear your Queens voice come froth Evelyn"
The waters flowing from the falls stopped frozen as if time slowed, and the opened showing a woman in the water who smiled the figure in the water said "my child, Tina You look so beautiful you truly have grown so much kiddo"
Tina ran to from Vasinea to the water and said "mom I sorry I can't be strong like you or Troy, I have missed you so much, I love you" Tina said crying more
Vasinea moved behind Tina and put her arms around Tina "sweety your mother and I are and have never been upset or felt like you aren't strong you are stronger then all of us even Troy, you just need to find the power inside of you"
The woman in the water moved her face
"Evelyn you know how much magic it takes to do what you trying to do are you sure you have the power to do it and return" Vasinea said
The figure in the water looked more human then it had and the waters splashed everywhere and a woman wearing a sky blue dress and holding a long white scarf around her arms stood brushing the water out of her hair "Tina please come here" Evelyn said while walking closer to her child
Tina walked and embraced her mother "mom thank you for making my one wish come true" and she rested her head in her mothers' arms and cried
Vasinea smiled "I'll leave you two alone for a while Tina I'll let the others know where you are and to leave you alone till you come back" the goddess said and walked to the clearing's opening and looked back one more time and with smile she let a tear of her own fall and it landed on the ground and a single Blue rose grew and formed to look like Tina and Evelyn hugging, Vasinea smile looking at the flower and thought "I wish you were here Troy, I know deep in your heart you wish to return here to pay your respects to Evelyn but I know the pain thinking of this place brings to your soul and heart" Vasinea walked through the opening and saw the others and was wondering when did Aeolus finally let his hair grow long it used to be short "hello my friends" Vasinea said with a smile
Gamel Looked "Vasinea, How"
"Is this a temporary thing Tina summoned me to soothe her soul and Please leave her alone till she comes out of the cave mouth, But how are my friends doing it has been to long"
Maya smiled "Nina you uhm look good for a spirit" and she laughed
The others smiled and laughed along with Maya and Vasinea
"Why I have never been better Mai" Vasinea said with a grin "I know you all feel bad about splitting up from Troy and Sharon But they are ok I just know they are Vaclov is with them as is Tristan & Siarnag"
Aeolus and Thetis looked and said "What"
"Let me explain when you all split up Tristan has been watching over Troy for some time now secretly by the order of Estus and when what happened Tristan was asked to help Troy in the demon land Siarnag was asked to go as well it seems that their Queen wish's to meet with Troy and call a truce and be our ally as the Barbarians in the lands south past BiFrost has been acting up"
Ashe bowed "my honor to be before your light once again" and got up "it has been awhile Vash"
Vasinea smile "yes it has, Now my friends you need to know that while I may be in the Heavens I am still able to work on my magic and I have found what me and Vaclov need to revive our original bodies the magic believe it or not was in the Temple on the Heaven Plane and I have learned all it's magic's so all I have to do is wait for Sharon and Troy, when I enter Sharon's body I will cast the spell and return Our bodies and we will all met at the castle and have a meeting with Darren I mean Estus" Vasinea smiled "Aeolus why did you let your hair grow I liked it short"
Aeolus blushed "haha well it looks so cool long and when I use my wind powers it flies behind me like a cape" and Aeolus dropped to his knees laughing
Vasinea blinked and shook her head "silly man"
Thetis quickly turned and looked behind him "uhm guys there's something out there and it sounds big and mean and very hungry"
Gamel's face went from happy to white "all of you get into that cave and protect the goddess and Tina the beast is mine and mine alone" Gamel ran into the woods drawing his spear as he ran
Aeolus frowned "he forgets that 2 warriors of Power are here with him the fool" he said while letting the wind out from his hands and flew over the trees after Gamel
Vasinea looked mad "That beast knows I'm here and has reawaken and sense's me and Gamel here Thetis please go with Aeolus and kill that thing it's weak spot is it's left eye" She waved her hand to Maya and Ashe to follow her into the cave
Thetis thought to him self "left eye that is the eye Troy lost his sight in hmm" He looked up and saw rain clouds forming "well Aeolus and Gamel are in for a surprise they haven't seen me fight in the rain" he unlaced the jacket and let the rain hit his bare skin and his eyes turned from ocean blue to snow white he grabbed his twin bladed spear and disappeared into the falling rain
Vasinea grinned as she watched Thetis disappear "I forget he could do that please all of you be safe, Ashe, Maya please stay by me and let Tina be with her mother"
Ashe and Maya looked at Tina in the woman's arms crying
Evelyn saw Vasinea and two women behind her and asked, "what happened" She got up pulling Tina up with her
Vasinea frowned "nothing that you have to worry about right now"
Tina smelled the rain "why is it raining in the woods of time it never rains here"
Vasinea frowned and the others sat down smelling the flowers
Evelyn was mad "Vasinea explain yourself why did you cast weather magic"
"The Old One has woken and smelled Gamel and myself," Vasinea said
Evelyn hugged Tina closer "you can't mean the demon god Exa"
Vasinea turned "yes him"
Meanwhile:
Aeolus landed on the ground in front of Gamel "you will not fight that thing alone I am a Warrior of Power you forget that I have faced much worse then a demon beast"
Game yelled, "That thing is not a beast it's the god of demons Exa"
Aeolus frowned "So just because it may be a god doesn't mean we can't kill it if the dark one could kill the god and goddess's bodies and Vasinea's Spirit we two can kill a god Gamel"
While they talked they felt the rain Aeolus looked around him "what is that"
Thetis appeared out if the falling raindrops with his spear drawn
Gamel's mouth dropped "what did he do"
They both looked at Thetis they could see his markings and the scars but their was something odd about his skin it glowed a shade of light blue
Thetis turned and faced Aeolus "when it rain's I become the rain mind, body and soul Vasinea knows that part of my power and has made it rain here in the woods of time where no weather enters now if we are done talking the god is behind us moving with speed that borders Troy's speed so lets kill this thing, Vasinea said it's weak spot is it's left eye"
Before the others could say something Exa walked out of the woods with it's axe drawn "so Gamel you face me again where is the bitch Vasinea and who are these two your peons"
Thetis laughed "wrong pops we are the last thing you will see" He floated up with the rain and spun his spear above his head and dove into the demon "you will die" he called on the rain and disappeared to avoid the demons incoming attack and reappeared behind the thing and slashed the demons back
Aeolus smile "I must say seeing Thetis fight in the rain is some thing else" while letting the wind carry him up Aeolus drew his other sword and spun the swords "Wind of my blades come froth" the rain spun in a circle as the wind picked up and the tornado slowly appeared out of Aeolus's spinning swords Thetis saw the tornado and unscrewed his spear and threw one end of the spear into the tornado The tornado and the spear moved to the beast and with the spear in a slow circle slashed the beast's body, Aeolus smile and let the wind freely have control as he ran in the air above the demon and jumped down its back and with his swords slashed the demons spine
Gamel said to himself "I forgot Their powers could define the laws of the land no matter" Gamel removed the strap he used to carry his spear and threw it to the ground and removed his armor and threw that to the ground No one expect Erin had seen what Gamel hid under his armor the angel wings that wrapped around his torso they slowly unwrapped and the wings moved up and down, Gamel's feet was lifted off the ground his whole body glowed and a pure white light shoot to the sky and the rain came down harder and faster "that should help Thetis and Aeolus" Gamel said He moved his spear and aimed it at the beasts arm and the white light went from the sky into his spear and the tip of his spear burned and he Yelled "Exa look over here" and waited for the beast to turn "What the hell are you Gamel" Exa said, Gamel shot the light from his spear into the beasts left eye
Exa fell to his knee and held his face and howled with pain
Aeolus turned and looked at Gamel and he tapped Thetis's arm "Thetis look at Gamel"
Thetis looked behind him and saw the angel wings "it's true then Gamel was and is the third God that fought in the battle with Vasinea and Vaclov or it was the gods offspring Aeolus"
Exa howled and with his other eye saw the two warriors looking at Gamel and took this time to dash into them knocking them into the trees "Gamel I will kill you" and ran towards Gamel
Gamel landed on his feet and waited for Exa to come to him when the beast was a step away he planted his spear into the ground and landed on the tip of the handle of his spear and casted white light from his hands and aimed it at the beast and flew up into the sky shooting orbs of burning light at the beast
Thetis shook his head and saw a tree branch sticking out of Aeolus's arm and leg "Love are you ok"
Aeolus Roared in pain "damm I knew I should have kept my eyes on Exa here Thetis take my blades and help Gamel and be sure to give him the other blade I know you two use spears but Vasinea thought us all the weapons Kill that thing" and his head fall back and he passed out
Thetis took his lovers blades and ran up behind Exa and Jumped up with the help of the rain and with both blades slashed the demons neck and back, Thetis disappeared and appeared next to Gamel "here use this Aeolus said to use it"
Gamel Smiled glad to have Thetis next to him he took Aeolus's sword and spun it once and wind shoot out of the blade "so Aeolus forged his own blood into these blades no wonder he is able to call wind from them smart man" Gamel flew up on his wings and dived down cutting the demons cheek as Gamel went by
Exa Roared "You damm Monsters stop flying and fight me on the ground"
Thetis laughed and with the rain coming down harder Thetis smiled "time for some fun Gamel move back" and Thetis cast an old magic on his body His body faded into the rain and with Aeolus's sword dashed all around the demon fast slashing and hecking the demons flesh as he did this Gamel flew up and over to Aeolus and landed "Damm that must have hurt Aeo, he placed his hand under Aeolus's body and flew him and Aeolus up thus removing Aeolus from the tree branches and rested his friend down the ground and placed his hands on the wounds slowly healing them
Thetis kept up the pace of his attacks knowing this will ware the demon down and he'd be able to strike the final blow soon
Exa Howled and fall face first in the wet ground holding his eye,
Thetis removed the magic from his body and spun Aeolus's sword and dove it into the Demons back right into its heart with that Exa mouthed a cry that went through the woods Thetis jumped off Exa's back pulling out the sword as he did and ran over to Gamel
Back at the cave mouth:
The women heard a howl of pain coming from the woodsVasinea smiled "Exa is dead I just hope they are ok" she looked down at the ground "please let them be ok" her thoughts turning to her 3 friends in woods fighting with all their power and life
"Is Aeolus going to be ok Gamel" Thetis said and he dropped to his knees next to Gamel
"Yes he'll be in a lot pain for a few days but he will live none the less, where did you learn to fight like that Thetis and why have you hide it from all of us you are clearly Troy's equal heck maybe even Aeolus or myself"
"Because I'm strong in the rain, when it's not I'm just a man with a spear I have tried my hand at weather magic and I still can't get my powers to allow me to let the magic enter me and use it"
Gamel looked back to Aeolus "Well I'm sure you will someday my friend"
Aeolus opened his eyes "ouch that damm demon is it dead"
Thetis smiled a evil smile "oh I'd say dead doesn't come close If I had thought of it I would have finished chopping him up into Exa Steaks but I put your sword through his heart instead"
Aeolus laughed "Exa Steaks oh that sounds gross and if you did I'm not eating it we'll save it for Troy" he laughed and rested his head back down "Gamel I'm sorry I dropped my guard"
Gamel frowned "I never said a word it could have happened to any one of us and I'm sorry I have never showed you my true self I have kept it hidden from everyone save Erin"
Thetis laughed "its ok bird boy" he laughed more
Gamel shook his head "that is why I have kept it hidden" he grabbed in a fast movement Thetis by the hair "now you listen here blue fish boy I know what you look like in the ocean I have seen it once before so unless you want your mate to know, Can it fishstick"
Thetis gasped "you promised" rubbing his head
Aeolus looked to Gamel and his mate "ok clueless here oh just heal my leg for now Gamel and lets get back to the girls and then you can heal my arm"
Gael tended to the Aeolus's leg and they all started walking by the dead demon but stopped and looked at a big silver wolf looking at them dead in the eye the wolf howled "so Exa is dead shame about that not to worry though Troy will soon follow his counter part to hell"
Aeolus stepped towards the wolf "what do you mean"
The wolf smiled "that demon you killed is the demon that Troy bears a tattoo of on his left eye and now that you killed it Troy is no longer one of the 5 I must thank you for making my job easier boys" the wolf howled and ran with the speed of something unearthly and was gone
Thetis "I knew when Vasinea said left eye my mind went to Troy for a reason why would Vasinea have us kill that thing if what that demon wolf says is true"
Gamel Roared and flew up and fast over the trees
Aeolus and Thetis looked "Aeolus here rest your arm around my shoulders I'll walk you back"
Aeolus smiled and said, "thank you love lets hurry after Gamel" he casted the wind on both of them allowing them to move at the same speed Gamel was flying
Gamel landed in front of the cave mouth "Vasinea you have some explaining to do" he drew his spear and aimed it at the goddess
Vasinea's face frowned and looked in pain and her body fall and a dark figure stepped out "So you figured it out Gamel darn if only I had managed to get in to her spirit sooner you'd all be dead by now it doesn't matter Gamel The deed is done Exa is dead and now Vox can easily kill Troy now and it's all thanks to you, Aeolus & Thetis"
"Well Dark One nice plan but there's one small problem your wrong Exa was and never has been Troy's counter part" a weird voice came from the ground
Evelyn knew that voice "Angelo" and she hugged her child closer
Tina pushed her mother behind her and drew her sword "so now he shows himself"
The ground opened and a Armored Man stepped onto the ground "Dark one you think that taking my body as you did many years ago would keep me from stopping you but how wrong you were" The armored man said while drawing his sword
The dark one turned and looked behind him "Angelo I find it hard to believe you are still lurking around this place after your own son killed you Shame how does it feel knowing thanks to me you killed your own son and in turn that child killed you"
"Troy may have killed me but it was not by my hands that my son died it was yours" Angelo ran and jumped up and brought his sword down The dark one put her hands up and blocked the sword with her hand "you think your sword will harm me how laughable"
Evelyn then had finally understood what was being said the dark one had taken her husband and used his body to get close to her son and make Troy what he is now to try and stop Vaclov's return "Tina grab Vasinea and stay with her" Evelyn let the scarf drop and she walked into the water and put her hand into it and pulled a sword staff out Evelyn turned her sight on the dark one "so you tore my family in two in hopes of ruling the people in fear, well if you wish to start the war again very well try" she took a step forward and unscrewed the sword-staff and spun it like a mace and walked behind the dark one and brought the spinning sword-staff across the dark ones back
The dark one cried out in pain "what is that, so you have a weapon of dark Evelyn so you will fight me to"
Angelo brought his sword up and across the dark ones chest casting at the same time into his sword a dark art he learned years ago
The dark one howled and disappeared and appeared a few steps away "damm you I have to retreat for now but I will leave this as I part Evelyn your son is seconds from death Vox is free and all ready on his way to where your son is so mourn and grieve for Troy now as this will be the last time you can before you all face death" while laughing the dark one faded
Angelo fall down hold his chest where Troy had stabbed him years ago "how could I have let that thing take over me, Evelyn I'm sorry I touched you and Tina while that thing was in me I wish none of this ever happened Look at our children and what they have faced and became it's all my fault for not being the warrior I used to be" he Angelo fall face first in the ground his skin slowly decaying
Tina heard them all and walked to her father "Dad it was never your fault it was the dark one and if Troy was here now he'd see that and forgive you I know he would" she then for the first time since a child hugged her father one last time
Angelo let his tears fall "Troy won't forgive me Tina I put him through hell before the dark one took me, but thank you hunny I'm glad to see you grew up and became strong you look like you mother" he hugged her daughter and wife one last time and took a step back "I have to go back please don't tell Troy about this let him go on with his life with out remembering me, it's all I ask" he picked his blade up and jumped down the hole and the earth closed behind him
"Dad" Tina cried "but Troy would, he's changed he's not hateful or cold any more his heart has melted" her tears rolling down
Evelyn walked over to the ground where her husband jumped in and touched it "I can't promise that my love he is our son and you saved us"
Gamel was still standing by Vasinea he knelt down and said "Vash wake up"
The goddess open her eyes "the damm no good bitch" she got up "Exa being Troy's counter part now that's really reaching the dark one knows Vox won't be able to take Troy alone so he's going to go after Vox himself and help the wolf bring Troy down But Vaclov is on his way after them in the body of one the dark one's soldiers that has a magic power I need to finish a ritual to heal Troy's sight"
Gamel looked "his sight you mean his eye"
"Yes you see Troy has no other counter part expect Vaclov, the dragon, phoenix & Maya"
Aeolus and Thetis walked in the clearing and Thetis rested Aeolus on the ground "Gamel next time wait up for us you fucking Bird"
Gamel smiled "sure thing fish, so Troy still has the power of the 5 the wolf was in the woods and said now that Exa was dead Troy lost his Powers as one of the 5"
While they talked the wolf found its target:
"I'm sorry Siarnag" Sharon giggled "but I don't like people sneaking up behind me"
Siarnag growled, "Well you could have aimed else where that HURT"
Tristan and Troy finally stopped their duel "Troy again it ends in a tie as always"
Troy smiled "well if you work harder maybe it won't end in a tie and besides…" Troy was cut of by the howl of a wolf Troy looked all round the clearing "there shouldn't be wolfs here it's not winter yet"
The howling got even stronger the silver wolf Vox had found his target "Troy Shell Of the Fallen god Vaclov DIE" the wolf jumped out of the dark and landed on top of Troy with his jaw on Troy's throat
Tristan snapped his head to Troy's direction when he heard Troy's cry and saw the wolf biting Troy's neck "Troy" Tristan ran to the wolf and disappeared and kicked it in the ribs "get off him"
Siarnag saw the wolf "that can't be Vox" he called the fog to cover Tristan and called mist to cover him so he could try and get Vox off Troy
Sharon Grabbed her staff and called her magic and floated in the air and her rage flared she dove in the air like a hawk and smacked the wolf in the head with her staff and pulled her saber out and flew back a step and dove again slashing the wolfs side "Get away from here fiend"
Troy coughed blood and with his hands grabbed the wolf by the nose and bottom jaw and pulled with all power and in time used his power and disappeared while he couldn't be seen he drew his sword and dashed with the dragons speed just like when he killed his father and cut the wolf's muzzle
The wolf howled "no matter how many times you cut me mortals I can't die" the wolf howled and ran after Troy's scent "you think because I can't see you I can't smell you Troy" the wolf jumped up and clawed Troy's back
Troy reappeared and fall to his knee screaming in pain
Siarnag moved as fast as he could and jumped on the wolfs back and stabbed the wolf in the head with his long knife and jumped off the wolf and backed 3 steps, Sharon flew over Siarnag and with her staff planted it in the ground in front of the wolf and with her body and saber spun around on the staff slashing the wolfs face multiple times, The wolf roared in pain and ignored all the others as he would deal with them when he killed Troy and dashed and jumped in the air and planted his claws into Troy's chest and Bit his neck again
Up on the hill a dark figure appeared out of the thin air drawing a sword "good job Vox"
Sharon looked "the dark one, guys She is here"
The wolf smiled and closed its jaws a little more and pulled his claws out of Troy's chest and dashed with Troy in his mouth over to his master and dropped Troy in front of her "Vaclov isn't in him I have tasted his blood"
The dark one smiled "I know I'm here cause Vaclov is on his way and I will fight him you deal with Troy and the others"
"Dark one you think you will deal with Vaclov" Troy coughed "you over step your power too much hag"
The dark one looked down and placed her foot on Troy's chest "really, then tell me why is the great Troy broken before my feet and bleeding"
"Because you used Vox Old Woman" A man in gold and black armor said
Troy looked "Baberius, no you're supposed to be dead"
The demon Baberius smiled "The queen of the demons revived me and sent me to escort you and your party to her castle but It seems I arrvived late sorry Troy" Baberius Raised his hand to the sky and a thunder cage flew from his hand and landed around Troy "You will not be harming Troy Hag" Baberius raised two fingers to his forehead and 3 shadow's of himself flew to the left and right of him "shall we play a game and see if your wolf can find the real me in time before I kill you"
Vox looked at the demon "oh I thought your kind was dead dark shadow masters I hate them" The wolf howled and dashed up to Baberius
The dark one looked and knew she was out matched if Vaclov showed up now she had to kill Troy somehow she knew the cage would not allow her to use magic so she stabbed through the cage with her sword and it landed in Troy's shoulder "oh well" and she disappeared leaving the sword in Troy the sword melted in to a dark liquid and ran down the remaining sword on to Troy's chest. Troy yelled in Pain Tristan reappeared by the cage "Troy I'm going to remove the sword"
Troy looked at his old friend "don't touch the blade it's poisoned just get the others and help Baberius kill the wolf Vaclov can heal me, the pain of what the wolf did is intensifying with this dark liquid"
Tristan nodded and said to Siarnag and Sharon "come on let's help the demon kill the wolf and wait for Vaclov to get here" Tristan disappeared to fight the wolf
Siarnag was panting "the wolf is almost impossible to defeat but we must try Sharon are you sure you can handle yourself this thing may kill all of us"
"yes I'm ready this is just one more test for me to overcome and be sure Siarnag I will pass and I never fail" she lifted up in the air and dove after Tristan and drawing her sword and slashing the wolf's back
"Must say that woman knows how to scare people" Siarnag laughed and ran after her spinning the whip and aiming it at Vox "if today I should fall I will hunt you Vox even in death till you die" and he smacked the wolf with the knife tipped whip
the wolf howled in pain "Master" Vox looked around and saw that the dark one had left the field and Troy was still in the cage being protected "So I have been freed only to be betrayed dark one is that how this goes well I don't think so once I get a scent I never back off" the wolf dashed over the people attacking him and saw the dark one running "so you run girl" he dashed faster and bit her arm and dashed back to the clearing and threw the dark one into the middle of the clearing "you think you can free me and then ditch me Woman I think not" the wolf howled
Baberius looked "well dark one what are you going to do it seems the wolf is on our side for now"
The dark one smiled "you think you caught the real me Vox this is just a mere farm peasant I gave my cloths to and shaded to fool you why this boy can't even cast a spell let alone hold a sword" and the voice faded
"Everyone" Vaclov said as he appeared in front of them still in the soldiers body "what happened"
Vox turned and howled "Damm you Dark One, You hag, you wench" Vox cursed the dark one in many forms and pawed at the ground and fall down
Vaclov "So Vox you were betrayed now you know the truth the dark one can't be trusted and eon's ago you should have joined us rather then turn your back on Vasinea, Myself and Gamel when we needed you most"
Vox got up and turned "your right Vaclov I should have but that was then and time has passed since then and now I'm trapped in this cursed form I'm sorry for the pain I put your shell through he's up there on the hill guarded by a cage Baberius cast, and the dark one jabbed her sword in his arm and it became some dark liquid and has made the damage I do 100 times more painful how he is still alive is just amazing you should heal him quick" the wolf turned and looked at Tristan "so young one you bear the marking of power in the shape of a wolf on your chest"
Tristan looked "how did you know"
"I slashed at you and tore your shirt, so you must be my counter part Hmm" Vox said
Everyone looked Baberius said "well what do you know I wonder why the dark one didn't know this"
Vox howled, "Because the hag only see what she wants to and besides I have long since hidden my markings and the young lad here has done the same"
Vaclov looked at the marking "Tristan it's your choice to take Vox into you and let the mark become one with you thus the two of you would be linked much like Troy is to the Phoenix and Dragon he bears markings to"
Tristan looked "heal Troy and let me talk to him before I make my choice please" and walked to hilltop and sat down holding his arm and tended to his cut Vox had left
Baberius smiled "Vaclov I'll help you, My queen sent me here to escort everyone to the demon capital and I arrived here to see the battle"
Vaclov frowned and walked to the cage and grabbed the blade using the soldiers shirt sleeve to hold it "there we go Troy is that better"
Troy didn't reply his face frozen from the pain
Baberius titled his head "the pain must have been to much, Troy if you hear us I'm going to cast away the cage and Vaclov is going to tend to you". Troy still didn't blink or anything. Baberius snapped his fingers and cage faded while the soldier fall and Vaclov floated into Troy.
Vox lied down looking at the sky the sun was slowly coming up, Tristan walked beside Vox "I have a question Vox, You were so quick to kill why the sudden change?"
Vox snorted, "Because once the dark one left the field and I was surrounded it hit me she only freed me to kill not to bring peace as I had hoped" Vox turned and looked at Tristan "I have a question for you, why do you want to ask Troy something"
Tristan looked down at the ground "because the last counter part I had died and I don't know if my body can take another one and He has the skill to know if my body can or not, Trust me it's not because I don't trust you Vox it's… I'm very lucky I survived losing my counter part that how I'm still here is well it's a blessing and that brings sadness I lived while my counter part protected me from an demon's sword chopping my head off"
Vox "so may I ask who was your counter part" Vox moved closer and rested his head on the ground looking at Tristan
"Her name was mirage, she was a falcon or at least that was what she became" Tristan sat down putting his head on his knees
"So Mirage still lived wow, I thought she had passed" Vox said
Tristan turned and looked "You knew her"
"Yes as a human, Tristan you have to know Myself, mirage, Troy's counter Parts we were once human and powerful people but when a we reached a part of our life we were given a choice to live on in some form or pass to the heaven's some of choose heaven while some of us choose to live and see the world change for the better. Mirage was wife Tristan, I'm not surprised that her counter part is mine as well if anything I'm happy you were her's she was alone for a long time when I was sealed by the god and goddess and they had every right too I turned my back on them when they needed me most. I'm just glad that mirage never once blamed them or wanted revenge she knew we'd see each other again someday if not in life then in heaven" Vox looked at Tristan and said "here get on my back I want to show you something Tristan they are going to be awhile healing Troy I'll hear then when they are done"
Tristan got up and nodded "ok" and got on top of Vox's back "wow for a wolf you sure saddle like a horse" he laughed
Vox growled a friendly howl "silly human" and he dashed off the hilltop and landed on his paws on the ground below and dashed into the woods, while he dashed he knew that doing this was not a smart thing but he wanted Tristan to meet Mirage one more time in her human form so Tristan would know that just how special Mirage was
Tristan was amazed at Vox's speed and the fact he never once hit tree or let a tree hit him was amazing "you know Vox if my body can handle another counter part we would so give the demons and cutthroats in the south a major scare" he laughed
Vox smiled "Yes I agree with you" and they both laughed while they moved closer to the old temple in the heart of the woods. As Vox came out of the woods and into a dark clearing where there was old ruined stone ruble everywhere "this is all that is left of our city and homes from eons ago Tristan welcome to the ancient capital of Vansala" Vox turned and faced Tristan "in the back is a temple go there Tristan and look into the water in the pool you'll see why I brought you here" Vox turned and walked over to a part of the stone remains and sat and stared at it
Tristan looked and saw the temple Vox was talking about and walked to it as he passed the remains he could see the ruins bare the same markings that Troy's armor and skin had "So is the old ones home, did you see these ruins to Troy" he wondered his arm glowed and Tristan looked at the old marking that had been num and dead for so long "Mirage" and he placed his hand on it and walked up the temple steps and looked around and saw that out of all the remains this was the only one that was still in perfect shape and fully intact, he saw the pool and walked over to it and rested on his knees and looked into it.
The water moved in circles and Tristan's face faded and a woman's appeared in place of Tristan's. The woman had a crown and her hair was a deep brown color and had violet eyes, the woman smiled "Tristan it has been so long"
Tristan smiled and turned his head "wait that voice Mirage, is that you. So this… was your human form wow no wonder Vox loved you so much Mirage"
The woman smiled more "So you met Vox and he is your counter part too. Tristan I'm sorry that I wasn't strong enough to survive the attack I so wish I was still with you I know you hate not being able to see through my eyes"
Tristan frowned "I never blamed you Mirage you did what you thought you needed to save me and it worked you saved me, I just wish you didn't have to leave me I wanted you to still be here and finish seeing the world and I some how retained your sight it took me 2 years to get used to my eyes being the way they are"
Mirage titled her head "what do you mean you retained my sight"
"After you passed my eyes slowly started seeing more then a human and then they just expanded like when you were flying and we were sharing our thoughts the way you would lock on something and see things my eyes slowly started to do the same for a while I thought I was being haunted by a ghoul or something and they were using our relationship as a means to hurt me but Vasinea said it was a part of your power that stayed with me and I was going to have to train it so I could continue my job as Estus's Guard and Assassin so she helped me and now I have control over it not like you did but I'm almost there" Tristan smiled
"I must say Tristan that's amazing. So you have a part of my power with you even after my death I'm glad Vasinea helped you control it". The pooled shook "Huh what was that" Mirage said
Tristan looked around "That's odd one of the stone columns outside fall" Outside Vox howled in pain "oh No Vox"
"Tristan put your hand into the pool now take whats left of my power into you and help him I don't think it's the dark one but it feels like her" Mirage said
Tristan turned back and bent over and put his right hand into the pool "I'm sorry Mirage I know what this means you asking me to take your power I promise I will watch over Vox for you and I won't fail, I won't lose Him too"
Mirage smile and mouthed "I Love you both and thank you Tristan" and her face faded from the water till Tristan's reflection appeared
He got back up and closed his eyes and could feel the powers of Mirage even though his eyes were closed he could see outside and see what was outside some of the dark one's Djinn had found Vox and was attacking him there were 6 of them "well lets see how they fare Mirage" Tristan mouthed and disappeared
Vox howled "you foolish Djinn you think you can enter here and take power's that do not belong to you"
The Djinn leader smiled "So the great guardian of the ruins will kill us huh well you may be very hard to kill but you can still bleed which means you can die" the Djinn pulled his spear out, but dropped the spear "huh what…" he looked down and saw a sword sticking out of his chest
Vox smiled "your late Tristan" Vox licked his paw and the wound slowly closed and healed itself
Tristan faded back into view "Big mistake the powers of the ruins are mine now as they were mine to start with Djinn, and seeing how you hurt my guardian I will not be so merciful" he turned the blade and ripped it out and kicked off the dead Djinn and landed in front of the others pulling his rapier out "Vox… Mirage sends her love to you" and Tristan faded from view and slashed the Djinn running towards them and faded back.
Vox frowned "so Mirage you gave him all your powers I thought you would, I hope we can take care of the world you so loved in your place but know Mirage I don't find the world as beautiful anymore without you init but I will fight to keep this world alive like you did" Vox smiled feeling the wind pick up all around him like the wind was hugging him "I love you too my love" He turned his sight on the Djinn running to him and He bared his fangs "can't even have 3 seconds of peace" He jumped over the Djinn and landed on it's back and his claws came out into the Djinn's back Vox bit the Djinn's neck and said "you made a mistake today entering these ruins and harming me" Vox used all his power and pushed down with his paws and pulled up on the Djinn's neck and howled and ripped the Djinn's head off and spat it out and howled louder and dashed to the Djinn using the bow Vox dashed up the pillar and pawed the Djinn's face, Vox pushed off the pillar when the Djinn shoot a arrow at him "you dumb Djinn"
Tristan faded and reappeared behind the Djinn and stabbed it in the spine leaving it paralyzed he turned his sight on the last one on the ground running to him and Tristan faded and kicked the Djinn and faded back into view and brought his sword down and found the Djinn's blade waiting for him "Hm not bad for a Djinn" Troy said while drawing his kunai and started a long set of blows to the Djinns sword to weaken the Djinn's arm and drop it's guard, This Djinn was stronger and obviously the real leader of these Djinn, The Djinn laughed and it's face shimmered and a man's face appeared "been a long time Tristan"
Tristan stopped his attacks and stared his hands shaking "Axel how your dead I killed you years ago"
Axel's body appeared when he body was solid he jumped up and back kicked the Djinn away sending it into the wall Axel landed and pulled his sword "I lived an have been waiting to get my revenge Tristan and make no mistake your body will be at feet broken and bleeding just like that Falcon you used to have" Axel started running towards Tristan with a speed that wasn't human once he got behind Tristan he put his arm around Tristan's neck and put the tip of his blade into Tristan's ribs "I'm going to kill you slowly Tristan" Axel looked at the wolf walking closer and baring its fangs "I don't think so Wolf" and Axel shimmered away into the sky "were where we Tristan" Axel pushed his sword into Tristan's ribs more and he smiled hearing Tristan scream in pain "Now you join that bird of yours in hell" Axel punched the hilt of his sword hard and pushing the blade all the way through Tristan's ribs and out to the other side of his body Axel smiled and dropped Tristan to the ground and faded away
"Tristan" Vox roared and dashed up and let Tristan land on his back Vox rested Tristan's body on the grass gently "Tristan keep your eyes open Don't you close on my Boy"
Tristan blinked and mouthed, "Vox… please tell Troy I'm… sorry we ended our duels in a tie and… I never stopped caring for him not once…" and closed his eyes
Vox Howled loud the ground shook "Wake up boy" he pawed at Tristan "please"
Else where:
"There we go Troy all healed you feel better" Baberius Smiled and put his hand down to help Troy up
Troy took it and brushed the dirt of his armor "Where is Tristan"
Siarnag frowned "He and Vox ran into the woods east of here"
Troy's eye glowed red and He cried out a battle cry and dashed to the woods east drawing his sword as he did
Baberius tilted his head "what was that about"
Siarnag frowned "I'll get him" and ran after Troy. As Siarnag ran he knew that something happened in the woods and Tristan was dead he knew if Troy saw it Troy would kill all the demons since it was a demon's blade that was sticking out of Tristan "come on Sarah let have my old powers let me help Troy please" he raised his hand and the mist came into his hand and cloaked him "thank you Sarah" he raised his other hand and the fog cover all the woods allowing him to teleport to Tristan before Troy got there
Vox sat and placed his body around Tristan's with his head on Tristan's Chest hoping to hear a heart beat again he bared his fangs "GO AWAY fiends"
Siarnag reappeared next to Tristan and fell to his knees "So he's dead" Siarnag placed his hand on Tristan's eyes that were contorted in pain and closed them "who was the demon that did this Vox"
Vox raised his head and gold tears rolled down "Axel" and he placed his head back down "Please Troy if not for me for Mirage come back"
Siarnag turned his head as he heard Troy's footsteps behind him
Troy faded into view "Move Siarnag" Troy pushed Siarnag hard enough to make Siarnag fall backwards Troy got down to his knees and saw the blade sticking out "So Baberius you wanted to escort us to our death not escort us to the queen" Troy pulled the blade out and looked at it "Axel's this can't be Tristan killed him"
Vox said without moving his head "Axel appeared and killed Tristan in the air before my eyes just as he Killed Mirage before Tristan's eyes Axel the hunter of Counter Parts"
Troy stood up "Siarnag please leave me alone for a few minutes"
Vox moved his body and walked a step behind and sat down with his eyes still on Tristan
Troy walked and got on his knee's "Vox did he say anything"
Vox frowned "He said to tell you "I'm… sorry we ended our duels in a tie and… I never stopped caring for him not once…"
Troy looked down at Tristan's face
Vox jumped on top of Troy knocking Troy on the ground "I ask one thing kill me I have lost Mirage and now I failed her I lost her counter part my counter part"
Troy pushed Vox off "I will not do such a thing There's still way's to revive Tristan First and foremost killing Axel and drawing his blood and basicly doing what has already been done to the 5 of us to Tristan again That's the surefire way to bring him back but we run the risk of Tristan losing his sanity if we do that again"
"So he might be himself again he'd be different" Vox said looking up at Troy
"Yes" Troy looked back "You can follow scents then help me follow Axel's and lets together end him and think of something to do about Tristan"
Vox dashed into one of the ruins and dashed back pulling a tomb fit for a king "we can let Tristan rest in here this has withstood time and land changes it can withstand the body of my counter part for a little while"
Troy placed his hands under Tristan's back and neck and lifted him up he frowned when he saw the pool of blood on the ground and Tristan's white hair now a shade of crimson he placed Tristan in the tomb and walked back and picked up Tristan's blades and placed them in Tristan's hands
Vox looked down and gold tears landed on Tristan's face "I'll help you kill Axel but if we can't revive him I want you to end my life Troy" Vox closed the lid and grabbed the ring on the body of the tomb and dashed with back into the temple
Siarnag walked back into the woods "Troy what about meeting with the Demon Queen"
"She can wait Siarnag You head back to the others and watch the demon with you very closely" Troy said and walked after Vox
Siarnag frowned and disappeared into the fog he appeared back at the camp "Siarnag what happened where's Troy, Tristan & Vox" Maya said
Siarnag frowned "They are taking care of something's to help Tristan let Vox into his body… Where's Baberius"
Maya said "Oh He saw a weird cloaked demon running out of the woods and chased after him Baberius didn't to happy to see this demon either in fact he looked out raged"
Siarnag frowned and raised his hands "Maya Grab my hand we're going to follow Baberius" He got up and grabbed Maya's hands and they faded from view
Next Chapter: Chapter #4: The Sin Of Demon's and The Funeral For a Warrior Of Power
I Hoped you liked Chap #3 As I have Writing it Understand that for this re-writing process Tristan Had to die for a little while at least.
Again Any Feed back of any kind is welcome. Here, or my email or to My friend Shinobi of the Onyx Sands. Thank you
