Chapter 3 – Road Of Swirling Sadness, Regret, and Grief
Wendy was dreaming about stuff again. It was completely dark…it was so scary…get me out of here…Wendy woke up with a gasp. She was sweating all over. She was breathing hard. She looked at Zep. He was sleeping like a baby. Chibi was breathing at his usual slow speeds.
"Not the dreams again…" She said.
She opened the door exit of the fusion bar and walked outside. A breeze came whizzing by her. It felt refreshing despite how she hates the cold wind. She stared up toward the dark sky, lit up to life by millions of bright stars of all shapes and sizes. She closed her eyes and toke a deep breath. Suddenly an image came into her head. She saw the quiet forest of Ellinia calling out to her. Everywhere she looked was dead bodies. Blood stained the trees and screams pierced the forests quietness. She then saw a masked figure with dark skinny arms appear. It chanted several words and the ground erupted with spikes of crystallized diamonds. It then looked directly into Wendy's eyes. Suddenly the image was replaced by three mages. One was wearing flame red clothing. The other was wearing crystal blue clothing. The last was wearing pure white clothing.
The mage wearing the red clothing looked into her eyes and said, "I, Moranos, hereby give you the full feeling of sadness."
Immense sadness welled up inside Wendy. She wished it would stop as the sadness grew and grew. When she thought she would die of sadness, the feeling subsided.
The mage with blue clothing stepped forth and said, "I, Kelk, hereby give you the full feeling of regret.
Instantly Wendy felt pain and sadness as she watched her memories of leaving the quiet forest of Ellinia forever. She reached out and said, "Wait! Don't leave me alone!" but the surroundings slowly disappeared into the engulfing darkness.
"Please…I want to go back…I want to see the trees again…I want to see the people whom I have loved since childhood…" Wendy said as she continued weeping over her mistake. And then the feeling was gone.
The last of the three mages stepped forth and said, "And I, Lea, hereby give you the full feelings of grief."
Wendy stared in horror as her memories were dug up once again. This time she saw her friend lay on the floor. She was bleeding very seriously. She saw herself next to her friend crying for help.
"Somebody please help her!" She cried out to the passing fairies.
"As much as I want to help…she's not a fairy." One of the fairies said. "You do know that we, fairies, hate humans. So go get one of your clerics and heal that friend of yours."
Wendy watched as her younger self ran off toward the nearest house. When she finally came back with a cleric, her friend was no more. Wendy watched her younger self drop to her knees and weep over her friend for hours. When her friend was buried she was the only one there to mourn her death. The memory burned in her head. It all felt like it happened yesterday. The three mages stepped back.
"Now you know how each of us felt when we were young." All three mages said at once. "Sadness, Regret, and Grief all mixed up into one emotion are very powerful indeed. But among all these emotions lies another…forgiveness."
Without warning the three mages disappeared. Wendy felt her body fall to the ground. Before she fainted she saw Zep and Dark Lord running over to her. When she woke up, she was in the fusion bar again. Was the vision about the masked demon true? Did a greater power then she threaten the quiet forest of Ellinia? She must find out herself. She tried to lift herself of the table she was resting on. Zep and Chibi came into view.
"You fainted outside." Zep said. "What happened?"
"I had a vision." Wendy replied. "A masked demon attacked my village. Then three mages appeared in front on me and showed me how strong, Sadness, Regret, and Grief, felt like."
"The masked demon must be Thanatos." Dark Lord said.
The trio looked at the famed assassin.
"How did you know its name?" Wendy asked.
"Why I have met and fought it once before." Dark Lord replied. "If what your vision states is true then we must prepare for the worst. Go get your friend, the hunter, to join us. After that we must rally our people in Ellinia for the final assault. Now go find your friend."
All three nodded before rushing out of the fusion bar and racing towards the dungeon in the heart of Victoria Island.
