Chapter 3

~Anivia~

"Can you believe it?!" I shouted again. Valor and I were talking in my cave. He had come over in the morning to tell me about the ceremony for a new champion. That had, of course, started my ranting. Which is what had been going on for about an hour now. He sighed, probably because it was about the fifth time I had asked that. I lowered my head in a gesture of apology. "Sorry, I just... Well you saw how he was, and you were there fighting with him. I just don't think he should be forgiven so easily." Valor nodded in agreement, but spoke against my protests none the less. "That is true, but in that fight you also saw how powerful he is. And from what you have told me about his agenda, it will be helpful to have him restricted by the council's rules. I'm sure the council saw that, are you that opposed to him that you can't?"

I felt anger well up inside me at that last statement. But I knew he was right... So why was this so hard for me? My mind went back to the thoughts from last night, and I decided that I couldn't hide it from everyone, maybe telling him would be beneficial. But even so I was still nervous when I spoke. "That's the thing..." I trailed off slightly after this, but the way he looked at me I knew I had gotten his attention. I couldn't get scared now. "I was thinking about it last night... And the more I thought about it the more it seemed that I was similar to him. Both of us just blindly doing what we are told. And as much as I hate what he is doing, I don't think he knows anything else. I'm not trying to excuse his actions, but... I think what I'm trying to say is the problem is that I'm not really sure if I am opposed to him..."

Valor cocked his head, showing his confusion more and more as I spoke. But as my words trailed off there came a sense of understanding in his eyes. "I think I understand. You want to hate him, but you're not sure if you do or not and that's what's making you so upset. But there is one thing I still don't understand…" He looked at me, nervous to continue speaking. I motioned for him to continue, but still he was reluctant. "When you say that you may not hate him, what do you mean. By the way you were talking it made it seem like the opposite. Did you mean you wanted to help him…? Or did you mean that you had feelings for him?" He backed away from me after that, which with the way that I had been acting that day, I didn't blame him.

Actually I almost did lash out against him, but I finally got control of myself, for what seemed like the first time today. What is that infernal bird doing to me, I thought harshly, before turning to Valor again. I sighed, trying to regain my composure, and my thoughts raced to wrap around what he had said. "Of course I don't have feelings for him, not like that!" I was still speaking louder then I should have been to such an old friend. I softened my voice for the next part, "As for helping him, I honestly don't know." It was the truth, the best interpretation of it I had at the time. With that I flew off towards the institute, signaling the end of the conversation, and the start of a new undoubted encounter with the voidling that had been consuming so much of my time and thoughts.

~Vae'Zon~

It was surprising how well they were treating me considering what had happened. None the less, it was nice to see the humans in their place, serving me. AJ had woken me up, almost getting eaten because of it. He then showed me to my room. I was pleased to find that it was near the rooms of the rest of my team. He had informed me that the summoners had stayed up all night working on it, he told me they had made it larger than most rooms, because of my status as well as a rule that made me almost go on a rampage despite how much work I had put into being in good graces. Apparently I was not allowed to leave the institute except for being summoned or for approved reasons.

The only thing that made me not kill them was that AJ had been appointed to be my representative to the council. So I knew I would be able to get him to let me out quite often. I decided it would be best to take what I can get for now. They were showing me kindness, one of the biggest weaknesses of these humans, and I intended to exploit it. The room I found was quite nice, and surprisingly accurate. There were no individual rooms, instead there was a large floor, rocky with fire coming from the cracks. In the middle there was a raised platform, made to look like the top of a volcano. The crest was heated to resemble the temperature and lined with something soft. Above the room was a storm cloud, raining when the temperature called for it and causing an occasional lighting strike. The ground shook every so often, creating the illusion of an earthquake.

Along one wall was a great stone beach, the water was black, but I was assured it was still drinkable. This water would flood the room every few days, and cause a tsunami as temperature control. In one of the corners was a standing tornado, enchanted to cause windstorm and other tornadoes. The other corner was occupied by a portal, which I was told could be used for many kinds of transportation. Overall it was actually more grand then the cave that I had been raised in, and quite comforting with all the elements of my creation coming together. AJ of course didn't actually go in, the heat dangerous to the frail human body.

He had one more thing for me to, a rune armor made and enchanted by the summoners. It had the runes of all my disasters, and was supposed to control and channel them as to not cause any accidents. I had to wear it any time I was outside of my room, which I didn't much mind because I liked the way it looked. Blades on my wings, and turning my tail into a fan of death. It sharpened my claws and had a nice fit around my chest, while still being quite light, enough to fly in even. After all that was done, he tried to instruct me on how to recall to my room, but I already knew because of Vel'Koz. The summoners tried to get me to take a practice run on the rift, but I refused, for the same reason.

After all that was over, I was released and went back to my room, having a few hours till my introduction and release to the summoners. I laid down in the crest of the volcano, but found the bedding too soft for my comfort. So I instead laid on the ground beneath it, enjoying the sharp feel of the rocks, and the lightning bolts hitting my feathers. After about ten minutes of this my energy came back, being much more effective than the pitiful sleep I had gotten the night before. But as the fog of exhaustion lifted I immediately regretted it. My thoughts again going to Anivia and her reaction at seeing that I was a champion. "Will she come today?" I wondered out loud. I was told that all the champions were going to be there, but I had a feeling that she would be absent. I wasn't sure how I felt about that, but I decided not to dwell on it much.

Apparently I actually did fall asleep, because I awoke to a knock on my door, and Cho'Gath's voice telling me it was time for the ceremony. I stood slowly and left, my team following behind, not saying a word, which pleased me. It was a short walk to the summoners hall, where I was teleported along with the council to a platform that overlooked a sea of faces. We were in some kind of courtyard. The first few rows of humans in front of me were undoubtedly council members. Followed by champions, given away by the armor and weapons, beyond them were what I guessed to be the other summoners.

I stood proudly, entertaining a daydream of slaughtering them all while the head summoner started talking. As my eyes scanned the crowd, I noticed something that surprised me quite a lot. In the crowd, standing between a woman with an Ice bow and another riding a giant boar, were Anivia and the other two attackers from earlier. My gaze must have lingered on them for too long, for Anivia noticed me looking and began to scowl. I looked away quickly, and decided it best to pay attention to the man introducing me. He seemed to be at the tail end of his speech. "He will be summonable starting next week, tomorrow for council members. We hope you enjoy this new addition to the league. So without further adue, I introduce to you… Vae'Zon, The Void's Disaster." I smiled at the title, thinking about the irony of it. If only they knew.

If only I knew…

~The next day~

Apparently one of the council members gave AJ permission to summon me early. Because at around midnight I was teleported onto to the summoning platform. "Hey Vae'Zon," his voice spoke in my head. It was a weird feeling, not quite like when Vel'Koz would send me information. I got used to it though, and began to look at the others around me. Champions, as the league called them, but the name seemed inappropriate for humans. To the left of me was a man in a white overcoat. He was holding a sort of gun in each hand. Next to him was a woman with pink skin and goat legs. She was holding a staff with a crescent moon at the tip. On my other side was a woman with what appeared to be spider legs coming out her back. Next to her was a woman in armor wielding a rapier. "Lucian, Soraka, Elise, Fiora." Vel'koz told me their names.

I looked at each one of them in turn, Lucian simply huffed, muttering something under his breath. I could feel a decent amount of power coming off of Soraka, she was something more than human. I asked Vel'Koz, but even he wasn't sure. He told me to ask a wolf named Warwick for information. She greeted me kindly, and I responded with the only thing that was on my mind at the time, "Why do you spend time with all these humans, if you are above them. Are you being punished?" As soon as I asked, her face turned grim, and I smiled, knowing the answer. She didn't speak to me again and instead turned back to Lucian. Fiora approached me next, she held out her hand, to which I growled.

"I was wondering what lane they would put you in, your powers are quite interesting." She spoke quickly, slightly irked at me rejection to her greeting. I chuckled slightly, "That's one way to put it. You should be honored, very few have seen my power in person and lived to tell about it." She scoffed, "Let's see how highly you think of yourself after some time on the rift." I lifted my wing to strike her, ignoring the rules, but at that moment we were all teleported onto the rift. Because of this displacement, I ended up hitting Elise when we got to the spawn pool. "My, my, what power," she said as she was getting up, in a voice that seemed almost... seductive. "I look forward to seeing its extent." I was about to make another comment when AJ spoke up again. "Go to the shop and buy a Doran's ring and some health pots." I huffed, but did as he said. "Careful not to order me around this whole time. I can fend for myself."

"I know that, I'm just trying to get you used to the rift." I sighed, realizing he didn't know the extent of what Vel'Koz had told me. "Just this once," I relented as he directed me up the Mid Lane. Once I got there he had me stand around the tower and wait for the minions. I very much enjoyed that name. Once they got there I took a minute to imagine them as a line of "Champions", laughing as I followed. We got to the middle of the lane and I started killing the enemy team's minions by launching feathers at them. I killed a few, and noticed gold pieces coming off of them. I was about to ask about this, having lost contact with Vel'Koz, but before I could I got hit with a fireball.

The enemy champion had gotten to the lane, and I could see that she had blue buff around her. What surprised me most however was the person herself. A girl, maybe 10 years old, stood in front of me shooting fire from her hands. I would have laughed had it been anywhere else, but here I knew that she would be powerful, for a human. I smiled at the prospect of killing her and tasting her flesh. It had been so long since I had tasted a child, but AJ told me to wait till I was stronger before I attacked her, which I reluctantly did. Finally, after a few minutes of farming, she decided to attack me. Finally, I thought as I saw her skip around the minions. I rushed out to meet her, only to have her throw a fireball, as soon as it hit I lost the ability to move my legs.

I proceeded to throw feathers, only to find that whenever one hit her I would get hurt two. She was getting closer, and I knew I had to do something. Just as she was almost in range of another ability I regained control of my legs. What I didn't expect however was that it wasn't completely my control. My body moved without my command, summoning a tornado, tilting my wings to spin around it and launch myself forward, hitting the girl out of the way. Vel'Koz had told me about the feeling of the summoners control, but I never expected it to make me feel so weak, especially since a human was the one doing it. I didn't have much time to think through. As soon as my talons touched the ground I stomped, creating a fissure in the earth to envelop her.

She was injured again and she was now walking slower, but I was still in range for her to spit a cone of fire to envelop me. For some reason, it actually hurt, and as it cleared I saw a fireball coming at my face, but before it hit me I felt AJ's control again, and I shot a lightning bolt out of my beak. It broke through the fire and hit the girl dead on, arcing to three other minions as well, killing two of them. As the minions died, I felt a blue light surround me, and with the light I seemed to get stronger. Then I heard a voice ring out, "An enemy has been slain." I asked AJ what that meant, and he told me that I had killed the girl. I was proud, but somewhat disappointed, "What happened to her body, don't I get to feast on her remains?" The summoner audibly sighed, "There isn't time for that on the rift. She will respawn soon." I sighed, but when I thought about what Vel'Koz had told me, I supposed it made sense. My next question then, was what I had done to kill the fire girl.

He told me that her name was Annie, and apologized for forgetting to explain my abilities, before proceeding to do so. He spoke fast so that he was finished before Annie got back to the lane. "Your passive is that whenever you use an ability, your basic attacks are charged with that element for 5 seconds. Your Q creates a fissure in the ground in front you, slowing and damaging. Your W makes you shoot lightning from your beak, it electrocutes the first enemy, dealing damage over time, and arks between up to three more. Your E creates a tornado around you. You spin around it and launch yourself forward, knocking enemies out of the way and damaging them for both parts. Your R is called Icefire. You shoot a bunch of ice spikes into the air, when they come down they either explode if they hit something, or sit in the ground for a bit, exploding if something touches them or if 10 seconds passes."

I smiled hearing all that, thinking of all the destruction I could cause. Soon after Annie got back to lane, much more careful. I ended up killing her 3 more times, as well as the Jungler, Lee Sin, twice. By this point I had destroyed the first two towers in my lane, an act I very much enjoyed. It was then that Fiora called for a team fight on Mid. All five of us then began to run down the lane. We met up with the other team around their base, it was the first time I had seen them all as a group. AJ named them all for me, Annie, Lee Sin, Lulu, Caitlyn, and Moaki. This was the part I really loved, fighting them all as a group. If only all the other champions weren't with me, then I could have some real fun. But I took what I could get.

I used my tornado ability to get in the center of them before using the fissure. I then used my ultimate to cover myself as I backed up, having greatly damaged the other team. I continued used my lightning ability from behind the cover of my team. Preferring to have them die than myself. I learned that as I got better AJ's control over me in these situations became less. I was watching the carnage when I noticed that there was one of their team missing. I looked around, and that is when AJ informed me that I was low on health from charging in like I did. I was about to recall when suddenly I got hit with some kind of bolt from the woods.

Lee Sin then jumped out and kicked me in the face. I reacted fast, using my fissure and then my tornado to get away. I shot him with lightning from behind, and heard the familiar "An enemy has been slain." I began to walk away, satisfied, noticing that the fight ahead of me was almost finished. Fiora and Lucian were fighting against only one of their champions. She seemed to be getting away, a woman with a top hat and a sniper, but it was of no matter, we were close to destroying the third tower in the lane. I smiled when the sniper disappeared from my vision, hoping to be able to kill her later, to make up for the kills I lost from getting attacked. I began to recall, when a weird symbol began to surround me. I felt AJ begin to panic and force me to walk away.

I was going to ask why, but I didn't have to. A shot could be heard, and before I knew what happened I had been shot through the head. Killed. I had never died before, and even though I knew it was temporary, I was PISSED. We won the game while I was respawning. Lucian got an ace, and Fiora destroyed their Nexus. Everyone said good game to each other, and we were all brought back to the main institute. They all began to talk to each other. Some even tried to talk to me, but I ignored them. I walked out into the hall where AJ was waiting for me. He could tell I was mad, he went to apologize, saying he should have seen it coming. But I didn't care, simply swatting him away with my wing. I heard his yelp as his bones cracked, and smiled, before resuming my angry walk away from the area.