chapter ten: The Eternal Eclipse
"What?" I asked shocked and scared. She can't be coming, NO. She left seven years ago and why would she come back now?
"You heard me, Lady Amarath has awakened." Evil Pom smirked.
"No..." I whispered.
"Oh, yes. The end is coming. THE ETERNAL ECLIPSE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!"
I could hear a loud and distressed gasp in the background. I turned around to see Carla with her eyes wide with shock. She fell to the ground,
"It's coming...I saw it coming..."
What? If she knew that something was going to happen...
WHY DIDN'T SHE WARN ME?
I was filled with anger, hate, and vengeance, but not at Carla for not telling me, but at myself.
Why couldn't I see it coming?
The ground quaked, creating a vast crevasse that was filled with black water. The dark, viscous liquid oozed out of the cracks by our feet. I was terrified. It brought back bad memories.
The event came fresh into my mind like it was only yesterday.
She DROWNED me. It was in this very liquid.
The Dark Sea.
They say it's impossible for man to find the Magical Dark Sea.
Because you're not looking in the right place.
Let's just say that it's mythical, not real.
But it IS real!
Case closed.
Why won't you listen to me?
It's underground. Underneath the earth, close to it's core.
The Dark Sea was emerging, which only meant one thing and one thing only: all of your worst dreams can and will happen.
All because she was coming.
This may be the end of the world.
I was in a frenzied state, panicking the absolute sanity out of my soul.
We're all going to DIE.
Just then, the ground shook once more and ruptured into pieces, revealing a squirting geyser of the horrible water. One drop had landed on me and I immediately recognized the acidic burn. Knowing that if it got on any normal being, it would cause them true pain and death, I jumped and protected Wendy and Carla from the rain.
Only few life forms could stand the effects of the toxin, and I was one of them.
Once the geyser had stopped spouting, I got off and released them.
"Go help the others, and whatever you do, DO NOT MAKE ANY CONTACT WITH THIS WATER."
I demanded. I didn't want anyone to get hurt, not anymore, and especially not because of me.
They agreed, even though Carla still seemed weary. I decided to shrug this off since there are bigger problems at hand. I could already feel the familiar rumble in the air as vast winds soared. I could already feel her foul presence from who knows how far away.
She's coming.
I was probably spacing out at such a dangerous time, but it was all I could really do. I mean, what else are you supposed to do when you've already accepted death?
That's when it hit me, literally. One of the dragoniod creatures literally came and hit me. I started to go attack, but I was halted once again by the sharp pain in my stomach. As I was falling, the reptile-like monster came and hit me on the back.
Crack.
Well, there goes my bones.
Rip.
And my scars. They reopened again.
I had already lost an amount of blood from the damage that I had prior to the attack, now including a hit to the head, my spine and ribs collapsing, and now my scars.
That's a LOT of blood.
It's too bad I can't eat my own blood.
My vision and hearing were impaired again. Ah, death.
I could barely hear the words come out of villainous Pom's mouth,
"She's gone. And right before things get real, how unheroic. Such a weakling."
Then I lost my sight.
But I could still hear the screams.
"Mei-Chan!"
Was...that Juvia-nee's voice? It was.
Then I heard a bang, and a bloodcurdling scream proceeding it.
Ah, death.
Such a cruel and wonderful thing.
I was ready, and at the shining door that I formerly visited. Then the same voice spoke,
"You're here again? Why?"
"Well, I'm ready to die."
"No you're not."
"I am, I'm going to die regardless, so you might as well just let me in now."
"But you still have so much to fight for."
I do? What did I have that was worth so much as my life?
"You can't give up now Mei. You have no chance of living if you don't even try."
I'm still confused, I didn't want to live any longer.
The voice continued,
"If you're going to live a life, you might as well make it mean something!"
Life...that has meaning?
"Now GO! Save your family! They're in danger!"
That's right. If I die now, then they'll definitely die as well. Even Natsu-San or the other dragon slayers couldn't possibly defeat Amarath. They weren't dark dragon slayer like me...
and killing that beast was my job.
The door and the voice faded away as I was brought back to reality.
I instantly healed my wounds and bones.
I got up and looked around at my surroundings; chaos, chaos everywhere. I looked up at the dark sky in which held no moon nor sun, only complete darkness.
This means absolute death.
But not for me, for her.
This was the day I was going to slay that bitch once and for all.
I'm no longer scared of the dark.
I'm strong now, just you see.
With a newfound source of determination, I began to fight a battle that I had never once imagined would include someone as weak as myself.
I will kill you...
Pom.