Level of Madness

by Pandore Hart

Let the madness begin !

14. Chapter 14 The Precious Heart

Level of Madness

Chapter 14 : The Precious Heart

Gore content

(Internal point of view: Emily)

I am in front of the magnificent citadel in front of the big white castle, unfortunately surrounded by the evil aura, the voices keep calling me, it seems to come from the tower all up there, if this person calls me is that she is counting on me, I must not disappoint her. I enter then through the great gates of the citadel, not a soul that live here, and everything is covered with crystals, even the fountain, remain only great rock crystals, a cracked ground and an empty citadel. It's sad to see.

- There is someone ? I call, I do not get any answers, yet I do not lose hope and keep calling

- Hey oh? Have no fear, I don't want you any harm! Is there anyone ? I keep calling, still nothing. Damn this place makes me uncomfortable, it is almost as silent as a cemetery, it is while looking furtively a crystal, I think to see a shape inside, curious I approach closer then rub the crystal, then I see the face of an old woman paralyzed inside, the shock was so powerful that I scream while backing back.

My breathing becomes jerky as I stay in front of this crystal, and all around me other people appear in the crystals. But ... how did this happen? Why are they like this? I wonder horrified, but who could have done something like this? I try to hit one of the crystals in order to free the old lady, but by doing so I'm only hurting myself because touching this crystal, my skin has suffered a heavy redness that burns me, a Magic spell covers each of these stones that I notice are amethysts and not ice. And I'm mostly afraid that the people inside ... are dead. Who could have done such an awful act? It is shameful.

- Emily ... call me the voice. I jump at his call, turning my gaze to the tallest tower.

- The voice ?

- Emily ... have no fear for these poor people. The descendants of the Prince of Chaos did not kill those poor people you see. They are just prisoners in the darkness inside these cursed amethysts, only pure magic like that of the light can get them out of these stones. Pass your way young Emily ... Come and get me at the top of the Tower that you look at, here you are not safe ... Come quickly! She said to me with a voice almost sobbing, she makes me a little pain, but there is something in her words that intrigued me ... The Prince of Chaos? Who is it ? Alizé never spoke to us about the existence of a Prince of Chaos, only the existence of the Prince of Twilight, would he have made reference to him by deceiving himself? If that's the case it would not surprise me, it reminds me a bit like in video games, the voices that speak to the main character indicating what quest he has to accomplish, sometimes it happens that he makes mistakes in their Finally, I imagine that I will have to hurry to go, in any case I hope that all the others are well.

Everyone ... Wait me, I'll be here very soon. Hold on tight.

I start running through the citadel looking for the way to the castle and when I get to the garden, immediately the atmosphere was rough and heavy to breathe and quickly I was surrounded by unbreathable mist, I cough heavily trying to cover my nose and my mouth to advance in this mass of darkness and then a ball of saving light comes to rest on my heart, thus protecting me from the darkness. "I will protect you! The voice says to me kindly, I hold the light against me and it reassures me through this darkness, but suddenly I have the feeling that I'm not alone, there is a scary presence that I am and observe myself, I will not know who observes me but, what is certain it is that it is disturbing, and while I arrive towards a door of the castle, I feel the presence right in my back then a hand suddenly falls on my shoulder as I open the door, a horrible thrill runs through my back and when I turn around, I see a tall man about 2 meters with a strong body. He has a pale porcelain complexion, unhealthy, clear and icy. His face is a bit similar to Spandel's, but his looks are sharper and he looks a lot less sympathetic. His piercing eyes are incredibly bright blue and his thick raven hair is out of order, his bangs falling into his eyes. A key heart made of black ink is marked on his heart. And he is wearing a long black coat left open over a gray buttonhole and a set of black jeans in black boots.

Who is this guy ?

I swallow him.

- Hmm ... Hello! Who are you ? I ask, his eyes constantly toiser me fearfully, his hand on my shoulder tightens to the point that I hear crack, I take his hand trying to remove but his grip was too strong for me

- Let me go ... Please, you hurt me! I tell him, it's then that I feel him get up from the ground then he hits me violently against the wall, the shock was so violent that I spit nets of blood and tries to debate me

- Ah, I see, you're not allied ... At the same time it shows on your head, you have a beautiful head of villain. It must be believed that I was clumsy once again. Sorry guy, but I do not have much time to play with you. I told him before to show my sword is also completely different from before, now it is thin and slightly curved blade is gracious manner and a burst of light shines, I do not take time to admire my sword and get ready to pierce the head of this guy, immediately he suddenly let go of me and dodge my blow with such ease.

Suddenly, I see his sword arrived at high speed, I dodge immediately but his weapon nicks my cheek, if I had not reacted he would have pierced my head. This guy is really powerful, it continues to look at me and when I meet her eyes, I have a feeling to see something: I see armed monster large blades on his fingers fighting against that Kirron is exhausted, and at one point the monster pierces Kirron and cuts him almost in half. I scream in front of it and this guy takes the opportunity to catch me by the throat and flatten me on the ground, it hurts so much. I see my HP go down under this shock, I lose 10 out of 100, it almost sounded me, and while he was about to cut me, I roll to dodge his weapon that sinks into the ground , his sword breaks under the violence of shocks, at the moment I felt the hope of being able to beat him, unfortunately I see something golden appear on his belt, he draws them and throws them on me with violence I manage to stop one with my sword, but unfortunately the other slips under my hands and slices my leg. I scream away immediately, my leg is bleeding and I can not get up, my nerves prevents me and the pain is too strong. I try to catch my breath as I hear him approach, then suddenly I get a kick in the top of the chest and I am back to the ground.

I can't breathe.

I try desperately to catch my breath, but I can not, because something prevents me ... The darkness around me, it's probably his fault if I'm also destabilized. I feel myself leaving ... and I feel my soul breaking, I have just exhausted my first chance, I have only two left before I can not do anything for a certain time . I do not know what will happen to me if I find myself in this situation, but I am afraid of what can happen to me. Yet, I'm still here ... I can still hear and see, and I see that I am surrounded by benevolent light and below I see my body that is inanimate, and picked up by this guy

- What is happening to me ? I wonder intimidated, then I feel like a pair of arms surround me and the voice whispers to me

- Don't be afraid ... He can not see you. I will take you safely.

- But ... my body ... I have to get it back! I tell him with a slight wiggle

- Your body can not be destroyed without the soul, as long as your soul will survive, your body can not be permanently destroyed. It's the peculiarity that you have, you humans in the other world ... (I'm surprised) No matter how many times you will be cut, your body will regenerate itself after a while, because our world will reject you and refuse to let you die in our world! She told me before I got carried away at the top of the Tower.

Here I am now in a dark room and recluse with only the bars that brings us the light outside and mine, me who is now a soul, then face me I see, chained to the ground a beautiful woman with a dirty white dress, very long black hair like ink, decorated with gold jewels and with large white wings, then when she raises her black eyes to me, I think I recognize the mother of our Pandore Scarsheld, Lady Andrea. Unfortunately ... She is definitely another Lady Andrea because this has the stature of a queen of the sky, yet the resemblance is crazy

- Are you ... Lady Andrea? I ask with a feverish voice.

(Internal point of view: Damian)

We still do not understand why Rochelle is in such a state of distress, Kirron can comfort her, but he can not do it either. It is then that I meet the gaze of the one who brought him to us with his flying ray, and looking at the mentors of all, I have the feeling to know them and hold a lot to them, and they are the same. They look at me with a different look

- I apologize for interrupting you, but we must absolutely go to the celestial islands! We interrupt Ginrei, immediately we recover our minds then we see Rochelle rubbing her eyes then she comes to take my hand affectionately, as if she wanted to reassure me of something, I do not understand unfortunately.

But I wish I could understand.

Although we miss Emily and Helen, we continue our way up to a big symbol on the ground, it's a big circle with in its center the wings of angels surrounding a scepter of light, it is Elena who activate the symbol with a simple gesture of the hand, and with its powers the gate to the sky opens

- I present you the portal of the sky, it is him who will lead you on the territory of Alizé. There, expect to fight with all forces because in the territory of Alizé, the war has flourished for a long time, so never think that you will be quiet. Where you need to go ... Timeline Castle, the enemy territory of the wind clan. And Damian Hart, that's probably where your son is. And also your youngest daughter if it's yours?

- Maria ? She's up there too? I ask with surprise, then my little Maria is still alive and is in the sky with Angel, yet the presence of Angel ... is very weak.

- Wait! You do not come with us? Stops Rochelle, which awakens our surprise to all

- Alas no, we will not be of any use to you. It is not us who must fight because it is not our era ... It's yours!

- Are you telling us that you are unable to fight? Yet it is "your" world that is in danger! Adds Kirron trying to understand.

- Yes and no ! Where you are is only an infernal spiral, this place is only the mirror of our real world and the cause of all this, you would discover it very quickly! This world is yours, the heroes are you, we are not of this era, ours is elsewhere we can only help you by entrusting our powers and fighting with you in yourself, it is all that can do! She explains herself then her body starts to shine and a magic link is created between Rochelle and her, as between Kirron and Ginreï, Anna and Jack and also between Spandel and Saphira, when to Damian ... His sword itself shines and gives him more power than he already had, all the mentors have disappeared, still only Elena who before disappearing in turn, points to me and tells me firmly

- Damian Hart, chosen by Prince of Twilight! Hold my words, never let the darkness take control of you where chaos will fall on you all! Concludes she before disappearing in Rochelle. I am still without a way.

I quickly pick up my spirits when my friends call me to pass the gate, I frown determined and begins to move towards the portal

- Daddy ... I'm scared! Lucy tells me in a small voice, I caress her head affectionately while squeezing her against me

- I'll protect you! You, Angel, Maria and your friend Shiro, I'll protect you all four! I tell them before crossing the gate. The light engulfs us all for a long time when finally we feel the first winds blow on our face, and opening our eyes, a sad landscape is revealed in front of us with a panel floating above us: Célestia! Helios Region!

- This world is so ... sad! Spandel says in shock, as all of us ... In this place on each of the celestial islands, villages and palaces in ruins, no sign of life anywhere and especially surrounded by mists and gray clouds. It was terribly sad, especially since this world looked so beautiful before, and apparently it will be the territory of Alizé ... But, how could she live in a place so sorry? It's terrible ...

- Well ... move on! Let's not waste more time, we have to find Timeline Castle! Kirron tells us, following suit, we all begin to follow him, then I feel Rochelle pulling me a little on the arm, I turn to her who has her head down

- Are you going to go Rochelle? Is there anything you want to tell me? I ask him a little worried.

Suddenly, I see her shaking her head slightly and then she drops my hand

- No it is nothing. She told me before returning to Jack to find some comfort with him ... I really do not understand. So I'd rather continue my journey with a lot of guilt in myself, would I have done something that would have made Rochelle sad? I do not know ... Suddenly I come to take a look at my soul ... My heart is slowly cracking and begins to lose its color to become gray. And the cracks are very deep ...

(Internal point of view: Rochelle)

I can not tell him ... All of them say, the words stay in my throat and it makes me feel so sick, suddenly I feel like a deep wound forming on my heart, I then open the coat Elena gave me and see that my soul ... cracked. But, how is it possible? I hasten to hide it so that no one sees and I do not worry anymore and as we walk along a large stone bridge on the point of leading us to an island immersed in the sea. fog, we notice a stain of blood a little dry on the ground and a piece of clothing, it looks like a piece from a little yellow sweater like Angel door, it paralyzed us. Damian, too, his eyes began to shake as he approaches to retrieve the piece of clothing, for a moment he said nothing, we just see him squeeze the piece against him. We all take the first step towards him to console him, it is then that we hear like a distant howl.

It was like the cry of an animal, and this is the case because we see a gigantic griffin being projected violently, then a giant shadow surrounded by mists where we see only two big bright red eyes comes land on the stone bridge a few inches from us, immediately we prepare to fight and then we hear a little laugh of very familiar child and when the fog dissipates, we see a gigantic fox 9 tail but with a pink fur and feathers decorating the back of the ears

- But it's Kyubi this thing! It is the monster who has kidnapped Maria near the volcano. Kirron exclaims, and actually this monster looks like Kyubi, the famous Ninetails demon, except that there ... it's pink.

Personally, the pink make him a little more cute.

- Daddy daddy ! We hear on the back of the animal that in a single stroke creates a cloud of smoke to change shape, the pink Kyubi has now become, a young woman with long pink hair decorated with the same white feathers with eyes scarlet red, a little blue dress covering her a minimum and possessing a fluffy pink fox tail as well as fox ears, since when is Kyubi a girl? Then in her arms she holds little Maria who moves to go down ... And she is perfectly fine. She has a smile on her face and laughs happily, the fox woman puts the baby on the floor and Maria runs to Damian who is almost in tears, he hurries to come and hug her, he who has been so worried since his disappearance , like Kirron who comes to see her, Maria smiles at him by grabbing his shirt

- RonRon! She said, it's true that Maria still can not pronounce the name of Kirron correctly, but Kirron laughs and he too hugs him because he too was terribly worried.

On the one hand it is such a relief that Maria is back and in good health, on the other hand, we do not really know what to do with the one he took to us, this fox woman that Maria obviously She does not want to see us leave so we have to keep her with us but she does not look so threatening like that, except her red eyes that we all see. Hoping it's going well with her.

Several moments later, we take the road on the big stone bridge, for now there is nothing, except a strange noise, like swords that cross and further, an explosion sounds. Immediately we run up to there and then we see that someone is on the ground, the ground is cracked and covered with blood, and in this small pool of blood, a girl with black hair, torn clothes and skin covered with deep black lines stands up with difficulty, and while she is about to fall, she plants her black sword on the ground to stand up

- Alizé? Call Damian, putting the children in our arms and then going to help her

- Fuck ... this bastard. "Cough" What? Damian Hart, and you too ? But ... How did you come here? She asks us surprised and at the same time in a cold and angry tone.

- We have to take the gate leading to the sky. Those who know you have brought us here ... I try to explain to him, damn it ... Words echo in my mind ... The words of Elena.

"The Pandore you cherish so much, who made you happy and with whom you spent all these good moments is in fact only the empty shell of Alizé, Pandore should never have existed, if things were passed normally without this altercation that opened a gap between our two worlds, you would never meet that sweet friend you call Pandore, you would never have had this necklace that is a symbol of your friendship so strong, and you never would be falling into this infernal chaos, this empty shell belonging to an almost demonic genocidaire is your friend Pandore, the real one, you already know her. My lips are shaking strongly, when I look at him now, I become more and more nervous, I can not believe it ... It's impossible

- It does not matter ... You have nothing to do here, you'll embarrass me more than anything else. This case is mine, it's my fight and I do not want to have you in the paws. (she departs from Damian) So go! When you Damian, do not worry about your son, Kirsten took him to a safe place to the island in the fog. So go if you want to get it ... But do not stay here, unless you do not want to find this Pandore to whom you are holding!

That was the word too much, this time I do not hold back anymore, never again with her, so I express myself

- When will you stop lying to us? Her black eyes come to rest on me who stands in front of her, then I take out of my pocket the precious necklace in the shape of a heart that my Pandore offered me, it barely blinks eyes

- What do you insinuate Rochelle? Does she ask me in a cold tone, I stay strong and continuous

- You've been lying to us since the beginning ... You never intended to help us find our Pandore, you wanted to use us for personal purposes to save this world, without being aware of how we feel . How could you ... use us this way? By making us believe in the hope that we could find our friend so precious when in reality ... It's impossible.

- Rochelle ... what are you insinuating? What are you talking about ? Jack asks in shock, all my friends look at me, and the most shocked is Damian.

- Elena told me everything, and I didn't dare believe it ... But that I think about it now, it's obvious. We are looking for nothing ... because in truth the person we all love, the one who is my best friend, the one who is Damian's wife and the mother of his children is right in front of us! And it's you Alizé Scarsheld ... or should I rather call you Pandore Scarsheld!

Everyone is in shock, I see their eyes shaking under the news and Kirron seems to be angry

- You are the one who offered me this necklace! The one who has become a friend so dear to our eyes is you. Or at least, the real bus .. Our precious Pandore, was only a part empty of you is not it? We can find this kind of thing even in a world as chaotic as yours, but you thought you could make us believe it so we could use it as you like but in reality ... Pandore has always been with us since At first, except that it is only the part of a person who sows death and destruction in his path and who uses us to realize his ambitious projects, are you really this person Pandore ? Are we so insignificant for you? All that we have lived together until now ... (tears begin to flow down my cheeks as I tighten the collar against me) have you really erased it from your memory? I ask him while sobbing I can not stop my tears and the others are speechless, unable to say the least word, except Kirron intervenes, he approaches her and comes to catch him by the collar of his dress

- Answer us! Is it true ? Is it really you, Pandore ?! Alizé does not say a word, his face is dark.

- You bitch! Scream Kirron before punching her, Alizé does not even defend himself and collapses on the ground while Kirron yells at her

- How dare you do such a thing? To ours ? Your friends, what's wrong with you? You are completely disturbed my word, you realize the suffering that you inflicted on us, the suffering that you inflict on your husband, your children, Rochelle, Emily, Jack, your own sister, Spandel and especially ME ?! Why why Pandore ? That's when Jack comes to catch Kirron and drive him away, Kirron tries to calm down, it's Damian's turn to get close to her, but without even showing a sign of anger, he squats in front of her, waiting for an answer. Alizé looks at the sky and finally speaks

- I'm not that person ...

- Stop lying ... tell us the truth. Damian calmly demands staying close to her.

- This girl is not me ... She is yes a part of me but ... I'm not her ... not me. I am only a part myself too. We all open our eyes in front of these words. It's Jack's turn to intervene

- Are you lying to us Alizé ...? Please ... do not lie to us.

- Yes Alizé ... do not lie to us, please. Spandel intervenes.

- Pandore and I are the being Alizé Scarsheld, both a sweet and generous girl, on the other a being created for the sole purpose of fighting and destroy those who dares to challenge. That's why Elena told you that Pandore was an empty shell of the real Alizé Rochelle, because I too am one, and yes Alizé is a genocidal almost demonic but, at the same time ... She was the friend that Elena enjoyed a lot, we and her fought together with all our friends who are most your alter egos, you Jack, and you Damian, as well as Naru the girl you met at the ocean of megalodons and Anna and Ginrei, we are the ones who fought chaos before Alizé lost her two parts that made her a person. I am this bad part there, and your Pandore is the other (she leaves in turn the same necklace as me, it was her necklace to her, and also she reveals her soul, and ... she only has half of the heart and the other half ... is absent)! When the chaos fell on this world, I fought with my comrades unfortunately ... I was beaten and my soul was separated in two which caused this altercation in space but which lasted only a few moments, the good part was sucked into your world, when to me, I stayed in this world, alone. I saw everything ... the life that your Pandore had, it was a happy day with all of you. As for me, I remained isolated and I fought as much as I wanted. It was better that way. Unfortunately ... I do not know why the good part has been eliminated in your world, and now that you're here ... I thought I could arrange things in this world because I was no longer alone! That's why I lied to you. She told us.

We do not know how to react, this time she told us the truth and she unveiled the proof, I can not help but cry at that, then we see all Damian come hug Alizé against him, I will make myself and everyone else.

(No point of view)

On the misty island, Kirsten comes to deposit Angel badly wounded, and immediately she begins to heal him, slowly the wound scar but the little Angel is still in tears in the face of the pain, it took a lot of time for Kirsten to can finally finish healing, but because of this and his fight against Alizé, the latter has exhausted all its reserves of magic and must withdraw.

But when she wanted to take Angel with her, a presence is felt, Kirsten is wary and when she raises her head, on an iron pillar, someone sits at the top and observes. She is a woman with a long black hair, black wings on her back, a black dress with some purple, beautiful and graceful curves, a big silver sword surrounded by the power of twilight and darkness. shadow, then her black eyes are of a crazy and dark beauty, her left eye being purple as poison and right and the color of Twilight as Damian

- Kirsten Wina, princess of the wind and heir to the throne of Timeline Castle, I would ask you to leave me this child and leave here! I would take care of him now! Declares the girl jumping from the top of the pillar before landing gracefully on the floor, Kirsten is suspicious of her

- Who are you ? And what makes you think that I'll leave you this child? He is unable to fight.

- Exactly, I come to remedy, this child with an exceptional power and terribly powerful, even able to surpass those of Onéuu Phillips, he must develop this power as soon as possible. The fight is fast approaching. She explained while declaring herself now Angel's mentor.

Cray Onéuu Phillips, at once the greatest black demon in all this chaos, he even surpasses Jiro, Kirsten's big brother and even Armox, the god of Destruction, and little Angel ... able to surpass this monster ? Impossible... ! That's when the statistics of this woman is revealed to Kirsten and she sees it as registered: Mononoké Light, the descendants of the Prince of the Twilight, level 300, 70% of LM classified in Hard bosses!

That's all for this epic chapter 14. The story gets more and more serious as one of the biggest fights in this story is fast approaching, I hope everyone is ready because the next one chapter is going to be a real emotional lift I guarantee you ^^ and also very violent, so I hope you're looking forward to it because yes yes. In short, anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter, if it is the case do not hesitate to tell me in comment, it will make me very happy ^ ^ I make you big kisses and tell you to very fast for a new chapter. Ciao