Legend

"Mother!" Lara ran to the portal of light that had opened up in the middle of the dais. She had revived Excalibur and defeated the evil Amanda and the demon that had possessed her. "Mother!" she screamed at the portal. She realized that she wasn't seeing her mother now, but years ago before she dissapeared. She had to stop her mother from removing the dormant Excalibur from the dais.

"Mother! It's you!" she said through the portal.

"Lara?" said her Mother.

"Yes, mommy?" came from her mother's side. It was the young Lara, who wasn't paying much attention to the portal or her mother.

"Nothing, dear" she said to her daughter. She turned to the portal once more. "What is going on?"

Before Lara could explain about the sword and the dais, Amanda got up and ran to the portal.

"Quickly, remove the sword or the dais will collapse!"

Lara angrily shoved aside Amanda and knocked her out, but it was too late. Lara's mother removed the sword and was sucked into Avalon. What Lara had tried to prevent had happened. She wanted to kill Amanda. She wanted her to suffer. She picked up Excalibur and charged at her. Suddenly, a woman in white dress with flowing, pink hair appeared in front of her. Lara stopped.

"What the hell" the muttered. She readied Excalibur, but the woman flicked it away with a simple wave. Lara reached for her guns, but they were no longer there. It was the same with her grappling hook and radio. She stepped back a bit.

"Do not be alarmed, child. I will not hurt you. I am Lady, and I'm here to propose and offer you cannot refuse. Would you like to see your mother again?"

Lara was still. How could this woman bring her mother back from Avalon?

"A tournament!" said Lady, "A tournament of heroines! Win, and I will grant you one wish! How could you refuse?"

"My mother? You have access to Avalon?" asked Lara.

Lady snapped her fingers and opened up a portal. Lara looked through it, and saw her mother sleeping.

"Mother!" she exclaimed.

The portal closed.

Lara didn't both thinking it through. "I'll do it." she stated firmly. Lady laughed, and opened up a door out of thin air. She motioned to it, and Lara walked through.

"Achoo!" sneeze Lady. "I better not have been getting a cold from the place. It's really cold in here..." she said to herself as she walked through the portal.

By ZenOfThunder