Gargoyles- The Heart of Darkness (2)

by Sunmoonlight

Newly-wedded mates, Brooklyn and Rose, have finally found the life and love they've both fought for. But Rose's dark past, and magical forces beyond their control, have come back and are threatening to tear them apart. Will their love and powerful soul-bond be able to survive the test? Or will the darkness destroy everything they've created together completely?

1. Chapter 1- Darkness Awakens

**Rated M: For Brief Strong Language, Graphic Violence and Disturbing Images, and Sexual Content and Description.**

All 'Gargoyles' characters belong to Greg Wiseman, not to me.

Rose Connelly, Emily Hansen, Hela, Demetrius, Kevin Morrison and a few other supporting characters do. Within my story realm- even if they are more mythological based. Thanks :)

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Prologue

One thousand years ago- superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness, it was a world of fear, it was the age of Gargoyles. Stone by day, warriors by night. We were betrayed by the Humans we had sworn to protect, frozen in stone by a magical spell for a Thousand Years.

Now here in Manhattan, the spell is broken- and we live again!

We are defenders of the night.

We are Gargoyles!

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**Previously on Gargoyles- the Heart of Everything**

Brooklyn, Second-in-Command to the Manhattan Gargoyle Clan had been yearning for a mate and love of his own. Although his Clan members protected Humans, they were nowhere close to becoming accepted by them and all his Clan had seemed to move on with their own mates and lives, leaving him behind. He was in the depths of despair and loneliness, until he met a Human, a young-woman by the name of Rose Connelly, who flipped his lonely world upside down. Torn apart by her own darkness and woes, Rose had escaped her abusive husband, Kevin, and was being hunted down by him. His threats to kill her following her with every step she made to escape. By destiny, Brooklyn and Rose met up top the Brooklyn Bridge, and he saved her from the darkness that held her soul hostage, by saving her from herself.

The moment Brooklyn and Rose locked eyes, they felt their souls come to life with light, love and purpose for each other. And the moment they touched, they were connected. Soulmates. They decide to take a leap of faith and trust in each other's hearts. Brooklyn vows to protect her from harm, while Rose vows to protect and never leave him lonely. One night, Rose meets her best friend, Emily, outside of a pizza place and the two girls are caught by a gang of rapists; Brooklyn is stabbed while attempting to save them; and Rose finds a deep magic within her that bursts out and saves them all.

Everything is not what it seems for the lovers, and both worlds are tossed upside down at Rose's new power. Questions arise... is Rose not a Human? Though she appears as one, her magic speaks otherwise. Rose and Brooklyn's relationship is put to the test, and her magic pushed to the side. Then, Kevin finds and critically injures her; nearly killing her- but then disappears by the aid of the Quarrymen, before he can be stopped by Brooklyn and the Clan. Rose and Brooklyn find that, through their 'soul-connection' that he, with the aid of her magic, can heal her from her wounds- and she can heal others.

Puck, or also known as Owen- Xanatos' assistant- sees Rose's growing power and grows increasingly worried about Rose's true parentage. She is not just a normal Human girl, raised by adoptive parents (whom she called her Grandparents due to their old age), in a small fishing village in Bar Harbour, Maine; but resembles power from a very powerful and evil Fairy, by the name of Hela- the Mortal Goddess of Death.

Terrified of the similarity, Puck seeks out Titania, Queen of Avalon and of the Fairies, Wife to Lord Oberon- and asks for her advice on Rose's powers- since Hela is Titania's older sister. Titania grows worried that there is something else, more dark and dangerous revolving around Rose, and more to her than meets the eye. Time moves differently on Avalon- as one hour that passes by- is one day in the mortal world. Titania goes back to Avalon, after meeting with Puck, seeing his memory of Rose performing magic and healing of Goliath's Clan members, and seeks out the truth behind Rose's mysterious past and lineage.

While Brooklyn and Rose battle Kevin for their right to be together, without his terror haunting their lives, they finally come out on top. Kevin dies and is buried- and they finally get married.

Four months have passed by in the Mortal world since Brooklyn and Rose's marriage and Honeymoon.

But on Avalon... only four weeks have passed by...

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~PART ONE~

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~Chapter One~

Darkness Awakens

"Queen Titania! We insist that you do not do this." Luna, one of the three Weird Sisters begged her lady, her silver hair blowing in the gentle Avalonian breeze. "There can be no good associating with the Three Fates! Are we, your humble servants, not enough to give you this grim future in which you are pursuing? We, who represent Fate, Vengeance, and Grace?"

Luna's two sisters, Seline and Phoebe followed closely behind Lady Titania, and were walking down the marbled halls of their Lord and Lady's home. Titania, in her great beauty and grace, suddenly turned sharply to face the three sisters and held her hand up to silence them.

"Luna," Titania said softly. "Thank you for your concern, but you three have only told me of the only future in which you can see with Avalon and its children, and none other. However, for this purpose… I need the full picture. There are magicks at work- ones that come from the Forbidden Dark Arts- and you three are not capable of seeing such things. The Three Fates, down in our Underworld, are the only ones who can give me the future in which I need to see and prophecies in which I need to hear."

"But what of Demetrius?!" Seline suddenly asked her lady, clenching her hands into fists, her black hair falling down slightly in front of her face. "Our Lord Oberon has forbidden any of us to venture down there to visit his evil brother, except for Him! Demetrius is the Lord of the Avalonian Underworld and could surely kill any of us if he so wished!"

"He may be the Lord of the Underworld here, but I am still his Queen." Titania said sharply, narrowing her eyes at the Weird Sisters. "Demetrius would not dare lay a finger upon me, not unless he wishes for my Lord to smite him with a thought."

At her words, the Three Sisters looked at each other in disbelief, and suddenly Phoebe, the golden haired sister; stepped forward and gently shook her head at her powerful Queen.

"Please, milady." Phoebe asked gently, reaching her arms out. "Please consider what you are about to do. Myself, and my sisters, do not feel right about you leaving the safety of Avalon to venture down there. Since we are the guards of Avalon, we must insist that you do not go!"

"Enough." Titania suddenly snapped, silencing the Weird Sisters instantly, her voice echoing slightly around them. "I am your Queen, and appreciate your concerns and warnings, but this is something that I must do. My sister, Helena-" She paused suddenly, and looked quite sad, before continuing a lot quieter. "I mean… Hela, is up to something involving a Human, and I must find out the truth about what's going on and what she's planning."

"A Human?" Seline asked with an eyebrow raised. "Who?"

"Well…" Titania answered smoothly. "She's a half-Human, half-Third Race. Her name is Rose Connelly, and this young woman has the same magic as Hela."

At this piece of knowledge, the three weird sisters looked at each other with hard expressions, having their pride hit that they did not know of such a rare magic. They had seen Rose Connelly in their visions and only saw a Human who had been paired with a Gargoyle in Goliath's Clan in Manhattan. It was a very bizarre thing to them, and their union disgusted them slightly. So much so, they chose not to see anymore regarding the Human. The sister's stayed silent as Titania continued to speak, "... and while she is young with that magic, I must intervene before Hela gets involved or stop her if she's already involved."

"And you feel that you must go to the Three Fates to accomplish this vision, milady?" Seline asked her a bit coldly. "Are you not content with what we have told you regarding this Human… Rose Connelly? She's been mated with a Gargoyle… and I fear that is the only thing that is of great concern. Should we not put a stop to it?! "

"No." Titania told Seline quietly. "Their bond is formed by pure light magic, and is the strongest I've ever seen in my entire existence. While it is… strange… it is not the first time in our history that such a pair of mates were made."

The three sisters looked quickly at each other, before Luna stepped forward again.

"And those bonds were not appropriate or sanctioned by yourself and our Lord back then… what makes this time so different?"

Titania stayed silent for a few minutes before she looked up at the three weird sisters and slowly shook her head, exhaling slightly.

"I will not break up the Gargoyle and the young woman. I have other matters that occupy my mind greatly regarding the girl. She is half-Third Race, and more importantly, she is of Avalonian blood- my bloodline, more specifically. I fear her to be the offspring of my sister, Hela."

"Impossible." Luna spoke up again, shaking her head. "Lord Oberon stripped Hela of her right to bear children when He banished her from Avalon all those Centuries ago, after the Great First Avalonian War. She could not have produced a child, especially without one of us knowing. We know all who come and go with Avalon's magic…"

"Yes," Titania interrupted, stepping forward. "But you have not been able to see what my sister is up to due to her involvement with the Forbidden Dark Arts, or any Half-Human/Third-Race members.."

"That is because, your daughter Fox, is the only half-Human/Third Race member. We have had no other reason to search for them in the Human world." Phoebe stated quietly, looking over her sisters with a bit of contempt at the idea of half-Human/half-Third Race members. "And as for your sister… that right to see into the dark future was stripped from us with her banishment."

"I understand that, and don't fault you three at all, but it doesn't change the fact that I need to see the full truth, not just pieces in which we can only see." Titania said gently. "And as for my daughter, no… that is where you are wrong. She is no longer the only one… and I fear she won't be the last. A new era has been realized with Oberon's children now past their Thousand Year banishment of living among the Humans. Rose Connelly is a very powerful half-Human, half-Avalonian, and resembles the powers of my sister's. Because of that, I am going to find out the full truth from the Three Fates. They will know what has been prophesied for our world, concerning the Forbidden Dark Arts, and will know what Hela has been up to."

"Avalon is safe from such evil." Luna spoke up quietly, growing angry with her Queen but trying not to show it. "We have only foreseen great peace…"

"And you have received those memories from Puck!" Seline added angrily, not caring to show her anger slightly. "How do you know that they are, in fact, truthful?!"

"Enough!" Titania suddenly snapped, holding her hand up and wispy green power flowed out of her hand, encompassing her three servants in silence. "I received those memories from Puck's mind with my own hand and magic. They were not tampered with, that much I am absolutely sure of. Puck is mischievous, yes, but he has never lied to me. It is my decision to make; and I come and go from Avalon as much as I please. Thank you for your concerns, but I am leaving."

With that, Titania turned around and began walking away from the Weird Sisters, who looked at each other with nervous expressions, and Phoebe suddenly stepped forward.

"If you leave to venture down there…" Phoebe spoke up quietly, taking courage to speak against her Queen. "We have a duty and obligation to alert our Lord of your transgression against his most strict and forbidden law."

Titania stopped, looked over her shoulder, with her long, straight- red hair falling gracefully out of her head piece and grinned at them with her sharp white teeth.

"Of course you must." She said gently. "I wouldn't have it any other way… under normal circumstances-" With that, she shot another set of green-wispy power out at the sisters and froze them into stone statues where they stood, so that they could not move or speak.

"However," Titania continued a bit darkly. "This time is anything but normal and you can't interfere. Avalon will send me where I need to be… and you'll see for yourself that this is something that needs to be done, and somewhere, in which, I must go."

With the sisters frozen in her powers, Titania willed herself to teleport into the forbidden realm of the Underworld of the Third Race members, in a bright green self-created portal, to visit her evil brother-in-law and more importantly the Three Fates, who potentially held the true future of Avalon as dark forces were at work. Taking a deep breath, she held her head up high and walked through the portal, leaving the stone Weird Sisters behind, as well as the beautiful world she knew and loved.

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When Titania exited her self-made portal, she was immediately greeted with a very different world than her home of beautiful Avalon. This world looked a great deal like Avalon- but everything was dead instead of alive. The rolling hills were smoking, as if they had recently been on fire, and the sky was a red-ashen color; full of smoke and brimstone. All around her were dead trees with pointed branches and dead brush. Titania had not ventured down to the Underworld in centuries; the last time being when she and her Lord were first married, before their first divorce.

She walked slowly along the dead ground looking around and was preparing herself to be met by someone, sometime. Her presence alone, as well as her light magic, would stick out in this dark world like a bright spotlight. To her prediction, she didn't get too far venturing into this terrifying world unannounced, when a deafeningly loud roar rang throughout the area surrounding her. With a whoosh of wind, a very large and fearsome creature landed behind her.

At first, Titania thought it to be a Gargoyle, but as she looked closer- it was not. The large creature had two legs, two arms, claws and wings like Gargoyles had. However, unlike Gargoyles, this creature was unthinking and unfeeling, and when she realized what it was, her heart sank in horror and terror.

It's jet- black skin seemed to be dripping with a black tar-like substance, it's sunken eyes black and empty, and its skin was decaying- showing off it's very gaunt and skeletal black body. The black creature had many sharp teeth in its mouth, and its face was rounded like a skull- with two very long and sharp horns coming out from its head.

Titania turned around slowly and faced this creature with her breath held, and waited for it to make its move. The creature slowly cranked its head to the side curiously, moved its wings out of the way and slowly sauntered towards her. The creature was covered in a shredded loincloth around its skeletal waist- and wore a armor piece over its skeletal chest. Although this creature looked frail, it was anything but that as it was one of the most fearsome creatures to plague the Earth.

"Queen… Titania!" The male creature hissed, snarling and gnashing his mouth full of sharp teeth at her. "My, my, my… I never thought I'd exist to see this day. "

She held her head up high, refusing to appear weak, and held her breath to not breathe in the horrendous decaying smell of the creature, while staring into the creature's black soulless eyes, which were peering excitedly back into hers. No matter how strong Titania was, the creature's presence slowly began to suck out all hope, light and happiness out of her being, and only one creature alive was that powerful. The horrible creature in front of her was called a Draugr.

Draugr's were terribly dark and evil creatures that lived and protected the Avalonian Underworld, and although they appeared dead, they were anything but that. Draugr's resembled a Gargoyle in some aspects physically, but unlike a Gargoyle- it was not a defender of evil, but was the very definition of it.

Draugr's were zombie-monster's who preyed upon any victim who was flesh and blood. They had been banished from Avalon and the Human world for their barbaric and seemingly endless appetites; but somehow still lived and flourished in the Underworld, where everything was dead. The flesh-eating, blood and soul-sucking demon in front of her was capable of taking its victims down by its surprisingly-super strength and tormented its victim's dreams with unspeakable nightmares while turning everything around them into an icy abyss.

As Titania stood there looking at the monster taking in its terrible sight, and trying with everything she had to stay strong above its evil presence, suddenly, the once mildly warm atmosphere turned icy cold. Before she could stop him, the creature suddenly took a couple steps towards her, turning the ground to a complete and solid ice with each step towards her, and the same ice was threatening to enter her soul.

"Draugr." Titania replied coldly, finally acknowledging it by its species' name, and glared into his empty, black eyes; not letting him intimidate her.

"You're a long distance from your precious Avalon, my fairy Queen. " The Draugr hissed in a voice quieter than whisper, stopped in front of her, and tilted his head to the side once again while grinning a more broad, sharp and terrifying smile at her. "Why are you here? And so… alone?"

"I'm here to visit my Brother-in-Law, Demetrius- and his Three Fates." She answered him in an authoritative voice. "Kindly tell me where they are presently and I'll be on my way."

The Draugr, however, continued to stare at her and began to cackle an ice-cold, humorless laugh. All around her, suddenly, more sounds of wings surrounded her and more winged-Draugr demons touched down, surrounding her all on sides. The stench that followed their arrival was terrible, as well as the iciness which seemed to freeze and weaken her magic with more Draugr presence. Their hisses, whispers- male and female voices- were all around her and seemed to enter her mind, taking over her will-power.

The first Draugr who was speaking to her appeared to be the leader or head guard as he stepped closer to her; and as he did she suddenly fell to her knees, gasping out. She was unable to speak, breathe or stand anymore as the Draugr's vile and dark powers took over hers. Amazingly, she had never been this affected by them before, and slowly began to realize how terrible of an idea this truly was.

She didn't know if they were affecting her this strongly because her husband protected her from them when they last visited together, or if it was because something truly dangerous and dark was in the works with the death-Gods. Whatever it was, these creatures were weakening her drastically, making her panic slightly. The Draugr Guard slowly knelt down in front of her, grasped her chin with its skeletal claws and forced her to look into its soulless eyes.

The second his cold, and rough skeletal claws touched her skin- hers, her daughter's, her husband's and all of Avalon's death swam in her mind, plaguing her soul with dark hopelessness. Titania had to gasp in the icy cold air and felt like she was being weakened by iron, their stench of decay most horrendous, and his death-filled eyes pierced through her being.

For the first time in her existence, she began to truly feel afraid for her life. Though her kind lived for thousands of years, they were not immortal, and the Draugr could easily kill her if he so desired; which, from the expression on his skeletal black face, he seemed very eagar.

"Do you hear that my comrades?" The Draugr Guard asked out loud in his low, but hoarse voice, as if his throat was parched. "Lady Titania wishes to speak with our Lord and Master… but… she is trespassing on enemy territory and came all alone. Whatever are we to do with her…?"

A few of the Draugr's began to hiss out a few laughs, and she could hear their teeth gnashing as if they were starving for her flesh. The Draugr guard, who held her chin in his iron-tight grasp, brought his terrifyingly decayed face down to hers and grinned his white sharp teeth in her face while chuckling evilly.

"Do you know the penalty for crossing from Avalon into Hel, fairy?" He whispered in her face, making her instantly gag.

"I… have done nothing to you." Titania instantly responded in a gasp, trying not to lose all her strength and contents of her Draugr, however, laughed slightly and shook his head slowly.

"Nothing?" He rasped quietly. "We are only greeting you exactly like you and your self-righteous scum would do to any of us. Except… we do it in our own way. We are the guardians of this Underworld and don't take well to Avalonian trespassers. Myself and my comrades haven't eaten in a very long time… and are very… very… hungry for flesh and blood…"

As he whispered this, he lightly trailed a sharp talon over her soft green face, and she instantly gritted her teeth and forced her face away from his grasp.

"You dare threaten your Queen?!" Titania snapped out in a very dangerous voice, as she whipped her face out of his grasp and forced herself to stand against his iciness. The Draugr's around her made a few angry hisses and growls, and the Draugr Guard who was in front of her, stared at her with an empty expression. Even though she could not see into his eyes, she could feel the atmosphere around them turn unbelievably ice-cold at his rising anger, and her vision swam uncomfortably, but she continued to reprimand them anyway.

"Our Queen?" The Draugr asked, grinning more evilly, stepping even closer to her. "I don't see our Queen anywhere… just an Avalonian trespasser."

"You forget then, you disgusting and damnable creatures, that you all are still under the command of my Lord and Husband Oberon!" She snarled at them, trying to see straight, as the Draugr creatures began to swarm around her like a pack of wolves. " If he knew how I'm being greeted, he would not hesitate to destroy you all and your damned kind!"

The Draugr Guard remained silent, as the iciness around them became increasingly cold and she felt like she was stuck in an ice cave; and her magic and soul was minutes away from freezing away as well. As strong as Titania was, she couldn't seem to fight against the horrible hopelessness she felt as they continued to surround her, and struggled to fight back against the darkness and evil aura that the creatures displayed. Gasping out, she shuddered and slowly fell to her knees on the ground where the Draugr Guard lowered himself and grasped onto her face once again and forced her to look into his black holes for eyes.

"You…" he whispered through his sharp teeth, seething. "... are not our Queen. And we no longer care about the oh-so-powerful, Oberon. He is Lord of the Third Race… but we? We are not a Third Race species. We are Draugr's- demons of the depths and we prey upon whomever we please."

All around her, the other Draugr's suddenly all shrieked out terrible roars that pierced the red sky all around them, and like wild animals, they roared their approval and war cries at their leader's words. Just then, his mouth opened extra large, exposing many layers of sharp teeth, as if he were a shark and was obviously planning on eating her entire face off, and her eyes widened in horror and rage.

"I don't think so, monster!" Titania gasped out, willing every ounce of strength in which she had to awaken her green power. And with a scream of effort, she willed her magic to burst out of her body and blast the creature off her. The black skinned Draugr Guard flew off her and fell onto the icy ground hard, but to her horror, he did not stay down long- nor did the others take kindly to her actions.

With a quick flip back onto his clawed feet, he snarled at her and roared out, "KILL THE FAIRY!"

With that, the twenty, Draugr's surrounding her, suddenly seemed to come to life, having been given permission to finally attack at will. With shrieks and howls, more fearsome, high-pitched and terrible than the leaders; they all threw themselves at Titania, at an unbelievable amount of speed, all their sharp teeth and claws out to maim and tear into her body. However, Titania quickly stood and willed her green magic to surround her; forming a perimeter around herself in protection, right as the creatures slammed into her powerful defensive magical perimeter.

Their shrieks, gnashing of their sharp teeth and growls were terrifying, and they clawed over each other to force themselves through her magical defensive perimeter. Titania watched in horror as they pushed their rotting bodies through her magic, and despite their flesh burning off their bodies, they kept coming for her with more strength and ruthlessness with every passing second. Their hunger and freakishly strong powers were unsettling for her, and she wasn't sure how much longer she could hold them all off.

With wide, terrified eyes, Titania grimaced her teeth and kept willing her power to keep them at bay, but they kept trying to come for her, sacrificing themselves, one at a time, as the male guard stood behind his comrades with an evil smile. He was pacing back and forth snarling and gnashing his teeth, letting his comrades take the brunt of the sacrifice to get to her, and was grinning maliciously- saliva beginning to form at this mouth.

"Tear her flesh apart! Keep fighting!" The guard called out in a raspy growl, encouraging his comrades to keep fighting against her magic, while still pacing and keeping his black eyes upon hers. "Just save the heart for me."

Gasping out in terror, Titania didn't know how much longer she would be able to hold the terrible creatures off as they finally forced their skeletal bodies past her magical defenses. Titania screamed out as their clawed hands reached for her face pushing themselves even further into her protective circle- until she had an idea.

The Draugr's were weak against light- and were susceptible to true death if they were burned or decapitated. Quickly, she screamed out and blasted another powerful push of her magic, so that the Draugr surrounding her were blasted away. With her defenses down, she jumped up in the air and did a back flip onto higher ground right as the group of flesh seeking monsters bashed into each other, instead of her. Once she landed on her feet on a small hill above them, she burst fire out of her hands and torched their bodies as they began to rush after her.

When her hot, magic fire hit their decaying fleshy bodies, their screams of pain and torture were high-pitched in her ears, and for the moment she was sure she was in the clear. However, all around her- she could hear more Draugr's joining the fight; replacing the burned corpses below her, with massive amounts of numbers. She had no idea how these evil creatures had produced so many, but there seemed to be more evil intentions at work with the Forbidden Arts, than she ever thought was possible.

The Draugr Guard looked enraged by his burning comrades as they fell down and died instantly. With an enraged roar, he scampered from where he stood, jumped up into the air and immediately flew towards her, using his bat-like wings, shrieking out in rage. She tried to will her fire-magic to hit him, but he flew with great speed and ruthlessness and bashed into her as more Draugar's screamed out above them. She cried out as he forced her to the ground at a great deal of speed and strength and she grunted out in pain. The air was icy and ground was frozen, as the Draugar leader suddenly was on top of Titania, holding her down with a strength that she suddenly could not fight off.

"Big… mistake… your fairy highness!" He snarled in her face as he opened his large mouth, revealing many layers of sharp teeth. With a hungry snarl, he lowered his jaw to begin to eat her fleshy neck when a very loud, powerful, and boom-like male voice rang out in the red-and smoky air around them.

"SKULD! Tjäsh!"

Instantly, the leader Draugar stopped his descent upon her flesh and looked up over his skeletal shoulder to see who's voice had appeared. Titania was trembling and gasping out in fear, which was strange for her, since she did not often feel that emotion.

Behind them, stood a tall and very muscular male, who greatly resembled her Husband. His stature was the same; but his skin was pearly white- compared to Oberon's light blue skin tone. He had pointed ears, long, half-straight, half-braided dark red hair and wore a black, pointed and horned-like helmet on his head. He was dressed in all black, wore heavy black boots, black leather gloves over his hands, with black armor over his chest, and had a long black cape coming out from the armor at his shoulders. It was her evil-brother in law, Demetrius; Oberon's younger brother.

Demetrius was staring down at her with wide-eyes, as if he looked shocked that she was there. His eyes were bright yellow and gave him a very handsome, but demonic appearance. Demetrius held his hand out, his yellow eyes blazing into hers, until they raised to look at the Daugr and seemed beyond enraged.

"Gondoh! (Enough!) Skuld!" Demetrius hissed in a very foreign Elven tongue. "What is the meaning of this attack?"

"My- my Lord!" Skuld, the Draugr leader who was still holding her down, argued back in an almost pleading, hoarse voice. "She is trespassing… and we are very hungry…!"

"Your time to hunt comes once every year." Demetrius answered him in a very cold voice. "That is my law. No more… no less. And that does not include my brother and his Queen."

"But…!" Skuld argued in a shriek-like gasp. "You… you've said that you hate-!"

"I KNOW WHAT I'VE SAID!" Demetrius suddenly roared out in complete rage, blasting him off Titania with his own magic, mirroring Oberon's, but was still being formed by the Forbidden Dark Arts.

Skuld flew across the air a few feet away, and landed painfully on the dead ground with a loud grunt. Then, he slowly raised himself off the ice-cold ground and seemed to cower away from his Lord, looking distraught and not as terrifying as he was moments ago. Demetrius was gritting his sharp, white teeth at his skeletal guards and looked around at the lot of them with a very angry and dangerous expression, and to Titania's amazement, they all cowered away with just his enraged expression.

"Al ajafihi velemefe, daahashoshefe käntjeriäshlä jääridheenäslä. Shäfäädhäl dihi heedre."(You will become darkness, cursed forever to this existence, if you do not use your power well.) Demetrius snarled coldly to the Draugr in their native tongue and gritted his teeth at them. "Is there anyway that I'm not making myself clear?"

The Draugr instantly hissed out their responses, and slowly began to back away from him and Titania. Skuld, the Draugr Head Guard, stared at his leader and Titania for a few moments before bowing slowly.

"Yes, my Lord." Skuld said quietly, raising himself back up. "A thousand apologies to you… and to you, Lady Titania." He then turned to his comrades and began to speak in the same language that Demetrius was, one that Titania recognized as the 'Dark Elves' language- one long lost in her world.

"Vath äth sisöhi." (We shall obey) Skuld snarled.

Demetrius nodded quickly at his words, and watched them all slowly back away from himself and Titania. With a quick hiss, Skuld opened his large black wings, and took off into the night sky; with the others following closely behind him. Once they were gone, the air around them suddenly began to thaw and warm up, feeling more like the fire and brimstone atmosphere that it was naturally. Titania slowly and shakily began to try to get herself up from the ground, when Demetrius suddenly walked over to her and offered his black, leathered gloved hand out to her.

"You'll have to forgive my guards…" Demetrius said to her in a very soft voice. "We do not often get visitors down here in the Underworld, and they only think of their bloodlust and endless hunger."

Titania stared at his hand for a few seconds, before slowly taking it and allowing him to help her up from the ground. Once she was up, she quickly let go of it and stepped away from him, crossing her arms over her partially exposed, and large chest.

"Is this how they greet their Queen?!" Titania asked him angrily, her vibrant green eyes glaring deeply into his vibrant yellow ones. "If Oberon heard about them and how they treated me, then he would surely order their damningly disgusting species to be annihilated from this Earth. If I were you, I would whip them into better shape! If not, I seriously doubt that you want your brother's wrath to come down upon your head… once again."

Demetrius stared at her for a few moments, staring at her with widening eyes at her jab, and she wasn't sure if he was going to say anything back to her. His shock slowly faded and he suddenly looked very angry and cold.

"Of course not." Demetrius finally answered quietly, his tone a bit more deadly than before. "My apologies once again, milady. I've reprimanded them just now, but will do so once again, if it pleases you."

Titania narrowed her eyes at him, and set her jaw a bit firmly.

"You do not need to do it to please me," she answered him a bit stiffly. "What they guard down here is yours to command, but they must learn to respect their Queen."

Demetrius stared hard at her with his glowing yellow eyes and a small smile formed on his young and handsome face.

"Of course, milady." He answered her quietly, bowing to her slightly. When she turned to face him, he cleared his throat and acted like her comment did not touch a nerve with him.

"So… my dear Queen… '' Demetrius added a bit louder and more respectfully. "What brings you down here in Hel? I am graced to see my beloved brother maybe once in a millennium… but rarely you, his beautiful fairy wife. I seriously doubt that you coming alone was not to have a family reunion…" He paused slightly and then slowly lowered his yellow eyes to skim over her large chest lustfully. "... Or to join me as the rightful King's, Queen… "

Titania quickly looked up into his face and glared at him.

"You are not the rightful King." She answered him seriously, pointing a finger at him. "His triumph over you, and all these millenia's in banishment from Avalon should have taught you that great truth by now. Have you not yet been humbled?"

Now it was Demetrius' turn to stare into Titania's vibrant green eyes with his bright yellow ones and held her gaze for a few seconds. A dark shadow seemed to slowly cover his face and a dark smile spread across his face.

"I have been humbled in more ways that you'll ever know, milady." He finally answered in a voice barely above a whisper. "I apologize for that remark. You are just more beautiful than I remember… and am shocked to see you here, especially so alone."

With his words, he slowly narrowed his eyes at her and began to step closer to her, before she could respond.

"Speaking of…" He whispered in a low voice. "That brings us to why you are here, milady. If it's not to see me…"

"I am here to see you, but only to seek your permission for something in which I need." Titania answered him quickly, as his small, dark smile grew more amused on his face.

"My permission?" He asked her amusingly, still glancing over her body lustfully, his eyes growing wider. "Whatever for?"

"I wish to speak with your Three Fates about a future that I, unfortunately cannot see or predict, and feel that they will be able to." She explained. "Once I obtain the answers I seek then I will be on my way back to Avalon."

Demetrius raised an eyebrow at her and now looked very intrigued.

"The Three Fates, you say?" He asked her, touching his chin with his hand. "Interesting. What future can you, the all powerful Avalonian Queen, not see; may I ask?"

"That is for me to know and is of no importance to you." She answered him in an icy tone.

"No importance to me?" He asked her softly, stepping closer to her, his powerful aura coming down upon hers. "What future my Fates tell you is not any of my business?" He paused and shook his head, laughing a humorless laugh, and began to walk around her very slowly. "I respectfully disagree, milady. Whatever they have to say to you is something that I have every right to know. I am the Lord of this world… and though I may not be Lord over you… this is my dominion." He paused again, and looked suddenly very protective of that notion since it was all the power he had over her, and then forced himself to become calm once again.

"If you have a question about the future, one in which you cannot see yourself… seek out your three Weird Sisters. That is why they serve you. They should be able to see whatever answers you seek."

"I already have, and they cannot." Titania answered quietly, not wishing to get into this conversation with him, and not wanting to stay long. Looking even more intrigued, Demetrius stepped even closer to her- and stood tall above her by a few feet, looking down upon her face.

"Oh?" He whispered, gently bringing the back of his hand to caress over her cheek, making her gasp out slightly at his soft touch. "Whatever are you seeking to see then, dear Titania? Surely… not something from the Forbidden Arts?"

Titania looked up into his face and slowly felt herself become more nervous, and he could immediately sense her anxiety, which made him smile even brighter at her. She always knew that he desired her; as Oberon always had, but when Oberon took over Avalon and conquered his brother; Demetrius was banished and lost everything- including her and the opportunity to woo her.

"I am." Titania answered quietly, and then suddenly felt herself lose her nerve slightly as he stood so close to her. She admitted, like her Husband, Demetrius was very handsome; but despite his looks, he was an evil force to not be tampered with. If he easily commanded the terrifying and evil Draugr and made them cower in fear, then she too had to stay on her guard and not let him slip past her defenses.

"Why would beautiful and fair Queen Titania of Avalon, be wanting to seek out a future regarding the Dark Arts?" Demetrius asked her, his yellow eyes peering suspiciously into hers with an eyebrow raised, his fingers still caressing over her cheek tenderly slowly trailing them down to her jawline.

Titania kept her ground as he was too close to her, his soft touch somehow tempting her desires, and narrowed her eyes at him. Though she did not wish to divulge any information that she did not have to to him, she had to tell him the truth of why she was there in his dominan; seeking information from his future-telling fates. Taking a deep breath, she lowered her eyes slightly and took down her guard slightly.

"Milady?" He asked her softly, placing both hands upon her shoulders; almost as if he were concerned.

"Have you heard from my sister, Helena?" Titania suddenly asked him, raising her green eyes up to his yellow ones. At the mention of the Goddess of Death, Demetrius froze, his hands still on her shoulders, and raised both eyebrows now, looking shocked.

"You mean, Hela?" He asked her quietly, not answering her question just yet. "She stopped being referred to her birth name when my brother banished her from Avalon and decreed her to be the Goddess of Death- over the Human World. Surely you of all people should remember that small little detail of our broken family past… "

Irritated slightly, Titania gritted her teeth and stepped away from him.

"I know my sister's name." She snapped slightly. "That's not the question I have asked, Demetrius. Have you heard from her?"

"I have not." Demetrius immediately answered, shrugging smoothly, watching her carefully as she stepped away from him. "I have not seen the lovely Helena for some time, not since yours and my brother's wedding, when you two utterly and completely betrayed her. She must be busy safe-guarding the Mortal Underworld's dead… "

Titania gasped and stared at Demetrius and couldn't believe his words. They were harsh, but they were true. Hers and her sister's relationship had been completely destroyed by mistakes that both her and Oberon made in the past. She exhaled deeply, suddenly turned away from him and looked down at the dark castle that belonged to him, looking around at the smoking world that was his and suddenly was lost in thought. Though they hurt, Demetrius' words rang with her- and she often wondered what would have happened if her and Oberon had done things different when it came to Hela, and perhaps even Demetrius.

Lost in her thoughts, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath and did not hear Demetrius walk up behind her, until he placed his gloved hands back upon her shoulders.

"You seem distressed, my dear." Demetrius whispered into her ears, pressing his body to hers. Titania tried to ignore the shivers that ran down her body at his touch, but shuddered against her wishes and opened her eyes.

"I am fine." She replied stiffly, trying to maintain control over herself.

"No you aren't." He said softly, leaning his face against her and brought his lips inches from her neck. "I can feel your sadness, your great… anxiety with being here with me, the confusion you are feeling when you gaze into my eyes. I can sense how you truly feel about me…"

"How I-?" Titania stuttered out, but when she turned her face to look at him, his eyes were peering deeply into hers and his lips inches from hers. Her breath caught in her throat and suddenly felt numb; unable to move. Somehow, he was seeming to hold her right where she was.

"No one has visited me in so long." Demetrius whispered, his hot breath against her skin. "Oh… Titania… I knew that one day you would realize who the better brother was, and see the dark beauty of this world that is mine… and eventually choose me as your King and husband, instead of him."

Titania stared into his eyes, with wide ones, and began to stumble backwards.

"What?! That is not why I have come-I- you… " Titania gasped out, clutching her chest. "You mistake my presence here, my Lord! I must speak with your Fates… and that is all! I am very much in love and loyal to my Lord Oberon, and won't let you tempt me to be unfaithful. Take me to your Fates, Demetrius. I am over your games… I fear that Hela is up to great evil, and she must be stopped!"

Demetrius stared at her with hard eyes at her quick refusal of him, and suddenly looked bored at her worried expression and predicament- because she was speaking to a very evil being as well.

"Hela is banished from Avalon and is among the mortals." Demetrius said calmly, coming towards her once again. "Last time I saw you, beautiful Titania, you were resentful towards Humans and thought them to be pitiful scum that were far beneath your grandeur. Why now would you care if Hela spread evil into her own dominion and destroyed them?"

"There is much you don't know about me, Demetrius, and I have changed a great deal since then." Titania answered him quietly. "Oberon and I were divorced for a millenium- and I was banished, as well as the other Children of Oberon, to live among Humans for a thousand years. During my time there, I learned humility and grew to care for their species. I, now, care a great deal about them, and about what Hela is up to and how it will affect not only our world but the Human's. I fear death will be upon us all if I don't put a stop to whatever she is planning… "

Demetrius continued to stare deeply into Titania's eyes and slowly raised another finger to carass the side of her face.

"Oh no… we can't have that now can we?" He whispered darkly suddenly, lowering his face to smell the scent of her hair and seemed to be completely unconcerned over the aspect of Avalon and the Human world dying.

Slowly, she realized that he was the Lord of Death in their realm- and ruled over all the Gods of Death. Though many Gods of Death followed Oberon, they were still subjected to Demetrius' rule and word. As she thought of her brother-in-law, she realized that he would probably wished for that type of destruction to occur; in revenge of what his brother banished him to Hel, the Avalonian Underworld.

Titania quickly raised her face to his, and was unnerved when his lips were inches from hers once again; his yellow eyes peering deeply into hers. She gasped out and took a quick step backwards from him, but he still kept her in his grasp.

"Stop that." She whispered, feeling like she was losing their nerve around him.

"Stop what?" He asked her quietly, inching his face closer to hers once again.

"Staring at me like that." She answered stiffly, raising her jaw slightly. "I am remarried to your Brother and Lord, and refuse to be treated like a token or prize to be won. Please take me to your Fates so I can see what they see or know, and then I'll be on my way."

At her words, Demetrius slowly lowered his gloves from her shoulders, but kept his body inches from her- his lips barely grazing her forehead.

"Am I making you feel uncomfortable, milady?" He breathed against her skin. "Or perhaps… am I making you feel things that you haven't felt with my all-powerful brother? Because… I assure you, I can make you feel things much beyond even what he can. If that's what you wish for, then it's yours."

Titania gasped out, raised her wide eyes at him and pushed him roughly away. He was smiling amusingly at her as she gritted her teeth at him.

"Enough, Demetrius." She snapped, feeling herself come back to normal as if she broke free from a spell that he put her under. "I won't put up with your temptations another moment more. As your Queen, I demand that you take me to your Fates, now."

Demetrius narrowed his dangerous yellow eyes at her sharp and demanding tone, stepped closer to her once again and whispered in a very low voice, "As you wish… milady. We'll stop the fun and tender family reunion and get straight down to business then. Follow me."

With that, he quickly walked past her, his long black cape billowing behind him and slowly Titania exhaled, turned and began to follow him towards his black, ominous and towering castle in the center of the Underworld Avalon-looking island.

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Titania followed Demetrius through the dark, burning and smoking world of the Underworld that resembled Avalon quickly, but with every step she stood, he seemed to walk even faster away from her. When she rejected his lustful approaches, he suddenly turned very cold and was walking quickly through his world, full of thorns, thistles, and all other manner of dead vegetation without caring how she was holding up against them.

When they got closer to his large, towering and dark Castle, that resembled the same light marbled halls of her and her husband's home, she felt herself become more afraid with every step. The Draugr who were ordered away from attacking her, were patrolling around the Castle, and with every step she took following Demetrius, they were snarling and hissing at her.

Skuld, the one who was wanting to eat her, stared silently at her as she passed him. She tried not to acknowledge him, but did so still out of the corner of her eye, and instantly; he showed his sharp teeth at her and growled loudly, making her jump slightly. With that, she quickly picked up her pace so that she was closer to Demetrius, and unfortunately he took notice.

Once they were through the large front oak doors, he turned his head slightly to look down at her and chuckled darkly.

"Now you want to stand close to me, milady?" He mocked her a bit coldly. "Aren't I too much of a temptation?"

"No." She answered him back sharply barely looking at him as her voice echoed slightly in his empty and dark fortress. "You are too vain, dear brother. I am in love with my husband, your Lord and brother. I just do not care for the Draugr and do not know how you can live among are the most vile and evil of demons… "

"There are worse demons lurking about down here, milady Titania." Demetrius answered quietly, as they walked along the long, dark, cobblestone hallway. "That I can assure you."

"Nothing can be worse than them…" Titania scoffed a bit sharply, as they came to a large door. He suddenly stopped with his gloved hands upon the door and looked down at her with his glowing yellow eyes. In his darker home, they seemed to be the only source of light on his body- as he was dressed all in black- and slowly he smiled his fanged smile.

"You say there is much that I do not know about you." He told her darkly. "But there is much in which you do not know about me."

Titania stared at him, as he suddenly pushed the door open and in front of them was a descending staircase that led them into a world of great darkness and misted iciness.

"What's down there?" She asked him, trembling slightly.

"Why… the whole reason you've come down here, of course." Demetrius answered her smoothly, gently placing a hand upon the small of her back. She slowly glanced up into his handsome face, as he grabbed a lit torch of fire from the side wall, and held it out in front of them. "Come… the answers you seek are in the room below. Ladies first."

"The Fates are down there?" She asked him a bit suspiciously, having a very bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. Something dark and evil was down there, she could feel it in her magical aura, and suddenly, for a reason she couldn't yet understand, she leaned into his warm body as if he were the safest being at the moment. He smiled at her movement and slowly wrapped his arm, which was against her back, down around her waist and held her tighter to his side.

"Yes." He answered her lightly and a bit teasingly. "Don't you trust me?"

Titania glanced up into his face, and her breath got caught in her throat. His vibrant yellow eyes were holding her hostage, as if he was hypnotized her and possessing her every will. Her mind was telling her to run and to not go down there with him, however her body couldn't and wouldn't move.

"I don't." She whispered, her eyes growing large with fear as Demetrius started to chuckle another low laugh that rang danger, and sent a shiver down her spine. His face got even closer to hers and he suddenly cupped her face with one gloved hand.

"Then why did you come here?" He whispered, his lips inches from hers. "All alone… and unprotected?"

"To-" she stuttered, unnerved by her lack of control over herself when he was this close to her. "To find out the truth of all things."

He grinned at her, rested his forehead against hers, closed his eyes and breathed deeply. With him this close to her, she suddenly felt herself wanting to be touched by him, wanting to give into his tempting darkness. However, before she could lean closer and kiss his soft and inviting lips, he suddenly pulled away from her and looked incredibly pleased; as if he read her mind and saw her desire for him and his darkness.

"Good." He replied suddenly in a whisper, slowly skimming and lowering his hands down her face, down her large chest, making her gasp out, and his arms found their way around her hourglass figure while one hand clasped hers. However, instead of claiming her body with his lustful touches and lips, he pulled her down the stairs and began to guide her down into the darkness. "Because down here, you will find the truth in which you are seeking for, that I am most certain of."

She didn't respond to him, and let him guide her down the steps, into the dark abyss below. Though her mind was still screaming at her to not follow, she felt possessed by him and followed down the steps after him. He held her hand in his, bidding her to follow after him, and his other hand held the fire torch. Occasionally he would glance behind his shoulder to look at her and seemed very pleased that she was willingly obeying his will.

After a few minutes of walking down the dark cobblestone steps, another source of light was suddenly seen near the bottom. Ever so slightly, it slowly grew brighter and brighter, and Titania knew that they were close to wherever he was bringing her. Finally, they reached the bottom of the stairs, and to Titania's amazement, they reached a very large circular room- which looked like a well-lit cave. Red stone was all around them, and the room had a strange balance of the iciness she felt coming down the stairs, as well as warmth due to the massive amounts of lava rivers that surrounded them. The fire lava lit up the walls and offered light as Demetrius continued to guide her by the hand into the center of the large stone cave-like room.

Titania's eyes widened slightly as she took in the grandeur of the room and finally settled to where he was bringing her. In another section of the large room sat three black hooded figures, hovering and levitating in the air. Titania couldn't see their faces, but could see their hands coming out of their black hooded cloaks. Voices were whispering all around them, and seemed to enter her mind as if they were instantly penetrating her memories and thoughts without any effort.

Demetrius and Titania slowed their walking, and once they were in the room, he released her hand and put his torch of fire out in one of the lava rivers, and then slowly walked over to a corner, leaned against the wall and crossed his arms over his chest.

The three figures stayed hovered in the air, and Titania slowly began to approach them- looking between them and Demetrius' suddenly relaxed and amused face- when echoed voices suddenly spoke.

"Greetings… daughter of Aesir." One of the echoed female voices spoke out suddenly; though she could still not see their faces. Titania gasped out as she had not heard of her parentage in many millennia, as another mirrored voice spoke to her, echoing out- fading in and out around the stone rocks around them.

"Wife and Lady to the Great Lord Oberon."

Titania stared at the three masked Fates, as the final, raspy and echoing voice spoke her final title.

"Titania- Queen of the light Fairies and of Avalon. We the Three Fates, welcome you to Hel."

"You know of me?" She asked them, calling out with a voice that she tried so hard to keep calm and steady.

"Of course." One of the Fates whispered. "It is our curse to know all who venture down in Hel and Avalon."

"And with that curse, we have foreseen you coming here, and know of the prophecy in which you are seeking to hear." Another Fate voiced up.

Titania blinked in confusion, glanced over at Demetrius whose face and body blended into the black shadows except his glowing yellow eyes, which were still glued upon her. She could swear that he was smiling darkly at her, but she ignored his looks for a moment and stepped closer to the three floating Fates, who were hovering in a circle in the air, and spinning around in a slow circle.

"Prophecy?" Titania asked them quietly, raising one eyebrow. "I haven't come for a prophecy…"

"You have come to Hel, seeking answers about the future of Avalon and the works of your sister, Hela, and how it ties to the Half-Human, Rose Connelly." The Third Fate explained to her, as Titania felt a sudden sense of dread. She was right that the Fates would know the future in which she was seeking, but was terrified of what that future held since it was out of a very dark realm. "Those answers you are seeking are found in one of our prophecies, birthed long before the First Great War of Avalon."

At this, the Fates slowly began to descend down to the ground simultaneously, and stood in front of her, tall cloaks of black staring down at her with their faces covered. Then, with the same movement, the three Fates lowered their hoods and uncovered three elven-looking, beautiful women with long silver-blonde hair- much like Luna's- one of the Weird Sisters.

Titania stared at what she knew to be Past, Present and Future and seemed to be transfixed in place by their beauty. Titania was proud and vain- and knew of her own great elven beauty, but these three Fates were just as beautiful- or so they were making themselves out to be. Like Titania, they could manipulate their forms with a thought, and she knew better to believe what she saw before her eyes.

Titania slowly walked closer to them and got straight down to business.

"Your ancestors, the Weird Sisters, cannot predict what I am wanting to know." Titania said quietly. "Since you, also, can see and predict the past, present and future… I must know the truth of all things. The future of Avalon, what my sister is up to, and how it all relates to the Half-Human, Rose Connelly."

The Three Fates stared down at Titania- and one of them suddenly broke away from her sisters and ventured down a few steps towards her. Her white skin seemed to be made out of marble, her silver hair trailing down near her knee caps, and her eyes were white; giving her a more deadly and terrifying look up close.

"That is a lot in which you wish to know, milady Titania." The Fate whispered, her voice echoing all around the room. "However… it has been foretold what you are to know, and for this purpose, we shall tell you the truth of all things. But first…" she paused and suddenly the other two sisters stepped down the steps and joined her, surrounding Titania. "... the prophecy."

The Fates clasped hands and started to walk in a circle around Titania, as the Weird Sisters would do to join in their powers to cast spells, and like the sisters; the Fates began to speak in one, unified, echoing and loud voice...

In many millennia, in the Land of the Fair, a great betrayal shall take place.

Treasured family relationships will disappear without a trace.

Torn apart by greed, power, pride and hate; thus, creating this dark fate.

Darkness shall descend slowly upon the Great Avalon; alas, all will seem to be at peace, but will quickly cease.

Deep below where Avalon's lava rivers do flow, in the land of the dead, Death awaits his chance to rise from his chained bed.

In the Meridian of Time, Death will create life with a Powerful Fae, and that child shall grow alone.

The child of Death shall hide behind the Mountain's Stone, growing in powers known and unknown.

This child shall appear to be of no concern, but awaits the destiny to let all of Avalon burn.

After a score and three years, a great battle shall occur.

The Goddess of Death shall triumph, all of life in a stir.

Avalon will fall, and one being shall sacrifice their all,

Sealing this prophecy with the most powerful force on Earth, after the great and glorious brawl.

The New Avalon shall rise from the Ashes, a balance finally obtained.

A Bond in unity of all things achieved; unfeigned.

The Three Fates suddenly stopped circling around Titania, and released her from their prophecy, which left her mind reeling with dread and anxiety. She used her magic to store their words deep inside her mind, and kept going over the words over and over again in her mind. The beginning of the prophecy seemed to speak great volumes about hers and Hela's falling out- and well as Oberon and Demetrius'- and the great betrayal. It was the one thing that haunted Titania still to this day, and was her greatest mistake. The betrayal that ended up creating Hela- the Goddess of Death from her sister Helena.

She continued to breathe deeply, feeling more terrified, as she recalled the middle half of the prophecy.

"Deep below… where Avalon's lava rivers do flow- in the land of the Dead. Death awaits his chance to rise from his chained bed." Titania repeated in rushed whisper, her mind going a million-miles; as a icy cold dread settled deep into her chest. "Lava rivers…"

She then paused and looked around her, to the large room where the river of lava quietly flowed past her. Titania's heart was seeming to stop when her eyes suddenly met Demetrius' yellow eyes. With a jolt, he was no longer at the corner of the room, but was now standing right in front of her. He was staring at her with full-power now, and naturally made Titania slowly back away from him, as he slowly followed her.

"Did you get all the answers you were searching for, my dear…?" He asked her in a suddenly very cold and low voice. "Did their prophecy clear out the self-righteous, pompous and self-celebrated image about yourself and Oberon? Hmm? Did it clear out the cob-webs that in your memories of the great DAMAGE in which you have truly inflicted upon those you claimed to love?"

"I- I…" Titania stuttered as he backed her up against a wall, her mind still going through the prophecy. He stared at her with his angry yellow eyes and suddenly she couldn't believe that she had fallen victim to his temptations, his smooth and cunning talking, as he was now the most terrifying being. He was right, the Draugr were not the only demons to be worried about, but he was.

"The prophecy is referring to you." She finally whispered, the puzzle clicking together in her mind. "Below Avalon, where the Lava Rivers flow… Darkness awaits to rise."

"Oh, very good." Demetrius whispered, grinning his sharp white teeth, his body inches from hers. She felt her magic come to life, ready to protect against his, but before she could act he suddenly grabbed her small wrists in his hands and held them up on either side of her head, fully pushing her into the stone wall. With a sudden will of his magic, a pair of iron-infested metal shot out of thin air and nailed her wrists and ankles to the red stoned wall.

Titania gasped out and tried to struggle from their grasp, and to also will out her magic to fight him, but as she tried- she felt her magic drain slowly- her body weaken.

"What is happening?!" She gasped weakly out, and felt as though she were suddenly being forced into a subconscious state. Demetrius grinned a very dark smile and chuckled at her sad attempt to flee from the iron shackles.

"They are made of iron, my dear." He explained to her softly. "Alas, that earthly metal is one of the only things that can weaken our magic, but it's so simple to acquire."

At this time, Titania watched as Draugr slowly began to enter the cave, as she smelt their rotting flesh, and could feel the ice forming all around them. The Fates had stepped to the side and were watching the drama unfold, their part of the story done for now.

Titania gasped out as the black skinned, rotting skeletal demons began to climb through various holes, surrounding them, their demonic whisperings were growing louder and more echoed with every passing second. Her eyes widened huge and whipped back to stare into his, breathing deeply.

"Why… why are you doing this?" Titania asked him weakly. "What are you planning on doing? The prophecy-"

"Why am I…? He stammered out with wide eyes, looking shocked by her question, and then came undone.

"WHY AM I DOING THIS!?" He roared out, jumping forward and landed inches from her face while slammed his fist on the wall outside her face; indenting it into the stone. His yellow eyes were blazing into her with rage and his sharp white teeth were bared at her.

"DAMN you, Titania!" He hissed in her face. "After all this time… after all that has passed between myself, my brother, your sister, and you… you have the audacity to ask why I am doing this?!"

Titania took a deep breath of courage and forced herself to stare into his eyes and shook her head slightly.

"I admit… myself and my Lord have made a great deal of mistakes… but… " Then she stopped. Demetrius bared his teeth in anger even more at her, began to shake slightly and inched his face impossibly close to hers.

"Mistakes?" He breathed in her face. "Mis-?"

He then growled out and turned from her, and turned to his Draugr un-dead army.

"She finally admits to making a few mistakes!" He told them mockingly, as if they were supposed to be inside the joke, and then the air suddenly was filled with his deep, mechanical laughter, which instantly sent shivers down her spine. The Draugr creatures began to make hissing noises, and Skuld- their leader- grinned a very large and sharp smile at her.

However, the moment the Draugr joined in his laughter; Demetrius suddenly stopped laughing, and shot bright white electricity out of his hands towards them and fried a few Draugr soldiers where they stood- instantly incinerating them into dust.

Instantly, the Draugr silenced and not a word was said, as Demetrius pulled his magic back inside himself, and was breathing deeply as if trying to calm himself down. Titania could feel his great rage; and though she could read minds, she closed her eyes and couldn't feel her own magic within her, as the iron shackles were draining her powers and strength.

Demetrius turned slowly back to her, and shook his head, still breathing deeply- calming himself down.

"You have been humbled a great deal, my dear." He said in a low voice, coming closer to her again. "I'm so glad that, after all this time and family drama, that you finally have the humility to admit that you've made a few mistakes." He paused and bared his teeth at her again, resting his arm against the wall near her face and looked enraged. "But to answer your questions... I heard this prophecy from my Fates many years before the First Great War of Avalon; and knew that I, the Lord of the Dead, needed to join forces with another 'God of Death,' to fulfill its wishes. Ever since my brother toppled our mother Mab's throne, and threw me down here so I would be a threat to his throne and greatness, I have been waiting patiently, endured many asinine mocking from yourself and my self-righteous, fake benevolent brother- to take back what truly belonged to me." He paused and stared deeply in her eyes and began to smile. "You betrayed your sister, and in her rage against you, she became Hela the Goddess of Death...and fulfilled the prophecy that you never knew about. The DEATH of Avalon… and gave me the truly awesome, stunningly beautiful, and powerful equal companion… even more than you could have ever been."

At his words, he slowly began to back away from her and she watched him build up to the moment she felt coming, with wide eyes. The truth was more horrible than she ever thought was possible, and to her horror, she realized that herself, her Lord Oberon, and all the Children of Oberon were going to be blindsided by another war- one that was going to be stronger and more deadly than the first. Demetrius kept his yellow eyes on hers and stood in the middle of the floor and grinned darkly at her.

"You lured me down here... and tricked me." Titania whispered through her teeth.

"Yes, which was too easy to do. Your weakness has always been vanity and self-righteous image." He replied in a low voice, chuckling at her. "While yes, you are beautiful- don't get me wrong... I have moved on from my shallow fascination for you, and have set my sights on another, who holds what's left of my heart in hers."

"You knew I would come..." She continued to seethe, hating him.

"Yes... I counted on it." He answered simply. "You see, I needed you in my realm and grasp, to finally get the ball rolling. With the Queen of Avalon missing, and my brother distracted by your disappearance, I can begin my great work of reckoning."

"Which is what?" She asked him quietly, as he grinned a dark smile at her.

"Why the dawn of a new Avalonian era with the GLORIOUS rise and return of the Gods of Death." He announced loudly, holding his arms out as the Draugr's suddenly screeched out their support and filled the air with the iciest and most hopeless feeling- even worse than when she first arrived. Demetrius paused, still grinning at her, and then whispered, "And I've told you… the Draugr were not the ones you should be afraid of…"

Before she could respond to him, another voice spoke out, one that she had not heard in many millennia and it instantly brought tears to her eyes as grief poured directly into her heart.

"That's right…" A female voice suddenly whispered from the shadows. "You should be afraid of both of us."

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Out of the dark corners of the room another beautiful elven-like female came sauntering out of the shadows. She was about the same height as Titania, had smooth-pearly white-skin, waist-long jet black hair- which was pulled into a high ponytail, hidden behind a very similar black sharp-like crown and headpiece that Demetrius was wearing, and it flowed down in a twisted curled over her chest and rested near her hip bones.

The newcomer was wearing all black, like Demetrius, but looked to be a very fierce female version of him. She wore a low tight corset fitting top, which showed off her large, perky chest and cleavage, tight leather pants which showed off her amazingly strong and skinny legs, with high black boots, and a black long-sleeved cloak that covered her arms and was sealed slightly over her corset. The cape was long and flowed gently past her.

As Titania watched her come closer to her, she felt her heart pang with sadness and couldn't believe who was in front of her. The beautiful dark fairy's nails were long and black, and her makeup was very dark and done dramatically- which made her vibrant hazel green eyes pop, soft red lips being the only source of color. Titania stared into the eyes of the woman who was once her best friend and closest sister, and couldn't seem to breathe.

"Helena?!" Titania gasped out, staring at her sister with wide eyes.

Hela walked up to them and flashed a very dark expression at her; her hazel eyes suddenly began glowing bright red, matching her red lips.

"Hey sis." She whispered in a deadly voice. "It's so good to see you again. It's been too long… what has it been? Four or five millenniums? Something like that?" She paused from speaking and before Titania could answer her, Hela snapped her hand up and red-wispy and electrified magic came shooting out and encompassed Titania's neck, as though she were really there, choking her out.

Titania gasped out and couldn't breathe, couldn't move. Tears filled her eyes as she tried to speak, but couldn't. She felt numb, and couldn't believe that her long-lost sister was there in front of her. She longed to break free of her chains and give her a big hug and beg for her forgiveness, but it was growing clear to her that it was, indeed, too late. The wounds had been made and were as infected as the Draugr around her.

Hela held her neck with her magic and kept tightening her airway, making Titania gasp and cry out.

"P-please! My sister… " Titania gasped out, barely able to breathe. Hela, however, walked slowly towards her, still keeping her magic tightly around her sister's throat, until her beautiful face was close to hers.

"My name is Hela now, I'm the Goddess of Death… " Hela whispered in Titania's sharp ears. "Or have you forgotten that little detail of our damning past…? When you chose to have my soul destroyed, send down to the Human Underworld to rot, and threw away our very dear sisterly relationship with it? "

Titania could only make gagging noises, as Hela's enraged magic choked her out.

"Does any of that ring a bell to you… you're highness? " Hela hissed dangerously, and then with a quick snap of her hand, she released Titania's throat and backed away from her as Titania gasped in air and began coughing violently, breathing deeply. When she was able to get the air back in her lungs, Titania raised her face and shook her head slightly.

"Hela…" Titania begged her sister. "I- I'm sorry! I know that much has passed between us, and that I've caused you great pain, but I- I never wanted it! Please…"

"YOU KNOW NOTHING OF MY PAIN!" Hela screamed at her, pointing a finger at her; her rage sending electricity to encompass Titania's body. Pain unlike anything she'd ever felt before took over her body- Hela's electricity fried every nerve in her body, tormenting her. Titania screamed out and grimaced- tightening her fists up, enduring the torture until Hela's magic let up.

Tears fell down Titania's face and she was gasping for breath and trembling due to the pain. Hela looked to be in great pain as she stared at her sister being tormented, unshed tears had filled Hela's eyes as she continued to whisper, "And never did you give a DAMN about it before…" She paused and shook her head, trembling in rage and pain. "So don't even try to pretend now out of your own self-interests, unless you wish for me to order the Draugr to rip your flesh apart and suck out your soul right where you stand…"

At her threat, the Draugr all began making excited and hungry snarls for a few seconds, before Demetrius raised his large hand up in the air, which instantly silenced them once again. Titania exhaled deeply, tears falling down her face.

"Hela…I'm… I'm sorry!" Titania pleaded, but Hela scoffed out in disgust and turned away from her.

"You're sorry…" Hela muttered to herself, shaking with rage and then turned to face her again. "I bet you are! Now that my love has captured you and your oh-so-powerful magic, and has shown you the real power of darkness! You're only sorry that you are caught and helpless. So, save your breath and pleas, sister. The time will come when my Dark Lord and I will have the compassion to listen and accept all the Children of Oberon's pleas for mercy before you are all given the gift of death…"

Titania eyes widened at her words and looked at Hela and now Demetrius, who began to walk up behind Hela, connecting the dots and prophecy.

"Y-your Dark Lord?!" Titania gasped out.

Hela grinned a very dark smile at her, right as Demetrius slid his arms around her waist and began to gently kiss her neck. His gloved hands slid held her waist, as the other ran up her chest and rested under her chin, as she closed her eyes at his touch and leaned her head into his.

"Hmmm… yes." Hela groaned slightly, opening up her hazel eyes to his yellow ones lovingly, and reached her hand up to touch the side of his face. "My Dark Lord. My love… and husband, Demetrius. Son of Mab. And I- Hela, first born of Aesir. Both rulers of Death; and the TRUE rulers of Avalon and this world- as husband and wife."

Titania's eyes widened even more, and couldn't believe what she was seeing and hearing as she watched Demetrius suddenly whip Hela around in his arms, with a slight growl, and instantly began to passionately kiss her, claiming her lips and tongue with his own. Hela wrapped her arms around his neck, pressed her body into his, and kissed him ferociously back both not caring that she was watching them make-out passionately. After a few intense seconds, Demetrius released Hela from his kiss, gently cupped her chin in his gloved hands and pressed his forehead against hers.

"Welcome back my angel of the night, my beautiful Queen." He whispered, as he quickly claimed her bright red lips once again. Titania's eyes widened even more at their public display of affection and Demetrius' words.

"You're married?!" Titania gasped out, still not believing what was going on. "To… to each other?!"

Demetrius let go of Hela and both of them glanced over to Titania and gave very dark smiles. Hela's hazel eyes left Demetrius' and settled on Titania's green ones.

"Why yes." Hela replied in a matter-of-fact tone. "It was like… we were made for each other."

Demetrius held her tightly to him, and then he slowly looked over his own shoulder at Titania. At the confused, lost, and terrified expression frozen on Titania's face, Hela, gently pulled herself from her husband's grasp- exhaled sharply- and began walking towards her.

"Aww, what's wrong, sis?" Hela asked her mockingly. "You look confused."

"I do not understand what is going on." Titania said, shaking her head slowly. "From you two, to the prophecy… none of this makes sense. You've been banished from Avalon."

Hela stopped in front of her with her hazel eyes blazing into her green ones.

"I have been banished." Hela snarled, her hazel eyes glowing bright red now, as she bored her teeth at her. "Surprise, surprise that you remember that fact the most from our history!"

Pain ripped through Titania's chest as she stared at Hela with tears in her eyes, and Demetrius placed his gloved hands upon Hela's shoulders and offered her, what seemed to be, silent comfort.

"Though Hela and I knew of each other before her banishment; we never had the opportunity to meet until Oberon destroyed her soul and sent her down to the Human world; cursed to be the Goddess of Death." He explained to Titania in a low voice, his yellow eyes narrowed in anger at Titania. " Since I am Lord of Hel, and banished as well from the motherland Avalon… I sought out for her in the mortal world, and introduced her to the same prophecy in which you've heard just now." He paused from speaking adn then wrapped his arms around Hela, facing her now, but still speaking to all.

"Unlike you… I approached Hela with understanding of her pain, her feelings of betrayal, and longed to be there for her when no else would." He paused again from speaking and then cupped her face in his hands, gazing deeply into her eyes. "I was there for her and refused for her to enter this dark existence alone. To endure what true hell, pain and loneliness that I have endured for so long."

More pain and grief entered Titania's soul and she suddenly couldn't breathe. Demetrius' pain and loneliness was all around them, like a physical feeling they all could feel. She never meant for any of this to happen. However, before Titania could apologize again for their pain, Hela spoke up and gently cupped Demetrius' face in her hands.

"And so he came and stood by my side from the moment I entered the Human Underworld." She whispered, getting lost in his yellow eyes. "Oberon saw me as a piece of evil and demonic scum…but Demetrius..."

"... saw her as an equal to me. A beautifully stunning powerful female, capable of greatness, a warrior, leader, and a ferociously keen mind and will-power for the same thing in which I desired for. My brother's death- as well as all of Avalon's." Demetrius whispered while stroking her face gently, taking the next half of telling their love story to Titania. "I told Hela of the prophecy in which I had heard; and together we realized that the "Two-Deaths', spoken of in the prophecy that were foretold to create a halfling child to be the cause of Avalon's death, were us." He paused and smiled down at his wife, who smiled darkly back at him.

"So, together in unified rage, lust for vengeance… and the utmost desire for… each other." Hela explained next, bringing her lips close to his. "My Dark Lord and I joined each other in the dark forces, got married… and instantly began to prepare for our own… addition to our little family. To fulfill the prophecy."

Titania's gasped and her eyes were wide, as Demetrius hungrily claimed Hela's lips against his own, continuing to ignore her as she pieced the rest of the prophecy together. THe first half spoke of the betrayal that led to the First Great War of Avalon, the mistake that both herself and Oberon were responsible for, and the next half spoke of a halfling child. A child that would bring destruction to Avalon- and in her mind- the Human, Rose Connelly came swimming in her mind.

Then it all became clear to her- the connection finally completed in her mind.

Rose's red hair was the same color as Demetrius'; hazel eyes and body structure the same as Hela's and power- appeared like Hela's was, but in reality, it was a magical combination of the two extremely powerful beings. Titania's eyes widened even more and gasped out, "You created a child together?! You are Rose Connelly's parents."

Hela and Demetrius broke a part from each other and then looked back at Titania, with dark smiles and didn't say anything to her.

"How?!" Titania cried out to her sister. "My Lord took all powers of procreation away from you, when he ripped out your soul!"

Hela stayed in Demetrius' arms and shook her head, laughing lightly.

"We had our ways." She explained in a whisper, grinning. "There are incredible magicks that my Dark Lord has shown and taught me. Magic that would blow your large, pompous and arrogant head off your shoulders by its power and capabilities."

Titania stared at her sister in shock and horror, as suddenly a new face joined their party. With a swoop of wings, she thought it was going to be another Draugr, but gasped out when a female Gargoyle touched down on the ground. She did not recognize the female, but was instantly relieved.

"Thank the Gods you're here!" Titania cried out to her. "Defender of the night! Gargoyle! Please, help me! Return to Avalon and tell my Lord where I am… and we can finally set this evil right!"

The female Gargoyle folded her wings around her shoulders and threw a very nasty look at Titania. She had bright blue skin, a golden headpiece over her long and wild-bright red hair, and wore a ragged and immodest two piece of loincloth to cover her chest and waist.

"Oh, dear sister." Hela sighed. "Demona does not work for Oberon or you… but for me. Your precious Gargoyles have long lost sight and remembrance of who their true maker is and who they should bow down to and fight with."

Hela turned her face to Demona's and smiled at her.

"What news do you have?"

Demona quickly bowed down on one knee, before standing back up and gave her report.

"The Human's remains have been dug up from his grave and has been frozen from further decay. I have set up all the science technology to his body and am ready for your magic to help give him life once again." Demona told Hela in a low and sneering voice.

"Excellent." Hela whispered. "Good work, keep the Human's body frozen and I will return to the mortal world to finish the job… but first…" She paused and gazed back up into Demetrius' lustful eyes now. "My Dark Lord and I have some…marital catching up to do."

Demona gave a look of disgust, as Demetrius's face broke out in pure happiness, but bowed again and turned away but stopped when she was faced with Skuld. Demona's eyes lit up bright red, instantly began to growl and hiss at him, as he did the same; and then she backed away from him slightly- the two similar creatures obviously hated each other's presence.

"What plans do you have for the girl?" Titania asked her sister darkly, narrowing her eyes. "The Human… Rose?"

"Oh, she's not a Human." Hela replied as Demetrius began kissing her neck and holding her body tightly to his. "And we have big plans for her. Not even her Gargoyles can protect her from us…"

"Her magic is young and unruly!" Titania cried out, trying to keep the information coming. "Unpredictable. But my servant Puck is training her and won't let her magic fall into the Forbidden Arts."

"Puck is a fool and utterly useless." Hela scoffed as Demetrius stopped kissing her and turned to look at Hela now.

"Puck?!" He asked her in a low and careful voice, as if it were on the brink of anger. "I thought you said you had our daughter and her magic under your control, my Queen?"

"Not yet, but I will, my Lord." Hela assured him gently. "Thanks to your brother's curse, I cannot directly interfere with her mortal life. And… I'll admit… that I've come across some unpredictable issues… including Rose's incredibly strong light-magic soul connection to her Gargoyle mate, Brooklyn- but it's of no concern. Our power in the Dark Arts will conquer their so-called 'soul- connection', and she'll soon join us in our war with Oberon and His Children." She paused and then grinned darkly at him. "Demona and I have found a weakness in her life that will hopefully… encourage and nurture her dark magic along. Hatred, grief, and pain are great motivators… you and I know that better than anyone."

He raised an eyebrow and his wife, and hummed at her.

"True." He mused. "But do you think that this… plan of yours… is strong enough to conquer all that light magic surrounding her? Gargoyles protect from darkness and evil… truly fitting for all the darkness that she was created from, unfortunately for us and our plan for her."

"Patience, my love." Hela told him quietly. "I promise you…my plan for our daughter will work. It'll just take time."

"Alas… but what is time to an immortal?" He breathed in her face, and then gently wrapped his arm around her.

"Precisely." Hela whispered back, staring deeply into his eyes. "As always… thank you for your patience and understanding, my Lord."

"Of course, my angel." He replied, kissing her hand. "We are in this together."

They stared longingly into each other's eyes, before Demetrius suddenly raised his yellow eyes to Demona and began making orders to her and the Draugr. "You… Gargoyle… head back to the mortal world and make sure the Human body is frozen and ready for my Queen's return."

Demona stayed silent, and looked as though she wanted to argue, but slowly bowed and exited the room- leaving Titania to plead silently with the creature to help her, but to no avail. She had to return to Avalon to warn her Lord of what was transpiring against him. What evil was rising, ready to blindly strike their perfect world.

"Skuld!" Demetrius ordered his head guard, who stepped forward and bowed.

"My Lord?" He rasped.

"Choose a few of your comrades to keep Titania company… WITHOUT eating or killing her." He ordered Skuld in a low and dangerous voice. "We must not allow her to get away and warn my brother of our plans, but she is to remain ALIVE for further, future plans. Are you capable of doing this…?"

Skuld opened his mouth to speak, looking upset that he couldn't eat her, when Titania finally had enough.

"YOU CAN'T KEEP ME HERE!" She shrieked out while struggling against her iron chains to no avail. "My Lord will not rest until he finds me! We've dealt with you both before, and we'll DO IT AGAIN! You won't get away with any of this! Puck won't allow Rose to succeed in the darkness, he'll sense it and protect her from it! The Gargoyle Clan of Rose's also won't allow you to step foot in their home and endanger her; especially her mate, Brooklyn!"

Titania was breathing heavily, rage flowing through her as Demetrius slowly walked towards her, leaving Hela behind him, as she screamed at him.

"You won't win." Titania finished in a hushed and powerfully dangerous voice. "Oberon will smite you for keeping me hostage down here, and deliver you true death."

Demetrius stared at her and leaned closely to her face.

"I've grown in power a great deal since then, dear Titania." Demetrius whispered. "I'd like to see him try."

With that, he turned away from her and yelled out an order to the Draugr, as he wrapped an arm around Hela.

"A'tirë antírië Titaniaia!" (Guard Titania attentively)

The Draugr army nodded at his order, and Skuld instantly turned and began to bark out orders in their dark- foreign language. Titania watched half the Draugr leave, leaving only a few behind to stay with her.

"You can't keep me here!" Titania yelled out over their orders, at Demetrius' and Hela's backs. They both stopped, and turned to face her as she screamed out, "My husband will find me!"

"How?" Hela asked her softly. "When you've frozen the only help you had, with the Weird Sisters, you turned to stone?"

"I- I…" Titania gasped out. "How did you know that?"

"There's spies of ours, everywhere in Avalon, dear sister." Hela replied, leaning into her husband's chest. "They are our eyes and ears since we cannot physically stand on Avalon's ground. But because you're so pathetically blind in your own perfect world; you never would have known or seen that there are many fallen Children of Oberon who prefer our leadership over yours."

"So you expect me to just stay here as a prisoner?!" Titania yelled out angrily.

"Of course not, my dear." Demetrius said seriously. "But as a welcomed guest. Your presence has been foreseen; and was all a part of our great plan. We need a bait to lure Oberon to his death… now don't we?"

Titania gasped out, tears came to her eyes, and she breathed, "I would rather die than allow for this…"

"All in due time." He replied softly, taking Hela again, leaving the large room. "All in due time. But for now, relax. For you're going to be here for a very long time."

Titania watched as they walked towards the door and staircase in which he had lured her down and she cried out, one last plea, before being left to the care of the awful Draugr creatures.

"And what of you two!?" She yelled out. "What are you going to do?"

"A lot." He replied in a low, echoing voice. "But for now, I long to be with my Queen." He paused, as she smiled and suddenly wrapped her arms around his shoulders and began kissing his neck, as he continued to speak to Titania. "She has been gone for some time to watch our daughter grow up in the mortal world… and steer her future to be with us, but now that our daughter's magic has awakened, and our rise to victory has begun, I long to retire to our bedchambers to relish in the love in which we have found with each other. All thanks to your Lord Oberon's banishment of myself and my Queen, for without it, we would never have met and fallen in love…" He paused, turned to face her one last time and began to shut the large oak door.

"Or is it thanks… to you?"

With that, he shut the door- leaving Titania in utter icy darkness- with only the rivers of lava for light and the Draugr for company. She felt hopeless, lost, terrified, and truly numb. Not only did she worry for her husband and Lord; but for all of Avalon- and now especially for the seemingly Human girl, Rose.

Terrifying darkness was following her every footstep, planning on claiming her very life and soul and plunging it into the bowls of Hel with her parents, and the future of the mortal world and Avalon, hung delicately in the balance that was her destiny.

"Oh… Aesir…Allfather of magic." Titania gasped out, looking above her at the ceiling, speaking to her parentage- the first creators of light-magical beings, with tears falling down her face. "Please… protect thy magical children, let our light magic conquer against it, and uphold thy chosen home of Avalon. Protect the Human child from their influence… and strengthen the Gargoyles' efforts in their protection of her. Allfather… let the sun, once again, rise upon us… ."

The Draugr guards around her suddenly began to hiss angrily at her pleas to the allfather and began to slowly impose their evil and dark influence into her mind. Weak against the iron, and their horrible powers- she suddenly began to see horrible, violent and barbaric visions of the ones she loved and their deaths.

"No….!" she cried out. "Please… no…! Demetrius ordered you not to kill me!"

"Yes, our Master has said not to eat or kill you…" One of the Draugr hissed, while touching her forehead with its decaying and clawed hands; as another stepped up to her, instantly catching onto their other evil power- and her eyes went wide in horror.

"However, the Master said nothing about tormenting your mind into madness with visions of death and anguish…" Another Draugr hissed out gleefully, touching her skin; and making her scream out more. They laughed mechanically at her pain and suffering, and relished in her screams of horror and pain that echoed throughout the cave. Gasping out, she tried to fight their influence and began to plead out loud.

"Oberon… my Lord, my love!" She cried out, as tears fell down her face. "Please find me! Puck… Luna, Phoebe, Seline… please…!" She paused and closed her eyes, willing her mind to reach out beyond the walls to anyone that could hear her, and suddenly one name came to her mind, and she willed herself to focus on it with everything she had.

"Please…!" She pleaded above the Draugr's laughs. "Help me! Help Avalon… Rose… Rose... "