Chapter 36
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Authors note:

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Elena and Alexzander watch as their friends run from this undead monster, Elena was freaking out as they we're to far form her to even help, looking around for anything then remembering the moving ceilings, Elena ran towards the silver balls moving them, it caused the ceiling to move the undead monster stumbling around trying to stand, it caused the undead to be far from their friends.

"Nice one Elena" Alexzander says as he watch them run towards some stairs, a floor above crumbling over time, Elena was moving more of the silver balls, the undead monster roars grabbing part of the ceiling up then tossing at Mylene, Conner, and Gabe. The two Valisian knights started to run in zigzag, Gabe watch the two do this "What in world are you two doing?," Mylene ran pass him a foot away holding her hands up, "what it can't hit something if it's moving all over the place," Conner finally got to the stairs pulling out his axe for leverage. As he wedged it on the bottom of the stairs, he pulled himself up waiting for the two to come over, Gabe and Mylene tossed themselves at the axe hurrying up, as the undead monster was getting angry by Elena moving the ceilings. It stops taking another ruin piece of the building, then aimed it at Elena and Alexzander who ran out the way, in a hallway front of them the ruin rock destroyed the silver balls controls, the undead monster roared in anger as it's preys ran away.

Mylene, Conner, and Gabe ran down the hall they went to, Conner stoped causing Mylene and Gabe to run into him, Mylene held her nose as she ran into Conner full force, "geez man worn us when you stop" Conner just shoved Mylene down.

"Look there's more but their not forming like that undead monster," Conner points in front of them as the undead walked around bumping into each other an the walls.

"You think everyone is okay?," Gabe asked.

"LIarm and Amir would be the ones that would find the library right away, right now we need to get to Alexzander and Elena, it's our jobs to protect them," Conner watch the undead walk away towards a room.

"Right I need to remember I'm a captain of the royal guards at home..." Gabe frowns, "Are you doubting yourself Gabe?," Mylene looks back at Gabe when saying this, "it's just well when I see you two do these amazing things, it makes me feel like I'm far from a royal guard...,"

"You want to know something Gabe" Mylene smiles, "what?" Gabe asked as Mylene leans back "Conner never wasn't even considered of being a general," Gabe looks at Conner who glares at Mylene. But he sighs and Conner agrees with Mylene, "she's right but when Valisia back in my younger days, I was just a dragon stable boy but I dream of something greater, I wanted to be something...but that end of me taking care of Mylene and Alexzander when I was young."

"You became a babysitter?" Gabe looks on in surprise, he never thought that this strong will man, even done that "I wouldn't say that I needed a way to show Alexzander's father, that I can be a great soldier and so here I am, running around in my 30s and threw out my back in one day...,"

Gabe felt reinsured that he to can climb higher, towards his goals with out the throwing out his back part.

"we should deal with the undead" Conner faces forward again Mylene leans back to Gabe, "so you know I was his favorite person to take of," Gabe smiles seeing this "if you want me to pick favorites it's going to be Alexzander." Mylene frowns "why?",

"Cause he didn't do pranks when you two we're kids."

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Elena and Alexzander quickly ran down the hallway stopping when they felt safe, "remind me again to never get that thing angry?" Alexzander says.

"Same here, why are the undead rising?, do you think it's Cullen again?," Elena says she leans back on a wall for support so she can catch her breath, Elena then smirks "you said you like me," Alexzander blushed "well I tolerate you that's different come pare to liking someone, especially after they help with a life problem..."

Elena pats at his chest "alright if you say so mister," she walks away leaving Alexzander there flabbergasted, then a idea came "so I'm guessing that when you freaked at the throne room, I'm going to say you we're blushing?" Alexzander watched Elena stop turning towards him, as Elena face scrunched as she try's to hold on her comment.

"Ahah!, I'm right!" Alexzander points at Elena who swatted at his pointed hand, "shut up!, it's not that I liked you ether!"

"Oh no don't turn this around on me!, you like me an there's no denying that" Alexzander says till he gets beat up by Elena, it wasn't really hurt him as she hit him, "you don't hate meI thought you we're lying to me back at the tent."

"Why did you think I didn't?" Elena wanted to know, heck even she was trying to figure out what to do with her feelings for him, it's not that she didn't hate Alexzander god he can be stubborn all on his own, but to think she was lying to him?

"Did someone lied about liking you before?" Elena watched Alexzander sighs, "I wouldn't say they didn't like me in the beginning, but it's alright I figure cause you know the five countries hated Valisia for ages, I'm just not use to you know foreign royal making so much effort...especially when it deals with me..." Alexzander looks at Elena in the eyes, he tense when Elena's brown oval eyes soften with her sweet smile. Elena takes his hand "look as a royal and now a friend...I can truly see that you're trying, an you're friends look towards you in high remarks and that amazing for some people...," Alexzander turns his head a bit "how so?" Elena blushed "well not many people can have such loyal friends like them, they became part of your family they know you're in pain. It's just you need to let them know how you feel like today," Elena could see Mylene and Conner worry for Alexzander, LIarm and Foloki trust him they look for guidance in him, and Amir he thinks highly of Alexzander even though Amir is hard at times, but he try's to push Alexzander in the right direction. Alexzander was someone who look up to the old kings, hearing what they had done in the past that it was something he should be, "Alexzander...do you truly doubt yourself..," Alexzander's hand grips Elena's hands tightly she's not wrong Alexzander was scared, his father was something he wasn't his father King Howard fought in wars..., saved countless lives when the country was in danger, and made the foundation of Valisia today.

"What of you, are you not always questioned on everything you do?"

"Yes...Estibon my cousin, and with Cullen I've never really met someone like him before, the fear he caused over everyone and it's something I need to stop, he's sort of a...how I put it?"

"A lunatic?"

Elena holds back a laugh "really you could try to put it in a nicer way?," Alexzander shrugs "what I thought I was an asshole to you?" Elena could feel Alexzander place his hand on her cheek, she could feel his warm breath getting closer she didn't know if her mind was playing trick, thinking that she felt the light touch of Alexzander's lips ghosting over her lips. Till she felt a light touch of his lips on her head, she didn't move she could feel the warmth take over her bubbling of happiness formed, at the same time of safety, Alexzander let's go leaving Elena behind him as Alexzander walked down the hallway, "you see anything particular here?" Alexzander looks at Elena smiling. Elena chuckle walking with him as the two try to find the others, climbing up the ruins and through more hallways Elena then stopped at a door, looking at the key then the door seeing the same symbols she puts the key in the door then turning.

Click..!

Elena opens the door as it hit something she looks up standing there was a undead purple eyes with a gaping mouth, rocks even covered its body Elena froze backing away slowly, as its contorted body slowly walks at her, Elena backed into a wall as it mouth opens more Elena pulls out her scepter quickly jamming it in the undead's mouth, "Blaze!" Elena had set the undead head on fire, Alexzander pulls out his sword when seeing another undead going after Elena, as he pulled her back when another undead tumble out the room as it would have trap her between the undead and the wall.

"How in the world?" Alexzander held Elena's hand tight as the two watch the undead stumble out, "Alexzander we cant leave the key it allows us in specific rooms," Elena hold her scepter close as Alexzander let's go of her hand, "well got any ideas?" Elena thought for a moment then remembering the gray undead back at the camp.

"Glow!" Elena held up her scepter as it brightens up the area, Alexzander shield his eyed from the light. The undead crumble in pain kneeling down holding its head, before harding like the rocks on its body Elena stopped seeing her victory, "worn someone before you use that man I think I'm blind now..." Alexzander pinched his eyes, "sorry...normally I try but we're kind of in a small hallway..," Elena smiles sweetly as Alexzander shakes his head sighs while smiling, "alright little miss light bulb why don't we look inside the room," Alexzander set aside for Elena to go first.

"Oh now your begin a gentleman?"

Elena steps over the two undead monster, Alexzander was holding out his hand helping her over them as he leans over to the door to get the key back. The two walked in the dark room looking around seeing what looked like a stone table, walking over they could see eaten pages as well as burnt ones, Alexzander was looking through the pages a familiar symbol came up.

Alexzander looked through pages "hey look it's the same crest back at Kritis's castle", Elena looks down to see what Alexzander was looking at, "Huh?, I wonder why?" Elena then remembers the envelope back in the coat pocket in her room.

"Maybe one of the elves or dwarfs wrote it down, they have met the founders before maybe they know a thing or two?," Elena points out "your right I just don't want to met the elves and dwarfs, that don't live in Valisia..." Alexzander started to fold the paper to fit in his pockets, grabbing his sword off the table "let's go find the others, knowing Amir he probably found a way to read this stuff."

"You sure?

"Yeah I trust Amir?"

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"I have no idea what theses mean," Amir was lifting up books and papers while looking at some old carvings in stone slabs, LIarm was digging through some old books as well, "have you tried to using your magic on them?" LIarm says looking down at Amir he was a floor up, when they landed on the rooftop they fell through an landing in a water garden, and made their way here after killing some undead along the way.

"I have it just this all gibberish talk about everything that happened here" Amir sighs in frustration, looking through the books he would keep seeing the same symbols, after today Amir had he is definitely going to lock his room when he gets back, as he looks again while holding the item he got from the other hand of the ice giant, it was a map leading to a place far from here.

"I wonder if I could..., oh?!, bad idea!" Amir swatted at the papers as they shrivel up, form him white magic finally getting it to stop Amir held up the paper, half of it survived from his attempt Amir sighs slamming his head down before saying ow..., LIarm walks down the stone stairs to Amir "should we find the others as I'm worried that its getting to be late, and after killing those undead we met at the water garden, I'm afraid they encounter something dangerous."

Amir had to agrees this was a bust tossing the burnt papers to the table "your right..."

The two started to walk out the room without any warnings the floor they we're standing on caved in, hitting hard on the ground an rolling a bit the two groan in pain, "ow... I'm starting to hate this place it never stops falling apart, you alright LIarm...LIarm?" Amir stops near LIarm who was looking up at a carved wall. Amir look to see what LIarm was seeing, it had the images of 5 kings but there was a 6th one above them glowing, holding up the royal sword towards the sky as what looks like a demonic monster, trying to devour the king from above as on the right it looked as if mythical creatures in armor, an on the left was the undead charging at them. The two looked at each other before the wall carving begins to move, shaking the room they we're in sliding to the left making an opening for them to go forward, Amir was going inside till LIarm grabs his arm, "what?"

"We should really get the others..." LIarm says.

"Why it's not like their going anywhere?," Amir walks in the open room he looks around to find anything, he then stopped in the back room was a stone throne, covered in vines an white flowers with sun light hitting the throne there sat a skeleton, dress in silver armor with its sword in the ground, hands clasping the sword hilt. Amir walks closer towards him looking to see if there was anything familiar, "it's Lorence..."

"How do you even know it's him?," Amir looks back at LIarm. This name was one of the royal knights of Valisia, he was to hunt for the lost lives of the dead. An old legend that who ever had this would be immortal, and he was under king Kritis rule at the time before he disappeared.

LIarm slowly points at the crown "cause that's Kritis's old crown before he had his iconic one..," Amir leans in seeing the silver band then seeing the old crest, "it was given to him for safe passage across Valisia, he was like a brother to Kritis..., Amir... I'm feeling something off here...like a gut feeling you always say."

"Why you scared that would come alive?," Amir leans away and sneezed cause of the flowers pollen, "please LIarm he's dead there's nothing to worry about hi-" the room shakes as the door they went through closed, locking them inside Amir moved back when the skeleton begins to move. Taking a hold on Amir's arm the royal wizard screams in fear, Lorence skeleton face came right at Amir's face, "a new king stands in lies of others do not let them deceive him, for he is the king of all kings." Skeleton of Lorence then fades away in smoke, leaving only the throne left with the flowers wilting away, the ruins begins to crumble away.

"Now it's time to find the others!" Amir yells "get down!," Amir quickly blast the stone wall open. For them to escape LIarm and him run out the room, Amir turns back into his large owl form for him to pick up LIarm, through the whole they fell through. The rumbling didn't stop as the two ran down more hallways and stairs, till Amir collided into something "oowww..." Amir looks up to see Mylene then Conner and Gabe, not really wanting to get crushed Amir grabs Mylene helping her up to run. Floor was collapsing as the walls and ceiling crumbled around them, far from the group was an open gap to another part of the ruins.

They jumped at the moment when everything came crashing down, the whole mountain gave away as the time it was there was now gone, Gabe starts to freak "where's Alexzander and Elena!?," he stands up running over to the now wide open mountain. Everyone else followed as well helping Gabe look for them, Mylene points down to the side "look they made it out!," Alexzander had stabbed his sword on the mountain side with Elena in his arms, they dangled 30 feet in the air Amir went back to his owl form again to help them. As he gotten closer he saw Elena freaking out, as she was touching around Alexzander's back Amir stoped, the wind picks up when doing so Amir could see what looks of a metal piece sticking out.

"What happened?!," Amir leached himself on the mountain side to get a better look, "when the ruins started to fall all around us things begin to fall over, and a part of the ruins got Alexzander," Elena could feel the blood seeping on her Alexzander was going pale, Amir leans in making new wings from his body the two holding on the mountain side, as his new winged arms grabbing Alexzander to see the damage clearly. Elena quickly grabs on the royal sword as Amir was taking Alexzander, Amir's wings glowed in golden aura as he pulls out the metal piece, Alexzander groans in pain as Amir did this.

"That should do the trick, I'll have to fly him to the others as the pain will still linger on him, so try not to fall Elena" Amir then leaves Elena there still hanging on the royal sword.

"Oh this was a horrible idea to come here...," Elena says looking down she then held her breath.