by Katie Davidson (Virtue)
A/N: A longer chapter... and another Guardian? What's the world coming to!? DARKNESS! MWUAHAHAHA! *evil glare*
Cecil sat calmly by the fire in his cabin, turning the page of a black covered book which was titled 'Dark Prophecies'. Suddenly, Harry came charging into his cabin shouting, "Cecil! You owe me an explanation!"
Cecil looked up to him saying, "No, I don't."
Harry calmed himself, "I know you don't, I just always wanted to say that. So, did you find anything?"
Cecil turned the page again, hummed to himself and replied, "So you say Lupin sent you this book, huh?"
"Yep," Harry replied, hanging up his coat then taking a seat next to Cecil. "Anything in there that can help us?"
Cecil read a darkly encrypted page in the book, "Come time; the lands will grow dark. The sun and moon will not shine light upon the worlds. Darkness will prevail, and the only hope will be the one who has done the deed."
Harry gasped, "That's what Voldemort and that guy, Ahren, said."
"Really?" Cecil hummed, "Well. It's the 'Dark Lore' prophecy come to life now." Suddenly, the book forced itself shut.
"Why'd you shut the book?" Harry asked.
"I," Cecil studdered, "Didn't... It shut itself, I swear!"
Eerie screams emitted from the book and echoed around the cabin. Shadows swept across the cabin and all lights went out, they were in total darkness. A deafening scream roared throughout the cabin, Cecil and Harry covered their ears as a dim light, like dark fire, appeared in a flaming circle in the middle of the cabin, and Elora, wearing dark clothes, appeared in the midst of it. The deafening scream subsided, and Harry and Cecil took their hands off their ears carefully.
"Elora?" Cecil said, looking at the tall girl that stood in the center of the flaming circle of dark fire.
Elora laughed a dark and cold laugh, "Cecil. Guardian of the elements Fire, Wind, Water, and Earth, I've come for you. Join me..."
"Never!" Cecil shouted.
"Elora? What's happened to you?" Harry growled.
Elora's cold onyx eyes stared at Harry, she stepped out of the circle of fire and walked towards him whispering, "Harry Potter. You, as a child, almost defeated the Dark Lord, Voldemort. I remember you." She walked around Harry, studying him carefully, and brushed away the hair from his forehead which covered the lightning shaped scar.
"Elora," Harry whispered, "I loved you, and I still do. Please come back to me."
Elora narrowed her eyes and grinned, "I am who I must be now. I can rid you of all your burdens, Harry. I have the power to destroy it." She gently touched the scar on his forehead and Harry's forehead burned; he pulled back and growled under the pain. It was like Voldemort had touched him.
The pain subsided and Harry stood up. Cecil's jaw dropped and he studdered, "Ha-Harry."
Harry looked at Cecil growling, "What is it?"
Cecil pointed towards a mirror, which hung on the far wall of the cabin. Harry walked toward it, and seeing his reflection in the mirror, to his amazement, his scar was... GONE! "How?" Harry muttered to himself.
Elora appeared behind him and gently stroked his cheek, "The burden that once was is now gone, Harry. Join me now, and you can reach powers you never thought possible."
Harry turned around, pushing Elora away from him, and shouted, "Never!" His scar then reappeared on his forehead; it was just an illusion.
Elora floated up into the air and laughed, "So be it!" She turned to Cecil; a long grin fell across her face. "One more chance to reconsider joining me, Cecil. What will it be?"
Cecil growled, "Never!"
Elora, disappointed, sneered, "Then you will both DIE!" She was then engulfed in the circle of black fire in which she appeared in and disappeared from the cabin.
The shadows around them circled faster and faster; Harry and Cecil could feel as though the gravity in the cabin was growing larger and thus they felt heavier. The shadows past through and around them, they felt they were growing weaker; disoriented, they didn't know what to do.
They heard a pounding and cracking... the door of the cabin broke to the ground and Virtue came rushing into the cabin, her horn glowing furiously. The light shone around the cabin and a figure appeared from the light of her horn. It was Luno (not the foal)! The light scared away the shadows, and the figure of Luno disappeared as the shadows too had gone.
Harry and Cecil rose to their feet, looking around as they got their strength back. Harry looked at Virtue and said, "Virtue?"
"Harry," the Unicorn's voice rang through Harry's head. "Something's wrong with Luno. My foal, she's... turning."
"Turning?" Harry asked.
"Oh no," Cecil exclaimed.
Elora appeared in The Realm the same way she had appeared in Cecil's cabin. "Any luck?" Ahren asked her.
Elora growled, "No." She leaned over a large glass bowl filled with water and stared at her reflection, a not very please Elora was she. Voldemort walked up behind her, the same expression she had on her face had been plastered on his. Elora sneered, "Don't even say a word."
Voldemort's harsh expressions turned into a taunting smile, "Not a word, my dear. But, I hope you took care of them."
"I let the shadows take care of them." She said.
Voldemort forced her around; slapping her across the face, and then pushed her into the water screaming, "You should have taken care of them on the spot!"
"Voldemort!" Ahren growled. "Leave her alone!"
Voldemort turned to Ahren, pointed to the drenched Elora sitting in the glass bowl and shouted, "Teach your daughter proper killing techniques or I will kill her! Understand?" He turned and disappeared in another area of The Realm.
Ahren helped Elora out of the glass bowl she sat in saying, "Elora, my dear, you have mastered many techniques but it seems you feel you cannot kill."
"Father," Elora said as a cyclone of dark fire rose from foot to head, drying her clothes off. "I just felt - I don't know." She lowered her head and muttered, "I'm sorry."
Ahren lifted Elora head and looked into her onyx eyes whispering, "You will do it next time, my dear. Now, how about some father - daughter dark rampage across the land, eh?"
Elora smiled, "Lovely idea."
In the forest where Virtue and Luno lived, in the valley the Danen's called home, Cecil, Harry, Mr. and Mrs. Danen stood looking at Luno who bucked around, chained to a giant tree.
"What could be happening to her?" Mrs. Danen asked.
Luno, the young unicorn foal, had changed: She had grown to the size of a full grown Unicorn, her silvery coat had turned dark… and her wings flapped furiously, the wingspan was great and she had already broken a few trees around them.
"She's turning just as Elora has," Cecil explained. "Elora and Luno are connected, and as she changes... so does Luno." "What do we do?" Harry asked. "I mean, she's soon going to break free of the chains and go to Elora, isn't she?"
"That would be the first thing, yes." Cecil said.
"Wait a minute!" Mr. Danen shouted. "If Luno's going to go straight to Elora, then why don't we follow her? That way she leads us straight to her!"
"Dennis, you're mad!" Mrs. Danen shouted. "We already know Elora is with Ahren and Voldemort in the Realm. Following Luno to The Realm wouldn't change anything. We need a plan against them."
"Oh," Mr. Danen sighed.
"I can't stand it any more." Virtue shouted, walking over to the chain that held Luno, she touched it with her horn and the chain broke. Luno, with a great flap of her wings, took off into the sky.
"What did you do that for?" Harry shouted to the Unicorn mother.
Virtue neighed softly, "I couldn't bear to see her chained, even if she turned to the dark side, Harry. No Unicorn should be chained like that."
"She's right Harry," Cecil said. "Luno would have escaped from the chains on her own. She'll turn back when Elora does."
"How do we turn Elora back to her normal self?" Harry growled. "The prophecy said 'the only hope is the one who has done the deed', and we already know that that means Elora, the Moon Guardian, is the only hope of stopping all this. She's the one who's done the deed, and we don't know how to get her back. It's hopeless!"
"Harry," a chiming voice echoed through the forest. Luno (not the foal) appeared in front of them. He wore a long white cloak and a cape sparkled behind him. He smiled at Harry. "Do not lose hope so quick."
"Luno!" Harry shouted. "Can you help us?"
"I will help all I can." Luno said.
Suddenly, the forest grew dark as a shadowy cloud covered the sky. Mr. and Mrs. Danen took out their wands and shouted, "Luminous!"
The light from their wands lit the forest around them. Harry looked at Luno, who seemed to be fading away. "Luno!" Harry shouted. "What's happening to you?"
"Harry," Luno's voice seemed to fade as he did to fade away. "Seek the hidden guardian. Seek the Sun Queen, she will help you, if it is not too late," and he disappeared completely.
"The Sun Queen?" Harry repeated. "How many guardians are there?"
"More than you want to know, Harry." Cecil chuckled. "Come on. Seems we have another quest on our hands."