Voldemort-in-Elora charged over to Harry, bringing one hand to Harry neck, and lifting him off the ground. "Potter. If you weren't the Lightning Guardian, I'd kill you on the spot. Be grateful!" Then he let go of Harry and walked a few paces away.
Harry coughed, "I would have though better of the great Voldemort."
Voldemort-in-Elora laughed; "That's what your friend said too, in her own mind. She's trapped there right now. No one can help her, no one will. Soon she'll fade away and her full power will be mine." Voldemort-in-Elora grinned while balling his fists as black and red flames sprouted from between his fingers (or her fingers).
"And what happens to Gaelen?" Harry sneered.
Voldemort-in-Elora gazed over to Gaelen, who lay on the ground; "Gaelen is dead. He is nothing but a rotting corpse. His power is in this body now. As soon as I destroy the girl's soul, the full power of Shadow and Fire will combine. Shadow Fire; Can you imagine it?"
"We will destroy you, Voldemort. Elora is strong. She'll find a way out." Harry said, straightening his posture, though still tied in the black rope.
Voldemort-in-Elora hissed toward Harry; "Be quiet Potter, or I'll cut you tongue out with your own sword! Now, off to the Fire Room to complete my plan."
Soon Voldemort-in-Elora and Harry disappeared amongst black flames.
Harry found himself floating, still tied, in the same room he had been in when he was with Elora in the UY Room, and she disappeared. This was where he and Elora first saw the fire dragon together. Iceabelle stood in front of a cage of ice, which held Velicity, Tsutsami, and Cecil.
"Harry! Elora!" Velicity screamed, "You escaped from Voldemort!"
"Not exactly." Harry said, looking towards Voldemort-in-Elora. The cloak Elora wore was now replaced with a dark cloak made of black gas and fire.
Voldemort-in-Elora looked to Iceabelle; "Iceabelle! Place Potter here in with the others."
"Psh." Iceabelle exclaimed, "I'm not taking orders from you! Who do you think you are?"
Voldemort-in-Elora sneered towards Iceabelle; "I am Voldemort!"
"Oh really?" Iceabelle laughed, "Prove it!"
Before Iceabelle could say anything more, she was forced to the ground by a ball of black fire. The black fire was extremely hot, but not too strong. It burned part of Iceabelle's cloak, but she extinguished the flickering black mass on her cloak with ice before it could move any farther.
"I shall destroy you if you talk back to me again, Iceabelle. You know I can." Voldemort-in-Elora hissed.
Iceabelle nodded. She stood up and ran to get Harry and said "I'm sorry, My Lord," while she placed Harry in the ice cage with the others.
Once Harry entered the cage the roped around him disappeared, but so did his sword. "What the?" Harry exclaimed.
"Voldemort placed an enchantment around the cage. We can't use our powers." Cecil said, "So I'm guessing Voldemort took over Elora?"
"No duh Sherlock!" Tsutsami sneered, "What was your first clue?"
"Oh shut up Tsutsami!" Harry shouted, "I can't think if you two are constantly bickering!"
Velicity started to cry. Harry knelt down beside her and comforted her, "I'm sorry Velicity. I didn't mean to shout."
"It's not that." Velicity said under tears, "Elora! What's going to happen to her? What's going to happen to us?"
"If I knew I'd tell you." Harry said.
"The prophecy." Cecil said.
"The prophecy?" Harry repeated, his gaze turning to Cecil. "What 'prophecy'?"
"Yeah, Sherlock! You seem to know everything, what's this 'prophecy' you're talking about?" Tsutsami hissed, holding Velicity's hand. All their attention turned to Cecil.
Cecil cleared his throat; "There's an old prophecy that I was told by my father before he died. He told me 'Shadows will turn to Fire. Ice will embrace it. The Winds, Waters, and Forests will be lost to Lightning, bringing forth the ultimate elemental: The Light that shines through Darkness.'"
"Coooool." Velicity exclaimed, "What does it mean?"
"Well. It seems to be telling the story of what's happening now. Prophecies' such as that are always clues. Let's see now, 'Shadows will turn to Fire'. Well, Gaelen was the Shadow Guardian, who was taken over by Voldemort, and now Voldemort has Elora who's the Fire Guardian, and the two powers are now merged. In other words, Voldemort now has the power of Fire and Shadow." Harry pondered.
"'Ice will embrace it'." Tsutsami said, "Iceabelle is on Voldemort's side. Jeez! That was easy. See Cecil, I can be smart too!"
Cecil snickered, "We'll see Tsutsami."
"Now," Harry said, "What's the next part of the prophecy Cecil?"
"'The Winds, Waters, and Forests will be lost to Lightning, bringing forth the ultimate elemental." Cecil said, "I don't see what it means, though."
Harry hummed, repeating the part of the prophecy gradually. "The Winds, Waters, and Forests will be lost to Lightning. Well, I'm 'Lightning'. So is it saying I have to kill you guys? GOD! I hope not!"
"I know!" Velicity screamed, "You don't have to destroy 'us' Harry, being 'lost' doesn't mean being 'dead'. It just means that we - the Wind, Water, and Forest Guardians - have to give Harry, the Lightning our power. Therefore bringing forth the ultimate elemental."
Tsutsami patted Velicity on the head, "By Joe! She's got it!"
"One problem though." Cecil sighed, "The enchantment around this cage means we can't use our powers, remember? So how in the world are we going to give Harry our power?"
"Oh. And you just couldn't shut up for moment? You just HAD to say that? Bringing all our hopes down now, eh?" Tsutsami sneered to Cecil.
"Well I'm right aren't I?" Cecil hissed back to Tsutsami, "Can't you just THINK for a moment. You're no help in this situation if you just complain!"
"Oh, that's it! YOU CROSSED THE LINE BUDDY!" Tsutsami shouted as she started to charge after Cecil. Harry and Velicity stepped between them, Velicity facing Tsutsami and Harry facing Cecil.
"Stop it!" Velicity and Harry said in unison.
"If we fight, we'll never win the war again Voldemort." Harry said. "Now just try to think about a way we can solve this."
"Harry." Velicity whispered.
"Not now Velicity." Harry said, his gaze locked with that of Cecil's.
"Harry!" Velicity repeated.
"What is it Velicity!" Harry said turning and looking down to Velicity.
Velicity held a small charm pin, circular with a picture of the sky (the clouds actually moving by on it) in the center, in her hands. "Harry, this is the Wind Guard. I figured it out. The charms are a key to our power. If you have them, then we can give you our power."
Harry took the charm pin from Velicity, "I forgot all about the Guards. Tsutsami, Cecil, will you give me your Guards as well?"
"Why, sure Harry." Tsutsami said while taking off a blue necklace from around her neck and giving it to Harry, "But what good are they if we're in this cage?"
Cecil handed Harry a small earring made of wood wrapped in small green vines, "Whatever Voldemort is planning, he'll need us out of this cage. That'll be the time to set our plan into action."
"What's our plan exactly?" Tsutsami asked.
"I would think that to be obvious right about now, Tsutsami. Are you sure you're not BLONDE?" Cecil said.
"Well maybe blonde roots, but... HEY!" Tsutsami growled to Cecil.
Harry turned to Tsutsami; "Don't you even think about it."
Tsutsami calmed herself, "Okay. So, what's the plan?"
"When Voldemort and Iceabelle let us out of the cage, the second the enchantment is taken off of us, we give out powers to Harry through our Guards." Velicity said, looking up to Tsutsami.
Tsutsami patted Velicity on the head; "What would I do without you?"
"Humph." Cecil exclaimed. "Here comes Voldemort herself... I mean himself, and with his lackey Iceabelle."
Harry quickly placed all the guards into his pocket. They all turned to the cage door, where indeed Voldemort-in-Elora and Iceabelle stopped in front of it. Iceabelle waved her hand and the cage door disappeared. "Alright, everyone out!" Iceabelle said.
When they stepped out of the cage, black flickering flames acting as rope bound them all. But the enchantment was still around them. Voldemort-in-Elora hissed, "Iceabelle. You know what to do."
"Yes, my lord." Iceabelle said. She waved her hand as Velicity, Tsutsami, Cecil and Harry were forced forward.
Harry looked to Voldemort-in-Elora; "Elora. If you can hear me, fight! I know you can win!"
"Stop trying, Potter." Voldemort-in-Elora hissed, "If it means anything to you, I promise that what will happen to you all soon will hurt just as much as what she's going through right now." Voldemort-in-Elora grinned slightly.
Harry growled at Voldemort-in-Elora, but he was quickly jerked forward as Voldemort-in-Elora disappeared in a cyclone of black flames.
Continued: Chapter 21 - Shadows Spirit
A/N: Now wasn't that fun to read? It was FUN to write! ^_^ I was actually laughing myself while Tsutsami and Cecil fought. Hope you liked it! Please leave a review, or email me (k.davidson@home.com) if you can: I'd love to hear what you all think!