Shadow leapt at Fire, pinning Fire to the ground. Fire, with a great whack of its tail, forced Shadow off of it. It was truly a duel of faith. The Panther swiped its claws at the Dragon, sending a ripple of shadows through the air just as the Dragon send a fireball towards the Panther. The two powers hit dead on creating an enormous burst of energy and a mushroom cloud of smoke.
The creatures rolled out of the smoke as one - swiping, roaring, growling. Elora closed her eyes and screamed, "Enough!"
A sly smile came to Voldemort's face; "Giving up so quickly?"
"No!" Elora shouted, "Finish it, Dragon!"
Voldemort's eyes widened with the remark and in a nanosecond, the shadow spirit lay unconscience on the ground near his feet. "Impossible!" Voldemort shouted.
"Nothing's impossible, you should know that already, Voldemort." Elora snickered with her fire dragon by her side.
The Dragon roared; "Release Elora's mind and leave, or I will finish YOU!"
Voldemort growled and in a flash he was gone, the panther with him.
"Do it, now!" Harry shouted.
Tsutsami: "Waters!"
Velicity: "Winds!"
Cecil: "Forests!"
All in Unison: "Hear my plea! Release my power to Lightning!"
Then all the Guards Harry wore started to glow and soon concentrated their light around Harry, acting like an aura.
Elora woke up at that moment and stood wearily on her feet.
"Take this! Voldemort!" Harry shouted, focusing the energy towards Elora.
"Harry! NO!" Elora's scream echoed, but it was too late. The energy beam hit Elora and concentrated the light in a spiral form around her. She levitated off the ground, unable to move.
"Harry! What have you done?" Tsutsami shouted.
Velicity cried.
"I... I..." Harry muttered, "How do I reverse it?" Cecil growled, "All we can do is let it takes its course. If it believes that Elora is cured, it won't harm her."
"Wait... all right, let's wait." Harry whispered to himself watching as the light kept Elora a foot off the ground.
Soon enough something happened, Elora started to hover over to the center pedestal. The light lowered her on top of it and diminished.
"Elora?" Harry's voice came through the gruff.
"H-harry..." Elora said weakly. Then a burst of light grew from the bottom of the pedestal enclosing Elora in a beam of rainbow light the shape of the pedestal she stood on.
A remarkable change happened: Elora's hair turned from brown to white, her cloak went from fiery red and black to white with silver trims, a cape made of stars appeared behind her and her eyes changed from brown to blue. When the light faded Elora collapsed and fell gently to the ground.
"Elora!" Harry shouted, tripping down the steps.
The others made their way down while Iceabelle kept her distance with a ferocious snarl on her face. Harry knelt by Elora and tried to wake her up, "Elora! Elora! I'm sorry. I didn't know until it was too late. Elora! Please! Wake up!"
Velicity hugged Tsutsami's leg and cried. Cecil stood behind Harry looking down on Elora. Elora moved her hand over Harry's and smiled, "Harry. It's okay."
Harry looked at Elora, noticing the change in her eyes quickly. "Elora, what happened?"
"The Winds, Waters, and Forests will be lost to Lightning, bringing forth the ultimate elemental: The Light that shines through Darkness." Cecil repeated part of the prophecy, "Harry. Elora is the ultimate elemental. It was her prophecy I was told."
Harry helped Elora to her feet. Then the Dragon appeared, but instead of being fiery red it was sparkling with stars just like Elora's cape, and was the same height as her. Elora patted it gently. It gave a soft growl in response, "You remember now." Its soft eyes looked at Elora.
Elora nodded. Harry awed at them, "Remember what?"
Elora looked to Harry. "The ultimate elemental Harry. My name is Luno; I am the Moon Guardian. The prophecy told of my return. Many millennia ago I lived as one person. Then when the worlds were peaceful I was not needed anymore. So I separated into two parts - Shadow and Fire. The other elemental guardians were created in case, somehow, the worlds were in trouble again. That time was now, but unfortunately long ago, because my powers were separated I became mortal.
"Gaelen, the Shadow Guardian, was a relative of the line of Seiren. Elora, the Fire Guardian, was a relative of the line of Feray. When Voldemort took over Gaelen's body, he gained the power of Shadow. When he heard of the prophecy, he thought he could use the elemental powers to take over the world. He was wrong. When he tried to take over Elora's body he thought she wouldn't fight back. She did, and won. When he left her mind the power of Shadow stayed, forged with that of Fire."
"And when the powers of Water, Wind, Forest, and Lightning hit Elora when she woke up, you became one again." Harry stated, "What happens to Elora?"
"Elora will live her normal life but I will always be with her. For we now cannot be apart since Gaelen is gone. The power of Fire and Shadow must stay forged." Luno-Elora replied.
Iceabelle backed away slowly but was soon captured by Cecil who had been sneaking up behind her. Cecil forced Iceabelle forward, "Now, what do we do with this one?"
Luno-Elora looked at Iceabelle, "When Voldemort left Elora's mind, he could not go very far. Voldemort is now in Iceabelle. I'll free Iceabelle from her black heart, but I cannot defeat Voldemort."
"Why not?" Velicity spoke up, "Why can't you get rid of Voldemort?"
"Yeah, why not?" Tsutsami restated the question.
Luno-Elora said as she placed a hand upon Iceabelle's forehead. A light extended through Luno-Elora's arm and soon surrounded Iceabelle's body. A dark mass lifted from Iceabelle. It rose higher and disappeared in a flash of light. Cecil growled, "I still don't understand why you couldn't destroy him!"
Luno-Elora slowly dropped her hand from Iceabelle. Iceabelle looked around, "Where am I?"
Luno-Elora smiled and turned to Cecil, "You will understand soon, Forest Guardian."
"Cecil will do." Cecil smiled back.
Luno-Elora nodded, and looked to the whole group, "You will all understand soon."
Then before anyone could ask any more of Luno-Elora, her cape disappeared, her cloak returned its normal black colour and her eyes and hair returned to normal. She was Elora again.
Elora fell into Harry's arms. Harry shook her gently, "Luno? I-I mean, Elora?"
Elora woke up and jolted from Harry's arms. "What? What happened?"
Continued: Chapter 23 - The Conclusion