Part 10
The battle was terrible. The screams of the injured and dying filled the air. The Dark army were well prepared for this. Julia and her army weren't. They fought and fought, ignoring their tiredness and injuries. The powerful magic and weaponry of the enemy outmatched Julia's army's simple weapons. They fought anyway. Julia found herself in a corner with the Wild Powers. The enemy had come at them in vast numbers, sensing them the most dangerous, the biggest threat to their dark pleasure.
"If you guys could use your blue fire anytime now it'd be helpful," Julia gasped,
They exchanged glances. They dropped their weapons. For a second, all was deadly still. The dark side were wearing victorious grins. They thought the Wild Powers had realised they were doomed and had decided to surrender.
How wrong they were.
The Wild Powers exchanged glances.
They were all bleeding from the battle as was everyone else.
They raised their palms up to the ceiling.
Julia could feel the power welling up around. Stranger yet, she could feel power welling up in her. She didn't understand it. But she didn't deny it either. She let the strange feeling of energy well up.
She found herself following the motion of the Wild Powers. She raised her palms to the ceiling. She moved to stand in front of them. She could feel the awe and astonishment of her fighters...she could feel the fear and shock of the enemy.
Suddenly, blue fire surrounded the Wild Powers, their joint energy growing and growing. Julia felt something come out of her. Her own magical energy. Her purple fire met with the Wild Power's blue fire.
The two powers mingled and gathered, creating a gusting wind and energy. It moved from them over to the enemy, riveted to the spot with fright and too stupid to run. The mixture of magic surrounded the dark army, changing colour to a strange black-green. It suddenly flared bright.
When Julia opened her eyes, the enemy was gone. But something else was happening. The energy was still there. It had changed again, and now was a bright blue-white. It moved again, encompassing Julia and her army. Julia felt something happening. Something she couldn't explain. Everything was changing. There were whirls of impossibly bright colour, different shapes. She had the feeling of infinite distance being crossed.
And then...nothing.
* * *
Epilogue
There was loud music and happy screams and shouts filled the air. Fireworks were going off, creating sparking patterns in the sky. All around was a group of madly celebrating people. People smiled and waved at Julia grinning and throwing handfuls of confetti at her.
"Happy new millennium," they called.
Julia looked around in confusion. She could see people who had fought with her in the battle. But they weren't wearing their slave clothes. They were wearing other clothes, in bright and sparking colours. Party clothes.
Julia found herself facing Hunter, looking into his bright, smiling gold eyes. "What's going on?" she asked.
He smiled. "You changed history Julia. We're back to the dawn of the year 2000. You did it."
And then he kissed her and Julia was lost in the blaze of their love and passion.
* * *
Susan sat with Julia and the rest of the freed slaves sat outside Thierry's Las Vegas mansion watching the sun rise for the first time in three hundred years. She didn't know what happened anymore than anyone else did.
"'In blue fire, the final darkness is banished'," she muttered to herself. The blue fire must have erased all the darkness from the last three centuries, putting the world back the way it should have been at the dawn of the new millennium. They'd all woken from the suddenly magical converge at the end of the battle to find themselves back in Thierry's mansion celebrating the new year. But there was no sign of Thierry. But everybody knew he wouldn't mind Hannah - no, Julia, Susan corrected herself, living there with her friends now.
"What?" a soft voice beside her said.
Susan looked up at Damien, and realised he'd heard her muttering. "Nothing," she said. "Just muttering to myself."
He reached out to take her hand.
As their fingers touched, a familiar white light engulfed them, lighting up their minds, letting them see each other for who they really were underneath. Susan was surprised. A new soulmate? She'd messed up the last time.
"A new soulmate for a new person," Damien murmured in her ear. "You said yourself you'd changed."
Susan smiled at him, at her new love. They had a whole new future to look forward to. She felt that this time, she was going to be happy. And she knew instinctively that he would never leave her. She snuggled against him. "I think I'm going to change my name," she said. "I don't want any connection to who I used to be. What do you think of Seraphin Wolf?"
He pulled her close. "I like it," he said. "It's different. Could you make me a Wolf? Then we can learn about the new species and each other together."
Susan smiled. "I think I can do that. I think I'm going to like being a Wolf."
"I think I'm going to kiss you now," Damien muttered softly, pulling her closer.
"I think you'd better," Susan said. And he did.
The two of them snuggled close and watched the sun rise and the beginning of a new dawn.
The end
The battle was terrible. The screams of the injured and dying filled the air. The Dark army were well prepared for this. Julia and her army weren't. They fought and fought, ignoring their tiredness and injuries. The powerful magic and weaponry of the enemy outmatched Julia's army's simple weapons. They fought anyway. Julia found herself in a corner with the Wild Powers. The enemy had come at them in vast numbers, sensing them the most dangerous, the biggest threat to their dark pleasure.
"If you guys could use your blue fire anytime now it'd be helpful," Julia gasped,
They exchanged glances. They dropped their weapons. For a second, all was deadly still. The dark side were wearing victorious grins. They thought the Wild Powers had realised they were doomed and had decided to surrender.
How wrong they were.
The Wild Powers exchanged glances.
They were all bleeding from the battle as was everyone else.
They raised their palms up to the ceiling.
Julia could feel the power welling up around. Stranger yet, she could feel power welling up in her. She didn't understand it. But she didn't deny it either. She let the strange feeling of energy well up.
She found herself following the motion of the Wild Powers. She raised her palms to the ceiling. She moved to stand in front of them. She could feel the awe and astonishment of her fighters...she could feel the fear and shock of the enemy.
Suddenly, blue fire surrounded the Wild Powers, their joint energy growing and growing. Julia felt something come out of her. Her own magical energy. Her purple fire met with the Wild Power's blue fire.
The two powers mingled and gathered, creating a gusting wind and energy. It moved from them over to the enemy, riveted to the spot with fright and too stupid to run. The mixture of magic surrounded the dark army, changing colour to a strange black-green. It suddenly flared bright.
When Julia opened her eyes, the enemy was gone. But something else was happening. The energy was still there. It had changed again, and now was a bright blue-white. It moved again, encompassing Julia and her army. Julia felt something happening. Something she couldn't explain. Everything was changing. There were whirls of impossibly bright colour, different shapes. She had the feeling of infinite distance being crossed.
And then...nothing.
* * *
Epilogue
There was loud music and happy screams and shouts filled the air. Fireworks were going off, creating sparking patterns in the sky. All around was a group of madly celebrating people. People smiled and waved at Julia grinning and throwing handfuls of confetti at her.
"Happy new millennium," they called.
Julia looked around in confusion. She could see people who had fought with her in the battle. But they weren't wearing their slave clothes. They were wearing other clothes, in bright and sparking colours. Party clothes.
Julia found herself facing Hunter, looking into his bright, smiling gold eyes. "What's going on?" she asked.
He smiled. "You changed history Julia. We're back to the dawn of the year 2000. You did it."
And then he kissed her and Julia was lost in the blaze of their love and passion.
* * *
Susan sat with Julia and the rest of the freed slaves sat outside Thierry's Las Vegas mansion watching the sun rise for the first time in three hundred years. She didn't know what happened anymore than anyone else did.
"'In blue fire, the final darkness is banished'," she muttered to herself. The blue fire must have erased all the darkness from the last three centuries, putting the world back the way it should have been at the dawn of the new millennium. They'd all woken from the suddenly magical converge at the end of the battle to find themselves back in Thierry's mansion celebrating the new year. But there was no sign of Thierry. But everybody knew he wouldn't mind Hannah - no, Julia, Susan corrected herself, living there with her friends now.
"What?" a soft voice beside her said.
Susan looked up at Damien, and realised he'd heard her muttering. "Nothing," she said. "Just muttering to myself."
He reached out to take her hand.
As their fingers touched, a familiar white light engulfed them, lighting up their minds, letting them see each other for who they really were underneath. Susan was surprised. A new soulmate? She'd messed up the last time.
"A new soulmate for a new person," Damien murmured in her ear. "You said yourself you'd changed."
Susan smiled at him, at her new love. They had a whole new future to look forward to. She felt that this time, she was going to be happy. And she knew instinctively that he would never leave her. She snuggled against him. "I think I'm going to change my name," she said. "I don't want any connection to who I used to be. What do you think of Seraphin Wolf?"
He pulled her close. "I like it," he said. "It's different. Could you make me a Wolf? Then we can learn about the new species and each other together."
Susan smiled. "I think I can do that. I think I'm going to like being a Wolf."
"I think I'm going to kiss you now," Damien muttered softly, pulling her closer.
"I think you'd better," Susan said. And he did.
The two of them snuggled close and watched the sun rise and the beginning of a new dawn.
The end