PART THREE-
(A/N: Okay, introducing a new character: If you have
read my first fic, Destined To Be Forever you know all
about Katswana, so now there is a new person stalking
the group named Gardonia. She was a friend of
Katswana's and she also worked for Kivar, but now he's
reluctant to trust her because she's lied to him
before. Anyway...Gardonia has been watching the Pod
Squad from the beginning of the fic and now she knows
that they are on their way back. So she goes to see
Kivar. She gets there first because she has the power
to move between worlds, the one power Katswana was
jealous of, and we will later find out-I think...-
that she can bring other people with her as well, so
Gardonia is talking to Kivar, hope you got all
that...)
Gardonia walked through the halls of the abysmally
large castle that was the lair of Kivar. She bypassed
all the guards, they hardly noticed her anymore, she
came around so often. Finally she reached Kivar's
'office'. She knocked and proceeded to walk in.
"Kivar, I need to speak with you."
"Not now." He replied, not even looking up.
"Yes now. Right now. I have important news for
you."
"I said not now!" He yelled.
"But Kivar! The Royal-Three...they are on their
way back! And they have the girl who stole Katswana's
powers on their side!"
"You lie! And even if what you say is true, why
would I need your help? Kivar needs no one! Especially
not you!"
"You will rue the day you spoke such words to
Gardonia!" She screamed. Kivar laughed.
"Get out of my sight, before I decide to execute
you as a leisurely form of entertainment." He said.
She looked straight into his eyes, his disgust was
apparent. He spat at her, and she spun her cloak and
disappeared.
Gardonia was back on Earth, she'd show Kivar just
what he was up against. There was a girl that he had
once loved, Vilandra, as she recalled. *Yes, now she
resides as Isabel Evans. Poor Kivar, he thinks that
one day they will be reunited, but he knows nothing of
my power. He will never spit at me again!* She
thought. Gardonia knew that with the King back on
Antar, Kivar would stop the war. He had always been
afraid...
The Royal Three might be confused at first, but
once the girl starts getting sick, they will leave.
Yes, the girl, the human, she won't make it if she
doesn't get back, and quickly. They will all return,
and then I will make my move. Vilandra will die, and
Kivar will die with her, if not in body, then in
spirit. Until they do return, I will reside in a
friend, a trusted friend...*
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Max, Michael, Isabel, and Liz were in the
spaceship for what seemed like days, but finally they
arrived on Antar, arrived to the war of the worlds.
The four of them stepped out when the door opened, and
frankly, Liz was amazed to still be breathing. Max
held onto her hand and she squeezed back. Michael and
Isabel walked side by side through the debris, through
the dirt and sand and water that covered the ground.
It was a dark and ugly planet, forsaken by its people,
or so it seemed. The only 'thing' visible was a large
lake about fifty feet away.
"This is our planet?" Isabel asked.
"I'm sure it wasn't always like this," Max
replied, trying to convince himself as much as her.
"We'll do whatever we have to do, we'll bring it
back to the way it used to be." Michael said.
"Where do we start?" Liz asked. They looked all
around them for any sign of people or life forms. They
found nothing. All of a sudden the ground began to
shake, Max held Liz close to him, and Michael and
Isabel huddled close together. A stampede of warriors
came out from the lake, or what looked like a lake.
They stopped dead in front of Max, Michael, Isabel,
and Liz.
"He has returned! The King is home!" Their leader
shouted. Everyone dismounted their animals and kneeled
in front of them.
"It is an honor to be received as such." Max said.
It was as if he was taken over by his former self.
They all had, Isabel was Lady Vilandra, Michael was
Sir Rath, and Max was the great and mighty King Zan.
The only one who wasn't changed was Liz, and she was
scared as hell.
"Oh King Zan, these lands have grown course and
dry, the beauty was gone the second you left.
Everything was changed, and some of the people
believed you had forsaken us. They have joined with
Kivar, and now we are at war. Kivar wishes to take
over Antar, he wishes to rule us and have us obey him
and be loyal to him. But all of us that you see here,
we have all remained loyal to you. We will fight until
the end for you, oh King."
"I appreciate your loyalty, and I did not, nor
would I ever, forsake you. You are my people, the
Antarians. And together, we shall make this land
whole!" The King said, he waved his hand once and the
lands became green and luxurious, the mountains great
and beautiful, the lake and its springs flowed clear,
the sky shone bright and the sun became visible
through the clouds, everything went back to how it
used to be. The people fanned around him and bowed
low. But when one of the people in the crowd noticed
Isabel leaving the circle there was an uproar.
"Vilandra, the traitor! She tries to leave and
tell our secrets to her lover!" The man said. Sir Rath
got up and ran after her, caught her and asked,
"Zan, what do you wish to be done to her?"
"She is still my sister, and your fianc? Sir Rath,
there fore it will not do to execute her, but trap her
in the dungeon and keep her there until Kivar's spells
have worn away. However long that may take." Zan
replied. By that time Liz didn't know what to do. She
didn't even know if 'Zan' knew her. And if he didn't,
would she meet the same fate as 'Vilandra'? Scared
though she was, she dared to approach him.
"Uh, Zan-" She hesitated.
"Lorlia, my darling. My beautiful wife. We'll be
going home soon. Don't worry about her. She'll never
hurt us again. Everything will be fine now."
*OMG! What is going on? Who the hell is Lorlia?*
Liz felt like screaming. She was trapped, trapped
forever on this planet where she knew no one, least of
all her 'husband'. And there was still that matter of
her being human and harboring the memories and powers
of one of Kivar's mistresses (she had found that out
one night as she was searching through Katswana's
thoughts). So Liz did the only thing she could think
of. She followed quietly behind Zan towards the
humongous castle in front of them.
The King, his second in command, and his wife
arrived at the castle with 50,000 men traipsing behind
them, holding Vilandra at bay until they could safely
lock her in the dungeon. King Zan stood in front of
the stairs, took Liz's hand and led her into the
castle. Sir Rath stood by Lady Vilandra to make sure
she did not escape. Two of the men and Sir Rath
brought her into the dungeon and chained her to the
wall. The King had ordered constant watch over her
until the war had ended and Kivar was dead. Once
Vilandra was chained to the wall, Sir Rath made his
way back to the King.
Liz followed Zan up the stairs and through
millions of hallways until they arrived at a very
large room. He asked her inside and she went, not
knowing if she wanted to or not. She felt odd about
everything on the planet, obviously, she didn't
belong, but somehow Max's former self thought she did.
*What if I took the place of Tess? Is that possible? I
mean, I have her powers...but I haven't changed. I
have no memories of this, how to be queen.* It was
then that Liz realized she didn't belong. Even if in
some odd way she did, she wouldn't be able to survive
on Antar for long. A few seconds later Zan entered
the room.
"Max! I mean Zan, yeah. I have to talk to you."
"Lorlia, darling, wonderful news! We have defeated
Kivar's army. They have surrendered! Much to Kivar's
dismay of course, but still and yet!"
"Yeah, that's great. Does it mean we can go home?"
"Home? But my dear, we are home. Antar is out
home, it always has been. You didn't think? Earth?" He
asked, the disbelief showing.
Liz shook her head, yes.
"Oh, no no no! Simply temporary! We will never
have to return to that land again! Especially not
until I have defeated Kivar! And even then only on
vacation!" Zan laughed.
"But I..." Liz started.
"Don't worry. You'll love living here again. Don't
you remember all the things we had here that we didn't
there?"
"Well, no actually."
"There is much for you to relive! And so little
time! HA!" Zan told her. He laughed a hearty laugh
that was so unlike Max it made Liz shiver. "Follow me.
It's time for dinner!"
*Oh no, I hadn't even thought about the
food...that in and of itself will probably kill me!*
Liz thought, but she obediently followed Zan back
through the corridors and into the dining hall. Zan
pulled out a chair to left of his own, Liz sat down
and felt herself being pushed closer to the table. Zan
sat at the head of the table, and Sir Rath took his
place to the right of Zan. They waited until everyone
else was seated, the whole huge table of twenty-six
seats was filled. Liz had no clue who any of the
people could be. Finally, when everyone was ready to
eat, they all bowed their heads and said a few words
in some very strange language that Liz couldn't
understand. Then strange bowls full of odd looking
green and yellow dishes appeared in front of her. She
almost gagged at the sight. She watched the rest of
them and did what they did. She dipped a utensil
similar to a spoon into the green goo and dropped some
into her square box. Then she took another utensil,
looked like a badly shaped straw and put it into the
yellow fluff. she could feel a pull coming from the
straw-like utensil and she pulled it out. slowly it
released the fluff over her goo in the box. Then she
took her seven pronged utensil and scooped up some
yellow fluff and some green goo. She placed it
carefully onto a bite size, flat, black, triangular,
bread-like substance and put it into her mouth.
Surprisingly, it wasn't half bad. *Taste's like
chicken.* She thought. Then again, everything does.
(A/N: Okay, introducing a new character: If you have
read my first fic, Destined To Be Forever you know all
about Katswana, so now there is a new person stalking
the group named Gardonia. She was a friend of
Katswana's and she also worked for Kivar, but now he's
reluctant to trust her because she's lied to him
before. Anyway...Gardonia has been watching the Pod
Squad from the beginning of the fic and now she knows
that they are on their way back. So she goes to see
Kivar. She gets there first because she has the power
to move between worlds, the one power Katswana was
jealous of, and we will later find out-I think...-
that she can bring other people with her as well, so
Gardonia is talking to Kivar, hope you got all
that...)
Gardonia walked through the halls of the abysmally
large castle that was the lair of Kivar. She bypassed
all the guards, they hardly noticed her anymore, she
came around so often. Finally she reached Kivar's
'office'. She knocked and proceeded to walk in.
"Kivar, I need to speak with you."
"Not now." He replied, not even looking up.
"Yes now. Right now. I have important news for
you."
"I said not now!" He yelled.
"But Kivar! The Royal-Three...they are on their
way back! And they have the girl who stole Katswana's
powers on their side!"
"You lie! And even if what you say is true, why
would I need your help? Kivar needs no one! Especially
not you!"
"You will rue the day you spoke such words to
Gardonia!" She screamed. Kivar laughed.
"Get out of my sight, before I decide to execute
you as a leisurely form of entertainment." He said.
She looked straight into his eyes, his disgust was
apparent. He spat at her, and she spun her cloak and
disappeared.
Gardonia was back on Earth, she'd show Kivar just
what he was up against. There was a girl that he had
once loved, Vilandra, as she recalled. *Yes, now she
resides as Isabel Evans. Poor Kivar, he thinks that
one day they will be reunited, but he knows nothing of
my power. He will never spit at me again!* She
thought. Gardonia knew that with the King back on
Antar, Kivar would stop the war. He had always been
afraid...
The Royal Three might be confused at first, but
once the girl starts getting sick, they will leave.
Yes, the girl, the human, she won't make it if she
doesn't get back, and quickly. They will all return,
and then I will make my move. Vilandra will die, and
Kivar will die with her, if not in body, then in
spirit. Until they do return, I will reside in a
friend, a trusted friend...*
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Max, Michael, Isabel, and Liz were in the
spaceship for what seemed like days, but finally they
arrived on Antar, arrived to the war of the worlds.
The four of them stepped out when the door opened, and
frankly, Liz was amazed to still be breathing. Max
held onto her hand and she squeezed back. Michael and
Isabel walked side by side through the debris, through
the dirt and sand and water that covered the ground.
It was a dark and ugly planet, forsaken by its people,
or so it seemed. The only 'thing' visible was a large
lake about fifty feet away.
"This is our planet?" Isabel asked.
"I'm sure it wasn't always like this," Max
replied, trying to convince himself as much as her.
"We'll do whatever we have to do, we'll bring it
back to the way it used to be." Michael said.
"Where do we start?" Liz asked. They looked all
around them for any sign of people or life forms. They
found nothing. All of a sudden the ground began to
shake, Max held Liz close to him, and Michael and
Isabel huddled close together. A stampede of warriors
came out from the lake, or what looked like a lake.
They stopped dead in front of Max, Michael, Isabel,
and Liz.
"He has returned! The King is home!" Their leader
shouted. Everyone dismounted their animals and kneeled
in front of them.
"It is an honor to be received as such." Max said.
It was as if he was taken over by his former self.
They all had, Isabel was Lady Vilandra, Michael was
Sir Rath, and Max was the great and mighty King Zan.
The only one who wasn't changed was Liz, and she was
scared as hell.
"Oh King Zan, these lands have grown course and
dry, the beauty was gone the second you left.
Everything was changed, and some of the people
believed you had forsaken us. They have joined with
Kivar, and now we are at war. Kivar wishes to take
over Antar, he wishes to rule us and have us obey him
and be loyal to him. But all of us that you see here,
we have all remained loyal to you. We will fight until
the end for you, oh King."
"I appreciate your loyalty, and I did not, nor
would I ever, forsake you. You are my people, the
Antarians. And together, we shall make this land
whole!" The King said, he waved his hand once and the
lands became green and luxurious, the mountains great
and beautiful, the lake and its springs flowed clear,
the sky shone bright and the sun became visible
through the clouds, everything went back to how it
used to be. The people fanned around him and bowed
low. But when one of the people in the crowd noticed
Isabel leaving the circle there was an uproar.
"Vilandra, the traitor! She tries to leave and
tell our secrets to her lover!" The man said. Sir Rath
got up and ran after her, caught her and asked,
"Zan, what do you wish to be done to her?"
"She is still my sister, and your fianc? Sir Rath,
there fore it will not do to execute her, but trap her
in the dungeon and keep her there until Kivar's spells
have worn away. However long that may take." Zan
replied. By that time Liz didn't know what to do. She
didn't even know if 'Zan' knew her. And if he didn't,
would she meet the same fate as 'Vilandra'? Scared
though she was, she dared to approach him.
"Uh, Zan-" She hesitated.
"Lorlia, my darling. My beautiful wife. We'll be
going home soon. Don't worry about her. She'll never
hurt us again. Everything will be fine now."
*OMG! What is going on? Who the hell is Lorlia?*
Liz felt like screaming. She was trapped, trapped
forever on this planet where she knew no one, least of
all her 'husband'. And there was still that matter of
her being human and harboring the memories and powers
of one of Kivar's mistresses (she had found that out
one night as she was searching through Katswana's
thoughts). So Liz did the only thing she could think
of. She followed quietly behind Zan towards the
humongous castle in front of them.
The King, his second in command, and his wife
arrived at the castle with 50,000 men traipsing behind
them, holding Vilandra at bay until they could safely
lock her in the dungeon. King Zan stood in front of
the stairs, took Liz's hand and led her into the
castle. Sir Rath stood by Lady Vilandra to make sure
she did not escape. Two of the men and Sir Rath
brought her into the dungeon and chained her to the
wall. The King had ordered constant watch over her
until the war had ended and Kivar was dead. Once
Vilandra was chained to the wall, Sir Rath made his
way back to the King.
Liz followed Zan up the stairs and through
millions of hallways until they arrived at a very
large room. He asked her inside and she went, not
knowing if she wanted to or not. She felt odd about
everything on the planet, obviously, she didn't
belong, but somehow Max's former self thought she did.
*What if I took the place of Tess? Is that possible? I
mean, I have her powers...but I haven't changed. I
have no memories of this, how to be queen.* It was
then that Liz realized she didn't belong. Even if in
some odd way she did, she wouldn't be able to survive
on Antar for long. A few seconds later Zan entered
the room.
"Max! I mean Zan, yeah. I have to talk to you."
"Lorlia, darling, wonderful news! We have defeated
Kivar's army. They have surrendered! Much to Kivar's
dismay of course, but still and yet!"
"Yeah, that's great. Does it mean we can go home?"
"Home? But my dear, we are home. Antar is out
home, it always has been. You didn't think? Earth?" He
asked, the disbelief showing.
Liz shook her head, yes.
"Oh, no no no! Simply temporary! We will never
have to return to that land again! Especially not
until I have defeated Kivar! And even then only on
vacation!" Zan laughed.
"But I..." Liz started.
"Don't worry. You'll love living here again. Don't
you remember all the things we had here that we didn't
there?"
"Well, no actually."
"There is much for you to relive! And so little
time! HA!" Zan told her. He laughed a hearty laugh
that was so unlike Max it made Liz shiver. "Follow me.
It's time for dinner!"
*Oh no, I hadn't even thought about the
food...that in and of itself will probably kill me!*
Liz thought, but she obediently followed Zan back
through the corridors and into the dining hall. Zan
pulled out a chair to left of his own, Liz sat down
and felt herself being pushed closer to the table. Zan
sat at the head of the table, and Sir Rath took his
place to the right of Zan. They waited until everyone
else was seated, the whole huge table of twenty-six
seats was filled. Liz had no clue who any of the
people could be. Finally, when everyone was ready to
eat, they all bowed their heads and said a few words
in some very strange language that Liz couldn't
understand. Then strange bowls full of odd looking
green and yellow dishes appeared in front of her. She
almost gagged at the sight. She watched the rest of
them and did what they did. She dipped a utensil
similar to a spoon into the green goo and dropped some
into her square box. Then she took another utensil,
looked like a badly shaped straw and put it into the
yellow fluff. she could feel a pull coming from the
straw-like utensil and she pulled it out. slowly it
released the fluff over her goo in the box. Then she
took her seven pronged utensil and scooped up some
yellow fluff and some green goo. She placed it
carefully onto a bite size, flat, black, triangular,
bread-like substance and put it into her mouth.
Surprisingly, it wasn't half bad. *Taste's like
chicken.* She thought. Then again, everything does.