Chapter 1
3,000 years I've spent in waiting. 3,000 years. Once if you said the word "Anyx" people would tremble in fear. Now, they would say "Bless You" instead. I don't believe it! I hear a voice! I haven't heard a human voice in 3,000 years. It's really quite shocking. A small girl stared down at me. Her hair was as red as the fires of Death Mountain. I couldn't speak because of my prison, but I hoped so much I was sure she had to notice somehow.
She knelt down beside me and cupped her hands. If I could sweat I'd be doing so in immense quantities. She sighed. How she looked like that girl long ago. . . She dipped her hands in, and I struck! I began pulling the life energy form her and she collapsed, her hands still in the water. She had passed out and she began vanishing, and I felt my power returning. Finally!