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The Scepter of the Dragons
Chapter 6: The Ultimatum
By Coolchick1500
The pair of lovers walked out into the courtyard of the castle. "Hitomi, get away from him. He's a Draconian" Hitomi's mother yelled.
"You tell me this like I don't already know. Mom I knew two years ago" Hitomi said.
"And you're not afraid of him?" Hitomi's father asked.
"Why should I be. Van would never hurt me" Hitomi said.
"The Draconians are cursed" Hitomi's mother shouted.
"Says who? People have a way of fearing something or someone that they don't know or understand. That's why you're overreacting. I know Van, and I don't fear him. Why should I? His wings are wings of an angel. Angels don't go around and hurt living things" Hitomi said.
She walked off. Getting into an argument about Draconians was ridiculous. Van ran after her. Hitomi stopped once she had reached the palace gates. "Hitomi, wait" Van said.
Hitomi stopped, and put her hands on the gates. "You didn't have to defend me. I'm use to being persecuted because of what I am" Van said.
"Well, I'm not. They have no right to pass judgement on you because you're a Draconian. I love you. Why can't they see that?" Hitomi asked, turning around.
Tears were streaming down her face. She hated her parents for what they did. She had no idea of why they were so against Draconians. They did nothing wrong in Hitomi's mind. "I don't know" Van answered.
A shadow surrounded them. Van and Hitomi looked up and saw Dilandau's Guymelef. "How did you survive the liquid metal? Oh well. It doesn't matter. I'll kill you right here and now" Dilandau said.
Van dove for Hitomi. They both hit the ground. "I have a present for you seer" Dilandau said.
"Whatever it is, I don't want it" Hitomi said.
"It's something that I can't take back" Dilandau said.
A creature emerged from the wall. His eyes were green, and his skin was white. He had weird markings all over his body. Hitomi gasped. "Zongi...but how did you survive?" Hitomi asked.
"The Sorcerers brought me back from the dead. Now I'm here to finish what I started those years ago" Zongi said.
Hitomi got up and desperately wished she could be somewhere else. Anywhere but there. Van got up, and stood in front of Hitomi. "You can't protect her" Zongi said.
"I can die trying" Van said.
"Love. So trivial" Zongi replied.
Zongi threw Van to the side, and stretch his arm out to Hitomi's neck. The hand grabber her small neck and started squeezing the life out of her. Zongi froze, and released Hitomi. She noticed a sword tip sticking out of Zongi's chest. Blood dripped down his wound and the sword. A small drop of blood came out of his mouth. "Your day will be very soon. I might have failed, but my masters will kill you and your Dragon Lover" Zongi choked out. Those were his final words. This time he wouldn't come back to life.
"What happened?" Michael asked, coming over to the dead body of the doppleganger. His voice was wavering.
"Michael, go in the castle!" Hitomi told her sibling.
Michael ran off. "You killed the doppleganger!" Dilandau said.
"Why do you care? You killed him first" Van said.
Dilandau flew off. The two lovers just stood there, watching Dilandau fly off, and watching the sun setting behind the mountains. "Look, it's getting dark. We should go in" Van said.
"I...I can't" Hitomi said.
She turned around and walked away. She wandered the castle grounds for hours. She stopped when she saw a statue of an angle. It was made of pure white stone, and very detailed. Each feather on her wings had their own special pattern. Hitomi laid her hand on the unfamiliar markings on the base of the statue. She couldn't help but notice a small lever on the side of the statue. As soon as Hitomi touched the lever, the statue moved the side revealing a set of stairs. She walked down the flight of stairs. Once she hit the ground, the torches automatically lit. The room was small, and there was nothing to it. Though she got an eerie feeling from the room, she kept going. "Why haven't her parents told her yet?" demanded a voice.
"I don't know, but if the 'Angel' doesn't know yet, she's in danger" Another voice stated, Hitomi crept behind a boulder.
"Her past is a danger to her. She has to know the truth or her past will destroy her" the first voice said.
She made out two figures. One of the figures was her grandmother. The other was familiar. Hitomi had seen the woman before, though she couldn't place where.
"Varie, she will find out" Hitomi's grandmother said.
"When it's too later" Varie said.
"What are you talking about?" Hitomi asked.
"Hitomi get out of here" Her grandmother said.
"Not until you tell me what the hell is going on" Hitomi said.
Varie looked away. "It's about me, isn't it?" Hitomi asked.
"Yes" Her grandmother said.
There was a sudden explosion from above the cavern. The force of the explosion released some of the rocks above their heads'. Hitomi ducked and covered her head as the rocks fell around her. A voice asked something in her mind, but she didn't hear it. She could barely think let a voice in her head. Hitomi gave up. She couldn't take it anymore. A image of Van appeared in her mind.
Hitomi, what's wrong? Van asked. I don't know. There was an explosion, and all of a sudden rock came tumbling down around me. I fainted. Hitomi said. The castle is under attack. Get back here as soon as you can. Van said. I'll try. Hitomi said.
Van's image disappeared. Hitomi jumped up. She stood up and tried to gain her bearings. She headed for the steps. She looked up, and saw a figure of a person. The figure was tall and well shaped. The figure walked down the flight of stairs. "Well, well, look whom we have here" the figure said.
Hitomi back away from him. "Who are you?" She demanded.
"I am one of the three Sorcerers. My name is Kelar" the man said.
Hitomi walked around the man, and ran up the stairs. Once she reached the top, two more men were there, waiting for her. "It looks like Kelar was right. The seer was down in the cavern" One of the men said.
"Who are you?" Hitomi asked.
"My name is Ksedrie, and this is Katrie" The other man said.
"Hitomi!" Someone yelled.
"Van, over here" She shouted.
Van came over to his beloved. "Are you alright?" He asked.
"Yes, I'm fine" She said, as he touched her forehead.
She winched in pain. Van pulled his hand down. Hitomi saw blood on his thumb. "We'll get Millerna to take care of that later. Right now, let's get out of here" Van said.
Hitomi turned back to the three Sorcerers. "What do you want?" She asked.
Van tugged at her arm. She pulled back. "We need you to plunge Gaea into total darkness, chaos, and destruction" Ksedrie said.
Hitomi eyes widened as tears filled her eyes. Though she wanted to cry, she refused to show her new enemies how weak she was. "It's seems to me that you have enough power to do that yourself. Why do you need Hitomi?" Van asked. His voice was wavering. He was scared but he refused to show it. For that Hitomi was grateful. She needed Van's strength to give her the strength to stand up to the three.
"The prophecy says that the 'Angel' has to power to either plunge Gaea into darkness, chaos, and destruction or plunge Gaea into peace, serenity, and passivity for all eternity" Katrie explained.
"I think I'll take the peace, serenity, and passivity thank you" Hitomi said.
"You will do what we want; otherwise, your love and your family will parish" Kelar said.
Hitomi didn't know what to do. She refused to help them, but how could she not? They threatened the people she treasured most in life. "You can't make me choose like this! You have no right whatsoever!" Hitomi screamed.
"Oh we can, and we will. And we have the right" Kelar said.
"We will give you one year. After that, you have to decide" Ksedrie said.
"And if you think that your parents will be safe on the Mystic Moon, you're dead wrong. We have the power to open portals and bring them back here." Katrie said.
"If necessary we will kill them in front of you" Kelar said
In the blink of an eye, all three men disappeared. Hitomi fell to her knees in tears. They couldn't make her decide something like this, and yet they had.
~Is it getting intense? It should be. Do any of you people who actually read my story like it so far.? I hope so. Who would have thought I would bring back Zongi? How do you like my new enemies? Please comment, or review. Flames are cool, too. If you have any suggestions you can email me at dmc3550@hotmail.com. Thanks to the people who keep me going. And to the people who think that Hitomi's disease is gone, it might be and it might not be. You don't know. To the people who wonder why Hitomi's mother has a thing against Draconians, that will be in chapter 7; which by the way should hopefully be out by Tuesday. This chapter is out a day early. God only knows how that happened; considering that fact I have a mild case of food poisoning. CYA!~
The Scepter of the Dragons
Chapter 6: The Ultimatum
By Coolchick1500
The pair of lovers walked out into the courtyard of the castle. "Hitomi, get away from him. He's a Draconian" Hitomi's mother yelled.
"You tell me this like I don't already know. Mom I knew two years ago" Hitomi said.
"And you're not afraid of him?" Hitomi's father asked.
"Why should I be. Van would never hurt me" Hitomi said.
"The Draconians are cursed" Hitomi's mother shouted.
"Says who? People have a way of fearing something or someone that they don't know or understand. That's why you're overreacting. I know Van, and I don't fear him. Why should I? His wings are wings of an angel. Angels don't go around and hurt living things" Hitomi said.
She walked off. Getting into an argument about Draconians was ridiculous. Van ran after her. Hitomi stopped once she had reached the palace gates. "Hitomi, wait" Van said.
Hitomi stopped, and put her hands on the gates. "You didn't have to defend me. I'm use to being persecuted because of what I am" Van said.
"Well, I'm not. They have no right to pass judgement on you because you're a Draconian. I love you. Why can't they see that?" Hitomi asked, turning around.
Tears were streaming down her face. She hated her parents for what they did. She had no idea of why they were so against Draconians. They did nothing wrong in Hitomi's mind. "I don't know" Van answered.
A shadow surrounded them. Van and Hitomi looked up and saw Dilandau's Guymelef. "How did you survive the liquid metal? Oh well. It doesn't matter. I'll kill you right here and now" Dilandau said.
Van dove for Hitomi. They both hit the ground. "I have a present for you seer" Dilandau said.
"Whatever it is, I don't want it" Hitomi said.
"It's something that I can't take back" Dilandau said.
A creature emerged from the wall. His eyes were green, and his skin was white. He had weird markings all over his body. Hitomi gasped. "Zongi...but how did you survive?" Hitomi asked.
"The Sorcerers brought me back from the dead. Now I'm here to finish what I started those years ago" Zongi said.
Hitomi got up and desperately wished she could be somewhere else. Anywhere but there. Van got up, and stood in front of Hitomi. "You can't protect her" Zongi said.
"I can die trying" Van said.
"Love. So trivial" Zongi replied.
Zongi threw Van to the side, and stretch his arm out to Hitomi's neck. The hand grabber her small neck and started squeezing the life out of her. Zongi froze, and released Hitomi. She noticed a sword tip sticking out of Zongi's chest. Blood dripped down his wound and the sword. A small drop of blood came out of his mouth. "Your day will be very soon. I might have failed, but my masters will kill you and your Dragon Lover" Zongi choked out. Those were his final words. This time he wouldn't come back to life.
"What happened?" Michael asked, coming over to the dead body of the doppleganger. His voice was wavering.
"Michael, go in the castle!" Hitomi told her sibling.
Michael ran off. "You killed the doppleganger!" Dilandau said.
"Why do you care? You killed him first" Van said.
Dilandau flew off. The two lovers just stood there, watching Dilandau fly off, and watching the sun setting behind the mountains. "Look, it's getting dark. We should go in" Van said.
"I...I can't" Hitomi said.
She turned around and walked away. She wandered the castle grounds for hours. She stopped when she saw a statue of an angle. It was made of pure white stone, and very detailed. Each feather on her wings had their own special pattern. Hitomi laid her hand on the unfamiliar markings on the base of the statue. She couldn't help but notice a small lever on the side of the statue. As soon as Hitomi touched the lever, the statue moved the side revealing a set of stairs. She walked down the flight of stairs. Once she hit the ground, the torches automatically lit. The room was small, and there was nothing to it. Though she got an eerie feeling from the room, she kept going. "Why haven't her parents told her yet?" demanded a voice.
"I don't know, but if the 'Angel' doesn't know yet, she's in danger" Another voice stated, Hitomi crept behind a boulder.
"Her past is a danger to her. She has to know the truth or her past will destroy her" the first voice said.
She made out two figures. One of the figures was her grandmother. The other was familiar. Hitomi had seen the woman before, though she couldn't place where.
"Varie, she will find out" Hitomi's grandmother said.
"When it's too later" Varie said.
"What are you talking about?" Hitomi asked.
"Hitomi get out of here" Her grandmother said.
"Not until you tell me what the hell is going on" Hitomi said.
Varie looked away. "It's about me, isn't it?" Hitomi asked.
"Yes" Her grandmother said.
There was a sudden explosion from above the cavern. The force of the explosion released some of the rocks above their heads'. Hitomi ducked and covered her head as the rocks fell around her. A voice asked something in her mind, but she didn't hear it. She could barely think let a voice in her head. Hitomi gave up. She couldn't take it anymore. A image of Van appeared in her mind.
Hitomi, what's wrong? Van asked. I don't know. There was an explosion, and all of a sudden rock came tumbling down around me. I fainted. Hitomi said. The castle is under attack. Get back here as soon as you can. Van said. I'll try. Hitomi said.
Van's image disappeared. Hitomi jumped up. She stood up and tried to gain her bearings. She headed for the steps. She looked up, and saw a figure of a person. The figure was tall and well shaped. The figure walked down the flight of stairs. "Well, well, look whom we have here" the figure said.
Hitomi back away from him. "Who are you?" She demanded.
"I am one of the three Sorcerers. My name is Kelar" the man said.
Hitomi walked around the man, and ran up the stairs. Once she reached the top, two more men were there, waiting for her. "It looks like Kelar was right. The seer was down in the cavern" One of the men said.
"Who are you?" Hitomi asked.
"My name is Ksedrie, and this is Katrie" The other man said.
"Hitomi!" Someone yelled.
"Van, over here" She shouted.
Van came over to his beloved. "Are you alright?" He asked.
"Yes, I'm fine" She said, as he touched her forehead.
She winched in pain. Van pulled his hand down. Hitomi saw blood on his thumb. "We'll get Millerna to take care of that later. Right now, let's get out of here" Van said.
Hitomi turned back to the three Sorcerers. "What do you want?" She asked.
Van tugged at her arm. She pulled back. "We need you to plunge Gaea into total darkness, chaos, and destruction" Ksedrie said.
Hitomi eyes widened as tears filled her eyes. Though she wanted to cry, she refused to show her new enemies how weak she was. "It's seems to me that you have enough power to do that yourself. Why do you need Hitomi?" Van asked. His voice was wavering. He was scared but he refused to show it. For that Hitomi was grateful. She needed Van's strength to give her the strength to stand up to the three.
"The prophecy says that the 'Angel' has to power to either plunge Gaea into darkness, chaos, and destruction or plunge Gaea into peace, serenity, and passivity for all eternity" Katrie explained.
"I think I'll take the peace, serenity, and passivity thank you" Hitomi said.
"You will do what we want; otherwise, your love and your family will parish" Kelar said.
Hitomi didn't know what to do. She refused to help them, but how could she not? They threatened the people she treasured most in life. "You can't make me choose like this! You have no right whatsoever!" Hitomi screamed.
"Oh we can, and we will. And we have the right" Kelar said.
"We will give you one year. After that, you have to decide" Ksedrie said.
"And if you think that your parents will be safe on the Mystic Moon, you're dead wrong. We have the power to open portals and bring them back here." Katrie said.
"If necessary we will kill them in front of you" Kelar said
In the blink of an eye, all three men disappeared. Hitomi fell to her knees in tears. They couldn't make her decide something like this, and yet they had.
~Is it getting intense? It should be. Do any of you people who actually read my story like it so far.? I hope so. Who would have thought I would bring back Zongi? How do you like my new enemies? Please comment, or review. Flames are cool, too. If you have any suggestions you can email me at dmc3550@hotmail.com. Thanks to the people who keep me going. And to the people who think that Hitomi's disease is gone, it might be and it might not be. You don't know. To the people who wonder why Hitomi's mother has a thing against Draconians, that will be in chapter 7; which by the way should hopefully be out by Tuesday. This chapter is out a day early. God only knows how that happened; considering that fact I have a mild case of food poisoning. CYA!~