'Allo, 'Allo everyone! It's been a long time! I will be posting Chapter Five – Searching for Friends as soon as my proofreader is done mixing everything into a polished gem. Until then, here is a small teaser for the chapter. Enjoy
With the smoke clearing, I was so happy too see that my friends Lina and Gourry were indeed alright. They were holding each other tightly after Mr. Zelgadiss, Misses Martina, Mister Zangulus and I helped them beat up the Mazoku that were attacking them. It was a good feeling to know that my friends had finally admitted that they cared about each other.
The sun was shining out through the scattered clouds, a light breeze clearing the remaining smoke from the battlefield. I stood next to Mister Zelgadiss. He was smiling at the red and blonde couple before us, but I knew it wasn't meeting his eyes.
"Are you all right with this, Mister Zelgadiss?" I asked him. "Xelloss won't give you your cure now, right?"
He smiled sadly down at me. "No he won't, Amelia. But I guess I can live with that."
Mister Zelgadiss put an arm around me. I wrapped an arm around his torso and snuggled closer. "I'm glad."
"It's too bad, Princess, that you won't have that long to enjoy it."
Zel and I spun around to see the crumpled bodies of Martina and Zangulus lying at the feet of Xelloss. Even as we watched, he raised a hand and fired some sort of attack at Lina and Gourry. Caught unprepared, both of them were consumed by his dark power.
I was thrown aside by Mister Zelgadiss as he drew his sword and charged Xelloss. There was nothing I could do except watch in horror as Xelloss touched Zel on the forehead. With a scream, his body slowly dissolved: first the stone melted away, then the blue boiled off of him in a putrid smoke. All that was left was the smooth pink skin of a human.
Wasting no time, Xelloss brought his staff up and swung it down at Mister Zelgadiss. It struck him in the head and blood sprayed everywhere. I was running to him even as he crumpled to the ground. Before I could reach my beloved, Xelloss opened both of his violet eyes and I froze.
"You could have avoided all of this if you had just turned back, princess," he said in his soft, sinister voice. "Your precious Stony…ah ex-Stony companion would be alive, as would everyone but Lina and Gourry. But now none of you live. So sad."
Even through my tears I struggled to form a spell, any spell. Xelloss just smiled and aimed his staff at me. The blackness came for me and I screamed…
That's the end of the teaser folks. I ended up finishing the next chapter. It's quite a doozy, but please enjoy the finished chapter 5. I am also nearly finished with chapter 6, so look for that soon as well!! ^_^
-DREZ