Don't own FF IX.
The long hall was filled with what looked like the images from a thousand nightmares. The large pillars that rose to the shadow filled ceiling where cover in images depicting tortures, beheading's and other violent acts. The ragged and stained paintings on the walls held acts of senseless violence captured in all their bloody glory. A thick stench of carrion and blood seemed to fill the room causing a noxious atmosphere. The room was lit only by a row of fires arranged down the center of the hall the thick smoke adding to the shadows on the sides. No one could see into the blackness that lined the room but it was probably just as well, red eyes would flash in the darkness then disappear, occasionally an outline of one of the creatures would appear against the flames giving the illusion that you where trapped in a nightmare. The noise that filled the was chilling as if a thousand unseen birds where screeching and cawing all at one mixed in with words of a different language that seemed founded on screams.
However at the end of the hall was an area that none seemed to go, the area surrounding a throne. One each arm was poised a human skull but the rest of the throne, and it's occupant, where hidden in shadows even deeper then the rest.
Suddenly the door at the end of the opened with a slight creak, immediately the noises died down to whispered shrieks and the eyes began to appear like lights. A soft swishing noise was heard as the figured left the doorway and continued down the hall. As she passed one of the fires her body was illuminated and the whispered increased. From the waist up she could've been considered a pretty young women, could've been if it wasn't for the hissing pile of snakes that replaced her hair. Also form the waist down her body was that of a giant poisonous serpent. The medusa slithered forward until she was at the edge of the darkness surrounding the throne.
"Your Majesty." She said inclining her human waist as well as she could in a bow.
"Yes General Salish?" The voice made even the medusa wince for it sounded like someone had dragged their nails along a blackboard. "I trust the traitor was punished?"
General Salish pulled her lips back in a smirk, revealing her pointed fangs. "He shant annoy us again."
"Good, General. But I know you could have easily sent one of your underling to make this report so answer my question, what do you want?" The snake bowed her head in submission.
"Majesty some of the troops are beginning to fear the rumors of the Phoenix children." A low sinister chuckle came from the shadows.
"Ahh, the Phoenix children. Children of the Phoenix. Sworn enemies of darkness. The flames to drive back the shadows. It would make sense that the weaker creatures fear them. But tell the troops not to worry, the last of the true Phoenix children where killed ages ago." Here the medusa began to fidget nervously; her snakes began to hiss.
"Your majesty, the scout that slew the traitor reports that he saw a Phoenix Child."
"What!?" The Darkness became streaked with ghostly lights but still the throne remained cloaked. "How many did he say he saw?" Salish wiggled for a moment.
"Just one you majesty." The darkness began to chuckle.
"Just one? One mention of Phoenix and my army is shaking? General tell them that a Phoenix Child is just a human, a powerful human but human never the less. And if this one does come calling, then I shall end its life. Is that clear?"
"Yes Majesty." As she turned to leave he spoke up.
"General Salish you do know what to do if I am not believed don't you." Salish hissed with good humor.
"Yes, your Majesty." After she had left the hall the noise resumed as if nothing had happened at all.
However form the throne the voice began to speak softly. "Soon, oh so soon they shall see that the war against Kuja was just a taste of what darkness can do."
Plantress: Okay this was creepy and had no purpose but to introduce my main Baddie. Little confusing here but it'll be cleared up in later chapters, R and R please.
The long hall was filled with what looked like the images from a thousand nightmares. The large pillars that rose to the shadow filled ceiling where cover in images depicting tortures, beheading's and other violent acts. The ragged and stained paintings on the walls held acts of senseless violence captured in all their bloody glory. A thick stench of carrion and blood seemed to fill the room causing a noxious atmosphere. The room was lit only by a row of fires arranged down the center of the hall the thick smoke adding to the shadows on the sides. No one could see into the blackness that lined the room but it was probably just as well, red eyes would flash in the darkness then disappear, occasionally an outline of one of the creatures would appear against the flames giving the illusion that you where trapped in a nightmare. The noise that filled the was chilling as if a thousand unseen birds where screeching and cawing all at one mixed in with words of a different language that seemed founded on screams.
However at the end of the hall was an area that none seemed to go, the area surrounding a throne. One each arm was poised a human skull but the rest of the throne, and it's occupant, where hidden in shadows even deeper then the rest.
Suddenly the door at the end of the opened with a slight creak, immediately the noises died down to whispered shrieks and the eyes began to appear like lights. A soft swishing noise was heard as the figured left the doorway and continued down the hall. As she passed one of the fires her body was illuminated and the whispered increased. From the waist up she could've been considered a pretty young women, could've been if it wasn't for the hissing pile of snakes that replaced her hair. Also form the waist down her body was that of a giant poisonous serpent. The medusa slithered forward until she was at the edge of the darkness surrounding the throne.
"Your Majesty." She said inclining her human waist as well as she could in a bow.
"Yes General Salish?" The voice made even the medusa wince for it sounded like someone had dragged their nails along a blackboard. "I trust the traitor was punished?"
General Salish pulled her lips back in a smirk, revealing her pointed fangs. "He shant annoy us again."
"Good, General. But I know you could have easily sent one of your underling to make this report so answer my question, what do you want?" The snake bowed her head in submission.
"Majesty some of the troops are beginning to fear the rumors of the Phoenix children." A low sinister chuckle came from the shadows.
"Ahh, the Phoenix children. Children of the Phoenix. Sworn enemies of darkness. The flames to drive back the shadows. It would make sense that the weaker creatures fear them. But tell the troops not to worry, the last of the true Phoenix children where killed ages ago." Here the medusa began to fidget nervously; her snakes began to hiss.
"Your majesty, the scout that slew the traitor reports that he saw a Phoenix Child."
"What!?" The Darkness became streaked with ghostly lights but still the throne remained cloaked. "How many did he say he saw?" Salish wiggled for a moment.
"Just one you majesty." The darkness began to chuckle.
"Just one? One mention of Phoenix and my army is shaking? General tell them that a Phoenix Child is just a human, a powerful human but human never the less. And if this one does come calling, then I shall end its life. Is that clear?"
"Yes Majesty." As she turned to leave he spoke up.
"General Salish you do know what to do if I am not believed don't you." Salish hissed with good humor.
"Yes, your Majesty." After she had left the hall the noise resumed as if nothing had happened at all.
However form the throne the voice began to speak softly. "Soon, oh so soon they shall see that the war against Kuja was just a taste of what darkness can do."
Plantress: Okay this was creepy and had no purpose but to introduce my main Baddie. Little confusing here but it'll be cleared up in later chapters, R and R please.