Attara: with tear-stained faceA-All right…I-I've s-stopped c-crying…

Aria: That's a relief.

Attara: O-Okay, l-let's s-start…

Aria: Erm…I think I should do it since it takes so long for the crybaby to say three words. All right, Attara does not own Yu-Gi-Oh, which is another relief since she'd make everyone all fluffy…possibly even gayer than…ugh…TÉA! Well, last time we left off where Seto blacked out. Oh, and, this chapter is in Devi's point of view…

Destruction's Will

This was not the stereotypical prison in the human world… It had bars, yes, but it also had another shield of magic surrounding the bars. I've been contemplating on how to break through the shield, since destroying the bars was quite a simple task… After all, it wasn't as if I was completely helpless. Hmph, Aria had forced me to take a small dagger in place of my loss of power. It had easily cut through the weak bars. It wasn't my ideal way of spending three months of my now mortal life.

Aria and I have a connection…it's not magical, more like a sibling's bond. That was how I sensed her…close to the prison…

I saw the magical shield around me flicker…and it slowly died out, like a power failure. I quickly reached for my weapon and cut enough bars so I could easily fit through it without being scraped. It was interesting to say that there were no guards surrounding me, so I guess that Seraph assumed that I was a weakling…

I grabbed the black blanket and covered myself, to create at least a small amount of camouflage as I sneaked through the dark corridors. I peered into every room without revealing my presence…until I found a chamber that contained two figures chained to the wall. They were struggling to break free, but to no avail. Another feminine figure was unconscious on the floor. Two guards rushed into the room from a different entrance and carried her away.

I dashed into the room.

"Aria? Seto?" I asked.

Both of them raised their faces.

"She dragged me along…" Seto growled.

"Hi, Devi!" Aria greeted me excitedly…apparently forgetting that she was still chained down.

I used my weapon two break their manacles.

"What did you do to Seraph?" I asked as I cut through the chains.

"Oh, I knocked her out with a rock." Aria shrugged casually and rubbed her wrists.

Quietly, Aria whispered Clef's name and instantly, he appeared.

"My queen! Mornedra has been chaotic without you!" Clef said gratefully. "Come with me immediately, my queen. A number of us have gone into Greda to overthrow the king."

"What's Greda?" Aria asked.

"It's the dimension created for the souls of Mornedraians who await for the time their mortal being on Earth arrives. We've been in Greda before, when we were waiting for Liana to die." I answered.

"Oh, but why is that such a good hiding place?"

"That dimension has the closest boundary between the two realms without opening a portal, so the magical signal is scattered around it, preventing anyone from tracking a person down while they are there."

"We best be leaving now." Clef chimed in.

"Okay, Aria and Seto, make sure that you hold onto Clef when he gets us out of here."

Aria nodded in agreement, but Seto seemed a little unsure of what was going on. Nevertheless, he held onto Clef's shoulder. Immediately, a white sparkle encompassed all of us. We came upon the familiar realm of gray color and vortexes.

The search commenced. After a couple of hours, we found a group of people cheering and yelling enthusiastically. The leader of the group seemed to have been encouraging the followers to rebel against the new rulers of Mornedra and to rescue me.

"Listen to me, rebels, we must follow the strict orders of the queen in order to succeed in overthrowing the wretched rulers of Mornedra." Clef spoke.

"Thank you, Clef. We don't have much time before the Drenites realize that I have gone, so we must act quickly. As I have observed over the last few months, Queen Seraph does not have full control of her power. We must take that to our advantage. Her direth holds a great deal of her power, so someone must steal the stone as soon as possible. With our combined power, we might be able to beat her, or at least part this wretched, mortal life trying." I ordered.

We entered the portal that transported them to Drena. When all of us had reached the castle, we saw the king…abusing Seraph.

"I can't believe you let them leave!" he exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, my lord. Please accept my apologies!" Seraph cried.

"I have tried so hard to support you, and this is how you thank me?!"

"I'm so sorry."

"Get out of my sight, you filthy animal."

The guards took Seraph away.

"She got what was coming to her." Aria whispered.

"Aria! She is I." I reminded.

"Sorry. I forgot about that."

"Well, it looks like we have a new target--the king."

"Let's move!" Aria ordered.

The group of people sneaked into the chambers of Seraph.

"What are you doing here?!" demanded Seraph when she saw us.

"We've come to save you." Aria said.

"I don't need saving."

"Yes you do. We saw you getting hit by the king."

"You did? Well, it was my fault I let you go in the first place."

"Why don't you try and capture us now?"

"There's no point."

"Just come with us."

"No. I shall stay loyal to my king. He is far wiser than I am. Besides, I have no hope of obtaining a higher rank than this."

"No, he's not wiser than you! He is keeping you within the castle walls."

"…I didn't know."

"I have said it before, and I will say it again. Come with us."

"No."

"Very well, you shall die with them when we take down the castle."

"It would be an honorable death."

Aria was greatly disappointed in Seraph's behavior, so she knocked Seraph unconscious to drag her to Mornedra, but not yet. We hurried to the king's chambers. I was the first to confront him.

"Surrender, or we shall exterminate your life." I said confidently.

"No!" He answered, probably thinking that I was Seraph.

"NOW!" Aria yelled.

The group of rebels came out of their hiding places, grinning at their advantage. At first, their attacks were producing great effects, but the king slowly gained his advantage when the rebels were tiring out while he was still quite strong. I immediately called for my staff. Clef presented it to me with a puzzled look.

"What…?" He whispered.

"You'll see."

I looked at the gleaming direth on my staff. It sparkled in the light of the fire. I knew that the direth could hold power, but could it inflict damage with the power it with held? A thought crept into my mind.

I watched the attacks of the tiny army that had consisted of loyal Mornedraians who had believed in my return. Quickly, I shoved the staff in front of the king, just in time to absorb their magic attacks. I saw that their faces expressed a countenance of surprise. They must think that I have betrayed them… I ignored their stares of newly formed anger.

"Why did you stop attacking?" I asked.

Aria had grinned and continued to assail the king. Ah, Aria, the loyal one… Many people then followed in her example.

This was the time to try out my experiment. The worse that could happen was that I would be hit by the magic that was absorbed, but it was for a greater cause, right? I aimed the direth toward the king and closed my eyes as a blinding beam streamed out of the stone.

"NO!" I heard Aria cry out.

Someone had grabbed my wrist and teleported me somewhere. When I finally opened my eyes, we were in Greda.

"Why aren't we in Drena?" I interrogated.

All of the rebels' expressions were solemn and full of grief.

"I-I shouldn't have…" Aria trailed off.

"You shouldn't have what?"

"I…she…it was too…" She stuttered.

I grabbed her shoulders.

"What happened, Aria?"

"Seraph's…she's…dead."

"That can't be true! She was unconscious!" I blindly denied.

"I don't know what happened! I was watching her, but then I saw that you needed help, so I left… I'm so sorry, Devi. Please forgive me! I'm so sorry!" I could tell she was nearly crying, which wasn't a scene that happened very often.

"There were Mornedraian immigrants in Drena…" I whispered. "Families…"

Attara: Now how sad was that?

Aria: I can't believe you made me do that!!

Attara: Well, I had to somehow stop me from crying, so I just made you look a tad bit worse!

Aria: All you cried for was because these stupid conversations are pointless! You made me murder a gazillion people!

Attara: Yeah…well…

Aria: groans Now do you expect me to make people review?

Attara: Yes, since I know you want to be with Yami, right?

Aria: Fine then… Please review this incredibly cruel chapter.

Attara: Oh yeah, the next chapter is the last!