CHAPTER 23: MAGUS' FATHER
Magus' mind was filled with nothign but darkness, threatenign to engulf him... And suddenly one speck of light appeared in the darkness... A beautiful young girl, very slim, long sea blue hair and a pretty green dress.
Magus: Janesil? The girl nodded and pointed to his side. He looked where she pointed and saw a swirl of light in the darkness that formed into an image... into a movie...
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She saw a beautiful island, fully green but for a few magnifiscent crystal cities. The view descended torwards the largest structure on the island where a child's cries were heard. Once inside, they were on a person's bedside. An old-looking elf stood in bed holding a blue haired child.
Man: My queen... how can you have a child, lord Zaor is long dead...
Amlaruil: I...ve had a relation with someone... let us never spek of this again...
Man: But my queen, he is your 8th child...
Amlaruil: Tomorrow, I'll contacty Zeal and ask her to raise him for me... she's been searchign for a male heir to her kingdom... The image blurs and seappears with a 6 year old version of the child from earlier. With him was an older girl, also blue haired wearing a long fluffy pink robe.
Schala: So, ready Janus?
Janus : Yes sister! A servant walks in.
Servant: Janus, the queen asks you to please meet her in the throne room.
Janus: Not now! Begone! A burst of power emerged from his hand, ramming the poor man into the wall, breaking his back and skull, slaying him instantly.
Janus: I... I killed him!!
Schala: Janus, it wasn't your fault!
Janus: But I ...
Schala: Shush, no need to worry, just never do it again dear brother... The image blurs again, showing a tremendous array of light below the sea the image zooms in on a shore nearby showing an older woman with Schala and Janus.
Zeal : You see my children, this is the underwater palace. Within this steel sanctuary lies a machine draining power from a powerful being and with that power, we the inhabitants of Zeal shall becmome immortal!
Janus: It'll never work, you'll just awaken it probably...
Schala: Now Janus, don't say such things or they'll come true... The image fades agian revealing a temendous spiked shell with a large eyeball at it's bottom center. Schala and three old men were in front of it. As for Zeal, she stood upon it without any fear.
Belthasar: My queen, stop this madness before it is too late!
Melchior: Your plan will never work!
Gaspard: Stop this before the entire kingdom suffers for your personnal ambitions!
Zeal: Nosense! Now dissapear and never show your faces to me again! The eye opened and tears in the timestream occured, taking each of the old men into different eras of the future one by one.
Janus: Th... This can't be...
Schala : Janus! Get away from here fast! The child stood near the bridge. Before he managed to rech it, another tear occured, thrwing him from the glacial age to the middle ages. Some imps fond him and lead him to their lair... The image reappears with Janus as an adult, in the center of his lair, chanting a spell before an evil statue. Suddenly, the door slams open, revealing a frog man with a very large sword.
Frog: Magus, I've come to slayeth thee! He stopped chanting and grinned.
Magus: Oh, and what will the frog do to stop me? The amphibian leap up and slashed down. Magus took a scythe out of his cape and parried. The fight went on for several minutes before a loud rumble is felt.
Magus: Damn! You interrupted the summon! Time started to distort once again, forming a huge portal in which both were caught in... The screen then shows the queen once again upon the giant shell and Magus(Janus) in front of it.
Zeal: So you've returned. How clever to use you knowledge of this era and the future to make me think you were a prophet... But now you die!
Magus: Now you pay! He took out a magic glove and stroked the beast straight in the eye, making it sceam in agony and die. With it's death, it took down the woman it controlled.
Magus: Zeal, a pitiful woman controlled by Lavos...
Zeal: ... yes... I was pitiful... but you must know... You are not my son.. I only adopted you... you true family lies with house Moonflower of Evermeet... please seek your parent... my son... ... ... ... I'm ... sorry... ... The entire palace began to crumble.
Schala: I knew this day would come... Please find yor real family... I'll use the last of my power to get you to safety... Magus: Schala! No! But before he finished, she faded from is sight...The vision fades and returns seeing Manus in a deep forest, travelling all by himself.
Magus Mentally: It's been over 20 years that my search for Scala's lasted... Will I ever find her? In view comes a wall made of trees and an elf with a spear at it's base.
Guard: Halt! Who are you?
Magus: I am Magus Moonflower, searching for...
Guard: A Moonflower? Please follow me. You, go warn the queen.
Guard 2: Yes sir! The pair walked down the streets to an elegant palace built within a giant tree... but magus didn't even notice the palace, his eyes had settled on what was at it's base, an elegant young elven girl with delicate long black hair and olden eyes.
Magus: I... um... ah... aga?
Wren: Aga? The guard looks dumbfound. The scene fades and constantly flashes to multiple shots of the two elves together including one of their wedding under the eye of a great statue to the Dragon god Bahamut. Another shot later was of Wren, now quite fat from advanced pregnancy talking to Magus.
Wren: Are you sure now is the time?
Magus: Well, I might as well get this over with.
Wren: I won't stop you... but be caeful and be back before I give birth...
Magus: Don't worry, I'll be back... The screen showed Magus getting off of a boat at a dock on Evermeet.
Guard: Look! It's him!
Guard 2: Kill him! Kill Magus the enchanter!
Magus: Crap! More guardsa ushed to the spot, throwing lances at him. One managed to pierce his wards and stab him in the lung, giving him a slow and painful death. The guards searched his pockets, expecting to find one or two wands of Lichdom on him... and ended up finding the Moonflower crest.
Guard: Better bring this to the queen... You! Carry him and follow me! The guard brought it to the crystal palace of Evermeet.
Guard: My queen, this invader was foudn trying to sneak on the island. ...and he had this around his neck.
Amlaruil: Very well, leave em to interrogate him before he dies.
Guards: Yes ma'am! The queen knelt and placed he man's head in her lap.
Amlaruil: My poor Magus... Why... Why did you return?
Magus: W...ren...
Amlaruil: Wren?
Magus : I'm so... sorry... Please take... care of Magus... for me... Wren... His body became limp, much to Amlaruil's surprise... mostly for what he'd just said...
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Magus' body, still envelopped in the shadow black liquid got up and started to walk away, the shdows around Ryu fading and fusing with his. His walk seemed like that of a puppet as he fell down the shaft leading down...
Magus' mind was filled with nothign but darkness, threatenign to engulf him... And suddenly one speck of light appeared in the darkness... A beautiful young girl, very slim, long sea blue hair and a pretty green dress.
Magus: Janesil? The girl nodded and pointed to his side. He looked where she pointed and saw a swirl of light in the darkness that formed into an image... into a movie...
***********************
She saw a beautiful island, fully green but for a few magnifiscent crystal cities. The view descended torwards the largest structure on the island where a child's cries were heard. Once inside, they were on a person's bedside. An old-looking elf stood in bed holding a blue haired child.
Man: My queen... how can you have a child, lord Zaor is long dead...
Amlaruil: I...ve had a relation with someone... let us never spek of this again...
Man: But my queen, he is your 8th child...
Amlaruil: Tomorrow, I'll contacty Zeal and ask her to raise him for me... she's been searchign for a male heir to her kingdom... The image blurs and seappears with a 6 year old version of the child from earlier. With him was an older girl, also blue haired wearing a long fluffy pink robe.
Schala: So, ready Janus?
Janus : Yes sister! A servant walks in.
Servant: Janus, the queen asks you to please meet her in the throne room.
Janus: Not now! Begone! A burst of power emerged from his hand, ramming the poor man into the wall, breaking his back and skull, slaying him instantly.
Janus: I... I killed him!!
Schala: Janus, it wasn't your fault!
Janus: But I ...
Schala: Shush, no need to worry, just never do it again dear brother... The image blurs again, showing a tremendous array of light below the sea the image zooms in on a shore nearby showing an older woman with Schala and Janus.
Zeal : You see my children, this is the underwater palace. Within this steel sanctuary lies a machine draining power from a powerful being and with that power, we the inhabitants of Zeal shall becmome immortal!
Janus: It'll never work, you'll just awaken it probably...
Schala: Now Janus, don't say such things or they'll come true... The image fades agian revealing a temendous spiked shell with a large eyeball at it's bottom center. Schala and three old men were in front of it. As for Zeal, she stood upon it without any fear.
Belthasar: My queen, stop this madness before it is too late!
Melchior: Your plan will never work!
Gaspard: Stop this before the entire kingdom suffers for your personnal ambitions!
Zeal: Nosense! Now dissapear and never show your faces to me again! The eye opened and tears in the timestream occured, taking each of the old men into different eras of the future one by one.
Janus: Th... This can't be...
Schala : Janus! Get away from here fast! The child stood near the bridge. Before he managed to rech it, another tear occured, thrwing him from the glacial age to the middle ages. Some imps fond him and lead him to their lair... The image reappears with Janus as an adult, in the center of his lair, chanting a spell before an evil statue. Suddenly, the door slams open, revealing a frog man with a very large sword.
Frog: Magus, I've come to slayeth thee! He stopped chanting and grinned.
Magus: Oh, and what will the frog do to stop me? The amphibian leap up and slashed down. Magus took a scythe out of his cape and parried. The fight went on for several minutes before a loud rumble is felt.
Magus: Damn! You interrupted the summon! Time started to distort once again, forming a huge portal in which both were caught in... The screen then shows the queen once again upon the giant shell and Magus(Janus) in front of it.
Zeal: So you've returned. How clever to use you knowledge of this era and the future to make me think you were a prophet... But now you die!
Magus: Now you pay! He took out a magic glove and stroked the beast straight in the eye, making it sceam in agony and die. With it's death, it took down the woman it controlled.
Magus: Zeal, a pitiful woman controlled by Lavos...
Zeal: ... yes... I was pitiful... but you must know... You are not my son.. I only adopted you... you true family lies with house Moonflower of Evermeet... please seek your parent... my son... ... ... ... I'm ... sorry... ... The entire palace began to crumble.
Schala: I knew this day would come... Please find yor real family... I'll use the last of my power to get you to safety... Magus: Schala! No! But before he finished, she faded from is sight...The vision fades and returns seeing Manus in a deep forest, travelling all by himself.
Magus Mentally: It's been over 20 years that my search for Scala's lasted... Will I ever find her? In view comes a wall made of trees and an elf with a spear at it's base.
Guard: Halt! Who are you?
Magus: I am Magus Moonflower, searching for...
Guard: A Moonflower? Please follow me. You, go warn the queen.
Guard 2: Yes sir! The pair walked down the streets to an elegant palace built within a giant tree... but magus didn't even notice the palace, his eyes had settled on what was at it's base, an elegant young elven girl with delicate long black hair and olden eyes.
Magus: I... um... ah... aga?
Wren: Aga? The guard looks dumbfound. The scene fades and constantly flashes to multiple shots of the two elves together including one of their wedding under the eye of a great statue to the Dragon god Bahamut. Another shot later was of Wren, now quite fat from advanced pregnancy talking to Magus.
Wren: Are you sure now is the time?
Magus: Well, I might as well get this over with.
Wren: I won't stop you... but be caeful and be back before I give birth...
Magus: Don't worry, I'll be back... The screen showed Magus getting off of a boat at a dock on Evermeet.
Guard: Look! It's him!
Guard 2: Kill him! Kill Magus the enchanter!
Magus: Crap! More guardsa ushed to the spot, throwing lances at him. One managed to pierce his wards and stab him in the lung, giving him a slow and painful death. The guards searched his pockets, expecting to find one or two wands of Lichdom on him... and ended up finding the Moonflower crest.
Guard: Better bring this to the queen... You! Carry him and follow me! The guard brought it to the crystal palace of Evermeet.
Guard: My queen, this invader was foudn trying to sneak on the island. ...and he had this around his neck.
Amlaruil: Very well, leave em to interrogate him before he dies.
Guards: Yes ma'am! The queen knelt and placed he man's head in her lap.
Amlaruil: My poor Magus... Why... Why did you return?
Magus: W...ren...
Amlaruil: Wren?
Magus : I'm so... sorry... Please take... care of Magus... for me... Wren... His body became limp, much to Amlaruil's surprise... mostly for what he'd just said...
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Magus' body, still envelopped in the shadow black liquid got up and started to walk away, the shdows around Ryu fading and fusing with his. His walk seemed like that of a puppet as he fell down the shaft leading down...