Chapter 12: The Truth About Damious
Rini opened the castle gates, feeling more and more excited. She envisioned Helios standing there, with arms wide open, waiting for her, smiling. Hearing him call her his maiden. "My love..." she whispered happily, "I'm coming." But when Rini opened the gates, she was faced with another disappointment. There was a huge garden before her and she would have to go thru this garden to reach the castle. It was an enormous garden and it could take hours just to find your way thru it. Rini was absolutely frustrated and she shook the castle gates and kicked them, releasing all of her anger. "Will this nightmare ever be over?!" she yelled, feeling exasperated. All of the tension and stress that had built up in her throughout this long ordeal had finally caught up with her. She felt tired, angry, and very discouraged. She stood by the gates for a few moments, trying to calm down. "I can't give up now. Not when I'm so close. I won't marry that over-sexed bastard! And I won't lose Helios!" With this said, she finally stood up and headed right for the castle gardens, determined to get thru it as quick as she could.
Back at the castle, Damious was in a blind fury. He threw things violently around the room. He threw paintings, sculptures, furniture, anything that just happened to be in his line of vision. He screamed and cursed at no one in particular. "I almost had her!" he yelled as he threw another sculpture. "I almost fuckin' had her! But that golden light ruined everything again! If I ever find out who has been helping her, I'll..." He was too angry to finish his sentence as he continued to kick and knock things over. Then, Damious saw Helios' crystallized form and was now filled with even more anger. "This is all your fault! If she didn't already love you, she would have been mine a long time ago!" With this, Damious raised his arm over Helios, preparing to smash his encased form to pieces. But for some reason, as he stared at his brother's frozen form, he couldn't do it. Damious stood there, shocked at himself for stopping.
Helios was also shocked. "He could have killed me, but he didn't." Suddenly, hope filled Helios' heart as he looked at his brother. Damious was standing there, shame, guilt, and sadness in his eyes. "There is some good left in him," Helios thought with surprise and happiness.
Suddenly, Damious' black crystal, which he now wore around his neck, started to glow. Then, Damious' eyes also started to glow and he smiled with an evil grin. Whatever goodness Helios had seen in him earlier was now gone.
Helios felt sad and confused for his brother, wondering what could have caused him to become what he is now. "What happened to you, Damious?" he asked himself sadly, "Why can't things be the way they were before? Why can't you be the way you used to be?"
Now, Helios' mind was filled with many childhood memories of him and Damious. They had been so close once. Always playing together, sharing secrets, and getting into trouble, as little boys tend to do. They were five years apart, but that did not stop them from being so close. Helios had always looked up to his big brother and wanted to be able to do everything like him. Damious would always look out for his little brother and made sure that he didn't get himself into too much trouble. "We were so happy once," thought Helios sadly. "But then one day, everything changed...no, you changed," thought Helios as his mind wandered back in time, to the day that had haunted Helios for so long.
"Wanna play hide and seek, Helios?" asked 11-year-old Damious.
"You bet Damious!" responded the happy six-year-old. "You know I'm good at this game!"
"Oh really?" asked Damious, arching one eyebrow up, and grinning mischievously at his little brother. "Then how 'bout I hide and you seek this time."
"Oh no you don't!" replied Helios knowingly, "I know what you're up to. You're gonna do what you did last time. You're gonna hide somewhere, then you're gonna leave and go back home, and leave me here looking for you all day!"
"No I won't," answered Damious, smiling innocently. "I promise I won't do that again."
"Really?" he asked him unsurely.
"Really really," he told Helios.
"Do you pinky swear?" he asked, holding up his little pinky toward Damious.
"Fine, fine, I pinky swear!" he said, rolling his eyes as they hooked their pinkys.
"Ok, get ready to hide 'cause I'm gonna start counting!" Helios said
Damious laughed, knowing exactly where to hide in the wood.
"One, two, three..." counted Helios, covering his eyes with his hands and facing a tree.
Damious took off for the hiding spot he had discovered recently. He finally found what he was looking for. It was a small cave that was almost hidden away by the bushes and trees, making it a perfect hiding spot. The opening was sort of small, so Damious had to crawl in order to get into the cave. "Helios is gonna love this cave when I show it to him," he said to himself happily. As Damious sat there in the cave, he noticed that there was something glowing. The glowing was coming from an object, he noticed as he walked closer to it. When he finally reached the bluish-blackish glowing, he saw what the object was. "It's a crystal!" said Damious with surprise. "It's so cool-looking! I wonder why someone would just leave it here like this. You'd think they were trying to get rid of it. I wonder why?" Damious reached down and picked up the strange, but beautiful black crystal, examining it. "It's so lovely and yet so...ominous-looking." As he said this, the crystal once again began to glow, more brilliantly than before. "I feel so...so..." said Damious as the crystal glowed more brightly, "strange." As he held the dark crystal, Damious' eyes also began to glow, and a strange and evil smile spread on his face as he held onto the crystal.
"Where could Damious be?" Helios wondered, feeling more and more worried. It had been five hours and the sun was beginning to set over Elysion. Helios had even gone back home to see if Damious had gone back home after all. But he hadn't and now Helios was very worried. He had looked everywhere in the forest and now was waiting by their favorite tree, hoping that Damious would show up. As Helios sat there by the tree, he saw someone approaching him from a distance. "Damious!" he yelled with excitement as he ran to his brother, throwing his arms around his waist. "Damious, where have you been? I was really worried about you!"
Suddenly, Damious roughly pushed Helios away from him and gave him a cold, icy stare. "Don't touch me," he said in an emotionless voice.
Helios was shocked by his brothers' actions. Damious had never touched him that way before. "I'm sorry Damious," he said, feeling hurt and confused. "I didn't realize that you were in a bad mood. I was just worried about you, that's all." Then, Helios noticed that Damious was clutching something in his hand. "Hey, what's that thing in your hand?" he asked, trying to reach for it. "Is it some kind of treasure?"
As soon as Helios tried to touch the crystal, Damious pushed Helios away, so hard that he knocked him onto the ground with great force. "Don't you ever touch my crystal!" he told Helios angrily. "You just stay away from me and my crystal!"
With that Damious walked away, leaving poor Helios lying on the ground, crying. "Damious!" Helios cried out after him. "Damious, what's wrong? Please, tell me!" But Damious did not, or would, not listen. Poor Helios stood there on the ground, crying for his brother, wondering what could have caused this change in him.
Tears streamed down Helios' frozen face as he replayed that day in his mind over and over again. He could not understand what had happened. Then suddenly, it was upon him. "The crystal is what's making him evil!" he thought as he remembered how earlier, he had seen the good side in Damious. But as soon as the crystal had begun to glow, he went back to being evil. "Finally it all makes sense!" he thought as he remembered that day...the thing clutched in Damious' hand...that icy cold look he gave him...Damious pushing him to the ground when he tried to take the crystal. It all made sense now. "There is still goodness left in you, Damious," he thought happily. "If only I were free from this crystal," he thought sadly, looking at his evil brother, and hoping it was not too late to save him.
AN: Third chapter of the update!! PLease review. I'd like to thank all those that have reviewed so far. Please review again. I love hearing from you.
Dream Sovereign
Rini opened the castle gates, feeling more and more excited. She envisioned Helios standing there, with arms wide open, waiting for her, smiling. Hearing him call her his maiden. "My love..." she whispered happily, "I'm coming." But when Rini opened the gates, she was faced with another disappointment. There was a huge garden before her and she would have to go thru this garden to reach the castle. It was an enormous garden and it could take hours just to find your way thru it. Rini was absolutely frustrated and she shook the castle gates and kicked them, releasing all of her anger. "Will this nightmare ever be over?!" she yelled, feeling exasperated. All of the tension and stress that had built up in her throughout this long ordeal had finally caught up with her. She felt tired, angry, and very discouraged. She stood by the gates for a few moments, trying to calm down. "I can't give up now. Not when I'm so close. I won't marry that over-sexed bastard! And I won't lose Helios!" With this said, she finally stood up and headed right for the castle gardens, determined to get thru it as quick as she could.
Back at the castle, Damious was in a blind fury. He threw things violently around the room. He threw paintings, sculptures, furniture, anything that just happened to be in his line of vision. He screamed and cursed at no one in particular. "I almost had her!" he yelled as he threw another sculpture. "I almost fuckin' had her! But that golden light ruined everything again! If I ever find out who has been helping her, I'll..." He was too angry to finish his sentence as he continued to kick and knock things over. Then, Damious saw Helios' crystallized form and was now filled with even more anger. "This is all your fault! If she didn't already love you, she would have been mine a long time ago!" With this, Damious raised his arm over Helios, preparing to smash his encased form to pieces. But for some reason, as he stared at his brother's frozen form, he couldn't do it. Damious stood there, shocked at himself for stopping.
Helios was also shocked. "He could have killed me, but he didn't." Suddenly, hope filled Helios' heart as he looked at his brother. Damious was standing there, shame, guilt, and sadness in his eyes. "There is some good left in him," Helios thought with surprise and happiness.
Suddenly, Damious' black crystal, which he now wore around his neck, started to glow. Then, Damious' eyes also started to glow and he smiled with an evil grin. Whatever goodness Helios had seen in him earlier was now gone.
Helios felt sad and confused for his brother, wondering what could have caused him to become what he is now. "What happened to you, Damious?" he asked himself sadly, "Why can't things be the way they were before? Why can't you be the way you used to be?"
Now, Helios' mind was filled with many childhood memories of him and Damious. They had been so close once. Always playing together, sharing secrets, and getting into trouble, as little boys tend to do. They were five years apart, but that did not stop them from being so close. Helios had always looked up to his big brother and wanted to be able to do everything like him. Damious would always look out for his little brother and made sure that he didn't get himself into too much trouble. "We were so happy once," thought Helios sadly. "But then one day, everything changed...no, you changed," thought Helios as his mind wandered back in time, to the day that had haunted Helios for so long.
"Wanna play hide and seek, Helios?" asked 11-year-old Damious.
"You bet Damious!" responded the happy six-year-old. "You know I'm good at this game!"
"Oh really?" asked Damious, arching one eyebrow up, and grinning mischievously at his little brother. "Then how 'bout I hide and you seek this time."
"Oh no you don't!" replied Helios knowingly, "I know what you're up to. You're gonna do what you did last time. You're gonna hide somewhere, then you're gonna leave and go back home, and leave me here looking for you all day!"
"No I won't," answered Damious, smiling innocently. "I promise I won't do that again."
"Really?" he asked him unsurely.
"Really really," he told Helios.
"Do you pinky swear?" he asked, holding up his little pinky toward Damious.
"Fine, fine, I pinky swear!" he said, rolling his eyes as they hooked their pinkys.
"Ok, get ready to hide 'cause I'm gonna start counting!" Helios said
Damious laughed, knowing exactly where to hide in the wood.
"One, two, three..." counted Helios, covering his eyes with his hands and facing a tree.
Damious took off for the hiding spot he had discovered recently. He finally found what he was looking for. It was a small cave that was almost hidden away by the bushes and trees, making it a perfect hiding spot. The opening was sort of small, so Damious had to crawl in order to get into the cave. "Helios is gonna love this cave when I show it to him," he said to himself happily. As Damious sat there in the cave, he noticed that there was something glowing. The glowing was coming from an object, he noticed as he walked closer to it. When he finally reached the bluish-blackish glowing, he saw what the object was. "It's a crystal!" said Damious with surprise. "It's so cool-looking! I wonder why someone would just leave it here like this. You'd think they were trying to get rid of it. I wonder why?" Damious reached down and picked up the strange, but beautiful black crystal, examining it. "It's so lovely and yet so...ominous-looking." As he said this, the crystal once again began to glow, more brilliantly than before. "I feel so...so..." said Damious as the crystal glowed more brightly, "strange." As he held the dark crystal, Damious' eyes also began to glow, and a strange and evil smile spread on his face as he held onto the crystal.
"Where could Damious be?" Helios wondered, feeling more and more worried. It had been five hours and the sun was beginning to set over Elysion. Helios had even gone back home to see if Damious had gone back home after all. But he hadn't and now Helios was very worried. He had looked everywhere in the forest and now was waiting by their favorite tree, hoping that Damious would show up. As Helios sat there by the tree, he saw someone approaching him from a distance. "Damious!" he yelled with excitement as he ran to his brother, throwing his arms around his waist. "Damious, where have you been? I was really worried about you!"
Suddenly, Damious roughly pushed Helios away from him and gave him a cold, icy stare. "Don't touch me," he said in an emotionless voice.
Helios was shocked by his brothers' actions. Damious had never touched him that way before. "I'm sorry Damious," he said, feeling hurt and confused. "I didn't realize that you were in a bad mood. I was just worried about you, that's all." Then, Helios noticed that Damious was clutching something in his hand. "Hey, what's that thing in your hand?" he asked, trying to reach for it. "Is it some kind of treasure?"
As soon as Helios tried to touch the crystal, Damious pushed Helios away, so hard that he knocked him onto the ground with great force. "Don't you ever touch my crystal!" he told Helios angrily. "You just stay away from me and my crystal!"
With that Damious walked away, leaving poor Helios lying on the ground, crying. "Damious!" Helios cried out after him. "Damious, what's wrong? Please, tell me!" But Damious did not, or would, not listen. Poor Helios stood there on the ground, crying for his brother, wondering what could have caused this change in him.
Tears streamed down Helios' frozen face as he replayed that day in his mind over and over again. He could not understand what had happened. Then suddenly, it was upon him. "The crystal is what's making him evil!" he thought as he remembered how earlier, he had seen the good side in Damious. But as soon as the crystal had begun to glow, he went back to being evil. "Finally it all makes sense!" he thought as he remembered that day...the thing clutched in Damious' hand...that icy cold look he gave him...Damious pushing him to the ground when he tried to take the crystal. It all made sense now. "There is still goodness left in you, Damious," he thought happily. "If only I were free from this crystal," he thought sadly, looking at his evil brother, and hoping it was not too late to save him.
AN: Third chapter of the update!! PLease review. I'd like to thank all those that have reviewed so far. Please review again. I love hearing from you.
Dream Sovereign