A/N: I am so sorry for the long pause between chaps. I had terrible writers block and with school starting up again I just didn't have the time!!! Once again I give you guys my deepest apologizes.. I will try my best to update more often!!!!

Downfall

Ryan was unable to get back yo sleep after her vision. Her sleek golden body wouldn't stop shaking and she continued to relive the horrid visions every time she rested her eyes. Mirror had been horrified when Ryan had told them the whole story. He feared that they had been discovered and would have to flee at once. But Keryl thought otherwise.

"What if we stand against her! We will certainly have the support of the people!" Keryl urged.

"Yes and get ourselves turned to ashes in the process!" Mirror raged, "We are no match for Beryl and her army!"

"Not if we have the people.."

"What if we don't have the people?! They we can kiss our lives good-bye!" Mirror boomed. Ryan flinched, still sensitive to everything that was going on around her. Keryl noticed her pain.

"Are you alright?" he asked for the hundredth time.

"No." she retorted honestly.

"Oh, well..." Keryl didn't know what he could do for her, then again he had not expected such a truthful answer.

"What do you think we should do?" Mirror asked he stiffly.

Ryan mused for a moments attempting to collect her thoughts, "I agree with Keryl.. The people here are tired of being oppressed by that bloated witch you can see it in their faces. Their always looking over their shoulders wondering if Beryl will spare their lives one more day. They are like me...trapped...trapped somewhere that they don't want to be..and I..I am trapped in this cursed body..."

There was a long silence before anyone spoke. "They it is settled." Mirror said, his body was stiff and his eyes were wide. He obviously did not like the choice his two companions had made..but he would help them. "We must rally the people then and quickly if Beryl knows we're here."

"She knows...she knows.." Ryan whispered.

"I will go out among the elves to day and then maybe tomorrow.." Keryl began.

"We wont have till blasted tomorrow! Beryl will come as soon as possible if she thinks there is a threat to her kingdom!" Mirror roared.

"Calm yourself," Ryan snapped, "I'm tired of your yelling! Where in the abyss has that gotten us so far? Only to bicker with each other, we have made our decision and we must act, so shut up!"

Mirror cleared his throat but remained silent. "But I must agree with Mirror.. We don't have much time. We must act at once!"

"Then I will gather the people now." Keryl said standing form where he had been sitting. He looked to Mirror who growled but allowed him to mount. The two of them quickly head towards the capitol.

Ryan sighed and pushed herself up. She walked out of the dragon stable and into the dim light outside. There was a heavy layer of black and gray clouds in the sky that threatened with rain. Ryan stared up and then studied the area around her. She saw some one...

"You there!" she called forcefully. The figure remained where it was, then it gestured for her to come to him.

Curious and confused she approached the figure.

"Child..." the voice of a man whispered.

"I am no child!" she pretended to be insulted, "I'm at least....a few...uh...thousand years old.."she lied.

"Child...of the Gods.." he said. He looked up..but his head had a hood over it. She could only make out two amber eyes that glowed lightly in the shadows of his hood. The figure took a step towards her, "My child...be wary ...danger closer every..day.." the figure began to fade.

"Who are you?!" Ryan cried desperately. She reached out to grab to man but her clawed paw went right through him.

"Red hair, eyes like yours and mine...watch...watch....do not...trust!" the figure faded entirely.

Ryan stood there a moment, completely confused and shaken. "Red hair? Golden eyes? This is someone I can't trust? But who? And who was that person..or ghost or...thing?!" she shook her head, "I must be going mad!" Backing away from the trees she took a few running steps and took off towards the elven capitol.

Both Mirror and Keryl were on the steps of the Tower of the Sun yelling at a vast crowd of people. Ryan took care to notice that some of the people were Beryl's own men. Could they possible convert them? Earn their loyalty? They would soon find out.

The entire day was taken up by the three of them gathering the people, telling them what could or would happen if they did not act against Beryl soon. A large majority of the people wanted to act but were afraid to do it. The only thing that got most of them to agree to fighting was the fact that the two dragons of Paladine would be there. After doing all they could possible do for the people, Mirror, Keryl and Ryan began to prepare themselves.

"Do you know magic?" Mirror asked Ryan.

She pierced him with a glance, "If I had magic I would have used it a hundred times over by now!" she snarled, "The blasted Queen took my magic as well..." she hissed, seething.

Mirror sighed, "Well we must.."

There was an explosion that shook the ground and the sound of fire.

"In the name of the Abyss! What was that?" Mirror ran out of dragon stable and gave a roar of pain a moment later.

"Mirror!" Keryl and Ryan to the large entrance was and were stopped cold. The sky was raining fire, or at least that's what is seemed like..

Mirror had been hit by a meteor like rock that had been set aflame. The meteor had hit Mirror dead in the shoulder. He tried to get up but was hit down again and again but smaller balls of flame that scorched his scales.

Keryl leaped out from the safety of the stable and began to chant loudly. It was Irda magic, an magic that Ryan had forgotten. This was magic that couldn't be taken away from her, the Gods had given it to her people and could never take it back. As long as a God was present the magic would work.

Ryan lunged into the fire filled sky and began chanting a rain spell. Keryl, knowing that this spell was more powerful when more people chanted, began chanting as well. Soon cold rain was mixed with the fiery meteors and turned them into normal rocks as they neared the ground.

There was a roar of rage. "How dare you interfere with my spellbinding!" the voice paused, "This is only a little taste of my power! Come and face me if you dare!" Beryl suddenly appeared, removing her invisibility spell. She gave a command and the meteors reignited. "Come Golden One! See if you can match me! Your Silver friend could not, I'm sure you can't do much better!"

Ryan's blood boiled, with a large mixture of fear. Beryl was huge! Ryan wasn't even half her size. Her only hope was to keep her distance and pray that Beryl didn't close the distance between them.

Down below the people were in chaos. Beryl's soldiers had been heading into Qualinesti without them even knowing it. Some of the people had collected themselves enough to fight, but once Beryl appeared they fled in every direction.

"I will do more then match you!" Ryan yelled back sounding unusually brave in this situation. Beryl's dragonfear was radiating from her like the stench of a rotting carcass. It was terrible and nauseating.

Beryl laughed.

I am with you! A voice said calmly in her mind.

Who are you? She thought back.

Fight now, ask questions later. Was the voices only reply.

Whoever this voice was, was right. Beryl was attempting to get closer. Ryan flapped her wings desperately to put more distance between them.

"You challenge me?!" Beryl laughed, "I will show you what happens to people who disobey and oppose me!"

"We shall see.." Ryan muttered. She yelled an Irda spell which shot shards of ice towards Beryl. The ice hit her but did little or no damage.

"So you know some tricks? Let me show you mine!" Beryl yelled her own spell sending a wave of wind towards her. Ryan yelped as she lost control of her flight and went plunging towards the ground.

"Let me give you a hand." Mirror said calmly. He swooped up and snagged Ryan's tail as he passed. Ryan quickly regained her balance, "I... I feel like.. I'm no match for her.." she said breathlessly.

"We will do our best." Mirror said grimly.

The two of them headed back towards Beryl, Mirror took the far left and Ryan went to the right. Mirror used his ice breath to distract Beryl and Ryan began chanting the most powerful spell she knew. In her mind the voice recited the words with her, giving her strength. The air around her became electrified and darkened. Beryl, sensing the magic, turned to her.

"What? What are you doing?" Beryl asked nervously.

The chant ended and Ryan opened her eyes. Her eyes had a powerful golden glow that pierced the darkness around her, "You have power? You have not yet tasted true power!" Ryan released the energy and sent it strait at her. Beryl tried to move her bulky body quickly but she was too heavy to move fast enough. The stream of electrified darkness swallowed her. She gave horrified shrieks as it folded around her ripping the scales from her oversized body. Her body contorted with muscle spasms, her claws melted, and any exposed skin began to crack and burn. Blood began to run freely down her sides, a moment later her wings turned to ashes.

"I hope you learned well..." were the last things that the great overlord Beryl heard, before she plunged towards the ground engulfed in black flame.