Emmy: Sorry for the late update. I kinda forgot about this story for a while. I hope you like it. It's my favorite chapter.
Chapter 10: The Battle
Kel and Razz walked down the hill quickly. It was steep but they were both exited about making it this far and wanted to get inside the castle as soon as possible.
"We'll have to climb up the platform and find a way into it secretly," Kel told Razz. "This is just like when I had to save the children from Blayce."
"The spidarians probably told her we're already here. Won't he be expecting us?" Razz asked.
"She's been expecting us the whole time. We'll have to sneak in and free our friends some how before she finds us," Kel replied
They came to the valley but stopped were the grass began to disappear. It was as if the entire valley had been replaced with gray stone bricks.
"Ok, we'll climb up the rocks to get to the castle but instead of going to the entrance we'll look for a hidden door. She's smart and wouldn't stay in the castle if there wasn't a secret way out," Kel explained. Razz nodded and looked at the ground.
"The ground looks so strange. It just suddenly turns to stone right here," she remarked. Kel didn't reply.
The two began jogging across the stone field. They had only gone a couple yards before Razz yelped and stumbled to the ground.
"Are you ok," Kel said stopping.
"That was strange. What did I trip on?" Razz asked, getting up. They both looked behind her and saw a small spot where a block of stone had seemed to disappear. Razz bent over to look at it.
"Strange," she whispered.
"Let's keep going," Kel urged. She was so close to her friends and they had no time to waste. Razz and her began jogging again but then Razz stopped and cried, "Wait!"
Kel stopped yet again. "What now?" she asked impatiently.
"I heard something. Didn't you-?" Kel gasped, cutting Razz off. The ground behind Razz was gradually disappearing, turning into a big blackness. The stones were falling from they're place, crumbling into the nothingness below.
"Run!" Kel cried. Razz turned to look and gave a cry. The two ran as fast as they could but the stones were falling away. Even the stones in front of Kel were falling away, making her look before she stepped. As soon as Kel would lift her foot from a stone she could feel it fall away. Kel had never seen magic like this. Soon there would be no more stones to stand on.
They were about to jump over an opening where many stones had fallen when more stones fell back making it impossible to leap over. Razz began to run around but Kel used what seemed to be stones floating in mid air to hop across. It was tricky and she had to place her feet just right. At one point Kel looked down and saw the darkness below. It looked endless, like if Kel feel she would never stop falling. She quickly hopped off the last stone, sending it down into blackness.
"We're almost there," she cried to Razz. They leaped over as many openings as they could but Kel was afraid they wouldn't make it before all the stones fell.
With a sudden whoosh Razz disappeared. Kel stopped to see her hanging off the edge of the stone bricks. Quickly Kel bent down to give her a hand. As their fingers locked the stones beneath Kel's feet began to wobble. With great strength she pulled Razz over the edge just as the stones around the area feel. Kel began to feel air beneath her feet when a hard force knocked her back onto the platform. Kel hit the stones with Razz on top of her.
"Come on!" Razz cried, taking Kel's hand. The two were so close to the castle. Only about a yard left. Just as they neared the edge all the stones began to wobble. Every stone they stepped on fell as they ran.
"We'll have to jump!" Kel cried. "Ok," Razz said, tightening her grip on Kel's hand.
"One…two...threeeee!" With one mighty leap the two soared through the air. For a moment Kel stopped breathing. She was hurtling through the air, her eyes closed tight. The next moment she hit something hard.
Kel was still for a moment. Had they made it? She slowly lifted her head and looked around. She was lying on the ground. They were alive!
"Razz we made it!" she exclaimed. Razz lifted up her head and looked back. The two had landed about an inch from the edge.
"Oh thank heavens! We're alive!" Razz cried. The two sat a moment to ketch their breath. "Why would Saria try to kill you like that if she wanted you to come to her?" Razz asked.
Kel stood up. "She likes to mess with people. We're all pawns in her little game," Kel replied darkly. Kel stared out at the black hole that surrounded them. It would have been horrible to fall.
"Shall we keep going?" Razz asked. Kel nodded.
"The sooner we get there the better," she replied.
It was a hard, long, and tiresome walk up the stone platform. Kel kept slipping and scrapping her knees. Sand from the stone blew into their eyes and mouths, slowing them down. The height didn't help either. Kel wouldn't let herself look down. She was afraid she might freak out like she used to do.
"Are we almost to the top?" Razz asked as she struggled along.
"Yes," Kel replied. Kel grabbed onto a chunk of rock and cut her hand. "Ow! Be careful up ahead," Kel warned. Kel climbed a bit higher before reaching the ledge. "Finally," she said, hoisting her self up onto the stone platform. Razz grabbed onto the ledge and grabbed Kel's hand.
When the two were safely on the platform they began to search. There were no guards around witch struck Kel as quite odd.
"The secret door could be anywhere. It looks and feels like stone but you can go through it," Kel said feeling around the wall with her hands. Razz did the same and then froze.
"Did you hear that?" she whispered.
"What?" Kel asked. Razz quickly grabbed Kel's arm and pulled her behind a part of the castle where the wall went inward.
"Listen," Razz said quietly. Kel listened. She heard footsteps. They were soft but she heard them, many footsteps. As the footsteps grew louder Kel braced herself for a fight when suddenly the footsteps stopped. Kel turned her head slowly so she could see.
Two spidarians were crouching by the wall. One was feeling along it with one of his legs. The other was looking around, its eyes darted everywhere. Kel pulled back so it wouldn't spot her. There was a bit of murmuring and then total silence. Kel peaked around but they were both gone. She waited a moment to see if any others would come.
"Ok, let's go," Kel said. She stepped up to where the spidarians had been. Razz tapped the wall. "I bet this is our secret entrance. Finally a spot of good luck."
"You sure this is it?" she asked. "It feels solid."
"Yes," Kel said. "Just push through." Kel shut her eyes and put her hand up to the wall and pushed hard. The stone didn't move. Then suddenly her hand wasn't touching the stone anymore. She opened her eyes to find herself in a dark passageway.
A second later Razz appeared beside her. "Weird," she said. Torches were scattered along the passageway. They walked until they came to a dead end. "Look," Razz said, pointing up. Kel looked and saw a small trap door. She stood on tiptoe and pushed up. The lid slid away easily. Poking her head up she saw that she was in the middle of a large dark room.
"Is it safe?" Razz asked.
"Yes, I think," Kel said, speaking softly.
Kel climbed out and looked around. There didn't seem to be any light anywhere.
"It's really dark," Razz said. "Creepy dark." Kel nodded in agreement, although Razz couldn't see her.
Suddenly a torch lit it's self. Then another. Both girls watched as torch after torch lit all on its own until the room was fully lit.
"Wow," Razz gasped. The room was a great hall. The floor they stood on was made of marble, and many velvet tapestries covered the walls. There were marble pillars with pictures carved into them. There was also a strange glowing orb that rested on a small table next to the thrown. The whole place looked magnificent.
"Beautiful isn't it?" a voice from behind said. Kel and Razz both turned to see a giant marble thrown decorated with jewels and gold. A ball of black smoke appeared on the thrown. It began to take shape, turning into the hooded figure.
"Saria," Kel said. Finally, after their long journey, they had made it. Finally Kel could fight Saria and free her friends.
"Keldary, I see you decided to come," Saria hissed.
"Where are my friends?" Kel asked, her voice loud and hateful.
Saria gave a small laugh. "Now why would I tell you a thing like that? It's so much more fun watching you squirm," she said, laughing again. Kel clenched her fists.
"You know," Saria continued. "I've been keeping an eye on you. I was surprised you made it past my little traps. I'm glad. Now I get to destroy you myself."
Kel glared at her. "What makes you so sure you'll win?" Kel taunted.
Saria gave a chuckle and sat up strait on her thrown. "I am the greatest sorceress of all time. I can manipulate life itself. How do you expect to defeat me?"
As Saria said this dark smoke wafted through the room, curling around the girls and floating to the ceiling. Razz tried to wave the smoke away but Kel ignored it.
"Saria, you think you are a goddess but it takes more then magic to win a battle and to govern a kingdom. I've played your game and traveled great distances. Let my friends go or prepare to fight," Kel said, staring into the black hood.
"Alright," Saria said. Then she snapped her fingers.
A man, hidden by the smoke, stepped forward. Turning to Saria he bowed. He had white hair and red eyes that were fixed in a mocking glare.
"What's this!" Kel cried. "Can you not fight your own battle for once?" Saria was silent but Kel pictured her scowling.
Then she said, "A sorceress fights with her magic, and here is an example of mine." Saria stood up; trails of smoke flowing from her body. Kel couldn't hear the words Saria was saying because a giant crack, like the sound of a tree being hit by lightning, echoed through the room. It didn't matter. What she saw amazed and frightened her.
The man in front of Kel had smoke curling around his body and he was changing. He grew taller, and his back hunched over. Thin, bat like wings burst from his back, like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. His skin turned black and scaly, his red eyes became slits and jagged claws grew from his hands and feet. To top it all off a long spiky tail burst from his lower back. He was over 20 feet tall, had a long snout, and twisted horns on his head.
"What is it?" Razz asked, horrified.
"I-think it's a dragon," Kel replied, a bit intimidated by this giant creature. The dragon gave a loud screeching roar. Kel bent down to Razz and said, "I will have to fight. You go look for our friends. I think they're somewhere behind an iron door at the end of a hallway." Then Kel drew her sword. "Hurry." Razz nodded and scooted to the side of the room so not to get in the way of the battle.
The dragon roared again and blew smoke from its nostrils. She wished more than anything she wouldn't have to fight the dragon, besides the obvious reasons she really didn't want to hurt such a magnificent creature and if Dain ever found out she'd be outraged. But Kel knew she had to do it and prayed the gods and dragons would forgive her for fighting the creature. Kel raised her sword up to a defense position. Then the battle began.
The dragon bent down to four legs and took a swipe at Kel with his claws. She scooted back, just dodging the sharp blades. It then gave a swipe of its giant tail but Kel was quick to dodge that as well.
"Your monster is big but it is slow," Kel called to Saria. The dragon growled and went for Kel with its mouth. She thrashed her sword at his nose, making him step back with a cry.
"Forget out your nose, get her!" Saria cried angrily.
The dragon then stomped towards Kel. She tried avoiding his legs but his goal seemed to be to squash her. She had slid past a front leg but was surprised when she ended up flat on her back. One of the back legs had hit her. Before she could get up the dragon swiped at her with his claws again but Kel quickly raised her sword up, digging it into the dragon's front foot. The creature screeched at the top of its lungs and began to panic. It flapped is great wings and flew wildly around the room, sword in foot, knocking against the ceiling and the walls.
"Idiot!" Saria cried. Finally the sword popped out and landed on the other side of the room, far away from Kel.
Before the dragon could try to get her Kel ran as fast as she could to her sword. She was just about to grab it when the dragon tail knocked right into her. She was thrown into the wall. Kel fell to the floor and gasped for air. Before she could do anything the dragon went at her with his tail again. Instead of dodging it Kel grabbed the tail as it knocked into her. She was swung this way and that. Kel held on tight, waiting for the right moment to let go. It was very hard to see with the smoke and the spinning but Kel was able to tell when she was closest to her sword. Taking a breath she let go and tumbled to the ground.
Kel looked around as soon as she landed. For a moment everything spun and she felt like she was going to be sick but then she saw her sword. Quickly she shot out her hand and grabbed it just in time. The dragon thumped his tail hard, missing Kel by an inch. That gave Kel the chance to slash at it, making a long deep cut. The dragon let out a cry of pain and glared at Kel with its red eyes. It opened its mouth and a chill went down Kel's spine. She knew what he was going to do. She would be burnt to a crisp. She looked around in panic and quickly dodged behind the nearest marble pillar. A surge of fire shot right past the pillar, making Kel's side get hot. There would be more fire to come and she wouldn't be able to hide behind the pillar forever. She wished she had a shield.
XXXXXXXX (Back with Razz…)
As Kel had begun her battle Razziel had stayed by the sidelines, unnoticed by anyone. She had found a door on the far left side of the room and had slipped through it when Saria wasn't looking. Now she found herself in a long dark hallway. The floor was made of gray stone, it was shiny and clean but it still looked ugly and dirty. Spear in hand she walked softly down the hallway, just in case there were any guards prowling around. She turned left, right, right, left and went strait until she came to a flight of stairs and a door. The door was wooden and she could hear noises on the other side. She listened quietly but decided to go down the steps when she heard voices speaking of killing and food.
The staircase led far down. Razziel stopped counting at 150. Finally she reached yet another hallway but this one was hardly lit. It was also very small. She quickly walked down the hall until she came to an iron door. Lady Kel had thought the prisoners were behind an iron door. Razziel wasn't sure how Lady Kel knew but this was an iron door deep under the castle. It was a perfect dungeon. Razziel listened for voices but heard nothing. She noticed there was an old lock. All she had to do was lift it to open the door.
"Easy enough," she thought but when Razziel went to lift it she got a horrible shock, literally. A surge of painful light shot throughout her body. She quickly took her fingers back. "A magic lock?" she thought. She had never come across one and didn't know how to open it.
"Hello?" she called softly. She was afraid to talk too loud. She kept thinking she would turn to see a spidarian right behind her. She would be cornered in the dark. Razziel tried to shrug away her fears but it was hard. "Hello?" she called a bit louder. "Sir Neal? Tobe? Anybody?" There was silence for a moment but then she heard movement.
"Is someone there?" a faint voice called.
"Yes," she replied excitedly. "I'm going to get you out." Razziel figured that since she had lots of extra magic in her maybe she could open the magic lock. Neal had said she was overflowing with it and now Razz was glad-although she new the overflowing magic could end up killing her, at least it was coming in handy.
Razziel stood back and reached for her magic. She started to gather as much as she could into her hands, but soon her body began to burn. She couldn't hold the raw magic easily and felt she was going to lose it at any moment. She focused hard on the lock and threw her power onto it. There was a bright flash and Razziel was thrown backwards by a powerful force but not before receiving another painful shock. When she got up the lock was still latched.
"I know that magic," a voice from the other side of the door said.
Razziel gathered her magic again but this time she pulled it out of her body until she had a small ball of magic hovering above her hands. It gave her more time to grab almost every last speck of magic in her.
"I can do this," she thought. "I have to."
Taking it in one hand she took a breath and grabbed hold of the lock. Her hands burned with power and she wanted to let go but she couldn't give up. The clash of her blue magic and the lock's black magic flowed through the room. Her whole body was one fire. Razziel felt the black magic move. She was winning.
This was it. This was her purpose. She was strong. She was powerful. She would never have been able to do it if she had stayed with her father. She would have never met her new friends. She would never have accomplished what she had the past couple months if she hadn't left. Suddenly a blast of emotion went through her body. Hope, courage, happiness, love and many other powerful feelings were with her. Then there was an explosion. She was knocked backward again.
It hurt to move. She looked and saw that her hands were a bloody mess. Razziel sat up and leaned against the wall. Besides her hands Razziel's back and arms felt bruised, and she felt quite weak.
"Hello?" voice called. "Razz is that you?"
"Yes. I'm fine," she said getting up. Her knees wobbled and she grabbed the wall for support, but didn't get much.
Figures came towards her. "What are you doing here?" one asked. Razziel knew Owen's voice.
"Is that anyway to thank your rescuer?" she asked smiling a bit. She couldn't help it. She had done it! She had saved her friends.
"How'd you get us out," a smaller figure she recognized as Tobe asked.
"Um…" Razz looked at her hands. "Tell yeah later."
"Where's Kel?" Merric asked. A rush of fear swept over Razziel.
"Oh Kel! She needs our help. We have to go!" with that she turned to go but a hand grabbed her arm.
"Hold on," Neal said. "Tell us what going on." he ordered.
Suddenly everybody was asking questions. Each voice was trying to be heard and each one was demanding an answer. This really annoyed Razziel.
"Be quiet!" she snapped. They all were silent, and a bit surprised by her ignorance. "If you keep making so much noise guards will come and we'll have to fight. We don't have time for that. We need to help Kel. Now, follow me. We'll talk later. We're going now," she ordered. They remained silent. Razziel turned and began up the stairs.
XXXXXXX(Back to Kel…)
Kel tucked and rolled once more to the next pillar. She had been dodging the flames for a long time now and had gotten singed a bit anyway. The dragon seemed to be fed up with her so flapped his wings and took to the air. It began to circle above. Kel wasn't sure what it was doing but knew it probably wasn't good. Suddenly it went into a dive. Kel was ready to slice him with her sword when, instead of trying to bite her into it pulled up and clung to her with its back claws.
Kel struggled to get free but the claws held tight, like a bird might hold its kill in its talons. They were cutting into Kel's sides, and she couldn't attack because her arms and sword were both being pressed to her sides. The dragon flew round and round screeching with triumph. Kel couldn't tell what was up and what was down. Then the dragon flew strait up hovered right under the ceiling. Kel couldn't help looking down and when she did her stomach flipped. The old fear of falling was coming back. Memories of being up high flashed through her mind. She couldn't breath. The dragon was going to drop her and she'd fall to her doom.
"It's been nice knowing you Keldary," Saria said. "But before you go I wanted to show you something." Saria stood up and lifted the blue orb off the table. "This is the key to my magic," she said. "This is how I can take life and give life. This is how I have become a god and this is why I can defeat you."
Saria suddenly reconfigured herself into smoke again and floated up to the dragon where she became human again. The orb was still in her hand. Kel could see that it looked like a round ocean with little chunks of land in it.
"You see, this is where I've been keeping everybody. Your family and everybody else are all right here in the palm of my hand. I could destroy them just like that." To emphasize this Saria sent a little bolt of lightning through her finger into the orb. Kel heard faint, little screams.
"You'll never win," Kel said
"You sure about that?" Saria asked.Kel looked Saria strait in the eye.
"Even if you kill me someone will defeat you," she replied.
"I highly doubt that," Saria said. With that she floated back down to her thrown.
"Now my servant," Saria said. "It is time."
As the dragon shifted a thought suddenly struck Kel.
"Wait," she said to the dragon. "You don't need to take orders from her. You're a dragon. You could be free and make your own decisions." The dragon paused for a second. He seemed to be considering this. Then he looked Kel in the eye and said in a low rumble,
"I am a loyal servant of Queen Saria. She is mightier than any king or god. I follow her and her alone. She gave me my dragon form. I could never defeat someone so mighty. You were foolish to try and now you will die."
With that the dragon gave out another roar. Then Kel felt the claws pull back. She tried to hold on but it was too late. She was falling.
Kel felt the air rushing past her, the world spinning around her. She had failed. She had come so far only to fail. She would never see her family or her friends ever again. She had faced the spidarians and the stone valley all for nothing. And now she would die. Kel knew any moment she would hit the hard ground…but that moment never came.
Kel did land but she didn't die. She landed on something slightly soft and bumpy.
"Kel you're alright!" a voice said. Kel looked around and gasped at what she saw.
"N-Neal, Owen, Dom, Tobe, Merric, everybody! You're all right!" she cried.
"Kel please get off of me," a voice moaned. Kel stood up and looked to see Lord Raoul on the ground.
"Thanks for saving me," she said. Kel wanted to cry and laugh and shout for joy. She wanted to hug them all right then and there. She wanted to celebrate and go home. "How did you guys escape?" Kel asked.
"It was the girl," Lalasa said softly, pointing to Razz. Kel beamed at Razz. The girl gave a shy smile.
"We'll talk later," Lord Raoul said. Suddenly Kel's thoughts were jerked back to the battle. She turned to face Saria.
"How touching," Saria hissed. "Destroy them my creature." With that the dragon swooped down blowing a large cyclone of fire at them. Everyone spread out and tried to hide behind pillars as Kel did. The dragon had gone through this routine before and lashed his tail about in frustration.
"Kel how can we help you?" Owen called. "They took our weapons when they kidnapped us but we still want to help!" Kel shook her head.
"No, I have to do this buy myself. You guys try to escape," Kel replied.
"But Kel-," Owen began.
"No. Now go, quickly. I don't want anyone to get hurt."
"What about you?" Owen asked, eyes begging for her to let him help.
"I'll do what I must," Kel said. Owen looked at her for a moment and was about to say something when they heard a scream and a loud crash.
The dragon had broken a pillar in half with its tail and Lalasa and Tobe had lost their hiding place. Lalasa was on the ground staring up at the dragon in fear. "Come on!" Tobe cried, pulling her to her feet as the dragon raised up its front foot. Tobe pulled Lalasa away just before the massive foot hit the ground. They ran to the next pillar where Lord Raoul pulled them back. He gave Kel a looked that asked, "What do you want us to do?" He was letting her take command.
Kel looked around quickly for Razz, spotting her behind the pillar behind Kel's.
"Razz," she called. Razz poked her head out a bit.
"Yes?" she called back.
"Take everyone through the secret passage way we entered through. I'll stay here and defeat Saria then ketch up with you guys. Ok?" Razz gave her a sad look.
"No, it's not ok," she replied. "But I'll do it anyway. I know that you need to do this." Then she gave a small smile. "I believe you can. I will see you soon." Kel smiled. A small warm feeling grew in her chest. She wasn't sure what it was. Then she realized it was hope. Razz believed in her. She had to believe in herself. Kel nodded to Razz.
"I will see you soon," she replied. Razz nodded back.
Kel turned her attention back to the dragon. It seemed to be thinking of what to do and whom it should attack first.
"Come on servant, kill them now!" Saria cried, frustration growing in her voice. The dragon screeched and moved forward. Kel slipped out from behind her pillar, and moved back towards the wall unnoticed. Her plan was to sneak behind him and attack, or distract him long enough for her friends to escape. She quietly but quickly began to sneak around the room. The dragon turned its head left and right, looking for her. As its head began to look in her direction Kel froze. She drew her sword but before the dragon caught a glimpse of her a voice rang out.
"Hey, you great big idiot! I'm over here!" The dragon swung his head around and looked for the source of the noise. Kel looked too. It was Razz. What the heck was she doing? Kel had told her to get everyone out. The dragon roared and swiped at her with his paw but she dodged back behind the pillar. "Over here!" another voice cried. The dragon turned his attention to Neal and swiped at him. Neal also disappeared behind a pillar. Owen was next, then Tobe, then Lord Raoul. Kel silently thanked her friends and made her way around the room.
As Kel approached the thrown she halted. She wasn't sure exactly how to attack. She was to the left of Saria who seemed to be to into the dragon's problem to have noticed Kel was only 7 feet away from her. Kel lifted her sword and slowly began to approach the thrown. She had never moved so quietly in her life. Things seemed to slow down, seconds felt like hours. She couldn't hear the dragon screeching or her friends calling to it. All she could hear was her own heart beating. Her body felt heavy, like she was covered in syrup. She could hardly move. Slowly, she approached the thrown. She was so close she didn't know how Saria hadn't noticed her.
Then, suddenly, as Kel lifted her sword Saria turned to her with a look of surprise and cried, "She's over here you fool!"
Kel's heavy body suddenly lightened up. All of her senses and reflexes seemed sharper then ever. She looked up and saw the dragon flying at her with great speed, jaws open wide, eyes red like fire. She was ready. With one quick movement of her wrist her sword went up.
An ear-piercing screech rang through the room. The dragon flew through the air, knocking into many columns before crashing to the ground. Blood sprayed from its throat as it wheezed and cried in pain.
"Saria, help me!" its low voice grumbled. Kel turned back to Saria.
"Fool," she hissed. "You have failed me." The dragons red eyes grew big and round as it gasped for air. Kel heard it choke and gag, then with one last wheeze he collapsed. For moment there was silence, then suddenly a column crashed to the ground, another falling after it. Bits of the ceiling began to fall. She hoped her friends would make it out.
"You hate me for killing your brother but killing your own minions doesn't seem to bother you?" Kel asked coolly. She had had enough of Saria. Saria glared at her, fire burning in her eyes.
"Never compare my brother to a servant!" Saria cried. Suddenly her face twisted into a mischievous grin. "You no longer have a sword," she hissed.
Before Kel could move Saria's hand was around her neck. Saria stood up, lifting Kel of the ground. Kel struggled to get the old, gray hands off her but they held tight. Kel could see Saria's face now. Her skin was gray and her eyes were golden, like a cat's. Her hair was long and black. It seemed to be smoke, just like the rest of her body. She wasn't old, but her body seemed to have been changed, perhaps by her magic?
"You have failed, Keldary of Mindelan," Saria said, smirking. "I will be the Ruler of the whole world. Everyone will know me as Saria, greater than any King or God. I will bring a new era to this world, where everyone will worship and obey me."
Kel choked for air but Saria's grip was too strong. Kel felt the ceiling falling, she heard the marble crashing to the floor but Saria didn't seem to care.
"And everyone will remember you as Keldary of Mindelan, the one who failed to save them all."
Kel's lungs were gasping for air and her head pounded. She had to defeat Saria once and for all. It didn't matter what happened to her.
"Any last words?" Saria asked, loosening her grip.
"You-," she choked. "-Are a cold hearted creature. You are no longer a h-human. Evil and hate has turned you into a monster. Y-You are lower then any creature I have ever met. You, like your b-brother, must be stopped, and I will do whatever it takes to s-stop you." Saria gave a wild grin.
"And how-" she asked. "-Will you do that?"
Kel stared into Saria's animal like eyes. They were wild like a mad man's and filled with hate. "Like this," she replied.
Saria had never expected what came next. Kel put all of her strength into one swift kick. The kick was not aimed at Saria, but at the blue orb perched next to her. Kel and Saria both watched as the orb flew through the air. Kel saw the fear and realization in Saria's eyes.
"No!" she cried out desperately, dropping Kel to the ground and leaping after the orb. She wasn't quick enough. The glowing ball hit the floor with a loud crash, shattering to pieces.
"No!" Saria screeched. Suddenly the room was filled with light. Saria gripped her head and cried out in pain. The whole place seemed to full of swift currents of blue light, making their way to exits. "My magic! Noooo!" Saria shrieked. Saria was throwing a fit but as she did Kel noticed something was happening.
Saria was disappearing. She stopped her angry fit and sated at her hands. He arms, her hands, her hair, everything seemed to be turning to smoke. It was like her body was being blown away.
"What's happening to me!" she screamed in a less snake like voice. Kel backed up. She had to get out of there before the place collapsed. She saw Saria slowly disappear, crying out in pain and fear. "Someone help me! Please?" she cried. Kel didn't stop. This was beyond her. Saria was to receive a punishment greater then anything a mortal could not to her.
Kel made her way to the door she had used to get in, dodging the falling marble and rock. She tripped on a chunk of rock and tried to get up but before she could a chunk of marble rolled onto her foot. Kel cried out in pain. She had to get her foot out before more marble fell on her. She pushed and pushed, trying not to scream but the marble wouldn't budge. She couldn't give up. She had come this far, she had defeated Saria, Kel had saved her friends, and she was not going to die like this. She would not be defeated by a rock. Even with all her determination the rock wouldn't move.
Suddenly she felt a sharp jab in the back of her head. A small rock had hit her, just hard enough to knock her out.
Kel heard voices. One was small and pitiful and the others all made her ears hurt. Those voices sounded as if all the good and evil in the world was contained inside them. Over the ringing in her ears Kel could make out what the voices were saying. They sounded angry.
"You, mere mortal, have been acting out of title. You think you're a god! You have no power."
"Stealing from the gods, and trying to control the world? You cannot even imagine the punishment for a such crimes."
"Did you think we would just let you destroy the world, or did you think you could destroy us as well? We were the ones who created that item in the first place!"
"You have done many terrible deeds Saria of Scanra. We have no choice but to banish you to the Realm of the Dead, where you shall suffer your punishment for the rest of eternity."
"Oh please, Mighty Lords. I-I'm sorry. I beg forgiveness of you. Please have mercy! Please, please, I shall dedicate my life to doing good things for people. I'll become a healer, a solider, anything. Anything to be freed!"
"No. There is nothing you could ever do to be forgiven for the terrible things you have done. You will join your brother in the Realm of the Dead. Remember, there is no one more powerful then the gods!"
Then there was an ear-piercing scream and silence.