Chapter V: Fate

Part II: Nevermore III

Hannah woke up in bed, sweating, everything had seemed to have returned to normal. "… Was it all just a dream?" She asked herself. She walked towards Dan's room and opened the door. An empty room. "What?" She asked herself. "Where's his bed and stuff?"

"Who's bed and stuff?" Travis asked.

"Dan's!"

"Who?" He asked.

"Dan!"

"Never heard of him."

"What?" Hannah asked.

… … … … …

"She seems to be enjoying my little game, don't you think Dan? I reset the events of her life… she never met you… but that stupid necklace her parents gave her… It's somehow protecting her from my spell! That one… tiny broken shard protects her (Remember? Sirus crushed it!)!"

"It's the magic of love…" Dan spoke, his head down as he stood in the shadows.

"Love?"

"Love is an unbreakable spell, Fate. The only way you could possibly reset her life is to remove the necklace. But I warn you… it is protected by a force to strong for your wicked hands to touch."

"Ah yes… her parents love and spirits protect her. I'll have to fix that." Fate said wickedly.

… … … … …

Hannah began to think. 'What happened? Why doesn't anyone remember Dan?' So many unanswered questions flooded her mind.

"So many questions, so many answers to be found!" The dragon of Fate appeared before Hannah, with Dan standing in the shadowy corner of her room. The sky was dark as he spoke. "I am the dragon of Fate. Master of all that is, was, or ever will be. At times I like to mess around with other's fates. Rose, Roy, Dan, and now you. Don't ruin my fun. Give me that necklace, or I'll zap you out of existence! It would be better if you never knew this tortured soul named Daniel Long!"

"What do you want with what remains of my necklace? Tell me!" She demanded.

"It protects you from my spell. Now hand it over, I know what's best for everyone."

"No! If it makes me keep my memory of Dan… then I'll never hand it over to you!"

"Fine. Have it your way child, I'll take it by force!" The room turns black and Hannah appears in a large dome room, with a crystal ball in the center. On the walls were millions of faces, the faces of tortured souls, the faces of those that Fate decided to mess with. "One last chance! Hand it over!" Fate demanded.

"No!" Hannah blasted Fate into a wall with wind. "Huh? I didn't know I can do that! My father was a dragon of wind… unless…"

"It cannot be! She's channeling her dead parents powers!" Fate screamed. Dan only watched, silently. "Take this, insolent girl!" Fate pulled out a whip and whacked Hannah in the face with it. "And this! And this!" Fate whacked her again and again. She then burned the long whip with her fire breath. "No!" Fate said as the fire burned his hand. Hannah summoned a large stone from nowhere and launched it towards Fate. "No! No, no, no! You… You cannot defy my powers! You… you cannot!" Fate began to glow with a gold light and a black version of his body slowly floated out of his own and shattered. "Huh…?" Dan stared at the even brighter gold dragon of Fate. "Hannah… and Dan? What happened?"

"Chaos… he must have gotten to you!" Hannah said.

"I do recall that… I'm sorry for any trouble I may have caused. Come, Dan." Fate said. Fate touched Dan's forehead. "You are free from his grasp. Your curse has been lifted."

"Curse?" Hannah asked.

"All his life he has been cursed, even back in 1993, when he was born. Now he is free at last."

"Thank-you." Dan said. He felt as if he was a whole new person almost. "Let's go back home, Hannah."

"That's right!" Fate said. "I destroyed your city. I should fix that… … done." In a flash Dan and Hannah found themselves waking up on the ground.

"Are you guys alright?" Travis asked as he ran towards the two heroes, Jake not far behind.

"What do you mean?" Hannah asked.

"Chaos came and knocked you two out, we had to stop him ourselves."

"Did it really happen, Dan?" Hannah asked. Dan smiled.

"I think so." He said.

… … … … …

"So Fate has broke free of my grasp. That's just one more problem in my life to take care of. It's time for my Dark harvest to begin."

End Chapter

Dark Harvest? What is Chaos talking about? Find out in the next installment of Chaos reign! Dang… I sound like one of those advertisers.