Chapter 5: Lost in a Fog, the appearance of the Black Ice Sorceress
After leaving the End of Time, Marle and Magus exited the time gate. When she exited, Marle landed on her head.
"Ouch!" she yelled.
She looked around and saw a thick fog surrounding her, but Magus was nowhere to be found.
"Magus?" she yelled out.
She was answered by silence.
"Magus! Where are you? "She yelled again.
"Magus isn't here! But I am." A female voice answered.
"Who? Who's there?" Marle asked. "Can you help me find my way out of here?"
"Sure I can..." the voice answered. "But I won't! Hehehe"
"That's not very nice!" Marle said pissed.
"Neither am I." The voice answered again. " I want to kill you. But it wouldn't be any fun if you couldn't see me."
"What did you say!? You want to kill me." Marle said as she drew her Crossbow and loaded it.
"I believe you know your way out of this canyon!" the voice answered. "Even through this fog, it should be no problem. Leave and we shall meet again very soon. By the way, I am Estellia, of the Black Ice. Remember my name, for it shall be the name of the one who kills you."
She let out an evil chuckle before her voice faded away.
"How dare she speak to ME like that!?" Marle yelled. "If anyone's going to die it's YOU!"
Marle knew that Estellia was right about her knowing her way out. She headed for the edge of the canyon, hoping she might find Magus.
A half hour later she reached it with no problem. She could see the fog was clearing up.
Clang!
She heard the sound of metal crashing. She held out her crossbow, knowing there was a battle going on nearby. She saw several flashes of light. The fog soon cleared up completely and she saw Magus fly into the air and blast several knights wearing black armor with Fire magic. All of them disintegrated into thin air. Magus landed and stuck the end of his scythe into the ground. Just then he heard a rumble in the bushes behind him. A knight jumped at him but fell short due to an arrow in his side. The arrow belonged to Marle. She walked toward Magus.
"Are you okay?" she asked him.
"I'm still alive aren't I?" he said. "Anyway something weird is going on."
"You're right!" she said.
She told him the story about how Estellia had threatened her. A cold wind blew through the air. Magus lowered his head. Marle could see he had a puzzled look in his eyes.
"Let's go to Guardia Castle!" he said. "Maybe the fool, the King might know something about these knights and that woman you spoke of. Maybe even that stupid Frog knows something."
"That's my ancestor you're talkin about!" Marle yelled.
"Well I've never liked anybody in the direct bloodline of that fool. That goes for you too." Magus said. "But anyway I believe that those knights and... Estellia are connected. Those knights weren't human either."
He then walked off, leaving Marle standing there with a pissed look on her face.
"WELL I NEVER LIKED YOU EITHER YOU BASTARD!!!" she screamed and ran after him.