(Eraklyon)
"Let's go digital..." Dosian remarked, not caring if what he said was a pun or not.
"I like the way you think Captain... Just what I would have picked." Sky replied enthusiastically.
"If I may be so bold sire... Why is it you reacted so... Well, at the very least excited at the idea of destroying the digital realm?" The Captain asked.
"Well, Dosian, that's a very good question indeed. For you see... One of my old... Let's just say comrades, lives there. And well, destroying her would pique an old friends attention, and let's just say that this friend is already on the verge of self-destruction." The King paused for effect and then continued. "And I'm not particularly fond," The king snickered, knowing that his inner self was still far more then fond of this person. "Of her anymore, so I thought it'd be nice to give her a push in the direction of death. For, as you know, she is the only one that could put a stop to my plans." Or rather, Mother's plans… The hypnotized king thought to himself. "So, the deeper into the ditches she goes, the more chance we have of no disturbance."
"Very wise my King, may I inquire as to the identity of these two friends of yours?" Dosian questioned.
"Do you happen to remember Queen Bloom of Sparx?" The King replied.
"Yes actually, who could forget those long locks of red fire?" Dosian licked his lips, his mind hatching plans that were very vile indeed.
"Well, she's the one that could stop our plans," Sky said and glanced at his Captain.
"Ah, would that be because she holds the Dragon Fi…" Dosian began but was cut off by an unexpected put down from Sky.
"Never mention that! If anyone were to hear that she were a contender in this grand scheme we would be in major trouble... And trust me! If those soldiers hear hide or hair of the fact that the all powerful Queen of Sparx, holder of the Dragon Fire could possibly intervene. They would scatter and run as if the ground under their feet were turning into molten lava. And seeing that it's Bloom we're dealing with, that is very well possible, considering her temper and tendency to gush fire when she's angry!"
"Sorry, Your Highness..."
"No time for apologies... We must make plans to attack." The King said, cobalt blue eyes flashing.
"Sir, you never did tell me the name of your other friend.." Dosian said, gently reminding him. (Or, in some terms, patently fearing for his life)
"Ah yes, her name is Techna, and if we destroy her... My precious little Bloom's heart shall shatter into even tinier pieces. Giving us even more hope that she shall not attack."
"It is an honor to be under the rule of such a wise King." The man at arms replied, saying the word king, as if it meant that Sky was a god.
"I am glad you think so Dosian." He had noticed the phrasing of king, and decided to give Dosian a bit of praise. "Many of my subjects have been too busy questioning my sanity lately, to properly do their trades." And by trades he meant groveling at his feet.
"Have you punished them sir?"
"Oh yes, what kind of King would I be if I did not?"
"Not a very good one sir..." Dosian replied, a bit scared he had used too bold of words.
"Exactly, and that, my dear Dosian is why we attack the Binary Galaxy by dawn tomorrow."
"I look forward to it my King."
"You are dismissed Dosian." With that Captain Dosian nodded and started for the door. Sky had other ideas, yet again being one of those people who talked before they were done.
"Ah, Dosian?"
"Yes my King," he said as he turned slowly around.
"If you do happen to find Miss Techna, bring her to me immediately."
"Dead or alive?" Dosian replied scathingly.
"Alive, it adds a twang of joy to it when you torture them first."
"As you wish My Lord," Dosian said and then gave off a little, menacing, chuckle.
"I do so believe that the Binary Galaxy will prove to be more fun destroying then I previously thought..." Sky said and then added his own chuckle to Dosian's.
(Binary Galaxy)
There was a valley in the Binary Galaxy that was once called The Tranquility Meadow... Or sometimes 'Peace Valley'. Depending on the person.
In that valley many people spent much of their time... And though this place happened to be a digital realm... It didn't matter to the inhabitants because they, as much as any other person, needed fresh air and a bit of quiet once in a while.
To them this place was like finding the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, so serene and colorful. As if it itself were part of another realm...
It is rather ironic then, that this valley was the one picked by the king of Eraklyon to be the site of the war. He chose it for a number of reasons actually... For one he thought it was fun to ruin the Binary Galaxy's pride and joy. For two, all of the orchards and farms that surrounded it had more then enough supplies to sustain his army of well over 20,000 fighting men. And for three, what better way to shatter the people's hope for the future, then by destroying the one thing they coveted most?
It was with that very thing, that the meadow earned its new name... Oh no, it was not pretty, like the previous names had been... This name came of a more sinister nature... And I leave you here, to hear the story before I dare speak those names aloud...
The King stomped across the valley, stopping occasionally to clap a man hard on the back in congratulations... Or more often then not to taunt the half dead survivors of the opposite side that lay sprawled on the ground... That is how he came across the one captive that he wanted... Techna.
She had been walking across the meadow... Searching for any of the few left living, when she came across him...
Her original thought had been that he had simply come to make sure that she was ok... For poor Techna, she had had no idea whatsoever at the time that the king had evidently turned evil. I guess in a way that you could blame Bloom for it... But before one could make any judgments... One should stop for a second and think... What would one do if one had just had one's heart broken? Certainly not run off to one's friends and let them make wise cracks about how stupid the very man one once loved so much was.
Poor Techna, she had had no clue, and it was no ones fault, even if Bloom could be blamed a bit. None the less, today she becomes a captive. "Oh Sky!" The purple haired, British accented fairy cried with relief at seeing a friend.
"Techna." He replied indifferently. "So nice to see you..."
At least that's what she thinks, he thought to himself.
"Oh Sky!" She repeated. "Have you seen what they've done?"
"How could I not, it surrounds us on all sides. My dear, do tell, what has happened here?"
"Can you not see? A war has just happened, there were 10L 5J Metroloid Canikli 67I 32..." Suddenly she trailed off as a sweet scent hit her nostrils.
"Nostargius Canofolus..." She said to herself. "Sky! The extracts from that plant, when breathed can induce a hyper sonil slee... sl... sleep." She said finally as she plummeted to the ground in a death like slumber.
"Foolish girl... Thinking I'd actually come to help her." The king said to no one in particular.
"Very foolish indeed," A familiar voice said behind him.
"Musa, I'm surprised you got out unscathed as you did... How?" He replied as he put his hands behind his back and uncorked a different vile that didn't contain a sleeping draught, but something fairly stronger...
"What's that behind your back Sky?" She said, alarmed now, and realizing her stupidity at coming to the enemy right after she had escaped.
"I hope you like the sweet smell of harmoine." Sky told her.
"Oh, dear God..." Musa said, her voice shaking the entire time.
"Because that's the last thing you're ever going to smell." He remarked.
As the fumes of the dried harmoine curled into her nostrils the only thing that she could think... The last thing she could ever think was: Bloom, I hope you know what he's doing to us, and you save the others, before it's really too late... As that thought ended, the black surrounded her on all sides as her eyes fluttered shut for the last time...
Musa was dead... Forever, nothing could ever bring her back… Not even Bloom and her miraculous concoction…
So that was how the Valley got its new name, and no, it is not pretty. No longer shall it be called Tranquility Meadow, or Peace Valley, no, that would be a lie… Because now, all it could ever be was a blood stained field full of black trees and flowers of ash, it would never again feel joy, because there, in the very middle was a grave. The headstone had musical notes on it, but there was no name, because everyone knew what the notes meant, it meant that there lie a princess underneath their feet, one that would never sing again because her friend had been too late, and because she had been betrayed. Now, she was doomed to lie in her field of death, her field, the one that was named after her….
Musa's Last Breath
Big sorry to Musa fans! But it had to be done! Not that I hate Musa or anything, it just goes with this plot line!
-Crystal Hauntress