Legacy.
Chapter Six:
Angel awoke early to the sound of running footsteps. She and Nosedive had only been in Avalon a month and had been learning a lot of magic and Nosedive was learning to use a sword as well. She made a face when she heard running footsteps and hoped it wasn't one of the more enthusiastic maids offering to do something random for 'the lost princess' as they kept calling her. She got up and walked over to her bedroom door, pulling on her robe as she did so and took a peek outside. There were guards running all over the place, some looking scared others determined.
"What's going on?" Angel called to one of them.
"Saurian overlords are trying to break the seal to Avalon, highness!" He replied, gave a little bow and ran off. Angel didn't need any more explanation. She went back into her room and got dressed then went to find the current ruler, Queen Sylph.
"Why didn't anyone call me?" Angel demanded as she entered the throne room to find Sylph, her general and Nosedive gathered around a table in the centre.
"Everything is under control right now," the general replied, "We did not wish to worry you princess."
"Yeah relax girl," Dive said, "they haven't even broken the seal yet!"
"However you say Draganus' mate was known as Maleficent?" Sylph asked getting back to the conversation she had been having with the two men.
"That's right." Angel answered.
"Then we may not have as much time as we think," Sylph looked at her general, "gather as many sorcerers as you can and we will need as many able bodied warriors as possible."
"Your majesty?" Angel held up her hand slightly as if in school, "I heard a rumour my ancestors were here, why not ask them to help."
"I'm afraid your ancestors grew weary of the 'quiet life' shall we say and left quite some time ago. I believe they died a grand old age together." Sylph told the younger fey.
"Oh, so what's the deal with Maleficent anyway?" Angel asked trying to hide her disappointment, "I mean she's just another saurian isn't she?"
"Quite possibly. But there is a chance that she is something else as well," Sylph cast a spell and an orb of light formed in front of her and slowly pictures began to form, "centuries ago there were no saurians, only Mazouko or monsters." The orb started to show monsters and saurians. "These monsters took many shapes and forms and eventually there was one that appeared calling herself Maleficent she was worse than many of her counterparts and killed many different beings throughout the world. She eventually became known as a saurian and she created more saurians in her image. There was never any record of her death and monsters can live forever unless slain by someone. If this is the same monster then . . ." the ground shook and everyone looked up at the ceiling.
"I fear we have our answer majesty," the general said, "I will go and do as you have asked." He bowed and left quickly.
"Princess Atchika will you go and tell the maids that they must return to their families by my order?" Sylph smiled at the girl who nodded and also ran off to do her small errand.
"What about me your majesty?" Nosedive asked.
"I wish to ask you something."
"Go ahead." Dive replied feeling a little uncomfortable by himself, with the queen of a magical kingdom.
"In order to stop Maleficent we may have to destroy this reality," Sylph told him and carried on before he could object, "Angel, as you call her is capable of casting the spell that can achieve the desired affect and the saurians will never darken your planet again." She sighed and looked at the teen, "However I doubt that you wish for her to be responsible for such a thing, am I right?"
"I can't let her die," Nosedive clenched his fists, "I won't. She's never done anything but fight why should she die fighting?"
"My sentiments exactly," she placed a comforting hand on his shoulder and offered him a weak smile, "you my dear boy show great potential as both a swordsman and a sorcerer, despite this I could not possibly teach you the spell needed quickly enough without boosting your power somehow. I have another spell that will borrow this power from Princess Atchika and give it to you. Then you could cast the spell in her place, thus saving her."
"But if I destroy this whole reality then won't she die too?" Dive asked feeling his mouth dry up.
"I will send her to another reality where it will be safe for her and she will have the chance of living the life she should have had." Sylph lifted Dive's beak so he was looking at her, "I know it is a lot to ask and how much you wish to find your brother once again but my power comes from the light so I cannot cast the spell needed. And the only one with enough is Atchika."
"I'll do it," he said quietly gritting his teeth trying not to think about what that meant, "just do something for me okay?"
"Anything."
"Make her forget."
"But why would you . . ?"
"I don't want her to be sad I want her to be happy," Dive told the queen, "I haven't know her for all that long but if she knew I died when it should have been her then she'll blame herself. She's kinda like my brother like that." Dive said, "Oh yeah and is there anyway you could tell my brother I love him and not to worry. You know tell him something nice like I lived happily ever after with Angel will ya?"
"I can do better than that boy now come with me we have much to do." Sylph led him to a secret chamber behind the throne room and explained the spell and how it would work and assured him it would be relatively quick and she gave him some magic armour to wear so that he could cast it in the right place without getting killed first. Then she cast a spell for him and suddenly he was on Puckworld, only he wasn't. His people couldn't see him and some seemed to walk straight through him.
"Queen Sylph?" Dive asked panicking that he'd died already. He turned in a full circle and she was there glowing a golden colour.
"Don't be afraid child I thought you might wish to see your brother one last time," she held up her hands and the scenery began to move and they were speeding through mountains and forests until they stopped at a large manor house, outside children played in the garden and in the porch sat a tall white feathered duck.
"Wildwing?" Nosedive called and the other duck jolted out of a doze. Wildwing looked up trying to get the cobwebs out of his head and saw an image he'd seen only in his dreams lately. He walked up to it and noticed out of the corner of his eye that everything seemed to have stopped as if frozen in time.
"Hey bro?" Nosedive's voice cracked.
"Dive?" Wildwing wasn't sure if what was happening was real or in his imagination.
"It's me," Dive said yearning to hug his brother but noticed Wing was looking at Sylph, "oh this is the queen of Avalon, Sylph, she helped me see you again before . . ." Dive stopped and looked down at the ground suddenly scared out of his mind.
"Before what?" Wildwing demanded.
"Listen Wing, there's something I've got ta do man," Dive paused tying to find the words, "I won't see you again after this so I just wanted to say how much I love you."
"What are you talking about?" Wing started to panic.
"The saurians, they're still a threat and the only way to stop them for good is to do something that'll end up killing me."
"What! No, I won't let you!" Wildwing tried to grab his brother by the shoulders but his hands went straight through.
"I'm not really here bro, its magic," Dive smiled putting on a brave face, "tell everyone I love them and not to worry about me. I don't know what happens when you die so if there is a heaven or something maybe I'll see ya there," Nosedive began to fade and Wildwing started to shake his head, "Thank for everything big brother." The nosedive was gone.
"He is a hero you know," Wildwing looked up to see Sylph still there, "he agreed to this to save Princess Atchika's life."
"Angel? She's alive too?" Wildwing asked, "What about Canard he was looking for her?"
"He is safe on the earth you occupied for a time," she told him, "he will find out what has happened soon enough and his new saurian friends will help him find his way home to you. Atchika will live thought this but your friend must not know, it was his expressed wish that she be able to live the life she should have had. He wishes me to make her forget even him rather than allow her to mourn his death."
"But why?" Wildwing sobbed, "He's just a kid."
"Sometimes it is the children who save us all. I am truly sorry that it had to come to this, please be comforted in the fact that he died a hero. Goodbye puckworlder." She vanished and everything was moving again.
"Wildwing?" Roxy came out of the house followed by Duke and found her new husband sobbing on the grass.
"I have everything prepared." The general said to Sylph, "we are ready for battle as soon as you give the word."
"Where's Angel?" Nosedive asked as he pulled on his armour.
"I believe she is preparing for battle my lord." General Balthazar replied bowing slightly.
"She doesn't know about it does she?" Nosedive asked addressing Sylph.
"No she knows nothing of our intentions," she told him sheathing a sword, "all is prepared for her. I have an escape pod from an old ship that crashed on the outer lands many years ago, that will suffice. Are you ready Nosedive?"
"As I'll ever be." Nosedive said unenthusiastically and walked off towards Angel's room where he found her in her old pirate outfit, "a little light weight for all out war isn't it?"
"I don't like all that weight it slows me down." She replied pulling some of her hair back and tying it with a ribbon.
"Angel?" Dive started not sure how to get her to do what he wanted.
"Yes?" She turned to face him and he smiled.
"You take care of yourself okay."
"I'll be fine we'll waste these invaders then we'll get you back home and. . ." Angel stopped when the tears fell down his face.
"I won't be going home," Dive said feeling terror seep into him, "I love you Angel."
"What's going on?" Angel said steeping away from him then glanced right just in time to see Sylph throw a spell at her and she was encased inside a transparent bubble, "Let me go! Nosedive?"
"I'm sorry girl but you don't deserve what's gonna happen." Dive said placing his hand against the bubble then looked at Sylph who'd been muttering an incantation.
"Transfer!" as Sylph yelled the power words Angel and Nosedive screamed as they were engulfed in a blinding red light. Nosedive wasn't sure how long had passed before he was able to gather his senses again and when he got up a pair of blue eyes stared back at him. He blinked; Angel's eyes should be red! He turned to find a mirror and saw in the reflection his own eyes had taken on her red colour and he felt energy throughout his body.
"What are you doing!" Angel sobbed.
"Stopping the saurians from hurting anyone ever again." Nosedive told her then smiled, "And you get to go be a real girl from now on, not some space pirate wanted by everyone in the universe."
"I don't . . ."
"Sleeping!" Nosedive said as he pressed his hand against the bubble and she instantly dropped to the floor. "You'll send her somewhere safe right?"
"Of course Lord Nosedive." Sylph bowed slightly, surprising him a bit. "Please go now General Balthazar is waiting for your orders." Sylph watched him go then waved her hand and both she and Angel appeared in her private garden. "I knew your mother child and I made a promise to her once." Another wave and the pod Angel was to be teleported in appeared on the grass, "I promised that if anything happened to her family that I would take care of her children. You are the last of Seyuri's children and I intend to keep my promise." The queen cast another spell, "you will not know who you are when you awaken but I will not leave you defenceless I will leave you your sword fighting ability and your martial arts skill." She waved her hand once more and a small note fluttered into the pod along with the still sleeping Angel. Sylph deactivated Angel's bracelet and magically created some ordinary clothes for the teen then carefully placed the bracelet and Angel's old energy sword in with her in case she should need it. "Farewell lost princess of the fey, may the gods keep you well and may you live the life you always wanted." Sylph chanted more words this time in an ancient forgotten language, this magic had been used against the saurians before but instead of using it to destroy she intended to send the last child of her reality, of her people, where she would not die and where the fates knew she could find some happiness. "Scrraxi!" The pod vanished in a flash of golden light and the queen left for the battle which she could already feel raging outside her palace wall.
"Gaav flare!" Nosedive yelled blasting another wave of saurians then turned and threw a fire ball.
"My lord there are at least one hundred advancing from that direction!" A soldier not much older than him said looking terrified. Nosedive looked over and wondered. Angel had been able to do much more advanced spells than he could if he had the power to do the spell Sylph had taught him . . .
"Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows, buried in the flow of time is where your power grows, I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand against the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand," Nosedive could feel the immense power in the spell he was casting and almost stopped but then gritted his teeth and yelled the power words, "DRAGON SLAVE!" A huge ball of red energy emerged in front of his outstretched palms and the ball hurtled towards the saurian army, charbroiling every one of them.
"Come Lord Nosedive this way!" Sylph appeared in front of him and he immediately followed the fairy queen who led him to a large stone tablet, "You must cast the spell and aim it at this place hurry!" Nosedive nodded and began the spell, a forbidden spell.
"Darkness beyond blackest pitch, deeper than the deepest night, king of darkness who shines like gold against the sea of chaos, I call upon thee and swear myself to thee, let the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess!" Nosedive felt the energy again and once more felt a moment of impending doom and then remembered the camps, his friends, all the people and lives the saurians had destroyed and felt more determined than ever, "GIGA SLAVE!" He felt the spell surge and as instructed he allowed it to go out of control. He cried out in pain as the spell started to slowly suck his life away before he and everything in the reality around him became a void of nothingness. The war was won, he was the hero he'd always wanted to be but no one would live to know, he could not enjoy the praise he so often craved.
Wildwing finished the last paragraph and took off his glasses. He was old and withered now but he still remembered it like it was yesterday, he and the others had had a tomb stone made for Nosedive commemorating him and how he had save them. Canard had returned six years after had last seen Nosedive and Sylph with Saria and Alicia and they had gone to a secluded part of Puckworld where they would not be feared and taunted for what they were. The team visited them as often as they could. Duke was now dead, having died of old age safe and warm in his bed. Mallory had become a high ranking officer in the Puckworld Special Forces. Tanya a renowned scientist. Grin had disappeared soon after Wildwing had told them of Nosedive's fate, but there were rumours of a wise duck living in the mountains willing to teach any worthy of his teachings. And Roxy and himself? Well they'd had five kids who now had their own and lived happily ever after never forgetting what they had been through and who they had to thank for never having to worry about saurians again.
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Whoopee! I finished, I finished! Wow I finally figured out how to end this! Just to note some of the spells I used like 'Gaav flare', the 'giga slave' and the 'Dragon Slave' while not word perfect are borrowed from Hajime Kanzaka's slayers novels etc and I am not claiming and never have claimed that they are my creation. Anywho I hope you liked it and just to tickle your imagination Angel my turn up in one of my other stories, you never know! Toodles Angel xxx! P.S. please review good or bad!
