Chapter 4 - Sacrifice

Eclipse knew what he must do. The crystal was a powerful source of magic given to him by a travelling demon lord. This magic enabled Eclipse to cast spells depending on his emotion. This was the reason for Eclipse's impressive fire extinguishing skills in Raenef's room. But Raenef was too weak to control this power and his emotions were too strong. Eclipse knew that the only way to save Raenef; was to destroy the crystal and the one who held its magic - Eclipse. He didn't want to die - but he knew he must save his master... Although it was more than that. Watching Raenef being tortured by his own power; Eclipse realised that he cared about him much more than as a servant or even as a friend - and therefore would do anything to save him. So he did.

Eclipse ran past Raenef and his tornado, down the winding corridors and up hundreds of stairs. And eventually he found the crystal. He knew that to destroy it, he would have to use its magic - the magic within him. But at the same time, Eclipse would be sacrificing himself.

Eclipse started the ritual, uttering every word knowing that they were some of his last. The crystal grew darker and darker, moving ever closer to its end.

"Chris! What do we do?" Erutis was frantic.

"I dunno..." Chris was rather in shock, which seemed to annoy Erutis.

"Why can't you do anything right?" She glared at him.

"Why do you have to be so mean all the time? If it wasn't for you then Raenef wouldn't even have found that thing that made him all... whirlwindy!"

"ONE: That's not even a word! TWO: I'm not mean I'm... Perfectly civil!" Erutis was getting very frustrated by this point.

"You're not civil! You're mean and isolated. You need to let people know what's going on with you and maybe then people will like you!"

"You don't like me?" Chris knew he had said the wrong thing so quickly replied:

"I like you! I do!" Though it didn't sound terribly convincing...

"That's it!" Erutis snapped, "You're dumped!" And with that, she flounced out of the room, leaving Chris with a Raenef Tornado.

"What the...?"

"Hell must be better than this," Eclipse thought, as he fought through the pain, desperately trying to complete the ritual and destroy the crystal. He could hear Raenef screaming, his own heart pounding and the crystal wailing.

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Yes it was short... but dramatic!

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