All right everyone, this is it. This is the last chapter of this story. Don't worry, there is another story after this one and it shouldn't take too long for me to write the first chapter of that one (cross your fingers). Anyway, thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed, or even just read. I couldn't do all of this without you guys so thanks is never enough. Thank you, thank you! Anyway, here's the last chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 20: The Dark Lord Returns

Storm woke up in a small chamber. She was laying inside of it and she could recognize the room that she was in. It was the same room where Colette had been taken to when Martel was temporarily resurrected. Storm was feeling very trapped where she was and she wanted out of her small prison as she began to bang on the walls forcefully. It all reminded her too much of her dreams and she wanted to make sure that the ending wasn't the same.

Suddenly, two figures walked into the room. She noticed that it was Sutra followed closely by Anna. Storm still couldn't believe that her own daughter had turned against her as she decided to try and talk some sense into her before it was too late.

"Anna, why are you doing this?" Storm asked her angrily as she continued to pound on the chamber.

"It's because of what you've done to me over these years that you're in there," Anna yelled back at her.

"I don't understand Anna," Storm called.

"Don't you get it yet? I hate you Mom! You've ruined my life. You kept all of this away from me on purpose, you didn't want me to more powerful than you," Anna told her viciously.

Storm was very taken aback by her harsh words. She felt the tears begin to well up in her eyes as she looked at her daughter in horror. She then understood. She knew that she had done a horrible job raising Anna and that she never should have kept secrets from her all these years. Storm began to think that she really did deserve what was coming. Storm looked around her a little more carefully as she tried to figure out where she was exactly. It then hit her as she realized that she was in the same thing that Colette was placed in when she became Martel's vessel.

"Do you like the little machine you're in Storm? It's the same one Mithos used to try and revive his sister. I've linked his crystal with this machine and reversed the process. Now your mana is going to the crystal," Sutra said happily as she gazed at the machine, picturing her dream becoming a reality.

"What about the angels up here? How did you get around all of them?" Storm asked.

"That was easy, they believe that Anna is the one who is now in charge, she defeated you after all. Now, she's the queen of Derris-Kharlan," Sutra replied with a small laugh.

Storm had given up by now, she knew that her end was near and that she had no choice in the matter. She could only hope that she didn't have enough mana or that the whole process wouldn't work. Either way, Storm was going to die unless she had enough mana to revive him. That is, unless there was a miracle.

"Well Storm it's time to start. I hope you had a good life because this is the end," Sutra told her as she walked over to the control panel. Storm looked at Anna one more time. She knew that she would have given her life for her daughter but she didn't expect Anna to hang around with Sutra anyway. It didn't matter, Storm would always love her daughter no matter how much Anna hated her.

Sutra pressed the switch that initiated the mana transfer process. Storm felt a wave of pain spread over her body as her energy was sucked out of her. Storm screamed out in pain as she felt as every nerve ending jumped in a shock of pain. The mana that was leaving Storm was moving up towards Mithos' crystal as it formed into one crystal. The mana then began to create his body. It started with his chest, where the crystal was attached, and moved out in a wave. Storm could feel her life beginning to leave her as she struggled to stay awake. She was afraid that if she knocked out it would all be over for her.

Finally, after what seemed like hours of excruciating pain to Storm she finally felt all the pain leave. The machine had stopped and she was still alive. She had almost no energy left and she sighed a bit of relief as she allowed herself to slip into unconsciousness letting the pain leave her.

Sutra looked upon the place where the crystal once laid as she looked at a small twelve year old boy. She hoped that it had worked completely, hoping that he was actually alive. She gazed at the boy as he slowly opened his eyes and took in his surroundings. He slowly got to his feet and looked around the room, quickly recognizing it. He then saw that there were two people standing below him as he used the power of his crystal to transform himself into the more powerful Lord Yggdrasil of legend.

"Who do I owe the thanks of my revival?" Yggdrasil asked his small crowd below.

"I am Sutra my lord and I have worked hard to revive you. This is Anna and she helped out as well. We wish to serve you to help aid the half-elves," Sutra said as she moved forward and bowed to him, soon followed by Anna who did the same.

Yggdrasil looked over the two of them. He noticed that Sutra was a half-elf herself, but there was something very familiar about the human girl.

"Do I know you from somewhere?" Yggdrasil asked Anna as he walked closer to her.

"This is Storm's daughter. She wishes to work for Cruxis and she has proven to be quite faithful," Sutra replied for her.

Yggdrasil walked up to her and grabbed her chin as he looked at her face. "A full-blooded human I see. I suppose that means that Storm didn't marry Forcystus like I had planned for her. You do look like her though," Yggdrasil said as he released his hold on Anna. "What happened to Storm?" he asked, curious to see what had happened to his pupil.

Sutra pointed over to the small chamber that Storm was still in. Sutra had no idea if she was even still alive after all of that. Yggdrasil walked over to the chamber and opened it up and felt for her pulse. He could tell that she was still alive as he pulled her out of it and laid her on the ground. "That will be all, take the young girl away and leave me with Storm while I wait for her to wake up," Yggdrasil ordered as Sutra and Anna walked out of the room happily.

Some time later Storm slowly opened her eyes and looked around the room. She could tell that she was no longer in the chamber, and realized that she had survived the mana transfer. Suddenly, she someone moving towards her, but she didn't have the strength to move to look at them. They figure walked in front of her to see. Storm went into a panic as she saw Yggdrasil looking her in the face with a smirk on his face.

"Storm, it's been awhile. Don't think that I haven't forgotten what you did to me. Believe me, I won't let you forget it either," he said as he kicked her violently in the side. Storm couldn't even defend herself as he continued to forcefully kick at her, causing her to cry out in pain each time. Suddenly, he picked her up by the front of her shirt as he pulled her off the ground to look him in the eyes. Storm's body lay limp as she was unable to move anything from lack of energy and fear of pain. Yggdrasil looked her over like he had done with Anna.

"You look the same as the day I died. You will live forever," he said. "Now, you won't defy me again, will you? I think you need a little bit of retraining though, it's been awhile," he told her with a laugh as he threw her across the room before leaving again as Storm lay in a clump on the floor.

Mithos left the room to find Sutra so he could catch up on everything he had missed out on. Sutra saw him and immediately went up to him after he waved her towards him.

"So, who all is still alive of the Chosen's group?" he asked her.

"All are alive including Kratos and Yuan," Sutra replied.

"And who is the child's father?" Mithos asked.

"Zelos Wilder, the Chosen of Tethe'alla," Sutra replied, almost disgusted at the thought.

"And what of the Desian Cardinals?" he asked her.

"All dead at the hands of the Chosen's group," Sutra answered sadly.

"Well, I think that taking away Storm's emotions is the wrong way to train her. It didn't work last time so I'll try something different this time. I believe that this time I'll use her emotions to control her. Before long she'll be at her friends and family's throats," he laughed. "I will get my revenge!"

Well, that's it for this story. Well, I mean this isn't really a cliffie. Mithos is back Storm is under his control again, for now. And the rest of the group has no idea that she's even alive still. Anyway, let me know what you thought and get ready for the next section to this series. Be prepared, the next one will be really dark, kind of like Child of Cruxis. Anyway, please review and tell me what you thought.