Chapter 21

The arrow was shot, and although it missed Celestin it still struck him like a fatal thrust of a sword in the heart. It was unbearable, and even though he knew it was just Mythalia under the influence of someone else, her words struck him like lightening on a spring day full of sorrow pouring in torrents of rain. Regaining his memories was the worst thing he could have done in his lifetime, it only seemed to lead up to more pain in his present life. Celestin and Mythalia's eyes remained lock, but there was no attraction as before in their graduating years. Belldandy appeared at her mentor's side only to see undying pain in his eyes. The silence was unnerving, and everything between the three of them remained silent, until Mythalia raised her hand up for another attack with another bow and arrow. As she shot the arrow, Belldandy took her staff, and twisted it creating a shield reflecting Mythalia's attack. Suddenly taken by surprise, she was pinned down by Serenata Jade, as her own angel, Holy Bell fought off the enemy's advance.

                "Is there no hope?" he whispered softly against the wind, while everyone else fought bravely to protect the area.

Aurora fought alongside Trakin, and much to her dismay it felt as if something were reconnected between the both of them fighting as they did. As Naiads surrounded them with their bows and arrows drawn all trained on the both of them in the middle, Aurora transformed into her fairy form. Points of pink graced her cheeks, and her wings were a gradient of red fading to pink at the tips of the wings. Stretching back her arms as she emerged from a fetal position, the moonlight glistened upon her figure akin to glitter. Twirling her arm in the air, a swirl of glittering energy spiraled down her arm gathering into an attack. Gracefully, she released a lasso of energy from her hand knocking down the opponents that were closing in on her and Trakin. As she fought her battle moving farther away from Trakin's location, her ears picked up some foreign sound causing her to halt all movement, as the enemy still closed in on her.

                "Aurora! Watch out!" Trakin shouted, disappearing into stars of light and rematerializing over her figure, as he wrapped his arms around her taking an attack from a dryad in the tree that had launched an attack on Aurora.

                "Trakin! What…what did you do that for?" she spoke turning around to face the god, who had been smiling faintly placing all thoughts of the pain out of his mind.

                "Because I love you too much to see you get hurt Aurora. Anyway, it's nothing much…" he spoke, standing up, and aiming an attack at all the dryads resting in the trees, and spreading his energy in circle around them to destroy the other nymphs that surrounded them. Falling to his knees, he started to fall under the poison spell cast upon him as a result of the attack.

                "I could have handled it on my own…"

                "You can't always work alone Aurora…" he lifted up into the sky clearly drained of all energy, as Aurora followed suit watching as he floated over to assist Urd, who was taking on the dryads all on her own at this time.

                "Speak for yourself!" she called out to him, as he cast another powerful attack obliterating the enemies that were attacking Urd from behind. "You're such a stubborn fool…" she whispered softly flying over to assist Morgan and Skuld on the other end with the nymphs of the mountains, the oreads, which were plentiful.

"You're injured Trakin…" Urd said watching as he landed next to her. As she reached out a hand to help him, he retreated. "You shouldn't be fighting in the condition you are in."

"This is the only way I can prove myself." He spoke, casting another attack on the enemies that surrounded them, and destroying the last few.

"What are you taking about Trakin?" Urd inquired, as he lifted himself up into the air once more, crouching over in pain, "You'll only kill yourself if you try to use another attack!"

"This is the only way I can confirm my beliefs. I know what I'm doing Urd! So…" he shouted taking the defensive, but not having the power to sustain, as he fell to the ground falling into the arms of Urd's angel, World of Elegance. From a distance, Aurora could see him falling from the high altitude straight into World of Elegance's arms. Reaching a hand up slightly to reach out for him, she retreated and turned back to her fight, a tear escaping the barrier of her eyes.

"Is there not a chance that all I have lived and died for might come true…?" he rose up to Mythalia's position, and touched her skin, which was cold as ice. Instantaneously like a shot of betrayal, Mythalia brought her hand to his chest, and touched his heart stinging him with the final drop of the poison of Reanin.

"Dreams are dreams…not reality. Feel the stinging reality of life, Celestin." Mythalia spoke, as Celestin lowered himself to the ground, a hand over his heart, "Fall back to the dust from whence you came. Idle banter will not change my heart, remember that." As Celestin knelt down on the ground doubling over in pain, the poison spread slowly making a slow transformation. Disappearing into the darkness, Mythalia left with her signature trail of leaves behind all covered in darkness, dropping the chain that sealed the power of the poison within her hand.