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Chapter 15: Origin

Mithos and his group made their way through all the twists and turns of the forest as they traveled towards Origin's seal. Mithos was still running his plan through his head one more time, hoping that it would allow him access to the pact with Origin, and ultimately to the Eternal Sword. Thankfully, being a half-elf, he wouldn't have to worry about the Eternal Ring. All he had to worry about was getting Origin to form a pact with one of the young children. If Origin did agree to form a pact, he also had to worry about the fight that would soon follow. Fortunately, he had brought along three extra angels for the occasion.

Soon, the group managed to reach a small clearing the middle of the dense forest. Martel and Kagerou looked at each other, wondering what was going to happen next. Mithos was ready to see what would happen himself, but he hoped that at least one of the children would be able to form a pact. He looked to the two kids, who were both standing next to one another, too nervous to do much of anything. They had no idea what was happening, and they were starting to question Anna and Storm's intentions, especially since their Aunt Storm was acting so different.

"Are you ready for your test?" Anna asked the two. They just stared at her, wanting to just go back home and forget the whole summoner profession altogether.

"Are you sure that Mom wanted us to do this?" Kagerou asked, still not completely trustworthy.

"Of course, why wouldn't she? I mean, you'd have to do this eventually, so why not when the whole world has been taken over by Sutra and the Desians," Anna explained.

This answer seemed to satisfy the two siblings. They knew that their mom probably thought that they were too young to do this, but they also knew that in times of war and tragedy that she would want them to fight. The two stepped forward as Mithos led them to where they would form the pact. Mithos ordered Storm to come with them, he had something planned for her.

"Go ahead, step over there and he should come out. I'll help you along when he comes. Don't get nervous, you'll do just fine," Mithos told them as they both walked ahead towards a stone tablet.

As soon as they walked forward, the stone tablet in front of them began to glow. A bright flash appeared as everyone in the group looked up to see the summon spirit Origin hovering above them. He looked down at the now terrified children. Origin looked slightly confused, but understood more of the situation as he looked farther, seeing Mithos and Storm not too far away.

"What do you wish?" Origin asked.

"Tell him what you're here to do," Mithos advised the children who were frozen from fear of the terrifying creature in front of them.

"I...I'm here to form a pact with you," Kagerou stuttered.

"I am already bound by a pact," Origin informed him. Kagerou looked back at Mithos, hoping for some sort of advise.

"Tell them that you wish to cancel that pact," Mithos ordered him.

"I wish for you to cancel your pact with them, and form a new one with me," Kagerou wished.

"Under what conditions do you believe the current pact-maker to be unworthy? She has not been the pact-maker for very long," Origin asked.

At this point Mithos stepped forward, along with Anna who was behind with the angels. "Lloyd and Sheena have not upheld their end of the pact. They vowed to create a place where all can live freely. That still does not exist. Half-elves are still being discriminated against, and they're doing nothing to change it. Have you even been offered to help solve that problem?" Mithos answered for him.

"And don't forget about them vowing to make sure that no life had to be meaninglessly be sacrificed. Half-elves are still being sacrificed along with the Desians who were only trying to help their people. They broke both of their vows. They've had enough time and they've done nothing," Anna added. Origin looked at her, sensing the mana in her body. He looked over at Storm as well, trying to find out who they all were exactly.

"You," Origin said, looking at an emotionless Storm, "you have very strange mana, but I can tell that you are the daughter of Kratos. You seem to be fighting something inside, you feel frustrated, like you're trying to break out," he observed before looking over towards Anna.

"And you are her daughter. The granddaughter of Kratos. I suppose if both his daughter and granddaughter feel so strong about this issue that they would betray their friends and family then it must be true," he said. "I will test to see if you are worthy of my power." Soon, Origin was coming at their group.

Storm pulled out her sword before revealing her wings like Anna and Mithos. The other three angels flew towards their group, ready to fight with them against Origin. Origin revealed a sword for each of his four arms as he came after their group. Martel and Kagerou ran off to hide while the others went and fought again the summon spirit.

Storm came at him, attempting to take on two swords at once while two of the angels went for the other swords with their own swords. Unfortunately, Origin's sword skills proved to be too much for Storm as he knocked her sword out of her hand, throwing it back, away from their battlefield. Storm began to dodge as he continued to swing his swords at her as she tried to avoid getting something chopped off. The last angel came in and blocked the swords the best he could, giving Storm enough time to get out of the way.

The angels weren't going to last long against Origin and Mithos knew it. He ordered Storm and Anna to go in and release as many attacks as they could while he sat back and healed them when they grew tired. Anna ran over to him, attacking him with her Leonasium attack, sending him backwards a few feet, but he didn't even have to stop fighting against the angels when he was attacked. Anna began to get ready for her next attack as her mother came from behind her.

"Bloody Lance!" Storm called as she released a large amount of dark mana in the form of a sword directly into Origin. This caused him to stop a few moments, allowing the angels to get in a few hits. These minor attacks from the angels barely fazed him as he managed to resume his fighting. Soon, the group realized that Origin had knocked down one of the angels, leaving two to fight against four arms.

"Prism Sword!" Anna called as she paralled Storm's attack, only with light energy. This caused Origin to reel back again, but he resumed once again. He gained the upper hand against the two angels and managed to kill off another one, leaving one more to attempt to hold him off by himself. This battle didn't last long at all as Origin knocked down the last angel, making him able to focus his energy on Anna and Storm in front of him.

Storm came at him once again, trying to distract him while Anna attempted to hit him with another Prism Sword attack. Storm flew over Origin, just barely dodging one of his swords. When she landed on the ground, thought, she wasn't as lucky as he sliced into her, knocking her to the ground. Storm felt as the large gash in her side began to seep blood. Mithos flew in and used his Outburst attack to knock Origin back while Storm got back up and moved away. Anna continued to use her Dark Sphere and Agarasium attack while Mithos healed Storm's deep cut with his First Aid. Storm got back up and began to fight again.

When Origin saw that Storm was up and ready to fight again, he decided that their group was strong enough to handle his power as he ordered the fight to come to an end.

"You are definitely worthy of my power," he said. "Make your vow," he commanded. Martel and Kagerou came out once again. Mithos, now realizing that Kagerou was the Summoner in the family, whispered the desired vow in his ear. Kagerou looked up to Origin as he gave his answer.

"I vow to create a world where the half-elves can live in peace without worrying about being killed by humans or elves, a world where they're not at the bottom of society," Kagerou said.

"I agree to this vow, you may have my power, but first you need a seal to hold the power. Lloyd and Sheena had the Eternal Ring, but with a half-elf you don't need the ring, but you need something to hold the power," he explained.

"We shall use Storm as the seal," Mithos said as he pointed Storm out to Origin who began to put his mana in her body. Storm felt very strange at first as she felt his power enter her body. It was so powerful that it felt as if she would explode from all of the pressure building up inside. Finally, it all settled inside as the seal was made.

After the battle was over and Mithos and Storm were making the pact Anna decided to make her exit. She had done her part and now she wanted out. She flew off in the direction of Heimdall. She got about half way out of the forest when she ran into her father and the others.

"Anna, where are you going? Where are Mithos and the children?" Zelos asked.

"They're making a pact with Origin as we speak," Anna explained.

"I haven't felt anything," Sheena said. "Maybe I'm not supposed to when the pact is broken," she wondered.

Anna attempted to sneak by them and get out of the situation completely. She didn't want to be with Cruxis and she definitely didn't want to be with her family either, she wanted to be on her own. Kratos managed to snag her arm.

"You're coming with us," he told her as she obeyed him, putting away her wings and walking behind them. "You're going to show us where they are and help us get them back," he commanded her.

"Yes Grandpa," she replied submissively.

The whole group walked towards the middle of the forest, hoping to get to Origin before Mithos was able to do anything too extreme with his new powers.

Well, that's it for this chapter. It's beginning to wind down. This story is almost over, then there is one more story for this mini series. I hope you liked this chapter and please remember to review! Thanks!