Ok, fans. Time to move on. I call this one "Another Attack" cause hence its name, that cloaked figure sends in something else to attack. So things should get pretty interesting in this one. Also, I think I'm gonna add a little something extra. Know what I'm thinking? If you don't well then I guess you're in for a treat. And after I update this chapter, it'll be the last one for a little while, cause I've decided to take a little break from Fanfiction. So any idea what that figure will bring in this time? No? Well let's find out.
Two days after Daniel's battle with that dark wolf beast, the citizens had returned to their normal lives, plus the King, Queen, Elsa and Anna had forgotten about it. But Daniel, he hadn't been the same ever since. He couldn't sleep well at night, he barely talked to anyone anymore, and his expression had been confused for about the whole time since the attack.
In the library, Daniel was sitting at a table in the middle of the room, he'd been looking through his book of magic.
The library doors had been pushed open, and Daniel looked to see Elsa and King Adgar.
"I probably should have asked you this before. But do you feel okay, son?" asked the king who was concerned. "You don't seem like yourself."
Daniel closed up his book and arose from his chair. "I guess it's time to come clean. Ever since I defeated that wolf-like monster there's been one thing going on inside my head. Where did that creature come from. I don't know why, but I'm just so concerned on where it came from, or who created it. If whoever created that monster is out there, this kingdom could be in big trouble. Maybe even the other places." He walked off and looked out the window.
Elsa came up and stood next to him. "You shouldn't worry about this. You took care of that monster. It's gone."
"But it could've hurt a lot of people. And if there are more than just that, then I need to focus. I need to get my priorities set on finding whoever is sending in beasts like that, and those goblins."
"Son, the people of the town are grateful for what you did. You saved us all from whatever that thing was."
"I think it may have been a shadow monster. I've heard about legends and tales of monsters being conjured out of the darkness. Out of the deep and dark powers of shadow itself."
"What do you mean shadow monster?" Elsa asked with a concerned and worried expression.
"I didn't want to have to tell you this, but this magic that I've been given, I don't think it's all good. I think it may have another side to it: A more powerful but darker side. What if I've only mastered half of what these powers are capable of? What if I also have a dark side to myself? What if the other half of these powers is darkness itself?" Daniel started to sound terrified and look like he'd seen a ghost.
"Calm down, son. Okay? Just calm down," King Adgar tried relaxing him.
"Though I don't think that's what's really troubling me."
"Then what is?"
Everyone looked to see Queen Idun next to the door. She just looked to the three with a slightly stern look.
"I didn't want to tell you this, but I've heard some things about this. Tales, legends."
"Come again?" said King Adgar.
"With these powers. I think this has happened to someone else before. There's a story that goes behind it, and it's not a very pleasant one."
"What story?" Elsa asked.
"The story goes, that around 800 years ago, there was this person, as a baby he'd been blessed with magical powers. He first discovered them in his teenage years. When he did, he found out they were capable of doing amazing and impossible things. When he'd tapped into the true potential of those magical abilities, he had done incredible things for people. He used them to heal badly sick and wounded people. Basically he could cure even the most deadly diseases and infections, and fix wounds that couldn't be fixed."
"He sounds like he was a popular and very helpful man. Go on," said the king.
"He'd done that for years. Healing people, who couldn't afford treatments, for no price at all. But though he'd tapped into the full powers of those abilities, he wanted to see if there was anyway he could make it stronger, so he could maybe do more than help people. He left home on a personal sail boat in search of a way to do that. He'd traveled for a year, and one day, unknown to him, he was about to find a way. He sailed into a part of the seas called the Sea of Mists. It was a big area on the ocean, said to hold great secrets. In the Sea of Mists it was said by others to be nothing but a foggy area of water. But he found something: A small island was there. He boarded that place, but there were no houses, no people and no animals. Just a big patch of rock and dirt."
"But in even the dimmest of places, there can hold great secrets, can't there?" asked the king.
"And that's just it. What was thought to be just a wasteland in the middle of the sea, there was something else there. He'd found and underground tunnel, and decided to check into it. There he found his answer. Right under that whole island was the real secret. A hidden underground chamber. In the middle of that chamber, there lay a wonder. A white sphere, about the size of a watermelon, flooding the whole chamber with a golden light. He stared in awe at what he found and slowly walked towards it. He simply touched it lightly, but when he did a brighter force of light erupted from that sphere, and it's said that what was held in that sphere, it transferred but a sliver of its power into his blood and veins."
"Which caused him to go mad?" Elsa chimed in.
"No. Not yet. It first started out great. Even with just a sliver of that new magic, it made him even stronger, and gave him greater abilities. People said he could control the weather, save people who were only minutes from dying, make shapes with the stars at night and make any water clean drinking water. He was amazed and knew what he was capable of, and he knew what he wanted to do. He was like that for about a year or two. But one day, something happened. He became cruel and greedy. He used his abilities to start wreaking havoc. He caused bad weather to happen to people he didn't like, and torture them from the inside out, by making them see their worst fears. He was so strong, but the power he had wasn't enough for him. He wanted more."
"What exactly happened to him?" asked Queen Idun.
"First he went back to the island where he found that chamber. When he returned, he went back to the chamber to take the rest of that power of the sphere. But when he tried to take it, it pushed him back with a force of magic and put up a barrier to protect itself. He'd then used his powers to break the barrier and he grabbed it in his hands, then started absorbing its powers. After that, the most horrible of things happened. That sphere of light, the first thing it did was turn purple an dark. Then the golden light that flooded the chamber, turned to black shrouds. It scared him, and when he finally came to his senses he tried to get out, but the sphere wouldn't let him let go of it. The sphere turned into a dark embodiment of shadows, and it shrouded him, infecting his whole being with a powerful shadow magic. For some time he fought it, but as it grew on him, he started to give into it, letting it consume him. In moments, he'd become the very being of darkness itself."
"So that's what you're worried about? You're worried the same thing may happen to you, aren't you, son?" King Adgar asked him again.
"I don't want to be consumed by shadows and turn into a wicked man like he'd become. With his new shadow powers, he created an army of soldiers, made from the shadow itself. And he threatened to destroy the world. But there were immortal beings watching down from another dimension, who called themselves Spirit Lords. They found one of the purest beings on Earth, and they'd brought him into their dimension, telling him how that man was threatening to destroy it all. So they'd given him his own power. As that man had become the champion of darkness, they turned this pure being into the champion of light. He faced the shadow man, and they broke out in a battle that would determine the fate of the entire world. Using all their power, the champions of light and darkness battled. But the Sprit Lords' power wasn't enough. And the man of light, he'd almost been defeated, but then he looked deep inside his heart, and there...he found hope. The shadow man was slowly shrouding the other guy's body in shadows, until a light bright as the sun shined from him, and he turned the shadow champion's own power against him, vanquishing the shadows."
"So what happened to the shadow champion anyway?" Elsa asked.
"Well, some say that after he was defeated, his dark soul was banished into the underworld for all eternity. But others say that there were remains left after that epic battle. Which are slowly fueling his rebirth, until he's strong enough to try and corrupt the world again. But something is well known."
"And what is that?" asked King Adgar.
"The champion of light, has a living descendant to this day. Nobody knows who it is, but people say that should the shadows rise again, then the descendant will fulfill is his destiny, and vanquish the shadows just as his or her ancestor did all those years ago."
"Interesting story," said Queen Idun without care.
"It's not just a story. It's true," said Daniel.
"Yes, I'm sure it is," she said sarcastically.
King Adgar sighed heavily at his wife.
"Yeah. I guess that is what I'm scared of. I'm worried that these powers will start to take over and make me greedy. I don't want to become like that. I'm not evil, I'm not a monster."
"No. You're not," Elsa came up to him and she put her hands on his face. "You're not a monster. You're not going to turn evil. I know you won't."
Daniel turned away and faced back out the window. He looked down and saw that there were at least half a dozen ships coming from the fjords and docking at the harbor. "What's with all the ships coming?"
King Adgar walked over and looked out the window. "Looks like they've arrived."
"Who's arrived?" asked Daniel.
"Well, many of the townspeople wanted to thank you for saving them, so they'll all get a chance to hear from you at the party tonight."
"Party?"
"That's right. Elsa, Anna and I have all talked it over, and we decided that we'd throw a party to celebrate you saving us. But there's more. You're gonna give a speech to the townspeople about how you saved us all, and what you plan to do."
"Well, I guess I'm okay with that. But I've got nothing to wear."
"That's no problem, son. Come with me." King Adgar started to walk to the exit and Daniel followed.
Queen Idun looked to Elsa. "I think we all need to start getting ready. Go inform your sister that the party will begin in a few hours."
"Yes, Mother." Elsa took her mother's order and left the room.
Meanwhile, once more back in that dark lair, the figure in the shadows was watching the whole thing in his silver sphere, along with up to 5 dozen of the goblins.
"So he defeated Valcerous. It seems my challenge was too easy for him. And it also seems these people want to see the hero he is. Well, then let's give them what they want."
"Are you sending us there, sir?" asked one of the goblins.
"Not alone. I can't depend on you weaklings to do anything right. I'm gonna send something stronger and more challenging for him."
He arose from his throne and walked over to his purple, shadowy river. There he put his hands above it, and slowly his hands shrouded with black shadows. "Let's conjure up a mythical creature. One of the deadliest ones of all!" And he started to laugh maniacally, as a bigger shroud of shadows erupted from the purple river, like smoke from a fire. "Yes! Come forth!" The shadowy embodiment stood on the bridge above the river, and it took the form of something big and round. "Go. Find him. And bring him back here. Take the goblins with your for extra measure and do not fail me." The man in the shadows put his right hand out, and from out of nowhere, a black and purple portal appeared in front of the big figure and the goblins.
The goblins and the rounded figure walked through the portal, and it disappeared into thin air just after they walked through.
"Let's see how well he handles all these. Or should I say, let's see how well they handle him." And he walked back up to his throne.
Later that night, with the starry skies and full moon, inside the castle the party was almost ready to begin. Food was set up, the guests had all been welcomed into the castle and they were all awaiting for the king to come with Daniel to give his speech.
Up in the king's room, in his wardrobe, which was full of his and Queen Idun's clothes, King Adgar was getting Daniel fitted into one of his suits.
He'd given Daniel a suit similar to the blue one he was wearing, but it had a light gray dress shirt, with red stitching and gold buttons on the chest area, with black pants and Daniel wore his own black boots.
"What are the odds of you being able to fit into my old suit?" King Adgar said with a chuckle. "When I was your age, son, I wore this to every party I attended when I first became king." He said while fixing the collar of the shirt and straightening the suit for Daniel. "There. What do you think?" He asked looking to the mirror.
"It's nice. I like Adgar stopped in place then went over to a drawer. There he pulled out two pairs of white gloves then went back to Daniel. "Try these on." He gave Daniel a pair.
Daniel took his black glove off then took the white pair of gloves and slipped them on his hands. To his surprise they fit perfectly. "What do you know? Just my size."
"That's another one of my old pairs of gloves," King Adgar said slipping on his own gloves. "I've had those for at least 20 years, and I've kept them as clean as I can."
"Well, I think we're set then, King Adgar."
"I think you're right. The party will begin right after you finish your speech. Come on, son."
Down in the ballroom, the guests of the party were all standing in front of the rulers, Queen Idun, Elsa and Anna. The three stood at the same spot Elsa and Anna stood at Elsa's coronation, waiting.
Queen Idun wore a darker purple dress, with gold, green and blue stitching in it all over, she wore her gold tiara on top of her head and had a silver necklace around her neck, with a dark blue gem.
Anna in the middle of her mother and sister had worn the same dress she wore on Elsa's coronation, with the black top, the light and dark green striped gown and she had her hair tied in a bun on top of her head, with a green ribbon.
Elsa to Anna's right, wore a dress similar to her icy blue one she made with her powers along with the ice castle, but it was white as snow, instead of icy blue.
A door to the right of them opened up and King Adgar walked in, with Daniel following behind.
They stepped up to the throne in front of the queen, Elsa and Anna and King Adgar began. "Good evening, citizens of Arendelle, and all from the other countries. As you have seen or heard, strange events have been occurring from left to right, here and there. But I have this young man here with me..." He gestured to Daniel, next to his left. "...he's promised to give you a speech on what he plans to do about these current, and also any future events that may occur. He will speak to you now."
The citizens all applauded as Daniel stepped forward, and even behind him, the king, Elsa, Anna and Queen Idun all applauded as well. Elsa, King Adgar and Anna were all happy about this, but Queen Idun still had that stern look on her face.
"Okay. Hello, citizens. First of all I should introduce myself. My name is Daniel J Simmons. And yes, the things that have happened are getting out of control. These past couple of weeks, there have been crazy things going on. First there was that destroyed village up in the mountains, who someone seemed to try and frame me for, but you can rest assured I was not the one responsible. Second, there was that black wolf the other day, which most of you seen me fought off. But that's basically all I've seen. And this is gonna sound crazy, but I think that wolf was an embodiment of darkness."
People started to gasp and murmur.
"Can you tell us what that means, sir?" one of the male citizens asked.
"Yes. What I mean is, I've heard of something similar to this happening before. Over 800 years ago, there was a man who'd been corrupted by his own magical abilities, and he'd become an embodiment of darkness. A dark and powerful being capable of causing terrible destruction to the entire world. And I'm not sure if this is for certain, but I fear that..." He couldn't go on. "...that an 800 year old event may be on the verge of repeating itself. Because over 800 years ago, this embodiment tried to destroy the whole world, and an epic battle of light and darkness broke out, determining the fate of the whole world. but rest assured, anything that tries to threaten this kingdom, I will not allow it to bring harm. You can all rest assure that whatever comes, I'll be there to make sure this whole kingdom stays safe."
He looked back to King Adgar who winked at him, then started to clap his hands.
Elsa, Anna and Queen Idun followed in his applauding, then the whole crowd of citizens broke out in applause.
King Adgar stepped back up next to Daniel. "Let the party begin."
The music started playing and people started grabbing their partners and all began dancing in waltz.
"How'd I do?" Daniel asked with King Adgar, Elsa and Anna next to him.
"You did great," Elsa complimented.
"Indeed," King Adgar spoke. "I couldn't have given a better speech than yours. Enjoy the party." And he walked off.
The party had gone like one normally would. Waiters were walking around with glasses of champagne of trays, people were dancing, laughing, talking and having a good time.
While everyone else was all having fun, even Anna and Kristoff were dancing with all the other people, Daniel stood off to the side, leaning against one of the pillars, his arms folded across his chest, and he was just thinking. He kept that concerned look on his face and had his eyes closed, still thinking of nothing but incidents that have happened.
"Hi."
He opened his eyes and looked to his left, there stood Elsa next to him.
"Oh, hi," he replied and managed to crack a smile.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. I'm just still thinking about these incidents that have been occurring lately. You look beautiful tonight, by the way."
"Thank you," Elsa replied warmly to him. "And you look handsome as a strong man."
"Thanks."
"I usually wouldn't ask anyone this, only because I don't do it, but-" Elsa started laughing at herself a little.
"What? Come on, tell me," Daniel laughed with her.
"Would you like to dance?"
"Dance?"
"Yeah."
"Well, that's just it. I've never danced before."
"That's okay. Neither have I."
Daniel looked straight to her and held out his left hand.
Elsa took his hand with her right hand.
"Let's go," said Daniel and they walked onto the dance floor.
They passed by all the others dancing on the floor and stopped in the center. There they got in position.
Daniel put his hands on Elsa's waist, while Elsa put both her hand son the back of his neck, and they looked to each other, staring into the other's icy and ocean blue eyes.
"All right. I think we're close enough," said Daniel. "Ready for this?"
"That's the thing. I don't even know when to be ready," Elsa replied and she started to giggle a little bit.
"Guess we'll just know on the way. Let's go."
Daniel began leading them both into waltz, and they followed in the form of dancing as all the others.
From off the floor, where all the people were dancing, King Adgar was strolling around, seeing that everyone was had a good time. He looked to all the people that were dancing and then he looked and stared amazed at what he saw. His eldest daughter was dancing, with the man who'd been protecting them. He folded his arms across his chest and nodded his head, happy that they were together.
On the dance floor, Daniel twirled Elsa as all they other men did their dance partners as well, then grabbed her by her waist and lifted her up and spun her.
when Elsa was back on her feet, they resumed in waltz.
Daniel looked to see King Adgar was watching happy, then he held a thumbs up for Daniel, while he and Elsa kept dancing.
Over where King Adgar stood, Queen Idun came up next to him.
"What are you so happy about?" asked Queen Idun.
"Look," King Adgar pointed to the two.
Queen Idun looked and saw them dancing.
She looked at them shocked.
"He's dancing with our daughter?" Queen Idun asked sternly.
"Calm down, will you. They remind me of us, Idun. Don't you remember our first dance? How we were happy, in love and we didn't care what anyone else thought?"
Queen Idun's expression on her face changed. She now had a slightly saddened expression look. She was about to say something, but then the planks on the floor in front of them started to break.
Everyone stopped doing what they were as the planks broke even more.
They kept on breaking and breaking, until a big hole broke open, and goblins started climbing out of it.
They ran all over the place, people were screaming at the sight of them and made a run for it. A few of the waiters ha goblins come up to them, and they dropped the champagne glasses and used the trays to hit them.
One goblin came out of the hole, and was carrying a dagger in its right hand and walked right up to the king and queen.
Queen Idun screamed at the sight of its face, and King Adgar turned to the table behind them, grabbed an empty glass plate, then smashed it on the goblin's head, knocking it out.
Elsa and Daniel stayed in the spot where they were, wrapping their arms around each other and Daniel looked to see one goblin had a man pinned to a table, with a sword to his neck.
He glared at the goblin, reached down and from his left boot, he extracted a knife.
He then threw the knife like a spear at the goblin, and the blade hit in the back of its head.
"Good shot," Elsa complimented.
"Thanks. Now run."
Elsa ran off and found somewhere to hide, while Daniel ran off in another direction and grabbed his knife out of the dead goblin's head. After he retrieved his weapon, he went around killing the goblins, using only his knife. He grabbed them and stabbed the knife into their chests, slit their throats, plunged it into the tops of their heads and stabbed them in their throats.
After he stabbed one in its throat one crept behind him, wielding an axe. He didn't notice it and didn't look back, as the goblin raised its ax above its head. Before it could even strike Daniel, a sword was pierced through its body.
It groaned in pain and groaned loudly, which caught Daniel's attention. He looked and saw the goblin, and behind it was King Adgar, wielding a sword with a shiny, gold handle.
"Never thought I'd have to use this," said King Adgar. "Here. You might need this," He gave Daniel his own sword.
Daniel took his sword and unsheathed it. "You take the ones on this side..." he pointed to the right. "...and I'll take that side." Then he pointed to the left.
"Got it," King Adgar agreed.
They both went in opposite directions and started killing all the goblins. They both used their swords to pierce through their bodies, cut their heads off and strike them down.
They both swiftly swung and stabbed the goblins to death, in the same process for about another 5 minutes, but then they'd killed them all.
After doing so, they both regrouped.
"Is that all of them?" asked Daniel.
"Yeah. I think so," King Adgar replied.
All the other people who'd been hiding from the goblins came out from their hiding places, which were behind pillars, under tables and in other rooms.
"It's all right citizens," Daniel called out to them. "They're all dead."
Everyone came out and stood on the ballroom floor.
"Goblin attacks. Always goblin attacks. What's next?" Daniel asked himself.
Then the entrance doors to the ballroom were being banged on, causing everyone to flinch and turn their attention towards it.
Daniel also looked straight at it.
The doors were then busted down and broken off its hinges, and into the ballroom stepped a 15 foot tall, pale white and bald creature, with red eyes, wearing only a brown loincloth and it wielded a giant wooden club.
The citizen screamed and all ran off and hid again.
"What is that?" Elsa asked worriedly while standing next to Daniel.
"Ogre. One of the most deadly mythical creatures. There's another mythical creature that is real."
"What?" Elsa asked again.
"I'll explain later. Go! Run! Hide!"
"What about you?"
"I can handle it. Ogres may be big and dangerous, but they're also slow and stupid. Go."
Elsa and her father both ran off and hid behind a pillar.
The ogre walked forward, shaking the ground with each step it took and faced down to Daniel.
"All right, ugly. You want to fight? Let's fight," Daniel said raising his sword.
The ogre swung its club, but Daniel quickly ran and avoided it before it the ogre slammed it down, making a big hole in the floor.
Daniel got underneath it, then struck its right leg with his sword.
The ogre yelled in pain, then slowly turned to Daniel, raising its club again, and Daniel was right, it was slow. It slammed down its club, and Daniel jumped forward, dodging it again. He quickly ran over to the other leg and pulled out a knife from his shirt. With it he stuck the knife into the ogre's left foot.
The ogre bellowed fiercely and then slammed its club.
But as it did Daniel dropped his sword, held his hands up and he took hold of it.
"I'll take that," he said as he pried the club out of the ogre's hand. He grabbed it by the handle then he hit the ogre in its stomach, making it fall to the ground, and shaking up the whole ballroom. "Had enough?"
But then the ogre got back up and went to Daniel, then took its club back.
It raised its wooden club above its head, ready to slam it down again, and is it brought it down, Daniel quickly ran to the ogre's left foot, retrieved his knife, then ran back right after the ogre slammed the club down.
Daniel then jumped on the big, wooden club, and ran up the ogre's arm, all the way up to its shoulder, and finally jumped on top of its head. When on top of the ogre's bald head, Daniel used the knife and stuck it into its head.
Just after he did so, he jumped off and the ogre started to fall dead. It fell forward and hit the ground. And after it did, its body slowly turned to black and purple, shadowy shrouds, which slowly started to dissolve into thin air.
"Another embodiment of darkness. I should have known," Daniel said to himself. And the dead bodies of all the goblins did the same thing, vanishing to black and purple shrouds.
Elsa then came back to his side. "An ogre?"
"Actually another creature of darkness. Whoever did this wanted it to look like a mythical creature."
"What do you mean, mythical creature?"
"The kinds of creatures you'd read in story books. Mermaids, trolls, elves, gnomes, ogres, fairies, dragons. And that has me wondering, because I've discovered three mythical creatures already, even though one was an embodiment of darkness. Could all mythical creatures be real?"
Then all the other people once again came out of our hiding spots, and King Adgar came up to Daniel.
"Well, looks like you've saved us yet again, son."
All the people then began to applaud for Daniel saving them.
"I need to be alone. I've gotta think," Daniel said walking off, and picking up his sword from the ground along the way. He walked passed all the people and left the ballroom out of the doors broken down by the ogre, but stopped at them.
He turned back to all the damage done by the attacks, then he snapped his fingers, which made everything broken levitate back in place and reattach itself to where it belonged, until the whole ballroom was back in good condition, and after doing so he walked off.
"I'm gonna go talk to him," Elsa said and she walked out the ballroom doors.
Up in his room, Daniel was standing in front of the window, looking out into the night and feeling so concerned about all these incidents.
His bedroom doors opened and he looked to see Elsa.
"Are you okay?"
"Not really. It wasn't just the ogre, it's the goblins. They're all embodiments of darkness."
"But you've defeated all of the ones that attacked us, so what's troubling you?"
"I'm starting to think the rumors of that story I told you today are true. I think the champion of darkness is on the verge of returning. Where else could these beings of darkness be coming from?"
"Even if he does return, I'm sure that like you said, the descendant of the champion of light will rise and defeat him."
"But how do we know there is really a descendant? How do we know that it's not just a rumor people spread?"
"Well, I think that-" Elsa tried to say but she couldn't.
"What? You think I'm the descendant? I can't be."
"You said that last battle of light and darkness took place over 800 years ago. You could be, you probably just don't know it yet."
"I know I'm not powerful enough to defeat the champion of darkness. I've looked close and deep within myself and I've tried to find any hidden powers that might be locked deep within me, but I've never found anything."
"Maybe you're not looking in the right place. Maybe the answer isn't up here..." Elsa tapped him on the forehead. "...but maybe your answer is here." She put her hand on his heart.
"So you really believe that I'm the champion of light's descendant, don't you?"
"What I really believe is that you're capable of doing amazing things. If you look close enough you may be able to find the answer to who you are."
"Maybe I need to start practicing with these powers more, is what I need."
"I'll let you think about this and try to figure it out. If you ever need anyone to talk to, you can come to me. I'm always around to listen."
Elsa walked to the door and left his room.
He sat on his bed and kept that concerned look on his face. "Could I be light's descendant?" He asked himself.
All right. That enough for now. Hope you enjoyed it, cause this'll be the last one for a little while like I said. And if you didn't figure out what the treat I said you were in for was, it was Elsa dancing. I was happy to put that in here. And as for Daniel, could he be the descendant of light? Anyway, the next chapter, I'll have up as soon as I can. Please read, review and enjoy.