Chapter 12: Poor decision

Malchior threw the crystal ball at the ground, this time it shattered. He roared in anger. "NO!" He yelled. "She wasn't supposed to awake him!"

Victoria quietly went up to the crystal pieces of the ball and picked them up.

Magic was thrown around the room in the blindness of Malchior. His magic was much more stronger when he was angry. Shadow souls came up from the floor and looked at their king.

"I didn't summon you!" He roared, the dark windows shaking. The souls quickly vanished in fear. "NO! Now they're much stronger!" He yelled.

"I apologize my king, but maybe it is for the best." Victoria said as she put the crystal pieces in her pocket.

"How could this be better?!"

"More power than one can hold, can bring one's downfall." She said as she walked up to the king.

"What? Your riddles are confusing." He yelled.

"What I am trying to say is… Garfield has not known his powers, he is new to them and will have to learn. He's a child with too much power, if he does not learn to control them, he will go down with them."

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"Again!" Aaron yelled.

Garfield facepalmed into the ground. "Dude, we can't take one break?" He whined.

"I'm sorry Garfield, but you need to control this. You are a powerful ally at this point, and I'm not letting that go." He reached out a hand to help Garfield up, after taking it, Aaron felt how tired he really was. "Fine, take a break, I'll get you in ten minutes." Aaron walked off.

"Thanks… I guess." Garfield said as he tried to catch his breath.

"He's wearing you out?" Garfield looked to the side and smiled, Raven stood a few feet away with a glass of water and a towel.

Garfield gasped. "Yeah." Raven gave him the glass, he took it and swallowed the whole thing in one go. She gently reached out with the towel and wiped his forehead.

"He trained me too when we were younger, he tried a few weeks after I learned how to walk." They laughed. "But it didn't work out, so we instead waited until I at least could run on my own."

Garfield smiled as he felt Raven wrap the towel around Garfield's shoulders. "So what are you doing?"

"I'm helping Rose with her magic. She's really talented, I learned that when she choke and aura, she kills their soul shield."

"What?"

"An aura is like the shield to one's soul, if Rose killed their aura another could kill their soul. And when someone does that, their soul can't come back." She looked at Aaron by the forest. "I think that's what happened when Aaron said he killed Malchior. Aaron didn't have the power to kill his soul, so instead his soul just formed a new life."

"Okay, there is much I don't get and I'll leave the magic to you guys." Garfield laughed.

Raven looked at him and laughed. "Fine…"

A few minutes later Aaron walked up to them. "Garfield, you ready?"

Garfield sighed. "I don't have a choice, do I?"

Raven laughed before kissing his cheek. "Good look."

Garfield nodded and kissed Raven's cheek quickly and muttered a thanks and I need it.

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Aaron leaned against one of the trees, it was night and everyone had fallen asleep. But he didn't feel like sleeping, something was coming, and coming fast.

He looked up into the sky. Stars shone over him and the moon gave him the ability to at least see the outline of the things around him. It wasn't much, most trees, tall grass and the house. Aaron closed his eyes and listened.

The sound of the grasshoppers swung around him, as he opened his eyes again he saw that the fireflies had begun their dance over the sky.

It was truly a sight of wonders and hope.

That's when something hit him. Was he really willing to let Raven fight this fight? He had lost her once to a similar battle, he didn't want to lose her again. He sighed and looked down at the ground.

"I can't lose her again." He muttered.

Turning back to the house he walked inside. Finding the bag Leo had gotten him a few years back, he packed up a little of what he needed. Food, clothes and the most important thing he owned. It was a small silver necklace with a carving of him and Raven. They didn't have photos 9000 years ago, but he got this necklace made after the war. He needed something to hold dear that reminded him of Raven.

He hadn't taken it out when Raven was near, when she was near he didn't need it.

He sighed before finding a piece of paper and writing down a small note.

Dear Raven, Garfield, Rose, Alice, Ulric, Leo and Marie

I am going out on a few arrens away from the house, I will hopefully be back in a few days.

Aaron

He knew Raven would read straight through his lie, even if it was written on paper. He laughed a little, she was always able to see through his lies, paper, face to face or telepathically. Well the last one has never been hard for her, they shared a bond, a brother sister bond. She just knew when he lied, and he knew when she lied.

"I'm sorry Raven." He pressed the paper to his lips before placing it on the table next to the front door. Two water drops fell from his eyes.

"I'm so sorry… I love you…" With that, he ran out the door, closing it gently not to make any sound.

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The sun rose over the mountains, Aaron felt Raven's sadness in his heart. She had just read the note and she knew where he had gone. And that maybe, he wasn't coming back.

The brave magician looked out to the sea, Nol stood in the sea. Black clouds hanging over it. Aaron stood on a grassy field on the shores.

Nol had been enchanted when Malchior took over the once beautiful kingdom. No mortal could see it from the shores, luckily Aaron was no mortal.

He looked into the darkness for another minute, feeling the breeze rush past him bringing some of his hair with it.

Aaron looked down to the shoreline. Two small pillars stood randomly in the water, they both had been marked with dragons. And when he walked up to them, a stone path erupted from the water as he walked. The stone path vanished down into the water again when he'd walked by.

Raven's voice rung in the back of his mind. She asked where he was, was he safe? When would he come back? He didn't answer any of them, he knew that the chance of him coming back was slim.

And she had Garfield now, all he could do was be happy for them.

Aaron came to a stop at the huge black metal doors. He stood there for a second before they opened. As he walked through the village, he noticed the dead look in the villagers eyes.

Their eyes were light gray, almost white. They were all limping around and groaning, some looked at him or at least it looked like it. But something was strange, they did seem to notice him, they just didn't or couldn't react.

He also noticed that shadow souls were wandering around, many held onto a black spear with a white blade on the top. He could tell that the blade held some kind of poison.

When he came up to the wide doors of the castle, he took a deep breath.

"Ahh… Aaron, what a pleasure to see you again." Malchior said as he stood up with wide open arms. Victoria stood by his side, her eyes were wide and fear, surprise and worry. "To whom do I owe the pleasure?"

"Nobody." Aaron attacked. Sending a wave of fire towards the king.

Malchior raised a shield, but was surprised when roots grew out of the ground, fire covered the roots and started to burn on his skin.

"Hehe…" Malchior laughed. "I'm not the weak wizard you fought after the war Aaron, I'm the king." The roots turned to ash as Malchior's magic attacked. Malchior threw out swords from thin air.

Aaron jumped out of the way, one cut his arm, but luckily it wasn't fatal. Aaron striked again by using a combined attack, he used the wind to speed up the fire he threw. Rising a rock to the center of the flame he created a meteor at high speed.

Malchior reached out his hands, he flew back a few feet, but he smiled. The still burning meteor had landed in his hands. "Nice try." Malchior threw the meteor back.

Aaron barely managed to dodge in time, but as soon as he rose, two shadow souls took him by the arms.

The souls held him still, he tried to move his legs but found them stuck.

Malchior walked up to Aaron with a smile. "You know Aaron, you're different. From Raven that is, you're willing to risk your life to protect her."

Aaron cut him off. "I'd do anything for her! I won't lose her again!" He spit in Malchior's face.

The now angry king wiped the spit from his cheek. "Hehe… Then I guess you made a mistake." He walked over to Victoria, who gave Malchior a crystal ball. Malchior waved it a few times in front of Aaron. "Have a look…" Aaron looked into the crystal, his eyes widened in terror.

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I'm evil, I end on a cliff hanger. I'll try to get the next chapter out soon, promise.