CHAPTER 2: REVELATIONS

I stared down at the cat. Ifrit was pacing up and down around the cave. The woman lay motionless in my arms, a blinding light illuminating from her. Yet it did not affect me.

"I'm afraid your out of luck. Speak now feline." I know my amber eyes glowed unnatural flame as they usually did when I became annoyed.

The cat stared at me with equal annoyance it's fur standing on end.

"I warned her this was a mistake, seeking your help. But whatever choice did we have? So many false prophets upon these lands. You are the true chosen one but even the chosen can become corrupted. You truly fell into your fathers trap. Such a shame. All lands are truly doomed. But a fate worse than death awaits Ankhesenamon." The cat said almost to himself.

I hadn't felt this frustrated in a long time. Eons ago, I would've founds this amusing but not now, not when I was so close to reaching my goal. However the flames had disappeared and Ifrit had seemed to gain some composure and was looking at the cat.

"Father?" Bellowed Ifrit.

"I grow tired of your nonsense." As I drew my sword. Ifrit advanced onto me. I reached my right arm punching the inferno in his stomach he dropped to his knees. Retching out fire coloured bile.

I placed the woman onto the ground and lifted my sword to strike her through the abdomen. The cat did not move nor flinch.

"To strike down the goddess of light, o god of light. How quickly you have fallen. You will never know of eternal rest but will know the true fiery depths of hell and I dare say your father will welcome you with open arms. How Eos will weep." The cat had spoken an unknown language to myself and yet every word I understood.

I stood motionless my sword so close to the woman's stomach that would end her life. Yet I couldn't move.

Dear reader, please understand my dilemma for so long I had everyone playing to the beat of my drum. Every little piece had its role to play and once I had my puppets achieve what I wanted then to do. I simply allowed them to destroy themselves and vast nations. It had all been to easy all up until now. Was this a trick of that damned Bahamut? No he didn't ploy tricks like this.

Before I could respond the blinding light began to disintegrate. Revealing the woman. Her flawless olive toned skin, long shapely legs, a beautiful dark red mouth and a small nose. Nor beauty I'd ever seen before and as I've said before dear reader I have lived a long time and laid with many beautiful woman but none had come close. Her eyes opened and took me by surprise. So beautiful! Her eyes the colour of dark blue that seemed crystal like and sparked of in depth knowledge and power. Her eyes met my own and I saw great sadness.

"Ardyn?" Her voice was soft that reminded me of a soft melody I enjoyed eons ago.

She saw the sword above her and quickly pulled it out of my grasp. Her strength took me by surprise and then she was quickly on her feet. She was tall but not taller than I. Her long dark blue wavy hair reaching all the way down to her curvy hips. The cat spoke in that unknown language yet I understood every word.

"We need to get away far away. The Dark One has won. Eos is doomed. Ardyn has fallen pray to him. We need to find another planet. The fate of Eos has been sealed."

"Bastet? What has happened to him? His heart has become so cold and I don't think he remembers me." The woman said sadly. She still held my sword in her hands but had it pointing to the ground.

"You have been locked away by that damn Bahumat. I fled to our people to get help but something took form of our people. It infected them, some was driven insane and turned on one another. Others became monsters. The humans fled and survived. The few of our people that survived sealed the monster away and they died shortly after. It doesn't seem there are many of our people here either."

As I listened on. Ifrit was looking at me as he clearly couldn't understand them. The woman turned her attention onto me. As she walked towards me she put my sword back into my hand. The cat bellowed towards us. The woman waved her right hand a barrier between us and the cat was cast by the woman, making the cat unable to come towards us.

"Ardyn, I truly am sorry that the people fell for the lies of the Dark One and the Astrals. Most of my people are dead, my father disowned me because I fell in love with you. It seems two thousand years have passed. My love for you has not changed even though you have no memory of me. If you truly wish to destroy the Caelum line then you will have to kill me. As I will not watch the greatest god of light condemn himself to an eternity of hell." Her melodic voice sang of extreme sadness, as I looked at her face tears streamed from her eyes. I stood motionless. Speechless, this woman claimed to know me yet I didn't recognise her but something was familiar about her. I felt as if I was being called back to Eons ago.

She came so close to myself that our bodies were touching. I took sharp intake of breath. This woman had a strange affect on me, my body had felt stronger than it ever had done before.

"Ardyn." She placed her hand on my left cheek and looked at me lovingly. As she did this. I heard voices, so many voices! All screaming, calling my name, begging me to save them from this so called "Dark One." I collapsed onto my knees pulling my hair.

"Ardyn! I'm so sorry, don't worry everything is going to be ok. You are just remembering everything."

She knelt down and placed my head on her lap and begun stroking my face.

"God of Light! Save us!"

"You betrayed us!"

"Damn them accursed Astrals!"

"Please help us!"

The voices continued as darkness and I could hear the woman talking to me it was soothing. I knew I was passing out. Little did I know dear reader, that I was in for a rude awakening. An awakening that would see me claim my rightful place once more.

Authors notes: This chapter is short the next chapter will be much longer.