I awoke to screams and yells. It was still dark. I quickly climbed out of bed and looked out my window that gave a fantastic view of the Shining City. What I saw shook me to the core of my being. I saw dozens of Atracian star cruisers destroying the beautiful city. We had no warning. My people were dieing and I realized my life was over as I knew it. I began to worry if papa was alright; if Remulin was alright. I didn't care what happened to me; I just wanted to make sure my loved ones were safe for the moment. I grabbed the nearest robe I could find and was out my door and running down the enormous palace corridors. I didn't know where I was going. I was just hoping to see some form of life. I ran around a corner and smack into something scaly and hard. It grabbed me by the neck and lifted me up. I was gasping for air. "Where is the orb she-elf?"
I didn't get time to answer. A beam of light from a phase gun killed the enormous lizard immediately. I fell to the ground and the lizards arm was quickly removed from around my neck. I gasped for air as I looked up at who my savior was. I saw Remulin looking down at me in concern. I started crying tears of joy at seeing him whole and alive. I clung to him like he was the last person on earth and perhaps he was. "It's alright Princess." He said soothingly, "We're all safe. Your father was defending the main gates to the palace. He bade me get you and bring you to him. It is time that you leave this time and place and fulfill your destiny as the Goddess Queen. The Orb must be protected at all costs."
He picked me up and I started crying into his shoulder. I didn't want to leave this world. Everything I loved was being destroyed and I couldn't bare it. I would never see father again. I would never see Remulin again. My life was over and I was only five years old. I saw out of the corner of my eye that we had come to the main entrance of the enormous palace. The guards were steadfastly holding the enormous door against the enemy. I knew that they wouldn't be holding it much longer. I finally saw my father. He was much different than his normal immaculate self. His clothing was torn and he was covered in blood. I assumed it wasn't his own because Remulin had said he was fine. He was yelling orders at some of the men to reinforce the doors while at the same time trying to hold them closed. They managed to put a beam down, but it wouldn't last long. Father saw me and ran quickly over to us. "Are you alright butterfly?" he said in concern, "It seems that we will have to part ways sooner then I foreseen. They have us completely surrounded and it is just a matter of time till they destroy everything. I am afraid it is time for you and the orb to leave this place love."
I threw myself into his arms and wept at the hopelessness of the situation. This would be the last time his comforting arms would surround me. "Papa I don't want to leave everyone." I cried in anguish. "I want to be with you. I don't care about the stupid orb or a destiny I didn't ask for. Please let me stay here at the end!"
He looked down at me and kissed my forehead. "I see you are stubborn to the end butterfly." he said laughing slightly, "I am afraid that none of us have any choice, but to except the fate that has been dealt us. It is time that I pass the orb onto you. Do what you are destined to do butterfly and save the galaxy from annihilation."
He began to glow softly and I gasped in surprised wonder as the black orb of Frenmar appeared out of no where. The orb was beautiful its simplicity and held an inner light that was immortal and timeless. I wept at the beauty and what it would mean for my father to give me the orb. He would die fairly quickly after giving the orb to another. I could already feel him loosen his hold on me. "I bequeath upon the next ruler of Earth and the Galaxy, Queen Eluned Anorien Leander I the almighty power of the Orb of Frenmar and all responsibilities and obligations as the next ruler. Use this power wisely and justly and guard the galaxy from itself. Our lives rest in your hands. I request as the last ruler and as my final wish that the Orb take the next ruler away from this world and time to somewhere we'll she be safe until the time that it is safe to return."
The Orb began to shine with a tremendous light and I began to gently float out of my father's weakened arms. I was crying and yelling at him that I didn't want to leave him, but he just smiled at me weakly crying tears of pain as well. The last I saw of my father was him falling to the ground and Remulin catching him as he fell. I felt a warm sensation and I saw that the orb had opened a portal to some other place that was going to take me from everything I loved or knew. I was weeping in anguish and I was no more in my world.
The dieing king looked up at where the orb and his precious daughter had disappeared. He knew he would be dead in a few moments, but with his last strength he whispered, "Fly free my little butterfly and know that I loved you with everything I had."
His light faded and he was no more. The man cradling his deceased king in his arms looked up at where his beloved student and friend had been and cried in pain. The doors had buckled on the palace gates and they were thrown open. He whispered, ". . . and so this is the end."