Morning now in the elephant village, you stood infront of the hut with Amun who was still in his larger form, Cheetera, the twins and Aburn, while Panthro went to scout the outer part of the village.
You look at door to the astral plan, nothing but concern rushed over you. Though you try to keep your face straight, you couldn't help but not ball up you hands into fist.
Panthro comes back to give everyone the news."Bad news, the entire village is surrounded."
"How many troops?"Cheetera inquires
"If I had to guess I'd say all of them"Panthro"Considering how hopelessly out number we are, maybe you guys can lend us a hand?" He ask Amun.
"As always we will seek to understand our role, through mediation."he tells him.
"I'll take that as a no."Panthro says a bit upset, as he turns and leaves you all standing there.
"I wonder whats keeping them?"Wilykit ask still looking at the astral plane door.
"Keeping who?"Amun asked her.
"Lion-O and Tygra remember?"she tells him.
"Ah yes of course."Amun"They went after the spirit stone, didn't they?"
"I bet something went wrong."WilyKat says.
"...I hope not"you tell yourself, though Wilykit heard you as she looks up at you, she saw the look on your face.
"I do sense a dark presence within."Amun"But on the astral plane they will face an even greater challenge."
"Whats that?"Cheetera asks
"Themselves. By evening bell tomorrow Lion-O will feel betrayed by his brother"Amun tells her as he looks on at the plane as well.
"..."you fly away from the group.
"Zahra"WilyKit hurries to follow you.
You come and land at the entrance of the village, as you look at huge army that belonged to your father. You start to wonder if you caused all this some how. Everything now that was unfolding. This final out come.
Thinking back to how you made your way to Thundera to warn the King Claudus about the coming of your father. Though all you wanted to do was just tell him so his city would be ready, and leave. But he wanted you to stay. Which you knew was not a good idea. And look what happen, the city as well King Claudus who showed you kindness is now dead. He knew who you where the enemy's daughter, but it did not matter. Even Jaga it did not matter, he treated you like you where citizen of the city. Both of them cared for you in their own way.
Now they no longer stand, you stayed with the group feeling you owed them both that much. To protect their sons, and the last of clerics just for them. After all the pain you had caused the three of them. It was the least you could do. You wanted to take away all their suffering the journey, you preyed that when your father was attacking Lion-O and you came to block it, that you could just die and they would have nothing to worry about. And you no regrets.
But it did not happen, when you where in your death like state, you where ready to go. But something or someone stopped you from taking death's hand. A voice, that was like faint sound, though strong enough to pull you back to the land of living. To wake up to find everyone around you. All happy to have you back. You felt something that day that has been growing inside you all this time. That you have tired to run away from.
Wanting to leave, but you couldn't, something kept you there. As you stayed things grew more and more. Mainly with the both brother's feelings towards you grew. Not wanting any attachment to neither of them, their emotions overflowed your own. They've each showed in their own way how they care for you greatly. Though you denied them the right of you caring for them on that same level. You could feel inside of you growing to that level.
Afraid of it as you where, never experience it before in your life. It frighten you but also warmed you up in the inside. Though the most change was when you found you had family with the twins. Knowing you where raised to be good and turned bad. Through the twins you where able to open up more. Showing more of your compassionate side to them all, even though Panthro did not trust you. He had every right.
Those memories put a smile on your face, but it faded at the thought of Lion-O and Tygra in the astral plane. You remember learning about it with your father. Things could happen in there, any one could take advantage of it and turn it to their need.
And with the Tygra's anger towards his younger brother was just the perfect spot to heat it up more. You place a hand over your heart, as it started to hurt on its own. No matter how you think about it, it still all boiled down to you. You where the soul cause of the problem with them both, and with everything. No matter how you try to redeem yourself through your good acts and even being raised good as well.
"Zahra..."Wilykit places a gentle hand on you, making you snap out of it. Turning around you look at your little sister. She was worried about you. You regain your normal face as you smile at her."Are you ok?"
"Yes."you tell her, she didn't buy it at all. Before she could say anything.
"Their coming."Panthro tells everyone, you and her run over by him and the others"Their making their move. So are you going to help us?"he asked the elephants"Or wait for that army to roll over your village"
"We where suppose to mediate that weren't we."Amun ask Aburn"Completely slip our minds, come Aburn lets get right to that."he walks away with Aburn following.
"Of all the slow dumb"Panthro he exhales
"We can't stop any army that size"Cheetera
"No but I got a few surprise that can slow them down."Panthro tells her with a smirk, hearing that loud explosions happen,as the ground shook. You look and see that Panthro had planted some bombs.
Wilykat hops on the back of Amun"Come on."he tells him, he howls as he takes off once the lizards and their machines came into the village.
"Lets go everyone"Panthro tells you all.
You take out your bow as you fire at the lizards. Hitting your mark each time. Putting it away your bow you switch to a mix of hand to hand and magic. Though first you go and knock down one of their robots coming down with your hand infused with magic as it slices through it with ease. You then hurry to the next ones. Using the wind to boost your speed, as you disarm the lizards coming, when you see out of the corner of your eyes some going over to the elephants, along with them was Wilykit and Snarf.
Finishing off one of the robots you hurry over to them and your sister, sending a wave of energy at the lizards blasting them back. You then proceed and form a shield around the elephants, when you got shot in your arm.
You grab it in pain falling down, though you would to worry about that later, you quickly block an attack from one of the lizards as they try to hit you with their gun. You palm thrust them in the chest while still holding onto the gun. They go back beat, you just drop the weapon ready to defend with all you had.
When stopped in dead in your tracks, there was an evil presence here. You knew that presence anywhere as you blood turned icy cold, and your eyes widen in fear.
Turn slowly to look at the shack, something was not right within it. He couldn't be here. He just couldn't, how could you not sense him? But that did not matter, with him in the astral plane the things he could do to them in there. You just could not think about it, out of fear you forget about the war, you fly your way as quickly as you could to the astral plane, your tattoos forming on you as they glowed, your eyes glow as well.
Cheetera defended the shed, when you flew right by her at fast speed. Before she could say anything you enter the astral plane.
You where right about something going on in here, the atmosphere had changed. His presence was getting closer, your blood chilled more and more. The air pushing up against your face, as you hurried to Tygra and Lion-O. You just hoped nothing bad had happen to them yet.
Keeping your mind strong while in here, you had to make sure you did not succumb to the astral planes powers. Looking more you heard and saw your fear.
There your father stood in his stronger form. The one that hunted you for so many years, stood over the brothers as he got ready to attack them.
"No!"you yell, which made the brothers look, Mumm-Ra fired his attack them.
Though you took the full blow of the attack as it sent you back into a wall hard. You fall to the ground.
"Zahra!"Tygra and Lion-O hurry and rush over to you.
You get up slowly as they come over to you, helping you up. Once up, you step infront of the both of them as if protecting them. Staring right at your father.
He stares at you back with his same frown, but it turns into a evil smile. Lighting started to crackle around his hands.
"It seems you have gained some new sort of power. Nothing that I've taught you."he chuckles.
The brothers look at him then at you wanting to understand what he meant. Before they could, they got their answer through you, as you step forward with your energy in the form of orbs around your hands, eyes still glowing.
"You've taught me nothing father, but darkness."you tell him.
"F-father!?"Lion-O and Tygra where both shocked by what they just heard.
You heard it in their voices, you turn and look at them with sadden eyes as they look back at you still shocked by what you just said. You just wanted to cry, but you turn back quickly to your father.
He growls at you he shots his energy at you, you reflect it with your own with ease. He saw this, you use this as you fire back at him. It hits him, as he howls in pain, looking at you with full rage in his eyes.
You waste not time, as you go to attack him leaving the brothers. Engaging your father in battle, the brothers watch you both fight. You where able to land some blows on him. Mumm-Ra puts up his arms to block your energy attack on him, as he skids back. He looks at you through them, you stand pridefully looking at your father.
With a low growl, he stands up straight. You go into for another blow when stop your attack as you look at who was infront of you. It was all those you meet that showed you light. King Claudus, Jaga, and your parents. They look at you.
You stand there frozen with regret on your face. They stare at you, you could feel their eyes on you. As they all say your name. They reach out to touch you, you move back quickly. That did not hear Lion-O or Tygra call out your name, but it was to late. Mumm-Ra binds you with energy bands as he sends his energy through you. Causing you scream out in pain.
Tygra and Lion-O hurry to you, when something catches Lion-O's eyes. It was stone that was the astral plane itself.
The ground beneath everyone turned into the stone. Mumm-Ra still kept his attack on you, when he saw the stone. Lion-O waste no time as he slams his gauntlet into it. The stone then goes into it, as his armor forms a bit."Now lets see what this stone can do."Lion-O looks at Mumm-Ra as he uses his sword with the stone. A huge blast gets fired at Mumm-Ra.
He drops you, as he got blasted away. Lion-O stops his attack when he sees you falling into the endless astral plane.
"Zahra!"he waste no time to go and get you along with his brother. Using the claws on his gauntlet he shots them at you, as they wrap around you. He pulls you back to him. Untying you, though Tygra takes you, as he looks down at you.
They both look at you waiting, you slowly start to open your eyes. When the whole astral plane started to break apart.
"Whats happening?"Tygra asked looking around.
"Without the stone to hold it together, the astral plane is falling apart."Lion-O tells him.
"Then lets get out of here."Tygra holds onto you tightly as he and his brother run.
They make it out just in time, though the astral plane was sucking in Panthro and Grune.
Tygra dug his claws into the ground while he held onto you. Though the suction caused you slightly open your eyes a bit more. There something else, looking up at a blurry Tygra who was watching what was happening, you look over at all destroyed robots, lizards that laid on the ground, Cheetera, Amun, Snarf, Lion-O and lastly the twins.
A small soft smile forms then turns into a frown. As you close your eyes a single tear falls. Gathering up enough strength that you had, you phase yourself from Tygra's hold on you.
"Zahra!"he yells for you.
You rush over to Panthro and Grune, as you phase through Panthro, and come in contact with Grune, with whom you put all your strength in as you push him away from Panthro straight into the astral plane, while you kick Panthro back out of the hut.
Which surprised him, he looks on at you. You turn and look at everyone as they watch you sacrifice yourself. You couldn't hear them yell out your name. But you where to read their lips and their eyes. Though the twins where the loudest.
*I love you all.*you send them a telepathic message, then one to the twins and Amun *Take care of eachother and please take care of them.*
With that the shed explodes. Everyone kept their eyes glued on the area where the shed use to be, the last place they saw you, the last place they saw your smile in your eyes.
"Zahra!"the twins cry out to you, as they start to cry calling out your name.
Evening came to the elephant village, as they mourn and celebrate. Panthro had lost his arms due to the astral plane, but it wasn't as big as a lost to what they all just lost.
The twins sat alone with Amun curled around them, while the twins held onto your bow as they cried on him. Cheetera kept to herself. Lion-O went to check up twins but they said nothing to him. He went to go and find his brother.
Tygra stared up at the moon, he remember that was when he first saw you in light. That one night when he came to your room, while you where in the shower. You looked so radiant in the moon's light, and since then you had never left his mind. Just as the moon was a mystery in the night. You became one to him, that he wanted to solve.
He just stared up at the moon, tears rolled down his golden eyes. An image of your face came over the moon. He couldn't take it, as he looks away from the moon. Tears just came and did not stop.
As he mourned for you, he did not noticed as a ghostly hand form as it touched his face, though he felt its cold touch. He turns to find you, though you more a illuminating spirit, your hair grew back as it flowed in the behind you. He looks at you wide eyes, you smile at him.
Placing your other hand on the other side of his face, he reaches to grab them but they go right through. Your touch was cold, you lean in closer to him as you look at him calmly and enchantingly.
"Thank you, Tygra"you tell him, as you lean in your lips contact with his, but to him it was nothing but cold touch nothing but the air.. He tries to pull you closer but his arms went right through you. You break it as you look at him with tender eyes, wiping away his tears.
"..."Tygra
You smile at him softly"I'm free. Thank you."with that you vanish in the night.
"Z-"Tygra realizes you gone, he drops to his knees as he punches the ground. Behind him Lion-O saw what just happen, as the evening bell rang. He was distraught by this, when he felt a cold presence, he turns around to find you.
You give him the same look as Tygra though you place your forehead on wanted to move away from you out of anger. But he didn't. You place one of your hands over his heart, then move it down to his sword"..."he understood, the promise he made you. Before he could say anything you vanish as well.
With the twins, you come infront of them. Now asleep along with Amun, but he wakes up and sees you, you smile at your friend. Then look at your siblings, placing a hand on each of their heads, causing a tear to fall from each of them."Protect them, Amun." you tell him, and vanish again.
END
Going over to Cheetera and Panthro who where by one another, though you where a bit further away from them. Though they did spot, you just smile and wave to them, as you leave them.