Chapter 15-Darkness Rises
Deep under the sea a giant serpent dove and twisted through the currents. His left eye had been sliced to shreds, so his only good eye was continuously looking around, for fear that it might one day be torn to shreds as well. The serpent hissed slightly as he began to move faster, thanks to a current that was now dragging him down toward where he wanted to go. A huge burn had, at one time, seared across his chest; but now only a scar was left, a reminder of his battle with his granddaughter. The serpent flicked his tongue out lazily and snapped up some fish.
He had eaten over a month ago but now he was hungry and that was why he had ventured out into the waves that surrounded his fallen kingdom. It had once been a great nation until it sank thanks to a stone that the serpent had found and brought to paradise. Finally, once able to see the great palace walls rise up, the serpent halted his descent, his yellow eyes flickering with rage. Ever since he had returned here, nightmares had plagued him of what he had done to his former mate. Thrusting that thought out of his mind for now, the snake slithered up the icy cold green marble steps of the palace.
Although most of the buildings had fallen down after paradise had sank, some buildings such as the palace and Guardian Chamber had remained somewhat intact.
"Good you have returned," a voice calls out from the darkness.
Yesss I have massster. Is the ssspell complete yet? The serpent asks.
"No, not yet, but I am getting closer to completing it," the human replies. Soon it shall be finished and the plan shall finally begin!
With that the Leviathan entered the Atlantean palace. The throne room had suffered the most damage but the serpent and, now the human as well, used it rarely. Mostly the two spent the most time in the dungeons on the third floor, where the spell was taking place.
How much longer ssshall we must wait? The Leviathan asks.
"It shall be done within the next few days," the human replies as he walks toward the serpent, his cloak's hood covering his face.
And ssshould it not be done by that time? The Leviathan asks.
With that the human tensed up.
"How dare you insult my power you little serpent!" The human shouts in rage, his purple eyes shining from inside the hood.
The Leviathan draws back, shocked at the human's sudden outburst.
I wasss sssimply asssking, what if you didn't complete the ssspell by then? The Leviathan says.
The human says nothing to the serpent's question and simply stands there, his eyes distant, staring off somewhere.
"The spell shall be completed by tomorrow night and my former host shall be rejoining us, however with no memory of his past," the human says.
That isss the plan? The Leviathan asks.
"Yes it is," the human replies.
The human walks back over to a giant blue crystal and presses his hand against it. Closing his eyes, the human begins to chant. The Leviathan begins to mentally translate the spell. Although most of it is long and complex, the serpent manages to get somewhat of an idea of what the spell meant. This spell was a resurrection spell, however the spell could only be used by some of the most powerful spellcasters in Atlantis, all others couldn't use it.
If they tried, most couldn't handle the mass amount of energy needed to fuel its strength. The Leviathan snickered slightly as he realized that Dartz, in his weakened state right now, couldn't use the spell to restore Narssia.
'Let me guess, you are thinking about how Dartz can't use the resurrection spell to restore Narssia for now, am I right?' The human asks the serpent through telepathy, his eyes still closed.
The Leviathan draws back and snarls at the human.
Tamli I wisssh that for once you wouldn't do that, I creepsss me out, the Leviathan snarls.
Tamli simply laughs and returns his attention to the crystal. Suddenly the crystal glows pure white and Tamli removes his hand.
"That should last for a few days until Narssia brings the dragon cards to me," Tamli says.
The Leviathan snickers and lashes his tail out at Tamli.
I allowed you to ussse the sssacred cryssstals of paradissse and how do you repay me? By telling my granddaughter what to do! The Leviathan cries.
"In that sense you are wrong Leviathan. I was showing her the light," Tamli says.
By turning her into your ssslave and letting her do your dirty work? The Leviathan asks.
"Again you are wrong. I did not mean for that to happen like that it just did," Tamli replies.
Like what happened to Sssanterous? The Leviathan asks.
"That was my fault and I took the blame for it," Tamli says.
Tamli dodges the Leviathan's tail and his eyes glow a dark rich purple. The Leviathan backs up, fearing the worst.
"From now on you shall serve me!" Tamli cries.
The Leviathan's eyes turn a darker shade of yellow and he lowers his head.
Yesss massster, the Leviathan replies, his voice soft and lower than normal.
Good it seems that I still have control over my powers. Luckily for me, Santerous' mind didn't interfere with my mental abilities once I merged with him. Santerous should have known not to mess around with my powers, but sadly his mind paid the price for such interference. Soon he will find out what I had to go through the hard way, Tamli thinks as his rage begins to build.
"So tell me again why we are doing this?" Tronay asks as she holds onto her dragon's spines while Uria flies through the sky.
Because Sarina asked us to met her in the Twilight Forest within the next hour, Uria replies.
Great, within two weeks time we return me to being a human again and find out about a spell that could be used to restore this human, Tamli I think it was, and now Sarina wishes to see if it works first before we try to cast it, Tronay thinks to herself.
To Uria, Tronay must have seemed worried about something, probably the same thing that he was worried about. The fact that Tamli might be more powerful than Santerous ever could have become. Uria's scales shown like a blazing fire as the light from the sun brushed against them.
Uria? Tronay asks.
Yes Tronay, what is it? Uria asks.
Are we truly safe here. You know, in the Dominion of the Beasts? Tronay asks.
Uria thought for a second. Perhaps Tronay was right about not being safe.
I don't know Tronay but we can at least play our part in the life cycle of all things, Uria says.
Perhaps you're right, maybe I'm just thinking of bad ideas that could befall us, Tronay says.
Uria chuckles softly to himself. This was the Tronay that he knew from way back in paradise, before Dartz erased her memory.
What's so funny? Tronay asks.
Nothing Tronay it just something I thought of earlier, Uria replies.
Let me guess. Something about my past maybe? Tronay asks.
No fair, you used telepathy to read my thoughts! Uria cries.
All's fair if you know the answer, Tronay chuckles.
Uria growls quietly and a little bit of steam rolls out of his nostrils.
I didn't mean to make you mad, Tronay laughs. But I couldn't help myself.
Watch it Tronay, if you ever try something like that again then I'll . . . Uria begins.
Then you'll what? Tronay asks.
Then I'll show you what I did to Dartz when I brought him to see Narssia' egg, Uria roars.
You told me that you did nothing to him, remember? Tronay asks.
Oh yes I remember, but let's just say I had fun with Dartz, Uria snarls.
What type of fun? Tronay asks.
Uria suddenly folds his wings under him and twists his body downwards.
Tell me before you do that! Tronay cries.
Sorry I wasn't watching where I was going and had to change course slightly, Uria says.
Tronay sighs and leans back. This was going to be a long flight and it seemed that Uria wanted to talk the whole way there.