A Dragon's Tail
Tail 2: Zetarus' Tail – Ambivalence
Tail 2-Interlude: A Revived Darkness
"Ah… This is such a perfect castle for a lord of darkness like me…"
I was standing on the balcony of my castle, looking at the black sky with nothing but a moon and sparkling stars. The unweaving realm of darkness here completely soothed my demonic soul, or should I say, awakened my thirst for blood?
"Master…"
I turned my attention to the one who called me. It was a Pokemon surrounded by dark aura, just like everyone who lived here, including me.
"Master, we have finished our rescue as you command." He reported.
"What about those wretched creatures?" I asked.
"They are in a dungeon." He reported. "What should we do with them? Should we execute them right now?"
"No." I answered. "Inflict as much pain as possible to them, but no matter what, do not kill them. Let them taste that feeling first…"
"Certainly, master." He bowed at me.
"Also, I may stop by at the dungeon, so, don't forget to leave some for me." I said. "But that would be after I went to see the one we rescued. Now, take me to where they are."
"Yes, master." That Pokemon said before he led me along the dark corridor of this castle. Then he stopped in front of an old wooden door.
"…" I reached my paw to the doorknob and opened the door.
I left that room with a heavy heart. Was that thing they had done to my kin? Didn't they think that we were also a living creature?
"It was… worse than a nightmare…" I mumbled. And…
"They didn't treat us like a living creature, so I will treat them worse than they could imagine!" I roared and drew something out. It was my weapon, which looked like a spear, but with three sharpened tips instead.
"Oh, Darkness Trident…" I mumbled. "Today, your thirst of blood shall be quenched… Your owner, the embodiment of evilness, shall serve you with the life of those who bathed themselves in the blessing of light!"
I walked along a dark corridor again. This time, I head downstairs to the first floor of my castle, then I headed lower into the basement of this place. Right now, only a dark and long corridor with mirrors on both sides of the wall separated me from my destination…
"…" I slowly walked along the corridor. My reflection in the mirror was reflected from one to one, creating infinity reflections of myself…
"…?" I turned my attention to one of my reflection in the mirror, but… What I saw wasn't my reflection. It was…
"Are you sure you want to start a pilgrimage?"
"Please don't worry about me, Archsage Iris. I am sure that I would be alright."
"But you have just recovered, haven't you? And you still didn't recover your memory…"
"I don't know if my memory will return or not. I may not be able to recover my memory for the rest of my life."
"Do not say anything like that. You are the priest of light. You must not fall into despair!"
"…Thank you. I swear to my blessed gift from the god, the Light Scepter, that I will cherish your words…"
"Alright then… From Theocracy of Venturnome, you can go to Principality of Leafburg and Dustorm Empire by foot, but I would suggest you go to Principality of Leafburg because the border between this place and Dustorm Empire was too… extreme. Plus, the Pontifex of Venturnome still hasn't returned from Dustorm Empire yet, so we couldn't help you about this much."
"You have blessed me with enough kindness, Archsage Iris. There's nothing for you to regret…"
"Okay then… Be seeing you, the priest of light. I will pray to Yggdrasil for your safety."
"And I will pray to Yggdrasil for your safety too, Archsage Iris."
"W…What's that?!" I spoke out after the picture I saw in the mirror returned to the picture of myself. "W…Why did I see something like that?"
I tried to find the answer of my question, but yet I couldn't find it…
"…I don't have time with this nonsense. I have something else to do." I shook my thought out of my head and continued walking until I reached my destination, the castle's dungeon. I could hear a faint sound of someone screaming in pain from behind the door…
"Now… Let's see how many wretched creatures will get impaled by my Darkness Trident today…" I said with a cold-blooded voice before entering the dungeon…
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: And this is the second interlude… Wow… This interlude focuses on a different character than the first one. This one, though, has a darker story…
And… This is the end of the second tail. The next chapter would be a start of the third tail! Don't worry. The third tail won't be as dark as the second tail…
A special thanks to Ridin Valon for helping me with the error correction.