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I smiled at Arielle's frantic voice, and I almost wanted to cry, feeling like I wasn't going to last through this test.Arielle...please. Don't come here...
I zoned everything out, closing my eyes as tightly as I could and let myself immerse my mind in thinking about one thing.
Sia?! I really need you. I need you more than I ever have. Please. I can't lose the people I love. They're all here, and this man will kill them. I can't let that happen. I beg, PLEASE!
It was that moment my consciousness faded, hoping Sia would make her appearance. But one last thought entered my mind, one that felt like it wasn’t my own.
The Old Darkness has returned and was ready to rage war.
The Choice Is Mine
~SIA~
I wanted to groan, but I felt like if I did, my life would end. The amount of fear that coursed through my body was almost unbearable, but I knew from the cool touch of something sharp on my neck and a loud cackle of sinister laughter, that I was currently at a disadvantage.
But not for long.It only took ten seconds for the memories to overload my mind, and I realized for the first time Celestia had summoned me. I didn't know how she did it, our switch never occurring unless magically induced, but I couldn't spend much time thinking about it.
I was already feeling her body’s exhaustion, and if I didn't get out of this situation, we'd both face death.
"Say farewell to your daughter, Charlotte! Maybe next time you'll believe in the Blessed Legends!" a man declared, and I felt the blade move from my neck. I only had a split second, and that was all I needed.
"WAVEOSHALIGHT!" I screamed, lashing out as much light energy that I could manage.
"AHHH!" The man screamed as a wave of light magic burst through me in all directions, gathering enough power to send everyone flying back.
I snapped my eyes open and ducked just in time to miss a wave of dark magic that passed me. I raised my arms and reached out for my dual swords, pulling them to defend myself for the next wave.
The man before me was tall, had jet black hair, and wore a long black cloak around his body. I noticed right away the artificial hand that was on his left, and the magically made leg that was visible when the wind blew the cape back.
His eyes frightened me the most; black like the dark element he used without a hint of white.
Is he the Darkness? No...he's not Him. Who is this man?
"SIA!" I glanced at Hunter and Orion who were racing towards me, but my eyes widened, and I lifted one of my hands out.
"WINDALASH!" I screamed, shooting out enough wind to stall them in their tracks. In that split second, a dark wall of flames shot out of the ground, growing higher and higher. I tried to run the other way, but the same wall emerged.
I glanced over my shoulder, and the dark flamed wall was already there. I looked back in front of me to see the man in question, his arms out wide as he smiled wickedly.
"You won't escape me, Princess. I cannot let you live. I'm sorry, but you cannot ascend to being Queen."
"I don't know what you- AH!" I began, but I screamed, gasping at the pain that went through me. I lowered my gaze to black trends that were in the shape of sharp vines, three of the thin vines in my chest.
Shit...
I gasped again when another went through my stomach, followed by yet another one through my arm. Scream after scream escaped my throat until I had no voice left, blood beginning to fill my mouth.
I lowered my head to spit it out and fearfully glanced down to see my whole body pierced with the dark vines; my blood began to pool on the ground below me.
"One thousand years I’ve waited."
I slowly looked up to meet his gaze as I struggled to breathe. "I waited to kill you again. You chose to abandon me but accepted the others. You chose to LOVE THEM, but I didn't deserve love. Only hate, pain, agony," He declared, taking a step forward.
What did I do...?
I wanted to say something, to defend myself, but I choked on my blood and spat it out as I coughed. It felt like thousands of needles had gone through me.
The man appeared pleased with my pain.
