WoS Chapter 7

Radu placed a paw on his friend's shoulder, he somehow knew what malkuthe had seen "malkuthe... none of those things where your fault.. they where" he paused" saffye's" he sighed. he shook his head "but since you say you cannot i will become chieftan, and if it is all right with the elder's i will do so without taking the laudethe from you" he stared at the elder's, what he just said was NOT a suggestion. they all nodded rather quickly.
Radu bowed his head and smiled at malkuthe "with your blessing i take the roll of highwind chieftan" he said standing up straight "and as my first act as true cheiftan, ik find myself in need of an advisor whom i know i can trust, i choose my beloved Liara... if she will take the job" he smiled at her
if anyone had bother to look, behind all the gathered ceree was a flaoting blue flame, about the size of an elf, it flickered showing the powerful form of amteth, and then it was gone

Seraph managed to break free from Asphent's spell. He approached everyone and two ceree were busy something about being chieftain and a new adviser. Noundele released another burst of energy to see if any Ancestors have been awakened besides Amteth and kaldi. [i]" Hey kid, shouldn't we be doing something, like defeat the Dark One!"

Seraph approached the others. " Hey guys, I don't mind the talking, but we have more urgent matters to attend to. Let's go to the Languid Sea."

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Rubian was having a headache and Aespectrill don't even have headaches. He was looking at the sky, the equinox nearing. Aespectrill roaming Sylfe, it would be both a spectacular and horrifying sight. He went to seraph and the others. " He's right. The dark One is free and he won't be waiting for us. We must hurry."

Liara couldn't help but cry tears of relief when her wounds healed, Radu regaining his senses. What happened next was all over so quickly that she didn't know where to look, Amteth disappearing as Malkuthe appeared, no longer Agdor.
"and as my first act as true cheiftan, ik find myself in need of an advisor whom i know i can trust, i choose my beloved Liara... if she will take the job" She glanced at Radu, blushing.
'I..I...of course,' Liara was lost for words.
" Hey guys, I don't mind the talking, but we have more urgent matters to attend to. Let's go to the Languid Sea."
Maetesk stood some way off, away from the ceree. His talons traced through the blood splattering the shore without thinking, symbols appearing across the dirt to erupt in a blaze of crimson fire, another ward placed. He closed his eyes, revelling in the power trickling into him, but couldn't help but feel angry - they had not been his own actions. It was as if he was becoming more of a puppet to the voice each day.

after a night of sleep to help everyone recover from the events of the previous day, every set out to continue their way to the launguid sea. Radu was being extract affectionate to liara, sense he felt guilty about what had happened while he was under asphent's control.
in his mind amteth laughed "looks like liara's got you under a love spell"
"shut up, liara doesn't need magic for me to love her" radu grumbled
"kid love is it's own breed of magic" amteth laughed

between his worrying over liara, radu noticed malkuthe was very troubled. he knew it to be both the visions that came to him from his time as an agador, and his love sick heart. radu remembered a time that seemed so long ago, when he had spent many a lonely night watching over his farm often seeing saffye and malkuthe together. he knew the two had loved each other very much, figuring that malkuthe, and possibly saffye, where distraught... even through it was all saffye's fault this had happened, he thought bitterly.

amteth meanwhile entered seraph's mind, and let noundele do the same with radu... "i wonder how long until kaldi comes looking for looking for noundele and i, and more importantly when will the other ancestor's wake up" he said so noundele, seraph, and radu could hear

Seraph and the others were flying to the Languid Sea, Seraph was talking to rubian about the eqiunox. The purple ceree whose name was Radu was being affectionate to his lover, though he thought it might have been to much. The blue ceree whose name was Malkuthe was looking depressed. Seraph wondered if it was the nightmares he had yesterday or if it were matters of the heart. Noundele and Amteth talked about the Great Ancestors. Noundele then came back to Seraph's mind. "Hey Seraph, There's something I wanna tell you. The Dark One is one of us."

Seraph was dumbfounded by the revelation Noundele said. "What? The Dark One is one of you Ancestors?"

" Not exactly. I mean he was one of my friends. He was also amteth's friend as well. His real name was Algaisia. He was an elf. But he turned on us. Then he became the Dark One."

Seraph couldn't believe that The Dark One was one of the Great Ancestors friends. " I can't believe it. But it does make sense on why is he so powerful."

Noundele then had a serious tone. " I want to tell this to you because I want all of you to be careful. He will sense our presence when we get near to him, and he will kill you by any means necessary. I want all of you to take care of yourselves. we can't help you that much since we are only spirits and manifestations of power. But we'll help you as much as we can. Good luck with the fighting kid."

Amteth interupted this conversation "to correct noundele, algaisia was more than just a friend... he was one of the original 7. but then after the great battle he died after a time, he was brought back to life by the eternal destiny who brought him back as an evil version of himself, but far more powerful.... he was less annoying then" he retreated from seraph's mind.

lagging behind the highwind was a large ceree, cloaked in a tattered robe that covered him entirely except for the end of his grey muzzle, and his grey feet. he looked up at the sky, which shone at high noon "i've still got plenty of time" thought Eon

" Oh sorry Amteth. From the eons that have passed I have forgotten the details of Algaisia's becoming of the dark One." Noundele was surprised that Erik remembered everything. Noundele had a very short memory span.

Seraph and the others were nearing the Languid Sea. He noticed a ceree in a tattered robe way behind the others. " Hey Noundele, do you know who the ceree is?" Noundele didn't say a thing at first. But after a while he replied. " I don't know kid. But that ceree reeks of power. I just don't know if that power is good or evil."

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Rubian was staring at the sun. It was noontime. But since the solstice was nearing, it would be a short day. " I wonder if any Aespectrill are roaming Sylfe by now?"

The cold night was unbearable to Seraph, so he decided to sleep in his tent, unlike the blue ceree, who still was squirming and moving about as if he were in a dream and a nightmare at the same time. He was very tired and in no time he was asleep.


Seraph found himself in a bright room where there was nothing but light. Strangely in that painfully bright light, he was able to see Noundele. " Hello Seraph. I want to show you something." The scenery changed from a bright room to a place where it was all lush and green. It was full of life. He realized that it was a plane, just like Sylfe. " Seraph, this is the plane of Aznala during our time. Now I want you to see our plane turning into dust. Imagine it Seraph, this plane collapsing upon itself. If you can't imagine it, open your eyes and look."

Seraph then saw the same plane but it was not lush and green anymore. Everything was crumbling, falling into the void. families desperately trying to save themselves. " This is why we moved to Sylfe. We wanted to save our plane, but there was nothing we can do. The only thing we could do was take the essences of all the people in Aznala and take it somewhere else. That's when we came into Sylfe. Then we started recreating the plane. And to be sure that this doesn't collapse as well, we sacrificed our immortality to save this plane from collapsing. Now Seraph, we don't want our sacrifice to be in vain, so all of you must defeat the Dark One."

Seraph understood. They returned to the bright room. " But hey, no pressure." Noundele laughed. " Anyways kid, be prepared. Brace yourselves."


Seraph woke up with a start. He peeked outside his tent, and saw the blue ceree coughing out blood. He then heard a strange noise. It was full of bloodlust. He decided to check it out. Noundele's words still echoed in his mind. " Be prepared kid." He looked and saw a monstrous looking ceree like creature.

elsewhere radu slept next to liara, but was clearly not sleeping soundly. he growled as the dreams became ever worse
the nightmare continued, he saw saffye, trying to turn him into and agador.... but the spell backfired and created a false agador of radu, while the real him escaped unharmed. he saw the agador radu walking through the gate while malkuthe was left behind by a tearful saffye... what seemed eons later he saw saffye and the false radu... together, the sight nearly made him reach with disgust... saffye waking to find the false radu in ashes, while she later bore his child... a still born....
amteth felt slightly sorry for her... he retreated for radu's mind for awhile. leaving the kid on his own.... but that wouldn't change anything in saffye's plane
the dream shifted.... he saw the image of the dark one on the horizon, evil seeping from him and turning the land a sickly grey. then he saw what was quite possibly the worst image of all.... malkuthe roared at him, jumping talons out. he grabbed radu's neck in a burst of blood. his powerful jaws biting the neck as well... red goo began to seep out but it halted, turning into dust... but radu began to hard, fur and organs becoming stone. soon he was a statue, frozen in shock, horror nd pain.

malkuthe sneered with disgust, lifting a powerful paw. he stuck the statue sending it into peices that flew and skattered across the ground... but then almost as a back fire to this, malkuthe's claws and teeth turned a strange gold color. malkuthe screamed in fright as lines of energy siperwebbed across his fur, once then covered his body... he dropped dead instantly, turning to golden ashes.... radu sat up breathing heavily... he heard a strange roar outside, in hopes to distract his troubled mind he exited the tent, trying not to disturb liara and went to invesigate

the massive monster that was once eon roared. it's body was that of a massive feral ceree like creature. wide black and red feather wings stretched, bloting out the light of the moonlight. it took a step closer to seraph... but then another form jumped at it's side, knocking it away. the creature was similar yet looked far less twisted.it's fur was purple, with golden marks while the other was grey with black marks. the two roared, shattering the silence for miles, red eyes filled with rage and hate. they clashed, each trying to kill the other

Seraph the two oddly similar creatures glaring at each other full of hate. " Aww man. Now I gotta deal with these two? Oh well." He donned his cloak of magic, and started going in between the two. It was risky since he could be killed by those two. " Radu, calm yourself, you could only cause hurt in this rage form." He then blew flames at the other ceree. He used his powers to summon shadows. Since it was night, they were more powerful. He then attacked with full might. " This is just the kind of exercise I need." But slowly, he was turning feral. He would soon be like Radu's rage form, wild, unpredictable and attacks violently. He would need to stop at some point.

Radu knew he was right... he roared slashing the other ceree with an aleron. it growled and backed up, radu took his normal form, fur bristling up. he blasted a burst of purple energy at the ceree like creature, sending it flying into a tree, knocking it out. he patted seraph on the shoulder "now you calm down" he laughed

clouds covered the moon for a time. during which the massive feral ceree shrank into a average ceree. his grey fur streaked with black markings....

(Can't really write much :S Sorry!)

Liara poked her head out the tent. She'd been woken by a commotion of some sort, but nothing could have prepared herself for what she saw in front of her now. Feral ceree clashed in a whirlwind of claws and alerons.

(it's okay ^^)
Radu turned to liara "oh ther you ar-" the clouds had faded, causing eon to transform again, he jumped at radu. Radu didn't take his feral form before he was knocked into a tree. Eon let out bone chilling laughter "amteth's power is weaker than I thought" his eyes had turned solid black. The aura of the dark one seeping out of him "wow to rip off the head of your prescicous little flower" eon turned to liara.

Radu jumped on his back in feral form. He bit into eons neck, eon flipped him off. Eon stumpled a purple mark on his neck.. He roared and twitched. A ripple of purple energy spread over his body. He dropped to the grip unconscious

" Aww man! Now what did Radu do?" Seraph managed to say after he calmed down. " I don't know kid. But you started going wild a while ago. By the way, that ceree reeks of Dark One energy. Either he's an agent of the Dark One, or just an unlucky soul who's been cursed. Anyways, you gotta control that cloak of yours. Use it for a long time you start going wild. You gotta control yourself. Oh yeah, kick that guy's butt! He insulted Amteth."

Seraph then looked at the creature." What happened to him? He's just there lying down."

"I knocked him out, isn't it obvious?" radu spoke in a voice that did not belong to him, his eyes where also purple.... " I hate when people insult, especially when al does it" he turned his head and spit out black blood that sizzled when it hit the ground. Helooked back at the unconscious form of eon "a were-ceree eh? Normal by day, feral by night. He has been cursed by the dark one" radu shook his head and his eyes returned to normal. He placed a paw on his noggin "owww, never gonna let you do that again amteth.radu looked to the sky "almost morning" radu grabbed eon by the scruff of his neck and began to drag him back to the encampment.

Once he did he Looked around the camp for malkuthe. He hadn't checked up on his friend for awhile

" Oh. Apologies Lord Amteth. Let's go, I need to catch up on some sleep." As if sleep walking, he trudged towards his tent. He didn't noticed the blue ceree in the ground so he just stepped on him, kicked him and rolled him in dirt. strangely, he was snickering. " This kid is just like me." Noundele also laughed. Soon he was in his tent, snoring.

Radu was looking at the sleeping form of malkuthe when he growled and shuddered with a sudden feeling. it was the strangest feeling, especially for what he was sensing. it was a mixture of anger, rage, but it was strangly mixed with pity, slight mourning and even happiness. he looked in the direction the sensation had come from "saffye" he said audibly. he pawed at malkuthe to wake his sleeping form "malkuthe, malkuthe... MALKUTHE!! saffye is here, well not exactly here but she is in this plane." he said trying to wake his friend

he smiled sadly... if saffye and malkuthe wear together they would be happy, but saffye wouldn't be able to safe here forever. amteth may be gone at the moment but he felt it was true. saffye would come and either leave alone... or leave and take malkuthe with her... either way he would be happy for his friend, if the first option was taken malkuthe would fall back into despair. if the second was taken, radu gulped, he might never see the ceree who had been his best friend since his earist memories would be gone, quite possibly never seen again.

radu sighed as he continued to wake his sleeping friend. he spoke ever so softly to himself "either way... i will not interfer other than to applogize to saffye, since it was me who caused the death of the false me"

As seraph was sleeping, Noundele sensed disturbance in the planes. " Someone is traveling between the planes. Is it coming here, or to some other plane." His answer was questioned when he sensed a powerful entity coming from the gate of worlds, the only place one can travel through the other planes. " Is this who I think it is? This being is a creature of Sylfe, yet her power, it surpasses even my own." Noundele shuddered at the horrible thought. The energy signature was something he knew. It was the power of an Eternal. " How could this ceree have the power of an Eternal. She is as powerful as Destiny. Is she friend or foe? I must be prepared."

eon grumbled as he awoke, the mornings light shining down on him. he was covered in a tattered blanket laid nearby the tent that belonged to radu. he sighed and started to get up... but he was chained to a small post. eon rolled his eyes "of course"

radu had taken his elven form and was poking malkuthe with a stick "come on! wake up you lazy blue bum" he growled poking him harder

Seraph woke up a little late because Noundele wasn't waking him up. " I'm a Great Ancestor. I'm not an alarm clock." Noundele grumbled. Seraph saw outside his tent was the very ceree he fought with a while ago, only now he was less feral. He still retained his marks and was chained to a post. He looked on the other side and saw Radu in his elven form poking the blue ceree with a stick. " Great. Just woke up and already seeing weirdness here. anyone want breakfast. I have the strangest craving for roasted shark."

Malkuthe stirred for a moment, feeling a sharp poking on his side. He tried to wave it off with a paw, but it returned with renewed vigor. He cracked one of his eyes open and spotted Radu standing beside him, poking him with a stick. "Wha--!" he was cut off when he saw the grey Ceree chained to a post. A mutual understanding suddenly sparked between the two, one knew the other's case, albeit, sketchily.

He trotted over to the grey Ceree and placed his head beside the other's. He smelled a foul taint, but a weak one at the very least. He also somewhat sensed a similarity to one of Radu's supposed powers, turning into a form ruled by rage. He sensed a mix of emotions from the gray Ceree and to him, some of those seemed to come from someone else. There was somewhat a burning determination to get rid of the curse.

He opened his maw to speak to the Ceree but was cut short by a plume of mist that exploded from nowhere. In the mist, a silhouette of a Ceree appeared. With each of her steps, the world seemed to rejoice in her presence. For what reason, Malkuthe could not call to mind.

When the mist faded, they revealed the figure in his dreams. It was Saffyre. He shook his head, thinking it was still a dream. But the vision did not go away.

"A-are you r-really h-here?" asked Malkuthe carefully. He thought that a wrong word might send her back to where she had once vanished to.

"Yes, I am... I'm here for you, Malkuthe..." she said with a tone that was thick with desperation. "I need you by my side..."

With that, Saffyre grabbed Malkuthe by the neck with an Aleron and prepared to use her magic. That was when she saw Radu. She stopped almost instantaneously, her eyes glowing with something that could no longer be expressed with words. Malkuthe's face darkened. However, they vanished in another burst of mist.

"Look, Malkuthe at what you and I can rule together..." said Saffyre. She gave a start when she actually took the chance to look around. Her eyes became glossy with unshed tears and her body was racked with sobs that were suppressed.

All around them was what could have been once a magnificent hall. There were pillars that paraded down its length, but their color was faded and the gold leaf that adorned their tops was almost completely gone. Faded frescoes showed in patches on the walls and pots that would have once held magnificent plants were in ruin.

The palace was destroyed by time. The short moments she had spent in Sylfe made a million years pass in Azalar. She fell to the ground, crying. Malkuthe was there to comfort her, and she wallowed in the warmth of his body.