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Fates Designs, Scroll 2.

Posted by ShadowNazi169 - July 14th, 2008


Scroll 2:
The Princess Of Light
And The King Of Darkness.

The next morning, as the sun breaks over the hill Lucius opens his eyes; he looks down at Lilly, her eyes closed, a smile on her face. He quietly gets out of the hammock, stopping it from rocking with his hand. He gets dressed and lays a piece of paper in her hand, he gently kisses her cheek. He quietly climbs down the ladder and out the front door. Daxis is waiting on the ground; he is holding a long package. Lucius walks up to him and he smiles at him, "here. This is the gift for the princess." Lucius takes it and straps it to his back.

Lucius walks over to rain, she is standing waiting. He gets on and she walks out of the stall, "have a nice trip, and tell her that I said hey." he begins to walk back to the village, Lucius nodes and he and rain head towards the bridge. As they leave Lilly opens her eyes, she sits up, holding the blanket to her breasts. She holds up the paper in her hand. It is a picture of her, walking in the spring. She flips it over and this is written on it, "to Lilly, I will return.-Lucius"

She smiles and looks out the window to see Lucius heading out on rain. She smiles, "I'll wait for you to return Lucius." Lucius rides out accost the bridge and through the forest. He comes to the gate between the forest and the fields. A man walks over to him, "hey guy. you want to go to the fields right?" Lucius nodes, the guy walks over to the gate and unlocks it, "there you go, this is the only pass to the fields from the woods to the castle." Lucius smiles at the man and starts to ride on, the man waves at him, "have a good trip."

Lucius rides through the pass and to the fields; Lucius looks out on the open grassy fields covering the lands of arcana. He rides accost the field, the grass swaying in the breeze. He cross the bridge and follows the path to walls at the town, rain rides accost the bridge and into the town. The streets are busy with people hurrying around, Lucius looks around in wonder, he had never seen so many people before in his life.

He rides up to a guard and he looks adown, "yes, what would you like to know?" the guard asks looking at him; he notices Lucius' pointed ears. "Are you here to see the princess? You have the same look as her." He points to the huge wooden doors, the guard scribbles something on a piece of paper, he hands it to Lucius. "Here you go, hand this to the gatekeeper and he will let you in." Lucius nodes and walks rain through the crowds.

Lucius walks rain up the stone steps to the castle doors; the path is free of people. He stops rain and jumps down, rain nays as he jumps off. He pats her and walks over to the gatekeeper, a huge man with fire red hair and a long beard. He looks down at Lucius, "what do you want little man?" Lucius holds up the note, the man takes it and examines it, he looks down at Lucius.

Noting his pointed ears, he tosses the note and nodes, "I'll let you in, the princess is expecting you already." He pushes the huge wooden door; it creaks open and Lucius smiles at the man, and walks through. The castle is enormous, its marbled surfaces reflecting the sun's light. Lucius looks up in wonder; it seems to him that the tallest tower pierces the sky.

He walks accost the grounds, and around the huge fountain, it's statue a marble master piece of the three gods of arcane. He walks up to the door and knocks tentatively. A small slot opens and eyes pear at him, "yes? Who is it?" they look at Lucius, he smiles at the eyes. "what do you want?" the eyes look at his ears, "are you here to see the princess by chance?" Lucius nodes, the slot closes and the door opens.

Lucius walks in and sees that the eyes belong to a young women, her looks aristocratic and authorative. She bows to him, "are you from the donovine providence?" Lucius nodes and she smiles. "The princess has been expecting you. This way." She starts to lead him through to a stair well. They begin to walk up the stairs, "I have never met another elf before, the princess will be pleased to see you." She says as they come to a door.

She opens the doors to reveal the throne room; a massive hall with stone pillars holding the curved ceiling, in the far end there stands a massive statue of the three goddesses. The two walk up to the statue, at its base is a curtained area. "Your highness, I have brought the young elf." the lady bows and Lucius does the same. After a moment a graceful hand lifts Lucius' chin, he looks up into the face of the princess.

"I have been expecting you. I am princess zera. Ruler of arcana." she smiles at his eyes take her in, he stands and zera looks at her servant," I wish to speak to him in privet. You may go Kari." She nodes and walks back out of the room, zera walks over the curtained area, moving the curtain she looks back at Lucius, "this will suffice." Lucius nodes, he walks over and follows the princess in.

In side the area sits a rounded bed, with fat cousions. Zera lays on this and Lucius stands. "How is daxis?" she asks looking into his eyes, his nodes and smiles at her, "he still remembers me..." she shakes her head, "did you know he used to be my protector?" Lucius shakes his head, looking at her questioningly. "Yes, he was the greatest fighter in this castle." She says with pride.

"Lucius, do you know who you are?" she asks looking into his eyes, he shakes his head. "You're an elf like me, but you also possess a greater power, granted to you by the goddesses." She shows him the back of her left hand, three points spin, their tails almost touching the next, the three connected in the middle. "This is the tri-crest, the mark of the goddesses." Lucius looks at the one on his hand.

"I see that you have been wondering about the mark. It means that you where chosen by the goddesses for a purpose." He looks back at her with understanding, "but you yourself will need to discover that purpose. It will reveal itself in time." Suddenly there is an explosion and the lady comes running into the room, "princess, the castle is under attack."

Zera gets up and says, "Bring me my sword." The lady nodes and hurries off, zera turns to Lucius, "will you help me defend this castle?" luscious nodes he takes the package off his back, handing it to zera she opens it. It is a special sword, the blade thick and curved. "The elf's tears. Daxius' sword." She hands it to Lucius, "use this to defend myself and this court." He nodes and takes it from her.

Guards rush into the room and take up fighting positions, "princess zera, this enemy is different. They're not from this world." One shouts as the lady runs back in. she hands zera her long sword and bow, "thank you, now go. Hide yourself in the shadows." The lady nodes and hurries off down a side hall. "We must defend this castle, even at the cost of our lives. For arcana and the goddesses." Zera says as they wait.

Then the massive doors blow open and black smoke rolls in and over the guard by the door. Then screams are heard and weird creature come rushing out from the smoke. They grab the guards and smash the struggling ones into the floor. The smoke clears and they see that all the guards have been captured, some are dead, one man in an armor helmet stands guarded by two creatures.

"Good evening princess zera." He says walking forward, the creatures walking behind him. Lucius takes a fighting position, "my name is Kara, and I rule the twilight world. I've come to take control of this world of light. Give up now and live." Zera shakes her head and stairs at him, "where there is hope, there is light. I will fight you and hold this world in that light."

Kara laughs at this, "this is no choice, this is the fate of the castle, nigh, the entire land of arcana. So choose princess." She looks at Lucius and he nodes at her. "Live or die zera. Live or die. The choice is yours." Lucius rushes Kara and the two guard creatures rush at him. Lucius dodges one of them and slashes the other along the side. It shrieks and falls to the floor, Lucius jams his sword into its back.

The other rushes at zera, with one quick motion she slices it in half. She smiles at him, "you attacks will fail for I am one chosen by the goddesses." Lucius walks over to Kara, just out side striking range. "If this is your choice, then I will oblige. You have chosen." Lucius rushes Kara and tries to strike at him, Kara moves to the side just in time. He raises his hand and small black particles gather by his hand. They cram together and form a long black sword.

"This is twilight's bane. It will send you to your fate." Lucius stands ready to fight. He rushes Kara and spins around slicing at his legs; Kara jumps this and slices downwards, Lucius moves to Kara's back and strikes. The slick splits open the back of Kara's jacket revealing a bright red tattoo. The sword strikes his helmet and breaks off.

"It seams that you have lost." Kara turns as the hole was fixing it self with those strange black particles. He waves his hand over Lucius. Suddenly Lucius is thrust into the air and then flies accost the room into one of the pillars. He slams into it and falls to the floor. "Lucius!" zera runs for him but Kara stops her, she hovers into air unable to move her arms or legs. "This kingdom will never truly be yours to control." She says as he approaches.

"Darkness will fill this land like the plague, enveloping it in eternal twilight. This is the fate you have chosen zera." Kara turns and waves his hand over to open door. The light begins to fade into twilight, the sun blacked out in a mass of clouds. Zera watches as her guards are turned into spirits, "no. Lucius, run!" she shout as it reaches him.

He jolts in pain and Kara and Zera watch as he is transformed into a black wolf, long spike reaching back, shining their silvery blond. He jerks and lays down, unconscious. Kara walk over to him, "so, it would seem that you are one of the goddesses' children too." He motions to one of the creatures, "take him and lock him away." The creature nodes and hauls Lucius away by a back leg.

"I will lock you in the tower of this castle; you are going to watch as your lands are destroyed." Kara says walking over to zera. "As long as the hero lives, this land will belong to light." She says staring at him with contempt. He motions to two creatures, "take her." They node and haul zera down the hall. A small creature is seen behind one of the pillars, she stairs off after Lucius, she smiles wickedly.

(original title page for the first book, from left to right. Daxis, Darius, Lucius, and Lilly.)

Fates Designs, Scroll 2.


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