by CB Colin
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On the gods land, Sunshine, OldStory and Amara were horrified.
“I cannot believe this. It’s over. We failed.” Amara said crying.
“It’s over, and the humans are dying in nature disasters, and we…?” Sunshine said, daunted.
“And we will vanish with them, my dear sister.”
The three of them watched the sky, hearing voices from the other dimension, yelling, crying for helps.
“We must do something!” OldStory said. “We cannot loose!”
“It’s too late not. The last key just opened the apocalyptic portal.”
OldStory turned away, seeing his land, where one by one, the genealogical trees were burning and falling.
Watching helpless how the human were destroyed in the nature cataclysm, launched by the Forget-me-not’s portal, Mariuss turned back to his sisters, seeing them hugged, and crying in silence. In the moment when they touched their hands, Mariuss remained with his mouth opened. From their hands, blue sparks were coming.
“Si…sisters! I KNOW how to save the humanity!” he said, and his face lighten and unwinding in a large smile.
“OldStory, there is no chance. Moonlight won.”
“Maybe she won a battle, but not the war.”
Amara watched him, thinking at what he was saying, and then she smiled.
“My dear brother, the pain makes you mad. Just relax.”
“What? Do you think I am the one mad? Grab you hand with power and see with your own eyes what I saw.” He said anxious.
Sunshine smiled and with a speed, together with her sister, they united their hand and blue sparkles slipped. Amara watched amazed their united hands, then to OldStory.
“OldStory, you are a genius!”
“What is it sister?” Sunshine asked curiously.
“The Blue Flames!
Sunshine remained with her mouth opened, and with a enormous joyful filled all of them. But Sunshine was the first which discourage.
“At what disaster it is, we couldn’t lit it. We need more to unite and to form it.” She said.
“Maybe, but considering that we can call souls, why not trying with them?” OldStory said.
“OldStory, you are wised.” Amara said. “Let’s call them.”
“Come to my Land.” OldStory said happy.
With a small snap, they disappeared from the Moonlight land and appeared on the pure peak of Pya mountain, where behind them the biggest genealogical tree was.
“Good, our tree wasn’t affected.” Mariuss said.
“Let’s hurry OldStory. The time is not much left.” Amara said.
“Good, let’s unite.”
So the three gods united, joined hands, and raised them in the air, whispering with their eyes closed something in ieloharian language. One by one, the tree’s pages were detaching and when the pages touched the snow, they were metamorphosed in humans, or at least in souls. The pages were falling again and again, and the Pya top was filling with souls, every one of them looking blue and faded. When the last page reached the snow, the three gods opened their eyes (only Angell’s and Villo’s pages were still attached).
“My dearest, our family has to unite. We must light the blue fire. The Humanity is in danger!”
“Mother!” Someone from the soul’s shouted, running towards Sunshine. They hugged, like the girl’s soul was flesh.
“Amallia, my dear.” Sunshine said gladly.
Amallia looked like Angell, like they were twins.
“OldStory. I am so glad to see you.” She said.
“Me too Amallia, my dear.”
And the girl hugged Mariuss with warm.
“Good. The time is short.” Amara addressed to the souls. “We need to form a chain around the island. Each any every one of you at a considerable distance to one another and we will send the sparks until they will light. In the moment when the blue fire burn, with your hand sent it towards the island, Will annihilate every bad thing. Let’s go. Every god to be above his Land, I will be above Moonlight.” Amara said, flying in the air.
The rest took her example, and Mariuss remained at the top of the mountain, floating above the genealogical tree, seeing the others floating above the single edge of the island, even if for them the island was much smaller than for humans, that the lands seemed only glades.
A lot of souls were gathered, holding hands. Were about 1500 Sunshine’s legacies, and one of them, like Creselda with her sister, or Amallia, were seating much closer to Sunshine.
“Ready?” Amara’s voice said above the fire clouds from Moonlight.
“Yes.” Mariuss and Sunshine answered in the same time.
And they started. Amara grabbed with power the hands of the two souls floating next to her and sparks were moving in the formatted circle, but disappeared at the middle of the chain. Next was Sunshine to send them, and like the first round, the sparks disappeared. Mariuss concentrate and sent them through the souls, but they stopped. Amara, Sunshine and Mariuss sent together sparks, then on the formatted soul chain around the island, became a blue fire chain which was moving with the speed of sound.
“NOW” Amara shouted, and Mariuss with the rest, detached their hands, stretching them straight ahead.
The blue fire started from each and everyone’s hand, uniting with the other flames in the middle of the island, like a blue avalanche. The fire was burning the island, and every single corner was conquered. Someone was screaming horrible, and Mariuss fixed his eyes on Moonlight Land, seeing that the Forget-me-not queen exit the cave on fire. She was cursing, struggling on the ground until the silence came back.
“OldStory! Go and destroy the portal!” Amara shouted to Mariuss.
He broke the chain; even if the blue fire was burning the island, he disappeared from the sky and appeared in front of the cave, where near the queen was burning. Instead of her, a huge blue forget-me-not flower appeared, and Mariuss stepped on her making her pieces.
“Hurry!” Amara shouted.
Mariuss looked us, seeing the blue sky with souls on, and entered the cave. He reached without any difficulty the chamber where the portal was, and he saw that Kristall was made of ash. He took the sword of Moonlight, from the ground, and he stabbed the pyramid. A loudly boom broke the silence; was so powerful, that all the souls above started to yell, putting their hands on their ears. The blue light vanished, and the pyramid was pieces. The souls woke up and everyone flew away, besides one.
“Ma… Mariuss?” Angell said, floating.
“We’ve done it Angell. We saved the humanity.”
Angell smiled with all her mouth, and with Mariuss along, they disappeared from the cave. The reappeared on the Pure Peak, were all the souls were, Angell looking around seeing so many souls.
“They… they are my family?” She asked amazed.
“Yes. Angell, I want you to meet someone special.” Mariuss said.
He went through them, and came back after a while with a girl.
“Angell, this is Amallia, Sunshine’s daughter. And your great-great-great…”
“Ok OldStory, we’ve got the point.” Amallia said. “Hello Angell.”
“A… Amallia? God you look just like me.” The girl said, very surprised.
“Yes, and you know why?”
“No.”
“Because together we end the circle Angell. You are my last heir. Or the last Rain’s Daughter heir. Will be no longer another one, or born another one. When you will die, you will come here. I opened the circle and you close it.”
Angell didn’t say a word. To her Sunshine and Amara approached, and the silence came back. Every single soul watched them.
“Angell Valentine Veriss. We want to thank you for everything. You are the youngest member of our family. And you done it… you saved the world.”
“Wasn’t me who saved the world, but Mariuss did.
“Mariuss?” Amallia asked, frowning.
“She means me, she knows me by that name.
” Mariuss laughed.
“Yes, but you were the key. You resisted, and you had a long way to go Angell.”
“Isn’t finish yet, right?” Angell asked, presuming something.
“Not yet. We need to destroy the Nightmare.”
“After all, what is the Nightmare?” Angell asked.
“The Nightmare is Moonlight. My crazy sister’s land. And by the way, let’s finish that.” OldStory said. “Souls, thank you for your help.”
All the souls were gladly talking.
“We will see each other Angell. Take care of you.” Amallia said, hugging her.
Was a bit strange, because was like the reflection from her mirror just hugged her. The souls got in the air, among the branches, turning back to pages. Angell became solid, and felt with a softly sound on the snow.
“No one announced me that I will fall down?” She said.
With OldStory, Sunshine and Amara, Angell went to the Nightmare. The wind was blowing up in the air some remains, and the living corpses were still walking in the forest. The phantoms were still haunting the center, and the sea didn’t change its bloody aspect.
“Now, let’s wake up that bitch.” Mariuss said.
Angell grabbed Mariuss’s hand and he smiled.
“Angell, do not worry. There is no one to kidnap you.”
“Really? Like last time when the portal opened.”
“Angell, trust OldStory.” Sunshine said.
“Fine. But if something will happen to me Mariuss, I will call Serena to kick your ass. She wanted so bad after all.
“Deal then.” He said.
Angell walked back few steps, watching Mariuss and his sisters how they raised their hands up. From the orange-red clouds, a crack formed from where a silvery ray came down in their middle. From there, like Sunshine, a woman with wings came. Angell thought that was Sunshine, but she realized that was wrong. Moonlight was dressed in black, like the night sky, with her same long color hair. Her wings were dark blue and her eyes were cold silver, and the ieloharian words were softly rotating on them.
“My dearest brothers, what is the occasion for waking me up?” She said, and Angell found the difference between the two twin sisters, by their voices. Moonlight’s voice was cold, husky one which gave you creeps.
“Enough with the foolishness Moonlight. We destroyed you precious Forget-me-not queen, and you will be next.” Amara said.
“Ah my dear sister, if you think I will give up, then…”
“I think you will.” A voice said.
Angell got closer to her, being right next to the gods. Moonlight watched her, and then she started to laugh. Angell didn’t know exactly what she was doing, but in the next second she pointed her ring with the moonstone on, making Moonlight kneel.”
“NO! You cannot enslave me!” She yelled.
The gods were watching Angell amazed, beside Amara who smiled.
“Now you will be destroyed, you monster!” Angell said.
Moonlight watched her, then started to cry.
“Please, don’t hurt me. You want to know the truth? Well, I will tell you. All the time Amara, Sunshine and OldStory were the powerful gods. I tried my best to bring a benefice on this island, but no! Whatever I did, was wrong!”
Angell frown, looking at the other gods.
“Moonlight, you wanted to make bad things happen…” Sunshine started but Moonlight cut it
“Bad things? No. I wanted a family. I don’t have a single agrological tree on OldStory Land. You banished me from the god’s line.”
Angell let her hand down, seeing Moonlight crying so badly.
“ANGELL! DO NOT LET…”
But was too lat. In a moment of not paying attention, Moonlight disappeared with a softly snap.
“Great, she ran away. I wonder where she could possibly go.” OldStory asked.
“She is not on the island, otherwise I would know.” Amara said.
“It’s my fault.” Angell said, upset.
“My dear, don’t blame yourself. You are still a human, it is normal to fall that easy. We gods have your feeling very well sharped.” Sunshine told her, and hugged.
A warm conquer Angell, making her to feel better.
“And now?” OldStory asked.
“Now, me and Amara will restore this land, and you can bring Angell back to her home.”
OldStory nodded, and Angell hugged the both goddess as a good bye, grabbing Mariuss’s hand.
“Angell, hold on…” Amara said.
“Yes?”
“Before you go, I want to fulfill a last wish. We will not see each other pretty soon.”