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Post by DarkElfFira on Aug 5, 2009 19:50:40 GMT -5
Sera, Murtagh, Thorn and Serenity stepped to the forefrint of Islanzadi. Sera spun a tale, in the ancient language, of betrayl and hate. And desparation. Murtagh helped her with small details, but, for the most part, it was Sera's narrative.
"And I knew once I awoke with your pair of fine Riders, that I would finally be able to end my Father's reign of terror, and replace it with a time of peace and prosperity,"Sera concluded. She answered all of Islanzadi's other questions, and then the Queen dismissed them.
"Queen slanzadi, I cry your pardon, but there is one final issue I must address with you. And that is the issue of proper blades for both your Riders. I have in my pssession, the blades of eight foresworn members. If they wish to try them."
"The woman who created them will be most pleased to discover them being put to good use. Who's blades do you wear, Lady Sera?" The Queen gave her such respect not due to her position, but to her mentality.
"The emerald green belonged to Vreal, the last great Rider to stay within your halls before the Fall. And the Black was my Father's own...because I thought it only fitting that the victor should claim the blde."
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Post by pirateoverlord on Aug 6, 2009 16:03:14 GMT -5
Kylara snickered in her head at the way islanzadi was by all of this c*** Kyle who was having his own little pirvate joke was also laughing. shruikan looked at the two and gave a slight shake of his head. Kylara immediatly calmed and put on a bored face which made islanzadi look at her but not say anything. then Kylara said "if were done here i'm going to go back to my room and stay there. cause i could pretty much careless about what happens to missy princess and her friends. and with that ky her and her dragon left but they didn't go back to their room Kylara mounted Kyle the second they got outside and immediatly left ellesmera. kylara was having a hard time comprehending how things in her life had gone the past few months. after being asigned to find the princess she thought o.k. i'll di that and then everything will be good but it wasn't she had helped rescue a crazy princess and now after talking with shruikan she knew Serafima was capable of doing as much harm as her father and carring about as much. with all this waying down her mind it was a wonder she even realized where they were going kyle had flown both of them to the stone of broken shells. Ky looked at eher dragon and said "why are we here?" that was when oromis came froward with glaeder and gave Kylara a long look.
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Post by DarkElfFira on Aug 6, 2009 22:17:51 GMT -5
Nicolae gratefully accepted a sea-blue blade that went by the name of Adurna. That was a proper Rider's sword. He lead Murtaagh and Sera to what would be their homes during their stay in Ellesmera. The pair's tree-houses were connected, one of only two sets with such an addition.
Sera decided she had to be out, to see part of her heritage. Nicolae gratefully accompanied she and Murtagh to the sparing grounds, which the the elves left as the trio came into view.
After a while two facts had become evident: Talented though Murtagh may be as a human swordsman, he still had nothing on the elves. Also, talented an elf as Nicolae might be, Sera 'killed' him every match, no matter the groupings.
"Is there somewhere where the dragon's have heritage here in Du Weldenvarden?,"Sera asked when they stopped sparring.
Nicolae and Gabriel told them the sad tale as they flew over the forest to the Stone of Broken Shells, not knowing that Kyle, Kylara, Oromis, Gladr, and Shurikan were there. Shurikan and Gladr were both wise old dragons and everything that passed between them (even what was known of Sera's pre-planned treachery against the elves) stayed between them.
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Post by pirateoverlord on Aug 7, 2009 16:17:03 GMT -5
Kylara was sitting starring at a nest of broken egg shells. she was remembering back to when gladr and oromis had brought her here the first time when she had gone off looking around by herslef and had found the one intact egg left from the battle. kyle ws sitting next to her and letting her think by herself. he knew that the idea of violence made ky upset but tis time she was more depressed than anything he had seen yet. that was when they heard the beating of wings and both dragon and rider looked up. oromis gladr and shruikan also looke dup to nd shruikan got to his feet to meet the young dragons. ky kind kicked at the dirt and turned her back on the coming dragons. shruikan turned his head to look at her and when she saw he was starring at her Ky took off at a flat run across the rock. she didn't stop until she was far on the other side of the rock away from everyone else and she wanted it to stay that way. going through her head was "why can't everyone quit following me i mean i went off to be alone and now their all here and oromis is going to want me to be a good sport and he will want me to suck it up and deal with my emmotions but i just can't." oromis stopped Kyle from following her and then loked at the new arrivals to the rock.
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Post by DarkElfFira on Aug 7, 2009 16:32:53 GMT -5
Sera's face flushed as she came to where she could see the other riders and dragons on the Crags.
As Kylara left she felt the sudden touch of another mind. She blocked it totally and spoke as Serenity landed.
"I'm sorry to have interupted, Oromis-elda. I simply asked Nicolae toshow me some of the Dragon's heritage hidden in Ellesmera. I take full responsibility for the bother. C'mon, Murtagh. We and Thorn and Serenity ought not be here.,"Sera said. Her eyes were a bit worried at the reaction of the Elder Rider and Dragons.
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Post by pirateoverlord on Aug 7, 2009 16:56:14 GMT -5
oromis said " it is quite all right many yound dragon riders and just regular elfs alike have come here. Kylara is just upset about how you may not be set on peace by actual peacful means. she is having a hard time deciding whether or not to tell islanzadi about what you are planning. also just before she left she had a quarrel with another elf here and is trying to find the courage to confront him and tell him he was right. Kyle nodded and then laid down. i have seen her up here many times to think because beleive it or not this is where she found her dragon. it was a surprise to everyone when she did because nothing has been found up here in all the years since the battle. we allways thought all the eggs were detroyed but she managed to see the one that wasn't. the look on her face when she brought me the egg was one of pure delight. she was so happy that there ,ight be a dragon living inside the egg. i took it back to my house and after a week of letting the elf children come and touch the egg she finally came back and when she touched the egg it hatched right under her hand. i was watching and when she jumped back but i encouraged her to pet the baby dragon. when she touched him the mark appeared on her hand and they have been insepreble ever since. sera looked in the direction kylara gone and fianlly understood why the elf would want to be alone occasionaly if she had a hsitory like that she would be distant and constantly worried about everything to.
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Post by DarkElfFira on Aug 7, 2009 17:07:31 GMT -5
Sera nodded her understanding. She felt Serenity growl softly at the thought of Islanzadi not trusting Sera. Her rider nudged her ever so slightly.
"I don't think I quite understand you, sir. I mean no harm to the elves. I had want nothing more then to come to a truce with the elves without any bloodshed.,"Sera said. Shurikan snorted his disbelief and she could see Murtagh trying to stiffle his own laughter from the corner of her eye. She said his true name as quietly as possible, and he shuddered and glared at her.
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Post by pirateoverlord on Aug 7, 2009 17:35:44 GMT -5
kylara came back over from where she had been hiding and starred at everyone. shruikan looked at her and she immediatly started to stammer out an apology. Ky thought they were talking about how she had run off and was trying to make up for it when oromis stopped her and told her "listen Kylara no one balmes you for your past what you have to do is realize that what happened to you is not your fault you didn't ask to be a rider but when you became one you opened up but now your closing up again and it is making your friends nervous." kylara looked at the ground and then she said "i am sorry i have made you worried i'll get over ir immediatly and never worry you again." then kyle looked up and shoved Kylara out of the way. an arrow burried itself deep in his hide right near his shoulder. Kylara immediatly jumped into action while nicolae aimed for the urgal that had somehow found its way up to the rock. Kylara pulled the arrow from kyle and then healed his wound. shruikan came over and looked at her handy work it was actualy very good and she was a very powerful elf. that was when shruiakn came to the conclyusion that kylara was ashamed of being so pwerful. she thought that it was bad she was so powerful and so she down played her abilities most of the time.
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Post by DarkElfFira on Aug 7, 2009 17:47:04 GMT -5
The Urgals will never stop pursuing you, Sera. We might ought to leave Ellesmera before more then just the rogues find their way to us, Serenity said quietly in Sera's mind. The dead Urgal was not Kull, but he was fairly large.
"How would an Urgal get into the forest like that?,"Sera asked, not caring who answered. Her eyses met with Murtagh and she informed him mentally that without the Eldunari, she wasn't as strong as she could be. He knew as much as she did that they would have to discover where the hearts were hidden, else the elves over take them as if they were common Urgals.
She spared another glance for Shurikan, who would never reveal the hiding place of the Eldunari, though it was her right to know. And one more for Kylara, who she was sure Shurikan had made swear not to tell. But she wanted that power. And she would get it. One way or another, she would get what she desired most.
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Post by pirateoverlord on Aug 9, 2009 6:34:18 GMT -5
Kylara was kind of eavesdropping on Serafimas thoughts but she didn't say anything until she had Kyle up on his feet and walkind around. then she turned to sera and said "you will never get the location of the edunary. not from shruikan and definatly not from me because i don't even know where they are!" shruikan looked at her and smiled he knew why she couldn't. Kylara to make sure no one found the eldunary she had slept the way there and on the way home so she wouldn't know how to get there again. of course telling serafima this would obviously get her killed because that would mean shruikan and her dragon,kyle, were the only ones who knew how to get ther and back.
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Post by DarkElfFira on Aug 9, 2009 8:28:18 GMT -5
Sera chuckled and shook her head. "Good thing I don't need you to tell me. You forget. I am my father's daughter. I'll find them. And more then likely the search will lead to a path of destruction across Alagaisia.,"Sera smiled at the thought of that much destruction. That was all she knew, death and destruction. And causing both of those.
She glanced at Shurikan with that same smile and Serenity realized what she was doing. Sera was trying to use the old dragon's dislike of the pain and destruction to get him to give her the location on the Eldin.
"And, I won't stop until I get them. They are, after all, rightfully mine.,"There was a protectiveness in her voice that frightened even Serenity.
"As a side note...Stay out of my mind, elf. You've no clue what you'll find there.,"She growled. fortifying her mind further.
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Post by pirateoverlord on Aug 9, 2009 13:05:33 GMT -5
Kylara mounted Kyle and looked at serafima and said "you are a spoiled child." and with that Ky took to the air and flew to the elf city where she met her Friend. as they stared at each other it seemed both would never get to the point. then Kylara hugged him and said "I'm sorry i said those things. i understand now that you are right and i will try harder to push my past aside and get on with my life." then they left each for their own destination. once she got back to her room Ky laid down on her bed and went to sleep. as she began to dream Ky saw something that made her very anxious. what she saw was sera walking through ellesmera leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. but the odd thing about was that instead of being right on her tail murtagh was laying on the ground behind her where they had quarreld and Murtagh had lost. Kylara could also see nicolae and herself there as well they had all fought Sera and tried to stop her but they had all failed then a great dragon landed if front of sera and proceeded to get rid of her. Ky never saw what the dragon looked like but she had a feeling it was shruikan and if so she was going to have to worn the dragon about what fate had in store for him.
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Post by DarkElfFira on Aug 9, 2009 14:18:09 GMT -5
That night, Sera and Murtagh sat late into the night, talking. Planning. Seraching for the Eldunari with every spell and drop of magic they could find within themselves. After all, they were Riders. And, as both thought, should be able to find the Dragon's heart of hearts.
Nothing.
"It looks as though I am going to have to do this the way my father before me did. I'll destroy whatever I have to. I want the power of the Eldunari.,"Sera's need for power piqued the intrest of a Dark Spirit that was passing through the forest. As Murtagh went to bed, the spirit came to Sera.
Through its unique conciousness, Sera learned that she would be able to find the Eldunari with the spirit's help...for a price. And Sera agreed to do it. So she spoke the spells and sommoned the proper spirits. But before she could stop them, they possessed her. And then all she felt was the draw of the dragon's power, and her own power. She caught her reflection in the looking glass as she started down the stairs. her hair looked as though stained with blood now, and the world's red tint was due to the maroon color of her eyes.
"I am Shade. And I am Rider. All will bow before me or die." It wasn't her voice. It was an eerie twist which woke Murtagh, who knew what had happened and sounded the alarm: There was a powerful Shade on the loose in Ellesmera. And her name was Serafima.
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Post by pirateoverlord on Aug 9, 2009 14:28:34 GMT -5
kylara who was jsut about to tell shruikan about her dream heard the alarm. she immediatly left with the two dragons and when thet got there they saw nicolae and murtagh battle sera. they were doing o.k. until sera got her second wind and then she started to thrash them. ky got in there and helped them but still they were not powerful enough. the shades rage had consumed sera and she could not be reasoned with. the other riders knew that if she could not snap out of it she would have to be killed. Sra defeated all three of them and left them there. she hadn't killed them which meant that the person who wanted peace was still in there but she just couldn't get out. as she was walking away sera came face to face with shruikan. the dragon stood his ground along with serenity and the other three dragons. sera stopped and just starred at the dragons.
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Post by DarkElfFira on Aug 9, 2009 19:51:26 GMT -5
"You cannot harm me. Move now, Dragon.," Sera's body spoke and swung the emerald blade that had been Vreal's threateningly. "Serenity. We've better things to do now. The Eldunari are waiting for us." She motioned for the dragon to come to her.
Serenity felt the pull of her life-bond with Sera call her. She spoke to the other dragons and the Riders around her. This is not Sera. This is not my partner-for-life. This is a creature of death and destruction which not even she herself would cross. Please, you are all far wiser then I...can she be saved? Serenity loved her Rider and that love permeated her thoughts.
Sera's rough imitation of her voice before spoke again. "Serenity. Come along and say good-bye to these foul beasts."
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Post by pirateoverlord on Aug 9, 2009 20:12:03 GMT -5
kylara looked up from where she lay on the ground. she could feel serenity's love for her rider and that was the only reason she got up and walked over to where the dragons were standing. she stood right next to serenity and put her hand on the dragons shoulder. she looked right into the shades eyes and said "i know your in there sera but can you realize it? you don't want to do this. the princess would not have destroyed an entire forest. come on you were evil before but this is just devilish." and with that she turned and walked back to where the others were laying and porceeded to heal them.
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Post by DarkElfFira on Aug 9, 2009 20:29:00 GMT -5
"Evil is in the eye of the beholder, Kylara. I have never been evil in my own eyes.,"Sera crossed the no man's land between herself and the dragons, placing a truly gentle hand on Serenity's shoulder. She jumped gracefully onto the creature's back and Serenity flew to where she knew the two already harvested Eldunari to be.
As she claimed them, Murtagh confonted them. In the ensuing battle, Sera slices Murtagh across the back, from shoulder to shoulder in a deep laceration. Murtagh cried out in pain in a sound that almost silenced the world. Sera loved Murtgh as a brother. at least, the real Sera did. But as Murtagh lay bleeding out, she felt nothing. She and her dragon took off, into the air.
Serenity proceeded, at sera's word and with Sera's help, to set fire to all Ellesmera.
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Post by pirateoverlord on Aug 10, 2009 5:42:04 GMT -5
Kylara couldn't beleive what was happening her world was going to be destroyed and she could have stopped it all if she had just killed sera when she had the chnace, but you can't change the past so she would just have to protect the future as best she could. Kylara looked up as a dragon flew over head. it was kyle her partner asked "ready for one last glory ride? yoiu know we may not survive." Ky looked her dragon right in the eye and said "i'm ready if you are my friend. even if we don't defeat her we may be able to hurt her before we die." she looked over to where nicolae was standing with his dragon. she had always thought they would go out together but now she knew she would have to make sure that at least one rider survived the night to be able to tell the varden about sera and if nicolae could get there they might just have a chance. as ky mounted she hugged kyle and they flew high into air right beside sera.
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Post by DarkElfFira on Aug 10, 2009 15:36:15 GMT -5
The forest burned, a sea of fire before Sera. And the Shade looked pleased with herself as she and Serenity gained altitude and the flames spread. With her advanced senses she could see the elves darting about, trying to control the flames. She smiled and released another wave of emerald flames from the silver mark on her palm.
It was then, as she looked around herself that she noticed Kylara and Kyle. Her true nature tried to free itself. Evil as she may well have been before her Turning, the Sera of before would never harm another Rider. Or Dragon. Any what had she done to poor Murtagh, who had trusted her since they were young? It was almost too much to bear. But the spirits reigned for now and she could not fight them.
To the spirits she was the ultimate killing machine. And elves physical endurance and magical stockpile. A Rider's most basic tool, the Dragon. And their own further strength over magic. And, maybe most important a Human's thirst for power that allowed her to be swayed in the beginning.
~In Ellesmera Pain blinded Murtagh, like fire in his back as he felt the sword bury itself deep in his flesh and felt it yanked roughly out. He cried out and landed on his stomach, chest heaving with pain. He was going to die as Ellesmera burned around him...
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Post by pirateoverlord on Aug 10, 2009 15:54:42 GMT -5
kylara looked right at sera and sheathed her sword. she didn't care anymore to many peple close to her had been hurt or worse.she didn't even know if murtagh would survive. she hoped that nicolae would find him before it was to late but if she could get sera to snap out of it by sacrifcing herself then maybe the rest of the world had a chance. as they flew through the night ky waited for sera to realize she was unarmed and fight back but they were far away from the city when she realized sera still hadn't struck. Kylara looked back and what she saw made her stomahc drop and hit the ground the dragon and rider were flying back to the city. Kylara sighed thinking this is one stupid shade but as she said that she recognized soemthing about the way sera was acting. kylara had come into contact with that spirit before. it was the spirit of a dragon from before the ancient battle between elf and dragon this one was not evil exactly but it couldn't be controlled by anyone and that was where people had trouble because they couldn't snap out of the dragons rage. the one good thing was that this spirit eventualy got tired adnwould go off on its own just by itslef. of course telling sra that wasn't going to be easy. so ky just sat back and watched.
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