Part 9
I had never felt this much power before in any of my beast forms. There seemed to be lightening coursing through my body as my skin felt as if it was ablaze. My beast powerful and full of hate. I could feel the anger and all of its pain. A picture of me flashed through its mind and it s anger faulted for a moment. My beast was in love with me and he was hell bent on protecting me. The head mage called out.
" - Stormslayer we are not here to kill you. We want you to join the council. With all this power you can stop all of the killings. Your home is with us and you know it." I did not want to go back and be a prisoner of my village. I would lose everything including Dark and my son. The beast roared. Lightening began to fall from the sky. I could hear the scream from the mages. My beast was glaring at the Head mage.
" - She will never be your pawn again" he roared.
" - Then I shall take you by force if I have to." she screamed. The aura around here became a sickly green color. The mages body began to contort. She was engulfed by green flames and in her place stood Loki and mad as hell. The remaining mages fled back to the safety of the tree lines. I could hear Dark's voice calling out to me. I turned to him and said
" - Take Dark Death and run through the portal now! I will hold her off." I saw the tears streaming down his face. He was torn between leaving with our son and trying to protect me.
" - GO!" I shouted and turned back to Loki. I heard the portal make a gasping sound letting me know that Dark had went through the portal with our son. I could now focus all my attention in front of me. A large green ball caught me in my chest and knocked the breath from my beast. He roared out in pain. The air around us began to crackle from the electrical static my beast began to radiate. A large lightening bolt came from the sky and struck Loki in the heart. He faltered for a moment and let out a painful cry. He rushed at my beast and caught us by the throat. I could smell the stink of death radiating off of him. I pored all of my strength into the beast and he was able to touch Loki's heart. I unleashed the full power of my nightmares into him. His grasp around the beasts neck fell away as he began to writher in pain. It was as I had thought she had no control over her beast.
" - Set him ablaze Odin then run for the portal" I screamed at my beast. Loki began to change back into the mage to escape the torment of the nightmares. Her dress was engulfed in flames by the time she regained conscience. She let out a loud scream. She tried to put out the flames but it seemed to fuel it more. My beast turned and ran straight for the portal. " - Majesty I have to give back full control to you so you can go through the portal do you have enough strength left." he said . I nodded. My body contorted back to my normal state and I launched myself through the portal. It was nighttime on the other side of the portal and my body dropped to the ground. My muscles ached all over. A scream came from the still open portal. The head mage I had set on fire came rushing through right for me with hatred in her eyes. I could not move to get out of her way. An arrow ended up implanted between her eyes. A look of shock crossed her face as her body crumpled on top of me.
" - Someone hurry up and help get her off of Storm." shouted mom. She came around to the front of me with a cross bow slung to her back. She wrapped her arms around me.
" - Ease up mom you are squeezing me to death! " I laughed. She had a smile on her face. A sharp pain ripped through my abdomen. She looked down at me then screamed.
" - Get her inside now" she screamed. Another wave of pain came and I lost conscience. When I awoke I was in the same room I was in the first time I had come to Firefly. Dark was asleep in the chair beside my bed and mom had her head rested on the bed beside me.
" - You are awake my sweet one" came a familiar voice. Suzy came over and looked as if she wanted to hug me but mom was in the way.
" - How long was I out Suzy" I asked.
" - Well it has been 5 days since you went into labor and had the........" she said catching herself before she told me too much. I was confused.
" - Before I had what?" I asked in a panic.
" - She was about to tell you love that we have twins." Dark said. I was in shock twins.
" - Yep a beautiful baby girl and a very handsome little boy I would like to add" mom said as she wiped the sleep from her eyes.
" - We have been taking turns taking care of them. Your father is with them now." My joy turned to panic.
" - Is Dark Death ok?" How could I forget my little sunshine.
" - Majesty I got him here just in time. He is with Dryvlee at the moment helping him take care of his uncle Stevos's burial preparations. It seems the poison did not cause any damage to him. However it seems to have enhanced him quite a bit. He can now conjure up poison bolts for his crossbow out of thin air." he said with a chuckle. I was so happy that my family was ok." It looks as if you have finally gotten rid of the mages council." mom said cheerfully. I felt relief for that. I was tired of hiding from them. Everything seemed to have come out perfect except for this gut feeling that I had in the pit of my stomach. I tried to touch on my powers but there was nothing. I called mentally to my beast. He aroused groggily from sleep. I am still here majesty he said. I was so relieved he was still with me but something was wrong with my powers. I looked up at mom. I could see the pity in her eyes.
" - I am sorry darling but the price you paid to come here the second time was your core powers being stripped from you. You were able to keep your beast but your nightmare powers are gone." she said solemnly.
" - My power is gone! I could finally be free and normal. I looked up at her and smiled.
" - I am free now!" I said still smiling. Mom just laughed.
" - I think it is time that I said hello to my new bundles of joy don't you?" I said as I looked over at Dark. Dark smiled then scooped me up in his arms and we all headed toward my parents quarters. One the way we passed a set of ornate white door identical to the one I had at Defy Fate. I asked dark to stop so I could see them. It was exactly like the ones back home except there was 3 smaller figures in the back ground. How could this be? I stared at mom and she gave me a mysterious smile.
" - The doors are what we call Phophecy doors. Your father created that door with the last of his magic because we knew deep in our hearts that you would one day find us." she said as she proceeded to her rooms. There was a loud commotion inside the doors.
" - Mal stop hogging all the attention. They are my grandchildren too." roar Dawg. Mom opened the doors to find the room was filled with toys and things a little one could ever want or need. I had to laugh at the site of our dads.
" - Good grief you too. You would think you knew how to deal with little ones by now." mom said.
" - But OP they are just too cute." dad said in defense. Mom just shook her head.
" - Dark you can place Storm in the rocker by their beds and I will bring them to her." mom instructed. She grabbed up my son first and placed in in my arms. He was definitely a little heartbreaker. I turned to Dark and said
" - And his name shall be Stevy after his uncle." Dark nodded.
" - I think he would have liked that majesty." he said. Mom then managed to get my daughter pried from my dad's arms and brought her over to me. She had a sullen look on her face. She peered up at me with her little eyes and the moment our eyes locked she began to smile. I knew right then what her name should be.
" - And she shall be called Chaos Storm for the man who traded his own life for hers." I said as tears began to fall. Mom leaned down and whispered.
" - He would have liked that very much my little light." The room was filed with so much emotion. Mom and Dads doors burst open as a wide eyed seven year little boy bounded into the room and made a beeline for me.
" - Mom quickly scooped up Chaos Storm from my arms before Dark Death made it into my arms.
" - Mother I have missed you so much" he said as the tears flowed.
" - I missed you too my little light." I said as I hugged him close. Dryvlee came into the room out of breath.
" - I am so sorry. I tried to get him to stop but he is so fast. The moment he found you gone from the room he bounded here. I have no clue how you have so much stamina with him. He is definitely a handful. We have however managed to arrange everything for Stevos's funeral tomorrow. He asked if he could be the one to shoot the flaming bolt to light his pyre. He apparently has a very good eye for archery" he said looking at me. I just shrugged.
" - I wished I could tell you he got it from me or Dark but we are both in the dark over that one." Mom started to laugh hysterically.
" - What is so funny Mom?" I asked her. She caught her breath.
" - He got it from my side of the family. My father was not a mage like the other mages told you. It was forbidden for mages to be with outsiders as others were called. My mother who was the head mage at the time fell in love with a rogue archer .The council found out and took me from her and casted her out. The archer was Stevos's uncle. That was the reason you and Stevos could never be together. Your father and I explained everything to him when he first came here. He was in shock just as you are now. He did not know." she said.
That explained alot of things. My oldest son reminded me of stevos so much. That also explained the crossbow mom fired at the burning head mage at the portal. Mom must have lost her powers just as I had and her archer skills became prominent.
" - Is there anymore secrets I should know about?" I asked mom. She began to laugh.
" - No my darling there are no more secrets." she handed Chaos storm to Dawg and came over and hugged Dark Death and myself. I thought back to something Devall had said to me many years ago. I could have swore he said I had a sister. Why did mom not mention her? I would have to ask her about that later. I glanced at Dark. He was staring at me with a glimmer in his eyes. I could see he was happy that I was alive and well and that we now had 2 new bundles of joy to brighten our days along with Dark Death. I looked down at Dark Death. I do not know what I would have done if I had lost him.
He was definitely my heart and soul just as his father was. The next day was a very sad one as we laid Stevos to rest. Stevos still wore the same smile he did when he died in my arms. He was dressed in the highest honor guild uniform of Firefly. I wished Devall and sis had been here to say their final goodbyes. I found my old Fairytail sigil that I had worn on my cloak. I laid it on his chest. I kissed my finger tips and placed them against his lips. We will see each other once again in another lifetime I was positive of that. Dark Death came to stand beside me. He motioned for me to lean down to him. He softly whispered in my ear.
" - Uncle Stevos says he loves you and he will always be watching over you through my eyes." I peered into Dark Deaths eyes and I could almost swear I seen a gleam of mischief there. Perhaps I shall see him a lot sooner than I thought. I smiled at Dark Death and hugged him close to me.
" - Mother will you do the honors of lighting my arrow for me. Uncle Stevos deserves a fire fit for a god." I nodded and called forth the beast briefly to light the arrow. The beast was just as saddened as I was. As mom and dad, each carrying one of the twins made their way to my side Dark strode up behind me and took my hand in his. Just as Dryvlee had said Dark Death hit the mark perfectly on Stevos's floating pyre. I watched as the flames grew larger then turn a deep purple just like the aura I had when I still had my powers. That was his way of letting me know he would always be with me. I glanced at my family and smiled. We could finally be a normal family. Well almost normal if you could say you had a god as you beast.
Posted Apr 25, 18 · OP
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