Dawn focused her eyes on her movement. The electricity of the cage sparkled and crepitated, as if imitating her emotions.

Sedora's rib cage bones were cracked and she was bleeding, yet she launched her attack on Dawn and that too on her stomach.

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However, before she could even touch her stomach, Dawn shot her knee up. It hit Sedora's face with so much force that her jaw cracked and once again the sorceress was thrown on the ground against the lightning of the cage. Her back burned through her expensive clothes.

"You dare attack my babies?" said Dawn, snarling at the vicious woman.

"They have to go down," said Sedora while bringing herself to sit on the ground. She spat blood. "If the prophecy is true, then you have to die or the babies have to die." She summoned all her energy and with a loud scream floated in the air above her to pounce her magic on her skull.

But Dawn was fast. She swirled to the side, leapt in the air and booted in her stomach as if she was an unleashed mad dog.

There was so much pain that Sedora crashed down on her stomach as the magic in her hands withdrew. Her intestines ruptured. More blood came out of her mouth. She couldn't get up for a second.

"Tsk, tsk," said Dawn. "The Queen of Ixoviya, the great sorceress of the Lore, is unable to defend herself in front of a pregnant neotide?"

Sedora lurched to her feet and faced Dawn once more. She brought her shaking hands forward and pointed at her. "You will face your darkest fear now. This very ground where you challenged me, will be your grave." Saying that she threw the blue lights of death towards Dawn.

The neotide took out her bolt of lightning that was shining brilliantly on her back and tackled those lights midair. To Sedora's shock the lights disintegrated. Dawn stepped forward and twirled her sword in her wrist. Sedora backed.

The weather outside turned violent as more lightning bolts whipped out of the sky and forked towards the ground behind Dawn. She looked like a goddess with the silver eyes, black hair stuck to her face due to rain and bolts that zigzagged around the cage. It was as if she was controlling them all.

"You can't kill me Dawn," said Sedora. "I am an immortal and a powerful one at that. My powers are beyond your control or comprehension."

Dawn pressed the bolt to her throat and her skin burned as the blade slowly pierced her. Slowly she took the bolt down all the while piercing her neck lightly. Burnt red skin sizzled all the way down as the sword trailed to the center of her collarbones and stopped right above the Necklace of Lorza.

Even though the pain was too much to bear, Sedora bit her lip and trembled. "Th— that necklace won't come off that easily," she scoffed at her. "Do you think that you are the first one to take it off me? Many have tried be— before."

Suddenly a memory pierced her mind.

Emma was screaming. "Don't do this Sedora!" Lorza was lying on the ground. Sedora sent flashes of blue lights of death over him again and again.

The Bride of the Vampire Lord Lorza, Emma clung to her husband. All around her the blue lights struck him like a spider's web. Her eyes were full of red tears. Some relentless force was taking the life out of Lorza. He was crumbling in front of her.

Young Sedora stood in front of him. She raised her hand over the necklace he was wearing and chanted, 'Élaje ménia'.

Emma looked at Lorza whose red eyes were now about to close. "No, my lord, you can't falter," she cried.

He took his frail hand to her cheek and brushed them as he endured more pain. "Wait for me…" he said. "Mate…"

The necklace unclasped on its own. Mystical lights crepitated in bursts of red, yellow, blue and green around it. As it disengaged itself from Lorza's neck, the skin over which it was, peeled with it leaving a large gaping wound. Lorza's painful shrieks were heard miles away.

Sedora chuckled as the necklace drifted to her. She looked at it with greed, with hunger. She caught it and wore it across her neck. Magical lights erupted around her when the necklace branded her skin. It lodged itself on her neck, its new home.

Pain shot across her body, tearing Sedora back to the cage. Dawn had pierced her neck sharply.

Sedora shook her head. "You can't take it from me." She laughed through the pain.

Dawn tilted her neck and said, "Now that I have your attention, watch me." She put her sword back on her back. It flashed and then disappeared. Bringing her hand over the necklace she chanted, "Élaje ménia".

"Nooooo!" Sedora shouted. No one should know the spell to dislodge the necklace. She had learnt it after acquiring dark powers. No one knew the spell. She held her hand over the necklace forcing it to stay there.

"Élaje ménia" Dawn hissed again. Magical lights burst and the necklace moved from its place.

Sedora caught it with her hands tightly. "Gaayyyle!" she reached out for his help. "Come to me!"

The necklace moved. Slowly it peeled itself from her skin bringing more and more pain and agony. She realized what Lorza must have felt when she removed the necklace from him.

"Let it go." Gayle had found his way inside the cage when Sedora summoned him. He stood behind Dawn.

"Gayle, help me!" Sedora's lips were trembling, there was blood everywhere on her skin, her gown was tattered and the magical lights around her hands were weakly flashing.

He stood with his arms crossed across the chest with a stoic face.

The gold necklace drifted towards Dawn. She knew that the necklace would recognize her as its owner after the spell. When it was halfway towards her, she shouted, "Emma! Come now."

Emma entered the cage. The scenario in front of her was fascinating. She couldn't believe that Dawn could actually use that spell. She had used it so many times on Sedora, but it never worked. How did it work now? Was it the dragon power? Without looking up she could feel the crazy power of her dragon over them.

Emma had voiced her deal to Dawn. She wanted the necklace Sedora was wearing to bring her husband back to life.

Sedora was panting and watching the necklace going to Dawn, its magical power bursting heavily in the form of bright sparks.

Before the necklace reached her, Dawn bent and snatched it midair and instantly she thrust it towards Emma who caught it in her hand. The vampire was quivering with excitement. She looked at Sedora and was aghast at the sight. Sedora's skin was wrinkling. Emma let out laughter. She turned to gaze Dawn and said, "I will never forget this and am forever indebted to you. Call me when you need me." Saying this Emma parthoned.

Sedora was left gaping at the sequence of events. Her eyes turned to the skin of her hands, which were so wrinkly that she couldn't recognize herself. What was happening? She looked up at Dawn and then at Gayle. Within a few minutes the girl in front of her changed her destiny. No, this wasn't possible. She refused to admit. She refused to surrender. This would have consequences.