Fiona Stumbled backwards from the pain holding her shoulder as it slowly became consumed by the blood pouring from it. She winced each time she moved her arm, How could a creature this powerful be trapped here she thought, whoever did this was wrong in doing so. That person should have finished her off all that time ago. Draconia Laughed at the pain she gave Fiona, the feeling of this new blood coursing through her veins, everything grew back to the day she was trapped, her long flowing corrupted black hair curled beyond belief, her black lips and pointed tongue became full once more. The black ooze that onces flowed out of her chest seized and flew back into her the cracks disappeared replaced by pure white skin. The cape on her back became undamaged as well as the clothes she had been wearing. Finally her eyes, her eyes became colorized again, her pupils dilated again into a large diamond like pupil while the colors in one eye was red and the other amber like.

Fiona fearing for her life struggled to stand up and pick her staff up to fight. Realizing she left it by the entrance she reached to pick her bag up.

Fiona: With all this I think I should be going now.

From her bag however flew the artifact into Draconia’s Hand.

Draconia: Why leave when you can stay and save me Fiona. Is’nt that your job as the Champion?

Fiona: Stop calling me that I’m no champion I’m barely a castor.

Draconia: That’s right but this blood of yours, the power it gives off… I haven’t felt this since the war…

Draconia Sneered at Fiona, she spoke the truth the power from Fiona that she gave off was that of a champion, however her powers have yet to be activated. Draconia wanted more of Fiona’s life however the artifact was enough for her. After using her powers to look at the artifact she raised her hands again to move the boulder that was originally a chair for Fiona, and started to push it towards her with the idea of flattening the Elate girl.

Fiona picked herself up and started to push her self to her staff, the rumbling of the boulder getting heavier and closer with every breath she took. After a few more precious seconds Fiona reached her staff, sweating bleeding and in various pain the boulder was a few yards away. She took aim and summoning a fire bolt with her remaining mana at the boulder.

*Explosion!*

The boulder exploded and sent debris past and into Fiona sending her flying back out the cave with bits of rock impaled into her, Fiona’s hearing was off but she swore she could hear that monster laughing at her pain. Picking herself up with her staff and used it as a walking stick reaching the cliff side. Trying to find a safe spot she reached her foot out. As she did the floor beneath her gave way to her weight and sent her tumbling down the side of the small mountain get scratched up and bloodier.

Fiona was in a lot of pain but made it back to the portal from which she came from using her memory she placed the coordinates for her home in Veil. *Vrmmmmmmm* The portal hummed and was glowing a bright blue like usual and without a second thought she fell through the blue light.

*Vrmmm*

Lily: Guys look the portal turned on!

The three suddenly jumped to their feet and rushed over to the glowing blue portal. As they did, out came a broken Fiona, covered in dirt, mud, rock debris and blood. Her shoulder had a gash in it the three could see impaled small sticks and rocks from when she fell down the mountain side. The other shoulder had small holes int hem with blood constantly coming out slowly in the shape of a hand. Lily let out a scream of fear as she saw Fiona fall to the floor, Daniel and Jacob both ran to her side to get her up. The portal vanished as the walked away from it. She couldn’t speak as her body has lost a lot of blood and she had no mana.

Jacob held her in his arms while he sent Daniel to look for a mage from the college nearby. Jacob was trying his best to sustain Fiona with his mana till Daniel could return back. He wondered what happened to her that caused all this pain, he thought it had to have been that monster they were told about by Father. After a few minutes Daniel came rushing back with two healers who he found by a shop. They started right away to sustain her vitals, after a minute of the constant green glow of the healing aura, Fiona started to breath normally again coughing at first. Her Eyes shot open and she screamed in fear. Jacob reassured her she was safe and to save her energy till the healing was done. As she was being healed Lily took out the sticks and rocks that had implanted themselves into Fiona.

After a while longer she was healed fully and the sticks and stones had been removed from her body.

Fiona: Fuck.. .that hurt.

Jacob: Well im glad to see your okay.

Daniel: Yes yes your okay, but what happened over there Fiona? What did this to you.?

Fiona looked at the pile of debris a little bit away from her that was covered in blood her blood.

Fiona: A monster named Draconia did this to me, she put her hand on ym shoulder and went from this dark shadow broken creature to a beautiful and quiet frankly evil as hell woman. Her eyes were like staring into a pit of amber, or if not that, the blood of a morpher from the deep forests.

Lily: I hate those things, their blood gets all over the place and glows too.

Jacob: When we went to the All father and told him where you had gone he said that place had been.

Fiona: Ruined by war? Yes she told me the same thing you are. What questions me is how a mortal man could trap a creature of her power.

Jacob: Well Father said a Champion of the gods named Francis Butchers did so when he worked with the help of her sister Mandala Vivara.

Foina: Always the closest who betray you it seems. But that isn’t important right now. What is important is Draconia stole the Artifact from me. You know that rectangle that I picked up and didn’t give the king?

Jacob: Yes so what if she has that useless thing. It’s not like she has the power to send it around the world to find you again.

Fiona: Yea… yea your right Jacob. It has bene one hell of a day. What else did you guys learn from the Father?

Daniel: Well we learned of the war, how those ancient One’s lost and how their part of the world was forgotten and turned into the shadow lands all due to the curse Veksis gave them.

Daniel gave some more information to Fiona which eventually lead to them finding refugee for the day, the group collected themselves for the moment they were safe, but with the artifact now lost to the monster they had no idea what would happen next.

*The shadow lands reappear once more*

Draconia: Pity she couldn’t stay longer, no matter I got what I wanted from that fool in the end.

She forced the cube into her view.

Draconia: With this, I shall be free, for this is the will of the one’s who cursed me… I send this cube into the past present and future for any mighty adventurer to find me and free me. For this is my will as the queen of the Ancient One’s I will have my revenge upon those who forced me here.

The cube vanished into thin air appearing in the past present and future versions of her world, for some unfortunate soul to find it and free her.