Fan Fiction ❯ Celestial Destiny: Warriors of Virtue ❯ The Messenger of Death ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter.4

The Messenger of Death

"You. How dare you betray the royal family of Duostara!" said Endios. "Don't worry, young prince. I will take care of the Duostara family, just like my master took care of your sister," the demon grinned. "So you helped killed my sister!" yelled Endios. The demon nodded. "I tried to save her, after all I needed a queen, but she refused and was fired from the job, literally." "Who are you?" demanded Taiya with Madison hiding behind her. "Watch your tongue wench! If you need to know so badly how about talking with me up close," and he snapped his fingers. Two men stepped forward. "Watch out they're vampires now," warned Endios. "Vampires! How could they be vampires now?" questioned Madison. "We're all vampires, including myself, but they have lost their control," replied Endios. He stepped infront of them. "I order you to stop. As your prince, you must follow my orders." The men stopped. Suddenly all the people started hollering. They grew paler. Bat-like wings came out of their backs. Fangs and claws grew. Their eyes sunk deep into their sockets. "They changed into their demon forms," gasped Endios. "Yes," said the demon, "Even though they're not royal vampires like yourself, they were able to transform, from my power, into their true demon forms. Now get me that girl!" Four more vampires came forward. "I have no choice now," said Endios. "Fire! Come to my aid!" A red light came from his ring. A red human like creature appeared. It had very short flaming hair and long flamming vampire wings. Upon it's legs was red armor. "Attack!" ordered Endios. The red creature charged at the vampires but nothing happened. It went by them as if it was soft air. "Taiya, let's use our powers too," said Madison. Taiya nodded. "Win...". Hands grabbed them. "Taiya! Madison!" shouted Endios. But he got caught too. A rage built up inside him. He swung the guys around but more came. Two women came forward and roped him. "Now," said the demon, "Bring me the girl." The vampires took Taiya over to him. She struggled as hard as she could but they were too strong. "So my girl," he softly chuckled as he touched her cheek, "You want to know my name. It's Danon. Now, what is your name?" She looked away. He grabbed her chin hard. "Tell me!" "It's Taiya." Danon gasped. He stepped away from her. "No, it can't be. There's no way. I'm just over working myself." Then he looked past her at Madison. "Bring her here," he ordered. Madison was brought up to him. "You, however, I do have interest in. So lovely maiden of earth, now is the time for you to introduce yourself. You, Princess Madila," he said. "Madila?" said Taiya, looking at Madison. Madison looked back at her. "That's my real name," she said. Taiya was shock. "Why have you never told me this?" she asked. "Because I swore I never to tell anyone. When I was little, Danon came to me. He told me what I was. He than told me to never tell anyone the truth or they'd kill me," she replied. "But I'm your best friend," said Taiya. "I was going to tell you and let you come with me but now I don't care. Danon was right, you're not my friend, not anymore," declared Madison. "But why?" cried Taiya. "Because everyone around us likes you. You always have someone to lean on when somethings to hard. But not me. I had to work my butt off to be a good student and still I was left in the shadows. Even my grandparents complement on you. Every guy I liked, you would always take from me, just like Andrew. And now," she looked at Endios then back at her, she whispered, "You got Endios hanging over you." Suddely the ground shook. The ground split apart and lava poured out. The vampires ran to the doors but they wouldn't open. Then a giant worm like creature, formed from the lava. "It's a larvaon!" screamed someone. Some of the vampires tried to fly away but rocks came tumbling onto them. The larvaon formed some tentacools and grabbed some of the vampires. More larvaons were forming. Endios ran up to Taiya. "Here," he passed her a sharp rock. He turned around. She nodded and did the same. She began cutting his ropes but it was hard with her ropes being so tight. Danon untied Madison and picked her up. He opened his mouth and a beam shot out. It blasted the wall. More rocks came down. Then a larvaon came up to him. Madison fainted in his arms. He got on top of the larvaon. Then he yelled, "I hope this isn't to hot for you to handle!" He laughed and the larvaon went into a tunnel, and was out of sight.

"Hurry!" yelled Endios. "I'm trying," said Taiya. He was free. Suddenly a chain was thrown around him. It was coming from one of the larvaon. The other larvaons were now spitting out fire beams at the vampires. They were having a feast on the vampires. Suddenly the wall blasted. There stood an angry animal. "Sheba!{"exclaimed Taiya. The wolf ran over to her. "Sheba, you have wings?!" said Taiya. The wolf had a pair of large wings on her shoulders. The wolf grabbed her by the ropes, trying to break them. The ground began to shake again. Actually the castle was tilting. The mountain was falling over the cliff. Taiya rolled over to the opening, where Sheba came in. "Help me!!" she cried as she fell out. "Taiya!!" yelled Endios. His strength was building up. He struggled with all his might. Crank! The chains broke. He ran over to the opening and dove out. "Endios, help!!" screamed Taiya, below him. Below them was a raging river. It would have been good to land in if Taiya wasn't still tied. Endios had giant bat-like wings come out of his back. He dove faster. Sheba ran out after them. Endios was so close. He reached out and grabbed her. He then quickly cut her loose with a small knife. He held her close to hom. A giant boulder was right above them. He flew out of the way but the boulder scratched one of his wings. "Oww!" he cried in pain. Then suddenly they were falling down. Taiya screamed. Splash. The river was so fast and hard that they splited up the moment they hit the water. "Taiya!" Taiya tried to respond but she kept going under. The currents were pulling her. Endios swam hard to the shore and pulled himself onto it. Very exhausted, he ran after her. Now the currents were so strong, she couldn't go up. The water was filing her lungs. Then something grabbed her and pulled her out of the water. It carried her over and put her on the shore. It was Sheba. Endios ran to her. "Taiya, open your eyes. Speak to me!" No reply. He bent down and did mouth to mouth. After a minute, Taiya started coughing up water. She began breathing, slowly. She opened her eyes. She saw Endios looking at her relieved. "Endios…". He picked her up and carried her into the forest. She closed her eyes and drifted off. The little girl walked up to the queen. "Mommy," said the little girl and she ran up to hug her. The queen smiled and hugged her back. "Now my little one, sit on the throne and be quiet," said the queen. The little girl sat on the throne next to her. "Bring forth Kento," the queen ordered. A man in blue armor walked over to the doors, and opened them. Out stepped four men and a boy. The man in red clothing stepped out and bowed. "Your queen, I'm glad to see you," he said. "And I you," replied the queen. "What has the queen of my best friend ask of thee?" the man asked. She smiled. "Now that my husband has been gone, there is now no ruler for Duostara. He has left a me a will." She pulled out a piece of paper. "In the letter, he has written that if anything were to happen to him the next ruler of course will take his place. But the problem is the princess is not old enough to rule even Starigan. So I have decided to make you and your family the rightful rulers of Duostara." "Oh Queen Tira, I don't think I could take such an offer. Maybe you can just give me your blessings," replied Kento. "There is no other person I would rather want to see rule Duostara more than you. Please I beg of you." The queen got up and walked to Kento. She kneeled down. Everyone gasped. "I beg you," she pleaded. "My queen, please, get up," said Kento. "I won't until you agree with me," she declared. Kento sighed. "Alright your queen, I'll do it." The queen got up and hugged him. "Thank you," she said. "I will on one condition," said Kento, "Your husband wanted me to take of his daughter if something were to ever happen to him, like getting her married at 16. And I think there's no one better for the job then my son." Kento turned around and pulled the boy up to the front. He had black spiky hair and red eyes. "The reason I picked him is not only does he have the brilliance and goods looks of his father but also look." He part the boy's bangs. Upon his forehead was a golden blazing sun mark. "I think he was destined to rule." The queen nodded. "I agree. He was born with this mark as was my daughter. Princess come her," said the queen. The little girl ran over to her mother. Upon her forehead was a white star. "I'll be a monkey's uncle," chuckled Kento. Suddenly the people around screamed. They were burning up in flames. "Princess, come with me!" said the queen. She took her hand and pulled her away. Kento and the boy followed. Suddenly a pillar came crashing down. "Queen Tira! Princess!" yelled Kento. Taiya opened her eyes. She looked up. It seemed that she was in a cave. There was pain coming from all over her body. She felt pressure on her ankle. "Oww!" she cried. "I'm sorry." She sat up. Endios was bandaging her ankle. "It's not broken or sprained but it's bruised bad," he said. Taiya then noticed that she was naked and her hair laying straight down. "Why am I like this? Where are my clothes?" she asked. "They're drying by the fire. When I pulled you out of the river you were unconscious. When you regain conscious I picked you up and carried you but you fell asleep. Your body was still shaking and had so many cuts and bruises, that I had to remove your clothes," he explained. Taiya pulled the blanket closer to her body. "Where's Sheba?" she asked. "Right there beside you," answered Endios. Taiya looked and sure enough the wolf was lying next to her. "I can't believe I saw her fly," said she. Endios finished bandaging her ankle. "She's a starigan wolf. Since she belongs to the royal family of Staragus, she has special powers to protect the princess. Just like we do," said Endios. Taiya then noticed the soft glow from the fire. "You better move closer so you can get warm. You're still cold," he said. She wrapped the blanket around her body and walked over to the fire and sat down. Endios removed his shirt and laid it next to the fire. He got some more bandages out and tried to bandage his arm. Taiya asaw him struggle so she got up and walked over to him. He looked up. "Here," she said, "Let me help. "Okay," replied Endios. She got on her knees and started wrapping the bandages around his arm. "By the way," said Endios, "You were rolling around in your sleep. It was like you were running from something." She stopped. "What's wrong?" he asked. Taiya clenched the blanket. "Ever since I turned 15, I've been having this strange dream every night. There's a little girl, who almost lookes like me and she has a white star on her forehead. She is a princess and her mother is Queen Tira." Endios looked at her in shock. "Are you the star princess?" he asked. "I don't have that mark on me anywhere, my mother's name isn't Tira, and I'm not a princess," she answered. "Well that does sound like the actual star princess," said Endios. "How do you know?" asked Taiya. "Well ever since I was 7 yrs old, my father would tell me of Staragus. That I was one of the elements born to protect the princess. Not only that but I as the prince of Duostara, I am to marry her," he said. Taiya looked shocked. "But this isn't Duostara, is it?" asked Taiya, looking out of the cave at some little bits of greens. "No, this is one of its moons," he answered. Taiya finished bandaging him up. "There," she said. "Thanks," he replied. They looked at each other. Then noticing that. They quickly turned away. "So," said Taiya, "Is that the only reason for you to find the princess." "No, I also heard that she will lead me to my real, great power," he said. "Real power?" she asked. "Yes. This crystal sun that is in the shape of a sun is my true crystal. When I find the princess, it will be revealed." Then they sat in silence. "We better get to sleep," said Endios, "Good night," and he walked over to his bed on the floor and laid down. Taiyaa went to hers. She didn't sleep but was thinking to herself. I wonder what all this will lead to, she thought. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.