MY BREATH CAME in ragged puffs as I ran back on deck leaving a hot trail of steam after me. Kellyn had long been on deck already explaining the dire situation to the men who were still coated with sweat and grime from the training they were doing. By the time I got to them, they were already discussing battle plans and I barely held in my grunt of displeasure.

"You traitor! You have been betraying us all this while haven't you?" I screeched at Kadja who didn't even flinch. Her purple eyes looked at me carefully and her lips thinned.

"She's the sister to Luciana! The source of this war" I roared angrily and watched as the men turned to stare at her grimly.

"Be careful youngling. You know nothing about me and the actions I choose to carry out. Do not test me" Kadja replied in a cool voice.

"You vermin! By the gods-"

"Enough!" Calvin interrupted Kellyn's threat and she bared  her teeth at him like a wild animal. "I trust Kadja with my life. I know she wouldn't do what you have accused her of. They may be sisters, so what?"

I shook my head in pity for Calvin. The sneaky witch has probably poisoned his heart against us. Just as I was about to say something, Corey cut in.

"We are forgetting we have an army of lissers to deal with here. We'll resolve this after the battle." His voice left no room for argument and we all murmured an agreement.

"We're lucky to have Kellyn's partially awakened form with us. Her claws and speed will serve us well in this battle. Lissers are strong and stupid. You must guard your thoughts at all times because their power lies in the fear that torments people and they are able to bring it to life"

Master! They are too strong and reek of dark magic. They are but a few minutes away from here and they ride flying black shadows. They come from the air.

"Oley quick, ready some of your warriors skilled with shooting arrows and gather them round the ship." Looking back towards the group I told them the update of the situation.

"Very well. To battle!" Corey roared , a balled fist shot up in the air and the men replied in unison.

"Ta ta liente  nei?" He asked.

"Tavta liente shei" The men replied and a surge of pride burst through Corey. His men were willing to die for him.

It wasn't very long before the lissers arrived so high up in the air riding on black shadows. The magic from them almost choked me and I found myself cowering behind Corey. He spared me a glance, nodding his head once as if telling me all will be well.

With a command from Corey, the men shot arrows at the lissers who were now much closer to the ship. The arrows pierced through the air and hit their targets successfully but they didn't falter a bit. They proceeded forward like nothing happened and dread washed over me like a cool breeze seeping deep into my bones.

As they drew closer, I was allowed better view of their faces and I almost retched. This was their original form and they were in every way disgusting. They were of average height, bulky and stout. Their skin was a dirty shade of brown, thick as the bark of a tree and they had little pointy things on their back. They had obsidian coals as eyes and as they landed on the the ship, I felt it go a little lower into the water.

My sister lunged into action almost immediately, severing their heads  and slashing them with her sharp claws. She was a blur in the sea of cobalt. Their blood was cobalt and it soon coated the whole deck. Blood splattered on my face and I turned to see one of the lissers beheading one of the crew men. It was willy. Crimson blood mixed in with the cobalt and my intestines squeezed in disgust. Corey was long gone from my side as were the others, scattered around and fighting lissers.

Guard your thoughts master! Chirrietta hissed and I did as she said before hurling  a ball of fire at the lissers. It sizzled and cracked in the air. However, due to the lisser's thick skin, it had very little effect on it. The lisser then reached for me and I dodged skilfully before landing a kick in its groin. I could feel chirrietta pushing against him too but all our efforts were in vain.

I reached out for my sword that was hilted on my waist but I was a little too late. The lisser had already grabbed a fistful of my hair and turned me to itself. It looked deep into my eyes before rippng out my head.

I felt the pain as scorching as heat but somehow, I still felt life within me. It replayed itself again, one minute I was facing the lisser and the next, it was tearing my flesh. I would scream and thrash around for a bit because the pain was unbearable. Then it would happen all over again, the pain real each time.

I reached out for Rietta but I couldn't feel her, even my fire magic was gone. It kept happening over and over again and I couldn't seem to break out if it. Realization hit me like a lightning bolt. At that moment when the lisser looked into my eyes, my mental wall wavered a little and he was able to sense my fear. Every one of them. First was death.

The second was of kellyn. I saw a sword pass through her heart and I screamed at whoever was behind her. I couldn't get to her no matter how hard I tried and my screams couldn't stop the person who maliciously plunged the sword through her heart. Crimson oozed from her injury and she reached out her hand, trying to reach me before collapsing on the floor, dead.

Scenes changed and I was now in my apartment back in Florida. Relief flooded through me as I ran into my room and jumped on my bed. It squeaked and groaned beneath my weight as usual and I couldn't help the smile creeping to my lips. However my joy was short lived because shortly after, the house was sucked away and I was in Corey's palace again. There was no way of me going back.
The third was that I would never return to earth.

These three repeated over and over in my head and I screamed my throat raw.

"Kira! Snap out if it!" Corey's voice drifted into my horrific cage and I held onto it firmly allowing it to bring me back to consciousness. The battle was still going on, more serious now.

"What happened?" I asked

"You lost a grip of your thoughts and the lisser took advantage of it. Be careful! I have killed him though. Just be careful" Corey scolded with a frown.

My hands flew to my neck before flittering around to look for Kellyn. She was alive and fighting. Thank the gods!

More lissers arrived and I gripped Corey's arm in fear. They would kill us.

He helped me to my feet and led me to one of the cabins.

"Stay here. We'll take care of everything" he said and I nodded dumbly. I had never felt more like a coward than I did now. Everyone was out there fighting and here I was just sitting. My fire magic had receeded back into it's lock and I groaned in anger. Only chirrietta was by my side soothing me still.

Something clattered in the darkness and I came face to face with a lisser. My heart jumped and galloped but this time, I made sure to lock my thoughts.

I tried to summon my fire gain but only steam puffed out of my palms. Way to go me!

The lisser stepped closer to me, this one reeked of dark magic and I almost chocked. Something in me hated the aura.

The lisser grabbed my hand and threw me to the other side of the room where I fell with a thud. My breathe knocked out of me and I grappled at my dagger. I threw it at the lisser and it landed in one of his eyes, no doubt blinding him.

He wailed angrily before stomping towards me. He had every intention to kill and I could see it in it's eyes.

Like a zing, power surged within me. A strange but intoxicating brightness. I shrieked as it burned it's way into me.

So much darkness! It purred in a light sweet voice

I hate darkness

Use me

Bend me

Will me

Do it araiya! Use me, remember me!

I released a gasp. This feeling was strangely familiar.

Use me

Weild me!

Witness the power of regald!
But I couldn't because my eyes closed on their own accord. The seductive call of blackness taking me deeper into itself.

Fool! If you cannot do it, I will do it myself. That was the last thing I heard before the wail of the lissers met my ears.

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