Dreams of Otium

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Dreams of Otium

The land of Avelora was a prospering kingdom where the Aveneir reigned. This royal family had ruled over Avelora for who knows how long. They had a secret though that would shock anyone in the kingdom. This secret was hidden for 18 years and only a few members of the royal family knew. If the secret was let out, the life of one individual would be ruined. Her name was Diana... the princess who would be married at the age of 19 to the Prince of Avereign, Cedric. This marriage was not one that the princess wanted but she ignored it and let it go on. Her parents would be mad at her if she refused to marry Prince Cedric. She didn't even know what would happen that day and why... the secret would soon be let out and she would finally know.

Two days after the event...
The Queen walked around troubled.
"Derrick, if they find out we'll be killed!" She quietly exclaimed, "I feel so stupid now! But if we didn't do it..."
"Calm down Marian. There is no need to worry. All of those witnesses were... lost. No one except us knows about what happened." The King stated, "The only ones who know are their most loyal servants and they've already been bribed."
The Queen sighed and looked at the King.
"That's just what's bothering me though. What if the bribes mean nothing? What if... they just agree and go spreading it around anyways?" She asked.
The King looked down and whispered, "I'll make sure they don't."
He got up and stomped out of the room.
"Derrick..." The Queen murmured.

Two years after the event...
A stranger in a robe walked past the castle gates and saw a little girl playing by a pond. She had long brown hair and sweet brown eyes. The stranger walked towards her and then was surprised as she turned around and walked over to her.
"Here. Present to you." She said but in a toddler's tone.
The stranger looked at the object she held and smiled. It was a small mechanism made out of crystals. How could a little girl find that? This girl was special, she had potential that could be unlocked later in her life.
"Why thank you." The stranger replied with her female voice, "You're a good little girl."
She took the object and petted the girl's head.
The little girl smiled and ran off to play somewhere else.
The stranger stopped smiling and then quickly turned around walking towards the castle. She walked up many stairs until she had reached the room that was her destination. It was a regal room, one fit for a queen. In fact, it was a room for the queen.
The Queen was in the room and turned around and gasped.
"Who are you?! What do you want with me?!" She shouted.
"Everything. You took away my master's pride and joy..." The stranger started to say and took off the hood on her head.
Her blondish brown hair was revealed and so were her crystal clear eyes.
"You can never pay for what you did to them... I will stay here watching over you and if I ever see anything go wrong, I will spread it everywhere... and have you executed." She stated and pointed at the queen, "Do we have a deal?"
The Queen shuddered and fell to the floor.
"Y-yes. I accept your terms..."

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Chapter 1: Ruined Wedding

It was around the middle of the day. This day was a special day... for the kingdom of Avelora at least. It was Princess Diana's wedding day. She had no choice in this marriage, she was forced by her parents to marry the Prince from Avereign, Prince Cedric. At the moment, she was getting ready in a tower.
"You look beautiful today Princess." Her tailor stated.
A 19 year old girl with long luscious brown hair stood in front of her dressed in a wedding dress. It was the Princess, Diana.
Diana smiled at the tailor even though she wasn't feeling happy and said, "Thank you."
She saw a flash in a mirror and looked at it. Diana could see one of her servants in it.
"Are you ready Princess?" She asked.
"Not at all Vita." Diana replied, "I don't want to marry the Prince but I have to listen to my parents or they'll get mad at me."
Vita was quiet for awhile and then laid against a wall.
"Listen to it." She whispered.
"Listen to what?" Diana asked looking around.
"Your heart." Vita answered, "Listen to your heart."
Diana sighed and replied, "I wish I could Vita... but I have to do this for Avelora. We have to make sacrifices in our lives sometimes."
"Don't talk like that. You know well that Avelora is fine the way it is." Vita stated.
Diana looked at Vita and asked, "Do I look good?"
Vita noticed the sudden subject change and said, "Princess, don't change the subject. I know, you know, we all know that you don't want to marry Cedric."
Diana looked down at the floor and exhaled.
There was silence until Vita tried to walk forward towards her.
"Just tell..." She started to say.
Suddenly, there was a loud booming noise and the room around them started to shake.
Vita suddenly jumped towards Diana and whispered into her ear, "Run Princess... run until you reach them."
She pushed Diana in the direction towards the hall and Diana followed her advice and started to run.
She had no idea where she was going and no idea what was happening.
All she knew was that if she listened to what Vita said, she would probably be safe if something was trying to hurt her.
There were crashing noises everywhere and screams. Diana could hear people being killed.
'What the... what's happening?' She thought to herself.
Suddenly, she heard something and looked up.
Something was crashing down towards her at a high speed.
Diana rolled forward and yelled as the object hit the ground beside her. It was a dagger.
She looked up and saw someone running.
Diana ran as well and she didn't dare to look back. She heard more daggers being thrown but knew that if she stopped to look, one might hit her.
Suddenly, she felt something dragging her and gasped as she fell down to the floor. Diana heard a rip and looked back to see a dagger that had ripped through her dress and was holding her down. She saw about three more daggers heading for her and struggled around until she ripped some of her dress off.
Diana rolled over and managed to avoid the first two daggers. The third came right towards her and Diana yelled. It landed right in front of her face and she sighed. Diana got up and then started to run again. It wasn't soon until she reached a giant door. She reached for the handle but stopped as she saw a silver object fly by and cut off the handle. Diana looked back and looked up and saw a person in shady clothing about to throw another dagger. He threw it and Diana quickly moved to avoid it. The person kept on throwing the daggers until he had trapped Diana in rows of daggers. One more was thrown towards her and Diana gasped as she couldn't move to avoid it. As it closed in on her, there was a flash. A small metal object crashed into the dagger from the right and swerved it in a different direction. As it changed direction, it was able to cut off a few strands of Diana's hair.
Diana's eyes widened as she noticed this. Someone or something had saved her.
She suddenly heard someone whisper, "Come over here!"
Diana looked to her left and saw a window open.
She ran towards it and felt a dagger pierce through the heel of her glass heel. Diana started to trip and her foot came out of the heel but someone grabbed her and pulled her through the window. She was carried by this person and started to lose sight.
'This... this is...' She started to think to herself.
Diana started to close her eyes from exhaustion but heard a loud explosion. She saw fire and opened her eyes. The person that was holding her was panting and they could both see that a bomb had been set off somewhere in the palace.
Diana shuddered as she then remembered that her parents were in the palace.
She started to scream but the person who was carrying her grabbed her mouth and put their hand over it.
Diana felt that the hand felt furry and wondered who would have a furry hand.
"If you want to stay alive, I'd advise you stay quiet." He whispered.
Diana tried to look at him but her vision was blurred so she couldn't see who the person was.
"Who... who are you?" She asked.
"I'm Pax. Now, stay quiet and we can get out of here safely." He answered.
Diana nodded and then the two of them continued to walk down the path they were on.
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"Derrick... what's happening?!" The Queen shouted at her husband as she heard screams and explosions.
"I... I..." The King murmured.
Suddenly, the door to the room they were in exploded and in came a man in a regal attire.
"Who are you?!" The King shouted while standing in front of the Queen to protect her incase he did anything.
The man smiled and started to walk slowly towards the two of them. He had dark blue hair and it was in a weird hairstyle.
"Do not worry King... I'm only here to take you away for the rest of Avelicens to decide your fate. I am none other than..."
He replied and took out a flamboyant rapier, "Cornelius Feuquieres, Commander of the Advanced Forces."
The King took out a giant broadsword and said, "Well Commander, I'm not going without a fight... and how are you in the latin forces if you are of french descent?"
Cornelius stepped closer and closer and answered, "My father took the precious latin name of my mother away is why... now, prepare to feel the Corneille's Murder come upon you!"

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End of Part 1

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Part 2

"Pax... you should've been here by now." A girl with a pink ponytail said outloud.
She looked as innocent as could be but if you actually looked at her, you could notice she was a fighter. Her muscles were toned enough to see that easily.
"Pascale." A deep dark voice boomed out.
The girl named Pascale looked around and saw a man with long black hair and red eyes. His mouth was somewhat covered by a black scarf and his whole outfit was mostly black.
"Vir, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be on-" She started to reply.
"Don't question my actions. Just go find Pax and help him get out of this place." The man named Vir whispered and turned around and walked away.
Pascale frowned and mumbled to herself, "Fine but don't blame me when we get killed."
She looked around at the room she was in and noticed it was kind of like a sanctum. It was so peaceful even though people were being killed outside of it's walls.
Pascale walked forward and proceeded to the door to get out. When she got out, she heard bombs everywhere and sighed.
"All of this over one girl? It really shows what Odium can do to a person."
She looked all around and saw no traces of her friend Pax anywhere.
"Fine, I'll find you getting into trouble like always." She whispered to herself.
Pascale ran down the path she was on determined to find Pax.
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"No... it can't be..." The Queen murmured as she saw the King get stabbed through the chest.
Cornelius smiled and took his rapier out. A dark aura disappeared from him and looked as if it flew away like a crow. The King coughed out blood and then fell as he said his final words.
"A mistake... did all of this." He mumbled and fell down to the floor dead.
A tear dropped to the floor and Cornelius immediately looked at the Queen.
"If you don't come like I asked him to, you'll be on the floor to." He stated threatening her while pointing his bloody rapier at her.
The Queen stood firm and said nothing.
"What are you going to do Queen? Pay for your actions right here or let Avelicens torture you to death which you deserve for what you did. It doesn't matter to me. Choose one or I'll choose for you." Cornelius said raising his voice.
She was weeping but she still stood still in front of the man who had just killed her husband.
"I'll die here... next to Derrick. This is our atonement for the crime..." The Queen replied while crying, "I don't want to live a lie anymore! Take me down right now to end all of this suffering!"
Cornelius stood still and started to laugh.
"If you put it that way, might as well let you live. It'll torture you even more."
He cleaned his rapier and put it in it's sheath but then heard a voice shout from the door, "Cornelius! Impale her right now or the same will happen to you!"
He didn't need to look around to see who it was. Cornelius quickly took out his Rapier and then charged forth. He easily impaled through the Queen and looked at her squirm as she felt the pain.
"You French... are despicable." He whispered and then took out the rapier and watched her fall.
Cornelius turned around to face the man who had shouted at him and asked, "Where's the Girl?"
The man who he was talking to was wearing a regal uniform as well and had short blonde hair.
"She's still trying to be found... one of our assassins told us that a furry man rescued her from him before he could kill her. For failing, he died a painful death. Remember that Cornelius... remember." He answered and walked out of the room.
Cornelius nodded as he left and stood there looking down at the floor. A dark aura surrounded him and he walked out.
"Just you wait Vergilo... you have no idea what I can do. Trying to threaten me is useless."
All that was left in that room was the now dead King, and the Queen who was holding onto her last few seconds of life.
"Diana... I guess... I'll finally get to see you once again. I hope you've forgiven me... for taking your..." She managed to gasp out.
The Queen didn't get to finish for she had lost her life. She laid there next to her husband... dead forever... the only payment they could give for what they had done.
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Diana looked around as Pax carried her and asked, "Where exactly are we going Pax?"
Pax frowned and stopped walking. He put her down and replied, "You'll see soon enough. Anyways, I should stop carrying you. You can walk for yourself."
Diana sighed and continued to follow after him.
They reached a big area and they noticed a bench. Both of them headed towards it and sat down to rest.
"We can't stay here long Princess. The Latin Forces will come for us soon..." Pax stated.
Diana looked at him and then noticed something. Her blurred vision was gone and now she could see who Pax really was.
"What the- you're a cat?!" She exclaimed.
Pax's eyes opened wide and he covered her mouth and whispered, "Keep quiet!"
Diana started to cough and then was able to say, "Alright but get your hand or paw or whatever it is off of my mouth."
Pax removed his paw and stated to her, "I was a regular cat but now I'm what you would call a cat-man. I can't explain that much to you because it's a long story... maybe later."
Diana nodded and murmured, "I understand... everything's... a long story."
"What do you mean?" Pax asked her while accidentally meowing, "Sorry, force of habit."
"I'm not sure but... I always find pictures of myself and... I never remember them. I mean, they were when I was a little baby but I'm sure I'd be able to recognize myself." Diana answered and sighed.
"Princess..." Pax started to say but was interuppted by Diana.
"It's probably nothing, right?" She asked and looked into Pax's eyes.
"Yeah... it's nothing." Pax replied and looked down at the ground.
"Pax... I wish my pet cat could've talked like you." Diana stated.
Pax looked up at her angrily and quietly shouted, "Do not refer to me as a pet!"
Diana lurched back and tried not to laugh. "Alright, but I didn't call you a pet. I called my cat a pet." She said.
Pax looked at her and asked, "What's so funny?"
"You just... cats look so funny when they're angry." Diana answered.
Pax growled and then looked away while Diana laughed.
He then remembered what they had been talking about before and whispered, "Diana..."
"Yes?" Diana asked.
"You're-" He started to say.
Suddenly, there were a large amount of footsteps and shouting.
Pax and Diana got up right away and looked everywhere and saw from the two paths, the path they came on and the path to continue on, soldiers from the Latin Forces were closing in on them.
"Crap... we're surrounded." Pax stated.
Diana started to shudder and whispered to him, "We're not going to get out of this alive are we?"
Pax didn't reply because he noticed someone appear from a ledge. A girl with pink hair pushed herself up from the ledge and then ran towards the two.
"Pascale!" Pax shouted and then ran towards her.
Diana followed after because she didn't want to be alone in a time like this.
"Pax, you should've been at the location by now. At least you two are safe but..." She started to say and noticed the soldiers coming, "I've got to say you are an expert at getting into trouble Pax." Pascale stated and then got in front of the two.
She put her fists up indicating that she was ready to fight.
Pax stood next to her and did something similiar but different.
Diana who was scared out of her mind asked, "Ummm... are you two really going to take on all of those s-s-soldiers?"
The two nodded and watched the soldiers stop and walk slowly to them.
"Drop to the floor and hand over the Princess!" One soldier commanded. He seemed to be the commander of the group.
Pax and Pascale stood there waiting and the commander grunted.
"All soldiers attack!" He exclaimed.
"1..." Pax murmured.
"2..." Pascale continued.
"3!" They both shouted and ran towards the soldiers.
Diana followed knowing that she couldn't help at all.
'I'm crazy... this is all a dream.' Diana started to think to herself, 'No it can't be... ugh, think Diana think... hopefully we all get out of here... alive!'

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Part 3

There was a thud as two people dressed in black outfits fell to the floor dead. The Tailor who had been helping Diana put on her wedding dress shuddered as she looked at the person who had killed them.
Vita looked at her and frowned.
"Calm down. You look like you just saw a ghost." Vita said and walked forwards down a royal hallway.
The Tailor put her hand forward and was about to ask something but stayed quiet.
Vita stopped and sighed.
"What are you doing just staying there? Come with me if you want but stay quiet." She whispered and continued on.
The Tailor smiled and hurriedly ran after her.
They both walked down the hall and The Tailor asked, "Excuse me miss but..."
Vita turned around and replied, "What?" in a somewhat harsh tone.
The Tailor jumped back surprised by the tone and answered, "Umm... what's your name? I know the Princess calls you Vita though, I heard you two talking."
Vita smiled and stated, "I'm Vita Praesul."
"Oh..." The Tailor murmured, "I... I also have another question."
Vita looked at her and frowned again.
"What... what is it?" She asked.
"It's... it's about how you killed those two..." The Tailor replied.
There was silence and Vita continued walking.
The Tailor gasped and was about to say something but Vita said instead, "Don't question what happened. Just keep on going and I better not hear a peep out of you."
"Ummm... alright." The Tailor whispered and continued to follow her.
It wasn't long until they had reached the door that the Princess hadn't been able to go through. Vita noticed the hole in the window and smiled.
'At least she's safe with the others...' Vita thought to herself.
She stared at the door and then put her hands on it.
"What... what are you doing Miss Vita?" The Tailor asked.
"What did I say before? Keep quiet... and you might want to step back a little." Vita replied.
The door started to shine somewhat and Vita uttered the words, "Answer my prayers... Bael!"
There was a loud explosion and smoke filled the hallway.
A cough was heard and Vita exited out of the smoke looking back to see the door destroyed.
The Tailor was still standing in the same spot with ashes all over her.
"I warned you didn't I?" Vita said playfully and smiled. She continued walking and the Tailor slowly followed.
Suddenly though, out of nowhere, a dagger hit the ground in front of Vita and she turned around quickly to face a flurry of them coming at her and the Tailor.
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Diana gasped as she saw the crowd of soldiers come into contact with Pascale and Pax. It felt like everything went silent and the world was going slower and slower. She saw Pascale and Pax jumping around everywhere punching and kicking and fighting at their best.
"She's over there!" A voice shouted.
Diana turned around and saw a group of soldiers running towards her. They were armed with guns and some had swords as well.
Pascale noticed this and gasped. Diana was a princess... she couldn't have anything on her to protect her from the soldiers. She then kicked one of the soldiers in front of her and hurriedly took out his sword and took him down with it.
"Diana! Here!" Pascale shouted and threw the sword in the air towards Diana.
Diana heard her and looked at the sword flipping in circles in the air coming slowly at her. She put her hand up and then... she caught it.
In just a matter of seconds, Diana saw flashes and then noticed something. On the ground in front of her were soldiers that she had just taken down.
Pax from far away smiled and mouthed, "Good job."
Diana shuddered as she held the sword Pascale had thrown at her. It was drenched in blood... the blood of the people she might have just killed.
She stepped back and gasped as her back bumped into two other backs.
"Diana, you were great." One of them said.
Diana looked back to see Pascale and Pax. She looked forward and saw soldiers running towards them.
"What... what happened?" Diana asked.
"You used Otium... welcome to the family." Pascale whispered and then looked at the soldiers, "Diana, you and Pax go rush through them. I'll take another path. We'll meet at the fifth chapel. We're halfway between the fourth and the third so we'll meet up soon."
Pax nodded and Diana stayed there shuddering. Pascale smiled and then it seemed like she disappeared. Diana felt Pax grab her hand and again in just a few seconds, there were people on the floor. She had never felt this rush before... what was it?
"Hiss!" Pax exclaimed as he scratched at the soldiers and kicked them.
Diana quickly followed after Pax as he took down soldiers and she occasionaly contributed with a little sword slash here and there.
"Diana! Now, run as fast as you can! Hurry!" Pax shouted.
Suddenly, Diana felt a surge of energy go through her body and she was far away from the group of soldiers and on the path they were supposed to be on. She looked back and saw an explosion. When the smoke cleared, she could see Pax jumping over a large hole in the bridge. He had set a bomb there that would destroy part of the bridge not allowing the soldiers to follow. When he came up to her, he was sweating and panting.
Diana reached her hand forward and began to pet him and he started to purr. She gasped as he started to get closer to her.
Pax then opened his eyes and walked back.
"I'm sorry, I just get out of control when someone pets me." He stated and walked beside Diana.
They walked on down the path seeing the fourth chapel up ahead. While they were on their way to that chapel, Pascale was on her way to the main chapel where The Latin Forces were stationed...
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Pascale stopped running and put her hands on her knees and bent over. She had been running as fast as she could to get away from the soldiers. The path she was on looked serene and holy-like. It almost seemed like nothing was happening outside.
"Hey! You!" A voice shouted.
Pascale looked ahead and saw a knight running towards her. From this distance, she couldn't tell if he was with the French or Latin Forces. She had nowhere to run. If Pascale went back, she would soon encounter the soldiers... but if she went onwards, she would encounter the knight.
"Crap..." She whispered and then held out her hand and opened it, "Magic isn't my thing but let's see how this works."
Her hand started to glow pink and a little ball of pink flames appeared in front of her hand.
The knight stopped dead in his tracks and shuddered as he saw the flames.
"You can use magic... stop before I have to... ummm... before I have to apprehend you!" The Knight yelled.
Pascale's flame in her hand started to grow bigger and the light from it glowed even brighter.
"Roseus Incendia!" She exclaimed as the pink flame bursted out of her hand and came towards the knight.
The Knight screamed as he was engulfed by the flame. Pascale gripped her chest and fell to her knees. Since she wasn't a common magic user, magic took up more of her energy than normal magic users. She looked towards where the knight was and noticed him laying on the floor, injured.
"Stupid Pascale... now... I can't move and if he wakes up, I'll be in trouble. If I don't get out of here... the soldiers on my trail will get here soon." Pascale whispered to herself and started to lose vision. Her eyes slowly closed and the knight was able to get up.
He looked over at the girl who had just attacked him. His armor was somewhat burnt but it had protected him somewhat.
"She must not be able to use magic that well... I'll take her to him." He said to himself.
The Knight came over to her and then picked her up. He walked down the path heading towards his leader.

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Chapter 2: Ruined Wedding (Part 2)

A Prince looked all around and sighed. There was chaos all around and he was stuck in the main chapel with a few of his servants. The Latin Forces were advancing and soon they would come upon him. The Prince of Avereign, Cedric Avelerge.
"Prince Cedric, one of the knights who went on patrol has been spotted on the trail from the third trail to here. The Knight was spotted carrying an injured foreigner. He requests to see you." A man who seemed to be a messenger stated as he walked towards the Prince.
The Prince looked back at him and replied, "Bring him in. This foreigner might help us fight against the Latin Forces."
The Messenger nodded and ran away running towards the gate to let them in. In a matter of seconds, the gate was opened and the Knight carrying the Foreigner walked in.
"Prince Cedric!" He exclaimed.
The Prince looked back and saw who it was.
"Anselm, who's that you're carrying?" He asked.
The Knight who's name was Anselm came closer and answered, "I found her wandering on the path to here. She attacked me and became worn out from it. I took her here to let you do what you want with her."
Prince Cedric looked at her and then pointed over to a building near them.
"Place her in those quarters. When she wakes up, we'll ask her who she is and why she was headed here." He said.
Anselm nodded and walked away with the girl in his arms.
When he had reached the building, he noticed the decorated bed in the room and placed her on it.
Before he left, he looked at the girl's face and whispered, "Who are you? There's not that many good reasons on why you would be walking this way..."
He was about to take his leave but then, an arm grabbed his arm.
Anselm looked behind him and saw the girl gripping onto his arm.
"I'm sorry for doing this but you're going to be my escort to the fifth chapel... whether you like it or not." Pascale stated and smiled.
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Vita grunted and then put her hand forward as the daggers flew towards her.
"Aegis Biformis!" She shouted and watched a shield appear in front of her and split in two. The other quickly hovered through the air and shielded the Tailor.
After the onslaught of daggers, the person throwing them jumped down from where he was and landed some distance behind Vita. The shields were still there ready to protect both Vita and The Tailor from more attacks but Vita kept cautious.
"You are of Latin blood are you not...?" The man who had jumped down asked.
Vita nodded and said, "Who are you and why do you want to know?"
The man turned around to face Vita and smiled. He had black hair and a moustache. The man wore a long black cape which hid everything under it.
"I am the leader of these assassins. We were hired by The Latin Forces to assassinate all of the French and whoever supported them. You are of Latin descent but I must warn you... if you help that Tailor, you will die." He stated and moved his hand around under his cape.
"I won't leave this innocent woman to die. So you can forget about me helping you scum." Vita replied and readied herself to strike.
The man's face expression changed to an annoyed one and he sighed.
"I'm warning you one more time miss... get out of the way or die with a thousand knives through you." He whispered and started to open his cape.
"Again, nope. I don't take commands from someone like you." Vita calmly answered.
Suddenly, the man's cape opened and out of it came a flurry of daggers. They were going fast towards Vita and The Tailor.
Vita ran forward and kept the magic shield close to her. She knew that since it was a half of the whole shield, it wouldn't last that long. The daggers hit the shield and quickly bounced off it and Vita started to feel the shield grow weaker.
"Extrudo!" Vita exclaimed and pushed forward.
The shield burst forward as she did this and crashed into the man throwing the daggers. It pushed him all the way towards the next door and kept him there for a few seconds.
Vita looked back at the Tailor and whispered, "Don't move."
She then burst forwards running towards where the man was. Before she got to him though, the shield was cut in half and shattered to pieces. The man had pulled out a few daggers and used them to cut through the shield. He carried about five in each hand and Vita could see into his cape now. A large artillery of daggers lay inside it yet he could still move extremely fast. Vita watched as the man disappeared and appeared over again getting closer to her. Suddenly, she felt wind and ducked. Over her, the man had just swiped at her with one hand full of daggers.
Vita hurriedly pointed up at the man and then whispered the incantation, "Illumino..."
A giant light came out of her hand and came towards the man. Usually, an attack like this wouldn't do much but make a light but the man had an immense amount of daggers. The light bounced off of the metal of the daggers and illuminated the whole room in a blinding light.
"Argh... don't think that you've won." The man said and then pointed a dagger out into the distance, "Excutio..."
The dagger left his hand and found Vita in the light. Vita gasped as it slashed at her. He had commanded it to find her and attack her. Blood droplets fell to the floor and Vita grunted. Again and again, it slashed at her.
Vita fell to the floor and the man laughed.
"Pray for your safety. It's the only thing you can do right now. I doubt it'll help though." He mocked, "I'll give you a minute."
Vita smiled and then prayed. It wasn't praying exactly but asking for help from a certain force.
"Done yet?" The man asked.
"Yes... but you'll regret having me pray. My prayers will be answered." She replied.
The man smiled and then pointed his hand out.
"Off with your head! Decollo!" The man shouted.
Suddenly, two knives came from different directions to cut off Vita's head. Vita smiled as they came knowing what would happen. There was a slicing sound and there was a thud as a head dropped to the ground.
The light cleared away and The Tailor and Vita came out.
The Tailor looked scared and was surprised that Vita had came out alive.
"I told him... and he didn't listen. Bael answered my prayers and came after his head instead." Vita stated and continued to walk down the hallway.
The Tailor followed after her and they continued their journey to wherever they were headed.
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Vir, the man that Pascale had been talking to earlier walked down a path. It led to a chapel near the main chapel where Pascale currently was. He could sense her there and he had decided to come after her.
Arumvir Anima... that was his full name. Not his real name however. It was a name given to him because he was an orphan with no name. He had lived a life of being an outcast until one day. Vir found a friend and they were always with each other. Until one day though...
"Where do you think you're going?" A voice inquired from the darkness.
Vir looked to his side through his peripheral vision and didn't answer.
"Who are you and why are you here?" The voice asked again.
Vir pointed his finger at where the voice was coming from and it started to shine with a black aura.
"Boom." Vir murmured to himself and watched as a beam of energy came out and hit whatever was in the darkness. He heard a thud and continued walking.
Vir was often called the "Midnight Mercenary". He was known as this for his fighting abilities in the dark. Vir was an expert at using the darkness as a cover and enjoyed fighting in it.
"Odd meeting you here... old friend." Another voice blurted out from the darkness.
Vir turned around this time with surprise on his face.
'That voice... it's familiar.' Vir thought to himself.
He watched a man come out of the darkness with blonde hair and gasped.
"I knew you would be speechless to see me... your old buddy Vergilo."

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Part 2

Anselm frowned as he dragged the girl who had taken him as a 'hostage'. She told him which way she was headed and he was forced to take her in that direction.
"Don't worry... follow my directions and I won't hurt you at all." Pascale whispered in his ear and chuckled.
The Knight named Anselm growled and looked back at her.
"Listen girl. I could've taken you down back there but I decided to help you. So don't make empty threats at me." He rebuked.
Pascale laughed and looked at Anselm.
"Anselm... that was your name wasn't it? I know you could've but I'm just playing with you. Just keep on going and lead me to my destination." Pascale replied and tried to hold back another chuckle.
Anselm looked at her with disapproval and continued on. It wasn't long until they started to talk again.
"Why are you here exactly?" Anselm asked.
"I'm a mercenary... my group's here to rescue Princess Diana." Pascale stated and stopped, "That reminds me, I never told you my name."
Anselm stopped as well and looked back at her.
"Your name is...?" He murmured.
"Pascale Taipale." She answered.
Anselm nodded and then turned around. Pascale frowned as he did this.
"You know, you really need to learn how to be social." Pascale suggested teasing him.
Anselm stopped again and then growled.
"I am social!" He yelled.
Pascale laughed and then ran past him.
"Come on slowpoke, I was just joking. Now hurry up!" She bantered and continued running.
Anselm ran after her but noticed something weird. They were heading closer and closer to the fifth chapel but no Latin Forces was around.
He stopped right away after noticing this and exclaimed, "Pascale! Stop!"
Pascale stopped and then turned around questioning why Anselm had yelled. Suddenly, she felt something wrap around her.
"Ahhhhh!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.
A giant dark hand had grabbed her and was picking her up.
Anselm pulled out his sword and then hurriedly ran towards the hand.
Suddenly, something grabbed his foot and he tripped.
"Don't think that you'll be helping her... I'll prevent you from doing so." A female voice rang out from somewhere in the distance.
A woman appeared in between the two of them. She had long black hair and looked very intelligent. The Woman held a sword in her hand and smiled as she looked at the two specimens she had caught in her traps.
"Wait... damn it! Neither of you are the Princess!" She exclaimed and then growled.
Pascale looked down at her and sputtered out the words, "Let us go right now!"
The woman looked up at Pascale and snapped. The hand started to grab her harder and Pascale started to yell again.
"Who... who are you?" Anselm asked from behind.
The Woman turned around and put her sword up to his face.
"I am Valentina de Landalis... researcher and a commander of the Latin Forces." She stated.
Anselm and Pascale gasped. This lady in front of them was famous for her discoveries and torturous ways of punishing people.
"Hmmm... you two are of no use to me. Go off to wherever you need to." She announced and snapped again. The two came out of their traps and she hurriedly ran off.
"Wait!" Pascale shouted and started to run after her but lost sight of her.
Anselm walked up to her and pointed ahead. Just up ahead, the fifth chapel was waiting for them.
Pascale nodded and the two of them continued down the path.
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Diana fell to the floor and panted in defeat.
"I'm... so... tired." She whispered.
Pax frowned and then shouted, "Get up and keep on walking lazy!"
Diana grunted and got up again. The two of them were still headed to the fifth chapel where they would meet Pascale at.
It hadn't taken them long to get to the fourth chapel but right now they were currently on their way to the fifth one.
"Pax, who else is on this mission thing?" Diana asked.
Pax looked back at Diana and answered, "Me and Pascale of course... a man named Vir... two other men, and a woman by the name of Vita."
Diana stopped right away and whispered in shock, "Vita?"
Pax nodded and stated, "You probably know her as your servant. She's been waiting for this day to rescue you Princess."
"Rescue me? Why would she need to rescue me?" Diana replied.
"...I don't think I should tell you at this moment." Pax murmured.
Diana looked at Pax endearingly and then repeated, "Why would she need to rescue me?"
"Look, just follow me and we can get out of here. Then if we're still alive, I'll tell you okay?