///City of Gods Part II- Era 1900 BC - The Land of Forgotten Time/// (Closed)

Max slammed his staff on the ground, not wasting a single second as he saw grias. Energy pulsated around shira and grias, transparent pentagrams floating and rotating around the two of them, pulsing red and black as Max had put all of his energy into this one attack. Shira was trapped in the trap as well, and he knew it. Max knew it and knew that he could not alter it. . . . . grias would surly escape if he did. He slashed his left arm against the staff as hot red blood flowed down from his arm and coated the black metal in velvet red."Im sorry...." He whispered, the air shimmering around the pentagram prison as Max cringed." Dark gods prison!!" The pentagram prison shot off in many directions, black and red energy blasting around the two of them.

Max shut his eyes and screamed. The pain! Damn the pain! He couldn't see, open eyes and red filled his vision, close them and still red and pain! His soul felt like it was being torn to peaces, he lost track. Was Grias dead? Did grias escape! He couldn't tell. . . all he could see. . . all he could hear is the sound of his golemns unearthly screaming as Max, her summoner, killed her

The Ice vanished around all of them and the mist disappeared. The stone Pillars that blocked them all from getting over to the Gates of destiny too vanished. Silvian looked around surprised as to what had happened. Was it over? Was Grias gone? Silvian was so sure it could not be over, it seemed to easy but... Perhaps it was that easy... "Max what the Glats was that!?" Silvian asked. Not to long Elly and Rune where with them. "You guys need to get out of here, the chambers are flooding with lava... The place is collapsing, Shara and the others are fighting off Tribe, but pretty soon there wont be a Chamber of the Gates of Destiny..." Elly explained slightly out of breath. "She is right.. And by the look of things there wont be a Daemaria much longer ether.. Whats with Max is he okay?" Rune asked

Max cringed and fell to the ground in a heat of pain and agony as he clutched at his chest. "g. . .gone. . .all gone. . .tic toc pleasnt clock, round and round and round." He shuddered as he tried to escape his reality, reduntly mubling and cringing."shes gone and gone and gone and Ive killed and killed and killed and murdered and I killed her! my soul is gone, Ive ripped it to shreads."

"Max we need to get going...." Silvian held out his hand to pull him back up. The entire place shook, with a feeling as though the land was slowly becoming unable to support structures. The light was slowly engulfing the land. It felt like dajavu for Silvian, only this time Daemaria was to be gone forever. "We need to leave now guys.." Elly said and then ran to Aturok tugging on his arm to get his attention to leave as well.

Max shook his head and got up slowly, useing silvians hand as a crutch or a leveradge point to hoister himself up. He left the staff there, all of its power locked away inside. . . even the asgule which max knew could come back."l. . . .lets go. . ." He said, ctinging as his whole body acked in pain. The light of that realm blinding his scenses

Silvian nodded and quickly made haste to the Gates of Destiny. "Stop! Look!" Zean pointed out calling a halt for all to stop, and pointed down on the ground. There before them was a trail of blood leading all the way to the light in which was the doorway of the gates of destiny. "..Grias.... He still alive.... He already out there... Lets go!" Silvian growled and ran out into the light appearing in the crumbling chambers of the gates of destiny. The place was filled with extreme heat from the lava flowing through out the mountains. A bloody hand print was on the doors of the gates of destiny and the blood trail lead out from the chambers. Stepping out from the chambers revealing the massive bridge that used to reveal a massive empty city around them, was now a endless lake of lava. Grias was on the other side looking back at them all back in his normal form. "you all though you could kill me... but you all failed..."

Grias glared at them all and smirked. "Now you all are now Traped here!" Taking his hand he made them into a fist and slamed them down onto the ground crumbling the stone bridge giving them no hope to crossing it. He then send using his power massive stone blocks that crashed all around the cave, causing much of it to collapse further releasing Massive Lavafalls flooding the place further with lava.

".. Ill see you all in Hell!" Grias shouted and took off. Silvian frantically looked around for a way to escape. Rune did as well but There was no way they could fly out, nor get across to safety and soon they entire place would flood with lava and kill them all. The chamber of the gates of destiny will flood and be covered completely with lava soon.


In a distance on a tall ledge was Shara, Ave, Dora and some of the others. "... We got to get out of here... this place is collapsing!" Said Dora. "No.. not with out... Aturok... And the others... There down there..." Said Shara. "No we cant.. there to far there is nothing we can do..."

Aturok gripped Ellys arm when she got his attention and nodded in agreement as he seen the others starting to move he ran along with the group careful not to get more then afew feet away from her as the ran into the chambers automaticaly feeling the heat from the magma hit his body almost makeing him lightheaded as he used his energy to keep his body cooler like it was used to when he seen grias across the bride he could tell he planned to flees as he took a shot in the dark and shot a shard of ice towards the back of grias head but missed "well.....it was worth a try.." he sighed as he looked back to the others trying to find a way across as he thought maybe he could make a bridge of ice across but questioned if he had the energy to "if anyone has any...good ideas now would be a good time.."

"....a... a wish..." Elly whispered gripping tightly to her Castafire key. Rube gripped tightly to Silvians arm and for once Silvian did not pull away, he gazed at Rune with such sorrow, he feared they were all going to parish. "...At least... at least Shara and Ave are out there.... and Dora too... I did not think we would die like this..." Zean said looking out at the lake of lava. Suddenly more walls collapsed and before them was a wave of Lava heading there way.

"No!" Shara cried out, but both Dora and Ave hell her back. "There is nothing we can do..." "Aturok!!! Aturok!!!!" Shara shouted for him.

They could hear Shara cries. Dameon look up at and saw Dora his sister in a distance. "Dora!! Get them out of here!!" Dora cried and nodded, and finally pulled Shara away from the ledge, and they were now leaving to escape.

"Aturok..." Elly looked over up at him with eyes of kindness, she quickly let go of Aturoks arm pulling away and stepping towards the ledge of were the lava was. Sivians heart pounded as he saw her step away from them all, and she gazed at all of them sorrowfully. "No... No... Elly... No..."

"Im sorry.... This is how it has to be..." Ellys crystal around her neck, the Castafire key, glowed. Silvian, and those who looked upon her, would remember that day 100 years ago.... the wish that saved them and cost the life of Kaylay... and here it was about to repeat. "No.... No!!!" Rune noticed this too and he did not want to see her die again. No one did.

Elly was now standing at the edge of where the lava was comming in. The huge wave of Lava still on its way. The Castafire key glowing so brightly. Elly could hear the voice within the castafire key, telling her the wish could save them but cost her life. And it was something just like Kaylay did 100 years go, Elly was willing to do it.

Aturok could hear his name being shouted faintly as he sighed as he look around the chamber at the end closeing in on them his mind he could not see no chance for them to escape he heard her voice and suddenly he felt Ellys grip let go as he looked over for a moment lost in her eyes as he watched her walking towards the edge knowing instanty what she intened on doing "elly...dont...please.." he reached his hand out to grab her but stopped himself as he gave a soft whimper and his eyes just stared at her seeing the castafire key glowing brightly knowing it was her choice to make and that it had already been decided as he forced a slight smile on his face "you are so brave....we..we will never forget that" he pulled his hand back even tho every part of his soul wanted to stop her "till we next see each other again...."

Silvian went out to try to stop her, he too knowing it had already been decided, and yet still. Suddenly a invisible force, almost like wind but powerful enough to keep him from getting closer stopped him. "Im sorry..." She said and then Stepped onto the lava. "NO!!" Silvian cried out. There she was, standing on top of it as if it where solid. The Castafire key around her neck levitated and glowed, it was protecting her long enough to grant her wish in exchange of her life. "If that is what you wish...Of blood and Fate... the Pact has been made.." said the voice from the castafire key to her. Tears ran down her face, and finally a single tear dripped down, and the moment it hit the lava, it rippled beneath her. The Lava Wave soon engulfed her completely and came to flood the Chambers, engulfing everything in Lava.


Meanwhile... Shara and the others grieved for the Deaths of Silvian, Rune, Aturok, Max, Elly, and those who were lost by the Lava flood, no thanks to Grias. Those who had lost there lives. Eventualy a temple would be made to honor there deaths, Statues of them all.
The Castafire key had respawned as well, granting its self to the future generation of the Castafire lagacy that eventually a new goddess of the Castafire would be born and would be the keeper of the key.


Grias injured but healing, continued his goal to recruiting and expanding the ranks of Tribe. Little would any one know just how big the Tribe would become... Grias with his new found power, nothing now would stop him. Most of those who survived and escaped from Daemaria were now captured by Tribe and being recruited as Tribe. A new age of Daemarian was about to be born, and Grias would lead them all against the Humans. Only Shara and those who fight under her would stand a chance against Grias now. But with Daemarian kind shaken by the turn of events... She would be betrayed and many will join Grias now. Little hope now for the fate of the future...


What no one does know... Elly wished so hard giving her life to the Castafire Key. The forced open the Gates of Destiny the momment the Lava Wave had engulfed her, and Forced Silvian, Aturok, Max, Rune, and any one else with them Into those Gates. No matter how hard Silvian and the others had tried to escape the Fate Elly had given them, the invisible forces where too strong and had sucked them all into the gates. They were now frozen in time in the Realm where time can not exist. Only one day when the gates are reopened will they be unfrozen by time and free.... But the Gates are engulfed by lava. The chamber flooded. When the lava cools there would be no way to get to the Gates. Where they fated to be Frozen in time forever? Forever living the same moment never knowing there fate?

Was there no hope?
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2400 years later...... 500AC

Now in the same lands, The mountains had been flattened but in there place, a large temple and Castle took its place. There a woman who went by the name as Lady Claire. Who was also a queen ran for her life inside these great temples. She was being chased by several Daemarians. She ran into large round chamber with A Cross, and a pedestal, the temple was owned by the church, but it had a secret. In the back of the chamber she moved a torch and a secret passage appeared before her. "Oh great gods.. please.. please help me.." She pleased and ran down the hidden passage way leading into yet another large chamber with old murals of Daemarian warriors. A Leopard, a Tiger and a White Tiger, A jackle, and other warriors were painted on these murals. She closed the doors behind her and took a wood plank and blocked the door. She kneeled before the murals and prayed hard for a miracle. "Please oh great gods of old... God or Gods... please... please hear my plea... save us.. Save us from the Demonic Empire.." There was pounding on the doors and soon they were broken open and there standing before her was a group of Daemarians, the main one leading them none other then Hugaa. "He smiled devilishly and walked up to her and pulled her up by her arms and grabbed her holding her close. [i]"Grias will be please... your blood and the fall of your people... nothing gives me more pleasure." he said and then a shocked look on her face appeared as Hugaa stabbed her with a dagger. He then pulled it back out and through her on the ground. Claire fell hard, a pool of blood surrounded her. A castafire key hidden beneath her closed fell out, still around her neck but out in plain site. "Please... help..." She said as she collapsed on the ground. "Burn this place... 2000 years later and who would think that these murals would even exist... That darn Shara... and Dora... There going to be dead by end of tonight.. now that we know where they are... they will hold the Daemarain Empire Back No more! Long live Lord Grias!" Hugaa said and started to walk away the the chamber started to shake. he turned and looked around, so did the other daemarians solders with him. The Castafire key around Clairs neck glowed, and her blood started moving on its own traveling and circling around her and the area of the room. Before they knew it, the ground started to crack and then the floor exploded rising from heavy stone, rock, obsidian, was the Gates of Destiny being pulled up by the power of Clairs wish.... The gates began to open... There is Hope....

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END OF PART II................... To Be continued in Part III: The Fallen