Selena's Daughter (The Prophecy) - Episode 17

 

The world of the warrior is like a long and deep tunnel

With the threat of death forever looming in the darkness

A constant struggle one fight after another

Each of them ending with a death

Must that be the warrior's way?

To kill or to be killed........

Grace took a deep breath as she heard those words.

Again....

She was dreaming, she opened her eyes and realized that she was in her chamber, someone was knocking at her down rapidly. She got up from her bed and opened her door to see her personal female servant, Flora.

"Yes what is it?"

"Your presence are needed my princess . Your mother seek of you". Flora said

"Okay, tell her I will  join her soon".

The servant nodded and left Grace presence.

As Grace left her chambers to her mother's, she recalled her dream.

In her dream, she found herself, no, she was dead.

Must that be the warrior's way?

What did that even mean?

Having no answers to that without knocking she walked into Selena's chambers.

She wasn't surprised to see her twin and grandmother in her room, after all since Selena had regained her earthly body they spend more time with her.

"You called me mother".

"Yes I did, please sit down, there is something we have been keeping from you". Selena said.

"Okay".

"Well as you know, there is a third prophecy that was given to us by Odin, the great seer of the old".

"Yes, you've told me before".

"Well there is more to it my child", Selena said smiling a little bit.

Diana made a parchment appeared in her arms as she gave it to Grace

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. Grace took the the third prophecy and read it out.

"To bring balance to the world an ultimate sacrifice must be made, a life will be taken for others to live". Grace looked up from the parchment towards the silent figures. "I thought killing Darken would end everything, why this?" Grace asked.

"I made a vow to Odin not to reveal the third prophecy to anyone expect when it is time, who ever the prophecy chooses will have to follow the path". Diana spoke

"And you believe this is the right time? Then why are you telling me this now and the most importantly who will be the sacrifice?"

"They choose you. You Grace are the sacrifice. It is your destiny, this is the main reason why you were born. Get prepared, Darken had just sent us a message. We are to meet with him and his immortal army in a week time. The real battle is the end of the a new beginning". Diana said.

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The D-day arrived. Grace dressed in a simple white cloth, same as Erica as they rode out  of the castle towards the battle field.

The high king of Crescent was at the front riding a white horse, Selena, Lucas, Diana, Erica and Grace, riding a snow white horses like the king himself. Grace horse hair was braided. Her horses legs were surrounded with white flame and with each step she took, the grasses and trees turn greener and healthier. The armies were behind them, immediately the king came to an halt and the rest followed.

Grace looked forward and saw them.

The Demon army was there and right in front of them was Darken and a young lady beside him, Grace had seen her before, Selena had shown it to her, the Dark Goddess. She was dressed in all black and her eyes so dark that they speak of evil, she smirked when she saw them. Darken unlike them he was riding a dark horse, what triggered Grace attention was that his horse hair was made out of flames, real flame, it's leg was surrounded with flames as well.

Behind them were his demons immortal army. They were all dressed in black clothing. They weren't ordinary army, they were death demons.

Grace couldn't see the face of her father but she was sure her father wasn't worry about the fight.

"So you brought the little girl of prophecy with you brother, how sweet of you". Darken said and looked at Grace with such wickedness and hatred.

"Brother, this is my last warning, depart from us". The high king said ignoring his brother statement.

Darken laughed.

"Then give me what I have been fighting for. You may have walked the path of light but you and I know you belong to darkness. You can't run away from that nor can you remove the blood that flows in you. Whether you like or not you are hades son Dugan". Darken said.

"I know, but all is in the past now. I have know and love the world of light and you can't change it so again, please I beg you depart from here with your soldiers", the high king known now as Dugan pleaded again.

"Well, too late for that now", Saying that he waved his arm towards them and a huge dark flame came out of his arm, moving towards them.

The minute Dugan saw the fire wave he swung into action, a wall of water blocked the fire and it  soon began fading, only for another ball of fire to come.

Lillian swung into action, the malarias appeared at her command and started their chant. Soon both of the armies started fighting. Grace father was fighting with his brother, both of them were using their elements. Selena and Diana on the other side were fighting against Lillian and the malarias. Lucas, Er and Grace and their soldiers faced the demon army.

It was a bloody fight, with both side losing a lot of men.

The world of the warrior is like a long and deep tunnel.

Grace focused her sight on the five demons heading at her with balls of fire each on their arms, but Erica quickly came to her intervention and fought all five of them at once, killing them.

A lot of dead bodies were laying on the floor in their own puddles of blood. Someone cried out in pain, Grace turned and saw it was her father, she raced forward towards her father.

Wherever you turn

All you find is the threat of death in the darkness.

Dugan was kneeling on the floor with his hands on the ground. Lillian injured him by shooting fire on his back and leg when he was fighting with Darken.

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. He was gravely wounded, the fire wasn't a ordinary fire. They were made from the tears of the malarias. 

She reached him just in time to see a fire tornado coming towards their way but before it will hit them, Grace quickly got in front of her father and summon water, blocking the tornado from hitting them as she stare at the smirking prince of darkness.

"Oh, this is just the beginning". Darken said.

"You are going to pay for that", Grace snarled.

A jolt of energy went through her veins, she tightened her fists.

"So princess Grace, the girl from the prophecy". He started walking towards Grace the same way a predator would wound its way around its prey. "You are going to defeat the Prince of darkness, am I correct?" He asked Grace who didn't reply him.

"I don't know why but I hardly believe that", Darken said then continued "I hardly believe that a mere girl like you would save the world from darkness and and evil magic.  If you think about it logically, you will find it impossible, right?" Darken asked.

"Spit it out already", Grace demanded and she saw a trace of anger in his eyes but he hid it well and he smiled.

"You don't  actually believe you can save the world from me, oh Grace, you will agree with me the moon goddess chose wrong".  He let out a humorless laugh when Grace didn't respond "Oh you actually think that you can save this world from me, sorry to burst your bubbles but that can never happen".  Grace felt her closely fist turning icy blue as she stare angrily at Darken, the icy blue won't hurt her but she knew it will hurt Darken. She raised one of her hand as if she want to throw something and swung forward, a ball of ice flew from her hand, soared through the air and hit him in his chest, her eyes grew wide when Darken smirked and wave it off.

"Ouch, that hurt princess", he mocked "Such a shame, I thought you were trained well".

And while there is light at the end of even the longest and darkness of tunnels.

The next thing Grace knew was huge branches of dark fire making their way towards her. Reacting promptly, she surrounded herself with ice but it didn't work. Her eyes widened up a bit when she saw her ice started turning black.