merlin's redemption ch3

chapter 3: the decision tree

i arrived, still writhing on the ground, surrounded by all these negative emotions, crushing me on the inside, almost as if they were rotting my brain, turning me psychotic. and there he was, up there, still high up in the night sky, laughing it up, enjoying himself.

clutched in my hand was raziel, whcih was now beginning to tremble and glow white, like an angel's glow... i was the lifted up by it, soaring in the sky i rose along with it, could this thing really make me fly? within the blink of an eye, his spell was broken. and the wand then in a blinding fury of ultra bright white light, unleashed it's true power, the ability of flight

"more tricks... just how many of them do you have up your sleeves, conjurer?"

i replied saying "many more, you should have left me alone a long time ago, you may regret this, forever"

"you can't kill him, remember what i said, man" it was jeff, he was speaking to me through thoughts.

"i know, but he's gonna pay for what he did to me"

"i thought you'd be cooller then that, man... i'm disappointed" said jeff

i could feel raziel's energy flowing through me, guiding me in flight.

"shall we begin, conjurer"

"yes"

the combat began.

sword in one hand, wand in the other, i quickly shot out my fire hawk attack in succession, but he just punched them out the way, and deflected one which, with my sword, i deflected back at him and it connected, slamming right into his iron chect.

"enough of this"

his badly damaged wings now emanated with a green hue, flapping them at me, i could see an immense beam of what looked like concentrated energy headed directly at me.

"deflection spell" i yelled

but only one bounced off not even hitting him back, the other sent me flying off into the distance of the trees, and slamming into one.

in the forest floor under a big willow tree, bleeding, i felt as if i would die, right there... i wished for my remedies, i knew i could self heal, but my potions were nowhere in sight, what was so special about this wand, anyways? a few more seconds passed, i started feeling less weak, this was strange, within the span of five minutes, i was up and running extremely dizzily like , was this the work of this wand? it felt like it, but i wasn't sure. i still felt very light headed and disoriented when he found me, once again... and pinned me up against the tree with his four arms

"finally, i've got you, conjurer... i'm going to enjoy this"

"what is it you want from me"

"like i told you before, i need emotions... i'm going to take all of yours and then i'll tear you limb from limb for what you've done to me"

"emotions, eh? hmmm... that reminds me of a very nasty spell i know" i said in a dazed stupor, still feeling woozy from his attack

"what? speak up, magic boy. i only heard a bit of that"

"i don't have much time left, do i?" i said

"not much left, the knell is nearing, say your last words"

and with that i yelled out "coils of despair"

once said, he fell, paralyzed, wrapped by unbreakable coils causing immense pain, sadness, despair and loneliness, just as he had done to me.

it was my time to laugh, as i let out a terrible slew of hellish laughters.

"do you like them, sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet emoooooooooooooooooooooooootion, hahaha... does it feel good?"

"awww, man... way to go and ruin that song for me, dude, so not cool" jeff spoke out in thought

"no, make it stop" he yelled out in pure pain

"one thing you've got to learn, forever, never let a wizard pick his last words, they may be yours, too"

"i can make it stop, but then again, i could keep it on until you go stark raving mad, it's an after effect of this spell, and it never wears off, you'll be insane for all eternity, you'll kill everyone you love, you'll commit vile acts of torture and murder everything you see for no reason, that's insanity. but you'd be an even greater danger to me then you are to me now what with psychotics being even more unpredictable then sane beings. so... before you awake completely insane, i could kill you without any impunity whatsoever. it takes five minutes for someone to awake once the spell is over, five minutes before you awake completely crazy... enough time for me to burn with my fire and lightning spells until you're nothing more then a pile of smouldering hot metal on the forest floor"

i held my speech for a while

"is that what you want? you have ten minutes to make up your mind before you go into the sleeping part of the spell, then the decision will be made for you, choose wisely, being of the stars"

"why didn't my attack of almost the same nature work on you, what happened" he said agonizingly

"i have no time to explain, neither do you... i want to make a treuce, i could use your help, i won't let you go until you agree to do so, the way i see it, you have no choice but to do so"

i paused again

"can you forgive, or is that beyond you, you need not become a martyr to your stubborn will"

"i know, i'm better then that, please let me go" he said

"can i trust you or will you strike me down, once i let you go? hmmm... i think i'm gonna wait till you have no choice even further, put a sort of safety net on the situation, wait till the very last minute to accept forgiveness"

"no please, i can't take this anymore, i feel like dying, i feel like... giving up, i feel so weak. these horrible emotions are tearing me apart, i can't endure, let me go now, please"

tears of pain were now rolling down his face, emanating from all four of his eyes

"can i trust you?"

"yes" he said in a muffled voice coated in sheer despair that even i felt some of it, he was now reaching the 6 minute mark

"let me think about it"

"i won't fight you anymore, i swear on the migrator soul that i won't"

reaching the seven minute mark, he completely broke down, crying profusely, begging for mercy

"i, i have a family back on my planet i'm hardly even aloud to see anymore, i've always protected this planet, i've done nothing wrong, i only want the best for this place and it's inhabitants, i swear by that... have mercy on me"

"if you only want the best for the inhabitants of this planet... THEN WHY WOULD YOU ATTACK ME ON MORE THEN ONE OCCASION!!!"

"i know that was a very mean thing to do, but i'm begging you, please"

"alright then, i'm setting you free... i only hope i don't regret this"

"you won't"

he had reached the eight minute mark

with a snap of my fingers, the spell was lifted...

he breathed a sigh of relief, feeling renewed as a rise of positive emotions now entered his soul...

"thank you, child... i'm sorry to say, but i never caught your name" he asked

"my name is draconius, but friends call me drake"

i then made the motion of a handshake and said

"treuce"

"yes, treuce"

i shook his metal hand, the deal was made.

i then attempted to speak to him in thought, with not much hope that it would work, but it did

"i'll be fine, don't worry about it, i've already sent a message back to my planet to send repair programs"

he replied in speech.

"good job, little buddy... peace should always be the answer, always. you've done me proud, little wiz kid"