Liliths Messenger
By Jasmine Monica
By Jasmine Monica
chapter one of three
This is a prequel to the Prophet and replaces the first chapter. I am not sure what to do with it
“Please, Serrenina, will you consider being there tomorrow morning to wave Pattenia off. Please? Be there tonight for her?”
Serrenina was really getting tired of all of this. She ground her teeth and glared at Aanya. “There's no way I will be there. Unless you all decide to physically force me to be there and if you do that, I won't support her. I guarantee you will get a very ugly scene. I can't support that bitch, and I refuse to be there when they march off to war. I will be in the library where I always am.”
“Please try to be civil. I know you are hurting, but Pattenia is still your sister. You two need to support each other, don't let your resentment make you this bitter. I also need you there.”
Serrenina glared at her mother with the most profound look of hate. “You have no right to ask anything of me, Aanya. You lost that right when you all turned on me and did this. You lost your son Serren. You didn't have any daughter named Serrenina. NO girl came out of you after Pattenia. You lost the right to have any say in my life when you decided your son was a sacrifice to build progress on. Maybe legally, the lords and king will, but in my eyes, you have no right to have any say in my life. I am nothing to you, and you are nothing to me. You may go because your presence is just pissing me off.”
Then Serrenina added, “If you really love your son, you can easily prove it, and I’m ready right now.” Serren spread her arms. “Restore my masculinity right now. I am ready.”
She shook her head in despair. “You know I cant. Pattenia would not approve. You have to give it time.”
“Why does she get to dictate my entire life to me, you can restore me if you want to.,” Serren replied. “but I figured you wouldn't. You just proved you never loved Serren at all. I had enough of your nonsense. Just leave me alone.”
Aanya wept as she slowly walked out. Her son had let his bitterness consume him.
Pattenia rode out on her horse and gave a great speech. Aanya was standing there all alone. Pattenia sat on her horse with her gleaming armor on her chest. The crown on her head shimmered in the sunlight. Pattenia wore her crown proudly. She had a vicious scar that ran from her right eye down her face thats he earned in one of her first campaign. She wore it proudly. She looked every bit the hardened warrior now. She gave a great speech to her troops about riding off to war and the duties of the great houses. Serrenina could not bare to see it. Seeing this would only hurt Serrenina more and show her what she lost. Serrenina was unable to bear the pain anymore, so she sat at the library reading and studying. She was hoping that she would get his revenge someday. That's the only thing she wanted any more was Revenge.
Princess Serrenina has sat at a dusty table reading a very worn leather book long into the night. She had a stack of other books beside her reading using only the candlelight. The room was locked and forbidden to everyone but the highest level of the hekatin. Serrenina didn't care. She considered the title of the princess to be high enough to enter anywhere she pleased. She hoped no one would come in and challenge her interpretation of the word forbidden. Serrenina figured no one was awake at this time would decide to enter into the forbidden part of the girl's conservatory to see if anyone was in there. The door remained locked and bolted. The door looked exactly as it looked before, so she figured she was safe to continue her studies.
She was furiously reading into the fourth hour, and she had achieved nothing. These books didn't go back far enough in time to be of any help. But Serrenina felt she was getting close to what she wanted. The book she was reading right now went so far back in time that it was telling her about the establishment of the first queen's reign. When Danis began to establish her rule over the Kingdom. This was somewhere around two thousand years ago. She wanted to go farther than that.
Serrenina had heard about a queen before that. There was a goddess of such enormous power that her speech made the entire world tremble. She spoke with such force, her words shook the world. Even Danis feared her power. The Hekatin was so afraid the first queen that they refuse to talk about her. Only a few even know her name, and her name was forbidden. That only helped Serrenina. Serrenina needed to learn more about this. Sense the Hekatin did not care for her, and they simply want to use her as a voiceless pawn in their power play. No one cared how this horror affected her life. Serrenina had devoted herself to learning more about this mysterious dark ruler they all fear. Perhaps Serrenina can make them fear her.
These books she is reading now were so ancient they weren't even written in the language of the great Isles. They were not written in any language spoke these days.
She found better books about an hour later. This book was written in the language of the Goddess Danis, and it was written during her reign on the planet. Serrenina had learned a little so far. But what she learned was not what she wanted at all.
Finally, she found something. The passage of the book speaks of another language that is totally unknown today. The passage said the evil queen's followers spoke a language that shook the world. These people are immune to the power of Danis. And there was a war to destroy the armies of the evil queen and their followers.
Then in the middle of the page, Serrenina saw several entire paragraphs of these ancient symbols. The following passages spoke of this spell and what it did. Serrenina learned that Danis sent some of her priestesses to learn this language and this powerful spell. Then she cast the curse on the evil queen's army. It was a spell to curse the entire nation and their army to disaster. Serrenina carefully studied this spell and wrote it all down on a piece of parchment. There were a few more symbols on other pages and more about the war against the evil queen.
She went through the other books until near the last ancient book she picked up had some ancient spells on them. They were spells that few of the hekatin ever had. One was a transportation spell. The spell will take you anywhere you want to go as long as you have these unique ruby crystals. She had a few of those, but they had to be enchanted with the transportation power. That was easy enough, and she copied those down.
And by now, the celebration was long over, and the sun was going to rise at any time, and her handmaidens would be arriving very soon. Serrenina may as well try the transportation spell now instead of trying to sneak back. Of course, that was easy enough with the cloaking spells she knew that made her appear as a shadow to anyone looking. But why not try transportation for once.
Serrenina enchanted the rubies she held and transported herself back into her bedroom.
She sat in her desk and stared at the new symbols she copied. They were totally incomprehensible. But there was something about them that they did look totally evil. The symbols looked like they were pulsing with evil dark energy. Serrenina smiled wickedly. This was how she would reclaim her life. She still knew how to pronounce them, but she was going to have to learn more about them. How ever, Serrenina began practicing the new language and the curse. She could feel the power building up within her as she practices the spell.
She had lived this hell for over a year now. It was clear the Hekatin never intended to restore her manhood. She would remain a voiceless, powerless princess for the rest of her life. And this was unacceptable. The other women may be liberated by this move. But, she didn't like being a sacrifice for the progress she was unable to share in. So this was a horrible deal. And it made her very angry.
Serrenina had practiced the phrase enough and decided to try to speak parts of it together. So she spoke, “Agsh Natch Rugth nazgth.”
The room seemed to tremble, the floor shook. It was as if the very air around her trembled with the force of those words.
She practiced other parts of the phrases for the next few hours. She felt she was confident enough now to actually to cast the spell. She just needed the right time to do it. The army was going to be doomed.
Then the door opened, and her favorite person Stone came through smiling and telling her it was time to get ready. Serrenina muttered a few words from the Goddess, and the pages she wrote vanished from sight.
Serrenina smiled and muttered. “I am getting closer everyday sister. Enjoy your reign, it will end. And I will destroy you.”
Then Serrenina smiled darkly to Stone and asked, “Have you considered what you will do if I become the queen.”
Stone said, very confidently. “That isn't likely to happen as long as your sister is here.”
“Sure it is!” Serrenina said sinisterly. “I was the chosen heir, and she seized it from me. I could seize it back, but I think she will end up giving it to me by her own free will.” A wicked evil smile spread across her face.”
Stone swore she would have to have a talk with Pattenia when she returned from her campaign. Serrenina would have to be put back in her place. The bitch was getting way too arrogant, and it frightened her.
Serrenina said nothing else as she was tightly cossetted, and a bulky flowing gown draped over her. Stone left silently. Serrenina muttered the language, and the corset loosened.
Then Serrenina, tired of the corset all together decided to remove it. Serrenina muttered in the ancient language that made it all fall off. She put her gown back on and then decided to make an appearance at the celebration this morning.
Serrenina found the grand celebration and stood by her mother and a few other girls waiting. Loud trumpets blared at the King Pattenia, and her captains marched past in their shining armor followed by endless columns of armored knights and pikemen behind them. The main army was waiting outside of the gates. She waved to her people as she rode past in her gleaming armor that seemed to have its own soft glow.
Aanya groaned as she figured this was not good news in the least. She sensed that Serrenina had a plan to make a scene. And she was right.
Serrenina stepped forward in front of the King's horse. It was one of the greatest signs of disrespect. She muttered a spell that caused the horse to stop in fright.
Serrenina looked up at his sister wearing her gleaming armor across her chest and her metal gauntletes that glinted in the sun. She looked enveious at the crown she proudly wore on her head and she really hated that scar that ran down from her eye. Her eyes burnt with pure poisonous hate and she was really going to enjoy this.
Then Serrenina shouted loudly, “Pattenina, my sister, who Stole my birthright by an act of sinister betrayal and destroyed an innocent boy. By your act of cruelty, you showed you care not for your family and are disloyal. Thereby you are declared unworthy by me. I demand you surrender your crown to me now, or face the consequences.”
Pattenia was enraged that her sister dare make such a humiliating and infuriating scene. “I have proven I am very worthy, You will need to get used to the fact that I am King. Now step aside, or I will have you removed.”
“Pattenia, you bring this on yourself.” Then she gathered her energy and shouted as loud as possible in the ancient language of the evil queen. “Ashgth Nazgthu Zruthg Asght Nazrth Urmuzth Nazth Riquightzzth Ash Nazthz. Zurtm”
As she spoke the powerful language, the ground seemed to rumble beneath their feet, and angry storm clouds roiled overhead. The soldiers nearly fell as the ground trembled violently beneath their feet. They covered their heads at deafening thunder-roared overhead. and lightning struck closeby. The very air seemed to tremble around them from the force of Serrenina's speech. The atmosphere darkened, and the shaking got worse.
Then Serrenina was finished. Then it sounded like an explosion that sent a powerful shockwave radiating outwards from Serrenina that shot out. It seemed to have an effect on everyone. Everyone was terrorfied
Serrenina shouted, “You have brought this on yourself with your treason and cruelty. I have cursed your reign, your army, and the entire nation. Your crops will fail this year. Your army will be defeated. Your Kingdom is doomed, and the only way to save it is to step down and hand me the crown. You will return with much more than that scare now.
Pattenia and the rest of the shoulders were horrified beyond measure. They had little doubt Serrenina had done exactly what she said. They felt the power of that curse and its shockwave it sent across the Kingdom. Pattenia said, stunned, “Serrenina, oh my god, what have you done to us? You would curse our army, and our entire country, kill thousands only a silly feud with me, just to make me fail? How could you be so selfish? You prove once again, you are totally unworthy.”
“I was worthy. You are the one that turned on your own family, not me. I loved you. I was the chosen successor, not you. You destroyed my very life and took everything. It isn't me who's selfish, it's you who sacrificed thousands just to stop a marriage. One I would have saved you from anyway. It was Aanya who suggested that I keep the contract on. Talk to her.”
Pattenia glared at Aanya feeling for the first time that she may have been used. “Mother?” She said with a tone of betrayal. Then her look twisted into a sinister glare and said through her teeth, “We will talk much more on this when we return, Mother. You can be sure of that.” She spat hatefully and then turned to look at Serrenina.
She always felt like her relationship with her brother was a competition which he usually always won at. In battling for their parens affection or the things they liked. Everything seemed to be a competition and she refused to let him win. Pattenia swore “I won't let you stop this campaign. We will march on to victory.”
serrenina then said, “It will be very short. And disastrous. I hope you don't return alive. I will make sure there's a place for you in fathers crypt.” Serrenina smiled evilly and bared her teeth as Pattenia marched on.
Serrenina watched the army march on, and then she decided to continue her studies. She decided to cast a cloaking spell around herself and snuck back into the girl's conservatory.
Serrenina entered the conservatory and walked right past the girls who never noticed she was there. She avoided the more experienced teachers that may have seen though her shadow spell.
She went into the back and walked right through the locked doors and went into the back. Serrenina went passed the library and made it into the older section of the school. Serrenina read every book there was that mattered to her. Then Serrenina decided to look into the storage area.
That area has some older spells that she already knew. She looked through some of the ancient items.
Serrenina guessed that few had been in this area for years. There was another room in the back.
Serrenina faced a solid was that it was designed to make it look like this was the end of the school. Serrenina saw through the illusion and approached. She muttered a spell, but nothing happened. Then she saw a symbol on the wall. It was one of the ancient symbols she recognized. Serrenina prepared herself and finally spoke. “Agsh Nazth Rusgth.”
The words came out with such force that the ground trembled. The entire school rattled on its foundation. The clouds gathered overhead and thundered at the power of Serrenina’s words, and the wall separated for her. She walked through, and the wall shut. Serrenina smiled.
Serrenina cast a light spell to see around her. It looked like an ancient vault. Serrenina had trouble seeing in the black darkened room. The musk smell invaded her nostrils and made her want to sneeze. She forced her way passed thick layers of cobwebs that got tangled in her long hair. Serrenina guessed no one entered here in more than four thousand years.
The items here were amazing. She found a full page of parchment with many of those ancient symbols on them. She had no idea what they meant. She rolled up the parchment and put it in her dress. There were some clay tablets with other symbols on them.
Then Serrenina found a gold bracelet that was covered in the same symbols she had been reading about. She slipped the bracelet up her wrist. A sudden awareness filled her mind as she found that she could now read these ancient symbols.
There were many books lined on the walls written in the ancient language of the first queen. She took a few of them down and put them in her bag. She looked at the cover, and to her amazement, she could totally read it. The cover spoke to her mind in dawning comprehension. It was Lilith. She was the first queen. The bracelet she had on was Liliths. She found a necklace that seemed to have a powerful amulet with some other powerful symbols on it.
And finally, in the very back, she found two heavy gauntlets that were adorned with some sort of rubies. She put those in her bag and decided it was time to go.
Serrenina activated her spell and transported herself back to her bedroom.
And she laid out one of the books that appeared to be the most important. And with her bracelet and the amulet, she could read it. The realization was stunning. The meanings of those ancient symbols and runs that filled the pages seemed to speak to her mind. Comprehension was immediate, and she memories every bit of it all. Every symbol had a meaning. This language was the language of real power. This seemed much greater than the power of the Goddess Danis. They didn't stand a chance here.
It seemed that the Goddess Lilith was the queen. She was the first woman of creation. Her power was much greater than Danis, and in any fair contest, she would win hands down. But, there was a conspiracy against her, and some of her own priests gave Danis the curse spell that cursed her army. Her armies were defeated, and Lilith fell. Danis rose in her place.
Serrenina also found the locations of some of the major ancient temples spread across the isles. The followers of Danis destroyed many of them and built her temples on top of Liliths. One of the major repositories of her knowledge is within the ancient temple of Gutherland up in the north. That is presently where the vast library is that Actonia found the spell that turned him a year ago. Under their temple is Liliths locked away. That should be easy to get too.
And within that temple is a great repository of knowledge of Liliths other temples across the great Isles. Serrenina can also find the location of many of her great cities and fortresses. She also wanted to find the site of her great main temple on a hidden isle that can not be found.
She spent the rest of the time learning the meaning of each of the symbols. Serrenina also found where it all came from. This was the language of Edon.
She put on one of the ruby gauntlets, and it activated a dark power within him. It connected with his pendant on her neck, and the result was amazing.
She could actually make those runes himself now.
One of the Runes was for strength. Serrenina made that rune and placed it on her chest to give her added strength. The result was enormous, and she felt she could easily overpower anyone now. Another Rune was for Speed and agility. There was another one for insight. There was a rune for almost everything. Every single one was in her mind. And, she had the speech. She now needed the tools.
The door opened, and Stone came through with a few guards, and they demanded that Serrenina follow them. She wasn't quite ready to meet falconette yet, and Serrenina said firmly, “No, I don't feel like it yet. Go tell her I refuse. Now you can go.”
That was unacceptable, but it was going to have to be acceptable. It wasn't, and one of the larger guards approached Serrenina to take her by force. Serrenina simply ripped herself from the guard's grip and threw the man hard against the wall. The man went flying, and he crashed hard into the wall.
Stone and the other man were stunned. Then Serrenina spoke. The words came out with such a deafening force. The sky thundered, they all held their ears as the sound was a massive roar. The entire palace trembled.
Stone felt fear and pain.
Then the roar ceased, and the sky lit up. Serrenina spoke her language. “You have stolen my entire life, beaten me, you are a true sadist, Stone. My sister is a monster. And this would have been acceptable without the force, if all of you had allowed me to live as a girl my way, without the humiliation. If I had been assured that I would be loved and respected. Perhaps even given a position of power beside my sister. But that was unacceptable. The freedom all of you received was not for me. And I cant accept that. I didn't get to enjoy any of the liberation. I was oppressed and humiliated and beaten. So sorry. So you go tell my sadistic Sister that I will be seeing her very soon. And I will expect the crown, or I will destroy this entire Kingdom.”
Now, Stone had little doubt that the threat was real. Serrenina suddenly vanished from sight.
Serreninas power grows and as she plots to try to regain a life that was stolen from her. She embraces the darkness
Serrenina suddenly materialized in the shadows behind the great Library of Guntherland. She looked up to admire one of the greatest libraries in the entire great isles. This was where Actonia learned how to destroy Serren years ago. Serrenina made her way to the grand steps leading into the front door of the great library. She stood in front of the main doors staring at countless long shelves of books of every kind. He briefly wondered how long Actonia studied before she finally found the gender transformation spell hidden among these countless books. Serrenina cast a spell and looked back in time and saw Actonia going though the spell section for weeks before she found the book with the spell she needed. Then Serrenina saw Actonia’s smile of appreciation as she found the secret she needed to destroy Serren, and put his sister on the throne. Serrenina swore beneath her breath Actonia was going to pay for it with the person she considered the most precious in her life.
This was one of the most extensive libraries in the entire isles. There were spells of every kind here and the great history. None of these spells appealed to Serrenina at the moment. She was tired of playing the pitiful power of the Hekatin. She wanted so much more, and it was beneath her feet. She walked to the back of the library and into the large storerooms and offices at the end of the library. Then she found an old doorway leading down to the lower levels of the enormous complex.
Serrenina down the ancient steps of the temple strolling down the darkened staircase lit only by a flickering candle. She started feeling very damp down there, and her long dress began sticking to her. Serrenina went passed the locked door and found the forbidden part. Even these powerful spells in the forbidden part written only in the ancient language didn’t appeal to her anymore.
She went all the way to the back until she found the remains of the wall to Lilith's temple. It was blocked by an ancient symbol only known to Serrenina. She felt such pride that she may be the only person in the entire great isles that knew this ancient language. It was thousands of years older than the language of the Goddess.
Serrenina spoke the language of Lilith, and the ancient wall parted for him, revealing another large stone staircase leading down into the darkness. Serrenina walked down, and the wall closed behind her. She followed the steps down. The stairs seemed to go down forever, and Serrenina wondered how far down she was going because it seemed like she had gone almost half of a mile down below the surface. Serrenina finally found her way blocked by a large wall and another symbol. Serrenina spoke the ancient word OPEN, and the wall parted. Serrenina walked through the opening that led into an enormous, massive chamber. This place looked like no one has stepped foot into it in thousands of years. It was filled with dust and thick layers of cobwebs and muck. No one has entered this place since Liliths fall to Danis.
This was an enormous library of knowledge covering all of Lilith's reign and what she did. There were entire sections on the ancient language of Lilith and of the dark energy that control it. This library was massive, and Serrenina could spend months here learning everything she could about Lilith and her power. There were spells here that she never imagined. Serrenina began gathering all of the books on the language she could find and started reading it. By now, Serrenina was able to absorb knowledge incredibly rapid pace. She could almost touch a book in the ancient language and adsorb its knowledge.
Serrenina has adsorbed every book on the ancient language of Lilith and the spells they used. Serrenina had learned of the almost unlimited power all of the language. Then she began reading about the locations of the various temples and ancient cities of Liliths followers. She found the sites of the magnificent ancient temples around that were full of weapons and even more powerful spells. Serrenina found the location of the grand temple of Lilith. It was the place where she ruled over the planet. It was her main palace and where her most potent weapons were kept. It was her main altar and where she needed to go to open the world to her. This was the location of the Hidden isles.
Then Serrenina began looking through the various crystals and items that were kept here. There was some blackened liquid. Serrenina found it was purified Lilith's elixir that she could only use within the temple of Lilith after she prepared herself.
Then Serrenina learned about how to open the world to her and what Serrenina needed to do to call Lilith to help her. She will die if she tried to ingest the liquid now.
There was a sword of power in the ancient temple city close to the present capital of Denaerk. Serrenina had visited the ancient ruins of the abandoned city and often played there with her friends when she was male. She wondered what was underground but could never open the door, it didn't even look like it was a door. It was just a block of cement.
Serrenina found out everything that she could find here and went back up to the surface of Guthenlands enormous library. She began looking through some of the hekatins books in the library, and she found the book actonia found with the gender transformation spell. She was going to have her revenge.
It was now time for a little vengeance against the Hekatin. Serrenina stood on top of the staircase, looking down at the people. Serrenina yelled loudly, “My name is Serrenina Denae. I am the royal princess of the Kingdom of Mercia. I used to be the Crown Prince Serren of Merica, and I was supposed to become the King. It was stolen from me by the Hekatin, who turned me into this powerless princess. My future and my birthright was stolen. Do any of you think this is an acceptable way to treat someone?”
Serrenina saw that some of the men were looking up, the women were more dismissive of her predicament of being turned into a female. They are female and see nothing wrong with it. But Serrenina had an answer for that. “I figure many of you don't really care about the sorrow of a pampered prince losing his birthright. But do you really think it's acceptable to turn a boy into a girl and force him into a life he can't handle just to get power from him? How can he live in such an imposed life after training a lifetime for something different? I was the greatest warrior and fighter in the land. I was the fastest the strongest, I was trained for the role of leading troops and leading all of you when it was stolen. I have no place now, my future is gone. How would you like to see this happen to any of your sons? How about yours, Lady Marge, would you like to see some of those witches turn your son Ansan just because they don’t like his privilege of being male? Do you think it's acceptable to do this?”
She was starting to see the rage in their eyes at the injustice and suffering they inflicted on him.
“If you don't, it doesn’t matter. The hekatin does feel this is acceptable. I know great progress has been made, but it been made at my life's expense. Should a child have to pay the price for progress? Was my life an acceptable price, my entire future, I would have gladly made this progress myself if anyone bothered to ask me, but my only fault was I was born male, and they didn't like me. Is it okay to do this to a boy you don't like? Could it be any of your sons? I was turned to intimidate all of the men in the kingdom who would dare oppose my sadistic sister, who loves my suffering. She hates me, she hates you?”
One of the men stood up and demanded, “So what are we supposed to do?”
Serrenina rose her fist in the air. “Attack the temple, drag the hekatin out, and present them here to me now? Defend your families, defend your sons. Capture the witches and burn their temple!”
The crowd of 10s of thousands rushed toward the temple and totally overwhelmed the women and drug them out of the temple. The witches watched helplessly as their temple was torched.
They looked up with their hands tied, trying to make out who was standing over them. “I am Princess Serrenina. You bitches know me well. I was Prince Seren, the boy your group destroyed so my sister could get my crown, humiliate me, have me beaten, imprisoned, and my life shattered. I am about to repay that favor
one of the women yelled, “None of us are responsible for that, Princess, and they did what they had to so we can have progress and freedom from the priests.”
“If this is how you do it, then you don't deserve your freedom. You deserve to burn. Kill them all,” Serrenina yelled. “Defend your sons, defend your families from these sadists. Make sure they can't hurt your sons or your families. See what they did to me, I was an innocent, loving boy who wouldn’t have hurt them. If they feel nothing for my suffering, who knows what these cruel sadists will do to you.”
Serrenina smiled as the witches were torn apart. Then she turned and set fire to the great library full of corrupted spells. “I am burning their library, so the corrupted spells of witchcraft will be lost forever.
And it was now time to even a score. Serrenina had found the location of the family she really wanted to meet. She ran as fast as possible to the outskirts of the great city.
It was the home of Antonia's family. She entered and saw the girl's father and mother there, and their fourteen-year-old son was playing outside.
Serrenina captured the boy easy. She was so strong that when she approached. The boy Jeric tried to defend himself as Serenina violently pulled the boy's arm. He fought, thinking he could easily overpower a girl. He was so wrong when he was quickly overwhelmed and forced down. The boy's father came out running and yelling when he was struck down hard.
The older man collapsed.
His mother knelt, pleading for their life.
Serrenina thundered to the parents. “I am Princess Serrenina. I am the girl who your daughter wanted to be changed. I was Prince Serren. Your daughter and your sister,” Serrenina looked at the boy kneeling in pain. “felt needed to be changed into a girl. It was her main idea, she instigated the sadistic and cruel plot. I want you to tell your daughter that I am now repaying the great gift she so lovingly bestowed on me, on the life of your son, and her beloved brother. Witness destruction of your son's life.”
Then serrenina began speaking the ancient language of Lilith. She spoke the gender transformation spell that was much more powerful than the one they cast on Serren. They felt the ground shake at the power of the words being spoken. They blasted out of Serrenina's mouth. The clouds darkened and lightning strike closeby with a deafening roar. The Boy Jeric began transforming before their eyes. His mother screamed in desperate fury. The defeated father just watched and cried. Then their son Jeric was a teenage girl kneeling before them weeping uncontrollably. His mother looked disbelieving at the incredibly huge breasts jutting out from the former boy's chest. His delicate face and eyes, his shoulders were more narrow. He looked like a girl, he was a girl now. Serrenina laughed cruelly, “Just wait until his monthly cycles start. Better prepare him for that mother. I know I wasn't prepared for it at all. It was devastating."
His mother spoke up softly. "No girl really is ready for them, Serrenina. Its just a fact of a girls life. Its what we all have to deal with."
"I wasn't a girl." Serrenina said harshly. "I was a boy, turned into this. You cant even begin to imagine the effect it had on me. It crushed me. It made me seriously want to die! You cant even imagine how horrible it was, a boy having monthly cycles."
"No," Mother said softly. "I cant even try to imagine. It must have been the worst horror imaginable. But, it wasn't Jerics fault and there's no reason to take your rage out on an innocent boy and subject him to this horror. None of this is his fault."
"I don't care," Serrenina said harshly. "His sister did this. And none of her frustrations and oppression in life was my fault either. Yet, I was made to pay the price and made a sacrifice. She didn't care, no one cared how it devastated my life. So, your son will pay the price for what your daughter did to me. And tell your daughter that Serrenina did this. The favor has been repaid.”
Now Serrenina had more things to do and she knew where she needed to go immediately. She activated her transportation and found the location of Liliths. capital.
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Serrenina felt her power of the dark forces growing. Her abilities in this power grew so rapidly. It had been less than a month since she started this quest, and she felt her powers grow to such a ridiculous extent that by now, she was indisputably the most powerful person on the entire planet. She felt she could singlehandedly take on hekatin as the whole. But she could still be overwhelmed by the hekatin and the king's conventional forces. She still had to operate in secret for a while longer.
Serrenina activated her transportation crystals and found the location of the ruined city about twenty miles from the capital. It was Lilith's ancient capital city. She opened a portal to it and transported herself in front.
There she stood facing the ruins of an ancient capital of Lilith. Its huge ruined marble structures and fallen blocks an pillars. He used to love playing there as a young boy. Serrenina walked toward it now, knowing exactly where she was going to go. She approached the enormous ruined temple of Lilith. Its colossal stone pillars have fallen thousands of years ago and laid in ruins across the road. She stood next to the enormous blocks of what was once a grand temple. It was night, and the enormous moon was shining its light down. Serrenina glared up hatefully at the eye.
She remembered about a year ago when it first appeared in the sky and the happiness of her sister and mother seeing it. She joked that the eye in the center looked like a nipple.
She knew it was an eye, and she glared up with as much venomous hate as she could muster. Glaring up with her eyes blazing with total hate. “You bitch. You brought me down and sent me into this living hell. I could have accepted life as a woman if your followers were willing to accept me and invite me in instead of shutting me out. You made this life unbearable, and now your followers will pay the price. You will never be restored to this planet. My Goddess will, and you will watch her dark reign rise and take hold. I hope you enjoy the show Danis. You worked hard to make this possible. The sad thing that I used to love you, and I loved your religion and the Goddess. I was your loyal servant once I found out. But your hate and your follower's maliciousness drove me out.”
Then she spoke the ancient language of Lilith, and the ground shook again. He screamed the dark power into the sky. “Your reign will fall.” She thundered in the ancient language. Thunder rumbled across the sky as storm clouds appeared.
Then the stone opened, and she saw a staircase leading down into the bowls of the ancient temple. Serrenina walked down. This must-have went farther than the one in Guntherland. Serrenina walked down and saw it was just an ancient dusty hallway leading somewhere she didn't know. She fought her way through thick cobwebs that got stuck in her hair and across her face. She turned and explored the ancient hallways and explored some rooms. Then she saw some ancient crypts of some of the ancient priestess of Lilith. She read some of the books. Serrenina explored some more and came into an ancient armory.
She saw exactly what she wanted in the very back of the armory. She saw an enormous sword pulsing with the dark energy of Lilith's power. The pummel was a snakes head, and it had various gems around the hilt and the guard of the sword. It was a very feminine looking sword that few men would even consider handling. The problem wasn't that. The problem was that the sword was blocked in a guarded chamber. The sword was floating above a pillar of fire, and there were wicked looking spikes pointing inward, looking like they were ready to destroy anything that dares stick its hand in there.
And there seemed to be a pulsing field blocking anyone from even trying. Lucky, she saw an altar that Serrenina guessed what it was for.
Serrenina also saw a full suit of armor held up within that area, ready for someone. It too, looked decidedly feminine. The armor actually looked ridiculously feminine to Serreninas eyes. It looked silly next to the armor that Pattenia wore to battle. This armor looked expressly tailored for the woman's form. It was narrow in the waist and expanded up to the chest. There were two distinct gemmed cones for the breasts. It looked like it was less meant to guard or protect the breasts than to put them on display to say, I have breasts. The entire breastplate was jewed; it had very feminine markings, and designs etched and laced around the plate. It would look silly, but she noticed that the pretty gems were pulsing with power meant to enhance the armor. She saw the matching shoulder plates and gauntlets seemed just as feminine. The Faulds and the greaves matched the rest. And Serrenina meant to wear it if she were allowed to.
She saw a mirror and some orb nearby. Serrenina knew what this was. She knelt on a blackened platform in front of the sphere and put her hands on it. Serrenina spoke in the ancient language of Lilith. “My name is Serrenina, princess of the Kingdom of Mercia, and I have submitted myself to your guidance and your rule, my Goddess Lilith. I am your servant.”
Serrenina knelt and bowed her head in submission. Then a ghostly image of a powerful dark woman coalesced in front of her, and it solidified into matter. The woman looked down at the submission Serrenina in approval.
“Rise, my servant princess Serrenina. I have watched your growth. You have pleased me very much, and I am proud of your progress. I await your appearance at my temple. Take my sword, and you may wear my armor. Take them and execute my justice.”
Serrenina rose and took the feminine, dark sword. The power channeling through the sword was immense. It was more power than she ever felt before. This was Lilith's sword, and Serrenina fell in love with the sword, and she felt a deep longing to be loved by this Goddess. She bowed her head, “Thank you, my Goddess Lilith. I will come to your temple very soon, and I will have what you need. Will you restore my sex?”
“Yes,” replied Lilith. “You will become the greatest and most powerful man in the world. The world will tremble under your feet. It will be yours.”
Serrenina smiled. “I will love you.”
Lilith embraced Serrenina and gave her a deep sensual kiss. “You have a man's soul. It is so sad they couldn’t appreciate and love you as I do. They rejected your love, they will receive your hate. I will be awaiting you, my king Serren.”
She buckled her scabbard for her sword onto the belt. She spoke to the Goddess for a few more hours. The Goddess gave her so much more insight into what all happened and why. The Goddess Lilith granted her so much more power and even had the ability now to see into the past and the future.
Serrenina donned the female armor on herself, and it seemed to magically reform itself to her own curves. Including making room for her rather large breasts, the witches cursed her with.
Serrenina felt the dark energy pulsing through her entire body now. The gems enhanced her to an almost godly extent now. She felt she could take on Maxis himself if he ever showed himself. Serrenina knelt and began meditating on the future. She saw the events of the past and her other mother and sister plotting with the other witches to destroy her. Serrenina became extremely enraged when she heard Celestia said, “Pattenia, you must be very hard on your sister. She must be forced to live as a woman. Everyone must see her as your little sister. They must understand she will never be a man again.”
Serrenina raged in the ancient language. She stood up and left the ancient catacombs of the ruined city and made her way to the surface. She stood up proudly and said in the ancient language that thundered across the sky. “My name is Princess Serrenina. I have become the spirit of Vengence, and I will destroy you.” And it had come time for a little payback.
Serrenina stood out in the open and transported herself back in the capital. She was standing right in front of the girl's conservatory, ready to have a long and serious talk with Celestia herself. And she saw that inhuman woman walking directly toward her in the moonlight.
Serrenina approached the other woman and thundered, “Greetings, Professor Celestia. I have heard that you wish to have a talk with me, and I am ready.”
Celestia's approached faltered and stopped. “Princess Serrenina, is that you?” She said in disbelief. “Are you playing dress-up or something, trying to look like your sister in that stupid armor you are wearing, what is that?” Celestia said, laughing as she approached to examine Serrenina's armor.
Celestia stood right in front of Serrenina, looking at the very feminine armor serrenina had on. “Oh my Goddess, you look stupid. How can you wear something like that serrenina, you don't look like a warrior at all. Have you ever seen any woman wear such a thing, did any of the women marching with your sister have anything that rediculous on.”
Serrenina said with an air of confidence. “No. No one has worn anything like this is over four thousand years. I am the first woman to wear this since my Goddess’s fall. Look at it, and take a very close look at it.”
Celestia frowned in confusion and looked at the markings on the armor, and the beautiful gems that adorned the armor caught her eye. She first mistook those gems as just silly feminine decoration. But they were not. Celestia took a close look at the gems and saw the power they drew and channeled though out the armor for its wearer. Now Celestia knew this just wasn't a silly suit of armor. She gasps in horror, “Oh no, Serrenina, where did you get this?”
“I found it in the catacombs of the ancient capital of Edon to the west. I spoke to the queen herself, and she personally granted permission for me to take it, and she handed me this sword.”
The older woman frowned even more profound, seeing the danger
right in front of her. This one-woman had the power to bring down the entire Kingdom. “Serrenina, why, why have you done this? I accepted you and praised you as a prodigy for the Goddess. You seemed to committed and devoted to our cause. I was so impressed, and I defended you, and now you do this.”
Celestia's voice rose. “You humiliated your sister during her grand march. Stoping the precession. Then you spoke the evil tongue that had not been heard in over four thousand years. I noticed that tongue. I know many things you don't think I know. I studied the reign of Lilith. She was a monster. How could you consider submitting to her and doing this?”
“When I made progress with your Goddess and devoted myself to her. No one cared, and it gained me nothing in the end. Then I realized she even hated me. She disposed of me like I was trash on the day of my coronation in which she gave it to my sister and committed me to this horror of a life. Everyone belittles me, I couldn't do the things I wanted, my life was controlled. You and all of your group humiliated me beyond anything. What was supposed to be a liberation was made into a living horror. While I watched the women gain freedom, I gained nothing. I had no power over my life. It seemed you all wanted me to live on the old restrictions imposed on women before my sister's revolution. It was all unacceptable, Celestia, so I studied to find a way to get revenge and bring this regime down. Since you all hate me. Since my sister hates me and will treat me as her enemy. I will become her sworn enemy, and I will make you all fear me. This is what you all wanted, wasn't it?” Serrenina smirked evilly.
Celestia had to admit that Serrenina had a point. Having no power over her life was unbearable, especially for a prince that had all of the power he wanted over his life to suddenly be placed in the position of a princess having every move watched and controlled. And seeing every other woman being liberated except for her must have been unbearable.
Then Serrenina added. Lilith promised to love and help me. It's much more than I ever got from any of you who treated me as if I was unwanted, and just someone in your way to destroy on your way to power. Do you want to know what the worst part of this is, that part of this that really pisses me off?”
“Is it that you were turned into a girl on what was supposed to be your day?” Celestia added, guessing that really wasn't it.
“No. The worst part of it is that no one ever told me about any of this. I was educated from the time I was very young in the religion of the War god and male domination of women. I was taught that women were weak and needed to be dominated and controlled. All of that nonsense was drilled into me since I was four years old. And you all knew that way was living on borrowed time. You knew this was coming, and it would have to end. I wasn't a horrible boy. I was just following what I was taught, and you all saw my change in thinking and how I adopted the Goddess Danis. I wasn't thick-headed. But my mother allowed me to be taught this nonsense, knowing that when the time came, I couldn't be allowed to ascend in the place of my father. You knew my future would have to be taken away. And that my education and my upbringing would demand it. And that I would have no clue why it was happening. That's the most horrible part of this. I was led by the nose right into it.”
Serrenina let that sink in as Celestia admired Serrenina's insight. Then Serrenina said, “What if I was taught the way my sister was taught. If I was taught the right way. If I was taught the way of the goddess and the value of women. Perhaps when you all saw the prophesies beginning to take place, if you all took me aside and began preparing and educating me. So when the time came to take action, that I would be prepared to do what was needed. Perhaps I would know my sister was the prophecy, and I would have willingly stepped aside to let her take her place. Or perhaps, I could still be king, and we could be together facing down the war priests, and I could declare the liberation of the Hekatin and let my sister initiate the restoration of the goddess. All of this could have happened. But no. Heres what really happened.”
“You must be very harsh on your little sister?” said Serrenina. “The entire Kingdom must see Serrenina as a young woman and your little sister. She must be an example for everyone who would oppose your reign, Pattenia.” Those were your exact words during your great meeting last year when you plotted your treason.”
“How do you know that?” Celestia demanded.
“Can't you see what I'm wearing, this armor, these marks, and who I have devoted myself to now. Get the point, Celestia. I have been bestowed many gifts from my new mistress. The gift of foresight, seeing the past, I see everything. I feel so much power right now that I think I could take on your Goddess myself.”
Celestia began guessing that what Serrenina was boasting was not an idle boast.
All of the sudden funeral bells began tolling throughout the city. They were funeral bells signing disaster. Celestia's face became a mask of horror. “Pattenia, no!”
Serrenina laughed. “She's alive, I could not be that lucky Professor. We all know I have been cursed since I was born. Cursed for being born male. Curse to a life of betrayal, despair, and horror beyond all imagination. Thanks to you, your corrupt Goddess and life itself. Cursed to watch my sister get everything destined for me. And I wouldn't mind if I had been left something to look forward to, but you all left me nothing in this deal except despair and sorrow. So let's go see how many people died in this campaign. And it's only the beginning. I can't wait to tell Actonia of her little brother Jeric. Or should I say her sister Jerica? It's going to be so sweet.”
A hideously evil cackle escaped from Serrenina's mouth that rose the hairs on Celestia's neck. Serrenina had become a monster.
This is the conclusion of this tale. Serren gets restored, he has his revenge against the witches and shows himself to be just as cruel.
And he has a few surprises at the end
With the funeral bells tolling in the distance and Serrenina preparing to meet her sister. Celestia figured that Serrenina wanted to make some grand statement, and she was absolutely correct. Except it wasn't one that Celestia thought.
Suddenly Serrenina's face twisted into a mask of total fury. She hardened, and Serrenina's eyes hardened into something so hateful and so cruel, it frightened Celestia to her very core. Celestia saw the darkness coursing through Serrenina's body. Her voice mocked, imitating Celestia's as the big meeting at the Chapel. “You must be very harsh on your sister Pattenia. She must be forced to live as a young woman and as your younger sister.”
Then suddenly, Celestia was blinded by a vicious blow across her face. Celestia's vision threatened to blackout as her head rocked to the side. Her knees weakened from the force of the blow. It hit the side of her head with crushing force. It was so vicious she heads a shockwave of air shoot out from the power of the blow. Celestia cried out in pain.
“I told you long ago that I would have my revenge. I was serious Professor Celestia, and that time has come now. There's nothing you can do. So its time for a little payback.” Serrenina lifted Celestia in the air and threw her against a tree in the distance. Celestia hit the tree with a sicking force and collapsed into the dirt. Serrenina was upon her and struck her hard across the face. The blow was thunderous as the impact was heard hundreds of feet away. Serrenina began kicking Celestia in the ribs and stomach. Celestia was receiving a brutal beating.
The older woman cried out in agony as one of her ribs cracked. Then Serrenina struck Celestia across the face. She picked Celestia up and threw her down hard. The impact cratered the ground beneath her. Serreinina picked her up again with her power and propelled her across the yard into the wall of the conservatory. She flew into the wall hard and cried out.
Serrenina picked her up again and threw her into the wall a few more times.
By now, Celestia was critically hurt. She had numerous broken bones, her jaw was shattered, Her arm was fractured. Celestia probably had internal bleeding.
Serrenina knelt down and spoke viciously, “Lets now go see our girl king.” Serreninas face was still twisted into something cruel and evil.
Serrenina carried a critically injured and bleeding Celestia down the street and turned toward the grand road leading toward the gates. She saw the King and her horse returning with what was left of her shattered army. It was a great scene that sent delight running through Serrenina. She was confronted with a truly demoralized army. The ranks of the swordsmen and the pikemen that followed the various generals and captains that left on the march weeks ago were decimated. Where there were thousands of soldiers and man at arms, there were now dozens if even that.
Many of Pattenias great lords like Duke Wensae and Lord Turin were dead and being carried back in wagons. Their bloodied bodies laid in their broken armor.
Luckily, Serrenina saw Asyrn riding beside Pattenia with her friend Actonia. They were still alive.
She smiled wickedly. Pattenia saw her sister walked down the street, headed toward her, carrying someone else. Pattenia was totally defeated. She knew she led her army into a disaster. Serrenina smiled evilly.
Actonia, with all of your power, you couldn't help your King avoid this disaster. You being her prime confidant and all, and being the inspiration and force leading her to be King in the first place?”
Actonia replied acidly. “Something has been clouding my vision. I think you know that this shroud of darkness fallen across the land. My vision isn't very helpfully anymore.”
“Considering how you used it, you don't deserve the gift actonia. You are a sadist. And a monster that derives pleasure from inflicting pain.”
Serreninas eyes locked with Asyrn. “You traitor. I can't believe you entered a relationship with Pattenia after you knew what she did with me, or that you would even follow her. Some friend you are.”
“She is my King. I know she was wrong, but I must be loyal.” Replied Asyrn. “And she isn't that bad.”
Serrenina snorted loudly. Then smiled, and she said a few phrases in the ancient language, and the entire army felt the ground rumble beneath their feet. Asyrn's eyes turned glassy, and he mindlessly walked toward Serrenina and stood by her side.
Pattenia knew she was helpless to stop this. She simply pleaded, “Please, Serrenina, release Asyrn.”
“No,” Serrenina replied coldly. “Asyrn is mine. He will be punished for his disloyalty and violation of our friendship. You have lost, Pattenia. As you deserve to lose. There is nothing you can do now. Your army is defeated, your friends have died. There is no escape, your kingdom will die under your leadership.” Serrenina laughed cruelly.
She said, “I can't believe you, Serrenina. You would really destroy your own nation and your army, just to ruin my reign. You are really this serious that you care more about what you think you think you are entitled to, than the welfare of your people and your nation?” Pattenia said helplessly, knowing that she couldn't fight this power. She got off her horse and knelt toward her sister. “Fine, I surrender, you can have the crown and reign as Queen. I give up.”
“I no longer care about your crown, you can keep it,” Serrenina said bitterly. “I just want you to know who beat you. I have a gift for you, Pattenia. Here, take your professor, she will need to be healed after the savage beating I gave her. I think I gave her internal bleeding.”
Serrenina cruelly dropped a critically injured Professor Celestia on the road in front of Pattenia.
Pattenia gasp in horror. “You are such a monster, Serrernina..” Pattenia looked at the battered and broke face of Celestia. Blood was still pouring from her face.
Serrenina shrugged. “She deserved it. Have you forgot what she did to me, look at what she did to my body, she got off easy. You will heal her, you or her will never heal me. I am deformed and humiliated. None of you care that I am a man forced to live in a woman's body. Trapped in this form. Condemned to be ignored and demeaned. While you take all of the power and glory, and left nothing for me but being pretty and wearing gowns and corsets. Go fuck yourself.”
“But we didn't cause you pain,” Pattenia pointed out.
“This is worse than any physical pain you could have ever inflicted. I was trained to deal with pain, and I handled a lot of it. What you did was far worse and far more devastating than any beating. And there were beatings. Did you forget what you commanded Stone to do if I resisted the forced dressings every morning at dawn, and those cramps no boy should ever deal with?”
Then Serrenina looked up and saw Pattenia's closest friend, her prime confidant, the seer Hekatin Actonia. Her face was a mask of horror, seeing what Serrenina had become. She had been silent, just observing the exchange in horror. Serrenina looked eyes with the other woman. “And it was you who inspired this entire horror, Actonia. This is your doing. If it weren't for you, Pattenia would never have worn my crown, and this would never have happened.”
“Your reign would have ended within months, Serren.” Actonia decided to use Serrenina's original name. “You were so young and unready. The lords wouldn't have tolerated you for long. That is certain.”
“Perhaps,” Serrenina admitted. “I was very young and unready. But I had Pattenia who was intelligent, I had a mother who had years of learning and experience. It's not like they couldn't have advised and helped me prepare. But no, none of you accepted that you simply wanted to destroy me and leave me with nothing. I know it had more to do with your precious prophecy than me being unready, or you all could have helped me. But, Pattenia's reign is ending very shortly too.”
“That's only because you are making it happen, or else it would be great. Pattenia would be a very successful King.” Actonia pointed out.
“I can't allow her to be successful after what she did and what you did. You committed a horror upon my life. What you did was cruel and unbelievably sadistic. You two are monsters. I am simply a monster of your creation. And Actonia, I have a gift for you, you will need to help her.” Serrenina smiled the most sadistic wicked smile. It sent chills down Actonias neck.
But she was confused, Actonia said, “What are you talking about?”
“Your sister.” Serrenina smiled cruelly. “You now have a sister named Jerrica. She doesn't really know how to live as a girl and will need her older sister more than ever. I found your family, and I returned the precious, glorious gift you so thoughtfully bestowed on me. Now your sister is enjoying the gift.”
All of the blood drained from Antonia's face. She turned ashen. “Serrenina no, please, We did what we did for good, for progress and to help people. You are just being cruel.”
Serrenina waved her hand and spoke a few words of the Ancient language, and suddenly her younger brother Jerric materialized in front of Serrenina in the form of a fourteen-year-old slim girl. She looked up, surprised, and shocked to be here. She saw Actonia standing in front of her on a horse.
Jerrica's expression turned to pure hate. “This is your fault, Actonia. Serrenina told me what you did, and it led to this. I hope you are happy.”
Serrenina laughed, “She will need your love and your guidance Actonia. But considering how you all treated me and received so much pleasure from my agony, I seriously doubt your poor brother will receive much help or compassion from you, Actonia. You are a psychotic monster.”
Her look softened as she saw the pain and agony in Jerrics eyes. Actonia softly held her sobbing brother, promising to help her thought it. Jerrica was still
furious.
“So, what do you want, Serrenina?” Pattenia demanded.
“Nothing now. I demanded my freedom from you. But I have that already without your consent. Your consent has become immaterial. I wanted a place by your side, leading soldiers under your banner. I no longer want that, All I want now is to see your kingdom fail under your leadership. I only have one demand. Assemble all of the hekatins leaders and meet me at the courtyard tonight. I will make a final demonstration of my power and bring your kingdom down.”
Pattenia saw Asyrn behind Serrenina totally under her power. She knew it was useless, but she begged, “Please release Asyrn.”
Serrenina said, “No. He is mine.”
Then Serrenina turned and to find her beloved Nemeria. Serrenina sensed Nemeria sobbing silently behind her.
Numeria looked afraid at the powerful woman swaggering in a full suit of armor. Her “Is it really you, Serrenina?” Nemeria asked, sadly.
“Yes,” Serrenina replied proudly. “I am no longer the helpless little girl they wanted me to be for them. I have become so much more.” Serrenina thundered across the skies.
Numeria said,” Asyrn, I am so happy to see you by Serrenina's side.”
The man did not respond. Then Nemeria mentioned, “Serrenina, I heard terrible things about you.”
“I am sure you have,” Serrenina said seriously. “But that is what they say, and they omit their own dees, and deeds you personally witnessed.” Serreninas' eyebrow rose. “We have to go now.”
Serrenina took out the glowing rubies and spoke the ancient language that shook the palace on its entire foundation. A portal opened. Serrenina took Asyrn and Numeria's hand, and lead them through the portal to the other side. The portal vanished.
xxxxxxx
Pattenia did what she could for her defeated army, which she took most of the blame for. She had Celestia's battered body taken to the Hekatin temple. Lady Fawna and Actonia said she would live. They began the difficult process of restoring her. It may take weeks.
Then Pattenia had to confront her mother. She stormed into the palace with her guards and found Aanya sitting in the Drawing room of the palace. Pattenia waved the guards away
She looked at her mother. “So tell me about you advising Serren to maintain my marriage contract with Runteck. Please tell me it isn't true.” Pattenia demanded loudly.
“It is true,” Aanya replied sternly. “But that was after he had already decided to keep it. But I will admit he was very conflicted, and he wanted to. Serren was young, and let the lords bully him into maintaining the contact. He decided to let them.”
Pattenia was pissed. “He was only sixteen. I did this because I thought he wanted to keep it on me just for spite. I didn't know!” Pattenia thundered. “Had I known he was trying to find a way to get me out of it, and he was being threatened and bullied, and advised by his own mother to keep the contract on me. I may have decided to do something else. You betrayed me!” Pattenia stormed up to Aanya and slapped the woman hard, sending her flying from her chair.
“We could have helped him at that time. It was up to us, and he would listen. But instead, we betrayed him, and no wonder he's so pissed off he is willing to destroy the entire nation just to destroy me. Look what we did to an innocent boy whose only sin was he was too weak to stand up to the lords at his time of grief. And then betrayed and destroyed by his own family. As his sister watches in sadistic pleasure. Yeah, I can see his point now. Its a little late, but I thought he wanted to see me suffer.”
Aanya shook her head. “Pattenia, he loved you more than anything. He hated caving to the lords. He didn't know what to do, and he felt so lost. He wanted to save you from it. It was really you who turned on him. We did what we did to save the country. I told you months ago when he was in his coma that I feared we made a mistake. You dismissed it then. How do you feel about it now?” Aanya was rubbing her cheek.
“I feel that I hate you.” Pattenia turned and stormed out.
xxxxxxx
Numeria asked, “Where are we?”
“The grand temple of Lilith, her ancient capital on an island that doesn't exist. This was her home four thousand years ago. We are here to restore it and restore her.”
Serrenina had released Asyrn from her power, and he was free. He was looking around in fear. Asyrn imprisoned him. A cage appeared around him, locking him in.
Then Serrenina knelt at the altar and spoke in the ancient language. “My goddess Lilith. I am here to restore you to this world and make your reign a reality. I am your first servant of the new order, and I beg you.”
Then serrenina lit her torches. They blazed brightly over her temple. An enormous fireball ignited above the ruined dome that lit the skies for miles away. A darkened cloud appeared overhead shooting lightening down.
There was a pit ready for its first. Serrenina spoke, “I have the sacrifice for you of that which I love the most. To you, my queen Lilith, I commit my love to you.”
Asyrn looked in horror as Serrenina backed Nemeria toward the corner of the sacrifice pit. Serrenina callously pulled her sword and beheaded Nemeria. Serrenina watched emotionlessly as the headless body of her former fiance fell into the pit. It ignited in blue flames and incinerated Nemeria's body. Then an awesome roar filled the skies above the island. Serrenina took the blacked bottle of Liliths Elixer, which now appeared in a glowing crystallized liquid. Serrenina opened the bottle and drank it. She felt a great power flowing through him suddenly ignited.
Serrenina knelt toward the altar as the image of Lilith coalesced on the altar as a pillar of white-hot flame and turned into the image of an imposing mighty woman wearing a crown.
Serrenina had a plan. She always had a plan. She had no intention of actually submitting to Lilith. She simply wanted Lilith's power. She had placed many black crystals around the altar and linked them all to her. When Lilith appeared. The gems all activated and began drawing all of the power they needed from Lilith and fed it all to Serrenina.
Lilith suddenly felt the power draining. She shrieked in betrayal as her form collapsed on the altar. She was screaming in pain. She looked at Serrenina in horror. She felt weakened and fell to the ground. Serrenina cruelly walked up and took Lilith’s crown and placed it on her head. “I am the queen of Edom now. I claim this world as my own. I am the goddess.” Then she took Lilith’s sword and drove it into Lilith’s stomach. It ignited and vaporized the weakened goddess. She exploded.
Then serrenina began growing. This move was meaningless by now, but the image of the tiny feminine beauty began enlarging. Her slim muscles bulged out into powerful biceps. Her forearms grew. Her large breasts shrank behind a layer of pure muscle. Her hips narrowed, and her legs enlarged. Serreninas thighs enlarged and developed around a powerful layer of muscle. Her face grew, her slim narrow jawline enlarged and straightened. Serren had returned. She spoke in a dominant male tone, “I am God.”
Serren Denae expanded his mind, searching for the mind of his sister and found her far away in Denark, sitting on her Stolen throne. He spoke, “Sister, Pattenia, I have been restored. I have grown and claimed Lilith’s throne as my own. This world is mine, I am your God!” Serren thundered as the sky shook.
“This is my example.” Serren maintained the mind lock as he released a cowering Asyrn. He cruelly asked, “Do you still love me, Asyrn. Are you in love.” His face wore a cruel sneer
There was no reply as now the restored Serren violently struck Asyrn across the face. The force of the blow connected with a violent thunderclap that sent a shockwave of air racing away. Asyrn collapsed in pain, Serren rushed up and kicked Asyrn in the stomach. Asyrn cried out in pain. Serren hammer struck Asyrn across the back. Asyrn cried out in pain. Then in a rapid succession of strikes, struck Asyrn across the face, back and ribs. He has collapsed and felt blood spilling from his mouth. Asyrn cried helplessly as his former friend beat him.
“Serren, stop, Please.” Serren cruelly struck him across the face again. Then he pulled Asyrns arm out and slammed a fist across the man's elbow.
“You Traitor.” Serren roared. “You saw what that bitch did to me. Yet you fell in love with her, you made love to her. You pledged your love to Pattenia and served her in the army marching and fighting under her banner, knowing how she treated me. I thought we were friends, and you betrayed me.”
Then Serren lost control and began pounding on Asyrns face and chest.
Pattenia saw it all when Serren locked minds with her. She saw every torturous blow. Serren was torturing Asyrn just to hurt her. She cried out and began sobbing. Serren was a monster now. She began crying for her love.
Asyrn was beyond even resisting. Then Serren looked cruelly at the bloodied form of his friend. “You can hardly move, friend. But Your pain has not even begun yet. You will beg me to kill you before I am finished.”
Then Serren took out a white-hot rod of iron and drove it into Asyrn's left foot. Asyrn began screaming in agony as the metal melted his foot. The skin melted off and began disintegrating his entire foot. The inhuman shrieks of agony coming from Asyrn's mouth were terrifying. Serren twisted the rod of iron stuck into Asyrns foot. Then Serren took another white hot rod and stuck it into Asyrns shoulder blade. Then another into his kneecap.
Asyrn was shrieking wildly, as his entire body trembled and shook, begging for the pain to stop. Serren was torturing Asyrn for more than two hours. Pattenia saw it all when finally in a moment of Mercy, Serren cruelly snapped Asyrn's neck and threw his body into the sacrifice pit.
Pattenia had collapsed, crying. Few of those around her knew what was going on, but actonia knew. She saw the visions of Serren torturing asyrn. It affected her, too, and she looked up at her king. She was holding her brother close to her. Actonia said to Pattenia, “Your brother has been restored, and he has become a monster.”
Serren had a few more scores to settle before his point was made. His first score was going to be with Pattenias friend Danala who was so eager to help Pattenia with her sadistic coup during Serren’s coronation.
He knew where Danalas family lived and simply vanished and appeared next to their manner in the capital. Danala went to school with Pattenia.
Serren simply walked into the house and saw Daniela's older brother sitting there with his father and mother. He approached, and they all seemed afraid now.
Danala's brother Opar. Looked large and very handsome. He wanted to be a fighter like Serren was. Serren said,” I have a gift for you, Opar. Come here.”
The young man said no and stayed where he was in the drawing-room with his father. Serren motioned with his finger and pulled the young man forward against his will.
“Opar, This is the same gift I was so fortunate to receive from your sister when she so lovingly bestowed on me. Its time to even the score and see how she likes having an older sister instead of an older brother.”
Danala wildly ran into the house screaming, “stop, please.”
Serren turned and sneered, “Why would you have a problem with this?” He asked sarcastically. “After what you did to me for my sister.”
“Opar had nothing to do with that. Why would you hurt him?” Danala shouted
“Hurt him,” Serren inquired with a smile. “Like you hurt me, I thought it just made him stronger. Isn't that what you said about me.”
“Does it matter?” Serren shouted. “I never hurt you or my sis either. Did that matter?” Serren challenged. “Yet none of you had a problem wrecking my entire life. So its time to return the favor to someone you love most. And I would hardly think you would see it as wrong after what you cruelly did. So watch the destruction of your brothers life Danala.”
Then Serren grabbed Opar. Serren no longer needed the ancient language to do things anymore. Serren held the power within him to do anything he wanted. To Danala's total horror, she witnessed her older brother, who marched with her to war, suddenly transform into a young woman. His face softened, his chest expanded into two large soft breasts, his entire body transformed.
Danala cried out, “Opar, NO!!!”
Nothing could stop the sadistic transformation that was occurring right in front of her and her parents.
“I am Prince Serren. I was the princess that your daughter and her friends transformed, you knew me as the princess. Her cruelty had a cost, and that cost had just been called in. And Opar paid the price. You have your sister to thank for that.”
Then Serren walked out as they all wept in horror.
Next was Lady Fawna, one of the other teachers at the women's conservatory who so lovingly transformed him on that fateful day.
Serren appeared right in front of the door and walked in, as usual, to see Lady Fawna sitting on a love seat with her husband Ansery. She stood up, knowing who it was and what Serren could do.
Lady Fawna figured she was dead, “So I guess you will kill me now, Right Serrenina, over what I did.”
Serren smiled a sadistic, cruel smile. “Oh no, Lady Fawna. Of course not. There are much worse things than dying. So much worse, I know. I would rather have died than suffer the horror you all inflicted on me. You will live knowing your sadism has cost the ones you love. Manly. Your husband Ansery. You will watch him die.”
Serren approached when Lady Fawna tried to stop her but was cast aside like nothing.
Then Serren struck her husband across the face countless times. Ansery cried out in agony as Serren viciously beat him to death.
The countless blows rained down across his chest, arms back, and his face. Lady Fawna watched helplessly as Serren held her husband's face tightly and then violently plunged his
fingers into the man's eye sockets. Serren cruelly drove his fingers directly into the man's eyes, bursting them. Her husband wildly shrieked out in pain. He screeched inhumanly as his eyes were pierced into his head.
The beatings continued into the night until her husband finally breathed his final breath.
Lady Fawna was broken. She couldn't stop herself crying.
Serren glared at the broken woman. “Your debt has been paid. Are you proud of what you have done? You were all so proud of your accomplishments. Destroying a boy for no reason. Watching his suffering as you all make your great progress and your freedom as a boy's future was ripped away from him, and you all watch in delight at his suffering, by your hands. Didn't any of you guess that boy would want revenge? Or did you think he would never get the chance? How stupid of you. Of course, he would get the chance sometime in the future. Now your husband is dead. It's your doing.”
Then Serren said very sternly, “All of the twelve conspirators except for my sister has paid a price for their treason against the crown. The final lesson is coming up. I expect you all to be there in the courtyard of the palace the morning after tomorrow. I will be ready to deliver my final message to you all, and to punish.”
Then Serren vanished from sight as Lady Fawna wept over the body of her dead husband.
Lady Fawna now had to prepare her dead husband's funeral. Lady Celestia was beaten badly. Fawna heard that Serren murdered Celestia's sister and her entire family before savagely beating her.
Actonia's younger brother had been sadistically turned into a girl, and so had Danala's older brother. Pattenias lover Asyrn had been tortured to death. Serren had become a savage monster. She wondered absently if this was a monster of their own creation.
Xxxxx
Serrren had Transported himself high up into the mountain. This was the location of Pattenia's first campaign to release the Goddess. This was where Pattenia got her first big scar across her face and nearly lost her friend Actonia when she was stabbed by a poisoned sword. Each campaign had failed but got a little closer. The Door had been opened, and the Dragon was freed during their first mission. Serren entered the enormous chambers of the ruined temple. It was largely empty now. Pattenia had killed all of the war priests that were here.
He simply walked through the chamber and entered into the other one and kept going deeper until he found the area where the Goddess was imprisoned. It was now time to release this bitch. It wouldn't be hard for a god to break the bonds imprisoning Danis. He pulled his sword and ignited his power, channeling it down the blade and struck the floor with vicious force. The impact sent a shockwave blasts out, smashing the entire temple.
The Goddess was finally released. The witches heard her voice and knew what had happened. It should have been a glorious fulfillment of their prophecy, but they had a sickening feeling about what was about to occur.
Serren gained control over the Goddess and forced her down to her knees. Serren tightly gripped the Goddess's shoulderblade and dug his fingers painfully into her. He bared his teeth and snarled, “You arent going anywhere, you bitch. What makes you think you or your sadistic followers deserve any sort of glorious restoration.”
She spoke, “I know you are suffering, Prince Serren,” She said in her beautiful voice. “None of this was supposed to happen. What was supposed to great was turned into a living horror for you. Your sister was unable to release her anger at the injustice of her life, and the way you treated her. Your education failed you. Lady Celestia was unable to stop hating to see your progress under her. I am sorry for the failure, and if you let me, I will help you.”
“Yes, you will help me. But first,” Then the darkness flowed through Sarran as the Goddess cried out. Serren was painfully draining her power and pulling it all into him. “I will need this, I will leave you enough to help me, but you can't be trusted with too much power. I saw what you did with it, my life was destroyed by your power. Thank you very much for that.”
Then he had enough power and said, “Now let's make my final demonstration to the witches. You know what I want.”
“You want to have this pain taken away.” The Goddess said firmly, looking up with her beautiful, loving eyes. It affected Serren. This was such a beautiful creature that was so loving. How could her followers be so cruel? Serren saw the anger in her eyes and the love she had for him. The Goddess knew his plan.
“Yes, so let's go.” Then Serren transported himself into the courtyard where all of the witches, the twelve conspirators were waiting.
They saw their beautiful Goddess entirely under Serrens power, being held captive. That was enough of a demonstration to show them that Serren was so far beyond their ability to control.
Serren roared, holding Lilith's sword in his hand and wearing Liliths black crown upon his head. It would almost look comical for such a towering manly man to have such a beautiful feminine sword, and wearing such a feminine crown on his head. But no one was laughing. This was a nightmare. “Like you are now carrying the sword that struck this bitch down seven hundred years ago. I carry a sword very capable of striking her down now, and this time it will destroy her for all time. I and I should. Your Goddess in her cruelty and sadism deserves it. After what you have all done to me. You deserve it.”
Pattenia stepped forward. “If only you had tried to understand what we were doing. I understand your anger, but you never understood. You just got angry.”
The Goddess spoke for Serren. “You know who betrayed you, Pattenia. That person is standing right next to you.” The Goddess looked directly into Aanya's eyes. “You betrayed both of your children. Pattenia, Your brother understood completely. It was you who failed, Pattenia. You were my vessel, but you refused to see the progress your brother made under my guidance. He studied my history and my religion. He made enormous progress, but you couldn't give up your envy and hatred of your brother to see it. You ruined all of his progress with your vendetta and sadistic pleasure at seeing his suffering. You saw everything he did as a threat to you when he loved you. Pattenia, you have failed, and you ruined my restoration. Serren's reaction, while cruel, is the natural result of what you did to him. You all failed me!” She thundered in rage at them.
The goddess condemnation affected them all.
“I told you Pattenia that I used to love you with all of my heart. I was angry at the way you usurped power and took my coronation and humiliated me. I got over it very quickly and saw what a great King you were for the people. I told you I was proud of you, and I loved you then. And over the following months, my pride grew with your success. I only wish I could have shared in it and served by your side to help in the restoration. I had become a full convert and a powerful witch. I loved you Goddess.” He looked down at the kneeling Goddess.
“But your cruelty never ceased Pattenia. You all saw my success as a threat and did horrible things to me. My love for you turned to hate. I had to make you all pay. It was clear you would never accept me. You never even loved me. I had to destroy you. You had to pay for what you did, so we are here. And I will.”
Then he looked at the Goddess and said, “I will need your help to do this. I want this pain to go away. I want to relive a life where they will never hurt me. So I wonder how I can do that.”
Serren thought and then glared at Pattenia and said. “I could relive our life as her older brother, and Pattenia as my younger sister. Turning me, female would do no good. I would still be the rightful heir. You would just have to watch me get the crown.” Serren smiled viciously.
Then he thought some more and said, “No. In that situation, you would probably just kill me and take the crown. With Pattenia being the only surviving heir. She would get it, and I would be dead.”
Celestia said to him, “We couldn’t go that far. I doubt anyone would follow her if they saw her murder her brother in cold blood.”
“Hey, you may as well have, by turning me into a girl in front of them all. And remember, you were all there in full control, threatening anyone who dared oppose your reign of terror. You terrorized them into submission. They weren't going to follow you until you made your point and your threat. I bet the same result would occur with my death. Knowing how cruel and power-hungry you all are, I wouldn't put it past all of you to kill me in that situation. After all, you killed our father. So that won't work. Let me think.”
They tried to protest, Pattenia shouted, “We had noth...” Then she began choking as Serren tightened his fist, and a power tightened around her windpipe. Pattenia collapsed choking. Then He released his grip, and she inhaled loudly.
“You will not tell lies. You all did murder my father. You all knew what he was walking into. None of you warned him of the danger. It's just like you murdered him, you wanted it to happen and let it happen so there would be a power struggle for the throne, I would lose, and you could destroy me.” Serren said to them and continued thinking.
Serren thought some more and then said, “How about this. I can be your Pattenia. Make me the older sister, and Pattenia live as the younger brother. So when the time comes, I get to change you. I will get to wreck your entire life and your dreams. I will hold total power over you after you get to live sixteen years of male freedom. I will get to make it end and sadistically enjoying your torment in your new life as I finally get freedom.”
Pattenia snicked. And smirked knowingly. “Sure. But do you think you will endure the first sixteen years of your life as the older sister? I personally experienced it. If you thought a year of that life was unbearable, having every move, you make watched, and strictly controlled. Not being able to go where you want, or hang out with your friends. Or even date, and not being able to go out when you want if you want to go hunting or fight with your dad and brother, you cant. And having a brother tease you relentlessly like you did to me. Could you handle sixteen years of that? And don't forget your beloved fiance Runtek you will be betrothed to. Could you handle that? You couldn't handle a year of that life Serren before you broke.”
Serren decided to point out, “But that would be my entire life from birth. I would be raised that way. Not living in total freedom for sixteen years as a boy to have it all ripped from me in an instant. Then having a totally new life forced on me. And my break had to do with that, and your relentless torment. It was much worse than my teasing. I was an ass, but I was your teenage brother. I could really do nothing to you. And I didn't really hate you. I was just being the average teenage asshole, nothing more than that. But I am sorry for the harsh things I said to you then. But after you took the throne from me, You were my king, you held total power over my very life, and your royal orders restricting my life was much crueler than anything I did to you. What you did to me was just sadistic spite. And Pattenia, no one ever laid a finger on you that entire time. You had me forcefully corseted and beaten when I resisted. You were ten times as cruel. But you may be right”
Serren thought for a few seconds. “In that situation, you probably would find a way to regain the throne. You have shown you have no family loyalty. You hunger for power and if I turned you and took your throne. You would have little hesitation to cause as much problems as possible to regain the throne. When you did it to me, Pattenia, I realized you were a good ruler, I felt pride in your accomplishments and I told you weeks after your coronation that I was loyal to your throne, I loved you. I never had any intention of raising any type of revolt. I didn't want to divide the Kingdom. But you kept making it very clear you didn't care how I felt and you intended to make life as difficult as possible on me, and you hated me. That hurt most of all. So in this situation, you would fight me and do anything possible. The only thing I could do to stop you is a princes in the tower situation.” Serren glared hatefully at Pattenia and replied, “Or the princess in the Tower.” Serren bared his teeth.
Pattenia looked confused and asked Aanya, “What is that?”
“Don't you study history, Pattenia?” Serren demanded.
Aanya answered, “About a hundred and fifty years ago, there were two princes about twelve and thirteen years old. Their father was king and suddenly died. Leaving two princes and a power hungry uncle that was appointed as the regnant. He had the two princes captured and imprisoned in the tower for about a year. Then they mysteriously vanished and its one of the biggest mysteries. What happened to them and how did they die. Most think it was the uncle, but no one really knows.”
“Thats what I would have to do and I dont want to be that cruel Pattenia. So let me think?”
Serren thought harder. And then he had it. “I found it. There will be no power struggle at all. Bring my father back so he can raise me, and we will be safe, send us far away from the royal family. Make us just an influential family far away. That way, none of us is the heir, no reason to destroy me at all. It would get you nothing. My father won't have to die,
I will live in peace, inheriting my family's land and titles. No one would want to kill my father, and we would live in peace. I would have my father's love. It would be great. That’s what I want, but wait, and send my sister far away from me. I don’t want to see her anymore. I want a new sister who loves me and enjoys her life as a woman. And let me remember all of my lessons, so I will be able to help her.”
Then Serren thought of what to do with Pattenia, and he had the most sadistic demand. He glared at her and snarled in pure venomous hatred, saying through his teeth. “Send her to hell. Far away from my family. Make her raised by a religiously fanatic family of mars. Multiple brothers who will torment her. Even her mother favors the brothers and the male domination religion. Her independent spirit will never stand a chance to rise. Make them harsh and incredibly cruel to her. Her spirit will break, be shattered, and never be seen again.” The look in Serrens eyes was one of frightening evil.
Pattenia cried, “Serren no, please, how can you do this.”
“I am repaying a favor you bestowed on me. You hated me and sent me to hell, I am repaying your favor. Goddess, that's what I want.”
“I will grant your wish.” She said in a voice full of sorrow. “But your father won't be the same one. I will be returning him from the dead. He won't be what you remember. Are you sure this is what you want.”
“Yes, and the family that replaces me. Make them great, and make the brother so awesome and powerful, they can never abuse him. They wouldn't want to, he will love you so much. If you can, give him your bloodline, make him your beloved son. I want to see you rise again Goddess. Just not at the expense of my very life. I don't want your rise to mean I have to suffer in despair. That's all that I ask.”
The Goddess linked hands, and she looked into Serrens eyes. “Okay.” They both ignited their power. Serren fed all of the power he had into the Goddess and allowed her to alter time itself. Serren vanished in an enormous explosion that destroyed everything. The fire expanded to consume everything.
Xxxxxx
Emily wondered about her younger brother Serren. There was something about him that she could not figure out, no matter how hard she tried. He was boyish in many ways.
She had been eating at the table with her father he Duke Gerric, when little Serren came gliding into the room. It was the way he smoothly glided into the room so delicately in the way she was taught to walk in school with the book training. He glided in holding his head level, taking each mincing step and sat down just as smoothly. Then he made a motion with his hand brushing some nonexistent hair from his face as he turned to smile boyishly at her. She shook her head wondering
“How was school, sis?” He asked smiling
“We had a good time, Serren. Did you go today?” Emily inquired.
He shook his head. “No, I can't stand school. I just hate it. They teach such stupid stuff I simply can't stomach.” Serren shook his head.
Emily wondered why he was so against learning when her brother was so intelligent. He should go to school more and care about his books and reading. But Emily just didn't understand what his problem was.
Then Aanya came in to eat. She glided in and sat down beside Gerric, and plat of food was placed in front of her.
Serren tightened up, and she saw the flash of hatred suddenly appear in his eyes. His jaw tightened as he glared at her. Then he said, through his clenched teeth. “I have to go, Our new company just made me lose my appetite.”
Serren stood up just as gracefully and glided outside. Emily found it was no use trying to talk to him about Mother. He refused to listen at all.
Emily came out soon after Serren stormed out so suddenly, and he smiled, loving his sister.
Then he said eagerly. “Sis, how about you go back and take that stupid corset off, please. Can we play outside? Please!” The boy begged, and she gave in and ran back inside and had her handmaidens remove her corset and put on a pair of britches.
Serren had a suit of armor waiting and helped her into a shiny breastplate and some gauntlets and boots. Then to Emily's surprise, he took some dark dye and marked it down from her left eye and down her cheek. Serren said, “That is your battlescare. You are the fiercest warrior in the entire Kingdom.” Serren smiled so lovingly. Then he handed her a fake sword he made.
To finish the look, he placed a fake childish like crown on her head and looked at her so admiringly. Then he took his fake sword, and the two children went at it.
Again Emily was so confused. Wouldnt most boys want to pretend to be king in their games and be the scared ones. She got more confused every day, but she loved him so much and enjoyed making him so happy.
But Emily was tired of it and stopped after about an hour. “Serren, this is dirty, and I am sweaty. I have to stop and clean off. I am happy to play with you, but let's do something else.”
Oddly, Serren enjoyed doing some of the feminine activities with her, too, and he even knitted with her. She wondered when on the great isles he learned to knit.
Serren unexpectedly said to her, “Have you thought about the witches?”
Emily was annoyed again. “There are no such thing, serren. Please get real!”
“I am real. Let's make a deal, Emily, and if I can prove to you witches are real, then you must let me teach you to become a witch.”
Emily enjoyed a challenge and said, “Fine, prove to me witches are real.”
Serren gave her a mischievous childlike grin. “your proof is coming up. I am a witch.”
"How can you be a witch?" Emily asked in disbelief. "Even if they were real, arent they women?"
Serren smirked. "Yes, and maybe some day I will tell you about the time as a girl. Are you ready for your proof" Serren asked.
Then he said a few phrases in an incomprehensible language of the Goddess and Emily saw the golden powerful run though his entire body. It went though his arms and down to his fingertips sparking. His hair lit up and sparkled in the golden energy. Serren smiled
"Are you ready to learn, Emily?"
Note from the author
I will replace the Revised Chapter one with one continuing the story of the Child Serren as he relives his life with a loving sister who he helps and bonds with. And has chosen to teach the arts of the Hekatin to