Winter Hollow: A destiny fan story

Chapter 23: New Hopes 1/2

--3rd person POV--
Darath looks at his fleet from his Dreadnaught which is now in orbit of the dreaming city, now smoldering from it's most recent attack,

"O' King mine, I have a task for you," Riven say's from a portal opening behind him, Darath turns around
"Name it, and it shall Die" Darath says bluntly,
"I wish for you.. to start attacking the guardians of that city, so we can destroy their god, but first, I need you to hunt down Xivu Arrath, and I'll Hunt down Savathün,
I know where she lerks, and All you have to do for Xivu Arrath, is to Challenge her to a duel by calling her weak, See you soon," Riven Says as she opens a portal to the ascendant plain, Darath sighs and turns around back to his arrmada, before turning and entering his Ascendant plain,

"About time you got here, are you ready to be cured?" Toland says floating above Daraths head,

"Yes, but you will need to make a spell that will allow me to have a portal out of here, because if im spoted by riven im dead," Darath says With a weary tone,

toland starts to speak in the language of the hive, he finishes as soon as he started and Darath starts to crumble to dust, he falls to his knees, and before he knows it, he's the fallen hero, Darja,

--Darja POV--

Am.. Am i free...?
i say as i look to my hands which are not the hive chitin but the black and red metal it used to be,

"Darja, there is one issue," Toland says nervously,
i get to my feet,

"what is it toland,?"

"Darja, She's back, I thought We had more time, I can summon a portal but it will put you in a unknown area," Toland says with a worrying tone,

"O' Murder Mine, I see you've been freed,
I will..... Allow this, but, for one last wish, what do YOU wish for O' Murderer mine," Riven says coming from what appears to be nowhere,

I turn around slowly, i put my hand where my handcannon is, its not there,
I think,
'She wants a wish from me, but it must be a trap,'

"Time ticks by, hurry up," Riven says impatiently, 
"I wish to Kill you and be ridden of my curse!" I say with rising anger,

"O' silly murderer mine, you can be freed, or kill me, one, or the other," She says revealing a boney smile,

"Darja wishes to be free of the curse, So I will take his place," Toland says from the blue,

"wait wha-" before i finish my sentance A portal opens up and Riven uses a fire ball on me, sending me flying through it,

"Annica POV"

"uh.... Hey Annica, Im picking up A old signal, its called, Raven's Claw..? I dont remember a call sign or signal by that name, do you have any clue," Igyu says With confusion,

I notice Rift perk up as if an old memory had occured,

"Rift... Whose call sign is that...?" I ask equaly confused as my ghost,

"Annica, He's alive! Darja! He's alive! I need to find him!"
Rift says with excitement turning into worry,
"Then what are we waiting for lets comm Sky and find him!" I say excitedly,

"Well thats an issue because he is fallen territory, rouges of house Devil," Igyu says sounding grim,
"I dont care, Im finding him." I say stubbornly,

I cant loose him again, Never,

i grab my handcannon, The one Banshee made for him, And I teleport into my ship, Rift appears next to me,
"ok i have his cords locked, Sky is on his way, But i dont think he is happy, so lets hurry," Igyu says calmly, We leave the hanger and go into lightspeed prematurely,

The ship shakes a little but its all fine,
and shortly after we exit above Mars,
I start to take the ship into a landing position,

"Rift  can you do something to cloak your self?"  I ask nervously,
"Yes i can cloak my self for shorts amounts of time, and before you ask, yes im coming with." Rift says turning invisible,
I hop out of the ship aa igyu disappears into thin air hiding in my head,
I pull out The Queens embrace and ready myself for a fight, but.. im greated by an elixnsi welcoming party,

"Welcome friend, we know who you seek for, follow us, and recover your lover, Young Kell," The Vandal says to me warmly,

i seath my gun and i follow,

We go down into a opening which leads to a building, He signals to follow, so i do, we enter a bioluminescent hallway, giving praise to Darja, the Traveler, and... Me...?
I shake my mind of it and focus on the vandal,
"The Kell of Kell's Sleep's within... Wake him..." The vandal says sadly, As he walks away, I open the door, and i see Darja, hooked up to all kinds of elixsi tech,
rift appears and floats to him,

"Annica.... I... I cant get a reading...  I can try to res him... but... Theres somekind of... Hive Magic....." Rift says sadly,

I walk over to Him and i notice the scorch mark instantly,
"oh my love... what has happened to you...." I say sadly,

"okay! Im here Annica what's the- oh... no...." Sky says hurridly, cutting himself off as he notices the grim sight....

--to be continued--