Duck Drama: BOOK 2

Chapter 89 - Athena

LOUIE POV

I whirl around to Matt, my eyes blazing into his.

"Don't tell me." I say, in a quiet and calm voice that obviously Matt wasn't use to me using with him.

Usually I'd blow up at the nearest person after I hear bad news or receive a surprise.

"Athena -. She's -." I choke out.

Matt slowly nod his head and I stumbled back and into Huey who gripped me tightly to make sure I wouldn't fall to the floor.

"I'm afraid so Louie."

A male figure stood behind us along with a woman who was holding on to his arm.

I narrowed my eyes.

"Game Master." I snarl and went came at him.

I tried punching him in that stupid looking fake concerned face of his but the girl stopped me by stepping between us. I froze, and she narrowed her eyes at me.

"Stand down, Louie. He isn't here to harm you." She told me.

I study her but don't relax.

She was rather pretty looking, and I could sense that she was telling the truth when she told me that he wasn't here to harm us.

"Who are you and how do you know me?" I asked.

"Athena." Lyra replied, gently.

I blinked hard to keep tears from falling.

"Athena -. Is she -." I ask one more time just for a little bit of hope that she wasn't who I hoped she was.

Lyra glanced over at the Game Master.

"Zaylen." She says, "He tried -. Louie, he really did try." She looked back at me, with eyes swelling with tears. "But -. She isn't Athena anymore." She said, quietly, and I noticed that she was trembling as well.

Zaylen put his arm around her and pulled her close and Lyra buried her face in his neck, sniffling.

"There's more." Zaylen replied, when it was clear Lyra couldn't continue.

Out of the corner of my eye I could see Matt tense up and I wondered what it was he knew. What he wasn't telling me.

"The prophecy is coming. Sooner then we thought -." Zalyen began.

"Why? What is this stupid prophecy anyway? How do we even know it's about Athena and Zerha?" I ask.

Lyra sighs and looks towards Zaylen as if reading her mind Zaylen says.

"You sure you're up for that, Lyra?" He asked. "Last time you -."

"I'll be fine. Zaylen. It was seventeen-years ago when I last did it." She assured him.

She moves slowly away from him and stands in the middle of the room.

Huey, Matt, Zaylen and I all watched as she sat down, cross-legged, and closed her eyes.

"What is she -?" Huey asked, my I shushed him as Lyra began to hum then she opened her eyes and they rolled to the back of her head.

Lights flickered and the house rumbled, but not nearly like how Eve had made it the time she opened the portal.

I jump slightly when she starts to talk in a deep gravely voice.

"Once the moon doesn't fall, two siblings shall mark the dawn of mankind,"

"Once the new becomes the old, a secret woman shall usher forth the restoration of balance and the return of the monsters."

"Once the blind man sees once more, the graceful woman shall bring a destruction of power and the overthrowing of royalty."

"When the day comes that the sky turns red, a contract shall usher forth an age of misfortune and the rise of what was forgotten."

She stops speaking and gasps before the flickering and rumbling stops. Her eyes return to normal and she starts to cough repeatedly.

Zaylen rushes over to her and holds her in his arms.

"You okay?" He whispers, pushing back her sweaty bangs as she tries hard to breath.

"Y-.Yeah." She whispers, and looks over at me.

"Two sisters." I say, "That is obviously Zehra and Athena."

"What does it mean by the blind man sees once more though?" Huey wondered out loud. "And who is this graceful and secret woman?"

"The rise of what was forgotten." Matt grumbled behind me.

I glance at him.

He seemed to know what that meant.

The prophecy that we had no idea what was about we finally hear with our own ears, by this woman Lyra.

Who exactly was she?

Zaylen POV

This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do. 

I- I just never thought we'd loose...

No. There's still hope. 

Maybe we can stop the girls from fighting, by reminding them how much they love each other?

But I can't get my mind off Prince Liam.

His imprint with Zehra...

Is it still working? He can't just snap his gingers and it'll be gone if it ever gets annoying... But he loved her without imprint. So he wouldn't... right?

An what about Dewey? We all know he HATES Dewey, and now hat he's one of the most powerful things, next to the Queen, will he harm him?

Will he harm Zehra and get made at her for imprinting? 

I hope not...

Lyra is shaking in my arms. She said she'd be fine switching her mind again, but it's obviously not good for her!

Louie, Huey and Matt all stare at us, with different expressions.

Louie looks at Lyra with confusion, and me with hate. No wonder... I convinced him to cheat on his girlfriend with her sister... But I never wanted to! That was when Theo needed convincing that I was on his side, when I really wasn't.

Huey studies both of us, obviously not sure who we are and why we're here.

Well, my friend. We're the good guys, and we're here to help you find another outcome.

I know I told Zehra "things change" and I wasn't on her side... but that not really true. I was telling the truth when I said what you give out to the universe comes back to you.

Matt glares at me, but his mind is also on our Prince.

Prince Liam doesn't know he's not the true heir. He thinks he's really going to be a king. Theo found out they're not the real royals and told Emma since she was the only one there. Theo told Emma all about Eve and she knows that Matt and her imprinted. But she's not doing anything because the prophecy is coming.

Matt also looks frustrated. 

Like the fact that Emma knows about everything, that I'M here, that the Prince is back... and blood thirsty.  

"Where's Zehra and Eve?" I ask in a worried tone.

GOD! I DON'T KEEP MY EYE ON THEM FOR 1 HOUR BECAUSE WE'RE COMING HERE, AND THEY'RE GONE!

"They- They're shopping with Dewey." Matt answers, and then curses. "We gotta go get them!" He yells. 

I nod. "No where is safe if Prince Liam is out." I agree.

"WHO- WHAT?!" Huey yells. "PRINCE?!"

I nod. "Liam is siblings with Emma, the reigning Princess of our realm, and is the Prince of it. He's the most powerful thing there, second to Heleli." 

Huey sighs and nods. I guess not knowing was really getting to him...

"I'll drive." Louie says and walks out the room, us following.