Emerald Faye | Garroth Ro'meave

The Final Battle | Part 1 ( The Non-Cannon Chronicles; Episode 13)

     " While Shad hasn't done anything yet, we still need to attack before he has the chance to. Now that we have allies," Aphmau nodded to her freckled friend at this." And all the Divine Warriors present, this is our best chance to take Shad and his army down once and for all. Phoenix Drop has faced threats before, and we have never been beaten yet. This will not be our downfall. However, we will need the help of every one of you in this fight. Whether that's to fight off Shad's Army, or to hold the fort here, making sure everyone is given food and water. We must believe that we will stay strong throughout this, or rise from the ashes when it's over."

     The Lord waited for the cheering to die down.

     " While we were helping our Allies in O'khasis, Emmalyn and Chad were searching for ways to defeat the Shadow Lord, and they found something. Emmalyn, would you like to explain?"

     " Yes! Thank you Lady Ir- Aphmau. When we were searching, Chad and I came across a weapon of some sort, a giant ship that was last seen somewhere in this area nine hundred years ago."

    " Giant?" Dante asked." How big are we talking."

     " About as big as O'khasis."

     " O'khasis!? Where would something that size be stored?"

     " That's what I was wondering, I doubt it'd be underground, which was why I assumed our best bet was that it's somewhere in the ocean. After making this discovery, Chad and I set out to search the nearby water with a machine he built that was made to detect large amounts of metal, over in the direction Meteli used to be, we found something, but since it's under the water, we couldn't see what it was."

     Alex spoke up." I'll go. I can clear the water while someone else takes a look at whatever it is you found, and hopefully, it's the ship we're looking for."

     " Right, those of us with the Divine Relics will come with you. As soon as we get this weapon, we'll use it. Chad will keep searching with his device in case this isn't it. The rest of you, fight off the Shadow Knights and other creatures from the Nether. Now let's defeat the Shadow Lord once and for all!"

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     " Alright, I can hold the water back, but if anything else happens, I won't be able to help without dropping all this water down on us."

     " Right. Let's just hope this is what we're looking for..."

     The group of six slowly walked along the ocean floor, water on either side of them being held back with a green force, approaching something large and white.

     " This must be the celestial cannon described!" Emmalyn exclaimed, running a little ways ahead of the group." Although, of course, the book didn't contain any images of it, but I can't think of what else would be this big."

     Aphmau nodded." We need to find an entrance. What did your books say this thing could do?"

     " Apparently, this is where the divine relics were created, and where the Divine Warriors, Irene especially, can use the most of their powers."

     " Anything more specific?"

     " There was something about combining relics, although I'm not quite sure what that means."

     " Well, we'll have to figure out once we're inside."

     Aphmau lept into the sky, Irene's wings appearing behind her, as the girl flew through the air, looking down at the celestial cannon, before landing with her friends again.

     " There are some stairs up there, but we'll have to climb to reach them, I'll carry Alex up there so that she doesn't break her concentration while climbing."

     The other five nodded, before following Aphmau's instructions, half an hour later, they were all inside.

     " We need to find the controls for this thing, then figure out how to use it against Shad. I think the best way of doing that is to split up."

     " Are you sure?"

     " We're not in enemy territory here, so we shouldn't have to worry about getting attacked when we're in small groups. I feel like it's our best chance at finding what we need to find here."

     " She's right," Alex spoke up, still concentrating on her magic." The first time the path splits up, we can split into however many groups we need, two groups of three if there are two paths, or three groups of two if there are three. From there we can split up more if needed. Best case scenario, there's never more than one path to follow."

     " Which is highly unlikely... alright, let's go."

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     Some time passed, and the group had split into three. Katelyn and Laurence had taken the left corridor, Alex and Garroth the middle, and Aphmau and Emmalyn the right. So far, nothing out of the ordinary had happened.

     " So..." Garroth eventually broke the silence." I recognize the past few weeks have been hectic, but things have been a bit different between us, and I was wondering if you knew exactly what the relationship between us was."

    Alex laughed slightly." I was hoping you knew... but, to be honest, I do like you, I think Aphmau noticed it years ago, and, if you're alright with it, after all this is over, I'd like to pursue that kind of relationship with you."

    "... I'd like that."

    Alex dawned a smile." Alright, well, once all this is over, we can talk more about this, but for now, I believe we've found the control room."

     The hallway opened into a large circular room, across from which sat a control station.

     Alex turned to her companion." You think you can start it up?" 

     " I'll try my best."

     He crossed the room, climbing towards the controls, before hovering a hand over the different buttons, waiting for his relic to guide him, a moment later, once the right controls were activated, a rumbling came from beneath them, and the scenery outside the windows started to change, as the celestial cannon began to rise into the air.

     Alex smiled, allowing the water to fall back, before joining Garroth by the controls, as their friends throughout the ship shared mixed looks, unsure of what to think of the change.

     Unknown to all of them, Shad noticed the new force in the sky, from his location at the Phoenix Alliance Capital.

A/N: Only three chapters left after today, not counting a Final Authors Note. This chapter and the next are my attempt at Shad's downfall, as well as including the Mystreet lore that connects with Minecraft Diaries. As always I hope someone at least somewhat enjoyed this chapter, please comment if you feel like it, any to all comments make my day, and have a good day!