Beyond The Veil

Chapter 7

Shadows of The Deep 

In the morning Elizabeth sends her soul back to Phoenix Drop, she opens her eyes to find herself sitting in a tree wearing the same dress as last night. She didn't want to raise suspicion on why she hasn't changed yet, so she uses her magicks to change her clothes back to the guard armor she once was wearing. Elizabeth got out of the tree and stood in front of Aphmau's broken down house, waiting patiently for Aphmau to come outside.

After a bit of time Aphmau walked out of her broken home and told Elizabeth where she was headed. Elizabeth nodded in response and took out some meat, when she did Aphmau's dogs, named Thorgi and Cookie, came up to Elizabeth, she handed them the meat and they ate happily. "If it is not a bother Lady Aphmau, I would like to accompany you while you speak with Zane" Elizabeth says kindly. Aphmau doesn't protest to this, for she knows she wouldn't be able to get away from Elizabeth until Zane was out of the village.

Aphmau went over to check on the children outside of her house and speak with Zoey while she was there. While following Aphmau around Elizabeth noticed how much her mother acted like her normal self, but no matter how much Elizabeth wanted to cry out to her mom and be the child she is, she knew she couldn't. Doing that would risk destroying everything her mother wanted, so she bit her tongue and kept quiet.

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Once the two found Zane and the guards Elizabeth knew something bad was going to happen, she gently grabbed the sword on her back with no one noticing. "Heh, for a lord of a punny village you sure do have a big mouth" Zane says as he smirks under his mask "for someone who is in a different village you sure do like to control things" Elizabeth mumbles to herself, but no one hears her.

Elizabeth watches Zane get up and start to set the house a flame, in seconds of Zane setting the fire Elizabeth uses her magicks to put the fire out while Aphmau is busy with Zane. Elizabeth listens to his words and glares at him "Zane Ro'Meave" Elizabeth says quite loudly. The room around Elizabeth, Zane, and the guards become pitch black, as if they are in a different world. "What is the meaning of this" Zane demands an answer, but something stops him and the guards. From Elizabeth's back grows pure white angel wings and a halo forms above her head "you follow the faith of Irene do you not..." Elizabeth questions as she floats above them.

"If you are to be the High Priestess of her faith you will be punished by divine punishment for breaking it... do you hear me" Zane glares daggers at Elizabeth. "You have no right to threaten us" one of the guards said as he drew his sword, but with a wave of Elizabeth's hand the sword disappeared. "You are in my realm now... I was sent to protect this village from any evil that comes to it... that means you" Elizabeth motions towards Zane.

Elizabeth threatens them that if they are to ever harm this village again, they will meet the punishment she speaks of when they face each other again. She then sends herself and the others back to the room, that's when they notice no time has passed since the encounter with Elizabeth in the dark world they were just in. The guards start to think it was all in their heads, but Zane knew it wasn't. He knew that Elizabeth held great power within her and decided to hide it and keep the village and the lord in the dark about her magicks.

"You really should learn when to bite your tongue..." one of the guards says before Aphamu and her dogs leave the house, Elizabeth stays behind and looks Zane in the eye. "You and your guards have been warned... know that if you do anything not even the Divine Warriors would save you from punishment" Elizabeth says before walking out, slamming the door behind her.

Elizabeth followed Aphmau until they found a black and purple dragon and a man with bright orange hair in the forest just outside of town, Elizabeth ran over to the dragon. "What happened... what caused you to change to this" Elizabeth asked as she looked at the dragon, a once golden wyvern now a dark end dragon. "Hold on I'll get you help, Ungrth" Aphamu says as she looks at the dragon, Ungrth, "Aphmau... it's too late" Ungrth says softly. Elizabeth starts to tear up "no... it can't be too late! It can't" Elizabeth cried out, her magicks reacting and allowing her angel features to show.