destiny

an unwanted duel

(Kiran's pov)

I woke up in a cave and noticed my fire had died down I got up and stretched only to hear the sound of ice breaking I looked in front of me and saw all of the ice demons banging on the ice wall I made and they were slowly getting through I sat in a meditation pose and just calmed my breathing down and when they finally broke through I made a wall of fire and pushed it towards them and as I watched them dying I couldn't help but feel sorry for them because well this is their hell and that sucks. I walked past their burning bodies and when I got outside it wasn't bright at all still the same dull light as it was yesterday, I checked my gear to make sure it didn't have any rips or tears from my fall yesterday when I saw that there was none I jumped off the cliff and started jumping from different ice pillars, it looked like I was getting closer but it seemed further and further away. I went to jump on another pillar and it broke when I landed on it I started falling but instead of panicking I knew I was bound to hit snow or another pillar I flipped in the air so I would land on my feet and I hit snow but I looked around and saw I was in the darker area that Freyja was talking about and I kept my guard up because she seemed afraid when she looked at this place I started walking then I heard a voice I never heard before calling my name. I kept walking straight till I saw shadows in front of me and it looked like a couple with a family and the female laid the baby down and hugged her husband" oh our little blaze is going to be the greatest warrior he may even beat you my love" I stopped and I felt tears coming to my eyes but I shook my head" no mom and dad have died when I was 10 so this isn't real I got to stay focused for my sake" I walked past them and what felt like hours and multiple memories later I looked up to see I could climb to the castle wall. I took out some daggers and stabbed them into the wall and used them to help me climb the ice wall as I was climbing all I could hear was my mother's voice calling out for me. Still, I could do nothing or it will make me forget why I was there when I got to the top I grabbed onto the ledge and pulled myself up and saw that this place wasn't guarded that well, I jumped on a little shack then jumped down onto the courtyard I looked around and just had this intense feeling of unease I looked to the ground and saw weird looking footsteps then I heard a crack of lighting. I barely blocked the attack but when I looked at my attacker I felt my heart fall into my gut because my attacker was an evil-looking version of my father.

(Kiran's father)

I felt my heart start to race as me and my father started attacking and blocking every hit making it race, even more, he was the better fighter than I was so this was making it harder and harder to keep up I could also feel the tears forming in my eyes because the thought of killing my father was something I didn't want to do I hit the sword out of his hand and he struck me with lightning and I flew halfway across the courtyard and smash into the wall and felt a sword being pushed into my gut. I look up only to see my father's eyes filled with so much rage it hurt so much to see because the last time I saw him I saw only love and sorrow in his eyes because I know he knew this was going to be the last time he saw me and that's when mom got kidnapped and they never returned, I punched my father in the face with lightning and he flew back a little and I snapped the sword with my hand then cauterized my wound with fire. I looked up and saw my father in a fighting stance and I got into mine and we rushed at each other and both of us kept attacking and blocking because our fighting styles were the same then green fire made us jump back and I looked in the direction it came from and I could see Hela the person I was here for I jumped up towards her and I felt chains wrap around my wrist and I was pulled back to the ground and I was forced into a kneeling position. I look up and see Hela making her way down towards me and I start to heat the chains right around my wrist so it would be easier to break the chains she got in front of me and grabbed my cheek"wow all of this for some girl but then again this isn't the first time this has happened Kiran we have been doing this for multiple of your lifetimes and I got to say its starting to get boring" I started looking down to avoid her gaze but she then grabbed my hair and forced me to look at her and I spit some blood in her face and I was greeted with my face smashing into the floor. she slams my face into the floor multiple times before forcing me to look at her again" why aren't you afraid the other versions of you were afraid what makes us so different" I gave her a smile with blood running down my nose and mouth" because the only thing I fear is becoming a monster like you and that will never happen". my chains finally broke and I put my hands around her throat and went to snap her neck but I felt something get shoved into my stomach I look down to see a blade being slowly taken out from my gut" oh you sad pathetic boy you arent original you 50th version of you tried that and well he succeded but he still died in the end just like you so I guess time for you to try for the 58th time Kiran, my vision slowly started to get blurry but I continued to choke her but I felt myself slowly dying then  I remember the potions I was given I push her away from me and I used my fire to cauterize the wound and burned her face and she threw me into the castle wall I then grabbed Anakims potion and I saw my wounds starting to heal but was leaving pretty nasty scars I got up and ran at her.