Project cosmos: The Golden Ring

Algy is Way Too Obsessed With the Past

When the light faded, I was in a similar looking room, except the walls were very poorly built and falling apart.
"Algy? You there?" I called out.
No answer.
I looked around for a door, but I found nothing. I was stuck in this little room.
"Who's in there?" I heard a voice ask.
That voice was familiar.
"Athaia? Is that you?" I asked.
"Of course! Who else would it be? Now answer the question!"
"It's Isabelle..."
"Oh..." Athaia's voice seemed cold and empty when she heard my name.
"Can you let me out?"
"Why would I?"
I had forgotten that the time goddess didn't like me. I was so used to Amser and Algy being so friendly that Athaia's cold hearted nature was so different to me.
"Cuz it's hot in here," I complained.
"I don't care," Athaia scoffed.
"Agly and Amser would though,"
"Algy and Amser have nothing to do with this,"
"But this is Algy's realm..."
"Not any more, it's not,"
"What?"
"Algy does not rule over this realm. He handed it over to me,"
Algy wouldn't do that. Neither would Amser. That's something that their mother would force them to do.
"Athaia, what did you do?" I asked more sternly.
"Me? I did nothing. Like I said, Algy handed it over,"
"By force?"
"Now why would you think that?"
"You're a horrible mother,"
"No, you just don't understand what's going on,"
I've had enough of this. I stepped back and pulled Shiru out. I pointed the sword to the wall. Blue flames engulfed the sword and shot out to the wall, burning it down in seconds. Athaia was standing there, dressed in an old fashioned dress and hat.
"That wasn't very polite," she said.
"Good. Now tell me where Algy is,"
"Kid, you can't just treat a god like some mortal in your world,"
"Algy is my friend. I treat my friends like that. I help them when they need it,"
"I don't care,"
"More like you don't even understand! You're so old and stuck up that you wouldn't even know what a friend is!" I shouted.
"You've made a mistake,"
The air around Athaia seemed to darken.
"Amser is stuck in her realm, worried about her brother, because you won't let her cross realms!"
"She doesn't need to! She's fine where she is!"
"When was the last time you saw how worried she looked?"
"Never. She's fine,"
"No. She's not. She's a nervous wreck because of you!"
"Don't tell me how to raise my own children!"
"I'm surprised that you were able to even get this far in their lives! Both of them are scared of you!"
"You know nothing!"
"If I know nothing, then you really don't know anything, because I know way more than you!"
"Did you forget that you're in my realm? You shouldn't be fighting with me right now. You've got quite the disadvantage here!"
My sword was still at my side, blazing like a bonfire. I lifted it in hopes that it would scare off Athaia, but it didn't work. Instead, I heard a roar in the distance. Athaia slowly disappeared as the roaring got louder. And you'll never guess what that roar came from. The little monster that I saw coming close, wasn't little at all. It was at least twelve feet tall. Not only that, but it looked quite familiar. Itsumade!
My sword seemed to raise itself and pull me towards the monster.
"AAAAAAHH!" I yelled and screamed, but I couldn't stop moving.
It was like the sword's fire was grasping for the Itsumade. The burning blade pierced that stupid chicken's heart. The monster responded to that attack by exploding into a cloud of glitter. At that moment, I had a mini flashback to when I first met Mark and Travis. Travis was being 'attacked' by a 'giant' spider and I saved him by turning the spider and glitter. Ah, good times.
"You little brat!" I heard Athaia complain, but I couldn't see her.
"Athaia, where are you hiding?" I called out.
"Why should it matter? You're going to die soon anyway,"
"Ya, I don't think so..."
I expected Athaia to come up with a snarky comeback, but the voice I heard did not belong to the time goddess.
"Isabelle, please cooperate..." the voice pleaded.
It was Algy.
"Algy?! Are you okay? Amser is looking for you..."
"Amser will have to wait. I'm not allowed to leave here until I get this realm back..."
"But Athaia said..."
"You really believed her?" Algy interrupted.
"No... it's just that she said that you handed it over..."
"I was forced to,"
"That, I expected. You would never do something like that,"
"Correct, but my mother is a deceitful liar. Everything she says sounds like the truth, but it usually isn't,"
Then Algy appeared behind me.
"Thanks for finding me, but now I need you to help me get my realm back," he said.
"Anything for a friend!"