Dawn of the Elements - Book 4: Future Rewritten

Chapter Three: The Truth About The Amethyst Dragon

"That's a great bedtime story, and all Silver." Terry said, smugly. He, and his brethren were in the War Room, and had just been told Melody's story, and clearly he was a non believer. "But that's all it is. A bedtime story. There is no possible way she found the Unwinding Clock in the future, and used it to come save us from our death. It's absurd." He then walked up to the black and purple haired girl. "How do we know she isn't one of Raigan's spies?"

"I can confirm it." Gail said, walking into the room. Gerry asked his wife how her check-up went, which she said had gone well. She walked up the the Master of Water, and Mistress of Fire. "Get out of our niece's face, Terry." Terry grumbled at the fact that this short pregnant girl, was ordering him around.

"Torin has done this before." Melody said. Gail was shocked, yet surprised she knew her unborn daughter's name. "I'm used to having my mind read. Go ahead, Aunt Gail."

Gail rested her forehead against Melody's. she saw it all, the Elemental Masters dying in battle, the Elemental Mistresses dying in child birth, and the kingdom in ruins. She saw Grenadine, and Toxis, but no other Elemental Master remained. And finally, she saw a group of kids, sixteen years old. They had the Unwinding Clock, and Melody, disappearing with it.

"Everything Melody says is true." Gail said, stumbling back. "All of it. Your deaths by Caius' hand. Our deaths in child birth. Them finding the Unwinding Clock. It's all true." Gerry moved to help support his wife, who smiled at him. "But, to ease everyone's mind Melody, please show us your Elemental Powers."

"I usually use them for medical, and scientific purposes." Melody stated, allowing purple flames to dance around her fingers. "I took after my father, becoming a Doctor. I'm a scholar, not a fighter." Silver stood up from his chair.

"If we're done interrogating my daughter, we have a conflict to prepare for." He said, getting a smile from Melody. "Raigan has the Lamp of Syran. We know that she stole it from the Kingdom of the Sand, and murdered King Kazim, who found the Lamp this time. And we also know that she plans to use it to resurrect Caius."

"Again." Melody added. "And being a full vampire, we know that only a few things can stop him, his mother, and his forces. Those being sunlight, holy water, wooden stakes, and silver." She stood by her father, and as she continued, watching Terry leave the room.

"My future is in perpetual dusk." She continued. "We have no sunlight to combat them. All the silver was used to reforge the Elemental Weapons, which Raigan destroyed. And any wooden stake we tried was swiftly broken. Uncle Caius truly is an undying force."

"Unless we kill him, and Raigan now. By my calculations, we only have a month until Melody's future is set in stone." Silver stated. "I need everyone in high alert. Silana." Silver looked at the only surviving Silverlance, who was standing in the corner. "I need you to begin research. Find any other weakness vampires, and their other Dark Creatures may have."

The alchemist nodded, and turned to leave. "Princess?" She asked. Melody, who had been looking at the door, left her dazed state. "Would you like to accompany me?" The Princess of Fire thought about it for a second.

"Not this time." She answered. "But thank you for thinking of me." Silana then shrugged, and left the room. Melody then looked up at her father. Silver could tell there was something on her mind.

"Father, why won't Uncle Terry accept me?" She asked. "He seems overly stressed, and more judgmental than how Aunt Grenadine described him." Silver chuckled.

"He's stressed out." He replied. "We're all becoming parents at the same time, like our parents before us. He's still stressing over it. He probably went to the courtyard to train." He added, answering her next question, before she even asked it. "It brings him back to the time when we trained under Master Benkei, calms him almost."

Hearing this, Melody ran from the room. She ran down the halls she knew so well, until she came to the courtyard. There before her, stood Terry, trident in hand. "Uncle Terry, why do you hate me!?" She shouted from the entrance. In a flash, she ducked, as a blast of water cane in her direction.

"You have everyone else fooled!" He shouted, starting to advance. "Thraxis has Fire powers too, and he was against us! You're one of Raigan's spies! Just admit it!" He sent another blast of water at her, which she deflected with her flames.

"Uncle Terry, stop this!" Melody shouted. "I'm not a fighter!" She summoned a purple fire whip. "I'm not one of Raigan's spies! That witch took everything from us! Why would I side with her!?"

"I'm not your uncle!" Terry shouted, charging at the girl, trident before him. Melody recoiled, unsure as of what to do. Closing her eyes, she waited for it to be over. She would never complete her mission, and her family would be forever trapped in their damned future.

Then she heard it. Metal against metal. Opening her eyes, she found her father in front of her, the Blood Cross in hand. It's blade between the tines of the Trident. "Stop this madness, Terry!" Silver shouted, knocking Terry back. "Stop taking your stress out on my daughter!"

"This isn't stress, Silver!" Terry hollered back, readying his weapon. "This is fact! She's playing you, like a hand of cards! But you refuse to believe it!" He swung the Trident at his brother-in-law, who brought his sword up to meet it.

But they never met. It happened so fast. One second their weapons were in midair, poised to collide. The next, they were stained with blood. Looking down in horror, Silver saw Melody on the ground, blood pouring from her upper right arm. But what brought more fear to his face, was her arm lying a couple feet away, severed cleanly.

"Silver, I'm so sorry." Terry said, dropping the bloody trident. "You were right, I let my stress get to me." He knelt next to his niece. "I never meant for this to happen." What he saw next, horrified him to no end.

Silver glared at him, his eyes completely reptilian. Crimson flames poured out of them, radiating like pure energy. Flames left his mouth after every breath, almost rhythmic in nature. But there was something about him that no one has ever seen before. A pair of horns, dragonic in nature, grew out of his forehead.

"That's enough out of you, Terrence." He hissed, severe anger in his voice. Throughout the last twenty years, not once had he called him Terrence. This let Terry know that he was a dead man walking.

From behind them, a very pregnant Dresnia ran out, a stretcher in hand. Gold was close behind. She was confused at first, until she saw the blood on the Trident of Water, and The Blood Cross. Concern growing, she then saw Melody's arm, and covered her mouth.

Then she got a good look at her brother, and tears fell from her eyes. In the four years she'd known him, she had seen overwork himself, she had seen him mad. But this, this was on a whole other level. As Silver and Dresnia ran off, Melody lying on the stretcher, Gold approached Terry.

Seeing him on the ground, Melody's arm held closely in his own, she knelt down next to her husband. "What happened?" She asked, fearing the answer. "What did you do to her?" Terry looked his wife in the eye, tears of sorrow, regret, and fear pouring from his eyes.

"Something I'll regret for the rest of my life."