"That's kind of her to let you keep that." Azura said now that they were now staring at an empty room in the mirror. "Yeah it is." Lyria replied shyly. "Hey it looks like you get to keep that Lyria's elytra too. I guess that's lucky since you lost your elytra forever." Cheekily laughed Lyria. Azura was not amused at first but then she added. "Actually I've got two since you won't be needing yours anymore." She teased. "No no no! I'm not that good yet and besides I'm way too fond of my elytra to..." Lyria protested. "I know I know! I only know too well how much you care about that thing which is why I should've known that that wasn't you when I found this elytra tossed on the floor of your room. I'm so sorry. I should've known sooner. Fractureverse Kaia did a much better job at looking out for you than I did." Azura sighed. "Hey don't say that! You just saved my life just a few hours ago and I too have my own guilt to deal with after this crazy adventure." Explained Lyria.
Hearing this cheered Azura up. "You're right but this adventure isn't over yet. We still have to get out of here." Azura pointed out. "Oh yeah we had better before we end up being prisoners ourselves." Said Lyria. "Hmm question is how do we get out of here?" Azura thought out loud. "The same way we got in!" Lyria said boldly. "What did you do for a distraction exactly?" Asked Azura. Lyria hesitated as she was rather reluctant to say. "I um tweaked my firework rockets so that they would cause a large enough explosion." She muttered. "You what!? Please never do something so dangerous again especially without telling me first, although I appreciate that that might have been the only way." Exclaimed Azura rather crossly at first before calming down.
Lyria looked at the floor and mumbled the word sorry. "That's alright just hmm wait a moment we don't need to sneak around on the way out since we don't have to stop and risk getting caught this time. We can just make a run for it." Azura explained. Lyria lifted her head up. "You mean fly for it." She giggled and Azura also chuckled. They then went over to the windows with Lyria waiting by one and Azura by the other. On the count of three they both took off before racing past the panicked and bewildered pillagers who were far too concerned with locating an invisible enemy to notice them.
On the way home the two were able to laugh about the whole mix up now that it was over. "Wait a minute we didn't get the end crystals!" Lyria gasped realising that they had both forgotten about them. "Lyria we couldn't get them at the time. Remember we had to deal with your counterpart." Azura reminded her gently. "I suppose so but the Nether still has a huge advantage." Sighed Lyria. "Remember that you have to pick your battles carefully and even then you can't win them all. It may feel like two steps forward, one step back but remember that you've still gone forward." Explained Azura who unlike Fractureverse Azura actually gave Lyria good advice.
Lyria thought for a moment acknowledging the fact that everyone was in the right reality and that Fractureverse Lyria would cause them no more trouble. "I know that we may not be back to the status quo and it feels like we are in a weaker position than before but the Nether is also weaker now." Exclaimed Lyria, suddenly remembering something. "What do you mean?" Inquired Azura. "That bridge we destroyed was part of a major transport route. The Nether had stationed them there to guard it as they feared that a newly formed rebellion group would target it." Lyria explained. "This is excellent news! With the Nether dividend and the major transport route out of action, we'll have a much easier time fighting back!" Azura cried delightedly.
The Frostbourne had spotted in the distance Lady Azura and Lyria flying towards Dreadfort. Since Lady Azura was with Lyria and seemed to be unharmed, the order was issued not to fire at them because they were waiting for Lady Azura to explain the situation. They landed in the heart of the town where Lord Patrick and a number of soldiers greeted them. Lyria stayed close to Azura who began to explain the entire misunderstanding. She made sure that she left nothing out and during her story Lyria also added in a few extra things. Having understood the crazy situation, Lord Patrick made sure he withdrew all changes he had made during the mix up, this included promoting Lyria back to a captain and granting Lady Azura back to responsership over her apprentice.
When Commander Hilda had heard about the good news, she invited everyone for a small welcome home party at the tavern for Captain Lyria. Azura and Lyria were sitting next to each other inside the tavern and were joking around with some of the other elytra corpsmen and foot soldiers while retelling their story. A cake had been brought over to their table by a bartender. "Would you like some cake?" Commander Hilda asked as she began to serve the cake onto some plates to hand out. "Um no no thank you." Stuttered Lyria with a horrified look on her face. Everyone stared at her in shock. "What!? That's the first time you've ever refused cake." Azura said. "Um well long story short I've learnt just how bad cake is for you and I don't think I'll be able to eat some for a while." Lyria chuckled nervously. "Hmm oh no... I think I might have brought back the wrong Lyria!" Azura teased and everyone burst into laughter including Lyria who was determined to never touch cakes or mirrors again.
The end
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Welcome To My Dark Side
FanfictionAfter being sent to the pillager town, Lyria soon discovers that everything is not as it seems... All characters rightly belong to Rainimator Cover made by me. Might change it in the future.
