Embrace your Destiny VI

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-Years Ago-

Running frantically through the palace as massive walls of ice shot up from the ground outside, The emperor of the kingdom chanted 'no' repeatedly underneath his breath.

"This can't be happening!" The Emperor said pushing the doors open as massive walls of ice shot up from the ground outside, he could only stare on in horror at the mass destruction happening, shivers running down his spine. Sensing something behind him, the emperor whipped around and his fearful expression turned angry, at the woman, "YOU!! Ivory Lady! What is this madness?!"

"I've mearly done as you've instructed, Emperor,"The Lady Bone Demon of the past gave a sinister smile. "While you were preoccupied with leisurely activities, I attended to business."

"Wha--business?! This is an uprising!!" The Emperor said, then footsteps approach from behind him and he turns to see his general. "You! Seize this traitor! Now!" The Emperor commanded, It didn't take much for the emperor to realize that his general did not do as commanded.

"I'm afraid your Chief of War takes his directive from me now." The Lady Bone Demon cooed mockingly.

"Y-you...you've been planning this from the beginning haven't you?! To work your way to the top, to overthrow me!" The Emperor yelled, glaring at the Lady Bone Demon before looking over at his 'chief'.  "And you...you helped her? Traitors and Deceivers!"

"I did not deceive you," Lady Bone Demon hissed angrily, a white mist beginning to blanket the area around the three of them. "When I came into your service, my intent was to aid in perfecting this world. But you and your advisors have shown me how little you care for the interests of mortals."

"Mortals?" The Emperor said in confusion. The Lady Bone Demon began floating in the air.

The Lady Bone Demon began to float above the emperor, glaring down at him, "Yes. I've seen it countless times before your meager existence. I've witnessed cities rise and fall," The woman's form shimmered and changed into that of an old man's--"I've seen the world suffer from famine, disease, war and countless turmoil. An eternity of needless pain,"

The old man's form changed again, into an old lady--"I thought, if I helped someone with real power, guided you to be better. I could make a true difference in the world," 

The witch took on a third form...a little girl--"But I now see, the only true way to create a perfect world..."--the white mist that had been forming whipped across the emperor's line of sight briefly, before retreating back to show the 'Ivory Lady's' true form--"Is to start with a clean slate."

The Emperor falls back as the blue mist surrounds them. "No no, no, no, no! Please, I beg of you! I-I'll make you my chief advisor, riches beyond your wildest dreams, all you could ever desire, if you want for nothing!" The Emperor begged.

Another gust of white mist, and the woman's form changed back into that of the Ivory Lady "Ugh. My words are lost on you, so disappointing, I'm afraid that your usefulness has reached It's end." the Lady Bone Demon said before turning to the general.

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