Rise and Fall- Fight of Faith

Return of the Truth

That was all the information that Grainger needed. He blacked out after hearing this news. He thought it was all a dream, until he woke up.

"Father, don't leave me again!" Grainger cried. 

"You know that voice that you hear in your head? That's me. I will always be with you Grainger but you need to save the galaxy from Malice and Anna first." Ryder remarked.

"But which side should I join?" Grainger worried.

"Don't join a side, rebel." Ryder said. 

Grainger knew what he needed to do. He used teleportation to get back to the castle. He appeared right in the middle of the showdown between Malice and Anna. 

"Stop!" Grainger yelled- using his powers to freeze them both in time. They couldn't move but they could speak and they could hear him. 

"Back for more?" Anna taunted. Malice rolled her eyes.

"Shut up Anna. I know what you did." Grainger threatened.

"I don't know what your talking about." Anna retorted. 

"Sure you do! When where you going to tell me that you murdered my father in cold blood, and in front of my cousin. Malice, when where you going to tell me that Finn Rodgers wasn't my father but Ryder Cross was?" Grainger snapped, he turned to each as he said this.

"I'm sorry Grainger. I was going to tell you but I just....couldn't I was trying to protect you from the evil that is Anna. I always knew I was twin to rule." Malice apologized. Grainger folded his arms and raised an eyebrow, expecting Anna to apologize too. 

"I am destine to rule, Malice! The sooner you realize that the better! I'm not sorry about Ryder! I really didn't like him!" Anna mocked. Grainger had reached his fill of Anna for the day. With one, swift, step, he stood in front of Anna and slapped her across the face. She yelped in pain. Grainger stepped back and unfroze Malice. 

"Thank you." Malice interjected. Grainger nodded and left the castle with Malice. Once out of Anna's view, Grainger stopped Malice.

"I'm sorry mom. I should have believed you and listened to you. I love you and thought you blew up a planet, killed people, and are pure evil, you are less evil than Anna and you didn't kill my cousin and my father." Grainger mentioned sincerely.

"I am sorry too. I'm sorry I am so evil, that I lied to you, that I left you on Maverick, and that I blew up Tempolia. I never wanted things to be like this, I only wanted to prove my innocence and that I'm the rightful ruler." Malice whispered so Anna wouldn't hear. She then hugged Grainger. It was awkward for Grainger to call Malice mom.  It was even more awkward for him to tell her that he loved her. He had spent the past ten years hating her after all. Grainger was glad that he got things cleared up and that he knew the truth now. He was glad he was able to bring Malice back to the light and fight with a cause. Grainger had grew up without a father and for the majority of his life, without a mother. He was raised by Holden Harvey for the past ten years. Holden didn't tell Grainger anything. Not about his parents, his family, not even the galaxy. It was nice for a change to know things and not be totally clueless all the time. Grainger walked close by his mother with a smile. He thought he had finally found his place and that he had a family. 

"So what exactly happened to Valarina?" Grainger asked.

"Valarina is in a different galaxy. Somewhere far, far, away I'm sure. Anna was always really good at hiding things. Why so you ask?" Malice answered. 

"Cause we are going on a rescue mission." Grainger declared with a smile.

"I think that we need to first, gather information on where she was last seen and places Anna was around sixteen years ago. Then we go from there." Malice suggested. Grainger nodded to approve. Malice grabbed Grainger's hand and closed her eyes, when she opened them, they where inside the Ragnarok Library. Grainger and Malice split up to cover more ground. This was the biggest library in the galaxy so it was huge. Both searched the royalty section when Malice found a book called 'The Forgotten'. 

Malice opened the book and read, "It was remembered  that the lost Princess of Ragnarok was located in a galaxy called  Headwind. That's where she has been ever since she was banished by Queen Anna in 2001." 

"Headwind and 2001. That's when I was born." Grainger stated. 

"Valarina is only five years older than you Grainger. Let's go find her!" Malice mentioned. Grainger and Malice left the library and walked to the air station. They walked in the giant glass building and up to the front desk. 

"Where to?" asked the man behind the counter. 

"Two tickets to Headwind, please." Grainger asked. They waited for the tickets to print and Malice paid for them. Grainger eagerly grabbed the tickets and raced to find their ship. They walked through the twisted path in the gigantic garage to find the ship number on their tickets. 

"2345789." Grainger recited looking at the ship. He pointed for Malice to board the ship and she sat down in the pilot's seat.