The Darkest Day

[serpentoflore]

Sarah was completely gone by this time. Her body followed Vivi's command as if she herself were a puppet on strings. When they began to run, she began to forget what was going on at all. Her piccolo, placed back in her pocket, had turned back into the pure dark creation it had once been. Where was she going now? Her mind was blank, she could only remember the plan Beatrix had told her to help with. Part of her mind begged to hear Acteur, but she could do nothing but pray she'd see him again.

[nexus]

Airinose would hear the roar that the beast would do into the face of her friend and rider. She tried to move and found that she had a broken wing and back leg. Her neck hurt, bad, but it was not broken only bruised. She lifted her head and looked out of the crater in the direction of the beast only to feel the ground shake as she saw Nexus being slammed into the ground.

Airinose pulled herself up, but couldn't see Nexus moving. Airinose Roared, she roared loud she didn't know what else to do. then she saw it , nexus's chest began to raise and fall, he was breathing, and she felt relieved.

She creased her eyes, she didn't understand what she was seeing, she saw steam raising from the crater that he was left in. She became happy when she saw him stand up, but something was wrong, his eyes were closed. She saw him stand and take a couple steps out of the crater and stopped almost doubling over, and there she saw it, the steam wasn't coming from the crater, it was coming from him.

Airinose watched as he wrapped his arms around his chest and take a deep breath, and began yelling, he yelled long, he yelled loud, and she knew why. He's lost it , lost everything, he no longer has control, one of the elementals does. She saw it start , the steam got thicker and thicker, till it happened. It started with his hair, it started to turn light red , then get darker , till it literally burst into flames.

the flames dances on the top of his head as he screamed, She watched as Nexus flung his arms out wide as the flames began to descend down his body, covering his face, surrounding his shoulders , and kept going till it reached his feet, enshrouding him in fire. Nexus opened his eyes, and she saw that they had gone red, but became puzzled "they......look like my eyes" she thought

*Nexus learned: Dragon Rage; Fire*

She tried pulling herself up but found it hurt to much to move, so she leaned back down. She watched as Nexus leaned forward and with a crouching start he lunged at the beast, she blinked in surprise, he was fast, faster then he used to be . He ran towards the beast spinning with a roundhouse kick onto the beast's arm leaving only a scorched mark and the smell of burnt fur. He landed straight down to land a quick , hard punch on his upper leg, leaving the sam results, before the beast could grab him again, Nexus would jump back, landing with a "tsssss" as his feet slid a crossed the ground. It was quick, before he had even stopped sliding he was already in another crouched position , about to continue his onslaught.

[Leckseeuh]

Lexia couldn't handle all that was happening, the screams that hurt her ears from inside the castle, the beast momentarily confused, the man that tagged along with them some point in time, and the seemingly dead dragon on his lap, and Lilith attacking the Beast relentlessly.

She looked at Sarah, through her eyes she could tell she was lost and quite unattached to the situation. Lexia moved her weapon in her hands reluctantly and wondered what to do.

As the bullets almost literally raining down on him held him down, she attempted to twirl the sharp weapon in her hands.

You'll slowly be eaten by toxins...poison! She gulped and said, not wanted to hurt anyone at the moment.

A ball of lime-green liquid came out of the rod and headed to the Beast's feet, making him stand in the toxic liquid. It would surely burn, and if he didn't move in time, it would exactly burn him.

[Secondary Characters]

The attacks caught the monster off guard. Massive hits to his legs and arms would put him down on his knees, holding at where he had been burned. He let out a roar of pain, his fur and skin smoldering from the attacks. He turned his head and snarled hatefully at the man, and as he stood... a pool of acidic toxins pooled around his ankles, burning him yet further.

A howl of pain erupted from him, and he leapt out of the pool and into the air. However, this little attack would prove to be a great asset to the Beast... as the tips of the chains still attatched to his hands had been dipped in the poison and carried some of it with them. The Beast took these chains and whipped them downward at the man as he descended, ripping through the wind with loud metallic cracks.

When he landed, the Beast twisted and pivoted, swinging a chain horizontally with the hope of wrapping it around the man. That would put Nexus at his mercy, and out of range where the flames could hurt him...

[Lilith]

the foot came to fast to dodge and Lilith was forced to the ground, blood spluttered out of Lilith's mouth as the weight of the beast pushed down onto her chest.

as nexus attacked, the beast fell to his knees, putting less weight on the vampire, but then he jumped pushing down on Lilith further.
Lilith was free but she wasn't in the best of states.

the vampire moved as quickly as she could to intercept the chains heading for the dragon hunter.
she grunted as she took the impact of the chains, it pushing her along the floor.
she wrapped the chain around her arm, the poison seared but she held the chain steady.

[Agrias Oaks]

[glow=purple,2,800]Meanwhile, ontop of the highest tower, the world continued to spiral into chaos for the General, as Aeur sprung to dark life. Her eyes covered by a vizor gave a symbolic meaning to "Blinded Rage."

Hissing menacingly, stepping over the near dead carcass bellow her, she reached down for the just-as-tainted Save The Queen. As she moved, there would be something strange behind her, a chain from the back of her armor that was made of a thin, bright light. Following the small, feeble-like chain, would have the gruesome knight still connected to the vanishing body of Agrias Oaks.

The metal she wore would make a screetching, metallic sound when she would bend to grab at the sword, as if the very blood covering her was rusting the metal. She would growl in pain under her breath, her demonic gauntlets curling around the leather handle of the sword before picking it up, both pulsing with dark energy that was heavy enough to thicken the air around her.

After a few moments, in a haste move, the black knight pointed her sword to her first target: The General. With the sounds of many voices, along with the familiar sound of the holy knight's vocals, it spoke. "TRAITOR. GUILTY!!" it screetched, and with a STOMP in every step, she DASHED forward toward Beatrix, sword in hand pointed to do some damage.

"GRAAAH!!" [/glow]

[nexus]

Nexus lunged, running past Lilith leaving a heat trail behind him. HE continued his assault on the beast , rushing in, landing hits and rushing out. He wasn't thinking just fighting, and just moving.

Hie eyes glowed red, and his flame grew hotter as he moved. He was pumping more energy into the flame to make them hotter and brighter. this was a great way to make him a more deadly fighter, but it wouldn't last much longer.

.............And Airinose knew it............

[Secondary Characters]

A few more strikes, a few more burning holes in the Beast's fur. He roared in pain and fury, held by the one chain in Lilith's grip, but free on the other. He tensed his arm, feeling more pain from the movement due to his injured shoulder, before swinging the other chain, also dipped in acidic poison, at the vampire trying to keep him pinned down.

He would roar a few times as more attacks landed, whipping harshly at the female before swinging at the fire-head. Fact is, with the other arm free, he could still do damage. He was hurting badly, even bleeding onto the ground at this point from the damage he was taking... but because of the blackheart curse on him... he wasn't registering anything but rage...

[Shantotto]

[glow=teal,2,300]Shantotto's rift had appeared below a tower in a spectacular light, next to which a giant beast that looked like a huge manticore was ravaging adventurers. Shantotto looked to Abigail, "I see this as no mess, I see it as your final test! Now unleash Benediction! I will handle this over grown cat! Now step aside and remove yourselves from this fight, and I will show you all my intellectual might!!! Come at me beast and have your fill, meet the one who will break your will!!! !O~hohohohoho"

Shantotto stood patiently waiting to see what this over grown cat would do.[/glow]

[Abigail Crescentlight]

When Abigail stepped from the portal, she looked like a totally new person. She was in stunning new, more modern clothes, and her hair was long and flowing. And even though she was rubbing a bit at her rump where Shantoto had smacked her to get her moving, she still had a strange aura of newfound confidence. Upon hearing the Tarutaru's words, she nodded firmly and closed her eyes. Lifting her staff up, she focused her powers.

In a wave of white magics, everyone save the enemy would find themselves with renewed vigor and strength. Instantly, they were completely healed and their magic powers would rejuvinate. Even Airnose would find herself filled with energy and back to 100%. The sad part was that this might effect Nexus' rage ability, as it has a soothing effect that would calm him down.

Abigail didn't have time to be proud of herself, even if on some level she was impressed at this ability she didn't even know she had mastered! Instead, she rushed forward into the castle. She could sense the dark power eminating from above, and knew which room she had to go to. If nothing else, she could use the roars of the demonic Aeur Grauss.

As she ran, she held her staff ahead of her, focusing her power to give herself a layer or two of protection. She cast Shell, Protect, Stoneskin, Manawall, and Phalanx in rapid succession, all on herself. As it stood now, she could almost withstand a nuclear blast. But just one! Up she climbed at top speed, her hair flying behind her, her bag fluttering at her hip, and her eyes determined to go even faster! "Come on..." she urged herself...

A few heartless hear and there were in the way, but as Abigail rushed forward, she leapt into the fray, spinning her new staff like a trained professional. Poof-poof-poof they would go, disappearing into clouds of swirling black as rapidly as Abigail had ran by them. She was unstoppable! Near the top of the tower, she had to make a decision quickly, as the pathway split off into a few different directions...

"Which way..." she muttered, skidding to a hault for just a moment to find a clue, any clue! "What do I remember??" she whispered, thinking. A note! She looked down each path, until she found Agrias' letter to Beatrix laying on the ground halfway down one of them. Running that way, she scooped up the letter and tucked it away as she passed.

"There!" she called, seeing the door leading to the room. As she charged, she saw a wall of shadow heartless congealing over it, to block her path. "Not today!" she called out, and held her staff ahead of her once more. "Light guide me as I go with a staff of heavenly... GLOW!" she called, the staff erupting into light. But she didn't stop there.

Halfway down the way, she focused more power into her staff, casting Divine Seal with the intent of increasing the power of her next spell all the much further. Powered by light and holy magic, she continued her charge and cast another spell. "The light of protection, the gift of St. Maria, I bestow upon you... DIA!"

Her staff burst into a golden light, pulsing with the power of divine magic, light, and dia. She leapt into the air, launching herself at the door as she yelled. "RRAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" she screamed, slamming the staff hard into the door and literally blowing it open from the force of the magics acting on the heartless that tried to stop her. Wood would erupt everywhere as Abigail burst into the room!

Spotting the glowing body of Agrias, Abigail threw her staff sideways around herself to point it at her, summoning the last bit of her magic power to do something about the woman. "SLOW!!!" she cried out, condensing time around the woman in order to prevent her disappearing into a Nobody. Using the very same momentum she used to cast the spell, she spun and leapt over Beatrix, landing between her and Aeur to slam her staff upward, stopping both swords in their swing, the three weapons locked together.

And then... a miracle would occur. Light would streak from the three weapons... pouring over the twin blades and staff in a unity unlike anything seen before or since. In a blast of bright magic... the three became one, and in Abigail's hands... would rest the Trinity Keyblade, a powerful weapon composed of all three weapons and connected to not one, but three hearts via three keychains, each with a charm to represent the person who had poured their energies into this weapon; a crown, a heart, and a rose.

Abigail stood there a moment, breathing hard from all the running, spell casting, and attacking she just did before lowering the keyblade slowly, trying to make Aeur back off for just a moment before she would turn to look at Beatrix over her shoulder...

"Take this!" she said, and tossed the keyblade to the general. "You're a better swordsman than I am. Get moving!" she demanded, then made a break for Agrias's form, hoping to pull her out into the hallway to preserve her from being damaged during the fight that was about to make a serious, serious turn...

[Lilith]

Lilith smelt Abigail's presence and the sudden increase in vigour.
I'll thank you later kid...
the vampire turned her attention back to the beast, her twisted grin grew back onto her face, she raised her arm into the path of the second chain that was coursing through the air at her.

Lilith exhaled as chain hit the palm of her hand with bone shattering force, the vampire ignored the pain as she wound the other chain round her arm as she did with the first.

holding both chains she would charge at the beast and instead of attacking she would slide under the monster pulling the chains with her, she yanked on the chains with everything she could muster, her groan slowly building up to scream the more she pulled.

[nexus]

Nexus stood, hunch over, arms dangling at his side. The waves of light flushed over the field filling nexus with an unfounded light. His rage was gone, but it was to late, he used way to mush energy bursting into flames. The spell would renew him but not his mind, it was spent, he couldn't think, it would let him, he just mindlessly stared at the ground in front of him.

Airinose felt the wave hit her, but the resistance of dragons to magic didn't help much. Her wing was still broken , but her legs were now just sore. She looked for Nexus and found him just standing there , steam raising off of him. She became concerned, terrified actually, and leaped out of the crater, and ran to nexus at full speed. Upon reaching him she grabbed him with her mouth and pulled him back onto her as she covered him with her good wing. Looking at the battle still in front of her she sneered letting smoke escape from the side of her mouth. She had to protect him, she didn't know why , she just did, like it was instinct. She didn't want to be alone either, "Nexus you fool, why must you jump into battle like that, you always have, and you always end up hurt" she thought

[serpentoflore]

Sarah's body slumped over, unable to follow Vivi any longer. The power of light was something she had not had complete connection with until arriving at Beast's Castle. Abigail's strong light made her body react strangely. Her eyes began to shut, almost falling on Vivi as she fell into an exhausted sleep.

----

This time she had a choice of paths. One seemed to hold the woman who appeared in her previous dream, another version of herself. The other path held Beatrix, who seemed to be in the dark path. However, she could see Acteur on one of the paths, his mask and presence a welcome sight. The path was not pruned and looked like it would be the hardest to tread.

"Wait!" The light version of her spoke. "You can't just leave the light!"

"You agreed to help in my plan!" Beatrix spoke, seeming to be angry at the sight.

No. She couldn't choose what would bring her away from her ultimate goal. She began walking on the treacherous, rocky path. Her mind kept Acteur in mind, body not seeming to care about the various injuries she seemed to receive walking that path.

----

Sarah's face seemed to smile as she slept, unaware a battle was still going on.

[Secondary Characters]

The monster did not expect this turn of events. When Lilith came charging at him only to slide underneith, the chains would force his arms to follow suit, literally flipping him onto his back. Because of his injuries, this was a much more painful blow than one would initially expect. He let out a massive howl of pain, trying to get up though the sheer heft of his mass, and the fact that his arms were being held tight made it extremely difficult.

This would provide anyone who wanted a few good moments of a clear shot. He was vulnerable, unable to defend himself, and already badly injured. He thrashed about somewhat, but that really didn't change his relative position. The only thing was that in his thrashings, the two chains connected to his ankles were whipping around crazily, like some kind of metal cephlopod waving its tenticles in a frenzy.

The roars he would emit began to change somewhat... They weren't entirely of fury, but of... a kind of sad frustration. They sounded like a person hurt on the inside because he failed to protect something dear to him, but he would continue to fight back until he was subdued. Or die trying.

[General Beatrix]

Beatrix held up Agrias' blade before the Heartless beast what took offense at her existence. She was not truly ready to defend herself from what she truly did aid in giving birth to. All the terrible things she did to Agrias Oaks before her descent into darkness...she could have stopped this before it ever got this far...and yet she didn't. She wished for an end, and this could be it for her.

But then the general thought of Agrias...and how she wouldn't approve of becoming a raging, feral monster born from the darkest reaches of Ansem the Wise's greatest mistake...no, this was a disgrace to her memory, and she had to make things right before she sentenced herself to death.

She brought up the blade to parry Aeur's assault, only to be blinded by a flashing light emantating off the door-side wall; it blew in a moment later and what came next shocked the general to no end. Abigail had returned, and she looked much different than earlier that evening.

Staff in hand, the White Mage threw down her weapon of choice--a staff--into the fray and Beatrix' eye widened at the sudden change in this event: A keyblade had been born and, when the general fell backwards, Abby tossed the amazing weapon her way and retreated to help Agrias' body.

"A...Keyblade..." she called out, shooting her glance over to Aeur. Standing again she raised the keyblade high and roared with fury.

"I shall defend the name of Agrias Oaks, fearless knight, immaculate tactician, and the greatest ally--no, friend--I could ever ask for! It is time that you face a judgement fitting for the murder of such a grace!"