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*They walked into the room... And it was dark... It was the only room in the entire cave system that was dark. Not even the light from the previous room could leak in.* "Show yourself! I know you, your past, and your future! You cannot hide from me!"
"And how would you know so much?" *The voice, deep, strong, and dangerous, came from everywhere and nowhere.*
"Because I AM your future! So show yourself! these people challenge you, and according to the laws you yourself set down, you must accept!"
"... Agreed, on one condition. There are many of you, and only one of me. I shall fight you seperately until I defeat you all or I lose. I also see your spirits... I shall fight your spirit alone, and not the pathetic bodies you have taken."
"I'll go first. All I need is this body, because this body IS mine!"
"Then let us fight!" *All of the shadow in the room retreated into a small sphere in the center of the room, then grew into a massive demon god form, the kind that you only imagine in nightmares.*

"You own't have to fight anyone else. I guarantee it."
"We'll see about that!" *The demon smashed his fist on top of Vlad, and his hand was so big that he covered Vlad completely.*
"To easy."
"Or not!" *Vlad lifted the demon's hand and threw him into the wall, breaking it open and leaving the demon lying outside.*
"Impressive..." *He said as he was getting up.* "But don't think you're done with me already..." *He disappeared, and Vlad did the same in the next instant. There was a full minute where the only things you could see were occasional flashes of the two and an occasional spurt of blood flying out of nowhere, without any way to tell who was being injured. Soon enough, the demon came flying out of nowhere into the cave again, and smashed through three rooms before coming to a stop in a crumpled, bloody heap. Vlad appeared next to the group, staring a deathstare at the body of the demon.* "But... How?..."
"I told them our secret, Satan. They are immune to our magic. To them, you are nothing."
"No! no!!!" *as everyone floated away from their bodies and the dream ended, a dark man ran up to the demon, who was beginning to disintegrate. The man cut off the demon's head, and he disappeared through a portal.* "And so the next was decided... I killed him, you know. That idiot was tough to take down... But I got him."
*And then the dream ended. They were in the void again, but in place of all the dreams, the remainder of the group was there, including Vlad's body. everyone was dragged back into their bodies, and the void disappeared. They were now in a dungeon, and what looked to be a young Aganth was walking right for them.*

"Yep... And since Aganth is there and Teldra is missing, it looks to me like this is where I'll find her... And Aganth will find Blackwand."
*Eclipse walked over to where Aganth was, the dungeon walls looking grim around them.*
"Alright... It should be just over there."
*Eclipse pointed to a small corridor that had a doorway at the end.*
"Finally. Let's hope those swords really can help us get back home... Darn this dimension and it's magic cancellation!"
"Yeah, yeah, let's go and get out of here!"
*Eclipse and Aganth ran quietly to the door, the entire rest of the group following without moving. They just floated along while everything went past them. Eclipse opened the door and entered a bright room with two swords in it, both on large pedestals. An incredibly tall, not-quite-human looking woman came running in behind Eclipse. She looked like Teldra, but with a few slight changes. Her hair was darker, she seemed more regal, and there was no aura of power around her.*
"Teldra! What are you doing here?!"
"You can't take them on without magic, and I'm the only one here with any! You know you're going to need me!"
"I won't... But I know not to try to talk you out of it. Well... Aganth, come on."
*Aganth and Eclipse walked up to the two swords. One, a dagger, not seeming all to powerful, and the other, a long, large broadsword, pure black, with an extraordinary air of power around it. Eclipse walked up to the dagger, and Aganth walked up to the sword. There was a flash, and two large, brown, muscled creatures appeared opposite them. The creatures, who were considered demigods in that world, struck quickly, Eclipse and Aganth barely avoiding being hit before striking in their own ways. all four disappeared completely, only visible to superhuman eyes. Teldra was aiming some sort of spell at something, but she couldn't quite get the aim right. Eclipse slipped out of his incredible speed, and was immediately knocked against a wall. The demigod chasing him was about to land a deadly blow when Teldra came from behind and stabbed him with the dagger from the pedestal. The demigod barely flinched, took the dagger, and stabbed Teldra, only to be torn to shreds the second he looked back to Eclipse. Aganth was still locked in combat, both he and the demigod took a moments break, and they both had some major wounds. Eclipse crouched over Teldra, and took grasp of the hilt of the dagger. A golden chain came out from beneath his shirt, and wound itself around the base of the dagger... And Eclipse seemed to pass out, still holding tight to the dagger. Aganth dashed forward and swiftly removed the second demigod's head before falling over and beginning to heal himself. Five minutes later, he was done. Eclipse woke out of his unconcious state with a start, holding the dagger, which was now gold, and known as Godslayer, or Teldra. Aganth went over to the second pedestal and took the sword. Eclipse was in tears next to Teldra's now obviously dead body. He clutched the dagger like it was his only connection to life, and then suddenly, something changed. Aganth and Eclipse seemed to break out of a trance, and they both walked back over to the group. Eclipse tossed Teldra aside, and she reformed into her usual self.*
"Well... I hardly expected that one... Then again, a fight with a demigod is bound to stick in your memories."
*Zan, who hadn't been on Eclipse in a while, jumped back on as his tattoo form.*
"Well, now you know the last chapter of Teldra's first story..."

*Eclipse was asleep... But he wasn't... And he knew something was wrong... Vlad felt the same. A dark presence surrounded their unconcious minds. Teldra wasn't even asleep... She was in a void. No contact... Nothing. Perhaps this was her sleep... After all, she hadn't slept since she became the dagger she is now.*

*Eclipse woke up... in what looked like a palace. A very familiar one, at that.* "Where... Where the heck am I?"
*He looked around, and got up, looking out one of the windows to find endless dracomorphs, flying, running around, or just laying there in the bright midday sun, soaking up the warmth.* "But... How? So much... Was it all a dream? It can't be!"
*Arthenia walked into the room.(Note- remember the dracomorph that was corrupted in the cave Lucifer set up? yeah. She's back. For a moment, anyway.)*
"Good morning, Apollo. How are you?"
(We're going WAY back in Eclipse's past.)
"Arthenia?! I..."
"What's wrong?"
"I guess... I guess it was all just a dream... A long, elaborate, and painful dream... But... I can't shake the feeling that something's not right."
"Last time you said that a war broke out two days later between us and the puredragon tribe to the south (a group of dracomorphs who never leave their dragon form). Please tell me this isn't like that!"
"Well... I have a feeling... It may be much worse. But for now... Let's try to enjoy the day, alright?"
"Well... Alright."

*Eclipse walked with Arthenia outside, thinking that, so long as things seemed perfect again, he would take advantage of it. As soon as they were outside, Arthenia transformed into her dragon form, a beautiful gold with every scale reflecting the bright sun brilliantly.*
"Race you to Gilja mountain!"
"You're on!"
*Arthenia was off, with Eclipse not far behind, transforming into his dragon form as well and beginning to catch up in no time at all.*

*Vlad woke up... in a small, but comfortable, room in a simple but comfortable house in a small town. (This is WAY back... before Vlad was given the symbol of the unknown.) There were two beds in the room. The one he woke up in, and the one of his twin brother. His brother's was long vacated, and he shot up out of bed, automatically realizing what was going on, but deciding that, for the moment, he would go along with it all, and have some fun. He was no longer completely bound by his powers, and he felt emotion... He felt happy, for once. He dressed and ran out, joining his brother and his friends out in the streets of the village.*

*Zan flew awake... And immediately fell out of a bed. And to make it worse, he had accidentaly detached from his host... So now he was trying to fit in the same shirt as his host. Not exactly comfortable.*
"Ah! Zan! What the heck happened?!?!"
"Holy cow... Sorry... uh... Radjis!"
*Zan, slightly freaked out, drew back onto his host, known as Radjis, and took a minute to figure out what happened.*
"Uh... Sorry, yeah, a really, really big, really weird... dream... I guess... Felt WAY to real..."
"Next time, just don't materialize inside my clothes, please!"
"Sorry, sorry, I don't know happened... This kind of thing never happened before, you know. What time is it?"
"I don't know. Remember? We're traveling through space right now. Why can't they put clocks on these ships?""Oh... yeah. Well, remember, there's the whole lightspeed time distortion deal."
"Yeah, yeah. Well, not much to do... Got any plans?"
"... not really. I mean, what can you do on these voyages?"
"Relax. It's my plan."
"You know... I think that's a good plan."