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Chapter 7

I met Loki at the bottom of the stairs.

‘You’re supposed to be upstairs resting Guinevere’ he said when he saw me.

‘Not if that dragon is Glacium.’

We heard a loud thump outside that caused the ground to shake. I heard Emerald howl. To see dragons battling against each other is an amazing sight...at a distance that is. 

Glacium clearly had the advantage over Emerald since he was bigger than him by two meters (Emerald was seven feet tall).

‘What on Earth-!’

My exclamation was cut short when fire shot through the door. Like I said before, it’s best to keep as far away as possible when dragons are fighting each other. Luckily Loki and I weren’t anywhere near the door when it had been turned into an inferno.

‘I can’t stop the dragons from doing this!’ Loki said angrily, trying to stop them with magic.

‘Let me try Loki’ I suggested.

‘Not unless you really want to end up in pieces Guinevere.’

I gave Loki a firm look.

‘Trust me; I know what I’m doing.’

Before he could stop me any further, I switched on my energy power and went outside.

Chapter 8

Glacium turned to look at me.

You! You’re the one that caused this fight human! Glacium roared angrily at me.

‘You must be mistaken Glacium’ I said firmly, ‘just because I end up having to turn into my dark side every now and again that interrupts your fights with Emerald, doesn’t mean that I’m responsible for this!’

Glacium snorted. Emerald lay next to him, glaring up at Glacium.

You love that pathetic excuse of a dragon over there? Glacium went on with a scowl, he is not worth noticing.

Emerald growled weakly in defence.

‘Would you like Dark Vulcana to rise again?’ I warned him.

Was it just my imagination or did Glacium look troubled for a split second? He had met my dark side before and he didn't want to do so again.

Fine then Guinevere. On one condition; once he is fit enough to fight, Emerald must come to me in Jotunheim. Is that clear? Glacium asked the last part to Emerald who nodded weakly in response.

Glacium was satisfied and turned his back to us.

I will give him three days to recover. Then he must come to me. Even if he has not recovered Emerald must come Glacium finished, taking to the air.

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To be continued

Chapter 3

Loki, Emerald and I re-appeared back in Asgard and at the door of Loki’s tower. The moment the green flame died away, I suddenly collapsed in Loki’s arms.

‘Guinevere?’ Loki asked, alarm in his voice as he tried to steady me to my feet again.

‘I’m sorry Loki. I’m just…tired that’s all’ I apologised wearily, ‘it’s the phoenix. Taming it I mean. It’s tiring that’s all.’

He lifted me up into his arms.

‘You need rest Guinevere.’

As soon as Loki opened the door though, we were met by surprise by Lady Sif. She was sitting calmly on Loki’s throne holding our daughter Sabrina.

‘Sif? What are you doing here?’ Loki asked her, trying to hide the fact that he was annoyed to see her sitting there.

‘I came to bring you your daughter back Loki’ she replied, equally annoyed at being addressed like that (she had detected the small annoyance in Loki’s voice).

‘Well, you can hold onto Sabrina for a little longer Sif. As you can see, Guinevere is tired and needs rest right now.’

That was when Lady Sif just noticed my tired form in Loki’s arms and instantly regretted in saying such a thing in front of me.

‘I’m sorry Guinevere.’

I gave her a tired smile and rested my head on Loki’s chest. I was in no mood to accept her apology even though I was too ready to do so. Loki accepted it instead and quietly made his way to our room.

Chapter 4

‘Do you need anything Guinevere?’ Loki asked after putting me in our bed.

I gave him a tired smile.

‘Just a long rest that’s all Loki.’

Loki looked at me, worry on his face. I sighed heavily but gave him a reassuring smile.

‘As I said before Loki; it’s not serious. Trying to keep the phoenix tamed…it’s really tiring after a while. The good thing is, is that it doesn’t seem to be giving me any trouble at the moment.’

Loki was still unconvinced.

‘I’m fine. Trust me.’

‘That’s what you’ll say Guinevere. Then what happens? Dark Vulcana rises again to wreck more havoc’ said Loki, sitting down on a chair next to me and placing his hand on mine.

It was nice that Loki was worried about me but I didn’t want to see him troubled over me.

‘I’ll say if I’m in trouble’ I reassured him.

Loki gave in and kissed my forehead gently before leaving the room.

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To be continued

Chapter 17

It was very rarely Grant Mari got angry over something. I had known him since he was a kid and all through that time until I had left the Shi’ar Empire behind to live in Asgard I had never known Grant to show anger.

‘It’s bad enough with it being Raven and now Vulcan?!’ he snapped angrily once I had set him and his wife Sophie free.

‘You’re welcome Grant’ I said, in an almost equally angry voice but I kept a level head.

It wouldn’t do good to snap at him and I could understand why Grant was so angry.

‘You knew that you’d experience stuff like this when you became Emperor’ I went on.

‘Yeah but I wasn’t thinking about the fact that you’d end up having to rescue me too Guinevere!’

My lips tightened in anger and hurt.

‘Actually, it was me that rescued you Grant’ Loki corrected him firmly, seeing the hurt and angered look on my face, ‘if I were you, I’d show a little more respect from now on. We might just leave you in Vulcan or Raven’s clutches next time.’

Grant remembered who he was talking to and quickly apologised. He was still mad though.

‘You have my thanks though Guinevere’ said Sophie, trying to sooth things down between us.

I was grateful and nodded to her in thanks. Grant just grumbled.

‘Now then; let’s see what we should do with Vulcan’ said Loki, changing the subject.

Chapter 18

Father was brought into the War Room in a special cage, flanked by Gladiator and Magcat (mother’s clone). If father made any move to attack, the cage would counter his attacks onto himself. The amount of tension in the room was understandable giving the circumstances.

‘So; this is your idea of trying to silence me Guinevere?’ father sneered at me.

‘Keep talking Vulcan and she will silence you' Magcat growled at him.

Father snorted but said nothing. 

‘What do you want then Vulcan?’ I asked him, arms folded.

I then remembered something; this wasn’t my job anymore, it was Grant’s. Then I remembered something more. Grant was D’Ken’s son. If Vulcan ever found out about that…

‘Grant; I need a word with you.’

He looked very surprised upon hearing this but followed me out the War Room door.

‘Don’t tell him’ I whispered very quietly to Grant when I knew we were out of ear shot.

‘Don’t tell Vulcan what?’

‘That you’re D’Ken’s son' I answered, even though I knew that it was something he was ready to keep quiet about anyway.

‘What do I do Guinevere?’ he asked, his voice quivering slightly.

I hadn’t meant to frighten Grant.

‘Do what you think is right but whatever you do Grant, don’t mention D’Ken. I don’t want anything to happen to you and Sophie, even if you’re still mad at being captured by Vulcan. As for what we’re going to do with him, that’s your job now and not mine.’

‘I thought about putting him in that prison. That special prison near that neutron star a few light years away. The prison that can neutralise Vulcan’s powers and anyone else that comes to help him get out. It’ll be a very long while before he can breakout of that’ Grant replied readily.

I nodded. That’s what I would’ve suggested to him if Grant couldn’t find anywhere else to put Vulcan. I just hoped that Grant was right that Vulcan wouldn’t be able to get out of there in a long time to come.

The End

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Next Issue: Emerald Vs Glacium- With Guinevere's family problems aside- for now at least- her friend and dragon Emerald has some unfinished business with the Ice Dragon of Jotunheim, Glacium.

Apr 1, 2013 -- 7:20PM, James_Hawkeye wrote:

Interesting story but why this story is extra large?

Hi there. I apologize if it feels a bit lengthy. It's just how I write them sometmes.

Chapter 13

I had reached the foot of the main stairway without any surprises.

This is wrong I thought uneasily, this is so wrong.

I looked around again. No-one was there. Then why was I feeling uneasy? I looked back down the stairway, unsure if I should continue further. All I could easily do once I got out was hurry over to the Imperial Palace’s “garage” I could take one of the travelling jets and use it to get back to Earth and send a stress signal to Loki to come and get me.

Unfortunately, I had pondered over my plan for too long; I was zapped from behind by a familiar energy bolt, causing me to fall down the stairs.

‘I thought you’d try something like this Guinevere’ said father’s voice from the top of the stairs.

I turned to look at him, glaring.

‘You tricked me father’ I snarled.

Father gave me a nasty little smile.

‘I was able to cloak my energy field, making me nearly invisible to you Guinevere.’

So that explained my nervousness before. Father gestured to a group of soldiers standing nearby. They took hold of me.

‘Take her back to her room and guard the door-’ but father was interrupted when a new figure appeared in the hallway, presumably out from nowhere.

I couldn’t see much of his appearance because he was mostly clad in shadow. When the figure stepped out, he was mostly wrapped up in a green hooded cloak which hid his face even more.

Father scowled at the figure.

‘Can I help you?’ he growled  at the silent figure.

‘I heard you needed someone of my talent around here?’ the figure replied, ‘something to do with the young lady over there?’ he carried on, indicating to me.

I held my breath.

‘Ah, yes. I nearly forgot about that’ said father.

He indicated to the soldiers holding me.

‘Take Guinevere to her room. You, follow me’ he told the cloaked figure, still eyeing him suspiciously.

Chapter 14

Somehow, I didn’t struggle. I kept looking at the stranger because I was sure that there was something familiar about his energy patterns. However, I tried not to look at him too much since father seemed suspicious of the stranger.

The guards led me to the middle of the room.

‘Just hold Guinevere there’ the stranger said.

‘Are you sure you can perform this sort of thing?’ father asked him.

A sly smile flickered out from under the shadow of the hood.

‘I’m surprised you’ve not figured out who I am...Gabriel Summers!’

There was an uneasy silence.

‘Reveal yourself!’ father demanded angrily.

Laughter from within the cloak. Then the stranger removed his cloak and the disguise was off.

‘Did you think you could just escape from Asgard and capture Guinevere without thinking that I wouldn’t try and follow you Vulcan?’ Loki asked father.

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To be continued