Chapter 10 Moving On Part II

Nova and lady where shocked at the claim but Necro just stood and looked at the man, they seemed to have an understanding even with out talking.

"I am the true Necromancer of the tomb." he said walking to meet them.

"Yes you are." said Necro, as he gave him a dirty look.

"I don t under stand." said Lady.

"Well firstly my name is Chris, I was born on farm like I said, but that s not the hole story."

'When I was young I was bullied by the other kids on the village, I always stood out as a odd ball and was easy pickings for bullies. But after I got my power I knew that I could fight back, but after not before thinking it over and knowing it was wrong I chose not to act, an action I would regret. The next day I was bullied and so I snapped and killed them but left their bodies behind as you do, after I was asked to bring them back, after a few days of asking I caved. But they came back hollow husks of themselves and it felt good to get revenge, but I was no feared, I had learnt that sending back bodies was best and trained on plants. They came back worse if I just killed them but where fine if they where body was gone, so I only did it on those who I felt where cruel. But my family saw it a different way, they begged me to stop so much I killed them by mistake and brought them right back, but after that they saw me as a monster and I left of my own accord to find a place I could call home.

Nova and Lady where shocked by the revelation.

"After I left the guild I travelled far and wile and they are ones that gave me the name as I used tombs and graveyards to travel." he explained. "I soon settled down at the cave and used it as a base, but I always knew that the name belonged to someone else."

"Well I want to take bake my title." said the newcomer.

"You can have it, I m more of a stone Necromancer." he joked.

"Nice to see that I can have my title back, but secondly I didn t come alone."

The others where soon surrounded by an army and it s a king, knights all of kinds some with horses other with out had them but they where out numbered non the less.

"I have come to claim what s mine, Harley." came a new voice.

The king had come forward from the army, leaving Nova and Necro confused the turned and looked at Lady.

"I m sorry, but she s bound to me." said Necro.

"Take them both." said the King.

"I don t think so." growled Necro.

In an instant the king and his army where gone but the Necromancer remained.

"That s so stupid." he laughed.

"What." Gasped Necro.

"You think you can revile a Dragon Born." he sniggered as he took on the form of a large Black Dragon, with purple markings that swirled around his body.

The King and his army was brought back seconds after, Necro tried again but he was countered each time by the other, soon enough he gave him and surrendered, a knight hit him on the head to knock him out.

"Necro." cried Lady.

"Cage him and take the girl." said the King.

"No!" shouted Nova.

The Necromancer watched as she took on her Dragon form, she was smaller then him, but her powers were more then a match. She started to attack with every element she could, but the Necromancer batted it away with a flick of the wrist sending her careening to the ground and her magic just dissipated.

"You are no match for me." he said and waved his hand and she was gone body and all

"Lets go." called he king.

The Necromancer turned back to his human form, he hopped on a horse as the knights took Lady and Necro and put them on their horses. With everyone ready they rode away, as the army left the stone as it stood Lady was forced to ride behind her father wile Necro was just slumped over horse behind a night.

Nova woke as her human self in a dark abyss, there was nothing in all directions.

"Hello." she called.

It echoed around her, she spun around looking for something in every direction but nothing was there. As raced off in search of something, something raced past her, she spun to see it then it happened again.

"Hello!" she called.

It just kept racing past her out of view, she was only able to to catch a glimpse of it each time. Then a skeleton hand reached out and touched her on the shoulder, Nova jumped back unable to do anything else, in her panic she tried to use magic to defend her self but it wasn t working.

"What s going on?" asked Nova.

"You dead." said Death.

Nova watched as he came in to a more clear view.

"Well, nice to see you again." said Death.

"What, I don t understand." said Nova.

"Oh, you now the mirror Necro has."

"Yeah."

"It lest me see in to your world, but only Necromancers can see me."

"So what s going on."

"Well," he said looking at her clothes "You where killed by a Necromancer. "

"How can you tell/"

"It s the aura, all Necromancer deaths have it."

"What now."

"Ask him." said Death.

Nova spun around to see Necro walking over, she raced over to hug him.

"Wait are you dead?" she asked.

"No, I can come here when I m asleep or when eve I;m not awake, it took a lot of training." he said "Here time does not pass like it does when your alive, time here passes more fluidly, and so it means minutes her pass like time is frozen up there, or hours pass out there and only seconds down here."

"Why are you here?"

"I help you."

"How?"

"Lady and I are safe as long as I don t remove the bond between us to the other Necromancer, and the King will use magic to keep me from using my powers when we arrive, but before that happens I can save you."

"But what about you."

"We ll be fine, just keep the stone safe, it s yours know." said Necro.

"No, don t say that." sobbed Nova.

"Look, you can t stop him, but you can have a life, so take it." he said.

"No, I won t leave you." she insisted.

"Goodbye Nova." he said and waved his hand.

She was pulled away the view getting smaller until that was left was a white dot.

Back on the mountain outside the rock Nova woke to find her self as her dragon form still but saw that the others where all gone, and she had no idea where they where. As she became human she walked inside.

As she looked around the place she had called home, even for a short time it filled with sadness, but what could see do. She walked in to the bed chamber and turned in to a dragon to curl up on the gold.

"Nova." came a echo.

Nova opened her eyes to see she was in the cave of her father if it was only the telepathic filed expanding and growing. She stood up and looked at her fathers sad demeanour.

"What ales you?" he asked.

"My friends they where taken, by a king and a Necromancer, saying he was the Necromancer of the tomb." she explained.

"I know who he is."

"What can I do?"

"He is one of the most powerful creatures that exists, you will need the help of a Necromancer to stop him."

"But I need my friends to do it."

"Then for that you will need a stronger bound, Family."

The Dragon began to blur away as Nova opened her eyes to see she was still on the grass mountain top. She jumped in to the air as she turned in to her dragon form and as she flew higher the further she was able to see until she passed though the clouds. She then shot of heading back to the kingdom she ounce called home.

Far away the knights, the king and the Necromancer arrived on dark scorched rock, the land was coated in lava flowing rivers and lakes. The terrain was jagged and rocky making it hard for the horses and men to cross and with out being injured. Necro and Lady where both happy that the other was alive but Necro was unable to tell Lady that Nova was alive. As they got closer to the end of their journey the ground on the sides started to clime as they arrived at a mountain with a large section carved out and castle and city built in to its place. It was forged from the very blackened stone that was removed, the structure was made of tall towers and pointed roofs, Lava even flowed down form a skull carved above the castle.

It flowed from it s eyes along stone gangways to flow around the city and keep it warm. As they grew closer to the city Lady noticed all the guards and soldiers where the undead and she knew that the people forced to live there where all dead and brought back just to suffer. She had left for so long she had forgotten what she had left behind in it s place.

Far away at the Kingdom and birth place of Nova she was flaying down in to the court yard out side the castle gates. The guards where unsure on what to make of her arrival, but she just walked in and made her way towards the throne room.

In the throne room sitting on the thrones where two older brothers twins in matching cloths that matched their fathers. As Nova walked in they knew at ounce who it was even with out seeing her as they knew her they knew it was her. Each had brown scruffy hair and was no taller then the other as they being a few years older then Nova.

"Nova." they cried racing over to hug her.

The three rapped arms around each other.

"Its so good to see you again." they said.

"And you too, but I ve come back for a bigger purpose I need your help."

"How, were eleven what can we even do." said Jim.

"We can t even rule are kingdom." added Bexley.

"Where s Dad?" Nova, asked.

"He s been on bed rest." they said. "He s been a good help but."

"But what,"

"Mum s been a better help."

"Where is see anyway?"

"Where she always is."

"The Dungeon."

In the dungeon Nova walked in to see her mother sitting in sorrow on the wooden bench, know years later the roles where reversed. As Nova the Dragon out side the wall and her mother the queen inside the cell, the irony was not lost of ether of them.

"Hello mother." said Nova.

"You ve become a dragon I see." she replied

She had become calmer in the time she had been locked up, letting her self reflect on her actions.

"I ve come for your help." said Nova.

"How long as it been since you over threw me?" she replied.

"Not long, but after you cut me of I needed to show you I would not stand for it, now my friends have been taken by a king who has a Dragon-born necromancer and I want to get them back."

"So why have you come to me."

"Your my mother, you helped me speak, taught me right from wrong." she said starting to cry as the memories flooded back. "You looked after me when I hurt myself, you where there when I needed you."

Her mother was starting to cry and Nova was as well.

"Your my mother and I need your help." she said braking down in tears on the floor.

Her mother walked forward and pushed the door open to comfort her daughter holding her in her arms.

"I know what I did was wrong, but I was warned about when I was young I was unsure on what to think, I was not thinking clearly." she said "I was angry over it but I know that I shouldn't have done that, not to you, not to my own daughter."

Nova looked in to her mothers eyes.

"Why are you still in there?"

"They didn t lock me in, but as I was dragged way thinking about what you did and said I started to reflect on what I had done." she said wiping away tears from her eyes "But I think if your going to fight a dragon you ll need something to combat his power."

Nova watch as walked over to the table and picked up the dragon scale sword.

"This can hurt you, but it can hurt him more." said said handing it over.

Nova gripped the sword and held it in her hand. "Okay, okay. We need to ready the men we march for the guild."

"Why the guild, we need all the help we can get more help and also find out where they are located."

"Then we march."

Nova looked at the sword in her hand the leather handle gave her protection from the blade but she ran her had over it as she enchanted it improving his power. She was ready for a fight.