In a room dark and quiet room somewhere inside the tower, a woman laid in asleep on a stone bed covered in sheets. Her doors soon flung open and quickly woken up by the large wolf-like reptile. It licks her face gently then pounces on her again.
"Okay… Okay… I'm awake, Beril…"
It hops down so she could sit up. She rubs her eyes and looks at Beril with her half asleep eyes. She looked like she was around Obsidia's age, young and adventurous.
"Is it that time already?"
She rushes to get changed into her council outfit.
"Come Beril, we don't have time to waste."
He walks over to her so the two can disappear in the shadows. One they step back out, she could feel every eye in the room staring at her.
"Dara… You are late, once again."
The Elder stared her down as she made her way to the others.
"I'm sorry Elder Domnus. My age is catching up with me."
He shakes his head then looks back to Eaos, Chaos, and Nendrerth.
"Now that Elder Dara and myself are here, we may resume this trial."
Leo and Drud step forward with the three as Fenrir struggles to watch. Nendrerth, Eaos, and Chaos now stood before the elders as well.
"As you three know, I am the Oldest of the Elder Council. My powers are not limited but even I have limits as to what I can do. The one who created us made us, Except you Chaos, to keep balance in these galaxies."
He lifts his hand up and holds his palm out faced up. At first an orb appears, then it expands and reveals galaxies upon galaxies. Fenrir felt like something was off as he watched through the pain that was slowly easing up from the spears protruding from his back.
"With this said, once a world is created by one of us, we are forbidden from interfering directly and to main oversee the life of the world. Both Nendrerth and Eaos, this council was created for reasons like this when one of us steps out of line or breaks a rule."
Nendrerth and Eaos both look down.
"We both know what our punishments are, but these young ones did nothing wrong."
Elder Domnus moves forward and places his hand on Eaos' shoulder.
"As an old friend, I know you speak the truth. Which is why we are allowing them here for another reason."
Elder Domnus looked toward Fenrir and waves the guards to remove the spears, allowing him to relax and settle down.
"I do not know how Chaos was created, therefore we cannot punish him like you two, but we can imprison him again. In three days, Nendrerth, the Dragon of Destruction, and Eaos the God of Creation, we hereby sentence you both to death. I'm sorry old friend."
Eaos shook his head then looked back to Nieo, whose eyes were now filled with tears. He looks down then turns to his brother who stood to the far right of Elder Domnus. His brother turns his gaze away.
"I should be the one to apologize to everyone. Even Nendrerth. We both knew this would happen."
Chaos rolls his eyes.
"Are we done with all of the drama? This is very bothersome seeing everyone emotional."
Elder Domnus turned to Chaos, the entire room shook for a moment.
"As for you, Chaos, I do not know who created you, but you are beginning to aggravate me."
Fenrir and Obsidia both were surprised to Chaos still smiling as he stood up against the Elder.
"Please escort these three to their chambers for the time being."
Drud and Leo both bow. Leo takes Chaos out of the room first.
Drud begins to walk Eaos and Nendrerth our but stops when Nieo steps in front of them both.
"I'm sorry little one. I should've told you sooner."
She kept her eyes down but rushes in and hugs her mother.
"Don't apologize. I understand why…"
Nendrerth gave her a tight hug for a moment then let go.
"Goto your father. We can discuss more later if they let us."
She rubs Nieo's head softly then is escorted out by a guard. Drud kept his grip on Eaos for a moment but releases. Eaos and Nieo hug for a moment
"Don't let Fenrir's bite worry you… Your future will have bumps in the road but the four of you can handle it."
She began to tear up again, relaxing as she feels his hand against her cheek.
"You and your mother are more precious to me than anything in this life and I am proud of you."
She hugged him one more time before Drud interrupts.
"I hate to break this up but I need to escort your father, young Nieo."
He rubs her cheek then depart from her. Fenrir was able to recover and walks over to her. Zero was about to do the same but is stopped by his sister.
"I may not be as old as you nor your father, but you should be proud of him as well. He could have let us be doomed but he risked his life to save us. Myself included and I owe him and your mother."
Rubbing her eyes, Nieo turns to Fenrir and thanks him.
"Now that I've recovered, my I ask you guys why you want to see us four?"
Elder Dumnus and Elder Dara look at eachother. Dara steps forward and begins to speak.
"As you are aware, the world in which you three lived and all of the lives on it have been destroyed. Our creator needs someone to take Nendrerth and Eaos' place as that worlds guardians. Having seen your courage and determinations, The Creator has asked for an audience with the four of you atop the tower."
Nieo's eyes widen. Her father told her stories about this place but never mentioned The Creator. She looks up to Fenrir whose face was emotionless, his eyes were set on only one thing at the moment.
"The Creator huh?"
He looked down to Nieo, another thought crossed his mind which was heard by his siblings.
For Her Sake.