Just as we walk out of the shrine we are surrounded by a bunch of elves. They have skin as black as the night with stark white hair. Jasper turns white in fear. " those are drow. They work for Drake" he says, stuttering slightly which is unlike him.
The leader of the drow steps forward. His mask obscured his mouth but his eyes are black. He points at me as if he wants me to come forward
jasper puts a hand in front of me as if that will stop the drow from coming closer. Rolling his pitch black eyes the drow comes forward anyway.
pushing jasper aside he stands in front of me but I don't back up. Pulling a rolled up piece of paper out of his sleeve he hands it to me.
I unroll it and begin reading." It's blank" says Jasper, looking over my shoulder. I shake my head as I read. * Dear Nia. I see you have made it to the first temple. Congratulations. Now my dear you must choose. Will you choose the side where you are being used or will you choose freedom? The choice is yours. But I will not give you up so easily. Choose wisely. Yours eternally. Drake*
my eyes grow huge when I read the name. I grab the top of the paper and tear it in half letting the two halves float to the floor. The lead drow narrowed his eyes. His men prepare to fight. I pull out my daggers.
" We are doomed. She doesn't know how to fight" says Fanyrre. I rolled my eyes at how I would prove her wrong.
When the lead drow attacks I can block his attack with ease. His strikes are fast but I can still track them. Out of the corner of my eyes I can see the others staring at us as we fight.
At one point the drow attempts to attack Meeg but i block him before he can get to her. Everyone seems shocked that i can in fact fight.
Suddenly something small hits my neck. When I pull it out I realize it's a small dart filled in a dark fluid. Suddenly my vision began to blur. I stumble but catch myself. The drow stops fighting and withdraws. He nods at the other drow and they retreat.
I shake trying to clear my head but a dark fog clouds my mind making it hard to think. My legs give out underneath me and im force onto one knee.
Jasper and the others run over to me and jasper and meeg try talking to me but i cant hear them over the roaring in my ears. Just as i tried talking a huge gust of wind enveloped me pussing the others back.
The second the gust died down everything went black and the last thing i couldn't hear was Meeg and Jasper saying things i couldn't understand.
After a few moments I tried opening my eyes again. My vision is blurry but I can't tell that I'm back at the crystal lake.
There stood other me with a sad look on her face. She helped me to my feet. " forgive me Nia. this is my fault that this is happening to you" she said looking away.
Before I could speak she began to explain. " You see I'm not the you of the future, I am the you of the past. My full name is Niamara. In my last life I helped fight the darkness with my best friend , Drake Void. The two of us were in love. I gave up everything for otherworld to stop the darkness. I died protecting otherworld.
I did the same quest that you are on now. And I suffered. I had no one except drake. My own people don't even know my story. This drove Drake mad. After I died I waited for reincarnation but Drake couldn't, wouldn't let me go.
He became obsessed with the darkness to seek revenge for the people of otherworld for what he thought they had done to me.
My eyes said it all. " Nia, you must make your decision and I cannot help you with this." she said, tears pooling in her eyes. I nod.
"I will think about it" I say knowing that i will not change my mind about helping the queen and the others defeat drake. For the first time I feel accepted and I won't let anything stop me from helping my new friends.
My vision begins to blur again. " Our time is nearly up" says Niamara, kissing me on the forehead. As I began to sink back into unconsciousness she said one last thing. "Nia i will always be here" she said as i fell asleep once more