Zack and his group arrived in the Dark City , and Zack was greeted with loud cheers and applause, from the dark elves of the city.
Seeing the King return triumphant, had filled the cities population with hope and joy .
A celebration that would last for three days began.
Dancing and singing filled the streets of the Dark city, people drank to much, and ate to much, but such was the spirit of celebration that no one thought to care, they were having fun .
Their King had returned to the Dark Legion, and it was obvious to the people that he had returned stronger, than he was the last time he was in the Dark City.
Four days after returning to the Dark City, Zack was in the throne room of the palace, at the very center of the Dark City.
Standing before Zack was the master craftsman's of the Dark City, as well as Dain and Ninx the two warlocks of the dark legion.
Zack was explaining exactly what he wanted, for the the armor and weapons of Louise,they would be powerful, Zack had even given some of his blood, to be used in the creation of the armor and weapons of Louise .
The armor or body armor, was like Zack's a full suit of armor ,not the armor of a medieval knight of earth, no the king's armor and the armor of Louise, which was modeled off the the armor of the king, was an armor that looked like something from a science fiction movie, or something that the character Iron Man would have been proud of ,instead of technology the suit of armor used magic, the armor of the king was black and silver in color ,that glowed blood red when activated .
The armor of Louise was a matching set to the Kings armor .
Ninx had observed the way his King reacted to the presence of Louise, and he could sense that the Vampire Louise could one day become the Queen, and with this thought in his mind ,Ninx directed the creation of the armor and weapons of Louise, to complement the King's, they would look good together in their armor, as they slaughtered the enemy thought Ninx.
Louise spent her days training with the weapons master of the dark legion, and the shadow master of the assassins, Louise was a natural, she was like a sponge and absorbed all the knowledge that she was being taught, she was a very quick study, and she took to her training like a fish to water.
A full month had past ,and the weapons and armor were ready for Louise .
Louise had been training diligently for eighteen hours a day, for the entire month ,and she had grown in her skills. Louise was now a lethal Warrior, Louise would remain in the Dark City, and continue her training, she would learn tactics and magic, as well as continuing with her training in weapons and shadow skills .
Dain and Ninx would accompany the king ,on his quest to recover the ring of the king.
Nyla would remain in the Dark City, Nyla was one of Louise's teachers , Zack trusted Nyla to watch over Louise while he was away from the Dark City .
Preparations were made for the quest, and the king would leave the city in two days, he would journey with Dain and Ninx to the Fairy realm, where the King's ring had been hidden long ago .
Two days later, the king along with Ninx and Dain, were ready to leave for the quest to recover the ring.
Zack said his goodbyes to Louise, wishing her well with her training ,and gave Ninx the go ahead to open the portal to the Fairy Realm .
Ninx spoke the words of power, and the portal opened to the Fairy realm .
Zack Ninx and Dain, stepped through the portal into the Fairy realm, and the portal closed behind them.
Louise looked at the portal as Zack had stepped through ,she had wanted to tell him that she wanted to go too ,she didn't want to be away from him ,her feelings towards him had grown stronger with the passing of each day .
Louise had not said anything ,she had kept quiet and not told Zack of her feelings .
She was afraid that he would not be interested in her ,after all he was the King and she was just a girl that he had rescued, and givin the gift of becoming a vampire.
Would Zack even care about her the way she cared about him ,or would he think that she was beneath him, she so badly wanted to express her feelings towards him and have those feelings reciprocated, but at the same time she was afraid that he may reject her.
Little did Louise know ,that Zack was feeling the same way, his feelings towards Louise had grown stronger ,the more he spent time around her, the more he felt that he needed her at his side .
Zack and his two warlocks had arrived in the Fairy realm, and what greeted their eyes was truly beautiful, the land that stretched out before them was vibrant in colour, plants gave off a soft glow, a feeling of contentment could be felt coming from the world around them .
The world around them gave a sense of rightness, a feeling that everything was in harmony, a perfect balance that gave them a sense of peace .
" Be alert the fairy realm can be deceptive ,to all those who are not part of it , we must remain focused on our task, or we will fall victim to the Fairy realm, and wonder here for the rest of our lives, in blissful ignorance of the reason why we came here .
If we stay focused on the task ahead of us , we will be successful,but was if we let our minds wonder, then we will fail in our task" said Dain.
The three travelers slowly made their way across the sunny open plain, towards the forest in the distance.
Dain was in the lead, he was one of the warlocks who had helped hide the King's ring in the Fairy realm, a thousand years ago, and now he was with the King on a journey to recover the ring,Dain would see the ring returned to the King, now that a thousand years had passed .
The trio walked through the day and into the night, before they came to the edge of the forest, and they made camp for the night .
Zack gathered wood and made a fire, Ninx went into the forest to hunt, and a short while later he returned ,he was carrying the cleaned dressed carcass of a deer over his shoulder .
Dain took the venison from Ninx, and placed it over the fire to roast .
The trio ate and spent the night talking about the changes that had occurred to the world, since the shadow king had ruled the lands of night, Zack was shocked to have learned, that so much of the peace that he himself had fought for in the past, when he sat on the throne of the lands of Night, had been destroyed by the shadow king .
The Dark Legion had been hunted, and had been in hiding for a thousand years , entire populations had been reduced to a shadow of their former glory, all who opposed the king suffered, the shadow king had ruled with an iron fist, the lands of night had become a poor shadow of what they had been, demons carried out the bidding of the shadow king, his army of shadow demons and vampires who were loyal to him controlled the kingdom, by keeping the people under their boots.
Zack's resolve to fight for what he believed was right, and free the lands of night from the tyranny of the shadow king, had never felt stronger .
Vowing to himself, that he would not stop until he had removed Ardin Shadowbrook from the throne, and returned law and order to the kingdom .
Zack would never give in, he would succeed or he would die in the attempt.
The group set off again not long after sun rise ,and headed into the forest ,they were heading to a tower deep inside the forest , where Dain said the ring was protected by powerful spells, and a wraith stood watch over the king's ring .
A wraith was an undead creature, that was extremely hard to kill, one had to destroy the head of a wraith, or they just kept coming back, the wraith had great speed and strength and would remain focused on their objective, and in this case the objective for the Wraith guarding the king's ring, was to keep anyone from gaining possession of the ring .
The trio walked through the day, and as the night was drawing near ,the tower that they had been heading towards, could be seen in the distance.
The group approached the tower and made camp, they would enter the tower in the morning ,first they would rest eat, and drink some blood that they had brought with them from the Dark City.