Zack had been resting, and he could feel the power in him growing, getting stronger now that he had his ring .
The power and the portion of his soul, that was contained within the ring had merged, with the power and soul portions of his sword and armor.
Zack felt more complete than he did before, but this also enhanced his feelings.
Feelings that he was still missing some of himself, he needed the crown to complete his soul .
He needed to evolve , he needed access to more of his powers and knowledge, Zack knew that it was only a matter of time ,before the shadow king would become aware of his existence , and when that happened Zack would have to be ready .
The Faye queen, had called Zack to her private garden ,for an informal meeting between the two of them .
Zack Joined the Queen in her private garden, he sat on a bench looking at her ,she was wearing a bright blue dress that matched her blue eyes, and her silver hair was braided and held back from her face by her crown,she was not wearing any shoes, Zack thought she looked beautiful as he patiently waited for her to speak .
" Zack I am glad that you recovered your ring from the tower , and I'm sure that in the future we can work together, to defeat the shadow king, his demons are coming to close to my realm for my liking .
I can remember when you were Vincent, and sat upon the throne,there was peace and stability, now there is chaos across many worlds,the shadow king has a lust for power that knows no boundaries .
I pledge to help you return to your throne, as the rightful king, and restore the balance.
I know you don't remember much, from the time when you were Vincent, but the memories will come eventually, and then you will remember that you and I were good friends .
I miss the conversations I had with You, when you were Vincent, but now you are Zachary ,and yet you are still Vincent, I shall have to get to know you again, we will be friends once more, "she smiled a beaming smile at Zack.
Zack could not help but feel at ease, with Allira the Faye queen, he could not access the memories ,of the time he had spent with her in the past as Vincent, but he did feel that she was a friend ,and she could be trusted.
" I thank you for all the help you have given me ,and I do believe that we can be trusted allies and friends Allira " said Zack .
Zack and Allira spoke of what happened at the tower, and the wraith king , Zack told her how the wraith had its curse removed, after he had claimed the ring .
" No one knows for certain what the towers true purpose is, but I suspect that it has something to do with the balance and flow of magic ,and life energy of the universe , it is believed that Aserloth the god of magic, created the black tower, the tower is alive in a sense, it can communicate in order to make bargains, the tower and the Wraith had a bargain ,and it was for filled ,so the tower removed the curse,that is what I believe happened with the Wraith king "said Allira. Zack and his companions had learned that a month had passed ,what seemed to them was only a couple of days, spent in the hall of worlds and the tower, had in fact been a month, time moved differently in the tower and the hall of worlds.
Zack thanked the Faye queen .
Ninx opened a portal back to the city of the Dark Elves .
Zack was feeling more confident ,now he had an ally that he didn't have before ,and the Faye are formidable warriors he thought to himself ,as he and his companions left the Faye kingdom, and returned to the dark city .
Louise had spent the last month training, in various martial arts and weapons ,as well how to use her vampire powers to their maximum potential .
Louise was taught tactics and warfare ,and the history ,and politics of the lands of night, as well as magic classes .
When she was not training ,Louise would spend her time with her friend Nyla .
Louise would often talk to Nyla ,about the feelings she held for Zack, and the worry that he didn't feel the same way about her.
Nyla had assured her that the king was a kind man ,and if for some reason she was wrong about her observation of Zack, when he was around Louise , and Zack didn't return Louise's feelings, he would never treat her badly ,he would continue to treat her as he always had ,Louise trusted her friend and over the month she had slowly gained more control over her feelings , Vampires felt emotions much more intensely than humans did ,the love between vampires could last for thousands of years ,a grudge could be held for centuries .
Vampires that had been born as vampires ,from vampire parents grew up having vampire emotions, for Louise it was different ,she had been a human and was used to human emotions ,and now she had vampire emotions ,over the month of training and meditation ,she had grown used to her vampire senses and emotions ,she had gained control over her own emotions and feelings ,she was in control of her powers and her body, Louise was proud of herself, she had worked hard and had come along way ,Louise was now a powerful deadly vampire Baroness, she had taken to the shadow power of the dark elves, like a fish to water ,and she was now a deadly vampire assassin ,trained in the art of shadow magic, her best friend Nyla was her teacher, and she was twice as hard on Louise, than she had been to any other student she had trained before.
Nyla believed in her heart, that Louise would one day become her queen, and she would make sure that she would be a great queen ,and match for her King .
Louise had been training and practicing, with her new armor and sword ,she also had a dagger, her armor and weapons were like that of the kings, infused with powerful magic, and blood of the vampire king, and just like the kings sword and armor, Louise's armor was blood armor, and her weapons blood weapons.
It had taken a lot of practice to control the power, of the armor and weapons, and even longer before she could fully control it ,when she combined her own power, with the power of the armor and weapons.
Louise and Nyla were relaxing in the palace garden,a lush tropical looking garden growing in the middle of the palace, at the center of the dark city ,that was contained inside of a large mountain range ,magic filled the city giving an illusion of the day and night sky,the temperature was always between twenty ,and twenty five degrees centigrade during the day ,and between ten and sixteen degrees centigrade at night, a river ran through the city ,the river stated at the top of the mountain range, and ran down a waterfall into an extinct volcano, and became a underground river deep within the mountains, the river fed the fields that helped feed the city as well as supplying all the cities water needs, it also provided water for the fountains throughout the gardens and the city,the dark city was an incredible place, a wonderful world inside of the enormous mountain range, that stretched across the landscape for more than a thousand miles.
Farmland and even woodland, surrounded the city of the dark elves, the city was built in the perfect defensible location, for a city of people that had been hunted by the shadow king .
The sound of cheering and trumpets playing, suddenly shook Louise her from her relaxed meditation.
Nyla leapt to her feet at the sound of the trumpets, her face was beaming with joy and excitement ,as she quickly grabbed Louise by her hand, and started to drag her from the garden .
" Whats going on Nyla ,why are you so excited ,tell me "said Louise.
It's the King ,the sound of the trumpets is to let the people know, the king has returned to the city .
Zack is back, he's here in the Dark City and he will make his way to the palace, he will arrive soon "said Nyla.
" I don't want Zack to see me dressed like this ,I want him to have a better welcome home ,I can't greet him in my training clothes"said Louise.
The two women ran from the garden ,to Louise's room in the palace, a very large opulent room ,they quickly changed into beautiful dresses.
Nyla wore a forest green dress ,that had flowers embroidered at the hemline and neckline, and a gold belt ,she had her hair in a long braid over her shoulder .
Louise was wearing a black dress ,with blood red roses embroidered at the neckline and hemline of the dress, and a gold belt with a blood red ruby at its center .
The two women looked at each other and smiled ,before they left to go to the throne room, to welcome Zack back home to the city of the dark elves.