NOELLE’S POV,
I walk to the front of the sea together with the other water magicians. We all put our hands together like a ball and say, “Aer bulla.”
We repeat this and slowly take our hands apart to make the ball shape bigger and bigger. The whole army slowly gets swallowed by a giant air bubble. When everybody is covered, they start marching into the sea. The other magicians and I shapeshift into a sea creature. I decide to shift into a seahorse this time.
I hear Gabriel’s voice in my head say, “Don’t go too far I want you near me.”
I roll my eyes and stay close to the air bubble. We pass a few Sea Realm villages, but they are all empty which makes me nervous.
“What if we are too late?” I think to myself.
Finally, we get to the capital of the Sea Realm. From the outside, it seems quiet but as soon as we enter the air bubble of the city, we land in what seems to be a massive celebration.
I quickly shift back and hurry to Gabriel in front of the army. All the people in the Sea Realm stare at us in fear. I hear a familiar voice shout angry, “What the hell is this, Gabriel?”
I finally reach them and stand next to Gabriel. I see who was talking to Gabriel so angry and it’s Julias! Julias eyes get big when he sees me and he shouts, “Noelle? Is that you?”
I run towards him and jump in his arms to hug him.
“It’s so good to see you,” I say.
Julias hugs me closer and sounds emotional, “We all thought you were dead Noelle. I am so glad you are okay.”
Then he looks at the whole army again and takes a bit of distance before he asks cautiously, “What’s all this though? Looks like an attack on the Sea Realm if you ask me. And why are you with him?” He looks at Gabriel disgusted.
Gabriel calmly walks forward and puts his arms around my waist. He looks Julias in the eyes and says, “Noelle had a vision that the Sea Realm would be attacked by Hades today. So, we decided we would come and help you.”
Julias still looks at him warily but then asks me unsure, “Is that true Noelle?”
I nod, “Yes trust me it was not a happy ending.”
I look at Gabriel and Zeus, Nolan and Faith behind me, and say, “We decided it was worth the risk to go. We want to be allies because it is the only chance, we have at beating Hades.”
Then I look at all the people of the Sea Realm and ask, “Julias? Where is Roan?”
Julias his face becomes sad, and he answers, “Roan hasn’t been himself since that day with Hella. He thought he killed you, Noelle. I took over, ruling in his place for the time being.”
I can’t get myself to feel sorry for Roan after what he did to me so I shake the image of a miserable Roan off me and continue, “You have to get everyone ready Julias, they can be here any minute. Gabriel can help you with a strategy.”
Julias hesitantly shakes Gabriel’s hand, and they just want to start talking when everything becomes black. No one can see a thing and we can all hear a dark cruel voice speak to us, “WHAT A BLESSED DAY TO CELEBRATE THE END OFF YOU ALL. THANK YOU, NOELLE, FOR FOLLOWING MY LITTLE MIND TRICK. YOU SPARED ME SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING NOW MOST OF MY ENEMIES ARE IN ONE PLACE. I WILL GIVE THE SEA REALM THE END IT DESERVES AND IT WILL RISE MORE GLORIUS AFTER IT. I THINK I WILL NAME THIS DAY SEA MASSACRE DAY… HAHAHAHAH.”
I can hear people screaming around me and I must also admit that hearing Hades speak gives me shivers. I also fear his mind magic because I have no idea how to battle it. Slowly the darkness fades and people are running around screaming in chaos. Then slowly the same war drums that I heard the night with Hella start to sound.
Nolan takes out the horn and blows it 3 times. Everyone becomes quiet for a moment and stares at Gabriel. I feel so proud looking at him, he truly is a born leader. Gabriel puts his fist in the air and shouts, “Prepare for battle!”
The whole Liberum army shouts with him and they all run after their leaders to the discussed spots. Julias quickly takes charge as well and orders his people to split into groups and join the Liberum army.
Gabriel looks at me intensely for a few seconds and I can read in his eyes everything he feels for me. I tell him through our mind connection that I love him before I nod and run off to go kick some ass.
Zeus decided that every warrior compartment needs a magician, so I run towards a group of warriors standing in front of the palace. The drums get louder and louder. On the sides of the air bubble that holds the city, fish, and other sea creatures swim past us super-fast. It seems like they are running for something.
Then it goes quiet, and nothing happens for a few seconds before many gigantic eel monsters jump through the air bubble. They are the size of a dragon and I see dark humans sitting on top. The eels ravage through the city crumbling buildings when they smash it with their gigantic tails. People are running and screaming trying not to get crushed by collapsed buildings. With their heads, the eels pick up anyone they decide looks like a nice meal. I feel anger building inside me and shout to my group of warriors, “Kill the eels! Kill the eels! Then the dark humans have to fight us on the ground.”
One big eel with about 20 dark humans on top slithers our way fast. I make an ice spear out of some water take a stance and throw it.