Chapter 27 - The Mirror Prince

In a faraway kingdom. Far from Aphidia and Xeris. A man laid on the floor of the dungeon of the palace with his body chained down to the floor, he closed his eyes and let his soul leave his body. His soul floated away leaving his body behind to go to the moon.

He stood on top of the moon singing and dancing around to the moon for his beloved, he was dressed in a worn-out white robe that had long lost its color. The clouds darkened hearing his sad cries before it started raining fiercely.

He wanted his love back and he had sworn to torture the humans until the day that his love is returned to him, the rain soon turned into a storm. Many houses were blown away some were flooded while others are shaken to a point of damage. The humans in the kingdom screamed in despair from the ruins that were their home.

Ari smiled victoriously when he saw the work of his song, he was proud. He will force the hands of those responsible for separating him from him his long to bring his love back to him. "What do you think of my work?" he asked the moon.

The moon watched the humans suffering and sighed, there was nothing she could do. The heavens and the earth were responsible for their suffering; it was not her place to interfere.

The moon had to watch the red shadow and other creatures freed from the underworld by the monster. All of which were set free with one goal, to find his beloved.

They hovered in the skies and crawled the earth killing and destroying lives all so that they could find their lover. The chaos in the world, all for one man, she was speechless.

Many lives were taken in the storm, even after he was done dancing the storm continued to destroy the humans down below.

"No matter how long I have to wait, you will return to me," he uttered. "We are destined for eternity whether the universe likes it or not," he added.

"Every time I look in your eyes; I see my paradise" he sang to the moon. "All the stars in the sky whisper of my desire," he added.

He continued to dance to his song letting the storm increase. He was enjoying the screams that the humans were letting out, he was a prisoner in his home but he made sure that those who keep him locked up understood his rage.

They killed his beloved and took him away, he was destined to be reborn but sadly he was not returning to him which made him very furious. All he wanted was the love of his life back, he would leave the humans in peace if granted his wish, or else he will continue to punish them for eternity.

"I can do this forever but can the humans survive me forever?" he asked them knowing well that they were watching and listening, the gods are ever-present.

"The more you stay silent the more they will lose faith in your existence and that is when you will understand that a god is nothing without his/ her devotees," he yelled out loud.

When he finished ranting to the moon and complaining his soul traveled back and merged with his body. He slowly opened his tired eyes to look around, he has stared at the same walls for years but still, he could never get tired of it. It was filled with runes to weaken him physically so that he doesn't escape. He was a threat to those so gods.

"I see that you are not going to stop creating trouble?" he heard the keeper's voice say in his head and he smiled. His lips were dry and had a few cracks but he still smiled. She was the one tasked to keep an eye on him, she was the only voice he had heard for so many centuries.

"Trouble will end once I have my love back," he replied to her.

"Why won't you accept the fact that your love was never meant to be and that is why you lost," she said to him and he smirked.

"Check again, the game is still ongoing so how come I have already lost. The chains will break and I will be free. This is a promise from Aricus the great," he struggled to say with his dry lips but he said it. She started laughing in mockery of his statement.

"Even your name has long lost its meaning, the gods would never bring him back for you. Ever," she stated sternly.

"Let's put it to test, which one of us will the gods side with. Is it you their devoted servant or me the heaven's nightmare, the day I am free you must leave the gods and work for me," he said.

"Deal but I wouldn't hold my breath. After all, why would the gods side with you when they haven't done so for a thousand years?" she asked him in the tone that mocked him.

"That is a question that I look forward to answering far away from this jail," he said to her and moved his head a bit to the small hole on the roof that provided light to the room, the wind from the hole always soothed his wounds.

He closed his eyes and recalled how he would run around the palace with his love in the past. The game of catch was their favorite, he was always faster than him but out of love, he would run slower for him to catch him.

Thinking of his lover always brought tears to his eyes, it was sad to watch him die but even more sad to continue living without him. Every day was torture being away from his beloved, the gods sure were evil. They know how empty his life is without him but they still choose to be this cruel to him.

"I will torture your dearest humans until you return what is mine," he whispered.

He closed his tired eyes to rest, it had been tiring to his soul to dance around on the moon will causing havoc for humans. He drifted off to slumber.

Away from the deserted palace Davion moved down the cliff to where Jason stood. When his feet touched the ground the earth shook, terrifyingly thunderstruck the sky. The moment that he touched the weird flower and it puffed dust on him, the chains around Ari broke.

"The mirror prince is back," a voice whispered in the room as the runes disappeared. terrifyingly thunderstruck the sky.

Aricus was free and his freedom promised the destruction of humanity.