Everything was dark. Rya thought she was dead after feeling something hit her back.

"So this is death... Huh? Pretty boring if you ask me..." Rya said as she opened her eyes seeing darkness everywhere around her.

She seemed to be stuck in a void.

"George... I hope you survived. I wish I could heal you after what I did," Rya said to herself as she stared at nothingness.

Rya looked around some more hoping for something to change, but it didn’t. All that greeted her was the same darkness.

"Dalia, keep Percy safe. I think he would be a lost puppy without you by his side… And Quin..." Rya muttered to herself as she felt her body start to fade away.

"Quin, I'm sorry I pushed you away... I was scared... I was scared of my feelings for you… I was scared that I’ve truly become a female that’s interested in men... In you. Feeling that I don't understand anymore. That are foreign to me." Rya thought to herself as her last words floated through the air.

"I love you."

"Goodbye... Quin..." Rya said with a sigh.

A few seconds after she said those words, in the darkness a golden glow started to flicker her vision.

"Huh?" Rya blinked her eyes and looked around.

She saw a golden orb coming into view.

"Don't tell me! Nils!" Rya yelled out as she approached the golden orb.

Just then the orb transformed into the Dark Elven Goddess.

"Tch! So did you come here to gloat~" Rya said angrily but was cut off by the Goddess.

"SHUT UP AND LISTEN! I have very little time to talk, you idiot!" Nils shouted at Rya with anger in her voice.

"Idiot!? Who are yo~" Rya got cut off as Nils yelled back.

"You're an idiot for pushing away that prince! You're an idiot for getting enslaved! YOU'RE AN IDIOT FOR THINKING YOU DEAD!" Nils screamed out at Rya.

Rya was stunned by what Nils said and the worst part was, she wasn’t wrong.

"I-I'm alive?" Rya asked with confusion.

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"YES! You're alive! Useless idiot! Did you really think you were dead!? You're asleep!" Nils shouted at Rya again.

‘I’M ALIVE! I need to save Quin as soon as possible! Then I… Then I…’

Rya couldn't help it. Tears ran down her face as she was crying from happiness.

"Stop that! You're not out of the woods yet. I unlocked all the elements of magic to you, like water, fire and all of the earth magic. And to save everyone, use the dark earth magic gol~" Nils faded away before she could finish her sentence.

"Nils!?" Rya yelled as everything started turning white.

"NILS!?" Rya called out as a light came back to her vision.

***

Within moments Rya's eyes snapped open as she was laying on the ground looking up at the blue sky. Hearing the sounds of battle going on around her.

"Alpha! You're awake!" Dalia said happily as she came into view.

"Dalia!" Rya said to the wolf-kins girl as she hugged her.

"See I told you if we took out the Shyft arrow that she would wake up." Said a female voice that Rya didn't know.

Rya looked over to see a wood elf that looked familiar but she couldn't remember who she was or where she met her.

"Lady Rya! Sir George needs your aid!" Percy said as he was helping her stand up.

"Percy? How long was I asleep?" Rya asked, confused.

"About ten minutes. I tried to stabilize George but he'll die if you don't do something fast." Percy replied as he pointed to Sir George laying on the ground next to them.

'Shit! Hold on! Give me a second!' Rya thought as she moved next to him and laid her hands on George's chest.

"Hang in there George. Rya will save you." Percy said to George as he put a hand on George's shoulder.

"What is she doing?" Nieren asked as she watched Rya work on George.

"Shhhh! Alpha is a healer. Just don't tell anyone about this, Woody." Dalia said quietly to the wood elf that followed her around.

"SHE'S A MMMmmhhhh?" Nieren's mouth was covered by Dalia to keep her quiet.

Rya closed her eyes and concentrated. 'Let my mana flow into him. Take this and release it.' Rya felt the mana flowing inside of her towards George’s wounds. Then she opened her eyes again and saw the hole in George’s stomach healed.

'SHE IS A HEALER! THE STORIES WERE WRONG! DARK ELVES AREN'T EVIL! SHE'S NOT! RYA ISN'T EVIL!' Nieren screamed in her mind.

"George!" Rya said as she helped him sit up along with Percy.

*Cough!*

"Haha. Oh! Ah... Well I feel much better now." Sir George said as he coughed.

"I'm glad you're okay." Rya said as she smiled at him.

"Don't worry about me. Save the prince, Lady Rya. He needs you." Sir George said as his face regained its color.

Rya nodded and turned to look back at Quinus.

'Quin!' Rya saw a battered and bleeding Quinus trying to defend himself from the Kings Slayer’s attacks. She was about 100 yards away from Quin with dwarves and mercenaries going back and forth at each other.

Jeremiah swings his sword again and again toward Quinus. The last swing caused Quinus to block it with his sword. But he wasn't able to avoid all the blows.

The force of Jeremiah's attacks send Quinus flying across the ground.

"I'm getting tired of this!" Jeremiah yelled as he swung his sword down.

Quinus used his blade like a shield and blocked the attack.

He fell back but managed to stay on his feet.

"Haa, haa, I can— do this— all day..." Quinus said as he pushed against Jeremiah's attacks.

"You can? HEYAH!" Jeremiah was able to knock Quin's sword out of his hand, sending it across the battlefield.

This caused Quinus to fall on his back.

"Yeah! That's what I thought!" Jeremiah said as he readied himself to give the killer blow to end the prince's life.

'Rya... I failed...' Quinus thought as he was too tired to evade the Kings Slayer's final blow to end his life.