~~Darkeria's POV~~

It was growing dark in the sky as a slowly made my way back to the castle i had created a few days ago.

My power of creation was incredibly weak compared Elementia-sama's and just making a castle of that size was hard enough for me. I had just finished creating the large walls that surrounded the castle and had flattened out the ground for the cat tribe. I had high hopes for them developing the land into a leading farming and military state.

I was nearing the large courtyard in front of the castle when i heard Elementia-sama's voice enter my thoughts.

"Darkeria, i need you and the others to return to my domain immediately. Something terrible has invaded our world."

I understand. I'm on my way now.

I looked up at the castle and then beyond that, to the dark sky above. I slowly began to send mana to my wings and opened them up wide, spreading them as far as i could. After a few moments a shimmering veil appeared a few feet above and i launched myself through it.

When i emerged on the other side of the veil i opened my eyes wide from shock. The usually clear atmosphere that washed over Elementia-sama's domain was filled with a grey murky mass of mana, slowly polluting the world and causing the air to become thick and heavy.

With slight apprehension, i teleported towards the large tower which was her home and felt a huge impact surround me as i appeared 50 meters from my intended location.

"--- --- ---" I could hear a static filled voice enter my ears and turned towards the direction it came from, a chill stretching along my spine. What stood there was a strange blurry male figure that was impossible to define, a mass of grey mana pouring out from his aura. I gained my bearings and took a step back before the figure rushed towards me and slammed a blurry hand into my throat.

I felt my strength begin to leave me and my body tip backwards toward the ground. Just before i hit the ground, i used the last of my strength and sent myself to my domain.

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When i opened my eyes i felt a chill along my body and a powerful shaking filling my surroundings. I slowly rose to my feet and wobbled a little, coughing up a little blood. I unsteadily walked towards the large window on the other side of my room and looked down, my eyes capturing that blurry figure once again.

"...!?"

I hastily took a step back and fell onto my butt as the shaking got worse and worse. I had seen that blurry man walking vertically up the towers wall as casually as anything. Every step he took shook the entire tower, as though his aura was too powerful for the tower to withstand. I crawled backwards until i was at the wall on the other side of the room and almost screamed.

The man was standing on the glass and jumped backwards, gravity not affecting him, fell back towards the window and shattered it. As he fell into the room he adjusted his posture, bring his feet to face the ground and landed smoothly near the middle of the room. I felt a strong power coming from him and a mass of grey murky mana surged forward and enveloped me.

The mana began to swirl around me and i couldn't breath properly, the mana surging into my body and causing me to scream from the intense pain that engulfed my body.

"Yaahhhh, nooo stop...please" I screamed and begged but the pain wouldn't stop and instead, began to grow more painful and uncontrollable.

"--- --- ---" The man said something i couldn't understand and suddenly a large quantity of chains began to encircle me and bind me to the wall, leaving only one arm partially free. I felt the pain die down to a degree i could tolerate and i looked back towards the man and glared.

"You... Who are you? Why are you doing this?!" I shouted at him and through a large amount of mana at him.

He just tilted his head and grabbed the mass of mana before dropping it towards the ground, opening his mouth and saying.

"--- Chaos --- Mine ---" A lot of his words were too staticky to understand but i could vaguely understand it. His name was Chaos and he wanted to make the world his, possibly sending it to it's destruction at the same time.

I used all my remaining power and formed a barrier around me, expanding it until it filled the entire room and solidified it completely. The grey mana and the blurry man were suddenly flung out of the room and the glass slowly reformed itself.

I closed my eyes and felt my consciousness leave me as i thought to myself, What a lovely 16th birthday...

~~~~~

When i opened my eyes next i knew immediately that 1000 years had passed inside my domain. I focused as hard as i could and connected to Aevolia through a spirit link and searched for anyone with a large Dark mana concentration.

Surprisingly, as i searched i learned that 400 years had passed in Aevolia and the castle town i had started to form had turned into a bustling village inside the walls and an extremely large city of sorts had stretched out from around it, continuing on as far as the eye could see.

"..." I was shocked at how fast it had developed and at the sheer number of citizens that numbered in the 100 millions. It would seem that the 50 cat tribe i had created had formed 3 different factions and had split up and created 2 family branches. The first was the royal Bladeheart bloodline that ruled the country and the second one had procreated to the point that an entire species was created.

As i moved my consciousness towards the castle, i felt a huge presence of dark mana coming from the top floor of the castle. I instantly moved into the room and saw a large throne room inside, a couple were seated on the twin thrones and the lady was holding a young girl in her arms. The small girl was around 8 years old and had silver hair that fell to her shoulders, light mana was forming around it and manifesting itself as small balls of light. Her eyes were a pale blue and her small wings were jet black, a sign she was closely linked with dark mana. I could see tiny cat ears and a tail that were also silver.

I moved my consciousness towards her and merged with her mind, sending my memories and thoughts into her and extracting hers to me. After i had finished doing that, i linked my mind with her and waited.

After a few hours, the man and woman took the child with them and descended to the 2nd floor and placed her inside a spacious bedroom before leaving and locking the door. I brought my thoughts to the surface and started to speak.

"Faeanna Bladeheart?" She titled her head to the side a little and nodded.

"I have a request of you, child."

She walked over to the large bed and threw herself onto it, her face sinking into the fluffy pillows near the head of the bed. She turned her head to the side and spoke.

"Darkeria-sama, i am willing to do anything for you. I have seen what you have done for us and what you have gone through." She slowly brought herself up and sat on the edge of the bed.

"... Then...

I slowly began to tell her what i wanted her to do and gave her a false prophesy to tell her parents. A prophesy about a young boy that would come to this world in 8 years. About what to do at that time and what actions to take depending on the situation. I wouldn't know until after the fact though, that her battle fetish would get in the way of my plan.

After i was finished telling her everything she needed to know i sent my consciousness back to my room and sighed.

"... I hope you will be fine... I wonder if you remember..."

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Almost 600 years later i felt a huge surge of mana and a young man's voice entered my thoughts and i smiled a little. I knew that time flowed a little different here in the soul worlds but i didn't think it would be this bad.

"Spirits of light,water,air and earth, i beseech thee to aid me in my fight. Heal my body and imbue me with power. Let the radiance of her majesty, the queen of creation flow through my spirit. Let the power or Elementia was over me. [Aura of life]"

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I knew immediately that it was him, the boy i had told the girl of. I sent my consciousness down to Aevolia and frowned a little. The boy was covered in some pretty serious wounds and i could see a long shimmering red sword held in his right hand. That hand also had a massive amount of mana surrounding it and the mark of Elementia was etched into it.

I looked around the area and spotted an older version of Faeanna holding a large black sword and condensing the dark mana around her, a silent, serious expression on her face. I looked back at the boy spoke.

"The goddess Darkeria hears your pleas young one. I shall grant you power but i have one condition. You must not slay the young priestess whom you are battling. She is most precious to me and is a key to unlocking my seal. I shall grant you a fragment of my power in exchange for a vow." I was startled by how quick he replied to my declaration.

"Whatever it may be i consent. I'm here to help you goddesses either way so let's get this contract over with shall we."

I felt my heart beat faster and my face blush slightly at his words.What... Is this feeling?

I opened my mouth again and spoke.

"Very well then. The condition is that you shall form a soul bind with me, forming a link between our very beings."

The reply came a little late this time and i heard a slight hesitation in his voice.

"... I Nick Everdream hereby vow to pledge my life to the goddess of darkness Darkeria, to bring her happiness and freedom no matter the cost."

"..." Freedom... and Happiness huh. I felt my heart beating faster again and the blush spread to more of my face. Love? I shook my head a little and continued to speak.

"And i the goddess of darkness Darkeria Elementium hereby pledge my heart and soul to the protection and guidance of Nick Everdream. May this contract be eternally binding."

After i finished speaking i felt a large amount of mana flowing from me and into The boy.. Into Nick.

After a few moments, my connection to him was severed and i fell asleep to recover my mana.

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I waited and waited for around 2 years, my feelings towards Nick gradually becoming more clear to me as i had all the time in the world to brood over them. When the time finally came, i felt the mana near the base of the tower start to condense. The chaos that always tried to break into the tower had started gathering down at the ground. I could feel something was wrong and tried to send my consciousness down to the ground but i couldn't get past any of the chaos mana in the air.

"..."

After a few moments i heard a voice call out.

"Hello?" The voice clearly reaching my ears despite the distance to the ground from here. I tried to move but the chains of chaos didn't allow for much room to move.

I focused on the base of the tower and formed a beacon light that stretched from the foyer to outside the tower.

15 minutes later i formed a teleportation formation in the foyer that linked to this room and waited.

I felt a presence in the room and my body relaxed a little, the chains rattling a little from the shift in my body weight.

I heard the sound of someone turning around and heard him mutter, "Cliche much".

I felt my heart flutter at the sound of his voice and i twitched my body before looking up at him.

He gazed at me in a trance for a few moments and took a step forward towards me, his hand reaching out towards me. He stopped for a moment and shook his head before continuing to walk my way.

I could feel his mana slowly breaking away and condensing around me before being absorbed by my own mana.

He stopped right in front of me and held his hand out towards me, the brand glowing a bright black. I felt a large amount of power being held inside that hand and i hesitated for a moment. I won't have my power completely absorbed...right?

I slowly brought my free arm up and placed my hand in his. At that exact moment i felt a large burst of mana in the surroundings and a flash of light filled the room. I could feel my mana pulsating and expanding until the chains could no longer keep their form. With a large burst of power a huge boom resounded through the room and the chains evaporated into dust.

I felt him pull me slowly and carefully to my feet and i whispered a small, "... Thank you ..."

He let go of my hand and began to stroke my head, the action was unexpected but welcome, a warm fuzzy feeling starting to well up inside me.

"I only did what a hero should do. I rescued the captive princess, or in this case, goddess. I was a little surprised though. You look younger than i thought you would be, based on your voice from earlier. You're Darkeria right?"

I looked up from the ground and peered into his eyes before tilting my head a little. Hmm, i suppose it's true i haven't really aged at all. I puffed my cheeks up a little and spoke.

"I may look like this but i am at least 1000 years old you know?" It kinda peeved me a little that he thought of me as a young girl.

"..."

He didn't say anything and after a few moments he took his hand away from my head. I felt a bit reluctant to let him take his hand back but i couldn't exactly just tell him that outright. As soon as his hand was back by his side i saw his outline begin to slowly fade out a little.

I smiled gently and spoke my thoughts out to him.

"I don't know how you got here but it seems it's time for you to return to your own body Nick. Thank you for releasing me from my captivity. I'm sure we'll see each other again soon enough. Just one warning though," I looked at him closely and hesitated for just a moment at seeing a single chaos mana particle drifting inside him.

I spoke very quietly so that it would just barely be heard by him.

"If you see any grey mana in your surroundings of sense something wrong around you, be careful. It's the very essence of chaos and the source of power for the darkness. The one who sealed us goddesses and is trying to destroy this world is the cause of this mana. So please be careful."

 Just as he was almost completely gone from my domain i leaned forward and kissed his cheek gently.

~~~~~

After almost 200 more years i felt a strong tug at my soul and my eyes opened wide in shock. Someone was attempting to physically summon me to Aevolia despite the chaos surrounding my tower. I heard Nick's voice booming throughout the soul domain and a large smile formed on my lips.

"Power of creation, power of darkness. With these two elements i command you oh spirits of old. Bind the link and secure the connection, feed the power and create the gate. I command you to bring me the one i desire, the bond we share being the link that is needed. Summon the goddess of darkness and bring her to my side. [Summon] [Darkeria]"

A large amount of power flowed into me and i felt myself being drawn to the physical plane. A small fissure of space-time formed in front of me and i stepped through it, appearing in a cramped prison cell underground. I looked around and saw nick against one of the walls, blood covering parts of his face and a huge open wound on his throat.

... Nick~ I've waited so long. I'll heal you and take my reward at the same time~  I walked forward until i stood before him and held my hand out to him. When he took my hand i pulled him up and into my arms, holding him tight and kissing him passionately. My tongue danced in his mouth and i sent a small amount of mana into his body, healing him up completely and closing the wound on his neck.

After a few moments, i took my mouth away from his and looked upwards towards the ceiling and held Nick in my arms like a princess.

"Shall we go then my love?" I whispered gently into his ears as i sent my mana to the ceiling and exploded it outwards. I spread my wings and flew out of the room, my thoughts turning towards the current monarchy for the kingdom.

Someone needs to pay for this... I smiled a sadistic smile and slowly made my way up into the sky.

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Phew~ firefox can be a real bitch sometimes :c i lost this chapter 3 times during the typing due to random webpages i was opening that crashed the browser. So this actually went through a few different scenarios until this one came out and i finally finished it. Anyway thanks again for reading and i hope you look forward to chapter 11~ (sun)