The bright stars twinkled silently in their barren abode watching over the green and blue planet below them slowly spinning in place. The silence of their surroundings added to the tranquility of the scene as all seemed perfect, suddenly the beautiful scene was shattered, out of nowhere an extremely bright light flashed briefly and disappeared and in its place was a coffin like container made of metal with a transparent material similar to glass. 

Inside the coffin was a man, the man had an angular face as well as light brown hair which stopped just under the base of his neck and a handsome face. The man had well defined muscles which were clearly visible as he was stark naked, the coffin was filled with a liquid which freely flowed causing the man's hair to move around in all directions. 

As the construct floated through the otherwise empty space it slowly began to pick up speed as it drew closer to the planet below. 

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"My queen!" shouted an elderly man as he threw open the massive golden doors and ran into what appeared to be a throne room, sitting upon the throne was a woman with a serious expression on her face. Her features were partially obscured by her long snow white hair which ran all the way to her thighs, she lifted her eyes from a silver sword resting in her lap as she heard the voice of the old man, she silently stared at the man with one eye peeking out from behind her hair as he knelt in front of her. A long silence ran between the two of them as the throne room shook and pieces of the roof fell to the floor but that did not disturb the two as the woman kept her eyes on the elderly fellow as he kept his eyes on the ground. 

"Speak" her voice was void of any emotion, the man with his head still bowed began to rapidly explain the situation "your majesty, the enemy has entered the castle. Commander Varga has tasked me with escorting you safely through the catacombs but we must hurry" seemingly unbothered by the information the queen got up slowly and leisurely walked down the steps with her sword in hand. 

Walking right past the confused elder she stood almost directly in front of the heavy golden doors and thrusted her sword into the ground in front of her and rested her hands on the sword's hilt. Seeing the queen's actions the old man hurriedly stood up and with a worried look on his face addressed the resolute queen "Your majesty, I implore you, please reconsider your actions" but his words fell on deaf ears as the queen showed she had no intention of changing her mind. 

"I will not abandon my people in their time of need, as queen it is my duty to take care of my subjects, a Mallik does not shirk her responsibilities" the old man grew panicked as the shaking grew closer and closer to the throne room, he ran to the queen and was about to drag her to the secret entrance to the catacombs located behind the throne but was blown back by a fierce kick to his sternum. 

He tumbled to the ground and skated for a few meters before finally stopping but before he could begin to stand he felt cold steel against his throat, looking up the old man was met with a single grey eye looking down on him, the other blocked by a mess of white "If you wish to leave I will not stop you" the queen said still lacking emotion in her voice "but the next time you try to touch me I will remove your hands" she took her sword from his neck and went back to her previous position. 

The old man sighed and chuckled "the Grand Magus Vulcan caught off guard by a little girl", shaking his head Vulcan slowly rose to his feet and began walking towards the queen. Stopping beside her vulcan summoned a completely black staff made of a metallic material with a black diamond which radiated with power on top. 

The queen glanced at him out the corner of her eye, answering the silent question vulcan said "My job is to ensure your safety" he shrugged. The shaking which resounded throughout the castle suddenly stopped causing both the queen and vulcan to frown in confusion "did they abandon the siege?" Vulcan wondered aloud "Demons don't give up so easily" the queen responded as she withdrew her sword from the ground and adopted a fighting stance. 

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Vulcan's grip on his staff tightened as he prepared for what was to come next "never did like the calm before the storm" he nervously chuckled, a few long moments of silence passed and just as he was about to drop his guard the doors of the throne room flew off their hinges, he quickly put up a shield around himself and the queen just before the door collided with them pushing them back several feet before colliding into a wall. 

Several figures came running into the throne room wearing black armor and filled the entire room, they all stood silently in an orderly fashion with two rows leading from the doorway to the throne and the rest were standing in disarray around the room. The room descended into silence which was broken by a loud bang, the golden door which collided into vulcan and the queen flew up into the air right through the roof which allowed sunlight to seep in. 

A hand emerged out of the rubble where the door was previously located followed by a head of white hair and golden armor, the queen pulled herself out of the rubble and quickly retrieved her sword before getting back into fighting stance. Her eyes scanned the room and the unmoving armored soldiers who seemed to be  patiently waiting for something, the queen's body tensed as she waited in anticipation for whatever or whoever was coming her way. 

Behind her dragging himself out of the rubble was vulcan who aside from his disheveled clothes came out relatively unharmed, a string of curses left his mouth as he dusted himself off before re-summoning  his staff "Fucking hate wars" he grumbled under his breath as he stretched his back which released a loud pop.  

"Someone's coming" the queen said as her eyes gleamed dangerously, vulcan immediately froze in place and slowly turned his head towards the doorless doorway (AN: dare you to say that 5 times fast) his eyes widened as he saw a familiar face enter the room, an almost identical yet younger face in fact "Duncan?" Vulcan's voice was barely audible as he called a name he thought he would not call again in his lifetime. 

Hearing his name the man glanced in vulcan's direction, a look of surprise made its way to his face before quickly being replaced with a blank expression. The man ignored everyone in the room as he made his way to the throne, as he passed, the soldiers in black fell to their knees as commoners would in the presence of their king or queen, the man called Duncan leisurely climbed the stairs to the throne under the gaze of Vulcan and the Queen before casually flipping his cape and sitting down. 

With a disinterested tone Duncan said "The castle is ours" immediately throwing the soldiers into a frenzy as they whooped and hollered and cheered, Duncan lifted his hand causing the room to once again descend into silence "My brothers and sisters, for years you have yearned for the warmth of the sun, of a lover, FOR YEARS YOU HAVE PLEADED, BEGGED FOR THE SURFACE DWELLERS TO ALLOW YOU JUST....ONE.....CHANCE TO PROVE YOURSELVES WORTHY TO STAND BESIDE THE OTHER RACES. But were you given that chance?"  

""""NO!!!"""" the soldiers shouted in unison 

"NO!" Duncan repeated "they forever labelled you 'monsters' solely because of your appearances, you have been HUNTED, SLAUGHTERED.......and for what? your individuality and uniqueness?" Duncan chuckled "it is time for man to know HE....IS NOT....KING" 

"YOU CANNOT BLAME AN ENTIRE SPECIES FOR THE MISTAKES OF A FEW OF THEIR KIND!" The queen shouted, all eyes turned to her as she made her way cautiously towards the throne, HER throne. She walked straight up to the throne before being barred from going any further, she lifted her sword and pointed it at Duncan "what you are doing is not righteous" she spat "you self serving, arrogant prick" her nose wrinkling up in disgust "I will cut your head off where you stand" Duncan chuckled at her comment " as you can see" he said as he spread his arms "I'm sitting" before the queen could respond Duncan continued "Kill her where she stands" with a smirk on his face  

As the men moved in to surround the queen a loud crash came from above, everyone's attention snapped to the sound and they saw descending to the floor at blinding speeds, a metallic object in the shape of a coffin which landed with a heavy bang, cracking the earth underneath it from the force of the impact.

Duncan's eyebrows rose slightly in surprise while emily's mouth was agape, vulcan stood behind the soldiers but caught a glimpse of the strange object as it descended. Everyone stared in confusion at the mysterious object in their midst and began whispering among themselves, one brave soul cautiously made his way towards the object with an outstretched arm, slowly his hand got closer to the object but just before it made contact the object began making a whirring noise.

The soldier jumped back in fright as the whirring noise gradually increased in volume "GET BACK NOW!" Duncan shouted as the shoulders scrambled to get away from the contraption. Suddenly the noises stopped and with the sound of pressurized air being released the object opened.