Krissy opened one eye as she heard someone knocking on the door. She yawned as she slipped out of bed, still dressed as a sorceress with a priestess robe on. Krissy rolled out of bed as she went to the door feeling strangely refreshed. She opened the door to see Alexis standing there. Krissy winked a couple of times then realizes it really was the Princess of Light before her and frowns. “Damn it, what now!”

Princess Alexis Light stood at the door with her arms folded. Her short shoulder length blonde hair in loose curls that dangled around her face and neck, yet there was one curl much tighter than the rest that almost touched her nose as it hung in the middle of her forehead. Her blue eyes seemed very dazed yet calm, as her face was unusually paler than the rest of her body due to the lighter makeup she used. Her small thin lips were colored pink and her fingernails were painted that same color as well. Alexis wore a long, strapless shimmering skin tone gown that hugged slightly rounded hips and flatten stomach but didn‘t flatter her petite sized breasts. She stood about an even five feet and four inches, the same height as the Princess of Darkness. She smiled friendly at Krissy, showing her perfect white teeth, as she tilted her head a bit to the right making her golden curls fall to the side with her head.

“Hello Krissy, it’s been awhile. How have you been, good I hope?” Alexis said cheerfully.

Krissy jumped back as she summoned Dark Blade to her hands the broad sword at the light princess. Alexis walked in and shout the door. She shook her head as she sighed in disgust. She pushed away the sword as she whispered in Krissy‘s ear quickly. “Don’t start, I have to act a certain way now that we’re not on Silverdust...but if you want to talk freely, we have to go outside the city.” Alexis backed away then gave her the same cheery smile with head tilt. Krissy made a face of repulsion then nodded, “Fine, if that is what it will take!” She grabbed Alexis’s hand and teleported them a bit away from Hope City.

“Now talk,” Krissy said coldly as she let go of Alexis. Alexis nodded as she sat down on the grass knoll. “I see you decided to stay away from home, Princess of Darkness...” She smirked as she pulled up some grass. Krissy narrowed her eyes as she pointed Dark Blade back at Alexis, “You better not be here for some fake friendly social call...we might have this little agreement, but I still hate you more then light itself.” Alexis laughed and nodded as she looked at Krissy. Krissy tossed up the sword and it disappeared back to the rip in time and space to rest until she needed it again.

“Well now, you’re right. I would never come here just to chat about the ‘good ole days’ or anything like that. Regardless of any agreements, I’ll still hate you with every fiber of my being, but never kill you since we would start an unnecessary war that way...now then, let me tell you why I’m really here. Besides to get away from that castle for a bit, I decided to be a nice girl and delivery you a message, well rather, a warning. Nyvia came to Leto, looking for you. For some reason, she thought you would return there instead of home, or so she said and I told her about you become Hope City’s guardian then she left. So I came here to warn you about the possessed Dragon Mistress coming your way. I assume she’ll make it here in oh, an hour or so.”

Krissy looked up at Alex a bit annoyed then nodded, “Thank you very much then...I’ll make sure to tell her you said to welcome her here with open arms.” Alexis smirked then smiled, “I miss talking freely, ah, but alas, not all of us can avoid our responsibility like you, Princess Crystal.” Krissy hissed as she grabbed Alexis’s neck. Alexis grabbed for Krissy’s neck as they both clutched each other with all their might. Krissy let go first then smirked, “You practiced a little, and I’m impressed. How’d you manage to get that in while taking the full role of a princess?”

Alexis squeezed tighter but Krissy didn’t flinch. Eventually, she became annoyed and grabbed Alexis’s wrist and pulled it off of her. Alexis hissed and Krissy hissed back. Alexis stood up and growled as she stared Krissy down. “Don’t think you’ll have the upper hand for long, Leto will always be more powerful than Darkdiamond...” Krissy waved her head, “I doubt that if we don’t have to recruit the whole realm to work for us to protect it...besides, it’s Faith who is all-powerful, not Leto...” Krissy smirked as she walked down the hill then stopped. She looked back at Alexis and smiled, “But since I’m working for Faith, if I need help, I’ll ask her to send you because I know how much you’ll love working under me...bye now.” She waved then warped away leaving Alexis standing there ready to explode.

Krissy appeared back on the balcony to her room and sat upon the ledge. She felt DarkMistress awaking and let the dark angel split from her body. DarkMistress stood behind Krissy, her wings against Krissy’s back. “So...” DarkMistress muttered, “What do you plan to do now?” Krissy shrugged as she stared at the horizon, “I have no clue where she’ll open a gate at to get here, but I’m sure not inside Hope City...she doesn’t know the exact coordinates, so I think we should split up and find her.” DarkMistress nodded, “Agreed...I don’t want Death around here. She’ll mess up things for me...and sure cause Nina to return back here...” Krissy nodded, “Okay then, I’ll stay here and keep a look out using the mirror to try to track her and you make sure she’s not already around Hope.” DarkMistress nodded, “And if you can get a fix on her, tell me and I’ll handle things...” Krissy winced as she nodded, for some reason, she didn’t trust DarkMistress’s ‘handling’ of Nyvia.

As DarkMistress flew off, Krissy stood up and hopped off the ledge and walked back inside her room. She headed straight for the mirror as she looked at herself in it. The rest from before had made her face look a bit livelier as her tanned skin seemed to glow. Her cheeks were a bit red from sitting outside for that short time, but nothing too pink. The light glow made her look as if she had a bit of blush on, but since she was now inside the scarlet glow seemed to quickly fade away. Her eyes today seemed a bit grayer then blue which didn’t bother her. Long ago, she wished her eyes were just blue, but she had grown out of that stage. Her sandy brown hair was a bit messy as it still hung in the falling ponytail. She pulled off the clip holding her hair up and let her long hair fall to her mid back. Krissy bit her lush soft pink lips as she looked at herself with her hair down. She never liked the way it looked as her thick hair looked a bit limp as she laid along her face and back and some on the front of the robe. Slowly, she took off the overly large white priestess robe and tossed it to the bed as she inspected her body. It had been a long time since she examined herself so careful, probably before she learned she was a princess and destined ruler of a whole realm. The first thing she noticed was her stomach, which she was quite harsh on since she almost found something wrong with it. Today she noticed that the navel area seemed to cave in, not leveled with the rest of her stomach. She hissed a bit as she pinched it then sighed. Her tube top looking black shirt looked a bit dirtier than usual. She poked her breasts, staring at them. They were slightly above average and she was happy with them until she went to Silverdust where everyone was huge except for Alexis and Faith. Being away from the overdeveloped girl seemed to bring confidence back in her looks, at least as far as her boobs were concerned. On her skirt exemplified her curvy hips, making them look a bit bigger through they were about the same size as Alexis. The golden chain that was meant to be a belt and pouch holder sat on one part of the indent of her right side as it hung at an angle to the top of her thigh. The chain made her look a bit, slutty, in her opinion, but it was still needed. Not only for carry the black pouched tied to it, but also in case she couldn’t summon Dark Blade. The chain could transform into a whip at will, through she wasn’t skilled with such a weapon.

Krissy shook her head as she stopped looking at herself and touched the mirror as it began to ripple. She coughed cleared her throat a bit as she spoke. “Dragon Mistress, Nyvia Onyx...” The mirror stopped ripping quickly as it showed the images of DarkMistress flying down towards the outskirts of Hope City near the hilly area where Nyvia stood.

Nyvia stood on the hill with her red satin cloak flapping in the wind. She golden tiara chain with a jade medallion in the middle, that drupe to the bridge of her nose, matched perfectly with her scarlet round eyes and smooth tanned complexion. On her ears were huge golden earrings with red-eyed snakes at the ends, a golden choker around her neck, and a golden armlet with the same snakes that were on her earrings. With the cloak flowing behind her, her skimpy golden bikini top like armor was visible as they somehow supported her huge breasts. Her firm muscular stomach gleamed in the sunlight as if it were oiled down. A golden armored skirt covered her hips but it stopped about mid-thigh and flowed into crimson sheer cloth skirt that touched the ground hiding her golden armored heeled boots. A lock of red hair shoulder length flew up to her face as she pushed it back with the rest of her black hair that went only to her neck.

She looked up at DarkMistress and smirked, “Hello Darky, transform back to Krissy so I can talk to her.” DarkMistress folded her arms and shook her head slowly. “No can do today, she told me just take care of you, and that’s what I plan to do...we can’t have you or Death messing things up for us.” Nyvia laughed then pat DarkMistress on the cheek before walking off towards the city. “Be a dear and get her then, I’ll be waiting inside that city...” DarkMistress hissed as she opened her wings and created an energy sword. Nyvia turned her head slightly as she looked at DarkMistress. “Now Darky, do you think Death will be more behaved?”

As DarkMistress was about to kill Nyvia in a blink rage, Krissy appeared in between the two. Nyvia blinked as she saw Krissy and DarkMistress separated. She nodded as if someone else was talking to her and nodded again. Krissy blinked shook her head, “Whatever Death is saying, I wouldn’t agree with it if I were you, I’ll let you stay with Darky if that’s the case.” Nyvia shook her head, “No, Princess...she just said we can’t do it because she isn’t a separate person...she’s apart of me until she dies, again.” Krissy nodded as she started to walk towards Hope City. 

“If you’re willing to take on a wandering spirit type of creature to get power, then you deserve to be stuck with it for eternity. In fact, I wish immortality upon you so you and Death are always together...”

Nyvia smirked as she jogged downhill to catch up with the slightly upset Krissy. “Well aren’t you sweet...” Krissy rolled her eyes, “Dark, get her and bring her, alive for now..” Krissy disappeared before Nyvia could get to her. Nyvia pouted DarkMistress grabbed Nyvia’s arm and pulled her up in the air before disappearing as well.

Krissy stood in front the mirror as DarkMistress threw Nyvia through the balcony door. Nyvia landed on her butt and growled. Krissy looked back at the two and rolled her eyes. “Nyvia...stop. One, we don’t get along too well and you come here to hide out from some ruler of that hell bent realm, the fire realm. Then you want to complain about how Darky and I treat you...if Alexis or Lady Terrica actually cared about what you’ve done, I’d turn you in to the light realm. But since they don’t care unless their citizen brake rules within their territories, you’re stuck here with me. Now you will settle down for a second as I figure a way to keep you around.”

Nyvia stood up and dusted herself off. She looked around the room and made a disapproving sound as she walked over towards the bed and laid down on it. Krissy watched Nyvia and frowned as her breasts seemed to spill from her top. Nyvia closed one eye then looked at Krissy with the opened one. 

“Makes you think...I did something in the fire realm?” she said innocently.

Krissy folded her arms as she motioned for DarkMistress to get Nyvia. “First off, I have very developed telepathy powers along with my element powers...so not only do I have an advantage against psychic attacks, I can read minds. Alexis came here before you to warn me, but didn’t know why you were here. Not wanting any nonsense, I scanned your mind. I see how you let Death out so she could challenge some empress...dumb move might I add. Secondly, stop trying to lie to me all day and night. Here, until further notice, Artie rules. You remember Artemis, don’t you? Faith’s only daughter, the same level of authority of Lady Terrica, ruler of Letosheba. Now we can go downstairs and ask her for permission for you to stay, or you’ll do what I tell you and shut up.” 

DarkMistress grabbed Nyvia by the neck and lifted her from the bed like a rag doll and brought her to Krissy. Krissy waved and DarkMistress set her down. Nyvia stood there, folding her arms. She was much taller than Krissy by four or five inches. She patted the smaller girl and nodded, “You convinced us, what do I need to do?” Krissy nodded as she pointed to the mirror. An image of a beautiful black silk dress with a red lace pattern that looked like vines snaked around the whole dress. Nyvia smiled, “Oh, is that for me? It’s a bit too conservative for my taste, but thank you anyway.” Krissy cocked her eyebrow then pushed Nyvia into the mirror. Magically, the armor Nyvia was wearing earlier appeared in the mirror and she was now wearing the black silk dress. DarkMistress looked at Krissy and Krissy looked back at her. Both girls blinked a bit confused seeing how the spell didn’t seem to have worked right. Nyvia looked down to see her breasts half way out the dress while the rest of the dress flattered the contour of her body.

“Ah...” Krissy said as she looked at the breasts a bit, confused. “What are those things made of? Darky, help me...” DarkMistress and Krissy tried to pull the dress up a bit but it didn’t seem to move. Krissy sighed as she touched the mirror and the red satin cloak appeared in her hands. She wrapped it around Nyvia then blinked as her breasts still were a bit visible. DarkMistress blinked again as she watched and shook her head. “You’ll need either to tape them down to choke her or get something else.” Krissy nodded as she touched the mirror again as about dress appeared, this time with a large top. It was a solid black dress with no design and very tight all the way down. DarkMistress pushed Nyvia into the mirror as Krissy stepped away. Nyvia growled as this time her breasts were covered in the dress. Krissy smiled at DarkMistress, “I think I’ll keep the other one for myself, and let have this...” DarkMistress nodded as she looked at the bottom of the dress. Nyvia’s shoes had been replaced with normal heels but the black dress didn’t seem to have any slits to let her walk freely.

“She’ll fall trying to walk in that thing...” she muttered as she sat on the bed. Krissy looked down at Nyvia’s bare ankles then slowly moved up. “Maybe...” Krissy agreed. Nyvia waved her hand carelessly. “Just because you two...” she said as she took one step forward and fell towards Krissy. Krissy hit the ground with Nyvia on top of her and sighed. “Darky, cut a little bit in the back but not a noticeable amount.” DarkMistress nodded as her fingernails grew out a little like claws and cut about an inch up. Krissy rolled from under Nyvia then sighed. She touched the mirror twice then appeared in the dress Nyvia was much too big for. She had the cloak but a black onyx stone broach keep it closed as well as a pair of red satin fingerless gloves. She pulled Nyvia up and held her hand tightly. “Now to find you a place to stay outside this castle until I come up with a better plan...” Krissy walked with ease in the black heels to the door and stood there waiting for Nyvia as she inched along. Krissy sighed as she lowered her head. Turning into a ball of energy, DarkMistress joined together with Krissy once again.

“I want to see this,” she muttered in Krissy head as Krissy just sighed. She opened the door for Nyvia and let her shuffle out and crept down the stairs. After five minutes and only fifteen steps, Krissy casts levitate and pulled Nyvia along.

As Krissy walked downstairs to the bustling main hall, she tried to quickly escape with Nyvia but was stopped by two women. They were nobles of Letosheba, waving lace fans as they hid their overly painted faces. Krissy frozen then bowed and knocked Nyvia over a bit for her to bow. They looked Krissy over then nodded. “So you’re the Guardian of Hope City?” one asked. Krissy nodded slightly. “You look more like a priestess than a warrior...” Krissy nodded as Nyvia finally managed to stand straight. “Didn’t you tell me you were once a priestess?” Krissy looked at Nyvia and nodded, “Yea, long ago...well, excuse us...” Krissy bowed then rushed out with Nyvia being dragged behind.

Outside the castle gates, Hope City seemed a little less hectic. Krissy sighed then looked at Nyvia, “I’m surprised you actually listen to me.” Nyvia smirked, “Half the time I’m not...” She walked off without Krissy into the crowd. Krissy smirked a bit then shook her head, “I’m surprised...” She giggled then tried to catch up as Nyvia seemed to start shouting about things she wanted.

After a day of shopping and inching along by Nyvia, around nightfall Krissy found a hotel Nyvia would agree to stay in. Krissy collapsed on the bed a bit tired. “I’m surprised I lasted all day with you...I wasted so much energy last night.” Nyvia shook her head, “The other night, the news said you defeated some general the other day...through the Sky Palace is still warring from last I checked, this morning after seeing Alexis.” Krissy smirked then looked Nyvia, “You know, I think Nina probably is finished already.” She closed her eyes then smirked, “But I think I should try sleeping a whole day more often...I actually feel still refreshed.” Nyvia smirked, “Ah, if someone else were around, you wouldn’t feel that way?” Krissy sat up and looked at Nyvia a bit awkwardly, “Someone else? Who?” 

“TriTri!” Nyvia shouted.

Krissy giggled then shook her head, “My god, all three of us, in a place like this? Hope City could never survive...isn’t she back at Universal Mercenary’s Headquarters? That would mean she’s after that crazy bastard destroying the light realm...I almost feel bad for her.” Nyvia smirked then nodded, “How about you enlist both of us to protect Hope City.” Krissy nodded, “Yea, yea, sure, sure. You and Trina would cause more problems then solve any...but I’ll think about it. For now, I‘m going to back the palace and check to see if everything‘s finish as far as that planet‘s concerned.”

Krissy left the hotel and traveled through the empty streets of Hope City. The street laps slowly lit up as she walked past them and shimmered with the light. Krissy smiled to herself, a bit happy. 

“You like it here, don’t you?” DarkMistress’s echoed.

Krissy nodded, “Very much...it‘s nice...plus less things to worry about than at Silverdust where we were constantly challenge.” Krissy stood there for a second and sighed. “I think I’ll stay here for a bit...so you better behave!” DarkMistress started to laugh and Krissy sighed as she went through the gates into the doors of the palace. Strangely, no one was there at the main hall. She looked around and then shook her head. “This isn’t right.” She closed her eyes and tried to sense them but since none of the nobles were fighters, it was a bit hard. She didn’t sense them but someone else, Nina.

Krissy headed upstairs to the second floor to the door that lead to the throne room. The long corridor was full of men and women whispering, staring at Krissy.

“Is that her?”

“Yes, it is...”

“I can’t believe she’s the guardian...”

“She has inhuman strength...”

“I hear she’s a demon...”

“She has to be...she’s not from around here...”

“Artemis said she was a Princess...”

“She is pretty like one...”

“But from the dark realm...so she can‘t be a princess...”

“Only a demon princess could come from that place...”

Krissy speed up and opened the huge double doors to see Nina talking with Artemis. Artemis saw Krissy and screamed. “Get out! Leave Hope City now, you demoness! We don’t allow people from that demon realm here!” Krissy raised a brow as she looked at Artemis. “Excuse me?” Artemis nodded, “You heard me demon! I shalln’t allow my palace to be destroyed by something like you!” Krissy looked at Nina. “You told her?” Nina nodded, “Yes Princess Crystal, I’m quite sorry.”

Krissy teleported far from Hope City and Juno. She appeared on the other side of the planet in the cold hilly valley below a mountain. Suddenly, another body appeared next to Krissy, the queen of all fairies. Nina smiled at Krissy as she looked at her. “I wanted to congratulate you on a job well done.” Krissy nodded slightly, not looking up at Nina. She put her head in her hands as she looked down at the valley below. She didn’t bother asking Nina how she knew she had came here since she had randomly warped here, herself. Instead, she just sat there, looking at the green valley before her and the sea of grass.

“May...may I ask you something,” Krissy whispered as she sat there.

“Is it about the past,” Nina replied.

“Yes...why does everyone have such an inborn hatred for me? Is it because I’m from Nemeclipse, or because I’m the Princess of Darkness?”

“Both...I’d have to say. Remember, the first and only real contact that Letosheba had with the dark realm was the invasion of Chaos. When he first opened the dimension gates and passed through time and space into another realm, Letosheba. He came and destroyed everything and anything before Gustav could come and stop him...Kia nor you enter the light realm or make your presence known. Most don‘t realize that we have an alliance with Nemeclipse, and those whom do believe it‘s just to prevent about massacre and nothing more. No one knows what type of person you are, or how many you‘ve helped.”

Krissy hissed as she jumped up and stared evilly at Nina, “No one knows! No one knows you say! Those fools in Hope City know now and look what happened. You mutter something about me being from Nemeclipse and then I come an exile. Artemis rather let Hope be destroyed me for me to save it again.” She looked away, trying to control her rage. She wanted to rip Nina limb from limb for her reasoning, but knew that was pointless. She was still very weak and needed more training before trying to take someone on such as the head of Sky Palace. Krissy slid back down then nodded. She narrowed her eyes, still steaming with rage. “Artemis somewhat liked me before, now she hates me. And it’s not like I truly care about her, it’s more like...more like...I don’t want to persecuted for who I am. I help and protect them, and they turn on me for such a thing because of who I am. Those in the dark realm aren‘t bloodthirsty demons looking to slip into the oh so heaven light realm to being a reign of chaos...most people there are peaceful and use light and dark magic if they can. No one so fearful of the light or darkness...and none of us hate those from Letosheba with undying fury.”

“Most of the dark realm is ignorant to the fact another realm exists or the fact they live in the dark realm.”

“Same goes for half of the light realm...”

Nina smiled as she looked down at the enraged Krissy. “Give me,” Krissy muttered, “a good reason not to hate them, and I’ll go back there and be treated like the evil stepsister.” “Artemis is ignorant.” Krissy raised an eyebrow and smirked, “That’s not a good reason, Fairy Queen...”

“Artemis...is Faith’s only daughter. She was created through magic and a part of Faith herself...but is only a figure head ruler at best. She has no powers to protect Hope City herself, thus she invites nobles from Leto to play and entertain her. Faith rules all of Letosheba and the colonies of Faith spread throughout the six realms not to mention the artificial realm of Silverdust. Artemis has a quite colony. Lady Terrica rules Letosheba in place of Faith, and is closer to Faith then her own daughter. Artemis is treated...like the evil stepchild, as you say.”

Krissy looked up at Nina and smirked, “Artemis has tons of potential, she is even created of magic, I don’t feel sorry for her in the least. Knowing her life means no difference to me.” Nina nodded, “That’s exactly what I mean, you know how she’s treated yet you still feel the same.” Krissy laughed as she stood up, “If Artemis is the stepdaughter, she has it a bit too well. She doesn’t work towards getting more respect, just playing around with what she has because of who she is. I hide who I am, work hard, and then lose it all once they find I am Princess Crystal of Darkdiamond. Don’t try to give me that she and I are equal crap because it is just crap.” Nina smirked and patted Krissy, “You’re a bit too wise for you age. I see I can’t make an excuse for those in Hope City, so just stay there for a bit longer until I can find someone to replace you as its Guardian. But just stay there until then...even if everything is peaceful now, who knows what could happen.” Krissy nodded, “Fine...” She stood up and disappeared.

Krissy appeared in front to castle and hissed. She pulled her hood over her head before opening the doors and rushing through the gossiping crowds to her room. As she headed up the stairs, she could hear her name in the mouths of others and hurried up the stairs of her tower. When she reached the top, Lance was standing at her door about to knock. He turned and saw her but said nothing. Krissy frowned as she looked at him, she would have rushed inside if he was not standing in her room. The two stood in silence looking at one another for awhile.

“Lance…I’m sorry…” Krissy finally muttered, breaking the silence. “For what, Princess?” he asked. Krissy turned around and sighed. “I guess that means you hate me as well…like everyone else here. That’s why I didn’t let you know my real name. I didn’t want you to turn against me like Artemis and the others because…I’m from Nemeclipse…I…I just don’t understand!” She shook her head violently as she took a step away towards the stairwell, still in front her door. “Why? Why must you all hate me because I come from the dark realm…why? Before you knew it, you liked me, for who I am…why does it have to change now?!”

Krissy could feel her heart braking as she started shouting. Her knees began to wobble and her eyes started to burn. Suddenly, when she thought she was going to fall, Lance hugged her from behind. He smiled gently as he rested his head atop hers and lightly chuckled as his hold around her waist tightened.

“Princess of Nemeclipse…Guardian of Hope City…Priestess of Destiny… Your titles and home planet mean absolutely nothing to me, Krissy. You’re still that young girl I met five days ago, just no longer lost around this place…now everyone else is lost. You’ve turn this place upside down. And it’s true; I’m from Letosheba, so my view of those from the dark realm is very skewed. I thought only demons and other vile creatures came from that place, not beautiful warrior like princesses. So now, I know better, thanks to you.”

Spinning her around, Lance smiled at her then kissed her forehead. “Don’t worry Krissy, I will always be on your side, even if I have to betray Letosheba…” Krissy looked up at Lace for a second, taking in his words. He smiled at her again, his pearly white teeth glowing. She giggled at his goofy look then buried her head in his chest, her eyes glazed over from the swelling tears they hid. As she was about to speak, Krissy heard someone crying. The cries were coming from the door beside them, her room.

Krissy’s joyful and relieved expression quickly turned sour as it changed to a very annoyed, upset one. She grabbed the door and swung it open to find a girl in full body black armor, crying. She wasn’t wearing a helmet so her face was the only thing visible. She was very tanned, a toffee like color, much darker than Krissy. She had thin pink lips and shimmering almond shaped green eyes. Her bone straight thing black hair clung to her wet face and barely touched the ground even through she was standing up.

“Trina,” Krissy muttered through her closed teeth. She stared down the taller armored girl. Trina sniffled as she dried her eyes with her armor gauntlets then hugged Krissy tightly, picking her off the ground slightly. “That…that was so beautiful!” Trina exclaimed, “Oh Krissy, my little Krissy. I don’t hate you either. I know I’m not from the light realm, but I won’t betray you for what I heard about that place you come from…”

Krissy’s right eye began to twitch as Trina crushed her. “DarkStar, your mother...” “Aunt!” Trina corrected. Krissy rolled her eyes and continued. “Whatever, she also stays in that realm Trina…and Trimina…” She stopped. She was so tempted to scream about how awful the planet Trina came from was, but shook her head and slipped out of Trina’s grasp. She scanned the room and saw Nyvia still in the black dress she had given her, leaning against the wall. Her hands rested behind her head, making her chest push out further. Krissy narrowed her eyes at Nyvia as she stood in the doorway, staring at her, ignoring Trina for now. “Why didn’t you tell me you were back and found her?”

“Because you were having your moment…I guess besides Alexis, I’m the only other one who knew about your dirty little secret. Ah well, I guess I’m lucky Death seems to know about you…and Dark. As for me joining in on this not betraying bandwagon, we both know that’s such a lie. Through I’m not betraying you because I’m from the light realm, or for Alexis’s sake…I’ll do it for my benefit only.”

Nyvia pushed herself off the wall and inched towards Krissy’s bed. She still hadn’t gotten the hang of walking in the dress. Krissy frowned then smiled. “I sure know how to pick friends…” She sighed then turned around and noticed Lance was still there. She giggled a bit at his confusion then nodded.

“Oh yes…let me do proper introductions for you. “Lance, the nice lady before you is Universal Mercenary’s top class agent, Trina. She is also the ex-Head of Silverdust’s Defense. The lady in the tight, hard to breath black dress upon the bed is Silverdust’s Entertainment Manager, the Dragon Mistress Nyvia.”

Trina bowed her head as Nyvia simply waved her hand a bit. Lance nodded as he gave them both bows of respect from the waist down. “I’m honored to meet both of you gentle ladies.” Krissy rolled her eyes then nodded, “Trina is from the thunder realm, and Nyvia from Letosheba like she said.” “The thunder realm? I didn’t know there was a Faith colony in that realm,” Lance exclaimed.

“These isn’t...” Krissy explained. “Trina was able to go to Silverdust because of her weird connect to Darkdiamond. It seems one of our guardians and my teacher is her mother...”

“Aunt!”

“Mother, auntie, whatever! Anyway, DarkStar opened a gate for Trina to Silverdust like she did for me, but she had no real right to go...and Nyvia...was an accident, as I recall. Silverdust really wasn‘t too secure when Faith opened the defense barriers.”

“Silverdust is an accident, itself.” Nyvia remarked. “Besides, with all those little goodies and treasures in that place, I’m surprised that only a handful of people snuck in instead of every thief and greedy power hunger person with gate hacking abilities didn’t appear.” She shook her head. “It’s not a nature realm.”

Krissy nodded as she opened her mouth to add something, but suddenly fell on the ground as the floor shook. “Freakin‘!“ she screamed, “what now!” A loud explosion was suddenly heard followed by the same earthquake. This time Nyvia fell off the bed and Trina stumbled as Lance grabbed the doorknob. Krissy teleported to her balcony but only in time to see a white energy beam heading straight for her.

“Dark Blade, reflex!”

Her sword appeared in front of her still infused with the crystal in the middle of the black blade. It started to spin in midair, creating a barrier which the large beam collided with dad o n. Luckily, the sword’s barrier deflected the beam, but the crystal shattered and the aftershock shook the palace again as well as threw the sword to the ground.

“No freakin’ peace! Sky Palace said the thread was freakin’ over and now look! Ah…Trina! Nyvia! Go outside the city and figure out what’s going on! Lance, go check on Artie and Emily!”

“Right!” Trina and Lance said as they headed out the room. Nyvia frowned as she stood up with her hands on her hips. “And why should I put myself at risk?” she questioned. “Simple…” Krissy muttered in a darker, more aggressive voice. She turned around and started at Nyvia with her now black, demon looking eyes. “I’ll kill you if you don’t listen for now…” Black angel wings unfolded from the back of her dress then extended fully. “Trina’s waiting, so hurry and change!” Krissy turned around and flew upward to the top of the castle. She stood on her tiptoes on the highest point of the highest tower as she crossed her arms, slowly raising them to the sky.

“Chaos…surrounds me at difficult times….the darkness around me calms my burning rage yet….my enemy still summons my hatred, oh wrath and fury serves as my shield to protect all those who oppose me wish to destroy!”

The sky began to turn black as the clouds covered the moon and the wind howled. Thunder roared from the heavens as black lightning bolts flashed, striking the outside perimeter of the city. Craters were created where the lightning struck until a ditch was dug around the city. From afar, another beam of light sped towards Hope City, but a lightning bolt struck it, not destroying it but only weakening it. It continued towards Krissy but then black dome shaped barrier appeared around the Crystal Palace and absorbed the beam. The barrier expanded quickly until it locked into place where the ditch was. Krissy stood there, half DarkMistress, half herself.

“We’ll turn to stone if you keep this spell up too long!” DarkMistress muttered in her head.

“I know what will happen if you’re not strong enough to cast level five spells. But a regular barrier won’t hold. It’s some type of fusion cannon of light and fire magic mixed with technology. The lightning’s disarming the tech bomb and the barrier can absorb the magical attacks…if I try any other type of barrier, one of the attacks will get through. But when we start to petrify, I’ll allow you to separate to help them…”

“Whatever, just know I’ll help only because whatever happens to you…befalls upon me too. And I don’t want to become some statue.”

When Nyvia arrived at the entrance gate to Hope City, Trina was busy trying to subdue intruders. The armored girl clashed swords with several fighters at once, defeating them just for more to appear in their place. Meanwhile, explosions echoed above them as the energy beams continuously tried to penetrate the barrier. Nyvia stopped as a lightning bolt struck not too far in front of her and covered herself with her arms.

“Shit, just how powerful is she really?” Nyvia muttered to herself.

“Not powerful enough…” her other self replied, “But too powerful for us to take on at our current state. Especially if she’s casting level five spells.” Nyvia nodded as she lowered her arms. She gasped as she looked ahead. “Trina!” she shouted as she ran towards her.

Trina had gotten as three warriors with whips had subdued her. One had his whip around her neck while the other two restrained her arms. Trina stood there screaming as minor electrical currents flowed through her body. She fell to her knees, hurting and growling. Suddenly an inhuman screech came from her lips as she pulled her arms together. The whips broke as she did and the two men fell down. She then grabbed the strap around her neck and pulled the man towards her and snapped his neck.

Nyvia held her arms in front of her then opened her hands. “Wind Whips.” She screamed as a ferocious typhoon headed straight for Trina who quickly turned around and deflected the wind with her sword. The typhoon split into two and continued to destroy their opponents. Nyvia closed her hands then ran through the now cleared path over to Trina, who stared at her with demon like black eyes. When she blinked, they returned to their normal green state.

“I guess your Mystic self saved you before I could.” Nyvia said jokingly. Trina nodded as she looked ahead of the approaching men. “How many of those Wind Whips can you do?” “Ah, four more then I’m spent.” Trina growled as she clutched her sword. “Three Wind Whips and two Mystic Lightning attacks…then who knows what’ll happen from the looks of things.” Nyvia nodded as she levitated up about seven feet in the air to see a swamp of lowly soldier marching through the hills below her. She looked to her left at Trina who was gloating beside her. Nyvia readied herself as Trina pointed her sword up. As a flash of lighting struck behind them, disarming another beam, the girls attacked.

As Krissy stood on the roof of the tower like a statue, she could feel her legs starting to shake. “Dark, leave now!” she shouted aloud. A black beam lowly lifted from her hands then descended in front of her, becoming DarkMistress. As DarkMistress appeared, Krissy’s feet and legs turned to stone. “Hurry,” she muttered as she closed her eyes to concentrate. “Dark Blade is still here…take it…”

DarkMistress fell down, plummeting towards the ground then extended her wings to glide up to Krissy’s balcony. She grabbed the sword from the ground the closed her eyes. As she held the sword it wrapped slowly melting and growing until it became a scythe with a black blade. She smirked then strapped it to her back and flew off towards the lighting.

When she reached Trina and Nyvia, both were fighting with their weapons. She landed behind Trina and grabbed her neck with one hand, clutching it tightly. Trina fell to the ground once DarkMistress released her. Nyvia turned around but only to suffer the same fate. As Nyvia hit the ground, her body glowed weirdly before it started changing. Her cloak came closer then the top unhooked as it flared it, slowly becoming bat like wings. Her hair changed colors, the short black now a blood red while the long curled strand became black. Her skin turn into gray scales then her eyes seemed to look cat like.

The red winged creature yawned as it stood up and stretched. Her hands became claws and stabbed through the armor of an attacking soldier. She flew up to where DarkMistress was chanting then glided a bit back towards the city.

“Moonlight Energy!” DarkMistress screamed. 

The blocked moonlight suddenly shone through the clouds over the crowd of Juno soldiers. The light seemed to burn through their armor as they fell to the ground. As the light from the moon faded, another light shined over the crowd of men. A white energy ball, still growing as it absorbed the fallen men’s life force, floated to DarkMistress. Gently, she touched the ball and pushed it inside herself. As she absorbed the energy, DarkMistress had a heavenly white glow.

“Someone’s hungry…”

“Shut up, Death…” DarkMistress said as she turned around and looked at the new demonic version of Nyvia. “I’m still casting that barrier while I’m here. How put Trina inside the city so I can seal it off from these pests…or Krissy will get us both.” Death snickered as she went off to get Trina then took her to safety. When she was about to turn around, a bolt struck, then a second one. Death flew away from the bolts then DarkMistress, who was upset.

“Stupid humans and their technology, I’ll kill them all!”

She grabbed Death’s wing then teleported a few yards to the left as an energy beam zipped passed them to the right. She teleported again, but this time to the ground as two beams passed overhead. DarkMistress continued murmuring to herself as she walked straight ahead. As they got closer to Juno, she stopped and looked at Death.

“Do you still know Moon Death Strike, or did the years of body snatching cause you to forget some of your original attacks?”

“I remember every attack I knew when I was a dark angel like you…and all the attacks my previous body had. The only thing I’ve lost over the years is the ability to absorb more than one body.”

“Good,” DarkMistress replied. “We can cast Unholy Judgment then…that way next time, Nyvia isn’t overpowered by some puny foot soldier and you get a new body because of such…and I…don’t turn to stone.”

“I see, you and her aren’t that powerful to keep up a level five spell.”

“Not for hours…maximum one hour, now let’s destroy this city and be done with it all.”

Krissy opened one eye as she felt her torso slowly turning to stone then stopped. She looked down and saw she was still made of flesh. “Thanks…” she muttered lowly, “…Darky.” Down below, she could hear minor yelps between the now constant bombardment. “Panic…” Krissy shook her head and closed her eyes as she tried to ignore the people of Hope City’s cries then shook her head. “…Ah…I guess at times like this I wish I were heartless…so I wouldn’t have to die so quickly…sorry Dark.” Krissy suddenly started shining an eerie green color as her stomach petrified slowly. Soon, she had linked up with everyone within Hope City, telepathically. 

“Please…everyone…please listen to me. I’m…I’m Priestess Krissy, Guardian of Hope City. I know everyone can hear the onslaught outside but don’t worry. I swear, as Guardian of this city, I will protect you all until I die. I need everyone to stay inside as far away from the Crystal Palace as possible. It seems they are aiming all their attacks at the palace, and if my barrier should brake, you all will be safe as long…as long as you stay away from the palace. I assure you, I won’t let that happen as long as I can still fight, and I won’t let them hurt anyone here. So please stay calm, please…just stay inside till morning. By the time the sun rises, everything will be okay…I promise.”

Her body stopped glowing as her lower torso now was stone. She sighed then shook her head, “Dark…please…hurry. So I can keep our promise to them.”

DarkMistress growled, “Stupid girl…stupid humans, I hate them all!” Death looked at her confused then ignored the crazed angel’s ramblings. “Dark, are you sure you want to level the whole city, it might upset Krissy?” DarkMistress turned around as she pulled out the scythe and pointed it at Death. “I don’t care anymore; she keeps doing stupid things…and wants everyone to live…ah! Just do your half!” DarkMistress snapped as she slowly flew up. Death could only shrug as she flew off to the opposite direction.

Both demons were on side of the huge cannon. The cannon was in the middle of the city, pointed at Hope City, continuously shooting beams. The beams had destroyed some part of the houses in Juno since the cannon wasn’t too high off the ground. The streets and houses seemed empty since the only light came from the energy beams as they flew from the cannon at high speeds. DarkMistress raised her scythe to the sky as she looked down at the cannon.

“Fools, they don’t even realize we’re here…die! Death, let’s go…”

Death nodded as she pulled out a whip. “Moon Death Strike!” she screamed as she twirled the whip around her body as the moonlight seemed to only shine upon her suddenly. “Black Moon Fatality!” DarkMistress screamed as she twirled the scythe above her with two hands, and a black light shined upon her.

“With both moons combine creates, Unholy Judgment…DIE!” they screamed in unison as the moonlight washed over the star shaped city then a black light quickly covered it. DarkMistress and Death slowly faded away as the building below began to simultaneously explode at once from each point of the star until it reached the cannon. The white moonlight once again appeared over the city as the ground under the city gave away then black flames rained from above. As one last blast tried to fire from the cannon, it was already pointed in the air. The beam shot up in the air towards the moon as the cannon disappear in the black flames. DarkMistress and Death reappeared near the flaming derby. DarkMistress quickly fell to the ground that didn’t collapse as Death stood in the air, watching.

“It’s over Krissy, so stop before you kill us both…” DarkMistress muttered. She looked and saw her body quickly turning into stone. “Damn, I used up a lot of energy too…Krissy! Stop!”

Krissy looked up as the petrification process continued up her neck. The beams seemed to attack harder as more came. From one beam to now five at a time, the barrier easily blocked the attack but used more energy then she intended. As her face became stoned the curse traveled up her fingers until all of a sudden, it stopped. The black dome quickly disappeared and the clouds rolled away. The only thing not turned to stone upon Krissy was her petite finger tips. Her fingers wiggled slightly as her body fell towards the ground. As her body hurled downwards, a strange blue light circled around her body, slowly melting the stone until she was whole again. “Must…stop…myself…” she muttered as she tried to levitate. Her body slowed down for a second then almost stopped before it jerked then she fell back down. “No…more…energy lef…t”

Krissy’s body fell down passed her room down the front of the castle towards the courtyard. As she was about to hit the ground, Lance floated up slightly and caught her. They fell to the ground in front the small Princess of Hope City. Krissy laid lifeless upon Lance who was still holding her tightly. He stood up and set her down. “Is…is the guardian dead?” Emily muttered scared. Lance shook his head as he looked down at her. “No, she just has no more power left in her. She needs rest…” Krissy moaned softly then muttered something yet they couldn’t hear her. 

Trina woke up feeling groggy as she looked at the dark blurry world. She looked up to see the moon shining down upon the city and smiled slightly. “I woke up…too late, darn.” The armored girl pushed herself up and stumbled to the right for a second until she got her balance back. She looked back to see DarkMistress and Nyvia slowly walking towards her. “Good job Nyvia…and…Krissy?” DarkMistress sighed then continued ahead of them with her stoned right hand. Nyvia smirked as she walked up to Trina and put her arm over her shoulder. “DarkMistress is like Krissy’s alter ego…but they aren’t the same person, like me and Death.” Trina nodded as she looked at the angry dark angel. “She’s more bitchy, isn’t she?” Nyvia giggled then nodded. They smirked as they watched DarkMistress ignore them and head to the Crystal Palace. 

“What should we do now, Sir Lance?” Emily asked.

Lance shrugged as he looked at her then back at Krissy. “Nothing, everything’s over now.” Emily nodded then turned back to the somewhat ruined castle. Two towers had been destroyed and the right side of the front had crumbled down. “What about everyone else…no one else is around, most of them left.” Lance sighed as he nodded. The nobles had all used the gate within the castle to run back to Leto, and Artemis was missing as well. “We’ll…we’ll figure that out in the morning, for now, let’s just go back inside.” Lance knelt and picked up Krissy.

“Hey! Put her down, now!”

Lance and Emily turned around to see DarkMistress growling, pointing her scythe at them. Emily screeched as she grabbed Lance’s pants’ leg. “Dark…” Krissy muttered. DarkMistress nodded, “I‘ll be taking you, now.” Krissy’s body turned into a blue light then shot into DarkMistress. Emily gasped as Lance growled. DarkMistress looked at her still petrified hand and hissed. Trina and Nyvia walked inside the entrance gates, giggling. DarkMistress hissed then punched Trina’s armor. The stone broke, revealing her hand. “That worked…” With that, she spread her wings open and flied up to her room then shut the door. Trina frowned, “How rude…even if she’s the Princess of the dark realm, she should be a lot nicer as a demon.” Nyvia smirked, “TriTri…” Emily gasped again, “The Guardian is one of those evil demons…”

“So how should I thank you…”

“Just shut up…” DarkMistress muttered as she walked to the bed and laid down on her back. The black wings stretched over the bed as they slowly extended then quickly retracted and disappeared as DarkMistress’s body shrunk and melted, becoming Krissy.

“Why so upset, Dark?” Krissy whispered as she looked at the ceiling.

“I just helped another spoiled Letosheban princess…what do I have to be happy about?”

“Good point…we’re still banned from here as soon as Nina’s finish…” Krissy smirked to herself then smiled. “But as the current Guardian, I can’t let someone destroy this place.” DarkMistress moaned, disapprovingly before they both fell to sleep.