The Seventh Son

ALL YOUR FAULT

Rachel and her sons stared at each other in horror. This was not the news they were hoping for. After centuries of trying to look for solutions, it seemed like they were back to square one. They wondered why fate was so against them.

Barrick hurried off to the kitchen while Omen followed him from behind, he ignored a frustrated Clarris that kept screaming at him.

“I thought this was all over?” Miguel said in a sad voice to which they all just looked at the floor sadly. Clarris stared at them and laughed, she was enjoying the fact that they were still suffering but hearing Cleselda and Emperor Marcelo in the same sentence boiled her blood, it only meant one thing.

“Let's go and meet our guests,” Rachel broke the silence and they all followed her.

Outside the Barrier, Princess Elsa got off her father very furiously, she couldn't believe that the Nemo threw her out like a piece of garbage.

“My Princess, are you alright?” the emperor asked while hugging her “Did they do anything bad to you?”

“Father what are you doing? she asked and looked around, “why have you come here with all these knights?”

“General!” the emperor called out to which General Bentrek walked forward, “Take her to safety?”

The General grabbed the princess but to his shock, he received hard slaps. “let go of me, father stop this nonsense! They are not our enemy,”

But the emperor ignored her and the general handed her to a flying Dark Knight who grabbed her and flew off with her to Arthora.

Inside Crystal castle, Rachel stopped and looked behind, “Lotus you do the talking,” Nephius was about to protest but Rachel cut him off. “Nephius I know you should be the one leading this but that dictator outside is ready for war and not negotiating so save your energy and let the big mouth do the talking,”

“Mother I feel offended,” Lotus replied.

“Just frustrate the life out of that pig," Rachel stated and led the way.

In the kitchen Omen sat on a chair very excitedly and waited for Barrick as he roasted him a piece of meat.

“First time sitting on a chair,” Omen started up the conversation.

“You really look happy, you prefer being in human form?” Barrick asked.

“Yes,”

“If I was you I would prefer being in a Pixiu form, you look badass in it,”

“I age fast 'i that form,” Omen replied

“Ooh now that explains it, how old are you in Pixiu form?” a very curious Barrick asked.

“Fifty years in Pixiu, Thirty years in Nixiu, hundred fifty in Naga and twenty in human form.”

Barrick almost spilled the pan on himself, “according to real age you are only five days old, how can you be older than me.” Can you turn into a Naga, we have not seen you in that form?"

Omen looked at him with a straight face,

“I hast to keep 'i human form 'i decree to forbear aging,” he replied confusing Barrick.

Omen noticed that he did not understand him and pointed to the pan and said, “Cook I be hungry,”

“To stop aging he must keep himself in human form,” Miguel interpreted from behind them.

“We thought you went outside with the others?” Barrick asked.

“I'm staying where the Nemo is,” Miguel replied, “so brother, what did you do to Clarris?”

“Tore her head off,” Omen replied with a grin on his face, sending shivers down both brother's spines.

Outside the castle Rachel and her four sons walked to the barrier and Lotus walked forward and asked “To what do we owe this visit after centuries,”

“Where is the abomination that Jerald created, surrender it here else you all shall be banished,” the emperor replied.

Lotus chulkled, “last time we checked Ergad was not part of Arthora and any abomination we make is ours,”

“Rachel, come over here,” the emperor yelled out, “if you want peace surrender that bastard,”

“Where do you gather such courage, if you want the bastard, come and get it!” Lotus replied.

The emperor smiled and said “I gave you a free pass but you decided to be stubborn, be ready to face the consequences,”

“No no, you be ready to face the consequences because by the time the Nemo will be done with you there will be free seven kingdoms,” Lotus replied.

“Lotus!” Nephius moved forward, “what are you doing?”

“Brother do you want to be king or you want to rot under this buffoon's rule?” Nephius was quiet and Lotus continued talking “We have a Nemo, it's time we take back all the descendants of Ergad from his tyranny,” Lotus said, surprising his family. It was the first time they were hearing him speak Seriously. Nephius nodded and looked at his mother who nodded too.

The emperor laughed out loud like a mad man possessed and suddenly the ground began shaking and the emperor smiled at the two brothers. They all looked down and noticed cracks and soon lava began coming out.

“welcome to hell king Jerald's sons" the emperor stated and within a blink of an eye the ground where Lotus was standing collapsed and he fell into the lava. “My son!” Rachel cried out and tried to jump in but Daniel held her.

“Nephius run!” Marcus yelled out. And began whilrding water while they all began running back into the castle. But the entire ground leading into the castle collapsed. They were stack with nowhere to run. Rachel was Crying and yelling, they all knew that Lotus was now human.

The hell lava was too much for Marcus to put off and the smoke it was emitting began choking him, unlike others he was human now. The others were protected by their immortal curse. “Marcus stop!” Nephius yelled out. They all circled him and were now glad that the curse was not lifted.

“Where is that useless Nemo!” Daniel yelled out, before Rachel could reply they heard a roar and Omen landed in front of them in a Pixiu form, half lion, half dragon. He was larger than before.

He tilted to their height and asked them to get on his back, which they did and flew back to the castle.

“Get us out of here, this castle is about to fall into hell,” Nephius ordered as he got off.

“Not when I be inside,” Omen replied while shapeshifting into human

Rachel ran to him and slapped him, “You killed Lotus, you killed my baby. How could you have allowed us to go out there,” she said while hitting him.

“Mother stop!” Nephius said while moving her away.

“No no it's his fault, he is never serious. He killed your brother. Lotus's blood is on his hands. He allowed us to go out there while he remained in here eating,” she shouted out.

The other brothers looked on terrified and were expecting Omen to cut her in half or something but Omen looked down with watery eyes surprising Everyone.

“If you stayed away from your best friend's husband to be, your sons wouldn't be in this predicament and neither would I have been born to clean your mess up,” Barrick stated shocking Everyone and himself

“No no that's not me talking, Omen get out of me!” Barrick yelled out, “Mum he was inside me.”

Rachel stared at Omen speechless, she then looked at her other sons who only looked down.