34 A new Louisa

Aurora appeared back in the palace holding the amulet. I was surprised to see her holding the amulet. "Where did you get it Aurora?" I asked in disbelief. "From Qarinah's neck" she responded. "Of course, I mean how did you get it?" I was still wondering how she got hold of it.

"Listen Diana, I don't have time to explain okay, it's a long story but in summary I almost got killed and I don't even know what to do with this amulet right now. Just hold on to it safely" she said and handed over the amulet over to me. "What's going on with the dragons?" She asked.

"I don't know, they are setting the entire kingdom on fire and I don't even know how to stop it".

"It's okay. We'll figure out how, where's Kahlan?" She asked. She has never asked of Kahlan so I was surprised "she's nursing some of Darca's citizens that were hurt". "Okay. I have to see Magnus. I'm afraid Liah is not backing down. We need to regroup and find another strategy to remedy this situation" she said. "What do you have in mind?" I asked her. "Take me to the vault" Aurora said.

"I don't think you realize the repercussions of summoning a locked out evil god Aurora" Luther appeared as usual. "Oh and I don't think you realize the damage facing us if we don't take any action Luther. Those dragons are invincible. Only Liah can stop it and clearly she will never do that". Luther pondered on Aurora's words for some time and spoke "still Aurora, summoning Cenred can be more dangerous than trying to defeat those dragons, think about it. My dear brother may not be able to pay the price when the time comes". "Who is Cenred and what price are you talking about?" I asked since they had forgotten I was standing right there. "He's not someone you'd wish to know but I'll tell you. Many years ago, Cenred was believed to be a god. A god that only brought evil to the land. He has the power to control whatever creature he so pleases but he only controlled them to bring evil and destruction to humanity. Well thanks to my almighty big brother with all the powers, he was able to lock him out in the vault beneath this palace. Now if Cenred is summoned, he'll do nothing but destroy humanity" Luther narrated "Do you wish for that to happen?". I was confused. I didn't know if I should summon this Cenred and face the consequences later or just let the dragons destroy everything I have ever protected. "If Torren recovers, I'm sure he'll be able to capture him a second time so we won't have to worry about him" I said. Luther chuckled "if you think so my lady but then Aurora cannot even summon him"

"Well I was going to try" Aurora replied. I looked at her in disbelief. "You spoke with so much confidence" I said to her. "Well, I don't have such power okay, but I was hoping the amulet could help, don't look at me alright, your men and our men are out there. It's possible that none of us will survive it. No I mean none of you will survive it"

"Luther, you promised to help me save Darca" I said to Luther. "I did Diana and yes I have fulfilled my promise. You have a powerful sorceress who can help you all thanks to me and Torren will be back to you soon. I've lost my soldiers in this fight. I conquered the army of death Diana. You have not even done anything to appreciate it. And besides I sent Aurora here to keep you safe"

"I volunteered. You wanted to send someone else but I wanted to put my conscience at ease so I begged you to let me go"

"Who's the powerful sorceress you speak of?" I asked.

"I am" a young woman who looked like Louisa but a lot more older than her stood right in front of me. "It's me Diana. Louisa" she said as she ran and wrapped her hands around me. "You look so grown" I said as we disentangled from each other. "I know. I couldn't harness the power within me in that little age so thanks to king Luther, he added ten years to my life, that was the only way I could contain all my powers. It feels awkward but I can control it now" Louisa said. "I will summon Cenred and he will obey me. There will be no need to worry about him in the future because I will have him under my control" . I nodded. Just then sir Leone hurried up to us "my lady most of our knights are down. Even the ordinary men of this kingdom have been trying to kill the dragons. But the dragons became more powerful, the more we attack them, the more gigantic they become and we have extra two dragons attacking the city".

"Are you sure there is nothing you can do to stop them Luther?" I asked once again. "They're resistant to magic. They will only multiply if you strike them with any magic, we've tried". "And thats why we have four of them to face right now". "I didn't know Liah was as powerful as this until now".

"She's half god now. Apparently she's capable of any kind of magic any sorceress will ever be able to perform" Luther replied. "Fine then, once again I will have to do what Torren will never approve of. We'll summon Cenred" I said as I looked at my sister who nodded in response.

Sir Magnus led us to the vault where Cenred was locked up. "I hope we don't regret this decision my lady. Lord Torren won't support this, there's a reason he locked that thing up in a tomb". Sir Magnus lamented. "Well Lord Torren has been asleep for 13 months now. A lot have happened Magnus so shut up and show us the way" Aurora said.

He led us down into the vault but it was locked. "I'm sure you'll figure out how we can get in there your highness" he said to Aurora sarcastically. Aurora ignoring him quickly pulled the gate off it's hinges with a spell "Aliese duru rýne" and we all went in. Louisa's aura changed as she instructed us to get outside the vault. We all did she began to encircle a tomb muttering some spells "Astige ðu wyrm fah ond geþéowe ðæt mod ðisse þeowes. Hine bind ond ða heold ond awendaþ he ealle" her eyes flashed golden light and returned to normal as the tomb slowly began to crack open and then Cenred slowly got out of the tomb and stood before Louisa, as he stared at Louisa, he slowly dropped on one knee and bowed down to her as Louisa smiled.