The Return

The Return Prologue

The sky twinkled up above as the Neverseen gathered to plan their assault. "It has been far too long my friends."

Fintan smiled, and while his words sounded sincere, it was all a ploy to get the others to trust him. The dim lit roofless room smelt like a skunk and the surfaces of tables were coated with dust.

He gestured behind him, and in the shadows where there couldn't possibly be anything, came out a man, with a wicked grin. Fintan looked at the man and said, "This my son..... named something that I can’t remember, yet nevertheless, he is what will make the Lost Cities ours.”

One member raised his hand. "Your son? Then who is the mother?" For the second time that day a figure emerged from the shadows. "I am.” Gisela walked out as though she ruled the place, which she did, and smiled in a sweet, sickening manner. "Got a problem?" The man gulped, frightened by the woman in front of him and mumbled, "N-no"

“One matter at a time," Fintan called out before Gisela locked the mere fellow into a room. "We are gathered here today to plan our assault on the Lost Cities, which, as you all know, we have failed to do it in the past. But this time, it will be different.” He paused to watch the reaction of his companions, "The only way to do that is to capture the reason that the elvin world isn’t ours: Sophie Foster."

A burst of mummers, not all positive ran through the crowd, "She has time and time again, ruined our plans. But not this time, for this time, we will win.”

He waited for everyone to quiet down before nodding to Gisela. She stood before the Neverseen and said. “We will kidnap her and the horrible elves she calls her friends, and launch our attack. With their precious Moonlark gone, those bastard elves won't stand a chance."

Anyone with a decent set of eyes could tell that Gisela wanted power, the power to control. The room exploded with questions, Fintan raised his palms, letting fire dance across them. "Quite, all of you!"

The fire scared the group into quietness, for many have heard of Fintan's abilities but never seen it in person. He took a deep breath, calming himself down. "Gisela is right. If we ever want to be in power, we have to take down their pawn."

"But how will we do that?" Someone asked. "She is protected too well!" Fintan smiled, and everyone sighed with relief as they figured out that Fintan already had a plan. "My son is here too, in case you morons have forgotten," He nodded towards the man standing beside him. "He is our most valuable asset, and is the key to the downfall of the Lost Cities."

He pushed his son forwards, "The Black Swan may have their Moonlark but we have him, the answer to all of our problems."

A wave of doubt spread threw out the group. Fintan sensed it and growled in frustration. "You ungrateful fools! I saved your lives, I made you who you are today, so unless you want to die, you will listen to me!"

They become dead silent, for the few that have disobeyed Fintan's orders have faced death, or worse. "We are here today to plan, not to give out threats!” Gisela glared, and then her face twisted into a cruel sneer. "We will celebrate the day we conquer, my friends. The day we show all elves that they are wrong for following their 'precious Moonlark’,” She uses mock air quotes, "And if they still don't follow us, they will be very, very sorry."

With Gisela's persuasiveness and Fintan's leading personality, they could sway just about anyone into doing what they want. Gisela walked to the centre of the room and all eyes followed her steps, some in fear and others because her grace and ruling movement. "As many of you know I have another son, a son that is married to the Moonlark," She sneered but continued. "They have produced two heirs, two very powerful heirs." She paused as the news hits the others, "What better way to get the Moonlark then to threaten the ones she loves?"

The Neverseen wait impatiently for her to continue, "The Moonlark's heirs, along with my son are our keys to a better future, and the best part? They're too naive for this world, and will fall for any trick, just like their parents.” Gisela’s smile barely masked the cruelty in her eyes, “Everyone will bow down before us, and we will finally have the world we've been risking everything for."

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