First Visit

"You shouldn't be here, Zeradan."

Zedaran blinked looking around. "What...where are we?"

"I don't think that's up to you to know. but as a reminder right now, you're powers are useless her, so don't try." she turned around, and walked to the ledge. "You know, for someone who's trying his best to destroy wqorlds, you're very ignorant."

He walked along side her. "What do you mean? I don't just want to destroy them."

"I figured you weren't such a mindless fool, but I simply don't understand what destroying the world would be of use to you."

He laughed at that. "I plan to destroy all of the worlds and then rebuild them as 1 world that I can rule over."

"The old pragmatic narrowed view of single rulers." she turned around, and looked at him. "So let me ask, when you rule the new world you made, then what?"

"Not sure yet."

"There is nothing for you to do then. You'll rule the world, but you'll be forever alone. You can take my word for it, the power of the king is isolation form the rest of the world. You'll like the power, you'll be either a harsh ruler, or a good one, you'll control the world. But eventually, you'll need something else. It's how everyone is. You can't fulfill your life's ambitions with this one thing only."

He laughed. "I really don't care. If I get bored I'll have 2 races fight each other and watch."

"So that's what you do until eternity? and who will be there besides you. who will be the one you can talk to, tell everything? There is nobody." She turned around, and walked away from him. "Your ego is in the way of yourself. You'll destroy yourself with this. I'm giving you the option now to abandon the plan. Let Pyrus' soul go, and nothing of harm will come to you. Deny, and I'll be forced to take action."

He laughed. "I Would...but he's part of me now."

"Not fully. His essence is still independant, just surpressed by you."

"Either way I won't."

"Very well, I gave you the easy way out." She walked to him and extended her hand. "Would you accept me as your wife?"

He blinked. "I didn't know you cared....but no." He then turned away from her.

"Fine, I'll do it the active way then." She grabbed his hand, and for Zeradan the entire surrounding blurred out, and things came visible, he had hoped to never see, and it was there, it kept replaying, memories, future visions, the time of the world pressing on him. He dropped on his knees in front of C.C. "I'll let you have some time with your thoughts here now." she walked around, and faded away in the distance.

As he was on his knees a darkness rose up and surrounded him staring at C.C. with just red eyes. "So...you interfere with my host?"

C.C. turned around, and looked the man in his eyes. "So you're who's behind this all time long?"

The entity laughed. and looked at her. "Perhaps...I may have just taken this body to use it for my own goals yes."

"So, that's it then. The real master of the games has stepped out. Or should I say forced out?"

The entity looked her up and down before receding back into Zedaran to hide.

C.C. left C's world, leaving Zeradan and the Shadow locked up, until she'd be back.

"There there, how have we been, Zeradan?" C.C. walked up the staris to the platform where she left Zeradan and the creature inside him some time ago. "I see you recovered somewhat from your little visions?"

He sat there. "I see you've grown in power yourself." He then smirked. "So...here to let me out?"