I’M ALL YOURS

[Scene: Mountain Meadow – Several Days After the Fall of Zenith Keep]

FX: Wind whispering through tall grass. The sound of a soft stream nearby. 🌾💧

[Visual: Elara sits alone beneath a tree. Her cloak is wrapped around her shoulders, and her soulblade lies across her lap — no longer glowing. It hums faintly, as if sleeping.]

Elara (thinking):

"The sky is finally whole. The chains are broken. And still… I feel the weight."

[Scene: Flashback – Just hours after the fall]

FX: WHOOSH — Portal collapse

[Visual: Kaelith and Elara tumble onto solid ground, coughing, covered in ash. Behind them, the remains of Zenith Keep crash into the distant sea.]

[Kaelith]:

"You're not glowing anymore."

[Elara] (quiet):

"I think I'm… just me again."

[Scene: Present – Back to the Meadow]

[A soft voice interrupts her thoughts — it's Kaelith.]

[Kaelith] (off-screen):

"You're up early."

[Visual: He walks over, his armor loosened, a scarf tied at his throat. He sits beside her, hands resting on his knees.]

[Elara]:

"I never went to sleep."

[Kaelith]:

"You afraid of dreams?"

[Elara] (pauses):

"I'm afraid of the ones that feel better than reality."

FX: Long silence. Wind picks up, brushing their cloaks together. 🌬️

Elara (thinking):

"The people below think it's over. The rebellion cheers. The priests pray to my name."

"But I remember what the Red Judge said… Lucien was just the first."

[Kaelith pulls out a sealed scroll — black wax, no seal.]

[Kaelith]:

"This came this morning. Courier said it came from the Northlands. Said it was urgent."

[Elara opens it. Inside is only one phrase, written in dark red ink.]

"The Hollow King is stirring. The seals are breaking. You are the last anchor."

FX: WHUMP — the sound of a heavy heartbeat echoes once, just once, as Elara reads it. ❤️‍🔥

[Elara's hands tremble for a split second before steadying.]

[Elara]:

"It's not over."

[Kaelith] (frowning):

"What's a Hollow King?"

[Elara]:

"I don't know. But I've heard that name before… in the Forge."

[Scene Shift – Flash Memory]

FX: Whispering. Distant screams. Metal on bone.

*[Visual: Elara's early binding ritual. In the background, a robed man speaks a forbidden name: "Vel Atheer… Hollow-King of Silence."]

Elara (thinking):

"He was locked beneath the soulforge. Sealed before the first kings. And now…"

[Scene: Varos Reclaimed – Rebel Council Room]

[Auren stands over a table, arguing with generals.]

[General]:

"With Lucien gone, we must rebuild — now. People need leadership."

[Auren]:

"They need Elara. She's the symbol. With her, the rebellion becomes a nation."

FX: Door opens — Elara walks in.

[Elara]:

"Then build it without me."

[All heads turn. The room falls silent.]

[Elara]:

"I'm not a crown. I'm not a god. I'm not staying."

[Scene: Outside – Kaelith and Elara walk side by side again, across a low valley of flowers.]

[Kaelith]:

"You're really leaving?"

[Elara]:

"I have to know what's stirring. Before it wakes. Before it breaks everything we saved."

[Kaelith] (softly):

"You're never going to rest, are you?"

[Elara] (after a beat):

"Only when it's done."

[Elara turns to him — takes something from around her neck. It's the old pendant — her mother's.]

She presses it into his hand.

[Elara]:

"If I fall… bury this somewhere beautiful."

[Kaelith] (takes it, eyes sharp):

"You're not falling. Not this time."

[Scene: Final Image of the Chapter]

FX: Thunder rumbles on the horizon. Purple clouds begin to gather.

[Visual: Elara walks alone toward a crumbling stone road that leads into a misty valley. The land ahead is unfamiliar — twisted, darker.]

Elara (thinking):

"I am not done. Not until every chained soul is free — including mine."

⚔️ TO BE CONTINUED…