I’M ALL YOURS

[Scene: Mistlands – The Collapsing Temple Entrance]

FX: Thunder cracks overhead. The forest groans as the black-rooted temple buckles in on itself. ⚡🌲

[Visual: Kaelith sprints forward, sword in hand, cloak flapping like wings. The ground behind him is crumbling.]

Kaelith (thinking):

"She's in there. And if I'm late by even one heartbeat…"

He doesn't finish the thought.

[Scene: Temple Ruins – Interior]

FX: CRASH — Kaelith dives through the half-melted door just as it seals behind him with a final hiss of steam. 💨🔥

[Visual: Inside, the temple is unrecognizable. The mirror-pool chamber is cracked wide open, the walls bleeding smoke.]

[Kaelith] (low, sharp):

"Elara…?"

[Scene: Silence — and then… footsteps.]

[Visual: A figure stands in the center of the room, turned away. Her cloak hangs in tatters. Her hair floats as if underwater.]

FX: The soulblade floats beside her, not in her hand. It spins slowly. Silent.

[Kaelith approaches carefully.]

[Kaelith]:

"Elara. It's me."

The figure turns.

[Visual Reveal: It is Elara — her eyes half-closed, glowing faintly. The soulbrand on her collarbone now pulses gold and black, like a vein of corrupted light.]

[Elara] (softly):

"Kaelith… you followed me."

[Kaelith] (breath catches):

"Are you… you?"

[She tilts her head, voice distant, flat.]

[Elara]:

"I remember… silence. A voice that felt like home. I heard it before I ever spoke."

She walks toward him.

[Kaelith steps back instinctively.]

Kaelith (thinking):

"She's alive. But something's wrong. She's not moving like herself."

[Scene: Flash Cut – Kaelith's memory — the first Soulforged girl dying in his arms.]

Girl's voice:

"If she comes back different… don't hesitate."

[Scene: Back to Present – Elara stops a few feet away. The soulblade clinks softly as it touches the ground at her side.]

[Kaelith]:

"What did you see in there?"

[Elara (monotone)]:

"Myself."

She blinks.

Suddenly her voice returns to normal — shaky, human.

[Elara (gasping)]:

"No—no, I fought it. Kaelith, I—"

She clutches her chest.

[Elara]:

"It didn't get in. Not fully. I stabbed it out. I think—I think I broke the connection."

[FX: RUMBLE — the ground shifts again. The roof groans.]

[Kaelith] (firmly):

"Then we leave. Now."

[Scene: Escape — Kaelith grabs her hand. Together, they run as the temple collapses around them. Roots fall like blades, and molten symbols melt from the walls.]

FX: BOOM—CRASH—WHOOSH 🔥🌪️

They leap out as the last of the temple implodes behind them.

[Scene: Mistland Ridge – Just outside]

They land hard. Kaelith rolls. Elara collapses, coughing. The sky above them begins to clear for the first time.

[Kaelith (sits beside her)]:

"I thought I lost you."

[Elara (eyes closed)]:

"You almost did. I think… I almost did too."

[She opens her hand. Inside is a shard of black crystal — faintly humming.]

[Elara]:

"This was at the core. Not the Hollow King… but a key. A piece of him."

[Kaelith] (frowning):

"You pulled it out?"

[Elara]:

"No. It let me take it. Like it wanted me to."

Elara (thinking):

"I can still hear the echo. A whisper. It's faint… but it's mine now."

[Scene: That Night – Small Campfire]

They sit in silence. Elara sleeps for the first time in days. Kaelith sits watch.

[Visual: He looks at the crystal shard wrapped in cloth beside her — then at her peaceful face.]

Kaelith (thinking):

"If she truly broke the connection… we're safe. For now."

"But if she didn't… then I'll be the blade that ends it before she has to suffer again."

[Final Scene: Far Away — Unknown Location]

FX: A bell tolls. A single black feather falls into a pool of silver. 🔔🪶

[Visual: A figure cloaked in silence kneels before an altar made of bones. The crystal in his hand glows — matching Elara's.]

[Mysterious Figure – smiling]:

"The door is open."

⚔️ TO BE CONTINUED…