### ** sinner **
** [scene: Inner Chamber - Heart of Fortress] **
*(Darkness swirls around them, pulls Ela, Lucian and Seraphine through the shadows. When the magic finally relaxes, they find themselves in a huge, circular chain. The black chains scream the wall and the pulsating weak crimson.
** serraphine: ** (groan) "I*I hate*magic kidnapping."
** Lucian: ** (Sword grip) "Where are we?"
** Elara: ** (Whispering) "Heart of Fortress."
*(Deep laughter is reflected through the chamber. The curious figure raises the head and shining crimson eyes pierce the darkness. A sinner - Care Malachi Ravenshade.)*
** Sinner: ** (quietly) "You came back, my daughter."
** Elara: ** (award itself) "I came to the truth."
** sinner: ** (smiling) "And the truth, my child is that you have never been to fight against your fate."
** Lucian: ** (step forward) "It's not yours to claim."
** Sinner: ** (laughs) "Oh, noble knight. Tell me, boy - do you really believe that they belong to*?"
** Lucian: ** (clenched teeth) "belongs to*sama*."
** sinner: ** (amused) "and yet he carries my brand. My blood." (Looking at Elar) "You feel it, right?
*(Elara hesitates. The vision of her dark future still persists in her mind. Flames, destruction ... herself, crowned in the shade.)*
** Elara: ** (quietly) "I'm afraid you will become*."
** Sinner: ** (quietly) "You're*."
*(Chains are forcibly rattling him as if they were responding to his words. The whole chamber shakes.)*
** seraphine: ** (grasping your daggers) "Yeah, I really don't like it."
** Lucian: ** (firm) "This is now."
*(Falls forward, its blade lights with silver light. But when it strikes, chains pulse - and the whole room is thrown into chaos. The throne breaks out of the dark energy and sends Luciana to fly back.)*
** Elara: ** (Shouting) "Lucian!"
*(Definitions against stone and cough when trying to get up. The voice remains calm, almost amused.)*
** Sinner: ** "You can't kill me, boy. I'm bound by magic much older than your deadly blades."
** Elara: ** (desperate) "So what is*this place?"
** Sinner: ** (grinned) "My prison. My kingdom. My tomb." (Pauses) "And soon… yours."
** serraphine: ** (hissing) "Yeah, that's*hard*passage."
** Sinner: ** (ignores it) "Elara, step forward."
*(Elar's legs move before they realize it. The move is undeniable as if the air itself convinced it forward.)*
** Lucian: ** (trying to get up) "Elara, no -"
** Sinner: ** (quietly) "Let me show you*who really you are*."
*(A sudden pulse of energy is growing through the chamber and instantly - Ela's mind is invaded into another vision.)*
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** [scene: Vision - forgotten past] **
*(Elara stands in a large throne room, untouched in time. Massive stain-glass windows throws frightening red light over the obsidian floor. In the center of the room stands a woman-woman who looks exactly like Elara but older, colder and dressed in royal black robes.)*
** Dark Elara: ** (smiling) "You walked a long way, right?"
** Elara: ** (breathes hard) "Who… are you?"
** Dark Elara: ** (tilts her head) "I am what you become."
** Elara: ** (shook his head) "No. This is not*me*."
** Dark Elara: ** (laughs) "You say it now." (steps closer) "But what happens when it betrayed you? When the world turns back on you? When your love becomes your greatest weakness?"
*(Blinking pain intersects Elar's face but clenched his fists.)*
** Elara: ** (firm) "I won't let it happen."
** Dark Elara: ** (quietly) "I didn't do it either."
*(With the rupture of her fingers, the vision breaks.)*
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** [scene: back in fortress - reality] **
*(Elara stumbles back, snaps for breath. Lucian catches her just in time.)*
** Lucian: ** (Fear) "What have you seen?"
** Elara: ** (shaken) "I. But not me."
** Sinner: ** (quietly) "You start understanding."
** serraphine: ** (irritated) "Oh,*enough*with cryptic nonsense!" (pull a dagger) "Can we kill him or not?"
** sinner: ** (laughs) "They can't*kill shadow, assassine."
*(Lifts the hand and the chains shine brighter, burst with energy.)*
** Lucian: ** (warning) "trying to free."
** Elara: ** (Panicking) "How do we stop him?"
*(Answer comes from deep in yourself - whisper, memory. The brand on the hands burns.)*
** Elara: ** (realizing) "chains… are tied to my blood."
** seraphine: ** (eyebrow lifting) "So what?
** Elara: ** (brass) "Maybe ... or maybe I have to decide."
*(The sinner smiles as if he already knows what he thinks.)*
** sinner: ** "Yes, daughter.
** Lucian: ** (desperate) "Elara, don't listen to him!"
** Sinner: ** (gently) "You don't see a baby? The world will never accept you. They are afraid of you.*He's worried about you." (look at Luciana) "But I ... I * understand."
*(Elara shakes, torn between fear and power. Chains of pulse waiting for her command.)*
** Lucian: ** (quietly) "Elara, you're more than his blood."
** serraphine: ** (urgent) "Make the right choice, princess."
*(Elara takes a deep breath. Her fingers are jerking. The strength in her hum, waits ... and knows - whatever she chooses, changes everything.)*
** Elara: ** (Whispering) "I choose -"
*(The chamber explodes with light when deciding.)*
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