Morgone"s eyes were slanted and dark red. He saw that his whole body had changed overnight. His body had doubled in size, his muscle-ma.s.s had doubled. He could not belive the size of his arms. Morgone ran his fingers though his hair and his hair had grown longer.

Due to that he wore clothing that was cast with a spell to adjust to any size, the sudden incense in his body was no problem for his clothing. Morgone looked at his ears and saw that they were long and pointed.

" Since I have been in Morphazar then any time I have previously, so I must be absorbing dark magic." Morgone paused and said " Yes that is it the ma.s.sive amounts of Dark energy in the air has been absorbed into my body changing me."

Also, part of the reason was that Morgone was wearing the first Ring of Darkness, the Ring of the Shadow Hydra, on the pinky finger of his right hand. his ring increased his power to absorb dark energy.

The ma.s.sive amount of dark energy that I am absorbing must have changed my body." Morgone thought as Mariea come over to get some water. Once she saw Morgones new body Mariea screamed " What in the Over-World happened to you!?" she pointed one of her claw-like talons at his body.

Morgone knew that if he told her the truth she would not want to take him to The Spire so he lied to her, " I don"t know, I woke up like this." Morgone replied, as he got her some water from a cup that he was holding in his hand.

Mariea looked at him and paused before taking the cup and then said " I wonder how that happened." She then took the cup and walked to her stuff she was thinking to herself "How stupid does he think I am? I know that he is lying to me about something I just don"t know what yet." So Mariea decide that she would keep her mouth shut. She turned around and said to Morgone " We need to prepare for the Gatekeeper." They wrapped up their sleeping bags and Mariea then set up six Dark Rose candles in a circle.

She sat down in the middle of the circle of Dark Rose candles and lit them one at a time. When the last candle was lit Mariea unrolled a ancient scroll that she held up and chanted in dragon speech" Comorein Gateoremor Deathith riseisith!"

Mariea chanted the spell five times.

After the fifth time Mariea then tossed the scroll into the candle facing the Gateway Mariea bowed frequently after she had tossed the scroll into the candle.

Several wisps of green smoke came up from the ground and began to take the form of a tall skinny figure wearing a long dark brown trench coat, slowly rose up from the earth. Morgone looked the figure over and saw that his trench coat was torn in many places revealing his skin with was pale and bony. The figure lifted his head and Morgone gasped as he saw as he saw his head. It was a skull engulfed in dark green flames. The figure carried a long black blade on his back.

The ghostly figure spoke in a cold tone that sent chills down Morgones spine. "Who are the fools who dare to summon me from my dreamless sleep?"

Mariea bowed and said "I am the one who has summoned you great and powerful Gatekeeper! We seek pa.s.sage through your Valley so that this man many reach the Spire." The Gatekeeper looked at Morgone and Mariea with a ghostly stare and said in a chilling tone "Tell me what are your names?" The Gatekeeper asked them as he take out a journal out with many different names in it written in blood.

Morgone said " My name is Morgone, the rightful king of Castle Raz." Mariea then told the Gatekeeper her name " My name is Mariea Demonstar, Princess of the Demon Dragon throne and the daughter of the late Dark Dragon King, Azah"gar Demonstar." When she finished the Gatekeeper was trembling in fear and lost his grip on his journal and dropped it to the ground. Morgone stared at her in disbelief. " My apologies princess, please come in." The Gatekeeper said as they entered the Valley of the Dead.

As Morgone and Mariea walked though the Valley of the Dead Morgone got up the courage to ask Mariea " So how"s your father?"

Mariea looked at Morgone and said coldly " I may be related to him, but I am in no way like my father."

Morgone replied " enlighten me." intrested to hear what she had to say.

Mariea replied " My father is the source of all evil in the universe, and the brother of the Dragon Emperor. I am better then my father, because I use my powers to better mankind not use them for evil purpose."

Morgone nodded " that is a n.o.ble purpose, but why would the princes to the Dragon Kings thorne want to use her powers for good?"

Mariea replied coldly " what does it matter to you?"

Morgone could sense her anger and furstion emitting from her body so he left the subject

They stopped when they reached a large AzralGhost stone gate that had many huge skulls craved in it Mariea said to Morgone "We have reached the Valley of the Dead