[Scene: Elara's Room – Early Morning Light]
FX: Birds chirping faintly outside the frost-covered windows 🐦❄️
FX: Soft breathing. Then— a sudden sharp inhale.
[Visual: Elara's eyes fly open.]
She gasps.
Her body jerks upright in bed.
FX: THUMP — Her hand grabs the sheets. Trembling.
Sweat drips down her face, even though the room is cold.
Elara (thinking):
"Where… am I? This isn't the void. This is…"
[Flash of Memory — Scene flickers like static]
Chains. Screams. A circle of robed men.
A red rune carved into her chest.
A single voice commanding:
"Forget. Obey. Belong."
[Back to Present – Elara gasps louder. Her hand clutches her chest.]
FX: BOOM BOOM — Heartbeat intensifies
Kaelith rushes in, sword in hand.
[Kaelith]:
"You're awake!"
He drops the sword and kneels beside her.
[Elara] (weakly):
"Master… I saw… someone… a spell… on me."
[Kaelith] (shocked):
"You… you remember something?"
She nods slowly. Eyes haunted.
Elara (thinking):
"They broke me. Sealed me. Made me forget I was alive."
[Scene: Later – Study Room – candles flickering]
Kaelith has opened several ancient books. Magic seals glow faintly across the table.
[Kaelith] (to himself):
"Runes of obedience… they carved control into her soul."
[Elara] (quiet):
"I wasn't born to be yours. I was forced to be."
[Kaelith] (frowns):
"Do you… hate me now?"
She looks at him. Slowly, deliberately.
[Elara]:
"No. You were the first to treat me like more than a tool."
[Visual: Flashback overlay of her tending his wounds. Serving tea. Laughing once.]
[Kaelith]:
"Then… we end this spell. Break it. Free you."
[Elara] (firm):
"And if I forget you once it's broken?"
[Kaelith] (quietly):
"Then I'll earn you all over again."
[Scene: Forest Shrine – Night – Under the Blood Moon]
Kaelith and Elara stand before a hidden shrine deep in the woods. Stone runes glow as Elara steps onto the ritual circle.
[Visual: Red mist forms around her. Her limbs tremble as if pulled by invisible strings.]
Elara (thinking):
"This seal… it's alive."
A voice echoes again—
"She is ours. She belongs to the pact."
FX: RUMBLE! — The ground shakes.
From the shrine's shadows, a corrupted priest appears. His body twisted by forbidden magic. His eyes glowing white.
[Corrupted Priest]:
"She was never yours, swordsman. She is the weapon of the Black Seal."
Kaelith draws his sword. His energy flares.
[Kaelith]:
"She is not a weapon."
He dashes forward—light streaking behind him.
FX: WHOOSH — CLASH! ⚔️💥
The priest blocks with a jagged staff, laughing.
Elara falls to her knees, her head clutched in pain.
[Inside Elara's Mind – Flashback overload]
Chains. Needles. Screams.
Then—one hand in the darkness.
Kaelith.
He whispers:
"You're more than what they made you."
Her eyes open—glowing blue now.
[Scene: Present — her body lifts into the air slightly]
She screams.
Magic explodes outward.
[Kaelith]:
"Elara!!"
FX: CRACK — The runes on her chest shatter visibly like breaking glass.
The air stills.
Her body collapses into Kaelith's arms.
She blinks. Her expression… different.
[Elara] (softly):
"…I remember my real name."
[Kaelith] (quietly):
"What is it?"
She stares into his eyes, a single tear falling.
[Elara]:
"Elara… was my name. Even before the spell."
Elara (thinking):
"They couldn't take that from me… even if they took everything else."
[Kaelith smiles — his first real smile.]
[Kaelith]:
"Then let's build your future. Not as my shadow. But as yourself."
She nods.
[Scene Cut: Corrupted priest, now crawling away, wounded]
He spits blood.
[Priest]:
"You'll regret this… When she awakens fully… she won't just protect you… she'll destroy you."
[Final Scene: Kaelith and Elara standing side by side, in moonlight]
Their hands almost touch. But not quite.
A soft wind brushes through the trees.
[Elara] (whispers):
"Even if I was created as a weapon… I choose to be yours."
[To be continued…]