The Codex Chapter 12: Destruction

Story by Jax Crowley on SoFurry

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#12 of The Codex

A kingdom with no survivors.


Felicia woke up to a faint light, sitting up while looking around herself. A dragon egg in front of her was giving the faint light she saw while waking up, placing her hands on the egg to see the pale skin. Thick veins were running over her hands and arms, up to her robe. She grinned and stood up, her long black hair dancing with every movement she made.

She had changed appearance after using all of her magic to stop the distortion from taking her life. Grandmurk was put back into an egg as consequence. Her blackened eyes began to glow red while her hand waved in the air, a door appeared in front of her.

She stepped through the door that brought her into the throne room of Restoria castle. Long red curtains where decorating the walls, Pale white bricked pillars supporting the ceiling. A Dark green carpet was rolled out towards a throne. On the throne sat Razette, her eyes widening as she saw Felicia stand in the same room as herself.

"You! What...What have you done!" Razette said while getting up, Felicia grinned while moving herself over the green carpet. "You seem surprised, Razette" Felicia spoke, standing in front of Razette who had her eyes focused on the lady in front of her. They looked identical, the same black hair, pale skin and blackened eyes.

"Never thought you would do it once more. You are aware this will destroy the world even more?" Razette spoke while placing a hand on Felicia's shoulder, her nails digging into the flesh. Felicia groaned before shoving her back into the throne, raising her foot to keep the female into the throne.

"So what? As if the world deserves to live any longer" Felicia said while her eyes began to glow again. Razette sighed before pushing her foot away, leaning into the throne while swirling her finger up, creating a blood red crown on her own head.

"we've had this conversation so many times now, the world gets worse every time and your thoughts won't change at all. I thought you tried to achieve something?" Razette said, her eyes gazing up at Felicia, whose mind was set on something more sinister.

Felicia waved her hand around, a heavy feeling overcame the two while the color around them began to fade into gray. Soon a rush of feelings overcame Razette, her eyes widened as color quickly came back to their surroundings. She stood up, Felicia sat in her throne, crown settled on her head while he smiled.

"Too bad time is almost up, my powers have just awakened" Felicia said as she saw how Razette unsheathed her weapon. It was a rapier, the same form as Felicia's. Lifting the tip up while lowering the hilt. The blade extended outwards, thrusting into the throne as Felicia quickly dodged by moving her body to the side.

Getting up to unsheathe her own weapon, Felicia held her rapier the same way Razette did. "We know how this will end, why even bother?" Felicia spoke while flinging her rapier forward. A strong deflection occurred as the blades crashed into each other, Razette stepping forward, letting the tip extend to push Felicia back.

Felicia pushed her rapier downwards, tip extending to propel herself up. Her leg extended while she fell down again, her foot stomping into Razette to make her fall. A quick fling brought the blade down to the downed female, tip pushing against her throat while she raised her other hand upwards.

"We are identical, remember?" Felicia said, Razette lying calmly under the blade of her opponent. She slowly brought her hand up, clenching to create a fist as Felicia groaned in response. Her blade fell while Razette quickly swept her leg, bringing Felicia off balance to get up herself.

Razette kept her hand clenched while gazing to Felicia who grasped her chest in response. She began coughing up blood while her head moved to look towards Razette. She gave a sly grin before her eyes became fully red.

Razette gave a shriek of pain while her hands stopped clenching. Felicia got up slowly before stretching out both arms, her fingers began dancing in the air. Razette began to move her arms around, her eyes narrowing as her hair began to float in the air. Felicia chuckled while clenching her left hand, Razette began to cramp together slightly as her left arm started to twist, slowly dislocating itself.

"You thought I forgot that? See you soon" Felicia said while she brought both hands together, Razette using her other hand to grasp the dislocated arm while she began to cough. It was as if Felicia was strangling her by force, her hands put together, Razette coughing and gurgling in response.

Her eyes rolled back in her head as she fell motionless on the floor. Silence invaded the room as Razette had been killed by Felicia. She chuckled at the dead body before kneeling down next to it "See you soon" she whispered while getting up again, walking towards the throne.

She placed her finger on the small blood red crown, her other hand pointed towards the dead female as she sat down on the throne. Flicking her hand up made Razette's body tremble slightly, her flesh began to dissolve while her bones and muscles crumbled into dust. Her hand waved around again, making the blood from the dead body float upwards.

With a quick flick she waved the blood towards her crown, letting it get absorbed as the crown began to grow slightly to fit her head, throbbing like a heart. The door opened, creating a smile on Felicia's face "Right on time" she spoke softly as she saw how her servant Jax walked in.

His long open trench coat waved around as he took long steps over the green carpet, his ears were perked up and his fangs shown with an angry look on his face. "Miss Razette, Grandmurk is captured, but it had destroyed our weaponry" He said while growling slightly "Am I allowed to kill him?" he continued, making Felicia chuckle.

"I already dealt with the beast, as for the weaponry, we don't need it anymore. Call the city together, I got a speech to give" She stood up, walking past the jackal. His eyes followed the woman before tilting his head "Hmmm...Why is this so familiar?" he spoke softly while shrugging "Ah well"

The jackal followed the female through the giant castle interiors, long windows were closed with velvet curtains. Paintings of the former king hung on the wall while small statues were function like small fountains. The decoration was rather old and looked ready for replacement.

Felicia stood behind the glass doors leading to the balcony, nodding at Jax. "Get them ready, it's time for them to unleash the pages" she spoke. Jax nodded before slamming both doors open, his paw in the air to make circling gestures "Gather around! Gather around! Our high queen Razette is about to make a life changing announcement!" He cheered, the people below slowly gathering.

They were all human, no beast kin to spot, the jackal grinned before stepping aside. The crowd began to clap, cheering loud for their queen, Felicia stepping onto the balcony. "Citizen of Restoria! I am here to announce progress! Revolution and evolution!" She started to spoke with fire in her voice.

The whole kingdom was hidden away behind large castle walls, her voice echoed through the streets, people listening to her proud announcement. "Today I can proudly present you, our lost magic that had been sealed away for years!" She grinned before opening her hand.

A glass card appeared, floating in her hand while she used the other one to spin it around. Dust started to fly in the air, the female gazing at Jax with a sinister chuckle. The jackal held out his own paw to awaken his own codex page, creating loud noises in the audience.

People gazed to the floating cards, amazed and impressed while shouts were heard "Even beast kin can do this?!" was heard from the audience, Jax frowning before jumping on edge of the balcony. He howled loudly before arching his back, glass wings started to form on his back while his claws stretched out "I am not a mere beast kin! I surpassed the weak, power lusting fools!" Jax said with a spine shivering voice.

Felicia clenched her hand again before raising it in the air "I want you all to raise your hand like a fist, show unity, show your might. Once we all gather our focus back, wiping out the beast kin, then we will be able to summon our inner strengths!" she spoke to encourage her audience.

People began to raise their hands in the air, slowly but surely they were all raised. It was a magnificent sight, people began to form one group. The strong female began to talk again, unsheathing her rapier, the tip shining in the air. "Open your hand! see the magic that you have created!" she screamed out.

She saw how hands opened, multiple pages appearing in hands, dust began to fill the air. Felicia could feel the gathering magic as it resonated a strong aura around them all. People lowered their hands to look at their personal codex page. "This is your own codex page, these pages are from the magic Beastiary Codex that functions as a catalyst for all our magic." Jax spoke while stretching out his paw, creating his own page.

"This book was created by the vile beast kin who tried to surpass mankind. Luckily we had one savior who knew how to channel this magic through the earth, she forged a deity that would help her! Bow to your queen who made this all possible!" He continued while his eyes fell on the smiling female nearby.

"Be strong, we are superior to the beast kin!" Felicia spoke before turning her back to her citizen. Her hand resting on the doors before her eyes met Jax's "Be sure they activate their pages, get ready for a bloodbath" she said. Jax nodded with a chuckle, waving his queen off.

"Well now! Let's see what we truly can achieve! UNLEASH YOUR POWERS!" Jax spoke while his free paw lunged into the card, making it shatter into dust that began flying around him. He laughed loud while jumping off the balcony, feeling the wind rush around him, the dust slowly changing him into a stronger being.

His form changed back to the day his queen made him a puppet master. Long stretched out claws, thick visible veins and a pale skin. The humans near him began to gasp and scream slowly, others began cheering as he saw how they punched their own pages. "Yes! Activate!" Jax gurgled out with his fangs shown. His claws lunged in the air while howling loud, the people began to cheer as surges of magic began flowing around them.

"We are mighty!" Said one as his arms began to bulk, a glass sword and shield appeared in his hands. "We will slay all of the beast kin!" replied a young female, her hands stretched out while multiples legs began to grow, taking appearance of a giant spider.

Jax saw how the citizen of Restoria all activated their pages, grinning in pleasure while a surge of images pounded through his head. His claws held onto his head, seeing how a bright light covered his sight. His old friends Scy and Darvo sitting on a cliff while he walked closer. He saw how Felicia killed Razette to take her appearance and place as queen.

Shrugging it off to notice how the citizen began to riot in victory, running through the streets and climbing in light posts for fun. His mind was off focus, thinking about the images before his ears perked at the first scream. A grin appeared while he saw how a small boy began grasping his chest with two deformed hands.

"It hurts! Stop it! What is this?" He began to struggle, kicking his feet around. Soft whimpers were heard while tears began to roll on his young face. Dust started to glow around him before a magic burst blew around the boy.

This was the so called knock back once the power ran out, the boy was crushed into the ground, his body fully broken and nonfunctional. Jax stepped closer, his paw moving over the motionless body, lingering dust absorbed into his paw while he chuckled. "And so it begins" he said as he heard another scream in the distance.

Felicia sat on her throne, hearing the screams of dying citizen outside. Her smile was wider then any other moment. her hands were stretched out as she saw how pages kept appearing. "Good, keep them coming, Jax" she said softly.